Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
THE COGNITIVE AND FUNCTIONAL IMPACT OF OPEN HEART SURGERY: A PILOT STUDY INCLUDING THREE COMMON PROCEDURES (CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT, HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT, AND LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE)

THE COGNITIVE AND FUNCTIONAL IMPACT OF OPEN HEART SURGERY: A PILOT STUDY INCLUDING THREE COMMON PROCEDURES (CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT SURGERY, HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT, AND LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE) By Robert Charles Fix, MS, OTR/L A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at Virginia Commonwealth University. Virginia Commonwealth University, 2018 Major Director: Tony Gentry, Ph.D., OTR/L, FAOTA, Associate Professor, Department of Occupational Therapy, Virginia Commonwealth University This study investigated the impact of open heart surgery (Coronary Artery Bypass Graft, Heart Valve Replacement, or Left Ventricular Assist Device placement) on cognition, functional performance, and mood in the three months following surgery. The Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), Kettle Test (KT), Physical Self Maintenance Scale (PSMS), and Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HD) measured global cognition, functional cognition, functional performance, and mood states, respectively. Thirteen male participants (ages 38 – 75) completed assessments at four time points -when they were scheduled for surgery, within one week prior to surgery, before hospital discharge after surgery, and three months after surgery. ANOVA analyses were conducted on overall raw mean scores taken at these time points. Correlational analysis compared changes in cognition and functional performance of daily activities for this group. Effect size estimations and power analyses were conducted to estimate sample sizes needed for adequately powered subsequent study. Two measures (KT and PSMS) were adequately powered at 95% for the study sample. Functional cognition as measured by the KT improved significantly after surgery and surpassed baseline within three months after surgery. Functional performance as measured by the PSMS declined significantly after surgery but returned to baseline within three months after surgery. Global cognition as measured by the MoCA did not change, was not correlated with other measures, and was below norms at all time points. Mood states as measured by the HADS did not change and were above norms at all time points. This study had a small sample, only male participants, and one pooled group that did not allow for group comparisons. Two measures were self-reported, which may have impacted results due to responses biases. Despite these limitations, this is one of the first studies to track and compare both cognitive and functional performance changes over time. As such, this study may help practitioners and researchers improve and prioritize assessment and treatment options for individuals with cognitive and functional performance deficits after open heart surgery.
Kg Id Card Printing Administration System: Study From Real Industry

Technology era has greatly improved that can lead to a change from a system to another system that enabled for less dependency over certain things. In Kompas Gramedia inventory, billing, and request of idcard that have many purposes still depended on paper base system which many people think too slow, not efficient, and need a lot of effort. Because of that a web-based idcard printing administration system has been created to improve and digitalized the system. The created system can manage an invoice or billing more efficient and paperless. It can manage, make, and save invoice data better than its old predecessor. It can manage all items that needed for idcard printing which has a reminder function when a certain item has reached its stock limit and function to tell people how far their request progress to make a new idcard. The system was made using PHP language with CodeIgniter 3.1. 9 as its framework, PHPEmailer as its library, and DataTables and SweetAlert2 as its plug-in. The system has been tested using UTAUT and Likert scale with Performance Expectancy result is 78.66%, Effort Expectancy result is 66.66%, Facilitating Conditions result is 74.44%, Attitude Toward Using Technology result is 76.66%, Anxiety result is 46.66%, and Behavioral Intention result is 70%. The system has been tested and ready to be implemented in Kompas Gramedia.
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DIFFERENTIATION OF SELF IN MOTHERS AND FAMILY RELATIONSHIP WITH CHILDREN'S BEHAVIORAL PROBLEMS

Family is defined as a system in which the behavior of each member influences the others. This study aimed to determine the relationship between differentiation of self in mothers and family cohesion with behavioral disorders in 3 to 6 years old children. Materials & Methods: This descriptive correlational study included all 3 to 6 year old children in Kermanshah kindergartens. A total of 300 children were selected through cluster sampling. The data were gathered through questionnaires of differentiation of self, family cohesion and children’s behavioral disorders. Pearson correlation and multivariate regression were performed. Results: There was a negative and significant relationship between family cohesion with hyperactivity and social maladjustment. Also, there was a negative and significant relationship between differentiation of self in mothers with anxiety, depression, and ADHD disorder in their children. Conclusion: The study highlights the important relationship between family and the role of mothers in preventing behavioral disorders in children
Meninas, Computação e Música

This work presents an overview of the project Girls, Music and Computer Science. The goal of this project is to promote Computer Science-related courses to pre-university female students. The project is aimed at public school girls and teaches them Java programming along music theory and practice. Resumo. Este trabalho descreve o projeto Meninas, Computação e Música, que busca incentivar meninas para ingressarem em cursos da área de Computação. O projeto propõe o ensino de programação em linguagem Java aliado ao ensino de teoria e práticas musicais para meninas do ensino médio da escola pública.
Factors affecting productivity and intensity of market participation of leafy vegetable growers

ABSTRACT Understanding linkages between productivity and intensity of market participation provides information on where to focus to enhance production and market supply, and helps the possibility of success of commercialization. The study examined linkages between productivity and intensity of market participation of leafy vegetable farmers; which are the cheapest source of some elements required for human nutrition. Multistage sampling was used to select 200 leafy vegetable farmers. Data were obtained with a structured questionnaire and analyzed with descriptive statistics, household commercialization index (HCI), total factor productivity index, and double hurdle regression. Most farmers were male with a mean age of 44 years. The HCI indicated a high level of market participation; double hurdle regression indicated grower organizations had a significant, positive (β = 0.886, p < .05) relationship with probability of market participation. Total factor productivity had a significant, positive (β = 0.851, p < .01), relationship on intensity of market participation; age had a negative effect (β = − 33.453, p < .05), and ownership of motorcycle had a positive effect (β = 618.316, p < .1). Increased productivity increases intensity of market participation. Cooperatives may enable vegetable farmers to mobilize funds to improve scale of production and ownership of a motorcycle could increase intensity of market participation by providing a method of bringing produce to market.
The role of immune checkpoint blockade for treatment of thymic epithelial tumors—a delicate balance between efficacy and side effects

Therapeutic options for patients with unresectable or metastatic thymic epithelial tumors (TETs) are limited. There is no approved treatment for patients with advanced TETs whose disease has progressed after first-line platinum-based chemotherapy. Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) that target the programmed cell death-1 (PD-1)/programmed death ligand-1 (PD-L1) pathway have been shown to be effective in a number of tumor types and have gained approval for multiple indications. Emerging evidence from clinical trials suggests that immune checkpoint blockade may be a viable therapeutic option for patients with TETs. Anti-PD-1/PD-L1 antibodies are active in a fraction of patients with advanced TETs with objective response rates (ORRs) ranging between 20–25%. As observed in other tumor types, responses to anti-PD-1/PD-L1 therapy tend to be durable in TETs. The incidence of serious immune-related adverse events (irAEs) however is higher in TETs than in other tumor types, necessitating vigilant monitoring of adverse events (AEs). Future studies of ICIs in patients with TETs should focus on developing more effective immunotherapy strategies, defining subsets of patients who are likely to benefit from immune checkpoint therapy, and potentially identifying patients at higher risk of autoimmune toxicity.
Talent Management in SMEs: An Exploratory Study of Polish Companies

Objective: The main goal of the study is to identify and map practices of TM in SMEs and search for common patterns. The main questions during the design of the research were: How do SMEs define talent and what are its indicators? What is the approach to TM in SMEs? What kind of activities relating to TM do SMEs undertake? Is it possible to link activities undertaken by SMEs in coherent patterns? Research Design & Methods: This exploratory study was conducted on a randomly selected 200 Polish SMEs. After collecting the sample, we employed the CAPI technique. Most of the questions were open-ended and multiple-choice. In the analysis, we used data clustering and descriptive statistics. Findings: The research confirms that talent management in SMEs occurs in various ways, while particular approaches differ significantly. However, taking into account such categories as talent indicators, main activities undertaken, talents’ tasks and roles, we can identify some common patterns. Implications & Recommendations: The main implication is that a variety of approaches to TM in SMEs requires the application of a contextual framework, which should include the specificity of both internal and external factors. We recommend SMEs’ owners and managers define the main aim of introducing TM practices and shape them in a way that allows fulfilling expected outcomes. Contribution & Value Added: This paper addresses three main research gaps. By presenting data gathered from 200 SMEs we refer to a call for empirically grounded studies. By conducting cluster analysis and developing a model, we refer to the lack of conceptual frameworks of TM in SMEs. Finally, we address a call for more context-specific research by presenting data on TM practices in Polish SMEs. Article type: research article
Clinical singnificanse of preoperative thyroglobulin antibody in patients with thyroid malignancy

It has been reported in recent years that elevated thyroglobulin antibody (TgAb) values can be associated with thyroid malignancy. The aim of this study is to determine whether serum TgAb have a predictive role in thyroid cancer in patients with thyroid nodules. The crossed study included 100 patients with scintigraphic cold thyroid nodules divided in two groups. Demographic data, TgAb levels and final histopathological findings were recorded. The first group consisted of 50 patients with histopathological verified malignant nodules and the second group of 50 patients with histopathological verified benign nodules. TgAb were estimated by the radio-immunity assay (RIA) method. The median of TgAb in the group with benign nodules were 14.3 (10-32) IU / mL and in the group with malignant nodules 42.9 (13-156) IU / mL. TgAb values were significantly higher in patients with malignant nodules (p = 0.02 The increase in values of TgAb by 1 IU / mL increased the risk for malignancy by 0.7%. The cut-off for TgAb of > 35 IU / mL discriminates between diagnosis of the malignant and benign thyroid nodule. TgAb of > 35 IU / mL, with a sensitivity of 56% and a specificity of 78%, was found to be a limit value for predicting malignant thyroid lesion. TgAb serum values were predictor of malignant thyroid lesion and their preoperative measurement in combination with other risk factors could assist in preoperative diagnosis in patients with cytological indeterminant thyroid nodules.
Atmospheric precursors for intense summer rainfall over the United Kingdom

Intense sub‐daily summer rainfall is linked to flooding impacts in the United Kingdom. Characterizing the atmospheric conditions prior to the rainfall event can improve understanding of the large‐scale mechanisms involved. The most intense sub‐daily rainfall intensity data generated from rain gauge records across the United Kingdom over the period 1979–2014 are combined with fields from the ERA Interim reanalysis to characterize atmospheric conditions prior to heavy rainfall events. The 200 most intense 3‐hourly events for six UK regions are associated with negative anomalies in sea level pressure (<−2 hPa) and 200 hPa geopotential height (<−60 m) to the west or south west of the United Kingdom 1 day earlier, with above average moisture, evaporation and dew point temperature over North West Europe. Atmospheric precursors are more intense but less coherent between regions for composites formed of the 25 heaviest rainfall events but all display substantial moisture transport from the south or south east prior to their occurrence. Composites for the heaviest events are characterized by a tripole geopotential anomaly pattern across the North Atlantic. Above average geopotential height and dew point temperature over Newfoundland and below average geopotential height but elevated evaporation in the North Atlantic are found to be weakly associated with an increased chance of the most intense sub‐daily rainfall events 5–9 days later.
Intensity, moderation, and the pressures of expectation: Calculation and coercion in the street‐level practice of welfare conditionality

This article offers a street‐level perspective on welfare conditionality as it was practiced in contracted‐out UK activation programs between 2008 and 2015. Drawing on observation and in‐depth interviews, the article illustrates the ways that behavioral conditionality provided street‐level workers with the means to intensify or moderate activation for particular claimants. Responding to arguments about the curtailment of street‐level discretion, the article argues that in the particular context of target‐driven, work‐first, and otherwise highly constrained services, discretion resided in the ability to intensify or moderate conditionality and its coercive potential—in decisions about how, on whom, and to what extent it would be applied. The article argues that attending to this form of discretion provides an alternative frame through which to view the differentiated treatment typically understood as “creaming” and “parking. ” In so doing, the article problematizes accounts that draw clear lines between calculative, normative, and dispositional forms of street‐level reason and practice. It shows how advisors' responses to the “street‐level calculus of choice” were articulated in terms of expectation, where attempts at future‐oriented calculation necessarily entailed making other forms of speculative and normative judgement about claimants and their situations. The article thus contributes to an understanding of both the causes and meaning of differentiated treatment in conditional welfare services.
Generalized Harmonic Control for CHB Converters With Unbalanced Cells Operation

Multilevel cascaded H-bridge (CHB) converters are an attractive solution for multiple applications like flexible ac transmission systems and solid-state smart transformers, among others. This article is focused on a CHB working with unbalanced conditions per cell (different cell dc voltages and/or cell voltage references). In this scenario, the phase-shifted pulsewidth modulation (PS-PWM) technique produces a harmonic distortion around twice the carrier frequency and its multiples in the CHB output voltage. In this article, a generalized variable-angle PS-PWM method is presented in order to mitigate this drawback improving the CHB output voltage harmonic spectrum. The proposed method is based on applying a mathematical search algorithm to determine the phase displacement angles to be applied to the PS-PWM technique. Experimental results show how this objective is achieved without introducing any disadvantage in the CHB operation. The method can be applied to CHB with any number of cells.
Battered Wife Syndrome: Legal Proceedings in Thailand

ABSTRACT This article aims at analyzing the legal situation and restriction of laws concerning protection of the wife murdering their husband as a result of having battered wife syndrome so as to develop a guideline on the appropriate legal proceedings against the wife having battered wife syndrome, who murders her own husband, in summary leading to the revision of laws and regulations on performing duties of concerned government agencies for an efficient solution.
Decadal changes in masting behaviour of oak trees with rising temperature

Decadal changes in masting behaviour—directional changes in seed production with fluctuations on a decadal time‐scale—are attracting widespread attention in the context of global climate change. However, our mechanistic understanding of the effects of climate on seed production on a decadal scale is unsatisfactory, partly because of the insufficient statistical analyses of long‐term data on masting. We detected decadal changes in masting behaviour in the Japanese oak Quercus crispula based on long‐term data (38 years: 1980–2017) from the Kitakami Mountains of Japan. The moving average of seed production in a 20‐year sliding window increased, whereas the coefficient of variation decreased. A wavelet power spectrum, as well as a second‐order log‐linear autoregressive (AR) model showed that masting intervals shortened from 3‐ or 4‐year cycle to a 2‐year cycle. The moving average of seed production increased linearly as the moving average of temperature increased. Temporal variations of the two AR model coefficients as a function of temperature were well described by concave curves. Synthesis. By conducting the statistical analyses of a long‐term seed production dataset, we obtained significant evidence of decadal changes in the masting behaviour of the Japanese oak and showed that the shortening of the masting interval was associated with rising temperature. A resource allocation shift and an environmental veto were discussed as possible mechanisms underlying the decadal change.
Dynamic-free robust adaptive intelligent fault-tolerant controller design with prescribed performance for stable motion of quadruped robots

In this article, a robust adaptive intelligent fault-tolerant controller with prescribed performance is proposed for an uncertain quadruped robot with actuator fault. The control system comprised of three terms: (1) a full-state feedback controller which includes the prescribed performance function, (2) an adaptive intelligent wavelet-based Takagi-Sugeno fuzzy network (TSFN), and (3) a robust control term. The proposed controller does not utilize the robot dynamic model. A wavelet-based TSFN is utilized to approximate adaptively the lumped nonlinear terms, parameter uncertainties, and defective torque signal. The wavelet block acts as a feature extractor, reduces the number of fuzzy rules, and also acts as a normalization function. The parameters of TSFN are tuned online by an adaptive law based on Lyapunov stability theory. The proposed controller guarantees the desired specification such as minimum speed of convergence, maximum steady-state error, overshoot concerning the position tracking error, and also bounded closed-loop signals. Numerical simulations on MATLAB/SimMechanics environment demonstrate the stable walking of the quadruped robot in the presence of the actuator faults and parameter uncertainties.
Hadronic processes of energetic particles in star-forming galaxies and high-redshift protogalactic environments

In this thesis, the heating and feedback effect of energetic cosmic rays (CRs) in star-forming galaxies and protogalaxies is investigated. Galaxies undergoing violent starburst episodes are expected to be rich in CRs. This is due to an abundance of stellar end-products (which are able to accelerate CRs up to PeV energies), coupled with the rapid development of a µG interstellar magnetic field soon after the onset of star-formation, which is able to contain CRs inside the host galaxy. Hadronic CR particles can undergo interactions with photons and baryons. In star-forming galaxies, target photons are supplied by stellar radiation and the cosmological microwave background, while target baryons comprise the interstellar and circumgalactic medium. CR interactions enable their deposition of energy, causing the surrounding medium to be heated. This occurs either by the Coulomb thermalisation, or by the inverse Compton X-ray emission, of CR secondary particles (which are injected by the hadronic CR interactions). CR heating processes are found to attain a power of 10−25 erg cm−3s−1 in an idealised galaxy with 1 core collapse SN event per decade. This falls to 10−28 erg cm−3s−1 if concentrated starburst activity in the system leads to the development of a galactic-scale outflow. It is argued that CR-driven heating processes can lead to quenching and/or stunning of subsequent star-formation activity in the host. The level of CR feedback in 16 observed starburst/post-starburst high-redshift galaxies is estimated, based on the star-formation rates they could have sustained during their starburst episodes. It is found that CR feedback cannot be neglected in these systems: it has the strength to suppress star-formation, and can even maintain a post-starburst period of quiescence which is consistent with their inferred star-formation histories.