Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Elternpartnerschaften als Instrument von Educational Governance

Seit Durchsetzung der allgemeinen Schulpflicht zu Beginn des zwanzigsten Jahrhunderts wurde auch das Verhaltnis zwischen privater (Familie) und offentlicher Erziehung (Kindergarten und Schule) neu geregelt. Die Universalisierung von Schule hangt wiederum damit zusammen, dass offentlich verantwortete, organisierte und finanzierte Erziehung und Bildung die Kerninstitution des Nationalstaats konstituieren (Boli u.a. 1985). Werden diese beiden Bezuge – die offentliche Schule im Kontext nationalstaatlicher Gesellschaftsorganisation und die Konstellierung von offentlicher und privater Erziehung – vorausgesetzt, so lassen sich aktuell zwei relevante „Neueinbettungen“ fur die hier in Rede stehende Perspektive identifizieren, in der es darum geht, die elterlichen Erziehungspartnerschaften (kurz: Elternpartnerschaften) als Instrument von Educational Governance zu betrachten: Zum einen interagieren die Nationalstaaten nicht nur miteinander, sie treten daruber hinaus in intensivere Beziehungen mit der „uberstaatlichen“ Ebene; beispielhaft zu nennen ware das mit der wirtschaftlichen Entwicklung verbundene Ziel, einen gemeinsamen europaischen Bildungsraum zu schaffen. Neben den konkreten organisatorischen Veranderungen ist diese Entwicklung vor allem durch eine gemeinsame diskursive Orientierung gekennzeichnet, die sich um Begriffe wie Wissensgesellschaft oder Lebenslanges Lernen anlagern. Die andere – und mit der ersten verbundene – „Neueinbettung“ betrifft die Organisation der offentlichen Bildungssysteme. Diese Veranderung versucht der seit geraumer Zeit gelaufige Begriff der Educational Governance zu fassen. Gemeint ist damit, dass die Regelung zentraler gesellschaftlicher Angelegenheiten zunehmend in komplexen Netzwerkstrukturen und nicht mehr primar hierarchisch in den etablierten burokratischen Strukturen stattfindet. Beide Bedingungen, so die These, sind fur das Verstandnis der gegenwartigen Bedeutung von Elternpartnerschaften von unmittelbarer Relevanz, weil sich hierin ein neues Verhaltnis zwischen offentlicher und privater Erziehung ausdruckt. Im Zentrum des vorliegenden Beitrags stehen also grundsatzliche Uberlegungen der Relationierung von Elternpartnerschaften innerhalb eines groseren Kontexts und die damit verbundene Frage ihrer Nutzung als Governance-Instrument und nicht die Details und der Facettenreichtum der unterschiedlichen Formen solcher Partnerschaften. Ein weiterer Aspekt, der in dem folgenden Beitrag behandelt wird, betrifft die in die Partnerschaften eingeschriebene geschlechtsspezifische Dimension, die im Lichte des Intersektionalitatsansatzes betrachtet nicht isoliert vorkommt, sondern immer mit Blick auf ihr Zusammenwirken mit anderen Differenzlinien zu untersuchen ist. Der Beitrag ist wie folgt aufgebaut: In einem ersten Zugriff geht es um eine Erlauterung des aktuellen Kontexts vor dem Hintergrund ubergreifender gesellschaftlicher
Recurrence of meningiomas

Macroscopic total resection with removal of involved dura and bone does not always prevent the recurrence of meningioma of histologically benign subtype. Many causative factors have been investigated, although the mechanism of recurrence remains unclear. Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is a key factor in meningiomas neovascularization, and the authors investigated whether VEGF expression can predict the recurrence of histologically benign meningiomas after macroscopic total resection.
Aminophylline: Exploring Cardiovascular Benefits Versus Medical Malcontent

Although aminophylline/theophylline has been relegated to third- and fourth-line status in the cardiopulmonary armamentarium, its use in specific pathophysiologic states, especially those of cardiac etiology, can be of significant benefit. The consulting clinician should maintain an awareness of its potential as adjunctive therapy in cases of atrioventricular block, cardiac arrest, heart failure, and bradyarrhythmias in particular. It should not yet be shelved as an archaic agent.
Tensor product model transformation based decoupled terminal sliding mode control

The main objective of this paper is to propose a tensor product model transformation based decoupled terminal sliding mode controller design methodology. The methodology is divided into two steps. In the first step, tensor product model transformation is applied to the single-input-multi-output system and a parameter-varying weighted linear time-invariant system is obtained. Then, decoupled terminal sliding mode controller is designed based on the linear time-invariant systems. The main novelty of this paper is that the nonsingular terminal sliding mode control design is based on a numerical model rather than an analytical one. Finally, simulations are tested on cart-pole system and translational oscillations with a rotational actuator system.
Postpartum manifestation of a necrotising lipid storage myopathy associated with muscle carnitine deficiency

Carnitine deficiency as a cause of lipid storage myopathy originates from a defect of carnitine transport into muscle cells.1 Secondary carnitine deficiency with lipid storage myopathy2 can be a result of genetic defects of intermediary metabolism, especially mitochondrial respiratory chain defects, defects of β-oxidation enzymes, or drug therapy—for example, valproate or pivampicillin. A transient systemic carnitine deficiency regularly occurs during pregnancy even in healthy women. At delivery, decreased plasma carnitine concentrations are in the same range as in patients with inborn carnitine deficiency.3 We report a 24 year old woman in good health without any previous episodes of muscle weakness or metabolic crises who experienced a slowly progressive weakness of proximal muscles after delivery. The pregnancy and delivery had been uneventful other than the necessity for a caesarean section due to placental insufficiency. She did not receive any medication during pregnancy or after delivery with the exception of the nitrous oxide-oxygen-isoflurane anaesthesia in combination with vecuronium bromide, suxamethonium chloride, codeine, and fentanyl. Atropine and theophylline were given during the first hours after the section. The muscular weakness was first noticed three months after delivery and increased to a so far stable deficit with only slight fluctuations within the …
Fusarium poae and Fusarium crookwellense, Fungi Responsible for the Natural Occurrence of Nivalenol in Hokkaido

To determine the reasons for the natural occurrence of nivalenol in the northernmost area of Japan, scabby wheat was harvested from 19 crop fields in Hokkaido. Mycological surveys and analysis for mycotoxin contamination were performed. Among 13 wheat grain samples harvested in seven locations, 9, 2, and 6 samples were positive for deoxynivalenol, nivalenol, and zearalenone, respectively, at levels ranging from 0.03 to 1.28 μg/g, 0.04 to 1.22 μg/g, and 2 to 25 ng/g, respectively. The predominant Fusarium species of the scabby wheat examined were F. sporotrichioides, F. avenaceum, F. poae, and F. crookwellense. Fifteen of 48 F. poae isolates and all four F. crookwellense isolates were screened for the production of seven derivatives of trichothecenes and zearalenone respectively, on rice culture. One isolate of F. poae produced diacetoxyscirpenol alone (4.3 μg/g); seven produced nivalenol (1.3 to 23.8 μg/g), 4-acetylnivalenol (0.1 to 4.6 μg/g), and diacetoxyscirpenol (0.9 to 99.5 μg/g); and five produced nivalenol alone (0.4 to 3.5 μg/g). The remaining two isolates produced no trichothecenes. Zearalenone production was not found in any isolate of F. poae tested. All isolates of F. crookwellense produced nivalenol (0.9 to 22.5 μg/g), 4-acetylnivalenol (0.5 to 25.0 μg/g), and zearalenone (1.4 to 162.5 μg/g). From these results, it is apparent that deoxynivalenol and zearalenone, and occasionally nivalenol, occur naturally throughout Hokkaido, and it is suggested that nivalenol-producing F. poae and F. crookwellense strains are responsible for the natural contamination with nivalenol found in the northernmost area of Japan. Furthermore, it was found for the first time that several isolates of F. poae distributed in Hokkaido possessed the ability to produce both type A and type B trichothecenes.
Natural language description of remote sensing images based on deep learning

The semantic description of remote sensing image is a useful and meaningful task, which can help us to get a better understanding of the scene depicted in the remote sensing images and make better use of the remote sensing images. Nature language provides good solution for describing the semantic information of remote sensing images. Nature language description of a remote sensing image is to generate a meaningful sentence given a remote sensing image. This paper presents a novel method based on deep learning. First, a convolutional neural network is utilized to detect the main objects of the remote sensing images. Then a recurrent neural network language model is utilized to generate the natural language descriptions of the objects which are detected in the first step. Experimental results on a set of remote sensing images demonstrate that the proposed method is able to generate desirable description of the scene.
Review series on helminths, immune modulation and the hygiene hypothesis: Immunity against helminths and immunological phenomena in modern human populations: coevolutionary legacies?

Although the molecules and cells involved in triggering immune responses against parasitic worms (helminths) remain enigmatic, research has continued to implicate expansions of T‐helper type 2 (Th2) cells and regulatory T‐helper (Treg) cells as a characteristic response to these organisms. An intimate association has also emerged between Th2 responses and wound‐healing functions. As helminth infections in humans are associated with a strong Th2/Treg immunoregulatory footprint (often termed a ‘modified Th2’ response), plausible links have been made to increased susceptibility to microbial pathogens in helminth‐infected populations in the tropics and to the breakdowns in immunological control (allergy and autoimmunity) that are increasing in frequency in helminth‐free developed countries. Removal of helminths and their anti‐inflammatory influence may also have hazards for populations exposed to infectious agents, such as malaria and influenza, whose worst effects are mediated by excessive inflammatory reactions. The patterns seen in the control of helminth immunity are discussed from an evolutionary perspective. Whilst an inability to correctly regulate the immune system in the absence of helminth infection might seem highly counter‐adaptive, the very ancient and pervasive relationship between vertebrates and helminths supports a view that immunological control networks have been selected to function within the context of a modified Th2 environment. The absence of immunoregulatory stimuli from helminths may therefore uncover maladaptations that were not previously exposed to selection.
High frequency of genomic deletions—and a duplication—in the LIS1 gene in lissencephaly: implications for molecular diagnosis

Background: LIS1 is the main gene causing classical (isolated) lissencephaly predominating in the posterior brain regions (p>a). However, about 40% of patients with this malformation pattern show no abnormality after fluorescence in situ hybridisation (FISH) analysis of the 17p13.3 region and LIS1 sequencing. To investigate whether alternative gene(s) or genomic deletions/duplications of LIS1 may account for the high percentage of individuals who show no abnormalities on FISH and sequencing, we performed multiplex ligation dependent probe amplification assay (MLPA) in a series of patients. Methods: We initially performed DNA sequencing in 45 patients with isolated lissencephaly with a p>a gradient, in whom FISH had revealed normal results. We subsequently performed MLPA in those who were mutation negative, and long range polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to characterise the breakpoint regions in patients in whom the deletions were small enough. Results: We found LIS1 mutations in 44% of patients (20/45) of the whole sample and small genomic deletions/duplications in 76% of the remaining (19/25). Deletions were much more frequent than duplications (18 vs 1). Overall, small genomic deletions/duplications represented 49% (19/39) of all LIS1 alterations and brought to 87% (39/45) the number of patients in whom any involvement of LIS1 could be demonstrated. Breakpoint characterisation, performed in 5 patients, suggests that Alu mediated recombination is a major molecular mechanism underlying LIS1 deletions. Conclusions: LIS1 is highly specific for isolated p>a lissencephaly. The high frequency of genomic deletions/duplications of LIS1 is in keeping with the over representation of Alu elements in the 17p13.3 region. MLPA has a high diagnostic yield and should be used as first line molecular diagnosis for p>a lissencephaly.
Human papillomavirus detection in urine samples from male patients by the polymerase chain reaction

Human papillomavirus (HPV) detection was performed using the polymerase chain reaction technique on urine samples from 17 male patients with condylomata acuminata in the meatus urethrae. Urine samples from 14 male laboratory volunteers were analyzed as controls. The DNA was extracted and purified from urine sediments, centrifuged at 1,800 and 100,000 x g, and subjected to 40 cycles of amplification with HPV 6 and HPV 11 type-specific anticontamination primers and the heat-stable Taq DNA polymerase. HPV was detected in the urine of 15 (88%) patients. In all positive patients the urine sediments of both the 1,800 and 100,000 x g centrifugation steps contained HPV DNA. Eight patients were found to be positive for HPV 6 DNA, six were positive for HPV 11 DNA, and one was positive for both HPV 6 and HPV 11 DNA. None of the males in the control group was positive for either HPV 6 or HPV 11 DNA. The results demonstrate that HPV can be transported by the urine, probably in exfoliated HPV-infected cells. A similar mechanism may occur during ejaculation, allowing sexual transmission of HPV viruses harbored in the cells of the male genital tract.
Filgrastim‐mobilized peripheral‐blood stem cells can be stored at 4 degrees and used in autografts to rescue high‐dose chemotherapy

We studied 21 filgrastim (G‐CSF)‐mobilized peripheral blood stem cells (PBSC) apheresis products obtained from seven patients, and stored at 4°C for periods of up to 96 hr prior to their reinfusion, to rescue high‐dose chemotherapy. The apheresis products contained a median of 106 × 10/L mononuclear cells (MNC), 14.6% of them displaying the CD34 antigen; the viability was over 90% in all samples studied at 24, 48, and 72 hr after harvesting. These PBSC were successfully used to rescue high‐dose chemotherapy; patients received a median of 4.8 × 10/Kg MNC; the median time to achieve >500 granulocytes was 14 days (range 11–26) and the median time to achieve >20,000 platelets was 20 days (range 11–40). Since autologous transplants with nonfrozen PBSC are feasible and less costly than those using frozen PBSC, restrictions to PBSC autotransplant programs may be overcome and costs may be diminished.
Long term outcome in patients with silent versus symptomatic ischaemia during dobutamine stress echocardiography

Objectives: To compare the long term prognosis of patients having silent versus symptomatic ischaemia during dobutamine stress echocardiography (DSE). Design: Observational study. Setting: Tertiary referral centre. Patients: 931 patients who experienced stress induced myocardial ischaemia during DSE. Results: Silent ischaemia was present in 643 of 931 patients (69%). The number of dysfunctional segments at rest (mean (SD) 9.6 (5.1) v 8.8 (5.0), p = 0.1) and of ischaemic segments (3.5 (2.2) v 3.8 (2.1), p = 0.2) was comparable in both groups. During a mean (SD) follow up of 5.5 (3.3) years, there were 169 (18%) cardiac deaths and 86 (9%) non-fatal infarctions. Multivariable Cox regression analysis showed age (hazard ratio (HR) 1.1, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.02 to 1.05), previous myocardial infarction (HR 1.4, 95% CI 1.1 to 2.0), and number of ischaemic segments during the test (HR 2.0, 95% CI 1.0 to 3.7) as independent predictors of cardiac death and myocardial infarction. For every additional ischaemic segment there was a twofold increment in risk of late cardiac events. The annual cardiac death or myocardial infarction rate was 3.0% in patients with symptomatic ischaemia and 4.6% in patients with silent ischaemia (p < 0.01). Silent induced ischaemia was an independent predictor of cardiac death and myocardial infarction (HR 1.7, 95% CI 1.1 to 2.0). During follow up symptomatic patients were treated more often with cardioprotective therapy (p < 0.01) and coronary revascularisation (145 of 288 (50%) v 174 of 643 (27%), p < 0.001). Conclusions: Patients with silent ischaemia had a similar extent of myocardial ischaemia during DSE compared to patients with symptomatic ischaemia but received less cardioprotective treatment and coronary revascularisation and experienced a higher cardiac event rate.
School-based overweight preventive intervention lowers incidence of disordered weight-control behaviors in early adolescent girls.

OBJECTIVE To determine the effect of a school-based intervention to promote healthful nutrition and physical activity on disordered weight-control behaviors (self-induced vomiting or use of laxatives or diet pills to control weight) in early adolescent girls and boys. DESIGN Using a group-randomized, controlled-trial design, we randomly assigned middle schools to an intervention or control condition. Multivariate logistic regression analyses were used to assess the effect of the intervention on the odds of reporting a new case of disordered weight-control behaviors at follow-up, adjusting for sex, school-level prevalence of disordered weight-control behaviors at baseline, and school clusters. Students reporting these behaviors at baseline were excluded from the analyses. SETTING Thirteen middle schools. PARTICIPANTS At baseline, 749 girls and 702 boys in grades 6 and 7. Intervention The 5-2-1 Go! intervention (Planet Health obesity prevention curriculum plus School Health Index for Physical Activity and Healthy Eating: A Self-Assessment and Planning Guide, Middle/High School Version) was implemented during 2 school years, from November 2002 through May 2004. Main Outcome Measure Self-reported disordered weight-control behaviors in last 30 days at follow-up. RESULTS At follow-up in girls, 3.6% (15 of 422) in control schools compared with 1.2% (4 of 327) in intervention schools reported engaging in disordered weight-control behaviors (P = .04). Multivariate analyses indicated that the odds of these behaviors in girls in intervention schools were reduced by two thirds compared with girls in control schools (odds ratio, 0.33; 95% confidence interval, 0.11-0.97). No intervention effect was observed in boys. CONCLUSIONS Results add compelling support for the effectiveness of an interdisciplinary, school-based obesity prevention intervention to prevent disordered weight-control behaviors in early adolescent girls.
Suitable design of a PMSG for a large-scale wind power generator

The objective of this paper is to determine a suitable rotor structure for high-power performance for a large-scale direct-drive wind power permanent magnet synchronous generator (PMSG). The rotor structure generally uses a surface-mounted permanent magnet (SPM). Salient pole machines which use both magnet and reluctance torque are examined to obtain high-power performance in the PMSG. Four types of rotor structures with similarly sized magnets, including a SPM, a tangentially-magnetized interior permanent magnet (IPM), a radially-magnetized IPM, and an inset PM, are compared using the 2-D finite element method to determine the average torque, power, and efficiency of the structures for rated condition. As a result, the suitable rotor structure with high-power performance is the inset PM.
Sexual Partner Networks in the Transmission of Sexually Transmitted Diseases: An Analysis of Gonorrhea Cases in Sheffield, UK

Background and Objectives: Routine contact tracing data on patients with gonorrhea are used to identify sexual partner networks. These are combined with gonococcal typing data to study patterns of transmission. The role of persons in transmission is discussed. Study Design: Contact tracing data on patients with gonorrhea attending the Royal Hallamshire Hospital in Sheffield in 1988 and 1989 are analyzed. Gonococcal strains identified by auxotype/serovar (A/S) class are combined with these data to identify transmission paths. Results: The network contained 1,272 persons, 724 (77%) of whom had gonorrhea during the study period. Four hundred two clusters of linked cases were identified. The largest cluster, containing 35 persons connected over 16 months, is discussed in greater detail to illustrate how these data may help identify patterns of transmission and the role of persons. Conclusion: Contact tracing data can be used to identify sexual partner networks and to study transmission patterns. Microbiologic data can aid interpretation. An person's risk of acquiring infection depends on indirect links as well as direct links. To understand patterns of transmission it may be important to distinguish between those involved in transmission and those only acquiring infection. Networks established through gonococcal transmission are also relevant to the transmission of other sexually transmitted diseases.
Microsatellite analysis of Pinus taeda L. in Zimbabwe

Deducing the origin of early 20th century introductions of Pinus taeda into Zimbabwe is possible given microsatellite markers and clear population differentiation in ancestral U.S. populations. This study was designed to determine whether P. taeda introductions into Zimbabwe came from one U.S. region or whether the present-day population is an admixture of introductions from east and west of the Mississippi River Valley. Principal components analysis, Cavalli-Sforza and Edwards’ chord distances and presence of diagnostic alleles each indicate that the Zimbabwe population is an admixture. There were five novel alleles in the Zimbabwe population not represented in the indigenous U.S. populations, possibly because of de novo mutation, introgression with other introduced North American pines or sampling error.
Effect of vitamin d on bone formation and resorption: mathematical modeling approach

We study the effect of Vitamin D on bone formation and resorption processes by developing a system of nonlinear differential equations. The model accounts for the serum level of vitamin D, the number of active osteoclastic cells and the number of active osteoblastic cells. It is then investigated both theoretically and numerically. The numerical result shows that the model can exhibit a periodic behavior for the parameters chosen to satisfy the conditions that we derived theoretically in conforming to the pulsatile serum level of vitamin D which has been observed clinically.
Acquisition of myoelectric signals to control a hand prosthesis with implantable epimysial electrodes

The acquisition of myoelectric signals from the Musculus deltoideus of a rhesus monkey is described. Such signals are aimed to be used as control signal for an active myoelectric hand prosthesis. For recording, implantable flexible, polyimide-based multi-site microelectrodes were placed epimysially on the muscle. EMG signals were recorded during voluntary goal-directed movements of the arm, and analyzed with respect to signal amplitude and frequency.