Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
EFFECT OF FORAGE TYPE , PALM OIL SUPPLEMENTATION AND SEX ON SERUM PROGESTERONE AND TESTOSTERONE PROFILE OF WEANER RABBITS

A study was conducted using a total of 96 mixed breed rabbits aged between 5-7 weeks were used to evaluate the effect of forage type, forage level, palm oil (PO) supplementation and sex on serum progesterone and testosterone profile of weaned rabbits. The rabbits were randomly allotted to the treatment groups in a Completely Randomized Design with 2x2x2x2 factorial arrangement. The factors considered were forage type (groundnut, lablab), level(20, 40%) palm oil supplementation (without, with) and sex (male, female). Water and feed were supplied ad libitum. The study lasted 98 days duration.Blood samples were collected starting from the twelfth week of age and subsequently at two weeks interval up to the eighteenth week to monitor progesterone and testosterone profiles of weaned rabbits. Progesterone and testosterone concentration increased (P<0.05) from the twelfth to eighteenth week of agein male and female rabbits. However, concentration of progesterone was significantly (P<0.05) higher in females than males of the same age. Serum testosterone concentration was not affected (P>0.05) by forage type. However, male and female rabbits fed groundnut forage meal had significantly (P<0.05) higher serum progesterone than those fed lablab forage meal. There were no significant (P>0.05) differences in testosterone profile of male and progesterone concentration in female rabbits fed diets with 20% or 40% forage meal however, significantly (P<0.001) higher progesterone concentration was observed in male rabbits fed 40% forage level than 20%. There were no significant differences (P>0.05) in serum testosterone in male and progesterone concentrationin female rabbits fed diets with or without PO. Progesterone levels were highly significant (P<0.01) in male rabbits fed diets with palm oil than those fed diets without PO.It is concluded that testosterone and progesterone profiles of weaned rabbits were influenced by feeding groundnut or lablab forage meals at 20 or 40% levels supplemented with palm oil.Based on testosterone and progesterone concentrations, male and female rabbits attained puberty by 14 weeks of age. Rabbits on 20% forage meal or lablab attained puberty later at 16 weeks while those on 40% forage meal or groundnut forage attained puberty earlier at 14 weeks of age.
Closed Loop Control of Diode Rectifier with Power Factor Correction at Input Stage for DC Drive Application

-This work describes a method in improving the input current total harmonic distortion as well as power factor of a threephase diode rectifier circuit. In this method, three bidirectional switches comprising MOSFET and four diodes are used across the three-phase supply and load. In a three-phase rectifier only two diodes conduct at any given time. As a result, the current in the third phase is zero. But in this method, the bidirectional switch corresponding to the third phase is turned ON. Once the input voltage crosses zero-voltage axes, the corresponding switch will be triggered. Each bidirectional switch receives a pulse of 30° in width following the zero-crossing point of corresponding phase voltage. The closing of bidirectional switches provides an alternate path for the input current to flow. The performance of DC motor drive is evaluated with this method for both open loop and closed loop control. The analysis and simulation of three phase rectifier are also presented in this paper. Keywords--bidirectional switch, MOSFET, three phase diode rectifier, DC drives.
MALAYSIAN YOUTH SEXUALITY : ISSUES AND CHALLENGES

Youth sexuality is a great concern for many. Sexual health issues facing our youths are: premarital sexual intercourse, sexually transmitted diseases, unwanted and unsafe pregnancies and abortions, sexual diversity, HIV/AIDS, and cybersex. Various factors lead to risky sexual and reproductive health behavior, particularly among those unmarried youths: lack of sexual and reproductive health information and skills in negotiating sexual relationships and the inaccessibility of youthfriendly sexual and reproductive health services. Growing peer pressure of pre-marital sex plays a major role in sexual and reproductive health related decision-making among youths. Another factor is the issue of sexuality education which is still considered a sensitive topic and thus impinging on its implementation, due to cultural and religious constraints. Misunderstanding and a lack of information on sexual diversity have caused a concern for many, as there is a tendency for judgments, stereotypes, discriminations and prejudices towards homosexuality in the society. Online sexual activities or cybersex have become the next sexual revolution. Negative consequences are shown for those hooked on cybersex. Healthy youths are fundamental to the prevention initiatives. Promoting the sexual and reproductive needs and rights of our youths is warranted. (JUMMEC 2009; 12 (1):3-14)
Representing faces: local and holistic approaches with application to recognition

Face analysis from 2D images and videos is a central task in many computer vision applications. Methods developed to this end perform either face recognition or facial expression recognition, and in both cases results are negatively influenced by variations in pose, illumination and resolution of the face. Such variations have a lower impact on 3D face data, which has given the way to the idea of using a 3D Morphable Model as an intermediate tool to enhance face analysis on 2D data. In the first part of this thesis, a new approach for constructing a 3D Morphable Shape Model (called DL-3DMM) is proposed. It is shown that this solution can reach the accuracy of deformation required in applications where fine details of the face are concerned. The DL-3DMM is then exploited to develop a new and effective frontalization algorithm, which can produce a frontal facing view of unconstrained face images. The rendered frontal views result artifact-free and pixelwise aligned, so that matching consistency between local descriptors is enhanced. Results obtained with this approach are comparable with the state-of-the-art. Lately, in contrast to local descriptors based approaches, methods grounded on deep learning algorithms proved to be dramatically effective for face recognition in the wild. It has been extensively demonstrated that methods exploiting Deep Convolutional Neural Networks (DCNN) are powerful enough to overcome to a great extent many problems that negatively affected computer vision algorithms based on hand-crafted features. The DCNNs excellent discriminative power comes from the fact that they learn lowand high-level representations directly from the raw image data. Considering this, it can be assumed that the performance of a DCNN are influenced by the characteristics of the raw image data that are fed to the network. In the final part of this thesis, the effects of different raw data characteristics on face recognition using well known DCNN architectures are presented.
Neuromuscular systems in the fifth instar larva of silkworm Bombyx mori ( Lepidoptera : Bombycidae ) : II-Abdominal musculature and its innervation

The gross organisation of abdominal musculature and its innervation by segmental ganglionic nerves were studied in the fifth instar larva of Bombyx mori. The musculature comprises dorsal, ventral and lateral groups of muscles, represented as external and internal layers. The dorsal group includes musculi dorsales interni mediales (DIM), musculi dorsales externi mediales (DEM), musculi dorsales interni laterals (DIL) and musculi dorsales externi laterales (DEL). The ventral group includes musculi ventrales interni mediales (VIM), musculi ventrales externi mediales (VEM), musculi ventrales interni laterales (VIL) and musculi ventrales externi laterales (VEL). The lateral group is represented by musculi laterales interni (LI) and musculi laterales externi (LE). The abdominal muscles are innervated by the dorsal (DN) and ventral (VN) nerves of abdominal ganglia. The DN innervates ventral internal, lateral internal and both dorsal external and internal muscles, while the VN innervates ventral external and lateral muscles. The sensory branches of DN and VN innervate the bodywall in the dorsal and ventral regions respectively with a sort of overlapping in the lateral region. The neuromuscular integration and intersegmental coordination in the abdominal region is discussed with reference to locomotion in the silkworm larva.
OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FOR TEACHING IN NIGERIAN VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION : A CONFIRMATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS

This study was conducted to determine the correlation among four factors influencing acceptance of IT for teaching. The study attempted to re-examine the indicators of technology acceptance theory through confirmatory factor analysis. Perceived Usefulness (PU) and Perceived Ease of Use (PEOU) of the Technology Acceptance Model was the theoretical base of the study. Construct of Computer Self-Efficacy and Facilitating Condition was tested along PU and PEOU. The participants of the study consist of one hundred and twenty-three (123) technical and vocational education teachers in selected secondary schools in Ilorin West, East and South of Kwara State, Nigeria. To ascertain the correlation among the four constructs of the study, a correlation model was proposed, and statistical analysis was conducted. The instrument reliability was ascertained. Similarly, convergent and discriminant validity was conducted through factor analysis with SPSS 16. A confirmatory factor analysis was carried out with Structural Equation Modeling. The data were equally subjected to t-test analysis to identify if vocational and technical education teacher use of IT for teaching differed by gender. The result showed that there is no difference by gender in IT use for teaching. Moreover, the results showeda significant correlation among all the factors in influencing acceptance of IT for teaching. The study has implications for all stakeholders in preventing problems associated with IT acceptance for teaching. The study also serves as a template for understanding acceptance of IT for teaching in the Nigerian school system.
Effect of ozone water rinse on wound healing in rats with Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection

Wound healing is the most basic and most common problem in surgery, and the process involves complicated pathophysiologic changes and requires the participation of a variety of molecules. In clinical practice, wound infection is the most common reason that causes delay of wound healing or difficulty to heal[1]. Long-term exposure of wounds and weakened body resistance can cause large growth and reproduction of some conditioned pathogens in local area, thus affecting wound healing process through the synthesis and release of protease, oxygen free radicals, inflammatory factors, and so on[2,3]. Therefore, how to effectively deal with infected wounds and promote wound healing is an important clinical topic. In recent years, ozone water has displayed positive value in promoting wound healing and anti-infection. In the following research, the promoting effect of ozone water rinse on wound healing in rats with Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection was analyzed, hereby reported as follows.
Occurrence of Ceratium furcoides ( Levander ) Langhans 1925 ( Dinophyceae : Ceratiaceae ) in Two Reservoirs of the Capibaribe Watershed Located in Semiarid Region < Espaço > espaçamento simples , century 16

Received: May 02, 2016 | Approved: June 05, 2016. Espaço> espaçamento simples, century 16 Revista GEAMA The Journal of environment Artigo científico espaçamento simples, century 16 espaçamento simples, century 16 Occurrence of Ceratium furcoides (Levander) Langhans 1925 (Dinophyceae: Ceratiaceae) in Two Reservoirs of the Capibaribe Watershed Located in Semiarid Region espaçamento simples, century 16 Fábio Henrique Portella Corrêa de Oliveira M.Sc.a*, Indira Maria Estolano Macêdo St.b, César Henrique Pinto Moreira B.Sc.c, Neide Kazue Sakugawa Shinohara D.Sc.d, Osman de Oliveira Lira B.Sc.e and Waldemir Pimentel Ramalho M.Sc.f espaçamento simples, century 11 a Departamento de Botânica, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Recife, Brasil. b Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brasil. c Departamento de Educação, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Recife, Brasil. d Departamento de Tecnologia Rural, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Recife, Brasil. e Fundação Nacional de Saúde (FUNASA), Recife, Brasil. f Companhia Pernambucana de Saneamento (COMPESA), Recife, Brasil.
Diagnostic criteria for early onset neonatal sepsis

Neonatal sepsis is one of the leading causes of neonatal mortality worldwide. Unlike in the adult population, there is a large variability in the clinical picture and therefore the difficulty to recognize and diagnose neonatal sepsis. In addition to this, there is a lack of clear diagnostic criteria that would aide clinicians in diagnosis and rapid treatment of sepsis. There has been much ongoing research in this area without any striking success. Neonatal sepsis can be divided into different categories based on the age of disease onset. Early onset neonatal sepsis occurs in the first 72 hours of the child’s life and is associated with various risk factors and physiological differences when compared to other age groups. The risk factors may be related to the mother, the child, or the process of delivery. Early onset neonatal sepsis also has a specific set of pathogens that are most likely to cause disease. The two most common pathogens, E. coli and Group B streptococcus, have a tendency to exploit the neonates immature immune system resulting in possible complications. Several components of the neonates’ physiological inflammatory response have been researched for their value in diagnosis. The current evidence for C-reactive protein, procalcitonin, interleukin-6 and several other inflammatory reactants have shown variable results. The lack of a clear biomarker that would consistently confirm or exclude the diagnosis of neonatal sepsis continues to elude us. The continued exploration into the various markers and their combinations still needs to be researched so that a list of criteria can be developed in order to reduce the devastating results of the disease.
2 Rough Sets In Data Analysis : Foundations and Applications

Rough sets is a paradigm introduced in order to deal with uncertainty due to ambiguity of classification caused by incompleteness of knowledge. The idea proposed by Z. Pawlak in 1982 goes back to classical idea of representing uncertain and/or inexact notions due to the founder of modern logic, Gottlob Frege: uncertain notions should possess around them a region of uncertainty consisting of objects that can be qualified with certainty neither into the notion nor to its complement. The central tool in realizing this idea in rough sets is the relation of uncertainty based on the classical notion of indiscernibility due to Gottfried W. Leibniz: objects are indiscernible when no operator applied to each of them yields distinct values. In applications, knowledge comes in the form of data; those data in rough sets are organized into an information system: a pair of the form (U,A) where U is a set of objects and A is a set of attributes, each of them a mapping a : U → Va, the value set of a. Each attribute a does produce the a-indiscernibility relation IND(a) = {(u, v) : a(u) = a(v)}. Each set of attributes B does induce the B-indiscernibility relation IND(B) = ⋂ IND(a) : a ∈ B. Objects u, v that are in the relation IND(B) are B-indiscernible. Classes [u]B of the relation IND(B) form B–elementary granules of knowledge. Rough sets allow for establishing dependencies among groups of attributes: a group B depends functionally on group C when IND(C) ⊆ IND(B): in that case values of attributes in B are functions of values of attributes in C. An important case is when data are organized into a decision system: a triple (U,A, d) where d is a new attribute called the decision. The decision gives a classification of object due to an expert, an external oracle; establishing dependencies between groups B of attributes in A and the decision is one of tasks of rough set theory. The language for expressing dependencies is the descriptor logic. A descriptor is a formula (a = v) where v ∈ Va, interpreted in the set U as [a = v] = {u : a(u) = v}. Descriptor formulas are obtained from descriptors by means of connectives ∨,∧,¬,⇒
RICE UNIVERSITY THE TEMPERATURE/PRESSURE CONDITIONS OF GRENVILLE-AGE GRANULITE-FACIES METAMORPHISM OF THE OAXACAN COMPLEX, SOUTHERN MEXICO by CLAUDIA INES MORA A THESIS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFULLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE MASTERS OF ARTS

Coexisting feldspar thermometry for charnockites and quartzofeldspathic gneisses in the Grenville-age Oaxacan Complex, southern Mexico, yields an average temperature of T=762+50°C at 7kb. Reintegration of coarsely-exsolved perthites yields internally consistent peak temper¬ ature estimates. Texturally-homogeneous alkali-feldspar has reequili¬ brated at low temperature. Unusually extensive solid-solution of albite (Abs to Ab5§) and anorthite (Ang.3 to An^ç) necessitated extrapolation of the Stormer (1975) determinative curves beyond their explicit limits. This results in unreasonably high temperature estimates of up to 975°C for feldspar pairs in which X/yj /^f>0.4 and suggests that extrapolation is unwarranted. The distribution of albite between coexisting feldspars is consistent with the shape of the Brown and Parsons (1981) general form for the graphical two-feldspar thermometer. Peak metamorphic pressure was estimated using the Newton and Perkins (1982) anorthite+enstatite=pyrope 2/3 grossular 1/3 + quartz geobarometer which yields P=7.5+lkb. The experimentally determined geobarometer anorthite+ferrosilite=almandine 2/3 grossular 1/3 + quartz (Bohlen et al., 1983) yields P=7.25+lkb. The assemblage dolomite+diopside+forsterlte+calcite restricts the metamorphic temperature to 764°C at PQ) =7kb, calculating from the 5kb 2 experimental reversal of the buffering reaction 3dolomite+ldiopside= 2forsterite+4calcite+2C02 by Kase and Metz (1981). Using the tempera¬ ture estimated by two-feldspar thermometry, at P=7kb the assemblage buffers the fluid composition to Xco =0.8. 2 The estimated pressures and temperatures are consistent with metamorphic conditions indicated by the occurrence of quartz+K-feldspar+garnet +sillimanite+biotite in the pelitic gneisses and orthopyroxene+plagioclase^garnetjMclinopyroxene in the mafic gneisses of the terrane.
Partnership, Gender Roles and the Well-Being Cost of Unemployment

We use the differences between life satisfaction and emotional well-being of employed and unemployed persons to analyze how a person’s employment status affects cognitive well-being. Our results show that unemployment has a negative impact on cognitive, but not on affective well-being, which we interpret as a loss in identity utility. Living in a partnership strengthens the loss in identity utility of men, but weakens that of women. Unemployment of a person’s partner reduces the identity loss of unemployed men, but raises it for women. These results suggest that the unemployed’s feeling of identity is affected by traditional gender roles, while this does not seem to be the case for the affective part of their subjective well-being.
Financial frictions , trends , and the great recession P

We study the causes behind the shift in the level of U.S. GDP following the Great Recession. To this end, we propose a model featuring endogenous productivity à la Romer and a financial friction à la Kiyotaki–Moore. Adverse financial disturbances during the recession and the lack of strong tailwinds post-crisis resulted in a severe contraction and the downward shift in the economy’s trend. Had financial conditions remained stable during the crisis, the economy would have grown at its average growth rate. From a historical perspective, the Great Recession was unique because of the size and persistence of adverse shocks, and the lackluster performance of favorable shocks since 2010.
CAUDAL DEXMEDETOMIDINE VERSUS FENTANYL AS ADJUVANT TO 0 . 25 % LEVOBUPIVACAINE FOR POSTOPERATIVE SEDATION IN PAEDIATRIC PATIENTS UNDERGOING INFRAUMBLICAL SURGERIES UNDER GENERAL ANAESTHESIA

Background: Caudal analgesia reduces the amount of inhaled and intravenous (i.v.) anaesthetic requirement, attenuates the stress response to surgery, facilitates a rapid, smooth recovery and provides good post operative analgesia and sedation. Methods: 135 patients of either sex, aged between 2 to 8 years, having body weight 10 to 30kg belonging to ASA Grade I and II scheduled for infraumblical surgeries under GA were randomized into three groups of 45 each to receive the caudal block i.e Group A received . 25% levobupivacaine (.75ml/kg) with 0.9%NS. Group B received . 25%levobupivacaine (.75ml/kg) with fentanyl 1mcg/kg diluted with 0.9%NS upto 1ml and Group C received 0.25%levobupivacaine (0.75ml/kg) with dexmedetomidine 1mcg/kg diluted with 0.9%NS upto 1ml. Results: There was statistically insignificant difference in the sociodemographic variables in terms of age, weight, sex ratio, ASA Grade and duration of surgery among the study groups. There was statistically significant (p<0.05) prolongation in the duration of arousable sedation, recorded using the Ramsay sedation score in Group C(up to 4hrs), in contrast to Group A( up to 1hrs) and Group B(up to 2hrs). Conclusion: The mean ramsay sedation score was significantly greater in the group levobupivacaine with dexmedetomidine as compared to levobupivacaine alone and levobupivacaine with fentanyl group.
Dissolved Organic Matter at the Fluvial-Marine Transition in the Laptev Sea Using in situ Data and Ocean Color Remote Sensing

Abstract. River water is the main source of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) in the Arctic Ocean. DOC plays an important role in the Arctic carbon cycle and its export from land to sea is expected to increase as ongoing climate change accelerates permafrost thaw. However, transport pathways and transformation of DOC in the land-to-ocean transition are mostly unknown. We collected DOC and aCDOM(λ) samples from 11 expeditions to river, coastal and offshore waters and present a new DOC-aCDOM(λ) model for the fluvial-marine transition zone in the Laptev Sea The aCDOM(λ) characteristics revealed that the DOM in samples of this dataset are primarily of terrigenous origin. Observed changes in aCDOM and its spectral slopes indicate that DOM is modified by microbial- and photo-degradation. Ocean Color Remote Sensing (OCRS) provides the absorption coefficient of colored dissolved organic matter (aCDOM(λ)sat) at λ = 440 or 443 nm, which can be used to estimate DOC concentration at high temporal and spatial resolution over large regions. We tested the statistical performance of five OCRS algorithms and evaluated the plausibility of the spatial distribution of derived aCDOM(λ)sat. The ONNS algorithm showed the best performance compared to in situ aCDOM(440) (r2 = 0.72). Additionally, we found ONNS-derived aCDOM(440), in contrast to other algorithms, to be partly independent of sediment concentration, making ONNS the most suitable aCDOM(λ)sat algorithm for the Laptev Sea region. The DOC-aCDOM(λ) model was applied to ONNS-derived aCDOM(440) and retrieved DOC concentration maps showed moderate agreement to in situ data (r2 = 0.53). The in situ and satellite-retrieved data were offset by up to several days, which may partly explain the weak correlation for this dynamic region. Satellite-derived surface water DOC concentration maps from MERIS satellite data demonstrate rapid removal of DOC within short time periods in coastal waters of the Laptev Sea, which is likely caused by physical mixing and different types of degradation processes. Using samples from all occurring water types leads to a more robust DOC-aCDOM(λ) model for the retrievals of DOC in Arctic shelf and river waters.