Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Perceived barriers and effective strategies to diabetes self-management.

AIM This paper reports the perceived barriers to and effective strategies for self-management of adults with type 2 diabetes in a rural setting. BACKGROUND Worldwide, diabetes is a major public health concern and financial burden. Research shows that, for people with diabetes, adhering to programs of self-care is often problematic. Despite the potential for improved metabolic control and quality of life, little is published on the barriers and effective strategies that people with diabetes successfully use to incorporate plans of care into their lifestyles. METHODS Twenty-four adults diagnosed with type 2 diabetes were recruited from a rural primary care practice to participate in one of three audiotaped focus groups. Content analysis was conducted on the focus group transcripts and validity was strengthened through independent rankings of barriers and strategies by an expert panel and by the nurse researchers. The data were collected 2002. FINDINGS The most frequently reported barriers were lack of knowledge of a specific diet plan, lack of understanding of the plan of care and helplessness and frustration from lack of glycaemic control and continued disease progression despite adherence. Effective strategies identified were developing a collaborative relationship with a provider, maintaining a positive attitude that prompts proactive learning and having a support person who provides encouragement and promotes accountability. CONCLUSIONS These data highlight the importance of barrier and strategy identification in developing and implementing realistic self-management plans and the significance of collaborative alliances between patients and practitioners. Awareness of barriers, identification of strategies to overcome obstacles and the opportunity to problem solve with practitioners assists patients in managing a chronic illness that requires numerous daily decisions.
Cleft Lip and Palate Surgery

The surgical procedures addressing the problems with the unilateral cleft lip and palate do all include a technique for lengthening the skin of the lip in the cleft area. This procedure can vary according to the preference of the surgeon. The best known are those according to Millard, Tennison and Skoog. The important part of lip repair is, however, reconstruction the muscles entering the lip. This repair should include a reconstruction of the zygomatic and nasal muscles separated from the lower part of the orbicular muscle of the lip (9) (Fig. 2). In Goteborg we have developed a technique using half of Cupid’s bow as a yardstick. The skin inci-
Contributions of Wiskott–Aldrich syndrome family cytoskeletal regulatory adapters to immune regulation

Summary: Cytoskeletal structure and dynamic rearrangement are integrally involved in coupling external stimuli to the orchestrated network of molecular interactions and cellular responses required for T‐cell effector function. Members of the Wiskott––Aldrich syndrome protein (WASp) family are now widely recognized as cytoskeletal scaffolding adapters that coordinate the transmission of stimulatory signals to downstream induction of actin remodeling and cytoskeletal‐dependent T‐cell responses. In this review, we discuss the structural and functional properties of the WASp family members, with an emphasis on the roles of these proteins in the molecular pathways underpinning T‐cell activation. The contributions of WASp family proteins and the cytoskeletal reorganization they evoke to expression of specific T‐cell effector functions and the implications of such activity to normal immune responses and to the immunologic deficits manifested by Wiskott–Aldrich syndrome patients are also described.
From chalkboard, slides, and paper to e‐learning: How computing technologies have transformed anatomical sciences education

Until the late‐twentieth century, primary anatomical sciences education was relatively unenhanced by advanced technology and dependent on the mainstays of printed textbooks, chalkboard‐ and photographic projection‐based classroom lectures, and cadaver dissection laboratories. But over the past three decades, diffusion of innovations in computer technology transformed the practices of anatomical education and research, along with other aspects of work and daily life. Increasing adoption of first‐generation personal computers (PCs) in the 1980s paved the way for the first practical educational applications, and visionary anatomists foresaw the usefulness of computers for teaching. While early computers lacked high‐resolution graphics capabilities and interactive user interfaces, applications with video discs demonstrated the practicality of programming digital multimedia linking descriptive text with anatomical imaging. Desktop publishing established that computers could be used for producing enhanced lecture notes, and commercial presentation software made it possible to give lectures using anatomical and medical imaging, as well as animations. Concurrently, computer processing supported the deployment of medical imaging modalities, including computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, and ultrasound, that were subsequently integrated into anatomy instruction. Following its public birth in the mid‐1990s, the World Wide Web became the ubiquitous multimedia networking technology underlying the conduct of contemporary education and research. Digital video, structural simulations, and mobile devices have been more recently applied to education. Progressive implementation of computer‐based learning methods interacted with waves of ongoing curricular change, and such technologies have been deemed crucial for continuing medical education reforms, providing new challenges and opportunities for anatomical sciences educators. Anat Sci Educ 9: 583–602. © 2016 American Association of Anatomists.
Lateral stability enhancement of vehicles using adaptive sliding mode based active front steering and direct yaw moment control

In this Paper, active front steering and direct yaw moment of a vehicle are proposed to be controlled simultaneously to improve its stability. Two structures are used in this control strategy named as the upper and lower levels of control. The adaptive sliding-mode control (SMC) technique is used in the upper-level control in order to generate the corrective steering wheel angle and yaw moment. The realization of the yaw moment is done through braking between appropriate wheels in the lower-level control. Lyapunov criterion is introduced to prove the stability of the sliding mode controller. Tracking performances of yaw-rate and side-slip angle of a Sports Car is simulated to show the proposed controller's effectiveness.
Chemotherapy Alone for Glottic Carcinoma: A Need for Higher-Level Evidence

The 5-year actuarial local control rate with chemotherapy alone ranged from 53,7% (laryngeal and hypopharyngeal cancers, Tl to T4) to 91% (larynx only). Between 6% and 33% of the cases initially treated with induction chemotherapy were, after selection of the complete responders, locally controlled by exclusive chemotherapy. That is, for every 1 case locally controlled by exclusive chemotherapy, 3 to 17 cases had to be treated initially with induction chemotherapy. Salvage surgery or radiotherapy provided laryngeal preservation in 90% to 100% of cases treated by chemotherapy alone (Table 2), Toxicity in patients treated with chemotherapy alone was principally hematologic and renal. With cisplatin and 5-fluorouracil (PF), grade 2 renal
GENETIC DIVERSITY AND PHYLOGENETIC RELATIONSHIP AMONG DIFFERENT PEACH GENOTYPES THROUGH RAPD MARKERS

Peach is a traditional crop of northern areas of Pakistan. It is the second most important fruit crop after apple and ranks first in the genus Prunus. For the well establishment of the peach crop, presence of genetic diversity in the germplasm is very important. During the present study, genetic diversity in peach genotypes was analyzed using different RAPD molecular markers through PCR. Variation matrix for each primer followed by an average was calculated using bi-variate data set. Analysis of the banding profile of these primers showed different level of genetic polymorphism among the various peach genotypes under study. The level of genetic polymorphism (estimated as genetic distance using RAPD primers) ranged between 20% and 80%. Cluster analysis revealed that the various peach genotypes were grouped into 5 classes. Group I and II and V had only one genotype each. Group III was comprised of 3 genotypes. Group IV had 6 genotypes. Genetically diverse peach genotypes were identified which can be used in future breeding programs to develop cultivars with broad genetic base.
Clinical characteristics and etiologic diagnosis of viral uveitis

Objetivo: determinar las caracteristicas clinicas y epidemiologicas de las uveitis virales segun su etiologia. Metodos: se realizo un estudio observacional y descriptivo transversal, que determino el diagnostico clinico y etiologico, segun la reaccion en cadena de polimerasa (PCR) de 10 ojos de pacientes atendidos en la consulta de uveitis, en el Instituto Cubano de Oftalmologia “Ramon Pando Ferrer”, de mayo a noviembre del 2010. Se utilizo una muestra de fluidos intraoculares tomada a los pacientes. Las variables analizadas fueron: edad, sexo, color de piel, antecedentes personales generales u oculares, clasificacion anatomica y patologica de la uveitis, curso evolutivo, bilateralidad, agudeza visual y presion intraocular iniciales y finales respectivamente, hallazgos al fondo de ojo y resultados de la PCR. La informacion fue procesada y los resultados expuestos en tablas. Resultados: la edad promedio de los pacientes estudiados fue de 34,5 anos, que presentaron en su mayoria episodios de uveitis anteriores unilaterales. La agudeza visual mejor corregida final mejoro con respecto a la inicial en el grupo de estudio, aunque la presion intraocular se mantuvo elevada sin lograr controlarla. El virus mas hallado fue el Herpes simple. Conclusiones: los virus son responsables de producir inflamaciones oculares de presentacion variada, lo que en ocasiones retrasa el diagnostico, empeorando el pronostico visual. En estos casos el metodo de PCR ha demostrado ser una herramienta util para establecer el diagnostico etiologico.
On-load performance of fractional slot SPM machines considering tooth-tip local magnetic saturation

In this paper, the investigation is focused on the influence of tooth-tip local magnetic saturation on the on-load performances, such as on-load flux linkages, inductances, onload back EMFs, on-load cogging torques, torque ripples, iron and PM eddy current losses, in a closed-slot fractional slot surface-mount machine. It is found that due to influence of local magnetic saturation in the tooth-tips, there are high harmonics in on-load flux linkages, inductances and on-load back EMFs even when closed slots are employed. The variation of local magnetic saturation will further result in high on-load cogging torque, torque ripple, iron loss and PM eddy current loss.
Gut Microbiome Developmental Patterns in Early Life of Preterm Infants: Impacts of Feeding and Gender

Gut microbiota plays a key role in multiple aspects of human health and disease, particularly in early life. Distortions of the gut microbiota have been found to correlate with fatal diseases in preterm infants, however, developmental patterns of gut microbiome and factors affecting the colonization progress in preterm infants remain unclear. The purpose of this prospective longitudinal study was to explore day-to-day gut microbiome patterns in preterm infants during their first 30 days of life in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) and investigate potential factors related to the development of the infant gut microbiome. A total of 378 stool samples were collected daily from 29 stable/healthy preterm infants. DNA extracted from stool was used to sequence the V4 region of the 16S rRNA gene region for community analysis. Operational taxonomic units (OTUs) and α-diversity of the community were determined using QIIME software. Proteobacteria was the most abundant phylum, accounting for 54.3% of the total reads. Result showed shift patterns of increasing Clostridium and Bacteroides, and decreasing Staphylococcus and Haemophilus over time during early life. Alpha-diversity significantly increased daily in preterm infants after birth and linear mixed-effects models showed that postnatal days, feeding types and gender were associated with the α-diversity, p< 0.05–0.01. Male infants were found to begin with a low α-diversity, whereas females tended to have a higher diversity shortly after birth. Female infants were more likely to have higher abundance of Clostridiates, and lower abundance of Enterobacteriales than males during early life. Infants fed mother’s own breastmilk (MBM) had a higher diversity of gut microbiome and significantly higher abundance in Clostridiales and Lactobacillales than infants fed non-MBM. Permanova also showed that bacterial compositions were different between males and females and between MBM and non-MBM feeding types. In conclusion, infant postnatal age, gender and feeding type significantly contribute to the dynamic development of the gut microbiome in preterm infants.
O Lugar da Informática na Educação Infantil em Documentos Oficiais Brasileiros The Place of The Informatics in Early Childhood Education in Brazilian Official Documents

Resumo: Considerando que cada vez mais cedo as criancas tem acesso a Informatica, antes mesmo do processo de alfabetizacao, este artigo tem como objetivo problematizar a respeito do que dizem os documentos oficiais norteadores da educacao brasileira sobre a Informatica na Educacao Infantil. Para isso, foram analisados sete documentos do Governo Federal datados de 1996 ate 2012. Os resultados apontam que a presenca da Informatica e seu incentivo sao pouco significativos e, geralmente, mencionados a Educacao Basica, deixando a Educacao Infantil como mera coadjuvante nesta relacao. O proprio ProInfo nao contempla o nivel de ensino em questao e o ProInfância concentra seus investimentos apenas na infraestrutura dos espacos educacionais. Em outros paises analisados no artigo, o potencial das Tecnologias da Informacao e Comunicacao (TICs) e de sua utilizacao com criancas de 0 a 6 anos ja sao amplamente reconhecidos. Assim, este artigo revela uma lacuna na realidade brasileira que carece ser suprida. Palavras-chave: Informatica na Educacao Infantil. Documentos brasileiros. Politicas de Informatica na Educacao.
Extension of the TAMSAT Satellite-Based Rainfall Monitoring over Africa and from 1983 to Present

AbstractTropical Applications of Meteorology Using Satellite Data and Ground-Based Observations (TAMSAT) rainfall monitoring products have been extended to provide spatially contiguous rainfall estimates across Africa. This has been achieved through a new, climatology-based calibration, which varies in both space and time. As a result, cumulative estimates of rainfall are now issued at the end of each 10-day period (dekad) at 4-km spatial resolution with pan-African coverage. The utility of the products for decision making is improved by the routine provision of validation reports, for which the 10-day (dekadal) TAMSAT rainfall estimates are compared with independent gauge observations. This paper describes the methodology by which the TAMSAT method has been applied to generate the pan-African rainfall monitoring products. It is demonstrated through comparison with gauge measurements that the method provides skillful estimates, although with a systematic dry bias. This study illustrates TAMSAT’s value as .
Nuclear dot antigens may specify transcriptional domains in the nucleus

A bank of 892 human autoimmune serum samples was screened by indirect immunofluorescence on human tissue culture HT-29 cells. Seven serum samples that stain 4 to 10 bright dots in cell lines of several different mammals, including humans, monkeys, rats, and pigs, were identified. Immunofluorescence experiments indicate that these antigens, called nuclear dot (ND) antigens, are distinct from splicing complexes, kinetochores, and other known nuclear structures. An ND antigen recognized by these sera was cloned by immunoscreening a human lambda gt11 expression library. Analysis of seven cDNA clones for the ND antigen indicates that several mRNAs exist, perhaps derived through alternative splicing mechanisms. One major form of the message has an open reading frame of 1,440 bp capable of encoding a 53,000-M(r) protein. Treatment of cells with detergent, salt, or RNase A fails to remove the ND antigen from the nucleus. However, incubation with DNase I obliterates ND staining, indicating that the ND protein directly or indirectly associates with nuclear DNA. Fusion of the ND protein to a LexA DNA binding domain activates transcription in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. A 75-amino-acid domain that activates transcription in both yeast and primate cells has been identified. We suggest that ND antigens may participate in the activation of transcription of specific regions of the genome.
Feasibility Investigation of Obstacle-Avoiding Sensors Unit without Image Processing

Feasibility of a simple method to detect step height, slope angle, and trench width using four infrared-light-source PSD range sensors is examined, and the reproducibility and accuracy of characteristic parameter detection are also examined. Detection error of upward slope angle is within 2.5 degrees, while it is shown that the detection error of downward slope angle exceeding 20 degrees is very large. In order to reduce such errors, a method to improve range-voltage performance of a range sensor is proposed, and its availability is demonstrated. We also show that increase in trial frequency is a better way, although so as not to increase the detection delay. Step height is identified with an error of ±1.5 mm. It is shown that trench width cannot be reliably measured at this time. It is suggested that an additional method is needed if we have to advance the field of obstacle detection.
Validity of Stroke Diagnoses in a National Register of Patients

Background: Many registers containing routine medical information have been developed for research and surveillance purposes. In epidemiological research assessment of endpoints is often conducted via registers. In the present study we validated stroke and transient ischemic attack (TIA) diagnoses in the Danish National Register of Patients (DNRP). Methods: Subjects from a Danish cohort study, the Copenhagen City Heart Study (n = 19,698), were crosslinked with the DNRP. The following International Classification of Disease 10th revision codes were used to identify possible strokes and TIAs: I60–I69 and G45. Two independent raters reviewed all cases. Positive predictive values of stroke, TIA and stroke subtypes were estimated by dividing the confirmed cases by the total number of cases located in the DNRP. Interrater reliability was tested using ĸ statistics. Results: Of 236 possible cerebrovascular events, 1 in 6 stroke diagnoses did not meet study criteria. The majority of events in the DNRP were registered as unspecified stroke (I64), n = 105 (44%), of which two thirds were diagnosed as ischemic stroke events by the raters. Intracerebral hemorrhage and ischemic stroke had a positive predictive value from 74 to 97%, respectively. Conclusion: Our results show that the DNRP tends to overestimate the number of cerebrovascular events, while ischemic stroke is underestimated.
The Effects of Intermittent Stretching Following a 4-Week Static Stretching Protocol: A Randomized Trial

Rancour, J, Holmes, CF, and Cipriani, DJ. The effects of intermittent stretching following a 4-week static stretching protocol: A randomized trial. J Strength Cond Res 23(8): 2217-2222, 2009-Stretching is performed in rehabilitation and sports conditioning programs. It is not known how often during a week stretching needs to be performed to maintain flexibility. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to determine the influence of intermittent stretching (i.e., 2-3 days/week) on hip range of motion (ROM) following a 4-week, daily stretching program. This study used a randomized, single-blind, test-retest design. Healthy adult subjects, age 18 to 50 years, were randomly assigned to 1 of 2 static stretching protocols: (a) standard protocol or (b) intermittent protocol. All subjects stretched their hamstrings daily for the first 4 weeks. The standard group discontinued all stretching after 4 weeks. The intermittent group continued to stretch 2 to 3 days per week for an additional 4 weeks. All subjects were measured for hip ROM weekly for the full 8 weeks. Thirty-two subjects completed the study (standard group = 14; intermittent group = 18, mean age 24.6 years). Mean hip ROM increased (p < 0.05) for both groups from before protocol (PRE) to Week 4 (standard group gain from 71.4 ± 18.5 degrees to 90.6 ± 20.5 degrees and intermittent group gain from 68.6 ± 15.7 degrees to 89.1 ± 16.8 degrees). During the final 4 weeks, mean hip ROM decreased (p < 0.05) for the standard group from 90.6 ± 20.5 degrees to 83.9 ± 20.3 degrees. Mean hip ROM for the intermittent group did not decrease during the final 4 weeks of the study (89.1 ± 16.8 degrees to 93.2 ± 14.9 degrees, p > 0.05). Intermittent stretching (i.e., 2 or 3 days/week) is sufficient to maintain ROM gains acquired from a prior static stretching program. Clinicians and trainers may educate their clients of the benefits of intermittent stretching to maintain flexibility.
Codage video scalable par maillages et ondelettes t+2D. (Mesh and 2D+t wavelet based scalable video coding)

Cette these s'incrit dans le cadre de la transmission de donnees video sur reseaux. L'objectif de notre etude est d'etudier des technologies innovantes permettant d'offrir un codage video hautement scalable et competitif en terme de compression avec les standards de codage video actuels non scalables. Pour cela, nous utilisons un schema de codage video base sur une approche analyse-synthese qui utilise une representation du mouvement par maillages et un codage par ondelettes t+2D. La premiere partie de notre etude s'interesse a l'exploitation du mouvement dans la transformee en ondelettes temporelles et a la definition des trajectoires de mouvement le long desquelles est appliquee la transformation temporelle. La deuxieme partie de notre etude propose une amelioration de ce schema en gerant le probleme des occlusions engendres par les discontinuites du mouvement.
Kinect controlled electro-mechanical skeleton

Mimicking real-time human motion with a low cost solution has been an extremely difficult task in the past but with the release of the Microsoft Kinect motion capture system this problem has been simplified. This paper discusses the feasibility and design behind a simple robotic skeleton which utilizes the Kinect to mimic human movements in real-time. The long-term goal of this project is to construct a ½ scale model of a full robotically enhanced skeleton and demonstrate the abilities of the Kinect as a tool for human movement mimicry.
Isolation and Characterization of Thermosensitive Escherichia coli Mutants Defective in Deoxyribonucleic Acid Replication

Thermosensitive deoxyribonucleic acid replication-defective mutants have been isolated by using an autoradiographic selection method. The mutants have been analyzed genetically and biochemically. Some of the mutants show thermosensitivity of in vitro deoxyribonucleic acid replication. These can be classified into three groups according to their behavior in in vitro complementation assays. This classification is congruent with that obtained by genetic mapping by using cotransduction frequencies with selected markers in P1 transduction analysis.