Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Dermatologic Manifestations in Patients on Chronic Hemodialysis

Background and aim: Dermatological manifestations are frequent and varied among chronic hemodialysis patients. The aim of this study is to determine the prevalence and characteristics of cutaneous abnormalities observed in hemodialysis patients. Methods: We led a transversal study, conducted at the Nephrology Department of the 5th Military Hospital in Guelmim, from March to May 2017, including 44 hemodialysis patients. Results: The mean duration of hemodialysis was 61.81 months. Causes of end stage renal failure were diabetes (45.45%), high blood pressure (13.63%), lithiasis (4.54%), gout (4.54%), reflux nephropathy (4.54%), glomerulonephritis (4.54%), and indeterminate (22.72%). All our patients had dermatological abnormalities. Pruritus (63.63% of patients), Cutaneous xerosis (40.9%), hair loss (36.36%), and hyperpigmentation (22.72%) were the most common skin manifestations. 68.16% of our patients had nail disorders. Conclusions: The knowledge of these manifestations allows a proper care, so to improve the quality of life of the hemodialysis patient.
THREE STUDIES OF SAT‐VERBAL ITEM TYPES

3 Introduction . 3 Results: Item Difficulty and Examinee Nonresponse . 3 Results: Equated Deltas and Biserial Correlations . 14 Results: True-Score Correlations . 14 Summary and Conclusions . 22
HIV Risk Characteristics Associated with Violence Against Women: A Longitudinal Study Among Women in the United States.

BACKGROUND Using data from HIV Prevention Trials Network 064, a multisite, observational cohort study conducted to estimate HIV incidence rates among women living in areas of high poverty and HIV prevalence in the United States, we examined the use of HIV risk characteristics to predict emotional abuse, physical violence, and forced sex. METHODS Participants included 2099 women, 18-44 years of age, who reported unprotected vaginal or anal sex with a male partner and an additional personal or perceived male partner HIV risk characteristic in the past 6 months. Adjusting for time-varying covariates, generalized estimating equations were used to assess the ability of HIV risk characteristics to predict violence 6 months later. RESULTS Reported analyses were limited to the 1980 study participants who reported having a male sex partner at that assessment. Exchanging sex, perceived partner concurrency, and perceived partner incarceration were significantly predictive of emotional abuse 6 months later (adjusted odds ratio [AOR]: 1.60; 1.59; 1.34, respectively). Prior sexually transmitted infection diagnosis, exchanging sex, and binge drinking were significantly predictive of physical violence 6 months later (AOR: 1.62; 1.71; 1.47, respectively). None of the variables measured was significantly predictive of forced sex. CONCLUSIONS Strategies that address reducing violence against women should be studied further in the context of HIV prevention programs.
Perinatal Mortality in South Asia: Systematic Review of Observational Studies

Background: This study aimed to systematically review observational studies on perinatal mortality in South Asia. Methods: This review was conducted according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines. Five computerized bibliographic databases: MEDLINE, CINAHL, Embase, PsycINFO, and Scopus were searched for published studies which reported factors associated with perinatal mortality in South Asia from 1 January 2000 to 20 March 2018. All relevant observational studies (cohort, cross-sectional and case-control) were reviewed. Results: Fourteen studies met the selection criteria. The most common factors associated with perinatal mortality were: low socioeconomic status, lack of quality health-care services, pregnancy/obstetric complications and lack of antenatal care. Conclusions: Interventions to reduce perinatal mortality in the South Asia should focus on the provision of adequate antenatal care and quality healthcare services which are accessible to women of low socioeconomic status.
Influenza virus M 1 protein binds to RNA through its nuclear localization signal

IP: 54.70. 40.11 On: Thu, 03 Jan 2019 02:03:55 Journal of General Virology (1997), 78, 1589–1596. Printed in Great Britain .
Growth hormone therapy in pediatrics : 20 years of KIGS

KIGS: Structure and Organization Assessment of Growth and Puberty Diagnosis of Children with Short Stature: Insights from KIGS Data Analyses within KIGS The KIGS Aetiology Classification System GH Deficiency: GH Tests and GH Measurements GH Testing in KIGS GH Deficiency and Modalities of Birth Modalities and Characteristics at Birth: Commentaries Based on KIGS Data The Role of Insulin-Like Growth Factors in GH Deficiency Insulin-Like Growth Factor 1 Levels in Patients within the KIGS Database Neuroimaging in GH Deficiency Characteristics of Idiopathic GH Deficiency at the Start of GH Therapy and the Response to GH Idiopathic GH Deficiency in KIGS: Selected Aspects GH Deficiency: Puberty and Final Height GH Treatment to Final Height in Idiopathic GH Deficiency: The KIGS Experience The Transition from Childhood to Adulthood: Managing Those with GH Deficiency Effect of Prior Pediatric GH Replacement on Serum Lipids and Quality of Life in Young Adults with Reconfirmed Severe GH Deficiency: The Combined KIGS and KIMS Experiences Who Stops GH in KIGS - And Why? Congenital GH Deficiency GH Deficiency of Known Origin within KIGS (Code No. 2.1.1-2.1.6) GH Treatment of Children with Previous Craniopharyngioma: The KIGS Experience GH Treatment in Rare Disorders: The KIGS Experience Childhood Brain Tumours and GH Treatment KIGS Patients with Acquired GH Deficiency (Code No. 2.2 ff.) GH Treatment of Children with Previous Leukaemia and Lymphoma: The KIGS Experience GH, Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis and Neurofibromatosis GH Treatment in Neurofibrosis Type 1 Involving Central Nervous System Tumours and Pituitary Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis within KIGS Growth and GH Treatment in Patients with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis The KIGS Experience with GH Treatment of Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis Cystic Fibrosis - GH Treatment The KIGS Experience with GH Treatment of Cystic Fibrosis Idiopathic Short Stature: Definition, Spontaneous Growth and Response to Treatment Short- and Long-Term Response to GH in Idiopathic Short Stature: KIGS Analysis of Factors Predicting Growth Turner Syndrome - GH Treatment Turner Syndrome within KIGS Including an Analysis of 1146 Patients Grown to Near Adult Height Noonan Syndrome Short Stature in Noonan Syndrome: Results of GH Treatment in KIGS GH Treatment in Skeletal Dysplasias: The KIGS Experience Prader-Willi Syndrome and GH Treatment Effects of GH Treatment in Children Presenting with Prader-Willi Syndrome: The KIGS Experience Growth and GH Treatment in Children Born Small for Gestational Age and with Silver-Russell Syndrome KIGS 20 Years: Children Born Small for Gestational Age GH Treatment in Short Children with Chronic Kidney Disease Predicting Growth in Response to GH Treatment - The KIGS Approach Adverse Events Reported in KIGS Progress and Challenges in Understanding the Psychology of Growth Delay GH and Brain Function Review of Methods for Body Composition Assessment in Children Metabolic Effects of GH The Growth Plate Pharmacogenetics of GH Therapy.
How do secondary school counsellors work with other professionals

Abstract Aim: This study explores how secondary school counsellors work with other professionals within and outside schools in the delivery of services. Method: Sixteen school counsellors from across the UK were interviewed, in four different focus groups – two in England (n=8) and two in Scotland (n=8). Results: The findings indicate that the professional relationships counsellors have with other colleagues have a direct influence upon the quality of the service they feel able to offer. Time spent with colleagues when setting up services was viewed as highly beneficial, as was time spent building relationships and connections with colleagues within the school and from external agencies and organisations, as well as having a senior member of staff to liaise with. It is apparent that attending to relationships outside of the counselling room may influence the positive outcomes for the counselling service and its clients generally. Conclusions: Implications of these findings may influence the ways in which .
A Panel Analysis of Czech Firms

This study empirically investigates if competition’s impact on firm performance depends on the ownership structure. Our results show that an increase in import competition has a positive effect on firms with concentrated ownership and a negative effect on firms with dispersed ownership, regardless of the level of domestic competition. Given that the optimal level of ownership concentration with respect to firm productivity is high (low) if tariffs are low (high) in the case when import competition is high these results are consistent with theoretical findings that competition has positive effects in companies that are a priori efficient but not in unproductive firms. If tariffs are high, however, they support inferences based on the x-inefficiency literature. Contrary to what has been suggested by some theoretical results, the riskiness of a firm’s environment does not seem to influence our results. JEL: D24, F10
What do trainee cognitive behavioural therapists need from clinical supervision to develop their skills in working with people with psychosis? A qualitative analysis

ABSTRACT Background Clinical supervision is assumed to be essential to the development of competent psychological therapists. While the evidence for effective psychological therapy training remains sparse, there is some support for the role of supervision and the experiential learning cycle in trainees’ progression. Despite a growing demand for cognitive behavioural therapy for psychosis (CBTp), no research has investigated the components of CBTp supervision necessary for skilful therapeutic practice. Methods We completed a qualitative thematic analysis of 385 supervision questions from 11 trainee CBTp therapists. Results The analysis yielded three main themes – knowledge/content (What? ) questions; procedure/process (How? ) questions; and course requirements/assessment methods (Training) questions. What? questions decreased over the 20 weeks of supervision, How? questions were raised throughout, and Training questions increased prior to academic deadlines. The thematic analysis also showed that active experimentation (the final stage of the experiential learning cycle) may be omitted from supervisory practice. Discussion These results indicate that CBTp supervision should prioritise knowledge, procedural learning and active experimentation, in training therapists to deliver high quality CBT for people with psychosis.
A finite state machine framework for robust analysis and control of hybrid systems

Author . Department of Mechanical Engineering May 19, 2006 Certified by. H. Harry Asada Professor of Mechanical Engineering Thesis Committee Chairman
Age and APOE genotype influence rate of cognitive decline in non-demented elderly

, Abstract Objective— This study examined the impact of age and apolipoprotein E (APOE) genotype on the rate of cognitive decline in non-demented elderly participants in a simulated Alzheimer’s disease (AD) primary prevention treatment trial carried out by the Alzheimer’s Disease Cooperative Study. Method— Cognitive tests were administered at baseline and at four subsequent annual evaluations to 417 non-demented participants (172 men, 245 women) between the ages of 74 and 93 (mean=79.13 ± 3.34). APOE genotyping was available for 286 of the participants. Results— Four-year decline was evident on measures of orientation, memory, executive function and language. Faster decline was evident in APOE ε 4+ (a genetic risk factor for AD; n=73) than ε 4− participants (n=213), even after controlling for education, gender, ethnicity, and baseline functional and cognitive abilities. This discrepancy increased with increasing age indicating an age X genotype interaction. Conclusions— These results are consistent with population-based studies, and extend the findings to a carefully-screened sample that meets inclusion and exclusion criteria for an AD primary prevention trial. The interaction between age and APOE genotype on rate of decline suggests that preclinical
Synthesis and Characterization of PANi/PVA Nanofibers with Variation of Nozzle to Collector Distance Using Electrospinning Method

Fumaric acid doped polyaniline was confirmed by FTIR as a sample of polyaniline emeraldine salt phase. This study aims to determine the value of the electrical conductivity of PANi/PVA with variations in distance. The electrospinning method was carried out on a PANi/PVA solution to form polyaniline nanofibers. The electrospinning solution used a percent ratio of 1:1 PANi/PVA (10%) with variations in the distance of the nozzle to the collector, namely 13 cm, 15 cm, and 17 cm. The morphological characterization and fiber properties obtained from electrospinning were characterized using FTIR, optical microscopy, and SEM-EDX. The number of fibers decreases and becomes finer as the distance increases. Fiber decreased in number due to evaporation of PVA. The diameter comparisons obtained from PANi/PVA fiber and pure PVA fiber are 263 nm and 240 nm. So the PANi/PVA fiber diameter is slightly larger than that of the PVA fiber. Electrical conductivity was carried out using the four-point probe method. The electrical conductivity value from the measurement of the best PANi/PVA sample is 1.39 × 10-6 S/cm at a distance of 15 cm with the best fiber shape.
Revisiting the Raractocetus Fossils from Mesozoic and Cenozoic Amber Deposits (Coleoptera: Lymexylidae)

Simple Summary Lymexylidae is a small beetle family, with some members exhibiting strongly reduced elytra and largely exposed functional hind wings. Previously, four species from Kachin (Myanmar), Baltic, and Rovno ambers were assigned to the extant lymexylid genus Raractocetus. Our new examination suggests that these fossils are morphologically separated from the extant Raractocetus, primarily in the hind wing venation, and should be removed from Raractocetus. Abstract The fossils once assigned to Raractocetus Kurosawa from the Mesozoic and Cenozoic amber deposits differ from extant Raractocetus in the longer elytra, the more strongly projecting metacoxae, and the hind wing with vein 2A forked. Thus, these fossils should be removed from Raractocetus. Cretoquadratus engeli Chen from Kachin amber appears to be conspecific with R. fossilis Yamamoto. As a result, R. fossilis and R. extinctus Yamamoto from Kachin amber, R. balticus Yamamoto from Baltic amber, and R. sverlilo Nazarenko, Perkovsky & Yamamoto from Rovno amber are transferred to Cretoquadratus Chen, as C. fossilis (Yamamoto) comb. nov., C. extinctus (Yamamoto) comb. nov., C. balticus (Yamamoto) comb. nov., and C. sverlilo (Nazarenko, Perkovsky & Yamamoto) comb. nov., and C. engeli syn. nov. is suggested to be a junior synonym of C. fossilis.
Entitate izendunen desanbiguazioa ezagutza-base erraldoien arabera

Gaur egun, interneten nabigatzeko orduan, ia-ia ezinbestekoak dira bilatza-ileak, eta guztietatik ezagunena Google da. Bilatzaileek egungo arrakastarenzati handi bat ezagutza-baseen ustiaketatik eskuratu dute. Izan ere, bilaketasemantikoekin kontsulta soilak ezagutza-baseetako informazioaz aberastekogai dira. Esate baterako, musika talde bati buruzko informazioa bilatzean,bere diskografia edo partaideetara esteka gehigarriak eskaintzen dituzte. Her-rialde bateko lehendakariari buruzko informazioa bilatzean, lehendakari izan-dakoen estekak edo lurralde horretako informazio gehigarria eskaintzen dute.Hala ere, gaur egun pil-pilean dauden bilaketa semantikoen arrakasta kolokanjarriko duen arazoa existitzen da. Termino anbiguoek ezagutza-baseetatikeskuratuko den informazioaren egokitasuna baldintzatuko dute. Batez ere,arazo handienak izen berezien edo entitate izendunen aipamenek sortuko di-tuzte.Tesi-lan honen helburu nagusia entitate izendunen desanbiguazioa (EID)aztertu, eta hau burutzeko teknika berriak proposatzea da. EID sistemektestuetako izen-aipamenak desanbiguatu, eta ezagutza-baseetako entitateekinlotuko dituzte. Izen-aipamenen izaera anbiguoa dela eta, hainbat entitateizendatu ditzakete. Gainera, entitate berdina hainbat izen ezberdinekinizendatu daiteke, beraz, aipamen hauek egoki desanbiguatzea tesiaren gakoaizango da.Horretarako, lehenik, arloaren egoeraren oinarri diren bi desanbiguazioeredu aztertuko dira. Batetik, ezagutza-baseen egituraz baliatzen den ereduvglobala, eta bestetik, aipamenaren testuinguruko hitzen informazioa usti-atzen duen eredu lokala. Ondoren, bi informazio iturriak modu osagarriankonbinatuko dira. Konbinazioak arloaren egoerako emaitzak hainbat datu-multzo ezberdinetan gaindituko ditu, eta gainontzekoetan pareko emaitzaklortuko ditu.Bigarrenik, edozein desanbiguazio-sistema hobetzeko helburuarekin ideiaberritzaileak proposatu, aztertu eta ebaluatu dira. Batetik, diskurtso, bil-duma eta agerkidetza mailan entitateen portaera aztertu da, entitateek pa-troi jakin bat betetzen dutela baieztatuz. Ondoren, patroi horretan oinar-rituz eredu globalaren, lokalaren eta beste EID sistema baten emaitzak moduadierazgarrian hobetu dira. Bestetik, eredu lokala kanpotiko corpusetatik es-kuratutako ezagutzarekin elikatu da. Ekarpen honekin kanpo-ezagutza honenkalitatea ebaluatu da sistemari egiten dion ekarpena justifikatuz. Gainera,eredu lokalaren emaitzak hobetzea lortu da, berriz ere arloaren egoerakobalioak eskuratuz.Tesia artikuluen bilduma gisa aurkeztuko da. Sarrera eta arloaren ego-era azaldu ondoren, tesiaren oinarri diren ingelesezko lau artikulu erantsikodira. Azkenik, lau artikuluetan jorratu diren gaiak biltzeko ondorio orokorrakplanteatuko dira.
INSTITUTIONAL COMMITMENTS AND POLICY CREDIBILITY: A CRITICAL SURVEY AND EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE FROM THE ERM

Introduction . 46 1 . Credibility and inflation expectations . 52 A . Analytical underpinnings . 52 B . Policies to achieve credibility . 53 C . Limitations of the credibility model . 54
Impact of plant genetic engineering on foods and nutrition.

INTRODUCTION . 191 THE TECHNOLOGIES OF PLANT GENETIC ENGINEERING . 192 Plant Transformation . 192 Gene Expression . 194 Gene Inactivation . 195
Income Growth Factors: Error Introduced through the Application of Cohort Data

Numerous applications exist for the single dollar amount representing the present value of future (lifetime) earnings. In general, the present value of future earnings for a worker currently age x (PVJ) can be expressed as: e y )n-x e Y ( 1 + g)n PV x 2 (1 + .)l (1) n = x ( 1) where Yx is the average income at age Y, i is the assumed interest rate and g is the assumed annual growth rate of income; g is normally a constant for each x < n e where e is the worklife expectancy. Recent refinements in this formula have been directed toward claims that, in many cases, the use of a level annual rate of salary increase underestimates the present value of future earnings [2, 5, 9]. One of these refinements [2] argues that in a vast majority of occupations earnings increase much faster at the younger ages. Since these early earnings are affected to a lesser degree by interest discounts than are later earnings, the net result of the level growth assumption is an underestimation of the present value of all future earnings. While the methods devised to overcome this difficulty [2,5] recognize that earnings do not generally increase at a constant compound rate, they use cohort data in their computations (i.e., they use data from groups of people who are different ages at the same point in time.) Is it realistic, though, to assume that an individual age 30 today will, in another 30 years, be earning what another individual age 60 is earning in the same occupation today? There are at least two fundamental components of economic growth which are not considered when this assumption is used. The first is inflation the changing value of compensation. A more critical omission than the impact of inflation, which can be adjusted for explicitly, is that no allowance is made for general gains in productivity over the lifetime of the worker. Inherent in the cohort data are general productivity gains of past generations and productivity which has been acquired with age (experience); however, the assumption implicit in the use of cohort data in present value calculations is one of zero gain in general productivity in the future.
High-Efficiency Transmission of a Wireless Power Transmission System for Low-Frequency Using REBCO Double-Pancake Coils

Wireless power transmission has been investigated to realize more efficient and more convenient noncontact power transmission systems for electric tramways, electric vehicles, portable telephones, and so on. Since the magnetic resonance type wireless power transmission system is often used in frequency regions of megahertz, there are some problems, such as the increase of wire resistance due to skin effect and a switching loss in converter. Therefore, it is expected to realize high-power wireless power transmission in low-frequency regions of kilohertz. In a wireless power transmission system using copper coils, however, the transmission efficiency decreases with the decrease of resonance frequency because quality factor decreases with the decrease of the resonance frequency. Therefore, we fabricated a model system using high-temperature superconducting (HTS) double-pancake coils composed of REBCO tape and investigated the transmission efficiency characteristics to evaluate the possibility of application of the HTS coil to a high-efficiency wireless power transmission system operated in the low-frequency region of kilohertz. In the copper coil system, the transmission efficiency increases with the resonance frequency. In the HTS coil system, however, a high-efficiency transmission was obtained, even at a low-resonance frequency, due to a large quality factor at low frequency. Moreover, in the wireless power transmission system using HTS coils, the transmission efficiency was high not only at the resonance frequency but also around the resonance frequency. From these results, we believe that HTS coil can realize the high-efficiency wireless power transmission in a low-frequency region of kilohertz.
Intellectual disability secondary to a 16p13 duplication in a 1;16 translocation. Extended phenotype in a four‐generation family

We describe a large family from the Gaza Strip presented with multiple congenital anomalies. The proband was presented with intellectual disability and multiple congenital anomalies including cleft palate, low‐set ears, everted upper lip, diaphragmatic hernia, and arthrogryposis. Pedigree analysis showed 19 affected patients over five generations, only 6 were alive and 11 individuals were obligate carriers. The proband had an apparently normal karyotype, although FISH studies showed a derivative chromosome 1 with duplication of 16p13.3 and deletion of the 1p subtelomere. Her father however had a balanced translocation. The seven affected patients had a similar phenotype, one of them died before genetic testing was carried out and the living six patients had the same unbalanced translocation. Array CGH revealed an 8.8 Mb duplication in 16p13 and 200,338 bp deletion in 1p36.3. Accordingly, intellectual disability, hypertelorism, cupped ears, everted upper lip, and limb anomalies were presenting clinical features of the 16p13 duplication syndrome while deep set eyes were perhaps related to the 1p terminal deletion. Prevention of recurrent intellectual disability in this family can be achieved through carrier detection and prenatal genetic diagnosis. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.