Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
PHARMACOLOGICAL ROLE OF Cichorium intybus AS A HEPATOPROTECTIVE AGENT ON THE ELEVATED SERUM MARKER ENZYMES LEVEL IN ALBINO RATS INTOXICATED WITH NIMESULIDE

The purpose of the study was to assess the phytochemical and hepatoprotective activity of aqueous ethanolic extract of fresh dried leaves of Cichorium intybus against Nimesulide intoxicated albino rats. The phytochemical investigations were carried on the leaves extract of Cichorium intybus which revealed the presence of some active ingredients such as Alkaloids, Tannins, Saponins, Phenols, glycosides, steroids, terpenoids and flavonoids. The hepatoprotective activity of aqueous-ethanolic (30:70 %) extract at the doses of 100 mg/kg, 200 mg/kg and 300 mg/kg body weight p.o. , was compared with Silymarin (25 mg/kg, p.o.) treated animals. The animals were divided into seven groups with seven animals in each group. There was a significant changes in biochemical parameters (increases in serum glutamate pyruvate transaminase (SGPT), Serum glutamate oxaloacetate transaminase (SGOT), alanine phosphatase (ALP) and serum tolal bilirubin (TB) level) in Nimesulide intoxicated rats, which were restored towards normal values in Cichorium intybus (100 mg/kg, 200 mg/kg and 300 mg/kg, p.o.) treated animals. Histopathological examination of liver tissues further substantiated these findings. Therefore, outcome of the present study ascertains that the leaf extract of Cichorium intybus possesses significant hepatoprotective activity.
Three-body correlations in a two-dimensional SU(3) Fermi gas

We consider a three-component Fermi gas that has SU(3) symmetry and is confined to two dimensions (2D). For realistic cold atomic gas experiments, we show that the phase diagram of the quasi-2D system can be characterized using two 2D scattering parameters: the scattering length and the effective range. Unlike the case in three dimensions (3D), we argue that three-body bound states (trimers) in the quasi-2D system can be stable against three-body losses. Using a low-density expansion coupled with a variational approach, we investigate the fate of such trimers in the many-body system as the attractive interactions are decreased (or, conversely, as the density of particles is increased). We find that remnants of trimers can persist in the form of strong three-body correlations in the weak-coupling (high-density) limit.
Characterization of antioxidant and antimicrobial Characterization of antioxidant and antimicrobial compounds of cinnamon and ginger essential oils

Essential oils obtained from the bark of Cinnamomum zeylanicum (cinnamon) and the rhizomes of Zingiber officinale (ginger) were characterized by analytical TLC and GC/MS, and their antimicrobial and antioxidant compounds were detected by TLC-bio-autography assays. Essential oil of cinnamon bark (CEO) was found to be a unique aromatic monoterpene-rich natural source, with trans -cinnamaldehyde (45.62%) as the major constituents. Ginger oil (GEO) was characterized by high content of sesquiterpene hydrocarbons, including β-sesquiphellandrene (27.16%), caryophyllene (15.29%), zingiberene (13.97%), α-farnesene (10.52%) and ar -curcumin (6.62%). CEO and GEO oils showed significant inhibitory activity against selected strains of bacteria and pathogenic fungi, with MIC values ranging from 20 to 120 µg/ml depending upon the microbial species. Cinnamaldehyde (CA) and eugenol in cinnamon bark oil and β-sesquiphellandrene, caryophyllene and zingiberene in ginger rhizome oil were identified as the most active antibacterial components, with the aid of bioautography on TLC and GC-MS. Also, both oil exhibited appreciable in vitr o antioxidant activity as assessed by 2, 2'-diphenyl-1picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) radical scavenging and β-carotene bleaching methods, compared to αtocopherol, BHT and BHA. Guided isolation through TLC-autography using 0.05% DPPH and βcarotene/linoleic acid as a detection reagent led to identified CA and eugenol as main active antioxidant compounds in CEO. The significant antimicrobial and antioxidant activities of both oils suggest that it could serve as a source of compounds with preservative phenomenon.
User-centered Prosthetic Design: A methodological approach to transfer psychological factors to technical development

User-centered design is a major issue in contemporary prosthetic design. With new technologies like drive trains that are emerging in lower limb prosthetics and provide support for locomotion, new psychological issues and human factors in development arise. Beyond technical factors like biomechanical functionality, those comprise characteristics of the prosthesis as well as their experience by the user. To cope with all factors equally, this paper describes a framework for prosthetic design with focus on active lower limb prostheses. Yet, it could be generalized to other types of prostheses or other classes of human-oriented mechatronic systems. Therefore, relevant human factors are identified to be satisfaction, feeling of security and body scheme integration. Those and their influence on development based on questionnaires, interviews and the literature is described. With this, a design methodology based on quality function deployment, v-model design methodology and multi-factor optimization are proposed and their suitability to this application is shown.
Corporate Disclosure, Market Valuation, and Firm Performance

Quality of mandatory and voluntary disclosures varies substantially across firms. In this paper, we study the relationship between the Association for Investment Management and Research (AIMR) disclosure rankings and several performance measures during 1982 to 1996. We find a positive relation between these rankings and stock returns, and this relation is more pronounced for rankings on voluntary disclosures than for those on mandatory disclosures. Furthermore, disclosure rankings are highly correlated with firm value: firms ranked at the top have Qs that are 35 percent higher than those ranked at the bottom. We also find positive associations between disclosure rankings and future net profit margins, sales growth, and R&D intensity. Finally, we show that changes in disclosure rankings are positively related to future earnings surprises. Overall, our findings suggest that high quality disclosures (at least partially) reflect managers' genuine efforts to communicate favorable private information about future performance to investors, and can reduce misvaluation and short-run market pressures.
A Tenant-based Resource Allocation Model Application in a Public Cloud

The aim of this study is to check the proposed tenant-based resource allocation model in practice. In order to do this, two SaaS systems are developed. The first system utilizes traditional resource scaling based on a number of users. It acts as a reference point for the second system. Conducted tests were focused on measuring over- and underutilization in order to compare cost-effectiveness of the solutions. The tenant-based resource allocation model proved to decrease system's running costs. It also reduces system resource underutilization. Similar research has been done before, but the model was tested only in a private cloud. In this work, the systems are deployed into commercial, public cloud.
Bounding Moments of Sojourn Time in M / G / 1 FCFS Queue with Inaccurate Job Size Information and Additive Error : Some Observations from Numerical Experiments

Tatiana A. Milovanova*, Lusine A. Meykhanadzhyan†, Rostislav V. Razumchik‡* * Department of Applied Probability and Informatics Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University) 6 Miklukho-Maklaya str. , Moscow, 117198, Russian Federation † Department of Data Analysis, Decision-Making and Financial Technology Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation 49 Leningradsky Prospekt, Moscow, 125993, Russian Federation ‡ Institute of Informatics Problems of the Federal Research Center “Computer Science and Control” of the Russian Academy of Sciences 44-2 Vavilova Str. , Moscow, 119333, Russian Federation
Do you see my growth ? Two longitudinal studies on personality development from childhood to young adulthood from multiple perspectives q

Personality developmental studies typically rely on single reporter data, whilemulti-informant studies are rare. In two longitudinal studies, the present investigation examined inter-judge differences in the development of the Big Five personality traits from childhood to young adulthood. Study 1 investigated personality development as judged by the self and parents from age 12 to 17 to 29 (N = 186). Study 2 investigated personality development annually from age 12 to 18 as judged by the self, and both parents and siblings (N = 574). Results showed personality maturation from childhood to young adulthood with disruptions during adolescence. Only parent-reports indicated maturation in adolescents’ negative affectivity (decreases in N), while self-reports indicated maturation in self-regulatory traits (increases in A and C). 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
P-adic power series which commute under composition

When two noninvertible series commute to each other, they have same set of roots of iterates. Most of the results of this paper will be concerned with the problem of which series commute with a given noninvertible series. Our main theorem is a generalization of Lubin’s result about isogenies of formal
The seawater neodymium and lead isotope record of the final stages of Central American Seaway closure

The shoaling and final closure of the Central American Seaway (CAS) resulted in a major change of the global ocean circulation and has been suggested as an essential driver for strengthening of Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC). The exact timing of CAS closure is key to interpreting its importance. Here we present a reconstruction of deep and intermediate water Nd and Pb isotope compositions obtained from fossil fish teeth and the authigenic coatings of planktonic foraminifera in the eastern equatorial Pacific (Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) Site 1241) and the Caribbean (ODP Sites 998, 999, and 1000) covering the final stages of CAS closure between 5.6 and 2.2 Ma. The data for the Pacific site indicate no significant Atlantic/Caribbean influence over this entire period. The Caribbean sites show a continuous trend to less radiogenic Nd isotope compositions during the Pliocene, consistent with an enhancement of Upper North Atlantic Deep Water (UNADW) inflow and a strengthening of the AMOC. Superimposed onto this long-term trend, shorter-term changes of intermediate Caribbean Nd isotope signatures approached more UNADW-like values during intervals when published reconstructions of seawater salinity suggested complete closure of the CAS. The data imply that significant deep water exchange with the Pacific essentially stopped by 7 Ma and that shallow exchange, which still occurred at least periodically until approximately 2.5 Ma, may have been linked to the strength of the AMOC but did not have any direct effect on the intermediate and deep Caribbean Nd isotope signatures through mixing with Pacific waters.
The Landscape, the Swampland and the Era of Precision Cosmology

We review the advanced version of the KKLT construction and pure d=4 de Sitter supergravity, involving a nilpotent multiplet, with regard to various conjectures that de Sitter state cannot exist in string theory. We explain why we consider these conjectures problematic and not well motivated, and why the recently proposed alternative string theory models of dark energy, ignoring vacuum stabilization, are ruled out by cosmological observations at least at the 3σ level, i.e. with more than 99.7% confidence.
Inspired Internal Search: Using Neuroimaging to Understand Design Ideation and Concept Generation With Inspirational Stimuli

While a large subset of work within the design research community has demonstrated that supportive stimuli (e.g., analogies) are a powerful assistive tool for designers, little is known about the cognitive processes enabling inspiration during design activity. To provide insight into this open question, a functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) experiment was developed to study design concept generation with and without support from inspirational stimuli (N = 21). The stimuli provided in this work were words given at varying levels of abstraction from the design problems and were meant to support cognitive processes similar to analogical reasoning. Results from this work demonstrate that inspirational stimuli of any kind (near or far from the problem space) improve the fluency of idea generation and illustrate the moments during ideation that such stimuli can be used as a supportive tool. Furthermore, neuroimaging data help to uncover distinct brain activation networks based upon reasoning with and without inspirational stimuli. We find that the successful application of inspirational stimuli during concept generation leads to a specific pattern of brain activation, which we term “inspired internal search. ” Prior work by the authors has demonstrated an impasse-based activation network that is more prevalent in the absence of inspirational stimuli. Together, these brain activation networks provide insight into the differences between ideating with and without inspirational stimuli. Moreover these networks lend new meaning to what happens when a presented stimuli is too far from the design problem being solved.
The effect of rapamycin on secretory activity of the rabbit ovarian fragments.

The aim of our study was to examine the effect of rapamycin on secretory activity of the rabbit ovarian fragments. The secretion of steroid (progesterone, testosterone, estradiol) and peptide (prolactine) hormones by ovarian fragments after rapamycin addition at the doses 0, 1, 10, 100 μg. ml was determined. Fragments were incubated with rapamycin for 48 hours. Hormones were determinated by RIA. The experimental data showed that, addition of rapamycin did not affect progesterone and prolactine release (at all doses). Estradiol secretion was inhibited by rapamycin at the doses of 1, 10 and 100 μg. ml. Testosterone was inhibited by the rapamycin at the doses of 1 and 10 μg. ml but not at 100 μg. ml. In conclusion, our results suggest a direct effect of rapamycin on ovarian functionsand a possible involvement in the regulation of steroidogenesis.
Generalized pseudo-Riemannian geometry

Generalized tensor analysis in the sense of Colombeau's construction is employed to introduce a nonlinear distributional pseudo-Riemannian geometry. In particular, after deriving several characterizations of invertibility in the algebra of generalized functions, we define the notions of generalized pseudo-Riemannian metric, generalized connection and generalized curvature tensor. We prove a Fundamental Lemma of (pseudo-) Riemannian geometry in this setting and define the notion of geodesics of a generalized metric. Finally, we present applications of the resulting theory to general relativity.
Socioemotional Functioning and the Aging Brain

Effective social and emotional functioning is essential to healthy relationships at any age. Although the understanding of socioemotional functioning in late life has increased in recent decades, most of the existing research relies on information reported by individuals on questionnaires or during interviews. Social neuroscience promises to uncover important and novel information that can greatly enhance this important area of research. In particular, social neuroscience is allowing tests of hypotheses that cannot be tested well using traditional behavioral methods. Throughout
Characterization of four red hybrids tilapia (Oreochromis sp.) through morphometric characteristics.

This study was performed to characterize and evaluate four red hybrids of tilapia aimed to produce table fish with economic traits. Four hybrids were produced namely: ON, OM, MN and NM. Twenty-three (23) morphometric landmarks were evaluated and results showed nine characteristics such as Body width (Bw1), Distance from end of dorsal ray to 1st anal fin (D1da), Distance from caudal to anal fin (DcaL), Body height (BH), Pre-pectoral length (PCL), Pre-pelvic length (PPL), pre-anal length (PAL), Pre-orbital length (POL) and Pelvic fin length (PlvL) were observed to be significantly different (p<0.05) between hybrids. Hybrid ON had greater morphological ratio in leven (11) characteristics followed by hybrid MN, OM and NM. Hierarchical cluster analysis characterized the similar morphological characteristics shown in the dendogram which illustrated two distinct groups consisting of two strains; Group 1: OM and Group 2: ON. In addition, group 2 formed monophyletic groups which included hybrids NM and MN. Biometric analysis exhibited the morphological conformation and variation between hybrids which can be subjected to further improvement.
Oestrous synchronization with progesterone impregnated device and prostaglandin F2α both combined with human chorionic gonadotropin in transitional mares.

SUMMARY The objective of this trial was to determine the efficacy of the progesterone removal inserted device (PRID) and PGF2α analoque treatments combined with hCG administration on fertility in transitional mares. A total of forty-five thoroughbred mares were used in this experiment. Animals were divided into three groups. Progesterone-impregnated vaginal devices (PRID) were inserted into anterior vagina of the mares of the first group (n = 15). The devices were replaced on day 7 and removed on day 14. D-cloprostenol (0.075 mg) was intramuscularly injected two times at a 14-day interval in the second group (n = 15). Two milliliters of serum physiologic were intramuscularly injected two times at a 14-day interval in the third group (Control, n = 15). After injections and removal of progesteroneimpregnated vaginal devices (PRID), the œstrous cycle of each mare was followed through teasing, palpation per rectum and transrectal ultrasonography. After the detection of œstrous, hCG (3000 IU) was intravenously injected to the mares of the first and second groups on the 4th day of œstrus. Follicles were monitored every 12 hours with ultrasonography until the ovulation occurred. Mares were mated naturally every other day beginning from 84 hours after detection of estrous until the end of estrous. Pregnant mares were determined with ultrasonography on day 20 after the last mating. There was a statistical significant difference (P < 0.05) between groups I and III and also II and III, for the œstrus, ovulation, pregnancy rates, ovulation time, œstrus duration and mating number required per conception, respectively. In conclusion, both progesterone impregnated device combined with human chorionic gonadotropin and PGF2α combined with human chorionic gonadotropin applications were effective to induce œstrous and ovulation in transitional mares.
Positive solution branch for elliptic problems with critical indefinite nonlinearity

In this paper, we study the semilinear elliptic problem with critical nonlinearity and an indefinite weight function, namely −∆u = λu + h(x)u n+2 n−2 in a smooth domain bounded (respectively, unbounded) Ω ⊆ R n ,n >4, for λ ≥ 0. Under suitable assumptions on the weight function, we obtain the positive solution branch, bifurcating from the first eigenvalue λ1(Ω) (respectively, the bottom of the essential spec- trum).
ANALYZING THE EFFICIENCIES OF HOSPITALS : AN APPLICATION OF DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS

The aim of this study is to investigate the efficiencies of hospitals in Turkey with respect to their ownerships (i.e. state, education & research, university and private) for the years 2001 to 2006. The impact of health care reforms on the efficiencies is also examined in order to highlight possible policy implications for policy makers. Comparative performance evaluation of hospitals has been achieved by using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) as well as Malmquist Index calculations (i.e. to determine the direction and degree of yearly changes in performance), super efficiency analysis and slack evaluations. According to the findings, hospital ownership significantly influences hospital efficiencies. The influence of health care reforms on hospital efficiency has been observed especially for the state and private hospitals. The average efficiencies of state hospitals remarkably increase while the average efficiencies of private hospitals decrease especially after the starting of reforms in the stateowned hospitals. This paper adds value to the current body of research by addressing the impact of hospital ownerships and health care reforms to the efficiencies of Turkish hospitals. There are similar studies of Data Envelopment Analysis applied for hospitals in several other countries. Researchers may compare the results of this study with the findings of other studies.
Test-Specificity of the Advantage of Retaking Cognitive Ability Tests

In selection settings, when people retake the same cognitive ability tests, scores are generally positively biased. Our approach aimed to test whether these previous exposure effects are test-specific or transferable to other tests. We compared the differences between scores for first-time test takers and retakers for 2 kinds of material: old tests, known only to the retakers, and new tests, unknown to both groups. The current study used data collected during 2 sessions S and S+1 of a selection process for entry into the French national air transport pilot training system, with at least 500 first-time test takers and 130 retakers in each session. For Session S, on average, retakers scored higher on the old tests, but not on the new tests. Moreover, the material that was new to retakers at Session S was old at Session S+1, and the finding for old tests could be replicated at Session S+1. The finding that the acquired skills that led to higher scores on old tests were only test-specific is discussed.
STRESSFUL LIFE EVENTS AND PERCEIVED WELL-BEING IN IMMIGRANT ADOLESCENTS FROM PORTUGAL

The aim of this study was to analyze relationships between stressful life events and perceived well-being of immigrant adolescents. The KIDSCREEN-52 and the Stressful Life Events Inventory (SVE) were filled by 99 adolescents (44 males and 55 females), aged 12-18 in school context. Significant differences were found according to gender on Physical Well-being but not on the other scales of the KIDSCREEN-52. Also, the number of school retentions was associated with the report of lower financial resources and with a higher report of Stressful Live Events (SVE). Moreover, significant and negative correlations were found between SVE and General Quality of Life, Moods, Selfperception, Financial Resources, School environment, and Social Acceptance. The number of years living in the host country was associated with higher scores in Parent Relations and Home Life and with lower scores reported in School Environment. Furthermore, no significant relations were found between KIDSCREEN scales, SVE and immigrant generation, country of origin, family structure, and parents’ educational level. Results highlight which factors may put adolescents at risk for psychosocial adjustment. Implications for the design of intervention programmes are discussed.
A ug 2 01 1 LIOUVILLE-TYPE THEOREMS AND BOUNDS OF SOLUTIONS FOR HARDY-HÉNON ELLIPTIC

Abstract. We consider the Hardy-Hénon system −∆u = |x|v, −∆v = |x|u with p, q > 0 and a, b ∈ R and we are concerned in particular with the Liouville property, i.e. the nonexistence of positive solutions in the whole space R . In view of known results, it is a natural conjecture that this property should be true if and only if (N+a)/(p+1)+ (N + b)/(q + 1) > N − 2. In this paper, we prove the conjecture for dimension N = 3 in the case of bounded solutions and in dimensions N ≤ 4 when a, b ≤ 0, among other partial nonexistence results. As far as we know, this is the first optimal Liouville type result for the Hardy-Hénon system. Next, as applications, we give results on singularity and decay estimates as well as a priori bounds of positive solutions.