Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Lifestyle Counseling and Long-term Clinical Outcomes in Patients With Diabetes

OBJECTIVE To investigate the relationship between lifestyle counseling in primary care settings and clinical outcomes in patients with diabetes. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS We retrospectively studied hyperglycemic adults with diabetes treated at primary care practices between 2000 and 2014. We analyzed the relationship between frequency of lifestyle counseling (identified using natural language processing of electronic notes) and a composite outcome of death and cardiovascular events during subsequent follow-up. RESULTS Among patients with monthly counseling or more, 10-year cumulative incidence of the primary outcome was 33.0% compared with 38.1% for less than monthly counseling (P = 0.0005). In multivariable analysis, higher frequency of lifestyle counseling was associated with lower incidence of the primary outcome (hazard ratio 0.88 [95% CI 0.82–0.94]; P < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS More frequent lifestyle counseling was associated with a lower incidence of cardiovascular events and death among patients with diabetes.
Robust stabilizing control of nonholonomic systems with uncertainties via adaptive integral sliding mode

This article presents a robust stabilizing control for nonholonomic underwater systems that are affected by uncertainties. The methodology is based on adaptive integral sliding mode control. Firstly, the original underwater system is transformed in a way that the new system has uncertainties in matched form. A change of coordinates is carried out for this purpose, and the nonholonomic system is transformed into chained form system with matched uncertainties. Secondly, the chained form system with uncertainties is transformed into a special structure containing nominal part and some unknown terms through input transformation. The unknown terms are computed adaptively. Afterward, the transformed system is stabilized using integral sliding mode control. The stabilizing controller for the transformed system is constructed which consists of the nominal control plus some compensator control. The compensator controller and the adaptive laws are derived in a way that the derivative of a suitable Lyapunov function becomes strictly negative. Two different cases of perturbation are considered including the bounded uncertainty present in any single control input and the uncertainties present in the overall system model of the underwater vehicle. Finally, simulation results show the validity and correctness of the proposed controllers for both cases of nonholonomic underwater system affected by uncertainties.
MTDA+N – A Working Theory of Game Design 1

When considering how to teach fundamental principles of game design, we find ourselves torn between two well-cited frameworks: the Mechanics-Dynamics-Aesthetics Framework (MDA) and the Elemental Tetrad. We want to teach both, because each has its merits, but teaching two seperate frameworks is unnecessarily confusing. This essay therefore develops an initial proposal for a working theory of game design by integrating these two existing frameworks.
Deregulation and status quo bias: Evidence from stated and revealed switching behaviors in the electricity market in Japan

This study investigates consumers’ status quo bias against new alternatives after deregulation in the residential electricity market in Japan. We conducted two choice experiments using online surveys before and after deregulation, and analyzed the relationship between consumers’ stated preferences and their revealed switching behaviors. The results indicate that the average Japanese consumer experiences status quo bias in electricity plan choice; consumers preferred to remain with their default provider despite the obvious 5% bill savings that could be gained from switching to a new provider. Moreover, respondents who did not switch in the real market became twice as attached to their default plan after their actual decision. In addition, respondents who switched soon after deregulation had a higher stated preference for renewable energy sources. This implies that new electricity plans that enhance clean energy have more potential to moderate consumer status quo bias in electricity plan choice. By simulating the potential share of new providers in the liberalized market, we found that a 50% renewable-energy plan has a larger potential market share than a plan that offers a 7% bill reduction under price competition.
Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstructions Arthroscopically Pertinent Landmarks for Tunnel Positioning in Single-Bundle and Double-Bundle

http://ajs.sagepub. com/content/39/4/743 The online version of this article can be found at: DOI: 10.1177/0363546510387511 2011 39: 743 originally published online December 20, 2010 Am J Sports Med Lars Engebretsen and Robert F. LaPrade Connor G. Ziegler, Sean D. Pietrini, Benjamin D. Westerhaus, Colin J. Anderson, Coen A. Wijdicks, Steinar Johansen, Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstructions Arthroscopically Pertinent Landmarks for Tunnel Positioning in Single-Bundle and Double-Bundle
Development of an ultra-sensitive method using nafion and multi-walled carbon nanotube coated glassy carbon electrode for atenolol determination

Öz Atenolol (Scheme 1) is antihypertensive drug that form β-blocker group, which widely used in the treatment of hypertension In this study, the redox properties of the Tensinor drug used in blood pressure treatment were examined on modified glassy carbon electrode and the electrodes prepared by coating carbon nanotubes on this modified electrode. In order to investigate the effects of nafion coated multi-walled glass nanotube (MWCNT / NGCE) electrode response and nafion coated glassy carbon electrode (NGCE) and electrode responses of only glassy carbon electrode (GCE) surfaces on the support electrolyte, pH and scan rate, the cyclic voltammetry (CV) and differential pulse voltammetry (DPV) methods were used. Atenolol (ATN) was observed in the BrittonRobinson (BR) buffer solution (pH 7.0) thereabouts 1.11 V (vsAg / AgCl (3.0 mol L-1 KCl). Voltammetric method reacted linear at a concentration range between 3x10-5 μM and 9x10-2 μM under optimum analytical experimental conditions. The results of Tensinor's limit of detection on the Britton-Robinson (BR) (pH=7) buffer were found to be 7.67 x 10-5 mM and 2.5 x 10-4 mM, respectively. Additionally, in the study, interference effects experiments were performed with auxiliary substances used in the preparation of medicines and no negative effect was observed. Atenolol (Şekil 1), hipertansiyon tedavisinde yaygın olarak kullanılan βbloker grubunu oluşturan antihipertansif ilaçtır. Bu çalışmada; Tansiyon tedavisinde kullanılan Tensinör ilacının redoks özellikleri, modifiye camsı karbon elektrot ve bu modifiye elektrot üzerine karbon nano tüp kaplanarak hazırlanmış elektrotlarda incelenmiştir. Nafion kaplı çok duvarlı karbon nanotüp (MWCNT/NGCE) elektrot yanıtı ile Nafion kaplı camsı karbon elektrot (NGCE) ve sadece camsı karbon elektrot (GCE) yüzeylerinin elektrot yanıtlarının destek elektroliti, pH, ve tarama hızı üzerine etkilerini araştırmak için Çevrimsel voltametri (CV) ve Diferansiyel puls voltametri (DPV) yöntemleri kullanılmıştır. Atenolol (ATN) Britton-Robinson (BR) tampon çözeltisinde (pH 7.0) 1.11 V (vsAg/AgCl (3.0 mol L-1 KC1) civarında gözlenmiştir. Voltametrik yöntem, optimum analitik deney koşulları altında, 3x10-5 μM -9x10-2 mM konsantrasyon aralığında lineer tepki göstermiştir. Britton-Robinson (BR) (pH=7) tamponundaki Tensinör belirme sınırı sonuçları, sırasıyla 7.67 x 10-5 mM ve 2.5x10-4 mM olarak bulunmuştur. Ayrıca çalışmada ilaçların hazırlanmasında kullanılan yardımcı maddeler ile girişim etkisi deneyleri gerçekleştirilmiş ve olumsuz bir etkiye rastlanmamıştır.
The Evolution of Violin Vibrato in the 20th Century

This paper addresses the historical development of violin vibrato with a special emphasis on analysis of its use in 20thcentury recordings. To this end, custom software has been developed to display and quantify vibrato widths (changes in pitch) and rates (number of vibrato cycles a second). As illustrations, an analysis has been made of six performers’ use of vibrato in historic and modern recordings of the first eight bars of Hungarian Dance No. 1 by Johannes Brahms and in early recordings by Fritz Kreisler and Jascha Heifetz. These examples illustrate the emergence of the modern, almost continuous, vibrato.
Image Registration Algorithm Based on SIFT and BFO

The robust image stitching algorithm based on Bacteria Foraging Optimization algorithm is investigated in this paper. First, the characteristic of angular point is extracted by SIFT operator and character matching is made by gray correlation, the most of mismatching is eliminated by the RANSAC algorithm. Second, the chemotactic behavior steps of BFO algorithm is described in detail. Then, four pairs from the rest of matching points picked up randomly, the initial value of transformation matrix in the two images is estimated by the matching points, and then the optimal value of transformation matrix is calculated by the BFO algorithm. Finally, the seamless splicing is accomplished in the two images with several test data sets, both the validity and practicability of algo-rithm are veriﬁed by the experimental results.
Seismic profiling by the TRANSALP working group : Receiver functions image and Upper Mantle anisotropy

A passive seismic experiment was carried out along the TRANSALP line in 1998 and 1999. A stationary network of short-period and broad-band stations has been used to record teleseismic events within time periods of 9 months in 1998/1999 and 2 months again in 1999. An additional broad-band network of seven stations was started in February 2002 to complement the previous campaigns at the southern end of the profile. Fig. 1 shows the distribution of the complete station network. Small average station spacing (~5 km) and high number of recorded teleseismic events are the basis for a relatively high-resolution study of the crustal and upper mantle structure beneath the Eastern Alps. Results of two distinct methods, the receiver-functions method and the polarisation analysis of shear waves, are presented. They provide independent information on main discontinuities and seismic anisotropy.
A look into salinity tolerance of the round Goby : A tale of two salinities

3 Introduction . 3 Aims & Predictions . 6 Method . 7 Fish sampling, upkeep and acclimatization . 7 Figure 1. 8 Table 1. 9 Table 2 . 10 Figure 2 . 11 Behavioral Experiment 1: Activity . 11 Behavioral Experiment 2: Salinity Choice . 11 Figure 3. 12 Statistics & null hypothesis . 12 Figure 4. 13 DNA Extractions . 14 DNA Concentrations . 14 Results . 15 Behavioral Experiment 1: Activity . 15 Figure 5 . 15 Behavioral Experiment 2: Salinity Choice . 15 Figure 6. 16 Discussion . 17 Figure 7. 16 Figure 8. 17 Acknowledgements . 20 References . 21
Microstructure-based failure surfaces of matrix-inclusion materials : the origin of J 3 plasticity highlighted by limit analysis

Composites composed of two materials, exhibiting a matrix-particle morphology, can be described by three phases: the matrix phase, the particle phase, and the interface between the particle and the matrix. In order to relate macroscopic material properties to the matrix-particle behavior and the morphology (material microstructure), analytical and/or numerical schemes may be employed. As regards macroscopic strength properties, averaging schemes as e.g. used for upscaling of elastic and viscoelastic properties are not able to capture the localized mode of material failure. In this paper, the application of a discretized form of the upper-bound theorem of limit analysis to upscaling of strength properties is proposed. By varying the loading situation on the microstructural representation of the material, microstructure-based macroscopic failure criteria are derived for different material morphologies. The presented upscaling scheme illustrates the influence of the particle content, the particle strength, and the interface degradation on the macroscopic failure criterion.
Information Infrastructure Innovation as Path Creation : An Exploration of two Cases of Integrated Care in Germany 1 . The Rigidity of German Healthcare and Information Infrastructure Ramifications

Dave, a German patient, faces a difficult choice. He used to be an active person, yet, he fell ill with COPD. This is a progressive lung disease that makes it difficult to breathe without technical aids. Hence, Dave needs permanent invasive respiration while being confined to his bed. Dave’s quality of life is suffering and he could profit from home care. However, an integrated approach to organizing health care and to providing information infrastructures, which support such organizing, would be needed. Otherwise professionals from different medical disciplines such as respiratory physicians, general practitioners, and nursing staff cannot coordinate their treatments of Dave with each other appropriately.
Detection of Porcine Rotaviruses Group A in Free-ranging and Farm Pig Population of North East India

Piglet diarrhea caused by rotavirus is one of the major threats leading to serious economic losses in swine industry of the North East India. Thus, there is a dire need of rapid and sensitive detection techniques in identifying the causative agent for control and containment of the disease. In our study, porcine rotavirus group A was detected using the gold standard method, native RNA PAGE followed by reverse transcription (RT) PCR in 208 fecal samples from diarrheic piglets of 0-6 months of age reared under different management systems in Assam and Tripura states of North East India. The study also indicated that the use of RNA PAGE followed by RT PCR of VP4 as well as VP7 gene is more confirmative over PAGE alone. In addition, the present investigation revealed that the use of RNA PAGE is advantageous in knowing the group prevalent amongst the circulating rotavirus strains of a region whereas RT PCR besides acting as an effective tool in detection of porcine group A rotavirus, comes out as an efficient means for further genetic studies of the same.
Simulation of Satellite Telemetry-Telecommand Coherent Transponder

The Telemetry/Telecommand Transponder is the unit on board a satellite that maintains the communication link between the satellite and the control center on the Earth. The spacecraft includes service telecommunications Telemetry and Telecommand (TMTC) and On-Board Supervision (OBS) subsystem to provide telemetry, telecommand and ranging functions during all phases of the mission. The function of transponder, generally, is receiving the uplink signal modulated with telecommand and ranging tones, process it, and transmit the downlink signal (at different frequency) modulated with telemetry and ranging signal to the ground station. In this research, European Space Agency's recommendations and standard have followed to calculate the coherent transponder parameters. The coherent transponder and the related communication functions have been simulated using MATLAB Simulink software version 6.5. The computer simulation was necessary to show the performance of such functional block under the influence of many parameters like Doppler shift, input signal level variation, and damping factor variation. خلا ـ صلا ـــــــ ة ةموظنم نم ءزج وه تاناٌبلا لاسراو رماولاا ملاتسلا بٌجتسملا لسرملا ىلع ظفاحٌ يذلاو ًعانصلا رمقلا ( ةدٌعب تلااصتا تامدخ نمضتت ةٌئاضفلا ةبكرملا نا .ةٌضرلاا ةرطٌسلا زكرمو ًعانصلا رمقلا نٌب لاصتلاا ةانق دوجو ساٌق فئاظوو رماولااو تاناٌبلا رٌفوت لجا نم كلذو ًحطسلا فارشلاا ةموظنمو ) تاناٌبلا لاسراو رماولاا ملاتسا ا لك للاخ ىدملا . ةٌئاضفلا ةلحرلا راوط ىدملا ةراشاو رماولاا تاناٌبب ةنمضملاو ةدعاصلا ةراشلاا ملاتسا وه ,امومع,بٌجتسملا لسرملا ةفٌظو ىلا ىدملا ةراشاو ًعانصلا رمقلا ةموظنم لمع تاناٌب اهٌف نمضمو فلتخم ددرتبو ةلزانلا ةراشلاا ثبو اهتجلاعمو ةٌضرلاا ةطحملا . تاٌصوت ,ثحبلا اذه ًف لسرملا تارٌغتم باسحل اهعابتا مت ةٌبرولاا ءاضفلا ةلاكو رٌٌاعمو . هكاشتملا بٌجتسملا جمانرب مادختساب اهلٌثمت مت دق هب ةقلعتملا تلااصتلاا فئاظوو هكاشتملا بٌجتسملا لسرملا نا MATLAB SIMULINK رادصلاا وذ 6.5 ءازجلاا ءادا راهظلا ةٌرورض تناك ةٌبوساحلا ةاكاحملا . رٌٌغت رٌثأت تحت ةٌفٌظولا . دٌمختلا لماعم رٌٌغتو لاخدلاا ةراشا ىوتسم رٌٌغت ,رلبودلا ةحزحز لثم تارٌغتم ةدع
- 1-Do Fe-Ti-oxide magmas exist ? Probably not ! Revision 1 ( June 7 , 2017 ) 1 2

9 10 Many Fe-Ti oxide bodies associated with anorthosite suites and with some tholeiitic 11 plutonic bodies have cross-cutting relationships with their host rocks suggesting that they may 12 have been emplaced as oxide melts. Pure Fe-Ti oxides melt at temperatures much higher than 13 is considered to be geologically realistic, so various fluxes (mainly apatite, fluorine, or carbon) 14 have been called upon to stabilize the melts down to plausible temperatures. This review traces 15 our experimental attempts to test the effectiveness of proposed fluxes and therefore to 16 demonstrate the existence of such melts at geologically realistic temperatures. 17 18 Neither F-apatite nor carbon act to stabilize Ti-rich Fe-Ti oxide melts at 1300oC and 19 below, and we conclude that unless some totally unforeseen material does serve as a flux 20 Fe-Ti oxide magmas almost certainly do not exist. Although our data are not conclusive, it 21 appears that increasing contents of FeO (and possibly TiO2) and P2O5 mutually enhance their 22 solubilities in silicate melts, allowing extensive build-up of those components in melts residual 23 to anorthosite. We interpret that oxide orebodies form by gravitational accumulation of 24 crystalline oxides from such liquids. Once those melts become saturated with either Fe-Ti oxides 25 or apatite, both phases will tend to co-precipitate, thus explaining the common occurrence of 26 apatite with oxide orebodies (“nelsonites”. Cross-cutting oxide bodies were probably 27 emplaced as crystalline oxides, possibly lubricated by small amounts of residual silicate liquid. 28 Oxidation of the Fe2TiO4 component in initially ulvospinel-rich spinel and concomitant 29 formation of ilmenite grains by granule-oxy-“exsolution” may have weakened the crystalline 30
Gender Budgeting in the Constit ution – A Look at Formal and Real Conditions in Austria

According to Art. 13 (3) of the Austrian Constitution, which has been in force since January 1, 2009, »[t]he federal state, the ›Länder‹, and the municipalities must aim at achieving the actual equality of women and men in budget processes. « Austria thereby became the first country to embed gender budgeting and make it legally binding for all public administrative bodies. This provision was introduced in the wake of a farreaching budget reform, the core element of which was the inclusion of outcome-oriented budget processes. In addition to the Article cited at the beginning, it was standardized under constitutional law that outcome-orientatedness – to be introduced by 2013 – must be applied »in particular with regard to the aim of the actual equality of women and men« (Art. 51(8) b-vg). In this way, Austria has imposed some exacting requirements on itself at constitutional level. The point of departure for gender budgeting is that budgets constitute a central element of political action. They reflect societal and political power relations and therefore also gender relations. Budgets are social policy in numerical form (cf. beigewum 2002: 12). Basically, gender budgeting addresses the issue of the distribution of financial resources and their gender equality policy outcomes (cf. Elson 2002; Bakker 2002). Gender budgets »provide a means for determining the effect of government revenue and expenditure policies on women and men« (Budlender et al. 2002: 52). In the past 25 years, gender budgeting – or gender mainstreaming in budgetary processes – has developed as a strategy for integrating the Gender Budgeting in the Constit ution – A Look at Formal and Real Conditions in Austria*
Relationship Individual Factors With Occupational Health Literacy (Observational Study on Industrial Workers ofSasirangan in South Kalimantan)

Sasirangan is one form of local wisdom in South Kalimantan. Sasirangan is one of the industries in the informal sector. Informal sector workers are also entitled to protection in order to avoid occupational disease or occupational accident. The development of occupational health is considered necessary to support the creation of occupational health literacy. Occupational Health literacy also implies that the public has to access and understands of Occupational Health and Safety (OHAS). The research objective was to determine the relationship between individual factors with occupational health literacy. This research methods is correlational analytic with cross sectional approach. The population is mostly sasirangan industrial workers who registered in Disperindag South Kalimantan, by purposive sampling technique samples obtained 150 respondents. This study was conducted in January-April 2015 in the informal sector sasirangan industry in South Kalimantan. The results based on chi-square test showed p value 0,004; 0,039; 0,017. The results based on logistic regression test obtained periode of working p value 0,02 and OR 5,87. The conclusion there is relationship between age, gender andperiode of working withoccupational health literacy. Periode of wrokingis an independent variable most dominant influence to the occupational health literacy
Consumer behaviour

In reflecting on a 30-year career researching and teaching in marketing it seems that the academics who are interested in consumer behaviour often deliberately distinguish themselves as not working in managerial topics. Consumer behaviour research represents an extremely large body of work but one that does not always appear well integrated into other research in marketing. In the last 35 years consumer researchers have generated their own set of specialist journals such as the journals of Consumer Research, Consumer Behaviour, Consumer Psychology, Customer Behaviour, Consumer Affairs, Consumer Policy, Advances in Consumer Research, Psychology and Marketing and more recently Consumption, Markets and Culture. There are even examples of well established, but very specialized, publications such as the Journal of Satisfaction, Dissatisfaction and Complaining Behavior, which has now celebrated over 20 years of publishing. The potential separation of consumer research from other areas of marketing is difficult to understand in terms of the history of research on the topic since my reflections would suggest that historically the stimuli for much research in consumer behaviour were exactly the same as those that brought about the rich growth and development of managerial marketing thought that originated in the 1950s.One possible difference though is that research in consumer behaviour quickly differentiated itself from the economics frameworks that were used for much 12
International Fiscal Transmission and Terms of Trade

This paper examines the effects of fiscal policy shocks in a currency union emanating from the core on (a) aggregate variables and (b) intra-union trade flows. To contrast the effects of supply and demand side shocks, we compare a reduction of taxes on firms with an increase in government spending. We find a ‘beggar-thy-neighbor’ effect à la Mundell (1962) on account of a tax reduction and a bleak ‘jump-start’ effect à la Blanchard et al. (2016) following government spending in core. We also quantify intra-union trade flows through changes in real exchange rate by decomposing it into an aggregate price effect and terms of trade effect. JEL Classification: E42, E62, E63, F41, F45