Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Evaluation of medical quality in clinical departments of a hospital by TOPSIS method and RSR method.

[Objective] To evaluate medical quality in clinical departments of a hospital in 2007. [Methods] The medical quality was evaluated by using TOPSIS method and RSR method. [Results] Different departments’ medical quality were different, and they can be divided into different grades. In all departments, Obstetrics 1 and Obstetrics 2 were the best, while ICU was the worst. Most departments were in the general and good level. [Conclusion] Combination of TOPSIS method and RSR method is a scientific way to evaluate the medical quality of clinical departments, and the results are in line with the actual situation.
HEALTH ECONOMICS OF HIV IN RURAL INDIA

Like in most chronic illnesses, economic stability is a major anchor to continued compliance in HIV treatment and follow-up. The affected male is usually the major breadwinner. Number of man-days lost by the affected person and the caretaker, expenses due to treatment and related issues, physical and emotional consequences on family members, magico-religious approaches, trials with undocumented alternate systems of medicines and other unwarranted approaches cause an immense burden on the meagre resources of the family. In a study of families of 30 male HIV affected persons with a longitudinal clinical follow-up, evaluation of healthbehaviour, attitude of the family members, burden on the family and financial coping as an unit was done using standard methods. Results indicated that nuclear families with a single earning member suffered the most. Financial status and family attitudes were significant factors in decision-making. The burden experienced by the families, including the financial burden, was a function of length of sickness, the clinical staging of the illness, nature and extent of complications and presence of behavioural sequelae. The results showed that simple psycho-educational methods and therapeutic family intervention would help in managing the situation more optimally with judicious use of the family’s limited resources and effective care of the affected person.
Group field theories generating polyhedral complexes

Group field theories are a generalization of matrix models which provide both a second quantized reformulation of loop quantum gravity as well as generating functions for spin foam models. While states in canonical loop quantum gravity, in the traditional continuum setting, are based on graphs with vertices of arbitrary valence, group field theories have been defined so far in a simplicial setting such that states have support only on graphs of fixed valency. This has led to the question whether group field theory can indeed cover the whole state space of loop quantum gravity. In this contribution based on [1] I present two new classes of group field theories which satisfy this objective: i) a straightforward, but rather formal generalization to multiple fields, one for each valency and ii) a simplicial group field theory which effectively covers the larger state space through a dual weighting, a technique common in matrix and tensor models. To this end I will further discuss in some detail the combinatorial structure of the complexes generated by the group field theory partition function. The new group field theories do not only strengthen the links between the mentioned quantum gravity approaches but, broadening the theory space of group field theories, they might also prove useful in the investigation of renormalizability.
Trunk strength patterns in elite rowers

This study compared the strength and fatigue characteristics of the trunk in international rowers and non-rowing controls. 39 international rowers (mean age 27.4 ± 4.9, 20 females, 19 males) and 35 control subjects who did not row (mean age 23.2 ± 3.2, 20 males, 15 females) were recruited and parameters of trunk flexion-extension strength including isometric fatigue were recorded tested on a Cybex Norm Isokinetic Testing System. The rowers were significantly stronger ( P< 0.001) in all measured parameters of back strength than the control group (isometric extension strength 249.3 N/m ± 52.1 (SD) in rowers compared with 178.6 N/m ± 85 (SD) in controls). Greater strength in the rowing group was most significant in the later stages of range. Both populations demonstrated marked fatigue of the trunk muscles, although this was more prominent in the rowers ( p< 0.05 in flexion). In general, values of extensor strength were markedly greater than flexion strength, although this was less so in rowers. Consequently the trunk extensor-flexor ratios were lower in the rowing population. In conclusion, elite rowers are significantly stronger than control subjects. It is of interest that these strength gains are not proportional throughout range and this may be related to the rowing action, and may be of importance with respect to future development of LBP.
Aspectos controvertidos en el manejo de gliomas hemisféricos OMS grado II:: revisión de la bibliografía reciente

INTRODUCTION: The optimal management of WHO grade II gliomas (GIIG) is currently one of the most controversial issues in neuro-oncology. AIM: This paper discusses the most controversial aspects of management of these tumors, based on a review of the literature of the last 20 years. DEVELOPMENT: Patients with GIIG often suffer cognitive and emotional disorders that go unnoticed in daily clinic, which significantly affect the quality of life. These tumors do not remain stable, as they grow slowly and steadily. In fact, growth rate is a reliable marker of their biological behaviour, with rapid growth being a marker of malignancy. Current neuro-imaging studies and stereotactic biopsy are not reliable enough for diagnosis of GIIG, thus many authors consider that a definitive diagnosis can only be obtained with a detailed histological examination after extensive surgical resection. An increasing number of studies support the prognostic impact of surgery, as it delays malignant transformation and increases survival. GIIG are frequently located in eloquent brain areas; intraoperative electrical stimulation mapping is now considered the gold standard to remove these tumors with a low risk of sequelae. CONCLUSIONS: There is growing scientific evidence against a 'wait-and-see' management of GIIG. Surgery is considered nowadays by most authors as the first step in the diagnosis and treatment of these tumors.
Construcción de una Solución Óptima para un Problema de Asignación de Rutas, Horarios y Cargas del Mundo Real

This work presents an exact method for the Routing-Loading-Scheduling Problem (RoSLoP). The objective of RoSLoP consists of optimizing the delivery process of bottled products in a company study case. RoSLoP, formulated through the well-known Vehicle Routing Problem (VRP), has been solved as a rich VRP variant through approximate methods. The exact method uses a linear transformation function, which allows the reduction of the complexity of the problem to an integer programming problem. The optimal solution to this method establishes metrics of performance for approximate methods, which reach an efficiency of 100% in distance traveled and 75% in vehicles used, objectives of VRP. The transformation function reduces the computation time from 55 to four seconds. These results demonstrate the advantages of the modeling mathematical to reduce the dimensionality of problems NP-hard, which permits to obtain an optimal solution of RoSLoP. This modeling can be applied to get optimal solutions for real-world problems.
Improving Warfarin Treatment: A Study Using the Six Sigma Methodology

INTRODUCTION Warfarin is an oral anticoagulant (blood thinning) medication effective for the prevention and treatment of thromboembolic events in various clinical contexts; see Hylek and Singer (1994), Cannegieter et al. (1995), Odén and Fahlén (2002) and Levine et al. (2004) for more information about warfarin treatment. Since it is an extremely safety-critical medication, patients undergoing warfarin treatment should be monitored frequently by blood testing to ensure that the treatment yields desired results; The International Normalized Ratio (INR) defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) as
Multiple fractures in a patient with Type 1 diabetes mellitus and coeliac disease

The prevalence of coeliac disease (CD) in type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) has been reported to be between 3-16%, with a mean prevalence of 8% (5–7 times greater than the general population)1. Here we describe a child with T1DM who presented with multiple fractures and osteopenia and was discovered to have CD. Sri Lanka Journal of Child Health , 2015; 44 (2): 110-111
The power ratio and the interval map: spiking models and extracellular data

We describe a new, computationally simple method for analyzing the dynamics of neuronal spike trains driven by external stimuli. The goal of our method is to test the predictions of simple spike-generating models against extracellularly recorded neuronal responses. Through a new statistic called the power ratio, we distinguish between two broad classes of responses: (1) responses that can be completely characterized by a variable firing rate, (for example, modulated Poisson and gamma spike trains); and (2) responses for which firing rate variations alone are not sufficient to characterize response dynamics (for example, leaky integrate-and-fire spike trains as well as Poisson spike trains with long absolute refractory periods). We show that the responses of many visual neurons in the cat retinal ganglion, cat lateral geniculate nucleus, and macaque primary visual cortex fall into the second class, which implies that the pattern of spike times can carry significant information about visual stimuli. Our results also suggest that spike trains of X-type retinal ganglion cells, in particular, are very similar to spike trains generated by a leaky integrate-and-fire model with additive, stimulus-independent noise that could represent background synaptic activity.
Evolution of D and 3 He in the Galaxy

The predictions of Galactic chemical evolution models for D and $^3$He are described in connection with those on the other Galactic quantities for which observational constraints are available. Models in agreement with the largest set of data predict deuterium depletions from the Big Bang to the present epoch smaller than a factor of 3 and do not allow for D/H primordial abundances larger than $\sim4\times10^{-5}$. Models predicting higher D consumption do not reproduce other observed features of our Galaxy. If both the primordial D and $^3$He are low, models assuming that 90% of low-mass stars experience an extra-mixing during the red giant phase reproduce all the $^3$He observed abundances. The same percentage allows to fit also the observed carbon isotopic ratios, thus supporting the self-consistency of the extra-mixing mechanism.
Changing the Laryngoscope Blade and Its Effect on Laryngeal Visualization

To the Editor: Amour and colleagues compared single-use with reusable metal laryngoscope blades and found better laryngeal exposure and more successful intubation with the former. Laryngeal visualization and subsequent tracheal intubation are dependent, however, on many other factors besides the blade type. Upper airway anatomy, experience of the laryngoscopist, adequate relaxation, patient’s head and neck position, external laryngeal manipulation, blade size, and the laryngoscope lifting force are all factors that can dramatically affect the ability to visualize the larynx. Therefore, to separate out the effect of one factor on laryngeal visualization, all of the other factors will have to be standardized. The authors should be applauded for trying to control most of the factors. Two important factors, however, were not addressed: the use of external laryngeal manipulation and the laryngoscope lifting force. There was no mention in the study of whether external laryngeal manipulation was used in some patients, all patients, or none; whether it was used during the first attempt, second attempt, both, or neither; and most importantly, whether the documented laryngoscopic grade was the one before or after its application, if it was applied. The use of external laryngeal manipulation can improve visualization by a whole grade and, in some patients, can be the factor that makes the difference between intubation failure and success. Similarly, there was no mention of whether any attempt was made to standardize the laryngoscope lifting force. Increasing the force can be accompanied by a change in the resultant view, and this increase can occur in response to a poor view without the laryngoscopist even being aware of it. The forces applied during laryngoscopy can be measured, and thus controlled, by a device that can be used for both clinical research and patient care purposes. There is no doubt that the metal single-use blade provided better illumination, but was the difference in the results solely caused by the light factor or also influenced by the effect of the other factors that were not addressed? The results could have been more informative if these two factors were also standardized, especially because, as the authors themselves mentioned, it is extremely difficult to keep such a study blinded.
High-temperature structural transformations in the relaxor ferroelectrics PbSc0.5 Ta0.5 O3 and Pb0.78 Ba0.22 Sc0.5 Ta0.5 O3

Temperature-driven structural transformations in Pb-based perovskite-type relaxors are studied by using polarized Raman spectroscopy, high-resolution powder, and synchrotron single-crystal x-ray diffraction applied to PbSc0.5 Ta0.5 O3 (PST) and Pb0.78 Ba0.22 Sc0.5 Ta0.5 O3 (PBST). The two compounds were chosen as model systems because PST is a relaxor that exhibits ferroelectric long-range order on cooling, whereas PBST shows canonical relaxor behavior. The temperature evolution of phonon anomalies and the pseudocubic unit-cell parameter for both PST and PBST reveals the existence of a characteristic temperature T between the Burns temperature TB and the temperature of the dielectric-permittivity maximum Tm. T is associated with the coupling of initially nucleated small polar clusters and their aggregation into larger polar clusters. The temperature range between TB and T is characterized by a coupling between adjacent off-centered BO6 octahedra to form initial polar clusters, while the range between T and Tm is characterized by a coupling between off-centered B cations from adjacent polar clusters. Off-centered Pb atoms exist even above the Burns temperature and their length of coherence governs the coupling between polar regions comprising B -cation off-center shifts and, consequently, directs the formation of the ferroelectric state to a normal, long-range ordered or nonergodic relaxor state.
Diversity, Racism and Eurocentric-Normative Practice in Healthcare.

This paper contributes to scholarship focused on promoting ethno-cultural diversity in Canada’s health care workforce. In order to care for Canada’s diverse population appropriately visible minorities must be better represented among both nursing staff and administration. Evidence links increased ethnocultural diversity within organizations to a decrease in experienced microaggressions related to race. However, these studies do not address the potential role of assimilation and appeasement on the part of Minorities in easing intercultural tensions. This paper interrogates ethnocultural ‘diversity’ in the nursing workforce, concerned that advancing visible diversity does not go far enough to challenge invisible uniformity.
Defrocking the National Board

This title is a review of: Bond, L. , Smith, T. , Baker, W. K. , & Hattie. J. (2000). The certification system of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards: A construct and consequential validity study, Center for Educational Research and Evaluation, University of North Carolina, Greensboro.
Combining general relativity and quantum theory: points of conflict and contact

Issues related to bringing together the principles of general relativity and quantum theory are discussed. After briefly summarizing the points of conflict between the two formalisms I focus on four specific themes in which some contact has been established in the past between general relativity and quantum field theory: (i) the role of the Planck length in the microstructure of spacetime, (ii) the role of quantum effects in cosmology and the origin of the universe, (iii) the thermodynamics of spacetimes with horizons, and especially the concept of entropy related to spacetime geometry, (iv) the problem of the cosmological constant.
Universal graphs and induced-universal graphs

We construct graphs that contain all bounded-degree trees on n vertices as induced subgraphs and have only cn edges for some constant c depending only on the maximum degree. In general, we consider the problem of determining the graphs, so-called universal graphs (or induced-universal graphs), with as few vertices and edges as possible having the property that all graphs in a specified family are contained as subgraphs (or induced subgraphs). We obtain bounds for the size of universal and induced-universal graphs for many classes of graphs such as trees and planar graphs. These bounds are obtained by establishing relationships between the universal graphs and the induced-universal graphs.
Implications of Pre-Beliefs on Shaping Bahraini Student Teachers’ Knowledge about Teaching English in the Kingdom of Bahrain: "How old beliefs impede professional progress"

This research paper is the product of a research grant project (49/2012) that was approved and supported by the Deanship of Scientific Research at the University of Bahrain. The study investigates how English language teacher trainees' pre-perceptions of their identities, teaching methods and professional practices shift after joining their in-service teacher education programme at the BTC. Structured interviews, analysis of teacher trainees' lesson plans, reflections and their school visit reports were done. Findings reveal that although teachers showed earlier resistance to change their epistemological beliefs, professional identity or professional practices, they became more keen to improve their practices and adopt suggestions by the end of their programme. This paper ends with an alternative design of the current in-service Post Graduate Diploma in Education (PGDE) programme offered at the BTC, so that the focus is on bringing about a cognitive change.
Attribute-based ring signature scheme with constant-size signature

An attribute-based ring signature scheme with constant size and constant number of pairings computation is proposed. The signer signs messages by using a subset of its attributes. All the users who possess the subset of these attributes form a ring. It requires that anyone cannot tell who generates the signature in this ring. Furthermore, anyone out of this ring could not forge the signature on behalf of the ring. It is proved to be unforgeable in the standard model and unconditionally anonymous. To the best of the authors' knowledge, such a construction is introduced for the first time.
Hubble Space Telescope Photometry for the Halo Stars in the Leo Elliptical NGC 3377

We have used the ACS camera on HST to obtain (V, I) photometry for 57,000 red giant stars in the halo of the Leo elliptical NGC 3377, an intermediate-luminosity elliptical. We use this sample of stars to derive the metallicity distribution function (MDF) for its halo field stars and comment on its chemical evolution history compared with both larger and smaller E galaxies. Our ACS WFC field spans a radial range extending from 4 to 18 kpc projected distance from the center of NGC 3377 and thus covers a significant portion of this galaxy's halo. We find that the MDF is broad, reaching a peak at log(Z/Z⊙) ≃ -0.6, but containing virtually no stars more metal-poor than log(Z/Z⊙) = -1.5. It may, in addition, have relatively few stars more metal-rich than log(Z/Z⊙) ≃ -0.3, although interpretation of the high-metallicity end of the MDF is limited by photometric completeness that affects the detection of the reddest, most metal-rich stars. NGC 3377 appears to have an enrichment history intermediate between those of normal dwarf ellipticals and the much larger giants. As yet, we find no clear evidence that the halo of NGC 3377 contains a significant population of "young" (<3 Gyr) stars.
Role of Functional Imaging Techniques to Assess Motor and Language Cortical Plasticity in Glioma Patients: A Systematic Review

Cerebral plasticity is the ability of the central nervous system to reorganize itself in response to different injuries. The reshaping of functional areas is a crucial mechanism to compensate for damaged function. It is acknowledged that functional remodeling of cortical areas may occur also in glioma patients. Principal limits of previous investigations on cortical plasticity of motor and language functions included scarce reports of longitudinal evaluations and limited sample sizes. This systematic review is aimed at elucidating cortical brain plasticity for motor and language functions, in adult glioma patients, by means of preoperative and intraoperative mapping techniques. We systematically reviewed the literature for prospective studies, assessing cortical plasticity of motor and language functions in low-grade and high-grade gliomas. Eight longitudinal studies investigated cortical plasticity, evaluated by motor and language task-based functional MRI (fMRI), motor navigated transcranial magnetic stimulation (n-TMS), and intraoperative mapping with cortical direct electrocortical stimulation (DES) of language and motor function. Motor function reorganization appeared relatively limited and mostly characterized by intrahemispheric functional changes, including secondary motor cortices. On the other hand, a high level of functional reshaping was found for language function in DES studies. Occurrence of cortical functional reorganization of language function was described focusing on the intrahemispheric recruitment of perilesional areas. However, the association between these functional patterns and recovery of motor and language deficits still remains partially clear. A number of relevant methodological issues possibly affecting the finding generalization emerged, such as the complexity of plasticity outcome measures and the lack of large longitudinal studies. Future studies are required to further confirm these evidences on cortical plasticity in larger samples, combining both functional imaging and intraoperative mapping techniques in longitudinally evaluations.
The development of food image detection and recognition model of Korean food for mobile dietary management

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to develop Korean food image detection and recognition model for use in mobile devices for accurate estimation of dietary intake. SUBJECTS/METHODS We collected food images by taking pictures or by searching web images and built an image dataset for use in training a complex recognition model for Korean food. Augmentation techniques were performed in order to increase the dataset size. The dataset for training contained more than 92,000 images categorized into 23 groups of Korean food. All images were down-sampled to a fixed resolution of 150 × 150 and then randomly divided into training and testing groups at a ratio of 3:1, resulting in 69,000 training images and 23,000 test images. We used a Deep Convolutional Neural Network (DCNN) for the complex recognition model and compared the results with those of other networks: AlexNet, GoogLeNet, Very Deep Convolutional Neural Network, VGG and ResNet, for large-scale image recognition. RESULTS Our complex food recognition model, K-foodNet, had higher test accuracy (91.3%) and faster recognition time (0.4 ms) than those of the other networks. CONCLUSION The results showed that K-foodNet achieved better performance in detecting and recognizing Korean food compared to other state-of-the-art models.