Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Biomedical image analysis by program "vision assistant" and "Labview"

This paper introduces application in image analysis of biomedical images. General task is focused on analysis and diagnosis biomedical images obtained from program ImageJ. There are described methods which can be used for images in biomedical application. The main idea is based on particle analysis, pattern matching techniques. For this task was chosen sophistication method by program Vision Assistant, which is a part of program LabVIEW.
Kangaroo care procedure as a primary environment forpreterm infants and their caregivers

Background: A preterm birth, usually accompanied by the need for neonatal intensive care (NICU) and subsequent parents-infant separation, can disrupt infants’ early development, parental psychological well-being and parent-infant bonding. Recent research indicates that the early environment and experiences play a critical role in infant development and parenting processes. Kangaroo Care (KC) procedure has been introduced in high technology settings to supplement incubator care and to reduce the initial parents-infant separation through skin-toskin contact. Research has demonstrated its medical benefits but only partially documented its psychological effects on infants’ long-term development and parenting outcomes, and controversial data has emerged in the UK. Aim: The aim is to evaluate the psychological and behavioural impact of KC in high technology NICU during the first year of life. The domains investigated are: 1) parental psychological stress; 2) parents-preterm infant relationships; 3) mother-infant dyadic interaction; 4) proximal environment and 5) preterm infants cognitive, motor, socio-emotional and behavioural development. Method: 56 mother-preterm infant dyads in KC were compared to a control group of 34 in traditional care. Within this sample, a study was conducted with 28 fathers whose partner experienced KC contact with their infant and 16 fathers who were part of the Control group. Data was collected at 6 stages: before the initiation of KC procedure, after discharge from hospital, and at 3, 6, 9 and 12 months. Results: KC mothers have less parental stress, better attachment and interaction with their preterm infant across the research times and they provide a better home environment at 3 months than the Control group. Moreover, KC infants are more responsive during interaction, present better development in terms of motor and adaptive behaviors skills at 6 months, and better communication skills at 12 months than the TC group. Conversely, KC does not directly influence fathers’ psychological stress and the formation of father-infant relationships. Conclusions: The KC procedure promotes maternal psychological well-being and mother-infant dyadic relationships with a consequent positive influence on mother-child attachment and infant development.
Pregnancy Outcomes in Nurses and Nursing Assistants

Objective: To assess whether work as nurses and nursing assistants during pregnancy increases the risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes. Materials and methods: This study was prospectively carried out between June 2013 and August 2014. All nurses and nursing assistants who worked at Srinagarind Hospital during the study time frame were approached for recruitment. Data were collected by a self-administered questionnaire. Detailed information elicited from participants included baseline characteristics and underlying disease, occupational characteristics during pregnancy, and pregnancy outcomes. Logistic regression was used as a multivariate analysis to estimate an adjusted odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence interval (CI) of factors associated with preterm delivery. Results: This study included 572 pregnancies occurring in 361 participants. Mean age at pregnancy was 29.1 years. Approximately 19.0% of pregnancies had underlying disease. Cesarean section rate was 29.3%. Preterm delivery was reported in 121 pregnancies, accounting for the rate of 21.1%. Pregnancies those complicated with underlying diseases and had rotating shift work carried a higher rate of preterm delivery (30.6% and 22.7%, respectively). Conclusion: The rate of self-reported preterm delivery among nurses and nursing assistants in this was approximately 20%. Preterm delivery trended to be more common among pregnancies those complicated by underlying diseases and had rotating shift work.
A Report on Registration Problems in Augmented Reality

Registration is the accurate alignment of real and virtual objects. Without accurate registration, the illusion that the virtual objects exist in the real environment is severely compromised. Registration is a difficult problem and a topic of continuing research. The goal of this paper is to cover the recent advances in Augmented Reality registration problem (error). Registration as the base technology of augmented reality should be capable to reflect the location and orientation change quickly during the virtual information loaded in the real target scene. The Registration error has many region such as calibration error, tracker error ,system delay, misalignment of the model and optical distortion. Augmented reality (AR) is a technology which supplements the real world with the virtual image, text and other information aligned with real scenes to augment perception and experiences for the real environment. Keywords— Registration error; augmented reality; Registration technology;
Bedarfsplanung im Rettungsdienst. Standorte - Fahrzeuge - Personal - Kosten

In Zeiten von knappen Ressourcen und notwendigen finanziellen Einsparungen ist eine oekonomische Planung von Rettungsdiensteinrichtungen und zugehoerigem Personal entscheidend fuer den Erfolg im Rettungsdienst. Die Autoren befassen sich seit Jahren mit aktuellen Daten und Studien im Bereich des Rettungsdienstes. Die Ergebnisse sind strukturiert und praxisrelevant. Behandelt werden folgende Themen: - Kurzueberblick Rettungsdienst, - Entwicklungsschwerpunkte im Rettungsdienst, - Komponenten der Rettungsdienstinfrastruktur (Leitstelle, Fahrzeug, Fahrzeugvorhaltung, Personal), - Bedarfsplanung Leitstellenbereiche, Fahrzeugstandorte, Fahrzeugvorhaltung, Personal, - Mindestinhalt Rettungsdienstbedarfsplan, - Kosten im Rettungsdienst, - Qualitaetssicherung im Rettungsdienst, - Entwicklungstendenzen des Rettungsdienstes, - Literatur.
Virtual Leadership at Distance Education Teams.

Globalization being one of the most popular terms of recent years is considered as a factor changing the operation styles of the companies. Companies and universities opened up to the world with the globalization and as a result of it, they had the opportunity of being a world brand. Now, some companies have affiliated companies in almost every country. Well, if we think about time and place difference how do these companies lead the affiliated companies in various locations of the world? This question resulted in the new leadership approach, virtual leadership. The process of distance learning beginning with newspaper advertisement appears as virtual learning now. A number of companies and universities provide distance learning classes and in-service training in virtual platform via Internet. These trainings provided independently from time and space are conducted in a country and worldwide sometimes. If we consider individuals in different time and environments as virtual teams, dealing with these virtual teams is the duty of virtual leader. The purpose of this study is to examine virtual leadership perception of distance learning teams. Three trivets are in question for distance learning teams. The first one is the academicians lecturing the second one is the students and the third one is coordinator and technical support team. Perceptions of virtual leader of the said three groups were examined individually in this study.
LBA7DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL (DFS) IN THE LAPATINIB ALONE ARM AND EXPANDED RESULTS OF THE PHASE III ALTTO TRIAL (BIG 2-06; NCCTG (ALLIANCE) N063D) IN THE ADJUVANT TREATMENT OF HER2-POSITIVE EARLY BREAST CANCER (EBC)

E.A. Perez1, E. Holmes2, E. De Azambuja3, A. Dueck4, J. Baselga5, G. Viale6, J.A. Zujewski7, A. Goldhirsch8, R. Crescenzo9, K. Pritchard10, A.C. Wolff11, C. Jackisch12, I. Láng13, M. Untch14, I. Smith15, F. Boyle16, B. Xu17, H.L. Gomez18, R.D. Gelber19, M. Piccart20 Hematology / Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, USA Statistics, Frontier Science (Scotland) Ltd, Kincraig, UK Medical Oncology, Institute Jules Bordet, Brussels, BELGIUM Section of Biostatistics, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ, USA Hematology Oncology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA Department of Pathology, Istituto Europeo di Oncologia, Milan, ITALY Breast Cancer Therapeutics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA Department of Medicine, European Institute of Oncology, Milan, ITALY Hematology/oncology, GlaxoSmithKline, Collegeville, PA, USA Medical Oncology, Sunnybrook Odette Cancer Center, Toronto, ON, Canada Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA Oncology, Klinikum Offenbach GmbH, Offenbach, GERMANY Dept. Med. Oncology and Clin. Pharmacology B, National Institute of Oncology, Budapest, Hungary Frauenklinik, HELIOS Klinikum Berlin-Buch, Berlin, GERMANY Medical Oncology, Royal Marsden Hospital NHS Trust, Surrey, UK Medical Oncology, Patricia Ritchie Centre for Cancer Care and Research, The University of Sydney, Mater Hospital, North Sydney, ACT, AUSTRALIA Medical Dept., Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, CHINA Medical Oncology, Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Neoplasicas, Lima, PERU Biostatistics and Computational Biology, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA Medicine, Institute Jules Bordet, Brussels, BELGIUM
Comparison of analgesic effect of intra-articular administration of levobupivacaine and clonidine versus ropivacaine and clonidine in day care knee arthroscopic surgery under spinal anesthesia

Introduction: Intra-articular (IA) local anesthetics are often used for the management and prevention of pain after arthroscopic knee surgery. Clonidine prolongs the duration of local anesthetics. In this study, analgesic effect of intra-articular administration of levobupivacaine and clonidine was compared with ropivacaine and clonidine in knee joint arthroscopic surgery under spinal anesthesia. Method: 88 patients, aged between 15 to 55 years, ASA I and II undergoing knee arthroscopy under spinal anesthesia were assigned into two equal groups (n = 44) in a randomized double blind protocol. Patients in Group L received 10 ml of 0.50% levobupivacaine and 1 mcg/kg clonidine and Group R received 10 ml of 0.75% ropivacaine and 1 mcg/kg of clonidine through intra-articular route at the end of the procedure. In the post-operative period, pain intensity was assessed by VAS (Visual Analogue Scale) Score recorded at 1 st , 5 th , 8 th , 12 th , 18 th post-operative hours. Duration of analgesia, total rescue analgesic dose in first 18 hours and any side effects were also recorded. Result: Group L experienced significantly longer duration of effective postoperative analgesia and lesser rescue analgesic compared to group R. Group R had higher mean VAS score at 5 th and 12 th post-operative hours (P < 0.05). No side effects were observed among the groups. Conclusion: Intra-articular administration of levobupivacaine and clonidine give better post-operative pain relief by increasing duration of analgesia, and decreasing need of rescue analgesic compared to intra-articular ropivacaine and clonidine.
Fuzzy Reasoning Method and Its Diagnosis Application with Incomplete Certain Information

For the randomness, fuzziness and incompleteness in the of system dynamic information, a fuzzy logic diagnosis model to the crops diseases and insect pests is built using the logic reasoning method in mathematical theory, and an algorithm is given to the known symptoms. Simulation example SHOES, the fuzzy logic algorithm can effectively complete the diagnosis on insect pests with the lack of many factors, symptoms and complete information, which is intelligent, simple and practical.
A Systematic Approach in Treating Post-Concussion Syndrome

Concussions and their associated symptoms are a growing health concern. The CDC reported in 2010 over 2.5 million people visited an emergency room for treatment of concussions and associated injuries: a 70% increase over the past decade.1 As the incidence of concussions continues to grow, Nurse Practitioners (NP) will be involved in the management of their follow­up care. Correctly managing these concussed patients is extremely important because a concussion can cause “. impairment affecting an individual’s memory, behavior, learning, and/or emotions. Appropriate diagnosis, management, and education are critical for helping these patients recover quickly and fully . ” The purpose of this article is to acquaint NPs with post concussion symptoms and present the most appropriate method for treating these symptoms.
Evolutionary approaches to dynamic optimization problems

In a nutating action appliance including a motor housing and wobble plate arranged therein, a novel arrangement to divert a portion of the motive fluid to a motor-driven utilization device. The wobble plate includes an output rod which is connected to the utilization device. In accordance with the invention, a continuous fluid passage-forming means is provided in the output rod and utilization device and communicates with the main motive fluid supply line for the appliance. Discharge ports are arranged in the working end of the utilization device and are connected to the passage-forming means whereby a portion of the motive fluid is diverted from the main supply line directly to the working surface through the main functional components of the appliance. Provision may be made for a continuous or pulsating discharge of the fluid to the working surface.
BIG DATA SECURITY AND PRIVACY ISSUES IN THE CLOUD

: Many organizations demand efficient solutions to store and analyze huge amount of information. Cloud computing as an enabler provides scalable resources and significant economic benefits in the form of reduced operational costs. This paradigm raises a broad range of security and privacy issues that must be taken into consideration. Multi-tenancy, loss of control, and trust are key challenges in cloud computing environments. This paper reviews the existing technologies and a wide array of both earlier and state-of-the-art projects on cloud security and privacy. We categorize the existing research according to the cloud reference architecture orchestration, resource control, physical resource, and cloud service management layers, in addition to reviewing the recent developments for enhancing the Apache Hadoop security as one of the most deployed big data infrastructures. We also outline the frontier research on privacy-preserving data-intensive applications in cloud computing such as privacy threat modeling and privacy enhancing solutions.
Functional Foods in Hypertension: Functional Foods in Cardiovascular Diseases

Functional foods contain bioactive compounds which are endowed with remarkable biologically significant properties. These compounds have corrective and preventive potential for diseases affecting cardiovascular system, endocrine system, nervous system, alimentary canal by virtue of their capability to influence bio-macromolecules in the cells. Clinical evidence augments the anti-oxidant, anti-atherogenic, anti-ageing, cardio-protective and immune system modulatory role of the functional foods. However, additional research is necessitated to uncover concerns regarding optimal dose, duration, pharmacotherapeutics and adverse effects of active compounds in relation to the public health.
Use of clonidine-naltrexone for rapid withdrawal in two patients dependent on intravenous morphine

There are no published reports of intravenous morphine abuse in Sri Lanka. We describe the use of rapid detoxification using clonidine and naltrexone in two patients dependent on intravenous morphine. There were minimal withdrawal effects and no serious adverse events during the withdrawal period. Both patients remain abstinent one month after completing the rapid withdrawal. DOI: http://dx.doi. org/10.4038/sljpsyc.v2i2. 4044 SLJPSYCH 2011; 2(2): 67-69
Video Redirection Parameters Optimization Based on Hierarchical Genetic Optimization Strategy

In the process of particle filter, it can produce the problem of particle degeneration, and the amount of computation is very big. In order to solve these two problems, this paper presents a method for video redirection parameters optimization based on hierarchical genetic optimization strategy. This paper adopts hierarchical mutation operator and local crossover operator. The result shows that the hierarchical genetic optimization algorithm which is used in video tracking has a very good effect.
Recursive processes equivalence algorithms to detect process errors for LOTOS instruction

LOTOS which is one of the FDTs has many strong points such as formal description of the service definitions, either distributed systems like telephone switching networks and the protocol specifications. However, it is not used widely, since it is difficult for beginners to learn its mathematical basis. We have already proposed an algorithm which verifies strong equivalence and detects errors between finite processes for LOTOS instruction. In practice, general processes can perform infinite sequences of events or actions. To support such processes in the instruction, this paper expands the algorithm for recursive processes, which are in subset of LOTOS and can express every process that is strong equivalence to each process in LOTOS.
Bentuk dan Fungsi Kode dalam Wacana Khutbah Jumat (Studi Kasus: di Masjid Baitus Salam, Tlogosari, Semarang.

Wacana bisa merujuk ke konsep teoretik atau konstruk teoretis tentang gagasan utuh yang ingin dismapaikan yang dimiliki oleh masyarakat tutur yang dalam terminologi sasusure sejajar dengan langue, sedang teks adalah praktik sosial penggunaan wacana dalam tingkat yang konkret yang dalam terminologi sasusure sejajar dengan parole. Tulisan ini tidak membedakan antara wacana dan teks. Di sini wacana dipahami sebagai bentuk linguistik (percakapan, kumpulan kalimat, kalimat) yang utuh yang digunakan dalam interaksi sosial. Salah satu praktik sosial yaitu khutbah Jumat yang lalu membentuk wacana khutbah Jumat. Wacana ini menarik untuk diteliti paling tidak dari dua aspek yaitu (1) aspek bentuk, yaitu kode apa sajakah yang digunakan khotib dalam menyampaikan pesannya dan (2) apek fungsinya, yaitu apa fungsi kode yang digunakan khotib dalam membentuk wacana khutbah Jumat tersebut. Untuk mengungkap hal tersebut, pengumpulan atau penyediaan data digunakan metode observasi, dan teknik rekam, transkrip, dan catat. Adapun analisis data diguanakan metode analisis isi dan interpretasi sebagaimana umumnya penelitian kualitatif. Penelitian (kecil) ini menemukan: bentuk-bentuk linguistik dalam wacana khutbah Jumat terdiri atas (1) bahasa, (2) ragam, (3) tingkat tutur, (4) alih kode, dan (5) campur kode; yang memiliki fungsi (1) ekspresif dan emotif, (2) fatis , (3) refrensial, (4) direktif, (5) kontekstual. Kata Kunci: wacana, khutbah Jumat, bentuk kode, fungsi kode
Post Chemoradiation PET SUV is highly Predictive of Overall Survival in Esophageal Cancer

Purpose: Positron Emission Tomography (PET) scan is a vital tool in the staging, prognosis and response evaluation of gastrointestinal malignancies. The purpose of this study is to determine the prognostic significance of PET standardized uptake values (SUV) in esophageal cancer treated with chemoradiotherapy (CRT). Methods: An IRB approved esophageal cancer database was queried for patients who completed treatment for esophageal cancer with CRT between 2006 and 2010. Patients were included in the analysis if they had nonmetastatic esophageal cancer that completed definitive or preoperative CRT and had pre- and post-CRT PET scans. Patients treated with induction chemotherapy were excluded. The pre-and post-CRT SUV maximum values were obtained. Univariate analysis for overall survival (OS) was performed with Kaplan-Meier and log-rank analysis or hazard ratio model. Multivariate analysis (MVA) for OS was performed with a Cox proportional hazard ratio model. Results: We identified 77 patients who met inclusion criteria with a median followup of 16 months (range 4 - 43 months). Univariate analysis demonstrated that post-CRT SUV max and percent change SUV max were prognostic for OS, while pre-CRT SUV was not prognostic. In addition, there were no deaths in patients with a post-CRT SUV max of ≤3. MVA demonstrated that only post-CRT SUV max (HR 1.401; 95% CI: 1.061-1.850) was prognostic for OS, while age, gender, surgery, histology, tumor length and stage, were not. Conclusions: Our series demonstrates that post-CRT maximum SUV was the strongest predictor of survival in esophageal cancer while pre-CRT SUV was not. Percent change SUV max was prognostic on univariate analysis but not on multivariate analysis. Prospective studies to evaluate the role of post-CRT SUV in the management of esophageal cancer are needed.
Does the use of a theoretical approach tell us more about hand hygiene behaviour? The barriers and levers to hand hygiene

Background: Despite many strategies employed to improve hand hygiene, compliance remains low at around 50%. Two reasons have been identified for this. First, implementation strategies are rarely tailored according to assessed barriers and levers to best practice. Secondly there is a lack of explicit theoretical basis for the assessment of these barriers and levers to practice. Aim: This paper reports barriers and levers to hand hygiene and an evaluation of the use of theory in assessing barriers and levers to hand hygiene. Methods: Identification of barriers and levers occurred through interviews, questionnaires and focus groups. In each case two different question schedules were used, one based on psychological theory and the other with no explicit theoretical underpinning. Results: Although there was considerable overlap in the barriers and levers identified using the two schedules there were also marked differences. Conclusions: Identification of further barriers and levers may help us address lack of compliance with hand hygiene. Using a theoretical framework may prompt the identification of barriers that people may not ordinarily report but which have an important impact on behaviour, particularly emotion.
Optical-flow based precision missile guidance inspired by honeybee navigation

A precision guidance law is presented for three dimensional intercepts against a moving target. We consider a measurement model representative of an optical sensor and optical flow calculations, the use of optical flow for guidance and navigation having been inspired by recent research into insect navigation. The guidance law is based on a circular navigation guidance, extended to three dimensions and adapted to this measurement model.
Institutionele verandering en professionele autonomie

Institutionele verandering is een hels karwei met geen enkele garantie op succes. Dit geldt ook voor de universitaire bestuurshervorming. Het overzicht (? ) over de ontwikkeling van de universitaire bestuursorganisatie door de tijd heen kan (? ) nauwelijks leiden tot groot optimisme als het gaat om substantiele veranderingen in het bestuur en beheer van universiteiten. Daadwerkelijke veranderingen zijn uitzonderingen en emotionele en oeverloze debatten de regel. Daar komt nog bij (? ) dat uitgerekend hoogleraren praktisch altijd goed in staat zijn gebleken om hun belangen te behartigen, of eigenlijk, gezien hun positie van oudsher, te verdedigen. Dit geldt bij uitstek op het terrein van de wetenschapsbeoefening. Vanuit een dergelijk perspectief is het niet verwonderlijk dat niet alle hoogleraren zich gedragen als de wetgever zou verwachten, of eigenlijk, zou hopen. De academische werkelijkheid blijkt akelig weerbarstig.