Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
ASSESSING THE OUTCOMES AND COMPLICATIONS OF GASTRIC BANDING WITH MESH IN MORBID OBESITY IN KASHAN SHAHID BEHESHTI HOSPITAL DURING 2007-9

Background: Patients with morbid obesity have different signs . The overall morbidity rate among the patients with 50% over-weigh is twice. Many types of operations are invented to overcome the problem, one of which is gastric banding with mesh. Materials and Methods: Thirty patients treated with gastric banding with mesh were identified for this study. A prosthetic mesh was used to create a small upper gastric pouch. All patients were checked 1 and 6 months post operation. Moreover, 14 patients were followed 12 mouths after the operation. Results: Ninety percent of the patients were female and the rest were male. The average age of 43.3% of the patients was between 30-40 years and 60% of them have one or more co-morbid disease in the beginning of the study. Early and late complication was seen in 6.7% and 26.7% of the patients, respectively. The morbidity rate was 0%. The mean primary weight was 123±22/2 kg with a BMI of 46.9±7.1. After 1 mouth the mean weight excess was 10±4/6 kg, the mean BMI 43±7.3 (P<0.0001), and the mean BMI excess 3/9±1/8. In the end of the study the mean BMI was 31.5±5.1 and the mean BMI excess 16/8±6/6. Conclusion: This study shows that the acceptable rate of BMI excess is 1, 6 and 12 mouths after the gastric banding. Moreover, 6 months post operation many of the complications of obesity were improved. Considering the limited and reversible complications of the procedure, gastric banding with mesh can be used as a useful treatment of very obese patients. Keywords: Morbid obesiey, Gastric banding, Body Mass Index
Monitoring of Diseases Progression by MR

This paper deals with methods for monitoring of development of diseases with using the nuclear magnetic resonance. The paper compares the methods for monitoring the qualitative and quantitative parameters in the NMR images. The main goal is usually comparing the observed images of the human tissues in the time. There are the surfaces, volumes and their changes in the time most often monitored. The typical examples of these objects are several tumors, tubers, polypus or discs of temporomandibular joint. The goal of these methods comparison will be selection of suitable method for monitoring of development of treatment of diseases in the human stomach with using the modern nuclear magnetic resonance tomograph and other approaches. The paper is made as research material for the future work. 1. INTRODUCTION The advantages of the nuclear magnetic resonance were described in many publications. It is approach to acquisition of spatial data of soft tissues, most often of human organs. The main advantage is absolutely the fact of unproved negative efiects of the electromagnetic radiation to human organism subject to prescribed hygienic regulations. The observed images of sensed object can be used for three-dimensional model creation after the application of suitable preprocessing methods. The reconstructed object after that can be useful for example to the better diagnosis in medical sciences, for quantitative or qualitative description of tissues, tumors etc. We can flnd several evaluations of tissues volumes in many cases. It can be useful for monitoring of used treatment e-ciency. The typical example can be a tumor volume reduction etc. This article describes recently published approaches and methods used in medical applications as initial research for forthcoming project witch deals with monitoring of treatment of human stomach e-ciency.
Transverse shifts and conservation of angular momentum at reflection and refraction of an electromagnetic wave packet

A concept of the separate conservation laws of angular momenta and recent calculations of the transverse shifts of a light packet at reflection and refraction are discussed. It is shown that the results of these calculations are the particular cases of the results obtained in previous works of the author. The most general condition under which the shifts satisfy the separate conservation laws is pointed out.
Investigating the Effect of Training Rhythmic Games on Reducing Symptoms of Behavioral Disorder in Preschoolers of the city of Sirjan

The present study aimed to determine the effect of training rhythmic games on reducing the symptoms of behavioral disorders in pre-schoolers in Sirjan. The research design is quasi-experimental and had a pretest and a posttest with control group. Using random sampling, 50 individuals were selected out of the population which consisted of all preschoolers in the city of Sirjan. The sample was then randomly divided into an experimental and a control group, each having 25 members. The parents of all the participants responded to Rutter’s questionnaire of behavioral disorders (teachers’ form) in pretest and posttest. The intervention was in the form of 16 one-hour sessions of group rhythmic games in the experimental group while the control group were doing their routine activities at school, waiting for the intervention . The results were analyzed using SPSS software and with covariance method. The results showed training rhythmic games significantly reduces behavioral disorders of preschoolers at P <0.01 . These studies suggest rhythmic games (group) should be used in pre-school centers to improve children's mental health. It is also recommended that f uture research should investigate the effects of this type of game on higher age groups (primary and secondary students).
IAFOR Journal of Education Volume 5 Issue 1 Spring 2017

This paper reviews studies on diversity in higher education institutions and suggests empirical approaches to measure diversity. “Diversity” in this paper refers to the internal and external differences among academic programs and institutions. As the empirical literature is relatively salient about how to measure diversity in higher education, the study suggests and compares the use of the Herfindhal index, Gini coefficient, Theil entropy index and the Birnbaum (1983) measure. Applying the indices to data on Dutch higher education, the results indicate limited diversity between institutions, disciplines, and bachelor’s programs. The diversity at the master’s program and first year bachelor’s program levels increased between 2008 and 2013.
Are Remittances Spent in a Healthy Way? Evidence from Albania

Using household survey data for Albania, the paper investigates the effect of remittances on health capital accumulation. Total expenditure is divided into two categories: expenditure on medicines and expenditure on visits and laboratory services. The estimation is presented for two separate sub-groups, rural and urban area. In the paper both instrumental variable and propensity score matching are used to give answer to the research question about the impact of remittances in the health capital investment. The findings indicate that households increase their expenditure for medicines and other health services in the presence of remittance income. The positive relationship is statistically significant in the case of remittance receiving households living in the rural area. The magnitude is lower in the case of total expenditure for visits and laboratory. However, total expenditure for visits and laboratory are likely to have significant impact on the health outcome given their prevention nature. These findings show that remittance flows pay a heterogeneous role in the decision making process of remittance-receiving household members. However, these non-labor income flows may play an important role in supporting expenditures, especially for those living in rural areas.
Fault location in microgrids: a communication‐based high‐frequency impedance approach

This paper proposes a novel method to locate faults in an AC-meshed microgrid. To this end, a set of features is first extracted and selected from the measured signals and fed to a Support Vector Machine (SVM) to detect the occurrence of fault. Then, the Distributed Generator (DG) with the lowest amount of fundamental voltage, which is the closest one to the fault, injects an appropriate voltage/current harmonic. As the faulted section has the lowest impedance value from the Point of Common Coupling of the DG, the harmonic current of the corresponding line has the highest value. Based on this fact, the first candidate DG sends a notification signal to the second candidate DG, in which the fault occurs between them. Finally, the impedances in the injected frequency are measured from these two DGs and fed into a multi-class SVM to locate the faulted line. The proposed method has the ability to locate faults for islanded and grid-connected microgrids with variable configurations. Real-time simulation results are taken by OPAL-RT to show the effectiveness of the proposed method in the meshed microgrid.
Validez ecolgica en la exploracin de las funciones ejecutivas

The invention concerns a means and a method for stabilizing a magnetic field generated by a superconductingly short-circuited main coil located in a cryostat in the measuring volume of a high-resolution magnetic resonance spectrometer, which comprises compensation coils which are dimensioned and positioned such that they, in their entirety, are suited to largely compensate for field drifts of the superconductingly short-circuited main coil in the measuring volume. The drift compensation coils consist of HTS material and are disposed radially outside of the main coil at a higher temperature level.
Treatment and evaluation of talus neck fracture

Background: Talus fractures rank second in frequency of all tarsal bone injuries and talar neck fractures account for approximately 50% of these. The purpose of this study was to evaluate clinical and radiological outcomes with a long follow-up of displaced and operatively treated talar fractures. Methods: The study was a prospective study of ten cases of closed talar neck fracture evaluated and treated at the Department of orthopaedics, Sir.T. Hospital, Bhavnagar from 19 May 2011 to 17 March 2013. Out of ten patients, nine turned up for follow up, one was lost. Results: Reduction was anatomical in five cases (50%), nearly anatomical in 3 cases (30%) and poor in two cases (20%). One patient (10%) developed an early superficial infection and required surgical irrigation and debridement and appropriate antibiotic treatment. Using the AOFAS ankle–hindfoot scale, the average functional score was 74.2 points. There was excellent result in one patient, good result in three cases, fair in six and no poor result fond. Conclusions: Talar neck fractures (Hawkins type 2 and 3) treated with anatomical reduction and near anatomical reduction having satisfactory clinical and functional outcome, where as (Hawkins type 4) having fair to poor outcome with complication like AVN, arthritis and malunion due to poor initial reduction. Keywords: Talus neck fractures, Avascular necrosis, AOFAS ankle–hindfoot scale, Hawkins type offracture
IDENTIFICATION OF GENES/ ENZYMES RESPONSIBLE FOR ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE IN VIBRIO ALGINOLYTICUS STRAIN PTS13

Vibrio alginolyticus is a halophilic Gram-negative pathogenic bacterium. It is considered as one of the most frequent species living freely in water and sediment and can survive in sea water even in famine conditions while maintaining their virulence. Gram-negative bacteria are highly efficient in up-regulating or acquiring genes that code for mechanisms of antibiotic resistance, especially in the presence of antibiotic selection pressure. Furthermore, they have available to them a plethora of resistance mechanisms, often using multiple mechanisms against the same antibiotic or using a single mechanism to affect multiple antibiotics. This study began with the observation of multi-resistant Vibrio alginolyticus strain recovered from the coastal sediment of Tuticorin beach. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of some important resistance genes encoding bla TEM, bla CTX-M, gyr A and bla VIM in the test isolate i. e. Vibrio alginolyticus strain PTS13. Keywords: Vibrio alginolyticus , Antibiotic, Resistance, Bla TEM, Bla CTX-M, Gyr a, Bla VIM.
Andragogy in nursing: a literature review

Objective. To describe the use of the term andragogy in the contents of nursing publications. Methodology. Bibliographic study. A search was undertaken in the databases MEDLINE, LILACS, BDENF, EMBASE and ERIC, for articles published between 1999 and 2011 which included the term ‘andragogy’ or derived terms in the English language. Results. 51 publications were found. The study’s main categories were: ideological and theoretical bases (71%), historical antecedents (37%), andragogy’s operationalization (43%) and application in Nursing (86%). The most-frequently treated issue was continuing education (45%). Most articles were published in the United States (41%). In Brazil, the use of andragogy is more recent than in other countries. The studies indicate that andragogy has a positive influence in the students’ work lives. Conclusion. Although the use of andragogy in nursing education is less frequent, its use in nurse training shows it to be important for future professional performance.
On the use of a priori data in microwave tomography

In this paper an iterative electromagnetic time-domain inversion algorithm is described and modified to include a priori data of the shape and dielectric properties of an object being imaged. The algorithm is based on solving the regular and the adjoint Maxwell’s equations in order to compute gradients, which are used to update the dielectric profile with the conjugate-gradient method. As an alternative a global optimization algorithm, the particle swarm optimization method, has also been investigated. The results show that by exploiting a priori dielectric data in this way a significant improvement in the resolving ability can be obtained.
DÜŞÜK DÜZEYDE KALSİYUM İÇEREN DAMIZLIK YUMURTA TAVUĞU YEMLERİNE İLAVE EDİLEN SEPİYOLİTİN PERFORMANS, YUMURTA KALİTE KRİTERLERİYLE, BAZI KAN VE SİNDİRİM SİSTEMİ ÖZELLİKLERİ ÜZERİNE ETKİSİ

Bu calisma dusuk duzeyde kalsiyum iceren damizlik yumurta tavugu yemlerine sepiyolit ilavesinin tavuklarda performans ve yumurta kalitesi uzerine etkilerini belirlemek amaciyla yapilmistir. Arastirmada, 108 adet 50 haftalik Barred Rock damizlik yumurtaci tavuk kullanilmistir. Hayvanlar farkli duzeylerde sepiyolit (% 0, 1 ve 2) ve kalsiyum (% 4.2, 3.5 ve 2.8) iceren yemlerle beslenmislerdir. Deneme sonunda yem tuketimi, yemden yararlanma orani, yumurta verimi, agirligi ve kutlesiyle, deneme sonu canli agirligi bakimindan gruplar arasinda istatistiki bakimdan onemli farkliliklar tespit edilmemistir (P>0.05). Kirik-catlak ve kuluckalik yumurta oranlari bakimindan kalsiyum ve sepiyolit seviyeleri arasinda onemli interaksiyon bulunmustur (P kalsiyum iceren yemlere sepiyolit ilavesi kuluckalik yumurta oranini onemli duzeyde artirdigi gorulmustur (P birimi bakimindan onemli farkliliklar olmamasina ragmen, yumurta kirilma mukavemeti icin sepiyolit ve kalsiyum seviyeleri arasinda onemli interaksiyon belirlenmistir (P<0.01)
Hematological Profile of Normal Pregnant Women

With the advent of many interventions to improve maternal and child health, pregnant women have become the focus of many health programs. However, few data exist regarding this important population. Although pregnancyinduced changes occur in hematological values, very few laboratories provide specific reference ranges for pregnant women. Most laboratory information systems report reference values based on samples obtained from non–pregnant women which may not be useful for clinical decisions during pregnancy. Thus, there is an increased risk of overlooking important physiologic alterations resulting from pathological conditions and of misinterpreting normal changes as pathological events. It is therefore important to understand pregnancy-induced hematological changes for correct clinical evaluation of pregnant women. In this review, we discuss complete blood count and the associated pregnancy-induced hematological changes. We also highlight the dynamic changes of these parameters per trimester and show how they differ between populations.
First Record of Trophobiotic Interaction between a Ponerine Ant and a Cicadelid Bug

The interactions of the ant Odontomachus bauri with nymphs of the sap-sucking bug Xedreota tuberculata (Cicadellidae: Ledrinae) were studied on Sipanea aff. (Rubiaceae) along a trail in an upland forest in the Ecological Reserve of Anavilhanas, AM, Brazil. Five complete interactions at day and at night (about 60 minutes) were analyzed. The care of cicadelid nymphs ranged between 12 and 961 seconds.
SLOWLY DIGESTING STARCH AND FERMENTABLE FIBER

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Intérêt et développement de l’étude quantitative du myocarde en échocardiographie

La quantification, la standardisation, la reproductibilite sont trois des limites auxquelles l'echocardiographie est confrontee. De nouvelles techniques IRM ou scanner permettent de contourner certaines de ces limites. Le Doppler tissulaire, par une approche quantitative et tres physiologique permet en theorie de faire progresser notre evaluation echocardiographique. Une trop faible reproductibilite de ces outils Doppler en limite une large utilisation en routine. Ceci devrait etre contourne par une approche plus recente et plus exhaustive appelee 2D-strain et basee sur un traitement de l'imagerie conventionnelle, appele « speckle tracking ». Ces outils sont encore nouveaux, mais ils inaugurent sans doute une pratique nouvelle a la fois plus physiopathologique et quantitative.
Estimating the permanent growth effects of financial liberalization: The case of Malaysia

We argue that the specifications used to estimate the permanent growth effects of reforms in the financial sector are unsatisfactory. Using a modified specification and data for the period 1970 to 2004, we show developments in the financial sector in Malaysia have a small but significant permanent effect on the growth of output. Our results are different from the conclusions in a recent work on this topic.
Capturing stakeholder perceptions of graduate capability development: challenges associated with graduate employability indicators

This paper reports on the use of the Graduate Employability Indicators, a suite of three online surveys for graduates, employers and members of the course teaching team, developed through the ALTC Project Building Course Team Capacity for Graduate Employability. The surveys were administered to graduates, employers and faculty staff for accounting and public relations/communications courses at four Australian universities in early 2010. Strategies used to identify and engage employers are discussed along with the impact that these strategies had on the total responses. Factors the ALTC Project Team found important were identifying and collating employer contacts, sending out reminder emails and establishing personal contact with stakeholders wherever possible. The paper also presents the lessons learnt through this survey process that may apply to activities undertaken by other researchers.
Serum amyloid A concentrations and lysozyme bacteriolytic activity in the serum of sheep with natural zearalenosis.

The aim of the study was to assess bacteriolytic activity of lysozyme and serum amyloid A (SAA) level in sheep affected with zearalenone mycotoxicosis. Bacteriolytic activity of lysozyme, and serum amyloid A (SAA) level are both the elements of innate humoral immunity. Lysozyme bacteriolytic activity in serum was determined by diffusion-plate method with reference to Micrococcus luteus. SAA concentration was determined by the use of commercial ELISA kit (Phase Serum Amyloid A Assai TP802). The highest lysozyme bacteriolytic activity was observed in sheep with total rectal and intestinal mucosal membrane prolapse. Lysozyme concentration values in animals with partial rectal prolapse were significantly lower. In the control group, lysozyme concentration was low and within the range considered as physiologically normal. The highest levels of SAA, which ranged from 38.5 to 172 μg/mL, were detected in sheep in which the highest lysozyme bacteriolytic activity was noted. From the data obtained, it is undoubtful that changes in SAA level in affected sheep and control sheep are reliable indicators of zearalenone mycotoxicosis progress and termination. The highest levels of SAA were noted in animals, which had the total rectal and intestinal prolapse in course of zearalenone mycotoxicosis, and after returning the rectum to the normal position, mucosal membrane necrosis occurred, which resulted in perforation and peritoneum inflammation. The observed differences in SAA level forming range in particular animals from infected group are conditioned by the character of inflammation process and intensity in organs altered by the disease, which are principal factors inducing changes in its concentration. The level of this protein in serum reflects activation state of immunological system and could be one of the criterions in sheep health assessment.
Discourses EFFICIENCY AND PRODUCTIVITY ANALYSIS IN HEALTH SERVICES

Efficiency and productivity analysis is widely used in health services research. In the paper, two major modelling approaches to efficiency and productivity analysis in health services are evaluated. The first group comprises non-parametric methods based on the theory of mathematical programming, such as data envelopment analysis. The second group originates from econometric analysis of production function. Although the application of quantitative economic analysis in health services is not without problems, the methods discussed are able to help us with identifying best and worst practices within the health systems.
Fault estimations for linear systems with polytopic uncertainties

This paper studies the fault estimations problem for linear time-invariant systems with polytopic uncertainties. Both discrete-time and continuous-time cases are considered, and the recently developed Generalized Kalman-Yakubovich-Popov (GKYP) Lemma is exploited to formulate the fault estimation filter design problem in finite frequency domain. The filter is designed to make the error between residual and fault as small as possible despite of the disturbance effects and model uncertainties. Design methods are presented in terms of solutions to a set of Linear Matrix Inequalities (LMIs). Numerical examples are given to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed methods.