Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
AVRUPA BİRLİĞİ VE TÜRKİYE FİNANS PİYASALARININ BÜTÜNLEŞMESİ

Bu Calismada 1997-2007 doneminde Avrupa Birligi (AB) ve Turkiye Finansal Piyasalari arasindaki butunlesmenin derecesi incelenmektedir. Bu amacla piyasalar arasinda bir yakinsamanin olup olmadigi arastirilmistir. Bunun icin Turkiye’nin ve 15 AB (Belcika, Almanya, Danimarka, Ispanya, Finlandiya, Fransa, Kibris, Irlanda, Yunanistan, Italya, Hollanda, Portekiz, Isvec, Ingiltere) ulkesinin 10 yil vadeli hazine bonosu faiz orani kullanilmistir. Finansal butunlesmenin derecesinin bulgu olarak gosterilmesi icin literaturde arac olarak yararlanilan σ ve β yakinsamasi yaklasimi kullanilmistir. Bu calisma sonucunda Turkiye’nin AB ile olan iliskilerinde ticari ve finansal anlamda butunlesme derecesinin ele alinan zaman doneminde arttigi belirlenmistir. Butunlesmenin duzeyinin artmasinin her iki taraf icin de avantajli olabilecegi tespit edilmistir. Turkiye ve AB arasindaki ekonomik yapilanmada farklilik bulunmasina ragmen beta ve sigma yakinsama analizleri, finansal piyasalar arasinda bir yakinsamanin oldugunu gostermistir. Ayrica elde edilen bulgulara gore, finansal butunlesmenin olcusu kabul edilen parametreler acisindan AB’ye yeni uye olan ulkelerin Turkiye’nin finansal piyasalariyla butunlesmesinin derecesi daha yuksek cikmistir. Bununla birlikte, soz konusu zaman araliginda Turkiye’nin AB’nin finansal piyasasiyla butunlesme surecini olumsuz etkileyen olgularin basinda yuksek enflasyon oranlarinin geldigi sonucuna ulasilmistir. Bunun nedeni olarak yuksek enflasyon oranlarinin nominal faiz oranlarinin yukselmesine yol acarak arbitraj olanagini artirmasi boylece piyasalar arasinda yakinsamanin ortadan kalkmasidir
Visualization of air bubbles by magnetic resonance imaging

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of water can be used to locate and measure air bubbles inside complex fluid-processing equipment, such as water filters, blood filters, and kidney dialysis modules. Importantly, not only can the bubble itself be studied, but it is also possible to investigate the effect of the bubble on the proper functioning of the item of the equipment in question.
Effect of Breast Self-Examination Education Program on Knowledge , Attitude and Practice of Nursing Students

Breast cancer has been considered as a major health problem in females, because of its high incidence in recent years. Breast self-examination (BSE) has a role in early diagnosis and prevention of morbidity and mortality rate of breast cancer, promoting student knowledge, capabilities and attitude are required in this regard. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of an educational program about BSE on nursing students’ knowledge, attitude and practice. This quazi-experimental study was implemented on 134 students in technical health institute in Damietta and Port Said cities. A self-administered questionnaire form was used to collect data regarding students’ personnel characteristics, knowledge and attitude. Observation checklist for practice of BSE was used. An educational program was developed and to improve their related knowledge, attitude and practice. The evaluation of the effect of the program was done by comparing pre to post and 3months follow-up findings. The results demonstrated very low students’ knowledge, attitude and practice before the intervention, with statistically significant improvements after the intervention. The study concluded that training nursing students in BSE has a positive impact on their knowledge, attitude and practice. Hence, similar training programs should be implemented in similar settings. The issue should also be incorporated in nursing schools curricula.
Spondylodiscitis Caused by Streptococcus dysgalactiae Subspecies Equisimilis: A Case Report of an Increasingly Recognized Pathogenic Organism

Streptococcus dysgalactiae subspecies equisimilis (SDSE) is a β-hemolytic Streptococcus that possesses genetic and clinical similarities to Streptococcus pyogenes. It is increasingly recognized as the etiological microorganism of invasive diseases. We report a case of a 74-year-old male who was admitted to this hospital with lower back and neck pain and infected with leg ulcer. The diagnosis of spondylodiscitis C2-C3 and L1-L3 caused by Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis was made. The present case demonstrates the risk of older patients of developing invasive disease upon skin infection with Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis, even when risk factors are absent or well controlled (as was diabetes mellitus in this case), suggesting that the pathogenic potential of SDSE should not be underestimated.
A Woman in Transition: can drama deliver a cancer awareness message?

BACKGROUND Entertainment education is a field of health communication that utilizes a variety of entertainment to change health behaviors. METHOD In this article, we describe a pilot project in which we measured the effectiveness of drama as a health communication tool. Attendees completed a pretest and posttest measuring knowledge, attitudes, and behavior related to breast cancer screening. RESULTS At posttest, more women indicated breast self-exam rather than mammogram to be the "best method of early detection. " CONCLUSION Researchers who use drama as a communication tool cannot be assured of the final health message delivered. Careful evaluation to monitor the effectiveness of drama as a cancer awareness tool is vital.
QUALIDADE DE BETERRABA PRODUZIDAS EM SISTEMA ORGÂNICO E CONVENCIONAL NO VALE DO SÃO FRANCISCO

A beterraba (Beta vulgaris L.) e uma cultura bastante exigente em termos nutricionais,requerendo um programa de adubacao equilibrado capaz de repor os nutrientes extraidos,evitando assim o esgotamento do solo. Tendo em vista que o uso de adubacao orgânicapossibilita o equilibrio do sistema de producao, este trabalho objetivou avaliar os aspectos dequalidade de beterraba produzidos em sistemas orgânico e convencional. Os ensaios de campoforam conduzidos na horta agroecologica do IF SERTAO-PE, Campus Petrolina Zona Rural. Odelineamento experimental utilizado foi em blocos casualizados composto por dois tratamentos(orgânico vs convencional) e tres repeticoes. Apos a colheita, os tuberculos foram transportadosao Laboratorio de Producao Vegetal do IF SERTAO-PE e avaliados quanto ao teor de solidossoluveis, pH, acidez titulavel e relacao SS/AT. Determinou-se o padrao minimo de qualidadeatraves da classificacao dos tuberculos. Os dados foram submetidos a analise de variância, e asmedias comparadas pelo teste de Tukey (5%). Beterrabas ‘E. wonder’ foram influenciadasquanto ao teor de solidos soluveis pelo manejo orgânico. No sistema convencional, 40% dostuberculos apresentaram danos, enquanto que no sistema orgânico, o percentual de danos foi de20%. Nao ha influencia dos sistemas de manejo na classificacao dos tuberculos.
Considerações a respeito do efeito de declarações de dividendos sobre os valores de debêntures e ações ordinárias

Este trabalho analisa a possibilidade de transferências de riqueza entre acionistas e debenturistas de uma sociedade anônima. Num modelo de um período, é considerado o efeito de alterações da política de dividendos de uma empresa sobre os valores das ações e debêntures da empresa. E admitida a possibilidade de que a alteração da política de dividendos possua conteúdo informacional. São feitas algumas considerações sobre a proteção dos debenturistas contra transferências de valor aos acionistas.
Variant time-frequency cepstral features for speaker recognition

In speaker recognition (SRE), the commonly used feature vector is basic ceptral coefﬁcients concatenating with their delta and double delta cepstal features. This conﬁguration is bor-rowed from speech recognition and may be not optimal for SRE. In this paper, we propose a variant time-frequency cepstral (TFC) features, which is based on our previous work for language recognition. The feature vector is obtained by performing a temporal discrete cosine transform (DCT) on the cep-strum matrix and selecting the transformed elements in a spe-ciﬁc area with large variances. Different shapes and parameters are tested and the optimal conﬁguration is obtained. Experimental results on the 2008 NIST speaker recognition evaluation short2 telephone-short3 telephone test set show that the proposed variant TFC is more effective than the conventional feature vectors.
Amélioration des propriétés antibactériennes et anticoagulantes des prothèses vasculaires en polyester par immobilisation et libération contrôlée de principes actifs

Les protheses et les endoprotheses vasculaires, une fois implantees dans le corps humain, sont sujettes a un certain nombre de complications. Les infections, les thromboses precoces et les occlusions tardives sont les plus frequentes, generant des consequences cliniques tres souvent deleteres et parfois letales. Les difficultes de prise en charge de ces complications sont a l’origine des efforts deployes dans la recherche de solutions visant a ameliorer les materiaux prothetiques. Aucune avancee clinique majeure n’a jusque-la ete notee. Des etudes realisees anterieurement dans notre laboratoire ont permis de developper des protheses vasculaires en polyester dotees d’un revetement de polymere d’hydroxypropyl-β-cyclodextrine capable d’adsorber puis de liberer de maniere prolongee divers antibiotiques. Au cours des presents travaux nous avons determine les conditions optimales pour une liberation effective de trois antibiotiques a partir de ces protheses revetues d’hydroxypropyl-β-cyclodextrine. Nous en avons teste l’efficacite dans des modeles in vitro et in vivo d’infections vasculaires. Nous avons eu recours a neuf souches pathogenes parmi les plus frequemment rencontrees dans ce contexte en pathologie humaine. Nous avons parallelement evalue in vivo l’innocuite, la tolerance tissulaire et la biocompatibilite de ces protheses dans la perspective d’une application clinique. Le systeme developpe s’est avere efficace en liberant in situ sur une huitaine de jours les molecules antibacteriennes selectionnees. Les concentrations requises des solutions ainsi que le temps necessaire d’impregnation des protheses etaient compatibles avec la pratique chirurgicale. Une activite bactericide par reduction significative de l’adhesion, de la croissance et de la proliferation bacterienne a ete observee comparativement aux temoins dans les differents modeles d’infections testes. Nos resultats demontrent aussi la possibilite d’utiliser ces molecules seules ou en association sans qu’il y ait d’antagonisme. Il deviendra ainsi possible de moduler et d’adapter le traitement antibiotique local, delivre in situ, en ciblant les divers pathogenes rencontres dans le cadre d’infections mono ou polymicrobiennes. Les protheses revetues d’hydroxypropyl-β-cyclodextrine ont demontre in vivo une bonne integration tissulaire et une excellente tolerance locale sans signe de toxicite systemique. [. ]
Recursos renovables y tragedia de los comunes

La supervivencia de los recursos biologicos depende no solamente de cuestiones naturales que puedan afectar al crecimiento de la biomasa, sino tambien del uso que realicemos de ellos. Generalmente existen intereses encontrados entre los potenciales usuarios de este tipo de recursos, especialmente cuando existe libertad de acceso para su explotacion. Para asegurar su supervivencia, seria necesario que no se utilizaran sistematicamente por encima de su tasa natural de regeneracion, pero la logica individual lleva a seguir explotandolos por encima de dicha tasa, dado que los costes de la sobreexplotacion recaen sobre el conjunto, mientras que las ganancias se producen en su totalidad para cada individuo, lo que es conocido como la ? tragedia de los comunes? Este problema, presentado a menudo como un ? dilema del prisionero? , no es aplicable totalmente a los recursos biologicos, en especial en lo que hace referencia a ese progresivo agotamiento del recurso, ni a la interaccion entre varios individuos ? mas de dos- inmersos en un problema de este tipo. En el marco de la teoria de juegos realizamos experimentos de laboratorio que reproducen estos problemas, lo que permite aislar y controlar las variables que puedan afectar al comportamiento de los individuos en este tipo de situaciones.
Lack of Cell Death Enhancement after Irradiation with Monochromatic Synchrotron X Rays at the K-Shell Edge of Platinum Incorporated in Living SQ20B Human Cells as cis-Diamminedichloroplatinum (II)

Abstract Corde, S. , Biston, M. C. , Elleaume, H. , Estève, F. , Charvet, A. M. , Joubert, A. , Ducros, V. , Bohic, S. , Simionovici, A. , Brochard, T. , Nemoz, C. , Renier, Troprès, I. , Fiedler, S. , Bravin, A. , M. , Thomlinson, W. , Le Bas, J. F. and Balosso, J. Lack of Cell Death Enhancement after Irradiation with Monochromatic Synchrotron X Rays at the K-Shell Edge of Platinum Incorporated in Living SQ20B Human Cells as cis-Diamminedichloroplatinum (II). Radiat. Res. 158, 763–770 (2002). In this paper we describe the results of experiments using synchrotron radiation to trigger the Auger effect in living human cancer cells treated with a widely used chemotherapy drug: cis-diamminedichloroplatinum (II) (cisplatin). The experiments were carried out at the ID17 beamline of the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, which produces a high-fluence monochromatic beam that is adjustable from 20 to 80 keV. Cisplatin was chosen as the carrier of platinum atoms in the cells because of its alkylating-like activity and the irradiation was done with monochromatic beams above and below the platinum K-shell edge (78.39 keV). Cell survival curves were comparable with those obtained for the same cells under conventional irradiation conditions. At a low dose of cisplatin (0.1 μM, 48 h), no difference was seen in survival when the cells were irradiated above and below the K-shell edge of platinum. Higher cisplatin concentrations were investigated to enhance the cellular platinum content. The results with 1 μM cisplatin for 12 h showed no difference when the cells were irradiated with beams above or below the platinum K-shell edge with the exception of the higher cell death resulting from drug toxicity. The intracellular content of platinum was significant, as measured macroscopically by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. Its subcellular localization and particularly its presence in the cell nucleus were verified by microscopic synchrotron X-ray fluorescence. This was the first known attempt at K-shell edge photon activation of stable platinum in living cells with a platinum complex used for chemotherapy. Its evident toxicity in these cells leads us to put forth the hypothesis that cisplatin toxicity can mask the enhancement of cell death induced by the irradiation above the K-shell edge. However, K-shell edge photon activation of stable elements provides a powerful technique for the understanding of the biological effects of Auger processes. Further avenues of development are discussed.
Treatment of Myelodysplastic Syndrome with Cyclosporin A

A multicenter prospective study was carried out to evaluate the efficacy of cyclosporin A (CsA) in 32 patients with myelodysplastic syndromes.The FAB subtypes of the patients included refractory anemia, refractory anemia with ringed sider-oblasts, and refractory anemia with excess blasts. The dosage of CsA was 3 to 6 mg/kg per day and was adjusted according to the blood concentration of CsA and the responses of patients. The drug was administered twice a day for more than 3 months. After 3 months of treatment, hematological improvement was observed in 18 of 32 patients (56.3%) by the criteria of the International Working Group. At the end of the follow-up (median time, 14 months), 4 patients showed alteration of disease progression, including 1 complete remission and 3 partial remissions, and 16 patients showed hematological improvement. There were a total of 20 responders.The response rate was 62.5% (20/32). It was shown that the CsA therapy was effective in patients with refractory anemia or refractory anemia with excess blasts and both hypo-and hyperplastic bone marrows might respond to the therapy.The survival time was significantly longer in responders than in nonresponders.The study shows that CsA therapy is potentially the most effective therapy for myelodysplastic syndromes.
Compensatory justice.

What do you do to start reading compensatory justice? Searching the book that you love to read first or find an interesting book that will make you want to read? Everybody has difference with their reason of reading a book. Actuary, reading habit must be from earlier. Many people may be love to read, but not a book. It's not fault. Someone will be bored to open the thick book with small words to read. In more, this is the real condition. So do happen probably with this compensatory justice.
Identification of common polymorphisms in the promoter of the UGT1A9 gene: evidence that UGT1A9 protein and activity levels are strongly genetically controlled in the liver.

OBJECTIVES Polymorphisms in UDP-glucuronosyltransferases (UGTs) can influence detoxifying capacities and have considerable therapeutic implications in addition to influence various (patho)physiological processes. UGT1A9 plays a central role in the metabolism of various classes of therapeutic drugs in addition to carcinogens and steroids. The great interindividual variability of UGT1A9-mediated glucuronidation remains poorly explained, while evidence for its genetic origin exists. METHODS The proximal UGT1A9 promoter was screened for polymorphisms by sequencing and, the contribution of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) to the variability of UGT1A9 protein levels and activity was evaluated. RESULTS We confirmed the presence of the -109 to -98 T10 polymorphism and found ten novel SNPs that generated a diversity of haplotypes in two independent populations. In a panel of 48 human liver microsomes, the UGT1A9 expression varied by 17-fold and was significantly correlated with SNPs -275, -331/-440, -665 and -2152. The base insertion T10 reported to increase reporter gene expression in HepG2 cells [] was not linked to -275 and -2152 SNPs and was not associated with changes in UGT1A9 protein levels. Compared to wild-type individuals, there were statistically significant higher glucuronidating activities in livers with the -275 and -2152 using mycophenolic acid and propofol as UGT1A9 substrates, indicating an extensive glucuronidator phenotype associated with these variants. CONCLUSIONS This is the first study to demonstrate that naturally occurring sequence variations in the UGT1A9 promoter are informative in predicting the levels of protein and glucuronidating activity, providing a potential mechanism for interindividual variation in UGT1A9-mediated metabolism.
Adverse influence of systemic vascular stiffening on cardiac dysfunction and adaptation to acute coronary occlusion.

BACKGROUND [corrected] Age is an independent risk factor for increased mortality from ischemic heart disease. Arterial stiffening with widening of the pulse pressure may contribute to this risk by exacerbating cardiac dysfunction after total coronary artery occlusion. METHODS AND RESULTS To test the above hypothesis, 14 open-chest dogs underwent surgery in which the intrathoracic aorta was bypassed with a stiff plastic tube. Directing ventricular outflow through the bypass widened the arterial pulse pressure from 41 to 115 mm Hg at similar mean pressure and flow. Hearts ejecting into the native aorta (NA) exhibited only modest dysfunction after two minutes of mid-left anterior descending coronary artery occlusion. However, the same occlusion applied during ejection into the bypass tube (BT) induced far more severe cardiodepression (ie, systolic pressure fell by -41+/-10 mm Hg for BT versus -15+/-3 mm Hg for NA, and end-systolic volume rose by 15+/-3 versus 6+/-2 mL), with a threefold greater decline in ejection fraction. This disparity was not due to higher baseline work loads because total pressure-volume area was similar in both cases. Furthermore, marked increases in basal work load and wall stress induced by angiotensin II infusion (in four additional studies) did not reproduce this behavior. Although peak systolic chamber stress was greater with the BT, this did not increase systolic dyskinesis as measured in the central ischemic zone. However, the total mass of myocardium that was rendered severely ischemic (ie, flow reduced by > or = 80%) was twice as large with BT ejection, likely expanding the region of dyskinesis. This disparity may relate to altered phasic coronary flow during BT ejection, which displays marked enhancement of systolic flow and renders the heart more vulnerable to diminished mean and systolic perfusion pressures. CONCLUSIONS Cardiac ejection into a stiff systemic vasculature augments cardiac dysfunction and ischemia due to coronary occlusion by tightening the link between cardiac systolic performance and myocardial perfusion. This may contribute to the higher mortality risk from ischemic heart disease due to age.
Educación Emocional: Estrategias para su Puesta en Práctica

RESUMEN Algunas propuestas estrategicas de caracter general para la puesta en practica de programas de educacion emocional se centran en la formacion del profesorado. El profesorado con una formacion minima puede introducir elementos de educacion emocional en su practica docente. Uno de los espacios mas apropiados para hacerlo es la tutoria, otro es Educacion para la ciudadania ya que comparten objetivos comunes: el desarrollo personal y social, que haga posible la (.)
A tool for power flow analysis of a generalized class of droop controllers for high-voltage direct-current transmission systems

The problem of primary control of high-voltage direct current transmission systems is addressed in this paper, which contains three main contributions. First, to propose a new nonlinear, more realistic, model for the system suitable for primary control design, which takes into account nonlinearities introduced by conventional inner controllers. Second, to determine necessary conditions-dependent on some free controller tuning parameters-for the existence of equilibria. Third, to formulate additional (necessary) conditions for these equilibria to satisfy the power sharing constraints. The usefulness of the theoretical results is illustrated via numerical calculations on a four-terminal example.
Reduced fertility among women employed as dental assistants exposed to high levels of nitrous oxide.

BACKGROUND Fertility is reduced in female rats exposed to levels of nitrous oxide similar to those found in some dental offices. Epidemiologic studies have suggested an association between exposure to mixed anesthetic gases and impaired fertility. We investigated the effects of occupational exposure to nitrous oxide on the fertility of female dental assistants. METHODS Screening questionnaires were mailed to 7000 female dental assistants, ages 18 to 39, registered by the California Department of Consumer Affairs. Sixty-nine percent responded. Four hundred fifty-nine women were determined to be eligible, having become pregnant during the previous four years for reasons unrelated to the failure of birth control, and 91 percent of these women completed telephone interviews. Detailed information was collected on exposure to nitrous oxide and fertility (measured by the number of menstrual cycles without contraception that the women required to become pregnant). RESULTS After controlling for covariates, we found that women exposed to high levels of nitrous oxide were significantly less fertile than women who were unexposed or exposed to lower levels of nitrous oxide. The effect was evident only in the 19 women with five or more hours of exposure per week. These women were only 41 percent (95 percent confidence interval, 23 to 74 percent; P less than 0.003) as likely as unexposed women to conceive during each menstrual cycle. CONCLUSIONS Occupational exposure to high levels of nitrous oxide may adversely affect women's ability to become pregnant.