Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Transient Contralateral Tactile and Auditory Extinction After Left Thalamic Hemorrhage

Right-sided neglect after an acute, left subcortical brain injury is a rare phenomenon for several reasons including its rapid resolution and decreased clinical suspicion. Here we present a case of a 72-year-old right-handed man who presented with right auditory and sensory extinction following a left thalamic intracerebral hemorrhage without visual extinction, sensory or corticosensory deficits, and discuss the mechanisms involved in this infrequently encountered stroke syndrome. J Korean Neurol Assoc 31(4):273-276, 2013
Digestión in vitro de grasas en pacientes sometidos a terapia de sustitución enzimática: puesta a punto del método y ensayos de digestión de leche

The optimal adjustment of the Enzyme Replacement Therapy in patients suffering from pancreatic insufficiency remains a challenge. Currently there are no studies allowing for the adjustment of the enzymatic supplements dosage to the ingested food characteristics, and thus, it is not possible to establish evidence based recommendations that ensure the effectiveness of the treatment. Consequently, maldigestion, malabsorbption and weight gain problems are common among these patients. Along the present study, a protocol has been set up for the simulation of food matrices in vitro digestions in individuals undergoing the enzyme replacement therapy. Additionally it has been analysed the effect of both different enzyme/substrate ratios and pH in the intestinal stage as determinant factors in the lipids of milk digestion process. It has been observed that kinetics of the reaction is divided into three phases, these being: adsorption of the enzymes to the surface of the substrate, period of full activity of the enzymes or lineal rate hydrolysis period, and decreasing rate phase; also it has been estimated and modeled the characterising parameters that describe each of the three phases. The pH value in the medium resulted the main determinant both in the kinetics and in the extension of the reaction. As well, it is the enzyme/substrate ratio, and not just the enzyme concentration, another key variable for the modulating and optimisation of the fats digestibility in patients following the Enzyme Replacement Therapy.
Enriching Reading Experience with Dramatic Soundtracks

The goal of this research was to analyze to what extent applying dramatic soundtracks to a short story enrich the reading experience on an E-reader. This is an opportunity to give reading a new face allowed by the capabilities of the digital nature of eBooks and E-readers. The set up tested for imagery, transportation and attention through a questionnaire. Additionally arousal was measured with the help of GSR sensors. The results did not show a clear enrichment of the experience. The soundtracks were distracting at some points and complementing at others. The opportunity of dramatic soundtracks in eBooks is still a valid proposition which rests on the proper implementation.
2 Discrete Wavelet Transform ( DWT )

R a b eye e, Khalid, Xu, Yuando n g, Alabied, S a mir, Gu, Fe n g s ho u a n d Ball, Andr e w (20 19) Ext r ac tion of Info r m a tion fro m Vibr a tion Da t a u sing Dou ble Densi ty Disc r e t e Wavele t Analysis for Condi tion Moni to rin g. In: Sixt e e n t h In t e r n a tion al Confe r e nc e on Condi tion Monito rin g a n d Asse t M a n a g e m e n t, 2 52 7 Jun e 2 0 1 9, The P rincipal Gr a n d Ce n t r al H o t el, Glas gow, UK. (Unp u blish e d)
Behavioural Consistency and Offender Characteristics: Investigating Modus Operandi Patterns in Serial Stranger Sex Offences

Case linkage is a statistical technique which connects multiple sexual assault cases to a single perpetrator and holds promise for informing criminal investigations. Further, examining the behaviours executed most consistently across serial offences committed by a given offender is crucial to linking offences. The current study investigated behavioural consistency in a sample of 49 male serial stranger sexual offenders responsible for 147 offences. For each offence, four crime aspects were identified: 1) pre-crime facilitators, 2) victim selection and characteristics, 3) approach and attack methods, and 4) crime scene characteristics. Consistency between and within each crime series and across offender types based on background characteristics was examined. Results indicated a high degree of behavioural consistency across all crime aspects. Behaviours occurring prior to the offence were particularly useful in establishing consistent offending patterns. The implications of these findings in the context of police investigations and their utility for clinical practice are discussed.
Study of Agroindustry Development of Sugar Cane As Efforts to Achieve Self-Sufficiency of Sugar

Indonesia isone of the producersas well as importers of sugar.Based on thisfact, Indonesia should pay attention on the development of sugar cane agro-industry to ensure the fulfillment of sugar demand in the country.As a matter of fact,sugar is a strategic commodity toincreasefarmers’ prosperity andalsoinfavour of consumers’ sensitivity to sugar pricevolatility. There fore, a thorough review of various stake holders in sugar industry to develop policies for real contribution to the national economy needs to be taken.The research deployed survey method, data collection (primary and secondary data) through field survey (observation), question naires, interview and literature study. Development strategy analysis method uses a tiered decision technique known as Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP). The results of strategy analysis to achieve selfsufficiency of sugar with the development of sugar agro-industry showed that off-farm and institutional factors follow on farm factoron top priority to ahcieve self-sufficiency of sugar.Furthe rmore, on farm criteria have several alternatives with thepriority of land ownership, sugar cane productivity and price stability. Keyword: Sugar cane Agro-industry, Analytical Hierarchy Process, Self-sufficiency of Sugar
Correlations Between Chorial Villositary Vasculogenesis and Ultrasound Morpho- Functional Markers of The Trofoblast In The Normal Pregnancy

Introduction. The placental vasculogenesis process appears only in the time of the embryo developement and forms the primar vasculary substratum, the first capillary vessels developing in the days 18 – 20 from the fecundation, phenomena that are necessary for the normal evolution of the pregnancy. At the same time, at the level of the implantation site, the ultrasonographic investigation of the trofoblast has shown specifical changes correlated with the gestational age. Matherial and method. We have investigated 47 pregnant women with the gestational age between 5 and 12 weeks, which had legal abortion on request. The patients were echographically monitored until the time of the curettage, particulary by the trofoblastic thickness at the implantation site. The material resulted after the curettage has been histologically studied, the histological and echographical evaluation of the cases being made according to the gestational age. Results and discutions. It has been accomplished a gestational histological grading by establishing some specific elements of the villositary developement related to the gestational age, that has been correlated with the dates from the ultrasonographical evaluation. Conclusions. The trofoblastic vasculogenesis undergoes stadial phenomena specific to the first trimester chronology and the trofoblastic thickness at the implantation site level may be correlated with the gestational age. The correlations between those histologic and imagistic characteristics of the placentation at the implantation site may allow a better understanding of the phenomena that have their roots at this level, and it is necessary to have additional studies for determining if the changes of this phenomena are associated with the spontaneous abortion.
Small-Scale Perception in Medical Body Area Networks

Objective: Non-invasive respiration detection methods are of great value to healthcare applications and disease diagnosis with their advantages of minimizing the patient’s physical burden and lessen the requirement of active cooperation of the subject. This method avoids extra preparations, reduces environmental constraints, and strengthens the possibility of real-time respiratory detection. Furthermore, identifying abnormal breathing patterns in real-time is necessary for the diagnosis and monitoring of possible respiratory disorders. Method: A non-invasive method for detecting multiple breathing patterns using C-band sensing technique is presented, which is used for identifying different breathing patterns in addition to extract respiratory rate. We first evaluate the feasibility of this non-contact method in measuring different breathing patterns. Then, we detect several abnormal breathing patterns associated with certain respiratory disorders at real time using C-band sensing technique in indoor environment. Results: Mean square error (MSE) and correlation coefficient (CC) are used to evaluate the correlation between C-band sensing technique and contact respiratory sensor. The results show that all the MSE are less than 0.6 and all CC are more than 0.8, yielding a significant correlation between the two used for detecting each breathing pattern. Clinical Impact: C-band sensing technique is not only used to determine respiratory rates but also to identify breathing patterns, regarding as a preferred noncontact alternative approach to the traditional contact sensing methods. C-band sensing technique also provides a basis for the non-invasive detection of certain respiratory disorders.
Low-Power Sensor Localization in Three-Dimensional Using a Recurrent Neural Network

This letter discusses a novel low-power circuit to self-localize a mobile sensor node in the three-dimensional space using a passive optical receiver. Self-localization of sensors, where a sensor node computes its spatial location by itself, reduces transmission demand, and improves real-time conformity of mobile wireless sensor systems. Our approach forms an over-determined system of angles-of-arrival (AoAs) to mobile sensor received from an optical anchor grid. The AoA system is solved with a linear program (LP) solver, which is implemented using a nonlinear feedback recurrent neural network. To solve the primal and dual LP optimization problems in the AoA system, we show a single multifunctional data path that does not require matrix inversions; thereby, enables within-sensor low-power computations to self-localize. Additionally, unlike other optical indoor positioning architectures, our approach does not require measurements of received signal strength and, thereby, is insensitive to power and alignment imbalances in the anchor grid. We show proof-of-concept field programmable gate array (FPGA) and ASIC simulations of our approach and validate its operation under noisy AoA data and for different numbers of anchors. An FPGA implementation in 180 nm CMOS achieves a peak $\sim$0.12 mega localization operations per second per Watt (MOPS/W), while ASIC design in 45 nm CMOS shows a peak $\sim$7.7 MOPS/W.
Effectiveness of the Mobile Emergency Medical Services (SAMU): use of interrupted time series

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To evaluate the performance of the Mobile Emergency Medical Services (SAMU) in the ABC Region, using myocardial infarction as tracer condition. METHODS The analysis of interrupted time series was the approach chosen to test immediate and gradual effects of the intervention on the study population. The research comprised adjusted monthly time series of the hospital mortality rate by myocardial infarction in the period between 2000 and 2011. Data were extracted from the Mortality Information System (SIM), using segmented regression analysis to evaluate the level and trend of the intervention before and after its implementation. To strengthen the internal validity of the study, a control region was included. RESULTS The analysis of interrupted time series showed a reduction of 0.04 deaths per 100,000 inhabitants in the mortality rate compared to the underlying trend since the implementation of the Emergency Medical Services (p = 0.0040; 95%CI: −0.0816 – −0.0162) and a reduction in the level of 2.89 deaths per 100,000 inhabitants (p = 0.0001; 95%CI: −4.3293 – −1.4623), both with statistical significance. Regarding the control region, Baixada Santista, the difference in the result trend between intervention outcome and post-intervention control of −0.0639 deaths per 100,000 inhabitants was statistically significant (p = 0.0031; 95%CI: −0.1060 – −0.0219). We cannot exclude confounders, but we limited their presence in the study by including control region series. CONCLUSIONS Although the analysis of interrupted time series has limitations, this modeling can be useful for analyzing the performance of policies and programs. Even though the intervention studied is not a condition that in itself implies effectiveness, the latter would not be present without the former, which, integrated with other conditions, generates a positive result. SAMU is a strategy that must be expanded when formulating and consolidating policies focusing on emergency care.
InP Membrane on Silicon (IMOS) Photonics

InP membranes have appeared in the last decade as a viable integrated photonics platform, suitable for adding photonic functions to silicon electronics. It combines the strengths of silicon photonics (high index contrasts and therefore small footprint devices) with those of generic InP-platforms (monolithic integration of active and passive devices). A range of functionalities has been developed on this platform, which goes by the name of Indium phosphide membrane on silicon (IMOS). Competitive performances have been demonstrated for lasers, fast detectors, waveguides, filters, couplers, modulators, and more. Here, we provide an overview of IMOS and describe recent developments regarding technology and devices. This includes record low propagation losses, plasmonic waveguides, a variety of laser structures, and improved wavelength demuliplexers. These developments demonstrate that IMOS has potential to deliver photonic integrated circuits to a wide variety of application fields, e.g. telecom, datacom, sensing, terahertz, and many others.
Ultracompact 40-Channel Arrayed Waveguide Grating on Silicon Nitride Platform at 860 nm

Arrayed waveguide gratings (AWG) have been widely used as wavelength multiplexers and demultiplexers in dense wavelength division multiplexing communications. In this letter, we describe a highly compact 40-channel AWG fabricated on the silicon nitride platform for operation with a center wavelength near 860 nm for use in spectral domain optical coherence tomography. The total footprint of the AWG is $910{\mu \text {m}}\times 680{\mu \text {m}}$ . The transmission spectrum of the fabricated device was measured. The AWG had a channel spacing of 1.5 nm and optical spectral range of 60 nm, in accord with the design. The measured insertion loss was 1.3 dB for the central channels and 1.8 dB for the outmost channels. The inter-channel crosstalk varied from 17.2 dB to 19.7 dB for the central 20 channels.
Determinación de los estadios de maduración esquelética por medio de análisis de Bacceti

Objective: to identify the stage of skeletal maturation according to the chronological age of pediatric patients ranging from 8 to 12 years who attended the Dental Program at the Corporacion Universitaria Rafael Nunez. Methods: Cross-sectional descriptive study conducted from 2012 to 2013, in children from 8 to 12 years presenting digital cephalic lateral radiographs. C2, C3 and C4 vertebrae were identified; strokes of the vertebrae were performed with graphite pencil on tracing paper. Results: From a total of 100 pediatric patients studied, 49% (49) were male and 51% (51) female. The average age of both was 9.1 ± 1.02, 48% were in stage 1 (CMV1), 38% were in stage 2 (CMV2), and 14% were in stage 3 (CMV3). Conclusion: girls had earlier changes than boys. The cephalic lateral radiograph is a useful, economical, easy and reliable method to assess the degree of ossification, and it is statistically reliable and valid.
Formal Semantics of Predictable Pipelines: a Comparative Study

Computer architectures used in safety-critical domains are subjected to worst-case execution time analysis. The presence of performance-driven microarchitectures may trigger undesired timing phenomena, called timing anomalies, and complicate the timing analysis. This paper investigates pipelines specifically designed to simplify the worst-case execution time analysis (also called predictable pipelines). We propose formal and executable models of four research-oriented pipelines and one industrial pipeline to validate some of their claims related to their timing behavior. We indeed validate, via bounded model checking, the absence of a type of timing anomalies called amplification timing anomalies, or its potential presence by identifying prerequisite to situations where they can occur.
The Genetics of Language: From complex genes to complex communication

This chapter discusses the genetic foundations of the human capacity for language. It reviews the molecular structure of the genome and the complex molecular mechanisms that allow genetic information to influence multiple levels of biology. It goes on to describe the active regulation of genes and their formation of complex genetic pathways that in turn control the cellular environment and function. At each of these levels, examples of genes and genetic variants that may influence the human capacity for language are given. Finally, it discusses the value of using animal models to understand the genetic underpinnings of speech and language. From this chapter will emerge the complexity of the genome in action and the multidisciplinary efforts that are currently made to bridge the gap between genetics and language.
Odd Hyperbolic Cosine-FG Family of Lifetime Distributions

In the present paper, a new family of lifetime distributions is introduced via odd ratio function, the well-known concept in survival analysis and reliability engineering. Some important properties of the proposed model including survival function, quantile function, hazard function, order statistic are obtained in a general setting. A special case of this new family is taken up by considering exponential and Lindley models as the parent distributions. In addition, estimation of the unknown parameters of the special model will be examined from the perspective of the classic statistics. A simulation study is presented to investigate the bias and mean square error of the maximum likelihood estimators. Moreover, an example of real data set is studied; point and interval estimations of all parameters are obtained by maximum likelihood and bootstrap (parametric and non-parametric) procedures. Finally, the superiority of the proposedmodel in terms of the parent exponential distribution over other fundamental statistical distributions is shown via the example of real observations.
Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry Identification of Labile Radicals Formed during Pyrolysis of Catechool, Hydroquinone, and Phenol through Neutral Pyrolysis Product Mass Analysis

Catechol, hydroquinone, and phenol are known to be environmental pollutants due to their ability to generate environmentally free radicals, which cause millions of deaths worldwide. Recently, efforts have been done to precisely identify the origin and the nature of those free radicals employing EPR-LTMI technique. All the three precursors generate cyclopentadienyl radical as major pyrolysis products and phenoxyl radical as both pyrolysis and photolysis products which were obtained from phenol; ortho-semiquinone and para-semiquinone were seen, respectively, from the pyrolysis of catechol and hydroquinone. However, it has been suspected that the solely use of the EPR-LTMI did not allow the isolation of the more labile radicals that is supposedly terminated by radical-radical or radical-surface interaction. The present study reports the gas chromatography mass analysis of the pyrolysis products from catechol, hydroquinone, and phenol. Naphthalene , indene, and hydroxyindene were observed as the pyrolysis products of hydroquinone, while fluorene, 1H-indenol and its isomer 1H-inden-1-one 2,3 dihydro, acenaphthylene, benzofuran-7-methyl, and benzofuran-2-methyl were observed as pyrolysis products of catechol. Dibenzo dioxin and dibenzo furan were observed from pyrolysis of catechol and hydroquinone. Those products result from the combination of radicals such as cyclopentadienyl, para-semiquinone, ortho-semiquinone, hydroxyl-cyclohexadienyl, phenoxyl, and most importantly Hydroxycyclopentadienyl which was not identified by EPR-LTMI.
A research note on the potential impact of panel attrition on the relationship between variables

Much research on nonresponse and attrition is concerned with estimating the effect nonresponse has on point estimates. Most substantive research, however, aims to draw conclusions on relationships between variables. How nonresponse and attrition affect relationships between variables has received only marginal attention in the literature. Using data from the Swiss Household Panel (SHP), this study examines the extent to which attrition affects the parameters of multiple regression equations. By comparing models run on the full sample from the first wave of the SHP to the subsample that will continue to participate and the subsample that will drop out in later waves, we assess how coefficients from OLS regressions are affected by the selectiveness of the sample. Our models relating to two well-researched topics, time spent on housework and political participation, produce comparable coefficients for the full sample and the two subsamples in terms of signs and significance, although one coefficient in the model on housework differed significantly in size. Implications for cross-sectional analyses of longitudinal data are discussed.
Infants' Neurodevelopmental Effects of PM2.5 and Persistent Organohalogen Pollutants Exposure in Southern Taiwan

ABSTRACT Several studies have stated the harmful effects of PM2.5 to population health, including disruption of neurological development. However, the mechanism behind the neurodevelopmental effects of ambient PM2.5 and postnatal PBDEs and OCPs exposure is still unknown. Our goal was to determine influence of breastmilk residues, polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and organochlorine pesticides (OCPs), to the infants’ neurodevelopment with respect to high and low PM2.5 exposure areas. The participants were recruited from high PM2.5 exposure areas (n = 32) and low PM2.5 exposure areas (n = 23) of southern Taiwan. The extracted 14 PBDEs and 20 OCPs compounds were analyzed using gas chromatography coupled with mass spectrometer. The infants, aging from 8-12 months, were examined by Bayley Scales of Infants and Toddlers Development, Third Edition (Bayley-III) for neurodevelopment. Results showed that high PM2.5 exposure caused reduced head circumference and had significant effects on the motor skill and social emotional development. For breastmilk PBDEs, a positive correlation between BDE-196 and social emotion, after multivariate analysis with adjustment of confounders, was observed while BDE-99, 196, 197, and 207 showed higher magnitudes in low PM2.5 areas than in high PM2.5 areas. For OCPs, only γ- hexachlorcyclohexanes (γ-HCH) presented the significant difference between high and low PM2.5 exposure areas. Most breastmilk OCPs residues, including 4,4’-dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (4,4’-DDT), γ-HCH, endrin, and heptachlor epoxide showed negative impact on the Bayley-III scores after multivariate analysis. In conclusion, infants’ neurodevelopment was significantly correlated with the location of PM2.5 exposure and breastmilk intake of certain PBDEs and OCPs. Breastmilk OCPs might obviously affect infants’ neurodevelopment more compared to breastmilk PBDEs based on our finding. Moreover, this study further employs awareness about viable effects of PM2.5 in infants’ neurodevelopment.