Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Cancer patient narratives in the Finnish media

Author Susanna Karvinen Degree programme Journalism Thesis title Cancer patient narratives in the Finnish media Number of pages 62 Every third Finn will develop cancer during their lifetime. Cancer therefore affects a great amount of people in Finland. Cancer topics are widely covered in the Finnish media and cancer patient narratives offer surfaces for patients and other people to reflect on their emotions and experiences about sickness. The purpose of this study is to find out what kind of cancer patient narratives are constructed in Finnish mainstream media. The study has two research questions. First, it aims to find out what are the dominant themes through which cancer patients are represented in the patient narratives of the chosen articles. Secondly, it looks at how the patients are represented in these narratives and how the patients themselves define their role and their relationship to their disease. Theoretical framework of the study lies in health journalism and sociology of health. Health as well as narratives about cancer are seen as social constructions that vary from time and place. The focus of the study is in language which is not seen as just a tool to describe the reality we live in but rather as something that is producing it. The research method is discourse analysis. The analysis was conducted for five articles in the Finnish mainstream media, including both newspapers and periodical magazines. The results show that the cancer patients in the chosen articles were represented through multiple themes and discourses. They also defined their roles and relationship to their disease in multiple ways. The patients were mostly represented as active and capable individuals. They either had accepted the fact that they have to live with their disease or had hope that life will return to normal or even better than it was prior cancer. Discourses found in the articles were the discourses of biomedical approach, acceptance, hope, fight, consoler, the need to hide the disease, downplaying of the disease, separating the disease from “normal” life and gratefulness.
Use of standardised patients to assess quality of healthcare in Nairobi, Kenya: a pilot, cross-sectional study with international comparisons

Introduction The quality of clinical care can be reliably measured in multiple settings using standardised patients (SPs), but this methodology has not been extensively used in Sub-Saharan Africa. This study validates the use of SPs for a variety of tracer conditions in Nairobi, Kenya, and provides new results on the quality of care in sampled primary care clinics. Methods We deployed 14 SPs in private and public clinics presenting either asthma, child diarrhoea, tuberculosis or unstable angina. Case management guidelines and checklists were jointly developed with the Ministry of Health. We validated the SP method based on the ability of SPs to avoid detection or dangerous situations, without imposing a substantial time burden on providers. We also evaluated the sensitivity of quality measures to SP characteristics. We assessed quality of practice through adherence to guidelines and checklists for the entire sample, stratified by case and stratified by sector, and in comparison with previously published results from urban India, rural India and rural China. Results Across 166 interactions in 42 facilities, detection rates and exposure to unsafe conditions were both zero. There were no detected outcome correlations with SP characteristics that would bias the results. Across all four conditions, 53% of SPs were correctly managed with wide variation across tracer conditions. SPs paid 76% less in public clinics, but proportions of correct management were similar to private clinics for three conditions and higher for the fourth. Kenyan outcomes compared favourably with India and China in all but the angina case. Conclusions The SP method is safe and effective in the urban Kenyan setting for the assessment of clinical practice. The pilot results suggest that public providers in this setting provide similar rates of correct management to private providers at significantly lower out-of-pocket costs for patients. However, comparisons across countries are sensitive to the tracer condition considered.
A Numerical Bifurcation Analysis of Indirect Vector-Controlled Induction Motor

Indirect vector-controlled induction motor (IVCIM) dynamics is well known for having different bifurcation behavior, viz., saddle-node bifurcation, Hopf bifurcation (HB), Bogdanov–Takens bifurcation, and zero-HB. A numerical analysis of these bifurcations for proportional–integral-controlled IVCIM is made in this brief using full-order IM model. Some new observations on the bifurcation behavior are made. Simulation and experimental results are presented validating the bifurcation behaviors.
A change in climate causes rapid evolution of multiple life‐history traits and their interactions in an annual plant

Climate change is likely to spur rapid evolution, potentially altering integrated suites of life‐history traits. We examined evolutionary change in multiple life‐history traits of the annual plant Brassica rapa collected before and after a recent 5‐year drought in southern California. We used a direct approach to examining evolutionary change by comparing ancestors and descendants. Collections were made from two populations varying in average soil moisture levels, and lines propagated from the collected seeds were grown in a greenhouse and experimentally subjected to conditions simulating either drought (short growing season) or high precipitation (long growing season) years. Comparing ancestors and descendants, we found that the drought caused many changes in life‐history traits, including a shift to earlier flowering, longer duration of flowering, reduced peak flowering and greater skew of the flowering schedule. Descendants had thinner stems and fewer leaf nodes at the time of flowering than ancestors, indicating that the drought selected for plants that flowered at a smaller size and earlier ontogenetic stage rather than selecting for plants to develop more rapidly. Thus, there was not evidence for absolute developmental constraints to flowering time evolution. Common principal component analyses showed substantial differences in the matrix of trait covariances both between short and long growing season treatments and between populations. Although the covariances matrices were generally similar between ancestors and descendants, there was evidence for complex evolutionary changes in the relationships among the traits, and these changes depended on the population and treatment. These results show that a full appreciation of the impacts of global change on phenotypic evolution will entail an understanding of how changes in climatic conditions affect trait values and the structure of relationships among traits.
Effects of forming gas anneal on ultrathin InGaAs nanowire metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors

InGaAs gate-all-around metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors (MOSFETs) with 6 nm nanowire thickness have been experimentally demonstrated at sub-80 nm channel length. The effects of forming gas anneal (FGA) on the performance of these devices have been systematically studied. The 30 min 400 °C FGA (4% H2/96% N2) is found to improve the quality of the Al2O3/InGaAs interface, resulting in a subthreshold slope reduction over 20 mV/dec (from 117 mV/dec in average to 93 mV/dec). Moreover, the improvement of interface quality also has positive impact on the on-state device performance. A scaling metrics study has been carried out for FGA treated devices with channel lengths down to 20 nm, indicating excellent gate electrostatic control. With the FGA passivation and the ultra-thin nanowire structure, InGaAs MOSFETs are promising for future logic applications.
Corporate innovation and entrepreneurship : entrepreneurial development within organizations

1. The Entrepreneurial Imperative in Established Organizations. 2. How Corporate Entrepreneurship Differs. 3. Capturing the Entrepreneurial Orientation of the Firm. 4. How Entrepreneurship Takes Different Forms. 5. Entrepreneurship in Non-Profit and Government Organizations. 6. Corporate Strategy and Entrepreneurship. 7. Structuring the Company for Entrepreneurship. 8. The People Factor I: Fostering Creativity within Organizations. 9. The People Factor II: Human Resources Management. 10. Building Cultures to Support Entrepreneurship. 11. Designing Entrepreneurial Control Systems. 12. Leading the Entrepreneurial Organization. 13. Forces Working Against Corporate Entrepreneurship. 14. Measuring Entrepreneurial Performance. 15. Sustaining the Entrepreneurial Company in the Twenty-first Century.
Strategic Management and Information Systems

Pearson Education, 1997. Broschiert. Book Condition: Neu. Gebraucht Sehr gut Unbenutzt. Schnelle Lieferung, Kartonverpackung. Abzugsfähige Rechnung. Bei Mehrfachbestellung werden die Versandkosten anteilig erstattet. Every degree programme in business information systems and technology (and the great majority of the fast-expanding conversion MSc programmes in IT for business) includes a course on the strategic issues surrounding information systems. This new edition of an established text meets the need for an accessible and practical text for students studying this subject for the first time.It supports the increasingly wide skills profile expected of business and information systems graduates and postgraduates, by adopting a toolbox approach to techniques and their application, and overall it creates a base from which effective consideration can be given to more complex concepts. 575 pp. Englisch.
A 77-GHz software defined OFDM radar

In this paper we present a 77-GHz software defined orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) radar. A single channel RF frontend equipped with a 77-GHz SiGe chip which includes an integrated IQ modulator in the transmit path and an IQ receive mixer is used for range and range/Doppler measurements. Digital-to-analog converters (DACs) with a sampling rate of 500MSPS and 14 bit resolution are used to generate OFDM symbols with 201 sub-carriers and a bandwidth of 200 MHz. Sampling of the received signal is realized by analog-to-digital converters which, like the DACs used to generate the TX signal, run at 500MSPS and deliver a resolution of 14 bit. The performance of the overall system was optimized by a peak-toaverage power-ratio reduction technique. A standard deviation of 12.4mm was achieved for range measurements which were carried out in an anechoic chamber. Furthermore, first test measurements demonstrate that the system can be applied to moving target scenarios.
Polo kinases regulate C. elegans embryonic polarity via binding to DYRK2-primed MEX-5 and MEX-6

Polo kinases are known key regulators of cell divisions. Here we report a novel, non-cell division function for polo kinases in embryonic polarity of newly fertilized Caenorhabditis elegans embryos. We show that polo kinases, via their polo box domains, bind to and regulate the activity of two key polarity proteins, MEX-5 and MEX-6. These polo kinases are asymmetrically localized along the anteroposterior axis of newly fertilized C. elegans embryos in a pattern identical to that of MEX-5 and MEX-6. This asymmetric localization of polo kinases depends on MEX-5 and MEX-6, as well as genes regulating MEX-5 and MEX-6 asymmetry. We identify an amino acid of MEX-5, T186, essential for polo binding and show that T186 is important for MEX-5 function in vivo. We also show that MBK-2, a developmentally regulated DYRK2 kinase activated at meiosis II, primes T186 for subsequent polo kinase-dependent phosphorylation. Prior phosphorylation of MEX-5 at T186 greatly enhances phosphorylation of MEX-5 by polo kinases in vitro. Our results provide a mechanism by which MEX-5 and MEX-6 function is temporally regulated during the crucial oocyte-to-embryo transition.
Performance analysis of the 802.11ax UL OFDMA random access protocol in dense networks

Recently, 802.11ax has introduced uplink Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (UL OFDMA)-based random access transmission to provide uplink multiuser capability to stations (STA) with unknown buffer status. These STAs include those that are waking up from sleep and unassociated STAs trying to establish connection for the first time. Due to the absence of carrier sensing per resource unit, this procedure has a maximum efficiency of only about 37% for high number of STAs. The efficiency will decrease further without properly choosing the random access parameters. In this paper, we first build an analytical model of the performance of UL OFDMA random access transmission and verify it using simulations. In addition, we propose methods to optimize various random access parameters to maintain a system efficiency near the 37% limit. Simulation results show that our optimization methods can increase the throughput of UL OFDMA random access by as much as 39% when compared to randomly chosen parameters.
Continuous system modeling of shape memory alloy (SMA) for control analysis

The energy based analytical method which is common in the field on ferroelectric substance was applied to SMA to construct a continuous mathematical model for control analysis. The model includes a term of stress time derivative, consequently this model is useful for the control system analysis m which the velocity of control signal dynamically changes. Using this mathematical model, it will be easier to apply nonlinear control method like adaptive control to SMA. INTRODUCTION SMA is a suitable material for micro actuator because of its large power/weight ratio. The research on a tube type multilink micro manipulator using SMA actuator is conducted now. This manipulator has 5 links whose pipe's diameter is 2mm and each joint is moved by vending type SMA. Using such kind of manipulator, precise position control of the end effecter or force feedback control is difficult because SMA has hysterical characteristic in the relationship between temperature and strain(stress). To realize a good controller for this SMA actuator, several approaches have been taken[ 1][2] [3]. According to conventional ways of SMA modeling, cooling(1oading) process and heating process(un1oading) are formulated separately and combined together to describe the hysteresis. And each process's formula are statically defined according to the parameter like As(austenite phase starting point), Ms(martensite phase starting point) etc. which are measured with DSC(Deferentia1 Scanning Calorimetry). But i t is known that shape of the hysteresis curve changes dynamically according to the velocity of thermal input. The aim of this research is to provide a continuous mathematical model of SMA for control analysis,which can represent a dynamic change of the shape. of SMA hysteresis. As a result, i t will be easy to apply this model to various kinds of nonlinear control methods because the mathematical model is described as continuous nonlinear deferential formula. CONTINUOIJS SYSTEM MODELING OF S M A To represent the relationship between the temperature and strain of SMA, the mechanical energy per uni t length of SMA U is derived as follows: CO, c1, c2 : constant [NI c* : constant [ N K ] E : Strain T : Temperature [K] The second and the third term represent elastic energy and the last term represents the work to the outside during a cycle. According to the "Clausius-Clapeyron like relationship"(2), the stress dependence of the transformation temperatures can be expressed by generalized temperature (T-CO) instead of T, where o denotes stress. [2] In this formula, c is defined by current phase state of SMA.
The tropical forest and fire emissions experiment: Emission, chemistry, and transport of biogenic volatile organic compounds in the lower atmosphere over Amazonia

(7.8 ± 2.3 mg/m 2 /h) and monoterpene fluxes (1.2 ± 0.5 mg/m 2 /h) compared well between ground and airborne measurements and are higher than fluxes estimated in this region during other seasons. The biogenic emission model, Model of Emissions of Gases and Aerosols from Nature (MEGAN), estimates fluxes that are within the model and measurement uncertainty and can describe the large observed variations associated with land-use change in the region north-west of Manaus. Isoprene and monoterpenes accounted for � 75% of the total OH reactivity in this region and are important volatile organic compounds (VOCs) for modeling atmospheric chemistry in Amazonia. The presence of fair weather clouds (cumulus humilis) had an important impact on the vertical distribution and chemistry of VOCs through the planetary boundary layer (PBL), the cloud layer, and the free troposphere (FT). Entrainment velocities between 10:00 and 11:30 local time (LT) are calculated to be on the order of 8–10 cm/s. The ratio of methyl-vinyl-ketone (MVK) and methacrolein (MAC) (unique oxidation products of isoprene chemistry) with respect to isoprene showed a pronounced increase in the cloud layer due to entrainment and an increased oxidative capacity in broken cloud decks. A decrease of the ratio in the lower free troposphere suggests cloud venting through activated clouds. OH modeled in the planetary boundary layer using a photochemical box model is much lower than OH calculated from a mixed layer budget approach. An ambient reactive sesquiterpene mixing ratio of 1% of isoprene would be sufficient to explain most of this discrepancy. Increased OH production due to increased photolysis in the cloud layer balances the low OH values modeled for the planetary boundary layer. The intensity of segregation (Is) of isoprene and OH, defined as a relative reduction of the reaction rate constant due to incomplete mixing, is found to be significant: up to 39 ± 7% in the � 800-m-deep cloud layer. The effective reaction rate between isoprene and OH can therefore vary significantly in certain parts of the lower atmosphere.
A cognitive approach for radar receiver adaptation

Cognitive radar is a new paradigm to conceive the next radar generation characterized by unique and amazing features inspired to mental abilities and processes related to knowledge. It goes beyond the usual extraction of information from the measurements and requires the radar to get intelligence. Introduced by Haykin [1] and Guerci [2], it is attracting huge attention within the radar community during the last few years. The key concept is that radar system performance can be enhanced through a continuous and coordinated feedback between the transmitter and receiver which implies a dynamic adaptation of the sensor algorithms to the operational context and environmental replies. This paper discusses the biological inspiring principles of cognitive radar and describes the resulting conceptual architecture. Then, a radar signal processing application, which can significantly benefit from cognition, is illustrated highlighting the potential performance improvements achievable with the awesome pro-active paradigm.
Real-time epileptic seizure prediction at Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra

This demo will present a system developed for realtime epileptic seizure prediction, and the results of its application to patients from the Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra. The system was developed on behalf of the European EPILEPSIAE project, is based on classification by machine learning methods, and was named as Brainatic. The system enables the consideration of previously trained classifiers for real-time seizure prediction. The software facilitates the computation of 22 univariate measures (features) per electrode, and classi cation using support vector machines (SVM), mutilayer perceptrons neural networks (MLP) and radial basis functions neural networks (RBF). Brainatic was able to operate in realtime on a dual Intel Atom netbook with 2GB of RAM. The demo will show in real-time how the system is setup and how it works in a real-live situation.
Factors influencing nurse absenteeism in a general hospital in Durban, South Africa.

AIM To establish reasons for absenteeism amongst professional nurses, enrolled nurses and enrolled nurse auxiliaries in a general hospital in Durban, in order to recommend strategies that could decrease absenteeism. BACKGROUND Nurses endure increased workload, resulting in burnout and absenteeism in workplace environments that already suffer staff shortages. METHOD This study was a quantitative, non-experimental survey. The study population consisted of 60 nurses, including professional and enrolled nurses and enrolled nurse auxiliaries. The survey consisted of closed-ended questions to options of 'agree' and 'disagree' and an open-ended section. RESULT Family matters, lack of motivation to attend work, illness, finance, favouritism, unfriendly nurse managers, long work hours, increased workload, unsatisfactory work conditions, lack of equipment, unfair promotions and selection of nurses for training, staff shortages, lack of a reward system and incoherent decision-making caused nurse absenteeism. CONCLUSION Personal, professional and organisational factors may cause nurse absenteeism, crippling the health sector further against the backdrop of human and mechanical resource shortage. IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING MANAGEMENT Nurse managers have an important role in reducing absenteeism by addressing the employees' concerns, which can lead to productivity, increased staff morale, decreased medical hazards and satisfied patients.
A systematic review of recommended modifications of CBT for people with cognitive impairments following brain injury

ABSTRACT Due to diverse cognitive, emotional and interpersonal changes that can follow brain injury, psychological therapies often need to be adapted to suit the complex needs of this population. The aims of the study were to synthesise published recommendations for therapy modifications following brain injury from non-progressive traumatic, vascular, or metabolic causes and to determine how often such modifications have been applied to cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) for post-injury emotional adjustment problems. A systematic review and narrative synthesis of therapy modifications recommended in review articles and reported in intervention studies was undertaken. Database and manual searches identified 688 unique papers of which eight review articles and 16 intervention studies met inclusion criteria. The review articles were thematically analysed and a checklist of commonly recommended modifications composed. The checklist items clustered under themes of: therapeutic education and formulation; attention; communication; memory; and executive functioning. When this checklist was applied to the intervention studies, memory aids and an emphasis on socialising patients to the CBT model were most frequently reported as adaptations. It was concluded that the inconsistent reporting of psychological therapy adaptations for people with brain injury is a barrier to developing effective and replicable therapies. We present a comprehensive account of potential modifications that should be used to guide future research and practice.