Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Necesidades en salud oral de personas que viven con VIH/SIDA en Chile

Objectives: To determine the oral health needs of people living with HIV / AIDS in Chile. Materials and methods: Qualitative exploratory study. We determined the health needs of people living with HIV / AIDS through 2 focus groups in the months of June and July 2017, with a total of 13 participants, all men between 18 and 70 years diagnosed with HIV positive, belonging to the Diversa Foundation. Results: The results obtained relate to the objectives proposed in this study; Need for information on oral health issues, need for dental treatments and means of delivery of information in oral health. Conclusion: Based on the results obtained, we can conclude that there is a clear need for information on oral health, the need for comprehensive dental treatment and the need for certified means for delivery of information, easily accessible and understood by the people who live with HIV / AIDS. This being of relevance in public health, since currently the population living with this condition has increased in our country and their oral health needs have not been determined, limiting them to receive comprehensive and multidisciplinary health care
Radiofrequency Turbinoplasty in Imidazoline-induced Rhinitis Medicamentosa

Aim: To evaluate the efficacy and results of radiofrequency turbinoplasty in patients with rhinitis medicamentosa due to imidazolines like oxymetazoline and xylometazoline. Study design: This is a prospective, single-blinded, randomized controlled study. Materials and methods: Study was conducted on 20 patients in a tertiary level center from January 2010 to February 2016. Patients with symptoms and signs of nasal obstruction due to rhinitis medicamentosa were selected. Patients were aged from 16 to 43 years (mean age is 24 years). Twelve were males and eight were females. The duration of use of nasal decongestant drops varied from 3 months to 5 years. The turbinoplasty was performed using the radiofrequency method. Nasal obstruction symptom evaluation (NOSE) questionnaires are used for subjective assessment and nasal endoscopy view score (NES) was used for objective assessment preand postoperatively. Follow-up was done at the end of 15 days and 3 months after surgery. The results were statistically analyzed by paired t-test. Results: The mean NOSE score before procedure was 92. At the 15th postoperative day, mean NOSE score reduced to 1.3 and it further reduced at the 3rd month to 0.5 (p < 0.001), with 99.5% reduction in subjective symptoms. The mean NES before procedure was 3.95. On the 15th day, it was 0.35 and at the end of 3rd month, it was 0 with 91.1% reduction in objective evaluation (p < 0.001). Results were same on left and right side of nose. No major postoperative complication was observed in patients. Conclusion: Radiofrequency turbinoplasty technique can be recommended as an effective method in imidazoline-induced rhinitis medicamentosa. It is simple, comfortable, fast relief giving, no repeated steroids, and cost-effective, single-session treatment. Good compliance and cooperation from patients can be obtained with no major complications of the treatment. It allows patients to be managed in the office environment.
Renal Resistivity Index as a Guide for Treatment of Severe Postoperative Renal Failure in Cardiac Surgery: A Case Report

We report a case of postoperative renal failure in a patient submitted to cardiac surgery operation. Usually we adopt the renal resistivity index as a guide for the treatment, particularly about the titration of vasoactive drugs. We consider that renal resistivity index may be a simple and safe support for therapy-guiding in this kind of patients.
Faktorová štruktúra a reliabilita škály na meranie morálnej identity. Prvé skúsenosti s metodikou Self-Importance of Moral Identity Scale v slovenskom preklade

© 2019 The Authors. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0). Abstrakt: Cieľom realizovaného výskumu bolo overenie psychometrických vlastností škály na meranie morálnej identity Self-Importance of Moral Identity Scale (MIS) v slovenskom preklade. Reliabilitu a faktorovú štruktúru sme overovali pre dáta z dvoch štúdií (N = 210). Prostredníctvom EFA sme získali dvojfaktorové riešenie s uspokojivými hodnotami reliability pre oba faktory MIS – Internalizácia (α = .759) a Symbolizácia (α = .807). V prvej štúdii (N = 101) sme zaznamenali súvislosť Internalizácie so subjektívnym šťastím a vyššie skóre oboch subškál MIS u žien. V druhej štúdii (N = 111) sme zaznamenali relatívnu nezávislosť morálnej identity od hodnôt sociálnej desirability a odlišný vzorec vlastností Symbolizácie a Internalizácie. Internalizácia pozitívne súvisela s prosociálnym morálnym usudzovaním, negatívne s morálnym vyviazaním, klamaním, sociometrickým statusom. Korelačné vzťahy Symbolizácie s ďalšími premennými boli buď protikladné (klamanie, sociometrický status, altruistické morálne usudzovanie) alebo výrazne odlišné. Možnosti interpretácie sú diskutované v diskusii. Kľúčové slová: morálna identita; Internalizácia; Symbolizácia; faktorová štruktúra; reliabilita; Slovenská republika
Dozimetre Taşıyan Sağlık Çalışanlarında İş Yükünün İyonlaştırıcı Radyasyon Risk Algısına Etkisi

Calisma; Konya'daki Universite Hastaneleri’nde dozimetre tasiyan saglik calisanlarinin is yukunun iyonize radyasyon risk algilarina etkisini belirlemeyi amaclamaktadir. Iyonlastirici radyasyon alaninda gorev yapan saglik calisanlari is yukunun fazla olmasi nedeniyle daha fazla radyasyona maruz kalmaktadirlar. Arastirma saglik calisanlarinin is yuklerindeki artisin, iyonlastirici radyasyon risk algilarini nasil etkiledigini gostermesi acisindan onem arz etmektedir. Arastirma, Konya ilinde hizmet veren Selcuk Universitesi Selcuk Tip Fakultesi Hastanesi ve Necmettin Erbakan Universitesi Meram Tip Fakultesi Hastanesi'nde dozimetre tasiyan saglik calisanlari uzerinde yapilmistir. Arastirma evreninden bir orneklem secilmemis ancak evrenin %90,95'ine ulasilmistir. Veriler, Sakaoglu Manavgat (2011) tarafindan hazirlanmis olan "Mesleksel Iyonlastirici Radyasyon Risk Algisi Anketi" ve Caplan ve arkadaslari (1980) tarafindan gelistirilmis 11 maddelik is yuku olcegi kullanilarak elde edilmistir. Veriler SPSS 20.0 paket programi ile analiz edilmistir. Arastirmada, korelasyon analizi, bagimsiz orneklem t testi, tek yonlu varyans analizi uygulanmistir. Katilimcilarin iyonlastirici radyasyon risk algisi ortalamasi 7,51 ± 2,09 olarak bulunmustur. Katilimcilarin genel olarak yasam olaylari ile ilgili kaygi duzeyleri ortalamasi 5,59 ± 2,34 olarak tespit edilmistir. Katilimcilarin iyonlastirici radyasyon alanlarinda gorev yapmalarindan dolayi ilerleyen donemlerde olasi bir saglik sorunu gecirmeleriyle ilgili kaygi duzeyi ortalamasi ise 6,98 ± 2,19 olarak bulunmustur. Katilimcilarin is yuku ortalamasi da 3,54 ± 0,59 olarak belirlenmistir. Katilimcilarin yuksek risk algisina ve fazla is yukune sahip olduklari tespit edilmistir. Is yukundeki artisin pozitif yonde ve istatistiksel olarak anlamli bir sekilde iyonlastirici radyasyon risk algisini etkiledigi saptanmistir. Calisma sonucunda; hekimlerin is yuku ortalamasi diger meslek gruplarina gore anlamli derecede yuksek bulunurken, iyonlastirici radyasyon risk algisi diger meslek gruplarindan dusuk cikmasi dikkat cekmektedir.
Factors influencing course withdrawal in fundamental engineering courses in a research 1 university

Engineering students develop competencies in fundamental engineering courses (FECs) that are critical for success later in more advanced courses and in engineering practice. Literature on the student learning experience, however, associates these courses with challenging educational environments (e.g., large class sizes) and low student success rates. To address this concerns, we are studying why students are not succeeding in large foundational engineering courses by collecting data on the reasons students give for choosing to withdraw from FECs. Findings point to unsatisfactory grades, not understanding the professor, and finding the course challenging among the top reasons cited. We provide analysis by different departments and across specific courses.
Improving the irrigation quality of Kuwait native shallow groundwater using phytoremediation technology

In Kuwait, shallow groundwater is used mainly for irrigation purposes. This groundwater is, however, brackish with TDS values ranging from 4,000 to 15,000 mg/L. Also, this groundwater is normally subjected to industrial and agricultural pollution increasing the concentration of heavy metals, nitrogen compounds and salt ions. The aim of this paper is to illustrate through field experiments that the roots of the Reeds plants (which are common in Kuwait) are capable to improve the efficiency of irrigation by reducing the concentration of some pollutants in the native groundwater in Kuwait. Two basins were constructed in the fields of KISR premises then Reeds plants were allowed to grow up under climatic conditions of Kuwait until they were 2.5 m tall. Then the Reeds plants were irrigated with native shallow groundwater from Kuwait aquifers. Samples of inflowing irrigating water and outflowing water from the bottom of the basins were taken over a period of 3 months. The water quality between the two waters was compared. The results show that the Reeds roots are capable of reducing the concentration of salt ions by about 70%, and removing completely heavy metals from the irrigating groundwater and hence improving the irrigation efficiency considerably.
Danube sediment contamination with polychlorinated biphenyls: New interpretation of sediment quality assessment

Among the contaminants of greatest concern, it is still possible to detect in aquatic systems "old" classics such as polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). Since PCBs are detected in all environmental matrices and have been identified as harmful substances due to their toxicity, persistence, and bioaccumulation in humans and wildlife, they are still one of the important groups of POPs. For this reason, this original approach studies the toxicological influence of PCBs, quantified in sediment samples collected at ten sites along the river Danube, by an application of advanced classification and clustering methods such as hierarchical cluster analysis (HCA) and Kohonen's self-organising maps (SOMs). Selected multivariate techniques were applied to the monitoring dataset in order to obtain visual images of the components distributed at each sampling site when all components are included in the classification and data projection procedure. After analyzing the data set using both techniques were isolated groups that exhibit similar behavior. In the hexagon and dendogram of variables three main clusters were distinguished. Towards the identification of pollutant spatial patterns, the SOM did not isolate a clear phenomenon probably due to the absence of local pollution sources contributing to the elevated concentrations of these compounds. The presented assumptions indicated that the supplemental application of SOM and HCA offers advantageous features over the usually rough interpretation of PCBs pattern and over the single use of the methods.
The Changing Roles of a Multinational Enterprise's Subsidiaries and Headquarters in Innovation Transfer: A Network Perspective

The aim of this paper is to identify the changing roles of actors involved in successful innovation transfer within a multinational enterprise. This should help in understanding how multinational enterprises are paving the way for performance management and management control in the innovation network. In examining successful innovation transfer, we identify how the internal (HQ, subsidiaries) and external actors contribute to innovation transfer and how this involvement changes over time. For the analysis, we use case studies of four different multinational enterprises and their chosen successful innovation transfer assessed from the perspective of their subsidiaries. In the analysis, we apply the idea of developing, producing and using settings of innovation derived from industrial network analysis. Our study makes a useful contribution to existing literature by shedding more light on the phenomenon of successful innovation transfer and providing a new, dynamic perspective on the roles of internal and external actors of multinational enterprises in this innovation transfer. We identify the changing roles of headquarters and subsidiaries in successful innovation transfer, indicate the importance of sister subsidiaries for this process and the lack of necessity to involve external customers in order to achieve a successful innovation transfer.
Screening sluchových poruch, vyšetřování sluchu a současné možnosti léčby a kompenzace nedoslýchavosti

Porucha sluchu je poměrně dosti casto se vyskytujici smyslove postiženi, ktere ma zavažne zdravotni a socioekonomicke dopady. Je popsana klasifikace jednotlivých typů sluchoveho postiženi. Vzhledem k tomu, že větsina sluchových poruch se da ucinně lecit, je důležitý jejich zachyt, a to předevsim v utlem věku, kdy vlivem sluchove poruchy může dojit k naruseni vývoje řeci a jazyka. Je vysvětleno, jakým způsobem se screening sluchových vad provadi a jak se vysetřuje sluch. Nakonec je vysvětleno, jak se v soucasne době řesi sluchove postiženi, a to jak metodami konzervativnimi, tak chirurgickými.
Multidimensional effects of metformin in patients with type 2 diabetes

In modern algorithms for the treatment of type 2 diabetes, metformin is positioned as a first-line drug, which, when the disease progresses, is universally combined with other groups of hypoglycemic drugs, including insulin. Review of literature demonstrates the multifaceted effects of metformin with its efficacy and extensive safety range, allowing the drug to be used not only for glycemic control but also for the management of cardiovascular risk factors. Here we present a retrospective study of whether cardiovascular safety of hypoglycemic drugs should be assessed, on the basis of which the idea of a “vulnerable patient” in the presence of diabetes can be formulated, and the necessity of joint management of such patients by an endocrinologist and cardiologist can be postulated. The mechanisms of macrovascular protection by the drug demonstrated in the UKPDS with the phenomenon of “metabolic memory” are analysed along with a discussion regarding their lipid-lowering and antisclerotic effects using modern analytical reviews. The features of the action of long form of the drug (Glucophage Long) are considered. The pleiotropic possibilities of metformin, the expansion of the present indications and the prospects of application as well as new hypotheses about its mechanism of action are discussed. The possible effects of the drug on the components of the “gastrointestinal tract–brain–liver” axis are discussed, and the effects of metformin on homeostasis due to the effect on the microbiota are presented.
Health Informatics Education in the ICS Curriculum - The Need for Benchmarking

Health Informatics lies at the intersection of informatics and the health care disciplines. It is a subject that has evolved to fulfil the need for healthcare professionals with better information handling and interpretation skills. As information systems supporting health and the mode in which care is delivered undergo significant change throughout the UK and Ireland, this paper addresses the need for accepted benchmarking of the discipline, from the perspective of Informatics/Computer Science. It reviews the plethora of stakeholders and collates views from a benchmarking exercise, which has contributed to the British Computer Society Education Steps initiative.
Réflexions sur la pollution cancérigène par les rayonnements ionisants

Les effets des faibles doses de rayonnement sur un grand nombre d'individus relevent du phenomene de la pollution. Ces effets sur l’homme ne sont pas accessibles directement. Il convient donc : 1° de considerer les etudes epidemiologiques (l’irradiation cosmique a haute altitude; la radioactivite dans les regions granitiques); 2° d’extrapoler a partir des resultats des fortes doses; 3° d’extrapoler a partir des resultats obtenus avec les faibles doses sur les micro-organismes ou les cellules de mammiferes in vitro. On dispose egalement du schema interpolation, d'ailleurs discute, d’ABRAHAMSON et al., sur la mutagenese. Le probleme du seuil se situe encore a un niveau theorique, meme si la carcinogenese radio-induite se deroule souvent selon une relation dose-effet avec seuil. Il semble donc utile d'introduire la notion de seuil pratique. De meme, c’est sur des considerations genetiques, en particulier, qu'ont ete fixees par des organismes internationaux les doses admissibles. Dans le but d’etablir des comparaisons quantitatives entre la pollution cancerigene chimique ou induite par les rayonnements ionisants, il serait interessant d’utiliser la notion de rad-equivalents pour les principaux polluants chimiques mutagenes.
Pesticides and Breast Cancer: A Wake Up Call

This book provides a compelling argument for preventing the exposure of women and girls to many of today’s commonly used pesticides. This collation of scientific evidence stretching over more than 30 years indicts 98 pesticides—including insecticides, herbicides and fungicides—one common adjuvant and two contaminants of pesticide formulations, as having the potential to cause breast cancer.
Optimal repeater insertion for horizontal and vertical graphene nanoribbon interconnects

A comparative study on the repeater insertion designs in horizontal and vertical graphene nanoribbon (GNR) interconnects is presented. The optimal numbers and sizes of repeaters are calculated by using the particle swarm optimization algorithm, and then the results are employed to train back‐propagation neural networks. By virtue of the trained neural networks, the optimal repeater designs can be quickly conducted for the GNR interconnects. The proposed optimal repeater design approach is more flexible and more adaptive than conventional analytical methods. By utilizing the proposed approach, it is found that the vertical GNR interconnects need less repeaters yet result in better performance than their horizontal counterparts.
Dimensions of Pay Satisfaction as Predictors of Work Engagement among Military and Civilian Personnel

: At the turn of the 21 st Century, the world of work is experiencing phenomenal changes both at the workplace and in its work force. The reward output provided by organization may not commensurate with the input of personnel. This study therefore examined the predictability of dimensions of pay satisfaction on work engagement among military and civilian personnel in a Military Hospital in Nigeria. This study adopted cross-sectional survey utilizing an ex-post facto research design. A purposive sampling method was used to draw 256 participants comprising of 101 (39.5%) military and 155 (60.5) civilian personnel who completed structured psychological tests. Multiple regression and independent t test were used to analyse the data collected. The result showed that all the four dimensions of pay satisfaction which are (pay level, benefit, raise, and pay structure) jointly accounted for 16.7% of the total variation in work engagement. It is only one of the four dimensions of pay satisfaction (pay structure) that showed independent significant prediction of work engagement. Military personnel did not significantly manifest higher level of work engagement than civilian personnel. The implications of the result were discussed in line with management and sustainability of employment relationships in the world of work.
Moral injury in a context of trauma

Summary Moral injury, characterised by guilt, shame and self-condemnation, is conceptualised either as an adjunct to post-traumatic stress disorder or as a new syndrome. Studies of symptoms and potentially morally injurious events have produced a possible definition and informed the design of rating scales. The current challenge remains the design of effective interventions. Because moral injury relates to ethical behaviour, the meaning attached to events and perceptions of the self, moral philosophy and spirituality could contribute to the design of treatments.
Uso de Rejeito de Mineração de Calcário Ornamental para a Correção de Acidez do Solo e Desenvolvimento de Plantas

In the municipality of Nova Olinda - CE, the extraction of limestone for ornamental purposes, denominated Pedra Cariri, has been causing a series of environmental impacts due to the high generation and stock of tailings in the locality. The objective of this research was to verify the efficiency of this residue as a soil acidity broker and in the development of lettuce plants. The experiment was carried out in two stages: the first consisted of the incubation of 5 dm3 of soil in pots during three months, with doses of the powder from the Pedra Cariri tailing equivalent to 0%, 50%, 100% and 200% of the recommended dose for the elevation of soil base saturation to 60%, and a dose equivalent to 100% of the recommended dose, but using commercial calcitic limestone. The second stage of the experiment consisted in the cultivation of cv Lucy Brown lettuce in pots with soil previously corrected by liming. The powder from the Pedra Cariri tailing has potential to be commercialized as an agricultural input, because it caused elevation of the pH and Ca soil contents, reduction of exchangeable acidity, potential acidity and, consequently, decrease of aluminum saturation and increase of base saturation, not differing from the action of commercial calcitic limestone. The results of analyzes of lettuce development were not significant, where lettuce did not reach its productive potential. Nevertheless, the tailings powder had no toxic effects that would impair the development of the plant.
Brote de hepatitis A en Galicia durante 2016-2018

RESUMEN Fundamentos: En Galicia, la incidencia (I) de hepatitis A (HA) es baja y la susceptibilidad es del 51% en adultos (18-64 anos). Entre 2016 y 2018 se incrementaron los casos, fundamentalmente en hombres. El objetivo de este estudio fue describir los casos de HA en Galicia en este periodo de brote (PB), compararlos con el periodo pre-brote (PPB), y describir las intervenciones realizadas. Metodos: Se realizo un estudio descriptivo de los casos de HA declarados entre 2016-2018 (PB), comparados con los del periodo previo (2010-2015, PPB). Se incluyeron los casos del Sistema de Notificacion Obligatoria (por atencion primaria, hospitalaria y microbiologia) de 2010 a 2018. Se calculo el canal epidemico para el PPB, como media de casos/cuatrisemana para comparar casos observados/esperados. La incidencia (I) (casos por cada 100.000 habitantes (c/105h)) por sexo y edad se comparo con el PPB mediante el Riesgo Relativo (RR). Se enviaron mensajes con recomendaciones especificas a traves de webs de referencia para hombres que tenian sexo con hombres (HSH). Resultados: El brote duro 20 cuatrisemanas (septiembre de 2016 a marzo de 2018). La incidencia fue de 3 casos por cada 100.000 habitantes en hombres y 0,5 casos por cada 100.000 habitantes en mujeres. Frente al PPB, el RR-PB en hombres fue 4,8 (IC95%=4-7) y 20,4 (IC95%=5-87) entre 40 y 44 anos. El 42% de los hombres respondieron tener relaciones con otros hombres (el 57% entre 20 y 30 anos). A finales de 2016 se envio a traves de Wapo (una de las webs de referencia de HSH) un mensaje con recomendaciones (fundamentalmente sobre vacunacion), registrandose 331 entradas. Conclusiones: La incidencia de HA aumenta en Galicia en el periodo 2016-2018 por un brote en HSH. La susceptibilidad se incrementa entre jovenes, lo que hace necesario insistir en la vacunacion de los grupos de riesgo.