Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Main Complications of Photorefractive Keratectomy and their Management

Abstract Photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) was the first surface ablation procedure introduced for the treatment of refractive errors and has been proven to be effective and safe. In some cases, however, the patient may not be totally satisfied with the final result and retreatment may be necessary. We performed a literature review to describe the main conditions that may arise following PRK that may require retreatment and new promising techniques to allow customized and effective treatments for patients. There is currently no gold standard for retreatment of residual refractive error after PRK. The surgeon must take into account the patient’s history and type of problem when choosing the most appropriate technique. LASIK and PRK are the main options. Haze can be treated with good results with phototherapeutic keratectomy and mytomicin C. High order aberrations and decentration may be addressed with topographically-guided excimer photoablation or with wavefront-guided PRK.
USE OF GEOTHERMAL ENERGY SOURCES FOR ORGANIC WASTE MANAGEMENT

A novel system for organic waste processing coupled to food production was conceived and constructed during the project INTERREG ΙV Greece-Bulgaria 2007-2013 «Fostering the use of low temperature geothermal sources through the development of operational exploitation guidelines and green energy solutions of enterprising». Organic waste biomass is digested using geothermal energy and converted into biogas and mineralized organic nutrients (liquid and solid fertilizer). The biogas (CO2) and the nutrients are used for enhanced food production in geothermal greenhouses. Enrichment of greenhouses with CO2 is commonly applied around the world during the winter season and/or when sunlight is limited. Geothermal greenhouses can benefit from installing compact digesters for on-site production of electricity, heat, fertilizers and CO2 using organic wastes/ biomass.
Model-Assisted Study for Deeper Analysis of Conductivity and Piezoresistivity of Nanocomposites and Films with Graphene Nanoplatelets for Smart Structure Application

The use of two-dimensional graphene, with its inherent low thickness and weight, provides high potential for large-area application and building smart structures without changing their properties. Nanocomposites and films with graphene nanoplatelets promote the formation of electrical conductive networks with piezoresistive sensing capabilities for potential sensor-structure fusion. A computational percolation model with hardcore-softshell discs was implemented to calculate the conductivity and the strain-induced piezoresistivity based on the network in a parametric study. The simulations are carried out for homogenous, random or agglomerated distributions by considering the number of particles, the potential barrier and the tunneling distance in form of tunneling vectors in representative two-dimensional unit. The individual current paths with their corresponding current density inside the network have been generated and visualized by the model for initial and deformed state. Moreover, the model provides the main parameters to find an optimum of sensitivity and reproducibility. A more reproducible piezoresistivity without prevalent disadvantage for the gauge factor is predicted by random distribution. A symmetric arrangement of particles inside the network predicts the best result, but poses problem in practical realization. The current work provides a simplified numerical two-dimensional model for designing smart materials in form of nanocomposites and strain sensitive films based on graphene nanoplatelets. The results offer insights which may upon up new design directions.
The FABRICATION OF HIGH ASPECT RATIO WRINKLES BY CARBON DEPOSITION ON SOFT POLYMER

Instability of a thin film attached to a compliant substrate often leads to emergence of exquisite wrinkle patterns with length scales that depend on the system geometry and applied stresses. Mechanical instabilities, in thin films are generally treated as a nuisance in past. However, this view has changed recently with the development of patterncontrolling techniques, and the emergence of novel applications that benefit from the created patterns. These applications range from optical devices to cell templates and nanochannels for protein condensation. [1]
What can Google Tell us about Bitcoin Trading Volume in Croatia? Evidence from the Online Marketplace Localbitcoins

Timely economic statistics is crucial for effective decision making. However, most of them are released with a lag. Thus, nowcasting has become widely popular in economics, and web search volume histories are already used to make predictions in various fields including IT, communications, medicine, health, business and economics. This article seeks to explore the potential of incorporating internet search data, in particular Google Trends data, in autoregressive models used to predict the volume of Bitcoin trading. Toda and Yamamoto procedure was applied in order to examine causality between Google search data and Bitcoin trading volume on the online marketplace LocalBitcoins, for the area of the Republic of Croatia. The results showed that internet search data can be useful for forecasting Bitcoin trading volume, since Google searches for the term “bitcoin” Granger causes Bitcoin trading volume in the online marketplace LocalBitcoins.
Multi-Scale Plasticity Model of Magnesium and Magnesium Alloys for High Velocity Impact Problems

Structural models of plasticity [1-3], which treat material as having an internal structure and explicitly describe evolution of dislocations or ot her structural defects, have the most evident advance in comparison with the empirical plasticity models in the case of dynamic problems, such as high velocity impact. Inertness of structural defec ts significantly influences the plastic behaviour o f solids at dynamic loading; this inertness can be na turally addressed within the structural models, while it makes necessary various artificial methods within the empirical models. Disadvantage of the structural models is additional evolution equations for structural defects with relatively large numbe r of parameters. On the other hand, these parameters have explicit physical meaning and can be partially obtained from the molecular dynamic (MD) simulations [4]. In this way, the model becomes a multiscale one and will be referred by this term. In present work, the structural plasticity model [1 ,2] is developed to take into account the crystal anisotropy and the finite deformations, and applied for description of magnesium and magnesium alloys. Thermodynamic consistency of the model is d i cussed. On the atomic level, the MD simulations are used to determine the dislocation m tion equation and corresponding parameters in both an ideal crystal of magnesium and a crystal wi th inclusions, as well as the temperature and pressure dependences of elastic modules. The obtain ed data are used on the continuum level to close the plasticity model. After construction, the model is verified by comparison with the literature experimental data [5] on the rear surface velocity histories at the high velocity plate impact. Severa l two-dimensional simulations are also considered as ex mples of the model application. This work is supported by the grant from the Presid nt of the Russian Federation (Project No. MD7481.2016.1) and by the grant from the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation (Project 3.2510.2017/PP).
negaranya.Pada masa Indonesia masih dikuasai pemerintah Hindia-Belanda sebagai tanah jajahan, Belanda selalu geram dengan perlawanan ummat Islam. Mereka beranggapan bahwa Islam di Indonesia adalah kekuatan terbesar yang akan terus melakukan perlawanan terhadap mereka. Maka merekapun membuat suatu pe

Abstrak Perjalanan politik Indonesia tidak jarang berbenturan dengan Islam adalah satu hal yang menarik untuk dikaji dan diteliti. Peta politik Indonesia yang cenderung menjauhkan Islam dari masyarakatnya yang mayoritas Muslim adalah sebuah realita yang nyata jika kita kaji mendalam berbagai strateginya. Tulisan ini akan mengkaji secara spesifik tentang dampak benturan politik negara dengan Islam bagi pertumbuhan ekonomi Islam di Indonesia. Tujuan dari penulisan ini adalah untuk mengetahui bagaimana peran politik hukum dalam mengharmonisasikan antara hukum Negara dan hukum islam dalam bingkai hukum keuangan Islam. Metode yang digunakan dalam penulisan paper ini adalah yuridis normative dengan menggunakan pendekatan pada data-data kepustakaan.Tulisan ini secara singkat akan membahas tentang tahap-tahap perjalanan politik Indonesia menurut strateginya dalam menempatkan Islam di kancah politik kenegaraan, mulai dari masuknya Belanda ke Indonesia hingga saat ini. Tahap-tahap tersebut penulis bagi menjadi tiga tahap, yaitu; (1) tahap introduksi politik Barat, (2) tahap delimitasi Islam dari politik, dan (3) tahap kompetisipolitik bebas. Dalam pembahasan tahap-tahap tersebut, akan dipaparkan sikap politik negara terhadap ekonomi Islam sekaligus dampak sikap politik tersebut bagi pertumbuhan ekonomi Islam di Indonesia.
rug-Eluting Stents Versus Bare-Metal Stents n Saphenous Vein Graft Interventions

esults Patients receiving DES had a lower risk of mortality (odds ratio [OR]: 0.75; confidence interal [CI]: 0.59 to 0.96), target lesion revascularization (TLR) (OR: 0.57; CI: 0.40 to 0.82), target vessel evascularization (TVR) (OR: 0.56; CI: 0.40 to 0.77), and MACE (OR: 0.61; CI: 0.42 to 0.79). Drug-eluting tent use resulted in a significant absolute risk reduction in TLR ( 0.07; CI: 0.11 to 0.03), TVR 0.10; CI: 0.15 to 0.05), and MACE ( 0.12; CI: 0.18 to 0.06). There was no significant differnce between the groups in recurrent myocardial infarction (OR: 0.99; CI: 0.65 to 1.51) or stent hrombosis (OR: 0.78; CI: 0.40 to 1.52).
The Use of Structural Equation Model (SEM) to Evaluate the Effectiveness of ISO 9001 Quality Management System (QMS) on the Performance of Oil and Gas Drilling Companies

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the effectiveness of ISO9001 through achieving its intended objectives and determine its impact on the performance dimensions of oil and gas drilling companies which are related to operations and HSE. 375 samples were obtained using a structured questionnaire from oil and gas drilling companies operating in OMAN to conduct an empirical study. A structured equation modeling (SEM) through SMART PLS was applied in order to determine the impact of ISO 9001 effectiveness on the performance dimensions of oil and gas drilling companies. The findings of this study reveal as identified in the literature, the dimensions of the ISO 9001 effectiveness which are evaluated by the degree of achievement of the standard’s objectives, namely (continuous improvement, customer focus, prevention of nonconformities, risk-based thinking, leadership & commitment and Competency framework) and reveals its significant contribution to the performance of the oil and gas drilling companies. The operational and HSE performance of the oil and gas drilling companies are directly and significantly influenced by ISO 9001 effectiveness. The ﬁndings of this study revealed that the R2 value for the first order constructs which are the six ISO objectives are all above the 0.7, implying that the six constructs significantly explain the second order construct ISO 9001 QMS effectiveness. The R2 for QMS effectiveness is 0.460 which means that, 46% of the variation in performance can be explained by effective quality management systems. The effect size f2 was calculated to assess the effect each latent construct has on Quality Management Systems. It has been revealed in this study that PNC has the highest effect on QMS followed by CI, RBT, L&C, CF and CFW respectively. From the Q square statistic, it is inferred that QMS 9001 effectiveness has a high (strong) effect of 39% on performance. Finally, the Model fit was assessed based on the SRMR criteria by which it revealed a good fit of the model which was 0.052. These ﬁndings will support practitioners and decision makers to focus on quality related problems that might occur in their current or future projects to enhance their organization performance.
Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors: An Important but Underutilized Treatment Part I Efficacy

HISTORY AND BACKGROUND Monoamine oxidase (MAO) is an enzyme that converts biogenic amines to their corresponding aldehydes. In the brain, its primary substrates are epinephrine (EPI), norepinephrine (NE), dopamine (DA), and serotonin (5-HT). Tyramine is also catabolized by MAO after being absorbed from the gastrointestinal tract or after being generated by bacterial metabolic transformations. Johnston first demonstrated the existence of 2 forms of MAO in the brain, type A (MAO-A) and type B (MAO-B), which differ in their substrate affinities and inhibitor sensitivities. During the late 1940s, isoniazid and related compounds were used to treat tuberculosis but also produced unanticipated mood elevation. Later, it was determined that these drugs shared an ability to inhibit the MAO enzyme and increase the levels of 5-HT, NE, and DA in the brain. Hence, (MAOIs were the first class of antidepressant drugs to be identified and have long been recognized as efficacious for the treatment of depression. However, because of reports of acute hypertension after the ingestion of dietary tyramine After participating in this CME activity, the psychiatrist should be better able to:
A novel U-bent plastic optical fibre local surface plasmon resonance sensor based on a graphene and silver nanoparticle hybrid structure

In this work, we have presented a novel local surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) sensor based on the U-bent plastic optical fibre (U-POF). Firstly, a layer of discontinuous silver (Ag) thin film was deposited on the U-POF and then the Ag film was covered by a layer of cladding synthesized by polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), graphene and silver nanoparticles forming the PVA/G/AgNPs@Ag film. The normalized transmittance spectrum of the LSPR sensor have been collected in a range of the refractive index (RI) from 1.330 to 1.3657 in ethanol solution, and 700.3 nm/RIU sensitivity of the developed LSPR sensor has been demonstrated. By experiments, we demonstrated that the graphene could improve the sensitivity of the LSPR sensor and delay the oxidation process of the AgNPs effectively to keep the stability of the LSPR sensor. The LSPR sensor also exhibited good sensitivity and linearity in the detection of glucose solutions. This work shows that the developed LSPR sensor may have promising applications in biosensing.
Recent Trends of Urban and Metropolitan Governance in Canada

Zusammenfassung Städte und Metropolregionen sind zu zunehmend wichtigen und relevanten Handlungsarenen der Politik in Kanada geworden. So sind denn auch städtische und metropolitane Prozesse und Politiken sowie die jüngeren Restrukturierungen dieser politischen Arenen in den Fokus der Forschung geraten, und zwar insbesondere unter Verwendung des Governance-Konzepts. Beginnend mit einigen theoretischen Reflexionen zum Governance-Konzept setzt sich dieser Beitrag auseinander mit der spezifischen Relevanz der metropolitanen Maßstabsebene für die Governance-Debatte in Kanada, bevor einige aktuelle Trends in Governance-Praktiken in kanadischen Städten und Metropolregionen untersucht werden.
Microsoft Word-Leaflet No.19. Dr. Yu Ya Aye.dox

Recognizing the increasingly important role of tropical forests in greenhouse gas emissions reductions, the reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, conservation of forests, sustainable management of forests, enhancement of forest carbon stocks in developing countries (REDD+) become a critical mechanism under the UNFCCC. Information on tree species and their distribution is needed for successful implementation of forestry carbon projects. Until recently, a handful studies have been done to estimate carbon stocks in Myanmar despite high deforestation rates in recent years. Therefore this study was conducted in natural forest types, deciduous forest in Bago Mountain and dry hill/evergreen forest in Popa Mountain. Based on data from 2-ha sample plots, average stem density was209 trees ha in deciduous forest and 804 tree ha in dry hill forest. Results of the carbon estimation showed that dry hill forest stored 200.22 tChawhilethe deciduous forest stored 135.30 tCha. The result of this study suggests that stand density, diameter size and wood density are affect the forest carbon stock. Due to different carbon storage capacity in different forest types and different ecological region, there is a need for further research to estimate carbon stock in other regions.
SEGURANÇA DO PACIENTE NAS AÇÕES DE ENFERMAGEM HOSPITALAR: UMA REVISÃO INTEGRATIVA DE LITERATURA

Trata-se de uma Revisao integrativa de literatura que tem por objetivo caracterizar a producao cientifica da Enfermagem brasileira sobre seguranca do paciente em ambiente hospitalar. Com aplicacao de criterios de inclusao e exclusao, a selecao inicial ocorreu pela leitura de titulos/resumos de 1.209 trabalhos gerados na BIREME e Google Academico. Apos o resgate dos trabalhos completos e a revisao por pares dos 74 trabalhos pre-selecionados, foram analisados 45 estudos. Os resultados evidenciaram que a maioria dos estudos sao artigos originais de pesquisa, publicados por mulheres, com titulo de doutor ou mestre, em revistas brasileiras de alto impacto na enfermagem. Os anos de maior publicacao foram 2008, 2010 e 2011. Entre os temas, 26 artigos abordaram a seguranca do paciente no uso de medicacao, 10 expressaram aspectos relacionados a gestao/gerenciamento de eventos adversos, 4 a analise de eventos adversos em Centro Cirurgico, 1 abordou eventos relacionados ao risco de infeccao, 2 lesoes de pele causadas por distintas ordens e 2 propuseram acoes para evitar extubacao. Conclui-se que ha um numero razoavel de trabalhos que expressam o tema seguranca do paciente publicado pela enfermagem brasileira. No entanto, devido a importância, a enfermagem deve manter publicacoes constantes sobre o tema, principalmente sobre aspectos menos explorados na presente revisao integrativa, como: identificacao correta do paciente, comunicacao entre as equipes e reducao de lesoes por quedas.
AN L-BAND BANDPASS FILTER WITH NARROW BANDWIDTH AND MINIATURE BASED ON LTCC TECHNOLOGY

In this paper, in order to meet the requirements for miniaturizing a microwave frequency conversion module, an L-band filter with narrow band and high out-of-band rejection is designed based on LTCC technology. The values of each element in the simplified schematic diagram are used with Chebyshev type function being the prototype, and the shapes and layout of the elements are reasonably designed for effectively utilizing the electromagnetic coupling effect inside the structure. The actually processed filter has a bandwidth of 20 MHz, and its out-of-band rejection reaches 39 dB and 42 dB at 1GHz and 1.6 GHz, respectively.
Glioblastoma With Oligodendroglioma Component: A Review of Clinical, Morphologic, and Molecular Characteristics

Abstract Glioblastoma (GBM), the most common primary brain tumor, has a dismal prognosis with an average survival of only 1 year following standard therapy. In 2007, the World Health Organization recognized a new subtype of GBM, the GBM with oligodendroglioma component (GBM-O). Glioblastomas with oligodendroglioma component have features of conventional GBMs with an infiltrative astrocytoma component, microvascular proliferation, and necrosis as well as a prominent oligodendroglioma component. The oligodendroglioma component should be morphologically classic and display round, monotonous cells with perinuclear halos. Since the description of GBM-O in 2007, several studies have assessed their clinical characteristics, morphology, molecular profiles, and outcomes. As a group, patients with GBM-O are younger than those with classic GBM, and age is one of the most important prognostic factors for GBM-Os, similar to classic GBMs. Other clinical factors impacting survival of patients with GBM-Os include treatment differences and whether the tumor is primary or secondary. Most studies indicate that 1p and 19q deletion and IDH1 mutations are more frequent in GBM-O than classic GBMs and have prognostic significance. Other genetic alterations, such as EGFR amplification, PTEN deletion and mutation, TP53 mutation, CDKN2a/p16 deletion, and MGMT promoter methylation, are present in GBM-Os with similar frequencies to classic GBM. Patients with GBM-O generally have a more favorable clinical outcome compared with those with classic GBM.
The Observation of the Effects of Integrated Chinese Traditional Medicine and Western Medicine Therapy on Lupus Nephritis

Objective:To investigate the effects of integrated Chinese traditional medicine and western medicine regimen on lupus nephritis.Methods:46 cases of LN were included in this study. The treatment programme is composed of pulse therapy of cyclophosphamide(CTX) plus standard prednisone regimen and Chinese Traditional Medicine(CTM). 26 cases were included in this combined therapy group,while 20 cases treated with simple standard prednisone regimen were taken as control group.Chinese Traditional Medicine was focused on the side effect of CTX and prednisone, given dialectically according to the classification of LN with the theory of CTM. Hemodialysis was performed for renal failure and anti-coagulation was for high coagulative state. Results:For the simple prednisone group,the complete remission rate was 55.55%,the total efficacy rate was 80%,the relapse rate in 5 years was 25%. For the combined therapy group,the complete remission rate was73.07%, the total efficacy rate was 92%,the relapse rate in 5 years was 15.3% . There were more side effect in simple prednisone group than that in combined therapy group.Conclusion:The combined therapy programme for LN was remarkablely more effective than the simple prednisone treatment in respect to complete remission rate ,total efficacy rate,relapse rate and side effect. CTM can guarantee the tolerance to pulse therapy of CTX and prednisone.This combined therapy programe for LN seems to be safe and effective with high complete remisson rate , low replase rate and little side effect.
New strategies for new physics search in B → K*νν̄, B → Kνν̄ and B → Xsνν̄ decays

The rare decay B → K*ν is regarded as one of the important channels in B physics as it allows a transparent study of Z penguin and other electroweak penguin effects in New Physics (NP) scenarios in the absence of dipole operator contributions and Higgs (scalar) penguin contributions that are often more important than Z contributions in B → K*l+l− and Bs → l+l− decays. We present a new analysis of B → K*ν with improved form factors and of the decays B → Kν and B → Xsν in the SM and in a number of NP scenarios like the general MSSM, general scenarios with modified Z/Z' penguins and in a singlet scalar extension of the SM. We also summarize the results in the Littlest Higgs model with T-parity and a Randall-Sundrum (RS) model with custodial protection of left-handed Zdij couplings. Our SM prediction BR(B → K*ν) = (6.8+1.0−1.1) × 10−6 turns out to be significantly lower than the ones present in the literature. Our improved calculation BR(B → Xsν) = (2.7±0.2) × 10−5 in the SM avoids the normalization to the BR(B → Xcee) and, with less than 10% total uncertainty, is the most accurate to date. The results for the SM and NP scenarios can be transparently summarized in a (,η) plane analogous to the known (,) plane with a non-vanishing η signalling this time not CP violation but the presence of new right-handed down-quark flavour violating couplings which can be ideally probed by the decays in question. Measuring the three branching ratios and one additional polarization observable in B → K*ν allows to overconstrain the resulting point in the (,η) plane with (,η) = (1,0) corresponding to the SM. We point out that the correlations of these three channels with the rare decays K+ → π+ν, KL → π0ν, B → Xsl+l− and Bs → μ+μ− offer powerful tests of New Physics with new right-handed couplings and non-MFV interactions.