Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Assessment of the effectiveness of yoga therapy as an adjunct in patients with alcohol dependence syndrome

1Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Gauhati Medical College & Hospital, Guwahati, Assam, India, 2Senior Resident, Department of Geriatric Mental Health, King George’s Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India, 3Senior Resident, Department of Psychiatry, Lokopriya Gopinath Bordoloi Regional Institute of Mental Health, Tezpur, Assam, India, 4Assitant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Gauhati Medical College & Hospital, Guwahati, Assam, India, 5Psychiatric Social Worker, Department of Psychiatry, Gauhati Medical College & Hospital, Guwahati, Assam, India
Microglial signalling cascades associated with stroke and Alzheimer's disease.

Microglia, the resident macrophages of the brain, were originally assumed to be passive cells, however increasing evidence suggests that microglia play an active role during development and in neurological disorders. Activated microglia release a variety of toxic inflammatory mediators including reactive nitrogen species, cytokines, glutamate and oxygen free radicals, all of which exert a detrimental effect on neuronal survival if secretion is sustained. Microglial responses depend on the signals received from the surrounding microenvironment. Therefore, in this thesis the effects of albumin, chromogranin A (CgA), ? -amyloid (A? ), ischaemia and combined insults (ischaemia plus albumin or ischaemia plus A? ) on microglial signalling have been investigated because these activators are associated with the pathology of stroke and/or Alzheimer's disease. Briefly, albumin was found to induce iNOS expression, to cause the release of glutamate and to elicit a calcium-dependent proliferative response in microglia; events that were mediated by a possible interaction with myosin IX. Interestingly, peritoneal macrophages were unresponsive to the same concentrations of albumin. CgA and A? triggered microglial signalling via scavenger receptor-dependent mechanisms. Both activators caused microglia to undergo mitochondrial depolarisation, which precipitated apoptosis. CgA, but not A? , also induced iNOS expression and glutamate release. CgA-induced iNOS expression was mediated by the Src kinase-dependent phosphorylation of ERK. Ischaemia per se did not elicit any discernable effects on microglial signalling. However, microglia subjected to ischaemia followed by albumin treatment endured mitochondrial depolarisation, which led to apoptosis. Similarly, ischaemia followed by A? treatment potentiated the levels of microglial apoptosis and mitochondrial depolarisation induced by A? alone. A common characteristic displayed by microglia subjected to albumin, CgA, A? , or ischaemia was the ability to induce neuronal death. Thus, manipulation of microglial signalling pathways to reduce reactivity and neurotoxicity may provide novel therapeutic strategies for the amelioration of neurodegeneration in disorders such as stroke and Alzheimer's disease.
Effect of breed and castration on production and carcass traits of male lambs following an intensive finishing period

Abstract The practice of crossbreeding using a terminal sire and the use of intact rather than castrated animals has the potential to increase the productivity of lambs produced from the hill sheep sector. The objective of this study was to compare the production and carcass characteristics of purebred Scottish Blackface (SB) and Texel cross Scottish Blackface (TXSB) ram and wether lambs fed on a concentrate diet and slaughtered at different ages. Two hundred spring born male lambs (average birth age ± SD 9.53 d) were assigned to a 2 × 2 factorial arrangement with two breeds SB (n = 100) and TXSB (n = 100) and two sexes (wether: n = 100 and ram: n = 100). Lambs were harvested following a 36 d ad libitum concentrate indoor finishing period. The study was carried out over five harvest batches between October and April. The mean ages of the lambs at harvest (n = 40; 20 TXSB and 20 SB lambs) in October, November, January, March, and April were 196, 242, 293, 344, and 385 days, respectively The TXSB lambs were heavier at slaughter than SB lambs (P < 0.001), and ram lambs were heavier at slaughter than wether lambs (P < 0.01). Improved ADG (P < 0.001), lower feed conversion ratio (FCR) (which was calculated by dividing total feed intake by total weight gain; P < 0.001), and higher feed intake (P < 0.05) were recorded in TXSB lambs with consistency across the five harvest time points. Rams had greater ADG (P < 0.001) and FCR (P < 0.05) compared with wether lambs, and no differences were observed between sexes for feed intake. The TXSB (P < 0.001) lambs had higher (P < 0.001) dressing percentages compared with SB, while wether lambs had greater dressing percentages compared with rams. The TXSB lambs had heavier carcass weights (P < 0.001) with higher conformation grades (P < 0.001) and less fat cover (P < 0.001) than SB lambs, while ram lambs had heavier (P < 0.001) carcasses than wether lambs. There was greater fat cover on the loin muscles of SB (P < 0.001) and wether (P < 0.001) lambs compared with TXSB and ram lambs, respectively. The results from this study suggest that TXSB lamb’s offer hill sheep farmers a potential strategy for improved lamb production efficiency, while ram lambs offer lamb finishers increased growth rates, higher FCR, and produce a more desirable carcass than do wether lambs.
General Critical Properties of the Dynamics of Scientific Discovery

Scientific fields are difficult to define and compare, yet there is a general sense that they undergo similar stages of development. From this point of view it becomes important to determine if these superficial similarities can be translated into a general framework that would quantify the general advent and subsequent dynamics of scientific ideas. Such a framework would have important practical applications of allowing us to compare fields that superficially may appear different, in terms of their subject matter, research techniques, typical collaboration size, etc. Particularh' important in a field's history is the moment at which conceptual and technical unification allows widespread exchange of ideas and collaboration, at which point networks of collaboration show the analog of a percolation phenomenon, developing a giant connected component containing most authors. Here we investigate the generality of this topological transition in the collaboration structure of scientific fields as they grow and become denser. We develop a general theoretical framework in which each scientific field is an instantiation of the same large-scale topological critical phenomenon. We consider whether the evidence from a variety of specific fields is consistent with this picture, and estimate critical exponents associated with the transition. We then discuss the generalitymore » of the phenomenon and to what extent we may expect other scientific fields — including very large ones — to follow the same dynamics. « less
How Faculty Members’ Personality traits Influence their Education-Research Performance

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between personality traits and education-research performance of faculty members. A survey was conducted among 321 faculty members in Tehran University, Iran. The research instrument included: personal and professional features, items related to personality traits, and items related to self-evaluation of education and research performance. Reliability and validity of the instrument were determined through opinions of faculty members and application of Cronbach’s Alpha, respectively. Data were analyzed descriptively and inferentially using SPSS/Windows. Findings showed that neuroticism had a negative and significant effect on education and research performance. Openness to experience, agreeableness, and conscientiousness had positive and significant effects on research performance. Extraversion and agreeableness had positive and significant effects on education performance. Finally, results showed that agreeableness had the most effect on educational performance and neuroticism had the most effect on research performance.
Fractured Genial Tubercles Displaced to Mid-Floor of Mouth: A Rare Case Report

Fractured and displaced genial tubercles are a relatively rare happening in the field of oral and maxillofacial trauma. These tubercles are attached to the geniohyoid and genioglossus muscles, which are associated with lingual mobility and deglutition. Separation of these unilateral tubercles can lead to sublingual pain, dysphagia and difficulty in swallowing. Review of literature shows that only <15 cases of fractured genial tubercles have been reported in the English literature until now. Surgical interventions have been rarely reported in the literature as most of the cases have been managed conservatively. We report a case of fractured genial tubercle, following trauma, which was intervened surgically.
The Macroeconomics of the Greek Depression

Greece experienced a boom until 2007, followed by a collapse of unprecedented magnitude and persistence. We assess the sources of the boom and the bust, using a rich estimated dynamic general equilibrium model. External demand and government consumption fueled the boom in production, whereas transfers fueled the boom in consumption. Different from the standard narrative, wages and prices declined substantially during the bust. Tax policy accounts for the largest fraction of the bust in production, whereas uninsurable risk accounts for the bust in consumption and wages. We assess how the composition of fiscal adjustment and bailouts affected the crisis. (JEL E21, E23, E24, E32, E62, F41, H20)
THE EFFECT OF VARIATIONS IN TRUNK MODELS IN PREDICTING MUSCLE STRENGTH AND SPINAL LOADING

A unified modeling technique is proposed to predict the strength contour of trunk muscles during isometric exertions, which can identify the feasibility of task performance and quantify the utilization ratio for assessment of risk of development of muscular fatigue and over-exertion injury. In addition, the proposed model can estimate the joint reaction forces during performance of the feasible complex loading task in upright standing. Six anatomical models and six cost functions suggested by various research groups were considered in determining their effects on the predicted three-dimensional strength and lumbar intervertebral joint reaction forces obtained using linear and nonlinear optimizations. The present investigation has shown the importance of the fidelity of anatomical models used in estimation of spinal loading and trunk strength. The effect of cost functions on estimated compression and anterior-posterior shear forces was statistically significant. These models can assist in identifying the injurious tasks that must be ergonomically modified to prevent the risk of occupationally related low back injuries.
The Mediation of Job Satisfaction in the Relation of Work Stress and Turnover Intention in Hotel Industry

The study explain the effect of work stress on turnover intention through the mediation of job satisfaction in private-owned hotel in Karawang, West Java. Explanatory causal method was used to analyze the relation between variables through hypothesis testing. Nonprobability sampling method with accidental sampling technique was use to gather 100 participants. Mediation analysis using bootstrap confidence interval was used to identify the indirect effect of job satisfaction. The study reveals several findings; work stress and job satisfaction have significant effect on turnover intention. But they have different direction. Job satisfaction negatively affects turnover intention, while work stress positively affects turnover intention. Job satisfaction did not mediate the relation between work stress and turnover intention. In other words, for work stress experience by employees in this organization directly affect turnover intention. This finding can help organization to provide better stress management and promote program that can enhance employee satisfaction. Keywords—work stress; job satisfaction; turnover intention; hotel industry; mediation analysis
Conocimiento del virus del papiloma humano y su vacuna por parte de mujeres de una zona rural de Querétaro, México

Introduction: The human papillomavirus (HPV) has a high prevalence in young women resulting on a problem of public health. In Mexico, it occupied the nineteenth place in the 2011 of transmissible diseases and more than 90% of cervical cancer cases are related to it. The aim of the research was to determine the level of knowledge about HPV, vaccine and risk behaviors of young adult woman in a rural community of San Juan del Rio, Queretaro, Mexico. Methodology: The study was cross-sectional; convenience sample on woman from 20 to 40 years old. The instrument used was “HPV and Health” with a Cronbach´s alpha of 0.79, divided into sociodemographic data, knowledge of HPV and vaccine, health aspects and information sources. 45 people were surveyed; age X=27.8, S=5.9 years. Results : Women presented a good level of knowledge about the HPV with 22%, 20% regular, 17.78% deficient and 40 % very deficient. Regarding the vaccine 53.3% had deficient knowledge and 2.2% had excellent. It is necessary to improve knowledge about HPV in order to for people to avoid the development of cervical cancer virus; Conclusion: It is also required to explain women about immunization against HPV, as well as the operation and the importance of administering the vaccine to girls.
The Effect of Self-Efficacy And Work Motivation on The Organizational Commitment and its Implication on The Employee Performance of Local Government in Aceh Jaya District

The paper analyzes the effect of self-efficacy and works motivation on the organizational commitment and its implication on the employee performance of local government in Aceh Jaya district. The samples are 287 civil servants that are selected by proportional sampling from a number of public institutions in the district. The data is collected by using a questionnaire and then it is analyzed by using statistical means of structural equation modeling AMOS to analyze functional relation among variables. The research finds that self-efficacy and work motivation have a positive and significant effect on the improvement of organizational commitment and employee performance. The existence of the organizational commitment is not only to improve the effect of self-efficacy and work motivation on employee performance but also it has been mediating variables among the variables.
PENGEMBANGAN MEDIA KOMIK BERBASIS MASALAH UNTUK PENINGKATAN HASIL BELAJAR IPS SISWA SEKOLAH DASAR

Based on the results of the analysis of the needs in elementary school at Kalimacan Sragen regency, it is found that the learning result of the students is still low, the learning media used has not cultivated the students' learning interest and the presentation of the less interesting IPS learning materials. This type of research is the Research and Development (R&D) by Borg & Gall. Product validation test conducted by a team of experts or an expert assessment, practicality test conducted by questionnaire response after learning of students and teachers, as well as the effectiveness of the test conducted pre-exsperimental design with one group pretest posttest study. The results of this development research that is produced product of comic based media problem that "Valid" with score 82,9%. The practicality of the product in learning is obtained from the result of questionnaire of student and teacher response with score respectively 84,4% and 86,9% in "Very Practical" criterion. Retrieved effectiveness of study of the test results is limited by the analysis of N-gain is an increase (gain) learning outcomes Elementary School fourth grade students Kalimacan amounted to 0.651 in the category "Medium". Based on the results of development research conducted, then the development of learning media Social science comic-based problem declared valid, practical and effective to improve student learning outcomes fourth grade elementary school.
Effectiveness of pneumococcal vaccine in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)

Background: Pneumococcal infections are frequent cause chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbations and though various guidelines recommend the use of pneumococcal vaccines routinely to COPD patients to prevent exacerbations, the data regarding the effectiveness of this vaccine is limited and contradictory. Aims and objectives was to compare the frequency of exacerbations in patients of COPD before and after administration of pneumococcal vaccine and to find out the frequency of exacerbations in patients of COPD who are vaccinated against those who are not vaccinated as well as to study the effectiveness of pneumococcal vaccine will be analysed in respect to age, sex, Body mass index (BMI), severity of disease and other co-morbidity.Methods: This was a randomized non-placebo controlled trial, conducted from September 2013 to August 2015 including total of 150 patients divided into two groups: cases and controls. The cases were administered PPV23 along with specific medication and were followed up at intervals of 3months. Exacerbations were identified based on ANTHONISEN’S criteria. Number of exacerbations in each follow-up was recorded. The data from both the groups were analysed statistically.Results: After 1 year of follow up, there was significant reduction in mean number of exacerbations (p value <0.0001) in patients with COPD in vaccinated group. PPV23 was more effective in patients with COPD of less than 65 years of age and with severe and/or very severe airflow obstruction and also in patients with lower BMI (≤21kg/m2), females and with co-morbidities.Conclusions: This is an important strategy to prevent the repeated exacerbations in COPD patients particularly in severe and very severe disease groups and we support the recommendation that pneumococcal vaccine should be administered to these patients.
English versions of corporate websites. A linguacultural contrastive study of Germany and Spain

If local companies in Europe target international visitors as well as national ones, they generally set up an English version of their corporate websites alongside the version in their native language. In their attempt to portray themselves in ways that are engaging to visitors, companies address topics such as corporate history, values and practices on their websites. However, the relevance given to the various topics and the style used may vary across cultures. The present study aims, first, to unveil whether discursive differences exist in website versions in English which were set up by European local companies. Second, it is investigated whether the differences may be explained with reference to Hofstede’s model. Because of its importance in Europe, the companies belong to the dairy sector. The countries chosen for the present investigation are Germany and Spain, the cultural differences of which, with reference to Hofstede’s model (Hofstede et al. 2010), are less marked when contrasted with the countries in previous linguistic studies on corporate websites (Cucchi 2010a, 2012, 2015, 2016). Methodologically, the study, based on a corpus of self-representative discourse from the websites of 12 German and 12 Spanish companies, draws on the Corpus-Assisted Discourse Studies tradition (Partington 2004; Baker 2006), so as to verify the extent to which the findings are compatible with those obtained, within linguistics, from other countries and/or other genres, and with those in other disciplinary domains. The study relies on Wmatrix (Rayson 2009) for content analysis and on WordSmith Tools (Scott 2012) for the analysis of dispersion plots. Results show that German websites are more informal and give more prominence to data, while Spanish websites rely more on ‘self-celebratory’ discourse, emphasising tradition, quality and awards. Overall, the findings show that Hofstede’s model is helpful for the study of the English versions of websites of European local companies, even in countries where cultural differences are less marked. Since cross-cultural differences still exist among the websites of European companies, future research should address the issue of what content and style are appropriate when targeting international customers in English used as a lingua franca.
Blood biochemical profile in local pig (Zovawk) of Mizoram

Levels of plasma glucose, total protein, albumin, A: G ratio, cholesterol, triglycerides, HDL-cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol and urea in Zovawk pigs were influenced by age (P<0.05). Plasma glucose, total protein and globulin were higher in the adult group (104.26 mh/dl, 7.80,4.79 g/dl) than in the pre-weaning group (95.53 mg/dl, 6.74,3.14 g/dl) and the growers (91.35 mg/dl, 6.74, 3.16 g/dl). Adult group had lower albumin (3.01 g/dl) than preweaning group (3.60 g/dl) and growers (3.58 g/dl) and it reflected in higher A:G ratio in preweaning group and growers as compared to adults. Total cholesterol, triglycerides, HDL-cholesterol and LDL-cholesterol declined gradually with age (P<0.05). The respective values for cholesterol, triglycerides, HDL-cholesterol and LDL-cholesterol in pre-weaning, grower and adult groups were 166.40, 161.01, 54.17, 97.84; 98.78, 141.76, 65.93 and 76.27, 87.52, 35.07, 47.72 mg/dl. Pigs with higher total cholesterol had higher levels of triglycerides, HDL-cholesterol and LDL-cholesterol. Urea level increased in growers (34.21 mg/dl) from that of preweaning group (30.92 mg/dl) which became stable in adults (33.73 mg/dl).
Changing Numbers, Changing Needs: American Indian Demography and Public Health

The reported population of American Indians and Alaska Natives has grown rapidly over the past 20 years. These changes raise questions for the Indian Health Service and other agencies responsible for serving the American Indian population. How big is the population? What are its health care and insurance needs? This volume presents an up-to-date summary of what is known about the demography of American Indian and Alaska Native population--their age and geographic distributions, household structure, employment, and disability and disease patterns. This information is critical for health care planners who must determine the eligible population for Indian health services and the costs of providing them. The volume will also be of interest to researchers and policymakers concerned about the future characteristics and needs of the American Indian population.
Evaluation of feature-based methods for automated network orientation

Abstract. Every day new tools and algorithms for automated image processing and 3D reconstruction purposes become available, giving the possibility to process large networks of unoriented and markerless images, delivering sparse 3D point clouds at reasonable processing time. In this paper we evaluate some feature-based methods used to automatically extract the tie points necessary for calibration and orientation procedures, in order to better understand their performances for 3D reconstruction purposes. The performed tests – based on the analysis of the SIFT algorithm and its most used variants – processed some datasets and analysed various interesting parameters and outcomes (e.g. number of oriented cameras, average rays per 3D points, average intersection angles per 3D points, theoretical precision of the computed 3D object coordinates, etc.).