Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Priority families for health care according to family socio-demographic risks.

Socio-economic inequalities have been shown to be associated with disease burden in developing as well as developed countries. The aim of the study was (1) to test the association between family socio-demographic risks and health problems, and (2) to identify a “family sociodemographic risk line” above which families are at significant risk of developing health problems. A cross sectional community-based study was conducted in two districts in Cairo, Egypt. Socio-demographic status was assessed for 5400 families by a family socio-demographic risk score (FSRS) calculated according to the crowding index, family size, age and sex structure, education, economic dependency, smoking and addiction. The continuous FSRS (range: 0 - 12) was transformed into 5 quintiles. Association between FSRS and 21 health problems was done for the studied families using unconditional logistic regression analysis. It was found that increased FSRS was associated with a progressive increase in the prevalence of family health problems. The risk of health problems was significantly higher for the 5th compared to the 1st FSRS quintile families (odds ratio: 1.8 and 95% confidence interval: 1.41 – 2.35) which represented about 15% (784/5400) of the studied families. These would be considered the priority families for health services. Thus, the FSRS “7” was considered the “family socio-demographic risk line”. Key words: Socioeconomic status, family socio-demographic risk, health problems, health status, risk line.
Effects of oscillatory activity on coherence patterns in the cerebellar cortex

The cerebellum is getting more recognized as a rhythm generator, producing oscillations in different frequency bands. While the cerebellum has been associated with motor control, sensory perception, and cognition, the functional role of the granule cell layer oscillations is still elusive. Using awake, unrestrained rats, oscillations were recorded with multiple electrodes in the granule cell layer of posterior lobe of the cerebellar cortex. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of oscillations on pattern activity in the granule cell layer. In this study we show that cerebellar oscillations influence the synchrony of local field potential activity across the cerebellar cortex. These oscillations in the frequency range of 6-11 Hz were found to synchronize patterns of local field potentials organized along the coronal plane of the cerebellar cortex. Cerebellar oscillations of the granule cell layer synchronize local field potentials and are integral to the intrinsic circuitry of the cerebellum and playa functional role in spatially organizing cerebellar networks.
Noninformative Priors for the Common Intraclass Correlation Coefficient

In this paper, we develop the noninformative priors for the common intraclass correlation coefficient when independent samples drawn from multivariate normal populations. We derive the first and second order matching priors. We reveal that the second order matching prior dose not match alternative coverage probabilities up to the second order and is not a HPD matching prior. It turns out that among all of the reference priors, one-ata-time reference prior satisfies a second order matching criterion. Our simulation study indicates that one-ata-time reference prior performs better than the other reference priors in terms of matching the target coverage probabilities in a frequentist sense.
Knockdown of DDX 46 inhibits proliferation and induces apoptosis in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma cells

Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) is the most common type of esophageal carcinoma and remains the leading cause of cancer-related death worldwide. DEAD-box RNA helicases play critical roles in cellular metabolism and in many cases have been implicated in cellular proliferation and neoplastic transformation. DDX46 belongs to DEAD-box helicase family, the expression pattern of DDX46 in ESCC tissues and the biologic role in ESCC progression have not been implicated previously. In this study, DDX46 expression in human ESCC and adjacent normal tissues were explored using immunohistochemistry, and ESCC cell lines compared with normal esophageal epithelium cell were quantified using real-time PCR. Next, lentivirus-mediated RNA interference was applied to silence DDX46 in TE-1 and Eca-109 cells. Cell growth was monitored using high content screening. Cell viability was measured by MTT assay. Cell colony-forming capacity was measured by colony formation assay. Cell cycle progression and apoptosis were determined by flow cytometry. Further, the stress and apoptosis signaling antibody array kit was used to detect the changes of signaling molecules in TE-1 cells after DDX46 knockdown. We found that DDX46 was significantly upregulated in ESCC tissues and cells compared with normal tissues and cells. DDX46 knockdown led to decreased proliferation and increased apoptosis in TE-1 and Eca-109 cells. Moreover, DDX46 silencing resulted in apoptotic induction via decreased phosphorylation of Akt and IκBα, as well as negative regulation of NF-κB signaling. In conclusion, these results demonstrate that DDX46 knockdown inhibited cell growth, and induced apoptosis, suggest that DDX46 is critical for ESCC cells proliferation. In addition, this study provides a foundation for further study into the clinical potential diagnosis and novel therapeutic target for ESCC.
The Contribution of the Life Cycle Concept to Reduced Vulnerabilities in Small Businesses

The focus of this article lies in the deployment o f a comprehensive risk management approach within an SME (Small or Medium-sized Enterprise) which calls for a descript ion and explanation of their idiosyncrasies, in relation to their specific needs and expectations, which change over time. It describes the evolution of the business using th e lifecycle concept which highlights the modifications and changes in configu ration that this type of organization experiences during its development. Th is concept is used in order to characterize the vulnerabilities of SMEs u sing a model which brings together hazards, consequences and the stage of company development. This article aims to define and legitimize the use of the lifecycle concept as a basic component of a global risk management approach in an SME. It describes an operational approach to reducing vulne rability based on the level of organizational maturity.
The relational network of knowledge production

The aim of this essay, mainly based on empirical research conducted through focus groups and interviews, is to develop a qualitative understanding of the subjective condition of knowledge-based labour. Therefore, this qualitative case study shows the depths of subjectivity in its multiple dimensions (without claiming, of course, general or universal results). The context of this research is Post-Olympics Turin, a city which has been the historical stronghold of Italian big industry and which is now in the midst of a profound transition to a servicebased economy. The protagonists of this study are knowledge workers: their expectations, their fears, their skills, their political invisibility, the potential for innovation they embody and the uncertainty they face. The aim of our research is to delineate the self-representation of cognitive labour as a first step to recognize the necessity of self-protection (Bologna and Banfi, 2011). As a consequence, this study must be considered in continuity with the fruitful tradition of Italian ‘coresearch’ (conricerca) (Alquati, 1993).
Cost Overruns in Large-Scale Transportation Infrastructure Projects: Explanations and Their Theoretical Embeddedness

Managing large-scale transportation infrastructure projects is difficult due to frequent misinformation about the costs which results in large cost overruns that often threaten the overall project viability. This paper investigates the explanations for cost overruns that are given in the literature. Overall, four categories of explanations can be distinguished: technical, economic, psychological, and political. Political explanations have been seen to be the most dominant explanations for cost overruns. Agency theory is considered the most interesting for political explanations and an eclectic theory is also considered possible. Non-political explanations are diverse in character, therefore a range of different theories (including rational choice theory and prospect theory), depending on the kind of explanation is considered more appropriate than one all-embracing theory.
Title Functional analysis of RNase HI involved in rnlAB toxin-antitoxin in Escherichia coli

A type II toxin-antitoxin system in E. coli, rnlA-rnlB, functions as an anti-phage mechanism. RnlA is a toxin with the endoribonuclease activity and the cognate RnlB inhibits RnlA toxicity in E. coli cells. After bacteriophage T4 infection, RnlA is activated by the disappearance of RnlB, resulting in the rapid degradation of T4 mRNAs and consequently no T4 propagation, when T4 dmd is defective; T4 encodes an antitoxin, Dmd, against RnlA for promoting own propagation. Previous studies suggested that the activation of RnlA after T4 infection was regulated by multiple components. Here, I provided the evidence that RNase HI is an essential factor for activation of RnlA. The dmd mutant phage could grow on ! rnhA (encoding RNase HI) cells, in which RnlA-mediated mRNA cleavage activity was defective. RNase HI bound to RnlA in vivo and enhanced the RNA cleavage activity of RnlA in vitro. In addition, ectopic expression of RnlA in "rnlAB "rnhA cells has less effect on cell toxicity and RnlA-mediated mRNA degradation than in "rnlAB cells. This is the first example of a factor for activation of a toxin.
Movement patterns of juvenile hawksbill turtles Eretmochelys imbricata at a Caribbean coral atoll: long-term tracking using passive acoustic telemetry

Support was provided by MarAlliance, The Summit Foundation, British Chelonia Group, Wildlife Conservation Society, and the Mitchell-Petersen Family Foundation. We would like to recognize the initial team that captured turtles and collected acoustic data during the 2009/2010 field seasons: Daniel Castellanos Sr., Dan Castellanos, Jason Castro, Darren Castellanos, Demian Garbutt, Alex Garbutt, Mason Cuevas, Kevin Castellanos, Orrington Burgess, Alistair Daly, and thanks to Ivy Baremore for her assistance with data analysis. We would also like to thank the anonymous reviewers for their suggestions in improving the manuscript.
Induced Bacteriovory in a Declining Culture of the Mixotrophic Dinoflagellate Prorocentrum minimum (Pavillard) Schiller

Bacteriovory was reported previously in the dinoflagellate, Prorocentrum minimum, but it was unclear if this is constitutive or induced under certain conditions. We tested the hypothesis that phosphate deficiency, or cessation of autotrophic growth for other reasons, would induce bacteriovory in a culture of P. minimum that is harmful to shellfish. Phosphate-starved cells did not ingest fluorescently labeled bacteria and died. In stationary-phase, full-enrichment cultures, more than half of viable P. minimum cells showed declines in chlorophyll that was coincident with incorporation of fluorescently labeled bacteria. Declining populations of P. minimum increase in toxicity to suspension-feeding shellfish; this suggests a possible association between bacteriovory and toxicity.
Lagrangian techniques for particle flux and concentration

A new technique is proposed for computing Eulerian particle concentration and fluxes based on Lagrangian particle trajectories. In particular, a Lagrangian concentration differential equation is solved along a particle path using Eulerian derivatives for the particle velocity divergence field. This is referred to as the Lagrangian Concentration Differential Equation (LCDE) technique and is shown to provide efficient and accurate results for steady flows. It is compared to other Lagrangian techniques using high order trajectory simulations for particle with a linear drag law. Steady twodimensional flows in a corner and past a cylinder are considered as the fundamental flows while the MS317 airfoil is considered as an industrial application. For all these flows, the concentration or flux fields are predicted for both tracer particles (which follow the flow) and for particles of finite inertia, as characterized by Stokes numbers. The LCDE approach is found to capture the accuracy of area-based Lagrangian methods (which are limited to steady flows) but may also be used in unsteady flows. In future work, this approach may be investigated with respect to unsteady and three-dimensional flows.
Real-Time PCR and its Applications in Human Papillomavirus Quantitation and Physical Status Identification

ABSTRACT The basic principles and advantages of real-time PCR are reviewed in this paper as well as the recent literature regarding to detection and research of human papillomavirus (HPV) in the routine and research laboratory. Real-time PCR assays are not only fast and simple to quantitatively detect and type HPV DNA, but also can define the physical state of the virus, providing valuable information with regard to the progression of HPV infection. Thus, identification of integrated HPV and measurement of the viral load provides a new potential prognostic tool with which to estimate the risk of cervical cancer in individual patients.
The Fate of High-Density Porous Polyethylene Medpor Implants Inserted into Mandibular Bone Defects of Dogs

Various alloplasts have been investigated and new alter­ natives are found for reconstruction of tissue defects. Porous high-density polyethylene implant is well tolerated by surround­ ing tissue. Its porous structure is rapidly infiltrated by host tis­ sue. In this study, we planned to investigate the fate of porous high-density polyethylene implant inserted into a bone defect in dogs. In ten dogs, bilateral bone defects of 1x1 cm. were formed on the corpus manbibula by oscillating saw and 1x1x0.5 cm im­ plants were inserted into the defect on one side. In the eighth week, bone tissue was noted in the pores and also, blood vessels were found to enter the implant. We concluded that, porous high-density polyethylene implant is easy to manipulate and its relative immediate surgical stabilization makes it a useful mate­ rial to be used in maxillofacial procedures.
The Weyl transformation and quantisation for locally compact Abelian groups

On considere la methode de Lunn pour construire une transformation de Weyl W qui agit sur toutes les distributions temperees #7B-S'(R 2n ) sur R 2n . On generalise directement cette construction pour donner une transformation de Weyl pour #7B-S'(G) entier ou G=C×Ĉ est l'espace de phase associe a l'espace de configuration C
Viability study of Acoustic Emission for condition monitoring of coiled tubing

v List of figures . viii List of tables . ix List of abbreviations . x 1.0 Introduction . 1 1.1 Problem description . 1 1.2 Scope . 2 1.3 Limitations. 3 1.4 Structure . 3 2.0 Methodology . 5 2.1 Litterature review . 5 2.2 Laboratory experiments . 7 3.0 Aspects of coiled tubing . 19 3.1 Coiled tubing . 19 3.2 Coiled tubing materials . 21 3.3 Coiled tubing manufacturing process . 22 3.4 Coiled tubing failure modes . 23 3.5 Coiled tubing Fatigue life and inspection requirements . 27 4.0 Inspection technologies . 28
Short term air quality prediction and supervised Machine Learning analysis

Monitoring air quality pollutants form an important topic of atmospheric and environmental research due to the health effects caused by the pollutants present in the urban and suburban areas. The research evaluates forecasting models for predicting air pollution by exploiting various machine learning techniques. The goal is to determine the forecasting accuracy of the particulate matter 2.5 (PM2.5) concentration in air by various time-series models and further evaluate classification models based on its capability to segregate the air pollution type. In this research data is sourced from Indian government website. The time series analysis is accomplished using time series models such as Auto Regression Integrated Moving Averages (ARIMA), Generalized Autoregressive Conditional Heteroskedasticity (GARCH), TBATS model, ARIMA with multivariate regressions (ARIMAX) and Dynamic Harmonic Regression (DHR). ARIMAX performs best among all with the lowest error. For classification K nearest neighbor (KNN), Artificial Neural Network (ANN) and Ensemble model are used. Through out the research, it was found that use of ensemble model improves the performance of classifier.
Structured mixed phase is favored in neutron stars

We give a general thermodynamical argument showing that in neutron stars, the Coulomb structured mixed phase is always favored for any first order phase transition involving systems in equilibrium with baryon number and electric charge as the two independent components. This finding is likely to have important consequences for many neutron star properties, e.g., glitch phenomena, transport and superfluid properties, r-mode instabilities, and the braking index.
SMALL MAMMAL COMMUNITIES IN THE MIKUMI NATIONAL PARK, TANZANIA

Abstract The abundance and similarity of communities of small mammals (rodents and shrews) were investigated in eight habitats in the Mikumi National Park. A total of 767 individuals, belonging to 21 species and 6 families was captured by three types of live traps. The per cent abundance of species did not vary between habitats. Nonetheless, the evergreen forest comprised 28.6% of species, followed by Acacia-Dalbergia and Combretum woodlands, while the Riverine and Malundwe montane forests showed the lowest species diversity. Most species (76.2%) were found in only one habitat, while Crocidura hirta occupied all sampled habitats. Riassunto Comunita di micromammiferi nel Parco Nazionale Mikumi, Tanzania L’abbondanza e la similarita delle comunita di micromammiferi (roditori e insettivori) erano rilevate in 8 habitat del Parco Nazionale Mikumi Tanzania). Un totale di 767 individui, appartenenti a 21 specie e a 6 famiglie, era catturato mediante tre tipi di trappola. Il numero delle specie accertate non variava tra gli habitat. Le foreste sempreverdi comprendevano il 28.6% del totale delle specie rinvenute, seguito dai boschi di Acacia-Dalbergia e di Combretum , mentre le foreste montane/fluviali mostravano il piu basso livello di diversita specifica. Buona parte delle specie (76.2%) era accertata in un solo habitat; solo Crocidura hirta era rinvenuta in tutti gli habitat campionati. doi:10.4404/hystrix-20.2-4439
Protozoa in a stressed area of the Egyptian Mediterranean coast of Damietta, Egypt

Abstract The Damietta coast is part of the Egyptian Mediterranean coast off the Nile Delta and has recently been polluted as a result of intensive human activities. The environmental parameters and protozoan community in the area were studied biweekly from January to December 2007. The results of the environmental parameters indicated low salinity, oxic and anoxic conditions, high nutrient levels and intensive phytoplankton growth. A total of 69 protozoan species were identified, belonging to Amoebozoa (8 species), Foraminifera (12 species), non-tintinnid ciliates (22 species) and tintinnids (27 species). The numerical density of protozoans was high over the whole area, with annual averages between 8.2 × 10 3 cells m − 3 and 51.4 × 10 3 cells m − 3 . Spring was the most productive season for protozoans, but several distinct peaks were observed during the year at the sampling sites. The protozoan groups showed clearly different spatial patterns in both composition and abundance: whereas amoebozoans and non-tintinnid ciliates were dominant in the more polluted areas (sites IV and V), tintinnids dominated in the less polluted areas (sites, I, II and III). Several pollution indicators were recorded: amoebozoans – Centropyxis aculeata , Centropyxis sp. , Cochliopodium sp. , Difflugia sp. ; non-tintinnids – Bursaridium sp. , Frontonia atra , Holophrya sp. , Paramecium sp. , Paramecium bursaria , Vasicola ciliata , Vorticella sp. , Strombidium sp. ; tintinnids – Favella ehrenbergii , Helicostomella subulata , Leprotintinnus nordgvisti , Tintinnopsis beroidea , Stenosemella ventricosa , Tintinnopsis campanula , T. cylindrica , T. lobiancoi , Eutintinnus lusus-undae .
BLEACHABILITY OF KRAFT PULPS TREATED BY ETHANOL-BASED CHLORINE DIOXIDE DELIGNIFICATION SEQUENCES

Kraft pulps delignified with ethanol-based chlorine dioxide (D0) stages yielded pulps with higher brightness levels than aqueous D0 stages. However, when these pulps were subjected to aqueous extraction (E) stage, the ethanol D0 pulps were more difficult to brighten with a second chlorine dioxide (D1) stage than were aqueous D0 pulps. The pulps from a combination of ethanol D0 and acid ethanol extraction (AE) stages were also more difficult to brighten than aqueous D0E pulps. An AE stage was less efficient and less selective at removing lignin than an aqueous caustic extraction. Apparently, chromophores are developed in ethanol-based D0 and AE stages that negatively impact D1 bleachability. For current address, see Ref. [1]
Aalborg Universitet Performance Comparison of Phase Shifted PWM and Sorting Method for Modular Multilevel Converters

Modular Multilevel Converters (MMC) are the solution of preference in HVDC applications due to modularity, scalability, low losses and low filtering requirement. Carrier-based (PWM) and carrier-less (nearest level control) modulation can be applied. By using advanced sorting methods focusing on keeping the capacitor voltage ripple under some limit, unnecessary switching events are eliminated leading to reduced switching losses. This paper presents a comparison between the steady-state performances in terms of output voltage THD and equivalent switching frequency of the Phase Shifted Carrier PWM and NLC plus sorting methods.
Financial constraints and exports : evidence from Portuguese manufacturing FEP WORKING PAPERS Research Work in Progress FEP WORKING PAPERS n . 402 Feb . 2011 firms

This paper analyzes the links between financial con straints and firm export behavior, at the firm level, by using data on Portuguese manufacturi ng enterprises. Theoretical models of Chaney (2005) and Manova (2010) suggest that credit constraints are detrimental for exports but no model explains consistently why exports coul d improve firms ́ financial health. Previous empirical literature has not yet reached a consensus on these subjects and there is a great heterogeneity in measuring financial constrai nts and how to assess the causality relationships; results are also quite heterogeneous . Developing a very recent trend, we approximate credit constraints by using a financial score built on eight variables; to assess the effects of exports on the financial status of firms we apply, for the first time to these types of studies, a propensity score matching with differenc e i differences. This procedure is used to deal with the endogeneity problems, stemming from t he fact that new exporters have most likely initial better financial health. We find tha t firms enjoying better financial health are more likely to become exporters and that new export ers show improvements in their financial situation. These findings have important policy imp lications as they suggest that public intervention to support exports is clearly justifie d.