Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Is there difference between anastomotic site and remnant stump carcinoma in gastric stump cancers?-a single institute analysis of 90 patients.

Background Little has been reported regarding differences between malignancies that develop at the anastomotic site (ASC) and those that develop at the remnant stump (RSC) in gastric stump carcinomas (GSC). The purpose of our study was to compare clinical, pathological and survival characteristics of ASC patients with those of RSC patients. Methods Patients who underwent surgery for GSC between January 2005 and December 2017 were analyzed. Of the total 112 patients, 22 patients were excluded from the study due to extensive loss of data. Ninety patients underwent curative resection and were evaluated based on anatomic site at which they developed malignancy, i.e., ASC and RSC. Clinical, pathological and survival characteristics were assessed. Results As per Lauren's classification, diffuse and intestinal variety were significantly associated with ASC (P=0.0001) and RSC (P=0.0001) respectively. RSC was associated with lower pT [pT2, 15/33 (45.5%), P=0.0002]. ASC was significantly associated with higher pN [pN3, 30/57 (52.6%), P=0.0013], stage [stage III, 48/57 (84.2%), P=0.0022], positive mesenteric nodes (P=0.006) and poor 3-year survival (10.5% versus 36.4%, P=0.003). Conclusions ASC is substantially different than RSC. ASC is more aggressive disease compared to RSC and has different pathophysiology, higher rates of nodal involvement (both primary and mesenteric), presents with higher stage and has significantly poor 3-year survival.
An improved adaptive video tracking method based on mean-shift

For the mean shift tracking algorithm, we use the histogram feature which contains little information, but the moving direction and velocity information are not been considered, which leads to the target will be missed easily, what is more, the limitation of traditional algorithm which can not change the size of the window to adapt to the size of target, etc. To overcome those weaknesses, we introduce both the target feature representation idea having the features of adapting to window size adjustment and spatial characteristics and the nature of the kernel function, then, there is no need to estimate the probability for all regions. The results of experiment show that compared with using kalman filtering and mean shift algorithm alone, the weighted mean improved filtering algorithm has greatly improved the instability of target tracking and the robustness of the moving target tracking.
DSP Implementation of a Real-Time Boost Converter Simulator Handling Inter-step Switching Delay

— This paper introduces the development and implementation of a boost converter real time simulator dealing with inter-step switching delays, which occur due to the diﬀerent time steps and resulting asyn-chronism between the digital controller that outputs switch ﬁring signals and the microprocessor that simulates the boost converter. It is shown that, if left unaccounted for, these delays can cause inaccuracy levels such as to make both closed and open loop simulations unreliable. In order to avoid this, a time step changing algo-rithm is implemented. This algorithm is based on the detection of switching orders and a subsequent correction routine to account for the delay by calculating the system state at the detection moment. The boost circuit is modeled through the diﬀerential equations of each possible converter state-conﬁguration (that is, each mode of the circuit). The equations are then numerically solved by Backward Euler method. The real-time platform is composed by two Texas Instruments DSPs, the ﬁrst one simulating the converter and the other implementing the Proportional-Integral control system. The implemented algorithm works as intended and allows for an increase in the converter simulation time step to values which would previously give incorrect results.
Migration Synchronous Genetic Algorithm for Reverse Engineering

Much research adopts various evolution computation technologies to identify system parameters and structures of highly nonlinear S-system model. They always focus on evolution skills and neglect that the choice of performance index is the key for learning. A suitable performance index not only provides good searching direction but also reduces computation time. In this study, a migration synchronous genetic algorithm (MSGA) is proposed for achieving global optimal search. Twenty eight performances of concentrationor slope-error-based indexes for parameter identification is examined and discussed. When the chosen performance candidates are used for structure identification, only oneor two-steps pruning-operation is necessary. The pruning threshold is set to be -15 10 to ensure a safely pruningaction is guaranteed positively. Keywords-Inverse engineer; parameter estimation; evolution computation; genetic algorithm.
The concept of sacred war in Ancient Greece

This thesis w i l l trace the o r i g i n and development of the term "Sacred War" i n the corpus of extant Greek l i t e r a t u r e . This term has been commonly applied by modern scholars to four wars which took place i n ancient Greece betweenthe s i x t h and f o u r t h c e n t u r i e s B. C. The modern use of "the a t t r i b u t e "Sacred War" to refer to these four wars i n p a r t i c u l a r raises two questions. F i r s t , did the ancient h i s t o r i a n s give a l l four of these wars the t i t l e "Sacred War? " And second, what j u s t i f i e d the use of t h i s t i t l e only for c e r t a i n c o n f l i c t s ? In order to resolve the f i r s t of these questions, i t i s necessary to examine i n what terms the ancient h i s t o r i a n s referred to these wars. As a re s u l t of t h i s examination, i t i s clear that only two of the modern series of "Sacred Wars" (the s o c a l l e d Second and T h i r d Sacred Wars) were a c t u a l l y given t h i s t i t l e i n a n t i q u i t y . The other two wars (the soc a l l e d Second and T h i r d Sacred. Wars), although they were evidently associated by the ancients with the "Sacred Wars," were not given t h i s a t t r i b u t i o n . Consequently, the habit of grouping a l l four wars together as "Sacred Wars" i s modern. N e v e r t h e l e s s , the f a c t t h a t the a n c i e n t s d i d see somei i i connection between these wars does j u s t i f y t h i s modern clas s i f i c a t i o n to some degree. Once this conclusion had been reached, i t became possible to proceed to the second of the problems presented in this thesis, namely the j u s t i f i c a t i o n for the application of the t i t l e "Sacred War" to two specific c o n f l i c t s . In order to achieve this aim, those c o n f l i c t s labelled "Sacred Wars" by the ancient historians were compared to two categories of test cases: the other two conflicts c l a s s i f i e d as "Sacred Wars" by modern scholars and conflicts which share elements in common with "Sacred Wars" but which are not given this attribution by ancient or modern authorities. In the course of th i s comparison, I discovered that l i t t l e d i f f e r e n t i a t e d the so-called "Sacred Wars" from the non-"Sacred Wars" and that a l l of these l a t t e r c o n f l i c t s appear equally worthy of the t i t l e as those which were in fact given t h i s a t t r i b u t i o n . The d e c i d i n g f a c t o r in the cla s s i f i c a t i o n of a certain conflict as a "Sacred War," as a r e s u l t , l i e s not in the s p e c i f i c elements making up i t s c o n s t i t u t i o n but rather in the p o l i t i c a l circumstances surrounding i t . The two conflicts labelled by'-ithe ancients as "Sacred Wars" were given this t i t l e by contemporary powers in order to j u s t i f y m i l i t a r y interference in the p o l i t i c a l a f f a i r s of other states which might otherwise have been considered unnecessary. Thus, the term "Sacred War" arose originally as the result of an effective propaganda campaign.
Strength training for physical performance and injury prevention in sports. Individualised and supervised training for female athletes.

8 List of papers 9 Thesis at a glance 10-11 Abbreviations and definitions 12-14 Introduction 15 Strength and conditioning programmes and injury prevention in sports 15-20 Injury panorama and the sport of volleyball 21-25 Functional performance testing 26-28 The coach matters for strength and conditioning programmes and injury-prevention actions 28-29 Summary of problem areas presented in the introduction 30 Aims of the investigation 31 Subjects 32-34 Ethics 35 Methods 36-48 Statistical methods 49-50 Summary of the papers 51-53 Results 54-60 Discussion 61 Strength and conditioning programmes for physical performance and injury prevention 61-63 Individualisation, supervision and compliance 63-65 Team players’ experience of a strength-training programme 65-66 Muscle strength and functional performance testing 67-68 Gender considerations 68-70 Generalising the results 70 Methodological issues 70-71 Assessing validity in qualitative studies 71-72 Conclusions 73 Clinical relevance 74 The future 75 Summary in Swedish 76-78 Acknowledgements 79-81 References 82-89 Appendix 90-95 Papers I-IV 96-
Gaining insight into AS-level outages through analysis of Internet Background Radiation

Internet Background Radiation (IBR) is unsolicited network traffic mostly generated by malicious software, e.g., worms, scans. In previous work, we extracted a signal from IBR traffic arriving at a large (/8) segment of unassigned IPv4 address space to identify large-scale disruptions of connectivity at an Autonomous System (AS) granularity, and used our technique to study episodes of government censorship and natural disasters [1]. Here we explore other IBR-derived metrics that may provide insights into the causes of macroscopic connectivity disruptions. We propose metrics indicating packet loss (e.g., due to link congestion) along a path from a specific AS to our observation point. We use three case studies to illustrate how our metrics can help identify packet loss characteristics of an outage. These metrics could be used in the diagnostic component of a semiautomated system for detecting and characterizing large-scale outages.
ScaleJoin: A Deterministic, Disjoint-Parallel and Skew-Resilient Stream Join

The inherently large and varying volumes of information generated in large scale systems demand near real-time processing of data streams. In this context, data streaming is imperative for data-intensive processing infrastructures. Stream joins, the streaming counterpart of database joins, compare tuples coming from different streams and constitute one of the most important and expensive data streaming operators. Algorithmic implementations of stream joins have to be capable of efficiently processing bursty and rate-varying data streams in a deterministic and skew-resilient fashion. To leverage the design of modern multicore architectures, scalability and parallelism need to be addressed also in the algorithmic design. In this paper we present ScaleJoin, an algorithmic construction for deterministic and parallel stream joins that guarantees all the above properties, thus filling in a gap in the existing state-of-the-art. Key to the novelty of ScaleJoin is the ScaleGate data structure and its lock-free implementation. ScaleGate facilitates concurrent data exchange and balances independent actions among processing threads; enabling fine-grain parallelism and deterministic processing. It allows ScaleJoin to run on an arbitrary number of processing threads, evenly sharing the overall comparisons run in parallel and achieving disjoint and skew-resilient high processing throughput and low processing latency.
The Long-Term Effect on Children of Increasing the Length of Parents' Birth-Related Leave

The length of parents' birth-related leave varies across countries and has been subject of some debate. In this paper, I will focus on some potential benefits of leave. I investigate the long-term effects on children of increasing the length of parents' birth-related leave using a natural experiment from 1984 in Denmark when the leave length was increased quite suddenly by almost 50% from 14 to 20 weeks. Regression discontinuity design is used to identify the causal effect of the leave reform and to estimate whether there is a measurable, persistent effect on children's cognitive and educational outcomes at ages 15 and 21. A population sample of Danish children born in the months around implementation of the reform and a dataset with Danish PISA-2000 scores are used for the analysis. Results indicate that increasing parents' access to birth-related leave has no measurable effect on children's long-term cognitive outcomes.
Evaluation of Treatment Response and Side Effects of Spinal-Z in Patients with Metastatic Gastroesophageal Adenocarcinoma: A Double-Blind Randomized Controlled Trial

Background: Spinal-Z is a methanolic mixture of dried seed powder of Peganum harmala Linn. and leaf of Dracocephalum kotschyi Boiss. It is available as oral capsules and has been used to treat various cancers. The aim of this study was to evaluate the eﬀects of Spinal-Z capsules (containing herbal extracts) on blood parameters and gastrointestinal symptoms of patients with metastatic gastric adenocarcinoma and to determine its potential side eﬀects. Methods: A total of 76 patients were randomly assigned into 2 groups. The intervention group received 6 Spinal-Z capsules per day (2 after breakfast, 2 after lunch, and 2 after dinner). The control group received placebo capsules in the same manner. The patients were followed-up for 24 weeks. Results: The distribution of demographic and clinical characteristics was homogeneous in the intervention and control groups. Spinal-Ztreatmenthadnosigniﬁcanteﬀectsoncardiovascularparameters,suchassystolicbloodpressure,diastolicbloodpressure, or heart rate, compared to the control group. No signiﬁcant changes were observed over time, although a signiﬁcant reduction in fasting blood sugar was observed in the intervention group, compared to the controls. Based on the ﬁndings, treatment could signiﬁcantly reduce dysphagia and stomachache in the follow-up, while it had no signiﬁcant eﬀects on symptoms, such as itching, nausea, or vomiting neither temporarily nor in the long run (follow-up; P > 0.05). Conclusions: Spinal-Zdoesnothaveanyadverseeﬀectsoncardiovascular,renal,andhematopoieticsystemsorbloodglucoselevel. On the other hand, it could improve gastrointestinal complications. Overall, Spinal-Z, as an accessible and aﬀordable medication with very few side eﬀects, may be a suitable option for treating complications in patients with metastatic gastroesophageal adenocarcinoma, as it can decrease fasting blood sugar and erythrocyte sedimentation rate.
Campus Mental Health Practices and the Stigma of Mental Illness: A Quantitative Analysis of Student Affairs Professionals

Around half of undergraduate college students will experience mental illness to some extent during their academic careers, yet a low percentage of students experiencing signs and symptoms of mental illness will seek help despite the availability of proven, effective treatments. The field of higher education has demonstrated a genuine concern for individuals with mental illnesses and mental health care on campuses, yet implementation of practices that connect students to treatment is inconsistent and effectiveness is uncertain. This study searched for associations between campus practices and campus culture regarding mental illness. While institutions of higher education are using both traditional and emerging mental health practices, little research has been done to inform institutions which practices may be effective in increasing healthy behaviors, such as help seeking. This study focused on the stigma of mental illness due to its consistent, negative relationship with help-seeking behaviors. Stigmatizing attitudes of Student Affairs professionals was used as a measure of campus culture due to professionals’ direct, consistent relationships with students and their ability to influence policies and procedures that affect support of student mental health and students with mental illness. The final sample of Student Affairs professionals included 125 professionals at over 80 institutions in over 30 states. Social stigma was measured using the newly developed Student Affairs Professionals Social Stigma Scale (SAPSSS) based on Corrigan’s (2004) model of stigma. SAPSSS scores were analyzed to search for relationships between awareness of, referral to, and engagement in campus mental health practices; contact with individuals with mental illness; staff characteristics (level, area, length of employment); and institutional characteristics (type, size, affiliation, and designation). The results of this study include a list of campus mental health practices and support for the use of practices that target relationships, between individuals and between groups, in creating caring campus communities. While other practices may be effective in supporting or treating individuals with mental illness, practices that target relationships in educating members of the campus community to care for each other show the most potential for influencing campus culture to increase mental health on campuses at all levels.
Looking for Features for Supervised Tweet Polarity Classification

espanolEste articulo describe el sistema presentado por Elhuyar para la tarea 1 de analisis de sentimiento enmarcada en la campana de evaluacion TASS 2014. Nuestro sistema trabaja sobre la base de un algoritmo Maquinas de Soporte vectorial (SVM). El sistema combina la informacion extraida a partir de lexicos de polaridad con caracteristicas linguisticas. La incorporacion de colocaciones basadas en estrucuras sintacticas asi como el enriquecimiento de los lexicos de polaridad son los elementos mas determinantes en la mejora de los resultados con respecto a TASS 2013. El sistema obtiene una precision del 61% para la deteccion de polaridad de alta granularidad y un 69% para baja granularidad. EnglishThis article describes the system presented by Elhuyar for the task 1 of the TASS 2014 sentiment analysis evaluation campaign. Our system implements a Support Vector Machine (SVM) algorithm. The system combines the information extracted from polarity lexicons with linguistic features. Incorporating syntax based ngrams and enriching the polarity lexicons prove to be the most influential factors in the improvement of the system with respect to our TASS 2013 participation. The system achieves an 61% accuracy fine granularity and an 69% accuracy for coarse granularity polarity detection.
Primary HIV Infection as an Unusual Cause of Neutropenia in Crohn's Disease: A Case Report

Although primary human immune deficiency virus (HIV) infection is a well described entity, it is frequently misdiagnosed or underdiagnosed. This has been attributed to the non-specific clinical features at presentation, inadequate history taking and a low index of suspicion by practicing clinicians. Haematological abnormalities are a recognised feature of HIV infection and may present in the form of pancytopenia or isolated cytopenias. One of the cardinal features of HIV seroconversion is leucopenia, however primary HIV infection as a cause of neutropenia and lymphopaenia in Crohn’s disease, has to our knowledge, not been described in the medical literature. We present a case of profound neutropenia in Crohn’s disease secondary to acute HIV sero-conversion illness.
Awareness on Digital Drugs Abuse and its Applied Prevention Among Healthcare Practitioners in KSA

Digital drugs abuse, also known as I-dosing, has recently emerged as a danger to Middle Eastern teen­agers through different media channels. This study aimed to investigate the level of knowledge of digital drug abuse among health practioners in KSA, explore their attitude towards it and describe the possible pre­ventive policies if any, and their experience of any medicolegal implemented awareness strategies to combat this phenomenon. A cross-sectional survey was used to gather data. An open-ended questionnaire with two parts contain­ing open-ended questions was developed, validated, pretested, and randomly distributed to 200 voluntary participating health care practitioners of both sexes (n = 200) attending a continuous medical education seminar in May 2015 held in Madinah. Ethical approval and an informed written consent was obtained. Participants were males (65%) and females (35%) with different professional degrees. The knowledge of I-dosing of digital drugs was 30%. The source of this knowledge was through media (96%) and through receiving inquiries concerning this topic (71.9%). Only 14.7% of participants knew the mechanism of action of digital drugs. However, 65% of the participants thought digital drugs are real threats. From the participants, 16.9% were approached by an awareness program concerning this issue. This study concluded the urgent need for an awareness program directed at medical practitioners and communities in KSA. Keywords: Forensic Science, Digital Drug, I-Dosing, Teenage, Abuse, Prevention, Healthcare Practitioners.
Development of a Dyspnea Management Behavior Scale for Thai Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Patients

Background: Dyspnea is the most common and severe symptom in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) associated with progressively decreased lung function. Assessment of dyspnea management behavior in COPD patients is therefore of great importance in clinical practice. However, no valid and reliable measure presently exists to assess such behavior in Thai COPD patients. The purpose of this study was to develop a dyspnea management behavior scale (DMBS) for use in the Thai COPD patient population. Methods: This study was guided by scale development procedures. Development of the DMBS involved four steps: first, generating an item pool; second, performing a content validity procedure; third, performing an item analysis procedure; and fourth, performing a construct validity procedure using exploratory factor analysis (EFA). A convenience sample of 100 COPD patients was recruited for scale validation. Results: The DMBS was produced as a self-reporting questionnaire, comprising 17 items and a five-point Likert scale. The scale was divided into two components: (1) management of dyspnea exacerbation and (2) prevention of induced dyspnea. Psychometric testing confirmed the content and construct validity, as well as the internal consistency of the instrument when used by Thai COPD patients, with a Cronbach’s alpha coefficient of 0.93. The results of EFA showed that the two components accounted for 48.95% of the variation, with Eigenvalues of 8.81 and 1.61. Conclusions: The findings of this study support the development of the DMBS for assessing the dyspnea management behavior of Thai COPD patients. Further research is needed to field-test the psychometric properties of the DMBS.
The Smock Frock: The Journey from Fieldwork to the Pages of Vogue

The smock frock was a nineteenth-century utilitarian overall worn by male manual labourers and particularly associated with agricultural work. However, by 1915, the garment had appeared on the front cover of American Vogue as an item of female clothing. This article will investigate how this transition happened and the factors that enabled a garment that was a stigmatised marker of social class to bridge the gap between high fashion and workwear, also menswear and womenswear, and thus enter the fashionable discourse. The article will trace why these changes happened, discussing the relationship with the aesthetic and rational dress movements, and, in particular, the importance of the actress Ellen Terry and her daughter Edith Craig, in the transformation of the garment. It will also consider how the gendered interpretation of a garment might alter over the course of time, and the influence that this had on its function.