Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Creation of a predictive equation to estimate fat-free mass and the ratio of fat-free mass to skeletal size using morphometry in lean working farm dogs

Abstract AIMS To develop an equation that accurately estimates fat-free mass (FFM) and the ratio of FFM to skeletal size or mass, using morphometric measurements in lean working farm dogs, and to examine the association between FFM derived from body condition score (BCS) and FFM measured using isotope dilution. METHODS Thirteen Huntaway and seven Heading working dogs from sheep and beef farms in the Waikato region of New Zealand were recruited based on BCS (BCS < 3, 3–4, > 4) using a nine-point scale. Bodyweight, BCS, and morphometric measurements (head length and circumference, body length, thoracic girth, and fore and hind limb length) were recorded for each dog, and body composition was measured using an isotopic dilution technique. A new variable using morphometric measurements, termed skeletal size, was created using principal component analysis. Models for predicting FFM, leanST (FFM minus skeletal mass) and ratios of FFM and leanST to skeletal size or mass were generated using multiple linear regression analysis. RESULTS Mean FFM of the 20 dogs, measured by isotope dilution, was 22.1 (SD 4.4) kg and the percentage FFM of bodyweight was 87.0 (SD 5.0)%. Median BCS was 3.0 (min 1, max 6). Bodyweight, breed, age and skeletal size or mass were associated with measured FFM (p<0.001). There was a good correlation between predicted FFM and measured FFM (R2=0.96), and for the ratio of predicted FFM to skeletal size and measured values (R2=0.99). Correlation coefficients were higher for the ratio FFM and leanST to skeletal size than for ratios using skeletal mass. There was a positive correlation between BCS-derived fat mass as a percentage of bodyweight and fat mass percentage determined using isotope dilution (R2=0.65). CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL RELEVANCE As expected, the predictive equation was accurate in estimating FFM when tested on the same group of dogs used to develop the equation. The significance of breed, independent of skeletal size, in predicting FFM indicates that individual breed formulae may be required. Future studies that apply these equations on a greater population of working Huntaway and Heading dogs are needed to establish the utility of these equations on a large scale. Such studies could ascertain if there is a ratio for lean mass to skeletal size below which the risk of injury or disease increases. If these equations prove useful they would provide an objective and non-invasive measure to determine when welfare in individual dogs is compromised by underfeeding.
Pre-and post-transplant quanti fi cation of measurable ( ‘ minimal ’ ) residual disease via multiparameter fl ow cytometry in adult acute myeloid leukemia

Measurable (‘minimal’) residual disease (MRD) before or after hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) identifies adults with AML at risk of poor outcomes. Here, we studied whether peri-transplant MRD dynamics can refine risk assessment. We analyzed 279 adults receiving myeloablative allogeneic HCT in first or second remission who survived at least 35 days and underwent 10-color multiparametric flow cytometry (MFC) analyses of marrow aspirates before and 28 ± 7 days after transplantation. MFC-detectable MRD before (n= 63) or after (n= 16) transplantation identified patients with high relapse risk and poor survival. Forty-nine patients cleared MRD with HCT conditioning, whereas two patients developed new evidence of disease. The 214 MRD/MRD patients had excellent outcomes, whereas both MRD/MRD patients died within 100 days following transplantation. For patients with pre-HCT MRD, outcomes were poor regardless of post-HCT MRD status, although survival beyond 3 years was only observed among the 58 patients with decreasing but not the seven patients with increasing peri-HCT MRD levels. In multivariable models, pre-HCT but not post-HCT MRD was independently associated with overall survival and risk of relapse. These data indicate that MRD patients before transplantation have a high relapse risk regardless of whether or not they clear MFC-detectable disease with conditioning and should be considered for pre-emptive therapeutic strategies.
The impact of progressive pelvic floor muscle exercise and manual therapy in a patient postpartum who met the criteria for sacroiliac joint pain based on Laslett’s cluster of provocation signs

ABSTRACT Sacroiliac joint (SIJ) pain has been identified as a primary or contributing source of pain in patients with low back pain. The Laslett cluster of SIJ pain provocation tests has the strongest evidence for noninvasive clinical testing. The purpose of this report was to describe the impact of physical therapy treatments for a patient postpartum with SIJ pain who satisfied the Laslett cluster. Specifically, the goal was to assess the impact of progressive pelvic floor muscle exercise and manual therapy. The Modified Oswestry Low Back Pain Disability Questionnaire (MODI) was the primary outcome measure used in this case. In addition, the Numeric Pain Rating Scale (NRPS) and Global Rating of Change (GROC) were used as secondary outcome measures. In this case report, the patient responded to the combined interventions with decreases in MODI, NRPS and GROC. Further research is warranted to develop stronger evidence to identify specific interventions for the treatment of SIJ pain.
The effect of different haemoglobins on the glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency screening test (Brewer's test)

Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency and haemoglobinopathies are common causes of haemolytic anaemia in Sri Lanka. Even though G6PD enzyme assay is indicated for diagnosis of G6PD deficiency, due to lack of reagents many of the government hospitals in Sri Lanka make the diagnosis only on the basis of a screening test (Brewer's test) for this deficiency. Both these tests are indicated in patients with chronic haemolytic anaemia. The aim of the study was to observe the effect of different haemoglobins on screening test for G6PD deficiency. We investigated the patients and carriers for commoner haemoglobinopathies (Hb E, Hb S, and Hb D) and thalassaemias using G6PD deficiency screening test as well as G6PD enzyme assay. The results show that patients with Hb E/β thalassaemia, Hb E trait and Hb E disease gave a false positive reaction with G6PD screening test (n=47), even though their G6PD enzyme levels were normal. Two subjects with Hb E showed low enzyme levels with positive screening test. Hb S (n=5) and Hb D (n=2) did not have any effect on the screening test for G6PD deficiency. The patients with Hb E and normal enzyme levels are likely to be misdiagnosed as having G6PD deficiency, if only the screening test is utilized. This study emphasizes the necessity for employing an enzyme assay method for the diagnosis of G6PD deficiency, at least in districts with high Hb E prevalence. Keywords: G6PD; Brewer's test; thalassaemia; haemoglobinopathy. DOI: 10.4038/jdp.v5i1. 2957 Journal of Diagnostic Pathology 2006/07; 5: 30-34
Association of Ki-67 Labelling Index and IL-17A with Pituitary Adenoma

The aim of the present study was to determine if the Ki-67 labelling index reflects invasiveness of pituitary adenoma and to evaluate IL-17A concentration in blood serum of pituitary adenoma patients. The study was conducted in the Hospital of Lithuanian University of Health Sciences. All pituitary adenomas were analysed based on magnetic resonance imaging findings. The suprasellar extension and sphenoid sinus invasion by pituitary adenoma were classified according to Hardy classification modified by Wilson. Knosp classification system was used to quantify the invasion of the cavernous sinus. The Ki-67 labelling index was obtained by immunohistochemical analysis with the monoclonal antibody, and serum levels of IL-17A were determined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Sixty-nine PA tissue samples were investigated. Serum levels of IL–17A were determined in 60 patients with PA and 64 control subjects. Analysis revealed statistically significantly higher Ki-67 labelling index in invasive compared to noninvasive pituitary adenomas. Median serum IL-17A level was higher in the pituitary adenoma patients than in the control group. Conclusion. IL-17A might be a significant marker for patients with pituitary adenoma and Ki-67 labelling index in case of invasive pituitary adenomas.
Positive Trend Inflation and Determinacy in a Medium-Sized New Keynesian Model

This paper studies the challenge that increasing the inflation target poses to equilibrium determinacy in a medium-sized New Keynesian model without indexation fitted to the Great Moderation era. For moderate targets of the inflation rate, such as 2 or 4 percent, the probability of determinacy is near one conditional on the monetary policy rule of the estimated model. However, this probability drops significantly conditional on model-free estimates of the monetary policy rule based on real-time data. The difference is driven by the larger response of the federal funds rate to the output gap associated with the latter estimates.
The State of Research on Girls and IT

This chapter contains sections titled: Scope, Methodology, Theoretical Underpinnings: Gender and Feminist Education Studies, Why Involve Girls in IT Careers? , Educational Policies Affecting Girls' Participation in IT Careers, Formal and Informal Educational Settings, Use of Computers at School and Home, Influences beyond the Classroom, Summary, Reasons Explored for Underrepresentation of Girls in Computing, Acknowledgments
Enriquecimento protéico para reciclagem do conteúdo estomacal gerado no abate bovino

Gilberto Caldeira Bandeira de Melo Engenheiro Químico pela Escola de Engenharia da UFMG. Mestre em Saneamento, Meio Ambiente e Recursos Hídricos da UFMG. Doutor em Ciências de Engenharia (Dr.-Ing.) pela Universidade de Karlsruhe (Alemanha). Professor Adjunto do Departamento de Engenharia Sanitária e Ambiental da UFMG. Leonardo Telles Horta Biólogo, Mestre em Saneamento, Meio Ambiente e Recursos Hídricos (UFMG), pesquisador da Unilever do Brasil. Artur Torres Filho Engenheiro Agrônomo (UFV), Engenheiro de Segurança do Trabalho, Mestre em Saneamento, Meio Ambiente e Recursos Hídricos (UFMG), Diretor da Engenho 9 Engenharia Ambiental Ltda.
Le concept d'énergie non distribuée, outil d'aide à la décision dans la gestion des réseaux électriques

d e s M i n e s Gérer un réseau de grande taille comme un réseau électrique à l’échelle d’un pays suppose de disposer d’outils d’aide à la décision conduisant à un juste compromis entre le coût de l’électricité et l’ampleur de la gêne que peut ressentir le client lorsque l’électricité vient à manquer. Le concept d’énergie non distribuée (END) a constitué jusqu’à présent un outil efficace, dans une approche macroéconomique, chaque fois qu’EDF a été confronté à la construction de programmes d’amélioration de la qualité de fourniture sous contrainte financière.
Risikoberichterstattung über Humanressourcen – Eine empirische Analyse der DAX 30

Das Gesetz zur Kontrolle und Transparenz im Unternehmensbereich (KonTraG) verpflichtet Unternehmen in der Lageberichterstattung auf die Risiken der künftigen Entwicklung einzugehen. Hierzu gehören auch Risiken von Humanressourcen, die sich unter anderem aus Fehlentscheidungen bzw. -verhalten des Managements, fehlenden Qualifikationen oder unzureichender Unterstützung durch die Funktionen des HRM ergeben können. Ziel dieses Beitrags ist es, die Risikoberichterstattung über Humanressourcen der DAX 30 hinsichtlich ihrer Aussagekraft zu analysieren und zu bewerten, sowie die empirischen Ergebnisse aus „Personalerperspektive” kritisch zu diskutieren. Hierbei geht es vor allem darum, die Besonderheiten der Humanressourcen im Unterschied zu anderen Unternehmensressourcen und die damit verbundenen Herausforderungen/Probleme bei der Risikoberichterstattung herauszuarbeiten. Bei diesem Beitrag handelt es sich um einen ersten Vorstoß in ein vor allem von Personalerseite bislang vernachlässigtes Themenfeld.
Reading Comprehension from a First to a Second Language.

El objetivo de este trabajo de investigacion activa es difundir los resultados de un estudio de 2 meses realizado a estudiantes con el fin de dilucidar la manera en que las habilidades de comprension de lectura de la primera lengua (L1) afectan estas mismas destrezas en la segunda lengua (L2). Los sujetos de esta investigacion son adolescentes entre los 11 y 13 anos de edad quienes cursan sexto de secundaria en un colegio bilingue de estrato socio-economico alto ubicado en la ciudad de Bogota, Colombia. Los resultados descritos se correlacionan con teorias e investigaciones establecidas
Automatisierung in der Zugverkehrsleitung der Schweizerischen Bundesbahnen - Arbeitspsychologische Gestaltungserfordernisse.

Kurzfassung: Bei den Schweizerischen Bundesbahnen wurde untersucht, welche Auswirkungen eine zunehmende Automatisierung auf die Arbeit der Zugverkehrsleitung hat. Verschiedene Tätigkeiten der Zugverkehrsleitung wurden auf der Basis von leitfadengestützten Tätigkeitsbeobachtungen, Interviews und Dokumentenanalysen analysiert. In Automatisierungsprofilen wurde abgebildet, inwiefern Prozesse der Informationsverarbeitung und Entscheidungsfindung derzeit automatisiert sind. Aus diesen geht hervor, dass sich die Tätigkeiten in der Zugverkehrsleitung (z. B. Überwachen des Verkehrs, Disponieren, Kundeninformation) deutlich voneinander unterscheiden. Am Beispiel wird diskutiert, ob Tätigkeiten mit spezifischen Automatisierungsprofilen mit spezifischen Risiken verbunden sind und welche Anforderungen sich daraus für die Gestaltung der Arbeitsaufgaben und Mensch-Maschine-Schnittstellen ergeben. Schlüsselwörter: Automatisierung, komplementäre Arbeitsgestaltung, Zugverkehrsleitung, Funktionsallokation, Handlungszuverlässigkeit
Activated random walk on a cycle

We consider Activated Random Walk (ARW), a particle system with mass conservation, on the cycle $\mathbb{Z}/n\mathbb{Z}$. One starts with a mass density $\mu>0$ of initially active particles, each of which performs a simple symmetric random walk at rate one and falls asleep at rate $\lambda>0. $ Sleepy particles become active on coming in contact with other active particles. There have been several recent results concerning fixation/non-fixation of the ARW dynamics on infinite systems depending on the parameters $\mu$ and $\lambda$. On the finite graph $\mathbb{Z}/n\mathbb{Z}$, unless there are more than $n$ particles, the process fixates (reaches an absorbing state) almost surely in finite time. We show that the number of steps the process takes to fixate is linear in $n$ (up to poly-logarithmic terms), when the density is sufficiently low compared to the sleep rate, and exponential in $n$ when the sleep rate is sufficiently small compared to the density, reflecting the fixation/non-fixation phase transition in the corresponding infinite system as established by Rolla, Sidoravicius (2012).
A Preliminary Study to Identify the Differences Between Possible Joiners and Non-Joiners of Online Communities

Converting first-time visitors into members is crucial for online community development. Without physical cues, potential participants’ joining intentions are mainly influenced by any available cues in that environment. Following atmospherics in environmental psychology, this study considers design cues, social cues, individual affects and personal traits to be the effective discriminators in distinguishing possible joiners from non-joiners. A discriminant analysis of 218 respondents from various mobile, food, gaming and travel online communities shows that informativeness and community involvement are the most crucial discriminators. In addition, the proposed discriminant functions are also demonstrated to correctly classify the respondents into joiners and non-joiners.
Splanchnic circulation

The splanchnic circulation is a complex system. A number of important functions depend on its normal operation, including digestion and absorptionwithin the gut, maintenance of themucosal barrier, and successful healing of surgical anastomoses, but we have little quantitative information about its physiology because routinemeasurement in humans is so difficult. This article outlines some basic science and describes how influential the splanchnic circulation might be in our clinical practice.
What sort of a thing is an AI experiment

My concern is with what an AI experiment is, and hence with what AI is. I shall talk about what experiments are actually like, but suggest that this is what they must be like. Thus is it reasonable to suppose that AI experiments are, or could be, like the experiments of classical physics? I do not believe it is. This is not because we cannot expect the result of a single critical experiment to validate a theory, as we cannot expect a single translation to validate a translation program, for example: we can presumably extend the classical model to cover the case where validation depends on a set of results, for different data. Nor is it because we have not in practice got anything like an adequate predictive theory. I believe that we cannot in principle have the sort of predictive theory associated with physics, because we are not modelling nature in the classical physics sense. I shall elaborate on what I think we are doing, but claim now we reach the same conclusion if we consider the suggestion that we are not in the classical physics position, but rather in that of investigative biologists, doing experiments to find out what nature is like (notionally without any theory at all, though perhaps in fact influenced by some half-baked theory). This is because there is nothing natural to discover. What AI is doing is engineering. While we may indeed have ideas about how to build something so it will work, so we have a predictive theory in a sense, this is not the sort of predictive theory, modelling nature, that physics has. Predicting that people will like what they get, say from a translation program, is not making any specific predictions about the way the translation program models ’real’ translation. In other words, AI experiments are engineering experiments serving the designs of task systems, i.e. of artefacts. These systems are artefacts as human task systems are also artefacts. In either case, therefore, we evaluate by performance, so we have no interest in whether the human and computer systems in themselves are the same. In looking at what AI experiments are like, I shall take the natural language area as my main example. But I shall start from experiments in an area apparently outside AI, because of the light this may throw on AI experiments without supposing one is engaged in something special.
Energetic neutral atom observations of magnetic anomalies on the lunar surface

[1] SARA, the Sub-KeV Atom Analyzer, on board Chandrayaan-1 recorded the first image of a minimagnetosphere above a lunar magnetic anomaly using energetic neutral atoms (ENAs). It was shown that this magnetosphere, which is located near the Gerasimovich crater, is able to reduce the solar wind ion flux impinging onto the lunar surface by more than 50%. Following this first observation, we investigated all magnetic anomalies that are in the SARA data set. We searched for a possible correlation between the solar wind plasma parameters (dynamic pressure, magnetic field), the local magnetic field, and the reduction in the reflected hydrogen ENA flux (henceforth called shielding efficiency). Having analyzed all observations by SARA, we discovered that the Gerasimovich magnetic anomaly is topologically a very simple, large-scale magnetic structure, which is favorable for this kind of investigation. Most other magnetic anomalies on the lunar surface have more small-scale features in their magnetic field structure, which complicates the interpretation of the observed data. We find a clear correlation between the plasma parameters and the shielding efficiency for the Gerasimovich case. For the other observed anomalies only about half of the cases showed such a correlation. We therefore conclude that the solar wind ions-magnetic anomaly interaction is in general more complex than in the Gerasimovich case.
ANTIOXIDANT, ANTIPROLIFERATIVE AND ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY OF FREEZE-DRIED RASPBERRY

Serbia The main chemical composition, i.e. the total content of bioactive compounds (phe-nolics 2209.86 ± 70.32 mg GAE/100g FDR, flavonoids 831.87 ± 12.61 mg R/100g FDR and anthocyanins 144.55 ± 0.39 mg CGE/100g FDR), in freeze-dried raspberry (FDR) was evaluated spectrophotometrically. Vitamin C content was determined by HPLC analysis (88.81 ± 4.38 mg vit C/100g FDR). Antioxidant activities of FDR extract were evaluated spectrophotometrically on stable 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) free radicals and by electron spin resonance spectroscopy (ESR) method on hydroxyl radicals ( • OH). EC 50 values were evaluated. EC 50 DPPH• was 0.127 ± 0.013 mg/ml, while EC 50 •OH was 1.366 ± 0.026 mg/ml. Antiproliferative activity of the FDR extract was evaluated in vitro in three human cell lines by colorimetric sulphorhodamine B (SRB) assay. The most pronounced effects were obtained in the breast adenocarcinoma cell line (MCF7). EC 50 value was 395.07 ± 96.38 µg/ml. Antimicrobial activity was determined by disk diffusion method. The FDR extract produced a clear inhibition zone (without visible colonies) only toward Staphylococcus aureus. The minimal inhibitory (MIC) and minimal bactericidal (MBC) concentrations of FDR extract were evaluated. The values MIC were in the range of 4.7 - 100 mg/ml, and of MBC in the range of 6.3 - > 100 methods, extract solution concentrations, and different susceptibility of tested natu-APTEFF,
Structural convergence of mood and personality: Evidence for old and new directions.

Using factor analytic techniques, extensively researched 2-dimensional models of mood structure (Watson & Tellegen, 1985) and personality structure (H. J. Eysenck & Eysenck, 1985) w e r e examined for their degree of convergence. As hypothesized, it was shown that extraversion and positive affect share a common dimension in combined mood-personality space and that neuroticism and negative affect together define the 2nd dimension of this space. Significantly, this finding held whether mood was assessed as a state or a trait. The circumplex structure of trait and state mood was also assessed, providing strong support for most octants of the Watson and Tellegen model. Finally, scales of state mood, trait mood, and personality were assessed and differentiated according to theoretical expectations. Implications for research based on a unified map of the 2-dimensional personality-mood space were elucidated.
Silver nanoparticles: cytotoxic, apoptotic, and necrotic effects on MCF-7 cells

The present study was conducted to examine cytotoxic, apoptotic, and necrotic effects of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) on MCF-7 cells. Colloidal AgNPs were fabricated in an alkaline pH environment via reduction of silver nitrate with hydroxylamine hydrochloride. The size of AgNPs was measured by atomic force microscopy (AFM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and dynamic light scattering. Zeta potential of AgNPs was determined by laser Doppler microelectrophoresis. After exposing MCF-7 cells to AgNPs for 24 h, cytotoxicity was measured by WST-1 assay. Apoptosis and necrosis in MCF-7 cells were detected by Annexin-V-FLUOS immunostaining and double staining of Hoechst dye with propidium iodide. In AFM and TEM analyses, the sizes of AgNPs varied from 16 nm to 20 nm. AgNPs were 80 nm in hydrodynamic diameter with a zeta potential of 38.2 mV. The WST-1 assay resulted in an IC50 value of 40 µg/mL. AgNPs caused apoptotic and necrotic effects in a dose-dependent manner. The apoptotic effect of AgNPs was marked up to a concentration of 80 µg/mL AgNPs. At higher concentrations, the apoptotic effect decreased while the necrotic effect became prominent. The results indicate that AgNPs with a zeta potential of 38.2 mV and hydrodynamic diameter of 80 nm can be used in vitro at concentrations of up to 40 µg/mL.