Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Qualidade e subjetividade na avaliao de programas e servios em sade

Abstract This essay focuses on the evaluation of health programs and services, emphasizing thesubjectivity emerging from the evaluation process. The text is a theoretical construction that tar-gets the various meanings of evaluation, the influence of the positivist paradigm on the field ofhealth program and service evaluation, the polysemous nature of the term “quality”, and its closeoverlapping with subjectivity. In addition, the authors highlight the importance of studies thatincorporate the perspectives of social actors into the evaluation processes, recommending quali-tative social research methodology as a productive instrument. Key words Evaluation; Health Services; Qualitative Analysis Resumo Este ensaio versa sobre a avaliacao de programas e servicos de saude, dando enfase asubjetividade imanente ao processo de avaliar. Trata-se de uma construcao teorica que focalizaos diversos sentidos da avaliacao, a influencia do paradigma positivista no campo da avaliacaode programas e servicos de saude, o carater polissemico do termo qualidade e sua estreita imbri-cacao com a subjetividade. Em adicao, procuramos indicar a importância dos estudos que in-corporam as perspectivas dos atores sociais nos processos de avaliacao, apontando a metodolo-gia qualitativa de pesquisa social como sendo um proficuo instrumento.
Functional traits of urban trees: air pollution mitigation potential

In an increasingly urbanized world, air pollution mitigation is considered one of most important issues in city planning. Urban trees help to improve air quality by facilitating widespread deposition of various gases and particles through the provision of large surface areas as well as through their influence on microclimate and air turbulence. However, many of these trees produce wind-dispersed pollen (a known allergen) and emit a range of gaseous substances that take part in photochemical reactions – all of which can negatively affect air quality. The degree to which these air-quality impacts are manifested depends on species-specific tree properties: that is, their “traits”. We summarize and discuss the current knowledge on how such traits affect urban air pollution. We also present aggregated traits of some of the most common tree species in Europe, which can be used as a decision-support tool for city planning and for improving urban air-quality models.
Side Effects and Drug Interactions of Marijuana

The use of marijuana as a medication continues to be debated around the United States with legalization being discussed in several states. Understanding the adverse effects and drug interactions of marijuana are important as more people look to using this substance as a form of treatment. Marijuana has been associated with several adverse effects when used both short term and long term. It is also a substance which may interact with commonly used medications. This article will discuss some of the commonly known adverse effects and interactions.
Neumonía intersticial linfocítica asociada con síndrome de Sjögren: presentación de un caso

Mujer de 26 anos de edad, con diagnostico de sindrome de Sjogren y disnea progresiva de reciente inicio. Se realizo radiografia del torax en proyeccion posteroanterior y tomografia computarizada del torax con tecnica de alta resolucion para parenquima pulmonar, en inspiracion y espiracion
Analysis of Biological Networks (Wiley Series in Bioinformatics)

An introduction to biological networks and methods for their analysis Analysis of Biological Networks is the first book of its kind to provide readers with a comprehensive introduction to the structural analysis of biological networks at the interface of biology and computer science. The book begins with a brief overview of biological networks and graph theory/graph algorithms and goes on to explore: global network properties, network centralities, network motifs, network clustering, Petri nets, signal transduction and gene regulation networks, protein interaction networks, metabolic networks, phylogenetic networks, ecological networks, and correlation networks. Analysis of Biological Networks is a self-contained introduction to this important research topic, assumes no expert knowledge in computer science or biology, and is accessible to professionals and students alike. Each chapter concludes with a summary of main points and with exercises for readers to test their understanding of the material presented. Additionally, an FTP site with links to author-provided data for the book is available for deeper study. This book is suitable as a resource for researchers in computer science, biology, bioinformatics, advanced biochemistry, and the life sciences, and also serves as an ideal reference text for graduate-level courses in bioinformatics and biological research.
Evaluation of Product-Country Image and Marketing Efforts Effects on Retailer- Perceived Brand Equity using PLS Path Modeling

Article history: Received 23 November 2013 Received in revised form 23 December 2013 Accepted 27 December 2013 Available online 15 March 2014 According to the literature product-country image (PCI) and marketing efforts are effective in brand equity. This paper studies the effects of the two variables on retailer- perceived brand equity and brand profitability performance. A questionnaire was prepared and distributed among 57 retailers of LG to be filled out. Based on the results, PCI and marketing efforts have significant effects on retailer-perceived brand equity. Also, retailer-perceived brand equity has a significant positive effect on brand profitability performance.
Diagnosing seizures with amplitude integrated EEG

Abstract Introducing amplitude integrated electroencephalography in the neonatal intensive care unit has made us aware of the common occurrence of seizures in high risk newborn infants. Using this technique or conventional multi-channel electroencephalography we now know that clinical seizures are often not confirmed as seizure patterns on the amplitude integrated electroencephalography, that subclinical seizures are very common in newborn infants, especially after administration of a first antiepileptic drug, which is called electroclinical dissociation or decoupling. A status epilepticus is also not uncommon and is also usually entirely subclinical. We are well aware that focal, low amplitude and very brief seizures will not be detected using this technique. The amplitude integrated electroencephalography technology has greatly been improved over the last decade, changing from analogue to digital and from strictly one-channel to now mostly two channel recordings. The major improvement is the simultaneous display of the raw electroencephalography and in some machines even access to a seizure detection algorithm. These developments have made it possible to find the best electrode placements and to study the effects of antiepileptic drugs more effectively.
FECALLY TRANSMITTED VIRUSES ASSOCIATED WITH PACIFIC FISHERS ( MARTES PENNANTI ) IN NORTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA

Western populations of fisher ( Martes pennanti) recently were designated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to be a distinct population segmen t meriting listing under the federal Endangered Spe cies Act. Disease was noted in the designation as a pot ential issue affecting fishers, and this study prov ides information on exposures of a fisher population in the Hoopa Valley Indian Reservation to pathogens in northwestern California. Of 31 fishers sampled bet we n December 2004 and March 2005, 1 (3%) had been exposed previously to canine distemper virus ( CDV) and 13 (42%) had been exposed to canine parvovirus (CPV) . Although little is known about disease in fishers, both viruses can be transmitted via fecal contamination and other means, and CDV causes high rates of mortality in other mustelids. We recommend disinfecting traps and handling equipment b tween captures to minimize risks of spreading pathogens to fishers and other carnivores. TRANSACTIONS OF THE WESTERN SECTION OF THE WILDLIFE SOCIETY 42:40–46; 2006
The Effect of Organizational Neuroticism on Job Attachment of Refah Bank’s Employees (Case Study: Refah Bank’s Employees of the South of West Azerbaijan Province)

The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of organizational neuroticism on job attachment of branches in the Refah bank of the southern west of Azerbaijan province. The population of staff welfare bank branches was 170 people. The research methodology applied is descriptive-correlation. Also, a standard questionnaire was used to collect data. Validity, approved by supervisors and a number of professors of management and reliability, was confirmed by Cronbach's alpha. To analyze the data, the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test and linear regression were used. The results showed that 95% level of organizational neuroticism (anxious, depressed, dramatic, obsessive, paranoid and schizoid) is positive. The branches of Refah bank have significant effect on job involvement.
Optical lithography techniques for 0.25 /spl mu/m and below: CD control issues

It is generally accepted that optical lithography will be the technology of choice for the fabrication of devices for several generations to come. In this paper some of the current challenges to print 0.25 /spl mu/m dimensions are addressed. Although the mainstream technologies for 0.35 /spl mu/m and 0.25 /spl mu/m processes are more or less settled, the main challenge will most likely be CD control. Optical proximity effects and CD variations resulting from substrate reflections start to play a major role in the CD budget. Several methods to reduce these contributions (such as the use of optical proximity correction techniques and the use of anti-reflection coatings and surface imaging processes) are presented. Moreover, it will be indicated that considerable improvements in CD control can be obtained by optimization of stepper parameters. Finally, in an attempt to indicate the future of optical lithography, a simulation study is presented, indicating the available process latitudes which can be obtained by combining several of the above listed techniques.
Abundance anomalies in pre-main-sequence stars: Stellar evolution models with mass loss

The effects of atomic diffusion on internal and surface abundances of A and F pre-main-sequence stars with mass loss are studied in order to determine at what age the effects materialize, as well as to further understand the processes at play in HAeBe and young ApBp stars. Self-consistent stellar evolution models of 1.5 to 2.8Msun with atomic diffusion (including radiative accelerations) for all species within the OPAL opacity database were computed and compared to observations of HAeBe stars. Atomic diffusion in the presence of weak mass loss can explain the observed abundance anomalies of pre-main-sequence stars, as well as the presence of binary systems with metal rich primaries and chemically normal secondaries such as V380 Ori and HD72106. This is in contrast to turbulence models which do not allow for abundance anomalies to develop on the pre-main-sequence. The age at which anomalies can appear depends on stellar mass. For A and F stars, the effects of atomic diffusion can modify both the internal and surface abundances before the onset of the MS. The appearance of important surface abundance anomalies on the pre-main-sequence does not require mass loss, though the mass loss rate affects their amplitude. Observational tests are suggested to decipher the effects of mass loss from those of turbulent mixing. If abundance anomalies are confirmed in pre-main-sequence stars they would severely limit the role of turbulence in these stars.
Hysteresis Behavior in the Stick–Slip Mode at the Boundary Friction

A tribological system is considered that consists of two atomically smooth solid surfaces separated by an ultrathin lubricant film. A thermodynamic model based on the Landau theory of phase transitions is built that describes the behavior of this system in the boundary friction mode. The free energy density for an ultrathin lubricant film is given in the form of expansion in series in terms of the powers of order parameter that is reduced to the shear modulus of the lubricant. The kinetics of the system is studied on the basis of a model describing first-order phase transitions between kinetic modes of friction. It is shown that in the presence of spring between the external drive and block the width of temperature hysteresis increases versus fixed coupling.
DBI Galileons in the Einstein Frame: Local Gravity and Cosmology

It is shown that a disformally coupled theory in which the gravitational sector has the Einstein-Hilbert form is equivalent to a quartic Dirac-Born-Infeld Galileon Lagrangian, possessing nonlinear higher derivative interactions, and hence allowing for the Vainshtein effect. This Einstein frame description considerably simplifies the dynamical equations and highlights the role of the different terms. The study of highly dense, nonrelativistic environments within this description unravels the existence of a disformal screening mechanism, while the study of static vacuum configurations reveals the existence of a Vainshtein radius, at which the asymptotic solution breaks down. Disformal couplings to matter also allow the construction of dark energy models, which behave differently than conformally coupled ones and introduce new effects on the growth of large scale structure over cosmological scales, on which the scalar force is not screened. We consider a simple disformally coupled dark matter model in detail, in which standard model particles follow geodesics of the gravitational metric and only dark matter is affected by the disformal scalar field. This particular model is not compatible with observations in the linearly perturbed regime. Nonetheless, disformally coupled theories offer enough freedom to construct realistic cosmological scenarios, which can be distinguished from the standard model through characteristic signatures.
Trends in the Pharmacologic Management of Insomnia

A variety of methods have been used to treat insomnia over the years. Alcohol, opium, and herbs were replaced by barbiturates early in the 20th century. In the 1960s, barbiturates were replaced with a safer class of medication, the benzodiazepines. Later, the selective benzodiazepine receptor agonists (BZRAs), agents that work through the benzodiazepine receptor but are not chemically benzodiazepines, were developed. These medications have proved to be safer, less toxic, and just as effective without the heightened risk of dependence compared with their predecessors. Several over-the-counter medications, including antihistamines, herbal supplements, valerian, melatonin, and L-tryptophan, are popular sleep aids, but little evidence supports their use for insomnia. Despite the lack of U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for insomnia, the risk of adverse events, and limited efficacy, antidepressants remain popular treatments for sleep disorders. Recent FDA approvals of 2 longer acting selective BZRAs have been unique in their lack of limitation to short-term usage as well as their indication for sleep maintenance. In late 2005, the melatonin receptor agonist ramelteon was approved for sleep initiation and is likewise not restricted to short-term use. New compounds under development include indiplon, another selective BZRA, and gaboxadol, a selective extrasynaptic γ-aminobutyric acid-A agonist. Additional melatonin receptor agonists and medications that work through the serotonin system are under development. Physician education is an important component to ensuring that patients receive safe and adequate treatment for their insomnia.
Effects of Child-Care Programs on Women's Work Effort

In recent years, Congress has considered a variety of work-subsidy programs designed to encourage work among welfare recipients. Many of these programs would subsidize individuals only if they work some minimum number of hours. Commonly used techniques cannot give direct answers to relevant policy questions since a tied offer is involved, and hence the offer cannot be treated as a simple wage change. The essence of the problem involves utility comparisons between two or more discrete alternatives. Such comparisons inherently require information about consumer preferences in a way not easily obtained from ordinary labor-supply functions. To make such comparisons, I present a method for directly estimating consumer indifference surfaces between money income and nonmarket time. Once these surfaces are determined, they can be used to compare a variety of alternative programs to investigate whether or not there is scope for Pareto-optimal redistribution of income transfers and time, improving the general level of welfare of the community at large without reducing the welfare of individuals receiving income transfers. Knowledge of these indifference surfaces allows us to estimate reservation wages to estimate the value of nonworking-women's time (Gronau 1973), laborforce participation functions, hours-of-work functions, and welfare losses due to income tax programs (Harberger 1964). I demonstrate that direct estimation of indifference surfaces allows us, at least in principle, to relax
Electromagnetic weak turbulence theory revisited

The statistical mechanical reformulation of weak turbulence theory for unmagnetized plasmas including fully electromagnetic effects was carried out by Yoon [Phys. Plasmas 13, 022302 (2006)]. However, the wave kinetic equation for the transverse wave ignores the nonlinear three-wave interaction that involves two transverse waves and a Langmuir wave, the incoherent analogue of the so-called Raman scattering process, which may account for the third and higher-harmonic plasma emissions. The present paper extends the previous formalism by including such a term.
ON AQUEOUS VEINS

In 1901 Lauber showed that the blood from the ciliary veins in dogs did not contain so many blood cells as the blood elsewhere in the same animal. He therefore thought that the blood in the ciliary veins was diluted with aqueous humour. This discovery of his evidently excited very little attention. At any rate, it is only in the later years, through the works of Ascher and Goldmann that the interest in the contents of the ciliary veins has been raised. Independently of each other these two researchers have both described the so-called aqueous veins. Their findings will not be described in detail here, i shall only briefly mention some important items. When studying the episcleral veins, preferably in a slitlamp magnifying 20 times, we shall find in many normal eyes one or more veins having a peculiar aspect, such as has been suggested ( r ) in the schematic figure 1. The contents of this vein are stratified lengthways, that is to say: In one part (here the lower one) runs blood, and in the other (here the upper one) runs a clear liquid. There may also be several layers of blood and clear liquid, but for the sake of simplicity, we shall only regard a case having only two layers. If we follow the veins against the course of the stream, we shall most commonly come to a point where the vein divides into two. One of them ( b in figure 1) is a common vein conveying blood only, whereas the other one ( a ) has quite clear or almost clear contents. This latter vein can be so difficult to see that -__ Received Sept. 30th, 1947.
An Effective Approach for Detecting andPreventing Sqlinjection Attacks

Many software systems have evolved to include a Web-based component that makes them available to the public via the Internet and can expose them to a variety of Web-based attacks mainly SQL-Injection attack. SQLInjection attack will give attackers unrestricted access to the database. SQL-Injection Preventer prevents various set of database attacks and also security problems related to input validation. This is a highly automated approach for protecting the web applications against SQL-Injection and it has more practical advantages than that of existing techniques. For example, usage of defensive coding practices in most of existing systems. This technique is precise and efficient and has minimum deployment requirements. The methodologies used behind this approach are positive tainting and flexible syntax aware evaluation. Positive tainting marks and tracks certain data in a program at run time. This project is implemented on credit card based application that prevents unauthorized access to the database by attackers and also provide proper relevant transaction needed by the user
The Realisation of Green Ideals into Management Practice: The Use of Management Control System in a Hospitality Setting

ABSTRACT The hospitality sector has been under pressure to ensure that its operations are environmentally sustainable. The effective implementation of green practices requires a link between environmental strategies, management accounting and control. Hence, the purpose of this paper is to explain how management control systems support the internalisation of green ideals within an organisation. A case study is undertaken of a hotel that promoted its green image, using Dambrin, Lambert and Sponem’s (2007) framework to understand the use of Management Control Systems in the internalisation process of the green philosophy of the hotel. The internalisation of the hotel’s Environmental Management Practices (EMPs) started with the introduction of the ideal of becoming a green hotel, which was translated and communicated through the notion of a business case. The adaption and integration of green practices have been internalised, mainly with the support of the hotel’s informal control techniques. Keywords: Management control systems; green hotel; environmental management practices; green ideals; hospitality ABSTRAK Sektor hospitaliti menerima tekanan untuk memastikan kelestarian persekitaran operasi mereka. Amalan persekitaran yang efektif memerlukan strategi persekitaran dikaitkan dengan pengurusan perakaunan dan kawalan. Kertas kerja ini menjelaskan bagaimana sistem kawalan pengurusan menyokong penghayatan cita-cita hijau di organisasi. Kajian kes sebuah hotel yang mempromosikan imej hijau dengan kerangka analisa Dambrin, Lambert dan Sponem (2007) digunapakai bagi menjelaskan penggunaan Sistem Kawalan Pengurusan dalam menyokong proses penghayatan falsafah kelestarian di organisasi tersebut. Penghayatan Amalan Pengurusan Persekitaran (EMP) bermula dengan pengenalan ideal untuk menjadi hotel hijau yang diterjemahkan melalui idea perniagaan. Adaptasi dan integrasi penghayatan amalan hijau dilaksanakan, terutamanya dengan sokongan teknik kawalan tidak rasmi. Kata kunci: Sistem pengurusan dan kawalan; hotel hijau, amalan pengurusan persekitaran; cita-cita hijau; hospitaliti