Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
The strategies for designing desirable territory for improving social interactions at the behavioural setting of the children with autism disorders

Improving the social interaction of children with autism is one of the significant factors to be considered in the autism children's behavioural territory. The most vital factor in strengthening social interactions in spaces is the existence of a desirable area for these children. The purpose of this study was establishing a place while preserving their territory for promoting the quality of social interactions of children with autism. Thus, the factors affecting the concept of territory in the autism children's behaviour base was analysed. Two autistic centres of Tehran were selected to test the results. The research method was mixed i.e. both quantitative and qualitative methods were examined in this paper. The results suggest that the desirable territory in the autism children's Behavioural setting is as a manifestation of their social interactions and must meet their social needs and pave the way for accessing and providing the services they need. Moreover, it should bring about the conditions, so that social interactions are continuously established among these children. Thus, the study focused on some aspects such as territory, so that while revealing their significance in the autistic children's Behavioural setting, present some solutions for the practical application of such concepts in designs.
PEG 8000 INDUCED OSMOTIC STRESS CAUSES DIFFERENTIAL EFFLUX OF METAL CATIONS FROM WHEAT LEAVES

ABSTRASCT Osmotic stress induced by incubation of young wheat (Triticum aestivum, L) plants roots in PEG 8000 solution led to reduction in leaf relative water content and caused increased ion leakage from the leaves. Higher amounts of metal caions tended to leak from the leaves of stressed compared to untreated plants and the overall electrolyte leakage from PEG-treated samples was also greater. It was concluded that the capacity for better water retention could be connected with the retention of potassium ions, which participate in many cellular processes and represent the major osmotic solute in plant cells. Enhanced electrolyte leakage from stressed leaves could be indicative of altered membrane permeability or could be connected with specific protective mechanisms involved in the process of osmotic adjustment at the cellular level.
COPD_A_226783 3003..3015

*These authors contributed equally to this work Purpose: Mounting evidence suggests that eosinophil levels correlate with the effects of therapy and phenotype for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). This study aimed to clarify the relationship between eosinophil levels and clinical outcomes in patients with acute exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD). Methods: A prospective, multicenter, observational cohort study was performed in three teaching hospitals. Patients were grouped by quartile percentage (0, 0.7, 2.55) and absolute blood eosinophils count (0, 0.05×10/L, 0.17×10/L) and divided into four numbered groups ranked from low to high. Results: The study included 493 AECOPD patients. In the percentile-ranked groups, patients in Group 1 experienced significantly longer hospital stays, higher rates of both noninvasive mechanical ventilation (NIMV), and heart failure than those in Group 4 (12 days vs 10 days, p = 0.005; 29.5% vs 23.6%, p = 0.007; 48.4% vs 28.5%, p = 0.001). Group 1 also had higher frequencies of respiratory failure and pulmonary heart disease compared to Groups 3 and 4 (54.8% vs 34.8%, p = 0.002; 54.8% vs 35%, p = 0.003). In the absolute count-ranked groups, patients in Group 1 had significantly higher rates of NIMV than those in Group 3 (41.1% vs 21.7%, p = 0.001), had higher rates of heart failure, respiratory failure, and pulmonary heart disease than those in Group 3 and 4 (48.1% vs 30.2%, p = 0.003; 48.1% vs 30.4%, p = 0.005; 50.8% vs 32.2%, p = 0.004; 50.8% vs 34.1%, p = 0.008; 51.9% vs 34.1%, p = 0.004; 51.9% vs 33%, p = 0.003). There were outcome differences among the admitting hospital of stays in the absolute count groups (p = 0.002), but the differences were not significant in a pairwise comparison. The proportion of ICU admissions and mortality was different in two cohorts with no difference in a pairwise comparison. Conclusion: Patients with lower eosinophil counts experienced poorer clinical outcomes. Eosinophil levels may be a helpful marker to predict outcomes in AECOPD.
ASSESSMENT OF ACCESS AND UTILISATION OF TREADLE AND HIP PUMP TECHNOLOGY AMONG WOMEN FARMERS IN MACHAKOS COUNTY, KENYA

The study purpose was to assess the access and utilization of the treadle and hip pump technology among women and low resource producer farmers in Machakos County, Kenya. The study was guided by Social Relations Framework of analysis by Naila Kabeer complemented by Diffusion of Innovations Theory. Experimental and descriptive research designs were used for qualitative and quantitave data. The study had 70 respondents comprising 42 pump buyers purposively selected and 28 pump non-buyers identified via snowball sampling. Convenience sampling was used for key informants. Data collection was done using questionnaires, interviews and focus group discussions. Quantitative data was analyzed using descriptive statistics and presented in tables and graphics as percentages and frequencies while qualitative data was collected through narratives, analysed and put into themes. Findings revealed majority of respondents used hand tools that were powered by human and or animals. The most preferred pump among buyers was the hip pump. Pump financing option preferred were cash at 24(58%), credit 15(36%) and savings at 3(6%). Lack of finances and poor rainfall identified as major challenges. The study recommends multi stakeholder financing strategies and water harvesting and storage strategies to enable the farmers acquire the pumps and benefit from their use.
Single dose esmolol attenuates bispectral index scale response to intubation during fentanyl-midazolam anesthesia for cardiac surgery

Amac: Bu calismada kardiyak anestezi induksiyonu oncesi verilen esmololun, orotrakeal entubasyona verilen bispektral indeks skala (BIS) yanitini degistirip degistirmedigi arastirildi. Ca­lis­ma­ pla­ni:­Hastane etik kurulu onayi alindiktan sonra koroner arter baypas cerrahisi yapilmasi planlanan 64 ASA II hasta analiz edildi. Cift kor calismada, fentanil-midazolam-rokuronyum ile anestezi induksiyonu yapilmadan once, hastalar iki gruba ayrildi ve esmolol (grup E; n=32) veya salin (grup S; n=32) randomize edildi. Hastalara giriste hayati bulgular ve BIS monitorizasyonunu takiben, anestezi induksiyonundan 5. dakika once 1 mg/kg intravenoz esmolol veya ayni hacimde salin enjekte edildi. Kalp hizi, ortalama arter basinci ve BIS yaniti; baslangicta, infuzyonu takiben 2. dakikada, induksiyonu takiben 5. dakikada ve entubasyonu takiben 1, 2. ve 3. dakikalarda kaydedildi. Bu calismanin primer sonucu, Δ BIS idi. Bu calisma Δ BIS’de %20 degisiklik icin %95 guce sahipti. Bul gu lar: Esmolol grubunda kalp hizi, baslangica kiyasla, ikinci donemde anlamli duzeyde azaldi. Ortalama arter basinclari tum zaman araliklarinda her iki grupta benzerdi. Entubasyonu takiben 1. ve 2. dakikalarda BIS yaniti, salin grubunda, esmolol grubuna kiyasla anlamli olarak yuksekti. So­nuc:­ Bu calismada esmololun, verilisinden itibaren 2 dk. icinde kalp hizini dusurdugu ve orotrakeal entubasyonun uyarimina bagli BIS yaniti artisini baskiladigi goruldu. Buna ek olarak, esmololun, fentanil-midazolam anestezisini derinlestirdigi goruldu.
Attitude Change on Reddit’s Change My View

People generally ignore evidence that is contrary to their beliefs (Nickerson, 1998). To examine the factors that promotes attitude change with a new perspective, this study examined how people change their beliefs on a range of topics from gender identity to gun control on the Reddit forum Change My View. Specifically, we examined how people on Change My View cite evidence to change other people’s minds. As prior work suggests, we find that people are not easily convinced to change their beliefs about social and moral issues, and this occurs even though people cite considerably more evidence while discussing these issues. However, our data provides one source of optimism: We found that the amount of evidence provided in a discussion predicts attitude change, suggesting that while attitude change is hard-won, providing facts and evidence may nonetheless be an effective persuasive tactic.
TCRM_A_219024 1427..1442

form). The multicenter, placebo-controlled Phase III study evaluating bardoxolone in CTD PAH patients – CATALYST (NCT02657356) – is nearing completion, and results from this study should be able to inform us about the role of adjunctive therapies in CTD PAH who are already being treated with PA vasodilators. Anti-Proliferative Agents PAH is a disease characterized by an obliterative vasculopathy resulting from unchecked endothelial and pulmonary vascular smooth muscle proliferation. Since this is a progressive disease not unlike a neoplastic process, there has been an interest in the role of anti-proliferative agents in preventing the progression of the vasculopathy underlying PAH. Platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) and c-KIT signaling appear to play an important role in vascular smooth muscle proliferation and have been identified as potential therapeutic targets in PAH. The tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) – imatinib mesylate, which in addition to being an inhibitor of the BCR-ABL tyrosine kinase in CML (chronic myelogenous leukemia) patients, was noted to have inhibitory effects on the PDGF receptors (PDGFR) and C-Kit (a receptor tyrosine kinase). Given its record of safety in the treatment of CML patients, it seemed reasonable to repurpose it for PAH treatment. Therapeutic interest in imatinib mesylate increased after anecdotal reports showed some promise in the management of patients with advanced and often, end-stage PAH, not responding to maximal therapy with PA vasodilators. The IMPRES trial was a multicenter Phase III study that evaluated the use of imatinib for patients with IPAH and CTD PAH with 6MWD as the primary outcome measure. In this study, patients randomized to imatinib therapy had a significantly greater improvement in 6MWD when compared to the placebo arm. There was some hemodynamic improvement in the imatinib arm, but serious adverse events including sub-arachnoid hemorrhages were noted in the patients treated with imatinib. The risk of intracranial hemorrhages was again noted in a long-term observational study that included patients with both IPAH (n=13) and CTD PAH (n=2). Thus, despite some clinical and hemodynamic improvements noted with imatinib use, the risk of serious adverse events such as intra-cranial hemorrhages has cast questions on its viability as a safe adjunctive therapy in PAH patients. Another anti-proliferative agent with therapeutic potential in the PAH arena appears to be tacrolimus (FK-506). FK-506 is thought to exert its anti-proliferative effects on the endothelial cells by the activation of BMPR2 (bone morphogenic protein receptor 2). BMPR2 signaling, which is important for endothelial cell regulation, is Argula et al Dovepress submit your manuscript | www.dovepress. com DovePress Therapeutics and Clinical Risk Management 2019:15 1436 T he ra pe ut ic s an d C lin ic al R is k M an ag em en t d ow nl oa de d fr om h ttp s: //w w w . d ov ep re ss . c om / b y 54 . 7 0. 40 . 1 1 on 1 2Ja n20 20 F or p er so na l u se o nl y. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
Accuracy of Ultrasound in Diagnosis of Pneumothorax: A Comparison between Neonates and Adults—A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Objective The present systematic review and meta-analysis were conducted to investigate the accuracy of ultrasound in the diagnosis of pneumothorax in neonates and adults. Method The searches were conducted by two independent researchers (MS and HD) to find the relevant studies published from 01/01/2009 until the end of 01/01/2019. We searched for published literature in the English language in MEDLINE via PubMed, Embase™ via ovid, the Cochrane Library, and Trip database. For literature published in other languages, we searched national databases (Magiran and SID), KoreaMed, and LILACS, and we searched OpenGrey (http://www.opengrey.eu/) and the World Health Organization Clinical Trials Registry (http://who.int/ictrp) for unpublished literature and ongoing studies. The keywords used in the search strategy were pneumothorax or ultrasound or chest ultrasonography or neonate or adult or aerothorax or sensitivity or specificity or diagnostic accuracy. The list of previous study resources and systematic reviews was also searched for identifying the published studies (MS and HD). Analyses were performed using Meta-Disc 1.4. Results In total, 1,565 patients (255 neonates, 1212 adults, and 101 pediatrics suspected of pneumothorax) were investigated in 10 studies. The overall specificity of chest ultrasound in the diagnosis of pneumothorax in both populations of adults and neonates was 85.1% at the confidence interval of 95 percent (95% CI 81.1%–88.5%). At the confidence interval of 95 percent, the sensitivity was 98.6% (95% CI 97.7%–99.2%). The diagnostic odds ratio was 387.72 (95% CI 76.204–1972.7). For the diagnosis of pneumothorax in neonates, the ultrasound sensitivity was 96.7% at the confidence interval of 95 percent (95% CI 88.3%–99.6%). At the confidence interval of 95 percent, the specificity was 100% (95% CI 97.7%–100%). For the diagnosis of pneumothorax in adults, the ultrasound sensitivity was 82.9% at the confidence interval of 95 percent (95% CI 78.3–86.9%). At the confidence interval of 95 percent, the specificity was 98.2% (95% CI 97.0%–99.0%). The diagnostic odds ratio was 423.13 (95% CI 45.222–3959.1). Analyzing studies indicated that the sensitivity of “absence lung sliding” sign for the diagnosis of pneumothorax was 87.2% (95% CI 77.7–93.7), and specificity was 99.4% (95% CI 96.5%–100%). DOR was 556.74 (95% CI 100.03–3098.7). The sensitivity of “lung point” sign for the diagnosis of pneumothorax was 82.1% (95% CI 71.7%–89.8%), and the specificity was 100% (at the confidence interval of 95% CI 97.6%–100%). DOR was 298.0 (95% CI 58.893–1507.8). Conclusion The diagnosis of pneumothorax using ultrasound is accurate and reliable; additionally, it can result in timely diagnoses specifically in neonatal pneumothorax. Using this method facilitates the therapy process; lack of ionizing radiation and easy operation are benefits of this imaging technique.
OPTO_A_217639 113..126

*These authors contributed equally to this work Abstract: Dry eye disease (DED) is among the most common condition encountered during ophthalmic practice, reducing patient’s quality of life and work productivity. Most of DED cases have an evaporative component originated from a meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD). Conventional treatments such as tear substitute, warm compresses, topical anti-inflammatory agents and/or antibiotics often are not able to provide a complete and long-term relief of symptoms and signs. Intense pulsed light (IPL) has been widely used in the field of dermatology to treat various skin conditions, and it has been recently introduced in the ophthalmic practice for the management of DED due to MGD. To date, several clinical studies showed positive results of IPL as adjuvant therapy for DED in terms of both safety and efficacy. The treatment is usually well accepted among patients for its non-invasive nature; very rare are the major adverse reactions. Moreover, results can be maintained over time with periodic sessions of IPL. This review summarizes the clinical outcomes of IPL therapy in MGD patients pointing out its potential role in the therapeutic algorithm of the disease. Further clinical investigations are desirable to identify factors able to predict the positive outcomes of the procedure and therefore to select in advance those patients who best benefit from IPL therapy.
TESTING MARKET EFFICIENCY IN THE FRAMEWORK OF MODEL SPECIFICATION : AN EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION WITH INDIAN DATA

The paper suggests a systematic approach towards studying efficiency in stock market with an aim to identify the causes of observed inefficiency in any stock market, and apply the same in the context of one of the most important emerging stock markets viz., Indian stock market. The proposed approach defines inefficiency to include nonlinear dependence in the returns and envisages appropriate specification of both the conditional first and second order moments so that final conclusions on efficiency are free from any probable statistical consequences of misspecification. Towards this end, a number of rigorous tests are applied on the returns based on four major daily indices of Indian stock market. It is found that the Indian stock market is inefficient, and this inefficiency is due to serial correlation, nonlinear dependence, day-of-the week effects, parameter instability, conditional heteroscedasticity (GARCH), daily-level seasonality in volatility, short term interest rate (in some sub-periods of some indices) and some dynamics in the higher order moments.
Isentropic Analysis applied to Convection, Hurricanes and Walker Circulation

In atmospheric convection the ascent of warm, moist air in saturated turbulent plumes is balanced by a subsidence of dryer and colder air in the environment or in convective or mesoscale downdrafts. Convective systems are associated with a variety of turbulent motions over a wide range of scales. Any analysis of such flow is difficult because individual air parcels undergo multiple dynamical and thermodynamical transformations. Moreover, the assessment of the convective processes in complex numerical simulations is based on limited number of dynamical and thermodynamical variables, and because models use different parameterizations and direct comparison without detailed knowledge of any particular model is not always possible. The proposed approach takes advantage of the quasi-conservation of entropy to isolate convective overturning from oscillatory motions. Isentropic coordinates have been, in the past, applied in studies of: moist-conveyor belt [2], moist convection [19], tropical cyclogenesis [18, 9], hurricane intensity [10] and structure [8]. Isentropic analysis has also provided important insights on the global atmospheric circulation. Averaging the velocity on surfaces of constant potential temperature [1, 5, 3] leads to a single Equator-to-Pole overturning cell in each hemisphere (in contrast to the three-cell structure of the Eulerian-mean circulation). Pauluis and Czaja [15, 13] have analyzed the mean meridional circulation on moist isentropes (surfaces of constant equivalent potential temperature). They show that the circulation on moist isentropes because the large poleward flow of warm moist air supplies water vapor to the stormtracks where it rises into the upper troposphere. This averaging procedure reduces a four-dimensional datasets into a two-dimensional distribution by compressing fluctuations in the two horizontal coordinates and time into a single thermodynamic coordinate. We present a short description of he isentropic analysis method, followed by three applications in context of numerically resolved convection. First the studies of radiative-convective equilibrium which will be presented by Olivier Pauluis, then the idealized hurricane circulation presented by Agnieszka Mrowiec, and finally the Walker Circulation which will be presented by Joanna Slawinska.
Multi-target decision making method of composite linguistic expressions based on trapezoidal fuzzy membership function

For some complicated decision problems, it is difficult to express clearly experts thought by only using deterministic linguistic. Therefore according to comparative linguistic expressions, the multi-target decision making method of composite linguistic expressions is presented based on the trapezoidal fuzzy membership function. Firstly, the comparative linguistic expressions are transformed into hesitant fuzzy linguistic term sets(HFLTS) with the use of context-free grammars. Then the fuzzy envelope of HFLTS represented by trapezoidal membership function is calculated by ordered weighted averaging(OWA) operator in order to simplify effectively computing processes of words. Finally, An example of supplier selection is given to illustrate the proposed decision method.
Modeling of Policy Frames for Morality Detection on Twitter

Previous works have shown correlations in text between political ideologies and moral foundations expressed in the text. Additional work has shown that policy frames, which are used by politicians to bias the public towards their stance on an issue, are also correlated with political ideology. Based on these associations, we are interested in developing models which combine features of the language used on social media microblogs, specifically Twitter, as well as how politicians frame issues on Twitter, in order to predict the moral foundations used by politicians to express their stances on issues. This abstract presents the details of our annotation process and the resulting dataset, annotated for use in future moralitybased prediction tasks. We also present our initial steps towards accurately modeling political discourse on Twitter in terms of language, ideology, and message framing, as well as how these components relate to the moral foundations expressed in tweets.
EFFECT OF HEALTHCARE INFORMATION SYSTEMS ON SERVICE DELIVERY IN PRIVATE HOSPITALS IN NAIROBI COUNTY, KENYA

: The study explores various types of healthcare information system integration that are designed to help hospital practitioners and professionals with better communications within and outside for better services delivery in private hospitals in Nairobi –County. A descriptive research design methods was adopted to reach out the objectives with the survey method being used on the targeted population of out of which a sample size was done to represent the respondents on the study. The use of self-administered questionnaire survey was conducted among healthcare professionals. The study uses the SPSS to describe the respondents from the questionnaire. The study’s findings reveal out that health information systems is being used in the hospital and interoperability policies were being applied but still much is needed, the use of healthcare medical technology was widely applied and this has made the process faster with easily patient’s monitoring well. The strengths and weaknesses of the health information system, interoperability policies and healthcare medical technologies were identified and strategic recommendations were formulated accordingly. It is anticipated that this research will make a significant contribution to the healthcare information management in private hospital in Nairobi county-Kenya. The study attempts to bridge the existing knowledge gap by presenting the findings of a comprehensive study on healthcare information system, interoperability policies and healthcare medical technologies in private hospitals in Nairobi County. The study enriches the literature by providing an assessment tool and a tool for the evaluation of regional health information systems. The study also give valuable guidelines for improving the interoperability policies in the healthcare information systems for easy and quick sharing of information both in Kenya and the whole world respectively.