104 research outputs found
Cleft Lip and Palate YouTube Videos: Content Usefulness and Sentiment Analysis
No full textObjective: This study aimed to describe the content of YouTube videos about cleft lip and palate (CLP) and to describe the sentiment analysis of related comments. Design: Retrospective, YouTube video, and sentiment analysis. Methods: YouTube videos (N = 112) about CLP were examined, including demographics and ratings of quality and usefulness. Comments on CLP (N = 205) were classified by content, and measured from negative (-5) to positive (+5) with a sentiment analysis program. Results: Videos were uploaded most often by universities and hospitals (25%) and health information sites (22%). Most videos were educational (49.1%) or described patient experiences (48.2%). The most frequent video topics were terminology, CLP treatment, and prenatal diagnosis information. Based on the comprehensiveness of CLP topics covered, videos were generally rated by authors as moderately useful (31.5%) or very useful (35.7%). Comments were mostly made by people with CLP (79%), and the median sentiment scores were +3, and -2 for positive and negative sentiments, respectively. General content categories were positive comments (24.8%), provided information about themselves (24.4%), negative comments (19.5%), comments on usefulness of video (17.6%), or advice (9.3%). While 36.1% of comments noted no difficulties, the remaining comments included difficulties with surgery pain (13.2%), psychological state (12.2%), embarrassment (11.7%), physical appearance (10.2%), long term therapy (9.8%), and speech problems (6.8%). Conclusions: Although useful and educational YouTube videos were available, the variability of content quality suggests that caution be used in relying on videos for information and that experts in CLP treatment should be consulted.Orthodontic Faculty Development Fellowship Award by the American Association of OrthodontistsThe author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: Dr Isil Aras was the recipient of the Orthodontic Faculty Development Fellowship Award by the American Association of Orthodontists during 2019-2020
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL): Combatting the Challenge of Post-Modern Islamic Terrorism
No full textAuthor: Colin Bowie
Academic Major(s): International Affairs and Justice Studies
Institution: James Madison University
Presentation Title: The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL): Combatting the Challenge of Postmodern Islamic Terrorism
Abstract: This 38-page white paper examines the causes behind the terrorist group ISIL and ultimately recommends a comprehensive policy to destroy the group and eliminate chances of its revival. The author reviews the history of Al Qaeda in Iraq and the unraveling of Syria during its civil conflict. ISIL’s rise, tactics and its manifestation as a group that actively holds territory is discussed. A literature review then analyzes three case studies of terrorism – the Irish Republican Army, the Tamil Tigers, and Hamas. Three policies are offered as possible courses of U.S. action to destroy ISIL. The author ultimately recommends a policy that calls for full-scale humanitarian and armed intervention in both Iraq and Syria to provide safe haven to refugees, force an end to the Syrian civil war and construct a functioning Iraqi state. The author concludes that resolving the conflicts in these failed states is necessary to comprehensively destroy ISIL
Finding typing compiler bugs
No full textWe propose a testing framework for validating static typing procedures in compilers. Our core component is a program generator suitably crafted for producing programs that are likely to trigger typing compiler bugs. One of our main contributions is that our program generator gives rise to transformation-based compiler testing for finding typing bugs. We present two novel approaches (type erasure mutation and type overwriting mutation) that apply targeted transformations to an input program to reveal type inference and soundness compiler bugs respectively. Both approaches are guided by an intra-procedural type inference analysis used to capture type information flow. We implement our techniques as a tool, which we call Hephaestus. The extensibility of Hephaestus enables us to test the compilers of three popular JVM languages: Java, Kotlin, and Groovy. Within nine months of testing, we have found 156 bugs (137 confirmed and 85 fixed) with diverse manifestations and root causes in all the examined compilers. Most of the discovered bugs lie in the heart of many critical components related to static typing, such as type inference.Green Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository ‘You share, we take care!’ – Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public.Software Engineerin
Analisis Wacana Kritis Sara Mills pada Lirik Lagu Wanita Karya Upiak Isil
No full textThis research aims to find out the representation of emancipation in the lyrics of the song Wanita Upiak Isil. This research uses qualitative method with Sara Mills critical discourse study. The data source in this research is the lyrics of the song Wanita Upiak Isil. The data source comes from the spotify site and video clips on the youtube channel. Data in the form of song lyrics are analyzed using Sara Mills' perspective. The data collection technique uses the technique of simak catat. The results of the research on the representation of emancipation in the lyrics of the song Wanita Upiak Isil found the position as subject-object more than the position of the reader. The most subjects are women and the least subjects are husbands (men). The most subjects represent the lives of married women. Women experience many demands but are often not given equal rights. Meanwhile, the overall object of the couplet is more forms of independence. Other objects represent a woman's skill in working. The position of the reader is found in the form of greeting “ma'am” used by the author to address the reader or listener of the song.ABSTRAK
Tujuan penelitian ini untuk mengetahui representasi emansipasi dalam lirik lagu Wanita Upiak Isil. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode kualitatif dengan pendekatan wacana kritis Sara Mills. Sumber datanya berupa lirik lagu Wanita Upiak Isil. Data tersebut diperoleh melalui platform digital Spotify dan YouTube. Data berupa lirik lagu dianalisis menggunakan perspektif Sara Mills. Teknik pengumpulan data menggunakan teknik simak catat. Hasil penelitian ditemukan posisi subjek- objek, di antaranya subjek ialah wanita, objek ialah laki-laki (suami) dan posisi pembaca berupa interaksi subjek dengan pembaca dalam bentuk sapaan “Bu” yang digunakan penulis untuk menyapa pendengar atau pembaca. Sementara representasikan emansipasi wanita yang ditampilkan dalam teks berupa kesetaraan gender dalam hal ini kehidupan kaum wanita yang sudah menikah. Wanita mengalami banyak tuntutan namun sering tidak diberikan hak yang seimbang digambarkan dengan pemarkah berupa bentuk kata frasa maupun klausa seperti; wanita harus mapan, wanita harus kerja, punya uang saku bisa beli apa saja, tidak perlu minta-minta, harus bekerja.
Kata kunci: Wacana kritis, lirik lagu, emansipasi, feminism
ABSTRACT
The purpose of this study is to analyze the values of the struggle of the The purpose of this research is to find out the representation of emancipation in the lyrics of the song Wanita Upiak Isil. This research uses the qualitative method with Sara Mills critical discourse approach. The data source is the lyrics of the song Wanita Upiak Isil. The data was obtained through digital platforms spotify and YouTube. The data in the form of song lyrics were analyzed using Sara Mills' perspective. The data collection technique used listening and note-taking techniques. The results of the study found the position of the subject-object, including the subject is a wanita, the object is a man (husband) and the position of the reader in the form of subject interaction with the reader in the form of greetings Bu used by the author to address the listener or reader. While the representation of women's emancipation displayed in the text is in the form of gender equality in this case the lives of married women. Women experience many demands but are often not given equal rights, described by markers in the form of words phrases and clauses such as; Wanita harus mapan, Wanita harus kerja, punya uang saku bisa beli apa saja, tidak perlu minta-minta, harus bekerja.
Keyword: Critical discourse, song lyrics, emancipation, feminis
Modifications in Presurgical Nasoalveolar Molding Treatment of Bilateral Cleft Lip and Palate Patients With Severely Malpositioned Premaxillae
No full textObjective: The aim of this study was to evaluate a modified presurgical nasoalveolar molding (PNAM) treatment for patients with bilateral cleft lip and palate (BCLP) with severely malpositioned premaxillae. Setting: This study was conducted at the Faculty of Dentistry, Department of Orthodontics, Ege University, Bornova, Izmir, Turkey. Method: Retention arms were manufactured using a mold that we developed, and prefabricated retraction apparatuses were applied to the plaster model obtained from the patient. During the acrylic curing process, the flanges of the appliances were elongated into the sulcus without including the premaxilla. The premaxilla was aligned with the midline with an elastic band system, and the lip hanger was constructed with 0.023-in stainless steel wire. Elastic bands were stretched between the retraction apparatuses and the lip hanger based on the desired force. Nasal stents were added to the retention arms when the cleft width was reduced to less than 6 mm. Conclusion: The modified PNAM treatment enabled faster derotation of the premaxilla and earlier initiation of retraction. The prefabricated retraction apparatus and retention arm provided efficient PNAM for patients with BCLP
Involvement of two novel proteins in Mycoplasma mobile gliding machinery revealed by newly developed gene manipulation and fluorescent protein tagging
No full textWARio: efficient code generation for intermittent computing
No full textIntermittently operating embedded computing platforms powered by energy harvesting require software frameworks to protect from errors caused by Write After Read (WAR) dependencies. A powerful method of code protection for systems with non-volatile main memory utilizes compiler analysis to insert a checkpoint inside each WAR violation in the code. However, such software frameworks are oblivious to the code structure - -and therefore, inefficient - -when many consecutive WAR violations exist. Our insight is that by transforming the input code, i.e., moving individual write operations from unique WARs close to each other, we can significantly reduce the number of checkpoints. This idea is the foundation for WARio: a set of compiler transformations for efficient code generation for intermittent computing. WARio, on average, reduces checkpoint overhead by 58%, and up to 88%, compared to the state of the art across various benchmarks.Embedded System
Root resorption due to orthodontic treatment using self-ligating and conventional brackets
No full textObjective Purpose of the present study was to compare external root resorption (ERR) volumetrically in maxillary incisors induced by orthodontic treatment using self-ligating brackets (Damon Q, DQ) or conventional brackets (Titanium Orthos, TO) with the help of cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT). Patients and methods A sample of 32 subjects, with Angle Class I malocclusion and anterior crowding of 4-10 mm, was divided randomly into two groups: a DQ group, in which self-ligating DQ brackets with Damon archwires were used; and a TO group, in which conventional TO brackets with large Orthos archwires were applied. The study was conducted using CBCT scans taken before (T1), and near the end (9 months after the initiation of treatment; T2) of the orthodontic treatment. The extent of ERR was determined volumetrically using Mimics software. Changes in root volume were evaluated by repeated-measures analysis of variance as well as by paired and independent t-tests. Results While significant differences were found between T1 and T2 for root volume in both groups (p 0.05). Maxillary central and lateral incisors showed similar volume loss (p > 0.05). Furthermore, the TO group showed a higher prevalence of palatinal and proximal slanted RR compared with the DQ group (p < 0.05). Conclusions It is not possible to suggest superiority of one bracket system over the other only considering root resorption pattern or amount. Higher incidence of slanted RR found in patients treated with the TO system warrants further research to identify possible specific causes
Class II subdivision treatment with the Forsus Fatigue Resistant Device vs intermaxillary elastics
No full textObjective: To compare the effectiveness of comprehensive fixed appliance treatments implemented in combination with Forsus or intermaxillary elastics in Class II subdivision subjects. Materials and Methods: Twenty-eight Class II subdivision patients were allocated to two groups using matched randomization: Forsus group (mean age, 14.19+/-1.02 years) and elastics group (mean age, 13.75+/-1.16 years). Patients received fixed appliance therapy in combination with either Forsus or intermaxillary elastics. The study was conducted on lateral cephalograms and digital models acquired before orthodontic treatment and 10-12 weeks after the fixed appliances were removed. Results: The treatment phase comprising the use of Forsus (4.53+/-0.91 months) was significantly shorter compared with elastics application (6.85+/-1.08 months). This was also true for comparing duration of overall comprehensive treatment in both groups. Extrusion and palatal tipping of maxillary incisors and clockwise rotation of the occlusal plane were greater in the elastics group (P.05). Conclusion: Forsus is more effective for correcting Class II subdivision malocclusion in a shorter treatment period with minimal patient compliance required
Three-dimensional digital evaluation of tooth symmetry and volume in patients with missing and peg-shaped maxillary lateral incisors
No full textIntroduction: This study aimed to evaluate the 3-dimensional tooth crown symmetry and the crown volumes of maxillary and mandibular teeth in patients with unilateral or bilateral missing or peg-shaped maxillary lateral incisors. Methods: Six groups were established for the possible clinical variations in patients with unilateral missing or peg-shaped maxillary lateral incisors, bilateral presence of these tooth anomalies, and a control group (CG) with normal lateral incisors. The study was conducted on digital dental models of 132 patients. The morphologic symmetry of the antimere teeth was investigated using 3-dimensional deviation analysis. Volumes of contralateral teeth were compared within and among groups for the maxilla and mandible. Furthermore, volumes of teeth were compared in missing and peg-shaped quadrants and quadrants of CG. Intergroup differences were tested using one-way analysis of variance and Kruskal-Wallis tests, whereas paired t and Wilcoxon tests were used for parametric and nonparametric variables, respectively, for intragroup comparisons. Results: Significant deviations in symmetry of antimere teeth were not detected (P > 0.05). The volumes of mandibular central and lateral incisors in missing or peg-shaped lateral incisor groups were smaller than in the CG (P < 0.05). Per quadrant analysis, volumes of the maxillary central incisor and mandibular central incisors, canines, and first molars in quadrants with missing or peg-shaped lateral incisors were smaller than in the control quadrants (P < 0.05). Conclusions: Neither unilateral nor bilateral presence of missing or peg-shaped maxillary lateral incisors affected the morphologic symmetry of antimere teeth but did affect tooth volume, especially in the mandibular arch.American Association of OrthodontistsDr Aras received the Orthodontic Faculty Development Fellowship Award from the American Association of Orthodontists from 2021 to 2022
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