Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Development and Psychometric Properties of MisoQuest—A New Self-Report Questionnaire for Misophonia

Background: Misophonia is a condition related to experiencing psychophysiological sensations when exposed to specific sound triggers. In spite of progress in research on the subject, a fully validated questionnaire assessing misophonia has not been published yet. The goal of this study was to create and validate a new questionnaire to measure misophonia. Methods: MisoQuest is based on the diagnostic criteria proposed by Schröder et al. in 2013, with minor changes implemented by the authors of MisoQuest. A total of 705 participants took part in the study, completing the online questionnaires. Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) and analyses using the Item Response Theory (IRT) were performed. Internal consistency was evaluated with Cronbach’s alpha. Results: The reliability of the MisoQuest was excellent (α = 0.955). The stability at five weeks was strong. There was a significant difference in results between people classified as those with misophonia and those without misophonia. Conclusions: MisoQuest has good psychometric values and can be helpful in the identification of misophonia. A deeper analysis showed that certain triggers might be more specific for people with misophonia. Consideration of violent behavior in response to misophonic triggers as a symptom of misophonia was undermined.
IL-27 alleviates airway remodeling in a mouse model of asthma via PI3K/Akt pathway

Abstract Purpose: Airway remodeling is one of the features of severe asthma. Previous study shows that IL-27 inhibits airway inflammation in asthmatic mice. However, the role of IL-27 on airway remodeling in OVA-induced asthmatic mice and its possible mechanism remain unclear. Methods: We established an ovalbumin (OVA)-induced asthmatic mice model. IL-27 were preventative administered to OVA-induced asthmatic mice. The total cells in Bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) and Airway hyperresponsiveness (AHR) were measured. The lung tissues were performed by Hematoxylin and eosin (HE) staining to estimate the pathological changes. Masson staining was used to observe the collagen deposition area. The expression of α-smooth muscle actin (α-SMA) and Type I collagen was measured by immunohistochemistry, western blot, and quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR). Additionally, western blot was also used to measure the expression of phosphorylated-Akt (p-Akt) in each group. Results: IL-27 group showed significant inhibitory effect on the α-SMA and Type I collagen. The expression of p-Akt in the tissues of asthma model was increased and inhibited by IL-27. Conclusions: IL-27 can alleviate airway remodeling in OVA-induced asthmatic mice, and the mechanism may relate to PI3K/Akt pathway.
Ultrasonographic modeling of diaphragm function: A novel approach to respiratory assessment

Objectives Bedside ultrasound techniques have the unique ability to produce instantaneous, dynamic images, and have demonstrated widespread utility in both emergency and critical care settings. The aim of this article is to introduce a novel application of this imaging modality by utilizing an ultrasound based mathematical model to assess respiratory function. With validation, the proposed models have the potential to predict pulmonary function in patients who cannot adequately participate in standard spirometric techniques (inability to form tight seal with mouthpiece, etc.). Methods Ultrasound was used to measure diaphragm thickness (Tdi) in a small population of healthy, adult males at various points of the respiratory cycle. Each measurement corresponded to a generated negative inspiratory force (NIF), determined by a handheld meter. The data was analyzed using mixed models to produce two representative mathematical models. Results Two mathematical models represented the relationship between Tdi and NIFmax, or maximum inspiratory pressure (MIP), both of which were statistically significant with p-values <0.005: 1. log(NIF) = -1.32+4.02×log(Tdi); and 2. NIF = -8.19+(2.55 × Tdi)+(1.79×(Tdi2)). Conclusions With validation, these models intend to provide a method of estimating MIP, by way of diaphragm ultrasound measurements, thereby allowing evaluation of respiratory function in patients who may be unable to reliably participate in standard spirometric tests.
INSIGHT@DCU TRECVID 2019: Video to Text

In this paper we describe the approach we developed for the TRECVID video to text task, speciﬁcally the free-text generation sub-task. This sub-task consists of generating a textual description using only the information that can be extracted from the videos. We tackle the problem using a commonly used BLSTM network with an alternate enhance mechanism. To improve the model we study the effect of using different datasets and features. One of the main problems of the video captioning challenge is the size of the vocabulary, which adds another level of complexity, as the model needs to produce a rich vocabulary without previous knowledge of the scene. Therefore, we also discuss the use of an image captioning module to guide the initial text obtained from the video.
Evaluation of the Influence of E-marketing on Patronage Behaviour and Its Attendant Challenges: A Case Study of Selected Hotels in Ado–Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria

This paper evaluated the influence of E-marketing on patronage behaviour and its attendant challenges in some selected hotels. This study employed a descriptive survey research design. This research work employed the use of structured questionnaire that is closed ended. A total of 22 copies of questionnaire were administered in the research work to elicit information from the respondent. Purposive sampling was used to select 11 three star hotels in the study area. 2 Management staff was selected using purposive sampling technique from each of the 11 selected 3 star hotels in the study area. The data collected were analysed through the use of descriptive method of data analysis such as tables, percentage and charts. The study revealed that EOriginal Research Article Arohunsoro et al.; JSRR, 26(1): 72-79, 2020; Article no.JSRR. 53405 73 marketing saves time and increases patronage level, E-marketing enhances patronage increase, quality website improves customer patronage and online advertising improves patronage level. However, it was also revealed that some of the challenges facing E-marketing includes no centrally acceptable payment method, Unstructured Presentation of Information, E-Marketing advertisements are poor, E-Marketing internet domain are weak as well as poor sensitization frustrates E-marketing. The study concluded that E-marketing is an important strategy to capture patrons who are use to online booking system and enhancement of convenient booking for online patrons who are relatively far from the locations of the hotels. However, the study recommended that the use of E-Marketing among establishments especially in hotels should be encouraged in order to capture people from far locations who need reservations at their own convenient time.
THE EFFECTS OF A SIX WEEK PLYOMETRIC TRAINING PROGRAMME ON THE AGILITY OF MALE CRICKETERS

to include: A concise summary of the empirical study undertaken. Introduction and literature review To include: outline of context (theoretical/conceptual/applied) for the question; analysis of findings of previous related research including gaps in the literature and relevant contributions; logical flow to, and clear presentation of the research problem/ question; an indication of any research expectations, (i.e., hypotheses if applicable). Methods and Research Design To include: details of the research design and justification for the methods applied; 1 This form should be used for both quantitative and qualitative dissertations. The descriptors associated with both quantitative and qualitative dissertations should be referred to by both students and markers. Thomas McNeillie ST10001469
Optimized cooperative spectrum sensing network analysis in nonfading and fading environments

The proposed cooperative spectrum sensing (CSS) network is equipped with multiple antennas and an improved energy detector (IED) scheme at each cognitive radio (CR). Each CR in the network receives the information about the primary user (PU) in the form of binary decisions at multiple antennas. Diversity technique called selection combining (SC) scheme is used at multiple antennas to select the maximum value of sensing information present at multiple antennas. Finally, sensing information will be passed to the fusion center (FC) through reporting channel, and the final decision about PU is made at FC using fusion rules. Initially, we have derived the novel missed detection probability expressions for AWGN channel, Rayleigh, and Rician fading environments. Later, the closed form of optimized expressions for proposed CSS network parameters are derived to achieve an optimal performance. The closed form of optimized expressions such as number of CR users (Nopt), normalize threshold value (λn,opt), and an arbitrary power of the received signal (popt) are derived under various fading environments. The performance is evaluated using complementary receiver operating characteristics (CROC) and total error rate curves. The MATLAB‐based simulations are evaluated with the strong support of theoretical expressions. Finally, various simulation parameters such as sensing channel SNR, the error rate in reporting channel, threshold value, and number of antennas at each CR are considered in the simulation to show the effect on the performance of proposed CSS network.
Information Systems Security Policy Management: A Literature Review

Information security has begun to receive an increasing amount of attention. The importance of information security has started to be recognized among organizations, and the work to comply with the increased requirements has been started. One essential method of managing information security is an information security policy, which is created and managed to suit the needs of each organization. Managing information security policies can be viewed a tedious task and thus, easily dismissed or done quickly. There are several aspects to cover and components to manage, including technical aspects and the human factors. The purpose of this thesis is to provide an insight to the management of information security and the information security policy creation through a literary review. This thesis is not intended to be a guide on how to create an information security policy. It rather is providing a view of the studies concerning information security management and, in some instances, how information security is managed in some organizations. The results of this thesis can be used in creating a list of aspects that are valuable in managing information security and policy creation.
The euro area Phillips curve: identification with regional data

The response of wage growth to unemployment is a key parameter of interest for the conduct of monetary policy and the assessment of slack in the labor market. Using data on local labor market conditions, I investigate the existence, identify the magnitude, and explore the stability of the wage Phillips curve since the beginning of the European Monetary Union (EMU). After constructing measures of wage inflation in close to two hundred European NUTS-2 regions, I show that nominal wage growth responds strongly to local unemployment across labor markets in the monetary union. When unemployment is one percentage point higher in a region, nominal wage growth is reduced by 0.3 percentage points on average. The results are robust to the use of alternative proxies for slack in the labour market, including short-term unemployment, the employment-population ratio, and the output gap. I also report specifications taking into account various measures of inflation expectations, estimating a regional New Keynesian Phillips curve. Overall, my results suggest that the negative relationship between unemployment and nominal wage growth still holds in European local labor markets. Estimating the Phillips curve on regional data also helps overcome the pitfalls of aggregation in a monetary union as heterogeneous as the EMU. ∗MIT Economics Department (email: levya@mit.edu). I thank Alberto Abadie, Richard Baldwin, Olivier Blanchard, Arnaud Costinot, Joseph Gagnon, Patrick Honohan, Anna Mikusheva, and Jeromin Zettelmeyer for valuable feedback and comments. All remaining errors are mine.
Complexity Analysis of EEG, MEG, and fMRI in Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer’s Disease: A Review

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a degenerative brain disease with a high and irreversible incidence. In recent years, because brain signals have complex nonlinear dynamics, there has been growing interest in studying complex changes in the time series of brain signals in patients with AD. We reviewed studies of complexity analyses of single-channel time series from electroencephalogram (EEG), magnetoencephalogram (MEG), and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) in AD and determined future research directions. A systematic literature search for 2000–2019 was performed in the Web of Science and PubMed databases, resulting in 126 identified studies. Compared to healthy individuals, the signals from AD patients have less complexity and more predictable oscillations, which are found mainly in the left parietal, occipital, right frontal, and temporal regions. This complexity is considered a potential biomarker for accurately responding to the functional lesion in AD. The current review helps to reveal the patterns of dysfunction in the brains of patients with AD and to investigate whether signal complexity can be used as a biomarker to accurately respond to the functional lesion in AD. We proposed further studies in the signal complexities of AD patients, including investigating the reliability of complexity algorithms and the spatial patterns of signal complexity. In conclusion, the current review helps to better understand the complexity of abnormalities in the AD brain and provide useful information for AD diagnosis.
Edge Similarity Index for Complex Network Analysis

We propose a novel network-level metric called Edge Similarity Index (ESI) to quantify the extent of similarity between any two edges of a complex network with respect to the values for a node-level metric (like centrality metric) of its end vertices. To assess the ESI measure for a complex real-world network with respect to a node-level metric, we propose to first construct a logical network whose vertices are the actual edges of the network (with coordinates corresponding to the normalized node-level metric values of the actual end vertices) and there exists a (logical) edge between two logical vertices if the Euclidean distance between their corresponding coordinates is within a threshold distance. We propose a binary search algorithm to determine the minimum value for this threshold distance () that would result in a connected logical unit-disk graph; the ESI value for the complex network is then computed as . The ESI values range from 0.0 to 1.0; the larger the ESI value with respect to a node-level metric, we claim that more similar are any two edges in the network with respect to the node-level metric values for their end vertices.
Ratusan diaper atau popok sekali pakai bekas memenuhi sungai-sungai yang melintasi Provinsi DI. Yogyakarta (Tribun Jogya, 2018). Permasalahan tersebut memerlukan penyelesaian bersama dimulai dari sumber sampah di tingkat rumah tangga. Tujuan pengabdian kepada masyarakat ini adalah memberikan edukasi

Ratusan diaper atau popok sekali pakai bekas memenuhi sungai-sungai yang melintasi Provinsi DI. Yogyakarta (Tribun Jogya, 2018). Permasalahan tersebut memerlukan penyelesaian bersama dimulai dari sumber sampah di tingkat rumah tangga. Tujuan pengabdian kepada masyarakat ini adalah memberikan edukasi dan pelatihan kepada anggota Aisyiyah DI.Yogyakarta dalam mengelola diaper bekas menjadi bahan campuran media tanam. Kegiatan ini diikuti oleh 25 orang pengurus Lembaga Lingkungan Hidup dan Penanggulangan Bencana (LLHPB) Aisyiyah dimana sebagian besar peserta adalah pengurus bank sampah yang tersebar di Provinsi DIY dan belum pernah mendapatkan pelatihan serupa. Hasil kegiatan ini adalah terjadi peningkatan pengetahuan dan keterampilan dari peserta dalam mengelola diaper bekas menjadi campuran media tanam untuk pertumbuhan tanaman tomat. Melalui pelatihan ini peserta yang sebagian besar pengurus bank sampah dapat saling mengajarkan kepada warga RW atau warga desa binaannya di area DIY sehingga jumlah sampah diaper di sungai-sungai dapat berkurang dan langsung terolah di tingkat rumah tangga.
Genetic Diversity of Shistosoma mansoni Isolates Genome and Protein Analysis

Five of Shistosoma mansoni isolates which differ in disease potential show genetic variability. Esterase isozymes, protein pattern and DNA finger-print analysis successfully revealed genetic diversity. DISC PAGE esterase isozymes revealed 5 bands which differ in density and relative mobility among SM1, SM3, SM4, SM5, while 4 bands with SM2. SDS-PAGE of protein finger print varied among the five isolates in number of protein species 19.18, 17.16 and 16 bands of SM1, SM2, SM3, SM4 and SM5 isolates respectively as well as in intensity. Molecular weight and reproducibility polymorphism analysis presented 12 common fragments (monomorphic) with 54%, 8 specific bands (polymorphic) with 45% and 4 bands unique with 20%. RAPD-PCR for identification of the 5 S. monsoni isolates were conducted on the screening of primers and on the extraction of template DNA. Three out of 10 sequence 10 mer primers were successful in identification of the 5 S. monsoni isolates. PCR amplification yielded reproducible RAPD patterns which differentiated the 5 isolates examined. The difference also recognized the RAPD patterns specially of SM5. Esterase isozymes, protein and DNA fragments conformed the genetic diversity among 5 S. mansoni isolates. [Journal of American Science 2010;6(8):104-110]. (ISSN: 1545-1003).
Working with Veterans in Prison: "Don't Mention Art or Therapy"

This paper examines the health risks and issues associated with Military Training and Military Service in order to establish a veteran informed approach to working therapeutically with veterans in prison. It is written by a military veteran, and describes the author's work with veterans in prison using undirected, change focussed art therapy. It describes a conference workshop offered for delegates, which used the same format as that used in prisons. The different experiences are discussed. We asked: "What is a veteran? " Keywords: Military Training, Military Service, The Veterans Service (NHS), Kings Centre for Military Health Research (KCMHR), PTSD, Adjustment Issues, Mental Health, Risks, Veteran Informed Approach, Psychological Injury, Criminal Justice System, Military Covenant
Detection and identification of Foot and Mouth disease virus serotypes in Assiut governorate, Egypt -

Objective: Molecular based study was conducted to determine the associated serotypes in the reemergence of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) outbreak in Assiut governorate, Egypt during 2014 and 2015. Materials and methods: One hundred and twenty cattle with clinical signs suggesting their infection by FMDV were examined clinically and twenty three of them were used for confirmation by laboratory diagnosis. Different clinical samples including vesicular fluid and tongue epitheliums were collected and after RNA extraction using commercial kit, RT-PCR was done using different primer sets. Results: Serotype O was detected in 8 samples, 2 of them were also positive for SAT2 serotype. The determination of specific serotype was failed in case of the rest 13 samples although they were positive when tested by the universal primer specific for FMDV. Conclusion: Serotypes O and SAT2 were the more prevalent serotypes in the current outbreak in Assiut governorate, Egypt. http://doi.org/10.5455/javar.2017. d186
Introduction

Aim Malonyl-CoA is regarded as a key signaling molecule in mammalian cells. It is converted to acetyl-CoA, and to a lesser extent, to malonyl acid and malonylcarnitine (C3DC). Availability of carnitine has been reported to be essential for the developing fetus. The objectives of the present study were to analyze associations of malonylcarnitine, acetylcarnitine (C2), and free carnitine (C0) in subjects with
Optimal Keywords Grouping in Sponsored Search Advertising Under Uncertain Environments

ABSTRACT In sponsored search advertising, advertisers need to make a series of keyword decisions. Grouping these keywords to form several adgroups within a campaign is a challenging task because of the highly uncertain environment of search advertising. This paper proposes a stochastic programming model for keywords grouping, taking click-through rate and conversion rate as random variables, with consideration of budget constraints and advertisers’ risk-tolerance. A branch-and-bound algorithm is developed to solve our model. Furthermore, we conduct computational experiments to evaluate the effectiveness of our model and solution, with two real-world data sets collected from reports and logs of search advertising campaigns. Experimental results illustrated that our keywords grouping approach outperforms five baselines, and it can approximately and steadily approach the optimal solution. This research generates several interesting findings that illuminate critical managerial insights for advertisers in sponsored search advertising. First, keywords grouping does matter for advertisers, especially with a large number of keywords. Second, in keywords grouping decisions, the marginal profit does not necessarily show the marginal diminishing phenomenon as the budget increases. Therefore, advertisers should try to increase their budget in keywords grouping decisions to garner additional profit. Third, the optimal keywords grouping solution is the result of a multifaceted trade-off among various advertising factors. In particular, assigning more keywords into adgroups or having a larger budget will not definitely lead to higher profits. This study suggests a warning for advertisers: It is not wise to use the number of keywords as a single criterion for keywords grouping decisions.
Cloud Devops Future of E-Business

: This paper is written on the bases of a conceptual framework on Continues Delivery (CD), Continuous Integration (CI), Electronic Businesses (EB), and revealing the secret behind the cloud as a good platform for DevOps deployment to bust cloud business efficiency in order to maximize profit while maintaining quality service delivery. The research paper is based on some intensive literature review on current trend of IT-cloud to successfully portray the power of the cloud and DevOps as inseparable tools meant for each other to achieve the goal of all Electronic Businesses (EB). The success of this work is that it has clearly indicated the power of Cloud and DevOps been limited in the Electronic-Businesses point of view over the years. Finally this work presented a model of Cloud-DevOps architecture as the future that holds secret of all kinds of businesses that will take place in the internet regardless of their nature or sizes.
Survival analysis and factors affecting survival in patients with pancreatic cancer.

Received 20-01-2019 Accepted 15-02-2020 Available Online 25-02-2020 Published 28-02-2020 1 Süleyman Demirel University School of Medicine, Department of Public Health, Isparta, TR 2 Süleyman Demirel University School of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Isparta, TR 3 University Of Health Sciences, Antalya Training And Research Hospital, Department of Medical Oncology, Antalya, TR * Corresponding Author: Özgür Önal E-mail: ozguronal@sdu.edu. tr Survival analysis and factors affecting survival in patients with