Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Is Treatment With Topical Glyceryl Trinitrate Effective in Reducing Elbow Pain in Patients With Lateral Epicondylitis

Objective: The objective of this selective EBM review is to determine whether or not treatment with topical glyceryl trinitrate is effective in reducing elbow pain in patients with lateral epicondylitis. Study Design: Review of two English language randomized controlled trials and one primary study published 2003, 2009, 2011. Data Sources: Two double blind randomized controlled and one prospective comparison study comparing the effectiveness of gylceryl trinitrate to placebo in the treatment of pain related to lateral epicondylitis, found using PubMed, EBSCOhost, and CINAHL Plus. Outcome(s) Measured: The outcome studied was patient self-rated elbow pain at rest, pain with activity, pain at night, and local epicondylar and tendon tenderness, measured with Maudsley’s test (newtons) with dynamometer and wrist extension mean peak force, ORI-TESTS. Results: Paoloni et al (2003) showed pain and tenderness in 81% (35 of 43) patients in the GTN group were asymptomatic with activities of daily living, compared to 60% (26 of 43) in the placebo group. (p=0.005). The 2009 trial by Paoloni et al was inconclusive due to discontinuation at 8 weeks due to insignificant findings. The prospective study by McCallum et al in 2011 was inconclusive, showing no difference between the GTN group and placebo group at 5 years post treatment. Conclusions:
Estudio cuantitativo de dos nuevos ritmos bioeléctricos de los bulbos olfatorios registrados en el Armadillo Sudamericano, Chaetophractus villosus (Mammalia, Dasypodidae)

Un nuevo ritmo bioelectrico del bulbo olfatorio, registrado unicamente durante la vigilia, fue detectado en este animal. Para que dicho ritmo se manifieste son necesarias las aferencias periferica y central. Por medio del analisis aplicando la Transformada Rapida de Fourier (FFT) se caracterizo al ritmo en condiciones normales y bajo la influencia del clorhidrato de ketamina, etanol y melatonina. Estas drogas incrementaron la amplitud y duracion del ritmo en el EEG. Se discuten los posibles mecanismos intervinientes en su produccion y el significado neurofisiologico de su aparicion. Se detectaron diferencias entre sexos en cuanto a las carateristicas de dicho ritmo. Se describe tambien la expresion cuali y cuantitativa de otro ritmo bioelectrico del bulbo olfatorio no descripto hasta ahora y solo visto durante el sueno lento y paradojico. Este ritmo es producido exclusivamente por influencias centrifugas. Su banda frecuencial coincide con la actividad sinusoidal inducida. Se sugiere que esta actividad puede ser util en la investigacion de los mecanismos productores de las alucinaciones olfatorias.
Nutritional status of hiv positive / aids female subjects from Nagpur city

Nutritional status of 50 HIV +ve females was studied. The highest incidence of HIV was found in the age group 25–30 years and 30–35 years. Statistically it was found that as age advances occurrence of HIV/AIDS decreases. At inclusion, clinical data, anthropometric measurement, BMI, socioeconomic status, dietary assessment, CD4 count and mode of transmission was studied. Ninety eight percent of the subjects were infected by sexual transmission and 2% were infected through blood contact. 1/3rd of the subjects CD4 count was less than 350 (78%) and remaining subjects were in <200(10%) and <500(12%). In most of the subjects low socioeconomic status category, apparent inadequate food intake and caloric deficiency was observed. The majority of subjects were non-vegetarian but then also protein deficiency was observed. Moderate to severe macro and micronutrient deficiencies were observed in almost all cases. 39.27% showed less intake of vit. A.
Extreme Value Theory Filtering Techniques for Outlier Detection

We introduce asymptotic parameter-free hypothesis tests based on extreme value theory to detect outlying observations in finite samples. Our tests have nontrivial power for detecting outliers for general forms of the parent distribution and can be implemented when this is unknown and needs to be estimated. Using these techniques this article also develops an algorithm to uncover outliers masked by the presence of influential observations.
Performance Of Shannon's Maximum Entropy Distribution Under Some Restrictions: An Application On Turkey's Annual Temperatures

Istatistik biliminde entropi oldukca onemli bir yere sahiptir. Son yillardaki calismalarda entropinin neredeyse bilimin her dalinda yer aldigi gorulebilir. Informasyon teorisinde, Entropi, rassal bir degiskenin belirsizliginin bir olcusudur. Entropi icerisinde farkli bircok metot olmasina ragmen, en yaygin olan Maximum Entropy (MaxEnt) metodu, rassal degiskenlerden elde edilen kisitlara bagli olarak Shannon’un entropisini maksimize eder. MaxEnt dagilimi ise bu metot araciligi ile elde edilen dagilimdir.Bu calismanin amaci, Turkiye’nin son 43 yillik sicaklik degerleri icin 1, x, x2, lnx, (lnx)2, ln(1+x2) kisitlarinin kombinasyonlari ile MaxEnt dagilimini hesaplamak ve bu dagilimi gercek olasilik dagilimi ile Kolmogorov-Smirnov uyum iyiligi testi yardimi ile karsilastirmaktir. Elde edilen sonuclara gore tum entropi dagilimlarinin gercek olasilik dagilimi ile uyum gosterdigi seklindeki sifir hipotezi kabul edilmektedir. Elde edilen sonuclar ilgili tablo ve grafiklerde verilmektedir.
Synergistic Effect of Combined Antibiotic and Methanol Extract of Eucalyptus camaldulensis leaf Against Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa

A total of seventy-five medical specimens were collected from different patients admitted to Zagazig university hospital, Egypt. The selected bacterial isolates were distributed as 45 Gram negative bacterial isolates (60%) and 30 Gram positive bacterial isolates (40%). The most effective antibiotic was gentamycin (76%) followed by amikacin and nitrofurantoin. The multi-drug resistant (MDR) bacterial isolates were selected and identified to four groups; Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus. The selected isolates were screened for their capability of biofilm, hemolysins, lecithinase and protease production. S. aureus AM23 and P. aeruginosa AM41 were selected as the highest biofilm and degrading enzymes producers. Furthermore, twenty-four methanolic and aqueous crude extracts derived from different medicinal plants in Egypt were screened for their antibacterial activity against both selected MDR strains. Methanolic extract of Eucalyptus camaldulensis leaf showed the greatest effect on the tested bacteria. Also, there was a synergistic effect of combined E. camaldulensis leaf extract and antibiotics (Gentamycin and Ceftriaxone) against tested organisms. Transmission electron microscopy showed changes in cell shapes, size, contents and cell envelop of antimicrobials treated bacterial cells compared to the control. Our findings proved that the leaf extracts of E. camaldulensis had great potential as antimicrobial agents in the treatment of infectious organisms.Int. J. Appl. Sci. Biotechnol. Vol 5(4): 486-497
Computerized assessment of neuropsychological function in Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease

This editorial illustrates how recent developments in computing technology can be exploited for the neuropsychological assessment of neurodegenerative diseases. Computerized tests have many advantages over traditional paper and pencil tests, including precision, speed and reliability. For example, it is possible to measure response latencies to millisecond accuracy, necessary for reaction time studies. Furthermore, the computer can be used to give feedback to the subject in a systematic and objective fashion. These general design features have been utilized in a new set of tests called the Cambridge Neuropsychological Test Automated Battery (CANTAB). Other important design features of these tests are:
How to Do Things with Pictures: The Experience of Challenging Imagery in Visual Media

Some imagery poses an interpretational challenge that must be met in order to fully process it in the context of goal­oriented visual media. Evaluations of such imagery can only be considered in terms of a reader’s experience, an interpretational sequence that plays out in time. Pictures that are “challenging,” as discussed here, qualify as “integral experiences” according to Dewey: they have meaning, they are best understood as processes rather than elements, and they promote conceptual change in a reader. Four kinds of pictures that represent challenges to the reader are identified: problematic, linguistic and creative imagery, and visual metaphor. The experiential impacts of text–picture relationships are discussed. Boundary examples of imagery are addressed to distinguish challenging imagery from other types and to establish the distinction of “performa­ tive” imagery, that which instigates and targets particular interpretational processes. The types of challenging pictures presented here qualify as performative in that they do more than repeat textual content or offer a moment of distraction. Copyright © 2017, Dialectic and the AIGA Design Educators Community (DEC). All rights reserved.
An alternative to complete banana mat uprooting: assessing the effectiveness of continuous cutting at soil level of all shoots in a mat on speed for corm decay

The complete uprooting of diseased mats/fields (CMU) is one of the recommended control options for Xanthomonas wilt of banana. CMU is labour intensive, time consuming and disturbs the soil structure, exposing fields to erosion. CMU often involves exportation of whole plant biomass, affecting soil fertility. The potential of continuous cutting at soil level of all shoots in a mat until complete corm decay in situ as an alternative to CMU was assessed. The first experiment was established using 224 banana mats in their third cropping cycle. All the plants were cut down at soil level, meristems were removed, and sweet potato and bush bean planted. In a repeat experiment with 180 banana mats, a wide range of treatments were applied on top by cutting and removing the apical meristems. These included the: injection of 2,4-D herbicide into the centre of each corm; removal of a cone shaped section from the center of each corm; and creation of a 20 cm deep incision in the center of each corm; in combination with the application of soil or farmyard manure substrate on cut surface. In the first experiment, resprouting stopped at 8 months while corms fully decayed after 25 months. Annual intercrops did not influence re-sprouting and corm decay rate. Similar re-sprouting trends occured in the repeat experiment. However, 2,4-D application significantly (P<0.05) lowered decay time, with 12-47% of corms decomposed at 8 months compared with 0-20% in other treatments without 2,4-D. In the 2,4-D treatments, 100% of corms had decomposed compared with 36-80% in other treatments by the 20 th
Structure, Optical Properties, and Photocatalytic Activity towards H2 Generation and CO2 Reduction of GaN Nanowires via Vapor-Liquid-Solid Process

High quality single crystalline GaN nanowires with large aspect ratio (>100) are synthesized on n-type Si (111) substrate via Au-catalyzed vapor-liquid-solid process. Morphology, crystal structure, and optical property of the as-synthesized GaN nanowires are characterized by means of X-ray diffraction, scanning/transmission electron microscopy, UV-vis diffuse reflection spectroscopy, and room temperature photoluminescence. The results indicate that the as-prepared GaN nanowires with a large aspect ratio are well crystallized in the hexagonal wurtzite structure, and a slight blue shift appears in both the absorption edge and emission peak probably due to the quantization effect. Photocatalytic H2 evolution over the as-prepared GaN nanowires is performed with the incorporation of Pt or Rh as the cocatalyst, exhibiting greatly enhanced capability compared to the GaN powder tested under the same conditions. Moreover, photocatalytic CO2 reduction over the GaN nanowires is also successfully realized using Pt or Rh as the cocatalyst, depending on which the products show a strong selectivity inherently related to the reductive electrons transferred by cocatalyst.
The Coexistence of GM and non-GM crops and the Role of Consumer Preferences

Crop coexistence is now at the core of the debate on GM technology in Europe. New regulations are being designed in the E.U. in order to "correct" potential production externalities and ensure that conventional and organic production will remain a profitable alternative for farmers. We use a simple Mussa-Rosen type model of preferences to capture the effects of introducing a cost-saving GM crop on incumbent crops, taking explicitly into account consumers' distaste for GM food products. Using a two-technology model, we derive necessary and sufficient conditions for coexistence and show that perfectly competitive farmers with rational expectations will adopt the socially efficient level of GM technology. We also solve a three-technology model to study the impacts of the availability of GM technology on conventional and organic production. We formally characterize the entire set of possible outcomes using only three parameters that reflect technologies' relative performance. We use our model to explore the effects of negative production externalities created by GM technology and of a change in consumers' tastes on coexistence.
Neuropsychological and Intellectual Differences Between Types of Murderers

The notion that affective/impulsive violence and predatory/instrumental violence constitute distinct behavioral phenotypes has been supported in the forensic literature. Prior research suggests that offenders committing affective/impulsive homicide exhibit differing patterns of anomalous regional brain activation and decreased executive functions relative to predatory/instrumental homicide offenders. However, no prior research has examined the extent to which murderers who kill impulsively versus those who kill as the result of the execution of a premeditated strategic plan differ with regard to other neuropsychological functions and intelligence. Based on established criteria, we classified 77 murderers into affective/impulsive and predatory/instrumental groups, and compared their performance on standardized measures of intelligence and neuropsychological functioning. Results revealed significant differences between the affective/impulsive group (mean Full Scale IQ = 79) and the predatory/instrumental group (mean Full Scale IQ = 93) on indices of intelligence, memory, attention, and executive functioning. Most differences remained significant after controlling for relevant background factors.
九州大学学術情報リポジトリ Kyushu University Institutional Repository Detecting Circuit for Organic Pulse Oximetry

A pulse oximetry sensor has become essential to medical electronics and wearable health monitoring devices. It is a noninvasive, inexpensive, convenient and safe device for monitoring a person's health and avoiding any potential illness. The pulse oximeter is used to determine physiological parameters such as heart rate (bpm) and oxygen saturation (SpO2) of the patient at all times. This paper presents a detecting circuit for pulse oximetry based on organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) and organic photodiodes (OPDs), and also illustrates the theory, working principle and the functions of the pulse oximetry. The light emitted from the red organic light-emitting diode (OLED) with 625 nm in wavelength and reflected at a human index finger is detected by an organic photodiode (OPD) fabricated on the same substrate. After transducing, filtering and amplifying the signal, we have successfully obtained a clear photoplethysmogram (PPG) signal which can be used to measure pulse rate and blood oxygenation.
Lean principles adoption in environmental management system (EMS): A survey on ISO 14001 certified companies in Malaysia

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine the characteristic of the lean principles in ISO 14001 and to propose linkage between lean principles and ISO 14001. Design/methodology/approach: To achieve the objective of the study, literature survey and quantitative research method using questionnaire survey are used. Findings and Originality/value: The findings of this study confirm that ISO 14001 certified company adopted lean production practices. The study also proves that lean principles have a positive and significant relationship with ISO 14001 EMS and the linkage can be made between lean principles and ISO 14001 to achieve Continual Improvement. Research limitations/implications: The small sample sizes of the participating companies are the main limitations of this study and this research mainly focus on the manufacturing environment and services industry in Malaysia. Practical implications: This research shows that all ISO 14001 companies do adopt at least one of lean production practices and the main findings are lean principles has positive and highly significant relationship with ISO 14001 requirements. This is because the integration of lean principles in ISO 14001 will serve practical methods for ISO14001 EMS to achieve the continual improvement. Journal of Industrial Engineering and Management – http://dx.doi. org/10.3926/jiem.486 407 Originality/value: This research is amongst the first to study on the combination of lean principles with ISO 14001. Based on the current situation, there is no integration between this two management system.
The Citizenship Advantage: Immigrant Socioeconomic Attainment across Generations in the Age of Mass Migration

Author(s): Catron, Peter | Abstract: Scholars who study immigrant economic progress often point to the success of Southern and Eastern Europeans who entered in the early 20th century and draw inferences about whether today’s immigrants will follow a similar trajectory. However, little is known about the mechanisms that allowed for European upward advancement. This article begins to fill this gap by analyzing how naturalization policies influenced economic success of immigrants across generations. Specifically, I create new panel datasets that follow immigrants and their children across complete-count US censuses to understand the economic consequences of citizenship attainment. I find that naturalization raised occupational attainment for the first generation that then allowed children to have greater educational attainment and labor market success. I argue that economic progress was conditioned by political statuses for European-origin groups during the first half of the twentieth century – a mechanism previously missed by contemporary research.
A review of agricultural production risk in the developing world

Many of the poor in the developing world rely on agriculture for their livelihood. Unfortunately, agricultural production is inherently risky, which puts these farmers at risk of not being able to meet even their basic subsistence needs. Therefore, understanding these farmers’ attitudes towards and responses to production risk is an important piece of the puzzle for designing effective interventions to help them overcome poverty. The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the empirical literature that investigates farmers’ risk attitudes and responses to production risk in developing countries. Some attention is given to the implications of production risk for the uptake and use of new technologies. The paper also provides a review of the theoretical foundations that have guided the bulk of this research. Finally, the paper discusses several opportunities for furthering the knowledge gained to date.
Analysis of Teacher Beliefs and Efficacy for Teaching Writing to Weak Learners

The present study investigated the beliefs and efficacy of a teacher teaching English to students who were weak at the language. The objective of the study was mainly to investigate the beliefs and efficacy of the ESL teacher for teaching writing to weak learners. The research was a case study of the English Language teacher teaching Form Three class of students whose English proficiency was very low. An interview was conducted with the teacher to further probe the instructional strategies applied to enhance her beliefs and efficacy in her own capabilities to make learning happen in her classroom. Observations were made to investigate the teacher’s efficacy in teaching and the performance of the students specifically for writing. Results show the teacher’s beliefs of her students’ capabilities and their language needs helped shape the teacher’s instructional strategies. The teacher’s efficacy enabled her to decide to undertake the task of teaching writing to her students because she was confident in her ability. The teacher provided clues to the students to facilitate their learning. This kind of feedback from the teacher indirectly motivated them to learn. The teacher’s beliefs and efficacy contributed to her teaching practice and the instructional strategies that she used in turn enhanced her beliefs and efficacy. The study implicates that teacher’s beliefs and efficacy can assist the weak learners in improving their writing skills and also facilitate language learning.
SCHREYER HONORS COLLEGE DEPARTMENT OF MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING CONTACT ACTIVATION OF FACTOR XII BY BIOMATERIAL SURFACES CHYI-HUEY

i Acknowledgments . v List of Figures . vi List of Tables . x Chapter 1. Background . 1 1.1 Cardiovascular healthcare . 1 1.2 Human plasma coagulation cascade . 2 1.3 Summary of current anticoagulants . 4 1.4 Importance of protein adsorption in hemocompatible materials . 6 1.5 Blood factor XII (Hageman factor) and the chemicalspecificity . 7 1.6 Goal and purpose . 9 1.7 References . 10 Chapter 2. Amidolytic, coagulant, and activation-suppressing proteins produced by blood factor XII contact activation in buffer solution . 13 2.
Evaluation of Periodontal Health in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients

Background and aims. There is a hypothesis that people with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) can also be at risk of periodontal disease. This study aimed to assess the periodontal health in patients with and without rheumatoid arthritis. Materials and methods. Thirty RA patients with RA and 30 healthy individuals without RA were included. Information regarding demographic characteristics and periodontal parameters (probing pocket depth, attachment loss, plaque index, simplified oral hygiene index and modified gingival index) were recorded. Results. There was no significant difference in periodontal parameters between participants with and without RA. Conclusion. According to the cross-sectional pattern of the present study, further evaluation is needed to determine the possible role of RA in the periodontal status of patients.
A computational implementation of idiomatic and non-idiomatic constructions 1

Departing from a qualitative linguistic analysis based on corpus-attested examples, this paper provides a computational treatment of several construction-types, namely, argument-structure constructions, implicational constructions, and illocutionary constructions. Thus, our aim is to offer a formalized representation of constructions of varied nature and complexity. We do so through a lexico-conceptual knowledge base for natural language processing systems called FunGramKB, whose grammaticon is a computational implementation of the architecture of a usage-based constructionist model of language known as the Lexical Constructional Model.