Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Plasma Glucose and Serum Ceruloplasmin in Metabolic Syndrome and Diabetes Mellitus Type 2

Diabetes mellitus type 2 and metabolic syndrome are conditions associated with insulin resistance and hyperglycemia. Metabolic syndrome is a risk factor for diabetes mellitus type 2. Plasma glucose (fasting/postprandial) and serum ceruloplasmin levels and their relationship were studied. Study population consisted of 150 individuals—50 individuals with diabetes mellitus type 2, 50 individuals with metabolic syndrome, and 50 age- and sex-matched healthy controls. Plasma levels of fasting and postprandial glucose were measured along with serum ceruloplasmin. Data was analyzed by ANOVA and Pearson correlation. The fasting and postprandial plasma glucose levels in metabolic syndrome and diabetes mellitus type 2 were increased when compared to control. Serum ceruloplasmin level was 327.8  68.9 in control, 227.3  46.8 in metabolic syndrome, and 194.0  49.6 in diabetes mellitus type 2 individuals. There was a statistically significant negative correlation between the fasting, postprandial plasma glucose, and serum ceruloplasmin in type 2 diabetes mellitus.
STRATEGIC FLEXIBILITY, MANUFACTURING FLEXIBILITY, AND FIRM PERFORMANCE UNDER THE PRESENCE OF AN AGILE SUPPLY CHAIN: A CASE OF STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT IN FASHION INDUSTRY

The fashion industry is one of the dynamic industries, which undergoes rapid transformation in both the demand and flexibility. The prime objective of the current study is to investigate the relationship between strategic flexibility, manufacturing flexibility, supply chain flexibility and firm performance. In addition to that the mediating role of supply chain agility in relationship between strategic flexibility, manufacturing flexibility and firm performance is observed. The firms operating in the fashion industry of Indonesia are chosen as the sample of the study. Employing the survey-based methodology, the SEMPLS technique is used to test the hypothesized relationships. So, current study has used SEM-PLS as statistical tool to answer the research questions raised in this study and research objectives envisaged in the current study. The findings of the study have provided support to the theoretical foundation and proposed hypothesis of the current study. Current study will be helpful for policymakers and practitioners in understanding the issues related to supply chain risk, supply chain integration and supply chain performance. In author knowledge this is among very few pioneering studies on this issue.
Evaluating Question Answering Evaluation

As the complexity of question answering (QA) datasets evolve, moving away from restricted formats like span extraction and multiple-choice (MC) to free-form answer generation, it is imperative to understand how well current metrics perform in evaluating QA. This is especially important as existing metrics (BLEU, ROUGE, METEOR, and F1) are computed using n-gram similarity and have a number of well-known drawbacks. In this work, we study the suitability of existing metrics in QA. For generative QA, we show that while current metrics do well on existing datasets, converting multiple-choice datasets into free-response datasets is challenging for current metrics. We also look at span-based QA, where F1 is a reasonable metric. We show that F1 may not be suitable for all extractive QA tasks depending on the answer types. Our study suggests that while current metrics may be suitable for existing QA datasets, they limit the complexity of QA datasets that can be created. This is especially true in the context of free-form QA, where we would like our models to be able to generate more complex and abstractive answers, thus necessitating new metrics that go beyond n-gram based matching. As a step towards a better QA metric, we explore using BERTScore, a recently proposed metric for evaluating translation, for QA. We find that although it fails to provide stronger correlation with human judgements, future work focused on tailoring a BERT-based metric to QA evaluation may prove fruitful.
A comparative study between manual vacuum aspiration and electrical suction in first trimester MTP

Objective: The objective of this study was to observe the effi cacy of manual vacuum aspiration (MVA) and electrical suction/vacuum aspiration (EVA) for preg nancy termination and to compare the two techniques . Methodology: A prospective study of 200 cases of medical termi nation of unwanted pregnancy in first trimester was done by applying MVA and EVA at Gauhati Medical College and Hospital. Results: In this study majority of patients belonged to age group 26 30 years, Hi ndu religion and middle class. Maximum women were educated up to high school. Most of the patients ha d period of gestation between 6 to 8 weeks (44%) fo llowed by up to 6 weeks (36%) in both the groups. Average blood loss in MVA was 33.9 ml and that of EVA 85.45 ml. Blood loss in both the groups increased with increa sing gestational age. Average time taken was 11.77 and 16.55 minutes in MVA and EVA respectively. In terms of complication, no major complication was found except in 9% of cases MVA failed and had to be conv erted to EVA for complete evacuation. At postoperat ive period, mild bleeding (grade II) was seen in 22% ca ses mostly in patients of EVA group. As far as succ ess rate is concerned, EVA got 100% while MVA got 91%. Conclusion: Both the techniques were found to be almost equally effective. Though blood loss is slightly le ss r in MVA but success rate in term of complete ev acuation is better in EVA.
Cross-Task Knowledge Transfer for Query-Based Text Summarization

We demonstrate the viability of knowledge transfer between two related tasks: machine reading comprehension (MRC) and query-based text summarization. Using an MRC model trained on the SQuAD1.1 dataset as a core system component, we first build an extractive query-based summarizer. For better precision, this summarizer also compresses the output of the MRC model using a novel sentence compression technique. We further leverage pre-trained machine translation systems to abstract our extracted summaries. Our models achieve state-of-the-art results on the publicly available CNN/Daily Mail and Debatepedia datasets, and can serve as simple yet powerful baselines for future systems. We also hope that these results will encourage research on transfer learning from large MRC corpora to query-based summarization.
Effects of Mandatory Energy Efficiency Disclosure in Housing Markets

Mandatory disclosure policies are increasingly prevalent despite sparse evidence that they improve market outcomes. We study the effects of requiring home sellers to provide buyers with certified audits of residential energy efficiency. Using similar nearby homes as a comparison group, we find this requirement increases price capitalization of energy efficiency and encourages energy-saving residential investments. We present additional evidence characterizing the market failure as symmetrically incomplete information, which is ameliorated by government intervention. More generally, we formalize and provide empirical support for seller ignorance as a motivation for disclosure policies in markets with bilaterally incomplete information about quality.
GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY OFFICE OF CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION NOTICE OF PROJECT CLOSEOUT

During the period February 1, 1987 November 30, 1988, a numerical study of the stability and growth characteristics of supersonic free shear layers was performed. In this renewal proposal, numerical studies are proposed to continue the above investigation. Specifically, the following three tasks will be performed: 1) The suitability of fourth order and sixth order accurate schemes for analyzing supersonic free shear layers will be investigated. 2) Active and passive control techniques for enhancing the mixing efficiency of supersonic free shear layers will be investigated. 3) The spatial and temporal growth of small amplitude three-dimensional disturbances introduced into a supersonic free shear layer will be studied, and contrasted with the behavior of such disturbances in subsonic free shear layers.
Power of Pen: Expressive Writing as an Intervention Tool on Exposure to Thin-Ideal Images with Dietary Restraint and Self-Compassion as Covariates.

Meanwhile, it has been reported that self–compassion induction reduces distress and attenuates eating following the preload among highly restrictive eaters (Adams & Leary, 2007). These findings highlight the importance of specific individual differences observed among restrained eaters and indicate benefits of self-compassionate eating attitudes. Self-compassion involves being kind and understanding toward oneself in instances of pain or failure rather than being overly critical to oneself; perceiving one's experiences as part of the larger human experience rather than seeing them as isolating; and holding painful thoughts and feelings in mindful awareness rather than overidentifying with them (Neff, 2003). Additionally, selfcompassion was shown to partially mediate the relationship between body preoccupation and depressive symptoms. These findings highlight the potential that a consideration of self-compassion for body image may contribute to identifying who is most at vulnerable for body image concerns (Wasylkiw, MacKinnon, & MacLellan, 2012).
Are Trade and Migration Substitutes or Complements? - The Case of Germany, 1970-1998

Whether trade and factor movements are substitutes or complements is a well researched topic on a theoretical level. Traditional trade theory suggests that both are substitutes. Modern trade theory and extensions of traditional models conclude that there is a complementary relationship. This paper studies trade and labour migration between Germany and its main source countries for foreign workforce, namely Spain, Portugal, Greece, Italy, and Turkey. The results indicate that there is a substitutional link between trade and foreign labour force. There is no significant impact of labor migration on trade but an increasing trade volume has significantly negative eects on labour migration.
PRODUCTION OF A NEW YOGHURT - LIKE PRODUCTS FORTIFIED WITH SOME LEGUMES AND SWEET, CEREAL CROPS AND ITS EVALUATION OF FUNGAL LOAD.

A yoghurt – type product from Beet, Carrot, Peppermint, Lentil, Faba beans, Chickpea, barley Giza 126 and cantaloupe collected from different retail markets in Cairo and fortified with a percentage of 5,10, 15% for each crop. The aime of likeproducts fortified with some legumes and sweet, cereal crops to improve products , increase amino acids and Sulphur-containing amino acids. Results were confirmed yoghurt with 5% the best treatment used in vitro and vivo for syneresis ,grainy flavor and a gritty texture . Milk was prepared by fortification with 5% of some crops to achieve a suitable menu yoghurt-type products to improve nutritive quality and organoleptic properties, and showed that the effect of supplementation on minerals content of yoghurts – like products were slightly increase in Fe, Zn, Cu, Mn and a highly increase in Ca, P, Mg, Na, K in all treatments and some of these ingredients designed to improve flavor. Samples were analysis amino acids composition of different types of crops and yoghurt like products, reveals the presence of 16 amino acids, the major amino acid were glutamic (4.67) g/ 100g in faba bean while (1.129) g/ 100g in yoghurt – like products, leucine (2.15) g/ 100g in lentil while (0.818) g/ 100g in chickpea yoghurt – like products. This increase of amino acid seems to be related to the increase recorded in the total protein of yoghurt – like products. All samples were evaluated fungal load Isolated fungi from sterilized fresh samples at zero time (before used). The results revealed that 362 fungal isolates belonging to 9 genera and 15 species were isolated from fresh samples such as Alternaria spp, Alternaria alternate, Alternaria dauci, Alternaria radicina, Aspergillus niger, A. fumigatus, Fusarium spp. , F. oxysporum, F.solani, Macrophomina phaseolina, penicillium spp. Phoma betae, Verticillium albo-atrum, Rhizoctonia solani and Sclerotinia sclerotiorum. Faba beans showed the highest total fungi isolated (67 field fungal isolates) in all examined samples. Carrot recorded the least frequency, total fungi 22 fungal isolates compared with all samples used, and followed by peppermint 29 fungal isolates, it should be free raw material used from fungi and specially mycotoxins fungi to reduce the risks for consumers' health. Nutrient utilization and performance were studied in an experiment with adult Albino rats diets based on basel diet plus yoghurt – like product. And showed that true digestibility (TD) increased with supplementation process of yoghurt with 5% of (beet, lentil, chickpea, and cantaloupe). The data proved that the highest true digestibility of the protein was 94.82 from beet like – yoghurt and the highest protein utilization was 78.04 from lentil
Effect of biological fertilizer of humic acid on metabolic process of biological nitrogen fixation

Soil health is one of the key important factors in determining crop performance. Humic materials in soil have multiple effects of the main components; part of humic material is humic acid that can grow on crops through the effect on physical properties, chemical and biological soil to be effective. Use of organic materials in agriculture to reduce pollution from taking a positive step in the way of chemical fertilizers to achieve sustainable agriculture and fertilizer efficiency is. To order these types of effects on acid Humic biological nitrogen fixation process of bean plants in the form of a pilot project testing split plot with randomized complete block design based on crop year 2010 was conducted in Ahvaz. Invoice number (V1 = Barekat, V2 = Jazayeri, V3 = Shame) in the main plot factor with four types humic acid (F0 = control, F1 = humic acid, F2 = full macro humic acid, F3 = Full Micro humic acid) in sub-plots were placed. Humic acid once, and then at 5-6 leaf after flowering to 2 ppm levels (200 ppm) was sprayed to the plants. The highest and lowest number of nodes in humic acid treatment was respectively humic acid micro average 274.3 and controls with a mean number 179.6 respectively. However, three types of acid humic terms of number of nodes there is no significant difference. The greatest average diameter in micro humic acid treatment was rate 1.39 cm respectively. But between acid and acid Humic Micro significant difference was found. The average minimum diameter to control treatment mean number 0.8 is the cm. The results showed that acid humic improve the process and indicators of biological nitrogen fixation in bean plants were. Results of variance analysis table shows the types of acid humic bean root nodules on the amount of nitrogen in the 1% level were significant. Most nitrous acid humic macro nodes to complete the average 2.06 and the lowest value to control the amount of 0.88 were. [Simin Haghighi, Tayeb Saki Nejad, Shahram Lack. Effect of biological fertilizer of humic acid on metabolic process of biological nitrogen fixation. Life Science Journal. 2011;8(3):43-48] (ISSN:1097-8135). http://www.lifesciencesite. com.
Assessing the reliability of the Outcomes Star in research and practice

Purpose– The purpose of this paper is to describe a pilotto test an approach to measuring inter-rater reliability of the Outcomes Star suite of tools. The intention, in publishing this account, is to show transparency in on-going development of the tool, and to invite further co-operative development. Design/methodology/approach – In total, 24 workers, trained to use the first edition Family Star, scored a testedcasestudy.Scoringwasanalysedusingtwometricsontheten-pointscaleandthe underlying five-point Journey of Change. The case study approach and metrics were evaluated for validity and accessibility. Findings – This initial evaluation suggests this edition of the Family Star has good inter-rater reliability for the five-point Journey of Change, reaching the accepted threshold of 0.8 for the inter-rater reliability coefficient when three outlying workers are excluded. The reliability for the full ten point scale was moderate. Research limitations/implications – The sample size of 24 raters is small, though sufficient for an initial test of the approach, which will now be applied to larger samples, using other versions of the Outcomes Star. Practical implications – The findings indicate that it is important that service providers test worker understanding of the scales to ensure consistency of use. The second edition of the Family Star incorporates more precise definitions of the ten-point scales to help improve the reliability. Originality/value – The case study method and metrics provide an accessible measure of reliability, both for Star development and to enable managers to assess the reliability of an organisation’s client data for internal and external purposes.
Comparing public and private Facebook activity linking to PLOS ONE papers

Asura Enkybayar1, Stefanie Haustein1,2,3, Germana Barata1,4 & Juan Pablo Alperin1,5* 1 Scholarly Communications Lab, (Canada) 2 School for Information Studies, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, (Canada) 3 Centre interuniversitaire de recherche sur la science et la technologie (CIRST), Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal (Canada) 4 Laboratory of Advanced Studies in Journalism, State University of Campinas (Brazil) 5 School of Publishing, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver (Canada) *Corresponding author
1049-1063 Nur Faeza Abu Kassim.pmd

The medically important mosquito, Aedes albopictus is native to Asia and has become a major health concern in most Asian countries including Malaysia. Being recognized as a dengue vector, a clearer understanding of how mosquito populations are geographically connected, may therefore represent a profound yet significant understanding of control strategies. There are no documented reports on the genetic structure of Ae. albopictus populations from different developed settlements inferred from microsatellite DNA markers in Malaysia, particularly in Penang Island (Northern Peninsular Malaysia). Here, we assessed the molecular population genetics of Ae. albopictus in terms of their allelic variation, genetic diversity and population structure. A total of 42 mosquitoes were sampled from Jelutong, Batu Maung and Balik Pulau which represented urban, suburban and rural areas in Penang Island respectively and analysed for polymorphism at six microsatellite loci. All of the microsatellite markers were successfully amplified and were polymorphic, showing low genetic structure among geographic populations (FST= 0.0362). It is supported with admixture individuals observed in STRUCTURE and FCA and this suggests that high gene flow has been experienced between populations. These findings implicate passive dispersal through human-aided transportation; as a factor shaping the genetic structure of Ae. albopictus populations in Penang Island.
Demand Heterogeneity in Insurance Markets: Implications for Equity and Efficiency

In many markets insurers are barred from price discrimination based on consumer characteristics like age, gender, and medical history. In this paper, I build on a recent literature to show why such policies are inefficient if consumers differ in their willingness-to-pay for insurance conditional on the insured losses they generate. Using administrative claims data, I then show that this type of demand heterogeneity is empirically relevant in a consumer health plan setting. Younger and older consumers and men and women reveal strikingly different demand for health insurance, conditional on their objective medical spending risk. This implies that these groups must face different prices in order to sort themselves efficiently across insurance contracts. The theoretical and empirical analysis highlights a fundamental tradeoff between equity and efficiency that is unique to selection markets.
The Role of Engineering Doctoral Students' Future Goals on Perceived Task Usefulness

Marissa Tsugawa-Nieves is a graduate research assistant studying at the University of Nevada, Reno in the PRiDE Research Group. She is currently working towards a Ph.D. in Engineering Education. She expects to graduate May of 2019. Her research interests include student development of identity and motivation in graduate engineering research and teaching environments. She is also interested in k-12 integration of engineering in math and science curricula.
Rheophytism in Bornean Schismatoglottideae (Araceae)

Abstract The Schismatoglottid Alliance (tribes Schismatoglottideae, Cryptocoryneae and Philonotieae: Araceae) has been shown to be monophyletic in a previous study based on two cpDNA regions (matK and trnL-F). Here, ten additional taxa of Schismatoglottideae were sequenced, including two extra-Bornean Piptospatha species, and the type species of Hottarum, unavailable at the time of the previous analyses. Phylogenetic analyses were performed by using parsimony, likelihood (RAxML and likelihood ratchet PAUP*), and Bayesian inference to determine the placement of these additional taxa within Schismatoglottideae. The resulting tree topology supports, 1) a monophyletic West Sarawak clade comprising three genera: Aridarum, Bakoa, and Piptospatha; and 2) a supra-Lupar Line (the boundary between two of the known Bornean biochores) clade comprising the ‘Schismatoglottis’ josefii complex. Nineteen morphological, ecological, and geographical characters were coded and mapped using parsimony (unordered model) onto the Bayesian tree to investigate incidents of homoplasy or apomorphic status of morphologies presumed significant in the evolution of rheophytism. The morphologies proposed here as the primary mechanisms adaptive for rheophytism in Bornean Schismatoglottideae are: root/shoot disarticulation; a free ligular sheath; and marcescent senescence of the ligule. Two morphologies formerly used as generic definers, and previously treated as homologous: presence of a micropylar appendage, and thecae horns, are shown to be homoplastic.
THE EFFECT OF COMPOSITION, MISFIT, AND HEAT TREATMENT ON THE PRIMARY CREEP BEHAVIOR OF SINGLE CRYSTAL NICKEL BASE SUPERALLOYS PWA 1480 AND PWA 1484

Primary creep occurring at intermediate temperatures (650°C to 850°C) and loads greater than 500 MPa has been shown to result in significant primary creep strain (often exceeding 5-10%) during the first few hours of a creep test. This investigation examines how rhenium additions and aging heat treatment affect the primary creep behavior of PWA 1480 and PWA 1484. To aid in the understanding of rhenium’s role in primary creep, 3wt% Re was added to PWA 1480 to create a second generation version of PWA 1480. The aging heat treatments used for creep testing were either 704°C/24hr. or 871°C/32hr. For all test temperatures, the high temperature age resulted in a significant decrease in primary creep behavior of PWA 1484 and a longer lifetime for all but the lowest test temperature. The primary creep behavior of PWA 1480 and PWA 1480+Re did not display any significant dependence on age heat treatment. The creep rupture life of PWA 1480 is greater than PWA 1484 at 704°C, but significantly shorter at 760°C and 815°C. PWA 1480+Re, however, displayed the longest lifetime of all three alloys at both 704°C and 815°C (PWA 1480+Re was not tested at 760°C). X-ray diffraction and TEM analysis offer insight into the possible causes in the difference in behavior. PWA 1480 was found to deform by dislocations constrained to the γ matrix while PWA 1484 is dominated by stacking fault shear of the γ’ phase. The modified PWA 1480+Re contained stacking fault shear from more than one slip system and displayed the least amount of primary creep. Only after sufficient dislocation debris builds at the γ/γ’ interfaces, does secondary creep start.