Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Immediate effect of active release technique (ART) and dynamic soft tissue mobilization (DSTM) on hamstring tightness in young adults

Muscular flexibility is an important aspect of normal human function. Limited flexibility has been shown to predispose a person to several musculoskeletal overuse injuries and significantly affects a person’s level of function [1]. Muscular tightness is frequently postulated as an intrinsic risk factor for the development of a muscle injury. Lack of flexibility has been suggested as a predisposing factor for hamstring strains [2]. Decreased hamstring flexibility is suggested to be one of the predisposing factors for hamstring strains and hamstring stretches are routinely used as part of a pre-exercise routine, usually after an aerobic warm-up [3]. Proposed a theoretical model for hamstring strains, suggesting that they result from a complex interaction of four etiologic factors: warm-up, strength, fatigue, and flexibility. Reasons for stretching relate to beliefs that stretching exercises will increase flexibility and decrease muscle stiffness. Maintaining normal muscle length requires regular stretching to prevent muscle stiffness, decreases risk of musculoskeletal injuries and enhance physical performance. Maintaining the flexibility of hamstring muscle is important for general and athletic population and of utmost importance for health care professionals, to achieve this goal one needs to know the most effective and efficient technique to gain hamstring flexibility [1]. Active release technique therapy for the hamstrings is designed to alleviate pain and tightness and help the hamstring to return to its normal condition. Active release technique has three unique objectives: Restoring free and unimpeded movement of soft tissue, the release of entrapped nerves, vasculature and lymphatic, and to re-establish optimal texture, resilience and function of soft tissues. Study has been done demonstrating that single session of Active release technique treatment is effective in a group of healthy, active male participants in improving hamstring flexibility [4]. Dynamic soft tissue mobilizations Techniques which are commonly used by athletes to increase flexibility include static and ballistic stretching as well as Proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (Figure 1). It is widely Volume 3 Issue 1 2018
Retrobulbar Optic Neuropathy: “Neither the Patient nor the Doctor Can See”

Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com Abbreviations: RBON: Retrobulbar Optic Neuropathy; VF: Visual Field; RAPD: Relative Afferent Pupillary Defect; OD: Optic Disc; CVD: Color Vision Deficiency; RON: Retrobulbar Optic Neuritis; TrON: Traumatic Optic Neuropathy; TxON: Toxic Optic Neuropathy; PION: Posterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy; CON: Compressive Optic Neuropathy; RION: Radiation-Induced Optic Neuropathy; LHON: Leber’s Hereditary Optic Neuropathy
Towards a software maintenance support environment

The authors have designed a software maintenance support environment (SMSE) to assist in the maintenance of existing source code. They model software maintenance as a hybrid distributed problem-solving activity, in which the application-dependent knowledge is provided by the system, and common sense, programming expertise, and problem-solving knowledge are provided by the people on the project team. To define a set of requirements to be satisfied by a SMSE, a series of maintenance tasks were performed on an inventory control application consisting of about 68000 lines of Cobol program. These results of experiments, including lessons learned and requirements for an SMSE, are presented. A key role of the SMSE is to help the software engineer find all information relevant to a particular maintenance task without examining a lot of extraneous material. Access to the decision structure and the ability to assess the impact of decisions constitute the most important issue to be addressed by the SMSE. The experiments indicate that a high degree of reusability could be achieved for certain tasks using the information contained in the closure of that task. <<ETX>>
Functions and dysfunctions of neuroplastin65 in the nervous system

Cell adhesion molecules (CAMs) have essential roles in forming functional networks in the nervous system. CAMs can be classified into several families including immunoglobulin super family (IgSF), cadherin family, integrins and selections [1]. Neuroplastins are transmembrane glycoprotein’s that belong to IgSF. Neuroplastin65 (NP65) and neuroplastin55 (NP55) are produced by NPTN gene by alternative splicing [2]. NP55 is widely distributed in various tissues. However, NP65 is restrictively expressed in the nervous system.
Searching Web Data: an Entity Retrieval Model

More and more (semi) structured information is becoming available on the Web in the form of documents embedding metadata (e.g., RDF, RDFa, Microformats and others). There are already hundreds of millions of such documents accessible and their number is growing rapidly. This calls for large scale systems providing effective means of searching and retrieving this semi-structured information with the ultimate goal of making it exploitable by humans and machines alike. This dissertation examines the shift from the traditional web document model to a web data object (entity) model and studies the challenges and issues faced in implementing a scalable and high performance system for searching semi-structured data objects on a large heterogeneous and decentralised infrastructure. Towards this goal, we define an entity retrieval model, develop novel methodologies for supporting this model, and design a web-scale retrieval system around this model. In particular, this dissertation focuses on the following four main aspects of the system: reasoning, ranking, indexing and querying. We introduce a distributed reasoning framework which is tolerant against low data quality. We present a link analysis approach for computing the popularity score of data objects among decentralised data sources. We propose an indexing methodology for semi-structured data which offers a good compromise between query expressiveness, query processing and index maintenance compared to other approaches. Finally, we develop an index compression technique which increase both the update and query throughput of the system. The resulting system can index billions of data objects and provides keyword-based as well as more advanced search interfaces for retrieving the most relevant data objects. This work has been part of the Sindice search engine project at the Digital Enterprise Research Institute (DERI), NUI Galway. The Sindice system currently maintains more than 100 million pages downloaded from the Web and is being used actively by many researchers within and outside of DERI. The reasoning, ranking, indexing and querying components of the Sindice search engine is a direct result of this dissertation research.
Hybrid meta-EP-ANN technique for lightning prediction under Malaysia environment

This paper presents the development of hybrid Meta-Evolutionary Programming (EP) and Artificial Neural Network (ANN) prediction system for lightning occurrence based on historical lightning and meteorological data from a Malaysian environment. It involved the development of the ANN design and embedding EP optimization technique for optimizing learning rate and momentum constant with the aim to improve the performance of the prediction system in terms of its generalization capability. ANN is employed as it has the ability to learn by example and do tasks based on training experience, making it profoundly suitable for pattern recognition and forecasting tasks. However, due to its heuristic nature, the process of finding suitable network architectures could be burdensome and time-consuming. There is also no systematic way to design the optimal architecture for a given task automatically. For that reason, an efficient optimization technique such as EP is employed in the study to find the best ANN architectures systematically which leads to lightning prediction performed accurately with less computation time. As a result, the developed lightning prediction system is able to generalize well when presented with new sets of input data. Comparative studies conducted with respect to heuristic search indicated that hybrid-meta-EP-ANN is more accurate in its prediction capability.
Out-of-the-Ordinary Ways of Using a Language

Australian Aborigines often speak fluently more than one Aboriginal language, more than one regional variety of the same Aboriginal language, and one or more varieties of English. If they live in a traditional community, they are also likely to have available different varieties of their own regional dialect, which they use for different purposes and with persons of different social categories. These speech varieties include forms of the language used with or about relatives with whom people maintain relations of respect or avoidance (for example, mothers-in-law and certain kinds of cousins); forms used with relatives with whom people maintain relations of jesting familiarity; forms used with very young children ('baby talk '); forms learned by young men in the course of their initiation and used only in that context; and sign language, in which gestures made with the hands are used instead of spoken words.
Enhanced Phase-Locked Loop Structures for Power and Energy Applications

Internationally recognized expert Dr. Masoud Karimi-Ghartemani brings over twenty years of experience working with PLL structures to Enhanced Phase-Locked Loop Structures for Power and Energy Applications, the only book on the market specifically dedicated to PLL architectures as they apply to power engineering. As technology has grown and spread to new devices, PLL has increased in significance for power systems and the devices that connect with the power grid. This book discusses the PLL structures that are directly applicable to power systems using simple language, making it easily digestible for a wide audience of engineers, technicians, and graduate students.
Klinische Basisuntersuchung der Schulter

Zusammenfassung Zielsetzung Die erfolgreiche Behandlung von Schultererkrankungen erfordert eine exakte Diagnose. Neben einer differenzierten Anamneseerhebung stellt die klinische Untersuchung dabei den wichtigsten Bestandteil in der Diagnostik dar. Methode Das vorliegende Video erklärt die gängigen Funktionsprüfungen und Provokationstests, die in der Basisuntersuchung der Schulter zum Einsatz kommen. Neben der Inspektion und Palpation liegt der Fokus hierbei auf den einzelnen Provokations- und Funktionstests. Schlussfolgerung Der vorliegende Basisuntersuchungsgang ermöglicht eine strukturierte Herangehensweise an klinische Problemstellungen und kann, ergänzt um weitere spezifische und individuelle Tests, eine gute Grundlage für die Diagnostik von Schultererkrankungen darstellen.
Uncommon case of Guillain-Barré Syndrome in Young Female in the First Trimester of Pregnancy

Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) is an acute monophasic type of inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy usually associated with symmetrical progressive muscle weakness, areflexia or weakness of deep tendon reflexes, and albumin cytological dissociation (a raised protein level but normal cell count) in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). Extra-ocular movement abnormalities, facial weakness, ataxia, respiratory failure, and autonomic dysfunction may also occur. Diagnosis is made based on clinical history, the presence of cytoalbuminologic dissociation in CSF, electro diagnostic investigation results supporting acute neuropathy, and the exclusion of mimic diseases [1,2]. Nearly all these cases, however, occurred in the second or third trimester or the first month postpartum. Delayed diagnosis is common in pregnancy or immediate postpartum period because the initial symptoms can be non-specific [3]. GBS treatment in pregnancy is either a course of plasma exchange or intravenous immunoglobulins, just as in the rest of general population [4]. The relation between GBS and pregnancy or delivery is of special interest due to dramatic GBS symptoms in women facing delivery. The case report of GBS in a pregnant woman in the early stage of pregnancy who presented with unusually dramatic and longstanding course will add to the very limited literature on this subject.
Intelligent ambient ad hoc networking to support real-time services

The widespread development of wireless networking and the numerous possible applications of ad hoc networking, including the densification of a 3G system, push for the support of real-time applications in ad hoc networks. Since wireless resources are much scarcer than fixed ones, it is necessary to design new schemes to improve QoS and optimize network performance. In this article, we address the need of a cross-layer QoS management combined with a new ad-hoc routing protocol, in order to support real-time services. We analyze several methods for providing QoS in ad hoc networks depending on the layer at which QoS is being considered, and the routing protocol that is used. We argue that a cross-layer QoS management is needed and we propose a new routing protocol that uses a high quality reliable network core made up of dedicated routers. The results show that the combination of this routing scheme with the cross-layer QoS performs best. Actually, bandwidth remains very stable while maintaining a low delay and jitter that are perfectly acceptable for interactive multimedia applications; at the same time, the aggregated bandwidth of the ad hoc network is significantly improved.
Evaluation of the acute toxicity of a mosquito coil based-meperfluthrin

Vector control is the main means of preventing and controlling some parasitic pathologies (malaria, dengue, chikungunya .). This strategy is mainly focused on reducing contact between human/ vector. This protection is through the use of insecticide-treated mosquito nets, the wearing of long, clear and covering clothes but by using mosquito repellents such as body products, sprays or coils. This latter method seems to be mostly used by people from developing Countries particularly in Asia and Africa. Doannio [1], reported that the majority (68 to 98%) of the inhabitants of the villages of Bouaké in Côte d’Ivoire used mosquito coils. The reasons were the low cost and the easiest way to use such mosquito repellent method compared to the insecticide treated mosquito net. A varying efficacy of coils against malaria vectors by country was reported by some authors: 19% in Zaire with coils containing DDT in 1987, 52% in Tanzania, 84% in Kenya, 77 to 96% in Cameroon [2-5].
Examining Mobile Technology in Higher Education: Handheld Devices In and Out of the Classroom

This study followed an innovative introduction of mobile technology (i.e., BlackBerry © devices) to a graduate level business program and documented students’ use of the technology from the time students received the devices to the end of their first term of study. Students found the BlackBerry © device easy to use, and were optimistic regarding its potential role as an instructional tool. Students were self-directed in their use of the devices and found ways to use them within and outside of their classroom even when specific uses were not provided by instructors. Students used their devices most frequently for communication purposes. Overall, although supporting a modest positive view toward this initial introduction to mobile technology as a learning tool, classroom instructional use was more limited than student-directed use in and outside the classroom.
Comparison of supervised and unsupervised models of physical therapy in total knee arthroplasty: systematic review

Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com Abbreviations: OA: Osteoarthritis; TKA: Total Knee Arthroplasty; KOA: Knee Osteoarthritis; WOMAC: Western Ontario Master Universities; KOOS: Knee Injury Osteoarthritis Outcome Score; KSS: Knee Society Score; OKS: Oxford Knee Score; VAS: Visual Analogue Scale; CPM: Continuous Passive Motion; NMES: Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation; ROM: Range of Motion; SD: Standard Deviation
Einfluss von Flossing auf die Regenerationsfähigkeit der unteren Extremität nach Kraftausdauer-Belastungen

Zusammenfassung Zusammenhang Flossing ist eine Behandlungsmethode um die Beweglichkeit, Leistungsfähigkeit und Regeneration zu verbessern sowie um Schmerzen, Ödeme und Verletzungsrisiken zu reduzieren. Ziel Welche Auswirkungen hat Flossing auf die Regenerationsfähigkeit nach Kraftausdauer-Belastungen und den wahrgenommenen Muskelkaterschmerz? Methodik 42 aktive, gesunde weibliche und männliche Probanden wurden randomisiert in eine Kontrollgruppe (n = 21) und Flossinggruppe (n = 21) eingeteilt. Für alle Probanden galt der gleiche Ablauf des Testprozedere: Am Mess-Zeitpunkt 1 (M1) absolvierte jeder Teilnehmer an der Beinpresse einbeinig so viele Wiederholungen wie möglich mit 65 % des Ein-Wiederholungs-Maximums (1 RM). Zwischen M1 und M2 wurde ein Ermüdungsprotokoll (3* so viele Wiederholungen wie möglich mit 65 % des 1 RM einbeinig an der Beinpresse) durchgeführt. Zum Zeitpunkt M2 (sofort nach dem Ermüdungsprogramm), M3 (30 Minuten nach dem Ermüdungsprogramm) und M4 (60 Minuten nach dem Ermüdungsprogramm) wurden erneut die maximalen Wiederholungen mit 65 % des 1 RM erfasst. Zwischen M2 und M3 erhielten die Probanden der Flossinggruppe eine dreimalige Anwendung mit dem Flossingband als Regenerationsmaßnahme für je zwei Minuten. 12 h, 24 h, 36 h, 48 h, 60 h und 72 h nach der letzten Messung wurde jeweils der Muskelkaterschmerz mit der numerischen Ratingskala (NRS) (0 – 10) und „Likert-Muscle-Scale“ erfasst. Ergebnisse Über alle vier Mess-Zeitpunkte zeigte sich kein signifikanter Effekt zugunsten der Flossinggruppe im Vergleich zur Kontrollgruppe. Die „Likert-Muscle-Scale“ ergab kein signifikantes Ergebnis. Lediglich nach 36 h zeigten sich niedrigere NRS-Werte in der Flossinggruppe im Vergleich zur Kontrollgruppe (p = 0,044). Schlussfolgerung Flossing beeinflusst die Regenerationsfähigkeit nach Kraftausdauer-Belastungen weder positiv noch negativ. Flossing hat keinen Effekt auf die Schmerzwahrnehmung bei Muskelkater.
Immunohistochemical and Clinicopathological Factors Associated with Axillary Lymph Node Metastasis in Breast Cancer Patients of Northern Pakistan

Background: Breast cancer is the most common type of tumors in Pakistani women, with axillary lymph node (ALN) positivity reported to be one of the most important prognostic factors. This study shows the distribution of various clinical and pathological variables including age, tumor size, grade, histologic subtype, and hormone receptor status among Pakistani women with and without ALN metastasis. Materials and Methods: A total of 245 cases of primary breast cancer from Northern Pakistan were analyzed in this study. Their clinical, pathological and immunohistochemical parameters, including estrogen receptor (ER), progesterone receptor (PR) and Her-2/Neu status, were extracted from previous histopathological reports and stratified based on the occurrence of ALN metastasis. Results: Occurrence of ALN metastasis was significantly different between older age patients above 50 years and younger age patients age 5cm in size (80%, n=60), [ χ² (2, N=245) =23.1, p<0.001] and tumors with higher nuclear grade III (78.4%, n=40), [ χ² (1, N=245) =5.1, p=0.02] . ALN metastasis was inversely associated with expression of estrogen receptor [ χ² (1, N=245) =12.5, p<0.001] , and progesterone receptor [ χ² (1, N=245) = <0.001 , p=0.99] , while it was directly associated with Her-2/Neu expression [ χ² (1, N=245) = 5.63 , p=0.01] . Conclusion: In Pakistani women ALN metastasis was significantly associated with older age, tumor size, and high grade tumors showing Her2/Neu expression, and was inversely associated with ER, PR expression in breast tumors. Key Words: Axillary lymph node, Estrogen receptor, Immunohistochemistry, Progesterone receptor, Northern Pakistan.
Load-balanced wireless ad hoc routing

An ad hoc wireless mobile network is an infrastructureless mobile network that has no fixed routers; instead, all nodes are capable of movement and can be connected dynamically in an arbitrary manner. In order to facilitate communication of mobile nodes that may not be within the wireless range of each other, an efficient routing protocol is used to discover routes between nodes so that messages may be delivered in a timely manner. We present a novel load-balanced ad hoc routing (LBAR) protocol for communication in wireless ad hoc networks. LBAR defines a new metric for routing known as the degree of nodal activity. In LBAR, path discovery takes charge of searching routes and then selecting a route that has least traffic load and transmit traffic in a timely manner based on activity of the nodes. LBAR provides efficient path maintenance to patch up broken links by detouring traffic to the destination. A comprehensive simulation model was conducted to study the performance of the proposed scheme. Performance results show that LBAR outperforms existing ad hoc routing protocols in terms of packet delivery and average end-to-end delay.
Pathogenese, funktionelle und anatomische Aspekte der weiblichen Belastungsinkontinenz

Zusammenfassung Der vorliegende Artikel fokussiert sich auf die weibliche Belastungsinkontinenz als Insuffizienz der Speicherfunktion der Blase, auch wenn im klinischen Alltag die Harninkontinenz der Frau häufig verschiedene Ursachen hat und insbesondere eine Belastungsinkontinenz im Alter und bei neurologischer Komorbidität nur selten isoliert vorkommt. Das kleine Becken der Frau ist sowohl als Funktions- als auch als strukturelle Einheit zu betrachten. Dabei unterliegen bei der Frau Blase, Harnröhre, Gebärmutter und Enddarm sowie die muskulären und ligamentösen Strukturen des kleinen Beckens durch Fertilitätsphase, mögliche Schwangerschaften, Geburten und Menopausen-Phase, über das „normale Altern“ hinaus, gravierenden Veränderungen.
Fetus in Fetu: Is it a Baby Inside a baby?

Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com abdominal mass. It is usually retroperitoneal or intraperitoneal but may also be present in scrotum or in cranial cavity [1]. Several theories have been given regarding the pathogenesis. One such theory explains the pathogenesis of fetus in fetu as ‘included twin theory’ in which the fetus in fetu represents an aberration of monochorionic diamniotic monozygotic twinning in which unequal division of the totipotent inner cell mass of the developing blastocyst leads to the inclusion of smaller cell mass within a maturing sister embryo due to persistent anastomosis of vitelline circulation. So the fetus is surrounded by a membrane analogous to amniotic sac and supplied by a single feeding vessel. A true placenta is usually absent.
Pancreatic Necrosis: A Challenging Complication of Acute Pancreatitis

Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com [1]. It represents one of the most serious complications of SAP with a mortality rate of 20 to 30 % [1,2]. Despite having an enormous impact upon the well being of individual and health service providers alike, the management of necrotizing pancreatitis is a highly controversial topic and continues to be an issue of debate. Considering the large number of cases of pancreatitis, one encounters in day to day practice, it is essential to understand the pathology, clinical features, investigations and the recent trends in management of pancreatic necrosis.