Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Influence of orthostatic loading probes on pumping function of the heart of athletes with disabilities of health

In the present research, the reaction of the pumping function of the heart (PFH) of disabled athletes to an orthostatic test was studied. Analysis of indicators of the pumping function of the heart was carried out in two stages. At the first stage, the PFH indicators of disabled athletes in the prone position were investigated. In the second stage, the urgent reaction of the indicators of the pumping function of wheelchair basketball players was carried out for 5–20 seconds after an active transition from a prone position to a sitting position. It was revealed that in wheelchair basketball players with amputated lower limbs, the difference in heart rate parameters during an orthostatic test was significantly higher than in basketball players with atrophy of the lower limbs. Basketball players with amputated lower limbs react to large changes in body position with active changes in body position than athletes with atrophied lower limbs.
HVAC-to-HVDC OHL conversion: a study case in the Sicilian transmission network

The present paper describes the network analyses and the evaluation studies concerning the potential HVAC (High Voltage Alternating Current)-to-HVDC (High Voltage Direct Current) conversion of a transmission line in a realistic case of the Italian power system in a 2030 scenario. The activity, carried out in the framework of the collaboration between RSE and the University of Padova, has started with the definition and set-up of the reference power and energy scenario for the year 2030. The selected power and energy scenario for the Italian system at the horizon year 2030 is based on the NECP (National Energy and Climate Plan). In this context, particular attention has been devoted to the power system of Sicily, focusing the analysis on the possible 2030 grid congestions, also due to the massive electricity production by renewable energy sources, especially in the western part of the island.
Der Einfluss der Nukleos(t)idanaloga Langzeittherapie auf die Nierenfunktion bei chronischer Hepatitis-B-Virus Infektion

„Der Einfluss von Nukleos(t)idanaloga Langzeittherapie auf die Nierenfunktion bei chronischer Hepatitis -B- Virus Infektion“ Die Hepatitis B Virus Infektion stellt ein weltweites Gesundheitsproblem dar. Die Behandlung mit einem Nukleos(t)idanalogon tragt masgeblich zur Unterdruckung der Replikation der chronischen HBV-Infektion bei. Uber die Langzeitwirkung auf die glomerulare Filtrationsrate (GFR) unter einem Nukleos(t)idanalogon ist wenig bekannt. Es wurde die GFR uber eine unterschiedlich langen Zeitraum fur Lamivudin, Adefovir, eine Kombinationstherapie dieser beiden Substanzen, Entecavir, Telbivudin sowie Tenofovir untersucht. Die GFR unter der Therapie wurde mit der GFR der Kontrollgruppe zu unterschiedlichen Zeitpunkten verglichen. In einem weiteren Schritt erfolgte die paarweise Analyse der GFR fur die einzelnen Substanzen. Unter der Therapie mit Lamivudin, eine Kombinationsbehandlung von Lamivudin und Adefovir, Entecavir sowie Telbivudin zeigt sich keine signifikante GFR Veranderung im Vergleich zur Kontrollgruppe und zur jeweiligen Ausgangs-GFR. Unter einer Adefovirtherapie wiesen die Patienten vor Therapiebeginn sowie in den 3 Behandlungsjahren eine signifikant niedrigere GFR im Vergleich zur Kontrollgruppe auf. Beim paarweisen Vergleich der GFR konnte kein signifikanter Abfall beobachtet werden. Unter einer dreijahrigen Tenofovirtherapie fiel die GFR im Vergleich zur Kontrollgruppe (92,08 ± 19 ml/min vs. 62,78 ± 10 ml/min, p<0,01) und im paarweisen Vergleich (79,57 ± 14 ml/min vs. 62,79 ± 10 ml/min, p=0,01) signifikant ab. Die Daten deuten darauf hin, dass die Nukleos(t)idanaloga mit Ausnahme von Tenofovir bei Langzeittherapie die Nierenfunktion nicht beeinflussen.
Managerial perspectives on drivers for and barriers to sustainable supply chain management implementation: Evidence from New Zealand

The purpose of this paper is to examine the factors that drive or prevent companies' implementation of sustainable supply chain management (SSCM) practices. To this end, we interviewed 29 senior managers from 23 New Zealand‐based companies. The key reported drivers were customer expectation, top management commitment, moral and ethical values of managers, reputation management, and economic and operational benefits. Conversely, cost concerns, strategic and structural restraints, supplier and customer issues, and a lack of effective regulations were cited as critical obstacles to SSCM implementation. Thus, the evidence from our findings provides support for both instrumental and normative logics for SSCM implementation. The findings further indicate that, in general, instrumental and normative logics are congruent; however, varied tensions arise when managers seek to simultaneously address competing yet desirable SSCM aspects. Accordingly, we argue that it is imperative to understand, work through, and manage such tensions as balancing divergent sustainability aspects holds considerable potential for successful SSCM implementation.
Sago palm (Metroxylon sagu Rottb.): now and beyond.

The sago palm (Metroxylon sagu Rottb.) is one of the underutilized food crops that has the promising potential to strengthen food security program especially in Sarawak, Malaysia. Thriving well in harsh environments such as the freshwater swampy area, the sago palm is also unique for its ability to store starch within its trunk, compared to other types of starch storage organs. With its superb high starch yield as compared to commonly found starch sources such as the corn, rice and wheat, it is deemed as the palm of many uses. Researches sprouting from this unique palm come from various fields of study, namely microbiology, food technology, polymer synthesis, bioprocess technology and most recently, computational biology. In this review, we presented a survey of recently published results from each field and further provided future recommendations and knowledge gaps to be filled. It is hoped that with the consolidation of research talents and funding from around the world, the sago palm industry will be matured in time to equip mankind with the solutions to combat the oncoming global food scarcity issues.
Diabetes and Leisure Time Physical Activity in Relation to Cardiovascular Disease Risk and Mortality: Prospective data from the HUNT Study, Norway

AIMS/HYPOTHESIS: Diabetes increases the risk of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and effective means for primary prevention are warranted. We prospectively examined the joint association of diabetes and leisure-time physical activity, as well as of diabetes and BMI, with the risk of AMI.METHODS: A total of 55,534 men and women in the Norwegian HUNT Study were followed-up for first AMI by hospital admission registries and the Cause of Death Registry. Cox proportional adjusted HRs with 95% CIs were estimated.RESULTS: Overall, 1,887 incident AMIs occurred during 12.3 years. Compared with inactive people without diabetes, inactive people with diabetes had an HR of 2.37 (95% CI 1.58, 3.57), whereas the HR among highly active persons with diabetes was 1.04 (95% CI 0.62, 1.74). Normal-weight (BMI 18.5-25 kg/m(2)) persons with diabetes had an HR of 1.60 (95% CI 1.05, 2.44) and obese (BMI > 30 kg/m(2)) persons with diabetes had an HR of 2.55 (95% CI 1.97, 3.29) compared with normal-weight persons without diabetes. The data suggest biological interaction between diabetes and physical activity, with a relative excess risk of inactivity and diabetes of 1.43 (95% CI 0.08, 2.78). For obesity and diabetes, the excess risk due to interaction was smaller (0.67; 95% CI -0.24, 1.58). CONCLUSIONS/INTERPRETATION: Body weight and, in particular, physical activity modified the association between diabetes and risk of first AMI. This highlights the potential importance of physical activity and weight maintenance in primary prevention of AMI among people with diabetes.
The NiuTrans Machine Translation Systems for WMT19

This paper described NiuTrans neural machine translation systems for the WMT 2019 news translation tasks. We participated in 13 translation directions, including 11 supervised tasks, namely EN↔{ZH, DE, RU, KK, LT}, GU→EN and the unsupervised DE↔CS sub-track. Our systems were built on Deep Transformer and several back-translation methods. Iterative knowledge distillation and ensemble+reranking were also employed to obtain stronger models. Our unsupervised submissions were based on NMT enhanced by SMT. As a result, we achieved the highest BLEU scores in {KK↔EN, GU→EN} directions, ranking 2nd in {RU→EN, DE↔CS} and 3rd in {ZH→EN, LT→EN, EN→RU, EN↔DE} among all constrained submissions.
ICD-11 Mental, behavioural or neurodevelopmental disorders: innovations and managing implementation

The International Classification of Diseases (ICD) by the World Health Organization (WHO) is the leading classification system for mental, behavioural or neurodevelopmental disorders (MBND) and somatic disorders worldwide [1]. The eleventh revision of ICD – ICD-11 – was released by WHO in June 2018 and approved by the World Health Assembly (WHA) in May 2019. The ICD-11 is an open source for the global community of clinicians in various settings, researchers, consumers, administrators, policy makers and governments. The ICD serves as a tool for clinical documentation and population statistics [2]. To meet the needs of various users, different versions for different purpose will be available:
Practitioners' Judgment and Deferred Tax Disclosure: A Case for Materiality

Against the background of increasing tension between the need for additional disclosure and an information overload in financial statements, this study investigates the relevance of specific tax accounting information in an experimental setting. Participants make judgments on the financial performance, investment attractiveness and tax position of the firm, in absence or in presence of detailed tax information in the other comprehensive income statement. Our results do not support the notion that such deferred tax information has an effect on the judgment of experts, as long as the amounts of deferred tax are normal. However, when the detailed amounts of deferred tax are abnormally high, judgment differs significantly. Our result is important for standard setters, as they may consider further developing guidance in standards (such as IAS 1 and IAS 12) and in the Practice Statement for how to judge materiality of information, in accordance with the materiality principle set forth in IAS 1.31. By doing so, the risk of information overload can be reduced. Our study thus contributes to the current debate on the extent of disclosure. Our results are novel and the method used allows for the isolation of effects and the identification of causal relationships.
Is dynamic cerebral autoregulation impaired in idiopathic Parkinson's disease?

Haunton V, Lo N, Panerai R, Robinson T. Cerebral autoregulation indices are not significantly different between the ‘on’ and ‘off’ states of idiopathic Parkinson’s disease. Cerebrovasc Dis 2013; 35(suppl 2): 19 POSTER PRESENTATIONS Haunton V, Salinet ASM, Lo TCN, Robinson TG. “Is cerebral autoregulation impaired in idiopathic Parkinson’s disease? A systematic review. ” CARnet conference, Nijmegen, Netherlands, 23-24 September 2012
Un anno di esperienza con coronarografia non invasiva mediante tomografia computerizzata spirale multistrato a 16 linee di detettori

The gold standard for direct diagnostic imaging of coronary arteries is still conventional X-ray coronary angiography, even though for several other applications, noninvasive techniques substituted invasive ones. In the last 10 years several techniques (magnetic resonance, electron beam tomography, spiral computed tomography) attempted to emerge as noninvasive modality for the study of coronary arteries. The introduction of multislice computed tomography (MSCT) with retrospectively gated ECG reconstructions has substantially modified the coronary imaging scenario. In fact, the results have been promising since the beginning with 4-row MSCT. Currently the results reported with 16-row MSCT allow to question which role can the noninvasive coronary angiography play in clinical settings. With a scan of < 20 s after intravenous administration of iodinated contrast material it is possible to obtain information similar to conventional coronary angiography. Moreover, together with vascular patency, also atherosclerotic plaques are well visualized and characterized (type: calcified, soft, mixed). Ongoing studies are validating MSCT in the assessment of plaque vulnerability. The same technique allows to evaluate left ventricular function and myocardial wall motion impairment. Still with a few major limitations related to the heart rate, MSCT will broaden the noninvasive capability of evaluating coronary arteries in patients where conventional coronary angiography is exceeding the actual clinical question or considered as premature. (Ital Heart J Suppl 2003; 4 (7): 587-593)
The Contribution of Arrival Number of Halal Tourism and Economic Growth of West Sumatra Based on the Supply Chain Strategy: Using the Cointegration Test

Abstract. The purpose of this research is to identify the relationship between the number of halal tourist arrivals of West Sumatra with economic growth by using the method of test and Granger cause testers Granger in the period 2000â€“2017. To review this written report, tourism growth is proxy with the number of tourist arrivals (LAR). While the economic consumption of income from tourism (LPAD) is utilized as a placeholder for the increase of tourism as the research. The significance of this research is the maturation of the tourism sector, which is more grievous in the hope it can contribute significantly to the economic and social development of the country in question. Further development in the tourism industry of West Sumatra as a tourist destination has put tourism industry, which knows the halal tourism industry as one of the important industry and the biggest contributor of the western Sumatra region.
Practical applicability of deep neural networks for overlapping speaker separation

This paper examines the applicability in realistic scenarios of two deep learning based solutions to the overlapping speaker separation problem. Firstly, we present experiments that show that these methods are applicable for a broad range of languages. Further experimentation indicates limited performance loss for untrained languages, when these have common features with the trained language(s). Secondly, it investigates how the methods deal with realistic background noise and proposes some modifications to better cope with these disturbances. The deep learning methods that will be examined are deep clustering and deep attractor networks.
A simple nomogram for fast computing the code entropy for 256-bit codes that artificial neural networks output

Rationale and objectives. The paper aims at the decrease of requirements to a test sample size while estimating the entropy of long codes with dependent digits. Materials and methods. Codes in the Hamming space instead of typical codes are used that is equal to an exponential decrease of a number of controlled code states. Results. Usage of beta distributions instead of normal ones for describing the Hamming distances allows overcoming the restrictions of the previously applied GOST R 52633.3 algorithm. A nomogram generated for fast and reliable computations appeared linear in logarithmic coordinates that makes its usage simple and convenient. Conclusions. The calculation of the entropy of long codes by Shannon method is not possible in practice as it is a task with exponential computational complexity. The usage of the Hamming codes instead of normal ones results in a decrease of the computational complexity to a linear one. The application of beta distributions for describing the Hamming statistics allows overcoming normality test restrictions for initial data. The proposed fast method of computing the entropy is becoming common.
Proposal of a complete model and architecture of an intelligent adaptive hypermedia

This article is part of our work on the development of adaptive hypermedia systems. these systems have a minimal architecture composed of three models that we have already studied, developed and proposed in different papers. As the goal of our research is the development of our adaptive hypermedia system, we must first interconnect and merge these three models into one single model, and then design a global architecture describing all its processes, engines and technical implementation preferences. So in this article, we will start by interconnecting and merging all the three fundamental models. Then we will present our proposed global architecture. And finally, we will discuss all the basic processes and engines necessary for the functioning of our adaptive hypermedia system.
Denoising MRI images using NLM filter

— This paper discusses the medical imaging and the noise present in the images. Different denoising and filtering techniques are also discussed. The paper focuses on the NLM filter and further types used to denoise rician noise present in MRI images.NLM filter enhances the textures and edges of an image. NLM filter provides a feasible method or ways to get the least results by reduction of geometrical configuration.
Enhanced Nuclear Waste Assay

The accountancy of all radioactive waste held in the UK continues to present challenges to the Nuclear Industry in terms of the regulatory, verification and international safeguards criteria. Characterisation of radioactive waste is an important part of the accountancy process. Current methods of characterisation include passive and active γ-ray spectroscopy techniques which involve expensive and resource intensive procedures. This thesis investigates an alternative to mechanical Compton suppression systems that are used to suppress the Compton Continuum in the context of non-destructive assay of radioactive waste using γ-ray spectroscopy. This is achieved by using a single broad energy germanium detector in conjunction with a Digital Compton Suppression Algorithm. The aim is to improve the Minimum Detectable Activity and to negate the use of hardware systems that use mechanical suppression, thereby reducing the overall cost and improving efficiency. The Digital Compton Suppression Algorithm has been developed with the aid of a theoretical charge signal database. The database was also used to perform electric field and weighting potential simulations. The algorithm was validated against an experimental data set using 241Am and 137Cs sealed sources. As a comparison, further tests were conducted at National Nuclear Laboratory Central Laboratory The results of the validation and comparison experiments show that the Digital Compton Suppression Algorithm has been successfully developed and that an improvement of (41.0±5)% in the Minimum Detectable Activity of the detector is achieved for the 60 keV peak of 241Am in the presence of a variety of isotopes.
Study on Endogenous Population Growth and Effectiveness of Fertility Policy -- Theoretical Framework based on Dynamic General Equilibrium

Assessing Fertility Policy effectiveness by the theory of endogenous population growth will provide the theoretical references for universal two-child policy. We have established a dynamic general equilibrium mode includes family, business and government, 3 kinds of Fertility Policies about quantity, economy and child-rearing time are brought into the mode. The endogenous population growth mechanisms are deduced and the effectiveness of different Fertility Policy is assessed by the numerical simulation. The results have shown there are mutual constraint relationships between population growth and economic development. Economical Fertility Policies have the strongest effect to adjust fertility rate, but may be cause fertility accumulation; the effect of polices about child-rearing time occupies second place; the quantitative Fertility Policy effect is the weakest. The above conclusions have implications for optimization of current China’s Fertility Policy.
Pulsed Electron Beam induced SEU Effects in a SRAM memory

Single Event Effects (SEEs) correlated to pulsed beam effects induced by high energy electrons in a very well-established device, such as the ESA SEU (Singe Event Upset) monitor, are investigated in this paper. Measurements with different electron intensities have been performed at VESPER (The Very energetic Electron facility for Space Planetary Exploration missions in harsh Radiative environments) at the CERN Linear Electron Accelerator for Research (CLEAR) focused on very high dose rates per pulse. The possible contribution of electron nuclear events and flash effects is discussed.
Design of High Power Converter with Single Low Ron Discrete SiC Device

With the development of SiC technology, the on-resistance of discrete devices drops rapidly and can potentially replace the expensive power modules in high power converters. Unlike parallel discrete devices or a power module with built-in parallel dies, using a single device does not need to slow down the gate driver speed hence can achieve lower switching loss. However, there are still many challenges that need meticulous design considerations. This paper uses the 1200V TO-247-4 package device as an example to provide detailed guidance on device selection, loop optimization, insulation, thermal management, and mounting. A DC-DC converter design example is given with a very low loop inductance and excellent thermal performance. The air-cooled hardware demonstrates the hardware limitation is around 40kW in an 800V to 470V buck operation. Normalized to the Ron of the two devices used, this demonstrates an extremely high power density figure of merit of PDFOM=87kW/cm2.
Feasibility of sentinel node biopsy in breast cancer surgery

7 Introduction 9 Review of the Literature 11 1. Breast Cancer Incidence and Survival 11 2. Lymph Node Metastases 11 3. Staging of Breast Cancer 13 4. Axillary Lymph Node Dissection 14 5. Axillary Lymph Node Sampling 15 6. Lymphatic Mapping and Sentinel Node Biopsy 15 6.1 History 15 6.2 Methods 16 6.3 Accuracy 18 7. Sentinel Node Biopsy and Cost Impacts 20 8. Sentinel Node Biopsy and Surgery of Nonpalpable Breast Cancer . 20 9. Sentinel Node Biopsy and Morbidity After Breast Cancer Surgery . 22 9.1 Lymphedema 22 9.2 Upper Arm Lymphedema 23 9.3 Breast Lymphedema 23 9.4 Functional Disorders of the Upper Extremity 24 9.5 Sensory Disorders of the Upper Extremity 24 Hypothesis of the Study 25 Patients and Methods 26 Results 33 Discussion 44 Conclusion 53 Acknowledgements 54 References 56 Table of