Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Lifestyle factors and oncogenic papillomavirus infection in a high-risk male population

Background High risk human papillomavirus (HR-HPV) infection in males is a health issue with implications for HPV-related lesions in their partners. The identification of risk factors for male infection may improve our understanding of HR-HPV transmission and prevention. The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationships between lifestyle, genital warts and HR-HPV infection. The study was focused on men with an increased risk of HR-HPV infection: male sexual partners of women diagnosed with high-grade squamous intraepithelial cervical lesions. Methods Men were enrolled and prospectively recruited within the first six months after diagnosis of cervical lesions in their female partners (n = 175, 2013–2016). Epidemiological and sexual behaviour data were obtained. The presence of genital warts was established by visual inspection. Detection and genotyping of HR-HPV infection in genital samples were performed with a Linear Array HPV Genotyping Test. All HR-HPV positive men were offered a follow-up exam at 12 months. SPSS version 19 was used for statistical analysis. Results and discussion The prevalence of HR-HPV infection in men was 45.1% (79/175). Genital warts were observed in 10.3% (18/175) of the subjects. Detection of genital warts (OR 3.5, p = 0.015), smoking habits (OR 2.3, p = 0.006) and sexual debut before 16 years old (OR 2, p = 0.035) were associated with an increased risk for HR-HPV infection (univariate analysis). This association was also observed for genital warts and smoking status in a multivariate analysis. The same genotype was found after one year in 71.4% (20/28) of subjects. Conclusions The presence of genital warts and smoking habits seem to be associated with a higher risk of HR-HPV infection in males. Earlier sexual debut may increase this risk. Extensive knowledge of the natural history of HR-HPV infection in males is an absolute requirement for the design and implementation of prevention strategies for the general population as well as for specific populations such as couples after treatment for high-grade cervical lesions.
Cache-Based Network Processor Architecture: Evaluation with Real Network Traffic

A novel cache-based network processor (NP) architecture that can catch up with next generation 100-Gbps packet-processing throughput by exploiting a nature of network traffic is proposed, and the prototype is evaluated with real network traffic traces. This architecture consists of several small processing units (PUs) and a bit-stream manipulation hardware called a burst-stream path (BSP) that has a special cache mechanism called a process-learning cache (PLC) and a cache-miss handler (CMH). The PLC memorizes a packet-processing method with all table-lookup results, and applies it to subsequent packets that have the same information in their header. To avoid packet-processing blocking, the CMH handles cache-miss packets while registration processing is performed at the PLC. The combination of the PLC and CMH enables most packets to skip the execution at the PUs, which dissipate huge power in conventional NPs. We evaluated an FPGA-based prototype with real core network traffic traces of a WIDE backbone router. From the experimental results, we observed a special case where the packet of minimum size appeared in large quantities, and the cache-based NP was able to achieve 100% throughput with only the 10%-throughput PUs due to the existence of very high temporal locality of network traffic. From the whole results, the cache-based NP would be able to achieve 100-Gbps throughput by using 10- to 40-Gbps throughput PUs. The power consumption of the cache-based NP, which consists of 40-Gbps throughput PUs, is estimated to be only 44.7% that of a conventional NP.
Boosting incremental Nelder-Mead simplex for distributed regression over wireless sensor networks

Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) have attracted much interest in recent years. The main goal of a WSN is data collection. As the amount of the collected data increases, it would be essential to analyze them. However, restricted power supply of small sensors makes it a serious problem to transmit all the data to a fusion center for a centralized analysis. This is why the role of in-network processing seems crucial. In this paper, we propose an in-network optimization algorithm based on Nelder-Mead simplex to incrementally do regression analysis over distributed data. Then, we improve the resulted regressor by the application of boosting concept. Simulation results show that the proposed algorithm increases accuracy and is more efficient in terms of communication compared to its counterparts.
U.S. Small Business’s Philanthropic Contribution to Local Community: Stakeholder Salience and Social Identity Perspectives

ABSTRACT This study investigates relational attributes that explain small-business owners’/managers’ philanthropic contribution to their local community. Drawing on the theory of stakeholder salience and the social identity theory, we consider two facets of small-business–local-community relationship: a relationship with the local community as a stakeholder and a relationship with the local community as a social category that they belong. Data from 202 small-business owners/managers in the United States yielded support for the stakeholder salience and social identity perspectives. The results showed that the owners’/managers’ perception of legitimacy and urgency of local community’s claim and their social identity as a community member were important determinants of the small businesses’ philanthropic contribution. The findings provide strategic implications for local governments, civic organizations, and community authorities about managing the relationship with Small Business, Stakeholder salience, social identity, CSR, local community.
A phase 2 trial of high dose lenalidomide in patients with relapsed/refractory higher‐risk myelodysplastic syndromes and acute myeloid leukaemia with trilineage dysplasia

Limited therapies exist for patients with refractory and relapsed (RR) higher‐risk myelodysplastic syndromes (HR‐MDS) and acute myeloid leukaemia with trilineage dysplasia (AML‐TD). High dose (HD) lenalidomide (50 mg) has activity as frontline therapy in elderly AML but there is limited data in the RR setting. This phase II trial included patients with RR HR‐MDS or AML‐TD at 2 doses of lenalidomide (15 or 50 mg) on days 1–28 of 42‐day cycles. The primary endpoint was response rate using the 2006 International Working Group criteria. Overall survival (OS) was estimated by Kaplan–Meier methods. Of 27 patients enrolled, 59% had HR‐MDS and 31% AML‐TD. No patient had isolated del5q; 41% had poor‐risk karyotype. Of 9 patients treated at 15 mg, 56% completed ≥2 cycles with no responses. Of 18 patients treated at 50 mg, 39% completed ≥2 cycles and 11% responded but all experienced grade 3/4 neutropenic fever/infection. The 60‐day mortality rate was 30%. Median OS was 114 days with 19% surviving ≥1 year. The study was terminated due to lack of robust clinical activity. In conclusion, lenalidomide at 15 mg is ineffective in RR myeloid malignancies. Continous high dosing schedules are poorly tolerated and minimally active. Further evaluation should be considered in upfront intensive chemotherapy‐ineligible patients.
Improving efficiency and reducing fraud in UAE's health insurance market.

The World health report 2010 estimated that about 20-40% of all health sector resources are wasted and highlighted health care leakages-waste, corruption and fraud-as the ninth leading source of inefficiency of health systems. The health care system of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is currently ranked 9th out of 55 nations assessed by the Bloomberg’s health care efficiency index-the United States of America ranks 50th. However, if efficiency is defined conventionally based on costs to achieve specified outcomes, the UAE health system has efficiency shortcomings in relation to health care costs by its citizens for overseas medical treatment as well as the per patient cost of treating diabetes annually-as high as $10,000 annually per Emirati citizen with complicated diabetes. One approach to improving efficiency of UAE’s current AED64 billion ($17 billion) annual health industry market is through universal health insurance, as it facilitates improvements in health outcomes by making access to high-quality health services more affordable and equitably distributed. The European Health Care Fraud and Corruption Network stated that, in 2008, of the annual global health expenditure of about US$ 5.3 trillion, at least 5% or about US$ 260 billion, is lost to fraud. According to 9 March 2016, UAE Gulf News report, AED 4 (11%) billion of the AED33 billion health insurance claims by individuals and health care providers are related to health insurance abuse and fraud. Using the newly implemented Dubai Mandatory Health Insurance Program as case study, this article critically reviews opportunities to improve the efficiency of UAE’s health insurance system and highlights approaches to tackling health insurance fraud and abuse, which adversely affect the efficient delivery of health services in UAE
Food Insecurity and CD4% Among HIV+ Children in Gaborone, Botswana

Abstract:We investigated the association between household food insecurity (HFI) and CD4% among 2–6-year old HIV+ outpatients (n = 78) at the Botswana-Baylor Children's Clinical Center of Excellence in Gaborone, Botswana. HFI was assessed by a validated survey. CD4% data were abstracted from the medical record. We used multiple linear regression with CD4% (dependent variable), HFI (independent variable), and controlled for sociodemographic and clinical covariates. Multiple linear regression showed a significant main effect for HFI [beta = −0.6, 95% confidence interval (CI): −1.0 to −0.1] and child gender (beta = 5.6, 95% CI: 1.3 to 9.8). Alleviating food insecurity may improve pediatric HIV outcomes in Botswana and similar Sub-Saharan settings.
ONLINE MARKETING – PRESENT SCENARIO

Internet plays a vital role in online marketing. By the development of online marketing, the shopping habit of the people have changed tremendously. People spend more time in mobile phones with internet access. This arise in the usage of different online shopping websites which in turn leads to the growth of online marketing. Widespread adoption of the internet for both business and personal use has generated many new channels for advertising and marketing activities. Online marketing is also covered with many merits and demerits which will be mentioned in the further details. This article mainly focuses on the growth of online marketing in the present scenario.
Mid-level vision and recognition of non-rigid objects

Abstract : We address mid-level vision for the recognition of non-rigid objects. We align model and image using frame curves - which are object or "figure/ground" skeletons. Frame curves are computed, without discontinuities, using Curved Inertia Frames, a provably global scheme implemented on the Connection Machine, based on: non-cartisean networks; a definition of curved axis of inertia; and a ridge detector. I present evidence against frame alignment in human perception. This suggests: frame curves have a role in figure/ground segregation and in fuzzy boundaries; their outside/near/top/incoming regions are more salient; and that perception begins by selling a reference frame (prior to early vision), and proceeds by processing convex structures. (AN)
The Effect of Materiality Disclosures on Investors’ Decision Making

Recent reviews of the academic literature indicate that little is known regarding how users evaluate the materiality levels auditors use or respond to quantitative materiality disclosure. Regulators around the world have taken different stances on whether materiality should, or should not, be disclosed in the auditor’s report. In response to the dearth of research on these policy decisions, we examine the effect of audit materiality disclosures, or lack thereof, on professional investors’ decision making across different investment contexts (debt vs. equity, public vs. private). Our study is designed to test global audit policy and as such our hypotheses are motivated by audit theory, auditing standards, and assertions made by regulators. Among a sample of 246 professional investors, we find that investors struggle to understand materiality disclosures. Most importantly, we do not find evidence that investors’ decisions are consistent with audit theory or regulator assertions. For example, investors fail to make consistent connections between the amount of disclosed audit materiality and the level of auditor effort. Our results hold across debt and equity investment settings for both public and private companies. In sum, our findings suggest that disclosures of audit materiality are not well understood by professional investors. This research informs practitioners, regulators, and academics regarding the effect of materiality disclosure on investor decision making as well as stakeholders’ views and expectations of overall materiality.
Why Consumers Don't see the Benefits of Genetically Modified Foods, and what Marketers can do about It

Evidence from four studies suggests that the moral opposition toward genetically modified (GM) foods impedes the perception of their benefits, and critically, marketers can circumvent this moral opposition by employing subtle cues to position these products as being “man-made. ” Specifically, if consumers view the GM food as man-made, and if they understand why it was created, moral opposition to the product diminishes, and the GM food's perceived benefits increase, which subsequently increases purchase intentions for the product. This effect is replicated in the field (in both controlled and naturalistic settings), in a laboratory experiment, and with an online consumer panel. The results suggest that marketers can help consumers better consider all information when assessing the merits of GM foods by using packaging and promotion strategies to cue consumers to view the GM food for what it is (i.e., a man-made object created with intent). The findings have implications for the recent GM food labeling debate.
Risk management in a municipal construction enterprise: A theoretical and methodical study

Objectives: The key aim of the paper is to outline the concept of integrated risk management in municipal construction enterprises, seen as a supportive function that facilitates the overall management of an organisation. What matters most, both in the theory and in practice, is the ability to use appropriate methodology in this respect. Such issues now constitute an integral element of public management in Poland. Research Design & Methods: A cognitive gap, identified in the scholarly literature, has served as a starting point for the theoretical and conceptual discussions addressed in this paper, in particular, within the scope of risk management methods. This paper contains a review of the literature on this subject. Deduction and induction have been used to formulate the conclusion. Another method employed in this paper is synthesis. The conclusions drawn in this paper result also from the observations made during long-term research into risk, including in the public construction sector, which has been conducted by the author at the University of Economics in Katowice. Findings: The concept proposed in this paper is the outcome of the author’s studies, conducted with a view to identifying solutions, both theoretical and methodical ones, in the area of risk management in municipal construction enterprises operating in Poland. Integrated risk management provides the basic framework for the concept which is drawn up as a result of the research. Implications / Recommendations: In its main body this paper presents a recommendation which consists of a modification of the general concept of Construction Risk Management (CRM) into Integrated Construction Risk Management (ICRM), with a simultaneous proposal that the general risk management concept (theory), which is followed by commercial companies (Enterprise Risk Management; ERM), should be implemented in municipal construction enterprises as well. The proposed solutions may then be transferred to the practical operations of such municipal entities or of public organisations at large (the utilitarian dimension of knowledge). Contribution / Value Added: This paper is an attempt to add to the theoretical background to risk management in the public sector, which refers, in particular, to New Public Management (NPM), the notion used by municipal construction enterprises in Poland. Article Classification: conceptual article JEL classification: D81, H4, H76, L7, L32
Future-Ready Leadership Competencies

| Prof Vasanthi Srinivasan is a Professor in the Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management Area. Currently, she is the Chairperson of Alumni Relations. Author of several Journal Publications, Book Chapters and Research Reports, her research interests are in the field of Multi-generations in the Workplace, Women in Management and Boards, Ethics Teaching in Business Schools, HRM in Rapid Growth Organizations and Ethics, and CSR in Micro, Small and Mid-sized enterprises. At IIM Bangalore, she teaches the core course on Managing People and Performance in Organizations and also offers an elective in Human Resource Management. She has designed and delivered sessions on leadership development and career management on Executive Education programmes.
Highly task‐specific oromandibular dystonia in a telephone operator

S. Y. Kang, H. Kim, H. -I. Ma, Y. J. Kim, S. -B. Kwon, S. H. Hwang and Y. H. Sohn Department of Neurology, Hallym University College of Medicine, Seoul; Graduate Program in Speech and Language Pathology, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, & Research Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine; and Department of Neurology and Brain Research Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
Video query: Research directions

As digital video databases become more and more pervasive, finding video in large databases becomes a major problem. Because of the nature of video (streamed objects), accessing the content of such databases is inherently a time-consuming operation. Enabling intelligent means of video retrieval and rapid video viewing through the processing, analysis, and interpretation of visual content are, therefore, important topics of research. In this paper, we survey the art of video query and retrieval and propose a framework for video-query formulation and video retrieval based on an iterated sequence of navigating, searching, browsing, and viewing. We describe how the rich information media of video in the forms of image, audio, and text can be appropriately used in each stage of the search process to retrieve relevant segments. Also, we address the problem of automatic video annotation-- attaching meanings to video segments to aid the query steps. Subsequently, we present a novel framework of structural video analysis that focuses on the processing of high-level features as well as low-level visual cues. This processing augments the semantic interpretation of a wide variety of long video segments and assists in the search, navigation, and retrieval of video. We describe several such techniques.
Characterization of hepatitis C virus envelope glycoprotein complexes expressed by recombinant vaccinia viruses

We constructed recombinant vaccinia virus vectors for expression of the structural region of hepatitis C virus (HCV). Infection of mammalian cells with a vector (vv/HCV1-906) encoding C-E1-E2-NS2 generated major protein species of 22 kDa (C), 33 to 35 kDa (E1), and 70 to 72 kDa (E2), as observed previously with other mammalian expression systems. The bulk of the E1 and E2 expressed by vv/HCV1-906 was found integrated into endoplasmic reticulum membranes as core-glycosylated species, suggesting that these E1 and E2 species represent intracellular forms of the HCV envelope proteins. HCV E1 and E2 formed E1-E2 complexes which were precipitated by either anti-E1 or anti-E2 serum and which sedimented at approximately 15 S on glycerol density gradients. No evidence of intermolecular disulfide bonding between E1 and E2 was detected. E1 and E2 were copurified to approximately 90% purity by mild detergent extraction followed by chromatography on Galanthus nivalus lectin-agarose and DEAE-Fractogel. Immunization of chimpanzees with purified E1-E2 generated high titers of anti-E1 and anti-E2 antibodies. Further studies, to be reported separately, demonstrated that purified E1-E2 complexes were recognized at high frequency by HCV+ human sera (D. Y. Chien, Q.-L. Choo, R. Ralston, R. Spaete, M. Tong, M. Houghton, and G. Kuo, Lancet, in press) and generated protective immunity in chimpanzees (Q.-L. Choo, G. Kuo, R. Ralston, A. Weiner, D. Chien, G. Van Nest, J. Han, K. Berger, K. Thudium, J. Kansopon, J. McFarland, A. Tabrizi, K. Ching, B. Mass, L. B. Cummins, E. Muchmore, and M. Houghton, submitted for publication), suggesting that these purified HCV envelope proteins display native HCV epitopes.
Oral health and dental well‐being: testing a self‐determination theory model

This study tested a self-determination theory (SDT) process model of oral health and subjective dental well-being. The results showed that: (1) patients' perceptions of autonomy-supportive dental professionals were significantly positively predictive of patients' psychological needs satisfaction in treatment; (2) needs satisfaction was significantly related to perceived dental competence (positive), autonomous motivation (positive), and controlled motivation (negative) for dental care; (3) perceived competence was significantly positively, and controlled motivation was significantly negatively associated with self-rated oral health and oral-health-related quality of life; (4) autonomous motivation for dental treatment was significantly positively associated with valuing continued dental treatment; and (5) the three oral-health-related variables were all significantly positively linked to subjective dental well-being. A structural equation model supported the SDT process model.
Application of proverbs in psychotherapy for the Chinese CONG Zhong

Examining Chinese proverbs or common sayings as a cultural product is one of the ways to examine the cultural aspects of the mental life of the Chinese. It provides one route to discuss how to provide culture-suitable psychotherapy for the Chinese. After a brief review of Chinese psychology through the review of some proverbs, the application of proverbs for Chinese psychotherapy is discussed in terms of how it will promote communication and improve relationships between the therapist and the patient; help the patient to identify their problems quickly by crystallized key words; and communicate culturally shared value systems for coping with problems. It is advocated that the suitable use of proverbs in psychotherapy will promote culture-relevant communication and therapy for the Chinese patients.