Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Peripheral Neuropathy in Children With Chronic Kidney Disease: Are We Looking Enough?

Background: Peripheral neuropathy in chronic kidney disease (CKD) is the most common neurological complication. We aimed to look at the prevalence and patterns of neuropathy in children with CKD. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted over 1 year in children with CKD, stage III and above. Nerve conduction studies (NCS) were performed as per standard protocols using surface electrodes on the muscles and by supramaximal stimulation of the corresponding nerves. Presence of electrophysiological abnormalities in the absence of clinical symptoms or signs was considered as subclinical neuropathy. Results: Nearly 45 children were evaluated. The majority were males (n = 39, 86.7%). The mean age was 7.9 ± 3 years (range 2–14). The mean estimated glomerular filtration rate (GFR) at enrolment was 23.3 ± 14.6 mL/min/1.73 m2 (range 5–67). The majority of children were in stage III (n = 19, 42%), followed by stages V (n = 15, 33%) and IV (n = 11, 25%). There was no evidence of clinical neuropathy; 13 children (29%) showed subclinical neuropathy. All the nerves had an axonal pattern of involvement. Motor polyneuropathy was most common type of peripheral neuropathy. The commonest nerves involved were tibial and common peroneal nerves. There were no biochemical or clinical predictors of neuropathy in our cohort. Conclusion: The prevalence of subclinical neuropathy is high in children with CKD, stage III and above. Axonal motor polyneuropathy is the predominant pattern. Electrophysiological assessment of nerve function should be routinely done in children with advanced stages of CKD to prevent chronic complications.
Association of Handgrip Strength with Diabetes Mellitus in Korean Adults According to Sex

Diabetes mellitus (DM) is known to lead to many diseases such as cardiovascular disease and chronic kidney diseases. Therefore, it is essential to find diagnostic tools to prevent DM. This study aimed to find the association between handgrip strength and the prevalence of diabetes mellitus (DM) in Korean adults with respect to sex and menopause. A total of 26,536 participants (12,247 men, 6977 premenopausal women, and 7312 postmenopausal women) aged >19 years were recruited. The study population was divided into quartiles of relative handgrip strength. Logistic regression was used to analyse the association between relative handgrip strength and the prevalence of DM. Compared with the lowest quartile, the odds ratio (95% confidence interval (CI)) the prevalence of DM for the fourth quartile (Q4) was 0.57 (0.43–0.75) after adjusting for confounding factors in men; 0.33 (0.14–0.75), premenopausal women; and 0.82 (0.63–1.07), postmenopausal women. The prevalence of DM decreased as relative handgrip strength increased. This inverse association was more significant in men and premenopausal women than that in postmenopausal women.
An Improved Image Spam Classification Model Based on Deep Learning Techniques

Image Spam is a type of spam that has embedded text in an image. Classification of Image Spam is done using various machine learning approaches based on a broad set of features extracted from the image. For its remarkable results, the convolutional neural networks (CNN) are widely used in image classification as well as feature extraction tasks. In this research, we analyze image spam using a CNN model based on deep learning techniques. The proposed model is fine-tuned and optimized for both feature extraction as well as for classification tasks. We also compared our proposed model to different “Improved” and “Challenge” image spam datasets, which were developed for increasing the difficulty of the classification task. Our model significantly improves the accuracy of the classification task as compared to other approaches on the same datasets.
Exact Solution of the Gyration Radius of an Individual's Trajectory for a Simplified Human Regular Mobility Model

We propose a simplified human regular mobility model to simulate an individual's daily travel with three sequential activities: commuting to workplace, going to do leisure activities and returning home. With the assumption that the individual has a constant travel speed and inferior limit of time at home and in work, we prove that the daily moving area of an individual is an ellipse, and finally obtain an exact solution of the gyration radius. The analytical solution captures the empirical observation well.
A Study Focuses on the Usage of ICT in English Teaching-Learning for Students with Special Educational Needs in an Inclusive Classroom Settings

The current study focuses on using information communication and technology (ICT) in English teaching-learning for students with special educational needs (SwSENs) in an inclusive classroom setting. In ensuring the most effective methods of English Teaching-Learning, it is vital to examine pedagogical approaches. Globalization has led to a more entangled interaction between the digital and physical worlds. Our increased reliance has significantly impacted our daily lives on technological devices. Thus, it stands to reason that SwSEN is becoming constantly excited about using ICT in the teaching-learning process in inclusive classrooms. Every modern culture that can survive relies on ICT. This will impact education and other aspects of one's life. Students of English who don't speak the language natively now have easy access to many resources because of its technology. In the meantime, many higher education institutions cannot function efficiently without the help of ICTs. ICT enhances the teaching-learning process. Use it to expose students to new learning opportunities. Teaching-learning English has been reinvigorated by using ICT in the inclusive classroom. ICT is essential for ensuring that SwSENs access high-quality English language learning opportunities. As an outcome of the study, new strategies for teaching-learning English in inclusive settings may be developed. Today's global society demands that the teaching-learning of English as a second language adapt and evolve. This study highlights the positive benefits of ICT on SwSENs in an inclusive classroom setting to keep up with today's technologically sophisticated society. In this context, the function of ICT in English language teaching-learning will be examined. Teaching English as an additional language is concerted and coordinated to the ever-changing demands of a technologically advanced society. Whether or not ICT can enhance English language teaching and learning has been debated for several centuries. ICT is being actively adopted in today's academic institutions, particularly those offering English language programs for SwSENs in an inclusive classroom setting. ICT is increasingly being used to teach English as a Second Language in academic institutions. Having such environments in place for both teaching-learning must be investigated if we are to determine how ICT is being used for SwSEN in an inclusive classroom setting.
Taylor series expansion and modified extended Prony analysis for localization

In the multiple source localization problem, many inverse routines use a rooting of a polynomial to determine the source locations. We present a rooting algorithm for locating an unknown number of three-dimensional, near-field, static sources from measurements at an arbitrarily spaced three-dimensional array. Since the sources are near-field and static, the spatial covariance matrix is always rank one, and spatial smoothing approaches are inappropriate due to the spatial diversity. We approach the solution through spherical harmonics, essentially replacing the point source function with its Taylor series expansion. We then perform a modified extended Prony analysis of the expansion coefficients to determine the number and location of the sources. The full inverse method is typically ill-conditioned, but a portion of the algorithm is suitable for synthesis analysis. We present a simulation for simplifying point charges limited to a spherical region, using an array of voltage potential measurements made outside the region. <<ETX>>
Critical Observability of Labeled Time Petri Net Systems

A time Petri net is said to be critically observable at a given time instant if the markings consistent with any observation at the time instant are included either in the set of critical markings or non-critical markings. This work studies the verification problem of critical observability for timed discrete event systems modeled by bounded labeled time Petri nets. The proposed method is a two-fold process: a preliminary verification of critical observability for the underlying logic labeled Petri net and a further verification considering the time constraint associated with each transition. The first step is based on the concurrent composition of a reachability graph of the logic net. If the logic net is critically observable, then the time net is also critically observable at any given time instant. Otherwise, the second step is to design an algorithm to compute all pairs of transition-class sequences that violate critical observability at the given time instant, and then a set of linear programming problems is exploited to check critical observability for the corresponding timed system. Note to Practitioners—Timed discrete event systems provide a theoretical model for safety-critical real applications such as air traffic management, smart grid, and industrial control, which are vulnerable to malicious attack and destruction at some particular time instants such that a system may be misled to dangerous states. Critical observability of a timed discrete event system is a property with which the predefined dangerous states can be determined and detected from the observation by an observer at a given time instant. This research aims to offer a systematic approach to check critical observability for timed discrete event systems modeled by bounded labeled time Petri nets, which can also present some new ideas and insights for practitioners in the field of safety-critical systems.
Overseas Risks Leading to Business Failure in Foreign Markets: Study Case of HSBC in France

This case reviews overseas risks in international businesses and most specifically the case of HSBC, the bank in France. We were able to conduct surveys online with over 250 participants in order to gain personal insight into their banking experience unrelated to HSBC. To push further, we studied online reviews of clients filing complaints on Trustpilot over their experience with HSBC in France. These reviews helped us gain specific information concerning the reasons behind HSBC’s failures. The quantitative and qualitative analysis of this study contributes to aiding the bank industry to improve their services. It is also important to emphasize the effect of the pandemic on the banking sector forcing every business to invest in digital tools. Therefore, the future of HSBC stands in the hand of digital and technical developments.
Interactive Technology Application in Child Education

Interactive touch technology is an advanced human-computer interaction technique which use for recognizes multiple touch points. It includes the hardware devices thatt used for implementation and it will allow users to access without conventional input devices. Interactive touch consists of a touch screen and software that recognize multiple simultaneously touch points in contrast with the standard touch screen which recognize only one touch point at a time. Interactive touch frustrated total internal reflection is a simple and accessible technique for enabling high-resolution interactive touch sensing on a real projected interactive surface. This application defines different learning activities for children and it proposes the interaction to enhance learning concept. It will help to develop the overall growth of children via this technology
Educating and engaging a new target audience about the problem of pain for society

Background: Pain education initiatives are typically targeted at health professionals, with less attention being placed on the education of other target audiences. Recent curriculum changes across undergraduate liberal studies degree programs at The University of Sydney presented an opportunity to develop an online course entitled Health Challenges: Pain and Society, which was aimed at a non-traditional target audience. To promote student engagement about the problem of pain for society, the course was designed using the Community of Inquiry framework. Research Design: This paper reports on an Educational Design Research study, investigating the effectiveness of the course in engaging students across two cohorts, in 2019 and 2020. Data Collection: Learning analytics were collected from the Learning Management System each year. The level of student engagement in non-assessable tasks was measured using multiple linear regression. Students’ degree type and majors were recorded. In 2020, the quality of student workbook responses was recorded. Results: In both cohorts, engagement with the workbooks was a predictor of academic achievement. In 2020, a significant interaction effect between quantity and quality of engagement was observed. Conclusions: Our findings highlight the importance of designing online learning to facilitate successful engagement for non-traditional target audiences about the issue of chronic pain for society.
Impact of development and recent‐onset epilepsy on language dominance

Reorganization of the language network from typically left‐lateralized frontotemporal regions to bilaterally distributed or right‐lateralized networks occurs in anywhere from 25%–30% of patients with focal epilepsy. In patients who have been recently diagnosed with epilepsy, an important question remains as to whether it is the presence of seizures or the underlying epilepsy etiology that leads to atypical language representations. This question becomes even more interesting in pediatric samples, where the typical developmental processes of the language network may confer more variability and plasticity in the language network. We assessed a carefully selected cohort of children with recent‐onset epilepsy to examine whether it is the effects of seizures or their underlying cause that leads to atypical language lateralization.
Rancang Bangun Perangkat Lunak IoT Gateway dari Field ke Cloud Berbasis Protocol Komunikasi MQTT

Internet of things (IoT) ialah bagian terpenting pada pertumbuhan internet di dunia pada masa ini, penerapan pada IoT memperoleh bermacam-macam media penyimpanan pada data atau file yang akan berkembang menjadi sangat besar, dan akan mempengaruhi penyimpanan file yang kemudian mengakibatkan pertumpukan pada data. Riset ini betujuan untuk mengembangkan protokol Message Queuing Telemetry Transport (MQTT) ialah salah satu aturan yang bekerja pada stack TCP/IP serta diprogram khusus dalam machine to machine. Cara kerja MQTT melakukan Publish serta Subscribe data perangkat dapat terkoneksi kepada salah satu Broker serta memiliki topik khusus. Riset ini bertujuan untuk mengembangkan sistem metode yang dimana topik pada MQTT bisa mengirimkan pesan atau data kepada middleware. Middleware akan menerapkan metode publish subscribe untuk tukar pesan atau informasi. agar bisa menbisakan data dari middleware itu wajib ada subscriber, yang kemudian Internet Gateway Device (IGD) akan mengsubscribe kemudian data berikutnya akan disetor ke dalam data storage GridFS dan MongoDB supaya mempermudah proses get dan post data untuk media penyimpanan.
TailorMySuit start-up case: Is there a potential for online business with custom tailored formal menswear?

Prace analyzuje, popisuje a posuzuje potencial start-upu TailorMySuit. Uvod vymezuje cile a popisuje strukturu prace. Teoreticka cast vysvětleju použite modely pro hodnoceni podnikatelských projektů a take představuje zaklady internetoveho podnikani, jeho realie a zakladni pojmy. Zaroveň seznamuje ctenaře s obchodem s panskou modou a vysvětluje důležite aspekty mezinarodniho podnikani a managementu. V prakticke casti jsou použita skutecna data analyzovane spolecnosti a trhu, na kterem působi. Analýza se věnuje vsem internim a externim faktorům, ktere ovlivňuji cinnost firmy. Na zakladě teoretických konceptů je tak kriticky zhodnocena firma, jeji okoli, trh a koncovi zakaznici. Prace konci zhodnocenim potencionalniho vývoje firmy a udava možne scenaře za různých situaci na trhu. Zaroveň sumarizuje možnosti zlepseni v jednotlivých procesech.
Legume Seed Protein Digestibility as Influenced by Traditional and Emerging Physical Processing Technologies

The increased consumption of legume seeds as a strategy for enhancing food security, reducing malnutrition, and improving health outcomes on a global scale remains an ongoing subject of profound research interest. Legume seed proteins are rich in their dietary protein contents. However, coexisting with these proteins in the seed matrix are other components that inhibit protein digestibility. Thus, improving access to legume proteins often depends on the neutralisation of these inhibitors, which are collectively described as antinutrients or antinutritional factors. The determination of protein quality, which typically involves evaluating protein digestibility and essential amino acid content, is assessed using various methods, such as in vitro simulated gastrointestinal digestibility, protein digestibility-corrected amino acid score (IV-PDCAAS), and digestible indispensable amino acid score (DIAAS). Since most edible legumes are mainly available in their processed forms, an interrogation of these processing methods, which could be traditional (e.g., cooking, milling, extrusion, germination, and fermentation) or based on emerging technologies (e.g., high-pressure processing (HPP), ultrasound, irradiation, pulsed electric field (PEF), and microwave), is not only critical but also necessary given the capacity of processing methods to influence protein digestibility. Therefore, this timely and important review discusses how each of these processing methods affects legume seed digestibility, examines the potential for improvements, highlights the challenges posed by antinutritional factors, and suggests areas of focus for future research.
Invisible researchers in the knowledge society – the Uberisation of scientific work in Portugal

ABSTRACT This paper discusses how the emergence and assumption of the knowledge society as an ideological integration in the European Union (EU) and in the European Research Area (ERA), along with Managerialism and Neoliberalism influences, resulted in precarious and insecure employment relations in the Portuguese scientific system. The knowledge society as a policy idea and discourse has been encouraging the European states to design political initiatives to foster Innovation and Research to promote economic prosperity and social advancement. As a result of Europeanisation policies aiming at fostering Science and Technology (S&T), there has been a significant increase in the number of PhD graduates. Drawing on a quantitative study based on the data analysis of secondary data, this study shows how the design of knowledge society policies transformed a higher education and research system and induced an increasing number of doctorates, leading, along with managerialism and neoliberalism to the Uberisation of their working conditions. These doctorates have been mainly integrated into the higher education system with short-term contracts to develop tasks within research projects. This association with research projects along with their precarious working conditions turned them into invisible workers inside Higher Education Institutions (HEI), questioning the sustainability of the system.
Thermal Characteristics and Integration Mechanism of Infrared Thermal Imaging (ITI) Solar and Coal-fired Complementary Power Stations

: Under the constraints of the dual goals of energy saving and consumption reduction and emission reduction, the rational use of renewable energy can not only be used as an external energy saving measure in energy saving technology, but also can achieve the effect of emission reduction. The main purpose of this paper is to study the thermal characteristics and integration mechanism of complementary power plants between solar and coal-fired units based on ITI technology. Based on the traditional thermal system evaluation method, according to the characteristics of the complementary system and the exergy analysis method, this paper establishes a system evaluation model of the coal-fired complementary system, and evaluates the two complementary systems from two aspects of thermal efficiency growth rate and exergy efficiency growth rate. In this paper, the calculated value of each state point in the complementary system is compared with the parameters in the actual electric field to verify the rationality of the system calculation. The system is selected for comparison at 80%, 65% and 50% of unit load. The error from the actual value is within a reasonable range.
Diagnostic Accuracy of Periapical Radiography in Detection and Measurement of the External Root Resorption in Primary Molars: A Single-Blind Prospective Clinical Study

Introduction Identifying the external root resorption plays an important role in treatment planning for deciduous teeth. Although proper accuracy of digital radiography in the diagnosis of external root resorption has been established in permanent dentition, it cannot be at all generalized to the primary root being superimposed by the succeeding permanent teeth. Interestingly, no study has assessed this in primary teeth yet. Thus, this study was undertaken for the first time. Methods This was a single-blind prospective clinical diagnostic study performed on 501 observations (observed by 3 observers) pertaining to 167 roots of 45 maxillary/mandibular primary molars (in 6–8-year-old patients) which were indicated for extraction and did have succeeding permanent teeth. Digital parallel periapical radiographs were taken before dental extraction using a PSP sensor. Radiographs were printed and examined by two pediatric dentists. After the extraction, the extent of resorption was directly measured, twice, by third and fourth observers blinded to radiographic estimates. Radiographic errors and absolute errors (mm) were calculated. Various parameters were analyzed statistically. Results Of the roots, 56.3% were really resorbed with (mean = 5.01 ± 2.10 mm). First/second observers failed to identify 19.6% and 38.3% of roots, respectively. Average errors were −0.77 ± 2.31 and 0.14 ± 2.19 mm in girls and boys, respectively (P=0.043, t-test). The factors “side, jaw, tooth type, and root type” did not affect errors (P > 0.05). Average absolute errors were 1.79 ± 1.47 mm (significantly above zero, P < 0.0005). No evaluated factor affected it (P > 0.1). Actual lesion sizes correlated with errors (Pearson R = 0.682, P < 0.0005) but not with absolute errors (P=0.464). Conclusion Although many deciduous roots might be missed, digital radiography might still provide rather a good accuracy in diagnosis and measurement of external root resorption up to about 1.8 mm absolute error. Observers might overestimate resorption sizes in girls and in cases with actual lesions smaller than 3 mm. Size of the lesion can influence the direction of error (shortening/elongation), but not its directionless magnitude.