Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Plasma TNFα, ammonia and total bile acids may indicate treatment outcome in patients with elevated blood pressure treated in herbal homes.

Study background: Ammonia which is a toic substance is converted to less toic urea in the liver for ecretion through the kidney. Pear avocado leaves have be successfully applied in the traditional treatment of elevated blood pressure in Oke- Ogun area of Oyo State, Nigeria. Liver also metabolizes drugs and herbal etracts applied in the treatment of elevated blood pressure. Apart from using pot-treatment blood pressure, plasma levels of inflammatory markers and other biochemical substances may indicate treatment outcome. Aims and objectives: To determine Plasma TNαF, Ammonia and Total Bile Acids as anbindication of treatment outcome in patients with elevated blood pressure treated in herbal homes. Material and methods: The subjects studied include thirty patients in ten 1 herbal homes aged years who have just received treatment and thirty age matched hypertensive patients recruited from major hospitals who have never received herbal treatment but have just received treatment in the hospitals. Blood samples were obtained from the patients a day after the completion of the dose and or treatment. Fasting Total Bile Acids, Plasma Urea and Plasma ammonia were determined biochemically by spectrophotometry Plasma α T , NF HIVp2Ag-Ab, anti-HCV, HBsAg by ELISA, identification of Plasmodium by iemsa Thick blood film techniue and AFB by Ziehl Nelseen staining. Results: There was a significant decrease in plasma TNαFand urea, increase in plasma ammonia and TBA following a successful treatment of elevated blood pressure using raw liuid etract of pear avocado leaves p. No significant changes was obtained in fasting Total Bile Acids, Plasma Urea and Plasma ammonia in hospital patients after a successful treatment of elevated blood pressure p. There was a significant decrease in plasma urea, increase in plasma ammonia and fasting TBA in herbal patients compared with the results obtained in the hospital patients after treatments p . Conclusion: Herbal treatment of elevated blood pressure using pear avocado leaves was successful as it lowered the elevated blood pressure and originally increased plasma TαNbFut could disrupt the liver functions as there was a significant decrease in plasma urea, increase in plasma ammonia and fasting TBA in herbal patients compared with the results obtained in the hospital patients after treatments. Gluten Peak Tester; Peak Maximum Time; Chorleywood
Effects of Cytosolic ATP on Ca 2 1 Sparks and SR Ca 2 1 Content in Permeabilized Cardiac Myocytes

—Confocal imaging was used to study the influence of cytosolic ATP on the properties of spontaneous Ca 2 1 sparks in permeabilized ventricular myocytes. Cells were perfused with mock intracellular solutions containing fluo 3. Reducing [ATP] to , 0.5 mmol/L decreased the frequency but increased the amplitude of spontaneous Ca 2 1 sparks. In the presence of 20 m mol/L ATP, the amplitude increased by 48.7 6 10.9%, and the frequency decreased by 77.07 6 3.8%, relative to control responses obtained at 5 mmol/L ATP. After exposure to a solution containing zero ATP, the frequency of Ca 2 1 sparks decreased progressively and approached zero within 90 seconds. As ATP washed out of the cell, the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) Ca 2 1 content increased, until reaching a maximum after 3 minutes. Subsequent introduction of adenylyl imidodiphosphate precipitated a burst of large-amplitude Ca 2 1 sparks. This was accompanied by a rapid decrease in SR Ca 2 1 content to 80% to 90% of the steady-state value obtained in the presence of 5 mmol/L ATP. Thereafter, the SR Ca 2 1 content declined much more slowly over 5 to 10 minutes. The effects of ATP withdrawal on Ca 2 1 sparks may reflect reduced occupancy of the adenine nucleotide site on the SR Ca 2 1 channel. These effects may contribute to previously reported changes in SR function during myocardial ischemia and reperfusion, in which ATP depletion and Ca 2 1 overload occur. ( Circ Res . 2001;89:526-533.)
ROLE OF ANTIBIOTICS IN ENDODONTICS - A REVIEW

Antibiotics are commonly used in dental practice. Many dental practitioners prescribe the antibiotics to prevent possible development of pain and swelling. This is being done more out of tradition rather than any sound scientific base. This overuse of antibiotics which is leading to the emergence of antibiotic resistant bacterial strains is a global concern. Being an endodontist or even a dental Surgeon, it is imperative that one must stress the importance of appropriate endodontic intervention in all the involved cases, with oral antibiotic administration used only as an adjunct. Moreover, one must be aware of all the pros and cons of antibiotic therapy and of course, the very fact that whether they are needed or not in a particular case in the first place. The purpose of this paper is to enlighten the dental fraternity about the true rationale behind advocating the antibiotics during endodontic interventions.
The Network Origin of Slow Labor Reallocation

What explains slow worker reallocation after trade or technological shocks? In this paper, I explore the idea that imperfect skill transferability constrains the reallocation of workers between occupations. I model these frictions as forming a network (the “occupa-tional network”), whose nodes are occupations and whose edges represent the possible occupational transitions. I show that the structure of the occupational network matters for the speed of worker reallocation and I make two contributions. First, I find that this network is very sparse, hinting at large frictions to occupational mobility, and that there exists central bottleneck occupations which can block the reallocation process. Second, I extend the search and matching model of the labor market with an occupational network. I find that asymmetric shocks can generate transition dynamics which are two orders of magnitude slower than in the standard model. Moreover, I show that the intensity of network bottlenecks is a key determinant of slow worker reallocation dynamics after asymmetric shocks. In other words, central occupations have a granular e ff ect on worker reallocation speed.
Xposition: An Online Multilingual Database of Adpositional Semantics

We present Xposition, an online platform for documenting adpositional semantics across languages in terms of supersenses (Schneider et al., 2018). More than just a lexical database, Xposition houses annotation guidelines, structured lexicographic documentation, and annotated corpora. Guidelines and documentation are stored as wiki pages for ease of editing, and described elements (supersenses, adpositions, etc.) are hyperlinked for ease of browsing. We describe how the platform structures information; its current contents across several languages; and aspects of the design of the web application that supports it, with special attention to how it supports datasets and standards that evolve over time.
Improving the Process of Evaluating User Stories Using the Paraconsistent Annotated Evidential Logic E τ

Software developers need to be agile to meet users’ needs, delivering software on tight, quality deadlines. User history is a technique used in agile methods to elicit requirements. However, this process is performed with the developers and the user, and there may be contradictions between them, resulting in inaccurate metrics. This article presents a model of validation of user history using the Para-analyzer al-gorithm, based on the Paraconsistent Annotated Evidential Logic Eτ to assist in improving the evaluation, prioritization, and estimation process of user stories. A survey was conducted with a team of developers working with agile methods. The model uses the degrees of favourable and contrary evidence for each INVEST criterion as input variables. The application of this model allows considering extremely relevant issues when it comes to supporting decision-making based on a mathematical model and serving as a support tool for teams, Product Owners, Project Man-agers, and others. Four user stories were analyzed by nine experts, who evaluated the criteria for each user story. The interpretation of the evaluations performed by the experts was through the global analysis in the unit square of the Cartesian plane, which indicated the degrees of favourable evidence and contrary evidence for the data used. Two stories that could not be developed in a Sprint were verified and, therefore, should be refactored and resubmitted to the opinion of experts. The other two stories had favourable evidence to be used in a Sprint.
Session Type Systems Compared: The Case of Deadlock Freedom

This note summarizes our recent work [6], in which we develop a comparative study of diﬀerent type systems for message-passing processes that guarantee deadlock freedom. We actually compare two classes of deadlock-free typed processes, denoted L and K . The class L stands out for its canonicity: it results from Curry-Howard interpretations of classical linear logic propositions as session types. The class K , obtained by encoding session types into Kobayashi’s linear types with usages, includes processes not typable in other type systems. We show that L is strictly included in K , and identify the precise conditions under which they coincide. We also provide two type-preserving translations of processes in K into processes in L .
Lactobacillus Species in Breast Milk Lactobacillus Species in Breast Milk

Lactobacillus species, present in the microbiota of breast milk, is a probiotic that deserves significant attention. It has a beneficial effect on the composition of the intestinal micro - flora and the intestinal immune system. In infants who were having Lactobacillus fermentum , a lower incidence of gastrointestinal and respiratory infections was noticed, in contrast to the control group. The significant anti-inflammatory effect of L. fermentum can be utilized to prevent and treat mastitis in breastfeeding women. It has also been shown to have a better clinical effect than classic antibiotics. Moreover, the higher share of L. fermentum in intestinal microflora of children with normal weight compared to obese ones opens other potential possibilities of the use of this probiotic.
Prevalence of Neonatal Resuscitation in Yaoundé-Cameroon

Aim: To determine the prevalence of neonatal resuscitation in two hospitals of Yaoundé in Cameroon. Methods: A retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted for seven months ranging from 18 October 2021 to 18 May 2022 in two hospitals of Yaoundé. Admission files of new-borns who benefited from neonatal resuscitation at birth from the year 2015 to 2020 were included. We recorded the socio demographic variables of the children’s mothers (age, level of education et region of origin) and the clinical characteristics of new-borns (gestational age, gender, birth weight, Apgar scores) in an operating sheet. The results were analysed using IBM SPSS.23. 0 software and the data expressed as frequencies percentages, and means. Results: The main maternal age ranged between 25 to 30 years (28,9%). The mean age being 29.9 ± 5.8 years with extremes values of 15 and 42 years. Concerning the level of education, most had a secondary level (37.8%). There was a predominance of mothers from the Center region (38.5%). Most of the newborns were born at term (61.6%). The mean gestational age at delivery was 36.7 ± 3.6 WA with extreme values of 25 and 46 WA. The male gender was the most represented with 55% of the cases giving a sex ratio of 1.25. More than half of these babies had a birth weight between 2500 et 4000 grams (62.4%). The mean birth weight was 2748.4 ± 794.3 grams with extreme values of 800 and 5600 grams. The global hospital prevalence of neonatal resuscitation was 3.5%. Conclusion: Term new-borns of male gender were most affected. The overall hospital prevalence and prevalence per health facility was low.
Fipronil Modulation of g -Aminobutyric Acid A Receptors in Rat Dorsal Root Ganglion Neurons

The g -aminobutyric acid (GABA) receptor is an important site of action of a variety of chemicals, including barbiturates, benzo- diazepines, picrotoxin, bicuculline, general anesthetics, alcohols, and certain insecticides. Fipronil is the first phenylpyrazole insecticide introduced for pest control. It is effective against some insects that have become resistant to the existing insec- ticides. To elucidate the mechanism of fipronil interaction with the mammalian GABA system, whole-cell patch-clamp exper- iments were performed using rat dorsal root ganglion neurons in primary culture. Fipronil suppressed the GABA-induced whole-cell currents reversibly in both closed and activated states. The IC 50 values and Hill coefficients for fipronil block of the GABA A receptor were estimated to be 1.66 6 0.18 m M and 1.23 6 0.14 for the closed receptor, respectively, and 1.61 6 0.14 m M and 0.96 6 0.06 for the activated receptor, respec-tively. The association rate and dissociation rate constants of fipronil effect were estimated to be 673 6 220 M 2 1 s 2 1 and 0.018 6 0.0035 s 2 1 for the closed GABA A receptor, respec-tively, and 6600 6 380 M 2 1 s 2 1 and 0.11 6 0.0054 s 2 1 for the activated GABA A receptor, respectively. Thus, both the asso- ciation and dissociation rate constants of fipronil for the activated GABA A receptor are approximately 10 times as large as those for the closed receptor. Experiments with coapplication of fipronil and picrotoxinin indicated that they did not compete for the same binding site to block the receptor. It is concluded that although fipronil binds to the GABA A receptor without activation, channel opening facilitates fipronil binding to and unbinding from the receptor.
Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University On effects of visual query complexity On effects of visual query complexity

As an effective technique to manage large scale image collections, content-based image retrieval (CBIR) has been received great attentions and became a very active research domain in recent years. While assessing system performance is one of the key factors for the related technological advancement, relatively little attention has been paid to model and analyze test queries. This paper documents a study on the problem of determining “visual query complexity” as a measure for predicting image retrieval performance. We propose a quantitative metric for measuring complexity of image queries for content-based image search engine. A set of experiments are carried out using IAPR TC-12 Benchmark. The results demonstrate the effectiveness of the measurement, and verify that the retrieval accuracy of a query is inversely associated with the complexity level of its visual content.
Key Factors in Frame Building: How Strategic Political Actors Shape News Media Coverage

: In this article, the author focuses on the relationship between political actors and the mass media. The author uses media frames as dependent variables and investigates the factors that influence the presence and frequency of frames applied by journalists (the frames in “news media”). This has come to be known as frame building. The author argues that there are at least three important factors in frame building: power, the salience of the frames in the media input, and the multiplication effect of the minister. Using data from content analyses of campaign material and news media and from interviews with political actors, the author finds support that for frame presence, power is important. For frame frequency, the salience of the frames in the media input and the minister are crucial. Abstract In this article, the author focuses on the relationship between political actors and the mass media. The author uses media frames as dependent variables and investigates the factors that influence the presence and frequency of frames applied by journalists (the frames in “news media”). This has come to be known as frame building . The author argues that there are at least three important factors in frame building: power, the salience of the frames in the media input, and the multiplication effect of the minister. Using data from content analyses of campaign material and news media and from interviews with political actors, the author finds support that for frame presence , power is important. For frame frequency , the salience of the frames in the media input and the minister are crucial.
MM6 at the NTCIR-16 Session Search Task

A single query may hardly satisfy the user’s information needs, so that users will continuously submit more queries to the search system until they are satisfied or stop trying. This search process is called session search. The MM6 team participated in the IR subtask of the NTCIR-16 Session Search Task. This paper reports our three approaches for FOSS task and one approach for POSS task. We display and discuss the official results at the end. Please also refer to the past NTCIR proceedings 1
Survey: Automatic Movie Plot and Script Generation

Automatic story generation has long been researched in the field of Machine Learning. Stories are used to engage and communicate with people. One of the essential roles of stories is entertainment. We can craft stories that have strong plots, interesting characters, multiple genres, and a plethora of emotions. The entertainment industry is an area where NLG has much potential. Scripts are written in a particular screenplay format which contains multiple elements. The different elements make it more challenging for the model to learn the text. Plots are different than stories with some subtle differences. Neural networks manage to generate creative stories but maintaining the coherence and reducing hallu-cination are few of the challenges to overcome.
Optimising Vitamin D Levels after Hip Fractures Optimising Vitamin D Levels after Hip Fractures

Older people presenting with hip fractures requiring surgery have a high prevalence of hypovitaminosis D, which is an important modifiable risk factor for falls and fractures. Inadequate sun exposure is the main reason for vitamin D deficiency in older people. Vitamin D supplements, with or without calcium, have been shown to reduce falls and fracture risk in this population. A small number of randomised controlled trials (RCTs) have shown that increased 25-OHD levels with a loading dose of vitamin D may improve falls and fractures. It is not previously known whether oral vitamin D replenishment using a loading dose is effective, and if it is, what is the interplay this is with patient characteristics, in particular lower limb mobility and 25-OHD levels. The results of a recent multisite randomised controlled trial (REVITAHIP) provide early evidence of the benefits of an early loading-dose oral vitamin D replenishment on functional mobility, falls, fractures, grip strength, health-related quality of life and mortality.
Information Retrieval & Question Answering in Aviation Safety Domain

In today’s digital world, a tremendous amount of data is generated. Businesses use this data to model their operation strategies. If data is utilized effectively, then it is gold for these businesses. Information Retrieval and Question Answering provide correct information at the right time, helping businesses analyze a vast collection of data effectively. Thus Information Retrieval and Question Answering have significant demand all over the industry. Like other industries, in the commercial aviation domain, there is massive data in the form of aircraft accident reports, aircraft maintenance manuals, and safety notifications. They serve the aviation industry’s safety, maintenance, and compliance demands. A Question Answering System in the aviation domain would help serve these above demands more effectively. We present a Question Answering System using Deep Learning for the aviation domain. Two Question Answering paradigms, namely ab-stractive and extractive, are explored. A Question Answering system adopting both abstrac-tive and extractive models is implemented to handle all four types of questions: factoid, confirmation, list and descriptive. In this paper, we present the literature review done as a part to build the Question Answering System for aviation domain. We extensive try to cover Information Retrieval and Question Answering. In Information Retrieval, we concentrate on dense retrieval, which uses semantic features to retrieve passages relevant to a question. A wide range of techniques is covered, grouped into two categories: transformer models that perform re-ranking in multi-stage architectures and dense retrieval techniques that perform ranking directly. In Question Answering, we present two approaches: Deep Learning based QA (DLQA) and KG guided DL based QA. In DLQA, we discuss techniques falling into two categories: open-book and closed-book approaches. In open-book, we first access the relevant passage/document and then fetch an answer from the relevant passage/document. In close-book, we fetch an answer without retrieving the relevant passage/document. QA models lying under close-book approach store the corpus information in their parameters, making them very large. We can not use a close book model trained on corpus A directly on corpus B. Due to these two reasons, close-book approaches are not that popular. In KG guided DL based QA, we see several techniques and focus mainly on the recent work (KG based Text-enhanced QA). We also see two prelimi-nary QA systems built for the aviation domain.
review Current treatment options and biology of peritoneal mesothelioma: meeting summary of the ﬁrst NIH peritoneal mesothelioma conference

Peritoneal mesothelioma is a rare cancer of the peritoneum with about 250 new cases diagnosed each year in the United States. It is the second most common site for mesothelioma development and accounts for 10–20% of all mesotheliomas diagnosed in the United States. A meeting sponsored by the NIH Ofﬁce of Rare Diseases was held in Bethesda, Maryland on September 13 and 14, 2004. The objective of this meeting was to review the epidemiology, biology and current surgical and medical management of peritoneal mesothelioma. In addition, the meeting also discussed clinical and pre-clinical evaluation of novel treatments for mesothelioma as well as ongoing laboratory research to better understand this disease. This report summarizes the proceedings of the meeting as well as directions for future clinical and basic research.
Stakeholder involvement in the innovation process: An example in medical robotics, the ROBO-K project

In the field of medical robotics, many studies have called for the integration of end-users in the innovation process. The objective is to identify the factors that facilitate (or not) the use of the designed robots and thus try to guarantee their diffusion in the care services. This recommendation was followed in the ROBO-K project. The ROBO-K project proposes the design and development of a mobile, interactive robot dedicated to gait rehabilitation. This project was initiated by BA Healthcare, a medical robotics company. The design of a robot was accompanied to achieve the targeted therapeutic objectives by taking into account the requirements related to the needs of the patients and the practitioners; the care activity and the institutions involved. A follow-up by the social acceptability of the technology led to focus the innovation process on a co-construction activity involving all stakeholders. This co-construction activity was decisive, as it guided the definition of functional expectations and the technical specifications of the prototype developed. It was completed by a test phase of the prototype (in a care situation for 5 months). The results show the relevance to involve all the stakeholders in all the design and development phases of the robotic device. However, they underline the difficulties or limits linked to this type of approach in terms of innovation.