Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Reach Out and Touch Someone: Telemedicine in the Management of Heart Failure

Summary of Structured Support and Telemedicine compared to Usual Care in Heart Failure Patients Study Method ofmonitoringPatient characteristics No. ofpatientsFollow-updurationOutcomes Koehleret al. 13 TM vs. UC Patients with NYHA class II/IIIHF; LVEF ,35% withdecompensation within thepast 2 years OR LVEF ,25%without decompensation710 Minimum12monthsNo effect on all-cause mortality (HR 0.97;95% CI 0.67–1.41, p5 0.87),cardiovascular cause of death or HFhospitalization (HR 0.89; 95% CI 0.67–1.19; p5 0.44)TIM-HF study Median 26monthsDendale et al.(2012)TM vs. UC Patients with mean LVEF35%i15% with recenthospitalization fordecompensation160 6 months Lower all-cause mortality in TM group (5%vs. 17.5% p50.01)TEMA-HF1studyMean age 76 years Lower number of follow up days lost,dialysis or death (13 vs. 30 days p50.02)No difference in number of HF-relatedadmissions per patient (0.24 vs. 0.42p50.06)Goldberg etal. (2003)TM vs. UC Hospitalized patients withNYHA class III/IV HF LVEF,35%280 6 months No difference in re-hospitalization ratesWHARF trial Mean age 59 years 56.2% reduction in mortality in TM group(p#0.003Kielbock et al.(2007)TM vs. UC Patients discharged afterhospitalization for HF.502 12 months Decreased duration of hospital stay in TMgroup by 48% (p50.01)Mean age 71.7 years Lower mortality rate in TM group (14.7%vs. 27.1% p50.001)Balk et al.(2008)TM vs. UC Patients with NYHA classI–IV HF; mean LVEF 31%214 Range - 2to 537daysNo difference in number of days in hospitalMedian age 66 years Median -288 daysNo difference in number of days alive andout of hospitalNo difference in QoL scoresNo difference in self-care behaviorsSoran et al.(2008)TM vs. UC Patients with NYHA classII–III HF315 6 months No difference in composite ofcardiovascular death, length of stay orrehospitalization within 6 monthsbetween the two groups.HFHC trial Mean age 76.8 yearsGiordano etal. (2009)TM vs. UC Stable patients with LVEF,40% and at least onehospitalization for acuteHF in the previous year460 12 months Lower risk of readmission in TM group(HR 0.5; 95% CI 0.34–0.73, p50.01)Mean age 58 years Decrease in HF-related readmissions(19% vs. 32% p50.0001)No difference in cardiovascular mortalityCleland et al.(2005)TM vs. STSvs. UCPatients with a recenthospitalization for HF426 240 to 450daysNo difference in days lost as a result ofdeath or hospitalization between thethree groups.TEN-HMSstudyMean LVEF 25% Significant (p50.032) increase in mortalityin UC group (45%) compared with STS(27%) and TM (29%)Mean age 67 yearsMortara et al.(2009)TM vs. STSvs. UCPatients with NYHA classII-IV HF; LVEF ,40% orabnormal diastology461 Mean 11.6monthsNo difference in reducing bed-daysoccupancy for HF, cardiac death andhospitalization or number of re-hospitalizationsHHH study Hospitalization for HF in thepreceding 12 monthsOn optimal medical therapyChaudhryet al.
Duplicate Literature Detection for Cross-Library Search

Abstract The proliferation of online digital libraries offers users a great opportunity to search their desired literatures on Web. Cross-library search applications can help users search more literature information from multiple digital libraries. Duplicate literatures detection is always a necessary step when merging the search results from multiple digital libraries due to heterogeneity and autonomy of digital libraries. To this end, this paper proposes a holistic solution which includes achieving automatic training set, holistic attribute mapping, and weight of attribute training. The experiments on real digital libraries show that the proposed solution is highly effective.
Performance Analysis of Earthworm Optimization Algorithm for Bound Constrained Optimization Problems

Numerous real life problems represents hard optimization problems that cannot be solved by deterministic algorithm. In the past decades various different methods were proposed for these kind of problems and one of the methods are nature inspired algorithms especially swarm intelligence algorithms. Earthworm optimization algorithm (EWA) is one of the recent swarm intelligence algorithm that has not been thoroughly researched. In this paper we tested EWA algorithm on 28 standard benchmark functions and compared results with particle swarm optimization algorithm. Comparison show that EWA has good characteristics and it outperformed other approach from literature.
Deep Neck Space infections in Immunocompromised Patients: A Case Series

Deep neck infections (DNIs) are unique among infectious diseases for their versatility and potential for severe complications and is life threatening, particularly when associated with certain immunocompromised states. Complex head and neck anatomy often makes early recognition of DNIs challenging, and a high index of suspicion is necessary to avoid any delay in treatment. Aggressive monitoring and management of the airway is the most urgent and critical aspect of care, followed by appropriate antibiotic coverage and surgical drainage, when needed.
Two-dimensional model of nanoparticle deposition in the alveolar ducts of the human lung

In this paper a mathematical model for nanoparticle deposition in the alveolar ducts of the human lung airways is proposed. There were huge inconsistencies in deposition between ducts of a particular generation and inside every alveolated duct, signifying that limited particle concentrations can be much bigger than the mean acinar concentration. A large number of particles are unsuccessful to way out the structure during expiration. Finite difference method has been used to solve the unsteady nonlinear Navier–Stokes equations in cylindrical coordinate system governing flow assuming axial symmetry under laminar flow condition so that the problem efficiently turns into two-dimensional. An extensive quantitative study is performed through numerical computations of the preferred quantities having physiological importance through their graphical demonstration so as to authenticate the applicability of the current model.
Running Head: Dual Commitment Profiles Profiles of Dual Commitment to the Occupation and Organization: Relations to Wellbeing and Turnover Intentions

Work-relevant commitments have important implications for employee behavior and wellbeing, but the connections are complicated by the fact that commitments can be characterized by different mindsets and be directed at different targets. Recent developments in personcentered analytic strategies (e.g., latent profile analysis) have helped to address these complexities, particularly as they pertain to the interactions among the mindset of affective, normative, and continuance commitment to the organization. In the present study we extend application of the person-centered approach to identify profiles of commitment to two interrelated targets—the organization and occupation—in a sample of 1,096 Hong Kong teachers. We identified seven distinct profiles reflecting both similarities and differences in the nature of the dual commitments across targets, and demonstrated differing patterns of turnover intentions and well-being across the profiles. Implications for commitment theory, future research, and practice are discussed.
The Specificity of Inflated Responsibility Beliefs to OCD: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Published Cross-sectional Case-control Studies

Leading cognitive theories posited that inflated responsibility beliefs play as a vulnerability and maintenance cognitive factor for obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). A great body of research tested the specificity of responsibility to OCD, comparing on responsibility outcomes patients with OCD relative to normal controls or patients with anxiety disorders (AD). However, findings appeared inconclusive, and a systematic review summarizing evidence has not been conducted, yet. The current systematic review and meta-analysis provided a quantitative synthesis of findings from published cross-sectional case-control studies investigating whether inflated responsibility beliefs are specific to OCD. It was hypothesized that patients with primary OCD endorse stronger inflated responsibility beliefs compared to (1) healthy controls, and to (2) patients with any primary anxiety disorder. Electronic databases were searched. Cross-sectional case-control studies were included if they compared patients with primary OCD to healthy controls or patients with any primary anxiety disorder, and they used validated outcome self-report measures of responsibility. Studies conducted on primary hoarding were excluded. Studies on patients with comorbid conditions were not excluded. Twenty-two studies (n= 8541, 48 effect sizes overall) were included in random-effect meta-analyses. A large effect size favouring patients with OCD relative to controls was found [d=1.13, SE= 0.09, 99% CI: 0.87-1.37, p= 0.0001]. A medium effect size on responsibility favoring OCD over AD patients was found [d=0.66, SE= 0.10, 99% CI: 0.39-0.92, p= 0.0001], but the results appeared to be confounded by a publication bias effect. Current findings did not seem to confirm definitively the specificity of responsibility to OCD. Responsibility could be a transdiagnostic factor for psychopathology. Implications for case-formulation and treatment are discussed. Causal inferences on the role of responsibility in OCD development cannot be made due to the cross-sectional nature of studies. Further prospective studies are needed. Further research with experimental designs should address whether changes in responsibility beliefs mediate OCD symptom changes during cognitive behaviour therapy targeting the responsibility domain.
Antiferromagnetic topological insulators

We consider antiferromagnets breaking both time-reversal $(\ensuremath{\Theta})$ and a primitive-lattice translational symmetry $({T}_{1/2})$ of a crystal but preserving the combination $S=\ensuremath{\Theta}{T}_{1/2}$. The $S$ symmetry leads to a ${\mathbb{Z}}_{2}$ topological classification of insulators, separating the ordinary insulator phase from the ``antiferromagnetic topological insulator'' phase. This state is similar to the ``strong'' topological insulator with time-reversal symmetry and shares with it such properties as a quantized magnetoelectric effect. However, for certain surfaces the surface states are intrinsically gapped with a half-quantum Hall effect $[{\ensuremath{\sigma}}_{xy}={e}^{2}/(2h)]$, which may aid experimental confirmation of $\ensuremath{\theta}=\ensuremath{\pi}$ quantized magnetoelectric coupling. Step edges on such a surface support gapless, chiral quantum wires. In closing we discuss GdBiPt as a possible example of this topological class.
Effects of the Number of Ion Channels on Information Transmission in a Population of Hodgkin-Huxley Neuron Models with Random Ion Channel Gating : Intrinsic Supra-threshold Stochastic Resonance

This paper presents an influence of the number of ion channels on information transmission when a filtered Poisson process of supra-threshold stimuli is presented to a population of stochastic Hodgkin-Huxley neuron models. It was shown through computer simulations that as the number of ion channels (patch size) of model neurons was decreased, a variation of spike firing times in response to the filtered Poisson process was increased, and eventually, spontaneous spike firings were observed in a smaller number of ion channels. It was found that the mutual information of population spike firing rates increased, reached a maximum, and then decreased as the number of ion channels in model neurons decreased, i.e., a stochastic resonance phenomenon.The typical curve of stochastic resonance was better observed as the number of model neurons was increased. It is suggested that stochastic ion channel gating plays an important role in information transmission in a population of neurons with ``an intrinsic supra-threshold stochastic resonance''.
Proof Nets for First-Order Additive Linear Logic

We present canonical proof nets for first-order additive linear logic, the fragment of linear logic with sum, product, and first-order universal and existential quantification. We present two versions of our proof nets. One, witness nets, retains explicit witnessing information to existential quantification. For the other, unification nets, this information is absent but can be reconstructed through unification. Unification nets embody a central contribution of the paper: first-order witness information can be left implicit, and reconstructed as needed. Witness nets are canonical for first-order additive sequent calculus. Unification nets in addition factor out any inessential choice for existential witnesses. Both notions of proof net are defined through coalescence, an additive counterpart to multiplicative contractibility, and for witness nets an additional geometric correctness criterion is provided. Both capture sequent calculus cut-elimination as a one-step global composition operation.
Phrase Structure and Ancient Anatolian languages Methodology and challenges for a Luwian syntactic annotation

English For the Marie Skłodowska Curie (MSCA) funded project “SLUW – A computer aided study of the (morpho)syntax of Luwian” a collection of phrase structure trees from the Luwian corpus is currently being prepared. Luwian is a language belonging to the Anatolian branch of Indo-European; its structures are different from those of English and the language itself is partly obscure. The present paper will describe some special needs, open challenges and methodologies relevant for the annotation of phrasestructure of Luwian. Italiano Per il progetto Marie Skłodowska Curie “SLUW – A computer aided study of the (morpho)-syntax of Luwian”, è in preparazione un'ampia collezione di alberi sintattici a costituenti per il corpus luvio. Il luvio era una lingua del ceppo anatolico dell'indoeuropeo; la sua struttura è diversa da quella dell'inglese, e la sua decifrazione è in parte incompleta. In questo articolo, saranno discusse alcune necessità, problemi e metodi rilevanti per l'annotazione della sintassi dei costituenti del luvio.
The Use of Mobile Applications in Preventive Care and health-Related Conditions: A Review of the Literature

The purpose of this review of literature is to understand the role of mobile device applications (apps) in health-related conditions and to analyze their effects on health outcomes related to the management of chronic illnesses. The author also explores implications for the future use of apps in patient-centered care and interpretation of the data by health care providers. Peer-reviewed, English-language research articles published from 2008 to present are included for synthesis. Study results reveal positive outcomes when health-related mobile apps were used in practice and support clinicians’ use of mobile apps as a tool for monitoring symptoms and communicating with individuals. The literature indicates nurses play a significant role in providing feedback, which reinforces self-care strategies and adherence with the potential for improving outcomes. Additional research is needed to evaluate the long-term effects of apps on patient outcomes, nurses’ perspectives, and feasibility of implementation into practice.
Retrospective Outcomes and Patient Satisfaction with Previous Refractive Surgery and Multifocal Intraocular Lens Implantation

Aim: To report pre, post-surgical visual outcomes and satisfaction after cataract or clear lens surgery, with multifocal intraocular lens implantation, in patients with previous refractive surgery. Methods: Retrospective study of postoperative outcomes and satisfaction in patients with previous refractive surgery and Multifocal Intraocular Lens (MF-IOL) implantation. Preoperative variables: time LASIK performed, visual acuity, Uncorrected (UCVA) and best corrected (BCVA), Spherical Equivalent (SE), Addition (Add), SimK and pachymetry, pupillometry. Postoperative data: UCVA, BCVA, SE, and Add. Results grouped as: general, cataracts vs. clear lens (CL), segmented vs. trifocal MF-IOL, and myopes vs. hyperopes. Patients completed a satisfaction and difficulty questionnaire (Q). Data was analyzed using paired student-t test, with Bonferroni adjustment. Linear regression analysis between normally distributed preoperative variables and survey data were reported. Results: Mean results recorded for 30 eyes, mean age 52.3 ± 6.2 years; pre-LASIK SE -2.8 ± 3.8D, segmented MF-IOL in 22 eyes and 8 eyes with trifocal IOL. Pre/postoperative results: SE: -0.02 ± 2.5/-0.1 ± 0.25D, far UCVA: 0.34 ± 0.2/0.90 ± 0.1, near UCVA: 0.43 ± 0.4/1.0 ± 0.02, Add: 1.4 ± 1.2/0.2 ± 0.6D, far BCVA: 0.90 ± 0.2/0.95 ± 0.1, and near BCVA: 0.99 ± 0.04/1.0 ± 0.0. Mean Q satisfaction points (0-10): far VA: 7.5 ± 2, near VA: 8.1 ± 2.3, intermediate VA 8.1 ± 1.7. Mean questionnaire difficulty points (0-4) results were: far VA 1.3 ± 1.5, near VA 1.5 ± 1.5, halos 1.5 ± 1.6, and 94% would repeat their choice. Near vision and night driving difficulties scored higher for myopes with greater preoperative SE (R2=0.5; p=0.05 and R2=0.7; p=0.02, respectively). Conclusion: Multifocal intraocular lens implantation, in patients with previous refractive surgery, significantly improved mean near and far UCVA, and addition. Satisfaction was high and post LASIK SE correlated significantly with near vision and night driving difficulty in myopic patients.
Steller sea lion foraging response to seasonal changes in prey availability

We hypothesized that: (1) Steller sea lion Eumetopias jubatus diet choice is a function of prey availability, (2) sea lions move to take advantage of times and locations of seasonal prey concentrations and (3) the number present depends on the amount of prey available (numerical response). Over 3 yr, typically on a quarterly basis, in Frederick Sound, SE Alaska, multiple measurements were taken of Steller sea lion abundance (aerial surveys), diet (scats), dive behavior (satellite telemetry) and prey availability and caloric density (nearshore, pelagic and demersal fish surveys). We found that Steller sea lions shifted diet composition in response to changes in prey availability of pollock Theragra chalcogramma, hake Merluccius productus, herring Clupea pallasi and salmon Oncorhynchus spp. They selected intermediate-sized fish and avoided small ( 60 cm) fish, and moved between areas as prey became available seasonally. The number of sea lions present depended on the amount of prey available; a standing biomass of 500 to 1700 t of prey in a nonbreeding area such as Frederick Sound, depending on species composition, can attract and sustain about 500 sea lions. Pollock was more frequent in sea lion diet in inside waters of SE Alaska — including Frederick Sound, Stephens Passage and Lynn Canal — than anywhere else in Alaska and contributed ~⁄3 of the dietary energy in Frederick Sound. This finding implies that a diet with substantial year-round contributions from less nutritious, but abundant prey such as pollock can form part of a healthy diet as long as more nutritious prey such as herring, salmon or eulachon Thaleichthys pacificus also are consumed. Our study supports the conclusion that the Steller sea lion is an opportunistic marine predator with a flexible foraging strategy that selects abundant, accessible prey and shifts among seasonally available species.
LIBERALISATION AND ITS IMPACT ON REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT : THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES

70 The existing theoretical and empirical literature focusing on interconnections between international trade, trade liberalisation, and economic development provides ample evidence pertaining to nations and industries. However, another dimension of trade liberalisation — the assessment of the level of national or regional development — needs further research. This article sets out to analyse theoretical and empirical research works focusing on a varied spatial effect of expanding international trade on national economies and identifies factors affecting regional development. Firstly, it is established that expanding international trade is a more important source of growth for the regions of developing countries than for those of developed ones. Secondly, in terms of the regional impact of liberalisation, expanding trade has the most positive effect on border regions and those associated with lower cost of access to international markets. Thirdly, the analysis of regions having different industrial specialisation suggests that expanding international trade contributes to higher growth rates in the regions, having globally competitive national industries. The conclusions presented in this article can be used for formulating an industrial policy and a regional development policy for both small export-oriented economies, namely, the Baltic Sea states, and larger economies having uneven distribution of production resources.
Transcription Factor Networks Specify Sympathetic and Adrenal Chromaffin Cell Differentiation

The identification of mechanisms leading to the restriction of lineage potential and cell fate specification of multipotential progenitor cells falls within the purview of the developmental biologist. In specific, neural crest (NC) cell differentiation has long been a favored model process to examine how environmental cues cooperate with cell intrinsic factors to specify the birth of multiple cell lineages, including sympathetic and adrenal chromaffin (SA) cells. Over the years, a handful of genes (MASH-1, Phox2a/b, Hand2, GATA-2/3) have been identified that, when their expression patterns are perturbed, lead to a variable degree of disruption in SA cell development, function and tissue-specific gene expression profiles. These genes have historically been thought to act in a monotonous, linear fashion (e.g. gene product A regulates gene B, whose product in turn regulates gene C). Recent genetic studies in mice and other model organisms provide substantial evidence to indicate that these regulatory effectors may interact in a non-linear, self-sustaining feedback network. This review summarizes our current knowledge of the five principal players that partake in the transcriptional regulatory circuitry that is employed during SA cell development.
The Effects of Explicit Instruction on the Writing Ability of a Student with Noonan Syndrome.

In this study, we sought to determine the effectiveness of a sentence creation intervention on the sentence writing ability of a young writer with Noonan Syndrome. Noonan syndrome is an autosomal dominant condition characterized by shortness in stature, with neck and ear anomalies, hypertelorism, ptosis of the eyelids, low set ears, and instances of cardiac anomalies that may impact motor skills, language, attention and memory. As a result of these characteristics, children with Noonan syndrome may have difficulty with academic tasks such as writing. Our purpose in this study was to increase the quality and structure of the student‘s sentences through practice with reading new words and applying those words within sentences. The intervention consisted of ten lessons that used sight words and picture prompts to help the writer create sentences that described the picture. Reassembly and copying tasks were also modeled and practiced. Two measures, sentence quality and construction, were used to document changes from baseline to post-treatment. A visual analysis of the means for holistic quality and number of words was used to compare baseline to post-treatment data for each student. In addition to this visual analysis, data were analyzed using the percentage of non-overlapping data (PND) procedure described by Scruggs, Mastropieri, and Casto (1987). Post intervention improvements in sentence quality and sentence structure were noted. Implications and recommendations for future research and practice are provided.