Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Non-invasive evaluation of cerebral hemodynamic and intracranial pressure in pediatric neuroinfections

The study of intracranial pressure (eICP), cerebral perfusion pressure (eCPP), cerebral blood flow index (CFI), zero flow pressure (ZFP) in 49 children hospitalized in the intensive care unit with severe course of neuroinfections was carried out. The level of consciousness was determined by the Glasgow pediatric scale. Monitoring of central and peripheral hemodynamics (ECG, heart rate, systolic, diastolic and mean blood pressure, and cardiac output), pulse oximetry, capnography, hemoglobin, hematocrit, total protein, urea, creatinine, lactate, glucose and serum electrolytes was done. An ultrasound scanner was used to perform ultrasound duplex scanning of blood flow in the left and middle cerebral artery (MCA), measuring maximum, minimum and average blood flow velocities, pulsation index (PI), and resistance index (RI). Based on the formulae of Edouard et al. indicators of eCPP, ZFP, CFI, eICP were calculated. The eSCP was also determined by the formulae of Kligenchöfer et al. and Bellner et al. All patients were divided into group I with RI > 1.3 and group II with RI < 1.3. It was found that eCPP in the group I was significantly less (29.5 ± 1.3 mm Hg) than in the II group (41.6 ± 1.7 mm Hg). Despite the lack of a reliable difference in blood pressure between groups I and II, the difference in eCPP was found due to a significant difference in eICP 34.6 ± 1.4 and 27.6 ± 0.89 mm Hg in I and II groups respectively. ZFP in group I was significantly higher than in group II. The indexes of the Glasgow coma scale was significantly lower in group I and 7.8 ± 0.6 points. There were observed direct moderate correlations between systolic blood pressure, cardiac output and eSRP and CFI, presumably associated with a loss of autoregulation. CFI in the group I was lower than in the group II. Thus, non-invasive examination of cerebral flow in MCA by duplex sonography revealed that PI > 1.3 is an informative marker of intracranial hypertension and reduction of cerebral perfusion, which is common in children with neuroinfections. To determine the eSRP and CFI it is advisable to use the formula of Edouard et al. and to determine the eICP the formula of Kligenchöfer et al. The obtained data can be useful for objectifying the severity of the condition, predicting the outcomes of neuroinfections, choosing the directions of intensive care and evaluating its effectiveness.
Smokeless Tobacco (Mishri) use among pregnant women: A cross sectional study at Krishna hospital, Karad

Aim: This study also includes estimation of Cotinine, a metabolite of Nicotine in maternal blood using ELISA technique, which was not yet studied so far with respect to smokeless Tobacco. Material and Method: Detailed history was taken from the subjects & from the case records as per the Proforma (Annexure I) on the day of delivery, which included personal details, diet history, obstetric history (present & past), history of parturition, anthropometric measurements of new born baby among users and non-users of Mishri. The detail of duration, frequency & amount of use as well as duration for which the Mishri was kept in mouth was collected . Maternal blood (1ml) of study subjects and controls were collected in a plain bulb within 24hours of delivery and was processed in Biochemistry laboratory of Krishna Institute, which included centrifugation, collection of serum in pendrop (plastic bulb), estimation of cotinine in serum by using ELISA kit method and then the levels of cotinine in serum were recorded in the respective proforma of respective participants (study subjects & controls) in nanogram per millimeter (ng/ml). All the recorded data of users & nonusers of smokeless tobacco (Mishri) were entered into the Microsoft excel sheet and appropriate statistical tests were applied to analyze the final data under guidance of the Statistician & Postgraduate Guide. Result: Among users of Mishri no significant difference in mean levels of iron in diet was found when compared between those having Anemia & not having Anemia. Also no significant correlation was seen between hemoglobin levels and dietary iron of subjects using Mishri (r=0.047, p=4.53) whereas a significant correlation was seen among nonusers of Mishri (r=0.129, p=0.05). Conclusion: With increasing duration it appears more and more tobacco (Mishri) is being consumed resulting in higher Cotinine levels and the adverse effects of tobacco on pregnant women and baby are accentuated.
TELETRAFFIC PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS OF MOBILE RADIO NETWORKS WITH OVERLAPPING MICROCELLS

Overlapping coverage of nearby base stations is exploited in order to improve the performance of microcellular mobile radio networks. A teletraffic model is developed and the performance is analyzed for the network scenarios when overlapping coverage is and is not utilized. Furthermore, handover priority policies are considered in the analysis. The grade of service of the network is gauged in terms of the estimation of call blocking rate as well as handover failure probability. Numerical results are obtained through analytical as well as simulation modeling as possible and good agreement is achieved. The results dictate the exploitation of the overlapping coverage as alternative routes in order to improve the network performance and increase its capacity.
Testing historical phylogeographic inferences with contemporary gene flow data: population genetic structure of the Qinghai toad‐headed lizard

Using data from 11 microsatellite DNA loci and a population genetic approach, the phylogeographic patterns of the Qinghai toad-headed lizard Phrynocephalus vlangalii revealed by mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) were tested and the congruence between the nuclear and mitochondrial genes was examined. Both analysis of molecular variance (AMOVA) and BARRIER analyses suggested that the Arjin and the A'nyemaqen Mountains were significant genetic barriers to contemporary gene flow of the P. vlangalii populations. On the other hand, the Qaidam populations, where no major mountains are present, showed a weak but significant isolation by distance pattern. The patterns of population genetic structure were largely congruent with the phylogeographic patterns inferred from the mtDNA, and therefore, supported the hypothesis that the uplift of the Arjin and the A'nyemaqen Mountains caused the initial vicariant events that led to the formation of the diverged lineages within P. vlangalii. The only major difference between the mtDNA and nuclear DNA (nuDNA) results was the allocation of variance to different hierarchical levels in AMOVA. While the among group component, which were defined by mountains, accounted for most of the mitochondrial variance (81.73%), most of the nuDNA variance was at the among individuals within population level (83.69%). Differences in effective population sizes, social structure and male/female dispersal patterns might have contributed to the discrepancy.
A Gain Enhanced Circularly Polarized Microstrip Antenna for RFID Readers Applications

: - This paper presents a circularly polarized microstrip patch antenna with enhanced gain using a Uniplanar Compact-Photonic Band Gap (UC-PBG) structure for Ultra High Frequency (UHF) Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID) reader applications. The patch structure is designed with truncated corners and slit rectangular shapes. The performance of the antenna is tested using Computer Simulation Technology MicroWave Studio (CST MWS). The antenna patch is designed with an FR4 epoxy substrate and overall size of 180×180×1.6mm3. The substrate thickness is fixed at 1.6mm. An SMA port is used to feed the patch structure through the substrate and the ground plane to achieve a matching impedance of -19dB at the frequency of resonance (915MHz). The achieved gain is found to be 8.2dBi at 915MHz with a front to back ratio (F/B) of 13dB. The gain enhancement after adding the UC-PBG layers is found to be 3.4 dBi with a radiation efficiency of 87%. The obtained results are validated numerically using Ansoft's High Frequency Structure Simulator (HFSS). Finally, an excellent agreement is achieved between the obtained results from both of the numerical software packages.
CLINICAL ANATOMICAL STUDY OF THE HAMSTRING TENDONS OF FEMALE CHINESE PATIENTS

-The purpose of this study was to evaluate the number of accessory bands of hamstring tendons of female subjects and find if there is any statistical relationship of the distance of gracilis and semitendinosus tendons from the tendons tibial crest insertion and total tendon length of gracilis and semitendinosus tendons. Patients and Methods: 55 knees of female Chinese patients with ACL deficiency were included. The number of accessory bands and the distance of the most distal band from the tendons tibial crest insertion were recorded intraoperatively. Results: In our study 38 accessory bands of gracilis tendons and 9 accessory bands of semitendinosus tendons were absent. Patients with shorter, lighter and lower BMI, tended to have less number of accessory bands. Gracilis tendons showed the biggest anatomical variability and none of the gracilis tendons had accessory band 3. Conclusions: We hope our study could make easier in the approach of harvesting of tendons during arthroscopic ACL surgery, mainly in those cases in which the female patients and hamstring tendons are the option of choice. We make sure that accessory bands of hamstring tendon do not originate at a distance of more than 11cm from the tendons tibial crest insertion.
Dispersal of southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina L.) marked at Macquarie Island

Southern elephant seals marked at Macquarie Island disperse to distant locations where they are sometimes seen during their moult and, for juveniles, a mid-year haul-out period (July–August). Most (87%) of these resighted seals were within 1000 km of Macquarie Island, and most commonly at Campbell Island (700 km to the north-east). The sex and age classes most likely to disperse there were males less than two years old. Male elephant seals of all ages were resighted significantly more often than females, the ratio being 2 : 1 (P > 0.05). Migration duration tended to increase with the seals’ age but migration distance was underestimated from resight observations when compared with known telemetry records. Emigration from the Macquarie Island population appears limited. From the resight effort at Campbell Island during 1995 the maximum proportion of the juvenile population from Macquarie Island to haul-out at Campbell Island was in the order of 0.0053.
An Aspect-oriented Approach for Service Adaptation

Standardization in Web services simpliﬁes integration. However, it does not remove the need for adapters due to possible heterogeneity among service interfaces and protocols. In this paper, we characterize the problem of Web services adaptation focusing on business interfaces and protocols adapters. Our study shows that many of differences between business interfaces and protocols are recurring. We introduce mismatch patterns to capture these recurring differences and to provide solutions to resolve them. We leverage mismatch patterns for service adaptation with two approaches: by developing standalone adapters and via service modiﬁcation. We then dig into the notion of adaptation aspects , that, following aspect-oriented programming paradigm and service modiﬁcation approach, allow for rapid development of adapters. We present a study showing that it is a preferable approach in many cases. The proposed approach is implemented in a proof-of-concept prototype tool. We explain how it simpliﬁes adapter development through a case study.
Valeur pronostique du profil d'expression génique dans le lymphome de Hodgkin classique déterminé par RT-MLPA : étude exploratoire comparative de deux séries

Le lymphome de Hodgkin (LH) est l’un des lymphomes les plus frequents. Le pronostic demeure excellent au prix d’un lourd traitement. Les parametres pronostics classiques ne permettent pas d’identifier les patients a risque de resistance au traitement de premiere ligne. Les facteurs pronostics biologiques tendent a se developper avec plusieurs etudes mettant en evidence leurs pertinence. L’etude du profil d’expression genique ou gene expression profiling (GEP) de l’ensemble du tissu tumoral a permis d’introduire une nouvelle approche dans l’etude des biomarqueurs. Dans la presente etude exploratoire retrospective, nous rapportons pour la premiere fois l’utilisation de la technique RT-MLPA couplee au sequencage « NGS » dans une cohorte de 40 d’echantillons de LHc, en remission complete (RC) ou en rechute et/ou refractaires (RR) apres traitement de premiere ligne. Nous avons selectionne 21 patients en RC et 19 en RR. Au total 38 ARN ont ete analyses, 19 dans le groupe RR, et 19 dans le groupe RC et 33 donnees d’expression genique ont pu etre generees. A partir d’un panel de 137 genes ayant un interet diagnostic ou pronostic dans le lymphome, nous avons selectionne 15 genes presentant une difference d’expression genique statistiquement significative entre les deux groupes RC et RR : BCL6, BCMA, CCDC50, CD40, CD86, CD95, CRBN, ICOS, KI67, MEF2B, MYBL1, MYC, MYD88, Imu.alpha et XPO1. Apres correction de Bonferroni, 2 genes ont ete selectionnes : BCMA (p= 0.0375) et MYC (p=0.0378). Les donnees d’expression genique de 8 genes ont pu etre comparees a l’echelle proteique par IHC. Il existait une tres bonne correlation pour PD1 (ICC = 0.574, p= 0.002), CD163 (ICC = 0.434, p=0.02) et une bonne correlation pour EBER (coefficient de kappa = 0.75, p = 0.05). Les genes MYC (p = 0.0027) et BCMA (p = 0.002) etaient surexprimes dans le groupe de patients RR. Les survies globales et sans progression ont ete evaluees, en fonction de l’expression genique des genes MYC et BCMA par un modele de Cox. Une courbe ROC a permis de definir la meilleure valeur seuil permettant de distinguer les deux groupes RC et RR. Il existait une difference de survie globale et de survie sans progression en fonction de l’expression genique de BCMA (p = 0.0142 et p=0.014). Il n’existait pas de difference de survie globale en fonction de l’expression de MYC (p = 0.259). Par contre il existait une difference de survie sans progression en fonction de l’expression de MYC (p = 0.00327). Enfin nous avons propose un algorithme de classification afin de classer les patients en RC ou en RR en fonction de l’expression de MYC et BCMA.
Automatic Reformulation of Query for Code Search using Crowdsourced Knowledge

Traditional code search engines (e.g., Krugle) often do not perform well with natural language queries. They mostly apply keyword matching between query and source code. Hence, they need carefully designed queries containing references to relevant APIs for the code search. Unfortunately, preparing an e↵ective search query is not only challenging but also time-consuming for the developers according to existing studies. In this article, we propose a novel query reformulation technique–RACK–that suggests a list of relevant API classes for a natural language query intended for code search. Our technique o↵ers such suggestions by exploiting keyword-API associations from the questions and answers of Stack Overflow (i.e., crowdsourced knowledge). We first motivate our idea using an exploratory study with 19 standard Java API packages and 344K Java related posts from Stack Overflow. Experiments using 175 code search queries randomly chosen from three Java tutorial sites show that our technique recommends correct API classes within the Top-10 results for 83% of the queries, with 46% mean average precision and 54% recall, which are 66%, 79% and 87% higher respectively than that of the state-of-the-art. Reformulations using our suggested API classes improve 64% of the natural language queries and their overall accuracy improves by 19%. Comparisons with three state-of-the-art techniques demonstrate that RACK outperforms them in the query reformulation by a statistically significant margin. Investigation using three web/code search engines shows that our technique can significantly improve their results in the context of code search.
Dual Band Polarization Agile Compact Planar Antenna for Enhanced Bandwidth and Gain

One major limitation of Microstrip Antenna is its narrow bandwidth (1­5%) making it unsuitable for operation over the entire GSM band for mobile communication. Increasing the bandwidth of the antenna results in reduction of radiation efficiency and in due course antenna gain; making it unsuitable to be used by different devices. Making the antenna structure non­planar may result in enhanced­bandwidth but the radiation patterns get distorted, also causing unwanted power loss and mechanical mounting problems. Moreover monostatic trans­ receiver application requires dual band operation, which normally such antennas cannot provide. Polarization versatility if applicable would have added another degree of freedom to their applications. A unique compact single feed dual band (788MHz to 936MHz & 1.12GHz to 1.48GHz), high gain (~8dBi throughout), polarization agile (linear, circular and dual polarization) microstrip antenna is presented here overcoming the above difficulties. Innovative parasitic loading and usage of inductive posts ensures all three features with improved gain and broad radiation patterns.
Insoluble Vegetable Fiber as a Potential Functional Ingredient: Invitro Studies on Hypoglycemic and Hypocholesterolemic Effect

Vegetable and fruit derived fibre plays a crucial role in promoting good health. Soluble and insoluble fiber has different physiological roles in human body. Insoluble fiber is known for having several beneficial effects like anti-constipating, hypoglycemic, hypocholesterolemic. In the present study, insoluble dietary fiber from vegetables viz., Nelumbo nucifera, Murraya koenigii, Abelmoschus esculentus and Brassica oleracea were investigated in vitro for their hypoglycemic and hypocholesterolemic effect. The hypoglycemic effect was studied by measuring glucose adsorption, glucose diffusion and amylase inhibitory activity whereas hypocholesterolemic effect was observed by bile salt (Sodium cholate) adsorption study. Results indicate that N. nucifera exerts significanteffect on glucose adsorption (7.40 ± 0.14 mmol/g) and amylase inhibitory activity (13.19 ± 0.66 %). Similarly glucose diffusion studies showed low diffusion values in case of N. nucifera as compared to others up to an hour. Also, N. nucifera showed highest sodium cholate binding capacity (10.11 ± 0.20 %) compared to other fibres when cellulose was used as a control. Thus, this study suggests that insoluble fibre from N. nucifera can be used for fortification of functional food products aimed at controlling glucose and cholesterol level.
Southeast Europe Journal of Soft Computing a Stochastic Programming Approach for Multi-period Portfolio Optimization

— An Asset-Liability Management model with a novel strategy for controlling risk of underfunding is presented in this paper. The basic model involves Multi-Period decisions (portfolio optimization) and deals with the usual uncertainty of investment returns and future liabilities. Therefore, is it well suited to a stochastic programming approach. We consider the problem of rebalancing policy to accomplish some investment's criteria. Transaction costs have also been a subject of concern in this paper. In particular, a large amount of transactions usually make asset price move in an unfavorable direction. Therefore, the first problem neglects transactions cost while the second does not.
Managing the Digital Knowledge Work with the Social Media Business Value Compass

Companies are increasingly adopting social platforms for supporting their digital workforce, which is more and more virtual or dispersed in cross-functional teams across different locations. Supporting the social processes (communication and collaboration between employees) become an essential task associated with the future of the work. Organizations need reliable measures to understand social platform usage, their effect on knowledge work and ultimately to increase the derived business value. Understanding how to assess the perceived business value would help managers to optimize the usage and increase the impact of digital social platforms at work. This paper proposes the social media business value compass as a tool that enables managers to assess the perceived business value derived from the usage of enterprise social platforms. It classifies the business value along four dimensions: efficiency, innovation, retention and transparency . Using the social media business value compass, managers can redefine and orient their digital strategy.
Are adipocytes nutritive or attractive for lymphocytes

Evaluation of: Caspar-Bauguil S, Cousin B, Andre M et al.: Weight-dependent changes of immune system in adipose tissue: importance of leptin. Exp. Cell Res. 312, 2195–2202 (2006). While an increasing number of reports describe the presence of macrophages in adipose tissue, especially in the case of obesity, little is known regarding the presence of lymphocytes in fat deposits. Caspar-Bauguil and colleagues have recently used immunohistology and cytofluorometry to demonstrate the presence of lymphocytes in mouse adipose tissue. Notably, the proportion of the diverse subtypes of T lymphocytes is modified in the fat stores of obese mice when compared with lean controls. Several modifications of the lymphocyte population were not observed in the adipose tissues of leptin-deficient (ob/ob) mice, therefore suggesting that they are leptin-dependent. This was the case for the increase of γδ positive T lymphocytes, which occured in the enlarged epididymal fat pads of high-fat fed mice only. Similarly, the number o.
QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION OF BIOACCUMULATING TOXIC AND ESSENTIAL METALS IN VEGETABLES PROCURED FROM LOCAL MARKETS OF PAKISTAN AND THEIR PUBLIC HEALTH RISK ASSESSMENT

Heavy metals uptake were determined in eleven vegetables procured from local market of Karachi and Lahore while results were compared with permissible safe limits set by WHO, SEPA (China) and FSSA (India) to ascertain their public dietary exposure and health hazards. Important findings included: Average concentrations of Pb were exceeding permissible level of WHO and FSSA in onion procured from Karachi and in carrot, potato, bitter gourd and apple gourd from Lahore. Although Cd metal was more accumulated than safe limits set by SEPA in most of vegetable samples from Karachi however it was within permissible range in all vegetables from Lahore. Moreover, average quantity of Zn were exceeded than FSSA set values in onion, bell pepper, ridge gourd, bitter gourd and apple gourd from Karachi as well as in onion, bell pepper, cucumber, taro, carrot and apple gourd from Lahore whereas amount of Fe and Mn metals were found well within safe control of WHO standards in all vegetables from both cities. Daily Intake of Fe and Mn metals were yielded within safe range of reference oral dose values but exceeded in case of Pb, Cd and Zn metals. Calculated Health Risk Index values were found more than one (>1) for Pb, Cd and Zn metals while less than one (<1) for Fe and Mn metals.