Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Omega-3 Fatty Acids

Consuming one to two servings of fish per week (4 oz. per serving), supplementing with fish oil and choosing fortified foods are the best ways to add EPA + DHA to your diet. What are Omega-3 Fatty Acids? Omega-3 fatty acids are components of fats in foods we eat. The term omega and number three refer to the chemical structure of the fatty acid. There are three main omega-3 fatty acids: 1. ) Alpha-linolenic acid (ALA) is the most common omega-3 fatty acid in the western diet. It comes from plants, and is found in vegetable oils, primarily flaxseed, walnut, canola and soybean oils. ALA is a dietary essential fatty acid; we must eat it because our bodies require ALA but cannot make it and use it to form the functionally essential omega-3 fatty acids, EPA and DHA. Although the American diet contains the recommended amount of ALA, it is not well converted to EPA and DHA. Therefore, preformed EPA and DHA are required for optimal health in most people, especially during periods of rapid growth and development such as pregnancy and in the first year of life. 2. ) Eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and, 3. ) docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) are known as the “long-chain” or marine omega-3 fatty acids since they are mainly found in fish and fish oils. EPA and DHA have the most potent health benefits of the omega-3 fatty acids. Unfortunately, they are especially low in the American diet, and since conversion of ALA to EPA and DHA is poor, increasing intake of EPA and DHA has the potential to significantly improve health.
Motivational interviewing: a useful approach to improving cardiovascular health?

AIM To review and synthesise, systematically, the research findings regarding motivational interviewing and to inform education, research and practice in relation to cardiovascular health. BACKGROUND Motivational interviewing is designed to engage ambivalent or resistant clients in the process of health behaviour change, and it has been widely used in different clinical conditions such as substance abuse, dietary adherence and smoking cessation. Motivational interviewing has also been proposed as a method for improving modifiable coronary heart disease risk factors of patients. DESIGN Systematic review. METHOD Eligible studies published in 1999-2009 were identified from the following databases: CINAHL, Medline, PsycINFO, Cochrane Library, EBSCO, Web of Science, Embase and British Nursing Index. A manual search was conducted of bibliographies of the identified studies and relevant journals. Two researchers independently reviewed the studies. RESULTS Four meta-analyses, one systematic review and three literature reviews of motivational interviewing and five primary studies of motivational interviewing pertaining to cardiovascular health were identified. Despite a dearth of primary studies in cardiovascular health settings, there appears to be strong evidence that motivational interviewing is an effective approach focusing on eliciting the person's intrinsic motivation for change of behaviour. CONCLUSION Motivational interviewing is an effective approach to changing behaviour. It offers promise in improving cardiovascular health status. RELEVANCE TO CLINICAL PRACTICE This review indicates that motivational interviewing is a useful method to help nurses improve health behaviour in people with coronary risk factors.
At the core of complex microwave system design

Powerful 3-D electromagnetic field solvers have long been used by engineers to design complex microwave components. In this article, we explored the powerful capabilities and comprehensive analyses that can be performed when electromagnetic field simulation is tightly and bi-directionally coupled to nonlinear circuit analysis. Simulations of an active phased-array antenna system were performed using coupled harmonic balance and finite element simulation. The effect of the nonlinearities of the transmit power amplifiers was observed to degrade the far-field radiation pattern as the input power was increased.
Les partenariats entre secteur public et fondations philanthropiques au Québec : genèse, contestation et épilogue d’une réforme de l’action publique

Resume Depuis une dizaine d’annees, un acteur joue un role pivot dans les relations entre l’Etat et le milieu associatif, au Quebec: les fondations philanthropiques. Au coeur de ces nouveaux liens, se trouvent des partenariats formels, comme ceux crees dans le domaine de l’action sociale entre le gouvernement quebecois et la Fondation Lucie et Andre Chagnon. Ces ententes ont reactive certaines tensions liees a la revendication d’autonomie des associations. Mais a l’heure de l’austerite budgetaire, des fondations soulignent aussi le risque d’un recul de l’Etat social. L’article met ainsi en lumiere les relations fluctuantes et les debats sur le role respectif de l’Etat, des fondations philanthropiques et des associations.
First-line single agent treatment with gefitinib in patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer: a phase II study.

PURPOSE We conducted a phase II study of single agent treatment with gefitinib in chemotherapy-naïve patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) to assess its efficacy and toxicity. PATIENTS AND METHODS Patients received 250 mg doses of gefitinib daily. Administration of gefitinib was terminated if partial response (PR) was not achieved within 8 weeks or if tumor reduction was not observed within 4 weeks. In these cases, platinum-based doublet chemotherapy was given as a salvage treatment. We evaluated mutation status of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) gene in cases with available tumor samples. RESULTS Forty-two patients were enrolled between March and November 2003, with 40 of these patients being eligible. The response rate was 30% (95% CI, 17% to 47%). The most common toxicity included grade 1 or 2 acne-like rash (50%) and grade 1 diarrhea (18%). Grade 2 or 3 hepatic toxicity was observed in 8% of patients. Four patients developed grade 5 interstitial lung disease (ILD). Thirty patients received second-line chemotherapy. Median survival time was 13.9 months (95% CI, 9.1 to 18.7 months), and the 1-year survival rate was 55%. Tumor samples were available in 13 patients, including four cases of PR, six cases of stable disease, and three cases of progressive disease. EGFR mutations (deletions in exon 19 or point mutations [L858R or E746V]) were detected in four tumor tissues. All four patients with EGFR mutation achieved PR with gefitinib treatment. CONCLUSION Single agent treatment with gefitinib is active in chemotherapy-naïve patients with advanced NSCLC, but produces unacceptably frequent ILD in the Japanese population.
Prediction of User Opinion for Products - A Bag-of-Words and Collaborative Filtering based Approach

The rapid proliferation of social network services (SNS) gives people the opportunity to express their thoughts, opinions, and tastes on a wide variety of subjects such as movies or commercial items. Most item shopping websites currently provide SNS systems to collect users’ opinions, including rating and text reviews. In this context, user modeling and hyper-personalization of contents reduce information overload and improve both the efficiency of the marketing process and the user’s overall satisfaction. As is well known, users’ behavior is usually subject to sparsity and their preferences remain hidden in a latent subspace. A majority of recommendation systems focus on ranking the items by describing this subspace appropriately but neglect to properly justify why they should be recommended based on the user’s opinion. In this paper, we intend to extract the intrinsic opinion subspace from users’ text reviews –by means of collaborative filtering techniques– in order to capture their tastes and predict their future opinions on items not yet reviewed. We will show how users’ reviews can be predicted by using a set of words related to their opinions.
Optimal institutional design when there is a zero lower bound on interest rates

Given the recent experience, there is a growing interest in the liquidity trap, which occurs when the nominal interest rate reaches its zero lower bound. We outline the surprising policy recommendations when there is the possibility of a zero lower bound. Then, using the Dixit-Lambertini framework of strategic policy interaction between the Treasury and the Central Bank, we find that the optimal institutional response to the possibility of a liquidity trap has two main components. First, an optimal inflation target is given to the Central Bank. Second, the Treasury, which retains control over fiscal policy and acts as Stackelberg leader, is given optimal output and inflation targets. This institutional solution achieves the optimal rational expectations pre-commitment solution. Copyright 2011 Oxford University Press 2011 All rights reserved, Oxford University Press.
An Original Technique for Computer-Aided Tuning of Microwave Filters

A computer-aided method is presented, which allows aligning microwave filters with several resonators and cross-couplings without a specific background in tuning procedures. The alignment is performed through n steps, being n the number of the tuning elements; at each step the S parameters of the filter under alignment are transmitted to the computer, which suggests to the operator the target response to be realized by regulating a single tuning element at a time. The method has been tested by simulating the overall procedure on the computer; the results obtained are illustrated in the paper.
In the Absence of Counterregulatory Hormones, the Increase in Hepatic Glucose Production During Insulin-Induced Hypoglycemia in the Dog Is Initiated in the Liver Rather Than the Brain

We have previously demonstrated that the liver can release glucose in response to insulin-induced hypoglycemia, despite the absence of glucagon, epinephrine, cortisol, and growth hormone. The aim of this study was to determine whether this is activated by liver or brain hypoglycemia. We assessed the response to insulin-induced hypoglycemia in the absence of counterregulatory hormones in overnight-fasted conscious adrenalectomized dogs that were given somatostatin and intraportal insulin (30 pmol · kg−1 · min−1) for 360 min. Glucose was infused to maintain euglycemia for 3 h and then to allow limited peripheral hypoglycemia for the next 3 h. During peripheral hypoglycemia, five dogs received glucose via both carotid and vertebral arteries to maintain cerebral euglycemia (H-EU group) concurrently with peripheral hypoglycemia, while six dogs received saline in these vessels to allow simultaneous cerebral and peripheral hypoglycemia (H-HY group). Throughout the study, arterial insulin was 1,675 ± 295 and 1,440 ± 310 pmol/l in the H-HY and H-EU groups, respectively. Glucose fell from 6.2 ± 0.3 to 2.1 ± 0.0 mmol/l and from 5.8 ± 0.3 to 1.9 ± 0.1 mmol/l in the last hour in the H-HY and H-EU groups, respectively (P < 0.05 for both). Norepinephrine rose from 1.12 ± 0.35 to 2.44 ± 0.69 nmol/l and from 1.09 ± 0.07 to 1.74 ± 0.16 nmol/l in the last hour in the H-HY and H-EU groups, respectively (P < 0.05 for both; no difference between groups). Glucagon, epinephrine, and cortisol were below the limits of detection. The liver switched from uptake to output of glucose during peripheral hypoglycemia in both the H-HY (–7.1 ± 2.1 to 5.4 ± 3.1 μmol · kg−1 · min−1) and H-EU (–7.9 ± 3.5 to 3.4 ± 1.7 μmol · kg−1 · min−1) groups (P < 0.05 for both; no difference between groups). Alanine levels and net hepatic alanine uptake fell similarly in both groups. There were increases (P < 0.05) in glycerol (12 ± 3 to 258 ± 47 μmol/l) and nonesterified fatty acid (194 ± 10 to 540 ± 80 micromol/l) levels and in total ketone production (0.4 ± 0.1 to 1.1 ± 0.2 μmol · kg−1 · min−1) in the H-HY group, but these parameters did not change in the H-EU group. These data clearly indicate that the lipolytic and hepatic responses to hypoglycemia are driven by differential sensing mechanisms. Thus, during insulin-induced hypoglycemia, when counterregulatory hormones are absent, liver hypoglycemia triggers the increase in hepatic glucose production, whereas cerebral hypoglycemia causes the increases in lipolysis and ketogenesis.
Impact of energy storage on island grid dynamics: A case study of Bonaire

The integration of grid-connected renewables is gaining wide spread acceptance nowadays. However, there is profound skepticism about the stability of power systems with high renewable penetration, especially due to their intermittent and “non-dispatchable” nature. One solution to this problem is the application of energy storage. Energy storage devices such as grid-connected batteries could work in tandem with renewable sources such as PV and Wind or in stand-alone mode to support the power system in the case frequency or voltage deviations exceed the desired limits. This paper presents the impact of grid-connected battery storage (through Electric Vehicles or fixed batteries) on the frequency stability improvement of island power systems with large amount of renewables infeed; the island of Bonaire is taken as a reference case. The results indicate a positive outcome from storage integration, with improved voltage and frequency response. In addition, improvement in system stability margins is also observed.
Kinetics and influence of water composition on photocatalytic disinfection and photocatalytic oxidation of pollutants

This work is focused on the comparison between the photocatalytic inactivation of Escherichia coli and the photocatalytic oxidation of methylene blue, regarding the reaction kinetics and the influence of water composition. Disinfection profiles show an initial delay, in contrast with the exponential decay shown by the decolorization of methylene blue solutions. A serial‐event mechanism is proposed for both disinfection and mineralization processes, the number of intermediate species being the main difference between them. Concerning the influence of water composition, inactivation of bacteria is more sensitive to the presence of inorganic ions and/or organic matter in the solution. In some cases opposite behaviours are observed, such as in the presence of chloride ions, which enhance the disinfection rate but decrease degradation activity for methylene blue. Consequently, the results obtained in the evaluation of photocatalytic processes for the degradation of chemical pollutants cannot be always extrapolated to the inactivation of microorganisms.
Apathy is a prominent neuropsychiatric feature of radiological white‐matter changes in patients with dementia

Cerebral white‐matter changes (WMCs) are frequently found in dementia and have been proposed to be related to vascular factors and a certain symptomatological profile. However, few studies have included both vascular factors and a broad spectrum of cognitive, neurological and psychiatric symptoms, easily detectable by the physician in the everyday clinical work. The objective was to study the relationships between WMCs on MRI/CT and neuropsychiatric symptoms and vascular factors in patients with cognitive impairment.
Alcohol and injury in the general population: data from two household samples.

OBJECTIVE While a large literature exists on the association of alcohol and injury, coming largely from studies carried out in hospital emergency rooms (ERs), it is not known how representative ER patients are of those who are injured and treated elsewhere, or of those who are injured and receive no treatment. This article reports data on alcohol, injury and ER treatment in the general population. METHOD Data were collected in two household probability samples: a national sample (N = 1,144) and a California county sample (N = 3,065). RESULTS In the national sample those treated in the ER for an injury were more likely to be younger, black and heavier drinkers, and were more likely to report experiences associated with alcohol dependence compared to those with other injuries, treated or untreated. In the county sample, those treated in the ER were more likely to have been drinking prior to the injury event, to be injured on the street and to report the event to be related to violence compared either to those whose injuries were treated elsewhere or to those who received no treatment for their injuries. CONCLUSIONS These data support the contention that findings on associations of alcohol and injury obtained from ER studies cannot be generalized to other injuries in the same population or to other populations.
Dwelling on it may make it worse: The links between relational victimization, relational aggression, rumination, and depressive symptoms in adolescents

Abstract Although there is considerable evidence that relational victimization is associated with depressive symptoms in youth, our understanding about the mechanisms by which victimization and depressive symptoms are linked is limited. The current study explored ruminating about victimization experiences as a potential mechanism that might contribute to an understanding of the association between relational victimization and depressive symptoms. We also tested the specificity of the proposed models by controlling for and testing parallel models of a highly related behavior: relational aggression. A sample of 499 adolescents from sixth through eighth grades participated. Teacher reports were used to assess relational victimization and relational aggression. Self-reports were used to assess depressive symptoms and rumination. The results showed that rumination partially mediated the association between relational victimization and depressive symptoms. No moderation effect was found. In contrast, rumination moderated the association between relational aggression and depressive symptoms. Specifically, relational aggression was associated with depressive symptoms for those adolescents who were also ruminators. Thus, ruminating about victimization experiences appears to be an important mechanism that functions differently for relational aggression and relational victimization in conferring risk for depressive symptoms. The findings offer important practical implications for those working with adolescents and also lay the groundwork for future research.
p53 Codon 72 Gene Polymorphism Studies and p53 Expression by Immunohistochemistry in Oral Lesions as Risk Factor for Malignancy

Background: Wild-type p53 nuclear phosphoproteins are critical cell cycle regulatory tumor-suppressor gene. Genetic mutation of p53 gene is common in several head–neck cancers, usually associated with smoking and human papillomavirus (HPV) infection. In India, instead of HPV, tobacco/pan masala chewing is more commonly associated with oral cancer. Aim: The aim of this study was to investigate p53 codon 72 gene polymorphism and expression of p53 by immunohistochemistry (IHC) in oral lesions as a risk factor for its association with malignancy. Materials and Methods: A total of 41 cases of oral lesions comprising 6 cases of leukoplakia and 35 cases of oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC), between 30 and 60 years age and tobacco/pan masala chewers were taken. Molecular analysis of p53 codon 72 gene polymorphism was performed by polymerase chain reaction – restriction fragment length polymorphism for Arg/Arg, Arg/Pro, and Pro/Pro. Tissue expression of p53 was done by IHC. Results: Genotype frequencies of 35 carcinoma cases of p53 Arg/Arg, Arg/Pro, and Pro/Pro were 23%, 57%, and 20%, respectively, and six leukoplakia cases of p53 Arg/Arg and Arg/Pro genotype were 50% and 50%, respectively. By IHC for expression of p53 out of 35 cases of OSCC biopsies, 17 (48.57%) had weak staining, 14 cases (40%) showed evidence of p53 protein staining, and four cases (11.42%) showed negative staining. Among six cases of leukoplakia, 3 (50%) showed weak staining and 3 (50%) showed negative results. Conclusion: The findings of the study indicate that there is no significant association between p53 codon 72 gene polymorphism with OSCC and leukoplakia associated with tobacco/pan masala chewing.
Assignment of the canine myosin Va gene (MYO5A) to chromosome 30q14 by fluorescence in situ hybridization and radiation hybrid mapping

Myosin Va belongs to the unconventional myosin family that has been identified in many non-muscle tissues of vertebrates and invertebrates. All known myosins bind actin and produce mechanical force through ATP hydrolysis. Myosin Va is only expressed in melanocytes and in cells of the neuronal system (Mercer et al., 1991). In melanocytes it is part of the melanosome transport complex (Wu et al., 1997). Mutations in the MYO5A gene cause the dilute phenotype in mice that is generally associated with severe neurological disorders (Mercer et al., 1991), the dilute-opisthotonus rat mutant (Futaki et al., 2000), and in human the rare Griscelli syndrome with neurological impairment (Pastural et al., 1997; Menasche et al., 2000). This autosomal recessive disorder results in a phenotype with pigmentary dilution of skin and hair, the presence of large clumps of pigment in hairshafts and an accumulation of melanosomes in melanocytes in addition to neurological defects. The MYO5A gene has been located on HSA 15q21→q22 and on the homologous mouse and rat chromosomes 8 and 9, respectively (Hasson et al., 1996; Ohuo et al., 1996). In dogs affected with black hair follicular dysplasia (BHFD) abnormal hair follicles showing clumps of melanosomes in the hair matrix and an abnormal shape of the hairshaft are also observed (Schmutz et al., 1998). Therefore, MYO5A might be a suitable candidate gene for this canine disorder. To facilitate future linkage studies we report here the assignment of the canine MYO5A gene to CFA30q14 by FISH and RH mapping.
Survival after cardiopulmonary resuscitation in an urban Indian hospital.

BACKGROUND Survival after cardiopulmonary resuscitation depends upon the quality of pre-hospital support, availability of resuscitation equipment and the competence of the resuscitator. There are few data on the prognosis of patients undergoing such resuscitation in India. METHODS In a retrospective analysis of 215 resuscitations done in a 125-bed community hospital between January 1995 and November 1997, return of spontaneous circulation and survival to discharge were evaluated. Multivariate methods were used to identify the predictors of successful outcome. RESULTS Of all the patients, 14.4% were alive at discharge. Survival after a cardiorespiratory arrest in the hospital was 18.4%, which was significantly better than survival after pre-hospital events (5.9%; p = 0.027). Multivariate predictors of survival at discharge were resuscitation duration of less than 20 minutes [odds ratio (95% confidence limit): 32.6 (6.5-164.3)], presentation with ventricular tachycardia or fibrillation [odds ratio: 18.5 (4.4-77.9)], in-hospital cardiorespiratory arrest [odds ratio: 5.2 (1.2-21.6)] and female sex [odds ratio: 3.2 (1.1-9.6)]. Bystander resuscitation, though rarely provided, increased survival at discharge (p = 0.026). CONCLUSIONS With 5.5 resuscitation attempts needed for one live discharge after in-hospital cardiorespiratory arrest and 17 attempts to save a life after pre-hospital events, our outcomes are comparable to those reported from developed nations. A return of pulse after shorter durations of cardiopulmonary resuscitation, ventricular fibrillation or tachycardia as the abnormal presenting rhythm, in-hospital location of cardiorespiratory (CR) arrest and female sex were independent predictors of live discharge. Age and aetiology of CR arrest did not influence the outcome.
Líneas actuales de diagnóstico sobre las imágenes mentales (2009-2017)

En este trabajo estudiamos las medidas que se estan utilizando en Espana desde el ano 2009 hasta la actualidad (ano 2017), y que fueron traducidas al espanol y analizadas en Espana, independientemente de que fuesen generadas en Espana, o simplemente hayan sido traducidas y estudiadas en Espana. El trabajo lo dividimos en seis grandes apartados a) La medida de la viveza de imagen, b) La imagen espacial y la rotacion de imagenes, c) La imagen en el deporte, d) El estilo de procesamiento, e) La imagen auditiva, y f) La orientacion espacial.