Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Effects of anesthesia and oral cleft types on academic achievement

Objective: Research looking simultaneously at the effects of anesthesia and oral cleft types on academic achievement is scarce. Available results are contradictory: some studies suggest that anesthesia exposure is responsible for underachievement, and others that responsibility falls instead on the type of orofacial cleft. This study investigates the potential compound effects of exposure to anesthesia and orofacial cleft types on the risk of academic underachievement. Design: Centre Labio Palatin Albert Coninck, Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium, nationwide register-based study. Setting: Birth cohort 1995-2007. Patients: Twenty-nine children with isolated orofacial clefts exposed to anesthesia. Interventions: Average duration of exposure to anesthesia before the Certificat d Etudes de Base (CEB) exam was 382 minutes. Main Outcome Measure(s): Scores obtained by patients at the CEB exam were compared with the scores of the 6th grade Belgian general population who passed the same exam controlling for gender, school year, year they passed the exam, medical illnesses, duration of exposure to anesthesia in minutes and socioeconomic confounders. Results: Doubling the time of anesthesia exposure produces a 17 percentage point increase in the probability that patients will underachieve. Cleft lip reduces while cleft right-left increases the duration of anesthesia exposure relative to cleft lip palate. Results do not change when anesthesia exposure only up to 4 years and socioeconomic factors are considered. Conclusions: Both exposure to anesthesia and different types of orofacial cleft may result in underachievement at the CEB exam.
Cost-effectiveness of different postoperative analgesic treatments

Pain may produce metabolic changes after surgery, which may contribute to further morbidity. A variety of medicines and techniques can be used to successfully treat pain. It is postulated that improved analgesia leads to improved outcomes, although analgesics may also contribute to morbidity. This article reviews the literature evaluating the cost-effectiveness of providing different types of postoperative analgesics and finds that most studies are so poorly conducted that they prevent definitive conclusions being made. The author suggests that further studies be done using analgesics as just one part of a multimodal rehabilitation approach with careful attention to defining outcome, costs and achieving sufficient power to find or exclude meaningful differences.
Patient Satisfaction After Biceps Tenotomy

Background: Biceps tenotomy and tenodesis are frequently performed for proximal biceps lesions; however, there continues to be debate as to which method is superior. This study examined patient-reported outcomes after biceps tenotomy. Hypothesis: Biceps tenotomy in the setting of concomitant shoulder pathology is a reasonable option with high satisfaction rates and a low incidence of pain and cramping in middle-aged to older individuals. Study Design: Case series; Level of evidence, 4. Methods: A total of 104 patients (mean age, 63.5 years; range, 40-81 years) were evaluated at the time of surgery and at a mean follow-up of 38.4 months (range, 22-57 months). Biceps tenotomy was performed as a component of more extensive shoulder surgery in all patients. Patient satisfaction, frequency of cramping and spasms, biceps pain, weakness, and cosmetic deformity were evaluated at over 1-year follow-up. Results: Ninety-one percent of patients were satisfied or very satisfied with their surgical outcome, and 95% would have their surgery again. Three patients who reported being unsatisfied or very unsatisfied had either advanced glenohumeral arthritis or an irreparable rotator cuff tear. Cosmetic deformity occurred in 13% of patients. Twenty percent reported spasms and cramping in their biceps, and 19% reported some biceps pain; however, frequency of spasms and cramping was typically once weekly, and biceps pain was reported as severe or very severe in only 2 patients. Subjective biceps weakness was reported in 17% of patients. Age had no effect on outcome measures, and female sex was associated with less limitation and greater satisfaction after tenotomy compared with men. Conclusion: Our results indicate that patient-reported downsides to biceps tenotomy were usually mild and/or infrequent and did not affect patient satisfaction. We conclude that biceps tenotomy is a viable option that can lead to a high rate of patient satisfaction and outcomes in middle-aged to older individuals undergoing shoulder surgery with biceps pathology.
Epileptic seizure detection from EEG signals by using wavelet and Hilbert transform

In this study, EEG signals recorded from healthy individuals and EEG signals recorded from epileptic patients during epileptic seizures were classified. In the classification process, the Hilbert and wavelet transform were applied separately for the extraction of features from the EEG signals. The same statistical parameters were used in order to reduce the size of the feature vectors obtained via both approaches. K-nearest neighborhood (kNN) was used as classification algorithm. The obtained feature vector based on wavelet and Hilbert transform were classified separately via the kNN algorithm.
Entextualizing vernacular forms in a Maniat village: features of orthopraxy in local folklore practice

Language ideology as a field of inquiry (Woolard et al. 1998) involves, among others, the critical analysis of inequalities manifest in discursive and textual practices. This paper deals with folklore practices and language ideologies related to the project for the collection and publication of oral traditions in 1930s Greece. The institutionalization of this project relied heavily on G.Chatzidakis (1890-1923), Professor of Linguistics and N.G. Politis (1852-1921), Professor of Comparative Mythology at the University of Athens whose works arguably created an orthodox model of folklore text-making. Instead, though, of focusing on the orthodox metadiscourse or practices of these two central figures to the project, I will turn to their localization by a philologist engaged in the collection of vernacular forms in a Maniat village (Southern Peloponnese). The turn to local practices seeks to uncover features of orthopraxy (Blommaert 2003), that is adaptations which although guided by the orthodox model at the surface level, can be related to acts of identity, expressing resistance to hegemonic ideologies, revealing inequality in the distribution of resources or in gate-keeping restrictions.The analysis draws on the personal archives of I. Strilakos from the period 1930-35, which include three notebooks and a manuscript collection of Maniat lament verbal art. The approach of the archives is based on the examination of Strilakos’ entextualization practices, a term that refers to the way that textual ‘shape’ is given to extracted stretches of discourse (see Bauman and Briggs 1990). The systematic examination of local folklore entextualization practices sheds light on the mediated ways in which ‘authentic’ voices become indexes of nationally subsumed regional identities.
Use of HbA1c for diagnoses of diabetes and prediabetes: comparison with diagnoses based on fasting and 2-hr glucose values and effects of gender, race, and age.

BACKGROUND Glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) has been advocated for the diagnosis of diabetes and prediabetes. Its performance has been commonly assessed in corroboration with elevated fasting plasma glucose (FPG), but not the combination of FPG and 2-hr glucose values. This study assesses receiver operating characteristics (ROC) curves of HbA1c pertaining to the diagnoses of prediabetes and diabetes by FPG and/or 2-hr glucose, and the effects of age, gender, and race. METHODS We assessed the utility of HbA1c for diagnosing diabetes and prediabetes among 5395 adults without known diabetes from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2005-2010. RESULTS Current cutoffs of HbA1c for diabetes (6.5%) or prediabetes (5.7%) exhibited low sensitivity (0.249 and 0.354, respectively) and high specificity in identifying patients diagnosed using both FPG and 2-hr glucose, resulting in large false-negative rates (75.1% and 64.9%). Misdiagnosis rates increased with age and in non-Hispanic whites and Mexican Americans. When HbA1c was combined with FPG for diagnoses, the false-negative rate remained high for diabetes (45.7%), but was reduced for prediabetes (9.2%). CONCLUSIONS When assessed against diagnoses using both FPG and 2-hr glucose, HbA1c had low sensitivity and high specificity for identifying diabetes and prediabetes, which varied as a function of age and race. Regarding recently released American Diabetes Association (ADA) and joint European guidelines, it is important to consider that HbA1c values below 6.5% and 5.7% do not reliably exclude the presence of diabetes and prediabetes, respectively. Overall, the data argue for greater use of oral glucose tolerance tests (OGTTs) and both FPG and 2-hr glucose values for diagnosis of diabetes and prediabetes.
Pseudomonas aeruginosa N-3-Oxo-Dodecanoyl-Homoserine Lactone Impacts Mitochondrial Networks Morphology, Energetics, and Proteome in Host Cells

Mitochondria play crucial roles in cellular metabolism, signaling, longevity, and immune defense. Recent evidences have revealed that the host microbiota, including bacterial pathogens, impact mitochondrial behaviors and activities in the host. The pathogenicity of Pseudomonas aeruginosa requires quorum sensing (QS) cell–cell communication allowing the bacteria to sense population density and collectively control biofilm development, virulence traits, adaptation and interactions with the host. QS molecules, like N-3-oxo-dodecanoyl-L-homoserine lactone (3O-C12-HSL), can also modulate the behavior of host cells, e.g., epithelial barrier properties and innate immune responses. Here, in two types of cells, fibroblasts and intestinal epithelial cells, we investigated whether and how P. aeruginosa 3O-C12-HSL impacts the morphology of mitochondrial networks and their energetic characteristics, using high-resolution transmission electron microscopy, fluorescence live-cell imaging, assay for mitochondrial bioenergetics, and quantitative mass spectrometry for mitoproteomics and bioinformatics. We found that 3O-C12-HSL induced fragmentation of mitochondria, disruption of cristae and inner membrane ultrastructure, altered major characteristics of respiration and energetics, and decreased mitochondrial membrane potential, and that there are distinct cell-type specific details of these effects. Moreover, this was mechanistically accompanied by differential expression of both common and cell-type specific arrays of components in the mitochondrial proteome involved in their structural organization, electron transport chain complexes and response to stress. We suggest that this effect of 3O-C12-HSL on mitochondria may represent one of the events in the interaction between P. aeruginosa and host mitochondria and may have an impact on the pathogens strategy to hijack host cell activities to support their own survival and spreading.
When Stiffness Matters: Mechanosensing in Heart Development and Disease

During embryonic morphogenesis, the heart undergoes a complex series of cellular phenotypic maturations (e.g., transition of myocytes from proliferative to quiescent or maturation of the contractile apparatus), and this involves stiffening of the extracellular matrix (ECM) acting in concert with morphogenetic signals. The maladaptive remodeling of the myocardium, one of the processes involved in determination of heart failure, also involves mechanical cues, with a progressive stiffening of the tissue that produces cellular mechanical damage, inflammation, and ultimately myocardial fibrosis. The assessment of the biomechanical dependence of the molecular machinery (in myocardial and non-myocardial cells) is therefore essential to contextualize the maturation of the cardiac tissue at early stages and understand its pathologic evolution in aging. Because systems to perform multiscale modeling of cellular and tissue mechanics have been developed, it appears particularly novel to design integrated mechano-molecular models of heart development and disease to be tested in ex vivo reconstituted cells/tissue-mimicking conditions. In the present contribution, we will discuss the latest implication of mechanosensing in heart development and pathology, describe the most recent models of cell/tissue mechanics, and delineate novel strategies to target the consequences of heart failure with personalized approaches based on tissue engineering and induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) technologies.
Micro‐geographical variation among male populations of the sandfly, Lutzomyia (Nyssomyia) intermedia, from an endemic area of American cutaneous leishmaniasis in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Abstract. The genetic relationships among male Lutzomyia (Nyssomyia) intermedia (Lutz & Neiva) (Diptera: Psychodidae) from three populations from the same endemic area of American cutaneous leishmaniasis (ACL) in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, were compared. The sandflies were collected in three ecologically different habitats: domestic, extra‐domestic and sylvatic over a total range of 800 m. Three molecular markers were employed to assess population variation. Based on MLEE markers, it could not be concluded that the three populations do not belong to the same gene pool (Fst = 0.005). No within‐population departure from Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium was detected (P < 0.05) and they presented the same level of gene variation. The number of migrants (Nm) indicated that at least 50 individuals per generation migrated between the three habitats. RAPD‐PCR markers revealed that, except for the primer five, all were polymorphic. Phenetic analysis of the genotypes showed the presence of two principal clusters corresponding to: (1) domestic plus extra‐domestic and (2) sylvatic. Unique genotypes were observed in each population. The sylvatic population was the most polymorphic, showing the largest number of genotypes and low level of similarity between them. Three mtDNA gene markers were studied by SSCP analysis. The most frequent haplotype for each marker ranged in frequency from 60 to 87% and individuals with unique haplotypes varied from 1 to 5%. Interestingly, the SSCP analysis showed a low level of polymorphism within populations. The disagreement between the different molecular markers observed and the hypothesis that L. intermedia could be participating in the transmission cycle of Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis in environments ranging from the interior of human dwellings to the forest, are discussed.
An accurate co-registration method of spaceborne repeat-pass InSAR based on matrix transformation

A novel approach for accurate co-registration of spaceborne repeat-pass SAR interferometry based on matrix transform is proposed in this paper. In this method, the process of both shifting and rotating are taken into account simultaneously in co-registration. To validate the proposed method, without any loss of generality, experiments are carried out on several spaceborne JERS-1 InSAR data pairs with different baseline length. The results show that the coherence has been improved a lot compared with that can be obtained by common techniques.
Characteristic mode theory for antennas with multilayered media

Characteristic mode (CM) theory for modal analysis of microstrip antennas is developed in this paper. It is derived from the mixed-potential integral equation (MPIE) with spatial domain Green's functions for multilayered media, where the spatial domain Green's functions take into account the effect of the multilayered media. Numerical results are presented to confirm its effectiveness and accuracy in determining the resonant frequencies, radiating mode currents, and modal fields of microstrip antennas. As opposed to the very popular CM formulation for perfectly electrical conducting bodies, comparative studies are presented to show the quite different modal analysis results by considering the multilayered media.
Wavelet Entropy Measure Definition and Its Application for Transmission Line Fault Detection and Identification; (Part II: Fault Detection in Transmission line)

Detection of faulty transient is a important problem in transient protection. In order to detect out the faults timely and reliably, a set of effective method for fault detection would be necessary. This paper built a model of 500 kV HV transmission line and simulated the fault detection of single- phase-to-ground uder various conditions.Based on the definition of WEE,WTE, WSE,WTFE,WAE and WDE, the paper put them into application of faulty transient detection for the first time and analyzed the detecting ability of each wavelet entropy. Finally, the simulations which compared wavelet entropy with wavelet modulo maximum prove that the fault detection based on wavelet entropy is superior to other methods.
MEMCA for satellite and space data: MEMCA [Memory centric analytics] for satellite and space data

Automated image exploitation algorithms requires both computation power and fast disk access. Ordinary hardware or a sequential processing architecture is far from performing with acceptable performance, while dealing with huge satellite imagery data. In this work, a memory centric analytics solution is proposed for performing querying, graph based operations, machine learning and stream processing effectively. A proof of concept experiment was performed in order to demonstrate the effect of memory centric operations on big data. The initial results show that, memory centric analytics has great potential for imagery exploitation.
Pulmonary thromboembolic disease. A lobular concept.

Infarcts are aggregates of infarcted secondary pulmonary lobules. Infarction of a single lobule can occur. Application of a lobular concept of thromboembolic d1sease provides a morphologic basis which partly explains the limitations inherent in plain film diagnosis. Infarcts have no predictable configuration. Thromboembolism may cause hemorrhage indistinguishable radiographically from pneumonia or edema. When the infarct is surrounded by hemorrhage, when there is admixture of infarcted and viable lobules at the infarct margin, and when interface between infarcted and viable lobules is not parallel to the x-ray beam, the poorly defined infarct outlines may make differentiation from pneumonia or edema impossible.
Características de la inflación importada en Bolivia: ¿puede contenerse con política cambiaria?

Como resultado de la inflacion importada, la inflacion anual en Bolivia se incremento desde el ano 2006 y desde fines de 2007 supero un digito. El Banco Central de Bolivia dinamizo la apreciacion de la moneda con el fin de contener las presiones originadas por los elevados precios internacionales de alimentos y las apreciaciones de las monedas de los principales socios comerciales. A pesar de ello, la inflacion continuo en ascenso, generando interrogantes a cerca de la efectividad de la politica cambiaria. En este documento se estudia el efecto de las presiones inflacionarias externas y la contribucion de la politica cambiaria a la estabilidad de precios, en comparacion a otros paises. Los resultados muestran que la relacion entre la inflacion y el comportamiento del tipo de cambio conocido como el pass-through del tipo de cambio se redujo en los ultimos 10 anos. No obstante, se muestra que la inflacion hubiera sido mayor de no haberse apreciado el boliviano ya que su aporte al control de la inflacion se efectivizo a traves de su efecto sobre los precios de los bienes y servicios importados. Bajo un regimen de tipo de cambio menos rigido, su efecto sobre la estabilidad de precios hubiera sido mayor aunque hubiera tenido costos elevados debido al alto grado de dolarizacion de la economia.
Determining the improvement potentials of employee portals using a performance-based analysis

Purpose – The overall purpose of this study is to inform practitioners about the levers for improving their employee portals.Design/methodology/approach – The authors introduce a theoretical model that is based on the DeLone and McLean IS success model, which considers the specific requirements of employee portals. They tested the associations between their model's success dimensions by using more than 4,400 employees' responses, which were collected in 12 companies across different industries. They applied structural equation modeling to carry out the causal analysis. In addition, within a performance‐based analysis, they further investigated the success dimensions' improvement potentials.Findings – The results of the causal analysis indicate that besides the factors contributing to the success of information systems (IS) in general, other success dimensions – like the quality of the collaboration and process support – have to be considered when aiming for a successful employee portal. The performance‐ba.
Classroom ventilation and indoor air quality-results from the FRESH intervention study.

Inadequate ventilation of classrooms may lead to increased concentrations of pollutants generated indoors in schools. The FRESH study, on the effects of increased classroom ventilation on indoor air quality, was performed in 18 naturally ventilated classrooms of 17 primary schools in the Netherlands during the heating seasons of 2010-2012. In 12 classrooms, ventilation was increased to targeted CO2 concentrations of 800 or 1200 ppm, using a temporary CO2 controlled mechanical ventilation system. Six classrooms were included as controls. In each classroom, data on endotoxin, β(1,3)-glucans, and particles with diameters of <10 μm (PM10 ) and <2.5 μm (PM2.5 ) and nitrogen dioxide (NO2 ) were collected during three consecutive weeks. Associations between the intervention and these measured indoor air pollution levels were assessed using mixed models, with random classroom effects. The intervention lowered endotoxin and β(1,3)-glucan levels and PM10 concentrations significantly. PM10 for instance was reduced by 25 μg/m³ (95% confidence interval 13-38 μg/m³) from 54 μg/m³ at maximum ventilation rate. No significant differences were found between the two ventilation settings. Concentrations of PM2.5 and NO2 were not affected by the intervention. Our results provide evidence that increasing classroom ventilation is effective in decreasing the concentrations of some indoor-generated pollutants.
Kerbrat-Orecchioni, Catherine, L’Énonciation – De la subjectivité dans le langage, Paris, Armand Colin, 1980, 290 p.

Citer cet article Gagnon, J. (1983). Kerbrat-Orecchioni, Catherine, L’Énonciation – De la subjectivité dans le langage, Paris, Armand Colin, 1980, 290 p. Études littéraires, 16(1), 169–171. https://doi.org/10.7202/500601ar Ce document est protégé par la loi sur le droit d'auteur. L'utilisation des services d'Érudit (y compris la reproduction) est assujettie à sa politique d'utilisation que vous pouvez consulter en ligne. [https://apropos.erudit. org/fr/usagers/politique-dutilisation/]