Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Dietary Habits of Patients with Liver Cirrhosis in Kashmir Valley

Objective: To determine life style and dietary habits of liver cirrhotic patients. Study Design: Prospective cross-sectional observational study. Methodology: This study was carried out on the outpatients and hospitalized patients in Gastroenterology Department of SKIMS Soura and SMHS hospital Srinagar. This study was approved by the Departmental Research Committee of Institute of Home Science University of Kashmir Srinagar. Consecutive patients with compensated cirrhosis were enrolled between the study periods of 2014-2015. Demographic data, level of education, smoking and dietary habits related information was collected from the selected respondents. Results: Out of the 500 cirrhotic patients, 60% were from rural area and 40% were from urban area, 73.8% were males and 26.2% were females. Smoking habit was prevalent in 45.8% rural and 33.4% urban studied respondents. Alcohol consumption was present in 14.2% respondents. Non-alcoholic fatty liver was predominating cause of liver disease in Kashmir valley. It was observed that majority of the respondents i.e., (69.33% rural and 72% urban) males and (25% rural and 26.5% urban) females were using spicy foods. Majority i.e., 93.32% (70.66% males and 22.66% females) of rural respondents consumed smoked meat and fish. Conclusion: Both rural and urban respondents have improper knowledge and perception of diet in cirrhosis. Patients with cirrhosis have sedentary life style and faulty dietary practices which affects in the management of the disease.
Identifying, Training, and Monitoring Community Health Workers in A Community- Based Diabetes Prevention Study

The Healthy Living Partnerships to Prevent Diabetes (HELP PD) study is designed to translate the Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) lifestyle intervention into a community-based setting using trained community health workers (CHWs) promoting lifestyle change.Registered dietitians were responsible for training, continuing education, and supervision of the CHWs who were recruited from the patient population of the Diabetes Care Center of Wake Forest Baptist Health. 10 CHWs were recruited and trained and 8 of these led at least one two-year intervention group.CHW training included training in group facilitation, use of a peer mentoring model, and continuing evaluation and education.
The role of therapeutic music in alleviating comorbid depression: An extended literature review

Different authors have reflected the beneficial effects of music in alleviating the psychopathic states in humans. Music exhibits its therapeutic effects by alleviating the neuropsychological and psychopathic disorders. Music could also convey a certain mood or ambiance that allows composers to evoke certain emotions based on their cultural backgrounds or ethnic profile. The emotional state itself played a significant role in interpreting the music. Although different studies have endorsed the role of music in alleviating depressive symptoms, very few studies have suggested the domain and extent of music-based interventions for managing MDD alone or comorbid MDD. The methodology is this present study was based on a keyword search strategy. The keywords related to appropriate Boolean connectors to retrieve the relevant articles from various clinical websites such as Pubmed Central, Cochrane database, PsycINFO, CINAHL, MEDLINE, and OVID Online. The present study utilized an extended literature review that explored the role of music as a therapeutic aid against depression. The review illustrated those different types of music genres appeal in a differential manner to the clients. The review demonstrated that jazz music or percussion music was more effective than the classical music genre in reducing the symptoms of depression. The study also showed that exposure to music for short duration was more effective in alleviating the symptoms of depression. However, the review did not elucidate the mechanisms by which music therapy reduced the symptoms of depression. Likewise, the review also did not highlight the role of music therapy in reducing the prevalence of relapse with depression.
NutriScale: Key Figures for Daily Food Choices

In this paper the NutriScale-Algorithm is described. NutriScale interprets meals and calculates health related scores. It is based on a food pyramid, which was created by the German Nutrition Society according to existing food related and evidence based medical guidelines. Furthermore various food related mobile phone apps and professional desktop applications were analyzed to figure out, what functionality and data sources are appropriate to create such a promising key figure for food selection like NutriScale.
Streaming patients in emergency departments to primary care services - what is the evidence for effectiveness and safety?

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Physical exercise-induced bronchial asthma in athletes: unsolved problems and possibilities of prophylaxis and therapy (review)

Physical exercise-induced bronchial asthma is a disease, which is one of the reasons for the removal of athletes from training and sports. At the same time, if treatment is adequate, athletes can attain high results. The algorithm of physical exercise-induced asthma diagnostics should include, in addition to the purely medical standard examination, the testing under conditions of loads modelling and in the course of natural training process for the estimation of variations in the peak rate of expiration. The prophylaxis of bronchoconstriction attacks under physical loads in athletes with this disease must be based on their teaching: keeping a diet, obligatory intense warm-up load, and use of pharmacological drugs, including those with the metabolitotropic, immunomodulative, and energotonic actions. When having physical exercise-induced asthma, the therapeutic approach must obligatorily be considered that a significant part of bronchodilators is referred to the substances forbidden in sport and will be built on this basis. At present, there exist the targeted methodologies of prophylaxis and treatment of this disease in athletes with the use of allowed medicinal agents such as antileucotrienes. They are permitted for the application to young and adult athletes and give a high therapeutic effect with insignificant number of side phenomena.
Pengaruh Ability, Benevolence, Dan Integrity Terhadap Partisipasi E-Commerce (Studi Kasus Konsumen E-Commerce Di Indonesia)

Melakukan transaksi melalui E-Commerce termasuk memiliki potensi risiko yang cukup tinggi. Maka dari itu, kepercayaan konsumen terhadap suatu vendor sangat diperlukan. Menjadi salah satu faktor yang penting dalam dunia transaksi melalui E-Commerce. Tujuan dari penelitian ini yaitu menganalisis pengaruh ability, benevolence, dan integrity terhadap partisipasi E-Commerce dengan studi kasus konsumen E-Commerce di Indonesia. Data dari penelitian ini diperoleh 250 kuisioner yang didistribusikan kepada pengguna E-Commerce. Analisis statistik yang digunakan adalah analisis regresi liner berganda. Variabel ability tidak signifikan dan negatif terhadap partisipasi konsumen E-Commerce. Sedangkan, variabel benevolence dan integrity berpengaruh signifikan dan positif terhadap partisipasi konsumen E-Commerce. Penelitian ini membahas dalam bidang Sistem Informasi Manajemen dan Perilaku Konsumen, khusususnya pengguna E-Commerce. Lingkup bahasan yang diteliti adalah ability, benevolence, dan integrity pengaruhnya terhadap partisipasi dalam transaksi melalui E-Commerce.
Nontraditional community college students in nursing: Perceptions personified

Nontraditional students in nursing have been the topic of multiple research studies to gain insight into their perceptions regarding retention. This mixed methods study, using Jeffreys’ Student Perception Appraisal-Revised (SPA-R, 2007a) takes the quantitative findings a step further by using a qualitative approach to generate findings that extend the value of that instrument by exploring the details pertaining to each of the environmental items using focus groups and individual interviews with community college nursing students, just prior to graduation. One hundred seven associate degree nursing students in their last semester at three Midwestern community colleges were surveyed with the SPA-R tool to determine that the tool is applicable to this population. The results confirmed the original findings, yet differences based on location of each of these institutions, one rural, one suburban, and one urban location are presented. The second qualitative phase was conducted with two focus groups and two individual interviews with students over the age of 25, just before graduation. The students articulated their perceptions regarding the relationship of the environmental factors that promoted their success and shared their recommendations for solutions to the challenge of retention. Using grounded theory strategies of data analysis, these findings emerged into two categories, Internal and External Factors, that evolved into the Bridge of Support model of factors required for successful navigation of the nontraditional student nurse to the registered nurse. Implications for practice and suggestions for further research are
Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma: A Case Report and Review of Literature

Oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) is the most common malignancy in the oral cavity. Its etiology is multifactorial, being the most important risk factors tobacco smoking and alcohol consumption. Predominantly affects older people, mostly male, from 40 years with a peak at the age of 60 years. The most common locations are the tongue and floor of the mouth. The clinical presentation is variable, highlights ulcerating type, such as leukoplakia, erythroplasia or a combination of both. Often their behavior is aggressive and the diagnosis is often made at a late stage, with lesions of considerable size and invasive in depth. The aim of this paper is to present a case of OSCC in advanced stage, located in the left buccal mucosa and demonstrate the importance of early diagnosis.
Prophylaxis of venous thromboembolism in knee replacement surgery

Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is still a frequent and sometimes severe complication after knee replacement surgery. Both pharmacological and non-pharmacological measures have been widely used to decrease VTE risk. Non pharmacological treatment include measures directed to decrease the effects of blood stasis, intermittent pneumatic compression device (IPCD) and graduated compression stockings, and mechanical devices. Pharmacological prophylaxis of venous thromboembolism (VTE) is associated with a more significant decrease in the incidence of deep venous thrombosis (DVT) and related complications after knee arthroplasty however anticoagulation may increase the risk of postoperative bleeding and related complications, in particular the need for re-intervention. Aim of present review was to suggest practical approach to DVT prophylaxis in patients undergoing knee arthroplasty
A Prototype of EEG System for IoT

In this work, we develop open source hardware and software for eye state classification and integrate it with a protocol for the Internet of Things (IoT). We design and build the hardware using a reduced number of components and with a very low-cost. Moreover, we propose a method for the detection of open eyes (oE) and closed eyes (cE) states based on computing a power ratio between different frequency bands of the acquired signal. We compare several real- and complex-valued transformations combined with two decision strategies: a threshold-based method and a linear discriminant analysis. Simulation results show both classifier accuracies and their corresponding system delays.
L'hémorragie dans les malformations artério-veineuses cérébrales

Background and purpose . Potential severity of hemorrhage often leads to treat a cerebral arteriovenous malformation. Consequences can be very various and serious. Our first purpose is to define the different types of hemorrhage. Our second purpose is to appreciate more precisely individual hemorragic risk of a cerebral arteriovenous malformation with the study of his angioarchitecture. We performed a prospective study in order to validate a logistic model and a classification previously described.
Comparação do sistema de identificação automatizado Vitek 2 e PCR-ITS para caracterização das espécies dos isolados clínicos de Candida spp Comparison of Vitek-2 automated identification system and PCR-ITS for species characterization of clinical isolates of Candida spp

As infeccoes graves causadas pelo genero Candida tem se tornado um desafio na questao diagnostica, no intuito de se detectar e identificar o agente etiologico de forma agil, precisa e padronizada nos laboratorios clinicos. A predicao da susceptibilidade aos antifungicos, bem como a necessidade da geracao de dados epidemiologicos reforcam a importância da identificacao rotineira adequada das especies de leveduras envolvidas em infeccoes. Dentre as 200 especies de Candida ja descritas, C. albicans, C. parapsilosis, C. tropicalis, C. glabrata, C. guilliermondii, C. krusei e C. lusitaniae sao mais frequentemente relacionadas a infeccoes em humanos. Todos os metodos fenotipicos de identificacao de Candida apresentam limitacoes, em especial na caracterizacao de especies nao C. albicans, porem, a aplicacao de metodos moleculares pode refletir no aumento de cuso e tempo despendido para a obtencao de resultados laboratoriais. A fim de avaliar a aplicacao do sistema automatizado Vitek 2-YST ID (bioMerieux) aliado ao uso de agar cromogenico na identificacao rotineira de especies de Candida, foram testados 44 isolados de infeccao invasiva por inoculacao em agar cromogenico e no painel automatizado e realizacao de amplificacao do DNA relativo as regioes do espacador interno transcrito 1 e 2 do rRNA (PCR-ITS). Oligonucleotideos especie especificos foram utilizados e o tamanho do produto amplificado foi correlacionado aos demais resultados. O sistema automatizado identificou 95,4% dos isolados quando em associacao com as caracteristicas coloniais observadas no meio cromogenico, porem, o uso de PCR-ITS ou metodologias mais sensiveis seria necessario para solucionar os demais resultados, ambiguos e erroneos.
Oral Health Knowledge, Attitudes, and Perceptions of Pregnant Kuwaiti Women

Good oral hygiene is known to prevent maternal gingivitis, but little is known about Kuwaiti pregnant women’s understanding and beliefs about maintaining and improving oral health during pregnancy. This qualitative study investigated perceptions, beliefs, and attitudes about oral health among Kuwaiti pregnant women and explored beliefs about maintaining and improving oral health during pregnancy. In-depth one-to-one interviews were conducted with a purposive sample of 19 Kuwaiti pregnant women across 7 government primary health care centers in Kuwait. A topic guide framed the questions, which explored pregnancy, oral health, oral health and pregnancy, oral health knowledge, and oral health behaviors. All interviews were digitally recorded, transcribed verbatim, and analyzed by thematic analysis. The key themes emerging from the data related to low oral health knowledge, unhelpful cultural beliefs concerning oral health during pregnancy, and lack of awareness about the effect of pregnancy on oral health. Pregnant women lacked motivation to seek dental care even when they considered dental treatment safe during pregnancy. Dentists’ purported incorrect beliefs about providing dental treatment to pregnant women and the women’s lack of motivation were identified as barriers to accessing oral health care and seeking oral health knowledge. Pregnant women in this study had not received the necessary oral health information to undertake appropriate oral health behaviors. Cultural beliefs and practices about oral health were identified that need to be tackled to improve and maintain positive oral health behaviors during pregnancy. Behavioral interventions must acknowledge the cultural sensitivity around beliefs during pregnancy and, as a first step, focus on correcting oral health knowledge among Kuwaiti pregnant women. Knowledge Transfer Statement: The results of this qualitative study can be used by oral health care workers and researchers to plan and design more targeted dental health education interventions with pregnant women. The information in this study might be helpful to public health decision makers to make more appropriate decisions about implementing dental health education with pregnant women.
Consequences of Single-Locus and Tightly Linked Genomic Architectures for Evolutionary Responses to Environmental Change

Genetic and genomic architectures of traits under selection are key factors influencing evolutionary responses. Yet, knowledge of their impacts has been limited by a widespread assumption that most traits are controlled by unlinked polygenic architectures. Recent advances in genome sequencing and eco-evolutionary modelling are unlocking the potential for integrating genomic information into predictions of population responses to environmental change. Using eco-evolutionary simulations, we demonstrate that hypothetical single-locus control of a life history trait produces highly variable and unpredictable harvesting-induced evolution relative to the classically applied multi-locus model. Single-locus control of complex traits is thought to be uncommon, yet blocks of linked genes, such as those associated with some types of structural genomic variation, have emerged as taxonomically widespread phenomena. Inheritance of linked architectures resembles that of single loci, thus enabling single-locus-like modeling of polygenic adaptation. Yet, the number of loci, their effect sizes, and the degree of linkage among them all occur along a continuum. We review how linked architectures are often associated, directly or indirectly, with traits expected to be under selection from anthropogenic stressors and are likely to play a large role in adaptation to environmental disturbance. We suggest using single-locus models to explore evolutionary extremes and uncertainties when the trait architecture is unknown, refining parameters as genomic information becomes available, and explicitly incorporating linkage among loci when possible. By overestimating the complexity (e.g., number of independent loci) of the genomic architecture of traits under selection, we risk underestimating the complexity (e.g., nonlinearity) of their evolutionary dynamics.
A Hybrid PV-Battery System for ON-Grid and OFF-Grid Applications—Controller-In-Loop Simulation Validation

In remote locations such as villages, islands and hilly areas, there is a possibility of frequent power failures, voltage drops or power fluctuations due to grid-side faults. Grid-connected renewable energy systems or micro-grid systems are preferable for such remote locations to meet the local critical load requirements during grid-side failures. In renewable energy systems, solar photovoltaic (PV) power systems are accessible and hybrid PV-battery systems or energy storage systems (ESS) are more capable of providing uninterruptible power to the local critical loads during grid-side faults. This energy storage system also improves the system dynamics during power fluctuations. In present work, a PV-battery hybrid system with DC-side coupling is considered, and a power balancing control (PBC) is proposed to transfer the power to grid/load and the battery. In this system, a solar power conditioning system (PCS) acts as an interface across PV source, battery and the load/central grid. With the proposed PBC technique, the system can operate in following operational modes: (a) PCS can be able to work in grid-connected mode during regular operation; (b) PCS can be able to charge the batteries and (c) PCS can be able to operate in standalone mode during grid side faults and deliver power to the local loads. The proposed controls are explained, and the system response during transient and steady-state conditions is described. With the help of controller-in-loop simulation results, the proposed power balancing controls are validated, for both off-grid and on-grid conditions.
Effect of Dietary Supplementation of Sea Buckthorn Leaf Meal in Coloured Breeder and Their Post Hatch Chicks on Growth Performance and Serum Biochemical Attributes During Summer Season

The present experiment was conducted to study the effect of dietary supplementation of sea buckthorn leaf meal (SBTLM) in breeder chicken and their post hatch growth performance and serum biochemical attributes during summer season. Ninety coloured Chabro breeder hens and eighteen viable cocks in 1:5 sex ratio were randomly distributed into three treatment groups: Control (Basal), standard breeder diet (BB); basal+0.5% and basal+1.0% SBTLM. Thereafter, ninety chicks from each breeder groups were further subdivided into three groups: Control (Basal), Broiler starter till 4 weeks, broiler finisher till 8 weeks of age, (BP); basal+0.5% supplementation and basal+1.0% supplementation of SBTLM. The weekly body weight gain (g) was significantly higher (plessthan0.05) in 0.5% SBTLM supplemented breeder group during 0-4 week and significantly higher plessthan0.01) in 0.5% SBTLM supplemented post hatch group during 0-8 week of the study period. Similarly, weekly FCR were also significantly better (plessthan0.05) in 0.5% SBTLM supplemented breeder group during 0-4 week and significantly higher (plessthan0.01) in 0.5% SBTLM supplemented post hatch group during 0-8 week of the study period. Serum HDL was significantly higher (plessthan0.05), where as serum cholesterol was significantly lower (plessthan0.05) and serum triglyceride was significantly lower plessthan0.01) in both post hatch SBTLM supplemented groups as compared to control group. No significant difference were observed in other serum biochemical attributes viz. total protein, albumin, globulin, A/G ratio, uric acid, creatinine, SGOT, SGPT and ALP among the treatment groups. Thus, it may be concluded that dietary supplementation of sea buckthorn leaf meal in coloured chicken @ 0.5% resulted in higher phase wise body weight gain, FCR, serum HDL, lower cholesterol and triglyceride without any adverse effect on other biochemical attributes.