Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Aging in Place

Dr. Benneth Husted examines Mrs. Harris in her home. Drive out to Helvetia, in the hills of Washington County, climb a hill and take in the view. This is the land that Elda Mae Harris has owned since 1952, right next door to the house she grew up in. Mrs. Harris celebrated her 94 birthday in this house in May of this year. Her husband Chuck died in this house last year. This is aging in place. This is why Housecall Providers exists – to help homebound people remain at home, despite medical conditions that would otherwise force them to resort to nursing homes, frequent trips to the emergency room, and hospitalization. Mrs. Harris is visited by our clinicians, who can bring comprehensive primary care to her. Medical home visits are long enough to get all her questions answered, review her Continued on page four
Disappearance of eggs during gestation in a viviparous snake ( Vipera aspis ) detected using non-invasive techniques

th August. Abstract. The number of eggs released at ovulation may be greater than the number of offspring born, if some of these ovulated eggs and/or embryos disappear during ges - tation. Although this process can potentially exert significant effects on reproductive output, logistical problems have discouraged studies on the disappearance of eggs and embryos in most kinds of vertebrates. Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) imaging and ultrasound Doppler-imaging have not been applied previously to such questions. Using these techniques, we monitored changes in the female's oviduct through gestation in a viviparous snake. We documented a case of disappearance of two ovulated eggs (from a litter of four) in the aspic viper, Vipera aspis. The female ovulated four normal- sized eggs, two of which contained living embryos when examined by NMR and ultra - sound Doppler-imaging early in gestation. Subsequent NMR imaging midway through gestation showed the same situation, but a third imaging session immediately prior to parturition revealed that the oviducts contained only the two live embryos. The two nonviable eggs had disappeared. The female gave birth to the two live offspring, with no evidence of any additional material. These data thus offer the strongest evidence so far available for egg disappearance (resorption? ) during gestation in reptiles. More gen - erally, NMR imaging offers a valuable tool for investigating processes inside the body cavity, where direct observation is otherwise difficult or impossible. The technique does not require sacrifice of the animals, and hence allows dynamic investigations over time.
Tracking the Silent Epidemic and Educating the Public: CDC's Traumatic Brain Injury—Associated Activities Under the TBI Act of 1996 and the Children's Health Act of 2000

The Traumatic Brain Injury Act of 1996 and the Children's Health Act of 2000 authorized the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to conduct several activities associated with traumatic brain injury. This aricle describes how the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention responded to the legislation in 2 key areas: traumatic brain injury surveillance, and education and awareness.
New Insights into the Utilization of Medium-Chain Triglycerides by the Neonate : Observations from a Piglet Model 1 , 2

Because of their unique digestive and metabolic properties, medium-chain triglycerides (MCT) are used in a variety of nutritional settings, including use as a readily digestible energy source for the neonate. This review examines recent findings from our laboratory related to MCT digestion and metabolism that are drawn from a neonatal piglet model, but which may be clinically relevant to human infants. We have shown that MCT utilization improves rapidly with postnatal age (within 24 h), which is likely due to the ontogeny of pancreatic lipase. Additional data delineate the dramatic effects of emulsification and fatty acid chain length (within the medium-chain family) on utilization, with the suggestion that triacylhexanoate is utilized at the highest rate. Again, these effects are likely mediated via an increase in the kinetics of digestion rather than metabolism. Indeed, using both in vitro and in vivo radiotracer techniques, we were unable to detect metabolic differences among evenchain fatty acid homologues. However, studies with isolated hepatocytes have shown greater oxidation rates of odd-chain fatty acids compared with even-chain homologues, in part as a reult of the anaplerotic potential of propionyl-CoA arising from odd-carbon fatty acid oxidation. In vivo radiotracer studies also showed an improvement in octanoate oxidation to CO2, with a concomitant reduction in urinary dicarboxylic acid excretion when colostrum-deprived piglets were supplemented with L-carnitine. Further metabolic research led to the novel finding that piglets have a very limited hepatic capacity to synthesize ketone bodies, and that acetate may be a relatively important product of hepatic fatty acid oxidation in this species. J. Nutr. 127: 1061–1067, 1997.
Combination of analog network coding and compressed sensing in clustered chain-type topology

Transmission in wireless sensor network (WSN) is energy intensive and time consuming. To solve this problem, combination of Analog Network Coding (ANC) and Compressed Sensing (CS) scheme is proposed to save transmission and time slots cost (TSC) in chain-type topology. In this paper, the WSN is divided into many rectangular areas. Then each rectangular area is divided into many clusters, and head nodes of these clusters form the chain-type topology which can take full advantage of the combination of ANC and CS scheme. Analysis and simulations show that with effective partition of clusters, our scheme can achieve perfect transmission and TSC performances with little loss, and it can save transmission and TSC by a factor of more than 10 when compared with other schemes in our simulation. Besides, our scheme is much more energy-saving and lifetime of our scheme outperforms the contrastive schemes.
Association of ERK2 mitogen-activated protein kinase with human immunodeficiency virus particles

Here we report the presence of a protein kinase activity associated with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) particles. We observed phosphorylation of five major proteins by the endogenous protein kinase activity. Phosphoamino acid analysis revealed phosphorylated serine and threonine residues. In addition, we observed autophosphorylation of two proteins in the presence of gamma-ATP in an in-gel phosphorylation assay. These two proteins are not linked by a disulfide bond, suggesting that two different protein kinases are associated with HIV-1 virions. Our results indicate the presence of ERK2 mitogen-activated protein kinase and of a 53,000-molecular-weight protein kinase associated with virions. Moreover, the use of different HIV strains derived from T cells and promonocytic cells, as well as the use of human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 particles, demonstrates that ERK2 is strongly associated with retrovirus particles in a cell-independent manner. Exogenous substrates, such as histone proteins, and a viral substrate, such as Gag protein, are phosphorylated by virus-associated protein kinases.
Regulating transformational branchless banking : mobile phones and other technology to increase access to finance

In transformational branchless banking, technology plays the key role of inexpensively transmitting transaction details between the customer, the retail agent, the financial service provider, and third parties. The devices typically used are mobile phones and networks of Point of Sale (POS) devices that capture client details from plastic cards. Sometimes providers offer both mobile phone-based and card based services to clients. Aside from data security issues, customer identification capability, and competition policy, the technology used to transmit transaction details is of relatively low regulatory significance, though establishing a technology-neutral regulatory regime has value given how quickly technologies change. If the system relies on a POS network and plastic cards, customers must visit a participating retail agent every time they want to conduct a transaction. If the system is mobile phone based, customers need to visit a retail agent only to add value or to convert stored value back into cash.
The Language and Writing System of MS408 (Voynich) Explained

ABSTRACT Manuscript MS408 (Voynich) is unusual in a number of respects: 1. It uses an extinct language. 2. Its alphabet uses a number of unfamiliar symbols alongside more familiar symbols. 3. It includes no dedicated punctuation marks. 4. Some of the letters have symbol variants to indicate punctuation. 5. Some of the symbol variants indicate phonetic accents. 6. All of the letters are in lower case. 7. There are no double consonants. 8. It includes diphthong, triphthongs, quadriphthongs and even quintiphthongs for the abbreviation of phonetic components. 9. It includes some words and abbreviations in Latin. As a result, identifying the language and solving the writing system required some ingenuity and lateral thinking, but both were duly revealed. The writing system is rather more singular and less intuitive than modern systems, which may explain why it failed to become culturally ubiquitous and ultimately became obsolete. On the other hand, a significant vestige of the language has survived into the modern era, because its lexicon has been sequestered into the many modern languages of Mediterranean Europe. Here, the language and writing system are explained, so that other scholars can explore the manuscript for its linguistic and informative content.
A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF MANDIBULAR CYST ENUCLEATION USING THE PIEZOELECTRIC SURGERY VERSUS THE CONVENTIONAL TECHNIQUE

INTRODUCTION: piezosurgery device was originally developed for the atraumatic cutting of bone as it produces microvibrations and specific ultrasound frequency (25-29 kHz). This new ultrasonic cutting method will be an alternative to conventional methods of oral surgery. OBJECTIVES: This study compares the use of piezosurgery and conventional technique in mandibular radicular cyst enucleation and this was estimated by clinical and radiographic analysis. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This study was conducted on fourteen patients selected from the Out-patient Clinic of the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Department, Faculty of Dentistry, Alexandria University. Patients with radicular cyst in jaw region were diagnosed clinically and radiographically. The patients were randomly divided into two groups, seven patients were treated using piezosurgery and other seven patients were treated using conventional surgical procedures. Intraoperative and postoperative evaluation was carried out to monitor soft tissue damage, manipulation complexity, pain, infection and tissue dehiscence at 1st, 2nd, 7th day and after one month postoperatively. The bone healing and bone density was determined radiographically after 3 and 6 months postoperatively using Cone Beam Computed tomography. RESULTS: no soft tissue damage or manipulation complexities were observed in both groups, less bleeding was observed intraoperatively in piezosurgery group. Healing was uneventful with no signs of dehiscence in piezosurgery group with lower pain score than in control group. There was a significant decrease in the surface area of the bone defect in the piezosurgery group compared to control group along the follow up period. The improvement in the bone density was greater in the piezosurgery group than in the control group, with percent of difference 33.42% on the 3rd month and 63.84% on the 6th month. CONCLUSIONS: Piezosurgery is effective in cyst enucleation as it accelerates bone healing and reduces intraoperative and postoperative complications
The qualification of Figure and Ground in factive-fictive motion: a tentative exploration of motion events in literary discourse

This dissertation attempts to explore the factive-fictive divide from the perspective of the two most overlooked components of the motion schema: Figure and Ground. Scant information in the literature concerns both components, and most of the available knowledge in the field on the matter is achieved through the study of other components of the schema, mainly Path. By examining authentic occurrences in literary texts, more precisely, in Joseph Conrad’s novel "Heart of Darkness", this research aims at identifying whether certain semantic features of Figure and Ground as observed in real discourse may determine whether an event is experienced as factive or fictive. To distinguish categories, ranging from the most concrete—most perceptual—entities, to the most abstract—most perceptual—ones, some of the Talmy’s palpability-related parameters were selected. The results suggest that the relationship between abstraction, palpability and metaphorization in Figure and Ground may determine in most of the cases how an event is experienced in our minds.
Does the Indian Stock Market Encourage Socially Responsible Companies?

A paradigm shift has taken place in the conceptual framework of Corporate Responsibility which has led to the emergence of a holistic approach towards Governance, Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Accountability. We expect that social responsibility has a distinct and positive effect on the security prices in the stock market. This paper aims at studying the broad trends in the market in terms of ESG, as proxy of socially responsible companies, and NIFTY, as the proxy of general companies, to identify the breaks, if any, and to examine the price discovery process in both the indices, in terms of growth rate. We have identified three periods i.e. pre-crisis, crisis and post-crisis period. We conclude that the growth rate and return is more in ESG index than NIFTY index. Hence, social responsible companies are performing better than general companies both in terms of price discovery and returns, for the whole period. After the crisis the investors had become sensitised to social responsibility and had begun to absorb and internalise the behaviour of socially responsible companies in the price discovery process.
Intracellular Calcium Plays a Critical Role in the Microcystin-LR-Elicited Neurotoxicity Through PLC/IP3 Pathway

Neurotoxicity of microcystin-leucine-arginine (MCLR) has been widely reported. However, the mechanism is not fully understood. Using primary hippocampal neurons, we tested the hypothesis that MCLR-triggered activation in intracellular free calcium concentration ([Ca2+]i) induces the death of neurons. Microcystin-leucine-arginine inhibited cell viability at a range of 0.1 to 30 μmol/L and caused a dose-dependent increase in [Ca2+]i. This increase in [Ca2+]i was observed in Ca2+-free media and blocked by an endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ pump inhibitor, suggesting intracellular Ca2+ release. Moreover, pretreatment of hippocampal neurons with intracellular Ca2+ chelator (O,O′-bis (2-aminophenyl) ethyleneglycol-N,N,N′,N′-tetraacetic acid, tetraacetoxy-methyl ester) and inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor antagonist (2-aminoethoxydiphenyl borate) could block both the Ca2+ mobilization and the neuronal death following MCLR exposure. In contrast, the ryanodine receptor inhibitor (dantrolene) did not ameliorate the effect of MCLR. In conclusion, MCLR disrupts [Ca2+]i homeostasis in neurons by releasing Ca2+ from intracellular stores, and this increase in [Ca2+]i may be a key determinant in the mechanism underlying MCLR-induced neurotoxicity.
[Anemia status and its relevant factors among elderly people aged above 80 years old in longevity areas in China].

OBJECTIVE To describe the epidemiological characteristics of anemia among elderly people aged 80 years old and above in longevity areas in China and to analyze its relevant factors to the health effects. METHODS The data used in this study came from the Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey, including all centenarians in 7 longevity areas, as well as randomly selected population aged 40-, 60-, 80- and 90- in the same 7 areas. A total of 1980 subjects enrolled in the study. The data of general information, eating habits and diseases history was collected by questionnaire survey. Hemoglobin, plasma macro and trace elements were gained by biochemical test. Logistic regression was used to analyze the anemia and its relevant factors. RESULTS The prevalence of anemia of elderly people aged 40-, 60-, 80-, 90-, 100- were 16.1% (75/465), 19.1% (82/429), 41.1% (141/343), 46.2% (171/370) and 57.1% (213/373) in 7 longevity areas, which kept on a rise with the increasing of age (z = 14.7, P < 0.05). The prevalence of anemia of male aged 100 years old and above was 66.7% (38/57), which was the highest one among all elderly. Plasma Ca (2.96 mmol/L), Fe (58.22 micromol/L), Zn (28.84 micromol/L) and Cu (19.56 micromol/L) of the elderly people aged 90 years old and above in anemia group, and in control group they were 3.30 mmol/L, 78.26 micromol/L, 33.66 micromol/L, 20.62 micromol/L, respectively. The significant differences were observed between the two groups (z values were -2.95, -3.07, -2.23 and -2.16, P < 0.05). The main risk factors related to anemia were age (OR = 1.675, 95%CI: 1.554 - 1.807), followed by frequency of beans and their products intake (OR = 0.545, 95%CI: 0.435 - 0.682), waist circumference (OR = 0.567, 95%CI: 0.456 - 0.705) and frequency of meat intake (OR = 1.608, 95%CI: 1.303 - 1.983). CONCLUSION The anemia status of oldest old people in longevity areas was severe. Higher frequency of beans and their products intake and maintaining well nutritional condition benefit for the prevention of anemia.
SECTION 529 SAVINGS PLANS, ACCESS TO POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION, AND UNIVERSAL ASSET BUILDING

Achieving economic security today requires access to both income and assets. One of the most significant factors in generating these resources is education, particularly post-secondary education. The problem for many Americans is that high and escalating tuition costs make it increasingly difficult to access a college education. Over the past ten years, the price of a year of college at a four-year public institution has increased 36 percent, 10.5 percent in the last year alone (“Trends in College Pricing” 2004). Affording these costs is especially challenging for families with fewer resources. More than half of academically-qualified low-income students are prevented from attending a four-year college because of cost considerations (Milano 2003). Given rising tuition costs and the value of a college degree, it is imperative to provide all Americans, and especially lower-income families, the opportunity to save for college.
Bid-Ask Spread, Asymmetric Information and Ultimate Ownership

We collect the ultimate ownership data for the 1,167 Canadian traded corporations, for the 1994-1996 period, to examine the relationship between stock liquidity and ultimate ownership structure. Our results suggest that the presence of family increases the bid-ask spread. In addition, the magnitude of the deviation between ultimate ownership and ultimate control at the presence of families is important in determining the bid-ask spread. Furthermore, we document that mechanisms of enhancing control, say pyramid at the presence of families, significantly affect bid-ask spreads.
Hierarchical Ad Hoc Networks

In the last period a dynamic and accentuated development of the embedded systems takes place. More and more embedded systems can be found. The connection of the embedded systems in networks became a necessity. The connection can be with or without physical wires. The ad-hoc networks are a special category of wireless networks. In their classical form they do not have an infrastructure, all the nodes are mobile and do not have any predetermined roles. In this paper a new ad hoc network structure, called Hierarchical Ad Hoc Network, is described. It consists in a server from which different users can access mobile nodes through a level of partially mobile nodes (base stations) connected to Internet. Each mobile node is in the coverage area of a base station. The topology of the proposed ad hoc network is continuously modified because any node can leave the coverage area of a base station and enter the coverage area of another base station. An application is described consisting in a Hierarchical Ad Hoc Network for sending messages by different users to one, part or all of mobile devices from a delimited space.
Tableaux for Logics of Subinterval Structures over Dense Orderings

In this article, we develop tableau-based decision procedures for the logics of subinterval structures over dense linear orderings. In particular, we consider the two difficult cases: the relation of strict subintervals (with both endpoints strictly inside the current interval) and the relation of proper subintervals (that can share one endpoint with the current interval). For each of these logics, we establish a small pseudo-model property and construct a sound, complete and terminating tableau that searches systematically for existence of such a pseudo-model satisfying the input formulas. Both constructions are non-trivial, but the latter is substantially more complicated because of the presence of beginning and ending subintervals which require special treatment. We prove PSPACE completeness for both procedures and implement them in the generic tableau-based theorem prover Lotrec.
Application of Shifted Popov Form in High-level Synthesis and Verification for Reconfigurable Architectures

The development of next-generation computer-aided design tools and field reconfigurable architectures require efficient high-level data-flow synthesis. In this paper, we present the transform rules from polynomial presentation to polynomial matrix presentation and show how symbolic algebra can be used to construct arithmetic-level decomposition algorithm with extensibility that leads to efficient high-level synthesis of system. And the simple verification approach for reconfigurable architectures is given. On second thoughts, the parallelism of the mapping methodology for matrix multiplication is utilized to speed up the process of optimization. The key contribution of the work is to obtain a minimal state-space realization of the system
Story Generation After TALE-SPIN

TALE-SPIN, the last major AI attempt at story generation, approached the problem of making up atoriea primarily from the perspective of an impartial world simulator. AUTHOR is a program (under development) which generates atoriea as a creative reasoner in pursuit of her own narrative goals. It is thus intended to simulate an author's mind as ahe makes up a story, rather than the world as things happen in it. The four major forces driving the story generation process, according to the AUTHOR model, are (1) author intentionality, (2) conceptual reformulation, (3) reminding, and (4) the opportunity enhancement metagoal.
The Determinants of the Establishment of a Risk Management Committee: A Case of Banks Listed in Indonesian Stock Exchange

This research explores the establishment factors of Bank’s Risk Management Committee. The factors are firm characteristics, bank risks and audit committee characteristics on Indonesian banking sector listed companies. Independent variables related to firm characteristics which used in this research are Total Assets, Subsidiary Company Ownership, Institutional Ownership and Big Name CPA firms. Audit Committee Size and Audit Committee Expertise are independent variables of Audit Committee characteristics. Bank risks used as proxies are Capital Adequacy Ratio, Loan to Deposit Ratio, Non Performing Loan and Net Interest Margin. This research employs banks listed in Indonesian Stock Exchange in 2004-2006. A logistic regression analysis is used to predict the relationship proposed in the hypotheses for the establishment of risk management committee and independent variables. The results show that Assets, Ownership, AC Size and NPL are significant factors of establishment of a risk management committee at 10 % significant level.