Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Síndrome metabólica e estado nutricional de idosos cadastrados no HiperDia

Aims: To analyze the association of metabolic syndrome and its components with the nutritional status of elderly enrolled in the HiperDia system.Methods: This was a cross-sectional study with a sample of elderly enrolled in the HiperDia of Central Specialty Unit of Municipal Health Department from Cruz Alta, Rio Grande do Sul, whose records contained the information necessary for the study. Metabolic syndrome diagnosis was based on criteria established by the National Cholesterol Education Program's Adult Treatment Panel III (NCEP-ATP III) and recommended by the Brazilian Society of Cardiology in the I Brazilian Guidelines for Diagnosis and Treatment of Metabolic Syndrome. Nutritional status was assessed by body mass index, according to the classification of II Guidelines on Geriatric Cardiology of the Brazilian Society of Cardiology. In the statistical analysis, the Student t test and the chi-square test were used, with analysis of adjusted residuals.Results: At all 485 seniors met the inclusion criteria and were selected. The sample mean age was 68.9±6.8 years (range 60 to 94 years). Most participants were female (62.5%) had metabolic syndrome (61.2%), and overweight/obesity (59%). When analyzing the association between nutritional status and metabolic syndrome and its components, significant associations of obesity with metabolic syndrome, central obesity, hypertriglyceridemia, and presence of four/five components of the syndrome (p <0.001) were found. The most common metabolic syndrome component was high blood pressure (81.3%), and the less frequent was hypertriglyceridemia (48.2%). Regarding gender, the frequency of metabolic syndrome was significantly higher among women (p=0.004; 66.3% versus 52.7%). Conclusions: The frequency of metabolic syndrome and its components and its association with nutritional status of elderly enrolled in HiperDia provides evidence that metabolic syndrome and nutritional status should also be monitored through this system.
ATTACK VECTORS USED IN FRAUDULENCE CONNECTION DURING ONLINE TRANSACTIONS

In today’s digital world new technologies are designed for customers. Once this technology becomes a comfort there are risk associated. Online fraud is one of the high risks that are targeting customers, organizations and any individual who wants to be associated with ecommerce transactions. Self Propagating Codes are targeting Personal Identifiable Information of customers during authentication or authorization of any transaction. In this paper emphasis has been given on possible online frauds such as Phishing, Carding and BIN attacks. What are the different attack vectors associated to online frauds and what precautions need to be taken is also briefed in the current article.
The role of phytoplankton dynamics in the seasonal variability of carbon in the subpolar North Atlantic – a modeling study

S. R. Signorini, S. Häkkinen, K. Gudmundsson, A. Olsen, A. M. Omar, J. Olafsson, G. Reverdin, S. A. Henson, and C. R. McClain Science Applications International Corp., Beltsville, Maryland, USA NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Cryospheric Sciences Branch, Greenbelt, Maryland, USA Marine Research Institute, P.O. Box 1390, 121 Reykjavik, Iceland Uni Bjerknes Centre, Allégaten 55, 5007 Bergen, Norway Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, Allégaten 55, 5007 Bergen, Norway University of Iceland and Marine Research Institute, Reykjavik, Iceland Laboratoire d’Océanographie Dynamique et de Climatologie, IPSL, Boı̂te 100 – 4, Place Jussieu 75252, Paris, France
Reducing the attrition of tertiary bridging students studying by distance: a practice report

This paper describes an initiative commenced in Semester 1 2012 in a small rural town in Queensland, Australia, to address the high level of attrition experienced by tertiary bridging students studying by distance in regional areas. It was hypothesised that the attrition was caused by a lack of social and academic integration into the program. The initiative involved the conducting of face-to-face teaching and a study group on a weekly basis at a partner institution. The collaboration between the university, the local partner institution and representatives of local government and community organisations involved in identifying potential students and supporting those students once enrolled is described. The major findings of the initiative to date relate to the high incidence of a change in the circumstances of students which challenged continued attendance in the bridging program, the difficulties of distance students in relation to the administrative requirements of the university and the challenges associated with the completion of a high volume of assessment in the early transition weeks of the semester. The primary relevance the initiative has for providers of distance tertiary bridging programs relates to the lack of support that distance students have when experiencing these challenges.
A Workshop for Distance Learning Educators of the 21st Century

There is evidence that the context for learning is undergoing a metamorphosis, that this metamorphosis brings with it a new relationship between the teacher and the student, and that distance learning is becoming a viable option for furthering one's higher education. Advances in technology, academic research, pedagogical innovation, the increase in the chronological age, maturity level and personal commitments of the average college student, and geography and demography have led to a substantial alteration in the structure of the learning environment. The use of distance learning technologies for instruction is growing rapidly and institutions of higher education are adopting interactive technologies. For those of us with knowledge and experience using innovative media, it is our obligation to encourage our colleagues to become familiar with the technology and the redesign of academics that will be prevalent in the new millennium. It is imperative that we assure the integration and success of the new media and formats into our learning environments. This article describes a workshop supported by the NSF for distance learning educators. The focus of the workshop is to aid its participants and their institutions to deliver better online courses from the points of view of the institutions, the professor, and the students. Among the goals of the workshop is the formation of a network for future research for its participants. Follow-through activities, including a reconnoitering of the participants to share results of how they integrated the information provided into their courses and their institutions, a videotape, and the formation of a repository of information regarding the teaching of online courses will be addressed.
Factors associated with epiglottic petiole prolapse repositioning success

Epiglottic petiole prolapse is an overlooked entity that could lead to supraglottic airway obstruction for patients with complex airway history. Classical symptoms include exercise intolerance, obstructive sleep apnea, and difficulty with decannulation. The goal of this project was to evaluate the factors associated with epiglottic petiole repositioning success.
Speech Discrimination in Background Noise with the Vibrant® Soundbridge™ Middle Ear Implant

Objective: Evaluate speech intelligibility in competing background noise for monaural users of the Vibrant® Soundbridge™ (VSB) middle ear implant (Symphonix). Patients and Material: Nine adults with moderate to severe bilateral sensorineural hearing loss, and implanted with a unilateral VSB, were included in the study. The patients’ experience of the implant ranged from 9 to 24 months. Retrospective single-subject repeated measures of speech intelligibility in background noise were performed using 2 different test procedures, the Elbaz test and the Garin and Galle test. The patients were tested VSB aided and VSB unaided in a variety of signal-to-noise ratios. The correct-score percentage for each ratio for each condition was averaged for the group of patients and compared with normative data for each test method. Results: The VSB-aided condition showed results approaching normative data for both test methods. At a signal-to-noise ratio of zero, the Elbaz test showed a mean correct score of 55% for the VSB-unaided condition versus 85% for the VSB-aided condition. The Garin and Galle test showed a mean score of 34% for the VSB-unaided condition versus 94% for the VSB-aided condition. Conclusions: Although the unilateral VSB middle ear implant does not restore stereophony, it does improve speech intelligibility in background noise.
Objects tracking with adaptive correlation filters and Kalman filtering

Object tracking is commonly used for applications such as video surveillance, motion based recognition, and vehicle navigation. In this work, a tracking system using adaptive correlation filters and robust Kalman prediction of target locations is proposed. Tracking is performed by means of multiple object detections in reduced frame areas. A bank of filters is designed from multiple views of a target using synthetic discriminant functions. An adaptive approach is used to improve discrimination capability of the synthesized filters adapting them to multiple types of backgrounds. With the help of computer simulation, the performance of the proposed algorithm is evaluated in terms of detection efficiency and accuracy of object tracking.
Evaluation of Cost Implications of an Asthma Healthy Homes Intervention Program

xvi Chapter 1 Statement of the Problem 18 1.1. Significance of the Study 18 1.2. Gaps in knowledge 20 1.3. Research Questions 21 1.4. Background on Asthma 21 1.4. 1. Definition and Essential Characteristics 21 1.4. 2. Course of development 22 1.4. 3. Prevalence and Incidence 23 1.4. 4. Impact on health and health care 24 1.5. Applied Significance 27 Chapter 2 Review of Literature 28
The Reading Abilities of Beginning Readers of Brazilian Portuguese: Implications for a Theory of Reading Acquisition

The study investigates the strategies that beginners use to learn to read words in a relatively regular writing system, Brazilian Portuguese. Two groups of 5- to 6-year-old children participated. For the first group, reading instruction started with a whole-word approach and then changed to a syllabic approach. For the second group, instruction emphasized a phonics approach from the start. The results question Wimmer and Hummer's (1990) suggestion that relatively regular writing systems encourage children to learn to read through phonological recoding from the beginning of reading instruction. Instead, the results suggest that the strategies that beginners use to learn to read a relatively regular writing system depend to a large extent on the method of instruction, which is similar to what seems to happen for children learning to read English. In contrast to the children who started to learn to read through the phonics approach, the vast majority of the children who started to learn to read through the whole-word approach did not show any sign of phonological recoding skills before the beginning of instruction on print-speech relations at the sublexical level. I discuss implications of these findings and suggest that any differences between children learning to read more or less transparent writing systems are likely to be quantitative rather than qualitative.
Comparison of NR2B Gene Expression Change in Wistar Rat Practicing Aerobic Exercise with Soybean, Phyllanthus niruri, and Combination of Soybean and Phyllanthus niruri Consumption

Objective: To examine the relationship between nutrition and brain memory. Methods: This study was an experimental laboratory study conducted during the period of June 2011 to July 2012 at the Biomedical and Biochemistry laboratory, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Padjadjaran. The subjects were 56 8-week-old male Wistar rats weighing approximately 200–250 grams which were divided into 8 groups with different treatments. The treatment groups received no exercise or exercise and soybean (Glycine max), Phyllanthus niruri, or combination of both.
Polytrauma Family Needs Assessment

POLYTRAUMA FAMILY NEEDS ASSESSMENT By Kathryn Pamela Wilder Schaaf, M.S. A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at Virginia Commonwealth University. Virginia Commonwealth University, 2010 Major Director: Steven J. Danish Professor Department of Psychology There is a great deal of literature in civilian rehabilitation settings that documents the tremendous impact a brain injury has on both the injured person and the family as a whole. TBI is a leading cause of both death and disability world-wide and is often cited as the signature injury of the ongoing OEF/OIF conflict. In 2005, Congress recognized the severity of injuries that military personnel were encountering in the OEF/OIF conflicts and created the Polytrauma System of Care (PSC). While the PSC has made great efforts to provide innovative and effective treatment for active duty and veteran patients, little is known about the needs of their family members. Given the tremendous impact TBI has on families and the important caregiving role assumed by many, there is an urgent need to better understand their needs. The Family Needs Questionnaire (FNQ) was administered to 44 family members of patients at the Polytrauma Rehabilitation Center (PRC) at McGuire Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC) over a 30 month period. Family members rated 40 needs indicating the importance and extent to which needs were met. Results were compared with findings from similar studies in civilian rehabilitation settings. A review of the rated needs indicated that PRC families rated the needs in the Health Information domain as most important and most frequently met. In addition, PRC family members rated Emotional Support and Instrumental Support as least important and most frequently unmet. Overall results were consistent with findings in civilian rehabilitation research, but subtle differences were examined. Exploratory analyses were conducted to examine a subset of family variables associated with needs indices. Needs were rated differently based on respondents', gender, income, relationship to patient, and time since injury. Results highlight similarities across family needs in rehabilitation settings. However, there remains a need for further research within VAMC PRC's that include a larger more diverse sample and participants utilizing both inpatient and outpatient services. This document was created in Microsoft VISTA.
Robust control of rate-dependent hysteresis in smart actuators

The inherent rate-dependent hysteresis in smart actuators hinders their wider applicability in practical engineeering. In this paper, based on the rate-dependent Hammerstein model, a 2 DOF control scheme with a robust controller combined with a hysteresis compensator is proposed for tracking control of smart actuators. The hysteresis compensator is first connected in cascade with an actuator to cancel out the static hysteresis, then the compensation errors and the modeling errors are attributed to the additive model uncertainty, and finally an H ∞ integral robust controller is designed. Compared to the H ∞ robust controller without integrator, the H ∞ integral robust controller results in smaller errors. The tracking control simulation results for a giant magnetostrictive actuator verified the effectiveness of the proposed control scheme.
Loss of Load Probability (LOLP) Index untuk Menganalisis Keandalan Pembangkit Listrik (Studi Kasus PT Indonesia Power UBP Suralaya)

ABSTRAK. Listrik merupakan kebutuhan yang sangat penting bagi kehidupan manusia. Kebutuhan akan listrik dapat dicukupi jika produsen listrik dapat menjaga pasokan listrik. Banyak faktor yang mempengaruhi terjaganya pasokan listrik, salah satunya adalah keandalan pembangkit listrik. PT Indonesia Power Unit Bisnis Pembangkitan (UBP) Suralaya merupakan salah satu produsen listrik terbesar di Indonesia yang menyuplai sebagian besar persediaan listrik di jawa bali, yaitu sebesar 3400 MW. Untuk mengukur kemampuan pembangkit dalam memenuhi kebutuhan listrik, diperlukan sebuah indeks keandalan, yang dalam penelitian ini adalah Loss of Load Probability (LOLP) Index. Indeks LOLP dapat memberikan analisis secara statistik dengan menghitung peluang beroperasinya pembangkit atau yang dinamakan FOR. Selain itu analisis menggunakan LOLP dilengkapi dengan peramalan beban puncak, sehingga untuk waktu mendatang dapat diperoleh informasi berapa mhW yang harus dihasilkan agar kebutuhan listrik dapat tercukupi.Penelitian ini mengambil lingkup pengamatan pada Unit 2, karena dari data yang diperoleh, Unit 2 merupakan unit yang lebih sering mengalami gangguan. Dari hasil penelitian diperoleh bahwa indeks keandalan Unit 2 pembangkit Suralaya adalah sebesar 97.24% dengan beban yang harus ditanggung unit 2 adalah antara 347.4 sampai 371,08 MWh.
Potential Benefits of Metformin Use in Sickle Cell Anemia

Sickle cell anemia (SCA) is one of the most important genetic disorders known to mankind. Even with the impressive advances in medical science, effective treatment and cure remain challenging. Currently available treatments including hydroxyurea, which is the only FDA approved drug for SCA, and hemopoietic stem cell transplantation all have significant limitations, so the search for new therapeutic options continues. Metformin, the traditional antidiabetic drug has recently gained novel attention from accumulating molecular evidence suggesting its pleiotropic effects and new potential applications. Our study of these new understandings of the pharmacodynamics and pleiotropic effects leads us to propose that the drug may be of potential therapeutic benefit in SCA. Our arguments are premised on a logical correlation of the interconnected pathophysiologic mechanisms in SCA with current information on the molecular pharmacodynamics of metformin. We reviewed existing evidence and deduced the diverse effects of metformin of relevant therapeutic significance in SCA, including enhancement of nitric oxide bioavailability, induction of fetal hemoglobin synthesis, attenuation of the inflammatory phenotype and beneficial effects in ischemia/reperfusion injury. Collectively, these considerations lead us to infer that there is reasonable evidence to support potential therapeutic adaptation of metformin in SCA. J Hematol. 2016;5(2):41-48 doi: http://dx.doi. org/10.14740/jh275w
Clinicopathological Correlation and Outcome in peripheral T cell lymphomas (PTCL): A Retrospective study

OBJECTIVES : To study the clinical profile, relative proportions and outcome with treatment of patients with Peripheral T cell lymphomas (PTCLs) and to identify the parameters that can predict prognosis in PTCLs. PATIENTS AND METHODS : This is a retrospective analysis of patients with PTCL from January 2007 to December 2012. All patients with age 18 years and above were included in this study. Patients with cutaneous T cell lymphomas were excluded. Results were analyzed in terms of the clinical characteristics and laboratory parameters at diagnosis, response to the different treatment regimens, the survival patterns and the prognostic effects of patient characteristics on overall survival. Survival curves were drawn by the Kaplan-Meier method and compared by the logrank test. A 2-sided P-value of 0.05 or less was considered statistically significant. RESULTS : There were a total of 243 adult patients (age ≥18 years) diagnosed to have PTCL. Most common histological subtype was found to be PTCL-not otherwise specified (NOS) (35.8%) followed by ALK negative Anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL) (21.4%). For NK/T cell lymphoma, risk categorisation by NK/T cell lymphoma Prognostic Index (NKPI) was better compared to International Prognostic Index (IPI). The 5 year overall survival and event free survival for patients who received chemotherapy (n=121) was 30.4% ± 5.5% and 28.5% ± 4.7% respectively. Best outcome was seen in patients with ALK positive ALCL and worst for Hepatosplenic T cell lymphoma. CONCLUSIONS : Outcome of PTCLs (except ALK positive ALCL) was poor compared to B cell lymphomas with the use of CHOP based chemotherapy. NKPI is a better prognostic score for NK/T cell lymphoma compared to IPI.
Why Do Residential Developers Prefer Large Exurban Lots? Infrastructure Costs and Exurban Development

It is not yet completely understood how on-site costs for infrastructures in residential developments vary with lot size and how developers respond to this relationship. Utilizing data from public records of costs for constructing twenty-eight subdivisions in South Kingstown, RI, this paper examines how developers' on-site costs per lot for sewer and water services and roads vary with lot size. Contrary to previous results, this study finds that these on-site costs per lot can decrease as lot sizes increase. The literature on decision making by developers suggests that this cost relationship can be advantageous to small satisficing developers, leading them to prefer larger lots. To encourage small developers to build denser developments on smaller lots, local governments should consider incurring the upfront costs of certain on-site infrastructures and be reimbursed by developers when the lots are sold.
Evaluation and classification of pelvic fractures

Pelvis kiriklari tum ortopetik kiriklarin %1-3’unu olusturur. Pelvis kiriklarina bagli mortalite orani eslik eden yaralanmalara gore %10-50 arasindadir. Olgularin %60’inda hemorajiye bagli erken olum gorulebilmektedir. Sepsis ve multiorgan yetmezligi ise, gec olumlerin yaygin nedenidir. Pelvik travmali hastalar degerlendirilirken, acik pelvis kiriklarini saptamak icin uyanik olunmalidir, bu kiriklar, viseral yaralanmalari ve mortaliteyi %45’lere yukseltmektedir. Pelvis kiriklarinin tanisi radyolojik bulgular temelinde konur. Bununla birlikte, on-arka, inlet ve outlet grafik goruntuler ile pelvis kirikli olgularin %94’unde tani konulabilir. Bilgisayarli tomografi de olgularin %85’inde konvasiyonel radyografi ile saptanamayan pelvis hasarinin belirlenmesine yardimci olur. Buna ek olarak, manyetik rezonans goruntuleme (MRG)’nin pelvis kiriklarinin tanisinda yeri tartismali olsa da MRG ozellikle arka baglar ve yumusak dokularin goruntulenmesinde tamamlayici bilgi verebilir. Pelvis kiriklarinin siniflamasinda en sik kullanilan sistemler Tile ve Young-Burgess siniflandirma sistemidir. Tile pelvis kiriklarini stabil, parsiyel stabil, rotasyonel ve vertikal instabil olarak degerlendirirken, Young ve Burgess Tilenin siniflamasini genisleterek kirigin olus mekanizmasina gore ayrintili siniflama yapmis ve siniflamaya kombine yaralanmayi eklemistir. Sonuc olarak, pelvis kiriklarini degerlendirirken, hastanin oncelikli olarak hemodinamik durumunu, travma siddetini ve olus mekanizmasini, olusan kirik tipini ve eslik eden diger yaralanmalari belirlemek, uygulanacak tedaviye yol gostermesi acisindan onem tasir.
Acute Rhabdomyolysis With No Apparent Cause: The Need to Check for Acute Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection

A 26-year-old man with pharyngitis and recent negative rapid strep test results presented with fevers, rigors, and body aches and was found to have acute rhabdomyolysis. A diagnostic workup included tests for group A streptococcal pharyngitis, infectious mononucleosis, syphilis, and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. Test results were positive for syphilis and acute HIV infection. Rhabdomyolysis caused by acute HIV infection has been previously reported. However, our case found the patient to also be co-infected with other sexually transmitted infections. This case highlights the need to have a high index of suspicion for HIV infection in patients presenting with rhabdomyolysis without any apparent cause and the need to screen for other sexually transmitted infections in those patients.