Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
The introduction of Islamic finance in Libya : Capturing the opportunities for SMEs development

Article history: Received 22 October 2016 Received in revised form 15 January 2017 Accepted 27 January 2017 Published 30 January 2017 In most countries, especially the developing ones, SMEs have a dynamic role as engines through which the growth objectives can be accomplished. This is very true in the case of Libya where the economy has been over-reliant on oil and gas as well as inefficient public sector. Unfortunately, SMEs in Libya are not playing their expected role as access to finance remains to be a formidable challenge. While banks remain the major external financier, if not the only one, many studies found that Libyans in general avoid dealing with conventional banks mainly due to religious beliefs. However, the recent introduction of Islamic banking and finance in the country could be a game changer. As such, this paper attempts to assess the opportunities for SMEs development in Libya following the recent introduction of Islamic finance. The study is exploratory; therefore the relevant literature is sourced and reviewed. The review shows that there is a strong demand for Islamic finance products from Libyan businesses including SMEs. Coupled with a strong enabling environment in which political stability and regulatory clarity are maintained Islamic finance is viable and has the ability to significantly contribute to the development of SMEs sector.
Hearing in children with cleft lip and palate and low weight: comparative study

Summary Introduction: The presence of low weight at birth (LW), as well as cleft lip and palate (CLP), end up making children more prone to auditory alterations. Objective: Verify and compare the hearing of children with cleft lip and palate with and without low weight at birth in the conventional audiological evaluation. Method: A retrospective and comparative study was made concerning gender, weight at birth, presence/absence of CLP and the result of audiometry and immittance measurements. Three groups of children were formed. G1 with 23 CLP and LW, G2 with 25 CLP but not LW and G3 with 25 children with neither CLP or LW. Results: There wasn't found any statistically significant differences between the groups in none of the following comparisons: the weight and gender, gender and right/left ear, in relation to the kind of tympanometric curve, presence of hearing loss, type of hearing loss and degree of the hearing loss. Conclusion: A greater auditory impairment, evidenced by the presence of light to moderate degree of conductive hearing loss, was found in children with cleft lip and palate (G1 and G2), regardless of the presence of low weight at birth, when compared to those without this kind of malformation.
Making sense of fashion involvement among Malaysian Gen Y and its implications

In keeping pace with globalization of the fashion retail industry, fashion retailers are expanding aggressively across Asia. Malaysia is no exception with clothing market demand expected to double from USD3.6 million in 2011 to USD7 million in 2018. New foreign retail brands have mushroomed to compete alongside local brands to cater to the fashionable aspired yet unique Gen Y. This study dwells into determinants of fashion involvement of Malaysian Gen Y. They appear to have an insatiable appetite for the quick and trendy lines although less interested in logo-centric clothes and want unbranded goods, dressing for self-identity. They have blur distinctions as compared to earlier generations where dressing is seen as a way to fit in. Given their blurring fashion identity, local fashion retailers find it increasingly difficult to understand this ever-evolving customer base. Methodology involved mixed methods with storefront observations and interviews with top local fashion retailer. Using mall intercept approach, Gen Y were sampled via survey questionnaires. Findings were contrary to other studies. Fashion knowledge was the only dominant and significant factor. Local brand confidence, fashion shopping style and patronage behaviour were non-significant predictors. Implications on fashion retailing and theoretical implication on fashion involvement are debated
Steady State Evolutionary Algorithm and Operators for the Airport Gate Assignment Problem

Correct assignment of airport resources can greatly affect the quality of service which airlines and airports provide to their customers. Good assignments can help airlines and airports keep to published schedules, by minimising changes in published schedules, reducing delays, and considering the different stakeholder interests. When taking into account the passenger’s walking distance, the Airport Gate Assignment Problem (AGAP) can be modeled by analogy with the NPhard quadratic assignment problem. Also given the expected increases in civil air traffic, the complexities of the resource assignment problems continue to increase. For these reasons, as well as the dynamic nature of the problems, scheduling has become more difficult. The Steady State Evolutionary Algorithm (SSEA) used in the Airport Baggage Sorting Station Assignment Problem (ABSSAP) is potentially important for a wider variety of problems other than the ABSSAP. By way of illustration, here we look at applying the SSEA to the more widely studied AGAP. Some of the metaheuristics and constructive algorithms previously used in the ABSSAP are modified, modifications which are required to be able to apply these metaheuristics to the AGAP, and the constructive algorithms are used as initial solutions in the SSEA presented here for the AGAP. The SSEA is studied, and compared with other metaheuristics approaches, which performance is studied in regard to the different objectives used at London Heathrow airport.
Opercular Girth , Maximum Girth and Total Length Relationships for Planiliza abu ( Heckel , 1843 ) and Chondrostoma regium ( Heckel , 1843 ) ( Actinoprerygii ) from Euphrates River at Dier Ez-Zor Governorate , Syria

Gillnet selectivity and, therefore, capture efficiency, depends on opercular girth and maximum girth. This study examines the relationship between opercular (Gope) and maximum girths (Gmax), and total length (Lt) for two fish species sampled from the Euphrates River at Deir Ez-Zor Governorate, Syria. Data were collected between October 2009 and December 2010. Our target species were Planiliza abu and Chondrostoma regium. Gope and Gmax were found to increase linearly with total length; r2 values ranged between 0.23 and 0.79, and were statistically significant (P < 0.01) for both species. Two groups were found (G1, G2) when the opercular girth was plotted against total length: G1 = 0.087 + 0.371Lt and G2 = 2.438 + 0.327Lt, and when maximum length was plotted against total length: G1 = 2.179 + 0.585 Lt and G2 = 2.437 + 0.378 Lt. The two groups were found to correspond to the different body shapes of fishes: G1-round and G2-slightly compressed. Our findings have implications for length data and mesh size when determining size selectivity for gill nets.
mTORC 2-IRF 4 mediated metabolic reprograming is essential for macrophage alternative activation

Changes in metabolism can be initiated in response to signals received from other cells. An example of this is provided by macrophages that have been stimulated by IL-4 to become alternatively/M2 activated. In these cells, fatty acid oxidation is increased and this is critical for M2 activation. Compared to resting macrophages, M2 macrophages also exhibit changes in glucose metabolism that we have found are essential for activation. In other cell types, mTORC2 has been linked to enhanced glycolysis. We have found that mTORC2 operates in parallel with the IL-4Rα/Stat6 pathway to facilitate increased glycolysis during M2 activation. Our data strongly implicate PI3K and AKT signaling initiated by M-CSF as components in this pathway, and indicate that downstream induction of IRF4 expression plays a role in metabolic reprograming to support M2 activation. We show that loss of mTORC2 in macrophages suppresses tumor growth and decreases immunity to a parasitic nematode.
Clustering And Keyword Based Feature Extraction Using Textual Requirements

Software Product Line (SPL) are a set of systems sharing a common set of features which satisfy a common goal. A feature is a representation of a product in SPL. A feature model in SPL is a representation of all these features and their relationships. Designing a feature model from a set of unstructured raw requirement specifications is one of the traditional ways to visualize large amount requirement specifications, to process requirements faster and also one of the best practices incorporated in SPL businesses to keep track of features and to reuse or extend certain features easily. The creation of these feature models helps business owners in making important decisions such as creation of new software assets in a cost effective way by selecting components which can be reused, finding better trace ability links to other artifacts by analyzing variability information, providing systematic integration of single software systems and also helping design teams to processes design decisions and to develop new assets faster. But manually creating a feature model from scratch has its own advantages and its disadvantages. Accuracy, semantic understanding of the requirements and creation of feature model accordingly by an human expert leading to a better understand ability of the design generation are few of its advantages. exponential increased in cost, more time consumption and flexibility constraints are in increased proportions. These are important since these disadvantages can, to any software product line business be very disadvantageous and expensive to cover. In this thesis, we introduce an approach to reduce the manual intervention needed in extraction of features and relationships between features from a set of raw unstructured requirements. Our approach takes into account unstructured natural language texts, preprocesses requirements from it, vectorize them using various different approaches and with the help of clustering algorithms and Natural Language Processing (NLP) techniques we extract meaningful features and their relationship information. We also evaluate our approach with few of the other requirements and techniques to find a best possible solution.
Vegetation Assessment of Takamanda Forest Reserve , Cameroon

Aside from South Africa, Cameroon is the most biologically rich country known to date on the African continent (IUCN 1986). It encompasses an intricate mosaic of diverse habitats, with moist, tropical forest dominating in the south and southeast and covering 54% of the country (WCMC 1994), montane forest and alpine savannah in the highlands, and sub-sahelian savannah and near desert in the far north (Letouzey 1968 and 1985, White 1983). These diverse habitats harbor more than 9,000 species of plants, 160 of which are endemic (WCMC 1994). The majority of the endemic taxa are concentrated around Mount Cameroon and other highland areas.
SYNTHESIS OF ZnO NANOPARTICLES FOR WATER TREATMENT APPLICATIONS

Industrialization on a global scale has led to water pollution with a variety of persistent organic pollutants, highly toxic and hazardous to the living organisms and also difficult to remove with the existing wastewater treatment technologies. Various methods have been tested for removing these organic contaminants, among which nanotechnology appears to be one of the most promising approaches, as nanomaterials present larger specific surface area and particular physical, chemical and biological properties (developed due to small particle size) suitable for environmental applications. In recent years, SiO2, TiO2 and ZnO nanoparticles have been the focus of interest in the wastewater treatment investigations. In the present paper, ZnO nanoparticles were synthesized through the hydrothermal method. The concentration of the alkaline solution was varied in order to obtain ZnO nanoparticles with a high crystallinity degree. The obtained nanoparticles were characterized by x-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). The results showed that the concentration of the alkaline solution influences the size and shape of the particles.
Breast Milk Odor Effecton Weight Gain , First Breastfeeding Time and Length ofHospital Stay in Premature Infants

Background; Mother's milk odor stimulates sucking that is necessary to start oral feeding and improve this inherent and rhythmic behavior so the transitional period from gavage to oral feeding. Aim; the aim of this study was to assess the effect of breast milk odor on weight gain, first breastfeeding time and length of hospital stay in premature infants. Design; the study utilized quasi-experimental research design. Sample; a total of 92 premature infants were included in study (46 as study group and46 as control group). Methods; the study was conducted at neonatal intensive care unit of University Children's Hospital in Assuit, Egypt. Demographic profiles were extracted from the infants' medical records. A checklist of recorded data from the same study was made available. Results; The findings of the study indicated that the mother's breast sucking was more effective and initiated over a shorter time in the study group compared to the control group. Olfactory stimulation of breast milk odor strengthening feeding competence of infants and reduced the duration of time for the first breast feeding. Conclusions; the preterm infants who were motivated by the odor of breast milk have decreased the first breastfeeding duration, rise weight gains and reduced in length of hospital stay. Recommendation; Pediatric nurses musteducate mothers to pump their breast milk, stimulate their infants with the odor of their breast milk, and feed it to their infants in the premature unit. This may lead to a quicker starting to oral feeding and decrease hospital staying.
Stereological Study on the Effects of Maternal Caffeine Consumption on Histomorphometric Changes of Testis and Prostate in Rat Offspring

Rat offspring Background and Objective: It is conceivable that caffeine consumption would induce gonadal changes. The aim of this study is to assess the impact of embryonic caffeine exposure on rat testis and prostate. Materials and Methods: Female rats were divided into (n=7): A control, only received drinking water. B and C groups received caffeine low dose (26 mg/kg) and high dose (45 mg/kg) respectively via drinking water during pregnancy and lactation. Structural changes in testis and prostate were studied by using stereological methods at 21, 60 and120 days of postnatal development. Results: Our result showed decreases in body and testis weight of offspring of group C compared to other groups at all ages (P< 0.05). The Testis volume showed significant differences between the offspring of both experimental groups and control at days 21, 60 and 120 (P<0.05). There were significant differences in the number of sperm cells of offspring of experimental groups compared to the control group in different ages (P<0.05). The number of sertoli, spermatocyte and spermatid cells of offspring in group C showed a significant decrease compared with other groups at all days (P<0.01). The number of spermatogonia cells in group C offspring showed a significant decrease compared to the control group at different days (P<0.05). The mean Johnsen score decreased in offspring of group C compared to the control group (P<0.05). Conclusion: Results showed that maternal caffeine consumption altered the structure of testis and prostate gland and spermatogenesis of offspring in adulthood. Article Info
2 1 D ec 2 01 7 3 D magnetization currents , magnetization loop , and saturation field in superconducting rectangular prisms ∗

Bulk superconductors are used in both many applications and material characterization experiments, being the bulk shape of rectangular prism very frequent. However the magnetization currents are still mostly unknown for this kind of three dimensional (3D) shape, specially below the saturation magnetic field. Knowledge of the magnetization currents in this kind of samples is needed to interpret the measurements and the development of bulk materials for applications. This article presents a systematic analysis of the magnetization currents in prisms of square base and several thicknesses. We make this study by numerical modeling using a variational principle that enables high number of degrees of freedom. We also compute the magnetization loops and the saturation magnetic field, using a definition that is more relevant for thin prisms than previous ones. The article presents a practical analytical fit for any aspect ratio. For applied fields below the saturation field, the current paths are not rectangular, presenting 3D bending. The thickness-average results are consistent with previous modeling and measurements for thin films. The 3D bending of the current lines indicates that there could be flux cutting effects in rectangular prisms. The component of the critical current density in the applied field direction may play a role, being the magnetization currents in a bulk and a stack of tapes not identical.
Effects of a 6-week Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation Intervention on pain and disability in individuals with chronic low back pain

A randomized controlled trial was used to compare the effects of a 6-week proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (PNF) and a General Exercise (GE) program on pain and disability in patients with chronic low back pain (CLBP) recruited from the outpatient department of a hospital clinic. CLBP patients were randomly assigned into a PNF (n=40) or a General Exercise group (n=40) and trained for 6 weeks, 2 times per week. The PNF group executed 11 exercises from the seated, supine and standing/walking position using various PNF techniques. The GE group followed a standard strengthening and co-ordination program. The measures used were pain (McGill questionnaire), functional disability (Rolland Morris questionnaire) and emotions before, immediately after and 8-weeks after treatment. Pain decreased more in the PNF (45.68% post and 38.05% 8-weekspost-intervention)than the GE group (22.82% post and 5.89%8-weeks post-intervention). Roland Morris scores increased for the PNF group (from 23.35%to 28.51%) while the GE group showed an increase only immediately after the program. Positive emotions increased significantly only for the PNF group (from 53.23% to 55.00%) while there was a reduction in negative emotions for both groups. In conclusion, the use of structured programs utilizing all PNF techniques is recommended for CLBP treatment.
Trade Shocks and Labour Adjustment : Evidence from Pakistan ’ s Manufacturing Industries

The present study is an attempt to explore the impact of trade liberalisation on employment and wages of production and non-production workers in large scale manufacturing industries of Pakistan. We use a sample of 18 industrial establishments with a time series data covering a period 1970-71 to 2005-06. In order to account for endogeniety problem, this study uses the Generalised Method of Moments (GMM). The study comes up with the findings that trade liberalisation has significantly negative impact on employment of both production and non-production workers. On the other hand, trade liberalisation has a significantly positive impact on wages of production workers, but it has no significant impact on wages of non-production workers. The negative impact of trade is attributed to the high protection given to most of the inefficient industries in the post liberalisation period. On the other hand, reduction in non-production worker employment is not unexpected as in case of developing country like Pakistan, trade liberalisation is supposed to displace capital intensive industries that employ most of the non-production (skilled) workers.
Does Age Matter?: The Information-Seeking Behavior of Filipino Aquaculture Researchers

ABSTRACT Findings of previous studies revealed that regardless of the objective, age does affect the information-seeking behavior of an individual. Likewise, this study found the same results. Although all of the younger Filipino aquaculture researchers preferred the Internet to begin their search process, it was found that they were more frequent library users, and more reliant on librarians than their older counterparts. Likewise, they preferred the combination of print and electronic formats when reading. Thus, they would print and save the retrieved electronic copy of information at least very often. The study is a valuable addition to the information-seeking behavior studies on Filipinos, and the first to tackle the effects of age on the information-seeking behavior of Filipino aquaculture researchers.
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ATOPY AND ALLERGIC RHINITIS AT BASELINE , AND DEVELOPMENT OF BRONCHIAL HYPERRESPONSIVENESS AT FOLLOW-UP IN SUBJECTS WITHOUT BRONCHIAL HYPERRESPONSIVENESS

Rafea Shaaban1, Mahmoud Zureik1, David Soussan1, Josep M. Antó2,3, Joachim Heinrich4, Christer Janson5, Nino Künzli2, Jordi Sunyer2, Matthias Wjst4, Peter G. Burney6, Franc xoise Neukirch1, and Bénédicte Leynaert1 Unit 700 Epidemiology, National Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM), Paris, France; Center for Research in Environmental Epidemiology (CREAL), Institut Municipal d’Investigació Mèdica, Barcelona, Spain; Department of Experimental and Health Sciences, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain; Institute of Epidemiology, GSF–National Research Center for Environment and Health, Neuherberg, Germany; Respiratory Medicine and Allergology, University of Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden; and Respiratory Epidemiology and Public Health Group, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
Understanding influence System Quality , Information Quality and Service Quality Toward User Satisfaction ERP system * Arga

The purpose of this research is to test system quality, information quality, and service quality to user satisfaction. This study is a study of perception and causality. The design of this study is quantitative using descriptive analysis and regression. The research was conducted at an Indonesian manufacturing company. The questionnaire is used to collect the data. The population of this study are employees of ERP system users. There were 61 respondents, the census method was chosen to determine the population. The findings of this research are quality of ERP system, Information Quality of ERP system and Quality of service technician have an effect on system user satisfaction. The quality of service from the technicians can better satisfy the users of ERP system compared to system quality and information quality.
The new dynamic synthesis control algorithm for the 1 . 3 GHz LCLS-II Cryomodule test at Fermilab

The 1.3GHz LCLS-II Cryomodule (CM) has 8 cavities and each cavity has 9 RF cells and a 50W heater. The1.3GHz LCLS-II CM is 12.2-meter-long and contains a total 241.3 liters (equivalent liquid) of liquid helium, which is filling up by the 4KW@2.0K cryogenic plant at the Fermilab Cryomodule Test Facility (CMTF). A new dynamic synthesis PID control of 2K cryogenic control system is built to control the large time-lagged unstable CM cryogenic system, under different modes operations. A report on the results obtained from the dynamic synthesis control algorithm in the CMTF 1.3GHz CM test will be presented. Index: large time lagged, unstable cryogenic control system, new dynamic synthesis control algorithm