Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Quantitative EEG Normative Databases: Validation and Clinical Correlation

SUMMARY The quantitative digital electroencephalogram (QEEG) was recorded from 19 scalp locations from 625 screened and evaluated normal individuals ranging in age from two months to 82 years. After editing to remove artifact, one-year to five-year groupings were selected to produce different average age groups. Estimates of gaussian distributions and logarithmic transforms of the digital EEG were used to establish approximate gaussian distributions when necessary for different variables and age groupings. The sensitivity of the lifespan database was determined by gaussian cross-validation for any selection of age range in which the average percentage of Z-scores ± 2 standard deviations (SD) equals approximately 2.3% and the average percentage for ± 3 SD equals approximately 0.13%. It was hypothesized that measures of gaussian cross-validation of Z-scores is a common metric by which the statistical sensitivity of any normative database for any age grouping can be calculated. This theory was tested by comp.
Clinical Characteristics of a Case Series of Ocular Syphilis With 3 Cases Requiring Multiple Vitrectomies After Late Diagnosis

Purpose: This work describes the characteristics and unique features of ocular syphilis. Methods: Ten serologically proven cases of ocular syphilis were retrospectively analyzed. Results: Eighteen eyes of 10 patients were affected. Nine of 10 patients were male and the mean age was 58 years (range, 36-81 years). HIV antibody testing was positive in 3 patients (30%). Five cases were first diagnosed by an ophthalmologist. One patient presented with a syphilitic rash. The most common ocular findings were panuveitis (n = 6) and cystoid macular edema (n = 4). Ocular involvement was unilateral in 2 cases and bilateral in 8. Best-corrected visual acuity improved in 13 of 18 eyes (72%) after treatment. Three cases developed recurrent retinal detachments that required repair with silicone oil. Conclusions: Most cases were HIV negative. Syphilitic uveitis can be the initial presentation of syphilis without classic systemic manifestation. Ophthalmologists play an important role in the diagnosis and treatment of syphilis.
Nambicuara economic dualism: Lývi-Strauss in the garden, once again

L'A. aligne les differences existant entre les donnees rassemblees d'une part par C. Levi-Strauss (1938) et K. Oberg (1953) et d'autre part par lui-meme (1968-1971) sur l'economie et l'organisation sociale (techniques de production alimentaire, habitat, division du travail.) des Nambikwara (Mato Grosso Bresilien). Ce texte est suivi d'un bref commentaire de C. Levi-Strauss.
Automatic Generation of Architectural Layouts using Genetic Algorithms in BIM

: Room layout is a complex problem for architects, who must consider adjacencies, room sizes, site constraints, and circulation requirements. This research applies genetic and stimulated annealing algorithms to optimize space layout in two dimensions. Visual Programming Languages interfacing with BIM software are used to allow semantic and topological qualities of each room to be imported to develop complete floorplans. A series of case studies adopting different machine learning techniques are presented to demonstrate the relative performance of each approach, using the minimization of unusable space as a performance metric. Previous research has considered purely mathematical solutions to support the automation of these layouts, often resulting in irregular polygons or circular rooms; from an architectural standpoint, this is undesirable and thus a rectangle-packing algorithm has been developed and used. Future research to facilitate the adoption of this approach in architectural practice, particularly for large and complex buildings, is discussed.
A Linguistically-Informed Search Engine to Identifiy Reading Material for Functional Illiteracy Classes

We present KANSAS, a search engine designed to retrieve reading materials for functional illiterates and learners of German as a Second Language. The system allows teachers to reﬁne their searches for teaching material by selecting appropriate readability levels and (de)prioritizing linguistic constructions. In addition to this linguistically-informed query result ranking, the system provides visual input enhancement for the selected linguistic constructions. Our system combines state-of-the-art Natural Language Processing (NLP) with light-weight algorithms for the identiﬁcation of relevant linguistic constructions. We have evaluated the system in two pilot studies in terms of the iden-tiﬁcation of linguistic constructions and the identiﬁcation of readability levels. Both pilots achieved highly promising results and are being followed by full-ﬂedged performance studies and usability tests.
Safety evaluation of different variants of a topically applied toilet bar soap range using skin irritancy testing methods in the Nigerian population

Exposure to soaps can also alter the physiological properties of the skin such as pH, trans-epidermal water loss and sebum levels which are all determinants of skin irritability. Purpose: We aimed to evaluate the safety of different variants of a topically applied toilet soap range using skin irritancy testing methods in the Nigerian population. Five variants of commercially available soap bars were used in this study. Each subject was patch tested using standard methodology for application of patch test, with 5 variants of the proposed products. The pH, trans epidermal water loss (TEWL) and serum levels of the skin were determined before and after wash test. Diffuse plaster erythema was observed in 15.4% participants with 18.5% complaining of itching on the plaster site. All five variants were negative for allergic contact dermatitis after 48 hours and 96 hours post patch test. The soap range ensured that post washing pH of skin was maintained at 6.41 ±0.07 for all participants in the study. Post washing, the sebum concentration on the skin was significantly reduced by 95.01% ± 0.07 (p = 0.018). The different variants of the topically applied soap bar were non – irritant, compatible with human skin and showed no sign of allergic contact dermatitis.
Investigating the impact of intellectual capital on organizational performance: A case study in an Iranian medical science university

New economic growth comes from information and knowledge. This situation increases importance of intellectual capital as an economic and research item. The role of intellectual capital in improvement of performance and social and technological economy is the subject of new researches in knowledge organizations. Intellectual capital is known as the main source of competitive advantage and value creation in today’s organizations. In this research, at the first stage, intellectual capital and its elements studied in a library study and sub items of this capitals is determined. In the second stage of the research, two main hypotheses and seven sub-hypotheses in the field of intellectual capital and the relationship between the components of intellectual capital and performance in some Iranian hospitals were considered. Then, the hypotheses were examined and analyzed by SPSS software. The statistic society of this research was of all directors, deputies, administrative and financial managers of Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences. The questionnaire was distributed between 195 persons that had been selected randomly from static society. Obtained data were analyzed by regression and correlation techniques. The outcomes showed that there are some correlations between intellectual capital, s components and performance. Key words: Intellectual capital, performance, human capital, structural capital, hospital.
Chapter 5 Metal-Semiconductor Compound Contacts to Nanowire Transistors

Semiconductor nanowires [1–4] are promising building blocks for next-generation ultrascaled devices for electronic [5–7] and optoelectronic [8–10] applications. An important aspect for the development, maturity, and efficiency of these ultrascaled devices is the detailed understanding of and control over the phase transformation that accompanies the formation of their compound contacts for lithography-free selfaligned gate design [11, 12]. The term “compound” here refers to the formed phases that have fixed stoichiometry between metal and semiconductor elements, to be distinguished from the broader “alloy” term for phases that may include nonstoichiometric or amorphous structure. This distinction is important because the formation of a low resistance, crystalline, and thermally stable compound contact is most preferred for realizing reliable functionality in ultrascaled semiconductor transistors. Usually, the phase of compound contact and its interfacial property with semiconductor nanowire (NW) can largely affect the band alignment and charge injection in NW channels. This demands the detailed studies of the metalsemiconductor solid-state reactions, including the formed compound phases,
Sürdürülebilirlik Perspektifinden Insan Kaynakları Uygulamalarının Incelenmesi: Görgül Bir Çalışma

Arastirmada Kasim 2017- Ekim 2018 doneminde Borsa Istanbul (BIST) Surdurulebilirlik Endeksi’nde yer alan sirketlerin yurutmekte olduklari surdurulebilirlik calismalarini/projelerini hangi amaclar dogrultusunda gerceklestirdikleri, bu surece hangi paydaslarin dahil edildigi ve surdurulebilirligin sirket faaliyetlerine entegrasyonunun saglanip saglanamadigi incelenmistir. Ayrica arastirmada, surdurulebilirlik calismalarinin insan kaynaklari uygulamalari ile iliskisi ve insan kaynaklarinin stratejik bir rol ustlenip ustlenmedikleri arastirilmistir. Arastirmaya, BIST Surdurulebilirlik Endeksi’nde yer alan 44 sirketten 18’i katilmistir (%41). Arastirma sonucu, sirketlerin surdurulebilirligi kurumsal politikalarina entegre etmis olduklarini gostermektedir. Yine sirketlerin; kurumsal itibari ve marka degerini artirma, ekonomik ve sosyal kalkinmaya katkida bulunma, paydaslarla iliskilerini gelistirme ve kamuoyunun guvenini kazanma gayeleriyle surdurulebilirligi icsellestirdikleri gorulmektedir.
Estimating the higher symmetric topological complexity of spheres

We study questions of the following type: Can one assign continuously and $\Sigma_m$-equivariantly to any $m$-tuple of distinct points on the sphere $S^n$ a multipath in $S^n$ spanning these points? A \emph{multipath} is a continuous map of the wedge of $m$ segments to the sphere. This question is connected with the \emph{higher symmetric topological complexity} of spheres, introduced and studied by I. Basabe, J. Gonz\'alez, Yu. B. Rudyak, and D. Tamaki. In all cases we can handle, the answer is negative. Our arguments are in the spirit of the definition of the Hopf invariant of a map $f: S^{2n-1} \to S^n$ by means of the mapping cone and the cup product.
Prevalence of Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis ( ABPA ) in Patients of Bronchial Asthma in Punjab

1 Professor, Department of Medicine, Adesh Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Bathinda, Punjab, India 2 Assistant Professor, Dept of Chest and TB, Government Medical College, Amritsar, Punjab, India 3 Specialist Registrar, Queen Charloette and Chelsea Hospital, London 4 Demonstrator, Adesh Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Bathinda, Punjab, India 5 Prof and Head, Dept of Medicine, Adesh Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Bathinda, Punjab, India 6 Prof and Head, Dept of Community Medicine, Adesh Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Bathinda, Punjab, India 7 International Fellow, Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Bundang Hospital, Seoul, South Korea 8 Senior Consultant, Diet and Nutrition, Kishori Ram Hospital and Diabetes Care Centre, Bathinda, Punjab, India
Beyond the "lulz" : audience engagement with political memes in the case of Indonesia

This thesis explores the roles of Internet memes as a form of contemporary political discourse in Indonesia from the individual perspective of audience members. In-depth qualitative interviews with fourteen Indonesian young adults were conducted to understand the ways in which they engage and create meaning of political memes, allowing for a closer examination on the media’s potential for contribution to civic cultures. For a grounded analysis of their engagement, the research is based on two recent case studies in Indonesia where memes perform as distinctive modes of discourse: political dissent to challenge a figure of authority, Setya Novanto; and partisan opinions in the context of electoral politics during the 2017 Jakarta gubernatorial election campaign period, also known as Pilkada DKI. In recent years, Internet memes have received growing scholarly interest and are treated as fundamental to the various aspects of contemporary digital culture. It is suggested that memes have broadened opportunities for political discourse among citizens in a democracy by extending political commentaries through accessible and inclusive means. In countries that are sensitive to dissent, political memes may help amplify the public voice, thereby empowering civic engagement. However, the results from this study suggest a nuanced view of memes’ civic potentials. While the use of satire in political memes serves as an avenue to undermine the political elite, the media’s modes of discourse also prove to facilitate argument and antagonism. Especially in the case of election-memes, the empowering nature of the media was subject to challenge, as audiences indicate the likelihood for institutional influence to interfere with the discourse. As more opportunities and challenges are addressed, the findings further reveal the respondents’ active negotiations of self-positioning as meme audiences and citizens in the digital environment. This translates into dynamic forms of engagement that may subsequently foster or hinder their civic agency and citizenship in the nation’s democracy. (Less)
Cascaded navigation control for agricultural vehicles tracking straight paths

In precision agriculture (PA), an agricultural vehicle navigation system is essential and the navigation control accuracy is important in this system. As straight path tracking is the major operating mode of agricultural vehicles on large fields, a cascaded navigation control method for straight path tracking is proposed in this study. Firstly, a cascaded navigation control structure for the agricultural vehicle was discussed. Based on this structure, the navigation control task was decomposed into two cascaded control tasks, namely, the path tracking control task and the steering control task. Secondly, a relative kinematics model of agricultural vehicles was deduced, and an optimal Proportional-Derivative (PD) method based on the deduced model was developed in the path tracking control task. Then, an improved PD method based on a transition process was proposed in the steering control task to enhance the performance of the steering control subsystem. Finally, the effectiveness and the superiority of the proposed method were verified by a series of experiments. Results of the experimental data analysis show that mean value of the lateral position deviation is 0.02 m and standard deviation of the lateral position deviation is 0.04 m, which proves that the proposed method has achieved satisfactory effects on the straight path tracking of agricultural vehicles.
Phase transition from the symmetry breaking of charged Klein–Gordon fields

We analyze the phase transition associated with the U(1) symmetry breaking of the complex Klein–Gordon (KG) equation with a Mexican–hat scalar field potential up to one loop in perturbations immersed in a thermal bath. We show that the KG equation reduces to a Gross–Pitaevskii like–equation (GP), which also contains the entire information of the phase transition. Indeed, the thermal bath contributions, together with the corresponding U(1) local symmetry, allow us to interpret the resulting GP equation as a charged and finite temperature version of the system. Finally, we obtain the hydrodynamics and consequently, the corresponding thermodynamics, and show that breakdown of the U(1) local symmetry of the KG field into the new version of the GP equation corresponds, under certain circumstances, to a phase transition of the gas into a condensate, superfluid, and/or superconductor.
Query Rewriting for Answers with Consistent Support

In this paper, we consider the problem of producing those query answers that are supported by a consistent portion of a (potentially inconsistent) database. This notion of answers lies between the consistent query answers (certain answers) and the possible answers. For a practical class of constraints, we provide an algorithm for rewriting a union of conjunctive queries (with negation) into a rewritten query of the same class, such that, for any database instance, the standard answers to the rewritten query are precisely the answers with consistent support to the original query. We also give a method for revising a rewritten query in the face of newly added constraints, without redoing the entire computation. Finally, we outline an implementation and provide empirical results to help evaluate our approach.
D 2 D with LTE-U under unlicensed spectrum considering coexistence issue with WAP

Current cellular network infrastructure is facing terrific challenges with extra ordinary data demand from the users due to the introduction of many rich content applications specially with smart devices. Mobile data traffic has shown tremendous growth in the past decade and study [1] finds that it will reach upto 1000X in the next five years. Another study [2] forecasts that online video will be the origin of 60% mobile traffic in the year 2020. So, to tackle with this traffic “hurricane” in mobile network, both academia and wireless communication industry are exploring different techniques like LTE/LTE-A, Massive MIMO, D2D communication in the licensed spectrum. But this moves are not appropriate to deal with such traffic “cyclone” in cellular communication network with the limited licensed spectrum. So, several cellular network operators (CNOs) in many countries are engaging wireless access points (WAPs) to offload part of their load to take advantage of unlicensed spectrum. But this action is not so fruitful due to contemptible performance of WiFi technology and cost involvement with the process. This incapability can be brought down by taking LTE-A into unlicensed spectrum, LTE-U. LTE forum has allowed (part of the LTE Release 13) LTE-U to accumulate licensed and unlicensed spectrum under a unified LTE network infrastructure [3]. In spite of providing exciting benefits by LTE-U, it will introduce new complexities for WAPs who are already working in the same unlicensed spectrum. Presently, there are three proposed mode of operating of LTE-U: supplemental downlink, time division LTE with CA and standalone LTE-U [4]. There are some proposals for sharing unlicensed spectrum among LTE networks and WiFi system [5], [6]. On the other side, a D2D link is established between UEs using licensed cellular spectrum without direct involvement of cellular base station and can play a vital role in cooperative communication. It generally uses unutilized and under-utilized licensed spectrum to transmitting data from one another. D2D communication increases the spectral utilization consuming less power [7]. To know more about D2D communication, we can follow the research paper [8]. In this paper, we propose a mechanism to maximize the achieved rate of LTE-U and D2D when they are working in the same unlicensed spectrum with WiFi network. Here we consider the coexistence issue with WAP and maintain QoS of the LTE-U users. We solve the problem with the help of Kalai-Smorodinsky bargaining solution concept.
Las asignaturas de creatividad y estrategia en los Grados en Comunicación en España

Training in competency-based learning model that the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) established is focused on university education to adapt to the needs of the occupational market. This article examines the creative and strategic skills between competencies and profiles proposed by ANECA (2005) for Degrees in Communication in Spain. In a second phase, a review of the subjects related to the creative strategy within curricula of degrees in Communication is made, from a sample of 125 degrees and 202 subjects. The results demonstrate the limited presence of the creative strategy in the curricula in Communication, being the Degrees in Advertising and Public Relations where it more frequently appears, as well as the lack of consensus in the appellation of the subjects.
IMPACT OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON THE GASTROENTEROLOGY PRACTICES IN A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL IN LAHORE

Objective: To assess the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the gastroenterology practices in a tertiary care hospital. Study Design: A comparative cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: The study was conducted at Gastroenterology Department, Combined Military Hospital, Lahore, from Jan 2020 to Jun 2020. Methodology: The departmental workload was recorded from before the pandemic was declared and during the pandemic. The number of procedures including upper GI endoscopies (OGD), Colonoscopies, and Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreato-graphy (ERCP) were recorded. The out-patient department and in-patient department patient load was also recorded for both time periods. Microsoft excel sheet and SPSS version 24 was used to perform data analysis. Results: We performed 34 (11.07%) emergency and 273 (88.93%) elective endoscopic procedures before the pandemic was declared in March 2020 whereas, afterwards, the load significantly reduced to only 25 (32%) emergency and 53 (67.95%) elective procedures (p<0.001). In our study, we reported that the frequency of indoor admissions was reduced by 26.8% during the COVID-19 pandemic whereas, the total number of outdoor patients was also substantially reduced from 2096 (94.6%) in pre-pandemic period to a mere 350 (82.35%) admissions. Conclusion: The patient load and frequency of procedures has both significantly reduced during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Men and women in child care: Sensitive and stimulating behaviors of caregivers in childcare: Are men different from women?

In this observational study, male and female professional caregivers’ (n = 42) levels of sensitivity and stimulation toward three-year-old children (n = 42) were observed in a semi-structured play situation. Further, sex roles of male and female caregivers were examined with the Bem Sex Role Inventory (BSRI). Male and female caregivers showed the same levels of attention, sensitivity, and stimulation toward boys and girls. Furthermore, all caregivers were classified as feminine or androgynous, but not masculine. Only for female caregivers was a positive relation found between higher levels of femininity and more stimulation of girls. Taken together, these findings provide evidence that male and female staff in childcare share similar interaction styles and sex roles. However, our findings suggest that caregivers’ sex roles should be included in future research as well as in the debate on men in childcare.