Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
The Text Mining Analysis of Macau’s Participation in International Organizations

In recent years, Macau has actively participated in international organizations according to the Macau Basic Law. After fifteen years of regaining sovereignty by China, Macau has faced some internal and external challenges. In order to comprehend the new policy directions regarding Macau’s participation in international organizations, this paper made the depth interviews and applied the text mining analysis to the interviews responses. Through applying the random forests model and fruit fly optimization algorithm to keywords classification, the study concluded several points related to Macau’s participation in international organizations.
Biomechanical, anthropometrical and physical profile of elite university netball players and the relationship to musculoskeletal injuries

Literature indicates that deficiencies of certain parameters such as biomechanics, anthropometry, physical and motor abilities, may influence a netball players susceptibility to injury, as well as the players physical performance during a game. The primary aim of this study was to determine the physical profile of elite netball players from the North-West University club, between 18 and 25 years old, with reference to the biomechanical, anthropometrical, physical and motor abilities (balance, agility and explosive power). The secondary aim was to identify shortcomings in the physical profile of netball payers that could contribute to musculoskeletal injuries among players. The results reveal numerous biomechanical deviations among the netball payers during the first and second testing procedures. With regard to anthropometry, the group presented an ideal body mass index, but with an above-average fat percentage. A comparison of the incidences of injury among the players indicated that players with more biomechanical stressors showed more injuries during the season. Key Words: Elite Netball Players; Biomechanical; Anthropometric; Physical; Profile; Musculoskeletal Injuries.
Molecular Cytogenetics and its Applications to Soft Tissue Tumor Analysis

Cytogenetic analyses have demonstrated the association of specific chromosomal changes with particular types of soft tissue tomors. This work describes the molecular cytogenetic approaches to genetic analysis of these tumors. It illustrates how molecular cytogenetics may provide a rapid and sensitive method of diagnosis and can contribute to identify specific genes implied in the aetiology of soft tissue tumors.
Experimental Investigations on Substrate Integrated Flexible Waveguide

In this paper, the characteristics of flexible substrate integrated waveguide (SIW) are experimentally investigated. Based on the merits of high quality, low insertion loss, flexibility and mass productive etc. from SIW, both K and Ka band flexible waveguides have been designed, fabricated with normal printed circuit board (PCB) process and tested. From the experimental results, good guided wave performance of the proposed flexible waveguide is shown.
A 34.5GHz planar magic-T based on coupling slot and substrate integrated waveguide

In this paper, a ka-band magic-T using substrate integrated waveguide (SIW) and coupling slot is proposed and developed for microwave applications on the basis of the substrate integrated waveguide (SIW) technology. Due to the metal ground between the input and output ports the planar magic-T consists of a 180 degree phase-reversal junction and an H-plane SIW T-junction. Theoretical analyses and the optimized wideband magic-T structure is demonstrated and discussed with the models of the magic-T. The magic-T is simulated with a 3D FEM electromagnetic simulation software and the results are presented. The frequency bandwidth is 20.3%, when the simulated VSWR of the port of the magic-T is less than 1.5 from 31GHz to 38GHz, and the simulated amplitude imbalance is less than ±0.22dB, and the simulated phase imbalance is less than ±0.8°, and the simulated isolation between the sum port and the difference port is higher than 43dB.
Cytoskeleton‐modulating effectors of enteropathogenic and enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli: role of EspL2 in adherence and an alternative pathway for modulating cytoskeleton through Annexin A2 function

Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) and enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) are attaching/effacing pathogens that possess a type III secretion system and deliver a variety of effectors into host cells for successful infection. EHEC produces at least 20 effector families with various functions. Reorganization of the cellular cytoskeleton at the adherent site is a hallmark of these pathogens. EspL2 of EHEC is a novel effector class that can modulate the cellular cytoskeleton. By interacting with and activating Annexin A2, EspL2 contributes to the formation of a condensed microcolony and may adhere to host cells in a translocated intimin receptor‐independent manner. The interaction of EspL2 with Annexin A2 increases F‐actin bundling activity and strengthens the membrane–cytoskeleton linkage, resulting in the condensation of actin fibers and the induction of a pseudopod‐like structure. Membrane microdomains, namely the lipid raft, which is rich in Annexin A2, may be a platform by which EHEC/EPEC infection modulates cellular signaling and the cytoskeleton.
Long Term Transient Radiation Response of GaAs FETs Fabricated on an AlGaAs Buffer Layer

A radiation hardening method for GaAs FETs has been developed using an AlGaAs buffer layer. The long term transient response resulting from irradiation with 40 MeV electrons and flash x-rays was reduced by an order of magnitude compared to FETs fabricated without the buffer layer. A model is discussed to explain the reduced transient effect in which the buffer layer plays the role of isolating the active layer from radiation induced stored charge in the substrate.
Integrating marketing and human resources : The link between employee's job satisfaction, identification with the company and employer branding

Employer branding (EB) has become an important toolkit for human resources. It focuses communicating an attractive employer image to current and potential employees by integrating marketing concepts into HR activities. Marketing researchers have established the relationship between employee satisfaction and loyalty, and customer satisfaction, and company profit by investigating the Service Profit Chain (SPC). Furthermore, Internal Branding (IB) is a concept to align employees' behavior in order to generate a competitive advantage. We now use a very crucial concept to marketing, the customer value (CV) concept for combining EB, the SPC and IB. More detailed, we apply the CV concept to further research the link between a company's ability to create value for their employees and the employee's job satisfaction and identification. Hereby, an EB model constituting of five dimensions is established and verified across genders to examine different satisfaction and identification patterns between the employer brand dimensions. The analysis employs a quantitative survey that encompassed 2,189 employees of an insurance company. The results indicate a positive relationship between the employer branding dimensions and employees' satisfaction and identification with the company.
Evidence of brown fat activity in constitutional leanness.

BACKGROUND Brown adipose tissue (BAT) was considered essentially nonexistent in adults until recent evidence obtained using 18-fluorodeoxyglucose (18-FDG) positron emission tomography/computed tomography. It seems to play a role in whole body metabolism, but it has not been evaluated in underweight conditions, such as in young females with constitutional leanness (CL) or anorexia nervosa (AN). SUBJECTS AND METHODS Thirty-eight subjects were evaluated from October 2011 to March 2012 : 7 CL (21.7 ± 3.6 y, body mass index [BMI] 16.2 ± 1.0 kg/m(2)), 7 AN (23.4 ± 4.5 y, BMI 15.5 ± 0.8), 3 of the 7 AN after stable refeeding (R-AN, 21.3 ± 1.5 y, BMI 18.8 ± 1.1), and 24 normal weight (NW) women (25.6 ± 3.9 y, BMI 22.2 ± 1.5). Fasting resting metabolic rate and respiratory quotient were measured by indirect calorimetry, body composition by bioimpedentiometry (only in CL, AN, and refed AN), and BAT activity by 18-FDG positron emission tomography/computed tomography scan, all in standardized conditions. RESULTS All CL (100%), none of the AN and refed AN (0%), and 3 of the 24 NW (12%) subjects showed FDG uptake. Average FDG maximum standardized uptake value was 11.4 + 6.7 g/mL in CL and 5.5 ± 1.2 g/mL (min 3.7, max 8.3) in the 3 NW subjects. In CL, the maximum standardized uptake value was directly correlated to resting metabolic rate, corrected for fat-free mass, and inversely correlated with respiratory quotient. CONCLUSION BAT activity has been shown in CL in resting thermoneutral conditions and may exert a role against adipose tissue deposition.
MORTALITY AND RISK FACTORS AFTER ENDOSCOPIC VARICEAL BAND LIGATION

Background : Bleeding from esophageal varices is the major complication of portal hypertension and is associated with a high mortality rate. Despite advances in the management the mortality rate remains at 30%-80%. Endoscopic variceal band ligation (EVL) is a new technique designed to manage esophageal varices and become the optimal first-line treatment for acutely bleeding varices. Variceal rebleeding, which occurs in 6%-36% of patients,is common during the treatment period before variceal obliteration is achieved, and mortality from esophageal variceal hemorrhage increases with Child-Pugh’s classification. Methods : Thirty-one patients with a history of esophageal variceal bleeding, who were endoscopically confirmed between Feb 1999 and Feb 2001, received regular EVL until variceal disappearance was reviewed retrospectively. Results : Variceal bleeding was controlled in 96.8% with the remaining 3.2% dying because of massive hemorrhage. There was no major complication. The rebleeding rate was 23.33%. In portal hypertensive-sources of rebleeding, gastric varices and portal hypertensive gastropathy were the most common. Ten fatalities occurred during this study (32.2%). Deaths caused by rebleeding accounted for 50% of cases, whereas, 10% were from failure to control hemorrhage, 10% from hepatoma, 10% from heart failure and 90%-20% from renal failure. Age, sex and other measures such as hematocrit, platelet count, prothrombin time,serum albumin, SGOT, SGPT, alkaline phosphates, serum bilirubin and Child-Pugh’s score were not found to be closely related to patients survival (p > 0.05). Mortality was significantly high in the rebleeding group (p = 0.006) and exsanguination was the major cause of death. Conclusion : Failure to control early rebleeding of varices in an important determinant of mortality. We sugest that long-term follow-up is required. Chiang Mai Med Bull 2003; 42(2):61-67. Key words : variceal bleeding, endoscopic ligation, mortality, risk factor
An Overview of Spatial Modulation Techniques for Millimeter Wave MIMO Systems

The emerging of millimeter wave (mmWave) communications has been widely predicted to revolutionize the traditional communications. On one hand, the large bandwidth provided by mmWave is orders of magnitudes larger than that provided by current microwave communications, which therefore supports much higher throughput as well as massive connectivity. On the other hand, the small wavelength of mmWave signals facilitates the application of massive antennas, thus benefiting from the powerful multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) beamforming and other MIMO signal processing techniques. However, mmWave-MIMO systems often suffer from prohibitive power consumption due to the massive antennas and radio frequency (RF) chains. Spatial modulation (SM) techniques have been proposed as a low-complexity, low-power-consumption MIMO candidate. More importantly, the idea of incorporating SM techniques into mmWave-MIMO systems has been proved effective for reducing the number of radio frequency (RF) chains, to which many research efforts have been devoted. This paper provides a comprehensive overview of the combination of SM and mmWave communications, with a special emphasis on the hybrid beamforming regimes for SM-motivated mmWave-MIMO systems
On data-driven systems and system-driven data: Twenty years of the Flanders heritage inventory

Purpose – Over the past 20 years, heritage inventories in Flanders (Belgium) have evolved from printed books to digital inventories. The purpose of this paper is to look at this evolution and highlight the interaction between the system and its users. Design/methodology/approach – After a short introduction about the history of inventories in Flanders, this paper mainly concerns itself with the last decade. Discrete topics will be highlighted to show the effects of the interaction that has taken place. Findings – It is obvious that a system that publishes a digital inventory needs to adapt to the user requirements. But, after years of working with a digital inventory system, it has become apparent that not only has the system been developed to the users’ needs, but also that user practice and the resulting data have been shaped by the system. Seeing data projected on a common basemap has led researchers to realise how intertwined and interdependent different types of heritage can be and how much their respective methodologies can benefit from more interaction. It has become apparent that data quality is of the utmost importance, something that can only be guaranteed by data entry standards, validation tools, and a strict editing workflow. The systems that are being developed are not expected to live on forever, but the data in them is. Originality/value – This paper presents real-life use cases and practical applications of building and maintaining a large digital inventory system over the years and through changes in organisational structure and focus. It provides insights that are hard to ascertain from smaller projects due to the volumes of data that are handled.
Risks and benefits of transcatheter thrombolytic therapy in patients with splanchnic venous thrombosis

Summary Transcatheter local thrombolytic therapy in patients with acute, extended splanchnic venous thrombosis is controversial. Here we present our single-center experience with transcatheter thrombolytic therapy in these patients. All consecutive patients (n=12) with acute,extended splanchnic venous thrombosis who underwent transcatheter thrombolytic therapy in our hospital, were included in this study. Thrombolytic therapy was successful for three thrombotic events and partially successful for four thrombotic events.Two patients developed minor procedure-related bleeding (17%). Six patients (50%) developed major procedure-related bleeding, with a fatal outcome in two. Transcatheter thrombolytic therapy in patients with acute, extended splanchnic vein thrombosis is found to be associated with a high rate of procedure-related bleeding. Therefore, thrombolysis should be reserved for patients in whom the venous flow cannot be restored by using conventional anticoagulant therapy or stent placement across the thrombosed vessel segment. H.L. A. Janssen and F.W. G. Leebeek are both Clinical Fellows of the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO).
Reference dosimetry of proton pencil beams based on dose-area product: a proof of concept

This paper describes a novel approach to the reference dosimetry of proton pencil beams based on dose-area product (DAPw). It depicts the calibration of a large-diameter plane-parallel ionization chamber in terms of dose-area product in a 60Co beam, the Monte Carlo calculation of beam quality correction factors—in terms of dose-area product—in proton beams, the Monte Carlo calculation of nuclear halo correction factors, and the experimental determination of DAPw of a single proton pencil beam. This new approach to reference dosimetry proves to be feasible, as it yields DAPw values in agreement with the standard and well-established approach of determining the absorbed dose to water at the centre of a broad homogeneous field generated by the superposition of regularly-spaced proton pencil beams.
Ubiquitous Service Model for Information Convergence of Jeju Island Culture, Tourism, Sport and Traffic

Recently the navigation service and LBS (Location based Services) using map supports much information services on mobile terminal. Also Internet Web sites support user much information. But, the user has the difficulty for acquiring the service and the various information based on map because of searching the many Internet sites. Accordingly, this paper supports a convergence information service model of various culture, education, tourism, sport and traffic for accessing synthesizing information based on map. And we design and implement this model using 공개 API. We present a convergence information service model of culture, tourism, sport and bus line information form tour destination and cultural place of Jeju province using the model. Additionally, we develop this service model using apache web server on Linux environment, PHP and JavaScript, MySQL database and Map 공개 API. As this service model supports a convenience action of culture and tourism for Jeju islanders and tourists.
Microtia in Cornelia de Lange syndrome: a case from Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Unit of Toxicology and Environment, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Public Health, Departments of Pediatrics, Surgery, University Hospital of Lubumbashi, Centre for Human Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Lubumbashi, Department of Internal Medicine, Service National/Medical Division of the Presidency of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Kolwezi, Kolwezi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Centre for Environment and Health, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, KU Leuven and Centre for Human Genetics, University Hospital, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
Romanian Tourists Interest in Traveling Abroad. Case study: Australian NGOs

The present paper analyzes and compares the involvement of Romanian NGOs versus Australian NGOs, assuming that, although these two countries are very different, Romanian Non-Governmental Organizations might benefit from the experience and involvement of Australian NGOs. This study depicts the journeys made by Romanians during 2008-2014, which reveal that most of them are traveling within the European Union and very, few to Australia. The main NGOs in Australia, which take measures of protecting natural resources that attract tourists and are actively involved in promoting them and continuous visitors’ education, are presented herein. Through interactive programs, NGOs can act as tourist entertainers, which brings them into contact with many tourists, either Romanian or foreign. This represents, as well, a means of earning money, which are to be later invested into environment protection projects.
Bicanalicular versus monocanalicular intubation after failed probing in congenital nasolacrimal duct obstruction.

AIM To investigate the clinical outcomes of different intubation techniques in the cases of failed primary probing. METHODS This retrospective study was performed on 338 patients with the diagnosis of congenital nasolacrimal duct obstruction with age 1-4y that had failed primary probing. Intubation was performed under light sedation in operating room and the stent was left 3mo in place. Clinical outcome was investigated 3mo after tube removal. RESULTS Bicanalicular intubation method had higher complete and relative success rates compared to monocanalicular intubation (P=0.00). In addition, Monoka intubation had better outcomes compared to Masterka technique (P=0.046). No difference was found between genders but the higher the age, the better the outcomes with bicanalicular technique rather than monocanalicular. CONCLUSION Overall success rate of bicanalicular intubation is superior to monocanalicular technique especially in older ages. Also, based upon our clinical outcomes, Masterka intubation is not recommended in cases of failed probing.
Increased glucose transport-phosphorylation and muscle glycogen synthesis after exercise training in insulin-resistant subjects.

BACKGROUND Insulin resistance in the offspring of parents with non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) is the best predictor of development of the disease and probably plays an important part in its pathogenesis. We studied the mechanism and degree to which exercise training improves insulin sensitivity in these subjects. METHODS Ten adult children of parents with NIDDM and eight normal subjects were studied before starting an aerobic exercise-training program, after one session of exercise, and after six weeks of exercise. Insulin sensitivity was measured by the hyperglycemic-hyperinsulinemic clamp technique combined with indirect calorimetry, and the rate of glycogen synthesis in muscle and the intramuscular glucose-6-phosphate concentration were measured by carbon-13 and phosphorus-31 nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, respectively. RESULTS During the base-line study, the mean (+/-SE) rate of muscle glycogen synthesis was 63 +/- 9 percent lower in the offspring of diabetic parents than in the normal subjects (P < 0.001). The mean value increased 69 +/- 10 percent (P = 0.04) and 62 +/- 11 percent (P = 0.04) after the first exercise session and 102 +/- 11 percent (P = 0.02) and 97 +/- 9 percent (P = 0.008) after six weeks of exercise training in the offspring and the normal subjects, respectively. The increment in glucose-6-phosphate during hyperglycemic-hyperinsulinemic clamping was lower in the offspring than in the normal subjects (0.039 +/- 0.013 vs. 0.089 +/- 0.009 mmol per liter, P = 0.005), reflecting reduced glucose transport-phosphorylation, but this increment was normal in the offspring after the first exercise session and after exercise training. Basal and stimulated insulin secretion was higher in the offspring than the normal subjects and was not altered by the exercise training program. CONCLUSIONS Exercise increases insulin sensitivity in both normal subjects and the insulin-resistant offspring of diabetic parents because of a twofold increase in insulin-stimulated glycogen synthesis in muscle, due to an increase in insulin-stimulated glucose transport-phosphorylation.
Differences and similarities between mothers’ and fathers’ experiences of parenting a child with a disability

This qualitative study used focus groups to identify the differences and similarities in the experiences of parents of children with a disability. Two main themes emerged, showing the ways in which the mothers and fathers are alike or different. One concerns roles, actual and expected, in the various subsystems of family life. The other concerns the normalization and stigmatization that arise because of the child’s problem. Mothers tend to score better interms of interpersonal and group communications. It would seem that the fathers’ expectations are harder to fulfil than the mothers’. The fathers’ expectations are attuned to the outer world; the actual day-to-day tasks related to the child’s care are not their priority. The mothers are less demanding and their expectations are more self-focused. Interestingly, these families are similar to families of children without a disability; however,the difficulties they experience are accentuated by the presence of a child with a problem.