Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
L'antenne mâle de Ceroglossus buqueti calvus Géhin 1885: types sensillaires du flagelle, comparaison avec l'antenne femelle (Insecta: Coleoptera: Carabidae)

Le flagelle antennaire du mâle de Ceroglossus buqueti calvus a ete etudie a l'aide de la microscopie electronique a balayage. Il porte six types sensillaires: des sensilles sans pore (chetiformes, trichoides), des sensilles unipores (chetiformes) et des sensilles chimioreceptrices supposees multipores (coeloconiques discoidales, basiconiques de deux types). Les sensilles chetiformes et les sensilles trichoides sont communes aux antennes des deux sexes: elles assurent la sensibilite tactile (chetiformes sans pore), la chimioreception de contact ou gustation (chetiformes a pore terminal) et la proprioception (trichoides sans pore). Les sensilles coeloconiques discoidales, que nous avons decouvertes chez Ceroglossus sp. , sont aussi presentes dans les deux sexes. Le dimorphisme sexuel antennaire concerne essentiellement les sensilles basiconiques supposees multipores. Trois types sensillaires B1, B2 et B3, presents chez la femelle, sont absents chez le mâle qui, en revanche, possede deux autres types differents B4 et B5. Les sensilles basiconiques B2 et B3 de la femelle, d'un type particulier chez les Coleopteres, sont supposees etre les candidats a la reception de la pheromone secretee par les plages glandulaires des antennes mâles.
Capacity of Two-Layer Networks with Binary Weights

The capacity C_b of two later (N - 2L - 1) feed-forward neural networks is shown to satisfy the relation O(W/(lnW)) ≤ C ≤ O(W). Here N - 2L - 1 stands for the networks with N input units, 2L hidden units and one output unit. W is the total number of weights of the networks. The weights take only binary values and the hidden units have integer thresholds.
Unique needs: Salvation Army officers in retirement and end-of-life care

ABSTRACT Retirement is a major life transition. On this point there is general agreement. But what about retirement for clergy and those who serve in the church? Perhaps a few see ministry as a job; then the change would be much like a worker ceasing paid employment. However, does being ordained, having a respected leadership role in the church, and serving God bring some unique dynamics to this transition? In this article we try to identify such factors using a large sample of Australian Salvation Army officers.
Erkennen klinischer Muster am Beispiel des femoroazetabulären Impingement-Syndroms

Zusammenfassung In der physiotherapeutischen Praxis ist das Erkennen klinischer Muster ein wichtiger Bestandteil des klinischen Denkens und Handelns. Studien zum Thema Clinical Reasoning belegen, dass Experten mittels Mustererkennung ihr theoretisches Wissen und ihre klinische Erfahrung kombinieren, um Beschwerdebilder von Patienten einzuschätzen. Diese Fähigkeit ermöglicht Experten ein hohes Maß an Effizienz und Sicherheit bei der Untersuchung und Behandlung von Patienten. Mithilfe einer Delphi-Untersuchung wurden die Beurteilungen von 11 Experten zum klinischen Muster des femoroazetabulären Impingements (FAI) ermittelt. In der aktuellen Literatur wurde außerdem nach klinischen Merkmalen des FAI und nach Reliabilität sowie Validität klinischer Tests zur Evaluation eines FAI gesucht.
Lamotrigine overdose cause skin rash and angioedema

A 23 years old female presented to Lincoln Medical and Mental Health center with skin rash and angioedema after she received 20 pills of lamotrigine 25 mg, and the patient used to take this medication before two tables a day for many months, after she received the appropriate management she improved. After reviewing MEDLINE we found a few cases reported life threatening complications related to lamotrigine intoxication and sudden increase the dose, so we should be aware about these complications before prescribing this medication.
Adaptive virtual topology reconfiguration policy employing multi-stage traffic prediction in optical Internet

This paper studies the issues arising in the virtual topology reconfiguration phase of optical Internet networks. This reconfiguration process means to change the virtual topology in response to the changing traffic patterns in the higher layer. We formulate the optimal reconfiguration policy as a multi-stage decision-making problem to maximize the expected reward and cost function over an infinite horizon. To counter the continual approximation problem brought by heuristic approach, we take the traffic prediction into consideration. We propose a new heuristic reconfiguration algorithm called prediction based multi-stage reconfiguration approach to realize the optimal reconfiguration policy. Simulation results show that our reconfiguration policy significantly outperforms the conventional one, while the required physical resources are limited.
Cannabinoid-induced cyclic vomiting; what every clinician needs to know

Introduction: According to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), marijuana is the most commonly used illicit drug worldwide. In the United States and Europe, prevalence of regular marijuana use among adults reaches 4%. Despite the common belief that cannabinoids have an antiemetic effect, chronic use of cannabinoids can result in paradoxical bouts of abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting. Cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome (CHS) is still an under recognized clinical entity and its diagnosis can be challenging to many clinicians due to the similarity of its clinical presentation to other more common disorders. Case Report: We found that patients who were diagnosed with CHS have usually undergone an extensive clinical evaluation before the diagnosis was made. We are presenting a case of cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome related to chronic and heavy marijuana use. Conclusion: Compared to the increasing use of marijuana worldwide, cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome is still an under recognized condition.
Adaptive Learning Environments: Foundations and Frontiers

Adaptive Learning Environments (ALEs) can be viewed as the intersection of two traditionally distinct areas of research: instructional science and computer science. They encompass intelligent tutoring systems, interactive learning environments, and situated learning environments. There is increasing interest in effective instructional systems from education, industry, military and government sectors. Given recent advances in hardware architecture and reduction of hardware costs, the time is right to define the next steps in research and development of ALEs. This book is an outgrowth of the presentations and discussions that took place at the NATO Advanced Study Institute held at the University of Calgary in July 1990. It contains chapters from both researchers in instructional science and researchers in computer science on the following topics: - Systems and architectures for instruction - Representing curriculum and designing instructional tasks - Environments to support learning - Diagnosing students' learning and adjusting plans for instruction - Models of students' metacognition, motivation and learning strategies - Student-system interactions. The book containsintroductions/critiques of each pair of chapters, and a final chapter discusses the synthesis of instructional science and computer science.
RESEARCH INTO THE CAUSATIVE AGENT OF EPIDEMIC GASTROENTERITIS WHICH PREVAILED IN JAPAN IN 1948

From January to summer, 1948, cholera-like disease with chief symptoms of diarrhoea and vomiting prevailed in Gumma Prefecture. The disease begins after some incubation period with forerunning symptoms of fatigue, thirst in mouth and nausea, and then violent aqueous diarrhoea. The stomach-ache, if any, is slight, but often accompanied with abdominal sound. The nausea is felt with vomiting some times. The diarrhoea, when serious, may take place 10 to 20 times a day. The excreta is aqueous, but not mixed with blood or mucus. In most cases there is no fever, or if any, it is very low. The patients are numerous among the adults and the old in both sexes, but death occurs only to the old. We undertook the research into the etiology under the assumption that this may be a new disease hitherto undescribed.
BT interactive TV

In the summer of 1994, BT demonstrated some of the key elements necessary for interactive home services. In particular the ability to transmit near broadcast quality TV pictures using 2 Mbit/s digital compression, broadband transmission over normal telephone lines and subsequent reconstruction of the pictures in the home. As a result of that trial, since October 1995 BT has been operating an interactive TV service bringing entertainment, retailing and education to more than 2000 homes and 8 schools in the UK. Delivered across normal telephone lines, the system supports almost 150 content providers from Hollywood movie companies to UK charities.
A descriptive study of nursing refresher course candidates

The study had two purposes. The f i r s t purpose was to describe the c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s of graduate nurses who had expressed i n t e r e s t i n a refresher course f o r graduate nurses. The second purpose was to determine the extent to which these nurses were a p o t e n t i a l source of nurse manpower supply. Survey methodology, u t i l i z i n g a mail-back questionnaire developed by the in v e s t i g a t o r , was selected as the research approach. The questionnaire was completed by 199 nurses who had placed t h e i r names on the mailing l i s t f o r a refresher course for graduate nurses at one post-secondary educational i n s t i t u t i o n located i n a large metrop o l i t a n area. Analysis indicated that graduate nurses who express i n t e r e s t i n a refresher course are not s i m i l a r , as a group, to the en t i r e population of in a c t i v e nurses. Rather, they c o n s t i t u t e a population of both i n a c t i v e and employed nurses. Nurses i n the study sample were older, had older c h i l d r e n and had graduated e a r l i e r than had been found i n previous studies of inactive nurses. It was concluded that the extent to which nurses who express i n t e r e s t i n a refresher course represent a p o t e n t i a l source of nurse manpower supply i s less than might be expected on the basis of numbers alone. F o r t y s i x nurses (23.1 percent) were employed as reg i s t e r e d nurses when they completed the questionnaire. Of the 153 respondents who were ina c t i v e i n nursing, a majority (66 percent) indicated they planned to resume active status as nurses upon completion of a refresher course. Most, (57.4 percent) would prefer part-time employment and schedules that provide for a minimum of c o n f l i c t with family a c t i v i t i e s and r e s p o n s i b i l i t i e s . The study was l i m i t e d by a low response rate and by an absence of follow-up of non-respondents but, given these l i m i t a t i o n s , the r e s u l t s have implications for nursing education and for nursing administration.
Prenatal maternal influenza and schizophrenia in offspring: What does this tell us about fetal programming of chronic disease?

Abstract Accumulating evidence suggests that chronic diseases, physical as well as neuropsychiatric, may have their origins in early life. Alterations in fetal development have been reported to be associated with an increased risk of subsequent cardiovascular and metabolic disorders. This has been formulated as the fetal or developmental programming hypothesis. Schizophrenia is a severe and chronic neuropsychiatric illness of teenage and adult life. Birth cohort studies have reported low birth weight, delays in attaining motor milestones, and deficits in premorbid cognitive and social functioning as factors associated with, and possible risk factors for future schizophrenia. These provide empirical support for the currently widely accepted neurodevelopmental hypothesis of schizophrenia, where abnormalities in early brain development contribute to the evolution of the disorder. Interference with brain development from infections in early life is in line with a neurodevelopmental view of schizophrenia. Prenatal maternal infections such as influenza have been linked with increased risk of both childhood sub-clinical psychotic symptoms and adult schizophrenia. Prenatal maternal infections can increase fetal exposure to excessive maternal glucocorticoids. This can reprogram the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis leading to increased risk of several chronic diseases including schizophrenia. In this review we focus on epidemiological and preclinical studies concerning prenatal maternal influenza and risk of both childhood psychotic symptoms and later development of schizophrenia in the offspring. We discuss these findings in light of the fetal programming hypothesis, which points towards common links, in early life, between chronic diseases, physical (such as hypertension and type-two diabetes) and neuropsychiatric (such as schizophrenia).
Hipertensión arterial y otros factores de riesgo asociados a las enfermedades cardiovasculares en adultos

OBJETIVO: identificar a prevalencia da hipertensao arterial e sua associacao com fatores de risco cardiovasculares em adultos. METODO: estudo transversal, descritivo, de base populacional, desenvolvido com 408 individuos adultos selecionados. Os dados foram coletados com utilizacao de um questionario e afericao de peso, estatura e circunferencia abdominal. Para analise dos dados empregaram-se os testes estatisticos qui-quadrado de Pearson e Regressao Logistica Multipla. RESULTADOS: dentre os sujeitos, 23,03% referiram ser hipertensos, com prevalencia maior no sexo feminino. O Odds Ratio apontou que tabagismo, indice de massa corporal, circunferencia abdominal, diabetes mellitus e dislipidemia apresentaram associacao positiva com hipertensao arterial. CONCLUSOES: a elevada prevalencia de hipertensao autorreferida e sua associacao com outros fatores de risco cardiovasculares, como diabetes, obesidade e dislipidemia, apontam a necessidade de intervencoes especificas de Enfermagem e implementacao de protocolo de atendimento que tenha como foco minimizar as complicacoes decorrentes da hipertensao, como tambem prevenir o surgimento de outras doencas cardiovasculares.
An efficient implementation of maximum likelihood identification of LTI state-space models by local gradient search

We present a numerically efficient implementation of the nonlinear least squares and maximum likelihood identification of multivariable linear time-invariant (LTI) state-space models. This implementation is based on a local parameterization of the system and a gradient search in the resulting parameter space. The output error identification problem is discussed, and its extension to maximum likelihood identification is explained. We show that the maximum likelihood framework yields parameter errors that converge to the Cramer-Rao bound. Furthermore, the implementation is shown to be fast and able to handle large sample size problems.
Some Issues in Collecting Data on Working Postures

The issues involved in using a pictorial versus a descriptive format to collect data on working posture are reviewed. The use of pictograms to represent limb displacement or joint angle is evaluated and shortcomings in terms of fidelity to the posture being assessed and the facility with which trends and summaries can be extracted are identified. The advantages of a format using only verbal descriptions are described in terms of the flexibility to mix behavioral and anatomical elements, the flexibility to adjust and label measurement intervals and categories, and a layout which facilitates the comparison and summary of data.
Biomarcadores en la esclerosis múltiple:: puesta al día 2014

Multiple sclerosis is a chronic, demyelinating and inflammatory disease of the central nervous system that mainly affects young adults. It is characterised by processes involving inflammation, demyelination and axonal destruction, and as a result the pathogenic aspects and response to treatment of the disease vary widely. It is therefore difficult to establish a prognosis for these patients or to determine the effectiveness of the different drugs that are employed. Current clinical research into the development of new biomarkers has advanced a great deal in recent years, especially in the early stages of the disease. Yet, it is essential to further our knowledge about novel markers of the disease, and not only in the more advanced stages, so as to be able to stop disability from progressing and to establish new therapy regimens in these patients. This review presents an update on the information available about the biomarkers that are currently validated and used in multiple sclerosis, together with the possible candidates for utilisation in routine clinical practice.
Increasing or Decreasing? The Menu Direction Effect on User Performance

Although the breadth/depth issue in menu design has been identified to have significant effects on user performance, the effects of menu direction and dimension have not been well investigated, especially as iconic menus as concerned. This study investigated the effects of menu direction and dimension on user selection performance by using two different dimensions (sizes) of iconic menu systems (16-item and 32-item). The direction of the menus consisted of “increasing” and “decreasing”, with the depth of menu ranging from 2 to 3 levels. The findings indicated that “decreasing” direction menus were significantly quicker and more accurate than “increasing” menus. However, for the smaller size menus (16 item menus), user performance accuracy was better with the “increasing” direction menus. Overall, the results showed that “decreasing” direction menus are superior to “increasing” menus. It is suggested that for small size iconic menus (e.g., up to 32 items), items should be organized in “decreasing” direction, especially when speed is of particular importance to the selection task.
CURRENT TRENDS IN ECLAMPSIA AT TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL

Aims and Objectives: (1) To evaluate the incidence of eclampsia (2) To study material and perinatal outcome in eclamptic patients and its management. Methodology: Prospective study was done between July 2007 to June 2012. A total of 308 patients with eclampsia were included in the study. Results: The incidence of eclampsia is about 1.31 %. Majority of patients were primipara and between 21-25 years of age group. 97.1% of patients showed good response to MgSO4 therapy. 53.9 % patients had vaginal delivery while 46.1 % patients had LSCS. Conclusion: Eclampsia is not a totally preventable disease but its incidence can be decreased by proper antenatal care, early diagnosis of Pregnancy Induced Hypertension (PIH) and its proper management.
Factores asociados con la seguridad alimentaria en un Municipio Rural del norte del Cauca, Colombia

Food security is sufficient access to safe and nutritious foods to satisfy nutritional needs and personal preferences, and to lead a healthy and active life. The current study evaluated food security in 302 families with school-age children living in a rural municipality in Cauca, Colombia, and factors associated with food security. Families were participating in an evaluation of the nutrition impact of an intervention with nutritionally improved maize. A12-item food security scale was applied to the household head, as well as a sociodemographic survey. Families were classified as food secure, or mildly, moderately or severely food insecure. Among households, 44.37% were classified as food secure and 55.63% as food insecure (with 41.39% as mildly insecure, 12.25% as moderately insecure and 1,99% as severely insecure). Food-insecure families had fewer persons working relative to the total individuals in the home, 4 or fewer services or assets, and children with a reduced appetite, in comparison with food-secure households. In conclusion, more than half of the sample was food insecure; the factors associated with food insecurity relate to family income.
Learning IS Child’s Play

Game-based learning has received significant attention in educational pedagogy as an effective way of increasing student motivation and engagement. The majority of the work in this area has been focused on digital games or games involving technology. We focus on the use of traditional game design in improving student engagement and perception of learning in teaching computer science concepts in higher education. In addition, as part of an interdisciplinary effort, we discuss the interplay between game-based learning in higher education and disciplinary cultures, addressing the lack of empirical evidence on the impact of game design on learning outcomes, engagement, and students’ perception of learning.
Join-Idle-Queue with Service Elasticity

We consider the model of a token-based joint auto-scaling and load balancing strategy, proposed in a recent paper by Mukherjee, Dhara, Borst, and van Leeuwaarden [4] (SIGMETRICS '17), which offers an efficient scalable implementation and yet achieves asymptotically optimal steady-state delay performance and energy consumption as the number of servers N ! 1. In the above work, the asymptotic results are obtained under the assumption that the queues have fixed-size finite buffers, and therefore the fundamental question of stability of the proposed scheme with infinite buffers was left open. In this paper, we address this fundamental stability question. The system stability under the usual subcritical load assumption is not automatic. Moreover, the stability may not even hold for all N. The key challenge stems from the fact that the process lacks monotonicity, which has been the powerful primary tool for establishing stability in load balancing models. We develop a novel method to prove that the subcritically loaded system is stable for large enough N, and establish convergence of steady-state distributions to the optimal one, as N ! 1. The method goes beyond the state of the art techniques " it uses an induction-based idea and a "weak monotonicity" property of the model; this technique is of independent interest and may have broader applicability.
AlloX: Allocation across Computing Resources for Hybrid CPU/GPU clusters

GPUs are considered as the accelerators for CPUs. We call these applications GPU applications. Some machine learning frameworks like Tensorflow support their machine learning (ML) jobs running either on CPUs or GPUs. Nvidia claims that Titan GPU K80 12GB can speed up 5-10x on average. Although GPUs offer the advantages on performance, they are very expensive. For example, a GPU K80 roughly costs $4000 while an Intel Xeon E5 Quad cores costs $350. The coexist of traditional CPU and GPU applications urges cloud computing operators to build hybrid CPU/GPU clusters. While the traditional applications are executed on CPUs, the GPU applications can run on either CPUs or GPUs. In the CPU/GPU clusters, how to provision the hybrid CPU/GPU clusters for CPU and GPU applications and how to allocate the resources across CPUs and GPUs? Interchangeable resources like CPUs and GPUs are not rare in large clusters. Some network I/O cards like wireless, ethernet, infinityband with different bandwidths can also be interchangeable. In this paper, we focus on CPU/GPU systems. We develop a tool that estimates the performance and resource for an ML job in an online manner (§2). We implement AlloX system that supports resource allocation and places applications on right resources (CPU or GPU) to maximize the use of computational resource (§3). The proposed AlloX policy achieves up to 35% progress improvement compared to default DRF [2]. We build a model that minimizes the total cost of ownership for CPU/GPU data centers (§4).