Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Acute kidney injury; improving the communication from secondary to primary care

Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a common but preventable event in secondary care. It is known to be associated with poorer outcomes for the patient's future health. Patients therefore require specific after-care in the community following an AKI, both in the short and long term. However, information about an inpatient AKI is often not communicated to primary care at discharge. Only 11.0% of discharge summaries contained full information about an AKI (including stage of AKI, changes to medications and follow-up required) in August 2015. We aimed to improve communication about AKI on discharge summaries via implementation of a series of interventions between June 2015 and March 2016. A specific section was added to the discharge summary software to prompt inclusion of information regarding AKI. An automatic warning message was added later as an additional prompt. A programme of education was provided for the junior doctors. A ward-based campaign was rolled out using the animated character ‘Ned the Nephron,’ using posters, emails and screen savers. We also introduced an AKI warning sticker for drug charts, which reminds the discharging doctor that the patient has had an AKI during the admission. Our primary outcome was the percentage of discharge summaries that had the AKI section completed, as this contained all the desired information, including stage of AKI and frequency of follow up blood tests in primary care. Monthly data collections showed that this gradually increased from 4.7% in September 2015 to 35.0% in January 2016. We expect further increases with the recent introduction of the drug chart sticker.
Particle‐association lifestyle is a phylogenetically conserved trait in bathypelagic prokaryotes

The free‐living (FL) and particle‐attached (PA) marine microbial communities have repeatedly been proved to differ in their diversity and composition in the photic ocean and also recently in the bathypelagic ocean at a global scale. However, although high taxonomic ranks exhibit preferences for a PA or FL mode of life, it remains poorly understood whether two clear lifestyles do exist and how these are distributed across the prokaryotic phylogeny. We studied the FL (<0.8 μm) and PA (0.8–20 μm) prokaryotes at 30 stations distributed worldwide within the bathypelagic oceanic realm (2150–4000 m depth) using high‐throughput sequencing of the small subunit ribosomal RNA gene (16S rRNA). A high proportion of the bathypelagic prokaryotes were mostly found either attached to particles or freely in the surrounding water but rarely in both types of environments. In particular, this trait was deeply conserved through their phylogeny, suggesting that the deep‐ocean particles and the surrounding water constitute two highly distinct niches and that transitions from one to the other have been rare at an evolutionary timescale. As a consequence, PA and FL communities had clear alpha‐ and beta‐diversity differences that exceeded the global‐scale geographical variation. Our study organizes the bathypelagic prokaryotic diversity into a reasonable number of ecologically coherent taxa regarding their association with particles, a first step for understanding which are the microbes responsible for the processing of the dissolved and particulate pools of organic matter that have a very different biogeochemical role in the deep ocean.
Human detection based on Curvelet transform

A method in Curvelet transformation for human detection is proposed in this paper. First, the curvelet coefficient was obtained by conducting the second curvelet transform for images. Then several statistical characteristics were computed from each sub-band coefficient. Finally, according the possibilities of the statistical features chosen by AdaBoost weak classifiers, some reasonable statistical measures were chosen as the final edge feature vector. The experimental results on INRIA and MIT human database showed that CTD increased the detection accuracy comparing to HOG.
Multidimensional Array Interpolation Applied to Direction of Arrival Estimation

In MIMO communications systems, the data has a natural multidimensional structure composed of time, frequency and space dimensions. Recently, multidimensional techniques that take into account the data multidimensional structure have been proposed for model order selection, parameter estimation and prewhitening. These multidimensional techniques require an array with a PARAFAC structure. However, in practice, building antenna arrays with precise geometries is not feasible. In this paper, we propose a multidimensional array interpolation scheme that forces a real imperfect array to become a PARAFAC array. Once the multidimensional interpolation is successfully performed, advantages such as increased identifiability, separation without imposing additional constraints and improved accuracy can be exploited. Numerical simulations show that the proposed method provides improved DOA estimation accuracy when a PARAFAC technique is applied to an originally non- PARAFAC array.
Small-Scale Mantle Convection Produces Stratigraphic Sequences in Sedimentary Basins

Changes in the Rocks Changing sea level or major tectonic events, such as continental collisions, shift stratigraphic sequences by changing the depositional environment where certain rock types form. For example, a deep marine environment where limestone formation is favored may shift relatively quickly to a near-shore environment favoring sandstone formation because the relative sea level has dropped several meters. Petersen et al. (p. 827; see the Perspective by Müller), however, suggest that small-scale convection in the mantle may also induce appreciable changes in the sequence of sedimentary deposits. Using a modeling approach, they found that this is possible on a small scale (that is, just a few hundreds of kilometers) over variable time scales. Thus, while the co-occurrence of sedimentary deposit sequences at regional and global scales can allow sedimentary rocks to serve as markers of marine environments, it should be kept in mind that local changes in surface movements may also manifest themselves in the rock record. Sedimentary stratigraphic sequences may result from sea-level changes that were induced by small-scale mantle convection. Cyclic sedimentary deposits link stratigraphic sequences that are now geographically distant but were once part of the same depositional environment. Some of these sequences occur at periods of 2 to 20 million years, and eustatic sea-level variations or regional tectonic events are likely causes of their formation. Using numerical modeling, we demonstrate that small-scale mantle convection can also cause the development of stratigraphic sequences through recurrent local and regional vertical surface movements. Small-scale convection-driven stratigraphic sequences occur at periods of 2 to 20 million years and correlate only at distances up to a few hundred kilometers. These results suggest that previous sequence stratigraphic analyses may contain erroneous conclusions regarding eustatic sea-level variations.
guidelines and the risk of overall cancer incidence and / or cancer mortality . Materials and Methods

Many studies have reported that adherence to health promo­ tion guidelines for diet, physical activity, and maintenance of healthy body weight may decrease cancer incidence and mortality. A systematic review was performed to examine asso­ ciations between adherence to established cancer prevention guidelines for diet and physical activity and overall cancer inci­ dence and mortality. PubMed, Google Scholar, and Cochrane Reviews databases were searched following the current recom­ mendations of Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analysis Approach (PRISMA). Twelve studies met inclu­ sion criteria for this review. High versus low adherence to established nutrition and physical activity cancer prevention guidelines was consistently and significantly associated with decreases of 10% to 61% in overall cancer incidence and mor­ tality. Consistent significant reductions were also shown for breast cancer incidence (19%–60%), endometrial cancer inci­ dence (23%–60%), and colorectal cancer incidence in both men and women (27%–52%). Findings for lung cancer incidence were equivocal, and no significant relationships were found between adherence and ovarian or prostate cancers. Adhering to cancer prevention guidelines for diet and physical activity is consistently associated with lower risks of overall cancer inci­ dence and mortality, including for some site-specific cancers. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev; 25(7); 1–11. ©2016 AACR.
Method of moment based analysis of a broadband optical receiver

To provide the requested high band-widths for modern communications the combination of optical and wireless links in Radio-over-Fiber systems (RoF), is expected to be an essential part of next generation wireless communication systems. A crucial part of these links is the broadband optical receiver transforming the signal from high optical to millimeter-wave frequencies at each base station. A new integrated optical receiver chip with an integrated antenna structure supporting more than 100GHz bandwidth is available. To be compatible to standard millimeter-wave components based on hollow metal waveguide structures an efficient coupling solution from the chip to waveguide has to be designed. For the performance of this element the impedance matching to the integrated photo diode is the dominating task. Therefore models of the chip structure with different complexity and computational effort were created and numerically simulated using the Method of Moments and compared with analytical models and empirical results. Since the computational effort of the whole structure is high, it is of interest to what detail the structure has to be modeled for an efficient design process of a coupling solution to a hollow metal waveguide. Radiation patterns of the models are investigated in order to determine a suitable coupling direction.
A Web Content Analytics Architecture for Malicious JavaScript Detection

Recent web-based cyber attacks are evolving into a new form of attacks such as private information theft and DDoS attack exploiting JavaScript within a web page. These attacks can be made just by accessing a web site without distribution of malicious codes and infection. Script-based cyber attacks are hard to detect with traditional security equipments such as Firewall and IPS because they inject malicious scripts in a response message for a normal web request. Furthermore, they are hard to trace because attacks such as DDoS can be made just by visiting a web page. Due to these reasons, it is expected that they could result in direct damages and great ripple effects. To cope with these issues, in this article, a proposal is made for techniques that are used to detect malicious scripts through real-time web content analysis and to automatically generate detection signatures for malicious JavaScript.
Reactive Layer‐by‐Layer Assembly of Suspended Thin Films and Semipermeable Membranes at Interfaces Created Between Aqueous and Organic Phases

Suspended thin films of polymer (i.e., films or membranes that are not supported entirely by a solid substrate but rather are suspended across or within the open ends of channels, pores, or microcavities) are of interest in a broad range of fundamental and applied contexts. Thin films suspended across micropores or nanopores, for example, have been investigated as sensory membranes,[1-4] as membranes within microfluidic devices,[5-7] and as permeable or semipermeable membranes for both separations[8-11] and the controlled administration of therapeutic agents. [12-14] Here, we demonstrate a straightforward "reactive" layer-by-layer approach[15] to the fabrication of suspended, covalently crosslinked, and chemically reactive thin-film composites that makes use of liquid/liquid interfaces created between immiscible aqueous and organic phases as templates for film fabrication. Removal of these liquid templates post-fabrication yields porous and semipermeable membranes suspended across pores and orifices with sizes ranging from tens of micrometers to many millimeters in diameter. These suspended films are mechanically robust and can be used directly as membranes for the separation of mixtures of small and/or large molecules. Our results thus suggest the basis of a general and facile approach to the design and rapid fabrication of suspended polymer membranes of interest in the contexts of biotechnology, sensing, catalysis, and separations-based applications.
Singular loci analysis of 3/6-Stewart manipulator by singularity-equivalent mechanism

The singularity locus analysis of the Stewart mechanism is one of the main concerns in the analysis and design of the parallel manipulators. Based on the new singularity kinematics theory we propose a singularity-equivalent-mechanism, thus the complex singularity analysis of the parallel Stewart mechanism is transformed into a simpler position analysis of the singularity-equivalent-mechanism. Using this method, the singularity locus equation of an analytical polynomial expression of degree three is transformed into a simpler equation and has finally been resolved into a plane equation and a hyperbola for all of the possible orientations of the moving platform.
Prospective randomized trial of LC+LCBDE vs ERCP/S+LC for common bile duct stone disease.

OBJECTIVE To compare outcome parameters for good-risk patients with classic signs, symptoms, and laboratory and abdominal imaging features of cholecystolithiasis and choledocholithiasis randomized to either laparoscopic cholecystectomy plus laparoscopic common bile duct exploration (LC+LCBDE) or endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography sphincterotomy plus laparoscopic cholecystectomy (ERCP/S+LC). DESIGN Our study was a prospective trial conducted following written informed consent, with randomization by the serially numbered, opaque envelope technique. SETTING Our institution is an academic teaching hospital and the central receiving and trauma center for the City and County of San Francisco, California. PATIENTS We randomized 122 patients (American Society of Anesthesiologists grade 1 or 2) meeting entry criteria. Ten of these patients, excluded from outcome analysis, were protocol violators having signed out of the hospital against medical advice before 1 or both procedures were completed. INTERVENTIONS Treatment was preoperative ERCP/S followed by LC, or LC+LCBDE. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES The primary outcome measure was efficacy of stone clearance from the common bile duct. Secondary end points were length of hospital stay, cost of index hospitalization, professional fees, hospital charges, morbidity and mortality, and patient acceptance and quality of life scores. RESULTS The baseline characteristics of the 2 randomized groups were similar. Efficacy of stone clearance was likewise equivalent for both groups. The time from first procedure to discharge was significantly shorter for LC+LCBDE (mean [SD], 55 [45] hours vs 98 [83] hours; P < .001). Hospital service and total charges for index hospitalization were likewise lower for LC+LCBDE, but the differences were not statistically significant. The professional fee charges for LC+LCBDE were significantly lower than those for ERCP/S+LC (median [SD], $4820 [1637] vs $6139 [1583]; P < .001). Patient acceptance and quality of life scores were equivalent for both groups. CONCLUSIONS Both ERCP/S+LC and LC+LCBDE were highly effective in detecting and removing common bile duct stones and were equivalent in overall cost and patient acceptance. However, the overall duration of hospitalization was shorter and physician fees lower for LC+LCBDE. TRIAL REGISTRATION clinicaltrials.gov Identifier: NCT00807729.
Using image processing methods to reduce dazzle in the eyes from a digital projector

When someone is standing in front of a presentation screen, the contrast between the projector light and the indoor illumination is, as a rule, too great. This causes frequent contraction of the pupils of a person's eyes and thereby great discomfort. In this paper we use the image processing method to reduce the light intensity towards a person's face to the approximate level of the indoor illumination, thus reducing the pupil contraction frequency. Our design proposes three methods by using both the current computer vision technology-motion detection and face detection. Motion detection tracks the person's location and infers the head position. Face detection, by using a combination of the two methods, tracks the location and speeds up the face examination process. These three methods all use a black oval mask to cover the face so that the eyes can avoid any dazzling light.
Economia criativa no Brasil: quadro atual, desafios e perspectivas

A cadeia produtiva da economia criativa no Brasil movimentou em torno de 16% do PIB em 2006 aparentemente considerado elevado, mas quando se olha o nucleo representava cerca de 2,59%. Este valor ainda e considerado baixo e, em funcao disso, nao e capaz de colocar o pais entre os 20 maiores produtores de bens e servicos culturais liderados por China, Estados Unidos e Alemanha. Entretanto, acoes de governos, entidades privadas e de ensino e pesquisa comecam a colocar as atividades criativas como importantes para o desenvolvimento regional e nacional. Alem disso, a economia criativa se apresenta como uma forma de introduzir um novo portfolio de produtos com maior valor agregado e competitivos no mercado internacional ao colocar o capital intelectual como um ativo de competitividade e diferencial no mercado externo.
Resolution of bronchial inflammation is related to bacterial eradication following treatment of exacerbations of chronic bronchitis

Background: Recent studies of the role of bacteria in chronic bronchitis have shown that bacterial colonisation is associated with enhanced inflammation and that purulent acute exacerbations of chronic bronchitis (AECB) are associated with bacteria and characterised by increased inflammation. Changes in bronchial inflammation in response to the success or failure of bacterial eradication following AECB were therefore studied. Methods: Bacterial quantitative culture and sputum markers of inflammation (myeloperoxidase (MPO), neutrophil elastase, leukotriene B4 (LTB4), sol:serum albumin ratio, and secretory leukoprotease inhibitor) were measured in patients presenting with culture positive purulent AECB and repeated 10 days and 2 months later. 41 patients provided sputum sufficient for both bacteriology and assessment of inflammation at baseline and day 10, and 46 provided sufficient sample for bacteriology, 40 of which could also be analysed for inflammation at 2 months (when clinically stable). Results: At day 10, 17 of the 41 patient samples had a positive bacterial culture. In the stable state, 18 of the 46 samples had a positive culture, but with a significantly lower bacterial load than at presentation. Although there was no difference between the groups at presentation, the concentration of MPO was lower (p<0.05) in those in whom bacteria were eradicated by day 10 than in those with persisting bacteria. The LTB4 concentration was similarly lower (p<0.001) in those in whom bacteria were eradicated than in those with persistent bacteria. In the stable clinical state the concentrations of both MPO and LTB4 were lower in those in whom bacteria were eradicated than in patients with persisting bacteria. Conclusion: Resolution of bronchial inflammation following AECB is related to bacterial eradication. Those in whom bacteria continue to be cultured in their sputum have partial resolution of inflammation which may reflect continued stimulation by the reduced bacterial load.
APLICACIÓN DEL AUTOCONTROL PARA EL TRATAMIENTO DEL EXCESO DE PESO EN ESTUDIANTES UNIVERSITARIOS

El exceso de peso es un padecimiento multifactorial; especialistas recomiendan llevar a cabo actividades preventivas a traves de la Educacion para la salud desde las escuelas, a traves de programas que permitan integrar a la salud como un valor individual y social para una adecuada calidad de vida. En este sentido, son los Pedagogos quienes pueden llevar a cabo tales propuestas. No obstante, es importante que conozcan uno de los metodos de trabajo, para este fin, que les permita coordinar programas integrando las disciplinas encargadas para el proposito de mejorar los habitos que permitan prevenir o en su caso disminuir el exceso de peso en nuestra poblacion. Es por lo anterior que el objetivo del presente estudio fue evaluar el impacto de la tecnica de autocontrol en el exceso de peso en una muestra de estudiantes de la licenciatura en Pedagogia de la Universidad Veracruzana, a traves de un estudio cuasi experimental con pretest postest, utilizando tres instrumentos: un cuestionario, un registro cognitivo conductual en el que se incorporaban datos relacionados con la calidad y cantidad de alimento consumido, factores emocionales, ambientales y sociales. Otro instrumento fue el “Inventario de autoestima de Rosemberg” el cual consta de diez preguntas para ser contestadas con una escala tipo Likert de cuatro opciones, los cuales fueron aplicados antes del programa multidisciplinario (psicologia, nutricion y actividad fisica) y posterior al mismo. Los resultados mostraron que la tecnica fue efectiva ya que los participantes fueron capaces de identifica los factores que se encontraban asociados a su padecimiento, llevando a cabo las modificaciones pertinentes mejorando asi su salud fisica, autoestima, formas de canalizar las emociones, y en algunos casos se observo una disminucion de peso.
Comparative effects of enoxacin and norfloxacin on human colonic microflora

Ten healthy volunteers received 400 mg of enoxacin and another ten healthy volunteers received 200 mg of norfloxacin orally twice a day for 7 days. Fecal specimens were collected before, during, and after drug administration to study the impact of enoxacin and norfloxacin on the normal colonic microflora. On day 7, the mean concentrations of enoxacin and norfloxacin were 350 and 950 mg/kg of feces, respectively. Enoxacin and norfloxacin affected the colonic microflora in similar ways. The number of strains of the family Enterobacteriaceae was markedly suppressed during drug administration, whereas the gram-positive and anaerobic microfloras were not significantly altered. Two weeks after withdrawal of the drugs, the colonic microflora had returned to normal.
Physics of the frequency response of rectifying organic Schottky diodes

The frequency response of unipolar organic Schottky diodes used in a rectifying circuit, such as an RFID tag, has been investigated in detail. The time dependent response of rectifying circuits has been simulated solving both the Drift Diffusion and Poisson equations to model the hole transport within the diode, coupled with time dependent circuit equations. Several approximations have also been discussed. It turns out that the cut off frequency of the rectifying circuit is indeed limited by the carrier time-of-flight and not by the diode equivalent capacitance. Simulations have also been confirmed by comparison with experiments, involving diodes with different mobilities and thicknesses. This work confirms that the 13.56 MHz frequency can be reached using polymer semiconductors, as already experimentally demonstrated in the literature, by an adequate control of the active layer thickness.