Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Clinical Prognostic Factors for One Year Survival in Patients after Ischemic Stroke

Introduction: The goal of the study was to identify the most significant prognostic clinical criteria for the survival of patients with Ischemic Stroke (IS) within 1 year of observation. Materials and Methods: The object of the clinical prospective study was 1421 patients with IS hospitalized in 2002-2015 in the neurological (stroke) departments of the 5th Minsk City Clinical Hospital and the Minsk Emergency Hospital. Analyzing the obtained data, we adhered to the prospective specimen collection, retrospective evaluation design of the study. The primary endpoint of the study was the patient's death from any reason within one year of the development of IS. Information on post-stroke all-cause mortality was obtained through linkages to the official source the centralized archive of deaths of residents of the city of Minsk. Patients without a confirmed death date were censored at the date last known alive. All patients that were alive at one year are assumed to be censored at that time. The collection of clinical, demographic, neuroimaging, laboratory data, as well as the final determination of the stroke outcome, was performed blindly with respect to survival data. Results: To build the model, 22 multivariate clinical indicators were used that demonstrated the relationship with post stroke survival at the stage of preliminary data analysis: stroke subtype according the Oxfordshire Community Stroke Project, age, gender, the severity of the neurological deficit according to the NIHSS scale at hospitalization, previous stroke or TIA, the presence of arterial hypertension, atrial fibrillation, myocardial atherosclerosis, congestive heart failure, diabetes mellitus, peripheral arterial diseases, alcohol abuse, level of creatinine, glucose, urea, potassium, sodium in blood, amount of hemoglobin, erythrocytes and leukocytes on the 1st day of treatment, the level of systolic and diastolic blood pressure in the hospital admission department. In the construction of a survival decision tree of patients with IS, of the 22 initially embedded parameters, only 6 independent predictors were finally included in the prognostic model the stroke subtype according to the OCSP, the presence of a lacunar infarction, the severity of neurologic deficit at hospitalization according NIHSS, level of urea and glucose in the blood, and the presence of congestive heart failure.
Decapod crustacean assemblages from littoral bottoms of the Alborán Sea (Spain, west Mediterranean Sea): spatial and temporal variability

The structure of decapod crustacean assemblages living in shallow waters (5 to 25 m depth) in an area of the Alboran Sea (Mediterranean Sea) neighbouring the Strait of Gibraltar was studied. The relatively high richness found in this area is probably due to the diversity of substrata and the confluence of Atlantic and Mediterranean waters. The most abundant species was the hermit crab Diogenes pugilator due to the prevalence of sandy substrate, the shallow depth-range, and the species’ life history. The coralligenous bottom showed the highest species richness and diversity values due to the complexity of microhabitats in this type of bottom and probably due to the food flux associated with currents. Conversely, shallow, well calibrated, fine to medium sandy bottoms of 5 m had the lowest values and the maximum densities due to the high abundance of a few well adapted species. The analysis of the different stations showed significant spatial differences according to depth and sedimentary characteristics. Depth is the environmental variable that correlates best with the decapod assemblages, with a particularly significant boundary between 5 m and 15 m. Nevertheless, there was a continuous transition between the assemblages. These results evidence the importance of quantitative studies in differentiating decapod assemblages. Relationships between these assemblages should also be taken into account in coastal management, since altering a substrate could have repercussions for the structure of the communities of neighbouring substrates. No seasonal significant differences were found in the overall analysis of the area, but there were differences between spring and autumn and spring and summer in relation to depth and substrate (crossed analysis). Finally, we present the species which allow us to discriminate the different assemblages according to sediment and depth, as well as the species’ contributions.
CT guided wire localization of a biopsy proven recurrent rectaladenocarcinoma in an inguinal lymph node: A case report

This case report aims to describe the use of CT guided wire localization for excision of a non-palpable PET avid lymph node (LN) in the groin. We present a case of a patient with a recurrent very distal rectal adenocarcinoma metastasized to a right inguinal LN who underwent wire localization under CT scan guidance just prior to surgical excision and inguinal node dissection. We adjusted our incision to ensure not only the LN of interest was easily found and excised but also aesthetic closure based on its location. The node of interest proved to be recurrent metastatic rectal adenocarcinoma (proven preoperatively by a needle biopsy with clip placement to facilitate localization). We believe this technique to be useful for both localizing groin LN and allowing for optimal aesthetic closure.
Income Creation and/or Income Shifting? The Intensive vs. the Extensive Shifting Margins

The optimal tax literature has modelled income shifting as a decision along the intensive margin. However, income shifting involves significant fixed costs, which give rise to an important extensive margin. In this article, we show that the distinction between the intensive and extensive margins has crucial policy implications. We consider a population of agents differing in terms of productivities, labor supply elasticities and costs of income shifting. In the extensive margin model the distinction between income creation and income shifting breaks down and the social planner should not in general combat shifting. In particular, numerical simulations of a linear tax model suggest that the social planner should allow for income shifting if elasticities are heterogeneous in the population. We demonstrate that the qualitative conclusions drawn from the simple linear tax model carry over to a model with two fully non-linear tax schedules.
Improving the performance of the ALSTOM baseline controller using multiobjective optimisation

The authors present a multiobjective optimisation design approach to improve the performance of the ALSTOM Benchmark Challenge baseline controller. As the gasifier process is complex and non-linear, with a high degree of cross coupling of the variables, manual tuning of the controllers is difficult. The use of a multiobjective optimisation method allows the simultaneous tuning of multiple controllers, seeking a trade-off between the different performance objectives. A further example using the same multiobjective optimisation method shows how the performance of the baseline controller can be improved by the addition of extra proportional controllers to reduce the fluctuation due to a sine-wave pressure disturbance. This control structure is then simplified using a genetic algorithm search procedure, to find the structure with the lowest error.
Static Analysis of a Small Scale Ducted-Fan UAV using Wind Tunnel Data

This paper discusses the mathematical modeling of a small scale ducted-fan UAV and examines its results in comparison to the wind tunnel test. A wind tunnel test is first performed, producing a substantial amount of test data. The acquired set of wind tunnel test data is then categorized and approximated as mathematical functions. Finally, the mathematically modeled forces and moments acting on the UAV are compared with the acquired wind tunnel data. The analysis involves a gradient-based algorithm and is applied to extract trim states with respect to various flight conditions. Consequently, a numerical analysis demonstrates that there exists a reasonable flight status with respect to airspeed.
Energy consumption behaviour and home performance: Community energy saving programme in Aspley, Nottingham

The present study reflects on how energy policy is being enacted through policy and regulation in the existing domestic sector in the UK, through one of the Community Energy Saving Programme (CESP) schemes, rolled out by the UK government in 2009. The research illustrates some of the results of a survey questionnaire administered to the residents of this CESP scheme in Aspley, Nottingham. Designed and executed in two phases, the first phase of the survey sought to understand residents’ attitudes and behaviour and explore how this related to home energy use and performance prior to extensive energy-related upgrades to their dwellings. The second survey phase examined changes in users’ energy consumption behaviour and dwelling performance after their homes were upgraded to higher energy efficiency standards. The outcome of the research provides a comparative analysis between both phases in terms of home performance and the possible reasons for any change in energy consumption behaviour depicted; whether it was due to policy uptake, information provided or means of communicating.
Lattice Defects and Mechanical Behaviour of Quartz SiO2

Quartz has the chemical composition SiO 2 . It is an abundant mineral in the Earth crust and its mechanical properties govern the rheological behaviour of a number of crustal rocks. Quartz is also a material widely used in industry (resonators, filters.) owing to its remarkable piezoelectric properties. Very small amounts of water in the quartz lattice dramatically affect its mechanical properties. The mechanical strength of wet quartz is at least 10 times lower than that of dry quartz. This effect of water on quartz has been called hydrolytic weakening. The piezoelectric performances of resonators are also dramatically reduced by the presence of amounts of water as small as [H]/[Si] 300 at. ppm. In order to get better performances, crystal growers have investigated the grown-in lattice defects (dislocations, twins, occurrence of water and other chemical impurities) and their influence on piezoelectric performances. The community of mineral physicists have also investigated the lattice defects in quartz, especially dislocations, and the physical factors influencing their mobility. They have also investigated the behaviour of quartz under extreme dynamic pressure ; this situation corresponds to shock waves generated by the impact of meteorites on the Earth's surface. The aim of this article is to review the mechanical behaviour of quartz under various thermomechanical conditions and the role of the impurity water on the relevant physical properties of quartz.
Genetic correlation of ram sexual performance with ewe reproductive traits of four sheep breeds

Rams express differences in sexual performance during the breeding season. Breeding rams with high sexual performance scores as measured during a sexual performance test can improve flock fertility. Whether selecting rams for high sexual performance score will indirectly improve ewe reproductive performance is not known. The objective of this study was to estimate the genetic correlation between sexual performance scores of rams and reproduction of ewes. Sexual performance scores of rams and reproductive performance (number of lambs born per ewe exposed and number of lambs weaned per ewe exposed) from four breeds were analyzed with univariate and bivariate animal models using REML. A total of 4685 records for sexual performance scores of rams were obtained from the US Sheep Experiment Station (Columbia, n = 807; Polypay,n = 1668; Rambouillet, n = 1208; and Targhee,n = 1002). Reproductive performance of ewes was based on 35,154 records (Columbia, n = 7693; Polypay,n = 9229; Rambouillet, n = 10,954; and Targhee, n = 7278). Estimates of heritability for sexual performance score of rams were larger for the Columbia (0 .31±0.09) and Polypay (0.30±0.08) than that for Rambouillet (0 .14±0.07) and Targhee breeds (0 .17±0.08). Overall breed heritability estimate was 0 . 22 ± 0.04. Heritability estimates for number of lambs born were larger (0.05–0.11) than for number of lambs weaned (0.02–0.05). Estimates of genetic correlation between sexual performance score and number of lambs born were near zero ( −0.09 to 0.02) except for the Columbia breed (0 .24± 0.20). Estimates of genetic correlation between sexual performance score of the ram and number of lambs weaned varied by breed (Columbia, 0 .28± 0.26; Polypay, 0.00± 0.25; Rambouillet,−0.17± 0.25; and Targhee, 0 .32± 0.28). Overall breed genetic correlations of sexual performance of rams with number of lambs born and weaned were 0 . 00 ± 0.10 and 0.00 ± 0.12, respectively. Because of the low heritability of ewe reproductive traits and their apparently nil to low genetic correlation with sexual performance scores of rams, selection and use of rams with high ∗ Corresponding author. Tel. : +1 402 762 4167; fax: +1 402 762 4173. E-mail address: snowder@email.marc. usda.gov (G.D. Snowder). 0168-1591/$ – see front matter © 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. doi:10.1016/j.applanim. 2004.04. 004 254 G.D. Snowder et al. / Applied Animal Behaviour Science 88 (2004) 253–261 sexual performance scores would not be expected to result in much indirect response for improved reproduction of ewes. © 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
System and Software Development to Measure Cylindrical Pipes Based on Acoustic Reflectometry

The following document describes the use of the acoustic reflectometry, the theory that follows it, and its implementation as a technique to measure cylindrical pipes. It describes how it was constructed and the materials used in the construction and implementation of the system that allows capturing signals (reflections) from the pipe under evaluation; also shown herein are the results obtained from measuring pipes of different lengths. This work also proposes simple application software that allows analyzing measurements made using acoustic reflectometry, as well as some conclusions and recommendations for future work.
To Fragment or to Consolidate Jurisdictions: The Optimal Architecture of Government

Fiscal decentralisation is a hot issue worldwide. Within the European Union, there are even opposing tendencies with respect to the assignment of responsibilities between government tiers. This is a textbook paper aiming to provide a pedagogic introduction to the economics of government formation. Government size and district boundaries are endogenously set. Through a unified diagrammatic framework, the paper stresses the impact many politico-economic factors are likely to exert upon those endogenous variables. The list includes heterogeneity in demand for and supply of local public goods, cost sharing, scale economies, interjurisdictional spillovers, mobility of consumer-voters, congestion degrees, governance costs, and second-best finance. The analysis thus provides a foundation for a vertical system of multifunction governments very much in the pioneering spirit of Mancur Olson and Wallace Oates.
Normal Body Mass Index and Heart Rate Variability

The autonomic nervous system (ANS) works in synergy with the Endocrine system that affects the body-mass and height and in turn the body mass index (BMI). The ANS activities are often assessed with one index that is heart rate variability (HRV). Reduced HRV has been reported in underweight (low BMI) and overweight (high BMI) individuals, but there is scarce information available on the relationship between normal BMI and HRV. Further, as per WHO expert consultation report, the Asian population has higher percentage of body fat than their European counterparts, therefore Asian people may have greater risk factors for type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease even below the existing upper edge of normal BMI. Thus it was recommended by WHO to consider the intermediate cutoff points within the normal BMI range as 18.5 Kg/m2, 20 Kg/m2, 23 Kg/m2, and 25 Kg/m2 for the Asian population. Therefore, the present study was aimed to investigate ANS activity among intermediate cutoff points of normal BMI using HRV. Seventy young individuals participated in the non-invasive and benign study. Subjects were divided into three groups based on their BMI as per the recommendation of the WHO report; NB1 (18.5<BMI≤20), NB2 (20<BMI<23) and NB3 (23<BMI<25). For all the subjects, 10 min of electrocardiogram was recorded and short term HRV analysis was carried out. Student t test was carried out to find the significance of study parameters in BMI groups. The BMI was correlated with HRV measures using Spearman’s correlation method. Statistically significant negative correlation was found between BMI and various HRV parameters. The sympathovagal balance was comparable in NB1 and NB2 group whereas it shifted towards sympathetic dominance in NB3 group. Higher sympathetic activity for BMI greater than 23 in Indian youth may lead to predictability of risks associated with overweight and obesity
Numeracy and sustainability

Sustainable use of the planet is based on the assumption that humankind can maintain conditions suitable for inhabiting the planet indefinitely. No robust evidence supports this assumption nor rejects it, and adequate evidence on this issue may not be available for centuries. Numeracy is the ability to use or understand numerical techniques of mathematics. Even if adequate numerical data were available, the important decisions humankind makes regarding sustainable use of the planet should not be guided by numerical information alone, such as economic numbers, but by ecoand sustainability ethics, which provide a values framework that indicates how the numbers should be used and interpreted.
Fourier domain mode locking: new lasers for optical coherence tomography

Optical coherence tomography (OCT) generates micron-scale resolution, cross-sectional images of tissue by measuring the echo time delay of backscattered light (see Figure 1). 1 Recent work showed that rapidly wavelength-swept narrowband laser sources can be used for this technique.2 This approach, called swept source OCT (ss-OCT), is similar to the frequency modulated radar used in police speed guns, but uses light instead of radio waves. In the technique, one depth scan is generated for each sweep of the laser. The system performance depends on the laser source, so optimizing it could dramatically improve ssOCT. Tunable or wavelength-swept lasers have long been used in sensing and metrology. Standard ones consist of a gain medium with a broad amplification spectrum and a tunable optical bandpass-filter in the cavity for active wavelength selection (see Figure 2, left). However, ss-OCT requires performance that standard systems cannot provide. Typical ss-OCT applications seek a wavelength sweep range of more than 100nm around 1300nm, an instantaneous linewidth of 0.1nm or less, and sweep repetition rates of 100kHz or more. Tuning speeds in standard setups are limited by the time required to build up lasing from amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) background at each new spectral position while the laser is tuned (Figure 2, right). To overcome the tuning speed limitations of standard lasers, we developed Fourier domain mode locking (FDML). 3 In FDML, the cavity length is increased up to several kilometers, enabling the synchronization of the optical round trip time with the tuning rate of the intra-cavity bandpass filter. Light of a certain wavelength passes through the filter and propagates through the long chamber. Meanwhile, the filter sweeps over the entire range. At the exact time when light of this wavelength Figure 1. OCT measures back-reflected light intensity to generate cross-sectional images of tissue.
A high-resolution method for estimating the azimuth of infrasound signals

The work described herein discusses the application of a high-resolution frequency wavenumber method-the Multiple Signal Classification (MUSIC) method which is different from the traditional frequency wavenumber (F-K) method for detectingand estimating the direction of travel (DOT) of infrasound. Synthetic infrasound signals were superposed on top of white noise to assess the performance of the two algorithms with respect to signal-to-noise ratio. The synthetic array is composed of four elements that are aligned and equally spaced on a line. Preliminary results demonstrate the MUSIC method can lead to more accurate DOT detection than the F-K method.
The Connection Between Parenting Relationships And Suicide Activity Of Adolescents

The relevance of the researched issue is determined by the fact that adolescents are one of the most vulnerable groups of society. This is confirmed by suicide statistics (suicide numbers are the highest among teenagers). The article’s objective is to study the connection between parenting relationships and suicidal tendencies among adolescents. Leading methods of the study are the theoretical analysis of scientific psychological literature and empirical research (testing), with the use of techniques that allow to detect suicide behavior and ways to overcome difficult situations in various areas (coping mechanisms, coping strategies), as well as mind-sets and parents’ education. The article reveals that adolescents with high suicidal risk are more likely to actualize all types of suicidal intent in their behavior than adolescents with low suicidal risks. A group of adolescents with high suicidal risk uses non-adaptive coping strategies, while those with a low suicidal risk have a wider repertoire of coping strategies. The risk of teenagers’ suicide behavior is more often caused by inharmonious relationship with their mother rather than their father. The materials of the article are of practical value for the psychological and pedagogical support in students’ education, as well as to the advisory work on parenting relationships issues. © 2017 Published by Future Academy www.FutureAcademy. org.UK
Introduction of Smoke-Free Legislation in England Has Led to Decreased COPD Emergency Admissions in Men, but not in Women

The objective of this article is to assess the impact of the smoke-free legislation implemented from 2007 on emergency hospital admissions among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in England. A time series design involving routinely collected hospital episode statistics data was employed. Ecological analyses were conducted using Poisson regression to evaluate whether annual emergency admissions among COPD patients changed following the introduction of the UK smoking-ban legislation in 2007. The analysis was based on aggregated hospital episodes statistics (HES) data for the financial years 2002/03 to 2011/2012, representing the five-year periods before and after the legislation. Setting England. All patients aged 40 or older with an emergency admission coded with a diagnosis of COPD. Main outcome measures Annual number of completed emergency hospital admissions. The pattern of emergency admissions for COPD differed between men and women in the periods before and after the introduction of the smoking ban legislation. After adjusting for variation in population size, age and population smoking prevalence, a statistically significant reduction in emergency admissions among men in the years after the ban was observed when compared with the corresponding period prior to the ban- having declined by 9% (95% CI: 7% - 12%; P< 0.01). In contrast, levels remained unchanged for women over the study period. Emergency admissions for COPD remained unchanged in women but declined among men by as much as 9% in the five years after the introduction of smoke-free legislation in England.