Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
The Role of Diabetes Educators in Promoting Diabetes-based Knowledge on Insulin Pump Therapy to School Nurses and Physicians

A total of 137 school healthcare professionals, 3 diabetes educators provided basic pump education and training on diabetes complications management specifically hyperglycemia, hypoglycemia and ketosis. The program was followed by hands-on workshop training on insulin pumps. Preand post-knowledge -assessment about insulin pump therapy basic management was performed using a 10-item knowledge questionnaire. Additionally, preand post-confidence level were assessed with a 9-item questionnaire using Likert’s scale. Results: 62 school nurses mean age 41.5 ± 11.7, with school experience 8.8 ± 9.1y and 75 school physicians, mean age 36.25 ± 6.2, with school experience 3.4 ± 1.5y; attended the program. Preand post-knowledge assessment and confidence level scores were compared using Pearson’s correlations. Significant improvement was found for both knowledge (school physicians, r=0.007 and nurses r=0.01) and confidence (school physicians, p-value=0.047 and school nurses, p-value=0.018). Discussion: Pre-assessment showed the lack of knowledge and confidence of school healthcare professionals about insulin pump therapy. Significant improvement in knowledge and confidence in caring for T1D students on insulin pump therapy resulted from the delivery of this workshop, which confirmed the effective role of diabetes educators. Conclusion: This is the first nationwide educational program conducted at Kuwait in private schools in 2018, the positive impact of the program will be followed up for implementation at governmental schools as well.
PD-S15 fusion protein specifically target PD-1 and rapidly expands NK/T cells

[基金项目] 国家自然科学基金资助项目(No.81502468);河南省医学科技攻关计划项目(No.201701030);河南省自然科学基金项目 (No. 182300410344);河南省科技攻关计划项目(No. 162300410095)。 Subject supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 81502468), the Medical Science and Technique Research Foundation of Henan Province (No. 201701030),the Natural Science Foundation of Henan Province (No.182300410344), and the Science and Technique Research Foundation of Henan Province (No.162300410095) [作者简介] 王阿香(1992-),女,硕士生,主要从事肿瘤生物免疫治疗研究,E-mail:1909960826@qq.com [通信作者] 高全立(GAO Quanli,corresponding author),博士,主任医师,硕士生导师,主要从事恶性肿瘤生物免疫治疗的基础及临床研究,Email:gaoquanli1@aliyun.com PD-S15融合蛋白体外特异性靶向PD-1分子并快速扩增NK/T细胞
Metric and Tool Support for Instant Feedback of Source Code Readability

In the software maintenance phase, comprehending the legacy source code is inevitable, which consumes most of the time of the phase. The better the code is readable, the easier it is for code readers to comprehend the system based on the source code. This paper proposes an enhanced source code readability metric to quantitatively measure the extent of code readability. In addition, we developed a tool support named Instant R. Gauge to update the code on the fly based on the readability feedback of the current code. The tool also provides the history of the readability change so that developers recognize the more readable code and gradually change their coding habit without any annoying advice. The suggested readability metric achieves 75.74% of explanatory power, and our experiment showed that readability of most of the methods authored in our tool is higher than that of the methods without our approach.
Dental insurance, dental service use and health outcomes: Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness among Australian adults

Aim: The aim of this research thesis is to examine the relationship between dental insurance status and dental service use and health outcomes, to ascertain the out of pocket dental expenditure from a consumer perspective and examine the cost–effectiveness of being dentally insured. Methods: The thesis presents a summary of existing literature and examined the relationship between dental insurance status and dental service use and oral health outcomes in working age adults in Australia using a two-year prospective cohort study. Out of pocket dental expenditure was calculated for the 2 year cohort and cost-effectiveness was examined. Baseline data was collected in 2009-10 with two follow ups in 2010-11 and 2011-12, through questionnaires, service use log books and receipts. Dental insurance premium costs were imputed from a database of private health insurance funds, plans and policies. Results: The literature review showed a positive relationship between dental insurance status and favourable dental visiting pattern (regular dental visiting, visiting for check-up and visiting the same dentist). Mixed evidence on a positive relationship with oral health outcomes was reported. The cohort study had a 37% response rate and a 40% retention rate (from baseline) by the end of the two years. 67% of the participants were dentally insured, 73% visited a dental professional, 15% and 23% reported negative change in self-rated oral and general health respectively and mean out of pocket expenditure was $788 during the study period. Dental visiting among the insured was significantly higher than the uninsured. Among those who visited, there were no significant associations with dental insurance for number of visits, services or services per visit. None of the main areas of services were significantly associated with dental insurance status either. However, the insured received significantly higher rates of diagnostic and preventive services per visit. Dental insurance was positively associated with OHIP severity change and negative change in self-rated oral health but not with general health outcomes. Mean net expenditure was marginally higher among the dentally insured participants but not significantly. Dental insurance was cost effective with 95% certainty if an individual consumer was willing to pay $4300 over two years to maintain or improve their self-reported oral health. Conclusion: The systematic analysis of literature and comprehensive analysis of cohort data found that dental insurance is effective in increasing dental visiting. It is also effective in improving oral health outcomes but not general health outcomes. The out of pocket dental expenditure is large but not substantially larger than other common household expenditures. Being dentally insured is more expensive but also provides better maintenance or improvement of oral health among adults. What these results mean for subgroups based on visiting frequency, type of visiting, longer term outcomes and reduction of future expenditure needs to be further examined in…
Multi-component reconstructive heart surgery as an alternative to transplantation in a patient with combined cardiac pathology and critically low left ventricular contractility

Multi-component reconstructive heart surgery as an alternative to transplantation in a patient with combined cardiac pathology and critically low left ventricular contractility V.V. Sokolov, A.V. Redkoborodyy, N.V. Rubtsov, L.G. Khutsishvili*, E.N. Ostroumov, E.V. Migunova, N.M. Bikbova N.V. Sklifosovsky Research Institute for Emergency Medicine, 3 Bolshaya Sukharevskaya Sq. , Moscow 129090, Russia
University of Birmingham Non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants (NOACs) for stroke prevention in Asian patients with atrial fibrillation

Publisher Rights Statement: NOTICE: this is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published as Lip Gregory Y.H. , Wang Kang-Ling, Chiang Chern-En, Non-Vitamin K Oral Anticoagulants (NOACs) for stroke prevention in Asian patients with atrial fibrillation: Time for a reappraisal, International Journal of Cardiology (2014), doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard. 2014.11. 182
CONTINGENCY USING CAT SWARM OPTIMIZATION

Due to continuous expansion of power system in accordance with the growing demand, stability studies have become a fascinated area for research in the modern day. The aim of this paper is to identify the optimal location and size of shunt FACTS controllers in an interconnected power system under N-1 contingency for voltage stability analysis. As the size and the cost of the FACTS devices are high, an optimal location of FACTS along with its size needs to be identified before they are actually installed. In this process, we are trying to improve the voltage profile and Maximum loading Parameter while maintaining the losses under control using FACTS controllers based upon Cat Swarm Optimization (CSO).
Dual and Feller–Reuter–Riley transition function

In this paper, we investigate duality and Feller–Reuter–Riley (FRR) property of continuou Markov chains (CTMCs). A criterion of dual q-functions is given in terms of their q-matrices. For a dualq-matrixQ, a necessary and sufficient conditions for the minimal Q-function to be a FRR trans tion function are also given. Finally, by using dual technique, we give a criterion of FRR Q-functions whenQ is monotone.  2005 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
The relationship between maternal and neonatal vitamin B12 and folate levels, anthropometric measurements, and metabolic indicators

Aim: The nutritional imbalances in pregnancy may lead to metabolic problems in newborns, which may cause obesity during childhood and later in life. It is aimed to determine the maternal levels of folate, vitamin B12 at birth and to investigate the correlation between neonatal anthropometric measurements, and metabolic indicators such as serum lipid profile and insulin resistance. Methods: A total of 102 mothers and newborns were enrolled in this prospective cohort study. The demographic, obstetric features, serum levels of vitamin B12, folate, glucose, high-density lipoprotein (HDL), low-density lipoprotein (LDL), triglycerides, cholesterol, insulin, homocysteine, and homeostatic model assessment (HOMA-IR) were noted. For vitamin B12, levels, ≥191 ng/L were accepted as normal. The correlation between maternal levels of vitamin B12, folate, anthropometric measurements, and metabolic indicators of newborns were evaluated. Results: Body mass index (P=0.004), serum insulin levels (P=0.012), HOMA-IR (P=0.001), and homocysteine (P=0.001) were increased in neonates born from mothers with lower serum levels of vitamin B12. The maternal vitamin B12 levels were positively, strongly correlated with neonatal vitamin B12 levels (r=0.719, P<0.001). There was an inverse, weak correlation between maternal vitamin B12 levels and neonatal serum insulin levels (r=-0.221, P=0.025), HOMA-IR (r=-0.249, P=0.011), and homocysteine (r=-0.394, P<0.001). Maternal folate levels were strongly, positively correlated with neonatal folate (r=0.735, P<0.001); weakly, positively correlated with neonatal vitamin B12 (r=0.327, P=0.001); moderately, inversely correlated with neonatal homocysteine (r=-0.505, P<0.001). Conclusion: Optimizing intake of these vitamins levels during pregnancy is important to reduce the neonatal metabolic abnormalities, which may lead to obesity later in life.
Fatigue life response of P355NL1 steel under uniaxial loading using Kohout-Věchet model

The fatigue life of materials and structural details can be characterized by distinct fatigue regimes. These regimes may range from quasi-static monotonic loading to very high cyclic fatigue. The Kohout-Věchet (KV) fatigue model describes the damage regimes since the limiting tensile strength to the permanent fatigue limit. In this paper, the fatigue S-N response of the P355NL1 steel, using smooth specimens under uniaxial stress states, is characterized based on the original suggestion by Kohout and Věchet. The experimental results related to the fatigue behavior of the P355NL1 steel were obtained through fatigue tests under stress-control conditions, covering distinct stress ratios. This study validates the importance and applicability of the global S-N models to describe the Wöhler S-N curve, from tensile strength to the fatigue limit, in the fatigue life evaluation of structural details. © 2016 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. Peer-review under responsibility of the University of Oviedo.
Demotivating Factors in Learning English as a Foreign Language: Case in Colombian vulnerable rural schools

The objective of the study is to show which demotivating factors the students of English as a Foreign Language present; and also to check if there is a relationship, and influence of those factors on their academic performance. The research has a nonexperimental, descriptive and correlational design. The results show that Difficulty of English Learning; Teachers' Competence and Teaching Styles; Inadequate Learning Environment and Reduced Interest and Motivation are demotivating factors; there is also a relationship between academic performance and factors.
Health impact of toxic metals in facial cosmetics used in Calabar, Nigeria

The present study highlights the health risk factor of heavy metals in cosmetics considering their habitual use in the society today. This safety assessment has become inevitable because of the high demand for these products which has resulted to flooding the markets with low quality cosmetics. Digestion was by 20 mL mixture of nitric acid (HNO3) and hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) in the ratio of 3:1 and was heated in a hot plate for 2-3 hours at 90 °C. The choice of this mixture was informed by literature to yield the highest amounts in metal digestion. The mean metal concentrations of these products are; 1.2758, 0.9599, 0.1262, 0.0504 and 0.0068 mg/kg while the ranges are: 0.140-5.823, 0.054-3.908, 0.021-0.820, 0.028-0.071 and 0.001-0.236 mg/kg respectively for Mn, Ni, Cr, Cd and Pb. From the analysis, 40 %, 74.28 %, and 17.14 % of the products has Cd, Ni and Mn respectively exceeded the standard. Pb was not detected in majority of the products. Though cosmetic safety cannot be ascertained only by their heavy metal content, the present paper focuses solely on the contribution of heavy metals as a risk factor to the consumption of these products.
Efficacy and Safety of a Traditional Chinese Medicine Formula, Suanzaorentang, on Primary Insomnia: A Double-Blind Randomized Placebo-Controlled Study

Despite widely used as one of the commonest over-the-counter treatments of insomnia, the efficacy and safety of suanzaorentang, a composite Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) formulae, are poorly understood. We aimed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of suanzaorentang on primary insomnia over a period of four weeks with both subjective and objective sleep measurements. A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial (RCT) involving 162 primary insomniac subjects (mean age 46.5 years, range 21 to 64 years; female: 68.5%) treated at 2 university affiliated sleep centers in Hong Kong. Among 162 subjects, 86% (n=139) completed the whole trial. Participants received either four weeks Chinese herbal formula (suanzaorentang group) or placebo by block randomization. After 4-week treatment, the treatment group showed more improvement in subjective sleep quality in the perceived depth of sleep (Visual analog scale, mean differences (95%CI) = -16.0 (-22.1 to -9.9) v.s. -7.1 (-13.3 to -1.0), p<0.05) and refreshing sleep (mean differences (95%CI) = -12.0 (-18.2 to -5.8) v.s. -2.2 (-8.9 to 4.5), p<0.05) than placebo group. However, the two groups did not have any differences over the objective measures and the Insomnia Severity Index total scores. No difference in overall adverse events was found between groups. The study showed that 4-weeks treatment of suanzaorentang improved perceived sleep quality but not subjective sleep difficulty or objective sleep parameters. In particular, suanzaorentang had good safety profile and tolerability.
Enhancing the QoS of Integrated Mobile Ad hoc Network using Multiple Cluster Head Gateway

Ad Hoc Network (MANET) consists of dynamic topology as nodes in the network are mobile, and connected via wireless links. Nodes within the cluster communicate directly. However, nodes communicate outside the cluster through a centralized node that is called a Cluster Head Gateway (CHG) (1). As the number of nodes increases complexity of MANET increases in various issues. Ad hoc wireless network is a dynamic multi-hop network, which is established by a group of mobile nodes on a shared wireless channel. The shared medium and the multi-hop nature of the wireless ad hoc networks pose fundamental challenges to the design of an effective resource allocation algorithm to maximize the aggregated utility of flows, maintaining basic fairness among the multiple flows. An elected Cluster Head Gateway (CHG) is assigned for communication with all other clusters. The centralized Cluster Head Gateway can become a bottleneck and possibly cause a lower connectivity for the clustering system. In this paper we propose a mechanism in which communication outside the cluster is distributed through separate Cluster Head Gateways in order to enhance the QoS of MANET. The CHGs should provide better QoS to/than other MANET nodes within network. Now here the QoS deals with several parameters like Throughput, End-End Delay, Traffic Sent and Traffic Received. We also show that the increase in overall QoS and connectivity is by the increase/add Cluster Head Gateways. Additionally, the routing reliability to outside the cluster is increased since routes to different clusters use distinct Cluster Head Gateways. Finally, this paper conducts simulation experiments in the conditions where we using Multiple CHG to the nodes within a network. KeywordsHead Gateway, Throughput, MANET, Multiple Cluster Head Gateway, QoS, End-End Delay.
Effects of Product Recommendations on Customer Behavior in e-Commerce

We live in an age flooded with information from various sources. In e-Commerce, various efforts have been attempted to help efficient customer decision-making by suggesting the information and products users may like. E-Storefronts have expected to increase sales by cross-selling and improve customer royalty by reducing the search efforts of customers through the recommendations [8][11]. Product recommendations are generally executed by the phases that understand customers, deliver recommendations, and measure recommendation effect [1]. The phase of customer understanding is a step of collecting in-depth information about customers and building consumer preference profiles; the phase of delivery is the step that makes recommendations through algorithms and selects the items (products, advertisements, etc.) to be presented. This phase also presents the selected items to customers in diverse ways and places. The phase of measuring the recommendation effect is the step that provides feedback to the previous steps by assessing satisfaction to recommended products or by understanding how they can be used practically by customer. A large number of technical studies on product recommendations up until now have been focused on how to improve the algorithms used in the delivery phase [1][2]. Although the studies on the recommendation result based on customer behavior have not been carried out much as compared to technical studies, they have been performed in a form of behavioral study through surveys and experiments [3][9][10]. The empirical analysis and study on the change of browsing and purchase pattern of actual site users by recommendations are not common and the study on a change in the customer browsing pattern according to the difference in the recommendation level on a site has not been made previously. For the analysis of customer behavior according to the practical recommendation, it is necessary to study on a change in the browsing pattern through the analysis of clickstream data that is the actual visiting logs of customers. Since the browsing pattern between web pages and duration that has visited a site and products can be found through the clickstream data, various studies have been performed either to support the decision-making of customer by understanding the browsing behavior of customer within the site or to improve the browsing route of the site [4][5][6][7].
Software for Arabic Machine Printed Optical Character Recognition

Machine printed Arabic Character Recognition System (MACRS] is concerned with recognition of machine printed alphanumeric Arabic characters. In the present work, characters have been represented (extracted) by using geometric moment invariant (3 order). The technique used in this research can be divided into three major steps. The first step is digitization and preprocessing to create connected component, detect the skew of a character image and correct it. The second is feature extraction, where geometric moment invariant features of the input, Arabic character is used to extract features. Finally, we describe an advanced system of classification using probabilistic neural networks structure which yields significant speed improvements. MACRS is tested using 2961 patterns for a total 141 classes with roughly 21 patterns in each class. It is important to note here that the system performs extremely well with recognition rates ranging between 84% and 88% on different folds and the overall recognition is 85.8%. This is a very good performance taking into account the fact that we have a limited number of samples in each class and that, the recognition on the training data is also extremely high (99.8%) which represents a very good training
Trials for Control of Pseudomonas Septicemia in Tilapia Zillii Using Tumeric Powder as A Medicated Feed

The present study aimed to investigate the effect of different concentrations of curcumin in fish diet on blood parameters and disease resistance against challenge with pathogenic bacterial agent Pseudomonas aeruginosa. A total number of 120 apparently healthy Tilapia zillii, weighting 35 ± 5 gram were divided into four groups. Each group consisted of 30 fish, each was subdivided into 3 subgroups (10 fish/sub group) in well prepared glass aquaria with water daily changed and fed at 3% body weight per day. The first group fed on basal diet without any supplementation with turmeric powder and served as control group. The second (T1), third (T2) and fourth (T3) groups were fed on the same basal diet supplemented with turmeric powder with different concentrations 2 (0.20%), 5 (0.50%) and 10g/kg (1%) respectively for 30 days. At the end of this period, five fish from all groups were sampled for blood indices for differentiation between basal diet and supplemented diet. After the end of the experiment, fish in all groups were intraperitoneally (IP) challenged with Pseudomonas aeruginosa then blood samples were collected to investigate the effect of turmeric powder on hematological parameters of experimentally infected fish fed onto supplemented and basal diet. The mortality rate after challenging with Pseudomonas aeruginosa were decreased in all treated groups than control group.
Analysis and framework for agricultural supply chain improvement: a case study of california papaya in cikarang

Excessive waste is one of the problems in the food supply chain system. This study aims to identify supply chain players, map, and reduce waste that occurs in the Papaya California agribusiness supply chain process in Cikarang, Bekasi. Data collection was obtained from the results of field studies and interviews with parties involved in the supply chain such as farmers, distributors, retailers, and consumers. Increasing the effectiveness of Papaya's supply chain network is by improving the quality of packaging (modified atmosphere packaging (MAP), smart packaging, active packaging, and intelligent packag­ing), sharing data among chain players supply, implement refri­ge­ration and monitor transportation technology and promote the long term. Good coordination between parties involved in the Papaya supply chain has a significant role in creating an effective and effici­ent supply chain system.