Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Short-Term Results With the Ross Procedure. Does the Etiology of Aortic Valvulopathy Affect the Outcome?

Introduction. The Ross procedure has become established as an appropriate method for aortic valve replacement in children and young adults. There is controversy regarding the results of this surgical technique depending on whether the aortic valve disorder is congenital or acquired. The objective of this study was to analyze the outcome of this technique in different etiologies. Patients and method. We analyzed 61 patients who underwent the Ross procedure between November 1997 and November 2001. Age range was 6 to 54 years, and 44 patients (72%) were male. The mean duration of follow-up was 15.6 (10.6) months. The aortic valve lesion was stenosis in 17 patients, regurgitation in 22 and both in 22. The patients were divided into two groups: etiology was congenital in group I (40 patients) and acquired in group II (21 patients: 14 rheumatic, 2 degenerative, 2 endocarditis, and 3 other). Results. Pre-intervention data showed significant differences in age, functional class and percentage of patients with previous cardiac surgery. In the last follow-up examination, autograft gradient and homograft gradient were similar in both groups. Diastolic and systolic diameters and left ventricle ejection fraction were normal in both groups and did not differ between groups. Major events during follow-up were: 1 patient died, 1 patient had endocarditis, and 2 patients needed stent implantation in the homograft in group I; 2 patients in group II underwent reoperation because of severe autograft dysfunction. There were no statistically significant differences between groups. Conclusion. Short-term morbidity and mortality associated with the Ross procedure are low in patients with either congenital or acquired aortic valvulopathy.
INCIDENCES OF STIFFNESS ON SQUAT JUMP VARIABLES

The purpose of this study was to relation level the stiffness of the patellar tendon and three portions of the Achilles tendon; inferior, middle, and superior location with performance variables in the squat jump. The sample was composed of 25 belonging to Chilean elite male handball players. It assesses stiffness tendinous patellar and Achilles tendon using to MyotonPro® device. During the squat jump assessment, two force platforms Pasco and ForceDecks® software for analysis. The main results were RFD 0-50 ms (r=0.611), RFD N 0-50 ms (r=0.550), RFD 0-100 ms (r=0.615), and RFD N 0-100 ms (r=0.624) presented a relationship with patellar stiffness, while that Achilles tendon was down relation with peak power in squat jump (r=472). This information can be useful for training handball players. From the results, it can be concluded that the stiffness of the patellar tendon and the Achilles tendon determine some mechanical variables of the SJ, mainly in relation to the RFD in different time windows of early phase.
VisTac: Towards a Unified Multi-Modal Sensing Finger for Robotic Manipulation

—Tactile sensors are crucial in providing contact geometry information necessary for object manipulation. However, it remains highly non-trivial for a tactile sensor to be able to perceive a distant object prior to manipulation. In this work, we present an innovative robotic finger, VisTac , which seamlessly combines high-resolution tactile and visual perception in a single unified device, while adhering to essential mechanical constraints, such as a human-finger-like wedge-shaped top, vital for manipulation tasks. Furthermore, we discuss the fabrication of a key component in the device; the semi-transparent membrane with light-dependent opacity, thus, enabling the contact surface to effortlessly transition between Visual and Tactile modes. With a compact, two-camera configuration, we demonstrate the sensor’s multimodal sensing capabilities through 3D reconstruction of the tactile imprints, distant object localization via vision, and pose estimation using both visual and tactile feedback. VisTac is capable of delivering the vision and touch capabilities to accurately locate an object in the 3D space, using vision, and then adeptly manipulate it according to the task at hand, relying on tactile feedback. To demonstrate the remarkable abilities of the sensor we carry out a peg-in-hole insertion task. This work primarily seeks to pave the way for future research toward developing unified Visual-Tactile sensors.
Critérios para o diagnóstico de doença de Alzheimer

Resumo – Este consenso realizado pelo Departamento Cientifico de Neurologia Cognitiva e do Envelhecimento da Academia Brasileira de Neurologia tem como objetivo recomendar novos criterios para diagnostico de demencia e doenca de Alzheimer (DA) no Brasil. Foi realizada revisao das propostas de criterios clinicos e de pesquisa sugeridas por outras instituicoes e consensos internacionais. A nova proposta para o diagnostico de demencia exige o comprometimento funcional e cognitivo, atingindo este ultimo pelo dois dos seguintes cinco dominios a seguir: memoria, funcao executiva, linguagem, habilidade visual-espacial e alteracao de personalidade. No diagnostico de DA, dividiu-se a mesma em tres fases: demencia, comprometimento cognitivo leve e pre-clinica, sendo esta ultima somente para pesquisa clinica. No quadro de demencia, foram aceitas outras formas de inicio que nao a amnestica e incluida a necessidade de exame de neuroimagem. O diagnostico do comprometimento cognitivo leve e clinico, podendo, em situacoes de pesquisas, serem utilizados marcadores biologicos buscando maior probabilidade de evolucao para DA. Palavras-chave: demencia, doenca de Alzheimer, comprometimento cognitivo leve, diagnostico, consenso, diretrizes, Brasil.
How the body talks to the brain; peripheral mediators of physical activity-induced proliferation in the adult hippocampus

In the hippocampal dentate gyrus, stem cells maintain the capacity to produce new neurons into adulthood. These adult-generated neurons become fully functional and are incorporated into the existing hippocampal circuit. The process of adult neurogenesis contributes to hippocampal functioning and is inﬂuenced by various environmental, hormonal and disease-related factors. Oneof the most potent stimuli of neurogenesis is physical activity (PA). While the bodily and peripheral changes of PA are well known, e.g. in relation to diet or cardiovascular conditions, little is known about which of these also exert central effects on the brain. Here, we discuss PA-induced changes in peripheral mediators that can modify hippocampal proliferation, and address changes with age, sex or PA duration/intensity. Of the many peripheral factors known to be triggered by PA, serotonin, FGF-2, IGF-1, VEGF, (cid:1) -endorphin and adiponectin are best known for their stimulatory effects on hippocampal proliferation. Interestingly, while age negatively affects hippocampal proliferation per se, also the PA-induced response to most of these peripheral mediators is reduced and particularly the response to IGF-1 and NPY strongly declines with age. Sex differences per se have generally little effects on PA-induced neurogenesis. Compared to short term exercise, long term PA may negatively affect proliferation, due to a parallel decline in FGF-2 and the (cid:1) -endorphin receptor, and an activation of the stress system particularly during conditions of prolonged exercise but this depends on other variables as well and remains a matter of discussion. Taken together, of many possible mediators, serotonin, FGF-2, IGF-1, VEGF, (cid:1) -endorphin and adiponectin are the ones that most strongly contribute to the central effects of PA on the hippocampus. For a subgroup of these factors, brain sensitivity and responsivity is reduced with age.
The interventions to improve medication adherence in coronary heart disease patient: A systematic review

Objective The clinical outcome and quality of life of CHD patients are greatly influenced by medication adherence. Non-adherence of CHD patients to treatment results in sub-optimal clinical outcomes and increasing costs. This study aims to describe effectiveness of the intervention to improve the medication adherence in CHD patients. Methods Systematic review methodology was used in this study. Scopus and PubMed were used to search the relevant article systematically. The outcome measured was medication adherence in coronary heart disease patients. Results Final screening was 31 articles that met the inclusion criteria in this study of 788 articles. Selection processes the article used the PRISMA guideline. Most of the articles (15 articles) use interventions that utilize information technology (IT) as known with m-health in the form of text messages, website, and smartphone-based applications in increasing medication adherence in CHD patients. The non m-health interventions developed are in the form of self-efficacy programs, monitoring and education by health workers or care workers, pharmacy care by clinical pharmacists, and the use of drugs in the form of multi-capsules. The results of most intervention with m-health can improve the medication adherence in CHD patient effectively. Education and motivation program by professional health care and multi-capsules also increasing the medication adherence in the intervention control. There was a decrease of medication adherence in some articles with long time follow-up that can be attention for the professional health care to manage the patient adherent. Conclusion The medication adherence in CHD patient can be improve by various program. Modification of m-health and non m-health intervention can be resolved to increase the communication, motivation, and knowledge about medication adherence in CHD patients.
Validation of ACE-FTS HCFC-22 concentrations in the upper troposphere – lower stratosphere

The Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment Fourier Transform Spectrometer (ACE-FTS) is currently providing the 15 only measurements of vertically resolved chlorodifluoromethane (HCFC-22) from space. This study assesses the ACE-FTS HCFC-22 v5.2 product in the upper troposphere – lower stratosphere, as well as the simulated concentrations of HCFC-22 from a 39-year specified dynamics run of the Canadian Middle Atmosphere Model (CMAM39) in the same region. In general, ACE-FTS HCFC-22 observations tend to agree with subsampled CMAM39 data to within ±5%, except for between ~15 and 25 km in the extratropical regions where ACE-FTS exhibits a negative bias of 5-30%, and near 6 km in the tropics where 20 ACE-FTS exhibits a bias of 15%. When comparing against correlative satellite, aircraft, and balloon data, ACE-FTS typically exhibits a low bias on the order of 0-10% between ~5-15 km and is within ±15% between ~15-25 km. ACE-FTS, CMAM39, and surface flask measurements from the NOAA Global Monitoring Laboratory’s surface air-sampling network, all exhibit consistent tropospheric HCFC-22 trends ranging between 6.8 and 7.8 ppt/year (within 95% confidence) for 2004-2012, and between 3.1 and 4.7 ppt/year (within 95% confidence) for 2012-2018. Interhemispheric differences (IHD) of HCFC-22 25 concentrations were also derived using ACE-FTS, NOAA, and CMAM39 data, and all three yielded consistent and correlated ( 𝑟 ≥ 0.42 ) IHD timeseries, with the results indicating that surface IHD values decreased at a rate of 2.2±1.1 ppt/decade between 2004 and 2018.
CLIP-ACQUA : CLIP Autoencoder-based Classic-Quantum Latent Space Reduction

—Applications of quantum machine learning algorithms are currently still being studied. Recent work suggests that classical gradient descent techniques can eﬀectively train variational quantum circuits. We propose to train quantum variational circuits to ﬁnd smaller text and image embeddings that preserve contrastive-learning distances based on CLIP large embeddings. This is a critical task since ﬁne-tuning CLIP to produce low-dimensional embeddings is prohibitively expensive. We introduce CLIP-ACQUA , a model trained in a self-supervised conﬁguration from CLIP embeddings to reduce the latent space. We use CLIP-ACQUA on a sizeable unlabelled corpus of text and images to demonstrate its eﬀectiveness. Our experiments show that we can obtain smaller latent spaces that preserve the original embedding distances inferred during contrastive learning. Furthermore, using our model requires no ﬁne-tuning of CLIP, preserving its original robustness and structure. The data used aids in modeling consumer-to-consumer online marketplaces.
How Do Consumers in General Evaluate, Judge, and Act toward Shoplifting? The Moderating Effects of Personal Characteristics and Motives

Despite the seriousness of shoplifting, consumers’ evaluations, judgements, and intentions toward shoplifting remain underexplored by scholars from business ethics, marketing, retailing, and consumer behavior. We propose a new shoplifting ethics model, which integrates Hunt and Vitell’s theory of ethics with Nadeau, Rochlen, and Tyminski’s typology of shoplifting, by incorporating the moderators of consumers’ personal characteristics (i.e., age, gender, marital status, income) and shoplifting motives (i.e., social, experiential, economic, emotional) onto the relationships among deontological evaluation, teleological evaluation, ethical judgment, and intention. Based on a two-by-two randomized experimental design, two shoplifting cases (i.e., swapping price tags, stealing products) are investigated in four scenarios (i.e., deontologically unethical condition with positive consequences, deontologically unethical condition with negative consequences, deontologically ethical condition with positive consequences, deontologically ethical condition with negative consequences). We discover that age, marriage, and income enhance the relationship between consumers’ deontological evaluations of shoplifting and ethical judgments of shoplifting; that employment strengthens the relationship between the ethical judgments of shoplifting and shoplifting intentions; and that marriage enhances the relationship between consumers’ teleological evaluations of shoplifting and shoplifting intentions. Nevertheless, the economic factor weakens the relationship between consumers’ deontological evaluations of shoplifting and ethical judgments of shoplifting. We find that ethical judgments of shoplifting mediates the relationship between consumers’ deontological/teleological evaluations of shoplifting and shoplifting intentions. The results imply that younger, single, unemployed, and low-income consumers engage in more shoplifting activities compared to their older, married, employed, and high-income counterparts. Moreover, even though acknowledging the inherent wrongness of shoplifting and its negative consequences, consumers can still be impelled by economic reasons to participate in shoplifting. We contribute to the ongoing debate on whether economic reasons change consumers’ ethical judgments of shoplifting and whether economic disadvantage motivates consumers to shoplift. Contrary to conventional wisdom, negative consequences and punishment do not fully deter consumers from shoplifting. Under the contingencies of personal characteristics and shoplifting motives, shoplifting intention is influenced directly by ethical judgment and indirectly by deontological and teleological evaluations. Theoretical and practical insights are discussed to help policy makers and store managers prevent shoplifting behavior.
Effectiveness of a 5-Week Virtual Reality Telerehabilitation Program for Children With Duchenne and Becker Muscular Dystrophy: Prospective Quasi-Experimental Study

Background: Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) and Becker muscular dystrophy (BMD) are neuromuscular diseases. DMD is the most prevalent in children. It affects dystrophin production, reducing the patient’s mobility and quality of life. New technologies have become a part of physical therapy in DMD and BMD. During the COVID-19 pandemic, conducting telerehabilitation through virtual reality–based games could help these children maintain their physical abilities. Objective: This study examined if the use of a virtual platform in a multimodal intervention program changes the results of the 6-minute walk test (6MWT) in children with DMD and BMD. The main objective was to test whether children with DMD and BMD obtain different results on the 6MWT after completing 10 telerehabilitation treatment sessions. The secondary objective was to measure whether other specific motor scales also produce different results after the 10 defined sessions. Methods: This was a descriptive, open, and quasi-experimental study with a prospective A-B (control-intervention
PERSPECTIVA ACTUAL DE LA PROMOCIÓN DE ACTIVIDAD FÍSICA PARA LA SALUD EN NIÑOS Y ADOLESCENTES EN EL CONTEXTO ESCOLAR. REVISIÓN CURRENT PERSPECTIVE OF THE PROMOTION OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS IN SCHOOL CONTEXT. REVIEW

The school is considered as an ideal to speak on the health conditions of children and young people, this has been the focus of many programs designed from different theoretical perspectives, ranging from biologists approaches to approaches of social medicine with the scenario hope to impact the quality of life conditions. The purpose of this study is to analyze identify and understand the guidelines axes, strategies, actors involved and duration, which have guided the pa promotion programs in children and adolescents in the school context. Method: the different studies which developed pa programs directed towards health in the school context were analyzed. Results: The observed evidence suggests a great heterogeneity in the design and components of interventions. Conclusions: Despite the positive results, heterogeneity was identified: the methodology, population, stakeholders and performance indicators, which do not allow comparisons between different studies. It is necessary that future interventions indicators involve individual and collective, that their action is longitudinal order and involve all stakeholders who have different levels of impact on the consolidation of these interventions.
Eﬀects of host competence and schooling behavior on parasite transmission in a ﬁsh-gyrodactylid system: test of the dilution eﬀect

High species diversity in a community may reduce risk of infectious disease, termed the dilution eﬀect. However, the generality of dilution eﬀect in diﬀerent disease systems remains controversial. Besides host competence, behavior of ﬁsh hosts also may play an important role in dilution or ampliﬁcation of disease. Using the goldﬁsh (Carassius auratus)-Gyrodactylus kobayashii system, eﬀects of host competence and schooling behavior on parasite transmission were investigated while holding focal host density constant. Following competency tests of 12 ﬁsh species as potential hosts for the parasite, infection of G. kobayashii was determined on ﬁns of goldﬁsh mixed with each one of three diﬀerent species based on their level of host competence, including the silver crucian carp, C. auratus gibelio (low competence), the grass carp, Ctenopharyngodon idellus (incompetence), the swordtail Xiphophorus helleri (incompetence), and all four species combined. Compared with mean abundance (85.8 ± 25.1) on goldﬁsh in the control group, there was a signiﬁcant decrease in the silver crucian carp group (30.0 ± 16.5), but no signiﬁcant changes in the swordtail group (70.0 ± 22.2), the grass carp group (116.1 ± 33.2), or the multi-species group (75.9 ± 30.8) during the 10-day experiment. The parasite was also found on C. auratus gibelio in the silver crucian carp group and the multi-species group at a mean abundance of 7.1 and 10.9, respectively. Analysis of swimming behavior showed that the goldﬁsh mixed well in schools with the silver crucian carp. However, the goldﬁsh maintained separation from the grass carp and swordtail when mixed together. Distance between goldﬁsh increased, and swimming speed and contact time decreased with the additional ﬁsh for all groups. The results suggested that the presence of a low-competence host in suﬃcient numbers was a necessary condition for a dilution eﬀect due to encounter reduction, and the dilution eﬀect may also be enhanced by changes in schooling behavior of goldﬁsh in the presence of the low competence hosts. However, the presence of incompetent hosts did not result in any dilution eﬀect owing to the specialist nature of the parasites and the lack of mixing with schools of goldﬁsh.
Epidemiological profile of leishmaniasis notifications in the Pernambuco state in Brazil from 2015-2019

Here, we provide an epidemiological analysis of leishmaniasis in Pernambuco, Brazil, from 2015 to 2019. Our results revealed 1,705 of American cutaneous leishmaniasis-ACL and 859 cases of visceral leishmaniasis-VL. VL and ACL affect children aged 1–4 years (23% and 3.2% of all cases, respectively) and adults aged 20–39 years (26% and 28%, respectively), mainly women. The highest percentage (54.6%) of VL cases was found in urban areas, while ACL occurred mainly in rural areas (63.2%). Individuals with a higher level of education were less affected by leishmaniasis and data on prognosis revealed good chances of clinical cure, but deaths are still recorded. These data show that preventive health actions must be developed to hinder leishmaniasis spread, reduce its impact on public health, and restore the population’s life quality. This study can be useful in further elaboration of strategies to minimize leishmaniasis impacts.
Üçüncü Basamak Bir Hastanede Yatan COVID-19 Hastalarında Sekonder Enfeksiyonlar Secondary Infections in COVID-19 Patients Hospitalized in A Tertiary Hospital

Objective: In this study, it was aimed to describe rates, etiological agents of the secondary infections and its effect on clinical outcomes among hospitalized patients with COVID-19. Materials and Methods: A retrospective comparative analysis of the characteristics of patients with and without secondary infection was carried out among 150 hospitalized adult patients with a confirmed diagnosis of COVID-19 via RT-PCR. Results: Among included patients, 20 (13.3%) had at least one secondary infection. Secondary infection rate in ICU patients (72%) was significantly higher than patients in the general ward (1.6%) (p<0.001). The prevalence of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) was 52% in ICU patients. The majority of 31 microorganisms isolated were gram negative bacteria. Overall, 147 (98%) patients received at least one antibiotic during their hospitalization. A significantly higher mortality rate was present in patients with secondary infection compared to those without. Conclusion: Since the rate of secondary infection in hospitalized COVID-19 patients in the general ward is very low, we consider that empirical antibiotic therapy should not be initiated in these patients in accordance with the rational use of antibiotics. Besides, we recommend that multidrug-resistant bacteria be taken into account both in the empirical and targeted antimicrobial therapy of VAP infections.
Cognitive Biases in Screening Processes – Search Strategies in Educational Technology Research A Systematic Review on Learning with Virtual Reality

The aim of this article is to empirically investigate the advantages and disadvantages of different search strategies in synthesizing research papers that use Virtual Reality (VR) educational technology. The aim is to identify cognitive biases on the part of the reviewers through different concrete searches. Using two search strategies, the study identifies the extremes between an AND search that finds as few irrelevant studies as possible but overlooks relevant ones, and an OR search that searches as broadly as possible but picks up many irrelevant studies. The article aims to show how systematic searches in