Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Heart failure after myocardial infarction : a neglected problem?

Improvements in the management of acute myocardial infarction together with population ageing have contributed to a growing burden of heart failure. Around half of new cases of heart failure in patients aged less than 75years are due to coronary artery disease; many of these patients develop heart failure in the context of acute myocardial infarction. Left ventricular systolic dysfunction is the single most common cause of heart failure after myocardial infarction. Of the estimated 65,000 new cases of heart failure in the UK each year, it is likely that around 15,000 occur in the context of acute myocardial infarction. Ventricular remodelling generally occurs in the early period after myocardial infarction, and early identification offers the potential to modify this process and reduce the risk of heart failure. Clear guidelines should be built into the myocardial infarction care pathway to ensure an integrated approach from hospital and community services.
El diseño de Mova, Centro de Innovación del Maestro: Un ejercicio colectivo desde los saberes de los maestros, las maestras y otros agentes educativos

El presente texto describe el papel de maestros, maestras y otros profesionales en la construccion de “Mova, Centro de Innovacion del Maestro”. Interesa destacar en particular la forma en que el saber de maestros y maestras recorrio el diseno arquitectonico y contribuyo a la configuracion de lineas de formacion que se expresaron en expectativas, necesidades, tensiones y soluciones para continuar con su formacion. Maestros y maestras ofrecieron su experiencia,practicas pedagogicas y sentido critico y colectivo para generar dialogos reflexivos, tanto con colegas, como con otros profesionales y agentes educativos, sobre los distintos aspectos de Mova, incluida la construccion de los lineamientos de politica de formacion en servicio de la ciudad. El proceso de construccion de Mova unio conceptos, imagenes y experiencias que fueron agrupando nuevos conocimientos, y reconociendo otros guardados en la memoria, acerca de la formacion continua de los maestros de Medellin.
Pulmonary Lymphangitic Mesotheliomatosis

We report a 45 year old male with right sided pleural mesothelioma who received neoadjuvant chemotherapy prior to a right extrapleural pneumonectomy followed by adjuvant chemotherapy. The patient became tumor free and remained in remission for 19 months following which he developed a lymphangitic spread over the contralateral lung. His diagnosis was confirmed by a bronchoscopic transbronchial biopsy of the left lung. The patient died from progressive respiratory failure over a period of three months. Such a relapse with an aggressive and fatal lymphangitic spread is rarely seen and reported in malignant pleural mesothelioma. Discussion and review of the literature are provided. Mesothelioma is still considered, worldwide, a rare cancer of the serosal membranes. It typically involves the pleural cavity but other reported sites include the peritoneum, pericardium and Tunica vaginalis of the testis. The usual progression of the mesothelioma is coalescence of multiple, small nodules into large masses that invade, entrap and destroy the affected organ by direct extension and invasion. We report an unusual case of relapsing mesothelioma, recurring in an aggressive and fatal form, after 19 months of remission.
Investigating and comparing the patients’ and staff's perspectives on the usefulness of a head and neck radiotherapy patient education booklet

Abstract Introduction Printed patient education material enhances verbal patient teaching. ‘Starting radiation therapy: helpful tips for patients with head and neck cancer’ is a booklet that facilitates head and neck (H&N) cancer patients’ orientation to the study hospital. This study examined and compared patients’ and staff's opinion on the distribution and usefulness of this booklet. Methods Patients starting radiotherapy treatment to their H&N cancer, and staff involved in their care, were recruited. A survey was designed to collect responses from both cohorts. Results Of the patients, 94% received the booklet before their first radiotherapy treatment. Of the staff, 67% referred to this booklet during patient education. Most patients (98%) found that the booklet increased their awareness of hospital and community services. Both groups indicated list of services and telephone number to be the most useful chapter. The staff suggested having this booklet available in different languages. Conclusion This booklet was useful as an orientation tool for the patients to navigate the hospital system. Patients and staff have similar opinion regarding the most useful sections in the booklet. Further studies needs to be conducted to validate the need of having this booklet available in other languages.
Importance de la nature des tissus dans la lutte par piégeage contre les glossines

La nature du tissu est aussi sinon plus importante que celle de l'insecticide. Les resultats observes varient en fonction des colorants dont sont teints les tissus. De plus la fragilite de certaines teintures notamment sur tissus 100% synthetiques empeche l'utilisation de certains tissus bleus qui tout en conservant un fort pourcentage de matiere active perdraient toute attractivite pour les tse-tse
Realidade virtual no tratamento da esquizofrenia

6. Referencias A realidade virtual tem sido aplicada com eficacia em tratamentos de patologias psiquiatricas como os transtornos de ansiedade, nomeadamente fobias e stress pos-traumatico, e na depressao (Arbona et al., 2007; Richard & Richardson, 2012). O ambiente virtual pode provocar emocoes positivas e proporcionar ao paciente diversos obstaculos e problemas a resolver, bem como produzir experiencias que mesclem o mundo real e o mundo virtual de maneira envolvente. Tem como principal caracteristica a imersao de quem a utiliza num mundo perceptivo, dando a sensacao de o individuo estar realmente no ambiente projectado e a interagir com este (Costa & Carvalho, 2004; Dores et al., no prelo; Ku et al., 2003; Machado, Moraes & Nunes, 2009). Na esquizofrenia, o uso da realidade virtual e maioritariamente direccionado para a avaliacao, de defices cognitivos e desabilidades sociais. Apesar de alguns autores realcarem (Costa & Carvalho, 2004; Dores et al., no prelo; Ku et al., 2003; Machado, Moraes & Nunes, 2009) a potencialidade da tecnologia, poucos programas de reabilitacao sao encontrados, demonstrando escassez da aplicacao desta tecnologia no tratamento da esquizofrenia e a lacuna no uso das possibilidades tecnologicas para este âmbito.
Embedded Test and Debug of Full Custom and Synthesizable Microprocessor Cores

This paper compares and contrasts two very different approaches to testing cached CPU macro-cells that are typically embedded in a System on Chip (SoC). One uses a test bus to apply functional vectors, while the other uses a combination of scan insertion, memory BIST and test collars. IP protection issues and non-intrusive tracing are also discussed.
Patients’ opinions of psychiatric care: a Swedish study

Over the past few decades, health care as a whole and psychiatry specifically have evolved as a result of various societal influences. Quality assurance, evidence-based treatment and patients’ satisfaction with care are all examples of such trends. In Sweden, the patients’ satisfaction with care has become the concern both of researchers and of mental health care administrators. This may be a result of changed social norms and of the relatively recent apprehension of patients’ wish to participate in their own health care.
Marginalia of the Hebrew Renaissance

The revival of Hebrew in the last quarter of the nineteenth and in the first quarter of the twentieth century imagined in the form of two principal processes: the creation of new words according to existing morphological models and the ascription of new meanings to words which were taken from classical Hebrew texts. This chapter shows how calques of Russian metaphors and of paradigmatic literary images have served Elisheva and Goldberg as a means to enrich the imagery of Hebrew prose and poetry. Hebrew of their poetry and prose became something like a textual diaspora for Russian poetic images. This state of diaspora caused Russian idioms and paradigmatic poetic lines to be dressed in a Hebrew gown. The inhabitants of Erets Israel began to use them in written and oral speech, especially those who were familiar with Russian and therefore sensitive to the coincidence of images. Keywords:calques; Elisheva; Hebrew; literary; poetry; prose; Russian; twentieth century
Beneficios y costos de la rehabilitación de pasturas degradadas en Honduras.

1. Economista ganadero, Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT) e Instituto Internacional de Investigaciones en Ganaderia (ILRI). Cali, Colombia (F.Holmann@cgiar.org) 2. Agronomo de pasturas, CIAT. San Jose, Costa Rica (P.Argel@cgiar.org) 3. Economista agricola, investigador asociado. CIAT. Cali, Colombia (L.Rivas@cgiar.org) 4. Economista agricola, CIAT. Cali, Colombia (D. White@cgiar.org) 5. Economista agricola, CIP-CIAT. Cali, Colombia (R.Estrada@cgiar.org) 6. Agronomo, Director Pecuario, Direccion de Ciencia y Tecnologia Agropecuaria (DICTA). Tegucigalpa, Honduras (Conrado_Burgos@msn.com) 7. Zootecnista, Director Regional, ILRI. Managua, Nicaragua (Edwin.ilri@cablenet.com.ni) 8. Consultor Estadistico, Proyecto de Forrajes Tropicales, CIAT. Cali, Colombia (G.Ramirez@cgiar.org). 9. Zootecnista, Asistente administrativo, Consorcio Tropileche. CIAT. Cali, Colombia (A.Medina@cgiar.org).
A comparative study of CMOS-based quadrature integrated LC VCO topologies

Topologies comparison of a 1 GHz quadrature voltage controlled oscillator, VCO, based on simulation results is presented. VCO circuits are simulated using 0.25 micron CMOS process from 2.5 V supply. The comparison is introduced from two different perspectives: constant VCO DC power and constant output swing. The main differences between different topologies seeking same targeted VCO specifications are shown.
Influencia de las ocupaciones de los cónyuges en el cuidado de los hijos

espanolEl reparto de tareas domesticas y del cuidado de los hijos entre hombres y mujeres sigue siendo asimetrico en Espana, pese a que la incorporacion de la mujer al mercado laboral y el aumento de su nivel educativo han supuesto un cambio en el comportamiento de ambos miembros de la pareja. Este trabajo compara el nivel educativo y el estatus ocupacional de ambos conyuges, analizando como afectan los casos de homogamia, hipergamia e hipogamia tanto educativa como ocupacionalmente al cuidado de los hijos, empleando para ello la encuesta «Redes familiares en Andalucia» (2005) realizada por el Instituto de Estadistica de Andalucia. El estatus ocupacional es la variable que mas influye en el reparto del cuidado de los hijos en la pareja. EnglishThe distribution of housework is still asymmetric between Spanish men and women, although the incorporation of women to the labour market and the increase of their educational level have changed the behaviour of both spouses. This work compares the educational level and occupational status of both partners, analyzing how affects child care the situations of homogamy, hipergamy or hipogamy (both educational and occupational) in the couple. Occupational status is the most relevant variable for explaining child care.
Evaluation and Ranking Online User Comments

Abstract. From the viewpoint of online communities, the interactions between users and administrators is vitally important in order to start and maintain a community. Online newspaper is one of the online communities where the users are able to respond through their comments to the news they read. Indeed, users generally express purposeful emotions in their comments. In order to use the comments one is required to organize them, considering that they are often in conflict with each other and displayed disorganized. The different approaches in the field of text mining and sentiment analysis have come to help.
MEASUREMENT OF THE SIZE OF THE LIVER IN THE NEWBORN: A RADIOGRAPHIC ESTIMATE *

The outline of the liver was readily seen in nearly 70% of radiographs of the chest in 441 newborn infants when the region of the liver was included. This paper describes a method of estimating the weight of the liver from measurements made on the radiographs. There was a fair correlation between these estimates and the weight of the liver recorded at autopsy in 48 of the 441 babies. Some errors and limitations of the method are discussed.
Aprendizado supervisionado com conjuntos de dados desbalanceados

Traditional learning algorithms induced by complex and highly imbalanced training sets may have difficulty in distinguishing between examples of the groups. The tendency is to create classification models that are biased toward the overrepresented (majority) class, resulting in a low rate of recognition for the minority group. This paper provides a survey of this problem which has attracted the interest of many researchers in recent years. In the scope of two-class classification tasks, concepts related to the nature of the imbalanced class problem and evaluation metrics are presented, including the foundations of the ROC (Receiver Operating Characteristic) analysis; plus a state of the art of the proposed solutions. At the end of the paper a brief discussion on how the subject can be extended to multiclass learning is provided.
A modelling study on the effects of the geometry of recording sites on neural signal transduction

The shape (geometry) of planar thin-film microelectrode recording sites may have some influence on neural signal transduction. This was examined numerically for three different geometries; circular, triangular, and square. The results indicated that circular sites were most like ideal point electrodes. Triangular sites appeared to have some directionality in their recording properties. It was also shown that for sources close to the site, smaller sites would be expected to record larger signals.
Cloud Workload Characterization

Abstract This paper describes various computer system workloads and relates them to their underlying resource utilization. Specifically, the paper concentrates on Cloud workload characterization based upon issues, capabilities, and technologies surrounding the categories from the multiple points of view of the various players involved in Cloud Computing. The relationship is established between the categories and key limiting underlying technologies, and the dynamic and measurable low-level metrics and measurements that are used to detect and reduce resource contention, and identify category changes during run-time. Research questions are posed on dynamic low-level measurements and a usage case example with high performance computing (HPC) clusters. The Cloud workload categories can provide a basis for common communication for various viewpoints from players, including facility managers, Cloud IT or service providers, Cloud users, consumers, IT managers, and hardware vendors. This common communication tool will facilitate better service-level agreements (SLAs), capital purchase decisions, and future computer architecture design-decisions.
A backup choice or not? Pre-service graduate students' views of choosing teaching as a career in Taiwan

Recent teacher education reform in Taiwan allows regular universities to set up programs to recruit graduate students for teacher preparation. There have been assumptions that these students may take teaching as a backup career choice since they may have multiple career choices for their future. This study attempts examines the degree of decisiveness and enthusiasm for choosing teaching as a career by a group of 44 pre-service graduate students from a prestigious university in Taiwan. Based on data collected from in-depth interviews with these students, five sub-groups emerge: Devoted Educators, Responsible Teachers, Career Explorers, Pragmatists and The Uncommitted. As the majority of these students have decided to choose teaching as their primary future career, the backup choice assumption is challenged. Socio-cultural roots to this positive view of teaching are further discussed.
Growth hormone and the cardiovascular system

This review highlights current concepts of physiological and pathophysiological effects of growth hormone on the heart. The data of international clinical studies concerning the influence of GH deficit and excess on the cardiovascular system are discussed with special reference to such clinical conditions as somatotrophic pituitary insufficiency and acromegaly. Result of analysis of parameters of the cardiovascular system in the patients receiving growth hormone substitution therapy for somatotrophic insufficiency and GH-suppressive therapy of acromegaly are presented
High Glucose Abnormalities and Its Risk Factors in Adult Patients Attending Outpatient Clinics in Banjul, the Gambia

Background: By virtue of its potency as a risk factor and prognostic importance, the presence of an abnormal glucose tolerance in a patient deserves serious attention and makes its diagnosis a priority. Objective: To determine the prevalence of previously undiagnosed diabetes mellitus (PUDM), impaired fasting glucose (IFG) and impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) among patients attending clinics in Banjul, The Gambia and determine the risk factors associated with these states of abnormal glucose tolerance. Design: Cross-sectional study. Setting: Outpatient clinics of Royal Edward Francis Small Teaching Hospital and Medical Research Council Laboratories in Banjul. Methods: Two hundred and eight consecutive patients with hypertension on treatment and 108 non-hypertensive patients aged over 25years were enrolled. A questionnaire was filled and anthropometric measurements were taken. The standard oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) was done. The WHO glucometabolic criteria was used in classifying the participants as normal OGTT, PUDM, IFG and IGT. Results: The mean (±SD) of blood glucose at 0min (FBG) was 5.7 (± 2.4) mmol/l while the mean (± SD) blood glucose at 120min (2HBG) was 7.7 (±2.2) mmol/l. Eighty percent had FBG of < 6.1mmol/l, 10% had FBG ≥6.1 - < 7.0mmol/l while another 10% had ≥ 7.0mmol/l. Sixty percent of participants had 2HBG < 7.8mmol/L, 32% had ≥ 7.8 - < 11.1 mmol/l and the remaining 8% ≥ 11.1mmol/l. Fifty-three percent had a normal OGTT, 4% had IFG, 29% had IGT and 15% had PUDM from the OGTT using the WHO criteria. PUDM and IGT were associated with hypertension but IFG was not associated with any of the risk factors. Conclusion: The prevalence of PUDM, IFG and IGT in patients attending clinics in Banjul was high. The major risk factor for PUDM and IGT was hypertension.
MR-CUDASW - GPU accelerated Smith-Waterman algorithm for medium-length (meta)genomic data

The idea of using a graphics processing unit (GPU) for more than simply graphic output purposes has been around for quite some time in scientific communities. However, it is only recently that its benefits for a range of bioinformatics and life sciences compute-intensive tasks has been recognized. This thesis investigates the possibility of improving the performance of the overlap determination stage of an Overlap Layout Consensus (OLC)-based assembler by using a GPU-based implementation of the Smith-Waterman algorithm. In this thesis an existing GPU-accelerated sequence alignment algorithm is adapted and expanded to reduce its completion time. A number of improvements and changes are made to the original software. Workload distribution, query profile construction, and thread scheduling techniques implemented by the original program are replaced by custom methods specifically designed to handle medium-length reads. Accordingly, this algorithm is the first highly parallel solution that has been specifically optimized to process medium-length nucleotide reads (DNA/RNA) from modern sequencing machines (i.e. Ion Torrent). Results show that the software reaches up to 82 GCUPS (Giga Cell Updates Per Second) on a single-GPU graphic card running on a commodity desktop hardware. As a result it is the fastest GPU-based implementation of the Smith-Waterman algorithm tailored for processing medium-length nucleotide reads. Despite being designed for performing the Smith-Waterman algorithm on medium-length nucleotide sequences, this program also presents great potential for improving heterogeneous computing with CUDA-enabled GPUs in general and is expected to make contributions to other research problems that require sensitive pairwise alignment to be applied to a large number of reads. Our results show that it is possible to improve the performance of bioinformatics algorithms by taking full advantage of the compute resources of the underlying commodity hardware and further, these results are especially encouraging since GPU performance grows faster than multi-core CPUs.
The Impact of Body Mass Index on the Surgical Outcomes in Open Rectal Cancer Surgery

Technical difficulties which affect the outcomes of abdominal operations are common in obese patients, especially in rectal and gastric cancer cases. In several studies, it has been shown that increased body mass index (BMI) is associated with increased morbidity, reduced lymph node retrieval and prolonged hospital stay after colorectal surgery. The aim of this study was to assess the influence of obesity on the surgical outcomes (surgical margin, number of lymph nodes excised) of rectal cancer patients who were operated by open surgery. One hundred rectal cancer patients who underwent open surgery in a single center between January 2011 and August 2014 were included in this study. Patients were divided into two groups according to their BMI values. According to their preoperative BMI values, patients with a BMI of ≥30 kg/m 2 (n=29) were defined as ‘obese’. Patients with a BMI of <30 kg/m 2 (n=71) were placed in the normal (non-obese) group. Demographic data, surgical margins, the number of lymph nodes retrieved and surveillance of both groups were compared. Obese and normal groups were statistically indifferent in terms of age, sex and stage of the disease. Comparison of the obese and normal groups showed no statistically