Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Information given to women invited for cervical screening: results of two postal surveys seven years apart

In South Staffordshire, England, we compared women's views on information provided to them at different stages of the cervical screening program in 1994 with that provided in 2001. An age-stratified random sample of women aged 20–64 years who had a cervical smear taken between January and March 1994 (3856) or between January and March 2001 (4057) were sent postal questionnaires in June 1994 and July 2001, respectively. Response rates in 1994 (3124/3856, 81%) and 2001 (3288/4057, 81%) were similar. Compared to 1994, the proportion of women who thought the invitation letter was clear to read in 2001 increased (70% vs 98%, P < 0.0001); however, letters were thought to be less reassuring in 2001 compared to 1994 (P < 0.0001). In both study periods, 66% of women reported that the procedure was explained to them before the smear was taken. A greater proportion of women received their results by letter in 2001 compared to 1994 (57% vs 41%, P < 0.0001); however, 49% of women waited >4 weeks to receive their results in 2001 compared to 26% in 1994 (P < 0.0001). Bivariate analysis suggests that responses were age related, with older women (≥45 years) experiencing poorer information provision. The issues highlighted by this study deserve further investigation in other areas.
Lonergan on Wisdom

This article surveys Lonergan’s transposition of wisdom from Aquinas. While the latter contained metaphysical and epistemological aspects, Lonergan attempts to provide an additional type of wisdom upon which the principles of the two aspects are grounded. In addition, the article addresses the natural and supernatural forms of wisdom in Lonergan’s thinking. Finally, while Frederick Crowe refers to the ‘strange disappearance’ of wisdom explicitly from Lonergan’s later writing, especially Method in Theology, it is argued that the function of wisdom not only remains but permeates it. 1
Multiple Social Role Embedding

Network embedding has been increasingly employed in networked data mining applications as it is effective to learn node embeddings that encode the network structure. Existing network models usually learn a single embedding for each node. In practice, a person may interact with others in different roles, such as interacting with schoolmates as a student, and with colleagues as an employee. Obviously, different roles exhibit different characteristics or features. Hence, only learning a single embedding responsible for all roles is not appropriate. In this paper, we thus introduce a concept of multiple social role (MSR) into social network embedding for the first time. The MSR models multiple roles people play in society, such as student and employee. To make the embedding more versatile, we thus propose a multiple social role embedding (MSRE) model to preserve both the network structure and social roles. Empirical evaluation on various real-world social networks demonstrates advantages of the proposed MSRE over the state-of-the-art embedding models in link prediction and multi-label classification.
Measuring HINARI use in Nigeria through a citation analysis of Nigerian Journal of Clinical Practice.

BACKGROUND HINARI is one of the four programmes of Research4Life managed by the World Health Organization in partnership with Yale University Library. HINARI provides online access to the world's health-related scientific literature free or at very low cost to researchers in developing countries. The research examined the use of HINARI through a 5-year (2007-2011) citation analysis of Nigerian Journal of Clinical Practice. METHOD The study was a citation analysis of 5 years of published volumes of Nigerian Journal of Clinical Practice. The analysis was carried out using issues ranging from volume 10 (2007) to 14 (2011). The use of HINARI was determined by comparing the total journal titles and articles cited from HINARI with non-HINARI journals in the five volumes of Nigerian Journal of Clinical Practice (NJCP). RESULTS Results show that only 42.8% of the journal titles cited are available in HINARI. On the contrary, in terms of total articles cited from the journals, HINARI had a higher citation of 56.1% with a greater citation frequency of individual titles. CONCLUSION The higher article citations and repeated use of individual titles available in HINARI suggest that health researchers in Nigeria are using the HINARI resource to a measurable extent.
Quantitative Immunohistochemistry by Measuring Cumulative Signal Strength Accurately Measures Receptor Number

We previously demonstrated that quantitative immunohistochemistry (Q-IHC) performed by measuring the cumulative signal strength of the digital file encoding an image can be used to determine the absolute amount of chromogen present per pixel. We now show that Q-IHC so performed can be used to accurately determine the amount of peptide hormone receptor of interest in archived tissues. To do this we transfected Balb 3T3 fibroblasts with the cDNA encoding the human receptor for gastrin-releasing peptide (GRP), and selected six cell lines stably expressing between 102 and 106 receptors/cell. These cell lines were fixed in formalin, embedded in paraffin, and treated with antipeptide antibodies against the GRP receptor, followed by DAB chromogen to identify bound antibody. Images were acquired using a 4.9 million pixel digital scanning 24-bit RGB camera, saved in TIFF format, and used for subsequent analysis. Q-IHC was performed after digitally dissecting out the relevant portion of the image for analysis, and processing using a program written in C (available at http://www.uic.edu/com/dom/gastro/Freedownloads.html). Under the conditions defined here, chromogen quantity as determined by Q-IHC tightly correlated with GRP receptor number (r2=0.867) in these cell lines. Using the conversion factor identified as a result of these studies, we then determined GRP receptor number on eight randomly selected, archived human colon cancers. Overall GRP receptor expression in colon cancer depended on the degree to which cells within any particular tumor were differentiated, with well-differentiated cells expressing the greatest numbers of receptors (∼55,000 ± 10,000 sites/cell). These studies indicate that Q-IHC can be used to determine receptor quantity in archived tissues and other samples of limited quantity.
SRAM yield enhancement with thin-BOX FD-SOI

The performance and yield of 6-T SRAM cells implemented in thin-BOX FD-SOI technology vs. bulk technology are compared via 3-dimensional (3D) atomistic process and device simulations and analytical modeling for SRAM yield estimation. Performance is enhanced due to the elimination of channel dopants, and variation due to gate-LER and RDF are suppressed, for FD-SOI technology. For the same cell area (∼0.07µm2), comparable SNM can be achieved with 30% higher write current, and SRAM yield is enhanced by ≫2 sigma.
Mechanistic and Kinetic Analysis of the DcpS Scavenger Decapping Enzyme*

Decapping is an important process in the control of eukaryotic mRNA degradation. The scavenger decapping enzyme DcpS functions to clear the cell of cap structure following decay of the RNA body by catalyzing the hydrolysis of m7GpppN to m7Gp and ppN. Structural analysis has revealed that DcpS is a dimeric protein with a domain-swapped amino terminus. The protein dimer contains two cap binding/hydrolysis sites and displays a symmetric structure with both binding sites in the open conformation in the ligand-free state and an asymmetric conformation with one site open and one site closed in the ligand-bound state. The structural data are suggestive of a dynamic decapping mechanism where each monomer could alternate between an open and closed state. Using transient state kinetic studies, we show that both the rate-limiting step and rate of decapping are regulated by cap substrate. A regulatory mechanism is established by the intrinsic domain-swapped structure of the DcpS dimer such that the decapping reaction is very efficient at low cap substrate concentrations yet regulated with excess cap substrate. These data provide biochemical evidence to verify experimentally a dynamic and mutually exclusive cap hydrolysis activity of the two cap binding sites of DcpS and provide key insights into its regulation.
Muon-spin-rotation studies in single-crystal Sr2CuO2Cl2.

We report zero-field muon-spin-rotation studies on single crystals of Sr{sub 2}CuO{sub 2}Cl{sub 2} between 5 and 300 K. Magnetic order below the Neel temperature is observed, and the results are compared with those of neutron diffraction measurements. The temperature dependence of the muon precession frequencies exhibits properties characteristic to two-dimensional spin-1/2 systems with a dominant Heisenberg interaction and very small anisotropy. The splitting of the muon precession frequency below 60 K indicates either a magnetic phase transition or a change in the {mu}{sup +} site. By comparing the observed static internal field with the calculated dipolar field from Cu{sup 2+} moments in the crystal we found that the moun sites are located near the center of CuO{sub 2} planes.
Étude de la polarisation en logique

Issue des travaux sur la logique lineaire et l'analyse calculatoire de la logique classique, la notion de polarites semble jouer un role essentiel dans l'etude actuelle des systemes logiques. La polarisation est une contrainte qui simplifie les objets tout en conservant une expressivite suffisante d'un point de vue informatique. L'objet de cette these est d'etudier et d'exploiter cette nouvelle structure afin en particulier de mettre a jour les relations entre la logique classique et la logique lineaire (LL). L'introduction des polarites dans LL permet de mieux apprehender ce vaste systeme et de prolonger le developpement de differents outils trop complexes en l'absence de cette contrainte. Nous definissons ainsi, pour la logique lineaire polarisee (LLP), des reseaux de preuve integrant les connecteurs additifs de maniere satisfaisante, une semantique des jeux polarises qui reconcilie jeux et dualite, une geometrie de l'interaction parallele et d'autres semantiques denotationnelles basees sur des notions connues (espaces de correlation, categories de controle). Il est important de montrer que malgre cette contrainte, LLP reste un systeme suffisamment expressif. Pour cela nous etudions en detail les traductions des differents systemes de logique classique deterministe connus (LC, lambda-mu calcul, .) aussi bien en appel par nom qu'en appel par valeur. De surcroit, les traductions obtenues pour ces systemes sont plus simples que celles vers LL. Enfin la souplesse de ces traductions nous permet d'analyser plus finement certaines proprietes de la logique classique tout comme LL permet d'analyser la logique intuitionniste. On peut ainsi etudier un equivalent lineaire des CPS-traductions.
Electrical control of antiferromagnetic metals

We demonstrate a reversible electrical control ot exchange spring in IrMn antiferromagnet (AFM), using an ionic liquid to exert a substantial electric-field. When coupled to Co/Pt, the exchange bias is manipulated with gate voltage via the tune of the exchange spring, which could transfer the “force” to the ferromagnet/AFM interface, enabling a deeper modulation depth with the IrMn thickness up to 5 nm. Besides the fundamental significance of modulating the spin structures in metallic AFM via all-electrical fashion, it would advance the development of low-power-consumption AFM spintronics.
Asymmetric Folded Dipole Antenna With High Front-to-Back Ratio for LTE Base Stations

In this letter, a broadband asymmetric folded dipole antenna with high front-to-back ratio (FBR) for LTE base stations is proposed. The proposed antenna consists of asymmetric folded dipoles, a planar hook-shaped microstripline, and a square metal reflector. By loading an appropriate circular aperture on the reflector, the back radiation of the antenna is effectively reduced, thereby improving the FBR. At S11 = -15 dB, the simulated and measured impedance bandwidth of the proposed antenna is 58.2% (1.62-2.95 GHz) and 52.1% (1.66-2.83 GHz), respectively. The antenna exhibits desired unidirectional radiation pattern with half-power beamwidth greater than 65 ° at both principal planes and FBR from 18.6 to 25 dB in the frequency range of interest, 1.7-2.7 GHz. Also, it has an average gain of 7.5 dBi.
Inhibition of brain citrate synthase activity in an animal model of sepsis.

OBJECTIVE An extensive body of evidence from experimental studies indicates that sepsis is associated with increased reactive oxygen species production, depletion of antioxidants, and accumulation of markers of oxidative stress. Moreover, mitochondrial dysfunction has been implicated in the pathogenesis of multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS). Citrate synthase is an enzyme localized in the mitochondrial matrix and an important component of the Krebs cycle; consequently, citrate synthase has been used as a quantitative enzyme marker for the presence of intact mitochondria. Thus, we investigated citrate synthase activity in the brains of rats submitted to a cecal ligation puncture model of sepsis. METHODS At several times points (3, 6, 12, 24 and 48 hours) after the cecal ligation puncture operation, six rats were killed by decapitation. Their brains were removed, and the hippocampus, striatum, cerebellum, cerebral cortex and prefrontal cortex were dissected and used to determine citrate synthase activity. RESULTS We found that citrate synthase activity in the prefrontal cortex was inhibited 12, 24 and 48 hours after cecal ligation puncture. In the cerebral cortex, citrate synthase activity was inhibited 3, 12, 24 and 48 hours after cecal ligation puncture. Citrate synthase was not affected in the hippocampus, striatum or cerebellum up to 48 hours after cecal ligation puncture. CONCLUSION Considering that energy impairment due to mitochondrial dysfunction in sepsis has been well described and that oxidative stress plays a crucial role in sepsis development, we believe that energy impairment may also be involved in these processes. If citrate synthase inhibition also occurs in a sepsis model, it is tempting to speculate that a reduction in brain metabolism may be related to the pathophysiology of this disease.
Insuffisance mitrale ischémique : de la physiopathologie au traitement

L’insuffisance mitrale (IM) ischemique se definit comme une fuite mitrale sur valve saine dont le mecanisme est lie au processus ischemique myocardique. Souvent sous-estimee, sa presence (plus de 20 % des patients en post-infarctus), est source d’aggravation du pronostic a long terme et favorise la survenue de decompensations cardiaques. On distingue deux presentations cliniques differentes : l’IM ischemique aigue par rupture de pilier et l’IM ischemique fonctionnelle secondaire au remodelage ventriculaire. Si la sanction chirurgicale est de mise en cas de rupture de pilier, la conduite a tenir en cas d’IM ischemique fonctionnel reste encore discutee dans la litterature. L’avenement de l’echocardiographie tridimensionnelle a permis une meilleure comprehension du mecanisme de cette fuite et de son traitement. La quantification de la fuite doit tenir compte de son caractere variable et de sa sensibilite aux conditions de charge. L’echographie de stress emerge d’ailleurs comme un moyen d’evaluation pronostique de cette fuite. Les traitements medicamenteux classiques de l’insuffisance cardiaque peuvent participer a la correction de cette fuite mais rarement de facon definitive. La chirurgie a beneficie recemment de nouvelles techniques novatrices de plastie mitrale qui semblent donner de meilleurs resultats. Afin d’eviter le risque operatoire non negligeable chez ces patients a risque, de nouvelles techniques percutanees de plastie mitrale ont recemment vu le jour, semblant donner des resultats prometteurs. Il reste encore a definir la place et l’indication de ces differentes techniques dans le schema therapeutique de la fuite mitrale ischemique.
Prospective evaluation of coronary arteries : in ̄ uence on operative risk in coronary artery surgery

Objective: Coronary angiography data included in the analysis of operative mortality after coronary artery surgery are generally limited to left main coronary artery stenosis and classi®cation into one-, twoor three-vessel disease, but the role of stenoses and quality of distal runoff on each main coronary artery have never been analysed. The aim of this study was to assess the in ̄uence of coronary artery status (stenoses and distal runoff) on operative mortality in patients undergoing coronary artery surgery. Methods: Stenoses of the ®ve main coronary arteries and their distal runoff were prospectively evaluated in a series of 2461 patients undergoing isolated coronary artery surgery. These angiographic variables were included in analysis of operative mortality in combination with conventional preoperative data. Results: Univariate analysis founded 21 preoperative variables being signi®cant: age . 70, body surface area ,1.8 m, arterial disease of lower limbs, history of peptic ulcer, CCS class IV angina, unstable angina, post-infarction unstable angina, congestive heart failure, left ventricular ejection fraction ,50%, urgency, preoperative intra-aortic balloon pump, previous myocardial infarction, previous cardiac surgery, previous coronary bypass graft, presence of signi®cant stenosis on the left main coronary artery or the circum ̄ex marginal branch or the distal circum ̄ex artery or the right coronary artery, absence of signi®cant stenosis on the left anterior descending artery, impaired distal runoff on the left anterior descending artery or the circum ̄ex marginal branch (for all, P , 0:05). Multivariate analysis identi®ed poor quality distal runoff in the left anterior descending artery and circum ̄ex marginal branch as independent risk factor (P  0:0005 and P  0:04, respectively), while left main coronary artery stenosis was not. This lesion appears to be a signi®cant risk factor only in a small subgroup of patients with CCS class IV angina. Other independent risk factors were CCS class IV angina, previous cardiac surgery, body surface area ,1.8 m, diabetes mellitus, age ,70, history of peptic ulcer, left ventricular ejection fraction ,50%. Impaired distal runoff or the presence of stenoses on the diagonal branch, right coronary artery, or distal circum ̄ex artery does not signi®cantly in ̄uence the operative mortality rate. Conclusions: The quality of distal runoff of the most frequently grafted vessels is a signi®cant risk factor for operative mortality in coronary artery surgery. Left main coronary artery stenosis was not identi®ed as a risk factor when these angiographic variables were included in the analysis. Functional status remains the most powerful predictive factor. q 1999 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
Pulmonary Mucormycosis in a Patient with Chronic Rejection of Kidney Transplant: A Case Report

Pulmonary mucormycosis is a rare but fatal condition that frequently occurs in immunocompromised patients. Correct diagnosis and rapid start of preferred antifungal treatment need clinical suspicion. Patient’s symptoms may be confluent with other conditions such as bacterial and other fungal infections. We present a case of pulmonary mucormycosis in a patient with end stage renal disease successfully treated with a long course of amphotericin B deoxycholate (AmB) and upper lobectomy of the left lung despite of low pulmonary capacity.
Country-level economic disparity and child mortality related to housing and injuries: a study in 26 European countries

Objective Adverse living standards are associated with poorer child health and safety. This study investigates whether adverse housing and neighbourhood conditions contribute to explain country-level associations between a country's economic level and income inequality and child mortality, specifically injury mortality. Design Ecological, cross-sectional study. Setting/subjects Twenty-six European countries were grouped according to two country-level economic measures from Eurostat: gross domestic product (GDP) and income inequality. Adverse country-level housing and neighbourhood conditions were assessed using data from the 2006 European Union Income Social Inclusion and Living Conditions Database (n=203 000). Main outcome measure Child mortality incidence rates were derived for children aged 1–14 years for all causes, all injuries, road traffic injuries and unintentional injuries excluding road traffic. Linear regression analysis was applied to measure whether housing or neighbourhood conditions have a significant association with child mortality and whether a strain modified the association between GDP/income inequality and mortality. Results Country-level income inequality and GDP demonstrated a significant association with child mortality for all outcomes. A significant association was also found between housing strain and all child mortality outcomes, but not for neighbourhood strain. Housing strain partially modified the relationship between income inequality and GDP and all child mortality outcomes, with the exception of income inequality and road traffic injury mortality showing full mediation by housing strain. Conclusions Adverse housing conditions are a likely pathway in the country-level association between income inequality and economic GDP and child injury mortality.
Populist Mobilization: A New Theoretical Approach to Populism*

Sociology has long shied away from the problem of populism. This may be due to suspicion about the concept or uncertainty about how to fit populist cases into broader comparative matrices. Such caution is warranted: the existing interdisciplinary literature has been plagued by conceptual confusion and disagreement. But given the recent resurgence of populist politics in Latin America and elsewhere, sociology can no longer afford to sidestep such analytical challenges. This article moves toward a political sociology of populism by identifying past theoretical deficiencies and proposing a new, practice-based approach that is not beholden to pejorative common sense understandings. This approach conceptualizes populism as a mode of political practice—as populist mobilization. Its utility is demonstrated through an application to mid-twentieth-century Latin American politics. The article concludes by sketching an agenda for future research on populist mobilization in Latin America and beyond.
Substance Use and Misuse Among Professional Ballet Dancers

This study investigated substance use and misuse among 16 female and 9 male Croatian ballet professionals in 2008 using an original questionnaire. We analyzed social, personal, activity- and training-related, and educational factors, and criteria such as: binge alcohol drinking, cigarette smoking, appetite suppressant consumption, analgesic use, and actual and potential “doping” habits. Frequency tables and rank-order correlation were calculated. More than one third of the male dancers reported binge drinking, while 20% of the females smoked more than a box of cigarettes per day. Almost 25% of these dancers will use “doping” if it will ensure successful ballet performance, regardless of negative health consequences. In males, the risk of potential “doping” behavior increased with age. In females, education level was negatively related to cigarette smoking, but positively correlated to potential “doping” habits and behavior. In both genders, religiousness was the factor negatively related to the following: (1) potential “doping” behavior and (2) belief that “doping” exists in professional ballet. Results suggest that there is evident need for more specific medical and/or psychological services in professional ballet. The study's limitations are noted.