Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Effects of Buyang Huanwu Decoction on Nerve Function and Cell Morphology in Experimental Rats with Cerebral Ischemia

Objective:To explore the protective effects of Buyang Huanwu decoction on focal cerebral ischemia in rat.Method:One hundred and eight-nine SD rats were randomly divided into sham operation group,model group and Buyang Huanwu decoction group(n=63). One week after the regular feeding,cerebral ischemia animal models was established.Buyang Huanwu decoction was given 2 h after operation(the dose of 5 g·kg-1·d-1 ig 1 times per day). Each group was divided into three sub-groups namely 7 days after administration,14,21 d three time points.neurological function and brain tissue morphological changes in each group at different time points were observe.Result:The infarction area and neurological score in Buyang Huanwu decoction group were significantly decreased compared with model group at the same time-phasep,the difference was statistically significant(P0.05). Hippocampal and cortical cell morphology was significantly improved and cells were arranged neatly in Buyang Huanwu decoction group compared with the model group.Conclusion:Buyang Huanwu decoction can improve cerebral ischemic injury neurological recovery and tissue repair,has cerebral protective effect.
Does Financial Liberalization Affect Bank Risk-Taking in China?

This article examines the effect of financial liberalization on bank risk-taking, using bank-level data of 169 Chinese banks from 2000-2014. Empirical results show that bank stability increases with the development of financial liberalization. We also provide evidence indicating that banks with larger size, longer operating periods, and state ownership are more salient with the development of financial liberalization. However, such positive effects of financial liberalization on bank stability may be weakened by worse macroenvironment gauged by low economic growth, poor law enforcement, and instable political conditions.
MECHANICAL VENTILATION IN THE RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME: A CONTROLLED TRIAL

0. A. , and Swyer, P. R. , (1970). Archives of Disease in Childhood, 45, 624. Mechanical ventilation in respiratory distress syndrome: a controlled trial. A controlled study of mechanical ventilation has been performed in infants with respiratory distress syndrome. 168 infants in respiratory failure were ventilated and 53 similar infants were not. Artificial mechanical ventilation improved survival in infants weighing more than 2000 g. from 15% to 43 o (4/27 vs. 29/67, p < 0 025). Infants who weighed more than 1500 g. and developed respiratory failure at less than 38 hours of age had an improved survival (16/31) on ventilatory treatment, as compared with infants more than 1500 g. ventilated at more than 38 hours of age (24/78) (p < 0 05). Artificial ventilation improved Pao0, PaCO2, and [H+Ia within one hour, but it was only the change in [H+t]a in infants more than 2000 g. which was of prognostic
Exploring school culture experienced by science teacher in promoting scientific literacy in Central Java

This studyaimed todescribe school cultures experienced by science teachers from three districts in Central Java, such as Kudus, Magelang and Brebes, from which some junior high schools are being promoted to be school models of scientific literacy, to explore symbolic nature of science teaching quality, and to identify possible barriers for its promotion. School culture was defined as science teacher’s perceptions of shared beliefs, values, and moral of the extend to which teachers experienced three constructs like professional collaborations, collegial communications, and self-determinations during their service to schools. Self-assessment with 17 items, from the 2015-2016 Georgia Leadership Institute for School Improvement Inc., was used with some modifications. 50 science teachers from these Districts completed the questionnaire.Observation was implemented to describe physical school environments. Open interviews were conducted to school principals, science teachers and students. Data analysis was focussed on the extend to which school culture components were strong, weak, and the meaning of symbolic nature. Findings showed(i) science teachers experienced good collegial relationships and self-determinations, but weak professional collaborations,(ii) science teaching quality was not contextual and lack of connectedness to socio-scientific issues and students’ creative portfolios, and (iii) school was lack of shared vision and mission that could be the most barrier for school improvement.
Strategic Professional Development for Busy Teachers: Profile of a High-Impact Instructional Design

This NASA-funded professional development project offered Nevada middle school and high school teachers training to support the use of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) in the secondary STEM curriculum. The project took place during the academic school year and - due to time constraints among teacher-participants - challenged organizers to design a professional development experience that would provide essential preliminary safety information and encourage participant-collaboration while making the most of a limited number of hours available for in-person training. In an effort to extend the benefits of the project, teachers completing the training took part in a lesson planning competition, leading to prizes and publication of the top UAS/STEM lesson plans. The training provided opportunities for teachers to master essential safety information, connect with one another, explore flight simulation activities, fly drones, plan lessons, and deliver new curriculum and experiences to students in middle and high school settings. The design of the project was unique in its inclusion of strategic design elements that ranged from an online course site with FAA/safety content and quiz to a keynote/dinner presentation, hands-on workshops, a lesson plan competition, webinars, and a circulating curriculum kit that provided lesson plans and instructional materials to secondary STEM teachers requesting the kit. With limited funds and a total of ten hours of in-person instructional time, this thoughtfully constructed training leveraged online resources, received high ratings from participating teachers, and exceeded its goal of reaching over 1000 students at the middle school and high school level. https://doi.org/10.26803/ijlter.18. 10.14
Exploring Options to Improve the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), previously known as the Food Stamp Program, is a cornerstone of the U.S. safety net. SNAP provides means-tested electronic vouchers that can be used to purchase most foods at participating retail outlets and helps low-income families afford the food that they need. It also helps to stabilize the economy in fiscal downturns, because more benefits are paid when jobs and income are scarce. SNAP households range widely in their demographic characteristics, from those with elderly or disabled members, to prime-age families (typically with children) who combine work and benefit receipt, to those with no or very low levels of income. Potential reforms, such as policies to encourage work or improve dietary outcomes, may have different impacts on various subgroups and should be designed with the heterogeneity of the caseload in mind. I review the theoretical and empirical research literature on SNAP’s impacts and consider potential reforms by analyzing them in terms of the program’s stated goals.
Refocusing democracy: the Chinese government’s framing strategy in political language

ABSTRACT Authoritarian governments talk about democracy frequently. Why do they do so? What does the term democracy mean in an authoritarian political language? This research uses a computer-assisted text analytical approach illustrating how an authoritarian government strategically manipulates the discourse about democracy to benefit itself. By analysing over a million political articles published in People's Daily over five decades, the study shows a refocusing framing strategy, in which the Chinese government defines democracy not with regime justification but with national policy priorities while denoting democracy most frequently alongside the fundamental values. With this strategy, the framed discourse appear to be consistent with the fundamental values in Western democracies but work for the preservation of the authoritarian regime.
Being observed detrimentally affects face perception

ABSTRACT In Experiment 1, simulated social pressure was manipulated through two factors: whether participants believed they were interacting with others or not via a webcam and whether they believed they were being recorded or not. Participants who believed they were being recorded, were significantly less accurate at recognising faces than those who did not believe they were being recorded. For Experiment 2, we found that the recognition of own-ethnicity faces was negatively affected by observation but not the recognition of other-ethnicity faces, and then only when observed during learning. Experiment 3 demonstrated that observation affected the recognition of upright faces more so than that of objects and inverted faces. Experiment 4 showed that observation does not affect the amount of holistic processing engaged in, but does affect how people view faces. Such results indicate that expert face recognition is susceptible to increased error if participants are being observed whilst encoding faces.
AMPUTATIONS AND DIABETES MELLITUS: AN INSTITUTIONAL EXPERIENCE

The analysis of data was done for 50 patients who were amputated during the study period. Males were 36 (72%) and females 14 (28%). Forty two (84%) were Saudi's and 8 (16%) belonged to other nationalities. Fifty percent were middle aged (45-64 years). Duration of stay was 3 days to 48 days and maximum number (44%) of patients stayed for 3-7 days. Service units were noted that showed 82% in general surgery ward. There were 43(86%) amputations due to diabetes with peripheral neuropathy and circulatory disorder. Forty-two (84%) patients improved and 5(10%) were discharged against medical advice (DAMA) after amputation whereas 3 patients (6%) died. Twenty two (44%) patients had only single admission while one (2%) patient was admitted for nine times. Maximum amputations were at the level of toes (54%) followed by around knee 17(34%). In 19 (38%) patients amputation was done under general anesthesia. Five (10%) patients were amputated more than one time at different levels with same problem. Diabetes with peripheral vascular disease and neuropathy were the main causes of amputations in our study and foot amputations were more than half of the total amputations. Special emphasis should be paid to foot care services and patient's education to prevent amputations and subsequent high disability. Diabetic, Traumatic, Peripheral circulatory disorder, Neuropathy.
Certain methodological problems of contemporary economic science

The paper presents certain methodological problems and tasks of contemporary economic science. The connection between empirical and exact, analogy between biological beings and social achievements, collectivism, etc. represent only in part the interests of modem economy that has for a task to shape the unshaped, to make path where there is not any and to offer help to economy and society in the labyrinth of socioeconomic reality. Economy is a multi-disciplinary science. Connection to the insights of sociology, psychology, philosophy, mathematics and the like, enables contemporary economic science to explore and examine human as a rational, spiritual and moral being. Mathematics and econometrics are useful disciplines, but lack the ability to translate the analysis of the deepest riddles of human life into their own language. Economists should help in building the institutions that protect and advance human freedom.
Früherkennung der Alzheimer-Krankheit mit Biomarkern der Bildgebung oder aus dem Liquor

ZUSAMMENFASSUNG Seit kurzem ist es möglich, die Alzheimer-Krankheit als die häufigste Ursache demenzieller Syndrome anhand von Biomarkern unabhängig von der klinischen Symptomatik zu diagnostizieren. Gerade die Biomarker, die die Amyloid-Pathologie anzeigen, werden bereits Jahre vor Auftreten der ersten klinischen Symptome positiv; werden zusätzlich die Biomarker der Tau-Pathologie und der Neurodegeneration positiv, erhöht sich die diagnostische Spezifität und die Wahrscheinlichkeit klinischer Verschlechterung im kürzeren Verlauf. Es wird die Güte der Biomarker für die Früherkennung der Alzheimer-Krankheit und für die Prognose des klinischen Verlaufs dargestellt. Die Alzheimer-Biomarker erlauben die Früherkennung der Alzheimer-Krankheit, bevor sich ein demenzielles Syndrom entwickelt. Damit können Patienten identifiziert werden, bei denen Interventionen zur Verzögerung des Fortschreitens der klinischen Symptomatik und des Verhinderns der Demenz erprobt werden.
Being positive: women living with HIV and AIDS in British Columbia

The following study is a phenomenological inquiry into five white, middle class women's experiences living with HIV and AIDS in British Columbia. The purpose, rather than describing AIDS as a medical phenomenon, is to document how being diagnosed REV positive has affected the women's lives, health, relationships and livelihoods. A context for the women's stories is provided through a critical review of the biomedical model, as well as biomedical and community organizing perspectives on women and AIDS. Mostly verbatim accounts drawn from taped interviews conducted with the five women sescribes their lives with HIV and AIDS. Experiences surrounding their diagnosis, sources of information about their illness, strategies for coping, management of health, and management of personal and social identities are the themes explored. The women's participation, the role of the researcher, and the work produced are considered parts of an interactive process, demonstrating shared authority between the researcher and participants in the ethnographic process. Documentation of the women's experiences leads to a discussion of the ways in which they successfully manage and control their own health care and well being within the context of larger social forces of sexism, medical bias and stigma. The women are given the last word in the study. In conclusion, a review of their situations three years after their initial interviews contributes a significant emotional and descriptive time-depth to the study.
Evaluation of Visual Based Augmented Reality (AR) Learning Application (V-ARA-Dculia) for Dyscalculia Learners

The rapid growth in technology have affected processes in various domains such as business, healthcare, agriculture and education. Computer related applications used in these domains are available so easily, that it is impossible to imagine a situation without them. Technologies that were available but hardly commonly used a few decades ago such as Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) have now become technologies that are fast gaining interests in most fields including service related1 fields such as healthcare and education. The basic idea of AR is to superimpose sense enhancements over a real-world environment. It is a perfect solution for learners with learning difficulties as it combines the advantages of multi senses of the learners, helps them to understand learning better when the integration of both virtuality and reality is embedded in their learning applications. AR is mostly effectively used when computer generated visual enhancements are integrated into real life applications. Thus, this paper highlights the evaluation of the visual-based AR learning application to investigate its plausible assistive functions that can help dyscalculia learners learn Mathematics in a more meaningful way. Findings of the study showed that the students who had difficulties on memory, abstraction, sequencing processing, motor and visual perception, found the visual-based Augmented Reality (AR) technology embedded in an application, a positive assistive learning application that can help dyscalculia learners learn mathematics more effectively.
The science of self-compassion.

To understand what is meant by the term self-compassion, it is useful to first consider what it means to feel compassion more generally. When we experience compassion, we notice and are moved by the suffering of others. Rather than rushing past a homeless man begging for change on your way to work, for example, you might actually stop to consider how difficult his life must be. The moment you see the man as an actual human being who is suffering, your heart connects with him (compassion literally means “to suffer with;” see Chapter 1). Instead of ignoring him, you find that you’re moved by his pain, and feel the urge to help in some way. And importantly, if what you feel is true compassion rather than simply pity, you may say to yourself, “There but for the grace of God go I. If I’d been born in different circumstances, or maybe had just been unlucky, I might also be struggling to survive. We’re all vulnerable. ” Compassion, therefore, presupposes the recognition and clear seeing of suffering. It entails feelings of kindness, care, and understanding for people who are in pain, so that the desire to ameliorate suffering naturally emerges. Finally, compassion involves recognizing the shared human condition, fragile and imperfect as it is. Self-compassion has exactly the same qualities—it’s just compassion turned inward. In this chapter, I will describe what self-compassion is and isn’t, how self-compassion is related to well-being, and how self-compassion contributes to healing in psychotherapy.
Effects of Chinese Angelica and Its Processed Products on Blood Physiological Indicators of Anemia Chickens

To investigate blood-enriching effects of Chinese Angelica and its processed products on chickens,the anemia model of chicken was established by intraperitoneally injection of cyclophosphamidemic,then drenched with 2 mL/kg body weight decoction of raw Angelica,wine-broiled Angelica,Foci subsoil-broiled Angelica,oil-broiled Angelica and carbonized Angelica for 7 days respectively. The blood samples were collected to determine red blood cell,hemoglobin and other blood physiological indices and compared with the normal group and the anemic model control group. The results indicated that Angelica and its processed products had the roles of enriching blood,and oil-broiled Angelica had the strongest action,carbonized Angelica was weakest.
Controlled disconnections: A practice-centred approach to media activities in women's solo travelling

Drawing on the preliminary findings of an ongoing case study of female solo travelling in Italy, the present chapter intends to propose some methodological considerations about addressing media activities in social practices. In this way, it intends to contribute to the attempt to decentre media studies advocated by authors like David Morley, Shaun Moores or Nick Couldry. With this aim, it focuses in particular on the practice’s ‘media territories’ and on the temporality of media activities that participate in articulation of the practice. An analysis of what Theodore Schatzki defines as ‘objective’ and ‘subjective’ time reveals how solo travelling in Italy contrasts with the ongoing tendencies of transformation related to the pervasive mediation of tourism.
ADVANCED JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE. 2020;4(1):e6

Introduction: There is no consensus on what the bases and criteria are for the dynamic process of maternity triage. Properly performing the maternity triage process requires reliable data to ensure the correct implementation of this process and the identification of existing deficiencies, and find strategies to modify, improve and enhance the quality of this process. Objective: The present study was conducted to explain the quality of the maternity triage process. Methods: The present qualitative study performed a directed content analysis on 19 maternity triage service providers and key informants selected through purposive sampling. The data were collected through semistructured interviews in 2018 and analyzed using directed content analysis based on the Donabedian’s model. The accuracy and rigor of the qualitative data were then investigated and confirmed. Results: The participants identified the most important factors affecting the quality of the services provided in maternity triage as two categories of measures and care, and interactions and communication. The category of measures and care included two subcategories of examinations and obtaining a medical history. Conclusion: The present study comprehensively identified different dimensions of the quality of maternity triage services at different levels. The participants identified the quality of the maternity triage process as a multi-dimensional and important concept. Different dimensions of the maternity triage process are recommended that be addressed when designing and implementing maternity triage guidelines and instructions so as to maintain the quality of this process and satisfy their needs.
Achieving access: addressing the needs of payors and health technology assessment agencies

In the current economic climate, payors are demanding more evidence of real-life effectiveness before funding drugs. Standards of evidence needed to satisfy payors may exceed regulatory standards, which in turn may vary between markets. The resulting divergence between payors, regulatory bodies, and the healthcare industry can cause uncertainty around the launch of new technologies and reduce the availability of potentially life-saving medicines. Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) remain the gold standard when investigating the safety and efficacy of a new intervention. However, real-life data are increasingly required by payors and regulatory agencies facing both straitened budgets and an abundance of new therapies competing for the same space in the market. This particularly applies to non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants—namely, the direct factor Xa inhibitors apixaban and rivaroxaban, and the direct oral thrombin inhibitor dabigatran. Despite the array of data available from RCTs, there are some areas of uncertainty around real-life use of these agents. The extent to which these drugs will be funded by payors or approved for use by regulatory agencies may therefore be centred on real-life data. This article will discuss ways in which the healthcare industry, regulatory approval bodies, payors, and patients must collaborate to find adequate solutions for generating robust evidence for the use of new interventions. We will also consider the challenges and possible solutions that may allow the healthcare industry to ensure divergent needs of stakeholders are met, to achieve a balance of clinical effectiveness and value for all.
Infecciones del tracto urinario asociado a catéter vesical. Áreas de cirugía y medicina interna de dos hospitales del sector público

background. Nosocomial infections of the urinary tract, bladder catheter-associated, are regarded with high morbidity and mortality worldwide, mainly in developing countries. materials and method. Analytical study of risk factors between patients with urinary catheter-associated UTI, attended at the internal medicine areas and general surgery of two public health institutions. results. The study included 60 patients in the secondary care hospital and 121 patients in the third level institution. Patients aged 60 and over from the tertiary care institution had 4.9 times more risk of UTI associated with bladder catheter, 2.1 times those of the second level. Patients with infections were women in 63.33%. Patients in secondary care had 2.9 times more risk of Escherichia coli UTI than those in the third level institution. In the case of Candida sp, patients in the third level institution, with respect to the second one, had 3.9 times the risk of UTI for that cause, and 8.5 times more in women than in men. Resistance of Enterobacteria was presented between 45% and 90% to trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, third-generation cephalosporins, ciprofloxacin, and less than 20% in amikacin.