Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Upper blepharoplasty and eyebrow position

ABSTRACT Introduction: Most of the subjects seeking for upper blepharoplasty procedure have a component of eyebrow ptosis with or without asymmetry. On the other hand, there have been different reports regarding the effect of upper blepharoplasty on postoperative eyebrow position in the past two decades. The aims of this review are to find out the reasons for eyebrow asymmetry before and evaluate the eyebrow position after upper blepharoplasty procedure. Areas covered: PubMed literature search was performed using the keywords ‘upper blepharoplasty’, ‘eyebrow’, ‘eyebrow ptosis’, and ‘eyebrow asymmetry’. There were more than 1030 articles from which 138 were relatively covering the subject of upper blepharoplasty and eyebrow together. Abstract were read and 83 articles were selected for full text review. Finally, 76 English language articles were included and then reviewed for the aims of this study. There were some reports on no change of eyebrow position and some on descend of eyebrow after upper blepharoplasty procedure. Expert commentary: Lateral hooding of mild eyebrow ptosis could be addressed through a wider skin excision of the lateral blepharoplasty. However, a significant preoperative eyebrow ptosis or asymmetry should be addressed by the mean of simultaneous eyebrow lifting.
Learning Non-Locally Regularized Compressed Sensing Network With Half-Quadratic Splitting

Deep learning-based Compressed Sensing (CS) reconstruction attracts much attention in recent years, due to its significant superiority of reconstruction quality. Its success is mainly attributed to the employment of a large dataset for pre-training the network to learn a reconstruction mapping. In this paper, we propose a non-locally regularized compressed sensing network for reconstructing image sequences, which can achieve high reconstruction quality without pre-training. Specifically, the proposed method attempts to learn a deep network prior for the reconstruction of an individual instance under the constraint that the network output can well match the given CS measurement. The non-local prior is designed to guide the network to capture the long-range dependencies by exploiting the self-similarities among images, and it can also make the network noise-aware. In order to deal with the compound of non-local prior and deep network prior, we construct a half-quadratic splitting based optimization method for network learning, in which the two priors are decoupled into two simple sub-problems by introducing an auxiliary variable and a quadratic fidelity constraint. Extensive experimental results demonstrate that our method is competitive to the popular methods, including sparsity prior based methods and deep learning based methods, even better than them in the cases of low measurement rates.
Assessment of parameters of lung ventilation during 6-minute walk test in patients with COPD

Patients with COPD have reduced exercise tolerance. Low tolerance to physical exercise in patients with COPD is multifactorial and is due to several reasons, rather important of which is reduction of lung ventilation ability. Registration of indices of ventilation during the test widens diagnostic possibilities of 6-minute walk test (6 MWT). Materials and methods: male patients with COPD (n=34) II-IV degree of severity, average age 57,5±7,1, FEV146,8 ±14,3% predicted and male patients without COPD, average age 60,8±4,6, FEV193,3±14,4% predicted are involved in the investigation. This investigation was held on the equipment Spiropalm 6 MWT (Cosmed, Italy), which allows to measure parameters of minute ventilation (VE) in the process of standardized 6 MWT. Results: distance, walked by patients with COPD was 362,3 ± 10,3 m and in control group 510,4 ± 15,6 (p 0,05) in control group; according to peak ventilation significant differences 17,4±8,8 l/min and VE 29,5±13,7 l/min (p<0,05) are marked; according to indices of final ventilation significant differences VE 15,4±9,5 l/min and 26,5±12,9 l/min (p<0,05) are also marked. Conclusion: studying the ventilation parameters during exercise tests in patients with COPD can be used for identification of reasons, limiting tolerance to physical exercise, what, finally, will allow to provide personified approach to programme of treatment of patients with COPD. Measuring of ventilation indices during 6 MWT widens assessment of functional status of the patient.
Decolonising the ‘autonomy of affect’ in volunteer tourism encounters

Abstract Promotion of volunteer tourism is couched within notions of ‘giving back’, drawing on affective sentiments of ‘care’, ‘compassion’ and ‘empathy’, reinforced by neo-colonial and neoliberal notions of developmental aid. It is not surprising then, that scholars are turning to theories of affect to make sense of the embodied, emotional aspects of the volunteering experience. We build on this emerging research trajectory by arguing that in drawing attention to the unequal geographies of international volunteering, the complexities and nuances of affect and emotion demand an engagement with theories that are more attuned to ambiguity, in order to open up dialogue for multiple possibilities. We critically engage with extant theorisations of affect as autonomous in volunteer tourism encounters to explore these possibilities. However we find a tendency within the conceptualisations of affect as autonomous (re)creates binaries, albeit in distinctive forms - with a focus on possibility - to the detriment of power. We therefore turn to decolonial feminist contributions to understand subjectivity, positionality and the pivotal role of the body in research in non-binary ways. We use this framing to reflexively re-engage with fieldwork six years on from a volunteer tourism site in Ecuador to demonstrate the nuances and complexities of theorising the affective aspects of volunteer tourism encounters. We focus this analysis around three key themes that arose in this re-engagement with the fieldwork: i) vulnerability and unlearning ii) critical intimacy and iii) affective closures. We conclude by arguing that the affective spaces in volunteer tourism are at once bound up in, and shaped by, the larger processes of neoliberalism and neo-colonial legacies, while at the same time, they contain borderland encounters of intersubjective relationalities and moments of vulnerability, care, critical intimacy and emergent decolonising connections.
En búsqueda de mandatos infinitos: La elección y la reelección de gobernadores en las provincias de Chaco, Formosa y Misiones (1983-2015)

Political reform in Argentina’s provinces, which began in 1987 with the modifications made to the provincial constitutions, incorporated the possibility of governors’ re-election. Such a phenomenon affected the main philosophy of Republican origin that upheld the benefits of rotations in power, generating differences between the different provincial political systems in the region. In such a framework, the work aims to compare the impact of the incorporation of the types of re-election for the posts of governor and vice-governor in the provincial political systems of Chaco, Formosa, and Misiones. The results reveal a series of findings to have prompted theoretical reflections. The main finding is that the effective number of people elected to the post of governor in the nine elections held in the three provinces rose to 16 in a period which would have had 27 without re-elections, and that the competition turned bipartisan in accessing the posts.
Acute Effects of a Heat-Not-Burn Tobacco Product on Pulmonary Function

Background and objectives: During the last decade, conventional tobacco smoking is experiencing a decline and new smoking products have been introduced. IQOS (“I-Quit-Ordinary-Smoking”) is a type of “heat-not-burn” (HNB) tobacco product. The impact of IQOS on respiratory health is currently not defined. The objectives of this study were to evaluate the acute effects of IQOS on pulmonary function in non-smokers and current smokers. Materials and Methods: Fifty male healthy non-smokers and current smokers with no known co-morbidity underwent an exhaled CO measurement, oximetry (SaO2%), pulmonary function tests (flows, volumes and diffusion capacity), and a measurement of respiratory resistances with an impulse oscillometry system (IOS) before and immediately after IQOS use. Results: In the whole group of 50 participants, SaO2%, forced expiratory flow at 25% and 50% of vital capacity (FEF 25%, FEF 50%, respectively), peak expiratory flow (PEF), and diffusion lung capacity for carbon monoxide/VA (KCO) decreased significantly after IQOS use, whereas exhaled CO and airway resistance (R5 Hz, R10 Hz, r15 Hz, R20 Hz, R25 Hz, R35 Hz) increased. When the groups of smokers and non-smokers were compared, in both groups (all males, 25 smokers and 25 non-smokers), exhaled CO increased and SaO2% decreased after IQOS use (p < 0.001). In the group of non-smokers, PEF (pre 8.22 ± 2.06 vs. post 7.5 ± 2.16, p = 0.001) and FEF 25% (pre 7.6 ± 1.89 vs. 7.14 ± 2.06, p = 0.009) decreased significantly; respiratory resistances R20 Hz (pre 0.34 ± 0.1 vs. post 0.36 ± 0.09, p = 0.09) and R25 Hz (pre 0.36 ± 0.1 vs. post 0.38 ± 0.09, p = 0.08) increased almost significantly. In smokers, PEF (pre 7.69 ± 2.26 vs. post 7.12 ± 2.03, p = 0.007) and expiratory reserve volume (ERV) (pre 1.57 ± 0.76 vs. post1.23 ± 0.48, p = 0.03) decreased and R35 Hz (pre 0.36 ± 0.11 vs. post 0.39 ± 0.11, p = 0.047) increased. The differences in the changes after the use of IQOS did not differ between groups. Conclusions: IQOS had an impact on exhaled CO, SaO2%, and airways function immediately after use. Even though these changes were rather small to be considered of major clinical importance, they should raise concerns regarding the long-term safety of this product. Further research is needed for the short- and long-term effects of IQOS, especially in patients with respiratory disease.
The effect of steroidal contraceptives on liver enzymes and serum proteins in white albino rats

This study assessed the influence of steroidal contraceptives on liver enzymes and serum total protein using 48 adult female rats in four groups -A as control and B, C and D as tests. The animals were further divided into two subgroups - treatment (A1 - D1; n=6 each) and reversal (A2 - D2; n=6 each). Groups A1A 0.03mg/kg of Lynesternol daily for 6 days and repeatedly for 3 estrous cycles; and a combination of 0.03mg/kg of Ethinylestradiol and 0.03mg of Levonorgestrel daily for 6 days and repeatedly for 3 estrous cycles. At the end of the treatment phase , blood samples were collected from groups A1 - D1 for laboratory analysis, while the treatments for groups B2 - D2, were suspended and monitored for same period ( reversal phase ) prior to blood sample collection and analysis. The results affirmed that steroidal contraceptives had capacity to induce significant elevation and reduction in levels of liver enzymes and serum total protein respectively; hence the call for caution to avoid unwarranted complications. Keywords: Liver enzymes, Serum, Steroidal Contraceptives, Total protein
Spatial distribution of functional traits of bryophytes along environmental gradients in an Atlantic Forest remnant in north-eastern Brazil

ABSTRACT Background: Functional trait-based approaches have been used to identify patterns of plant species diversity and composition related to environmental variability/changes. Bryophytes are rapidly affected by perturbations and thus their traits and distribution are expected to show well-defined relationships with environmental variability. Aim: To quantify the impacts of fragmentation on the diversity and structure of epiphytic bryophytes to vertical and horizontal environmental gradients in an Atlantic Forest remnant. Methods: Six functional traits related to water relations and light tolerance were recorded and one of them, the leaf lobule area in liverworts, was selected for morphometric measurements along the gradients analysed. Functional diversity and composition metrics of bryophytes along gradients were compared. Results: Functional diversity changed little along the vertical and horizontal gradients. Conversely, the functional composition of traits changed markedly. Traits related to water storage, such as the presence and area of lobules, and to protection against excess light incidence, such as dark pigments, were more numerous in the canopy and at the fragment edge. Conclusions: Functional composition is more correlated with the vertical and horizontal gradients than functional diversity. The lobule of liverworts stood out as the most relevant trait to explain the adaptive strategies of bryophytes.
PENGARUH GADGET TERHADAP PRESTASI BELAJAR REMAJA DI ERA MILENIAL PADA LEMBAGA BIMBINGAN BELAJAR DAARUL ‘ULUUM PETUKANGAN UTARA, PESANGGRAHAN, JAKARTA SELATAN

ABSTRAK Penelitian ini berjudul Pengaruh Gadget Terhadap Prestasi Belajar Remaja di Era Milenial Pada Lembaga Bimbingan Belajar Daarul ‘Uluum Petukangan Utara, Pesanggrahan, Jakarta Selatan. Tujuan pengabdian ini adalah untuk memberikan pemahaman kepada seluruh wali murid lembaga bimbingan belajar Daarul ‘Uluum, bahwa pentingnya mengetahui pengaruh gadget terhadap prestasi siswa dan memberikan pengetahuan kepada seluruh wali murid lembaga bimbingan belajar Darul ‘Uluum tentang ketergantungan akibat penggunaan gadget . Metode pelaksanaan pengabdian ini dilakukan dalam beberapa kegiatan yaitu tahap survei dan sosialisasi mengenai berbagai hal yang akan disampaikan pada saat kegiatan pengabdian. Kegiatan yang akan dilakukan meliputi: penyusunan materi yang akan diberikan, penyusunan jadwal pemberian materi, pembagian tugas tim pengabdi dan survei ke lokasi pengabdian. Tim pelaksanan kegiatan pengabdian pada masyarakat adalah dosen Fakultas Ekonomi jurusan sebanyak 5 orang. Tim pengabdian memerikan materi mengenai Pengaruh Gadget terhadap prestasi para remaja di era milenial ini di bimbingan belajar Daarul ‘Uluum Petukangan Utara, Pesanggrahan, Jakarta Selatan. Kesimpulan dari pengabdian ini adalah masih banyak peserta yang kurang memahami mengenai dampak yang ditimbulkan akibat dari ketergantungan penggunaan gadget . Peserta juga masih banyak yang belum memahami bagaimana mengetahui tingkat konsentrasi belajar anak-anaknya. Harapan kami dengan pengabdian ini dapat membuka wawasan para peserta khususnya dan masyarakat pada umumnya mengenai pengaruh serta dampak yang diakibatkan oleh penggunaan serta ketergantungan terhadap gadget bagi remaja di era milenial ini serta ilmu yang diperoleh pada Pengabdian Masyarakat ini diharapkan dapat memberikan semgangat baru bagi kita dalam menyampaikan materi dan motivasi serta berkontribusi bagi generasi muda baik di lingkungan sekolan maupun kampus dan keluarga. Kata Kunci : Pengaruh Gadget , Remaja, Era Milenial
Reliability Comparison of Schmidt Rebound Hammer as a Non-Destructive Test with Compressive Strength Tests for different Concrete Mix

One of the most important concrete properties for structural concrete design or redesign is the compressive strength, it gives information on the characteristics of concrete. This strength measure is obtained through standardized crushing tests on cast cubes, the cubes are produced alongside the construction of concrete elements on site however they are not available for strength testing of existing buildings henc3e the need for non-destructive test methods. Schmidt’s Rebound Hammer is a nondestructive test which is used to assess the compressive strength of concrete using rebound index. Surface hardness test was done on different concrete mix and compared with cube compressive strength tests. The changes in one variable explained by the change in a related variable as given by the R-squared are 93.79%, 99.42%, 86.8%, 1% and 98.5% for Mix 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 respectively. It is noted that for proper result from non-destructive tests, more than one should be implored and the model calibration should be based on actual compressive strength.
Stem cell models identify lineage-specific catabolic signaling, neoplastic mechanisms and therapeutic vulnerabilities in tuberous sclerosis

TSC2 inactivating mutations elicit mTORC1 hyperactivation and underlie neural and mesenchymal tumorigenesis in tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC). Given the paucity of humanized and lineage-relevant experimental systems relevant to TSC we have developed the first multi-system TSC model, based on CRISPR/Cas9-mediated knockout of TSC2 in human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) and their differentiation into putative cell types driving TSC tumors and neurological dysfunction. Mesenchymal neural crest cell (NCC) differentiation recapitulates critical features of lung and kidney tumors, while neural lineage induction of TSC2−/− hPSCs progressively models aberrant neuronal, glial and neural precursor cells (NPCs) that constitute TSC brain tumors. We additionally provide an RNA-sequencing (RNA-seq) resource in which multiple time-points during induction of WT and TSC2−/− cells into neural and neural crest lineages were profiled. Temporal RNA-seq analyses exposed a massive proteostatic stress response activated acutely during neuroepithelial induction in TSC2-deficient cells. Remarkably, this is resolved upon NCC specification but leads to endosomal and metabolic reprogramming in NPCs. Furthermore, TSC2−/− NPCs, but not NCCs, are uniquely vulnerable to death via proteasome inhibition independent of mTORC1 regulation, highlighting cell type-specific proteostatic states. Thus, our data reveal that mechanisms regulating proteostasis stress are strikingly lineage-specific in TSC2−/−cells, and these differences are acquired developmentally. This drives long-term catabolic adaptations specifically in neural cells that counter typical mTORC1 paradigms, resulting in previously unrecognized tumor/lineage-specific therapeutic sensitivities. Overall, our work exemplifies the complexity of elucidating underlying biological mechanisms and therapeutic approaches for multisystem diseases, illustrating the power of utilizing hPSC disease models with tissue-specific relevance.
Bicuspid aortic valve and associated aortopathy: a combined biomechanics, histological and genetic analysis

3 List of contents . 5 List of Figures . 13 List of Tables . 15 Abbreviations . 17 Acknowledgements . 20 Chapter 1: Introduction.22 Abbreviations . 22 1.1 Valve anatomy and disease . 24 1.2 Aortic anatomy and disease . 26 1.3 Structure and ontology of the bi-leaflet aortic valve . 28 1.4 Mechanisms underlying BAV aortopathy . 37 1.4. 1 Haemodynamic theory. 39 1.4. 2 Genetic theory . 42
Mobile Cloudization Storytelling: Current Issues From an Optimization Perspective

This article considers the cloudization framework for the next-generation mobile computing from an optimization perspective. First, a comprehensive cloudization architecture is analyzed on the basis of the European telecommunications standards institute (ETSI) network functions virtualization management and orchestration (NFV-MANO) specifications. Second, current effective approaches are analyzed, and the optimization objectives are discussed. Third, intrinsic computing on user devices is described as an extension of cloudization. Finally, recent issues are clarified for future research directions.
CONHECIMENTO DOS ENFERMEIROS SOBRE EVENTO ADVERSO E OS DESAFIOS PARA A SUA NOTIFICAÇÃO

Estudo descritivo transversal com abordagem quanti-qualitativa, que objetivou investigar o conhecimento e percepcao dos enfermeiros sobre os eventos adversos, sua notificacao e os fatores que limitam a sua realizacao. A coleta de dados foi realizada entre novembro e dezembro de 2015 em um hospital publico da regiao centro sul de Sergipe. A amostra foi composta por 28 enfermeiros, que responderam a um formulario semiestruturado analisado com estatistica descritiva e analise de conteudo. Dentre os participantes, 16 (57%) demonstraram conhecimento deficiente sobre evento adverso, entretanto 27 (96%) dos envolvidos no estudo tem percepcao da importância da notificacao, porem existe subnotificacao devido a fatores como o medo de punicoes. Conclui-se que devem ser realizadas acoes educativas a fim de esclarecer o que sao eventos adversos e medidas que incentivem a notificacao.
Seabirds (Aves) from the Pleistocene Kazusa and Shimosa Groups, Central Japan

ABSTRACT Although the North Pacific has been a key area for investigations into seabird ecology and evolution, the seabird fossil record has been scarce on the western North Pacific. This study describes new seabird remains from the Pleistocene Kazusa and Shimosa groups, central Honshu Island, Japan, adding new insight into the Pleistocene seabird fauna in the region. Avian materials from four formations (the Hirayama, Ichijiku, and Mandano formations in the Kazusa Group and the Kiyokawa Formation in the Shimosa Group) include at least nine species of seabirds and other waterbirds: Melanitta fusca, Clangula hyemalis, Anatidae? gen. et sp. indet. , Gavia stellata? , Phoebastria cf. albatrus, Puffinus cf. puffinus complex, Phalacrocoracidae gen. et sp. indet. , Alle cf. alle, and Mancalla sp. Most of these occurrences represent the oldest records for the respective taxa in the western North Pacific. The occurrence of Alle from the Ichijiku Formation (∼0.7 Ma) is especially noteworthy, because modern Alle alle, the sole recognized member of the genus, is rarely recorded in the Pacific today. This record suggests that in the middle Pleistocene, the taxon was probably more widespread in the North Pacific than it is today. Therefore, the present-day distribution of these seabirds is likely a relict of past ones, as has also been documented in some other seabird lineages.
Evaluación de Rendimiento del Entrenamiento Distribuido de Redes Neuronales Profundas en Plataformas Heterogéneas

Resumen — Asynchronous stochastic gradient descent es una t´ecnica de optimizaci´on com´unmente utilizada en el entrenamiento distribuido de redes neuronales profundas. En distribuciones basadas en particionamiento de datos, se entrena una r´eplica del modelo en cada unidad de procesamiento de la plataforma, utilizando conjuntos de muestras denominados mini- batches . Este es un proceso iterativo en el que al ﬁnal de cada mini-batch las r´eplicas combinan los gradien- tes calculados para actualizar su copia local de los par´ametros. Sin embargo, al utilizar asincronismo, las diferencias en el tiempo de entrenamiento por iteraci´on entre r´eplicas provocan la aparici´on del staleness , esto es, las r´eplicas progresan a diferente velocidad y en el entrenamiento de cada r´eplica se utiliza una ver- si´on no actualizada de los par´ametros. Un alto grado de staleness tiene un impacto negativo en la preci- si´on del modelo resultante. Adem´as, las plataformas de computaci´on de alto rendimiento suelen ser hete- rog´eneas, compuestas por CPUs y GPUs de diferentes capacidades, que agrava el problema de staleness . En trabajo, propone