Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Singularities Treatment in Solving Volume Electric Field Integral Equation over Tetrahedron Meshing

The method of moment solution of the volume integral equation suffers from singular volume integrals. When applying the gradient-gradient operator on the green’s function, it allows the choice of piecewise constant function for the expansion and testing functions. But it results in strong singularities of order . In this paper, robust and accurate technique based on the use of Raw, Wilton and Glisson, RWG, basis functions on tetrahedrons is applied. The RWG function is used both as a testing and as a basis functions. The proposed approach divides the integrals into two parts, one slowly varying nonsingular part which can be integrated numerically over the volume of the tetrahedrons and a singular part which will be converted into surface integrals of integrands R and that has analytical solutions. Also, a proposed fast and accurate numerical approach is presented to solve the nonsingular integral part. Validation of the proposed technique is presented. Very good results are obtained. Index Term— Volume Integral Equation, Method of Moments, Singular Integrals.
‘I think a little bit of a kick is sometimes what you need’: Women’s accounts of whole-body scanning and likely impact on health-related behaviours

Objective: This study was designed to investigate whether whole-body scanning might promote healthy eating and physical activity in women, and to explore the effects of scanning on body image. Design: Fourteen women aged 22–45 years without histories of eating disorders or whole-body scanning took part in semi-structured interviews before and after scanning. Data were analysed using inductive thematic analysis. Results: Scans did not look as expected, and participants expressed ‘surprise’ and ‘shock’. Participants focused on perceived negative aspects of their bodies as revealed in scan images, and agreed that women with body concerns would find scans too ‘real’ and ‘raw’. Eleven women who met UK Government physical activity and healthy eating guidelines reported that the scan provided additional motivation to maintain, and in nine cases to increase, those behaviours. Two women who neither exercised nor ate healthily would not increase physical activity or change their diets significantly following scanning. Conclusion: Whole-body scanning may enable maintenance or even acceleration of physical activity and healthy eating, but is unlikely to be useful in promoting initiation of these behaviours. Participants engaged in unhelpful body critique when viewing scans; scanning needs to be confined to contexts where support is provided, to avoid increasing body-related concerns.
Efficacy Results of a 52-week Trial of Adalimumab in the Treatment of Refractory Sarcoidosis.

BACKGROUND Infliximab, a chimeric, monoclonal, anti-TNF antibody has been shown to be safe and efficacious for refractory sarcoidosis, we investigated whether adalimumab, a fully human, anti-TNF monoclonal antibody, is similarly safe and efficacious in refractory pulmonary sarcoidosis. METHODS An open-label, single-center study was conducted in 11 patients with refractory pulmonary sarcoidosis. Patients received adalimumab 40 mg weekly for 45 weeks, with a final follow-up at Week 52. The primary endpoint was the percent change in predicted forced vital capacity (FVC) at 24 weeks. Secondary efficacy parameters included the 6-minute walk test (6MWT), Borg dyspnea score, and Physician's (PGA) and Patient's (PaGA) Global Assessments. A successful outcome of the study was defined as reduction in immunosuppressive therapy (prednisone to 10 mg or less), improvement in FVC of 5% or greater, improvement in 6-minute walk test distance (6MWD) of 50 meter or greater at the end of weeks 24 and 52. RESULTS Eleven patients received adalimumab and had 24-week follow-ups. Only ten patients had a Week 52 evaluation. FVC stabilized in seven patients, and four patients showed improvement in FVC. Five patients had improved 6MWD, and nine had lower Borg dyspnea scores. PGA and PaGA improved at weeks 24 and 52 for all patients (P<0.008 for all comparisons). Among 11 patients who underwent adalimumab treatment, 9 (82%) and 8(80%) had a successful outcome at the end of 24 and 52 weeks respectively. No severe adverse incidents were reported. CONCLUSIONS In this small, open-label study, adalimumab improved refractory pulmonary sarcoidosis and was well tolerated (ClinicalTrials.gov identifier NCT00311246).
Gene Expression Profiling Data in Lymphoma and Leukemia

● Context. —Gene expression (GE) analyses using microarrays have become an important part of biomedical and clinical research in hematolymphoid malignancies. However, the methods are time-consuming and costly for routine clinical practice. Objectives. —To review the literature regarding GE data that may provide important information regarding pathogenesis and that may be extrapolated for use in diagnosing and prognosticating lymphomas and leukemias; to present GE findings in Hodgkin and non-Hodgkin lymphomas, acute leukemias, and chronic myeloid leukemia in detail; and to summarize the practical clinical applications in tables that are referenced throughout the text. Data Source. —PubMed was searched for pertinent literature from 1993 to 2005. Conclusions. —Gene expression profiling of lymphomas and leukemias aids in the diagnosis and prognostication of these diseases. The extrapolation of these findings to more timely, efficient, and cost-effective methods, such as flow cytometry and immunohistochemistry, results in better diagnostic tools to manage the diseases. Flow cytometric and immunohistochemical applications of the information gained from GE profiling assist in the management of chronic lymphocytic leukemia, other low-grade B-cell nonHodgkin lymphomas and leukemias, diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, nodular lymphocyte–predominant Hodgkin lymphoma, and classic Hodgkin lymphoma. For practical clinical use, GE profiling of precursor B acute lymphoblastic leukemia, precursor T acute lymphoblastic leukemia, and acute myeloid leukemia has supported most of the information that has been obtained by cytogenetic and molecular studies (except for the identification of FLT3 mutations for molecular analysis), but extrapolation of the analyses leaves much to be gained based on the GE profiling data. (Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2006;130:483–520)
High‐resolution simulation of the boreal summer intraseasonal oscillation in Met Office Unified Model

The present study investigates the fidelity and resolution sensitivity of Met Office Unified Model Global Atmosphere 3.0 in simulating the intraseasonal oscillation (ISO) of the East Asia and western North Pacific summer monsoon. Two sets of model simulations at horizontal resolutions of N216 (60 km) and N96 (130 km) forced by observed daily high‐resolution sea‐surface temperature are examined and compared with the observations. Diagnostic results show that the model can well reproduce the gross spatio‐temporal features of observed summer ISO over East Asia and the western North Pacific in terms of period, dominant rotated empirical orthogonal function (REOF) mode, variance, northward propagation, cycle evolution and vertical structure. The intraseasonal change in intensity and position of the western North Pacific subtropical high and upper troposphere westerly jet associated with the northward propagating ISOs are also reasonably captured in the model. Moreover, increasing horizontal resolution improves most aspects of the ISO simulation, especially the intensity and northward propagation of the ISO‐related convection and circulation systems. Further analysis indicates that the improvement as resolution increases is related to the weakening in background state of the East Asian summer monsoon, which is due to the realistic simulation of land–sea thermal contrast in the higher resolution model. This study suggests that enhanced model resolution can have some beneficial impacts on the ISO simulation.
Effect of chemical dips and packaging materials on quality and shelf life of tomatoes (Lycopersicon esculentum) in Kura, Nigeria

Purpose: Tomato postharvest losses are as high as 60% in Nigeria despite being 13th producer. This could be reduced when tomatoes were carefully treated and packaged. This research investigated the effects of chemical dips and packaging on storability of tomatoes. Research method: The research was a factorial design laid out in RCBD with three replications. The field work was done in Kura while the laboratory was done at Kano University of Science and Technology. Tomatoes were harvested, sorted, weighed into 3 kg lots and treated (D1= dip in water, D2= dip in 200 ppm NaOCl and 1% CaCl2 for 5 minutes and D3= dip in 200 ppm NaOCl and 3% C6H7KO2 for 5 and 1 minutes respectively) and packaged as follows: (P1= kraft paper, P2= perforated polyethylene and P3= sealed polyethylene). Analyses of firmness, % weight loss, % rot, ascorbic acid and lycopene were carried out every 3 days. Data collected were analyzed using GLM procedure (SAS) and means separated using LSD. Main findings: Results showed fruits dipped in 200 ppm NaOCl and CaCl2 for 5 minutes; packaged in perforated PE; and fruits dipped in 200 ppm NaOCl and CaCl2 for 5 minutes and packaged in sealed polyethylene were the best combinations. The treatments maintained physico-chemical parameters of tomatoes within acceptable limit for 24 days. Limitations: Firmness measurement was a challenge of the study. Originality/Value: A combination of the two factors is novel in the study environment and this could help in reducing the postharvest losses thereby improving farmers’ income.
1 TURKISH PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS ’ STRATEGIES IN SOLVING A NON-ROUTINE MATHEMATICAL PROBLEM AND SOME IMPLICATIONS FOR THE CURRICULUM DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION

Turkish primary mathematics curriculum emphasizes the role of problem solving for teaching mathematics and pays particular attention to problem solving strategies. Patterns as a subject and the use of patterns as a non-routine problem solving strategy are also emphasized in the curriculum. The primary purpose of this study was to determine how primary school students who learn mathematics in this context approached non-routine problems. The secondary purpose of this study was to discuss how effective this context could be for non-routine problem solving and to develop some perspectives for curriculum design and implementation. With these purposes, a rich problem in terms of problem solving strategies was employed and eight 6 grade students (12-13 years old) participated in the study. The problem solution attempts made by the students for 5 weeks indicated that their non-routine problem solving strategies were quite poor and inflexible. The results of the study also showed that the students used the pattern-seeking strategy as a simple search for regularity. These results were discussed in terms of both internal and external consistency problems to be taken into account when designing and implementing a curriculum.
Does Emotional Labor Influence Burnout ? A Case Study for Turkey on Five Star Hotel Employees

The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between the emotional labor level and professional burnout of the personnel working face-to-face with the customer in accommodation businesses. For this purpose, the personnel working in the 5-star hotels and holiday villages in Manavgat, Antalya were set as the target population of the study. Upon the obtained permissions, 456 people working face-to-face with the customer in various departments of these hotels were surveyed. At the end of the analysis, it was indicated that emotional conflict, one of the sub-dimensions of emotional labor, was significantly and positively affecting the emotional burnout and depersonalization, but was significantly and negatively affecting the sense of personal achievement. It was indicated that emotional effort was significantly and negatively affecting the emotional burnout and depersonalization, but was significantly and positively affecting the sense of personal achievement.
Body Image and Noticeable Self-Inflicted Scars

Abstract Scars from burn injuries have a negative influence on body image. Patients with borderline symptoms with nonsuicidal self-injuries (NSSIs), which often result in scars, report body image disturbances. We study whether the origin and characteristics of scars are associated with body image. Altogether, 125 female participants (n = 65 with NSSI) filled in multidimensional body image questionnaires. The participants with NSSI reported a significantly more negative body image on most subscales compared with the participants with scars of other origins. This result remained significant after partialling out scar characteristics from regression equations. On a scale assessing body image after injuries, a significant correlation with origin of scars was found after additionally partialling out body mass index and borderline symptoms. These results indicate that self-inflicted scars may adversely affect body image. Addressing NSSI, which is relevant in a multitude of disorders, early in treatment might help to reduce the extent of scarification and therefore reduce the disturbance of body image.
Effects of shoes and foot orthotics on VO2 and selected frontal plane knee kinematics.

The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of shoes and foot orthotics on running economy and selected frontal plane knee kinematics during the support phase of running. Twenty-one male runners who had been fitted with orthotics served as subjects. Subjects participated in three submaximal runs on a treadmill under the following conditions: barefoot, shoes, and shoes plus orthotics. A run consisted of 1 min at 161 m . min-1, 2 min at 180 m . min-1, and 4 min at 201 m . min-1. VO2 was calculated for the last 3 min of each test. Frontal plane motion was filmed during the sixth min of each submaximal run, and linear and angular displacement of the knee were then calculated from film data. Results from the mechanical aspect of this study indicate that there were no significant differences among the means for linear displacement of the knee. Angular displacement of the knee during barefoot running was significantly (P less than 0.05) less than shoe and shoe-plus-orthotic conditions. There was no difference, however, between shoes and shoes plus orthotics. The economy results revealed that the aerobic cost of running increased as the amount of mass added to the foot increased. In absolute terms (1 . min-1), running in shoes plus orthotics was significantly (P less than 0.05) more costly than running barefoot. It appears that if orthotics do, in fact, improve running economy by improving running mechanics, the amount of improvement is negated by the additional cost of running associated with the mass of the orthotics.
AN INNOVATIVE APPROACH TO EVALUATION OF THE QUALITY OF WEBSITES IN THE TOURISM INDUSTRY: A NOVEL MCDM APPROACH BASED ON BIPOLAR NEUTROSOPHIC NUMBERS AND THE HAMMING DISTANCE

Nowadays, the performance and business operations of organizations are closely linked to the quality of their websites compared to the competition. With growing market competition, the quality of websites becomes a significant component and is increasingly being explored and identified as the main factor of comparative advantage over the competition and the maintenance of good customer relationships. A multiple criteria decision-making approach based on the use of bipolar neutrosophic numbers and the Hamming distance is proposed in this paper. The main aim of this article is to emphasize the fact that MCDM models with a smaller number of criteria can be formed without a loss of precision by applying bipolar neutrosophic numbers. In addition to this, the three variants for ranging bipolar neutrosophic numbers based on the Hamming distance and a distance from the ideal point are proposed. The applicability of the proposed approach is considered in the case of website evaluation.
Potential of Wormwood (Artemisia absinthium Linn.) herb for use as additive in livestock feeding: A review

Artemisia absinthium Linn. (Wormwood) is an important perennial shrubby plant, belongs to the genus Artemisia with more than 500 species, distributed in the temperate areas across the globe and within India has been recorded in the Himalayan region. It is used as herbal medicine in Ayurveda, Homeopathy, Unani and Siddha; besides, has been incorporated as feed additive in livestock nutrition for augmenting nutrient utilization and animal performance. It has a great importance as a folk medicine in ancient history from the time of Greek as an antiseptic, anthelminitc, antipyretic, antimalarial, antioxidant, hepatoprotective and neuroprotective. This review provides information on the phytochemistry, medicinal uses and pharmacological evaluation studies along with preliminary investigations in the direction for use of A. absinthium L. in animal nutrition. Improving the feeding value of animal diets using bioactive and highly nutritious medicinal plants such as wormwood can be an important factor not only to enhance animal production, product quality but also to lower feed cost in developing nations especially temperate zones; however, feeding wormwood may have very powerful actions in animals including ruminants, and should be used with care.
Influencing Teachers ’ Theoretical Orientation through Instructional Material Design

Research has established that teaching methods tend to reflect teachers’ theoretical orientations (Johnson, 1992). Given this relation between teachers’ pedagogical methods and their theoretical orientation, it may be possible to enhance the effectiveness of teaching by attempting to change teachers’ theoretical view of their subject and its instruction. This paper explores the question of whether English language writing teachers can be influenced, through instructional material design, to shift from a predominantly productcentred approach to a socio-cognitive orientation, currently acknowledged as a more valid model since it represents writing as requiring not only “knowledge of social conventions” but also “individual problem solving” processes (Hayes, 1994, p. 22). Teachers’ initial theoretical orientation towards the teaching of writing was obtained by means of a questionnaire and an interview. Through teacher guides accompanying the materials and discussion sessions with the researcher, teachers were familiarised with the socio-cognitive view of writing instruction. Analysis of teacher talk and classroom practices during lessons suggests that instructional materials can, to some extent, shift teachers’ theoretical orientation in the teaching of writing. The observed changes in orientation are discussed with reference to factors that may assist or hinder development in teacher beliefs in the desired direction.
Hetero-and low-dimensional structures

Ferroics and multiferroics are unique objects for fundamental physical research of complex nonlinear processes and phenomena, which occur in them in micro and nanoscale. Due to the possibility of their physical properties control by size effects, nanostructured and nanosized ferroics are among the most promising for advanced applications in nanoelectronics, nanoelectromechanics, optoelectronics, nonlinear optics and information technologies. The review discuss and analyze that the thickness of the strained films, the size and shape of the ferroic and multiferroic nanoparticles are unique tools for controlling their phase diagrams, long-range order parameters, magnitude of susceptibility, magnetoelectric coupling and domain structure characteristics at fixed temperature. Significant influence of the flexochemical effect on the phase transition temperature, polar and dielectric properties is revealed for thin films and nanoparticles. Obtained results are important for understanding of the nonlinear physical processes in nanoferroics as well as for the advanced applications in nanoelectronics.
Location of the Retinal Chromophore in the Activated State of Rhodopsin*

Rhodopsin is a highly specialized G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) that is activated by the rapid photochemical isomerization of its covalently bound 11-cis-retinal chromophore. Using two-dimensional solid-state NMR spectroscopy, we defined the position of the retinal in the active metarhodopsin II intermediate. Distance constraints were obtained between amino acids in the retinal binding site and specific 13C-labeled sites located on the β-ionone ring, polyene chain, and Schiff base end of the retinal. We show that the retinal C20 methyl group rotates toward the second extracellular loop (EL2), which forms a cap on the retinal binding site in the inactive receptor. Despite the trajectory of the methyl group, we observed an increase in the C20-Gly188 (EL2) distance consistent with an increase in separation between the retinal and EL2 upon activation. NMR distance constraints showed that the β-ionone ring moves to a position between Met207 and Phe208 on transmembrane helix H5. Movement of the ring toward H5 was also reflected in increased separation between the Cϵ carbons of Lys296 (H7) and Met44 (H1) and between Gly121 (H3) and the retinal C18 methyl group. Helix-helix interactions involving the H3-H5 and H4-H5 interfaces were also found to change in the formation of metarhodopsin II reflecting increased retinal-protein interactions in the region of Glu122 (H3) and His211 (H5). We discuss the location of the retinal in metarhodopsin II and its interaction with sequence motifs, which are highly conserved across the pharmaceutically important class A GPCR family, with respect to the mechanism of receptor activation.
HYSTEROSCOPY ASSESSMENT OF ENDOMETRIAL PATHOLOGY WITH ENDOMETRIAL THICKNESS CUT-OFF VALUE 5 mm IN POSTMENOPAUSAL WOMEN WITH VAGINAL BLEEDING

Background: Postmenopausal Bleeding (PMB) is a common gynecological problem. Various cut-off values of endometrial thickness (ET) have been proposed to rule out endometrial carcinoma (EC) and avoid unnecessary tests. The object of our study was to assess the accuracy of hysteroscopy in evaluating endometrial lesions of postmenopausal women with vaginal bleeding and to correlate incidence of EC considering ET cut-off value of 5mm. Materials and method: 102 postmenopausal bleeding women were studied retrospectively. ETs of all subjects were measured by transvaginal ultrasonography (TVU), succeeded by hysteroscopy, and eyedirected biopsies were taken during hysteroscopy. Clinical and demographic characteristics of all patients were correlated with EC. Sensitivity, specificity, PPV, and NPV of hysteroscopy with 95% confidence interval have been determined against histopathological findings, the later being considered the reference standard. Results: The mean age of participants was 62.2±7.6 years (range 48 to 80). Of the 102 cases, n=34(33.33%) had ET< 5mm, of those 3(8.82%) women had endometrial cancer. The remaining n=68(66.67%) cases had ET et al., IJSIT, 2018, 7(1), 089-107 Gati Hayatullah IJSIT (www.ijsit.com), Volume 7, Issue 1, January-February 2018 90 ≥ 5 mm, of those 21(30.88%) cases had EC. Histopathology showed normal result in 1(0.98%) case. Histopathology diagnosed hyperplasia in 9(8.82%) cases, polyp in 42(41.18%) cases, myoma in 8(7.84%) cases, EC in 24(23.53%) cases, endometritis in 4(3.92%) cases, and cervical lesions in 14[13(12.75%) benign and 1(0.98%) malignant] cases. Hysteroscopy showed an overall sensitivity of 95.05%, specificity of 100%, PPV of 100, NPV 16.67% and accuracy of 95.1%. Hysteroscopy showed high sensitivity, specificity, PPV, NPV and accuracy for polyp and endometrial carcinoma. But substantially lower sensitivity and PPV for diagnosing hyperplasia. Conclusion: Endometrial thickness is unreliable for excluding endometrial carcinoma and/or avoiding further invasive investigations in women with PMB. Despite the fact that hysteroscopy is highly accurate in diagnosing intrauterine lesions but direct biopsy in all patients for the diagnosing of postmenopausal uterine bleeding is warranted.