Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
The role of dispositional factors in moderating message framing effects.

OBJECTIVE Health messages can be framed in terms of the benefits of adopting a recommendation (gain frame) or the costs of not adopting a recommendation (loss frame). In recent years, research has demonstrated that the relative persuasiveness of gain and loss frames can depend on a variety of dispositional factors. This article synthesizes this growing literature to develop our understanding of the moderators of framing. METHOD A systematic review of published literature on gain and loss framing was conducted. Articles were retrieved that tested the interaction between framing and moderators representing individual differences in how people are predisposed to think, feel, and behave. The significance and direction of framing main effects and interactions were noted and effect size data extracted where available. RESULTS Forty-seven reports published between January 1990 and January 2012 were retrieved that reported on 50 unique experiments testing 23 different moderators. Significant interactions with typically small to medium simple main effect sizes were found in 37 of the 50 studies. Consistent interactions were found for factors such as ambivalence, approach-avoidance motivation, regulatory focus, need for cognition, and self-efficacy beliefs. Less consistent effects were found for perceived riskiness of activity, issue involvement, and perceived susceptibility/severity. CONCLUSION The relative effectiveness of gain- or loss-framed messages can depend on the disposition of the message recipient. Tailoring the frame to the individual therefore has the potential to maximize message persuasiveness.
Rapid communication: bipolar PlasmaKinetic transurethral resection of the prostate: reliable training vehicle for today's urology residents.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE With the improvement of medical therapy and minimally invasive surgical treatments for benign prostatic hyperplasia, the number of transurethral resections of the prostate (TURPs) done in training is decreasing. With fewer TURPs being performed, proficiency in this basic urologic technique has decreased, causing longer resection times. This often leads to a higher risk of fluid absorption, water toxicity, and hyponatremia (TUR syndrome). We examined the safety of bipolar electrocautery TURP (saline TURP) with the Gyrus PlasmaKinetic system using normal saline as irrigant. PATIENTS AND METHODS Twenty-one men aged 54 to 85 years (median 70.0 years) underwent saline Plasma- Kinetic TURP from June 2002 to August 2003. Serum sodium, chloride, hemoglobin, and hematocrit were measured 1 hour prior to and 1 hour after TURP. Resection time, tissue weights, hospital stay, and catheter time were recorded and analyzed. RESULTS The median preresection and postresection sodium concentrations were 139.0 mEq/mL and 140.0 mEq/L, respectively (ranges 130-142 mEq/L and 134-143 mEq/L). The corresponding chloride values were 106.5 mEq/L and 109.0 mEq/L (ranges 102-114 mEq/L and 106-116 mEq/L), and the hemoglobin and hematocrit values were 13.4 g/dL and 40.1 g/dL (8.7-15.2 g/dL and 33.7-46.7 g/dL) and 12.0 g/dL and 36.6 g/dL (8.2-14.4 g/dL and 27.5-43.7 g/dL), respectively. The median resection time was 65 minutes (range 45-140 minutes), and the median resected tissue weight was 20 g (range 5-61 g). There was no statistically significant difference between the preresection and postresection sodium concentrations, and no patient exhibited any clinical sign of TUR syndrome. CONCLUSION Gyrus PlasmaKinetic TURP using normal saline as the irrigant is a safe alternative to and is technically no different from traditional monopolar TURP. The system also provides the longer time needed to train urology residents without compromising patient safety.
International adoption of institutionally reared children: Research and policy

This article summarizes the research on the developmental outcomes of postinstitutionalized children and discusses the implications for social policy. Postinstitutionalized children often reach their adoptive families with varying degrees of physical growth retardation, cognitive delays, and socioemotional problems. Many children demonstrate remarkable recovery following adoption. Unfortunately, some of the children continue to display significant problems that require professional intervention. It appears that the children's recovery may be influenced by their early experiences with their birth family and in institutional care, and there is suggestive evidence that postadoption experiences also play a role. These findings indicate that preadoption and postadoption services may support the outcome of postinstitutionalized children.
Fundamental principles of shoulder rehabilitation: conservative to postoperative management.

Until relatively recently, the role of the scapula in the clinical evaluation and treatment of shoulder and upper extremity disorders has received little attention from clinicians. Most physicians have been trained to diagnose and treat shoulder pathology and dysfunctions in an isolated manner, rather than in the context of the kinetic chain of function. In this instructional course, we hope to raise awareness of the role of the scapula in the kinetic chain, and thus in the normal function of the shoulder, and based on this paradigm, discuss the role of the scapula in shoulder dysfunction and the role of the kinetic chain in the rehabilitation of shoulder disorders.
Estimation statistique des paramètres pour les processus de Cox-Ingersoll-Ross et de Heston

Les processus de Cox-Ingersoll-Ross et de Heston jouent un role preponderant dans la modelisation mathematique des cours d’actifs financiers ou des taux d’interets. Dans cette these, on s’interesse a l’estimation de leurs parametres a partir de l’observation en temps continu d’une de leurs trajectoires. Dans un premier temps, on se place dans le cas ou le processus CIR est geometriquement ergodique et ne s’annule pas. On etablit alors un principe de grandes deviationspour l’estimateur du maximum de vraisemblance du couple des parametres de dimension et de derive d’un processus CIR. On etablit ensuite un principe de deviations moderees pour l’estimateur du maximum de vraisemblance des quatre parametres d’un processus de Heston, ainsi que pour l’estimateur du maximum de vraisemblance du couple des parametres d’un processus CIR. Contrairement a ce qui a ete fait jusqu’ici dans la litterature,les parametres sont estimes simultanement. Dans un second temps, on ne se restreint plus au cas ou le processus CIR n’atteint jamais zero et on propose un nouvel estimateur des moindres carres ponderes pour le quadruplet des parametres d’un processus de Heston.On etablit sa consistance forte et sa normalite asymptotique, et on illustre numeriquement ses bonnes performances.
Cost and Emissions Implications of Coupling Wind and Solar Power

We assess the implications on long-run average energy production costs and emissions of CO2 and some criteria pollutants from coupling wind, solar and natural gas generation sources. We utilize five-minute meteorological data from a US location that has been estimated to have both high-quality wind and solar resources, to simulate production of a coupled generation system that produces a constant amount of electric energy. The natural gas turbine is utilized to provide fill-in energy for the coupled wind/solar system, and is compared to a base case where the gas turbine produces a constant power output. We assess the impacts on variability of coupled wind and solar over multiple time scales, and compare this variability with regional demand in a nearby load center, and find that coupling wind and solar does decrease variability of output. The cost analysis found that wind energy with gas back-up has a lower levelized cost of energy than using gas energy alone, resulting in production savings. Adding solar energy to the coupled system increases levelized cost of energy production; this cost is not made up by any reductions in emissions costs.
A Graph–Based Approach to Surface Reconstruction

A new approach to the reconstruction of a surface from an unorganized set of points in space is presented. The point set may for example be obtained with a laser scanner or a manual digitizing tool, and is the only source of information about the shape of the acquired object. The basic idea is to calculate the Euclidean minimum spanning tree (EMST) of the given points. The EMST is then augmented to the so‐called surface description graph (SDG). Finally the wire frame defined by the SDG are filled with triangles. The advantage of our approach is that also highly non‐convex and even disconnected surfaces are reconstructed quite reliably. This is demonstrated for a variety of data sets.
A folded-switching mixer in SOI CMOS technology

A wideband 3.5 to 5.5GHz low voltage folded-switching mixer is implemented in 0.25um SOI CMOS technology. The post-layout simulation of the designed mixer at 4.5GHz has noise figure (NF) of 9.6dB, input IP3 of -9dBm, conversion gain (CG) of 10.9dB and total current consumption including bias is 4.5mA under 1.5V supply voltage. The designed mixer can also operate under 1V supply voltage with relatively small linear performances degradation. The chip area is 0.55×0.5mm2. Due to high-resistivity silicon substrate, buried oxide isolation and low threshold voltage, SOI CMOS technology offers significant performance improvements for mixers, which makes the designed mixer well suitable for low voltage and low power applications.
Estimating Evaporation Using Stable Isotopes: Quantitative Results and Sensitivity Analysis for Two Catchments in Northern Canada

The stable isotope-mass balance method can provide useful water balance information in ungauged catchments. The method has been used to evaluate evaporation and water balance at two contrasting sites in northern Canada. Areally weighted evaporative discharge from an 850 km2 tundra catchment in south-central District of Keewatin is estimated to be about 7 % of total water discharge (= 16 mmlyr), compared to about 19 % (= 65 mmlyr) from a 300 km2 forested watershed in the Upper Mackenzie Valley. Lakes in both watersheds exhibit broad ranges of evaporation/inflow ratios related to local water balance. The potential errors in the estimates are evaluated through consideration of possible variations in basin storage, humidity, and the isotopic composition of atmospheric vapour.
Systemic Toxicity and Cardiotoxicity From Local Anesthetics: Incidence and Preventive Measures

Central nervous system toxicity from unintentionally high blood levels has been a significant concern and risk with local anesthetics since their discovery. Cardiotoxicity associated with toxic blood levels of long-acting local anesthetics1 has heightened concern about systemic blood levels in the last 20 years. This review will discuss the apparent incidence of systemic toxicity, the situations in which it occurs, some of the other risks of regional anesthesia, and appropriate safety steps to reduce the frequency of both systemic reactions and cardiotoxicity.
Change detection of urban area using remote sensing

The exactness of change detection on surface of earth is vital for comprehension the connections and associations amongst human and normal properties. Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) can possibly give precise data in regards to land use and Land cover changes. Now days the population of urban area is increasing drastically, to manage the resource of urban areas, automate change detection method using satellite images is estimate. In this system we propose the change detection of urban areas using supervised and unsupervised technique and compare their performance with other state of the art technique. Change vector analysis is convoluted to actualize, however it is important to to demonstrating course and extent of progress. Nowadays, ANN, K mean and Isodata algorithm are used. Zonal change and image differencing have been rarely utilised in change detection. Similarly urban mapping is also possible in change detection and also new research area for change detection. Using remote sensing, we analyze all necessary changes of urban areas and compare with other techniques and validate the result.
Simple Size Determination of Permanent-Magnet Synchronous Machines

Today, performance improvements such as reducing the time response and enhancing the efficiency of the electrical motor are one of the most important challenges. In the design of a permanent-magnet (PM) motor, the variables for sizing include the shape ratio (SR), the torque per rotor volume (TRV), and the torque density (TD), and these variables are important for determining the mechanical and electrical characteristics of the motor. This study investigated the changing patterns of the motor parameters (back electromotive force, inductance, resistance, etc.) and the motor characteristics with the changes in the SR, TRV, and TD with respect to the PM synchronous motor, and sought to determine the SR and TRV values. Toward these ends, this study proceeded with the initial design of the spoke-type (flux-concentrated) PM motor. Then, the motor parameters of the initial model were calculated using finite-element analysis. Based on the motor parameters of the initial model, the changing patterns of the electrical and mechanical characteristics of the motor according to the changes in the SR, TRV, and TD were investigated. In addition, the SR, TRV, or split ratio that can enhance the mechanical characteristics and efficiency of the motor were determined and reflected in the design.
Viral hepatitis in children.

Infections due to hepatitis B and hepatitis C viruses are the most common causes of chronic hepatitis due to infection around the world, which could lead on to cirrhosis, liver failure and hepatocellular carcinoma. Over the last 20 years, introduction of universal vaccination and routine screening of donated blood for hepatitis B and C have significantly reduced the risk of transmission, with a parallel decrease in the incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma due to hepatitis B. Without prophylaxis, infants exposed to hepatitis B have a risk of about 90% to develop chronic infection, while patients infected as adults have a risk of 2-10%. The treatment of chronic hepatitis B should be assessed case by case, depending on viral load, biochemical parameters and inflammation within the liver. Infections due to hepatitis C virus occur most often without symptoms and most patients will progress to chronicity. The genotype of hepatitis C can predict the response to treatment. A liver biopsy can assess the degree of hepatocellular damage due to hepatitis C. The effectiveness of newer drugs proposed in adults with chronic hepatitis B and C, needs proper evaluation in children, before they could be recommended for paediatric use
Respiratory Virus in Cystic Fibrosis — A Review of the Literature

Life expectancy in Cystic Fibrosis (CF) has improved dramatically in the last few decades; this is very much due to the emergence of disease-modifying treatments, optimisation of nutritional status and the inception of specialist CF units. However, progressive obstructive lung disease characterised by chronic inflammation, bacterial colonisation and recurrent infections of the lung, resulting in irreversible pulmonary damage, remains the major cause of mortality in individuals with CF. Historically, bacterial infections are the major pathogens accounting for clinical deterioration in CF. More recently, there has been emerging evidence to support respiratory viruses being accountable for the colonisation of bacteria and progression of lung disease in CF. This chapter sought to provide an overview on the impact of respiratory viruses in CF lung disease, the interaction between viruses and bacteria, the preventative and therapeutic measures that are currently available for the management of viral lung
Walking and wheelchair navigation in patients with left visual neglect

Patients with neglect veer to one side when walking or driving a wheelchair, however there is a contradiction in the literature about the direction of this deviation. The study investigated the navigational trajectory of a sample of neglect patients of mixed mobility status in an ecological setting. Fifteen patients with left-sided neglect after right hemisphere stroke were recorded walking or driving a powered wheelchair along a stretch of corridor. Their position in the corridor and the number of collisions was recorded. The results showed that the patients' path was dependent on their mobility status: wheelchair patients with neglect consistently deviated to the left of the centre of the corridor and walking patients with neglect consistently deviated to the right. A further two ambulant patients with neglect were recorded both walking and using the wheelchair to determine whether the differences were task or patient dependent. These two patients also exhibited leftward deviation when driving the wheelchair, but a rightward deviation when walking. These results suggest that the direction of the deviation is task dependent. Further work will be required to identify what features of the two modes of navigation lead to this dissociation.
The Influence of Iron Deficiency on Helicobacter pylori Eradication

The Korean Journal of Helicobacter and Upper Gastrointestinal Research is an Open-Access Journal. All articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. ORIGINAL ARTICLE ISSN 1738-3331, http://dx.doi. org/10.7704/kjhugr.2016. 16.2. 82 The Korean Journal of Helicobacter and Upper Gastrointestinal Research, 2016;16(2):82-87
Multishot 3D slice‐select tailored RF pulses for MRI

A multishot 3D slice‐select tailored RF pulse method is presented for the excitation of slice profiles with arbitrary resolution. This method is derived from the linearity of the small tip angle approximation, allowing for the decomposition of small tip angle tailored RF pulses into separate excitations. The final image is created by complex summation of the images acquired from the individual excitations. This technique overcomes the limitation of requiring a long pulse to excite thin slices with adequate resolution. This has implications in applications including T *2 ‐weighted functional MRI in brain regions corrupted by intravoxel dephasing artifacts due to susceptibility variations. Simulations, phantom experiments, and human brain images are presented. It is demonstrated that at most four shots of 40 ms pulse length are needed to excite a 5 mm‐thick slice in the brain with reduced susceptibility artifacts at 3T. Magn Reson Med 48:157–165, 2002. © 2002 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
Praxis der Opferhilfe-Beratungsstellen in der Schweiz

Im vorliegenden Beitrag werden die Aufgaben und die Praxis der Opferhilfe-Beratungsstellen in der Schweiz geschildert. Zunachst wird auf das schweizerische Opferhilfe-Gesetz eingegangen, welches den Beratungsstellen einen verbindlichen rechtlichen Rahmen gibt. Daran anschliessend werden die konkreten Tatigkeiten der Opferhilfe-Beratungsstellen beschrieben und deren Schwerpunkte hervorgehoben. Nicht zuletzt wird auf die Bedurfnisse von Trauma-Opfern eingegangen, und es wird die Frage behandelt, in welcher Weise diesen in den Opferhilfeberatungsstellen begegnet werden kann.
Clinical course of bladder neoplasms and single nucleotide polymorphisms in the CDKN2A gene

Point mutations and single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the CDKN2A gene in bladder cancer patients have been resolved only to a limited extent. The exact frequency of mutations remains uncertain and reports on SNPs are lacking. In this population‐based study we investigated mutations and polymorphisms in the CDKN2A gene in bladder cancer patients from all hospitals within the Stockholm County. Mutations were determined in 4 exons of the CDKN2A gene in tumor‐tissues from 172 bladder cancer patients and 2 single nucleotide polymorphisms in the 3′ UTR of the CDKN2A gene were studied in 309 cases. Missense mutations were identified in only 4 of 172 (2.3%) cases, including 1 in the germ‐line. Frequencies of the 500 C→G and 540 C→T polymorphisms in the 3′ UTR of the CDKN2A in bladder cancer cases were not statistically significantly different compared to an ethnically matched control population. The tumor‐specific survival was significantly shorter in patients with either the 500 C→G or 540 C→T polymorphism than those with wild‐type CDKN2A gene (P = 0.02). Our results corroborate the earlier findings that single base mutation is not the prime mode of inactivation of the CDKN2A gene in bladder cancer. Further, the results indicate, a role for the 3′ UTR polymorphisms in the CDKN2A gene in tumor invasiveness. © 2002 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
Human-Robot Interaction in Agriculture : Usability Evaluation of three Input Devices for Spraying Grape Clusters

This work focuses on the development of a user interface suitable for targeted spraying, using a robot that is teleoperated along the vineyard rows. A prototype of the spraying interface was developed and the usability of three different interaction modes was investigated. Fifty participants were asked to use the three devices to select grape clusters taken from a simulated robot moving along rows in a vineyard. Next, participants completed a questionnaire related to their user experience with the system. This paper presents the results of the statistical analysis of the log files and questionnaire responses to compare the three devices.
Tracking voice change after thyroidectomy: application of spectral/cepstral analyses

This study evaluates the utility of perioperative spectral and cepstral acoustic analyses to monitor voice change after thyroidectomy. Perceptual and acoustic analyses were conducted on speech samples (sustained vowel /ɑ/ and CAPE-V sentences) provided by 70 participants (36 women and 34 men) at four study time points: prior to thyroid surgery and 2 weeks, 3 months and 6 months after thyroidectomy. Repeated measures analyses of variance focused on the relative amplitude of the dominant harmonic in the voice signal (cepstral peak prominence, CPP), the ratio of low-to-high spectral energy, and their respective standard deviations (SD). Data were also examined for relationships between acoustic measures and perceptual ratings of overall severity of voice quality. Results showed that perceived overall severity and the acoustic measures of the CPP and its SD (CPPsd) computed from sentence productions were significantly reduced at 2-week post-thyroidectomy for 20 patients (29% of the sample) who had self-reported post-operative voice change. For this same group of patients, the CPP and CPPsd computed from sentence productions improved significantly from 2-weeks post-thyroidectomy to 6-months post-surgery. CPP and CPPsd also correlated well with perceived overall severity (r = −0.68 and −0.79, respectively). Measures of CPP from sustained vowel productions were not as effective as those from sentence productions in reflecting voice deterioration in the post-thyroidectomy patients at the 2-week post-surgery time period, were weaker correlates with perceived overall severity, and were not as effective in discriminating negative voice outcome (NegVO) from normal voice outcome (NormVO) patients as compared to the results from the sentence-level stimuli. Results indicate that spectral/cepstral analysis methods can be used with continuous speech samples to provide important objective data to document the effects of dysphonia in a post-thyroidectomy patient sample. When used in conjunction with patient's self-report and other general measures of vocal dysfunction, the acoustic measures employed in this study contribute to a complete profile of the patient's vocal condition.