Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
The Prevalence of Smoking in Nursing Students

Tobacco use is one of the most preventable sources of death and disease, and yet it remains a worldwide problem, with ever-increasing spread into lowand middle-income countries. With the rising costs of healthcare, the focus of efforts to control them has honed in on lifestyles and behaviors that contribute to the escalating costs. Within the scope of this scrutiny, the prevention or cessation of smoking and tobacco usage has become a global priority and a major focal point of worldwide anti-tobacco initiatives by the World Health Organization (WHO) and various governments. The WHO has identified cessation interventions by health care professionals as one of the most important factors in successful smoking cessation for patients, and studies have shown that personal smoking behaviors by health care professionals are a barrier to effective smoking cessation interventions by those health care professionals (Lally et al., 2008; Radsma & Bottorff, 2009). This knowledge fueled the creation and distribution of global surveys by the WHO, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the Canadian Public Health Association (CPHA) to investigate the prevalence of smoking behaviors in health care professionals and in students of health care fields, as well as the education those students were receiving on cessation approaches while in school (“Global Health Professions,” 2014; “WHO/CDC Global,” 2014). This study utilized one of those surveys, the Global Health Professions Student Survey (GHPSS), created by the WHO, the CDC, and the CPHA, and that was first administered worldwide by the WHO, CDC, and CPHA from 2005 to 2009. The current study sought to investigate the prevalence of smoking in nursing students of all educational levels at East Tennessee State University. The curriculum within the nursing program at the university emphasizes the dangers of and the need for prevention or cessation of smoking, and, thus, it was PREVALENCE OF SMOKING 3 expected that the percentage of students who currently smoke would be substantially lower than the percentage of students who do not smoke. The percentage of currently smoking students was found to be 11.2%, and the percentage of daily smokers was 4.1%. Additionally, only 53.7% indicated that they had received formal training in smoking cessation techniques during their education at the university. The survey also investigated the attitudes towards the role of health professionals in successful patient smoking cessation, as well as attitudes towards personal smoking behaviors of health care professionals. PREVALENCE OF SMOKING 4 The Prevalence of Smoking in Nursing Students
MULTI-SENSOR MONTE-CARLO-LOCALIZATION COMBINING OMNI-VISION AND SONAR RANGE SENSORS

A process for producing self-crosslinking cationic paint binders, water-dilutable upon protonation, on the basis of urea group carrying reaction products of modified phenols and epoxy resins as well as with the binders produced according to the process and their use in stoving paints, particularly in electrodeposition paints is described. The process is characterized in that either an aminoalkylation product of a phenol and a semi-blocked diisocyanate carrying an average of at least one secondary amino group, or a substituted urea prepared from a semi-blocked diisocyanate and an amine, which is further reacted with formaldehyde and a phenol, are reacted with an epoxy compound. The paints formulated with these products, at stoving temperatures of from 150 DEG to 170 DEG C. , give films with excellent corrosion resistance and adhesion.
Patientenschulungskurse zur Selbstanwendung der kardiologischen Trainingstherapie in der Primär- und Sekundärprävention von Herz-Kreislauf-Erkrankungen

Training Courses for Patients for SelfApplication of Physical Exercise in Primary and Secondary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease. Recommendations for lifestyle changes which involve physical exercise are cornerstones of a comprehensive treatment strategy in cardiovascular and metabolic disorders. The positive influence of physical exercise to morbidity and mortality of cardiovascular diseases is well evidenced by literature. Therefore physical activity should be part of primary treatment recommendations in patients with hypertension, hyperlipidaemia, obesity and diabetes mellitus if possible before and during medical therapy. In order to provide as many eligible patients as possible with physical training, conceptualized according to the criteria of modern medical training guides in a carefully directed and effective manner, they must be in a position to carry out training independently at home and to integrate it into everyday life. The challenge consists in teaching patients in practicing the exercise training properly. Personal induction by itself or the sole provision of written guidelines probably fails to communicate sufficient knowledge of the positive effects of physical training and to motivate patients vigorously to integrate the latter into their healthy lifestyle. Rather, it seems necessary to keep patients under close surveillance until a measurable and subjectively perceptible increase in personal fitness as well as an improvement of healthrelated quality of life lead to a stabilization of self motivation. In a pilot project, the Austrian Working Group on Outpatient Cardiac Rehabilitation (AGAKAR) has been conducting courses for patients for the self application of physical training as so called „cardiovascular exercise training courses“. The development of such courses for efficient and practicable intervention in primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular and metabolic diseases seems to have been successful. Preliminary results show a measurable and subjectively perceptible therapeutic effect of the physical training offered in the course programs. To further investigate the effect of such structured cardiovascular exercise training courses, a prospective study with a sufficient number of patients will be conducted. J Kardiol 2004; 11: 458–62.
Art and Neuroscience

The author’s intention is to foster further neuroscientific research in the field of art criticism, such as investigations of the possible neural origins of aesthetic pleasure and artistic creation. He conducts such an investigation through reference to a painting by Jacques de Bellange, discussing and analyzing topics such as mental evolution and the faculty of recognition as they relate to the perception and creation of art and the establishment of aesthetic conventions.
A new classification model for a class imbalanced data set using genetic programming and support vector machines: case study for wilt disease classification

Class imbalanced data set is a state where each class of the given data set is not evenly distributed. When such case happens, most standard classifiers fail to recognize examples that belong to a minority class. Hence, several methods have been proposed to solve this problem such as resampling, modification on classifier optimization problem or introducing a new optimization task on top of the classifier. This work proposes a new optimization task based on genetic programming, built on top of support vector machine, in order to improve the classification rate for minority class without significant reduction on accuracy metric. The experimentation carried out on wilt disease data set shows the new classifier, support vector based on genetic programming machine, gives a more balanced accuracy between classes compared to various classification techniques in solving the imbalanced classification problem.
A computer game-based EMG biofeedback system for muscle rehabilitation

The development and clinical evaluation of a computer game-based EMG biofeedback system is described, whose purpose is to enable or disable the playing of a computer game by a user, based on the intensity of muscle activity recorded from the muscle of interest. The game can be used in the development of increased muscle function or in the suppression of muscle spasticity. Biofeedback is provided as the system allows the subject to control game play using muscle contraction/relaxation. A built-in calibration mechanism caters for varying muscle sizes and strengths. Clinical evaluation of the biofeedback system, for muscular rehabilitation, has been carried out on 8 adult subjects with cerebral palsy over a four-week period.
An efficient image processing algorithm for high-level skill acquisition

This paper describes the set-up of the image processing system installed at the IPR in Karlsruhe. It will serve for sensor device in the programming by demonstration field. As a first application example, it is used as source for images in the demonstration of a bag packaging task. A detection algorithm that finds positions of infusion bags is presented. It was developed at the Department of Computer Architecture of the University of Malaga, and uses a straight line Hough transform after the application of a Canny filter. Then, the position of the rubber caps of the bags are located by a binarization technique to predicate the orientation of the bag. However, since the computing power is quite limited, the algorithms must have as low complexity as possible.
Automatic Compilation of Travel Information from Texts: A Survey

Travel guidebooks and portal sites provided by tour companies and governmental tourist boards are useful sources of information about travel. However, it is costly and time-consuming to compile travel information for all tourist spots and to keep these data up-to-date manually. Recently, research about services for the automatic compilation and recommendation of travel information has been increasing in various research communities, such as natural language processing, image processing, Web mining, geographic information systems (GISs), and human interfaces. In this chapter, we overview the state of the art of the research and several related services in this field. We especially focus on research in natural language processing, including text mining.
Design of IIR digital filters using allpass networks

In this paper a method for synthesis of digital IIR filters given by parallel connection of two allpass networks is described. A procedure is based on an approximation of the constant group delay of allpass networks. To reduce filter sensitivity in the transition region between passband and stopband one allpass network has a double pole.
Isokinetic evaluation of hip strength muscle groups in unilateral lower limb amputees

The objectives of the study were to measure the isokinetic strength of the hip flexor-extensor and adductor-abductor muscle groups in unilateral lower limb amputees and to evaluate abnormalities in order to improve the usual rehabilitation programs. Thirty-three patients with unilateral lower limb amputation were included in this study; they served as their own controls, the amputated side being compared to the intact side. Using an isokinetic device, the relative peak torques (N.m by body weight), bilateral asymmetries and agonist/antagonist torque ratios were calculated for the hip flexor, extensor, adductor and abductor muscle groups. A significant reduction of mean concentric relative peak torque measured on the amputated limbs was generally observed when compared to the intact contralateral limb (p < 0.05). The mean percentage of relative peak torque decrease was greater for the extensors than for the flexors (33±20% and 22±23%, respectively, at 30°/s angular velocity), and for the abductors than for the adductors (23 ± 22% and 11 ± 19%, respectively, at 30°/s angular velocity). Furthermore, the flexor/extensor torque ratio was significantly increased for the amputated limb (for instance, 1.25 ± 0.33 versus 1.09±0.25 for the intact limb at 30°/s). The reduction of the abductor/adductor ratio of the operated limb reached the level of statistical significance at 60°/s only (1.25 ± 0.46 versus 1.07 ± 0.36 for the intact limb). In conclusion, isokinetic testing revealed a significant reduction of the hip stabilizing muscle strength as a consequence of lower limb amputation. The more marked decrease of the strength of the abductor and extensor muscle groups, resulting in imbalances of the agonist/antagonist strength ratios should be taken into account to adapt the conventional rehabilitation programs.
Deliberate self-harm in the South West: setting a research agenda

This report addresses the rapid increase in rates of deliberate self-harm (DSH), particularly amongst young people, in the South West of England. We discuss a recent audit of suicide and self-harm figures released by the South West Public Health Observatory (2010) in relation to the extant literature on DSH. Much of this literature is dominated by a medical model, and is characterised by a diverse range of terminologies, definitions, categories, approaches and understandings about DSH, however a small but growing body of sociological, social psychological and ethnographic work also exists. A number of interventions have been proposed or trialled in recent years; however these have been largely led by health providers rather than target populations. We argue that the self-harm reduction agenda would benefit from an investigation of the attitudes and beliefs of those at risk of, or actively self-harming, and furthermore, that this calls for a research strategy that combines both quantitative and qualitative approaches. This should be coupled with a focus on determining the information needs and support mechanisms preferred by specific segments of self-harmers.
Models Of Vehicular Collision: Development And Simulation With Emphasis On Safety III: Computer Code Programmer's Guide And User Manual For Medusa

This report presents a user's manual and a programmer's guide for the computer program MEDUSA. The program is capable of simulating the impacts of several vehicles. It assumes that the collision are elastic, and is consequently applicable for low relative velocity impacts. A theoretical background of the collision detection algorithm is first given, followed by user's manual and programmer's guide.
The White Plague: Tuberculosis, Man and Society

DuBos et al examine the social aspects of the TB epidemic, along with some of the biological factors. They show how TB was romaticized, how it was portrayed as a demon coming to rob the healthy of life, and how it sparked scientific invention - in particular the stethescope. The introduction is wonderful as it lays out the basic parts of the book.
Performance Analysis of MultiHop Relay Networks in IEEE 802.11

Due to the packet-fairness property of the 802.11 WLANs, the clients take longer time to transmit a packet and would reduce the overall throughput of the network. The Distributed Coordination Function (DCF) in the IEEE 802.11 standard provides fairness for all clients at the frame level. That is, all clients would achieve the same throughput (in terms of numbers of packets transmitted or received) in the long run regardless of their data rates. As a result, it will take much longer time for a low data rate client to transmit / receive a packet than clients with higher data rates, which leads to the low throughput of clients and a poor performance of the whole system. So am proposing a relay node selection algorithm for packet transmission in AODV protocol, which allows source to send packet to destination . Then implemented normal packet transmission using AODV protocol. Then this two are compared based on various parameters and output is shown using NS2 simulator. It is proved that the proposed algorithm is better for packet transmission.
Clustering gene data via Associative Clustering Neural Network

We describe a new approach to the analysis of gene expression data using Associative Clustering Neural Network (ACNN). ACNN dynamically evaluates similarity between any two gene samples through the interactions of a group of gene samples. It has feasibility to more robust performance than those similarities evaluated by direct distances. The clustering performance of ACNN has been tested on the Leukemias data set. The experimental results demonstrate that ACNN can achieve superior performance in high dimensional data ( 7129 genes). The performance can be further enhanced when some useful feature selection methodologies are incorporated. The study has shown ACNN can achieve 98.61% accuracy on clustering the Leukemias data set with correlation analysis.
Multi-Biometric System For Newborn Recognition

The use of biometrics as a tool for authentication for adults has come into existence in all the application areas. Similarly, the identification of newborn is becoming a necessity to avoid baby swapping, mixing, child kidnapping and illegal adoptions in hospitals. Hence, a newborn personal authentication system is proposed for this issue based on multi biometrics. The biometric traits considered are the footprint of the newborn and the fingerprint of the mother. An appropriate fusion scheme is implemented to overcome the drawbacks of a single modality. The experimental results are promising and prove to be an effective system.
Bounding volume and how to create them

In general, interference detection between two rigid bodies in urban simulation involves highly computational process. For example, collision detection process involving a car model with 10000 polygon surfaces and a building that has 40 polygon surfaces. Each polygon surfaces will be checked against the other object to determine if any parts of the car and the building intersect. In this case, the calculation may be completed in milliseconds. However, if a more complex environment that consists of multiple objects with thousands of polygon surfaces or more, longer time will definitely be required to complete the process. In order to overcome the situation, bounding volume was proposed by previous researchers with the aim to minimize the computational cost involved in interference detection. The purpose of using bounding volume is to reduce the computation complexity in detecting collision between objects. This can be achieved through enveloping highly complex object with simple bounding volume.
The Web is not well-formed

Rare earth oxysulfide phosphors with excellent optical properties and optimum particle size control for use as photoluminescent, cathodoluminescent and X-ray luminescent phosphors are prepared by treating a solution of at least one salt of a rare earth metal and a salt of a rare earth activator to form solid salts and thereafter heating the oxidic compound with a sulfidizing agent and a silicon sensitizer, preferably in the presence of a fluoride. The rare earth oxysulfide phosphors thus obtained contain from 10 to 1,000 p.p.m. silicon sensitizer and, if used, 20 to 500 p.p.m. fluoride, incorporated in the crystal lattice structure.
A new proposal for link adaptation in EDGE system based on the use of turbo codes

The enhanced data rates for global evolution system known in short as EDGE is considered as a major step towards reaching the full 3G mobile communications services. The EDGE system, usually referred to as the 2 3/4 G, promises users with data rates reaching 384 kbps versus only 9.6 kbps in the well-known GSM system. In order to achieve such high data rates, two methods are used in the EDGE system to increase the throughput obtained by each user of the system; these are link adaptation (LA) and incremental redundancy (IR). In this paper, we explain how these methods are applied in the EDGE system and we introduce a new proposal for modifying the existing EDGE coding schemes based on the use of convolutional codes to schemes based on the use of turbo codes to further increase the throughput and consequently increase the data rates obtained.
El ciclo celular y su papel en la biología de las células progenitoras hematopoyéticas

The cell cycle comprises a group of biological events that determine the metabolic activity of any cell, as well as its division and the generation of new daughter cells. It is involved in every cellular process, such asproliferation and differentiation. It has been shown that several molecular elements regulate the cell cycle, and that alterations in any of its phases and/or regulators could give rise to physiologic deficiencies, and even death. In mammals, the haematopoietic tissue is one of the most active in terms of cell replacement; thus, a tight cell cycle control, particularly at the level of stem and progenitors cells is crucial for optimal blood cell production. In the present article, we give a comprehensive overview of the major mechanisms and regulatory, molecules that participate in the cell cycle of mammalian cells, with particular emphasis on its role in the biology of primitive cells of the hematopoietic system.
Prevalence of and factors associated with overweight and obesity among nursery school children aged 3-6 years in Eldoret Municipality

Childhood overweight and obesity is a serious emerging problem in both developed and developing countries. The developed world is already grappling with a proportionately high burden of obesity in children, with the developing countries experiencing a double burden of under nutrition and over nutrition. Obesity posses a significant public health threat to children as it has a significant impact on both their physical and psychological health. Furthermore, childhood overweight and obesity has been associated with an increase in cardiovascular risk factors in adult life. The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of overweight and obesity among nursery school children aged 3-6 years in Eldoret Municipality and to identify the associated factors. Cross-sectional study of 320 nursery school children aged 3-6 years was carried out in 20 nursery schools sampled from Eldoret Municipality. Simple random sampling proportionate to each of the schools population size was used to select the children. A child’s anthropometric data, which was converted to Weight – for- Height z-scores, was used to determine the prevalence of overweight and obesity. A structured questionnaire was used to collect data. Anthropometric data was analyzed using WHO anthro software for child standards in monitoring and growth. Data was analyzed using SPSS version 12.0 and Epi Info version 3.4. 3. Chi-square test of association and logistic regression (binary) was used to determine the significant variables affecting the prevalence of overweight and obesity. All p values <0.05 were considered to be statistically significant. Results indicated that the prevalence of overweight was 13.4% and obesity 6.9%. Type of school, owning television, parent’s employment status and mode of transport to school were each independently significantly associated with overweight and obesity of the children. In conclusion, overweight and obesity exist in nursery school children in Eldoret Municipality, Kenya. Increase in physical activities should be ensured both at home and in the communities. Key words : Overweight, Obesity, factors, children, prevalence
MANAGEMENT OF HEART FAILURE IN THE UK

Heart failure is a complex syndrome which is due to a problem with the structure or function of the heart which impairs the ability of the heart to function as a physiological pump to meet the body’s need. Heart failure is a common disabling condition. In developing countries, around 2% of adults suffer from heart failure, but in those over the age of 65, this increases to 6—10%(1). Heart failure also causes a heavy burden on state’s economy. The health expenditure on patients with Heart Failure has been estimated to be around 2% of the total budget of the National Health Service in the United Kingdom, and more than $35 billion in the United States (1,2). Heart failure is associated with significantly reduced physical and mental health, resulting in a markedly decreased quality of life . With the exception of heart failure caused by reversible conditions, the condition usually worsens with time. Although some patients survive many years, progressive disease is associated with an overall annual mortality rate of 10 %(1).