Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Transdermal monitors to assess alcohol consumption in real-time and real-life – a qualitative study on user-experience

Abstract Introduction: Transdermal alcohol monitors, such as Secure Continuous Remote Alcohol Monitors (SCRAMs), enable continuous measurement of alcohol consumption in participants’ natural environments free from recall bias and response burden. This paper explores young research participants’ experience of wearing SCRAMs to provide insights into the potential of the devices to be used for research on a larger scale. Method: In south-east Australia, participants were recruited among festival attendees (n = 12) and college students (n = 18). Participants wore the SCRAMs over 3–4 days, and upon returning the devices participated in a semi-structured qualitative interview about their experiences of the devices. Results: Most participants reported becoming unaware of the device after initial adjustment and did not believe their drinking patterns had been altered by wearing the SCRAM. Perceived similarities with correctional monitoring equipment led to a number of social interactions with onlookers, but participants generally felt at ease with this. Common issues reported by participants related to the physical discomfort and restrictions caused by the devices, citing problems with sleeping, exercising, and irritation with the clamping mechanism as impediments. Conclusions: Although SCRAMs have not been designed with research purposes in mind, this study highlights their utility in measuring alcohol consumption in real-life and real-time. Most participants suggested that their drinking patterns were unaffected and that any physical discomfort was manageable; however, comfort is a critical consideration in terms of improving the user experience. Adequately controlled validation studies are needed to determine if and how wearing SCRAMs affects retention, behaviour and drinking patterns.
Exploring the Impact of Task Density on Task Submission in Crowdsourcing Contests

The competitive environment has a certain impact on the solvers’ participation in the crowdsourcing contests. We Used the task density to represent the competitive environment, and the quantity of submitted solutions to represent the solvers’ participation. Among them, the task density refers to the number of similar tasks in a certain period of time. The more similar tasks in a certain period of time, the greater the task density, indicating that there are more similar tasks to attract the solvers. Using the 2776 logo design task data on Taskcn.com from the year 2015 to 2018, we analyzed the impact of task density on the solvers’ participation and the regulating effect of the two important factors of task setting, namely task rewards and task duration, on the task density. The results showed that the task density was negatively correlated with the quantity of the task solutions submitted; the task duration was positively adjusting the impact of task density on the quantity of solution submitted, that is, increasing the task duration could reduce the negative impact of the competitive environment on the quantity of solutions submitted. The regulating effect of the task rewards on the relationship between the task density and the amount of solutions submitted was not significant. The possible reason is that increasing the rewards does not enable the solver to have more time to participate in other tasks. The task rewards have no regulating effect on the task density. Keywords—Crowdsourcing contests; Task density; Task rewards; Task duration; Regulating effect
Enteral Nutrition and Its Clinical Application

Some pediatric patients who can not eat orally depend on enteral tube feedings, and some patients require more nutrients and calories to achieve the catch-up growth. If a patient is counting on the parenteral nutrition, early initiation of enteral feeding, orally or enterally, is a very good for the intestinal mucosal maturity and motility. There are numerous kinds of formulas and supplements for the enteral feeding for neonates, infants, and children. Depending on the intestinal symptoms, allergic symptoms, requirement of special nutrients, we can choose regular infant formula (milk-based, soy-based), protein hydrolysate formula, amino acid hydrolysate formula, elemental formula. Proper use of these formulas would help for the pediatric patients to recover from their diseases, to facilitate the intestinal mucosal maturity and to achieve their goal of growth. [Korean J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 2009; 12(Suppl 1): 27∼36]
Investigating the Influence of Rois Selection in Breast Ultrasound Segmentation Using the Eicamm Technique

The false-negative interpretation represents serious problems in breast lesions diagnosis. In order to reduce the number of these cases and increase the diagnostic sensibility, computational tools have been developed to aid the early detection of breast cancer. However, such computer schemes can be influenced directly or indirectly by the user mainly regarding the selection of the type of image to be processed. In this context, this work evaluates how the non-standardization in cutting regions of interest (ROIs) in the image can affect the computed detection and computer segmentation step. A total of 54 lesions recorded in images from breast ultrasonography were used for the tests. An experienced radiologist cropped each lesion three times varying the amount of surrounding tissue-three different sets were formed, and a test group was added to the study containing 18 lesions of each case selected. A previous developed segmentation procedure based on the use of the EICAMM technique was applied to the images. The most accurate result with the EICAMM technique was obtained in the first set, in which the clipping was made as close to the lesion, providing greater accuracy in the comparison between the segmentation by the computational process and the lesion delineation by the radiologist with lower rates of over and under segmentation.
FACE VERIFICATION SYSTEM IN MOBILE DEVICES BY USING COGNITIVE SERVICES

Biometric systems enable people to distinguish between physical and behavioral characteristics. Face recognition systems, a type of biometric systems, use peoples’ facial features to recognize them. The aim of this study is to perform face recognition and verification system that can run on mobile devices. The developed application is based on comparing the faces in two photographs. The user uploads two photos to the system, the system identifies the faces in these photos and performs authentication between the two faces. As a result, the system gives the output that the two faces in the photo belong to the same or different persons. It provides a security measure thanks to the face identification and verification feature included in this application. This application can be integrated into various applications and used in systems such as user login.
Secrecy Ensured Socially Aware Resource Allocation in Device-to-Device Communications Underlaying HetNet

Device-to-device (D2D) communication standardization is underway and considered as one of the key technologies in the 5G ecosystem. Eavesdropping is a well-known security risk for D2D communications. Thus, ensuring information security for both cellular users (CUs) and D2D pairs in an underlay network is quite challenging. In this paper, we look into the problem of physical-layer secure transmission jointly with resource allocation in D2D communications. Existing research works for D2D underlay networks considered perfect channel state information (CSI), which is usually unrealistic in practical networks due to the wireless channels’ dynamic nature. Hence, unlike the previous works, we are considering imperfect CSI that include estimation errors. We leverage social-domain and frame a coalitional game approach, enabling multiple D2D pairs to share CU spectral resource. We assume heterogeneous cellular network based practical scenario considering multiple eavesdroppers, intra-cell interference, and inter-cell interference to evaluate achievable performances in terms of sum-rate and secrecy capacity for both CUs and D2D pairs. Moreover, we prove our proposed algorithm stability, convergence, and computational complexity. The simulation results establish the effectiveness of our proposed approach that not only maximizes the sum rate (i.e., 10<inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$ \%$</tex-math></inline-formula>–60<inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$ \%$</tex-math></inline-formula>) but also improves the secrecy capacity (i.e., 20<inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$ \%$</tex-math></inline-formula>–67<inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$ \%$</tex-math></inline-formula>) in comparison to the baseline schemes.
Smyrna Tıp Dergisi 12 Job Satisfaction of Specialized Physicians Working at Four State Hospitals in Izmir/Turkey Dört İzmir Devlet Hastanesinde Çalışan Uzman Hekimlerin İş Doyumu

Objective: To evaluate the job satisfaction of specialized physicians working in four state hospitals in Izmir, Turkey with the 'Enhanced Job Descriptive Index' which has been analyzed for its validity and reliability. Material and Method: Type of the research is cross-sectional. Study was performed between November 2008– May 2009. A data collection form consisting of 19 questions which identifies the demographic features and “Enhanced Job Descriptive Index” consisting of 45 items, has been applied to 175 specialized physicians working in four different state hospitals within the territory of the Izmir metropolitan area with a face-to-face interiew. For data analysis, SPSS 16.0 package program was used. Results: Job satisfaction differences were determined according to the hospitals and sociodemographic characteristics of physicians. Job satisfaction score averages of male physicians were found to be higher in all dimensions and in total respect to female physicians. It was seen that job satisfaction increases with age and no significant difference was identified between marital status and the field of specialization. Physicians attending professional seminars, congresses and conventions, executive physicians and the ones who allowed spare time for their hobbies scored higher in all dimensions and possessed higher job satisfaction score averages. The comparison of job satisfaction dimension averages according to hospitals displayed a significant difference in 'commitment to establishment and trust', 'physical conditions', 'inconflict solving' and in total. Conclusions: Individual factors such as hobbies, time devoted for personal interests, vocational affinity and involvement as well as institutional factors such as the executive duty and trust in colleagues played a role in the formation of job satisfaction in specialized physicians. In accordance with the medical profession, job satisfaction increases with age and no relationship was observed between job satisfaction and marital status which can be regarded as a remarkable result. The importance of this research is the evaluation of job satisfaction by newly developed index while performing the validity and reliability analysis directly on the study group.
Efectos de la Comunicación en una Red Ad-Hoc

Las redes Ad-hoc es una revolucion que trae beneficios a la comunidad debido a su arquitectura descentralizada y que facilita que muchos dispositivos puedan comunicarse entre si, sin importar que sean moviles. En este articulo se presenta los resultados de los efectos de comunicacion en una red ad hoc, la simulacion fue dividida en dos escenarios, en el primer escenario se compone de dos nodos los cuales se separan provocando adrede la perdida de la senal y en el segundo escenario se establece que un nodo falle para estudiar su comportamiento. Abstract The Ad-hoc networks is a revolution that benefits the community because of its decentralized architecture that facilitates many devices to communicate with each other, regardless whether they are mobile. This article presents the results of the effects of communication is presented in an ad hoc network, the simulation was divided into two stages, the first stage consists of two nodes which are separated deliberately causing the loss of signal and the second scenario provides that a node fails to study their behavior.
A 5-year-old girl with recurrent fever.

A 5-year-old girl presented to the emergency department with a 15-month history of recurrent fever. She had 2 days of high fever with no precipitating symptoms. Her first bout of fever lasted for 72 hours, had multiple spikes up to 41.1°C and was self-limited. She had three further episodes of intermittent fever between 38 and 39°C (Figure 1). On occasion the child complained of leg pain, feeling cold, and mild abdominal pain. She had no history of chest or joint pain or skin rash and was entirely well between episodes of fever. The child was born after a full-term normal pregnancy by Caesarean section. Her mother’s background was Jewish, based on her family name, from the Mediterranean basin area. Her father was of European and Chinese descent. They were born in Canada and nonconsanguineous. There was no family history of periodic fever, arthritis, or renal failure. The child was well-looking and not toxic appearing. Her temperature was 38.9°C, heart rate was 98 bpm, and blood pressure was 94/56 mmHg. Her weight was 20.7 kg (75 percentile), height was 115 cm (90 percentile), and body mass index was 15.7 (60 percentile). Her physical examination was otherwise normal with no evidence of skin lesions, mucositis, serositis, or arthritis. Her investigations were within normal range. There was no bacterial infection identified on urine or blood cultures. However, review of previous test results showed mild thrombocytopenia and elevated inflammatory markers (C-reactive protein 81 mg/L and erythrocyte sedimentation rate 60 mm/hour). Her blood sample was sent for DNA genetic testing which revealed the diagnosis. DIAGNOSIS
Calculation Of The Stabilization Parameters In Supg And Pspg Formulations.

We describe how we determine the stabilization parameters used in the stabilized finite element formulations in fluid mechanics. These formulations include the interface-tracking and interface-capturing techniques we developed for computation of flow problems with moving boundaries and interfaces. The stabilized formulations we focus on are the streamline-upwind/Petrov-Galerkin (SUPG) and pressure-stabilizing/Petrov- Galerkin (PSPG) methods. The stabilization parameters described here are designed for the semi-discrete and space-time formulations of the advection-diffusion equation and the Navier-Stokes equations of incompressible flows.
Détection des propositions syntaxiques du français en vue de l’alignement des propositions de textes parallèles français-japonais

Nous présentons dans cet article SIGLé (Système d’Identification de propositions avec Grammaire Légère), un système réalisant la détection des propositions françaises. Ce système détecte les propositions – à partir de phrases en entrée ségmentées et étiquetées en chunk par un analyseur extérieur –, analyse leurs relations et leur attribue une étiquette indiquant leur nature syntaxique. Il est caractérisé d’une part par sa grammaire de type CFG proposant un ensemble d’étiquettes adaptées à notre analyse pour les mots dits en « qu- », et d’autre part par l’utilisation du formalisme DCG et du langage PROLOG.
Adaptation and Growth Performance of Different Lowland Bamboo Species in Bako, West Shoa, Ethiopia

Bamboo is a fast growing tree species than other trees and starts to yield within three or four years of planting. Even though Ethiopia is one of the most endowed countries in having huge coverage of bamboo resource in Africa, the country has narrow genetic diversity only has two species. Yushania alpine (highland bamboo) and Oxytenanthera abyssinica (lowland bamboo). The adaptation of lowland bamboo at Bako Agriculture Research Center conducted from 2010 to 2013 to evaluate the adaptability potential of different provenance of lowland bamboo species and to provide the best performing of lowland bamboo species around Bako areas. Based on the objectives, four different lowland bamboo species were collected from Debrezit Agriculture Research Center and Forestry Research Center of Addis Abeba. The species are: Oxythenantera abyssinica, Guadua amplexofolia, Dendrocalamus hamlitonii and Dendrocalamus memebranceous among those mentioned only Oxytenanthera abyssinica are indigenous the rest are exotics. The experiment was laid out in RCBD with three replications. The selected bamboo species has no problem on survival and adaptability at Bako area except some growth variation. Despite this fact, Dendrocalamus hamlitonii specie is show high difference in new emerging shoots, internodes length, culm height and culm diameter whereas, Guadua amplexofolia revealed low in all growth parameters. So, based on these results we recommend Dendrocalamus hamlitonii, Dendrocalamus memebranceous and Oxythenantera abyssinica for different production since they have a good internodes length, ability to emerge new shoots, culm height and diameter while the growth of Guadua amplexofolia is quite different when compare with others. Therefore, the adaptation of lowland bamboo under Bako and related agro ecologies is reliable so, we recommend for further economic and livelihood benefits for different stakeholders through expanding the plantation. Keywords : Bamboo; exotic; indigenous; lowland; Plantation
The Teaching Material Development of Problem Based Learning: Improving students' civic knowledge

The purpose of this research is to know the teaching material condition in classes and the need of PBL-based on civic education; to know the development of PBL-based civic education; to know the effectiveness of PBL-based civic education for fourth-grade students of elementary school as textbooks to improve students’ civic knowledge. This book is written based on PBL syntax as a student learning activity. The method of this research uses Borg and Gall techniques modified by Sukmadinata which consists of three namely preliminary study, product development, and product effectiveness test. The result of this research is the necessary analysis on preliminary study. It shows that the civic material based on PBL is needed in the teaching learning process as a companion book. The validation result in product development trials indicates appropriateness. In the effectiveness experiment shows that there are differences and get it if the development between pre-test and posttest in the experiment class is more than control class. Therefore, the teaching material civic education is highly effective to improve the civic knowledge of students.
The Spiral of Silence A Theory of Public Opinion

Returning to classical statements on the concept of public opinion, I have tried to substantiate empirically the process o f public opinion formation through the individual’s observation of his or her social environment. Of all the pertinent statements by Tocqueville (S), Tiinnies (9), Bryce (4), and Allport (l), I can mention here only Allport’s example of a process of public opinion: the pressure brought to bear on householders in a neighborhood to shovel the snow from their sidewalks. This example illustrates that social conventions, customs, and norms are included, along with political questions, among the “situations” and “proposals of significance” with which a large number of people express agreement or disagreement in their public lives. If public opinion arises from an interaction of individuals with their social environments, we should find at work the processes which Asch (2) and Milgram (6) have confirmed experimentally. To the individual, not isolating himself is more important than his own judgment. This appears to be a condition of life in human society; if it were otherwise, sufficient integration could not be achieved. For our purpose let us assume that this fear of isolating oneself (not only fear of separation but also doubt about one’s own capacity for judgment) is an integral part of all processes of public opinion. This is the point where the individual is vulnerable; this is where social groups can punish him for failing to toe the line. The concepts of public opinion, sanction, and punishment are closely linked with one another.
Chemokine Interleukin-8 (IL-8) in AlzheimerÃ¢ÂÂs and OtherNeurodegenerative Diseases

Interleukin -8 (IL-8), a member of the CXC chemokine family, is well-documented as an important chemotactic signaling factor for recruitment of neutrophils to sites of infection and damage. However in neurodegenerative disease such as Alzheimer’s disease (AD), it is the resident macrophage cells, microglia, which are primary responding cells to brain insult such as deposition of amyloid β peptide. IL-8 exhibits an autocrine interaction with microglia by inducing a recruitment of the cells to specific sites of inflammation and subsequent increased production of the chemokine from activated cells. This positive feedback process thus has the capacity to amplify and sustain inflammatory response and brain neuroinflammation. The net result is that a localized and enhanced inflammatory response is induced by accumulating activated microglia at sites of inflammation serving to exacerbate inflammatory reactivity in AD brain. Importantly, under certain conditions the chemotaxis and subsequent activation of microglia may be deleterious to bystander cells including neurons. This review summarizes work from selected studies concerning the involvement and contributions of IL-8 mobilization from activated microglia to brain neuroinflammation as documented in the neurodegenerative diseases Alzheimer’s disease (AD), Huntington’s disease (HD), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and Parkinson’s disease (PD).
Computer Vision Technologies for Repurposing Multi-Distribution Systems

Content creators are looking forward to spreading their offer of services, by repurposing their original content, usually first dedicated to broadcast, to other distribution channels. But multiplying the distribution channels does not and cannot mean multiplying the production cost: one really wants to “produce once, and repurpose many”. Moreover, “the faster the content production the better the workflow” remains a key aspect even for new distribution channels. To answer this need while taking into account the above constraints, innovative repurposing solutions are introduced from the initial stages of the broadcast production workflow. These solutions enable to speed up the process of high quality content creation, while generating new revenue. Simultaneous production of content for the Internet, mobile and IPTV is then achieved through a suite of automated tools, grouped together in a single workflow.
Analytiques de l’anthropologie intelligence sensible de la littérature

Partant d’une nouvelle ecrite sur la base d’une anecdote de terrain, l’auteure discute d’abord ce qui distingue cette forme litteraire d’un article anthropologique sur le meme theme. Quel traitement du materiau ethnographique dans les deux cas ? Elle revient ensuite sur les differents usages qu’elle a de la litterature romanesque en tant que lectrice chercheuse. Elle en repere trois : documentaire, problematisant et comme materiau d’enquete a proprement parler. Si un texte narratif recele cette triple possibilite c’est parce que sa puissance va au-dela de la narration et de l’explication, du cote du sensible et de l’indicible rendu dicible par le travail litteraire.