Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Graft Survival Rate of Renal Transplantation: A Single Center Experience, (1999-2009)

Background Renal transplantation is the best option for treatment of the end-stage renal diseases and has more advantages than dialysis. The objective of this study is to determine the ten-year graft survival rate of renal transplantation and its associated factors in patients who have been transplanted from March 1999 to March 2009 in Nemazee Hospital Transplantation Center. Methods This is a historical cohort study of 1356 renal transplantation carried out during 1999 to 2009. Kaplan-Meier method was used to determine the survival rate, log rank test to compare survival curves, and Cox regression model to determine hazard ratios and for modeling of variables affecting survival. Results The 1, 3, 5, 7 and 10 years graft survival rates were 96.6, 93.7, 88.9, 87.1 and 85.5 percent, respectively.Cox regression model revealed that the donor source and creatinine level at discharge were effective factors in graft survival rate in renal transplantation. Conclusion Our study showed that 10 year graft survival rate for renal transplantation in Nemazee Hospital Transplantation Center was 85.5% and graft survival rate was significantly related to recipients and donor’s age,donor source and creatinine level at discharge. Our experience in renal transplantation survival rate indicates asuccess rate comparable to those noted in other reports.
Amino acid digestibility and concentration of energy in processed soybean and rapeseed products fed to pigs

An experiment was conducted to determine the apparent ileal digestibility (AID) and the standardized ileal digestibility (SID) of CP and AA in 4 sources of processed soybean products, in conventional dehulled soybean meal (SBM-CV), in conventional 00-rapeseed expellers (RSE), and in a fermented co-product mixture (FCM) that contained rapeseed meal, wheat, soy molasses, and potato peel fed to weanling pigs. The 4 processed soybean products included 2 sources of enzyme-treated soybean meal (ESBM-1 and ESBM-2), extruded soybean meal (SBM-EX), and soy protein concentrate (SPC). Twenty seven weanling barrows (initial BW: 9.29 ± 0.58 kg) were surgically equipped with a T-cannula in the distal ileum. Pigs were randomly allotted to three 9 × 5 Youden squares with 9 pigs and five 7-d periods in each square. Seven cornstarch-based diets were prepared using each of the protein sources as the sole source of CP and AA. A N-free diet was prepared to calculate basal endogenous losses of CP and AA and this diet was fed to 2 groups of pigs. Results indicate that the SID of CP was greater (P < 0.05) in ESBM-1 than in SPC, RSE, and FCM. The SID of Arg, His, Ile, Leu, Met, and Phe were greater (P < 0.05) in ESBM-1 than in SPC, and the SID of Lys was greater (P < 0.05) in SBM-CV than in ESBM-2. The SID of Thr, Trp, Val and total indispensable AA were not different among the soybean products. The SID of total indispensable AA was not different among the SBM products. However, the SID of total dispensable AA in ESBM-1 was only greater (P < 0.05) than in SPC. Therefore, the SID of total AA was greater (P < 0.05) in ESBM-1 than in SPC, but no other differences were observed among SBM products. The SID of most AA in RSE and the SID of all AA in FCM were less (P < 0.05) than in all the SBM products, but the SID of all AA in RSE were greater
The Determinants of the Rural Disabled Person’s Behavior of Receiving Rehabilitation

People with disabilities in rural areas form a special social group in straitened circumstances. They are suffering from impairments, activity limitations, and participation restrictions, which make their situation more severe. As a basic civil right for the disabled, rehabilitation service is an important approach to the recovery of their health and a great help for them to step into society confidently. The objective of this study is to survey the rural disabled people with regard to the important factors that affect their behavior of receiving rehabilitation. 373 questionnaires were sent out and 360 questionnaires were returned (96.5% return rate). The regression analysis was used to analyze the determinants of receiving rehabilitation. The Binary Logistic Regression Model showed that individual factors, family factors, disability characteristic factors and cognitive factors had significant influence on the choice of rehabilitation for the rural disabled. Among these factors, the variables like level of education (P < 0.01), life not fully providing for oneself (P < 0.05), level of understanding of rehabilitation service (P < 0.01), degree of satisfaction about work on the disabled (P < 0.05), cognition of rehabilitation demand (P < 0.01), and net income of households (P < 0.1) had significantly positive correlation with the choice. While other variables like the number of the disabled in a family (P < 0.01) and congenital disability (P < 0.01) had significantly negative correlation with the choice. Rehabilitation for the people with disabilities could be improved by enhancing the education of the disabled in rural areas, paying more attention to impoverished disabled family, perfecting and enforcing implement of the rehabilitation policies, raising the work efficiency of the relative agents, and advocating the rehabilitation policies more sufficiently.
Phys 487 Critical Review Paper : Approaching the Physical Limits of Integrated Circuit Miniaturization

Introduction Since their initial development, the complexity of integrated circuits has been exponentially increasing, with a corresponding miniaturization of IC features. With the atomic scale as an absolute miniaturization limit, this process cannot continue indefinitely. I examine the effects which limit miniaturization as the atomic scale is approached, and how future IC development might take this into account. Methods With MOSFETs being the primary active component on digital ICs, the impact of various feature dimensions on device performance were analyzed. Various surface effects were examined which arise as the features of these transistors are scaled down to the nanoscale, with both problems and possible solutions considered. These physical effects were taken together with several issues in the computer industry at large to make predictions about IC architecture circa 2020. Results Gate oxide thickness was found to a critical issue, with problems such as SiO2 surface states, loss of bulk properties, and tunneling currents inhibiting device performance. The need for decreasing gate thicknesses could be mitigated with the use of high-K gate dielectrics as alternatives to SiO2. Other miniaturization inhibiting effects were also explored. Conclusion The general incremental pace and nature of IC manufacturing process development, combined with at least limited potential solutions to each of the miniaturization problems considered suggested that several more generations of devices are likely to 2020 without radical paradigm shifts. Several market developments, as well as creative technological approaches to boosting actual device performance were found to enable some novel directions in computing architecture, such as increased reliance on parallelism and efficiency.
Inventory of the fish fauna from Ivaí River basin, Paraná State, Brazil

We compiled data on fish fauna of the Ivai River basin from recent specialised literature, standardised sampling and records of species deposited in fish collections. There were 118 fish species of eight orders and 29 families. Of these, 100 species are autochthonous (84.8%), 13, allochthonous (11.0%) and five, exotic (4.2%). The main causes for the occurrence of non-native species are escapes from aquaculture, introduction for fishing purposes and the construction of the Itaipu hydroelectric plant. The predominance of small and medium-sized Characiformes and Siluriformes, including 13 species new to science, accounts for approximately 11.0% of all species and 13.0% of all native species. About 10.2% of all species and 12.0% of all native species are endemic to the upper stretch of the Ivai River, isolated by numerous waterfalls in tributary rivers and streams. The Ivai River basin is subjected to various anthropogenic interferences such as pollution, eutrophication, siltation, construction of dams, flood control, fisheries, species introduction and release of fingerlings. These activities raise concerns about biodiversity of Brazilian inland waters especially regarding the fish fauna; the basin of the Ivai River already has species classified in categories of extinction risk: Brycon nattereri and Apareiodon vladii (Vulnerable) and Characidium heirmostigmata and Steindachneridion scriptum (Endangered). The high species richness of native fish, endemism of some, high environmental heterogeneity, high risk of extinction and lack of knowledge of several other species along with the eminent human activities raise the need to enrich the scientific knowledge for future conservation efforts for the studied basin.
Measurement of the Soret and diffusion coefficients for benchmark binary mixtures by means of digital interferometry

We report on the development of the optical digital interferometry (ODI) technique for measuring diffusion and Soret coefficients. The unique feature of this method is that it traces the transient path of the system in the entire two-dimensional cross section of a cell. In this way, it is applicable not only for measurements of Soret coefficients, but also for studying diffusive transport mechanism and convection. Presently, this method is not widely used and, in our view, not because of fundamental limitations but rather due to a lack of properly developed postexperimental procedures of the raw data analysis. Thus, in this paper our attention is focused on the successive analysis of different steps: the fringe analysis, the choice of reference images, the thermal design of the cell, and multiparameter fitting procedure. Using the ODI technique, we have measured the diffusion and the Soret coefficients for three binary mixtures composed of dodecane (C12H26), isobutylbenzene, and 1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphtalene at a mean temperature of 25◦C and 50 wt. % in each component. These measurements were compared with their benchmark values and show an agreement within less than 3%. © 2011 American Institute of Physics. [doi:10.1063/1.3546036]
Factors Influencing the Retention of Customers of Ghana Commercial Bank within the Agona Swedru Municipality

Customer retention is an important element of any banking strategy in today’s increasingly competitive environment. This study examined the impact of retention factors that influence consumers’ decisions to stay with Ghana Commercial Bank within the Agona Swedru Municipal area. The descriptive survey design was used for the research. Simple random sampling and self administered questionnaires were utilised to obtained data from 480 customers of the bank. Correlation and regression techniques were used to examine the relationships between customer satisfaction, service quality, customer trust, customer commitment, switching barrier factors and customer retention. The results revealed that on the whole, switching barrier emerged as the most significant factor influencing customer retention. This was followed by customer commitment and customer trust. The study recommends that management of the bank should pay attention to customer commitment by investing more into customer relationship marketing strategies that can increase customers’ dependency and inhibit switching.
Parents' Experiences Working with Their Adolescent Children on Secondary Mathematics Homework in Relation to Epstein’s Framework of Involvement: A Phenomenological Study

ii Acknowledgements . iii List of Tables . xiii Chapter 1: Introduction . 1 Background, Context, History . 2 Statement of the Problem . 5 Purpose of the Study . 6 Research Questions . 7 Rationale, Relevance, and Significance of the Study . 8 Definitions of Terms . 9 Assumptions, Limitations, and Delimitations . 11 Assumptions . 11 Limitations . 12 Delimitations . 12 Chapter 1 Summary . 13 Chapter 2: Literature Review . 16 Conceptual Framework . 17 Type 1: Parenting. 19 Type 2: Communicating. 19 Type 3: Volunteering. 19 Type 4: Learning at home. 19 Type 5: Decision making. 20
Rimini Fiera , Italy AN INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH FOR INTRODUCING SUSTAINABLE INTEGRATED SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES : THE CASE OF LA PAZ ( BOLIVIA )

Solid waste management (SWM) has become one of the most difficult environmental and political issue in developing countries worldwide. The increase of diseases from uncollected waste, inadequate informal collection and/or waste open dumps are only few unsustainable practices that affect low income countries population health. The international cooperation between developing and developed countries can be an affordable solution in order to implement new recycling policies and environmental sustainability. In fact, the lack of management instruments and insufficient monitoring and accounting can be solved by introducing long term processes and by involving all local institutions. However, this challenge includes several social, economic, environmental aspects, and implies the development of technical abilities in many disciplines. This article moves from a field research work aimed to develop sustainable integrated waste management policies. That has been made possible by applying university international agreements and public-private partnerships. The work took place in the Bolivian capital city (La Paz), with the direct collaboration of three Universities (University of Trento – DICAM, Major University of S.Andrés – IIDEPROQ, Salesian University of La Paz). During the field study the NGO Swisscontact and the La Paz Municipal Government were involved. They helped to investigate directly Selection and peer-review under responsibility of the ECOMONDO  Corresponding author: e-mail: nferronato@uninsubria.it; Phone: +338 8875813 Ferronato et al./Procedia Environmental Science, Engineering Management, 3, 2016, 2, 71-81 72 city waste management daily difficulties. Furthermore, an Italian waste recycling company (EliteAmbiente) has been involved in the project, in order to estimate the process cost and the management needs for introduce a recycling industry. The process is going to continue with an enlargement of the working group and with other agreements that will involve other institutions. The main issues are widely discussed in order to explain the advantages and the difficulties that have been found while implementing this integrated process. Moreover, the methods to implement the study are focused and some future objectives are presented.
Relationship between endogenous ethylene production and natural defoliation traits during the maturation of sugarcane

The relationship between endogenous ethylene production and natural defoliation rate was examined in sugarcane cultivars with different natural defoliation traits. Ethylene production was examined at different positions on leaf sheaths and leaf scars at various sugarcane maturation stages using gas chromatography as an external standard method. During the sugarcane maturation process, ethylene production was greatest in the 2nd leaf sheath scar, followed by the 5th and 10th, in that order. It was also greatest during the early maturation stage, followed by the mid-maturation and harvest stages. Ethylene production of the leaf sheaths and leaf scars differed significantly among the sugarcane cultivars. Cultivars that defoliate easily produced significantly more ethylene than those that do not defoliate easily. The natural defoliation rates was greatest in the harvest stage, followed by mid-maturation and early maturation stage. Correlation analysis indicated that ethylene production was positively correlated with natural defoliation rates, particularly during early- and mid-maturation stages.
crop production And MAnAgeMent-Note reaction of cabbage lines reveals resistance to infection by Cucumber mosaic virus

Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) is one of the most economically damaging viral pathogens affecting vegetable crops around the world. In the present research, 50 cabbage (Brassica oleracea L.) lines chosen from the Black Sea Agricultural Research Institute (BSARI, Turkey) were evaluated for their reaction to CMV. The level of resistance to CMV was determined based on biological assays, symptom expression, disease severity rating, and viral titer, as determined by ELISA. Eight cabbage lines were identified crop production And MAnAgeMent Note reaction of cabbage lines reveals resistance to infection by Cucumber mosaic virus Mehmet Ali Sevik1*, Ilyas Deligoz2 1. Ondokuz Mayis University Faculty of Agriculture Department of Plant Protection Samsun (Samsun), Turkey. 2. The Black Sea Agricultural Research Institute Plant Health Services Samsun (Samsun), Turkey. *Corresponding author: malis@omu.edu. tr Received: May 5, 2016 – Accepted: Jun. 7, 2016 as moderately susceptible and 3 were susceptible to the CMV-BA isolate. These plants exhibited various symptoms and accumulated high levels of virus titer. However, the results showed that 17 lines had high resistance, 12 were found to be resistant and 10 were found to be moderately resistant to the CMV. The lines that showed high levels of resistance to the virus in this study could be used as sources of CMV resistance in cabbage breeding programs.
Extraction and Characterization of Cellulose Nanocrystals Produced by Acid Hydrolysis from Corn Husk

Corn husk is one of the agricultural residues represent abundant, inexpensive, and readily available source of renewable lignocellulosic biomass. Cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) were extracted from corn husk by alkali and bleaching treatments followed by sulfuric acid hydrolysis treatment. The material obtained after each stage of the treatments was characterized. Morphological investigation was carried out using scanning electron microscope (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy showed the progressive removal of non-cellulosic materials. The crystallinity of corn husk and CNCs was also investigated using X-ray diffraction analysis (XRD). The highest crystallinity index value of this study is 68.33% for cellulose nanocrystals.
An Investigation into the Determinant of Jordanian Customer’s Loyalty towards Travel Agencies

Relationship marketing aims to build and maintain relationships between customers and organizations. While keeping customers loyal is a key objective for service firms such as travel agencies, critical antecedents of customer loyalty still need to be understood. This study aims to empirically investigate the associations among relational bonds (including, financial, social and structural), customer emotions, trust, commitment and customer loyalty. The research is based on data collected from 319 Jordanian customers of Jordan travel agencies. The results of an integrated SEM suggest that financial, social and structural relational bonds contribute to customers’ emotions and that these emotions are important determinants of customer trust, which impact customer commitment. In return customer commitment predicts customer loyalty. Implications for research and practice are derived.
A DSL-Based FFT Hardware Generator in Scala

We present a generator for fast Fourier transforms (FFTs) on hardware. The input of the generator is a high-level description of an FFT algorithm; the output is a token-based, synchronized design in the form of RTL-Verilog. Building on prior work, the generator uses several layers of domain-specific languages (DSLs) to represent and optimize at different levels of abstraction to produce a RAM-and area-efficient hardware implementation. Two of these layers and DSLs are novel. The first one allows the use and domain-specific optimization of state-of-the-art streaming permutations. The second DSL enables the automatic pipelining of a streaming hardware dataflow and the synchronization of its data-independent control signals. The generator including the DSLs are implemented in Scala, leveraging its type system, and uses concepts from lightweight modular staging (LMS) to handle the constraints of streaming hardware. Particularly, these concepts offer genericity over hardware number representation, including seamlessly switching between fixed-point arithmetic and FloPoCo generated IEEE floating-point operators, while ensuring type-safety. We show benchmarks of generated FFTs that outperform prior FFT generators.
Effect of Extraction Method , Ammonium Sulphate Concentration , Temperature and pH on Milk-Clotting Activity of Solanum dubium Fruit Extract

Solanum dubium fruits were collected and used as a plant source for extracting milk coagulating enzymes. The enzyme was extracted by four methods and the activity of each extract was determined. Solanum dubium fruits were kept at 4 and 37oC for five months, while aqueous extracts of the Solanum dubium fruits were kept at 4 and 37oC for three months. The crude extract of Solanum dubium fruit was precipitated by ammonium sulphate using different concentrations (0-90%). Partial characterization of the milk coagulant was carried out. The results showed that maximum milk-activity (p<0.001) was obtained from Solanum dubium fruit extracted with freeze-drying. The milk-clotting activity significantly decreased (p<0.001) from 3.65 U/mL when Solanum dubium was extracted with 1% NaCl in distilled water to 1.74 when Solanum dubium was extracted with 5% NaCl. The loss in activity of Solanum dubium fruits stored in liquid and solid forms increased significantly (p<0.05) at room temperature compared to refrigerator storage. The saturation with ammonium sulphate (60%) gave higher milkclotting activity (5.03 mg/mL) and protein content. The partially purified Solanum dubium fruit extract had the highest activity at 70oC and pH 10. Twenty five milliliters (25 mL/50 L milk) of a partially purified Solanum dubium fruit extract was recommended for cheese making.
Assessment of nutritional composition and heavy metal content in some edible mushroom varieties collected from different areas of Bangladesh

Four edible mushroom species ( Pleurotus ostreatus, Agaricus bisporus, Volvariella volvacea, Ganoderma lucidum ) from different locations of Bangladesh, were analysed for their protein and metal content profile (K, Na, Fe, Cu, Zn, Mn, Cr, Pb, As and Cd). Trace metals were determined by atomic absorption spectrophotometer, Na and K by flame emission spectrophotometer and protein by micro Kjeldhal method. All element concentrations were determined on a dry weight basis. The protein content of mushrooms varied from 13.8%–34.3% and the metal content of samples ranged from 0.54–2.25% for K and 12.6–81.6, 69.5–626.2, 39.2–163.4, 30.1–75.5, 52.9–104.5, 0.20–0.30, 0.13–0.59 μg g -1 for Na, Fe, Cu, Zn, Mn, Cd, Pb, respectively. Arsenic and cadmium concentrations were below the detection limit of the method used. The detection limits of the method for As and Cd are 0.01 μg g -1 for each element. In general, K and Fe content were higher than other metals in all mushroom species. The levels of Cu and Zn in some mushroom samples were found to be higher than legal limits. Asian J. Med. Biol. Res. December 2015, 1(3): 495-501