Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Effect of Olive Oil Adulteration on Peroxide Value, Delta-K and on the Acidity Nabali-Baladi Olive Oil Quality

The purpose of the study was to evaluate the effects of olive oil adulteration on the peroxide value and oil acidity, and also to evaluate the effects of the olive oil adulteration on the delta K value, which classifies the purity (grade) of olive oil. The study was begun by collecting several samples of olive oil from northern governorates of Palestine. Also, sunflower, corn, and soybean oil samples were purchased at the local market. Olive oil simples were analyzed for delta K value, peroxide value and acidity. Olive oil samples were analyzed at 232, 268, 270 and 274 nm using UV-VIS instrument. Then, the samples were mixed with other oils at certain ratios and evaluated at the same wavelength. All samples were analyzed using quartz cuvetts. Cyclohexane was used as solvent for the oil. The same samples were evaluated in the same manner by titrating the samples with thiosulfate to get the peroxide value, and also with potassium hydroxide to get the acidity of oils. The IOC standard is <b20 mEq O2 / kg oil. The acidity test ( the IOC standard for free fatty acids in extra virgin olive oil is a maximum of 0.8%.) can differentiate between authentic versus adulterated oil. Reliable technique was used for measuring the authenticity of olive oil.
Chronic graft-versus-host disease: Clinical features and grading systems

Chronic graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) is the prime cause of transplantation-related mortality late after marrow grafting and contributes directly or indirectly to most nonmalignant complications. The main clinical symptoms and diagnostic problems of chronic GVHD are summarized here.A major issue in treating chronic GVHD is to assess disease severity.A critical review of published grading systems failed to demonstrate that any system is better than the others. Prospective validation of the Johns Hopkins grading scale is timely and warranted.
Evaluation of Icterus Causes in Hospitalized Patients with Jaundice in Infectious Word of Sina Hospital of Tabriz

Icterus can be the result of wide spectrum of causes, ranging from benign and self-limited conditions to life threatening ones. Some of these causes are curable with early diagnosis and early treatment and some, such as viral hepatitis can be controlled to some degree with supportive treatments, and in these patients it is important to consider preventive treatments in order to stop transmission. In a cross sectional – descriptive, study 105 cases of inpatients with icterus have been studied. Data have been collected by using patients file and results have been inserted in a question aired and data have been analyzed by using spss, chi-square statistical software. 16 final diagnosis generally have been suggested in this research which are respectively: acute hepatitis B 20.9 %, Chronic hepatitis B 13.3 %, Cirrhosis 13.3 %, Intra hepatic cholestasis 12.38 %, Drug induced hepatitis 8.6 %, Infectious mono nucleuses, CMV 7.6 %, post hepatic cholestasis hepatitis 5.71%, autoimmune hepatitis 4.8 %, hepatitis C 3.6 %, Hepatocellular carcinoma 3.6 %, unknown causes of hepatitis 1.9% and Wilson disease, hemochromatosis, hepatic hemangioma, hepatitis A and alcoholic hepatitis in 0.9% were found. By determining the prevalence of the causes of icter and using some clinical evidence and laboratory tests, we can diagnose the main cause of it and use suitable medical treatment to decrease the mortality and morbidity of the disease. [Roshanak Bayatmakoo, Zhinous Bayatmakoo, Aref Modars, Mehdi Gharehkhani, Arash Khaki. Evaluation of Icterus Causes in Hospitalized Patients with Jaundice in Infectious Word of Sina Hospital of Tabriz. Life Sci J 2013;10(4s):427-431] (ISSN: 1097-8135). http://www.lifesciencesite. com. 65
Gravitational Field Shielding by Scalar Field and Type II Superconductors

∗Department of Physics and Astronomy, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235. E-mail: bojun.zhang@vanderbilt.edu ∗Department of Physics, Alabama A & M University, Normal, Alabama 35762. †Department of Physics, Alabama A & M University, Normal, Alabama 35762. E-mail: tianxi.zhang@aamu.edu ‡Department of Physics, Alabama A & M University, Normal, Alabama 35762. §Department of Physics, Alabama A & M University, Normal, Alabama 35762.
Effects of Corm Size , Planting Time and Pot Size on Plant Development and Flowering of Gladiolus × hybrida

Experiments based on different corm size, planting time and pot size on Gladiolus × hybrida cultivar Butterfly were conducted during 2013-2014. These experimentswere laid out on completely randomized design with ten replicates. All plant growth and flowering characteristics were significantly (P ≤ 0.05) affected by different corm size, planting time and pot size. Large sized corms (4 cm) produced maximum plant height, number of leaves per plant, leaf area, number of flowers per spike, flower size, days to flower persistence and spike length whereas days to flowering were decreased. Similarly, gladiolus corms sown in October 1 and 15 more or less behaved alike and performed the best regarding plant height, number of leaves per plant, leaf area, days to flowering, number of flowers per spike, flower size, days to flower persistence and spike length parameters. Results obtained from different pot experiment showed that 30 cm pot size is the most suitable for gladiolus growing. Therefore, 4 cm gladiolus corm size in the month of October using 30 cm pots is recommended for its cultivation under agro-climatic condition of Al-Ahsa, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Satisfaction With Care

Objectives: This study examined how patients’ satisfaction with their care is affected by racial/ethnic concordance and patients’ perceived interpersonal sensitivity of their providers. The sample consisted of non-Hispanic Whites, African Americans/Blacks, Hispanics/Latinos, and Asian Americans age 50 and older. Method: Data came from the population-based Commonwealth Fund 2001 Health Care Quality Survey (n = 2,075). A hierarchical regression model of satisfaction was estimated for each racial/ethnic group with a sequential entry of variables: demographic and health-related variables, racial/ethnic concordance between patient and provider, and interpersonal sensitivity. Results: The influence of patient-provider racial/ethnic concordance on satisfaction with care was negligible, but the influence of interpersonal sensitivity was substantial (p < .001) in all racial/ethnic groups. Discussion: Findings suggest that racial/ethnic concordance may not be universally effective for diverse older populations, but perceived interpersonal sensitivity of the provider has a strong influence on older adults’ satisfaction with care regardless of their racial/ethnic background.
Critical Thinking in Nigeria's Pre-Service Teachers Education: A Philosophical Investigation.

Introduction Critical thinking encourages people to shape their personal opinions and attitudes with self-confidence instead of simply restating those of others by investigating issues from different perspectives with logically reasoned arguments (McGuinness, 2005). According to Caruth (2015), the body of knowledge is replete with how essential critical thinking skills are for students. In the same vein, Chouari (2016) pointed out that at the outset of the twenty-first century, the role of critical thinking in education became pivotal. As a result of this, most countries of the world (including developing countries) started implementing critical thinking in their curricula and at different levels of education (Inch & Warnick, 2011). Furthermore, Ozkan-Akan (2003) cited in Demirdag (2015), explained that the results of critical thinking studies show that education and critical thinking must go hand in hand to achieve educational goals. Majasan (1995, as cited in Ekpiken and Edet, 2014), made it clear that teacher educational institutions and teachers help in the development of various skills and competencies that will in turn help to equip the individual members of the society to be useful to himself and to the society at large. In the light of this, Majasan sees teachers as the springboard for economic, social, political, cultural and scientific development. There is also a general consensus that teacher education is the foundation of any educational system and is one of the major indices of quality education (Isyaku, 2002). To this end, Ijaiya, Alabi and Fasasi (2011) submit that one can almost say:” tell me the quality of your teacher training and I will tell you the quality of your educational system”. Crerar and Barua (2015) also share these views and point out further that the
4 / 2015 Government spending and the exchange rate

Contrary to widespread empirical evidence, standard NOEM models imply that the real exchange rate appreciates following an increase in public spending. This paper introduces productive government purchases and shows that the real exchange rate can depreciate after a positive spending shock, thus reconciling the theoretical model with the empirical evidence. Under empirically consistent parameterization, the model implies a depreciation both on impact and in the transition. The transmission mechanism works through an increase in domestic private-sector productivity, spurred by government purchases, which reduce domestic real marginal costs. JEL classification: E52, E62, F41, F42.
Examination of the Transtheoretical Model in Current Smokers

Although the transtheoretical model of behavior change has frequently been used as a basis for smoking-cessation programs, in very few studies have the study variables been linked with the theoretical concepts. This study used a convenience sample of 79 current smokers to determine the relationships among the stages of change and the processes of change. Logistic regressions were used in order to determine whether certain processes were related to specific stages and whether specific processes were related to movement among the stages. Participants in the precontemplation stage and the preparation stage were found to rely on specific processes, whereas those in the contemplation stage did not.
Granular micromechanics : a paradigm for micromorphic continuum mechanics

Granular materials take a variety of forms, spanning the spectrum from highly consolidated dense solids formed of particulate precursors to confined packing of non-cohesive particles. In all their forms, these materials are characterized by complex structures and compositions. More importantly, they share the common trait that their behavior at the macro-scale, that contains large numbers of grains (>10), is profoundly affected by the grain-scale interactions. For many important problems in engineering and science, continuum description of their mechanical behavior is desired. Discrete atomic or coarse-grained models often pose insurmountable challenges. Granular micromechanics method is a practical approach for continuum modeling these materials. In this approach, the material representative volume element (RVE) is modeled as a collection of grains which are interacting with each other through different inter-granular mechanisms. The resultant models offer the versatility of investigating the influence of both the macro-scale parameters and the grain-scale parameters on the overall stress-strain response by incorporating the effect of nearest neighbor grain interactions through the inter-granular force-displacement relationship and orientation vector. We have been developing the granular micromechanics approaches since 1980s. In their earlier formats, the models based upon granular micromechanics were successful in describing the elastic small strain behavior. In recent years, these models have undergone further refinement and have been applied to model a number of phenomena exhibited by granular geomaterials. In particular, the models have been shown to describe the damage and softening in cementitious materials [1]. The approach also leads to a 2nd gradient continuum theory involving strain gradient and its conjugated double stresses useful for modeling shear bands [2]. The method has also been extended to include rate effects [3], incorporate thermomechanical consistency [3,4] and develop efficient numerical scheme [5] that can be implemented into finite element formulation. The model predictions have shown both quantitative and qualitative consistency with the observed behavior for asphalts and cementitious materials [3-5, 9]. Recently, the method has been extended to include nonclassical terms which lead to micromorphic models [6,10]. The derived model has been applied to study the wave dispersion relationships and topology optimization [8]. Method for identifying elastic constants for the derived model has been demonstrated for regular and irregular grain assemblies by performing discrete simulations [7]. In the proposed presentation, we will describe some of the recent developments in granular micromechanics.
SEISMIC BEHAVIOR OF 4-LEGGED SELF-SUPPORTING TELECOMMUNICATION TOWERS

The telecommunication masts are considered today as one of the basic infrastructures in the human societies. Due to their vital role, the preservation of these structures during natural disasters, such as a severe earthquake, is of utmost priority and hence their seismic performance should be properly evaluated. The researchers in their studies have considered the effects of wind and earthquake-induced loads mostly on the trussed steel masts of triangular cross sections. The main objective of this paper is to investigate the overall seismic response of 4-legged self-supporting telecommunication towers. For this purpose, ten of the existing 4-legged self-supporting telecommunication towers in Iran are studied under the effects of the design spectrum from the Iranian seismic code of practice and the normalized spectra of Manjil, Tabas, and Naghan earthquakes. As part of some of the results, it was observed that the first three flexural modes are sufficient for the dynamic analysis of such towers, even though in the case of taller towers, considering the first five modes would enhance the analysis precision.
Comparison of Serum Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) RNA and Core Antigen Levels in Patients Coinfected with Human Immunodeficiency Virus and HCV and Treated with Interferon plus Ribavirin

ABSTRACT Trak-C (Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics) is an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay-based method capable of quantifying hepatitis C virus (HCV) core antigen (CA) in serum and could be an alternative to molecular detection and quantification of HCV RNA. We have evaluated the Trak-C assay in comparison with an HCV RNA quantitative assay (Versant HCV v3.0; Bayer Diagnostics) in the follow-up of 348 treated, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/HCV-coinfected patients included in the ANRS HC02 RIBAVIC trial. ANRS HC02 RIBAVIC is a therapeutic, multicenter, randomized protocol comparing the efficacy of alpha interferon 2b (IFN-α2b) (3 million units three times a week)-ribavirin (800 mg/day) to that of pegylated IFN-α2b (1.5 μg/kg of body weight/week)-ribavirin (800 mg/day) during 48 weeks of treatment of HIV/HCV-coinfected patients naïve to HCV treatment. Patients were assessed for virological analysis at day 0 and weeks 4, 12, 24, 48, and 72. Correlation of HCV RNA and HCV CA at the initiation of treatment was excellent (r = 0.92). HCV RNA and CA kinetics were similar during follow-up of HCV treatment from day 0 to week 72 whatever the group of response and genotype. The positive and negative predictive values of response to the treatment at week 4 were 59 and 94%, respectively, for HCV RNA load reduction of >2 log and 54 and 94%, respectively, for HCV CA below the threshold value (4.18 log10 pg/ml · 104). Trak-C, a new assay able to quantify CA in HIV/HCV-coinfected patients, correlates well with quantitative HCV RNA assays and is cheaper and easier to perform than molecular technology. HCV CA could be a valuable alternative test for therapeutic follow-up of coinfected patients treated with IFN plus ribavirin in developing countries.
Assessment of Soccer Referee Performance during Games

Since the establishment of the first professional soccer league in Japan (J League) in May 1993, the quality of soccer players and coaching staff in Japan has improved rapidly through the early identifi cation of players with the potential to develop into toplevel athletes, the introduction of ageand regionappropriate training centers for improved training environments, and systematic activities designed to cultivate soccer coaching staff. Such progress resulted in the participation of Japan National Soccer Team in four successive World Cup tournaments and the progression of all age categories to international-level competition within the lost few years. The continuous development of Japanese soccer also requires the cultivation of referees and the enhancement of their ability (Japan Football Association (JFA), 2007, 277). The four referees, which are a referee, two assistant referees, and a fourth offi cial, play an important role in bringing out the characteristics and enjoyment of soccer through fair judgment and safe and smooth game control. As such, the cultivation and improvement of referees are considered distinctively important factors for the cultivation and enhancement of players (JFA, 2004, 248; 2007, 277). The JFA implemented a professional referee system in 2002, and established a referee college in 2004, implementing an instructor system for the systematic cultivation and education of referees in each class, and started a referee training center system in 2007 to facilitate the enhancement of the entire system. As a result, many internationallevel Japanese soccer referees have participated in international tournaments and have been assigned to important matches, such as the fi nal matches at major tournaments etc. (JFA, 2002, 217; 2004, 242; 2005, 256; 258; 259; 2006, 272). In stark contrast to these impressive achievements, however, many players’ complaints have registered against referee judgments and there have been reports of dissatisfaction with offi cial matches in Japan. This highlights the prompt need for further improvement in the quality and quantity of referees. In the current system the quality of soccer referees is assessed in three ways: Assessment of Soccer Referee Performance during Games
MODELING A CULTURAL IMAGINAIRE THROUGH A GENERATIVE INTERMEDIARY SPACE . A CASE STUDY OF COLLABORATION BETWEEN DESIGN , HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

This article studies the Nokia Animism research project taking a cultural ‘imaginaire' as an explicit and primary ground to generate innovation through the collaboration of design, humanities and social sciences. It addresses the following questions. How collaboration between design, humanities and social sciences can stimulate the co-design of an intermediary space articulating the developed and shared knowledge? In what way an intermediary space can become a generative design space allowing ideas generation, combination, analysis and ultimately knowledge transfer, collaboration and engagement? In what way an intermediary space expands the concept of intermediary object? In what way such an intermediary space addresses one of the most difficult challenges of design research: knowledge management or how to transfer and capitalize on the knowledge developed within research. In what way the design of an intermediary space for the 'imaginaire’ of animism through the collaboration between design, humanities and social sciences can expand the knowledge in both content and tools of the involved disciplines? This article then provides a perspective on the practice of co-designing a cultural ‘imaginaire’ as a generative tool through a comparative study of other design research projects explicitly taking culture as a primary ground. Finally, this article provides a perspective on the learning through the study of 40 Nokia research projects comparing the knowledge transfer performance of projects with and without an intermediary space. This article aims at demonstrating the value of research in design within a corporate environment.
Moving Forward: Making Changes-An Evaluation of a Group-based Treatment Programme for Sex Offenders

 The report provides evidence that most men who completed the programme (69%) were� rated as having a lower risk score by the end of the programme. Among the men rated as� ‘high risk’ at the start of MF:MC, 53% remained high risk at the end of the programme, 38% had moved into the ‘moderate’ category and 9% were rated low risk. Among those initially� rated as ‘moderate’ risk, 72% remained in this category, but 26% moved into the ‘low risk’� category, while a very a small number (3%) were rated ‘high risk’ at the end of the� programme. However, there are serious question-marks over the reliability of some of the� risk data and without a control group we cannot be certain that these shifts in risk scores� were caused by MF:MC or by other factors.
The Role of Accounting Information System (AIS) in Rationalizing Human Resource Related Decisions: A Case Study of Selected Commercial Banks in Yemen

The purpose of the study is to explore whether there is a role for AIS in rationalizing HR related decisions. In addition to verify whether there are any obstacles to the use of the accounting information system (AIS) in rationalizing HR related decisions. A questionnaire was used in data collecting. Out of 140 questionnaires, only 101 were valid and suitable. The data analysis has been done by using SPSS and a number of statistical methods through descriptive statistics such as averages, standard deviations, and T-test. This study adds to the literature by providing an understanding of the role of AIS in rationalizing HR decisions in the commercial banks of Yemen. The study reached that there is a significant role for accounting information system (AIS) in rationalizing HR related decisions. It was also found that there are no obstacles to the use of AIS in rationalizing HR decisions. Finally, the study was concluded with some recommendations.
Were American Parents Really Sel sh ? Child Labor in the 19 th Century 1

Using the US Commissioner of Labor Survey of 1890, we examine household decisions and parental altruism vis-a-vis their children. Contrary to Parsons and Goldin (1989), we nd that parental location choices were dictated by constraints rather than the desire to exploit child labor opportunities. We also nd sign icant income e¤ects on child labor supply, indicating that rising a­ uence played an important part in the secular decline of child labor. We also nd that the e¤ects of childrensincome on their own consumption are weak, once child labor is controlled for.