Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Relationship Between Lipids and ABCD2 Score in Patients with Transient Ischemic Attack

Objective: To study the effect of lipid levels on the prognosis of patients with transient ischemia attack(TIA) and its clinical significance.Methods: According to the latest definition of TIA in 2009 as inclusion criteria,62 patients were diagnosed as TIA in our hospital.Their indicators were retrospectively analyzed and patients were divided according to their ABCD2 score into three groups: 16 cases in low risk group(0 to 3 points),20 cases in mid risk group(4 to 5 minutes),and 26 cases in high risk group(6 to 7 points). Difference of lipid levels and prognosis effect were compared between the three groups.Results: The sequence of groups accord-ing to the lipid levels from high to low were high risk group,mid risk group,and low risk group.The difference of lipid levels between the high risk group and the other two groups were statistically significant(P 0.05),but there was no significant difference between low risk group and mid risk group.As the ABCD2 score increases,the lipid levels rose slightly in the low risk and mid risk group,but rose greatly in the high risk group.The higher the lipid level was,the worse the prognosis effect it made.Conclusion: There was positive cor-relation between Lipids levels and ABCD2 score,but a negative correlation between the Lipids levels and its prognosis effect.
To Relive the Web: A Framework for the Transformation and Archival Replay of Web Pages

TO RELIVE THE WEB: A FRAMEWORK FOR THE TRANSFORMATION AND ARCHIVAL REPLAY OF WEB PAGES John Andrew Berlin Old Dominion University, 2018 Director: Dr. Michele C. Weigle When replaying an archived web page (known as a memento), the fundamental expectation is that the page should be viewable and function exactly as it did at archival time. However, this expectation requires web archives to modify the page and its embedded resources, so that they no longer reference (link to) the original server(s) they were archived from but back to the archive. Although these modifications necessarily change the state of the representation, it is understood that without them the replay of mementos from the archive would not be possible. Unfortunately, because the replay of mementos and the modifications made to them by web archives in order to facilitate replay varies between archives, the terminology for describing replay and the modification made to mementos for facilitating replay does not exist. In this thesis, we propose terminology for describing the existing styles of replay and the modifications made on the part of web archives to mementos in order to facilitate replay. This thesis also, in the process of defining terminology for the modifications made by client-side rewriting libraries to the JavaScript execution environment of the browser during replay, proposes a general framework for the auto-generation of client-side rewriting libraries. Finally, we evaluate the effectiveness of using a generated client-side rewriting library to augment the existing replay systems of web archives by crawling mementos replayed from the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine with and without the generated client-side rewriter. By using the generated client-side rewriter we were able to decrease the cumulative number of requests blocked by the content security policy of the Wayback Machine for 577 mementos by 87.5% and increased the cumulative number of requests made by 32.8%. Also by using the generated client-side rewriter, we were able to replay mementos that were previously not replayable from the Internet Archive.
Adaptive wavelength allocation pattern for an online DWBA in the NG-EPON

We propose an adaptive wavelength allocation pattern for scheduling multi-wavelength ONUs in the NG-EPON. Proposed wavelength allocation patterns make online decisions for ONU wavelength allocation based on an adaptive threshold that reflects both ONU’s absolute bandwidth request size as well as the relative bandwidth request size to other ONUs. The proposed wavelength allocation pattern has low complexity and good network performance. Simulation results show that the proposed wavelength allocation pattern achieves small packet delay, huge bandwidth throughput, and a low packet loss ratio in different network conditions, which outperforms the existing wavelength allocation patterns for the NG-EPON.
Experimental Evaluation of Point Cloud Classification using the PointNet Neural Network

Recently, new approaches for deep learning on unorganized point clouds have been proposed. Previous approaches used multiview 2D convolutional neural networks, volumetric representations or spectral convolutional networks on meshes (graphs). On the other hand, deep learning on point sets hasn’t yet reached the “maturity” of deep learning on RGB images. To the best of our knowledge, most of the point cloud classification approaches in the literature were based either only on synthetic models, or on a limited set of views from depth sensors. In this experimental work, we use a recent PointNet deep neural network architecture to reach the same or better level of performance as specialized hand-designed descriptors on a difficult dataset of nonsynthetic depth images of small household objects. We train the model on synthetically generated views of 3D models of objects, and test it on real depth images.
Cooperative Deterministic Learning-Based Trajectory Tracking for a Group of Unicycle-Type Vehicles

A cooperative deterministic learning based state feedback control algorithm is proposed in this paper for joint tracking control and learning/identification for a group of identical nonholonomic vehicles. Specifically, this algorithm is able to model the unknown nonlinear dynamics of the nonholonomic vehicle, and use it for trajectory tracking control with cooperative deterministic learning (DL) theory. In addition, cooperative DL grants every vehicle in the system the ability of knowledge learning not only along the trajectory of its own, but also along the trajectories of all other vehicles as well. It is shown using Lyapunov stability theory that with cooperative DL, the closed-loop system is guaranteed to be stable, with all vehicles tracking its own reference trajectories, and the radial basis function (RBF) neural network (NN) weights of all agents converge to the same constants.
Controversies on the Usefulness of Nerve Conduction Study in the Early Diagnosis of Diabetic Polyneuropathy

Diabetic polyneuropathy (DPN) is the most frequently encountered form of neuropathy in diabetic patients, and it either relentlessly progresses or remains relatively stable for many years, not showing any trend towards improvement. From this point of view, early detection of DPN is very important to prevent the irreversible change of the peripheral nerve from diabetic insults. Although a number of clinical symptoms and/or deficit scales have been developed for clinical or research purposes, nerve conduction study (NCS) has been known one of the most objective and sensitive tools to detect peripheral nerve dysfunctions in diabetic patients. NCS, however, also have several shortcomings. The next two consecutive articles will focus on debates about diagnostic usefulness of NCS and on recent updates of other diagnostic tests including quantitative sensory testings and skin biopsy in the field of diabetic polyneuropathy.
Mesh Generation from a Scan of a Special 3D Scanner

A 3D scanner is being developed at BME AAIT for which several software modules are needed. A special point cloud processing part has been developed, where a 3D shaded model is generated from the points. This includes the development of a special structure which can easily handle a lot of points and is able to perform special operations in a reasonable time. Considering the potentially huge size of the point cloud, it is essential to implement most of the methods in such a way that their algorithmic complexity is as low as possible.
Physiopathogénie de la maladie thromboembolique veineuse au cours du cancer Pathogenesis of venous thromboembolic disease in cancer

Cancer is a real model of acquired hypercoagulable state. A close interaction exists between venous thromboembolic disease and cancer. Tumor progression is associated with an activation of coagulation and fibrinoformation which are both implicated in cancer proliferation and metastasis dissemination. The pathogenesis of haemostatic troubles described in cancer patients is particularly complex and it reflects the multiple connexions with inflammation and hemostasis systems. In this review, we will identify the numerous factors inducing such a prothrombotic state and the reason why their combined action contributes to cancer development. The relation between cancer and thrombosis seems reciprocal: cancer predisposes to thrombosis and tumor progression is deeply linked to this hypercoagulable state. # 2008 Publie par Elsevier Masson SAS.
Efficacy and safety of polyethylene glycol 3350 in the treatment of human functional chronic constipation

Objective:To evaluate the efficacy and safety of polyethylene glycol 3350 (Movical) in the treatment of human functional chronic constipation.Methods:In this multicentre,randomized, controlled, parallel group study,126 patients with confirmed functional constipation on basis of choosing standard were randomly divided into 2 groups,each group contained 63 patients,to receive 13.7g Movical twice daily (the trial group) or 3.5g psylium hydrophilic mucilloid (Konsyl) twice daily (the control group) for 2 weeks.Results:After treatment, the constipation and accompanying symptoms such as abdominal pain, abdominal bloating were relieved in both groups.No electrolyte disorder was observed during treatment in both groups. Improvements of the stool form in the first bowel movement were 87.30% in the trial group and 66.67% in the control group. The total effective rates were 92.07% in the trial group and 73.02% in the control group ( P 0.01). In this study, except one patient whose ALT became abnormal after treatment,other patients had no significant side effects.Conclusion:Polyethylene glycol 3350 (Movical) is effective and safe in the treatment of human functional chronic constipation. [
Building an Inverted Index at the DBMS Layer for Fast Full Text Search

In order to make accurate and fast full text searches it is recommended to index the words in the documents. One way to do this is to use an Inverted Index to maintain, in a structured form, the occurrence of words in a set of documents. In order to minimize the number of stored words in the index, a stemmer like Porter Stemmer can be used, so only the root word will be kept for each word. In this paper an Inverted Index for documents stored in MongoDB and Oracle databases will be constructed. Four different methods for constructing an Inverted Index to compare and determine which model has the best performance will be presented. Two of them are implemented in Python, one constructed is using a single thread and the other uses the MapReduce algorithm. The other two systems will use the frameworks and tools provided by the databases. MapReduce framework for MongoDB and Pipelined Table Functions for Oracle will be used.
Nurses' Perception on Fluid Therapy for Terminally Ill Patients

Purpose: This study was conducted to investigate how nurses who take care of terminal patients perceive fluid therapy and how this therapy is currently being used in hospitals. Methods: This survey included 200 nurses, 87 of whom were working in the oncology units of 3 university hospitals in Seoul, Korea, and 113 were working in 18 hospice centers. The data for this study were collected by means of structured questionnaires and analyzed by using the Statistical Analysis System software. The differences in perception towards fluid therapy between nurses working in oncology units and those working in hospice centers were examined using the test and analysis of covariance. Results: Fluid therapy was perceived more negatively by the nurses from hospice centers than by those from oncology units. Continuous subcutaneous infusion was used in hospice centers, but not in oncology units. In addition, the average amount of fluid infused daily differed significantly between the oncology units and hospice centers. Conclusion: Our results show that there were differences in the perception towards fluid therapy between nurses in different clinical settings. Nurses caring for terminal and palliative care patients should not simply provide or withhold fluid therapy, but rather develop a wider range of views on fluid therapy, focusing on effective alternative interventions.
Cyber Resilience of SCADA at the Level of Energy Facilities

SCADA systems are widespread in the energy industry: the automated dispatch control of electric power systems is supported by SCADA along with the automatic control. Today, the consequences of cyberattacks on the information subsystem of the control system are especially dangerous. SCADA, being an information-technical system that plays the most important role in the control system of a power facility, should be resilient to different cyber threats.
Methods to Analyze Critical Facilities in Energy with Regard to Cyber Threats

The article describes the methods proposed by the authors used for the analysis of critical facilities in the energy sector, taking into account cyber-threats. The authors focus on to an approach that enables analyzing and simulating the entire chain of events “Vulnerabilities – Cyber-threats – Energy Security Threats – Consequences. ” This approach can be used in the development of an intelligent system to support decision-making on the identification of critical energy facilities in strategic planning from the point of view of cybersecurity violations.
Cerebral circulation improves with indirect bypass surgery combined with gene therapy

Angiogenesis involves new blood vessels sprouting from preexisting blood vessels. This process may serve to improve brain circulation. Moyamoya disease (MMD) is a cerebrovascular disorder causing intracranial stenosis which significantly reduces the blood supply to the brain. Mainly stroke is the first symptom of the disorder, so treatments that reduce the risk of stroke are used for patients with MMD. To prevent stroke for those with chronic cerebral hypoperfusion, more blood needs to flow to the brain, which was thought to be achieved by enhancing angiogenesis. Indirect bypass surgery, such as encephalo-myo-synangiosis (EMS), is used for revascularization. However, EMS alone sometimes cannot provide enough circulation to avoid ischemic strokes. The current study examined if EMS combined with high-mobility group box-1 (HMGB1) and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) enhanced angiogenesis and increased cerebral circulation. The results indicated that HMGB1 administered with EMS increased angiogenesis through a VEGF-dependent mechanism. In addition, exercising and stem cell transplantation possess possible means to increase angiogenesis. Overall, EMS with gene therapy, maintaining fitness, and stem cell utilization may prevent or help one recover from stroke by enhancing brain angiogenesis. Thus, these treatments may be applicable for patients with MMD. This paper is a review article. Referred literature in this paper has been listed in the references section. The datasets supporting the conclusions of this article are available online by searching various databases, including PubMed.
Evaluation of oral health related quality of life in subjects diagnosed with head and neck malignancies undergoing chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and surgery

Background: Oral cancer is a significant public health problem in India, which accounts for 90% of all head and neck (H and N) cancers and 3--4% of malignancies. It has mutifactorial etiology, and tobacco usage in smoke and smokeless form is considered to be a major risk factor. The prevalence of smoking habit is related to lifestyle, various methods were employed earlier to interpret and analyze, among them Oral Health Impact Profile-14 questionnaire is one of the most accepted instrument to analysis. Aim and Objective: To evaluate oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) in subjects undergoing chemotherapy, surgery, and radiotherapy.The objective of the study was to evaluate OHRQoL in H and N cancer patients using Oral Health Impact Profile-14 questionnaire. Materials and Methodology: A descriptive questionnaire based cross-sectional study of 4 months involving 50 patients undergoing treatment of H and Natcancer Hospital, Raipur city, were included.OHRQoL was assessed by OHIP-14 questionnaireand Chi-square test was used to determine statistical significant difference for the responses given by H and N cancer subjects. Results: 62.5%patients were unable to perform daily functions because of problem with their teeth and denture. Males with mean age of 55 years were found to have poorer quality of life than females. Conclusion: The OHIP-14 questionnaire proved to be reliable and valid tool for assessment of OHRQoLof cancer patients. It should be considered in the treatment protocol of cancer patients to prevent the treatment related oral health complications and for their optimal well-being.
Calciphylaxis and its diagnosis: A review

Calciphylaxis also known as Calcific uremic arteriolopathy (CUA), is a rare fatal complication usually associated with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). It is characterized by skin ulceration and necrosis leading to significant pain. The disease calciphylaxis is pathological state resulting in accumulation of calcium content in medial wall of small blood vessels along with the fibrotic changes in intima. The aetiopathogenesis of this disease, small vessel vasculopathy, remains complicated, and unclear. It is believed that development of calciphylaxis depends on medial calcification, intimal fibrosis of arterioles and thrombotic occlusion. The disease is rare, life-threatening medical condition that occurs mostly in population with kidney disease or in patients on dialysis. Skin biopsy and radiographic features are helpful in the diagnosis of calciphylaxis, but negative results do not necessarily exclude the diagnosis. This article highlights steps undertaking in the diagnosis of calciphylaxis.
A pairwise output coding method for multi-class EEG classification of a self-induced BCI

In brain computer interface (BCI) research, electroencephalography (EEG) is the most widely used method due to its noninvasiveness, high temporal resolution and portability. Most of the EEG-based BCI studies are aimed at developing methodologies for signal processing, feature extraction and classification. In this study, an experimental EEG study was carried out with six subjects performing imagery mental and motor tasks. We present a multi-class EEG decoding with a novel pairwise output coding method of EEGs to improve the performance of self-induced BCI systems. This method involves an augmented one-versus-one multiclass classification with less time and reduced number of electrodes. Furthermore, a train repetition number is introduced in the training step to optimize the data selection. The difference among right and left hemispheres is also searched. Finally, the difference between experienced and novice subjects is also observed. The experimental results have demonstrated that, the use of proposed classification algorithm produces high classification accuracies (98%) with nine channels. Reduced numbers of channels (four channels) have 100% accuracies for mental tasks and 87% accuracies for motor tasks with Support Vector Machines (SVM). The classification accuracies are quite high though the proposed one-versus-one technique worked well compared to the classical method. The results would be promising for a real-time study.
The approaches to quantify web application security scanners quality: a review

The web application security scanner is a computer program that assessed web application security with penetration testing technique. The benefit of automated web application penetration testing is huge, which web application security scanner not only reduced the time, cost, and resource required for web application penetration testing but also eliminate test engineer reliance on human knowledge. Nevertheless, web application security scanners are possessing weaknesses of low test coverage, and the scanners are generating inaccurate test results. Consequently, experimentations are frequently held to quantitatively quantify web application security scanner's quality to investigate the web application security scanner's strengths and limitations. However, there is a discovery that neither a standard methodology nor criterion is available for quantifying the web application security scanner's quality. Hence, in this paper systematic review is conducted and analysed the methodology and criterion used for quantifying web application security scanners' quality. In this survey, the experiment methodologies and criterions that had been used to quantify web application security scanner's quality is classified and review using the preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses (PRISMA) protocol. The objectives are to provide practitioners with the understanding of methodologies and criterions that available for measuring web application security scanners’ test coverage, attack coverage, and vulnerability detection rate, while provides the critical hint for development of the next testing framework, model, methodology, or criterions, to measure web application security scanner quality.
Burkitt's lymphoma.

Clinical and epidemiologic features of Burkitt's lymphoma are reviewed. Epidemiologic studies suggest that simultaneous infection with Epstein-Barr (E-B) virus and malaria may be involved as etiologic agents. On the other hand we have found that in the Amazon region of Brazil and Peru both malaria and E-B virus infection is common among children, yet Burkitt's lymphoma is rare. The possibility exists that other concomitant etiologic agents and genetic factors are also involved. Several investigators suggested the possible involvement of Reo 3 virus. We have found antibodies against Yaba virus. A laboratory worker who accidentally inoculated himself with Yaba virus developed a histiocytoma which when inoculated into Asiatic monkeys produced typical Yaba tumors. This was the first case that Koch's postulates were fulfilled in a virus induced neoplasm in man. Therapeutically, the best clinical results were obtained in those patients who were treated with small doses of cyclophosphamide. On the basis of somewhat inadequate follow-up studies, it is estimated that "five year cures" were obtained in about 10% of the patients.