Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Role of preoperative investigations in elderly patients undergoing oncosurgical procedures – A retrospective review audit

Background and Aims: The aim of the study was to evaluate the efficacy and usefulness of the current practice of various investigations and consultations being done during preanesthetic evaluation in patients undergoing oncosurgical procedures in our hospital. We also evaluated the delay caused due to these and its value in predicting postoperative complications. Material and Methods: The preanesthetic charts of 300 elderly patients >65 years of age were reviewed, and the incidence of abnormal investigations and number of consultations advised were noted. The incidence and predictive values of these were assessed. Results: More than half the number of patients had more than one comorbidity and were advised various consultations based on history, National Institute of Clinical and Health Excellence (NICE) guidelines, and institutional protocol. Multiple visits to preanesthetic clinic were required in patients who had abnormal thyroid tests or respiratory complaints which was the main reason for delay in scheduling surgery. However, despite multiple comorbidities not more than 12.7% of the blood tests ordered were found to be abnormal. Abnormal blood tests were not significantly associated with higher incidence of postoperative complications. Conclusion: Blood investigations do not predict postoperative complication rate and do not influence anesthetic management of elderly patients undergoing oncosurgical procedures but are rather influenced by surgical procedure and presence of comorbidities. Hence, preanesthetic clinic should assess patients based on other predictive tests rather than relying on blood investigations alone.
Assessment of the patient satisfaction for nuclear medicine services in Riyadh region

Nuclear medicine is considered mainly as one of the outpatient facilities that provide patients diagnostic services except for the therapy patients who may require isolation for a period away from other patients. For that reason, the patient's services within these units are varied widely and require more patient care techniques. The aim of the present study is to assess the patient satisfaction for the Nuclear Medicine Services in Riyadh region, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The study used the survey method for assessment of the patient satisfaction. The purpose of this survey was to gather meaningful opinions, comments, and feedback from patients visiting the nuclear medicine department in different hospitals. Statistical analysis was done for the survey output results to identify the area of strengths and the areas need more improvements. It was concluded that the politeness of the department employees, the privacy of the examination and guaranteed confidentiality of the treatment scored the highest satisfaction mean scores recorded by the patients. On the other hand, multiple appointment options, number of seats available in the waiting room, and cleanliness of the bathrooms had the lowest mean scores.
Fault signature modeling and detection of inner race bearing faults

This research develops a fault signature model and fault detection scheme for using machine vibration to detect inner race defects. To motivate this research, it is explained and illustrated with experimental results why fault signatures from non-outer race defects (e.g., inner race defects) can be less salient than those from outer race defects. Afterwards, a signal model is presented for the production and propagation of an inner race fault signature; this model is then used to design an inner race fault detection scheme. This scheme examines machine vibration spectra for peaks with phase coupled sidebands occurring at a spacing predicted by the model. The proficiency of this fault detection scheme at detecting inner race bearing faults is then experimentally verified with results from 12 bearings representing varying degrees of fault severity
Priftis, A. and Boulougouris, E. and Turan, O. and Papanikolaou, A. (2016) Parametric design and multi-objective optimisation of containerships. In: International Conference of Maritime Safety and Operations

The introduction of new regulations by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), the fluctuation of fuel price levels, along with the continuous endeavour of the shipping industry for economic growth and profits has led the shipbuilding industry to explore new and cost-efficient designs for various types of merchant ships. In this respect, proper use of modern computer-aided design/computer-aided engineering systems (CAD/CAE) extends the design space, while generating competitive designs in short lead time. The present paper deals with the parametric design and optimisation of containerships. The developed methodology, which is based on the CAESES/Friendship-Framework software system, is demonstrated by the conceptual design and multi-objective optimisation of a midsized, 6,500 TEU containership. The methodology includes a complete parametric model of the ship’s external and internal geometry and the development and coding of all models necessary for the determination of the design constraints and the design efficiency indicators, which are used for the evaluation of parametrically generated designs. Such indicators defining the objective functions of a multi-objective optimisation problem are herein the energy efficiency design index (EEDI), the required freight rate (RFR), the ship’s zero ballast (Z.B.) container box capacity and the ratio of the above to below deck number of containers. The set-up multi-objective optimisation problem is solved by use of the genetic algorithms and clear Pareto fronts are generated.
Assessment of Health-Related Quality of Life (Hrqol) in a Sample of Children Referred for an ADHD Evaluation

The present study examined the reliability and validity of the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory – Version 4.0 (PedsQL 4.0) generic core scales as a measure of Health Related Quality of Life (HRQOL) among children referred for an ADHD Evaluation. Additionally, a multiple regression analysis was used to determine which of certain parent and child variables (number of psychiatric diagnoses, child’s adaptive skills, child’s externalizing and internalizing behavior difficulties, child’s functional impairment, and parental stress) are significantly associated with HRQOL as measured by the PedsQL. Results revealed strong internal consistency for all but the school functioning subscale as well as good test-retest reliability. Agreement between parent and child ratings approached significance. As predicted, parent ratings on the PedsQL were moderately correlated with ratings on the Impairment Rating Scale. The strongest predictors of HRQOL were parent ratings of internalizing behavior and adaptive behavior (BASC-2). Results suggest that administering the PedsQL may be useful in assessing the adverse impact of ADHD symptoms on children’s everyday functioning.
On the Impact of User Distribution on Cooperative Spectrum Sensing and Data Transmission with Multiuser Diversity

On the impact of User Distribution on Cooperative Spectrum Sensing and Data Transmission with Multiuser Diversity Anlei Rao In this thesis, we investigate the independent but not identically distributed (i.n.i.d.) situations for spectrum sensing and data transmission. In particular, we derive the false-alarm probability and the detection probability of cooperative spectrum sensing with the scheme of energy fusion over i.n. i.d. Nakagami fading channels. Then, the performance of adaptive modulation with single-cell multiuser scheduling over i.n. i.d. Nakagami fading channels is analyzed. Closed-form expressions are derived for the average channel capacity, spectral efficiency, and bit-error-rate (BER) for both constant-power variable-rate and variable-power variable-rate uncoded Mary quadrature amplitude modulation (M-QAM) schemes. In addition, we study the impact of time delay on the average BER of adaptive M-QAM. From the selected numerical results, we can see that cooperative spectrum sensing and multiuser diversity brings considerably better performance even over i.n. i.d. fading environments.
Phylogeny of Sporeforming Members of the Order Actinomycetales

Representatives from various genera of the order Actinomycetales were investigated by comparative cataloging of their 16S ribosomal ribonucleic acids to establish their phylogenetic relationships. Members of Actinoplanes, Ampullariella, Dactylosporangium, and Micromonospora form one cluster that is peripherally related to the cluster defined by members of Mycobacterium, Nocardia, and Rhodococcus. Streptomyces griseus and strains of Chainia, Kitasatoa, Streptoverticillium, Microellobosporia, and Elytrosporangium are phylogenetically closely related, whereas Streptosporangium roseum is more distantly related to this cluster. Thermomonospora curvata and Geodermatophilus obscurus represent individual clusters. Promicromonospora citrea is a member of the Arthrobacter-Micrococcus-Cellulomonas line of descent. This grouping of organisms is highly supported not only by data from deoxyribonucleic acid-deoxyribonucleic acid homology studies and deoxyribonucleic acid-ribosomal ribonucleic acid cistron similarity studies but also by several common biochemical characteristics of proven taxonomic value.
Investigating the relationship between quality of life and mental health: A case study of steel industry

Article history: Received July 28, 2013 Accepted 14 January 2014 Available online March 6 2014 This paper examines the relationship between quality of life and mental health among regular employee who work for Esfahan Steel Company, Iran. The study uses two questionnaires, one for measuring quality of life, which is adopted from Goldberg and Williams (2000) [Goldberg, D. , & Williams, P. (2000). General health questionnaire (GHQ). Swindon, Wiltshire, UK: NFER Nelson. ]. In addition, the study uses another questionnaire, which is adopted from Juniper et al. (1994) [Juniper, E. F. , Guyatt, G. H. , Willan, A. , & Griffith, L. E. (1994). Determining a minimal important change in a disease-specific quality of life questionnaire. Journal of clinical epidemiology, 47(1), 81-87. ]. Using Pearson correlation ratio as well as stepwise regression technique, the study has determined a positive and meaningful relationship between quality of life and mental health care. © 2014 Growing Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
Bipronged inverted impacted third molar - a CBCT analysis.

Bilateral inverted impacted third molar is a very rare incidence. Dearth of dental arch length and space are also considered as the chief cause for tooth impaction. Reviewing the literatures, mandibular third molar was the most frequently impacted tooth, followed by the maxillary third molars, the maxillary canines and the mandibular premolars.
Differences in the Fitness Levels of Urban and Rural Middle School Students in Croatia.

Background: It is known that suburban youth are more fit than urban youth in Croatia. Method: Differences (p < .05) in fitness levels and motor abilities of 9,164 (F = 4,671, M = 4,493) Croatian children (age range: 11â€“14 years) from urban (F = 1,380, M = 1,268), mixed ruralâ€“urban (F = 274, M = 289), and rural (F = 3017, M = 2936) areas were assessed to determine the health status and fitness levels of middle school Croatian students from urban and rural areas. Results: Urban children were taller and leaner compared to their ruralâ€“urban and rural peers. Male and female students living in urban areas demonstrated better agility, flexibility, explosive strength, and repetitive strength with respect to their ruralâ€“urban and rural counterparts. Conclusion: Contrary to previous research, this study shows that urban students show greater fitness characteristics than their suburban counterparts. This may be due to the induction of mechanization and the lower need for physical work on farms, while maintaining the nutritional habits, including traditional high calorie meals, which have brought about a decline in the level of basic fitness characteristics in the rural environment. As there is a greater opportunity for organized sports events and programs in cities, the availability of these benefits should be examined.
Superintegrable metrics on surfaces admitting integrals of degrees 1 and 4

We study Riemannian metrics on surfaces whose geodesic flows are superintegrable with one integral linear in momenta and one integral quartic in momenta. The main results of the work are local description of such metrics in terms of ordinary differential equations, integration of the equations, and description of the corresponding Poisson algebra of integrals of motion. We also give examples of such metrics that can be extended to the sphere $S^2$, and study the group of symmetries of the problem.
Hypertension and dyslipidemia in the pathophysiology of chronic kidney disease

This review focus on the natural history of chronic renal disease associated with hypertension and will discuss separately the renal disease hypertensive emergencies, hypertension in association with preexisting renal disease and mild hypertension in patients with normal kidneys. Chronic renal disease results in profound lipid disorders, which derive largely from dysregulation of HDL and trygliceride-rich lipoprotein metabolism. A specific mention of is made of patients with a deficiency of LCAT and patients with abnormal variants of Apo E in relation to the lipid-induced chronic renal damage. We discuss the pathogenetic mechanisms involved in the hypertension-induced and dyslipidemia-induced renal damage and the hypertension and lipid disorders resulting from renal disease.
Bloodworth APPLICATION OF PARTICAL IMAGE VELOCIMETRY IN REINFORCED CONCRETE PILE CAP EXPERIMENTS

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Substitution of Concentrate with Mulberry Leaves in Ongole Grade Cattle Fed Rice Straw Based Diet

An e��eriment was conducted to assess the substitution o� concentrate with mulberry �Morus spp. ) leaves combined with rice straw offered to beef cattle. The study used 12 male Ongole grade cattle weighing 217+10.53 kg. Rations consisted o� rice straw, mulberry leaves and concentrate. Research was carried out according to com�letely randomized design with 3 treatments and 4 re�lications �or each treatment. The treatments were: P1= 50% rice straw + 50% concentrate; P2= 50% rice straw + 25% concentrate + 25% mulberry; P3= 50% rice straw + 50% mulberry. The results o� the study indicated that rumen fermentation in cattlle fed on P2 ration was more effective than those receiving P1 and P3 rations. The �ermentation was characterized by a higher �roduction o� total VFA and allantoin e�cretion in the urine. The �resence o� 1�deo�ynojirimycin �DNJ) com�ound o� mulberry leaves in the rumen system in treatment P2 and P3 improved digestibility of fiber fractions of rice straw-based rations. Mulberry leaves in rations also accounted �or isoacids in the rumen system, which su��orted the develo�ment o� cellulolytic bacteria. In conclusion, mulberry leaves containing concentrate had a potency to substitute concentrate when used together with fiber source feed such as rice straw.
Green marketing: legend, myth, farce or prophesy?

Purpose – To review the history of “green marketing” since the early 1990s and to provide a critique of both theory and practice in order to understand how the marketing discipline may yet contribute to progress towards greater sustainability. Design/methodology/approach – The paper examines elements of green marketing theory and practice over the past 15 years by employing the logic of the classic paper from 1985 “Has marketing failed, or was it never really tried” of seeking to identify “false marketings” that have hampered progress. Findings – That much of what has been commonly referred to as “green marketing” has been underpinned by neither a marketing, nor an environmental, philosophy. Five types of misconceived green marketing are identified and analysed: green spinning, green selling, green harvesting, enviropreneur marketing and compliance marketing. Practical implications – Provides an alternative viewpoint on a much researched, but still poorly understood area of marketing, and explains why the anticipated “green revolution” in marketing prefaced by market research findings, has not more radically changed products and markets in practice. Originality/value – Helps readers to understand why progress towards a more sustainable economy has proved so difficult, and outlines some of the more radical changes in thought and practice that marketing will need to adopt before it can make a substantive contribution towards greater sustainability.
An unbalanced two-sector growth model with constant returns:a turnpike approach

Recent industry-based empirical studies among countries demonstrate that individual industry's per capita capital stock and output grow at industry's own steady state growth rate. The industry growth rate is highly correlated to industry's technical progress measured by total factor productivity (TFP) of the industry, which exhibits large difference across industries as reported recently by Syverson (2011). Let us refer to this phenomenon as "unbalanced growth among industries. " Very few researches concerned with this phenomenon have been done yet. Some exceptions are Echevarria (1997), Kongsamut, Rebelo and Xie (2001), and Acemoglu and Guerrieri (2008) among others. However their models and analytical methods are different from mine. Applying the theoretical method developed by McKenzie and Scheinkman in turnpike theory, I now construct a two-sector optimal growth model with an industry specific Hicks-neutral technical progress and show that each sector's per capita capital stock and output grow at the rate of the sector's technical progress (the sector’s TFP growth rate).
New Indium-rich Indides SrTIn4 (T = Ni, Pd, Pt)

The indium-rich indides SrTIn4 (T = Ni, Pd, Pt) were synthesized from the elements by arcmelting and subsequent annealing at 670 K (SrNiIn4) or by induction melting in sealed tantalum tubes. The three samples were investigated by powder and single crystal X-ray diffractometer data: YNiAl4-type, space group Cmcm, a = 448.1(1), b = 1707.3(3), c = 732.6(1) pm, wR2 = 0.067, 717 F2 values for SrNiIn4, a = 454.7(2), b = 1708.8(4), c = 750.1(2) pm, wR2 = 0.056, 746 F2 values for SrPdIn4, and a = 455.6(2), b = 1706.4(9), c = 748.7(4) pm, wR2 = 0.055, 508 F2 values for SrPtIn4 with 24 variables per refinement. The transition metal and indium atoms build up complex threedimensional [TIn4] polyanionic networks in which the strontium atoms fill distorted hexagonal channels. The indium atoms show distorted bcc indium cubes with short In-In distances as substructures within the [TIn4] networks. Each transition metal atom has seven nearest indium neighbors: 257 - 275 pm Ni-In in SrNiIn4 and 267 - 281 pm Pd-In and Pt-In in SrPdIn4 and SrPtIn4, respectively.
Shifts of Tonic Arousal Within and Between Tasks That Vary in Cognitive Demand

Introduction Physiological data, such as respiration and electrodermal activity, can reveal significant details about a person’s thought process. These measures can be used in conjunction with a series of questions to evaluate credibility as in a lie detector test (Honts, 1994). Electrical conductance under the skin, referred to as electrodermal activity (EDA), occurs because of sympathetic neuronal activity, and is sensitive to changes in autonomic sympathetic arousal (i.e. – an underlying mechanism of the “fight or flight” response) (Critchley, 2002). Sweat glands contain the “fight or flight” hormone which is called cortisol. This hormone becomes innervated by the sympathetic neuronal activity, and can be a good indicator of a person’s automatic response. Since cortisol carries a weak electrical charge, this response is measured by recording micro-fluctuations of cortisol from the skin’s surface. Generally, EDA responses, or skin conductance responses (SCRs), measure arousal and have been used to look at the role of information processing, attention, emotion and even abnormal behavior on responding to a single controlled stimulus (Dawson, Schell & Filion, 2000). In other words, besides questions that may or may not be responded to truthfully, responses can be matched with stimuli, like a picture, word, or sound, to analyze correlations in shifting patterns of arousal, like in the case of studying emotional impact. One study looked at SCRs of participants who engaged in an attentional task involving positive, negative, and neutral stimuli, and found that for anxious and avoidant groups of people,
Electrostatic forces between a metallic tip and semiconductor surfaces

The Atomic Force Microscopies used in Resonant mode is a powerful tool to measure local surface properties: for example, the quantitative analysis of the electrical forces induced by the application of an electrical tension between a conductive microscope tip and a forwards surface in front allows the determination of the tip/surface capacitance and of the local surface work function. However, this analysis needs a well adapted model for each type of surface. In this paper, we calculate, with a simple geometrical model, the tip-surface interaction between a metallic tip and a semiconducting surface and we describe its variations with the applied tension and the tip/surface distance
On the Geroch Group

2014 The set of stationary, axially symmetric solutions of Einstein’s vacuum field equations is acted on by some infinite dimensional group (Geroch). A precise definition of this group is given as the central extension of a group of holomorphic functions with values in SL (2). This group acts in the non-linear way known from 03C3-models on functions with values in SL (2) which are solutions of a system of linear differential equations and at the same time parametrize an infinite dimensional coset space. This implementation is shown to be directly related to the « Inverse Scattering Method » known for « Completely Integrable Systems ». RESUME. L’ensemble des solutions stationnaires a symetrie axiale des equations d’Einstein du vide admet 1’action d’un groupe de dimension infinie (Geroch). On donne une definition precise de ce groupe comme extension centrale d’un groupe de fonctions holomorphes a valeurs dans SL (2). Ce groupe agit de la façon non lineaire connue a partir des modeles (7 sur des fonctions a valeurs dans SL (2) qui sont solutions d’un systeme d’equations différentielles lineaires et parametrisent en même temps un espace quotient de dimension infinie. On montre que cette realisation est directement reliée a la « methode inverse de diffusion » connue pour les systemes completement integrables. Annales de l’Institut Henri Poincaré-Physique theorique-0246-0211 Vol. 46/87/02/215/32/$ 5,20/(~) Gauthier-Villars 216 P. BREITENLOHNER AND DIETER MAISON