Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Monitoring of external predisposing factors for Diabetic Foot: A literature review and physicians’ perspectives

Background: Diabetic foot is one of the most important complications of diabetes caused by the existence of some destructive factors in different anatomical locations of feet. Management and monitoring of these factors are very important to decrease or avoid ulcerating lesions of the foot. The purpose of this study is to identify and introduce the predisposing factors and anatomical locations associated with these destructive factors. Methods: First, we conducted a comprehensive review of different databases to identify the factors and associated anatomical locations from the previous studies. Then, we designed a questionnaire and invited physicians and specialists to express their perspectives on these factors and locations. The data were analyzed using SPSS version 23. Frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation of these variables were calculated. Results: Based on the literature review, four factors, including pressure, moisture and sweat, temperature, and acceleration were identified as factors destructive to the tissues of the diabetic foot and worsen ulcers. The view of specialists approved the results of the literature review. Besides, there was an insignificant difference between the results of the literature review and the specialists’ view in terms of anatomical locations that need to be continuously monitored. Conclusion: Monitoring the pressure in heel, first metatarsal, and first metatarsal head; moisture and sweat under the fingers, hallux and heels as well as the temperature at the first metatarsal, first metatarsal head, and the third metatarsal head are important in preventing ulceration, destructing the foot tissue, and accelerating the treatment process.
Impact of Backplane Configuration on the Statistical Variability in 22nm FDSOI CMOS

In this paper, using variation aware device simulation, we study the local device variability and mismatch as affected by statistical variation resulting from differing backplane doping options in fully depleted SOI transistors. It is seen that discrete random doping effects associated with the choice of doping has a direct effect on mismatch, resulting in increased mismatch with larger channel doping. However, it is also seen that increased backplane doping may counter intuitively help to reduce the variability associated with discrete doping due modification of the electrostatic screening of the source/drain extensions. Keywords—FDSOI; mismatch; variability; discrete doping
Cervical Microleakage in Giomer Restorations: An In Vitro Study.

AIM The purpose of this in vitro study was to determine the effect of different composite placement techniques on gingival microleakage of giomer restorations. MATERIALS AND METHODS Sixty class II preparations were created in 30 extracted molar teeth with cervical margins 1 mm below the cementoenamel junction. The teeth were divided into three groups of 10 teeth each. In group I, teeth were restored with open sandwich technique using Beautifil II and Beautifil II Flow. In group II, teeth were restored with snowplow technique using Beautifil II and Beautifil Flow. In group III, teeth were restored with oblique increment technique using Beautifil II. After thermocycling and immersion in 2% methylene blue, the teeth were sectioned and dye penetration was evaluated. RESULTS Statistically significant reduction in microleakage was found along the gingival walls in snowplow restorations compared to sandwich restoration and oblique increment restorations. CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE Microleakage was reduced along the gingival walls in snowplow restorations. CONCLUSION Microleakage was significantly lower in the snowplow restorations.
REAL PHANTOM DATASETS FOR THE EVALUATION OF COMPRESSIVE SENSING BASED INTERIOR SPECT

To significantly improve the temporal resolution for dynamic cardiac imaging, multiple cameras have been proposed to be integrated in a single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) system focusing on a heartsize region-of interest (ROI). However, the truncated projections will cause interior SPECT problem, which doesn’t have unique solution. Inspired by the recent results on interior tomography in the x-ray computed tomography (CT) field, the compressive sensing (CS)-based interior SPECT theories have been established. However, those theoretical results have not been evaluated using a realistic dataset acquired from a clinical SPECT scanner. In this data paper, we present a phantom dataset acquired from a clinical SPECT scanner and use it to evaluate the CS-based iterative reconstruction algorithm for interior SPECT.
Children´s Forum: an Interview with Eight Children

Objective. Childrens forum (CF) is a session for information and inquiry for children between the ages of 2 and 18 whose parents are in-patients at the psychiatric ward. The aim and scope of this study was to investigate the usefulness of CF for the children, six to eight months after participating. Method. Eight children, ages 10 – 16 were interviewed. All of the interviews (semi-structured and theme-oriented) were done in the family’s home without the parent (s) being present. Results. The results showed considerable improvement in the areas of communication and relational skills between parent and child. Conclusion. The improvements that have taken place can be directly linked to the CF program content: the acquisition of knowledge, vocabulary, and concepts along with skills in the ability to apply their new insights in communication about taboo-laden topics.
Cepstrum Multitaper Method for Optimal Detection of Cognitive Radio Networks

Multitaper method (MTM) is an unpopular method that used for spectrum detection. MTM is a good candidate to detect spectrum holes in cognitive radio networks. MTM is accurate, efficient and reliable technique. Cepstrum MTM is described as an effective tool for variance reduction beside its ability in increasing spectrum dynamic range (SDR) due to its isolation property which can be applied to the multiplied mixed signals. As a matter of fact, introducing cepstrum with MTM has achieved better detection performance with the available constraints. In this paper, an algorithm is prepared as a cepstrum MTM for optimal detection and applied to cognitive radio networks. Simple and computationally efficient mathematical expressions of the mean and variance were derived. A closed form expression for the probability of detection (Pd) and false detection (Pf) were obtained accordingly. Analysis of the suggested MTM based cepstrum detection is provided. Different aspects of spectrum sensing parameters were considered in the simulation. A receiver operating characteristic curve is tested where there is a relation between Pd and Pf. The required sample size to achieve certain detection, and the relation of Pd versus signal to noise ratio were also verified. Simulation results were obtained under different affecting factors of the proposed scheme such as probability of false alarm, number of sample points (N), and number of tapers (K). Simulation results reveal that the proposed detector outperforms conventional available tools at the worst scenario operating conditions. The proposed scheme outperforms convention MTM and energy detection by 20% and 45% respectively.
EFFECT OF DIETARY SUNFLOWER OIL ON GROWTH PERFORMANCE OF BROILER CHICKS KEPT AT TWO CAGE DENSITIES DURING SUMMER SEASON

The present experiment was conducted with Hubbard broiler-type chicks in a factorial arrangement of treatments (3×2) to investigate the effects of feeding diets fortified with three levels of sunflower oil on growth performance of broiler chicks kept at two stocking densities during summer season. Three isonitrogenous experimental diets, fortified with sunflower oil (0.00, 1.25 or 2.50% of the diet), were formulated and used. The chicks were kept in battery cages at two stocking densities (9.04 and 11.3 birds/m2). All chicks were fed their respective experimental diets and had free access to feed and water throughout the experimental period from 2 to 6 weeks of age. The criteria of response were growth performance, nutrient digestibility, carcass traits and some blood parameters. The obtained results can be summarized as follows: Apart from the effect of cage density, dietary supplementation with sunflower oil level increased significantly the growth performance of broiler chicks (final body weight, body weight gain and feed conversion), nutrient digestibility of diets (dry matter, organic matter, crude protein, ether extract and nitrogen retention), and blood plasma glucose concentration. However, dietary oil supplementation did not affect feed intake, carcass traits, digestibility of crude fiber and nitrogen free extract or ash retention as well as blood plasma concentrations of cholesterol, total protein, albumin, globulin, triglycerides, or activity of AST and ALT. Decreasing stocking density led to significant increases in final body weight, body weight gain, feed conversion, and digestibility of dry matter, organic matter, crude protein, nitrogen free extract and nitrogen retention, and in plasma triglycerides concentration. However, stocking density did not affect feed intake, carcass traits, digestibility of ether extract, crude fiber and ash retention and blood plasma concentrations of glucose, cholesterol, total protein, albumin and globulin or activity of AST and ALT. The effect of interaction between dietary sunflower oil and cage density was not significant for most variables examined in the present study. Based on the results of this study, it can be concluded that reducing stocking density and dietary supplementation with sunflower oil in summer season can be used for obtaining normal growth performance of broiler chicks.
Bisphosphonates – antiresorptive drugs with analgesic effect?

Bisfosfoniany, leki o działaniu antyresorpcyjnym, stanowią pierwszą linię obrony w walce z osteoporozą. Corocznie przybywa informacji na temat ich korzystnego działania nie tylko na poprawę gęstości mineralnej kości, ale także na poprawę mikroarchitektury, wytrzymałości i tym samym jakości kości. Efektem finalnym ich systematycznego stosowania jest zmniejszenie ryzyka złamań. Dużym problemem pacjentów z osteoporozą jest współistniejący ból. Mimo iż działanie przeciwbólowe bisfosfonianów nie jest do końca udowodnione, wielu pacjentów w trakcie terapii czuje zdecydowaną poprawę. Niniejsza praca podsumowuje dotychczasowe wiadomości na temat bisfosfonianów, ze szczególnym uwzględnieniem możliwych mechanizmów ich działania przeciwbólowego.
Systems RURAL AND URBAN POVERTY IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

As poverty has been regarded as multifaceted involving financial and non-financial dimensions, defining poverty appears to be demanding especially when it is related to impoverishment in specific areas with particular characteristics. Consequently, in order to enable mitigation of poverty to obtain right solutions for the right situations in the right places, several factors of poverty need to be investigated through its classification into rural or urban poverty issues. Thus, this study aims at finding out urban and rural poverty issues regarding their several distinct features and similarities through literature study approach. Our finding reveals that rural poverty is considered much more extensive than urban poverty especially as it is related to difficulties in the infrastructural access/ basic service limitations to run the economic activities. However, although urban poverty is less extensive, the complexity seems to be higher than rural poverty due to unhealthy life conditions in addition to basic service shortages.
Plasma Fibronectin in Hemostasis and Thrombosis: Evidence for fibrin-dependent and independent pathways

Hemostasis is the physiological process to stop bleeding, while thrombosis is the pathological vessel occlusive process leading to heart attack, stroke, and deep vein thrombosis, the leading cause of mortality and morbidity worldwide. Plasma fibronectin (pFn), the plasma form of fibronectin (Fn), exists in circulation in high abundance. However, the exact role of pFn in hemostasis and thrombosis is unclear. pFn has long been suspected to play a role in hemostasis but direct evidence has been lacking. Using our unique Fg -//pFn -/, VWF -//pFn -/, and Fg -//VWF -//pFn -/mouse models, we demonstrated that pFn is vital for the control of bleeding in fibrinogen deficient mice and in wild-type mice treated with anticoagulants. We further found that, at the site of vessel injury, pFn rapidly deposits and initiates hemostasis even before platelet accumulation (the first wave of hemostasis). This pFn deposition is independent of fibrinogen, von Willebrand factor, β3 integrin, and platelets. Our perfusion chamber assay indicates that subendothelial collagen can mediate the rapid pFn depostion. Using confocal and scanning electron microscopy, we reveal that pFn actively integrates into fibrin, which increases fibrin fiber diameter and enhances the mechanical strength of clots as determined by thromboelastography. Using an inferior vena cava thrombosis model, we found that pFn depletion attenuated venous thrombosis, suggesting the involvement of pFn in deep vein
A combat with the YAP/TAZ-TEAD oncoproteins for cancer therapy

The transcriptional co-regulators YAP and TAZ pair primarily with the TEAD family of transcription factors to elicit a gene expression signature that plays a prominent role in cancer development, progression and metastasis. YAP and TAZ endow cells with various oncogenic traits such that they sustain proliferation, inhibit apoptosis, maintain stemness, respond to mechanical stimuli, engineer metabolism, promote angiogenesis, suppress immune response and develop resistance to therapies. Therefore, inhibiting YAP/TAZ- TEAD is an attractive and viable option for novel cancer therapy. It is exciting to know that many drugs already in the clinic restrict YAP/TAZ activities and several novel YAP/TAZ inhibitors are currently under development. We have classified YAP/TAZ-inhibiting drugs into three groups. Group I drugs act on the upstream regulators that are stimulators of YAP/TAZ activities. Many of the Group I drugs have the potential to be repurposed as YAP/TAZ indirect inhibitors to treat various solid cancers. Group II modalities act directly on YAP/TAZ or TEADs and disrupt their interaction; targeting TEADs has emerged as a novel option to inhibit YAP/TAZ, as TEADs are major mediators of their oncogenic programs. TEADs can also be leveraged on using small molecules to activate YAP/TAZ-dependent gene expression for use in regenerative medicine. Group III drugs focus on targeting one of the oncogenic downstream YAP/TAZ transcriptional target genes. With the right strategy and impetus, it is not far-fetched to expect a repurposed group I drug or a novel group II drug to combat YAP and TAZ in cancers in the near future.
Tighter Analysis of an Approximation for the Cumulative VRP

We deal with the cumulative vehicle routing problem (VRP), a generalization of the capacitated VRP, which objective is to minimize the fuel consumption. Gaur et al. in 2013 gave a 4-approximation based on a well-known partition heuristic to the traveling salesperson problem (TSP). We present a tighter analysis obtaining a (cid:16) 4 −
2-Corrosion of steel in concrete structures

The low cost of steel-reinforced concrete and the ready availability of raw materials with which it is formed make it the most widely used structural material available. The durability of structures made from steel-reinforced concrete is related to its ability to impede or greatly reduce the rate of moisture transport or the ingress of aggressive ions. However, because many existing concrete structures are under constant degradation from aggressive environments, they suffer from durability issues, particularly corrosion of the steel bars within such structures. This corrosion in turn has created a multi-billion-dollar infrastructure deficit. Unfortunately, sequestration, with its adverse impact on discretionary revenues, has alarmingly reduced the revenues necessary for repairing US infrastructures, which become more degraded by the day (Thompson, 2013). Currently, one in nine of the nation’s bridges is deemed structurally deficient (ASCE, 2013). Indeed, the FHWA report on corrosion protection of concrete bridges estimated in 2002 that the average direct cost of corrosion for highway bridges was $8.3 billion per year (Yunovich et al., 2001). Considering inflation, this cost is much higher in 2016. Given the current state of US infrastructure, there is a critical need to undertake corrosion research for a nation in desperate need of such services. The corrosion of reinforcing steel in concrete is a serious problem from the perspective of both safety and economy and can directly affect the sustainability of the infrastructure.
Supporting orphans and vulnerable children in Zambia.

The HIV/AIDS epidemic continues to escalate well into its second decade especially in sub-Saharan Africa. The physical consequences for the infected individuals remain visible but increasingly AIDS is impacting on families and communities especially children who are affected in a variety of ways. One of the most recently recognized crisis attendant to the HIV/AIDS epidemic is the growing number of orphans. In Zambia given the primacy of heterosexual transmission in the spread of the virus many children will lose both parents. The Ministry of Health estimates the number of orphans in Zambia will reach more than 1 million by 2010. Extended families are under unprecedented strain as they employ traditional mechanisms to cope with large numbers of orphans and vulnerable children against a background of reduced resources because the most productive family members have died of AIDS. (authors)
Diversification of rural livelihoods in Bangladesh JAERD Diversification of rural livelihoods in Bangladesh

Diversification of livelihood activities minimizes households’ vulnerability to shocks by reducing income variability. Livelihoods of rural Bangladesh is encompass both farm and nonfarm activities. This study investigated the patterns and extent of diversification of livelihoods in rural areas of Bangladesh. The study drew a random sample of 500 rural farm households in Bangladesh through a multi-stage random sampling technique. The primary data were collected using structured questionnaires coupled with interview schedules and the data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and Simpson index. Result revealed that remittance contributed highest to the household income followed by business and caste occupation, and rice farming. Furthermore results showed that rural Bangladeshi households have diversified their livelihood activities at medium level. The small and medium landholding households are more likely to diversify their livelihoods compared to the functionally-landless and large landholding households. The implication is that non-farm employment opportunities should be expanded to combat poor households’ vulnerability to shocks and income fluctuations. It is also suggested to give more attention to functionally-landless households for increasing and diversifying their income.
Effect of Carnosic Acid/Low-density Polyethylene Active Film on the Quality of Fresh Chicken Meatballs

毕田田,张双灵,赵海燕 (青岛农业大学食品科学与工程学院,山东青岛 266109) 摘要:本文使用鼠尾草酸/LDPE 活性膜对新鲜鸡肉丸进行真空包装,于 4 °C、20 °C、37 °C下贮藏,对不同时期贮藏的鸡肉丸进 行感官评分,并测定酸价、质构及硫代巴比妥酸值(TBARS)的变化,并与空白 LDPE 膜包装的鸡肉丸进行对比,以研究不同温度 下 CA/LDPE 膜包装膜对鸡肉丸品质的影响。 结果显示,鼠尾草酸/LDPE 活性膜包装的鸡肉丸各项指标(感官评分、酸价、质构和 TBARS)均优于空白 LDPE 膜包装的鸡肉丸,且温度越高,两种包装膜之间的差异越明显:37 °C第 10 d 时,CA/LDPE 膜包装的鸡 肉丸口感味道感官评分为 1.22±0.26,比 LDPE 膜高 22%;酸价为 20.53±0.43 mg/(g 鸡肉丸),比 LDPE 膜低 28.5%;硬度、凝聚力、 咀嚼性分别为 43.30、0.21 和 42.87,比 LDPE 膜高 95.4%、53.2%和 81.9%;TBARS 值为 0.698 mg/kg,比 LDPE 膜低 47.2%。 研究表 明,添加鼠尾草酸的 LDPE 膜能够有效改善鸡肉丸的贮藏品质特性。 关键词:鼠尾草酸/LDPE 活性膜;鸡肉丸;贮藏;品质特性 文章篇号:1673-9078(2017)4-189-194 DOI: 10.13982/j.mfst. 1673-9078.2017. 4.029
Functional Maps and Shape/Image Networks

Notions of similarity and correspondence between geometric shapes and images are central to many tasks in geometry processing, computer vision, and computer graphics. The goal of this course is to familiarize the audience with a set of recent techniques that treat geometric objects as functional spaces rather than collections of points or triangles and provide a novel perspective on the similarity or correspondence problems— by treating mappings between spaces as objects in their own right. These “functional” representations of mappings have recently led to state-of-the-art results in problems as diverse as non-rigid shape matching, image co-segmentation and tangent vector ﬁeld design. One challenge in adopting these methods in practice, however, is that their exposition often assumes a signiﬁcant amount of background in geometry processing, spectral meth-ods and functional analysis, which can make it difﬁcult to gain an intuition about their performance or about their applicability to real-life problems. In this course, we try to provide all the tools necessary to appreciate and use these techniques, while assuming very little background knowledge. We also give a unifying treatment of these techniques, which may be difﬁ-cult to extract from the individual publications and, at the same time, hint at the generality of this point of view, which can help tackle many problems in the analysis and creation of visual content. This course is structured as a half day course. We will assume that the participants have knowledge of basic linear algebra and some knowledge of differential geometry, to the extent of being familiar with the concepts of a manifold and a tangent vector space. We will discuss in detail the functional approach to ﬁnding correspondences between non-rigid shapes, the design and analysis of tangent vector ﬁelds on surfaces, consistent map estimation in networks of shapes and applications to shape and image segmentation, shape variability analysis, and other areas.
Intelligent Control of Micrologistical Systems for the Railway Transport Based on an Ontological Approach

— This article deals with the interaction of the participants in the transportation process, the integration of heterogeneous data in the micrologistic systems of railway transport. The due attention is paid to the ontological approach to describe the structure, types of relationships of the transport system. It is proposed to use the transport system of classification in the construction of ontology. The OBDA approach for integration of heterogeneous data based on semantics is considered