Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Short Communication: Genetic association of body condition score with disease resistance in first lactation Canadian Holsteins

Koeck, A. , Miglior, F. , Kelton, D. F. and Schenkel, F. S. 2012. Short Communication: Genetic association of body condition score with disease resistance in first lactation Canadian Holsteins. Can. J. Anim. Sci. 92: 285–289. The objective of this study was to investigate if body condition score (BCS) can be used as an indicator of specific diseases in first lactation Canadian Holstein cows. Body condition score was routinely recorded by professional type classifiers, as part of the national type classification system. Health data recorded by producers were available from the national dairy cattle health recording system. Body condition score was genetically negatively correlated with several health disorders, indicating that animals with a higher BCS have fewer disease cases. The results imply that BCS could be used to indirectly select for animals that are more resistant to specific diseases.
Ageing Well: Quality Of Life In Old Age

Exploring concepts of quality of life in older age in the theoretical literature and presenting the views of a national sample of people aged 65+, this book presents both quantitative and qualitative findings. What is quality of life? What is quality of life in older age? How can quality of life in older age be improved? This book explores concepts of quality of life in older age in the theoretical literature and presents the views of a national sample of people aged sixty- five years or older. It offers a broad overview of the quality of life experienced by older people in Britain using a number of wide ranging indicators, including: Health, Hobbies and interests, Home and neighbourhood, Income, Independence, Psychological wellbeing, and Social and family relationships. The result is a fascinating book enlivened by rich data - both quantitative and qualitative - drawn from detailed surveys and interviews with almost a thousand older people. Ageing Well is key reading for students, academics, practitioners and policy makers who are concerned with the research and practice that will help to improve quality of life for older people.
How to prevent perioperative hypothermia in the dog and cat: causes and consequences

Perioperative hypothermia is a common problem during anaesthesia in dogs and cats, and can have detrimental effects on the patient's physiology, such as impairment of kidney function. Veterinary nurses are usually heavily involved in veterinary anaesthesia, participating in pre-anaesthetic assessments, premedication, induction and monitoring of anaesthesia and observations during the recovery of the patient. Perioperative hypothermia is a problem that many veterinary nurses know must be prevented by using patient warming methods, but they may be unaware of the full pathophysiology of this condition and why certain preventative methods may or may not be successful. This article examines the causes of perioperative hypothermia, the consequences to the patients and the methods of prevention.
Leishmaniasis Visceral Canina: pruebas diagnósticas no identifican Estados Reales de la infección

Objetivos Establecer la capacidad de las pruebas serologicas de Inmunofluorescencia indirecta (IFAT) e Inmunoensayo ligado a enzimas (ELISA), para detectar el estado real de la infeccion en leishmaniasis visceral canina (LVC). Metodos Un total de 211 perros criollos localizados en el sur del Departamento del Tolima, zona endemica para la leishmaniasis visceral, fueron evaluados por medio de examen clinico y serologico, usando como antigeno la cepa colombiana de Leishmania infantum (infantum) MHOM/COL/CL044B. Asi mismo, con la finalidad de establecer reacciones cruzadas o coinfecciones, se evaluo la reactividad de los sueros ante antigenos especificos de Trypanosoma cruzi, por medio de la prueba Western Blot (WB). La frecuencia de LVC fue del 44,1 % (93/211) y 50,2 % (103/211) mediante IFAT y ELISA respectivamente. Resultados La seroreactividad ante antigenos especificos de T. cruzi fue del 1,42 % (3/211). La concordancia de las tecnicas serologicas fue baja (K=12,1 %) y a pesar de la presencia de signos clinicos en los animales evaluados, las razones de prevalencia halladas, demostraron que no hay asociacion entre la ocurrencia de las manifestaciones clinicas y la seropositividad a las pruebas diagnosticas. Conclusiones La baja asociacion de las pruebas serologicas utilizadas en el diagnostico de Leishmania infantum, sugiere que es necesario desarrollar estudios que permitan establecer un algoritmo de pruebas diagnosticas en el pais para confirmar el estado real de la infeccion de los animales y de esta forma orientar eficientemente los recursos de Salud Publica destinados al control de la enfermedad .
Presencia del virus de Epstein-Barr en casos colombianos de linfoma de Hodgkin y su relación con la respuesta al tratamiento

En el desarrollo y patogenesis del linfoma de Hodgkin se ha propuesto al virus de Epstein-Barr como posible factor etiologico debido a la deteccion de ADN viral en las celulas de Reed- Sternberg en un subgrupo de tumores y a los altos niveles de expresion de la proteina latente de membrana 1 (LMP-1). El objetivo de este estudio fue determinar la presencia de virus de Epstein-Barr en 67 ganglios linfaticos de pacientes con diagnostico confirmado de linfoma de Hodgkin mediante hibridacion in situ para la deteccion de transcritos de ARN del virus de Epstein-Barr e inmunohistoquimica para la deteccion de la proteina oncogenica LMP-1. La presencia del virus se relaciono con el subtipo histologico, la respuesta al tratamiento de los pacientes y el fenotipo del infiltrado linfocitario. En el 67% de los casos se detectaron transcritos de virus de Epstein-Barr, la proteina LMP-1 se detecto en 56,7% de los casos en la celula tumoral de Reed-Sternberg. La presencia del virus en cada tipo histologico fue de 69,81% en esclerosis nodular, 85,71% en celularidad mixta y 40% en clasico. El virus de Epstein-Barr se detecto con mayor frecuencia en ninos (84,2%) en comparacion con los adultos (60,4%) y los pacientes positivos para el virus mostraron mejor respuesta al tratamiento, reflejada en una menor tendencia a presentar recaidas. El analisis del infiltrado mostro un predominio de linfocitos T CD4 y presencia de linfocitos T CD8, con mayor expresion de ambas subpoblaciones en casos positivos para virus de Epstein-Barr. Los resultados muestran un alto porcentaje de infeccion por virus de Epstein-Barr con una probable implicacion significativa en la respuesta al tratamiento, lo que sugiere que la deteccion de virus de Epstein-Barr se podria usar como marcador de pronostico en este tipo de linfoma.
Measuring undernutrition and overnutrition in children

Dheeraj Shah MD, DNB, MNAMS is an Associate Professor in Pediatrics at University College of Medical Sciences, Delhi. He is also the Associate Editor of Indian Pediatrics . Dr. Shah has served as a visiting fellow at The Royal college of Pediatrics and Child Health, London, UK and was an Associate Professor at the Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal.
Effect of low frequency of interferential therapy on plasma beta-endorphin levels in rats

Objectives: Interferential therapy (IFT) is a common electrophysical agent used by physiotherapists for pain management. However, there is ongoing debate regarding the hypoalgesic and neurophysiologic mechanisms by which IFT reduces pain. This study aimed to investigate the effect of IFT on plasma beta-endorphin (BEND) levels in the rat model as a proposed analgesic mechanism of IFT. Methods: Twelve adult male Wistar rats received an intra-plantar injection of 0.15 ml of Freund's complete adjuvant (FCA) into the right hind paw under anaesthesia. Five days post FCA, the rats were anesthetized and were divided into two groups (n = 6). One group received IFT at 4 Hz for 20 minutes on the inflamed paw while the other group received sham IFT. One ml of blood was withdrawn from the tail vein of both groups before IFT application but after anaesthesia and then again at the end of the 20 minutes of IFT/sham IFT. Collected blood was centrifuged and plasma was removed for analysis of BEND. Concentrations of BEND were measured in the plasma using ELISA radioimmunoassay. Results: There was a slight increase in the BEND levels in the treatment group following 20 minutes of IFT. However, this increase was not statistically significant neither within (Z = -0.314, P = 0.753, Wilcoxon test) or between the treatment and sham groups (Z = -0.363, P = 0.79, Mann-Whitney U test). Conclusion: The findings suggested that the release of plasma BEND may not be the mechanism by which 4 Hz IFT have an analgesic effect.
Comparison Between Phenotypic Characterization and Semi-Nested PCR for the Identification of Candida Species in Clinical Isolates

Background: Nowadays, due to the increasing number of immunocompromised patients, mycosis infections caused by Candida species are on the rise, especially among hospitalized patients. Objectives: In the current study, the chromogenic medium CHROMagar™ Candida and semi-nested polymerase chain reaction (snPCR) were compared concerning their ability to detect the species of Candida in 65 clinical isolates. Materials and Methods: We used snPCR with universal and species-specific primers to detect Candida species in the culture of clinical isolates. By using universal primers, we carried out the amplification of the 3/end of 5.8S ribosomal DNA (rDNA) and the 5/end of 28S rDNA, including the internal transcribed spacer 2 (ITS2) and production of 350 to 410-bp fragments from 4 Candida species, vis. Candida albicans, Candida tropicalis, Candida glabrata, and Candida parapsilosis. Results: The phenotypic identification system identified 60 (92.3%) yeasts isolates, including C. albicans (n = 33), C. glabrata (n = 14), C. tropicalis (n = 11), and C. parapsilosis (n = 2), and 5 isolates were mixed culture. By snPCR, 63 (96.6%) isolates were identified, including C. albicans (n = 37), C. glabrata (n = 11), C. tropicalis (n = 14), and C. parapsilosis (n = 1), and the species of 2 isolates could not be identified. Additionally, snPCR for the specific identification of the Candida species of the 65 clinical Candida isolates revealed 70.3% results agreement with the chromogenic medium CHROMagar™ Candida. Conclusions: In this study, snPCR was specific and more sensitive than the chromogenic medium CHROMagar™ Candida for the detection of Candida spp. insofar as it failed to identify only a few isolates.
Subsídios para o estudo da história da preservação do patrimônio cultural no Brasil: os conflitos de uma trajetória

O presente trabalho trata da preservacao arquitetonica no Brasil desde a criacao do IPHAN, em 1937, por ela representar o passo efetivo na protecao do nosso patrimonio cultural, juntamente com a atuacao de um dos seus personagens mais influentes, Lucio Costa. Com o objetivo de entender como o patrimonio vem sendo trabalhado, procuraremos analisar como se tem dado a interacao entre o novo e o velho, desde entao. Paralelamente a investigacao do amadurecimento na forma de abordar o patrimonio, da evolucao das recomendacoes e teorias de restauro e dos conceitos e valores no cuidado com a heranca brasileira, vamos trabalhar com as acoes, propriamente ditas, de intervencao restaurativa em preexistencias, sejam elas edificacoes ou nucleos historicos de interesse de preservacao, as quais ilustrarao essa trajetoria de 70 anos. Essas acoes, acreditamos, ajudarao a nos posicionar de modo, cada vez mais, critico em relacao a nossa atuacao contemporânea e, possivelmente, a contribuir com questionamentos que venham gerar bases mais consistentes para a construcao de nossos principios e parâmetros de preservacao. Assim, a luz de um acordo entre a permanencia dos testemunhos da nossa Historia, o nosso modo de vida e as novas necessidades do mundo atual, pretendemos prestar uma contribuicao na busca do desenvolvimento social, cultural, economico e politico que acreditamos ser alcancado somente atraves da alianca entre a tradicao e as acoes transformadoras.
Evaluation of an Aboriginal health promotion program: a case study from Karalundi

Issue addressed: This paper describes the evaluation of an indigenous health promotion program in Western Australia aimed at enhancing self-esteem and reducing drug use among Aboriginal students. Methods: The processes and outcomes were evaluated using qualitative data and a quantitative questionnaire developed for a similar project conducted among non-indigenous students in New South Wales. Results: The results were compromised by problems with the evaluation design, with the inappropriateness of the questionnaire, and because of the unsystematic nature of qualitative data collection. While the qualitative data suggests some positive outcomes of the program, on the basis of the data at hand it was not possible to formally demonstrate these. Conclusions: While the results of the evaluation were inconclusive, this should not be interpreted as a failure of the program, but as a consequence of the design and implementation of the evaluation strategy. Through no fault of the community organisation which conducted the program - the evaluation methods employed were technically, culturally, and financially inappropriate. So what? The problems raised are not unique to this particular program. They lay with the inadequate assessment of project and program proposals by funding agencies, and the lack of support provided to Aboriginal community-based organisations. We propose a number of steps that can be taken to address these problems and, in so doing, can help to better identify strategies for promoting the health and well-being of Aboriginal people. (author abstract)
Socio-cultural beliefs influencing breastfeeding practices among primi postnatal mothers residing in urban slum area of Delhi.

Scientific research studies conducted during the last three decades have clearly proved that breastfeeding provides the most suitable nutrition for an infant. However in India breastfeeding is inadequately practiced due to prevailing misconceptions and cultural taboos. This study assesses the socio-cultural beliefs influencing breastfeeding practices among 405 primi postnatal mothers in an urban slum area of Delhi. In this study simple random sampling was adopted. A structured interview schedule was used. Results reveal that breastfeeding was initiated late by mothers mainly due to family rituals and interference of elderly females. More than half gave sugar water as pre lacteal feeding. 56.5 per cent breastfed only for five minutes as they thought longer duration causes soreness of the nipple. 42.5 per cent avoided night feeding for the reason that it causes colic to the baby. Their cultural practices mainly revolve around avoidance of colostrum certain consumption and avoidance of food after childbirth. Overall the study results indicate that there is a need for dissemination of information and education regarding optimal breast feeding practices and for protecting and promoting healthy practices. Involvement of pregnant and lactating mothers elderly women in various IEC activities is desirable as they all have an important role in initiation of breast-feeding and other healthy feeding practices at the community level.
Ethnicity and Prostate Cancer: Vitamin D Genetic and Sociodemographic Factors

Abstract : During the 2nd year of the grant, genotyping and sociodemographic survey development and distribution was started and is on-going. The sociodemographic survey was developed, tested, and approved by the local internal review board. Initial distribution of the survey was carried out in January 2009. A second mailing is currently underway. So far approximately 50% of men have responded. Men who have not responded to two mailings will be asked to complete the survey during their annual study visits to the clinic. Difficulties with the genotyping technology resulted in a delay in completing the planned genetic analysis. Problems are currently being solved and the genotyping should be completed by summer 2009 with additional potentially relevant polymorphisms being added. The grantee has taken two classes related to her work (Database Management Using SAS and Statistical Analysis for Microarray Technology) and taught a graduate level epidemiology class with a focus on health disparities in Spring 2008. She attended the Science of Health Disparities conference in Carefree, AZ, from February 3-6, 2009. She was also spoke about health disparities in prostate cancer screening at a company-sponsored event in Dallas, TX on February 21, 2009.
The Little Club

During the past year and a half a number of interested people have rnet at the Little Club to discuss a memorandum on the terminology and classification of “cerebral palsy”. The memorandum in its present state* was put forward for discussion at the Oxford Study Group on Child Neuroloqy and Cerebral Palsy. The participants in the discussions were: Dr. N . S. Alcock, Dr. J . Bates, Dr. E. A. Carmichael, Dr. J . Crosland, Dr. P. R . Evans, Dr. M . C. Joseph, Dr. M . J . McArdle, Dr. A . D. McDonald, Dr. R . C . Mac Keith, Dr. I . C. K . Mackenzie, Prof. A. A. Moncriefl, Dr. P. E. Polani and Sir Charles Symonds. The memorandum gives a definition of “cerebral palsy”, notes the need for definition of clinical ierms and sugqests that at the present time clinical features offer the most useful basis for classification; the clinical features of hypertonus are discussed in detail and then Q clinical approach to diagnosis is put forward. This suggests thar the spastic cases should first be recognised and then, from among the remainin? cases, the dystonic and choreoathetoid cases, leaving a residue which will include mixed cases, ataxic caws and cases o f atonic diplegia.
Reviewing Constructivist Theories to Help Foster Creativity in Programming Education

In cognitive psychology, creativity is an established and well-researched construct. Creativity is linked to openness to experience, and creating innovative solutions. It is this synthesis of prior knowledge and experience that reflects the core ideas of constructivist learning theory. Recently, the investigation and measurement of students’ creative capacities has gained traction in computing. Although being creative is important in the solution of programming problems, creativity is neither embedded in computing curricula as a learning objective, nor established in competency-based educational practice. Assuming that creativity is a malleable component of competency, the present paper aims at investigating constructivist theories to help foster creativity as part of programming competency in computing. Accordingly, learning theories from Piaget, Vygotskiy, Bruner and Dewey were reviewed with regard to their perspective on human learning and the creation of new knowledge through connections. Their review and alignment with the context of programming education results in recommendations for pedagogical interventions, such as collaborative project work, social interaction, scaffolding, active learning, multi-sensory experiences, gamification, and authentic tasks. As a next step, these pedagogical approaches will be investigated with regard to their effects on the creativity of novice learners of programming.
Through the Eyes of a Painter: Re-visioning Eighteenth-century Traditional Korean Paintings by Jeong Seon in Virtual Environments

Author(s): Hwang, Intae | Advisor(s): Peljhan, Marko; Chang, Alenda | Abstract: Jeong Seon (1676–1759, 鄭歚, 정선), was one of the most prolific and inventive artists in Korean history. More than 300 of his paintings and a great deal of material written about him has enabled Korean art historians to study his work carefully in the past 20 years. His illustrations of nature after the site explorations spawned the so-called “true-view” art movement (jingyeong, 眞景, 진경) that dominated in the late Joseon period (ca. 1700–1850). Jeong’s approach was considered a shift away from traditional painting subjects. His appointment as the mayor of Cheongha in North Gyeongsang province in 1753 gave him opportunities to explore the famous scenic areas around the town. These paintings were collected in Album of Gyeongsang Province (yeongnamchup, 嶺南帖, 영남첩). Jeong’s methods for simulating Korean landscapes have been the subject of much debate, but most of the discussion surrounding his work has been focused on the literature around him. For this reason, Jeong’s unique perspective style has yet to be clearly defined. Thus, after reading Kay Black’s exceptional paper on how to scientifically describe paint styles, I decided to define the true-view style. This research presents clear answers about Jeong’s extraordinary perspective skill based on computer graphical analysis. Jeong’s paintings in Album of Gyeongsang Province were virtually reconstructed based on photographs and geographic data of the locations. The true-view landscape painting style utilized multiple distances, hemispheric distortion effect, morphological alteration, and constructing a linear narrative in painting. This dissertation explains how Jeong represented natural scenery using these techniques in his paintings. Finally, this research furthered the goal of our program to build bridges between art and science.
Survey of Maryland Dentists' Knowledge, Opinions and Practices About Oral Cancer Prevention and Early Detection

Title of Document: SURVEY OF MARYLAND DENTISTS’ KNOWLEDGE, OPINIONS AND PRACTICES ABOUT ORAL CANCER PREVENTION AND EARLY DETECTION Catherine Maybury, MPH, 2010 Directed By: Assistant Professor Kerry Green, Department of Public and Community Health To reduce the morbidity and mortality associated with oral cancer, dentists must have oral cancer prevention and early detection knowledge and skills, and they must perform routine screening examinations. Maryland dentists were surveyed to assess their knowledge, opinions and screening practices relating to oral cancer prevention and early detection. Thirty-eight percent of dentists had a high level of knowledge of oral cancer risk factors, thirty-nine percent had a high level of knowledge of oral cancer diagnostic procedures, and thirty-eight percent received a high score for provision of oral cancer examinations. Dentists who strongly agreed or agreed that their oral cancer knowledge is current were more likely to receive a high score for knowledge of oral cancer diagnostic procedures and knowledge of risk factors and diagnostic procedures combined. Deficiencies exist in dentists’ knowledge and practices relating to oral cancer. Actions are needed in education, policy and research to address these deficiencies. SURVEY OF MARYLAND DENTISTS’ KNOWLEDGE, OPINIONS AND PRACTICES ABOUT ORAL CANCER PREVENTION AND EARLY DETECTION
Planning of domestic electricity consumption using storage element and photovoltaic production

Interest in the installation of photovoltaic systems has increased considerably in recent years due to the urgent need to reduce gas emissions and improve the reliability and the quality of electricity supply. Since the production of Photovoltaic systems are not constant due to temperature variations and solar irradiation, autonomous photovoltaic systems are usually equipped with energy storage systems, mainly battery Storage systems (BSS). The battery supplies energy when the photovoltaic system produces low energy compared to power consumption in a household. The lithium-titanium-oxide (LTO) battery is one of the rechargeable batteries capable of being faster to charge compared to other types of lithium-ion batteries. In this paper, we propose a model using a photovoltaic system with (LTO) battery in the household area to show flexibility and reliability of our model.