Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Changes in the Weight , Plasma Lipid Profile , and Atherogenic Indices of Salt-Loaded Rats by Aqueous Extract of Acalypha wilkesiana Muell Arg : Potential for Cardiovascular Risk Reduction

The effect of aqueous extract of Acalypha wilkesiana leaves on the body and organ weights, plasma lipid profiles, and atherogenic indices of salt loaded rats was investigated. The control group received a diet consisting 100% of the commercial feed, while the four test groups received a diet consisting 8% salt and 92% commercial feed, except for the reference treatment group that had its salt-loading discontinued after six weeks. The extract was orally administered daily at 200 and 250mg/kg body weight; while the test control, reference, and control groups received appropriate volumes of water by the same route. The 200mg/kg treatment lowered (but not significantly) weight gain, significantly (p<0.05) elevated plasma triglyceride levels above values before treatment, and produced significantly (p<0.05) higher plasma HDL cholesterol and significantly (p<0.05) lower plasma LDL and non-HDL cholesterol levels, cardiac risk ratio and atherogenic coefficient, compared to the other groups. These results suggest a possible dose dependent protective role of the extract against the development of cardiovascular diseases, and the management of dyslipidemic conditions, whether primary or secondary to hypertension. (
AI Cognition in Searching for Relevant Knowledge from Scholarly Big Data, Using a Multi-layer Perceptron and Recurrent Convolutional Neural Network Model

Although, over the years, information retrieval systems have shown tremendous improvements in searching for relevant scientific literature, human cognition is still required to search for specific document elements in full text publications. For instance, pseudocodes pertaining to algorithms published in scientific publications cannot be correctly matched against user queries, hence the process requires human involvement. AlgorithmSeer, a state-of-the-art technique, claims to replace humans in this task, but one of the limitations of such an algorithm search engine is that the metadata is simply a textual description of each pseudocode, without any algorithm-specific information. Hence, the search is performed merely by matching the user query to the textual metadata and ranking the results using conventional textual similarity techniques. The ability to automatically identify algorithm-specific metadata such as precision, recall, or f-measure would be useful when searching for algorithms. In this article, we propose a set of algorithms to extract further information pertaining to the performance of each algorithm. Specifically, sentences in an article that convey information about the efficiency of the corresponding algorithm are identified and extracted using a recurrent convolutional neural network (RCNN). Furthermore, we propose improving the efficacy of the pseudocode detection task by using a multi-layer perceptron (MLP) classification trained with 15 features, which improves the classification performance of the state-of-the-art pseudocode detection methods used in AlgorithmSeer by 27%. Finally, we show the advantages of the AI-enabled search engine (based on RCNN and MLP models) over conventional text-retrieval models.
RN Job Satisfaction and Retention After an Interprofessional Team Intervention

Despite continuing interest in interprofessional teamwork to improve nurse outcomes and quality of care, there is little research that focuses on nurse job satisfaction and retention after an interprofessional team intervention. This study explored registered nurse (RN) job satisfaction and retention after a purposeful interprofessional team training and structured interprofessional bedside rounds were implemented. As part of a larger study, in this comparative cross-sectional study, pre- and post-intervention data on RN job satisfaction and turnover rate were collected and analyzed. It was found that RNs had significantly higher job satisfaction after the interprofessional team intervention. The 6-month period turnover rate in the post-intervention period was slightly lower than the 6-month period turnover rate in pre-intervention period; however, the rate was too low to provide statistical evidence. Ongoing coaching and supportive work environments to improve RN outcomes should be considered to enhance quality of care and patient safety in healthcare.
Remembering and telling self-consistent and self-discrepant memories

It has been argued that memories that are inconsistent with one's self would differ from those that are consistent with the self. The present study addresses retrieval, phenomenology, rehearsal and narrative characteristics of autobiographical memories that are consistent versus discrepant with one's self. One hundred participants were asked to recall one self-consistent and one self-discrepant memory as well as an episode of telling these memories to others. They also filled out the Autobiographical Memory Questionnaire and the Centrality of Event Scale for each memory. Results showed no difference between self-consistent and self-discrepant memories in retrieval time, specificity or phenomenology. However, self-discrepant memory narratives contained more meaning-making statements and less autonomy than self-consistent memories. Compared to self-consistent memories, self-discrepant memories were told to fewer people, and listener responses were more negative when they were told. Results are discussed in relation to the functions these memories serve.
Biofilms in endodontic infections

Bacterial biofilms are very prevalent in the apical root canals of teeth with primary and post-treatment apical periodontitis. These bacterial endodontic communities are often found adhered to or at least associated with the dentinal canal walls, with bacterial cells encased in an extracellular amorphous matrix and often facing host inflammatory cells. This pattern of bacterial community arrangement in the root canal system is consistent with the acceptable criteria for including apical periodontitis in the set of biofilm-mediated diseases. Whereas intraradicular biofilms are common in teeth with apical periodontitis lesions, extraradicular biofilms are found much less frequently and usually in association with symptoms. Morphological studies reveal that the structure of endodontic biofilms can vary from case to case and a unique pattern has not been established. Bacterial biofilms are expected to be even more prevalent in the root canals of teeth associated with long-standing pathologic processes, including large apical radiolucencies and cysts. The very high frequency of biofilms in the root canals of treated teeth with post-treatment disease may be interpreted as indirect evidence that, depending on location and possibly species composition, biofilms can be a challenge for proper root canal disinfection.
Genomic Prediction of Genetic Values for Resistance to Wheat Rusts

Durable resistance to the rust diseases of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) can be achieved by developing lines that have race‐nonspecific adult plant resistance conferred by multiple minor slow‐rusting genes. Genomic selection (GS) is a promising tool for accumulating favorable alleles of slow‐rusting genes. In this study, five CIMMYT wheat populations evaluated for resistance were used to predict resistance to stem rust (Puccinia graminis) and yellow rust (Puccinia striiformis) using Bayesian least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO) (BL), ridge regression (RR), and support vector regression with linear or radial basis function kernel models. All parents and populations were genotyped using 1400 Diversity Arrays Technology markers and different prediction problems were assessed. Results show that prediction ability for yellow rust was lower than for stem rust, probably due to differences in the conditions of infection of both diseases. For within population and environment, the correlation between predicted and observed values (Pearson's correlation [ρ]) was greater than 0.50 in 90% of the evaluations whereas for yellow rust, ρ ranged from 0.0637 to 0.6253. The BL and RR models have similar prediction ability, with a slight superiority of the BL confirming reports about the additive nature of rust resistance. When making predictions between environments and/or between populations, including information from another environment or environments or another population or populations improved prediction.
Effectiveness of cognitive behavioral therapy: An evaluation of therapies provided by trainees at a university psychotherapy training center

At the psychotherapy training center at Karlstad University, a study was carried out to examine the levels of symptom change and satisfaction with therapy in a heterogeneous population of clients treated using cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) by less experienced trainee therapists with limited theoretical education. The clients received an average of 11 therapy sessions. The results suggested that CBT performed by less experienced trainee therapists can be effective. According to client estimations, a statistically significant reduction in symptoms, measured using the Symptoms Checklist, was achieved for seven of nine variables (p ≤ .006), as well as a significant increase in satisfaction with life (p ≤ .001). Also, the pre- and posttherapy measurements using the Montgomery–Åsberg Depression Rating Scale showed a statistically significant improvement in the clients’ condition. According to the therapists’ estimations, 64% (SD = 32.01) of the clients experienced a significant improvement in their condition. In addition, the results of a survey of client satisfaction demonstrated that the clients were very pleased with the therapy received. Also the therapists were, to a great extent, satisfied with the treatment process itself, including the supervision received, and very satisfied with the client alliance. A correlation analysis between the clients’ perceived level of improvement and therapist satisfaction showed a strong correlation between the two variables (r = .50, p < .005). By including the Comparative Psychotherapy Process Scale (CPPS) in our study it was possible to measure trueness to therapy form. An analysis of the CPPS results confirmed that the form of therapy used at the training site was more strongly CBT than psychodynamic interpersonal treatment (p ≤ .001). The CBT subscale score indicated that the therapy was characteristic of CBT, confirming that the interventions used in the therapy belong to the CBT genre.
The development of the mental health scale for middle vocational school students

ObjectiveTo develop a new instrument, the mental health scale for middle vocational school students.MethodsData were collected from 1941 middle vocational school students and were analysised by SPSS12.0. ResultsThe internal consistency and split-half reliability are 0.849~0.945 and 0.782~0.895; the coefficient of correlation is 0.786~0.864. The mental health scale for middle vocational school students had good reliability and validity. ConclusionThe mental health scale for middle vocational school students had good psychological quality and can be used for Chinese middle vocational school students.
Accelerated Bleaching of Cotton Material with Hydrogen Peroxide

Nowadays, consumers increasingly demand more environmentally friendly products. This also affects the textile industry, and thus, aspects such as control of water, energy and chemicals consumption should be taken into account in textile processes. Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) is the most widely used bleaching agent for textiles and came into use around. Hydrogen peroxide is suitable for most fibers and it can be used in a wide range of machines under different conditions. Reaction products are non-toxic and non-dangerous it is applicable in strongly alkaline medium and it requires a high temperature to give the most effective bleaching. Recent research in our laboratories has focused on the development and application of compounds that enhance the bleaching process. In this investigation in order to optimize time and temperature of bleaching process various experimentations were carried out, this study reveals that, a) an increase the temperature the rate of bleaching is increases & correspondingly reduction in process time. b) An increase in concentration of (H2O2) whiteness and weight loss is increases c) Hardness of water inversely proportional to whiteness & directly proportional to weight loss. d) The concentration of peroxide stabilizer is inversely proportional to the whiteness and directly proportional to weight loss.
Conceptions of Effective Teaching and Perceived Use of Computer Technologies in Active Learning Classrooms

This paper examined professors’ conceptions of effective teaching in the context of a course they were teaching in active learning classrooms and how the conceptions related to the perceived role and use of computers in their teaching. We interviewed 13 professors who were teaching in active learning classrooms in winter 2011 in a large research university in Canada. The interviews captured what professors consider effective teaching, expected learning outcomes for students, instructional strategies and the role participants saw for computers in their teaching. Analysis of interview transcripts using a holistic inductive and constant comparison approach resulted in three conceptions of effective teaching: transmitting knowledge, engaging students, and developing learning independence. Professors’ perception about the role and use of computers was found to be in line with their conceptions of effective teaching. Professors whose conception of effective teaching focused on developing learning independence used computers as tools for students’ learning; those with a transmitting knowledge conception considered computers as a means of accessing or presenting information. Data collected from students about their use and their professors’ use of computers in the course supports this conclusion. Results have implications for design of active learning environments and faculty development initiatives.
Production of cysteinyl-dopamine during intravenous dopamine therapy.

BACKGROUND Oxidized dopamine rapidly forms thiol-conjugates with --SH groups on cysteine, glutathione, and proteins. We used cysteinyl-dopamine production as an index of thioester production during intravenous dopamine treatment of critically ill patients. METHODS Cysteinyl-dopamine and catecholamines were measured by high-performance liquid chromatography with electrochemical detection. The production of cysteinyl-dopamine by purified human neutrophils was measured using dopamine (1 micromol/L) and cysteine (1 mmol/L) concentrations similar to those found during dopamine treatment. To examine the impact of endotoxic shock on cysteinyl-dopamine production, anesthetized rats were given dopamine (12 to 15 microg/kg/min intravenously) with or without endotoxin (50 mg/kg intravenously). RESULTS In vitro, neutrophils converted 26% of dopamine to cysteinyl-dopamine (30 min at 37 degrees C). Activating neutrophils with zymogen increased dopamine consumption from 26 to 68%, but only 36% appeared as cysteinyl-dopamine. The remainder may have been oxidized to other cysteinyl derivatives. Endotoxin increased cysteinyl-dopamine in rat plasma from 2.5 nmol/L (range <0.2 to 11) to 9.7 nmol/L (range <0.3 to 31, P = 0.1). After four hours, with or without endotoxin, cysteinyl-dopamine was <0.3 nmol/L in cerebrospinal fluid. In the plasma of eight patients receiving dopamine (6 to 20 microg/kg/min for 1 to 3 days), dopamine was 0.5 to 9.9 micromol/L, and cysteinyl-dopamine was 48 to 1660 nmol/L. Cysteinyl-dopamine was 4.3 to 22.6% of dopamine and correlated with leukocyte count (r(2) = 0.388, P = 0.099). CONCLUSIONS A significant fraction of exogenously administered dopamine reacts with -SH groups of cysteine and probably also with -SH groups on peptides and proteins. During brief dopamine treatment of endotoxic shock in rats, neither dopamine nor cysteinyl-dopamine crossed the blood-brain barrier.
Graphene and Carbon Nanotube Auxetic Rubber Bionic Composites with Negative Variation of the Electrical Resistance and Comparison with Their Nonbionic Counterparts

Microorganism metabolic activity can facilitate the formation of cellular material systems that have unusual mechanical and physical properties. In the living world microorganisms are commonly used for preparing porous food by fermentation; here carbon nanotubes, graphene nanoplatelets, and a mix of them are dispersed in liquid silicone rubber with single‐cell fungi of commercial beer yeast. The fermentation of such microorganisms during the gelling of the silicone matrix results in bionic composites with buckled/collapsed cells that infer, as rationalized with an analytical model and excluded in a abiotic experimental comparison, auxetic properties. During stretching it is found that the Poisson's ratio of such composites changes sign, from negative to positive, and the variation of the electrical resistance is negative. In addition to the conductivity increment, a general increment of the stretchability and damage resistance with respect to the composites prepared by abiotic process is observed. Bionic composites, even if in their infancy, can thus be multifunctional and superior to their traditional/abiotic counterparts.
Evolving epidemiology of HIV-associated malignancies

Purpose of review The purpose of this review is to describe the epidemiology of cancers that occur at an elevated rate among people with HIV infection in the current treatment era, including discussion of the cause of these cancers, as well as changes in cancer incidence and burden over time. Recent findings Rates of Kaposi sarcoma, non-Hodgkin lymphoma and cervical cancer have declined sharply in developed countries during the highly active antiretroviral therapy era, but remain elevated 800-fold, 10-fold and four-fold, respectively, compared with the general population. Most studies have reported significant increases in liver cancer rates and decreases in lung cancer over time. Although some studies have reported significant increases in anal cancer rates and declines in Hodgkin lymphoma rates, others have shown stable incidence. Declining mortality among HIV-infected individuals has resulted in the growth and aging of the HIV-infected population, causing an increase in the number of non-AIDS-defining cancers diagnosed each year in HIV-infected people. Summary The epidemiology of cancer among HIV-infected people has evolved since the beginning of the HIV epidemic with particularly marked changes since the introduction of modern treatment. Public health interventions aimed at prevention and early detection of cancer among HIV-infected people are needed.
WHO Air quality guidelines for particulate matter, ozone, nitrogen dioxide and sulfur dioxide

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Reinforcing Deficit, Journeying Toward Equity

Families are key actors in efforts to improve student learning and outcomes, but conventional engagement efforts often disregard the cultural and social resources of nondominant families. Individuals who serve as cultural brokers play critical, though complex, roles bridging between schools and families. Using an equitable collaboration lens with boundary-spanning theory, this comparative case study examined how individuals enacted cultural brokering within three organizational contexts. Our findings suggest a predominance of cultural brokering consistent with programmatic goals to socialize nondominant families into school-centric norms and agendas. However, formal leadership and boundary-spanning ambiguity enabled more collective, relational, or reciprocal cultural brokering. These dynamics suggest potential stepping stones and organizational conditions for moving toward more equitable forms of family-school collaboration and systemic transformation.
Anterior Bifrontal ECT: A Clinical Trial

Unilateral ECT (U/ECT) produces therapeutic generalized convulsions with less amnesia and confusion than classical bilateral ECT (B/ECT). The clinical effects of these two methods have recendy been compared (Abrams et al., 1972) and reviewed (Abrams, 1972), with the conclusion that U/ECT is less effective than B/ECT in the treatment of depressed patients. Generalized seizures are induced with both methods, and we considered the possibility that the therapeutic advantage for B/ECT lay in its bilateral stimulation of the brain. An opportunity to evaluate the effects of bilateral stimulation exclusive of the temporal lobes arose at the suggestion of Inglis (1970) that seizures induced with treatment electrodes placed over the front of the head should improve mood but have less effect on memory than the other techniques.
The Effects of Bank Mergers on Corporate Information Disclosure

Applying a difference-in-differences approach to explore variations in the timing of bank mergers in the U.S. over the last two decades, we document an increase in borrowers’ disclosure when their banks engage in mergers and acquisitions. The effect is stronger among borrowers more reliant on services from the merging banks and when mergers cause larger changes in banks’ monitoring and financing of borrowers. These findings suggest an information spillover effect from bank mergers to the public financial markets, and have implications for how changes in banking markets affect the availability of public disclosure in the stock markets.
An adaptive control scheme for mechanical manipulators. Compensation of nonlinearity and decoupling control

This paper presents a new adaptive control scheme for mechanical manipulators. Making use of the fundamental properties of the manipulator equations, an adaptive algorithm is developed for compensating a nonlinear term in the dynamic equations and for decoupling the dynamic interaction among the joints. A computer simulation study is conducted to evaluate the performance of a manipulator control system composed of the manipulator, adaptive nonlinear compensator/decoupling controller and state feedback controller with integral action. Simulation results show that the manipulator control system with adaptive controller is insensitive to variations of manipulator configurations and payload.