Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Kajian Metode Empiris Untuk Menghitung Debit Banjir Sungai Negara Di Ruas Kecamatan Sungai Pandan (Alabio)

Sungai Negara adalah salah satu sungai di propinsi Kalimantan Selatan yangmempunyai luas daerah aliran sungai (DAS) sebesar 3.921 km². Di sungai ini sering terjadibanjir yang banyak menyebabkan banyak kerugian. Oleh karena itu diperlukan adanyaperhitungan debit banjir untuk mengetahui nilai debit banjir rencana di Sungai Negara.Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk memperoleh penyimpangan nilai debit banjir rencanadari metode empiris dengan data debit terukur sungai sehingga perlu adanya kajianketelitian untuk mendapatkan debit banjir rencana yang sesuai dengan keadaaansebenarnya di lapangan. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode studi pustaka dan melakukananalisis terhadap data curah hujan untuk mendapatkan debit banjir pada daerah aliranSungai Negara dengan Metode Rasional, metode Der Weduwen dan metode Haspersserta melakukan analisis frekuensi terhadap data debit terukur.Hasil perhitungan data curah hujan menggunakan metode Rasional, metode DerWeduwen dan metode Haspers terhadap nilai analisis frekuensi data debit terukurdidapatkan bahwa penyimpangan terkecil terjadi terhadap metode Der Weduwen yaitusebesar 38.28% untuk kala ulang 2 tahun, 36.47% untuk kala ulang 5 tahun, 36.04% untukkala ulang 10 tahun, 35.96% untuk kala ulang 20 tahun, 36.17% untuk kala ulang 50 tahundan 36.50% untuk kala ulang 100 tahun. Oleh karena itu, metode Der Weduwen dapatdigunakan sebagai acuan untuk dalam perhitungan debit banjir rencana untukmerencanakan penanggulangan bencana banjir di Sungai Negara
Guiding Development Based Approach Practicum Vertebrates Taxonomy Scientific Study Program for Students of Biology Education

Students having difficulty in identifying and describing the vertebrate animals as well as less skilled in science process as practical. Increased expertise in scientific skills, one of which is through practical activities using practical guidance based on scientific approach. This study aims to produce practical guidance vertebrate taxonomy for biology education students PGRI STKIP West Sumatra valid. This study uses a model of Plomp development consisting of three phases: the initial investigation, floating or prototype stage, and the stage of assessment. Data collection instruments used in this study is a validation sheet guiding practicum. Data were analyzed descriptively based on data obtained from the field. The result of the development of practical guidance vertebrate taxonomic validity value of 3.22 is obtained with very valid category. Research and development has produced a practical guide based vertebrate taxonomic scientific approach very valid.
Formation of Ozonic Compound and Used as Therapeutic Agent in Medicine

It has some encouraging results to use ozone in medicine. However, as ozone is usually in gas state, unstable and strong oxidability, it is difficult to be stored and used commonly. Ozone, ethylene, acrylic acid and the ozonic compounds were calculated to study the interaction between ozone and carrier material to form ozonide. The stability of the ozonide, or the bond strength between ozone and ions of carrier are controlled felicitously to release ozone from the ozonide with proper velocity. Ozone antimicrobial has been composed on the above principle. It can be used conveniently, especially for common families. There are some characteristics of ozone antimicrobial or ozone, such as universal applicability, efficiency and rapidity, security, strong penetrability, no drug resistance and sterilization and treatment simultaneity.
The Effects of a Serious Game on Depressive Symptoms and Anxiety in Breast Cancer Patients with Depression: A Pilot Study Using Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging.

OBJECTIVE Depression is common in cancer patients. We investigated the effects of playing a serious game in breast cancer patients with mild to moderate depression using functional neuroimaging. MATERIALS AND METHODS Thirty-five participants were randomly assigned to the Game group and the Nongame group, and fifteen participants in each group completed the study protocol. Participants in the Game group were asked to play a serious game, "Hit the Cancer" (RAW HAND, Seoul, Korea), for at least 30 minutes/day, 5 days/week, for 3 weeks. Participants in the Nongame group received usual care. At baseline and follow-up, all participants were assessed with the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), Beck Anxiety Inventory, Stress Response Inventory (SRI), and 3-Tesla resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging. Changes in functional connectivity (FC) between the brain regions in the default mode network (DMN) and salience network (SN) were analyzed. RESULTS After the intervention, BDI and SRI scores in the Game group greatly decreased compared with those in the Nongame group. In addition, compared with the Nongame group, the Game group showed decreased postintervention FC between the right posterior cingulate cortex (PCC) of the DMN and right insula of the SN. The improvement in BDI and SRI scores correlated with the decrease in FC between the right PCC and right insula. CONCLUSION Selective attention training and repetitive stimulation of the insula by serious game play might cause normalization of the FC between the SN and DMN, thus improving depressive mood.
Role of TNF-α Receptors in Mice Intoxicated with the Parkinsonian Toxin MPTP

Abstract The loss of dopaminergic neurons in Parkinson's disease is associated with a glial reaction and the overproduction of proinflammatory cytokines such as tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α). TNF-α acts via two different receptors, TNFR1 and TNFR2, and is believed to have both a neuroprotective and a deleterious role for neurons. In order to analyze the putative role of TNF-α in parkinsonism, we compared the effect of the parkinsonian drug 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP) in mice lacking TNFR1, TNFR2, or both receptors and in wild-type littermates. We show that MPTP does not affect spontaneous activity or anxiety in any of the groups and that it reduces motor activity on a rotarod in double knock out mice but not in mice lacking only one receptor. Postmortem analysis revealed no differences in the number of nigral dopaminergic neurons whatever the group. In contrast, striatal dopamine level was slightly decreased in double knock-out mice and more reduced by MPTP in this group than in the other groups of mice. In addition, dopamine turnover was significantly more increased in double knock out mice after MPTP injection. These data suggest that TNF-α does not participate in the death of dopaminergic neurons in parkinsonism but that it slightly alters dopamine metabolism or the survival of dopaminergic terminals by a mechanism involving both receptors.
Understanding Barriers and Facilitators for Human Milk Banking Among Service Providers, Mothers, and Influencers of Preterm and Sick Neonates Admitted at Two Health Facilities in a Metropolitan City in India.

BACKGROUND Scaling-up human milk banks (HMBs) is a promising solution for saving vulnerable newborns. Exploring perceptions and practices on donor human milk (DHM) and HMBs is essential to strengthen and scale-up an integrated HMB system resting on a model called the "Mother Baby Friendly Initiative Plus" (MBFI+), which includes promoting breastfeeding, encouraging kangaroo mother care, and providing safe DHM to vulnerable babies without access to mother's own milk. MATERIALS AND METHODS A qualitative research was conducted among 56 service recipients including mothers and key influencers and 9 service providers to understand their perceptions and practices on DHM and HMBs. RESULTS Service providers opined that DHM is safe and lifesaving for vulnerable babies. Challenges shared were limited supply of DHM because of low awareness on milk donation, shortage of trained staff, and risk of milk contamination. They stated that although most mothers were comfortable in donating milk, few were reluctant to donate milk as they feared shortage of milk for their own babies, or milk expression may cause weakness. Recipient mothers accepted use of DHM as per facility norms but had concerns about donor mothers' health and hygiene and measures for ensuring milk safety. Most grandmothers were resistant toward donating or receiving DHM for their grandchildren. Many fathers were comfortable with donating once they knew it is lifesaving and did not compromise supply for their babies. Service providers shared opportunities for scale-up, like improving awareness and infrastructure, lactation counseling by skilled personnel, supportive hospital environment, and establishing HMBs in every city and district. CONCLUSIONS Human milk banking should be strengthened as part of the MBFI+ model. For this, behavior change communication targeted at mothers and influencers about breastfeeding and HMB from the antenatal period, capacity-building among service providers, and government ownership is necessary.
Sex Differences in the Activational Effect of ERα on Spatial Learning

This study investigated the role of the estrogen receptor α (ERα) in mediating performance on a spatial discrimination task, the Morris water maze. Spatial discrimination on this water escape task was examined in eight groups of gonadectomized mice. Male and female wild-type (WT) and littermate mice lacking functional copies of the ERα gene (ERαKO), were treated with estradiol benzoate (EB) or sesame oil vehicle. Subjects were trained on the water escape task over a 4-day period (four trials per block, three blocks per day). Latency to find the hidden platform was measured. Only female WT mice treated with EB failed to learn this spatial discrimination task. All males, WT and ERαKO treated with EB or oil exhibited decreased latencies across blocks of trials, WT females treated with oil, and ERαKO females, regardless of treatment, learned the spatial discrimination task. In order to eliminate motivational or sensory-motor impairments as a factor in describing the poor spatial discrimination performance of WT females treated with EB, the cue version of the water maze task was employed. Results from the cue phase of the task indicate that EB and oil-treated WT females exhibited a similar decrease in escape latencies across blocks of trials, indicating good cue discrimination performance. Taken together, the results indicate that ERα activation impairs acquisition of spatial discrimination of the water escape task, but not cue discrimination, in female mice. Because ligand-bound ERα appears to operate differently in male and female mice we hypothesize that the ability of ERα to affect learning is organized during development.
Analysis and Experimental Validation of Efficient Coded OFDM for an Impulsive Noise Environment

The importance of synergy with industry lies in the possibility of experimental validation of the work research results. With Software-Defined Radio (SDR) platforms, it is possible to implement a physical layer and to have tests with hardware in a real environment. In this paper, we investigate the validation of an impulsive noise resistant physical layer based on Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) and an interesting concatenation of forward error correcting codes: Rank metric Code (RC) and Convolutional Code (CC). We fully design and implement a new block namely RC Encoder + WiFi Mapper in GNU Radio, which acts as a forward error correcting code to mitigate impulsive noise occurring in substations. After showing by simulations that using this coding scheme is very efficient in mitigating the bursty nature of impulsive noise, we then confirm that the same performance is maintained even with various impulsive voltages and experimental scenarios, which confirms the high performance of the proposed approach.
Urinary incontinence in male dogs under primary veterinary care in England: prevalence and risk factors

OBJECTIVE To estimate prevalence and identify demographic risk factors for urinary incontinence in male dogs. METHODS AND METHODS The study population included all dogs within the VetCompass database from September 1, 2009 to July 7, 2013. Electronic patient records were searched for urinary incontinence cases; demographic and clinical information were extracted and analysed. RESULTS Of 109,428 male dogs attending 119 clinics in England, there were an estimated 1027 dogs diagnosed with urinary incontinence, giving a prevalence of 0.94% (95% confidence interval: 0.88 to 1.00). Breeds with highest odds of incontinence in male dogs (compared with mixed breed dogs) included the bull mastiff (odds ratio: 17.21, 95% confidence interval: 6.65 to 44.56, case=5, non-case=314, P<0.001), Irish red setter (odds ratio: 12.79, 95% confidence interval: 4.83 to 33.84, case=5, non-case=142, P<0.001), fox terrier (odds ratio: 9.60, 95% confidence interval: 3.68 to 25.05, case=5, non-case=176, P < 0.001), bulldog (odds ratio: 5.72, 95% confidence interval: 2.24 to 14.59, case=5, non-case=929, P<0.001) and boxer (odds ratio: 3.65, 95% confidence interval: 1.84 to 7.25, case=10, non-case=1470, P<0.001). Increased odds of urinary incontinence were associated with greater age (age 9 to 12 years, odds ratio: 10.46, 95% confidence interval: 6.59 to 16.62, n=12,348, P<0.001) and being insured (odds ratio: 1.96, 95% confidence interval: 1.53 to 2.51, n=26,202, P<0.001). There was no association with castration or bodyweight using multi-variable analysis. CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE The overall prevalence of urinary incontinence in male dogs is approximately 1%, which may be higher than expected given the sparsity of reports describing this problem. In contrast to bitches, neutering and bodyweight were not associated with greater odds of urinary incontinence, which is important when giving neutering advice.
Accurate loop-delay estimation method in digital predistortion system

Digital predistortion is an effective method to compensate for nonlinear distortion of power amplifier. In order to improve the linearization performance of digital predistortion, an accurate loop-delay estimation method is proposed. This method can overcome the impairment caused by the nonlinear distortion of power amplifier, and it has higher accuracy and lower computation complexity than the previous loop-delay estimation methods. Simulation results show the effectiveness and correctness of the proposed method.
Correlation between Human Personality and Neural Activity in Cerebral Cortex

Personality traits are a variance of behavioral patterns among individuals and may reflect a variance of brain activity, but their neurobiological explanation is still a matter of debate. Cloninger proposed three dimensions of personality traits, each of which has strong correlation with activity in a specific central monoaminergic system. Although this theory has been supported by physiological and genetic studies, it is still unclear how these personality parameters are correlated with the activity of the cortical networks which control human behavior. Here we measured the regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) at rest in 30 normal volunteers who completed the personality inventory of Cloninger. Voxel-by-voxel analysis was employed to identify cortical regions where the rCBF showed significant correlation with any of the three personality parameters. Statistically significant correlation was observed in several paralimbic and neocortical regions and was consistent with the assumed monoaminergic influence on neural activity and the distribution of its projections, in each personality dimension. The results suggest that activity in a variety of cortical regions is associated with human personality traits and lend support to Cloninger's theory concerning central monoaminergic influence on human personality traits.
Influence of Regional Weather Changes on Major Fruit Production and Productivity of Navsari District of Gujarat State, India

Horticulture is a priority sector in many states of India as it has potential to improving the socio economic condition of the farmers. Gujarat state is the fourth leading state in fruit production with 9% share at the national level. This study is conducted to correlate major weather parameters with the production of major fruit crops of Navsari district in Southern Gujarat. The study reveals that production and productivity of 4 major fruits (banana, mango, sapota and papaya) has moderate negative correlation with mean annual temperature (MAT) i.e > -50% except the productivity of land under banana. Whereas, it showed very weak negative and non significant relation with total annual Rainfall (TAR). Correlation of all four fruit production ranged between -34 to -53% and -0.7 to -62% for productivity with both MAT and TAR, respectively.
Öğretmenlerin Karara Katılımı ve İş Doyumu Arasındaki İlişki

Iliskisel tarama modelinde olan bu arastirmanin amaci, yonetici ve ogretmenlerin is doyumlarini, karara katilma duzeylerini ve bu iki kavram arasindaki iliski ile bu kavramlarin bazi degiskenlere gore anlamli iliski gosterip gostermedigini incelemektir. Arastirmanin evrenini 2012-2013 egitim ogretim yilinda Diyarbakir il merkezinde bulunan ilkokul, ortaokul ve liselerde gorev yapan ogretmenler olusturmaktadir. Orneklemini ise, bu evrenden tesadufi ornekleme yolu ile secilen ilkokul, ortaokul ve liselerden 159 sinif ogretmeni ve 220 brans ogretmeni olusturmaktadir. Arastirmada karara katilim olcegi ve is doyum olcegi olmak uzere iki farkli olcek kullanilmistir. Arastirma sonucunda elde edilen bulgulara gore, yonetici ve ogretmenlerin yonetimsel kararlara katilim ve is doyumu duzeyleri orta, egitimsel kararlara katilim duzeyleri yuksek bulunmustur. Is doyumu ile egitimsel kararlara katilim boyutu ve is doyumu ile yonetimsel kararlara katilim boyutu arasinda pozitif ve orta duzeyde bir iliski vardir. Katilimcilarin kararlara katilimlari, is doyumlarini ,41 oraninda etkilemektedir.
Inference enterprise models: An approach to organizational performance improvement

We demonstrate that our success in solving a set of increasingly complex challenge problems is associated with an inference enterprise (IE) using inference enterprise models (IEMs). As part of a sponsored research competition, we created a multimodeling inference enterprise modeling (MIEM) process to achieve winning scores on a spectrum of challenge problems related to insider threat detection. We present in general terms the motivation for and description of our MIEM solution. We then present the results of applying MIEM across a range of challenge problems, with a detailed illustration for one challenge problem. Finally, we discuss the science and promise of IEM and MIEM, including the applicability of MIEM to a spectrum of inference domains.
Constraints Perceived by Farmers in the Use of E-Choupal

The desire to promote better information access to improve the socio-economic condition of the farmers has always been the top priority of extension professional and rural advisory service providers [1]. According to FAO [2], exchanging information is critical for different type of stakeholders in agriculture value chain in order to reduce the asymmetries in information and communication as well as to reduce the malicious circle of poverty. Parameswaranaik et al. [3] reported that for every technology there will be some constraints in using by farmers. Yet despite economically vital role, Indian agriculture has until recently been regulated in an archaic fashion that limits its productivity.
Performance Evaluation of Bari Inclined Plate Planter for Lentil Cultivation

A field trial was carried out at Farm Machinery Technology Dissemination (FMTD) project site, Sujanagor, Pabna to test performance of planting methods with Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI) inclined plate planter, BARI Bed planter over conventional manual planting method for sowing lentil during 2014-15. Mechanical planting method with BARI Inclined Plate Planter showed highest yield (1.67 tha-1) whereas it was obtained1.54 tha-1 for bed planter and 1.41 tha-1 for conventional manual planting method. Planting methods exhibited non significant response on yield attributes like number of plants population, plant height, seed pod-1, dry weight of 10 plants and weight of 100 seeds. However, highest no. of pod plant-1 (168.83), primary branch (6.77) and secondary branch (33.67) was obtained from planting by IPP and these three parameters were shown lowest value (70.20, 3.5 and 11.8 respectively) in manual seeding methods. Total Cost of complete land preparation and planting was exhibited lowest for seed sowing with BARI Inclined Plate Planter (2016 Tk. ha-1) and it was 2727 Tk. ha-1 for BARI bed planter and highest for conventional manual seed sowing method (4433 Tk.ha-1). J. Environ. Sci. & Natural Resources, 10(2): 39-44 2017
İngilizce Öğretmenliği Öğrencilerinin Yabancı Dili İletişim Aracı Olarak Kullanabilme Yeterlilikleri

Bu arastirmanin amaci Dokuz Eylul Universitesi ve Ondokuz Mayis Universitesi Ingilizce Bolumlerinde ogrenim goren ogrencilere uygulanan “Ingilizce ihtiyac analizi” sonuclarini incelemektir. Calisma ayrica bu bolumlerde iletisimci yaklasimin etkinligini, ogrencilerin bireysel ihtiyaclari ve beklentileri acisindan incelemeyi amaclamaktadir. Calisma, bu universitelerin Ingilizce Bolumlerindeki 307 ogrenciye uygulanan bir ankete dayanmaktadir. Arastirmanin uc temel amaci, (1) ogrencilerin edindikleri cesitli iletisimsel dil becerileri konusunda goruslerini saptamak, (2) ogrencilerin diger beceriler arasinda iletisimsel dil becerilerini nasil degerlendirdiklerini ve bu becerileri kullanmadaki yeterliliklerini belirlemek ve (3) ogrencilerin iletisimsel dil ihtiyaclarini dikkate alarak I ngilizce derslerini nasil degerlendirdiklerini incelemektir. Anket verileri, ogrencilerin yabanci dili iletisimsel dil amaclari dogrultusunda yeterince kullanamadigini ve mevcut dil egitim programlarinin ogrencilerin iletisimsel dil becerilerini gelistirmede yetersiz kaldigini gostermistir.
The Distribution of 870 µm Continuum, CO(3-2) and HCO+(4-3) Molecules Around TW HYA, Based on Science Verification Data from ATACAMA Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array (ALMA), Band 7 Data

The study of the chemistry of protoplanetary disks has broad implication for our understanding of planet compositions and the availability of the conditions necessary for life. The science verification data from the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) band 7 (345 GHz) observation of TW Hya, a classical T Tauri star, at lines of HCO + (4-3) and CO (3-2) with a 1.5" angular and 0.2km/s spectral resolution was used for this study. CASA, the common astronomy software applications package was used for the data reduction, including, calibrating, cleaning and imaging of both spectral line and the continuum. The final dust, CO(3-2) and HCO + (4-3) images of the disk and the corresponding models are presented and discussed.