Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Determination of IL-6 and CRP in Patients with Type Two - Diabetes Mellitus in Baghdad/ Iraq

Diabetes mellitus (DM) type Two is a major worldwide health problem leading to an increase mortality and serious morbidity. Immunological disturbances involving the cell mediated immune system and improper-lymphocyte function contributes to the path physiological of type Two- DM. The study consist of 50 subjects, ages ranging between (15-85) years who attended to Al-Kazimaih medical hospital in Baghdad/Iraq which divided in to two groups; the first group consists 35 patient (20 females and 15 male) and the second 15 (5 female and 10 males) normal healthy as a control. The patients with type Two -DM were detected for IL-6 and CRP markers so as for control by ELISA test and agglutination test respectively. The results revealed that’s no significant differences (p≥0.05) between the level of CRP in patients type Two- DM and level of CRP in control. So as there were significant differences (p≤0.05) between the levels of IL-6 concentrations in type Two- DM and control represented by increase of IL- 6 in control than in patients. This study aimed to assess and compare the level of serum IL-6 and CRP in patient of type Two- DM in Iraqi patients in Baghdad city.
A model of professional service firms performance with an application to US accounting firms

This paper models the dynamics of professional services ﬁrms performance. To do so, it ﬁrst describes how those ﬁrms produce their speciﬁc outputs and how their productivity drives competitiveness. The associated equilibrium in then used to propose proﬁt optimal organic and inorganic growth strategies, which are then discussed to account for the eﬀect of potential future technological disruption. Applying the proposed theory to US accounting ﬁrms explains the diﬀerences in performance observed between large (i.e. more than 50 partners) and small (i.e. less than 50 partners) accounting partnerships and suggests that small (resp. large) US accounting partnerships mainly grow inorganically (resp. organically).
Title: Neutrophils Promote Hepatic Metastasis Growth Through fibroblast growth factor (FGF)2-dependent Angiogenesis

: Hepatic metastases are amenable to ablation, however many patients are not suitable candidates for such therapy and recurrence is common. The tumor microenvironment is known to be essential for metastatic growth, yet identification of plausible targets for cancer therapy in the microenvironment has proven elusive. We found that human colorectal cancer liver metastases and murine gastrointestinal experimental liver metastases are infiltrated by neutrophils. Plasticity in neutrophils has recently been shown to lead to both pro- and anti- tumor effects. Here, neutrophils promoted the growth of hepatic metastases, as depletion of neutrophils in already established, experimental, murine liver metastases led to diminished metastatic growth. Decreased growth was associated with reductions in vascular density and branching suggestive of vessel normalization Metastasis-associated neutrophils expressed substantially more FGF2 than naïve neutrophils indicating neutrophil polarization by the tumor microenvironment. phenocopied liver colony growth, density ablative
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Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, School of Public Health, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, 530021, Guangxi Province, People’s Republic of China; Guangxi Key Laboratory of Tumor Immunology and Microenvironmental Regulation, Guilin Medical University, Guilin, People’s Republic of China; Department of Environmental Health and Occupational Medicine, School of Public Health, Guilin Medical University, Guilin, People’s Republic of China; Quality Management Department, the Affiliated Hospital of Stomatology, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, People’s Republic of China; Guangxi Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Nanning, People’s Republic of China
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1Department of Neurology, the 904th Hospital of Joint Logistic Support Force, PLA, Wuxi, 214044, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Neurology, Wuxi No.5 People’s Hospital, Wuxi, 214000, People’s Republic of China Purpose: To develop a nomogram to predict the risk of subsequent vascular events (SVE) at 6-month in Chinese patients with minor ischemic stroke (MIS). Patients and Methods: We performed a retrospective analysis of 260 MIS patients, which were randomly divided into a derivation set (193 cases) and a verification set (67 cases) at a ratio of 3:1. Multi-factor logistic regression was used to construct a predictive model of SVE from the derivation set and verify it in the verification set. Results: Finally, there were 51 cases (19.6%) of SVE in 260 MIS cases. Age, fasting blood glucose, metabolic syndrome, number of lesions found on MRI, and the infarct size were used to construct the prediction model and nomogram. The AUC in the derivation set was 0.901, with a sensitivity of 0.795, a specificity of 0.877, a positive likelihood ratio of 6.443, and a negative likelihood ratio of 0.234. The AUC in the verification set was 0.897, which was not significantly different from the derivation set (P = 0.937). The predictive model based on clinical parameters has good diagnostic efficiency and robustness. Conclusion: The nomogram can provide personalized predictions for the 6-month SVE risk in Chinese MIS patients.
TWO CLOUD SECURE DATABASE FOR NUMERIC RANGE SQL QUERIES WITH PRIVACY PRESERVING

Industries and individuals outsource database to realize convenient and low-cost applications and services. In order to provide sufficient functionality for SQL queries, many secure database schemes have been proposed. However, such schemes are vulnerable to privacy leakage to cloud server. The main reason is that database is hosted and processed in cloud server, which is beyond the control of data owners. For the numerical range query (“>”, “<”, etc.), those schemes cannot provide sufficient privacy protection against practical challenges, e.g., privacy leakage of statistical properties, access pattern. Furthermore, increased number of queries will inevitably leak more information to the cloud server. In this paper, we propose two-cloud architecture for secure database, with a series of intersection protocols that provide privacy preservation to various numeric-related range queries. Security analysis shows that privacy of numerical information is strongly protected against cloud providers in our proposed scheme.
Redefines Lung CD8 T Cell Responses Cutting Edge: Intravascular Staining

Nonlymphoid T cell populations control local infections and contribute to inﬂammatory diseases, thus driving efforts to understand the regulation of their migration, differentiation, and maintenance. Numerous observations indicate that T cell trafﬁcking and differentiation within the lung are starkly different from what has been described in most nonlymphoid tissues, including intestine and skin. After systemic infection, we found that . 95% of memory CD8 T cells isolated from mouse lung via standard methods were actually conﬁned to the pulmonary vasculature, despite perfusion. A respiratory route of challenge increased virus-speciﬁc T cell localization within lung tissue, although only transiently. Removing blood-borne cells from analysis by the sim-ple technique of intravascular staining revealed distinct phenotypic signatures and chemokine-dependent trafﬁcking restricted to Ag-experienced T cells. These results precipitate a revised model for pulmonary T cell trafﬁcking and differentiation and a re-evaluation of studies examining the contributions of pulmonary T cells to protection and disease. The Journal of Immunology , 2012, 189: 000–000.
A GATE-based Monte Carlo Simulation of a Dual-layer Pixelized Gadolinium Oxyorthosilicate (GSO) Detector Performance and Response for Micro PET Scanner

The purpose of this study was to simulate the GSO detector of a micro PET using GATE simulation platform. The performance and responses of the simulated GSO detector assembly were evaluated by comparing the simulated data to the experimental and XCOM data to validate the simulation platform and procedure. Based on NEMA NU-4 2008 protocols, the performance of GSO detector in terms of sensitivity was simulated and compared to the experimental data. Similarly, the GSO detector response to photons interaction was simulated and compared against the XCOM data for absorbed intensity ratio in the GSO detector and survived intensity ratio in Pb blocks. Results showed that simulated and experimental sensitivities agreed well with R 2 of 0.995 and two overlapping bands at 95% confidence. An agreement with R 2 of 0.972 and 0.973 as well as with overlapping bands at 95% confidence was obtained in simulated and XCOM data for absorbed and survived intensity ratio in the GSO detector and Pb blocks, respectively. The observed agreements demonstrate the accuracy of the simulation method to mimic the behaviour of the GSO detector. The validated GATE algorithm for micro PET scanner is therefore recommended for simulation and optimisation of collimator design in further studies.
Preoperative brain imaging using functional near-infrared 3 spectroscopy helps predict cochlear implant outcome in 4 deaf adults 5

44 Currently it is not possible to accurately predict how well a deaf individual will be able to 45 understand speech when hearing is (re)introduced via a cochlear implant. Differences in brain 46 organisation following deafness are thought to contribute to variability in speech 47 understanding with a cochlear implant and may offer unique insights that could help to more 48 reliably predict outcomes. An emerging optical neuroimaging technique, functional near- 49 infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS), was used to determine whether a preoperative measure of 50 brain activation could explain variability in CI outcomes and offer additional prognostic 51 value above that provided by known clinical characteristics. Cross-modal activation to visual 52 speech was measured in bilateral superior temporal cortex of profoundly deaf adults before 53 cochlear implantation. Behavioural measures of auditory speech understanding were obtained 54 in the same individuals following six months of cochlear-implant use. The results showed 55 that stronger preoperative cross-modal activation of auditory brain regions by visual speech 56 was predictive of poorer auditory speech understanding after implantation. Further 57 investigation suggested that this relationship may have been driven primarily by group 58 differences between pre- and post-lingually deaf individuals. Nonetheless, preoperative 59 cortical imaging provided additional prognostic value above that of influential clinical 60 characteristics, including the age-at-onset and duration of auditory deprivation, suggesting 61 that objectively assessing the physiological status of the brain using fNIRS imaging 62 preoperatively may support more accurate prediction of individual CI outcomes. Whilst 63 activation of auditory brain regions by visual speech prior to implantation was related to the CI user’s clinical history of deafness, activation to visual speech did not relate to the future ability of these brain regions to respond to auditory speech stimulation with a CI. Greater preoperative activation of left superior temporal cortex by visual speech was associated with enhanced speechreading abilities, suggesting that visual-speech processing may help to maintain left temporal-lobe specialisation for language processing during periods of profound deafness.
RHEOLOGICAL BEHAVIOUR OF CLAYS IN PLASTIC STATE

Clayey soils exhibit viscoelastic behaviour in the plastic state, implying simultaneous retentive and dissipative mechanical properties as well as strain rate dependent properties. Such response is partially captured by the so-called Atterberg plastic limits. A more comprehensive evaluation of the mechanical response of this type of soils in the plastic state can be obtained by testing in a dynamic shear rheometer. Clayey soils consisting of different proportions of kaolin and bentonite and different water contents were subjected to dynamic shear tests to measure their rheological properties. All tests were performed with a constant strain amplitude of 10%, a fixed range frequency sweep (0.1 Hz to 100 Hz) and a constant temperature of 20°C. The results show that the complex shear modulus has an inverse relationship with the soil water content and a direct relationship with the plasticity index. Moreover, the phase angle increases slightly and then decreases suddenly as the frequency increases. The complex shear moduli obtained by dynamic tests were compared with the oedometric moduli estimated by correlations and showed satisfactory trends between them. The study contributed to the understanding of the complex behaviour of soils in the plastic state. Although the mechanical response of these materials is affected by some factors, the plasticity limits were consistent with the complex moduli under analogous conditions of strain and frequency.
Evaluation of the antimicrobial activity of different concentrations of chamomile extract and chlorhexidine gel against Candida albicans and Enterococcus faecalis

Background: Important goals of endodontic treatment are elimination of microorganisms and prevention of reinfection within the root canal system. Microbial agents most commonly found in failed endodontic treatment procedures are Enterococcus faecalis and Candida albicans . Aim: To compare the antimicrobial activity of different concentrations of Chamomile Extract and Chlorhexidine gel against Candida albicans and Enterococcus faecalis . Methods: We evaluated the antimicrobial activity of 15%, 25% Matricaria chamomilla in aq. base and 2% chlorhexidine gel against C. albicans and E. faecalis strains by agar diffusion test. Vancomycin was used as the positive control for E. faecalis and fluconazole for C. albicans . The agar plates were incubated at 37 °C for 48 h after which the zone of inhibition were measured separately for each material. Results: The mean values of microbial growth inhibition against C. albicans produced by 25% M. chamomilla was 25.25±0.478, by 2% Chlorhexidine was 34.82±0.825. The mean values of microbial growth inhibition against E. faecalis produced by 25% M. chamomilla was 21.27±0.652, by 2% Chlorhexidine was 25.84±0.494. 2% Chlorhexidine gel showed the strongest antimicrobial action, producing the largest zones of inhibition, followed by 25% Matricaria, whereas 15% Matricaria did not show any antimicrobial activity. Conclusion: It is clear that Matricaria chamomilla in concentrations more than 15% aq. base is effective and provides a good alternative as an antimicrobial agent in dental practice.
A Sequential Approach for Predicting Missing Items in Shopping Cart Using Apriori Algorithm

In today’s ever growing market it is very essential to keep track of the customer’s interests and keep them updated about the trends and products in the market. In this paper we aim to suggests a shopping portal and have a database that records the item sets that are frequently bought together using ‘APRIORI ALGORITHM’ This information will be used to flash advertisements and offers on the products of their interests. Also to promote new products relating to their requirements and mainly to suggest and prompt them about the products which are often bought along with the product already present in their shopping cart. The frequently co-occurring group of items is determined by frequent pattern mining in the databases. Here the major contributing task is expediting the frequent item sets by proposing a technique that uses the minimal data available in the shopping cart for the prediction of what other items the customer can choose to buy.
Framework for Creating Security Functions Based on Software Defined Network

—In this work, we propose a framework for security based on Virtual Security Functions, OpenFlow, Software Define Networks (SDN), Mininet, Pox Controller and Virtual Switches. By using the OpenFlow protocol in the virtualized environment of SDN, we are capable of analyzing the data streams in the network environment. An SDN controller, staying on top of the entire infrastructure, is capable of orchestrating network segment(s). By creating different virtual security functions, we have the possibility to increase network security and to avoid loops. In this paper, the process of loop elimination is achieved by automatically reconfiguring the security function by creating a spanning tree. By using the scalability of the virtual controller, we can simplify the network administration. The main benefit is that different systems like switches, firewalls, and Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) will be replaced by the controller with Virtual Security Functions (VSF). The target is to increase availability by presenting functions that avoid loops in the network. VSF will allow to exploit the framework in order to eliminate different attacks, such as congestion driven attacks, Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS), Media Access Control (MAC) address spoofing, man in the middle attack and Synchronize (SYN) flood attacks. All functions can be run in parallel and we can increase the availability of the system.
Parkinsonism in GPi‐DBS for Dystonia; When to Suspect Degenerative Parkinsonism?

Bilateral GPi-DBS is an established treatment for refractory dystonia. 1 Stimulation-induced parkinsonism is a frequent and often disabling side effect of GPi-DBS. 2 This parkinsonism mainly constitutes of bradykinesia and axial motor signs, and can hence phenotypically mimic Parkinson ’ s disease (PD). 2 GPi-DBS stimulation-induced parkinsonism improves with stimulation discontinuation. 2 Chronic management mainly comprises stimulation parameter adjustments like decreasing the current/voltage or stimulating through more dorsal contacts. We year-old isolated segmental (ie cervical and oromandibular) dystonia familial dystonia parkinsonism
Linear Precoding for Multi-User Multiple Antenna TDD Systems

Traditional approaches in the analysis of downlink systems decouple the precoding and channel estimation problems. However, in cellular systems with mobile users, these two problems are in fact tightly coupled. In this paper, this coupling is explicitly studied by accounting for channel training overhead and estimation error while determining the overall system throughput. The paper studies the problem of utilizing imperfect channel estimates for efficient linear precoding and scheduling. We present a precoding method that takes into account the degree of channel estimation error in conjunction with the number of users. Next, we optimize the training period, which is an important operational parameter for these systems. Finally, we present lower and upper bounds of the achievable throughput. In typical scenarios, these bounds are close.
Evaluation of Performance of Polyacrylamide-Modified Compacted Clay as a Gas Barrier: Water Retention and Gas Permeability and Diffusion Characteristics

In this paper, the performance of a gas barrier that consisted of polyacrylamide (PAM)-modified compacted clayey soil was experimentally explored. The moisture content and water loss characteristics of the tested soils were adopted as indicative indices of water retention capacity (WRC). The gas permeability (Kp) and gas diffusion coefficient (Dp) of the modified compacted clays were evaluated via gas permeability and gas diffusion tests. The test results showed that the moisture content of the modified compacted clay samples subjected to drying tests increased with increasing polyacrylamide content. Kp and Dp decreased with increasing PAM content. Compared with 0.2% PAM content, the Kp of the sample with 1.0% PAM was reduced by ten times, and the Dp was reduced to ~35%. Compared to the unmodified clay, the liquid limit of the PAM-modified clay increased by 45~55%. Comparison of the liquid limit tests between this study and previous studies revealed that the liquid limit ratio of the zwitterionic polyacrylamide (ZP)-modified soil was much higher than the other material-modified soils. The results of this study are useful to facilitate the application of modified compacted clays as gas barrier materials at industrial contaminated sites.
The VIMOS VLT Deep Survey: the redshift distribution N(z) of magnitude-limited samples down to iAB=24.75 and KsAB=22

Context. The accurate census of galaxies at different epochs since the first galaxies were formed is necessar y to make progress in understanding galaxy evolution, including how mass assembly and star formation evolve. Aims. We aim to measure and analyse the redshift distribution N(z) of magnitude-selected samples using spectroscopic redshift measurement up to z≃ 5. Methods. We use the VIMOS VLT Deep Survey (VVDS) final data release on the 0226-04 field, including 10 765 galaxies with spectroscopic redshifts, selected solely on their magnitu de 17≤ iAB≤ 24.75, successfully crossing any ’redshift desert’. We comput e the redshift distribution N(z) and provide reference param etric fits for i−band as well as for J, H and K s−band magnitude limited samples. The observed galaxy number counts in different redshift domains are compared to other surveys from the literature, as well as to results from semi-analytic models on the Millennium dark matter simulations. Results. The redshift distribution of a sample with iAB ≤ 24 and spectroscopic redshifts has a mean redshift ¯ = 0.92, with 8.2% of the galaxies with z> 2. Down to iAB ≤ 24.75 the spectroscopic redshift sample has a mean redshift ¯ = 1.15 and 17.1% of the galaxies are beyond z = 2. We find that the projected sky density is 2.07± 0.12 galaxies per arcmin 2 at 1.4≤ z≤ 2.5 and K sAB≤ 22.5, 1.72± 0.15 galaxies per arcmin 2 at 2.7≤ z≤ 3.4 and 0.59± 0.09 galaxies per arcmin 2 at 3.4≤ z≤ 4.5 brighter than iAB = 24.75 (errors are including Poisson noise and cosmic variance). G alaxies at z∼ 3 identified from magnitude-selected samples are 1.5 to 3 times more numerous than when they are colour-colour selected, consistent with the different selection functions. We demonstrate that colour-colour selected samples over 1.4≤ z≤ 4.5 are strongly contaminated by galaxies at other redshifts. Semi-analytic models on the Millennium simulations are found to under-predict the number of luminous star-forming galaxies at z& 1.8− 2, as well as to over-predict the number of low-luminosity galaxies at z. 0.8. Conclusions. Our study provides comprehensive galaxy number counts N(z) from galaxies with spectroscopic redshifts over a large redshift domain 0≤ z≤ 5, a solid basis for the measurement of volume-complete quantities. Magnitude-selected surveys identify a higher number of galaxies at z> 2 than in colour-colour selected samples, and we use the magnitude-selected VVDS to emphasize the large uncertainties associated to other surveys using c olour or colour-colour selected samples. Our results furth er demonstrate that semi-analytical models on dark matter simulations have yet to find the right balance of physical processes and time-scal es to properly reproduce a fundamental galaxy population property like the observed N(z).
Distortions of multivariate risk measures: a level-sets based approach

In this paper, we propose a parametric model for multivariate distributions. The model is based on distortion functions, i.e. some transformations of a multivariate distribution which permit to generate new families of multivariate distribution functions. We derive some properties of considered distortions. A suitable proximity indicator between level curves is introduced in order to evaluate the quality of candidate distortion parameters. Using this proximity indicator and properties of distorted level curves, we give a specific estimation procedure. The estimation algorithm is mainly relying on straightforward univariate optimizations, and we finally get parametric representations of both multivariate distribution functions and associated level curves. Our results are motivated by applications in multivariate risk theory. The methodology is illustrated on real examples.