Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Hypertension in Focus

Hypertension is a major risk factor for cardiovascular mortality, and Hypertension in Focus presents a clear, concise discussion of hypertention and its management. The book reviews the role of the pharmacist in counselling the patient on their illness, lifestyle and use of medicines. It is recommended for pharmacists practising in a hospital or community environment and for doctors and nurses specialising in hypertension. Topics covered include primary prevention and screening, hypertension manaement, pharmacotherapeutic interventions and lifestyle management.
Behavioral assessment of neuropathic pain in preclinical models

One of the greatest challenges to creating more efficacious medications for pain control has been the heterogeneity of the “chronic pain condition. ” It is now appreciated that distinct mechanisms contribute to physiological pain, to pain arising from tissue damage, and to pain arising from injury to the nervous system. Unlike nociceptive pain, neuropathic pain can persist long after the initiating event has healed and is the expression of an abnormal processing of sensory information by the nervous system. Neuropathic pain is very heterogeneous and can originate from nerve injury associated with a wide array of conditions such as direct trauma to nerves, inflammation/nerve compression, metabolic diseases, infections, tumors, toxins, and primary neurological diseases. To study pain transmission, identify new pain targets, and characterize the potential analgesic profile of novel compounds for neuropathic pain relief, an array of experimental animal pain models has been developed mainly in rodents, trying to reflect as many “neuropathic pain conditions” as possible. However, one should remember that even for patients labeled under the same “neuropathic pain disease,” the pain experience is unique and can be very different from one patient to the other, increasing the difficulties of modeling such painful states in animal models. The present review will describe the most utilized animal models of neuropathic pain and the various methods used to assess degrees of hyperalgesia and allodynia in these animals, outlining similarities and differences observed under various preclinical “neuropathic pain conditions. ” Drug Dev. Res. 67:302–307, 2006. © 2006 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
Measuring students perception of writing web logs in ESL classroom employing the Technology Accepta

Web log is an exceptionally valuable tool for the teaching of second language writing, particularly in written communication skills (Johnson, 2004; Wu, 2005). More and more foreign educators have applied this easy-to-use technology to classroom instruction and language learning (Campbell, 2003a; Johnson, 2004). However, what has remained predominantly unknown is Malaysian students' reaction to writing web logs in English as a Second Language (ESL) classroom. Therefore, the study aims to investigate the perception of writing web logs among the Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) HM115 diploma students who were taking BEL311 English course in their third semester based on the three Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) variables. Specifically, the study sought to identify whether the two TAM determinants-Perceived Ease of Use (PEOU) and Perceived Usefulness (PU) affect the students' behavioural intention (BI) to use web logs for specific writing task. This study employed the Davis' TAM (1989) and its questionnaire-based measurement instrument and three hypotheses were formulated based on the objectives of the study. The pilot test's result had confirmed the reliability of the modified TAM-based questionnaire. The findings showed that students accept writing web logs as classroom activity since they perceived online journals to be more useful rather than easy to use. Additionally, the findings revealed that TAM can be used to diagnose and interpret the attitude of new technology users and most importantly, PEOU, PU, and BI were positively and highly correlated at a significant level. This result proved that the three proposed hypotheses in the study have failed to be rejected.
Animating static objects by illusion‐based projection mapping

By applying scientific knowledge about human visual processing, we have recently developed a light projection technique, called Deformation Lamps, which can add a variety of illusory, yet realistic distortions, to a wide range of static projection targets. In this paper, to explain how Deformation Lamps works, we first describe its basic algorithm and related human visual processing. We then describe the latest version of the Deformation Lamps system. It is a ready‐to‐use application that automatically finds projection targets and projects motion‐inducer patterns in alignment with images or textures on the targets' surfaces. The application also supports interactive editing of animation contents.
Drug interactions with oral contraceptives: compilation and analysis of an adverse experience report database.

Over 700 alleged OC/drug interactions were reported for antituberculous drugs, other antibiotics, anticonvulsants, antidepressants, and analgesics. Fewer than ten reports of OC/drug interactions were found involving antihistamines, thyroid hormone, vitamin C, antacids, ulcer medication, or diuretics. These may represent a set of OC/drug interaction problems that need to brought into medical awareness. Pregnancy is the first event reported when OCs appear to interact with another drug. However, menstrual disturbances are reported more often. BTB is the most frequently reported menstrual disturbance: it has been considered a warning signal that OC efficacy may be compromised. In such circumstances, contraceptive backup may be warranted. Reports of interference with OC efficacy have been most common for drugs used to treat tuberculosis, epilepsy, and depression, so patients and their physicians should be aware of potential problems. However, the average woman is more likely to encounter antibiotics, analgesics, and antihistamines, and current package inserts contain appropriate warnings. In recent years, prescriptions for low-estrogen OCs have outnumbered those for high-dose preparations. Many physicians became concerned that there was an increased risk of OC drug failure with the low-dose products. The database does not seem to suggest that this has happened. The dose of estrogen is not correlated with total adverse experience reports, time of appearances of the first adverse experience reports, or rate of reporting of the interactions. Likewise, reports of potential interactions with menstrual disturbances are not correlated with lower estrogen doses in OCs. There is, however, an association between low-estrogen OCs and recently reported pregnancies attributed to OC/drug interactions. (ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
A Study of the Evolution of Secure Software Development Architectures

Emerging technologies such as containers, microservices, DevOps, Agile software development life cycle (SDLC), and cloud-native applications have gained popularity and traction in the industry and among enterprises. These modern application technologies and architectures are being adopted because they enable greater flexibility, scalability, portability and more rapid development. Consequently, how to build and maintain secure applications and systems is being reevaluated. Since the total responsibility is now larger and more complex, the application developer role is expanding to include greater security obligations and concerns. This paper explores the evolution of software development architectures and consequent implications on security, to better understand the technology landscape driving this change and its impacts on application development. To remain competitive, organization must be prepared to invest in ongoing training of their developers in the latest best practices. To remain relevant, higher education must adapt curriculums to prepare future professionals in the appropriate cybersecurity and secure coding practices to match the development shifts observed in industry.
The Brazilian Proposal and other Options for International Burden Sharing: an evaluation of methodological and policy aspects using the FAIR model

Tijdens de onderhandelingen over het Kyoto Protocol, werd door Brazilie het zogenaamde Braziliaanse voorstel ingediend. Dit bevat een methodiek om de relatieve bijdrage van Annex I landen (de geindustrialiseerde landen) aan emissiereducties te koppelen aan hun bijdrage aan de gerealiseerde mondiaal gemiddelde temperatuurstijging. Het Braziliaanse voorstel is niet in het Kyoto Protocol opgenomen, maar door de Conference of Parties in Kyoto (CoP-3) verwezen naar SBSTA (Subsidiary Body on Scientific and Technical Advise) voor een nadere bestudering van wetenschappelijke en methodologische aspecten van het voorstel. In de tussentijd vond een herziening van het Brazilianen plaats. In dit rapport worden zowel de originele als de herziene methodologie geevalueerd. De oorspronkelijke methodologie is wetenschappelijk incorrect bevonden. Het herziene model vormt een aanzienlijke, maar bevat nog steeds een aantal tekortkomingen. Deze kunnen alle worden opgelost door een verbeterde parametrisatie, en door de toevoeging van een aantal extra processen of benaderingen te kiezen die al in andere modellen zijn getest en toegepast. Voor het evalueren van het Braziliaanse voorstel en het vergelijken van het voorstel met andere opties voor internationale is een nieuw model ontwikkeld: FAIR (Framework to Assess International Regimes for burden sharing). Lastenverdelingscriteria die rekening houden met historische emissies en/of gebaseerd zijn op een per capita benadering zijn gunstig voor de ontwikkelingslanden. Daarentegen is het meenemen van de antropogene emissies van alle broeikasgassen en de emissies ten gevolge van landgebruiksveranderingen gunstig voor de geindustrialiseerde landen. Een indicator later in de oorzaak-effect keten van het klimaatsprobleem, zoals de bijdrage aan mondiale temperatuurstijging in plaats van emissies, is gunstig voor de ontwikkelingslanden. Toepassing van het Braziliaanse voorstel op wereldschaal zou betekenen dat alle landen onmiddellijk hun emissies zouden moeten reduceren, ongeacht hun niveau van economische ontwikkeling. Om rekening te houden met de verschillen in ontwikkelingsniveau, kan een deelname drempel worden ingevoerd. Daarbij lijkt met name het gebruik van een deelnamedrempel gebaseerd op mondiaal gemiddelde emissie per hoofd interessant, omdat het resulteert in een mondiale convergentie van hoofdelijke emissieruimte. Het beloont reductie-inspanningen van de geindustrialiseerde landen, terwijl het een ontwikkelingslanden stimuleert de groei in hun emissies te beperken. Tenslotte is ook een sector-georienteerde aanpak van internationale lastenverdeling. De resultaten van een eerste voorlopige toepassing van deze benadering op een mondiale schaal, worden hier tevens gepresenteerd.
Role of SPECT and PET in pediatric epilepsy

Abstract Single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) and positron emission tomography (PET) offer valuable information for the diagnosis, management, and follow up of patients with seizure disorders. These imaging studies can also contribute to the understanding of the pathophysiology of epilepsy. Intractable epilepsy in children is a serious disorder that has an overwhelming effect on physical, psychological, and social development. Functional imaging with PET and SPECT has been useful in a variety of seizure types and is typically more sensitive compared to anatomic imaging methods such as magnetic resonance imaging for localizing non-lesional seizure foci. SPECT and PET may be useful in guiding the strategy of implantation in patients submitted to undergo invasive recordings. However, the ability of PET and SPECT to localize a seizure focus may be crucial for tailoring the surgical resection area in patients with intractable seizures. Since most seizure cases begin in childhood, PET and SPECT imaging for seizure disorders is frequently used in this population. In this article, we review the literature on the current uses and indications of PET and SPECT in the study and management of epilepsy in children.
Electronic cigarette: A review

The principal addictive component of tobacco smoke is nicotine. The mechanisms of nicotine addiction are highly complex and are responsible for maintenance of smoking behaviour. Use of electronic cigarettes (E-cigarettes), devices that deliver a nicotine containing vapor has increased rapidly across the world. They are marketed as a "healthier alternatives" to conventional cigarettes. There is extensive debate over long-term safety and efficacy of these devices on public health. Studies show that the vapor generated from the E-cigarettes has a variable amount of nicotine and potential harmful toxins. Until robust research demonstrates the safety of E-cigarettes and efficacy in the treatment of tobacco dependence, their role as safe smoking cessation tool is unclear. This review highlights the recent data regarding E-cigarettes toxicity, impact on lung function, and efficacy in smoking reduction and cessation.
Vers des supports d'exécution capables d'exploiter les machines multicœurs hétérogènes

Approaching the theoretical performance of heterogeneous multicore architectures, equipped with specialized accelerators, is a challenging issue. Unlike regular CPUs that can transparently access the whole global memory address range, accelerators usually embed local memory on which they perform all their computations using a specific instruction set. While many research efforts have been devoted to offloading parts of a program over such coprocessors, the real challenge is to find a programming model providing a unified view of all available computing units. In this document, we present an original runtime system providing a high-level, unified execution model allowing seamless execution of tasks over the underlying heterogeneous hardware. The runtime is based on a hierarchical memory management facility and on a codelet scheduler. We demonstrate the efficiency of our solution with a LU decomposition for both homogeneous (3.8 speedup on 4 cores) and heterogeneous machines (95% efficiency). We also show that a "granularity aware" scheduling can improve execution time by 35%.
Introducing gamification to increase staff involvement and motivation when conducting SPI initiatives in small-sized software enterprises

Small-sized software enterprises have tried for years to make major changes to improve the software development process and, consequently, the quality of their products. Many small companies are focusing their efforts on conducting software process improvement (SPI) initiatives to mature their software processes and to deliver products on time and on budget. Nevertheless, these initiatives are not always successful because human factors are still difficult to control leading to a high failure rate due to lack of involvement and motivation. Gamification can be used to motivate staff and increase participation and commitment to improve the chances of success when an SPI initiative is conducted in these companies. In this study, a gamification strategy was designed to add game-like elements into the GamiSPI tool for supporting SPI activities. Significant research has been carried out, but the authors’ approach aims to apply gamification in a distributed way by enabling employees from different enterprises to share information and knowledge, combine efforts, support communication, and collaborate with others toward common improvement goals. The effects of gamification were assessed using quantitative and qualitative methods to show that this strategy can increase the involvement, motivation, and ambition of the participating staff.
Hospital to hostel: what benefit?

Resettlement of 15 long-stay psychiatric in-patients from a hospital rehabilitation unit to a new hostel was assessed by measuring symptoms, social behaviour and client satisfaction beforehand, then six and 12 weeks afterwards. Three residents experienced relapses with varying degrees of recovery. Overall, symptoms and social behaviour improved significantly. Change in satisfaction with the services offered proved difficult to measure accurately. A well resourced resettlement project can enhance long-stay patients9 well-being.
IDENTIFICAÇÃO E RASTREAMENTO DE PESSOAS POR MEIO DE IMAGENS DIGITAIS CAPTURADAS A PARTIR DE CÂMERAS DE VIDEO

A utilizacao de visao computacional desempenha um papel importante para fins de seguranca, hoje em dia e amplamente utilizada e a cada dia vem ganhando novos recursos devido ao avanco tecnologico. A grande maioria dos sistemas de seguranca atuais se baseia em um monitoramento onde a analise e feita pela interpretacao do usuario. Para melhorar esse processo, tem sido propostos modelos de analise e reconhecimento de caracteristicas de pessoas, tais como altura, cor da pele, reconhecimento facial, dentre outros, a fim de proporcionar a busca por reconhecimentos mais eficientes. Neste trabalho sao utilizados diferentes algoritmos como HOG e SVM para identificacao e rastreamento de pessoas, os espacos de cores RGB, HSV e YCrCb, sao combinados e utilizados para a identificacao e extracao de caracteristicas como tipo e cor de roupa de cada pessoa, para acompanhamento ao longo do video.
Prevalence of hypertension and associated risk factors among a group of prisoners in Yaoundé Central Prison: a cross-sectional study

Background: Hypertension is a major public health problem worldwide, associated with very high morbidity and mortality. According to the WHO 2013 data, about 1 billion people are affected by hypertension worldwide. This will reach 1.5 billion by 2025. Several occidental studies reported a greater prevalence of hypertension in prison than in the general population. Local data on characteristics of hypertension among prisoners are lacking. Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study among incarcerated detainees at Yaounde Central Prison, from January to July 2017. Analyzed variables included the reason for detention, the degree of guilt, promiscuity, the length of the sentence, the length of detention, the monthly visits and the outings per week. Results: We recruited 437 inmates (344 men) with an average age of 37.01±13.2 years. The prevalence of hypertension in Yaounde Central Prison was 39.6%. The main cardiovascular risk factors (CVRFs) were a sedentary lifestyle (91.1%), smoking (31.6%), alcohol consumption (28.1%), known hypertension (14%) and obesity (11.7%). Variables significantly associated with the occurrence of hypertension were: age above 40 years (P Conclusions: High hypertension prevalence was found in the Yaounde Central (39.6%). The main identified CVRFs were age, obesity, smoking, alcohol and sedentary lifestyle. Detention variables significantly associated with hypertension were: age (>40 years), the middle and high social class, the sentence for a major crime or major offense, a severe sentence, the incarceration length, and no and high promiscuity. There is a need to implement preventive strategies for hypertension in prison.
Construction of high-efficient optical CDMA computer networks: statistical design

We propose a new design method for optical CDMA networks called "statistical design" (SD)-which uses the interrelation between the physical layer and the data link layer. This generalized method allows significant reduction of the hardware costs, which are usually necessary to ensure low bit-error ratios, taking into account the bursty traffic of this type of networks. By this method various technological and software parameters can be derived.
Detection of tones in reproducible noise: Psychophysical and computational studies of stimulus features and processing mechanisms

This dissertation combines psychophysical experime nts with computational modeling efforts in order to help explain how humans detect sounds of interest in the presence of competing background noise. Specifically, tone-in-n oise detection was examined for lowfrequency tones (500 Hz) in the presence of reprodu cible narrowband masking noises. Both the N0S0 (noise and signal presented at the same phase to t h wo ears) and N 0Sπ (noise presented at the same phase to the two ears and signal presented 180° out of phase between the two ears) interaural configurations were tested. Two psychoph ysical detection experiments are described that used prerecorded, or reproducible, masking waveforms in conjunction with multipleregression data analyses. These experiments were de signed to determine the dominant stimulus features used by individual listeners to compute de t ction cues. Candidate stimulus features included stimulus energy, temporal fine structure ( e.g., zero crossings, or the stimulus carrier), temporal envelope, or a linear combination of carri er and envelope. Results indicated that listeners used energy cues when they were available for detection under N 0S0 conditions, but that they also used temporal processing. Results also i ndicated that listeners did not separately process envelope and carrier under N 0S0 or N0Sπ conditions. Computational modeling efforts were designed to approximate physiologically plausi ble stimulus processing along with several different decision devices. Several recent psychoph ysical detection models failed at predicting detection statistics for individual waveforms, dema nding that new explanatory models for masked detection be examined. The characterization of detection cues used by listeners with normal hearing will lead to improved hearing aids. This improvement could occur either through the preservation of stimulus features found to be c ritical for detection in noise, or by mimicking the types of processing occurring in the healthy au ditory system. Detection of Tones in Reproducible Noise: Psychophysical and Computational Studies of Stimulu s Features and Processing Mechanisms
Régénération de plantes de Chicorée Witloof cv. «Zoom» à partir de protoplastes: influence de la nutrition glucidique et azotée

Des protoplastes issus de feuilles de jeunes plantes âgees de 21 jours se divisent de facon satisfaisante dans un milieu liquide renfermant des elements mineraux, des vitamines, 0,5% de saccharose, 750 mg•l −1 de glutamine plus 1 mg•l −1 d'ANA et de BA et 8% de mannitol. A partir des microcals formes, il est possible d'obtenir des colonies tissulaires organogenes. L'induction de bourgeons necessite plusieurs modifications du milieu de culture initial: le remplacement d'une partie ou de la totalite de la glutamine par de l'azote mineral, un nouvel equilibre hormonal et la suppression du mannitol. Les plantes obtenues sont transferables en serre 4 a 5 mois apres la mise en culture des protoplastes
A Systematic Mapping Study of Privacy by Design in Software Engineering

Protecting the personal data contained in current software systems is a complex issue that requires legal regulations and constraints that can be used to manage personal data, along with methodological support with which to develop software systems that will safeguard their respective users’ data privacy. The Privacy by Design (PbD) approach has, therefore, been proposed in order to address this issue and has been applied to systems development in a variety of application domains. The aim of this work is to determine the presence of PbD and the extent to which it exists in software development efforts. A systematic mapping study was conducted in order to identify relevant literature that collects PbD goals in software development, in addition to methods and/or practices that support privacy aware software development. Of the 49 papers selected, 30 address PbD from a theoretical perspective. The majority of the contributions (34) were categorized as being software requirements and software design. The main privacy goal discussed in the primary papers is data minimization. The findings suggest that PbD in software engineering is still an immature field and that there is a need for privacy-aware approaches for software engineering and their validation in industrial settings.