Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Schizophrenia and PCR-proved cases of COVID-19: A preliminary case-control study

Objectives: The coronavirus infection (COVID-19) significantly impacts populations worldwide, including individuals with schizophrenia. This study meant to investigate whether COVID-19 patients with schizophrenia have the same disease severity and outcome as those without schizophrenia. Methods: This case-control, retrospective study included 108 adult patients who attended a tertiary care hospital with a polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-confirmed diagnosis of COVID-19. The study cohort was divided into the patient group (n=54) with confirmed schizophrenia diagnosis and the matched control group. The patients' medical data were retrieved from archived hospital e-medical records from 1 January to 26 February 2021. A logistic regression study was made to identify the risk of concomitant comorbidities. Results: Females accounted for 25.9% of the study population. Approximately 75% of the participants were aged >= 50 (50-69) years. None of the study participants were admitted to the ICU. Patients with schizophrenia had more comorbidities (68.5%) than COVID-19 patients without schizophrenia (35.2%). Nevertheless, patients with schizophrenia were less likely to have a concomitant cerebrovascular disease (OR = 0.48, 95% CI = 0.39-0.58, p <0.001), epilepsy (OR = 0.48, 95% CI = 0.39-0.59, p <0.001), or bronchial asthma (OR = 0.49, 95% CI = 0.40-0.59, p <0.001). There were no reported cases of mortality in either study group. Conclusions: Although COVID-19 patients with schizophrenia had multiple comorbidities, they did not necessarily present a severe course or detrimental outcome compared to COVID-19 patients without schizophrenia. Further studies are required to confirm the findings of this study.
Effect of shrimp waste fermentation feed supplement use on the balance of protein efficiency and color of native chicken egg yolk

Background: Supplement feed with an optimal composition will increase livestock productivity through increased feed digestibility and feed consumption that will provide a balance between amino acid supply and energy to grow, and produce. One of the fishery wastes that can be used as feed supplements is shrimp waste. The purpose of the study was to determine and obtain the level of use of feed supplements of fermented shrimp waste in the ration which resulted in a balance value of protein efficiency and the best egg yolk colour in the native chickens. Materials and Methods: The experiment used 20 native chickens aged 40 weeks in 20-unit cages. The study used the Complete Randomized Design method with 5 kinds of treatment, namely R0 (ration without the use of feed supplement fermentation of shrimp waste), R1 (ration with the use of feed supplement 0.5% fermentation of shrimp waste), R2 (ration with the use of feed supplement 1.0% fermentation of shrimp waste), R3 (ration with the use of feed supplement 1.5% fermentation of shrimp waste), and R4 (ration with the use of feed supplement 2.0% fermentation of shrimp waste), each treatment is repeated four times. The changes observed were ration consumption, protein consumption, egg weight, protein efficiency balance, and yolk colour. Results: Shrimp waste fermentation products as feed supplements have a significant influence (P<0.05) on feed consumption, protein consumption, egg weight, the balance of protein efficiency, and the colour of the yolk. The use of shrimp waste fermentation products gives optimal results at the rate of 1.5% (R3) in the ration against feed consumption and protein consumption, the weight of eggs optimal results at the level of 2.0 % (R4), and the balance of protein efficiency and against the colour of the yolk optimal results at the level of 1.0% (R2). Conclusions: The use of shrimp waste fermentation products of 1.0 levels in the ration results in an optimal balance of protein efficiency and yolk colour. The pattern of the relationship between treatments to the balance of protein efficiency is obtained in linear form with the equation y = 0.1494x + 3.7593 (R2 =93.71%). and in the colour of the yolk in linear form with the equation y = 0.85x + 7.4883 (R2=96.33%). Shrimp waste fermentation products can be used at a rate of 1.0-2.0% in the feed formula of the local poultry layer phase and livestock other than local poultry. Fermentation products of shrimp waste from bioprocess processing by the bacteria B. licheniformis, Lactobacillus sp. , and S. cerevisiae yeast can be used as a feed supplement in native chicken ration formulations. The use of shrimp waste fermentation products of 1.0 levels in the ration results in an optimal balance of protein efficiency and yolk colour. The pattern of the relationship between treatments to the balance of protein efficiency is obtained in linear form with the equation y = 0.1494x + 3.7593 (R2 =93.71%). and in the colour of the yolk in linear form with the equation y = 0.85x + 7.4883 (R2=96.33%).
Evaluation of lignocellulose degradation and ethanol production via dilute acid and alkali pretreatment of hybrid Pennisetum

Chemically pretreating lignocellulose has been widely used in the production of clean energy. An energy grass called hybrid Pennisetum was pretreated with different H2SO4 and NaOH concentrations to analyse the effects of an acid and alkali pretreatment on the degradation of hybrid Pennisetum lignocellulose. The chemical composition, hydrolyzed sugar yield, and microstructure were determined. The results showed that a NaOH pretreatment retained more cellulose and removed more lignins, while a H2SO4 pretreatment significantly inhibited the removal of lignins and increased hemicellulose degradation. X-ray diffraction analysis indicated that increasing the concentration of NaOH or H2SO4 could intensify the cellulose polymerization; this effect was stronger with NaOH compared to H2SO4. Scanning electron microscopy images showed that the cellulose bundles pretreated with H2SO4 were arranged tightly, while the cellulose bundles pretreated with NaOH were loose. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy exhibited that the ether/ester bond between lignins and carbohydrates was broken by the H2SO4 pretreatment. The NaOH pretreatment increased the number of carbonyl and hydroxyl groups, resulting in more hydrophilic lignins, enabling greater facile degradation. Although the two methods are different in terms of destroying the structure of lignocellulose, the NaOH pretreatment can retain more cellulose, which is beneficial to subsequent ethanol production.
Complement Regulatory Protein Factor H Membrane Protein Ail Recruits the Human Outer Yersinia pseudotuberculosis The

Previous investigations characterizing the mechanism(s) of complement resistance in Yersinia pseudotuberculosis showed that the outer membrane protein Ail can functionally recruit the regulator of the classical and lectin pathways of complement, C4b-binding protein. In this study, we extend these observations and show that Ail can also recruit the regulator of the alternative pathway (AP), factor H (fH). Binding to fH was dependent on Ail expression and observed in the context of full-length LPS. Inactivation of ail resulted in loss of fH binding. Ail expression conferred resistance to AP-mediated killing. Bound fH was functional as a cofactor for factor I-mediated cleavage and inactivation of C3b. Ail alone is sufﬁcient to mediate fH binding and resistance to AP-mediated killing, because Ail expression in a laboratory Escherichia coli strain conferred both of these phenotypes. Binding was speciﬁc and inhibited by increasing heparin and NaCl concentrations. Using a panel of fH recombinant fragments, we observed that both short consensus repeats 5–7 and 19–20 regions are responsible for mediating the interaction with Ail. Collectively, these results suggest that fH recruitment is an additional mechanism of complement resistance of Ail. Recruitment of both fH and C4BP by Ail may confer Y. pseudotuberculosis with the ability to resist all pathways of complement activation. The Journal of Immunology , 2012, 189: 000–000.
Mediatorsand Is Independent of Local Inflammatory Time-Limited Property of Blood Monocytes Phenotype In Vivo Is a Constitutive, Inflammatory + Differentiation to the CCR2

It is proposed that CCR2 (cid:1) monocytes are speciﬁcally recruited to inﬂammatory sites, whereas CCR2 (cid:2) monocytes are recruited to normal tissue to become resident macrophages. Whether these subsets represent separate lineages, how differential trafﬁcking is regulated and whether monocytes undergo further differentiation is uncertain. Using a mouse model of autoimmune uveoretinitis we examined monocyte trafﬁcking to the inﬂamed retina in vivo. We show that bone marrow-derived CD11b (cid:1) F4/80 (cid:2) monocytes require 24 to 48 h within the circulation and lymphoid system before acquiring the CCR2 (cid:1) phenotype and trafﬁcking to the inﬂamed retina is enabled. This phenotype, and the capacity to trafﬁc were lost by 72 h. Monocyte CCR2 expression followed a similar time course in normal mice indicating that differentiation to an inﬂammatory phenotype is a constitutive, time-limited property, independent of local inﬂammatory mediators. Phenotypic analysis of adoptively transferred cells indicated that circulating inﬂammatory monocytes also differentiate into CD11c (cid:1) and B220 (cid:1) dendritic cells and F4/80 (cid:1) tissue macrophages in vivo. Our data supports the hypothesis of continuous extravasation and progressive differentiation over time of inﬂammatory monocytes in the circulation rather than replication within the actively inﬂamed tissue, and supports the concept of myeloid dendritic cell differentiation from trafﬁcking monocytes under physiological conditions in vivo. The Journal of Immunology, 2005, 175: 6915–6923. three different populations of mouse monocytes obtained in larger quan-tities, including in vitro cultured bone marrow monocytes, resident inactivated peritoneal monocytes, and freshly isolated bone marrow monocyte precursors. These were used to investigate the trafﬁcking of monocytes to the site of inﬂammation in a model of experimental autoimmune uveoretinitis (EAU) 30). We found that only bone-marrow-derived CD11b (cid:1) monocytic cells circulated freely and trafﬁcked efﬁciently to the retina, and that the inﬂammatory CCR2 (cid:1) phenotype was also acquired in normal mice. Even in the presence of an established inﬂammatory vasculature, to the site of inﬂammation occurred over a lim-ited time window. A 24- to 48-h period within the circulation was required before inﬂammatory monocyte phenotype was acquired and monocytes entered the retina in signiﬁcant numbers. This phenotype and ability was short lived, and lost by 72 h. into (cid:1) and B220 (cid:1) data at DC
Computation of the Percentage Points of the Chi-Square Distribution

Abstract : A Fortran IV program is developed for computing the percentage points of the Chi-square distribution. The Newton-Raphson procedure is used with good initial approximations. The maximum number of iterations is four and in most cases only one or two are needed. An extensive table is given of the percentage points Chi squared in terms of nu, a positive number, and Q(nu/Chi squared), the probability integral of the Chi-square distribution.
Professional Learning Communities for school innovation

particolarmente in incoraggiano la circolazione di pratiche innovative attraverso l’apprendimento pari, tutoraggio lo sviluppo delle capacità a livello scolastico. In definitiva, questo articolo esplora in che modo le PLC possono supportare i professionisti, migliorando la loro pratica di insegnamento, oltre a progettare e implementare l’innovazione a livello di classe e scuola.
Observations from Orbiting Platforms

Orbiting platforms provide the opportunity to observe asteroids without limitation by Earth’s atmosphere. Several Earth-orbiting observatories have been successfully operated in the last decade, obtaining unique results on asteroid physical properties. These include the high-resolution mapping of the surface of 4 Vesta and the first spectra of asteroids in the far-infrared wavelength range. In the near future other space platforms and orbiting observatories are planned. Some of them are particularly promising for asteroid science and should considerably improve our knowledge of the dynamical and physical properties of asteroids.
An Insight of Critical Success Factors for ERP Model

— t is commonly known that ERP projects are multifaceted purposes which influence various operations of organizations. The success of the development in a straight line affects the deed and the survival of the institution. Research has scientifically composed conceivable data in the field of critical success factors within ERP system. The success factors for ERP project are major aspects for any organization. The success of ERP or Information System depends not only on the technical ground but on various social and behaviors ground. Therefore finding these key factors are very crucial for success of project. This paper tries to identify the main critical success factors and the importance of success factors.
TITLE: Determinants of a dietary pattern linked with greater metabolic risk and its tracking during adolescence of a

Background: While growing evidence suggests that dietary patterns associated with non-communicable diseases in adulthood may develop early in life, when these are established and their determinants, is unclear. Methods: We examined determinants and tracking of a dietary pattern (DP) associated with metabolic risk and its key food groups, among 860 adolescents in the Western Australian Pregnancy (Raine) Cohort study. Food intake was reported using a Food Frequency Questionnaire (FFQ) at 14 and 17 y. Z-scores for an ‘energy dense, high fat, low fibre’ DP were estimated by applying reduced rank regression at both ages. Tracking was based on the predictive value (PV) of remaining in the DP z-score or food intake quartile at 14 and 17 y. Early life exposures included: maternal age; maternal pre-pregnancy BMI; parent smoking status during pregnancy; and parent socio-economic position (SEP) at 14 and 17 y. Associations between the DP z-scores, early life factors and SEP were analysed using regression analysis. Results: Dietary tracking was strongest among boys with high DP z-scores, high intakes of processed meat, low-fibre bread, crisps and savoury snacks (PV>1), and the lowest intakes of vegetables, fruit and legumes. Lower maternal education (β=0.09, p=0.002 at 14 y; β=0.14, p<0.001 at 17 y) and lower maternal age at birth (β=0.09, p=0.003 at 14 y; β=0.11, p=0.004 at 17 y) were positively associated with a higher DP z-scores. Conclusion: An energy-dense, high-fat, low fibre dietary pattern tracks more strongly among adolescent boys who have high scores for this pattern at 14 y of age. These findings highlight target foods and population subgroups for early interventions to improve dietary behaviours.
the Stroke Imaging Research (STIR) and Virtual International Stroke Trials Archive (VISTA)-Imaging Investigators Acute Stroke Imaging Research Roadmap II Special Report

Max Wintermark, MD, MAS; Gregory W. Albers, MD; Joseph P. Broderick, MD; Andrew M. Demchuk, MD; Jochen B. Fiebach, MD; Jens Fiehler, MD; James C. Grotta, MD; Gary Houser; Tudor G. Jovin, MD; Kennedy R. Lees, MD; Michael H. Lev, MD; David S. Liebeskind, MD; Marie Luby, PhD; Keith W. Muir, MD; Mark W. Parsons, MD, PhD; Rüdiger von Kummer, MD; Joanna M. Wardlaw, MD; Ona Wu, PhD; Albert J. Yoo, MD; Andrei V. Alexandrov, MD; Jeffry R. Alger, MD, PhD; Richard I. Aviv, MD; Roland Bammer, PhD; Jean-Claude Baron, MD, ScD; Fernando Calamante, PhD; Bruce C.V. Campbell, MD, PhD; Trevor C. Carpenter, PhD; Søren Christensen, PhD; William A. Copen, MD; Colin P. Derdeyn, MD; E. Clarke Haley Jr, MD; Pooja Khatri, MD; Kohsuke Kudo, MD, PhD; Maarten G. Lansberg, MD, PhD; Lawrence L. Latour, PhD; Ting-Yim Lee, MD; Richard Leigh, MD; Weili Lin, PhD; Patrick Lyden, MD; Grant Mair, MD; Bijoy K. Menon, MD; Patrik Michel, MD; Robert Mikulik, MD, PhD; Raul G. Nogueira, MD; Leif Østergaard, MD, PhD; Salvador Pedraza, MD; Christian H. Riedel, MD; Howard A. Rowley, MD; Pina C. Sanelli, MD, MPH; Makoto Sasaki, MD, PhD; Jeffrey L. Saver, MD; Pamela W. Schaefer, MD; Peter D. Schellinger, MD; Georgios Tsivgoulis, MD; Lawrence R. Wechsler, MD; Philip M. White, MD; Greg Zaharchuk, MD, PhD; Osama O. Zaidat, MD; Stephen M. Davis, MD; Geoffrey A. Donnan, MD; Anthony J. Furlan, MD; Werner Hacke, MD, PhD; Dong-Wha Kang, MD, PhD; Chelsea Kidwell, MD; Vincent N. Thijs, MD, PhD; Götz Thomalla, MD, PhD; Steven J. Warach, MD, PhD; For the Stroke Imaging Research (STIR) and Virtual International Stroke Trials Archive (VISTA)-Imaging Investigators
Nonlinear Mesoscopic Elasticity: The Complex Behaviour of Granular Media Including Rocks and Soil

Preface . Acknowledgements . 1 Introduction . 1.1 Systems . 1.2 Examples of Phenomena . 1.3 The Domain of Exploration . 1.4 Outline . References . 2 Microscopic/Macroscopic Formulation of the Traditional Theory of Linear and Nonlinear Elasticity . 2.1 Prefatory Remarks . 2.2 From Microscopic to Continuum . 2.3 Continuum Elasticity and Macroscopic Phenomenology . 2.4 Thermodynamics . 2.5 Energy Scales . References . 3 Traditional Theory of Nonlinear Elasticity, Results . 3.1 Quasistatic Response Linear and Nonlinear . 3.2 Dynamic Response Linear . 3.3 Quasistatic/Dynamic Response Nonlinear . 3.4 Dynamic Response Nonlinear . 3.5 Exotic Response Nonlinear . 3.6 Green Functions . References . 4 Mesoscopic Elastic Elements and Macroscopic Equations of State . 4.1 Background . 4.2 Elastic Elements . 4.3 Effective Medium Theory . 4.4 Equations of State Examples . References . 5 Auxiliary Fields . 5.1 Temperature . 5.2 Saturation . 5.3 The Conditioning Field, X . References . 6 Hysteretic Elastic Elements . 6.1 Finite Displacement Elastic Elements Quasistatic Response . 6.2 Finite Displacement Elastic Elements: Inversion . 6.3 Finite Displacement Elastic Elements: Dynamic Response . 6.4 Models with Hysteresis . 6.5 Summary . 6.6 Models with Hysteresis, Detail . References . 7 The Dynamics of Elastic Systems Fast and Slow . 7.1 Fast/Slow Linear Dynamics . 7.2 Fast Nonlinear Dynamics . 7.3 Auxiliary Fields and Slow Dynamics . 7.4 Summary . References . 8 Q and Issues of Data Modeling/Analysis . 8.1 Attenuation in Linear Elastic Systems . 8.2 Nonlinear Attenuation . 8.3 Why Measure Q ? 8.4 How to Measure Q. 8.5 Resonant Bar Revisited . References . 9 Elastic State Spectroscopies and Elastic State Tomographies . 9.1 Spectroscopies . 9.2 Tomographies, Linear, Inhomogeneous . 9.3 Tomographies, Nonlinear, Inhomogeneous . References . 10 Quasistatic Measurements . 10.1 Some Basic Observations . 10.2 Quasistatic Stress-Strain Data Hysteresis . 10.3 Coupling to Auxiliary Fields . 10.4 Inversion . References . 11 Dynamic Measurements . 11.1 Quasistatic-Dynamic . 11.2 Dynamic-Dynamic . 11.3 Examples of Systems . References . 12 Field Observations . 12.1 Active Probes . 12.2 Passive Probes . References . 13 Nonlinear Elasticity and Nondestructive Evaluation and Imaging . 13.1 Overview . 13.2 Historical Context . 13.3 Simple Conceptual Model of a Crack in an Otherwise Elastically Linear Solid . 13.4 Nonlinear Elastic Wave Spectroscopy in Nondestructive Evaluation (NEWS) . 13.5 Progressive Mechanical Damage Probed by NEWS Techniques . 13.6 Mechanical Damage Location and Imaging . 13.7 Other Methods for Extracting the Elastic Nonlinearity . 13.8 Summary . References . Color Plates . Index .
New Proofs of Some Basic Theorems on Stationary Point Processes

New proofs of some basic theorems on stationary point processes Sub Title Author 南, 就将(Minami, Nariyuki) Publisher 慶應義塾大学日吉紀要刊行委員会 Publication year 2012 Jtitle 慶應義塾大学日吉紀要. 自然科学 (The Hiyoshi review of the natural science). No.52 (2012. 9) ,p.3747 Abstract We give new proofs of three basic theorems on stationary point processes on the real line―theorems of Khintchine, Korolyuk, and Dobrushin. Moreover we give a direct construction of the Palm measure for a class of point processes which includes stationary ones as special cases. Notes 研究ノート Genre Departmental Bulletin Paper URL http://koara.lib. keio.ac. jp/xoonips/modules/xoonips/detail.php? koara_id=AN10079809-20120930 -0037
newly marketed generic medicines expand markets using descriptive time series analysis and mixed logit models? Korea as an exemplar and its implications.

Introduction: There have been concerns in Korea that the availability of cheaper generics can appreciably increase prescribed volumes thereby negating their beneficial effects on overall pharmaceutical expenditure. Objectives: Explore market changes after newly entered generics including market expansion and substitution effects, and to examine factors contributing to the prescribing of newly entered generics using atorvastatin as an exemplar. This is because previous studies have shown market expansion had occurred following generic atorvastatin. Methods: Explore market expansion effects by extracting all statins users from July 2008 to June 2010 from the nationally representative dataset of 2008, combined with the National Health Insurance Claims data, with atorvastatin ’s patent expiring in July 2008. The data consisted of medical visit episodes of patients who had been prescribed statins at least once during the observational period. Patients who had been prescribed any statin before the observation period were classified as the previously treated group and those who had not as the newly treated group. Descriptive time series analysis was conducted and the mixed logit model applied to understand factors contributing to generic atorvastatin prescriptions. Results: Market expansion was observed after generic atorvastatin availability with an appreciable increase in number of newly treated patients, whereas substitution effect was found among previously treated patients. Newly treated patients tended to get significantly lower daily doses (p<0.0001). According to the mixed logistic analysis, newly treated patients were more likely to be prescribed generic atorvastatin (OR=2.58; 95% CI, 2.05-3.26) than their counterparts. Clinicians and secondary hospitals were also key drivers of generic atorvastatin (ORs were 10.41 and 9.81, respectively) . Conclusions: Newly marketed generic statins in Korea resulted in an expanding market by substantially increasing the number of new patients with clinics and hospitals appreciably using newly marketed generics. However lower doses of statins were prescribed. Policy makers do recognize that generic availability can save costs so should be encouraged. However, this is a concern when generic availability appreciably expands the market, potentially increasing the financial burden. This needs to be addressed. Additionally in Korea, the quality of prescribing should be monitored, especially focusing on clinics and secondary hospitals.
Investigating the influence of design factors on noise and vibrations in the case of chainsaws for forestry work

In the recent time forest harvesting is mainly related to the use of chainsaws. They are acceptably light, safe, cheap and multifunctional. At the same time, chainsaws can cause personal illnesses considering their vibrations and noise. This article deals with conditions and assessment evaluation of effects on workers caused by vibrations and noise in the case of professional chainsaws in operation. Mechanical vibrations and noise are mainly related to the back-and-forth movement of the piston, and to a lesser extent, to the cutting chain. The experiment revealed, in general, that design parameters have a minimal influence on chainsaw vibration and noise emissions. Specifically, the statistical analysis for frequency weighted vibration showed no difference between types of guide bars, types of saw chains and wood plant in terms of noise and vibration on handles.