Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Indicators of Vascular Dysfunctions in Children with End Stage Renal Disease under Regular Haemodialysis as Paediatric Emergency

Background: There is a necessity to predict cardiovascular diseases in children with end stage renal disease (ESRD) on regular haemodialysis. Objectives: to study biochemical, structural and functional indicators of vascular dysfunction in children with ESRD on regular haemodialysis (HD) and their correlations as early predictors of cardiovascular diseases in dialysis children. Materials and methods: The present study was carried out on 30 children with ESRD on regular hemodialysis in Tanta University hospital and 30 healthy age and sex matched children as controls. All patients and control were subjected to history taking, clinical examination including, routine laboratory assessment measuring serum cholesterol, serum calcium and phosphorous, Ca × P product, serum alkaline phosphatase and serum intact parathyroid hormone (iPTH). Radiological assessment was done using B-mode ultras-onography to assess arterial calcifications, arterial stiffening by measuring mean CCA diameter in mm, carotid intima media thickness (CCA-IMT in μm), aortic PWV in cm/sec, Renal Resistance Index. Results: Twelve (80%) of the studied patients showed calcifications in one or more of the studied different sites. There was a highly significant increase in the CCA diameter, CCA-IMT and Ao. PWV in studied patients as compared to the controls but there was no significant difference between patients and controls as regard renal RI (P>0.05). Conclusion: Vascular calcifications in children with ESRD on regular haemodialysis are associated with increased stiffness of large, arteries. The extent of arterial calcification increases mainly with the duration of dialysis and abnormalities in Ca × P product.
Parametric Methods for Order Tracking Analysis

Order tracking analysis is often used to ﬁnd the critical speeds at which structural resonances are excited by a rotating machine. Typically, order tracking analysis is performed via non-parametric methods. In this report, however, we demonstrate some of the advantages of using a parametric method for order tracking analysis. Speciﬁcally, we show that we get a much better time and frequency resolution, obtain a much more robust and accurate estimate of the RPM proﬁle, and are able to perform accurate order tracking analysis even without the tachometer signal.
POWER CONSUMPTION OF MIXING IMPELLERS IN PSEUDOPLASTIC LIQUIDS

The authors ascertained the applicability of the method proposed by Metzner to correlate agitation power for pseudoplastic liquids. For a ribbon impeller that is effective for highly viscous liquids this method is also useful. It was found by the authors that the proportionality constant between average shear rate and impeller speed for pseudoplastic liquids can be estimated by using experimental constants of the power equation for Bingham plastic liquids. Correlated results by using estimated values showed good agreement with data for various impellers. For ribbon and anchor impellers, a correlation curve similar to that for Newtonian liquids was observed throughout the whole region of Reynolds number. For turbines and paddles, however, curves for pseudoplastic liquids deviate from Newtonian in the transition region. These phenomena were explained by the spreading of the discharge flow range as in the case of Bingham plastic liquids.
Occurrence of Giardia intestinalis in dairy goats and evaluation of risk factors for infection: research note

The aim of this study was to establish the occurrence of Giardia intestinalis in goat fecal samples from two dairy farms (A and B) located in Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil, assessing possible risk factors for infection. Fecal samples from all young animals (up to one year of age) (n=58) and from 10% of adult animals (n=18) were collected. Samples were collected directly from the rectum and were submitted to centrifuge-flotation in sugar saturate solution for microscopic search of Giardia cysts. From 76 analyzed samples, 17 (22.4%) were positive for Giardia cysts. All positive samples came from young animals of farm A. Also, dog fecal samples (n=9) were collected to evaluate their role in parasite transmission. Three dog samples (33.3%) were positive for Giardia cysts. Presence of helminth eggs was only observed in animals from farm A. Eimeria sp. oocysts were observed in fecal samples from both farms. The comparison of hygienic-sanitary and management conditions of both farms indicated that the high rate of infection in young animals from farm A was due to an association of risk factors: intensive raising of young animals in installations made of wooden slats floor, fecal accumulation underneath it, and the presence of domestic animals inside goat installations. The high Giardia positivity and the observation of risk factors for transmission call attention to the importance of effective prophylactic measures and patterns of management.
Engineering Gaussian states of light from a planar microcavity

Quantum fluids of light in a nonlinear planar microcavity can exhibit antibunched photon statistics at short distances due to repulsive polariton interactions. We show that, despite the weakness of the nonlinearity, the antibunching signal can be amplified orders of magnitude with an appropriate free-space optics scheme to select and interfere output modes. Our results are understood from the unconventional photon blockade perspective by analyzing the approximate Gaussian output state of the microcavity. In a second part, we illustrate how the temporal and spatial profile of the density-density correlation function of a fluid of light can be reconstructed with free-space optics. Also here the nontrivial (anti)bunching signal can be amplified significantly by shaping the light emitted by the microcavity.
Prey availability overrides cover in determining growth and abundance of stream-dwelling cutthroat trout

approved: Redacted for privacy J.D . -Hallif The abunda and biomass of cutthroat trout (Salmo clarki) have been found to be greater in logged than in forested streams of the Oregon Cascades. Although certain prey taxa increase in abundance following logging, habitat stability generally decreases and cover structures are removed. Research was conducted to examine the manner in which habitat features interact with the prey base to result in greater abundance of the trout in logged streams. Cutthroat trout were more effective in foraging on experimentally introduced prey (Culex spp. larvae) in a logged section of Grasshopper Creek (Lane Co., Oregon) than in a forested section. The differences in efficiency were related to prey size and to the amount of overhead shading and substrate crevices. Mean percentages of prey captured by trout were greater in logged control pools and crevicecovered pools of both sections than in forested control pools. Artificial shading of logged pools reduced capture success by the trout to levels found for trout in forested pools. Relative growth rates of cutthroat trout experimentally confined in pools were also greater in the logged than in the forested reach. Differences in growth rates were primarily due to differences between the reaches in invertebrate drift density. Higher drift density in the logged section probably reflected a greater habitat instability that increases the probability that benthic fauna will occur in the water column where they are more available as prey. Drift density significantly increased relative to controls in troutexcluded pools in the logged reach, but not in the forested section. This may have resulted from habitat features in the logged section that favor greater trout foraging success, and from the occurrence of a greater relative proportion of behaviorally drifting prey taxa, which represent a predictable food source. In laboratory experiments, food abundance played a relatively greater role than did cover in determining the abundance of cutthroat trout. In trials of one week duration, few introduced trout emigrated from channels having high food abundance, irrespective of the amount of cover. In channels with low food abundance, no, or very few, trout remained, irrespective of the amount of cover. These results support field data that suggest that, in spite of reduced cover, cutthroat trout are more numerous in logged than in forested sites in response to a greater foraging return. PREY AVAILABILITY OVERRIDES COVER IN DETERMINING GROWTH AND ABUNDANCE OF STREAM DWELLING CUTTHROAT TROUT
Exposure to video games shortens simple visual reaction time – a study in Indian school children

Background: Electronic gaming media has become an integral part of the lives of school children. Previous research suggested that action video game playing improves cognitive performance, leading to better visual and attentional skills. On the contrary, other studies have concluded that such gaming activities are more likely to have multiple ill effects on the psychological and physical health of young adults. Visual reaction time has already served to be a good indicator of aptitude in sports involving quick reflexes. However, there is insufficientknowledge about the effects of gaming media exposureon cognitive patterns, as assessed by visual reaction time, especially in Indians. Hence this study was undertaken to estimate the effect of the usage of electronic gaming media on the simple visual reaction time of Indian school children. Methods: Healthy male school-going children in the age group 9-12 years, who were frequently exposed to electronic gaming media for not less than 7-9 hours per week along with children who did not play video games but had normal physical activity (n=38 in each group) were included in this study. Visual reaction time, using a red light, was estimated in the participants. Result: Visual reaction time was found to be significantly decreased in children who played computer games regularly, as compared to controls. A significant negative correlation was also seen, in the study group, between visual reaction time and duration of hours of playing games. Conclusion: Thus, this study concludes that video game playing improves performance in tasks involving hand-eye coordination and quick reflexes. DOI: 10.21276/AABS.2017. 1327
Women and Unemployment in Bahir Dar City, Ethiopia: Determinants and Consequences

Even if women make up half of the world’s population, their contribution to measured economic activity, growth, and well-being is far below its potential. Besides, employment of women in economic sectors has important effect on their life, family and the country as a whole. However, the gap between women and men in paid employment remains wide in many parts of the world. These issues of women encompassing determinants and consequences of unemployment on them are not well articulated. Thus, the main objective of this study was to examine the socio-cultural and demographic determinants of employment status of women and the consequence of unemployment on women in Bahir Dar City, Amhara region. To carry out this study, mixed research approach specifically convergent parallel design was used. To investigate this, primary and secondary data sources were utilized. Additionally, questioner and in-depth interview were used as the data gathering instruments for quantitative and qualitative respectively. Besides, 388 respondents were selected by using simple random sampling technique for quantitative technique and 11 participants were selected by purposive sampling technique for qualitative technique. The analytical techniques used in this study were descriptive statistics such as frequency of tables as well as cross tabulation and binary logistic regression for quantitative data and thematic way of data analysis for qualitative one. The descriptive statistics result showed that 61.1 % were employed where as 38.9 %were unemployed. In view of that training skills obtained, family size and household headship were found to be the significant determinants of women’s employment status. Moreover , poor living standard and dependency, domestic violence, unwanted marriage and unwanted pregnancy, low level of social participation (isolation ), hopelessness and anxiety (stressful life) , addiction by intoxication of alcohol and other forms of drug, less satisfaction in marital life , divorce , prostitution , allowing to be the victim of sexually transmitted disease like HIV-AIDS, increasing future shocks were found to be the consequence of unemployment on women in the study area . Furthermore, the study has discovered that it is still not easy for many women to enter the formal labor market even though the situation has altered over time. Thus, the major challenge encountering the present government of the city is how to address this issue .
Osteoporosis in a prehistoric bay area population

OSTEOPOROSIS IN A PREHISTORIC BAY AREA POPULATION By Melynda Leigh Atwood Modern resource analysis of the cultural environment provides a rich database to help us understand physiological processes in ancient human societies. This study uses evidence retrieved through the environmental impact process to determine the osteoporosis rates experienced by a prehistoric, semisedentary San Francisco Bay Area native Ohlone population of hunter-gatherers. Bone mass may be affected by sex, age, diet, activity, or genetics. To study the influence of these factors, cortical bone mass ratios were measured in a skeletal collection, CA-ALA-329, and compared with those from Wharram Percy, a medieval English, agriculture-based population. Results from the CA-ALA-329 population mirror those of other archaeological and modern studies: Females have more cortical bone in youth, and then lose bone earlier and eventually more over time than males. When comparing this population with Wharram Percy, bone mass was found to be higher in CA-ALA-329, regardless of sex and age, indicating that the skeletal health of this hunter-gatherer population was generally better than that at the agriculture site, Wharram Percy. Dietary insufficiencies at Wharram Percy may be the cause for this difference. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude to the members of my committee, Drs. Elizabeth Weiss, Robert Jurmain, and Rachel O'Malley, for their time, expertise, patience, and forbearance during the completion of this thesis. Drs. Weiss' and Jurmain's professionalism and broad anthropological knowledge have been instrumental in the continuation of my education and I am eternally grateful for their invaluable input and encouragement. I would like to acknowledge my debt to Dr. O'Malley, who facilitated my entry into the Environmental Studies department and for her unfailing support throughout my studies. Dr. Simon Mays, without whom this comparative study would have been impossible, is due many thanks for contributing his raw data on the Wharram Percy population. I would also like to thank the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe, for their support of this research. I can only hope that my endeavors will increase the Tribe's knowledge about their ancestors and their prehistoric lifeways. I would like to thank Dr. Lorna Pierce, for her help and valuable suggestions, as well as Alan Leventhal, M.A., for his indispensable assistance with Ohlone ethnographies, temporal assignments, and just plain keeping me on track. I would also like to thank San Jose State University's Student Health Services staff, Renee Schlice-Diehl and Roger Elrod, for facilitating the taking of necessary x-rays for this study and for their general assistance throughout the radiography process. Last, but certainly not least, I would like to thank the Atwood and Gottshall families for their support, encouragement, and patience. None of this would have
Land characterization and soil-site suitability- evaluation of banana growing areas of South Gujarat, India

An investigation was carried out to evaluate the soil-site suitability and land characterization in some banana growing soils of South Gujarat. The soil belongs to Vertisols, Inceptisols and Enitisols soil order. Banana growing soil (Pedon-1) of Narmada district have ochric epipedon whereas, pedon 2, 3, 4,5, 6 and 9 are placed in order Inceptisols owing to ochric epipedon followed by cambic horizon (changes in colour, structure and texture). The presence of smectite mineralogy class, hyperthermic soil moisture regime and more than 30 per cent clay (but less than 60 per cent), pedon 7 and 8 classified as Inceptisols. In respect of land characteristics, The cumulative rating index of Jhagadia (PN2), Bardoli (PN5) and Palsana (P6) coming under highly sustainable (S2). Whereas, rest of the pedon i.e., Narmada (P1), Bharuch (PN3), Kamrej (PN4) Navsari (PN7), Jalalpore (PN8) and Valsad (PN9) are sustainable under high input (S3). Considering the soil-site suitability criteria, Bharuch (PN3), Palsana (PN6) and Jalalpore (PN8) are identified as highly suitable talukas for banana cultivation. While the Narmada (PN1), Jhagadia (PN2), Kamrej (PN4), Bardoli (PN5), Navsari (PN7) and Valsad (PN9) were categorized in moderately suitable class (S2). The suitability class can be improved if the correctable limitations (soil fertility characteristics) are altered through soil amelioration measures.
The link between autoimmune and allergic diseases: a systematic review

I RESUMO . II ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS . III ABBREVIATIONS . IV TABLES . V INTRODUCTION . 1 METHODS . 4 SEARCH STRATEGY . 4 ARTICLE SELECTION . 4 DEVELOPMENT . 5 THE LINK BETWEEN AUTOIMMUNE AND ALLERGIC DISEASES . 5 EPIDEMIOLOGY . 5 ETIOLOGY . 10 PATHOPHYSIOLOGY . 12 CONCLUSIONS . 15 REFERENCES . 16
CMB spectral distortions from black holes formed by vacuum bubbles

Vacuum bubbles may nucleate and expand during the cosmic inflation. When inflation ends, the bubbles run into the ambient plasma, producing strong shocks followed by underdensity waves, which propagate outwards. The bubbles themselves eventually form black holes with a wide distribution of masses. It has been recently suggested that such black holes may account for LIGO observations and may provide seeds for supermassive black holes observed at galactic centers. They may also provide a significant part or even the whole of the dark matter. We estimate the spectral μ-distortion of the CMB induced by expanding shocks and underdensities. The predicted distortions averaged over the sky are well below the current bounds, but localized peaks due to the largest black holes impose constraints on the model parameters.
Care work an diffusion of innovation in Danish elder care

This article explores the interplay between different types of knowledge and rationality in care work through a case study of a nursing home innovation project in a Danish municipality. The aim is to understand the implications for innovation processes and dissemination within the context of elder care. Care work, in some sense, relies on relational and contextual knowledge which may lead to challenges when innovation and best practices are to be diffused across organizations. This is especially true since diffusion often relies on codification of practices and knowledge. Caring rationality is essential to how technologies and methods are practiced in the care situation, and thus also essential for best practices and how they are disseminated. However, other types of codified and explicit rationality are equally important. The article concludes that there are several types of knowledge in play in care work practices and innovation, and it indicates that communities of practice could be key to understanding how to share and learn from best practices across organizations.
Statistical Study on the Linkage of Child (Under-5) Mortality and Bio-Demographic Variables

In this study we tried to find out the factors which are effecting the child mortality in state Uttar Pradesh and importance of such factors into predicting child mortality. For this study, the latest births by ‘ever married women’ of Uttar Pradesh were considered from District Level Household and Facility Survey (DLHS-3) data. Factors were checked for association with child mortality by using of chi-square test. Further logistic regression analysis applied to find out adjusted effect of each factor. For checking the predictive capability of logistic regression model we applied statistic. It was found Wealth index quintile, type of birth, mother’s age at time of birth, and father’s education were significant effect to child mortality. The value is (2.3%).
Qualitative assessment of imported frozen fish fillets in Sulaimani markets

This study aims to determine the quality of frozen fish fillets sold in Sulaimani city markets a total number of (64) sample of frozen fish fillets belonged to 4 foreign trademarks were collected from different parts of Sulaimani markets. The samples were subjected to physical and chemical tests to determine their quality and suitability for human consumption. The proximate chemical analysis referred to presence of significant differences in moisture, fat and protein content among the four trademarks except for ash content. While the physical indices showed that White fish fillets recorded the lowest thawing and cooking loss which in return recorded the highest WHC. Chemical indices showed that the pH mean values of Myanmar and Flander mark were significantly differed (P<0.05) than Hasson and White fish fillet, Although, the results of FFA recorded no significant differences among the trademarks, and Flander mark recorded the highest PV and TBA among the other which made it significantly differed than them and White fish fillet recorded the lowest, still, they were within the international standard limits. Where, the results of TVN values recorded no significant differences () among the inspected marks. All obtained results referred to the validity of these fish fillets for human consumption.
Interleukin Expression in the Area damaged by the Development of Abdominal Cavity Adhesions

Background: This study sought to determine the dynamics of IL gene expression during serous membrane damage using an animal model of aseptic peritoneal injury. Methods: In our study, we used 35 male Wistar rats. Macroscopic and microscopic studies were conducted between 6 hours and 30 days after peritoneal damage was induced. In the damaged peritoneal area, we assessed IL gene expression across the experimental timeframe. Results: We found that the majority of the studied genes had three characteristic peaks in expression: at 6 hours, on day 3, and on day 14. These effects were observed for chemokine (CXC motif) ligands 1 and 3, IL1b, and IL6. Two peaks of increased expression (on days 3 and 14) were noted for CXCL1, CXCL5, INFγ, IL2, IL4, IL10, TNF, and CD40LG. Conclusion: We hypothesize that the absence of attention to the changes that occur in the peritoneum after aseptic damage has prevented research from focusing on the important stage of the formation of the richly vascularized adhesions that are unable to regress. Based on the results of our study, we conclude that it is critically important to influence the last wave of IL expression activation (2 weeks after aseptic peritoneum damage) to effectively prevent adhesion formation. (International Journal of Biomedicine. 2017;7(4):293-297. )
On the separability of unitarily invariant random quantum states - the unbalanced regime

We study entanglement-related properties of random quantum states which are unitarily invariant, in the sense that their distribution is left unchanged by conjugation with arbitrary unitary operators. In the large matrix size limit, the distribution of these random quantum states is characterized by their limiting spectrum, a compactly supported probability distribution. We prove several results characterizing entanglement and the PPT property of random bipartite unitarily invariant quantum states in terms of the limiting spectral distribution, in the unbalanced asymptotical regime where one of the two subsystems is fixed, while the other one grows in size.