Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
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This study discusses the importance of implementing E-Syariah, which is a Government-to-Citizen (G2C) application, in fulfi lling the needs to improve Shariah Courts’ administration in Malaysia. Its objective is to identify factors that affect the intention and utilization of E-Syariah by its targeted users, the Malaysian Shar’ie lawyers, which are currently lacking. A self-administered questionnaire was utilized and responses from 240 Shar’ie lawyers were collected and analyzed using structural equation modeling (SEM). Results from the analysis indicate that behavioral intention to use E-Syariah is positively infl uenced by performance expectancy and technical facilitating conditions; and use behavior of using E-Syariah is positively affected by behavioral intention to utilize E-Syariah. Findings from this study contribute to the literature on user acceptance of information system and can assist the federal agency and policy makers in evaluating the effectiveness of their efforts in implementing E-Syariah.
Theoretical Study by Density Functional Theory Method (DFT) of Stability, Tautomerism, Reactivity and Prediction of Acidity of Quinolein-4-One Derivatives

A theoretical study of the reactivity of quinoline-4-one derivatives is undertaken in order to understand the involved mechanisms. The calculations were carried out in gas phase and in N, N-Dimethylformamide (DMF) solution. The Density Functional Theory (DFT) with B3LYP functional associated to 6-311G (d) and 6-311+G (d) bases is used to perform these calculations. The results of the thermodynamic parameters showed that there is an equilibrium relation between the different tautomers. This equilibrium can be used to explain the failure to obtain tetrahydroquinoline from 5,8-dimethoxy-quinolin-4-one. Reactivity analysis from Frontier Molecular Orbitals theory and Fukui function calculations revealed that ketone forms are less reactive than enol ones. The methoxyl substituent decreases the acidity of the nitrogen and oxygen atoms of quinolin-4-one while the bromine increases the acidity of the same sites. These results foresee that nitrogen deprotonation in the case of the brominated compound is easier than in the case of methoxylated ones.
Factors affecting the prevalence of blood parasites of Little Owls Athene noctua in southern Portugal

Tome, R. , Section of Ecology, Department of Biology, University of Turku, FIN 20014Turku, Finland. ricmocho@iol.pt (* Corresponding author). Santos, N. ICN / Parque Nacional da Peneda Geres 4845-067 Geres, Portugal.pyargusvet@sapo.ptCardia, P., CIBIO – Centro de Investigacao em Biodiversidade e Recursos Geneticos,CampusAgrariodeVairao,4485-661Vairao,Portugal,andDepartementodeZoologia-Antropologia, Faculdade de Ciencias da Universidade do Porto, 4099-002, Portugal.pi. lopes@mail. icav.up. ptFerrand, N. , CIBIO – Centro de Investigacao em Biodiversidade e Recursos Geneticos,CampusAgrariodeVairao,4485-661Vairao,Portugal,andDepartementodeZoologia-Antropologia, Faculdade de Ciencias da Universidade do Porto, 4099-002, Portugal.nferrand@mail.icav.up.ptKorpimaki, E. , Section of Ecology, Department of Biology, University of Turku, FIN20014 Turku, Finland. ekorpi@utu.fiReceived 7 December 2004, accepted 5 April 2005
The taxonomic position of Klosteria bodomorphis gen. and sp. Nov.. (Kinetoplastida) based on ultrastructure and SSU rRNA gene sequence analysis

Summary A small free-living marine bacteriotrophic flagellate Klosteria bodomorphis gen. and sp. nov. was investigated by electron microscopy and molecular methods. This protist has paraxial rods of typical bodonid structure in the flagella, mastigonemes on the anterior flagellum, two nearly parallel basal bodies and discoid mitochondrial cristae. The flagellar pocket and cytostome/cytopharynx complex are supported by two microtubular roots and reinforced microtubular band (mtr). These features confirm that K. bodomorphis is a bodonid related to Bodo. However, the presence of a layer of dense glycocalyx on the flagella and one battery of cylindrical trichocysts with reticular walls makes it more similar to Rhynchobodo/Phyllomitus, although this flagellate characterized by pankinetoplasty. Phylogenetic analysis using the SSU rRNA gene is congruent with the ultrastructural studies and strongly confirms the close relationship of K. bodomorphis to the genus Rhynchobodo within the order Kinetoplastida.
Title: The unexpected advantages of using D-amino acids in self-assembled peptide hydrogels for medicine

Self-assembled peptide hydrogels have brought innovation to the medicinal field, not only as responsive biomaterials but also as nanostructured therapeutic agents or as smart drug delivery systems. D-amino acids ae typically introduced to increase the peptide enzymatic stability. However, there are several reports of unexpected effects on peptide conformation, self-assembly behavior, cytotoxicity and even therapeutic activity. This mini-review discusses all the surprising twists of heterochiral self-assembled peptide hydrogels, and delineates emerging key findings to exploit all the benefits of D-amino acids in this novel medicinal area.
Gross and Molecular Characterization of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex in Mekelle Town Municipal Abattoir, Northern Ethiopia

A cross-sectional study was conducted from September 2010 to July 2011 on 768 beef cattle in Mekelle town municipal abattoir, northern Ethiopia, to investigate the tuberculoid lesions using a detailed post- mortem inspection and characterize its causative agents. Pathological and bacteriological examination and molecular typing were employed to undertake this study. The prevalence of tuberculoid lesions was 6.4% (49/768) with the largest proportion (62.3%) of lesions recorded from the respiratory tract. Exotic breeds (OR=46.6, 95% CI, 8.8-248.3) and female cattle (OR=6.6, 95% CI, 1.7-26.5) were more likely to have tuberculoid lesions. Bacteria were successfully cultured from 59.2% (29/49) tissue; however, using multiplex polymerase chain reaction only four of these isolates showed signal to the genus Mycobacterium of which two were members of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTC). The result of this study suggested the importance of MTC and non-Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (NMTC) in the study area and also revealed that NMTC may contribute for the development of granulomatous lesions in cattle.
CaSym: Cache Aware Symbolic Execution for Side Channel Detection and Mitigation

Cache-based side channels are becoming an important attack vector through which secret information can be leaked to malicious parties. Previous work on cache-based side channel detection, however, suffers from the code coverage problem or does not provide diagnostic information that is crucial for applying mitigation techniques to vulnerable software. We propose CaSym, a cache-aware symbolic execution to identify and report precise information about where side channels occur in an input program. Compared with existing work, CaSym provides several unique features: (1) CaSym enables verification against various attack models and cache models, (2) unlike many symbolic-execution systems for bug finding, CaSym verifies all program execution paths in a sound way, (3) CaSym uses two novel abstract cache models that provide good balance between analysis scalability and precision, and (4) CaSym provides sufficient information on where and how to mitigate the identified side channels through techniques including preloading and pinning. Evaluation on a set of crypto and database benchmarks shows that CaSym is effective at identifying and mitigating side channels, with reasonable efficiency. Keywords-side-channels; symbolic execution; cache
A Report on the Incidence of Organophosphate Poisoning among Patients Admitted to King Abdul-Aziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia over a Period of 12 Years.

Department of Pediatric Emergency, King Abdullah Specialist Children Hospital, National Guards, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Department of Emergency Medical Services, King Saud Bin Abdul-Aziz University for Health Sciences, National Guards, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. King Abdullah Specialist Children Hospital, National Guards, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Research Unit, College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Saud Bin Abdul-Aziz University for Health Sciences, National Guards, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Representation of water abstraction from a karst conduit with numerical discrete-continuum models

Karst aquifers are characterized by highly conductive conduit flow paths embedded in a less conductive fissured and fractured matrix, resulting in strong permeability contrasts with structured heterogeneity and anisotropy. Groundwater storage occurs predominantly in the fissured matrix. Hence, most mathematical karst models assume quasi-steady-state flow in conduits neglecting conduit-associated drainable storage (CADS). The concept of CADS considers storage volumes, where karst water is not part of the active flow system but hydraulically connected to conduits (for example karstic voids and large fractures). The disregard of conduit storage can be inappropriate when direct water abstraction from karst conduits occurs, e. g. , large-scale pumping. In such cases, CADS may be relevant. Furthermore, the typical fixed-head boundary condition at the karst outlet can be inadequate for water abstraction scenarios because unhampered water inflow is possible. The objective of this work is to analyze the significance of CADS and flow-limited boundary conditions on the hydraulic behavior of karst aquifers in water abstraction scenarios. To this end, the numerical discrete-continuum model MODFLOW-2005 Conduit Flow Process Mode 1 (CFPM1) is enhanced to account for CADS. Additionally, a fixed-head limited-flow (FHLQ) boundary condition is added that limits inflow from constant head boundaries to a user-defined threshold. The effects and the proper functioning of these modifications are demonstrated by simplified model studies. Both enhancements, CADS and FHLQ boundary, are shown to be useful for water abstraction scenarios within karst aquifers. An idealized representation of a large-scale pumping test in a karst conduit is used to demonstrate that the enhanced CFPM1 is able to adequately represent water abstraction processes in both the conduits and the matrix of real karst systems, as illustrated by its application to the Cent Fonts karst system.
The Impact of Using Picture Books with Preschool Students in Taiwan on the Teaching of Environmental Concepts

The aim of this study was to investigate preschool teachers’ use of picture books for teaching environmental concepts and the conservation of resources. Using an action research approach, twelve children aged 5-6 years old were recruited for this eight-week study. Eight picture books with an environmental education theme were selected for use in these classes. The results revealed that the pupils’ knowledge of environmental concepts was higher in the post-test than the pre-test. With regard to the conservation of resources, the children learned to bring their own cotton hankies, use less water when washing their hands and brushing their teeth, and reduce the amount of drawing papers on which they doodled. The children were also persuaded to continue saving energy at home, and demonstrated that they understood that turning off the TV and lights were practical steps they could take to achieve this. Nevertheless, they did not appear to grasp the idea of reusing plastic bags.
A Data-Independent Distance to Infeasibility for Linear Conic Systems

We offer a unified treatment of distinct measures of well-posedness for homogeneous conic systems. To that end, we introduce a distance to infeasibility based entirely on geometric considerations of the elements defining the conic system. Our approach sheds new light on and connects several well-known condition measures for conic systems, including {\em Renegar's} distance to infeasibility, the {\em Grassmannian} condition measure, a measure of the {\em most interior} solution, and other geometric measures of {\em symmetry} and of {\em depth} of the conic system.
Comparative Study of Earthquake Clustering in Relation to Hydraulic Activities at Geothermal Fields in California

Earthquake clustering properties are investigated in relation to fluid balance H(t) (the difference of fluid injection and production rates) using about nine years of data from The Geysers (both the entire field and a local subset), Coso, and Salton Sea geothermal fields in California. Individual earthquake clusters are identified and classified using the nearest‐neighbor approach of Zaliapin and Ben‐Zion (2013a, https://doi.org/10.1785/0120150211, 2013b, https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggw300). These are used to calculate nine complementary cluster statistics as time series with a step of about one month. Three alternative techniques (moving window correlation, analysis of variance, and regression) are employed to assess the relations between (possibly nonstationary) time series of cluster statistics and H(t). A total of 108 pairwise relations between cluster statistics and H(t) are analyzed to clarify effects of fluid activities on seismicity in different places. The seismic clustering response to the fluid balance differs among the examined fields. The Geysers and Salton Sea areas display the highest and lowest clustering responses, respectively. The proportion of clusters consisting of a single event with no offspring (singles) is correlated significantly with H(t) at all examined data sets, with a lower proportion of singles during periods of high fluid balance. This may reflect increased susceptibility to earthquake triggering in time intervals with high injection rates. The background seismicity rates significantly increase with H(t) at the Geysers and Coso, while an opposite relation holds at the Salton Sea. This could be related to the high structural and tectonic complexity at the Salton Sea compared to the other two geothermal fields.
Comparison of contrast-enhanced ultrasound and conventional ultrasound for guiding peripheral pulmonary biopsies

Objective: To compare the clinical value of CEUS vs. conventional ultrasound for guiding peripheral pulmonary biopsies of space-occupying lesions. Methods: This was a retrospective study of the patients that underwent a USor CEUS-guided lung biopsy between January 2013 and August 2015 at the Zhongshan Hospital affiliated to Fudan University. CEUS examination was performed using the SonoVue contrast agent. Patients underwent CEUSor US-guided lung biopsy. Results: Patient characteristics were similar between the two groups, but lesions were larger (P=0.017) in the CEUS group. The success rate of CEUS-guided biopsies was better than that of US-guided biopsies (97.5% vs. 86.3%, P=0.002). When distinguishing malignant from benign lesions, for CEUS, sensitivity was 95.1%, specificity was 100.0%, positive predictive value was 100.0%, and negative predictive value was 90.9%, for an overall accuracy of 96.7%, compared with 94.7%, 100.0%, 100.0%, 93.2%, and 97.0% for US. When considering the individual diagnoses, consistency between biopsy and surgery was 95.9% for CEUS-guided lung biopsy, compared with 87.0% for US-guided lung biopsy (P=0.013). In the US group, there were three cases of hemoptysis, one of pneumothorax, and one of chest pain. In the CEUS group, there were one case of hemoptysis and one of chest pain. Conclusion: CEUS-guided biopsy of peripheral pulmonary lesions could have a better diagnostic accuracy than that of US-guided biopsy, and could be associated with less complication.
Consumer food safety education for the domestic environment: a systematic review

Purpose – Despite the recognised importance of food safety, a large number of consumers do not practice adequate food safety in the home. Many studies have recommended that education is a key step in preventing food‐borne illness in the domestic environment. However, few educational or psychosocial interventions have been designed and implemented to improve food safety knowledge, attitudes and behaviours. Even fewer of these studies have been subject to rigorous appraisal. The purpose of this paper is to conduct a systematic review of studies that described and evaluated a food safety intervention in a non‐clinical adult sample.Design/methodology/approach – A total of ten studies met the criteria for inclusion in the systematic review. Outcomes of interest included food safety behaviour, behavioural intention, attitudes, knowledge, microbial transfer and the use of social cognition models.Findings – The evidence regarding the effectiveness of the reviewed interventions on these food safety outcomes was so.
Analysis on Causes and Countermeasures of Bullwhip Effect

Bullwhip effect is an inevitable phenomenon in supply chain management, because of its objective existence. This phenomenon is very common and harmful to make the operating costs of enterprises double and become one of the main concerns of many enterprises. In this paper, the causes of the bullwhip effect are explored through the methods of literature research and investigated consultation to weaken the bullwhip effect. This paper analyzes the key countermeasures with Wal-Mart successful logistics management case. And according to the reason of bullwhip effect, a mathematical programming model of maximizing the efficiency of supply chain is established, which provides a way to solve the negative effect of bullwhip effect and has certain reference value.
Impact of Environmental Variations on Simulated Squall Lines Interacting with Terrain

AbstractThe complex evolution of convective systems crossing (or attempting to cross) mountainous terrain represents a substantial forecasting challenge. This study examines the processes associated with environments of “crossing” squall lines (which were able to redevelop strong convection in the lee of a mountain barrier) and “noncrossing” squall lines (which were not able to redevelop strong convection downstream of the barrier). In particular, numerical simulations of mature convective systems crossing idealized terrain roughly approximating the Appalachian Mountains were used to test the first-order impact of variations in the vertical wind profile upon system maintenance.By itself, the wind profile showed no ability to uniquely discriminate between simulated crossing and noncrossing squall lines; each test revealed a similar pattern of orographic enhancement, suppression, and lee reinvigoration in which a hydraulic jump deepened the system’s cold pool and renewed the low-level lifting. Increasing th.
Tightwads and spendthrifts: An interdisciplinary review

JEL codes: M31, C91, D14, G41 Consumers rely on a “pain of paying” to help deter their spending. While this is beneficial for some consumers, others experience levels of pain that create problems. “Tightwads” experience too much pain when considering spending and therefore spend less than they would ideally like to spend. By contrast, “spendthrifts” experience too little pain and therefore spend more than they would ideally like to spend. Neither are happy with how they handle money. In the decade since the tightwadspendthrift construct was introduced, much has been learned about what it is and is not (e.g., frugality, greed), what contextual factors are likely to reduce its importance, how it plays a role within romantic relationships, and when it might first emerge in childhood. This paper reviews the wide range of interdisciplinary research relevant to the tightwad-spendthrift construct and proposes several directions for new research.
ARE THE NEEDS OF YOUTH IN FAMILY FOSTER CARE RECOGNIZED ?

Children in family foster care have the right to participate in decisions regarding their life, however, adults often advocate on behalf of children. This Q methodological study explored whether shared perspectives among foster parents and care workers resemble shared perspectives of youth regarding the psychosocial needs experienced by youth with a history of sexual abuse. Participants sorted a set of statement cards according to what they thought was most important for youth. By-person factor analyses examined how the Q sorts of foster parents and care workers related to those of youth. The results showed that foster parents mostly recognized the group of youth who value an instrumental relationship with their carers, while care workers mostly recognized the group of youth who value support of both foster and birth parents with regard to their preparation for independent living. The two youth groups characterized by ambivalence and autonomy were barely recognized. Results are discussed in light of the expected roles of foster parents and care workers, and youth’s contact with birth parents. Lastly, this study highlights the importance of youth participation, because youth offer unique and varying perspectives about their needs.
Application of gas-kinetic scheme with kinetic boundary conditions in hypersonic flow

This work focuses on the application of the gas-kinetic scheme based on the Bhatnagar‐Gross‐Krook particle collision model in the hypersonic flow simulations. Kinetic boundary conditions with different accommodation coefficients are constructed and implemented in the scheme. The numerical study is based on a laminar shock-wave/boundary-layer interaction in a Mach 10 flow passing through a hollow cylinder flare model. The grid-independent numerical results agree well with experimental measurements. The utilization of the kinetic slip boundary condition is necessary to improve the agreement between the current results, experimental measurements, as well as direct simulation Monte Carlo solutions. The effect of the variation of the accommodation coefficient on the flow solutions is quantitatively evaluated.
The Influence of Interspecies Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer on Epigenetic Enzymes Transcription in Early Embryos

Abstract One of the main reason for the incorrect development of embryos derived from somatic cell nuclear transfer is caused by insufficient demethylation of injected somatic chromatin to a state comparable with an early embryonic nucleus. It is already known that the epigenetic enzymes transcription in oocytes and early embryos of several species including bovine and porcine zygotes is species-dependent process and the incomplete DNA methylation correlates with the nuclear transfer failure rate in mammals. In this study the transcription of DNA methyltransferase 1 and 3a (DNMT1, DNMT3a) genes in early embryonic stages of interspecies (bovine, porcine) nuclear transfer embryos (iSCNT) by RT-PCR were analyzed. Coming out from the diverse timing of embryonic genome activation (EGA) in porcine and bovine preimplantation embryos, the intense effect of ooplasm on transferred somatic cell nucleus was expected. In spite of the detection of ooplasmic DNA methyltransferases, the somatic genes for DNMT1 and DNMT3a enzymes were not expressed and the development of intergeneric embryos stopped at the 4-cell stage. Our results indicate that the epigenetic reprogramming during early mammalian development is strongly influenced by the ooplasmic environment.
A Fast Intra‐Prediction Method in HEVC Using Rate‐Distortion Estimation Based on Hadamard Transform

A fast intra‐prediction method is proposed for High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) using a fast intra‐mode decision and fast coding unit (CU) size decision. HEVC supports very sophisticated intra modes and a recursive quadtree‐based CU structure. To provide a high coding efficiency, the mode and CU size are selected in a rate‐distortion optimized manner. This causes a high computational complexity in the encoder, and, for practical applications, the complexity should be significantly reduced. In this paper, among the many predefined modes, the intra‐prediction mode is chosen without rate‐distortion optimization processes, instead using the difference between the minimum and second minimum of the rate‐distortion cost estimation based on the Hadamard transform. The experiment results show that the proposed method achieves a 49.04% reduction in the intra‐prediction time and a 32.74% reduction in the total encoding time with a nearly similar coding performance to that of HEVC test model 2.1.