Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Troubles neurovisuels et praxiques : un élément déterminant du pronostic à long terme

La mise en evidence, chez les enfants anciens prematures porteurs de sequelles neuromotrices (IMOC), de troubles specifiques des apprentissages (en particulier dans les domaines graphiques et visuo-spatiaux) a conduit a se poser la question des capacites d’apprentissage des enfants nes prematurement mais ne presentant aucune sequelle apparente [1]. Aussi, depuis une dizaine d’annees, se trouve posee la question de l’integrite de leurs competences cognitives et le souci du devenir de ces populations d’enfants nes prematurement s’est etendu a leur devenir scolaire. Des 1990, Leddet et al., etudiant le suivi jusqu’a 5 ans et demi d’une population de 36 enfants (tous scolarises, en maternelle ou en cours preparatoire) nes avec un poids ne naissance inferieur a 1500 g (âge gestationnel inferieur ou egal a 32 semaines), notent que le pronostic psycho-intellectuel et scolaire doit etre plus reserve que le pronostic neuro-moteur : ainsi, si seulement 3 enfants presentent une IMC, 13 presentent des « risques scolaires » plus ou moins importants [2]. Tessier et al., en 1997, confirment ces resultats en etudiant le devenir a 11-12 ans de 49 enfants prematures et 28 enfants de poids de naissance inferieur a 2000 g [3]. De meme, Damman et al., qui ont suivi une cohorte de 298 enfants de PN
Le diagnostic prénatal

1 Diagnostic antenatal des aberrations chromosomiques 1.1 Meres âgees de plus de 38 ans 1.2 Apres un enfant atteint de trisomie 21 1.3 Lorsqu'un membre du couple est porteur d'une anomalie chromosomique 1.4 Amniocentese pour motif psychologique 1.5 Caryotype sur marqueurs seriques 1.6 La clarte nucale 1.7 Caryotype sur signes d'appel echographiques 2 Indications du diagnostic prenatal en dehors des aberrations chromosomiques 2.1 Maladies genetiques 3 Diagnostic antenatal des malformations 3.1 Diagnostic uniquement echographique 3.2 Diagnostic parfois biologique 4 Diagnostic preimplantatoire
Moduladores cronobiológicos en la efectividad de la trombolisis prehospitalaria

Objetivo: Investigar si la hora del dia influye en la efectividad de la terapia trombolitica prehospitalaria en pacientes con infarto agudo de miocardio con elevacion del segmento ST (IAMCEST). Metodo: Estudio observacional de cohortes retrospectivo con pacientes diagnosticados de IAMCEST a quienes se les realizo trombolisis precoz prehospitalaria. Se analizaron, como variables predictoras independientes de la efectividad de la terapia trombolitica, la hora del dia de administracion de la terapia trombolitica (variable principal), divididos en periodos horarios de 6 h y de 12 h, la edad, el sexo, la hora inicio del dolor toracico, tiempo de evolucion del infarto, los factores de riesgo cardiovascular y el area de localizacion del infarto. Los datos se obtuvieron de la historia clinica y del seguimiento de preavisos hospitalarios a las 24 h. Resultados: Se incluyo a 206 pacientes. Dos variables se muestran como predictores independientes de la efectividad de la trombolisis prehospitalaria: la hora del dia de administracion de la terapia trombolitica, en el rango de cronorriesgo cardiovascular de 6 a 12 h, con respecto al resto de franjas horarias (0-6 h, 12-18 h, 18-24 h) [p = 0,005 odds ratio (OR) = 2,46; intervalo de confianza (IC) del 95%, 1,30-4,64] y presentar cardiopatia isquemica previa) (p = 0,003, OR = 5,30; IC del 95%, 1,74-16,15). Conclusiones: Encontramos variaciones circadianas clinicamente significativas en la efectividad del tratamiento trombolitico prehospitalario administrado a los pacientes con IAMCEST, independientemente del agente trombolitico empleado, de manera que existe una tromborresistencia matinal (6-12 am) al tratamiento y una mayor efectividad de reperfusion coronaria cuando se administra en el resto de franjas horarias diurnas, especialmente en la de tarde (12-18 h).
Therapeutic modalities and postural balance of patients with knee osteoarthritis: systematic review

Objective The objective of this review was to evaluate the evidence of the influence of therapeutic modalities on postural balance in patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA). Methods A search for published papers on therapeutic modalities was conducted using the Pubmed, Medline, Lilacs and SciELO databases. The keywords “knee” and “balance” in combination with “osteoarthritis” were used as the search strategy. Randomized controlled clinical trials published in the last 10 years in either English or Portuguese were selected. The PEDro scale was applied to assess the quality of the selected clinical trials.Results A total of 46 studies of patients with knee OA were found, of which seven were analyzed in full and 39 were excluded because they did not meet the inclusion criteria. Of the seven studies reviewed, six were considered to have a high methodological quality on the PEDro scale. Several therapeutic modalities were found (physical exercise, hydrotherapy, electrotherapy and manual therapy), and postural balance improved in only three studies.Conclusion The studies included in this systematic review had a high methodological quality, so it can be concluded that the therapeutic modalities used in those studies improved postural balance in patients with knee OA.
Dielektrische Elastomer-Stapelaktoren mit gelochten Elektroden für strukturdynamische Anwendungen

Dielektrische Elastomere versprechen als neuartige Wandlerwerkstoffe aufgrund ihrer geringen Dichte, ihrer hohen Flexibilitat, ihrem grosem Deformationsvermogen und ihrer kostengunstigen Verfugbarkeit innovative Losungen den unterschiedlichsten Anwendungsgebieten. Fur aktive Systeme in der Strukturdynamik sind jedoch die konventionellen Konzepte fur Elastomer-Stapelaktoren mit flexiblen Elektroden nachteilig, da diese bei der Anbindung an mechanisch dehnstarre Systeme erhebliche Verluste hervorrufen und aufgrund der niedrigen elektrischen Leitfahigkeit eine geringe Dynamik aufweisen. In dieser Arbeit wird daher ein neues, patentiertes Konzept fur Elastomer-Stapelaktoren prasentiert, das auf metallischen, dehnstarren Elektroden basiert, die eine mikroskopisch feine Lochstruktur aufweisen. Sie gestattet dem Elastomer eine lokale Deformation aufgrund der kompressiblen Luft in den Lochern. Damit stellt sich trotz der Volumenkonstanz des Elastomermaterials eine makroskopische Kompressibilitat mit gleichbleibender Querschnittsflache des Stapelaktors ein. Die fur die Dimensionierung und Optimierung dieser Aktoren notwendigen Methoden werden anhand von verschiedenen numerischen Berechnungsmodellen konsequent entwickelt und diskutiert. Sie bieten dem Anwender neue Auslegungswerkzeuge und leisten damit einen wesentlichen Beitrag zur masgeschneiderten Entwicklung von dynamischen Aktoren auf Elastomerbasis. Aufbauend auf den numerischen Ergebnissen wird ein Aktor entworfen und als Funktionsdemonstrator aufgebaut. Er besteht aus galvanogeformten Nickelelektroden, die im Stapelverbund durch Elastomerschichten aus Naturkautschuk getrennt sind. Die anschliesend durchgefuhrten experimentellen Untersuchungen zeigen, wie ein solcher Aktor mechanisch, elektrisch und elektromechanisch charakterisiert und fur den Einsatz in mechatronischen Systemsimulationen modelliert werden kann. Abschliesend wird anhand zweier Anwendungen aus dem Bereich der Strukturdynamik die Einsatz- und Leistungsfahigkeit des Aktorkonzepts demonstriert. Einerseits wird der Funktionsdemonstrator zum Aufbau eines adaptiven Tilgers verwendet, andererseits als Inertialmassenaktor zur Schwingungsreduktion einer Leichtbaustruktur eingesetzt. Dabei wird die Erweiterung des Funktionsumfangs gegenuber rein passiven Elastomerkomponenten deutlich und die erfolgreiche strukturkonforme Integration aktorischer Funktionen in lasttragenden Komponenten gezeigt. Die gute Ubereinstimmung der experimentellen und numerischen Ergebnisse bestatigt zudem die Gultigkeit und Anwendungsfahigkeit der zuvor vorgestellten Modellierungsstrategie und erlaubt zukunftig die Vorabbeurteilung anderer moglicher Einsatzgebiete des entwickelten Aktors.
A reconfigurable Monte-Carlo clustering processor (MCCP)

A generic Monte Carlo problem architecture, implemented earlier in a dedicated FPGA computer (Monaghan, O'Brien and Noakes, 1991; Monaghan, 1993; Monaghan and Cowen, 1993), is extended to incorporate a wider range of more complex Monte Carlo and percolation problems. The new algorithms, which are implemented in the same computer architecture, execute an order of magnitude faster than on comparable DSP hardware, as with the earlier and simpler algorithms. <<ETX>>
A novel region-based approach for the fusion of combined stereo and spectral series

This contribution proposes a novel approach for image fusion of combined stereo and spectral series acquired simultaneously with a camera array. To this purpose, nine cameras are equipped with spectral filters (50 nm spectral bandwidth) such that the visible and near infrared parts of the spectrum (400-900 nm) are observed. The resulting image series is fused in order to obtain two types of information: the 3D shape of the scene and its spectral properties. For the registration of the images, a novel region based registration approach which evaluates the gray value invariant features (e.g. edges) of regions in segmented images is proposed. The registration problem is formulated by means of energy functionals. The data term of our functional compares features of a region in one image with features of an area in another image, such that an additional independency of the form and size of the regions in the segmented images is obtained. As regularization, a smoothness term is proposed, which models the fact that disparity discontinuities should only occur at edges in the images. In order to minimize the energy functional, we use graph cuts. The minimization is carried out simultaneously over all image pairs in the series. Even though the approach is region based, a label (e.g. disparity) is assigned to each pixel. The result of the minimization approach consists of a disparity map. By means of calibration, we use the disparity map to compute a depth map. Once pixel depths are determined, the images can be warped to a common view, such that a pure spectral series is obtained. This can be used to classify different materials of the objects in the scene based on real spectral information, which cannot be acquired with a common RGB camera.
SPASIAL STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING-PARTIAL LEAST SQUARE UNTUK PEMODELAN KEMISKINAN DI JAWA TIMUR

Salah satu aspek atau kajian yang dapat diselesaikan dengan spasial SEM adalah masalah kemiskinan. Masalah kemiskinan selain dapat dilihat dari dimensi ekonomi juga dapat dilihat dari dimensi sosial, dimensi kesehatan dan dimensi pendidikan. Seringkali dalam pengamatan di suatu lokasi bergantung pada pengamatan di lokasi lain yang berdekatan (neighboring). Sehingga untuk mengatasinya, efek spasial dimasukkan dalam model. Dengan demikian untuk analisis statistik SEM yang mempunyai pengaruh kewilayahan pada variabelnya digunakan spasial SEM. Dalam analisis spasial SEM sifat variabel latennya mempunyai hubungan kausalitas, diukur secara tidak langsung oleh variabel prediktor dan mempunyai pengaruh aspek spasial. Penelitian ini menggunakan pengaruh efek spasial / spasial dependensi ke dalam model SEM (spasial SEM) dengan pendekatan partial least square (PLS) pada data kemiskinan BPS 2011. Didapatkan bahwa semua indikator yang terboboti pada setiap variabel laten adalah valid dan signifikan, dengan reliability yang baik pada semua variabel laten kemiskinan, ekonomi, SDM, kesehatan. Model spasial autoregressive pada rho (SAR) dalam SEM adalah 􀀁 = 􀀄􀀁􀀅 + 􀀇􀀈 + 􀀉 dan spasial autoregressive pada error dalam SEM 􀀁 = 􀀄􀀊􀀁􀀅 + 􀀇􀀋 − 􀀄􀀊􀀇􀀋􀀅 + 􀀍. Hasil uji lagrange multiplier dengan matrik bobot queen didapatkan model spasial autoregressive pada error. Pada model kemiskinan diketahui bahwa ekonomi, kesehatan signifikan pada tingkat signifikansi 5 persen, lagged ekonomi dan lagged kemiskinan juga signifikan pada tingkat signifikansi 5 persen, dengan nilai R2 model sebesar 0.96 atau 96%. Untuk model ekonomi diketahui bahwa SDM dan lagged ekonomi signifikan pada tingkat signifikansi 5 persen dengan nilai R2 model sebesar 98.965% . Dan pada model SDM diketahui bahwa kesehatan, lagged kesehatan, lagged SDM (lamda) signifikan pada tingkat signifikansi 5 persen dengan nilai R2 model sebesar 99.242%.
mPFC spindle cycles organize sparse thalamic activation and recently active CA1 cells during non-REM sleep

Sleep oscillations in neocortex and hippocampus are critical for the integration of new episodic memories into stable generalized representations in neocortex. However, the role of the thalamus in this process is poorly understood. To determine the thalamic contribution to non-REM oscillations (sharp-wave ripples, SWRs; slow/delta; spindles), we recorded units and local field potentials (LFPs) simultaneously in the limbic thalamus, mPFC, and CA1 in rats. We report that the cycles of neocortical spindles provide a key temporal window that coordinates CA1 SWRs with sparse but consistent activation of thalamic units. Thalamic units were phase-locked to delta and spindles in mPFC, and fired at consistent lags with other thalamic units within spindles, while CA1 units that were active during spatial exploration were engaged in SWR-coupled spindles after behavior. The sparse thalamic firing could promote an incremental integration of recently acquired memory traces into neocortical schemas through the interleaved activation of thalamocortical cells.
A parallel motion algorithm consistent with psychophysics and physiology

The authors describe a simple, parallel algorithm that successfully computes an optical flow from sequences of real images, is consistent with human psychophysics, and suggests a plausible physiological model. Regularizing optical flow computation leads to a formulation which minimizes matching error and, at the same time, maximizes smoothness of the optical flow. The authors develop an approximation to the full regularization computation in which corresponding points are found by comparing local patches of images. Selection among competing matches is performed using a winner-take-all scheme. The algorithm is independent of the types of features used for matching. Experiments with natural images show that the scheme is effective and robust against noise. The algorithm shows several of the same 'illusions' that humans perceive. A natural physiological implementation of the model is consistent with data from cortical areas V1 and MT.<<ETX>>
Summary of Description Logic

Description logic (named DLs for short) is a formalized language of knowledge representation[1], suitable for knowledge in concept and the concept hierarchy. DLs unified logic base on such as Frames, Semantic Networks, Semantic Data Models and so on, presented to us a formalized, based on the logical semantics. The basic building blocks of DLs are concept, role and individual. The feature of DLs is from a lot of structural descriptors to simple concepts, to build more complex concepts. The center of DLs is reasoning, which can explicitly contain knowledge derived from the knowledge base of implied knowledge, DLs main reasoning classification, satisfiability problem detection, containment relationship and instance test.
Statistical analysis of TBE antibody decrease after vaccination

This study is concerned with the statistical analysis of tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) antibody decrease after vaccination. The objective is to derive conclusions about protection duration of vaccination. TBE is a serious infection affecting the central nervous system and Austria is a high risk region of TBE. Active immunization by vaccination prevents TBE and nowadays 88% of Austria's population is vaccinated. The statistical analysis is based on observational data collected at the Institut fur Hygiene, Mikrobiologie und Tropenmedizin des Allgemeinen offentlichen Krankenhauses der Elisabethinen in Linz from persons who deliberately went for a test of their TBE antibody level. In addition to antibody titer obtained from an ELISA-test the data set contains information on sex, number of booster vaccinations, age and time since last vaccination (covariates). For some people repeated measurements are available. Various parametric regression type models have been fit to investigate the decrease of antibody titer after vaccination. Pure regression models turned out not to be adequate for explaining titer decrease due to considerably heterogeneity between individuals. Individual random effects have to be taken into account. Though the limited nature of the data does not allow estimation of individual subject specific profiles all models indicate that vaccination protection might be considerably longer than the currently recommended protection interval of 5 years. A more detailed analysis could be carried out from a study where at least 3 measurements would be available for each individual.
La dépression chez les malades hémodialysés chroniques: A propos de 106 cas

Prerequis: La depression represente l'expression la plus commune de la detresse des patients dialyses, et est associee a un taux eleve de mortalite. But: Estimer la prevalence de la depression chez les patients traites par hemodialyse chronique, et degager les facteurs associes. Methodes: Nous avons realise une enquete aupres de 106 patients traites par hemodialyse chronique. Nous avons utilise l'echelle Hospital-Anxiety and Depression Scale pour le diagnostic de depression. Resultats: La prevalence de la depression etait de 46,2% chez les hemodialyses de notre etude. L'analyse univariee a montre 8 facteurs correles a la depression. L'analyse multivariee a montre que la correlation etait forte pour 2 d'entre eux: l'inactivite professionnelle (OR = 6,54 ; p = 0,01) et l'anxiete (OR = 14,5 ; p = 0,000). Conclusion: Ce resultat indique que l'existence de l'inactivite professionnelle et de l'anxiete, ou de l'un d'eux, devrait faire rechercher une depression pour une meilleure prise en charge du patient sous hemodialyse chronique.
Who Is the English as a Second Language Speaker in this MOOC ?

Massive Open Online Courses have been widely used all over the world in recent years in entirely online learning context or as blended learning on campus. Most of these courses are offered in English. A high percentage of the users, however, are speaking English as a second language. Some of the authors of this paper who either used MOOCs for blended learning or a research subject are English as a second language speakers as well. They have observed whilst teaching students at university during blended teaching using MOOCs that the students struggle in courses offered in English. This has motivated us to explore this issue in MOOCs to contribute to the pedagogy of MOOCs. The main question that we consider is how can these platforms give a better experience to second language English speakers. There are many sub-problems of this big research question. In this paper we would like to briefly present our initial findings and give an overview of the research on this area.
Connected Code: Why Children Need to Learn Programming

Coding, once considered an arcane craft practiced by solitary techies, is now recognized by educators and theorists as a crucial skill, even a new literacy, for all children. Programming is often promoted in K-12 schools as a way to encourage "computational thinking" -- which has now become the umbrella term for understanding what computer science has to contribute to reasoning and communicating in an ever-increasingly digital world.In Connected Code, Yasmin Kafai and Quinn Burke argue that although computational thinking represents an excellent starting point, the broader conception of "computational participation" better captures the twenty-first-century reality. Computational participation moves beyond the individual to focus on wider social networks and a DIY culture of digital "making. " Kafai and Burke describe contemporary examples of computational participation: students who code not for the sake of coding but to create games, stories, and animations to share; the emergence of youth programming communities; the practices and ethical challenges of remixing (rather than starting from scratch); and the move beyond stationary screens to programmable toys, tools, and textiles.
Zespół kruchości w gabinecie lekarza praktyka — o czym należy pamiętać?

The aging process does not occur in the same way for all patients. The pace of this process, both physical and mental, is very different. The quality of life of an elderly patient depends on many factors, including lifestyle, genetic predisposition and appropriate medical care. The quality of health care depends, among other things, on how quickly and, whether or not, the doctor sees correctly signs of premature or „abnormal” aging. To facilitate this, a set of symptoms was identified, the occurrence of which should alert the doctor due to the relationship with increased mortality. In the English-language literature, this group is called frailty syndrome. In the Polish literature, the most widely used description of this phenomenon is probably zespol kruchości . The aim of this paper was to present the importance of this syndrome in clinical practice.
APLICAÇÃO DO THROUGHPUT DIAGRAM: UMA FERRAMENTA DE ANÁLISE DAS DECISÕES DE PLANEJAMENTO E CONTROLE DE PRODUÇÃO

O objetivo principal desse artigo é apresentar os conceitos do throughput diagram (TD), bem como a aplicação dessa ferramenta pode contribuir para analisar como as decisões de Planejamento e Controle da Produção (PCP) influenciam na confiabilidade de entrega. Para a aplicação do TD foi realizado um estudo de caso único em uma empresa do setor de manutenção aeronáutica. A aplicação do TD permitiu uma visão agregada do comportamento das ordens ao longo do tempo o que facilitou visualizar como como as decisões de PCP afetam o desempenho. O estudo de caso permitiu identificar através do TD, que a decisão que mais influenciou o comportamento das ordens foi o processo de liberação que impactou na redução dolead timee do atraso acumulado das ordens. As pesquisas futuras devem incluir um período maior de análises para verificar como essas decisões influenciam as datas de entrega ao longo do tempo.
Chapter 12. On becoming an object of study: Legitimization in the discipline of Linguistics

It is widely understood that the socio-historical contexts of languages have a direct bearing on their structures and on the types of stance that communities take in relation to them. Within the discipline of linguistics these socio-historical contexts and their impacts on communities’ use and understanding of language are generally referred to as sociolinguistic factors. Meanwhile within descriptive linguistics the structure of language remains core. This is evidenced in the shape of university course design, structures of textbooks, and in how linguistic knowledge is recorded. In this paper we seek to map the relationship of the socio-historical context of linguistics to the languages that we study and in doing so, shift the focus so that the socio-historical context becomes central. Through this process the shape of the languages themselves is altered.We present a case study that compares linguistic and community perspectives on language boundaries in Milne Bay Provence, Papua New Guinea, and explore the processes through which the languages are created as objects and then become emblematic of culture and identity. We discuss the strong links that communities make between language, place and spirituality and consider the opportunities that these perspectives hold for language descriptions. Finally we consider how we, as linguists, can hold multiple perspectives on language and create culturally safe partnerships with communities that result in materials consistent with speakers’ goals for their language.