Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Sequence and Structure Analysis of CRP of Lung and Breast Cancer using Bioinformatics Tools and Techniques

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Transits: Brazilian women migration in the context of the transnationalization of the sex and marriage markets

In this paper I focus on Brazilian women’s migratio n to Europe in the context of the transnationalization and the interconnection of the sex and marriage markets. The analysis is based on anthropological research studi es carried out in Italy and Spain with the aim of apprehending the political, economic and cultural aspects associated with migrations connected with the sex markets. On the b asis of the social networks
Intrinsic Boundary Conditions for Friedrichs Systems

The admissible boundary conditions for symmetric positive systems of first-order linear partial differential equations, originally introduced by Friedrichs [11], were recently related to three different sets of intrinsic geometric conditions in graph spaces [10]. We rewrite their cone formalism in terms of an indefinite inner product space, which in a quotient by its isotropic part gives a Kreǐn space. This new viewpoint allows us to show that the three sets of intrinsic boundary conditions are actually equivalent, which will hopefully facilitate further investigation of their precise relation to the original Friedrichs boundary conditions.
BV Functions and Distorted Ornstein Uhlenbeck Processes over the Abstract Wiener Space

Let (E, H, μ) be an abstract Wiener space and H be the class of functions ρ∈L1+(E; μ) satisfying the ray Hamza condition in every direction l∈E*. For ρ∈H, the closure (Eρ, Fρ) of the symmetric form Eρ(u, v)=∫E 〈∇u(z), ∇v(z)〉H ρ(z) μ(dz), u, v∈FC1b, is a quasi-regular Dirichlet form on L2(F, ρ dμ) (F=Supp[ρμ]), yielding an associated diffusion Mρ=(Xt, Pz) on F called a distorted Ornstein Uhlenbeck process. A function ρ on E is called a BV function (ρ∈BV(E) in notation) if ρ∈∪p>1 Lp(E; μ) and V(ρ)=supG∈(FC1b)E*, ‖G‖H (z)⩽1 ∫E ∇*G(z) ρ(z) μ(dz) is finite. For ρ∈H∩BV(E), there exist a positive finite measure ‖Dρ‖ on F and a weakly measurable function σρ: F→H such that ‖σρ(z)‖H=1 ‖Dρ‖-a.e. and ∫F ∇*G(z)×ρ(z) μ(dz)=∫F 〈G(z), σρ(z)〉H ‖Dρ‖ (dz), ∀G∈(FC1b)E*. Further, the sample path of Mρ admits an expression as a sum of E-valued CAFs, Xt−X0=Wt−12 ∫t0 Xs ds+12 ∫t0 σρ(Xs) dL‖Dρ‖s, where Wt is an E-valued Brownian motion and L‖Dρ‖t is a PCAF of Mρ with Revuz measure ‖Dρ‖. A measurable set Γ⊂E is called Caccioppoli if IΓ∈BV(E). In this case, the support of the measure ‖DIΓ‖ is concentrated in ∂Γ and the above equations reduce to the Gauss formula and the Skorohod equation for the modified reflecting Ornstein Uhlenbeck process, respectively. A related coarea formula is also presented.
Lipid Profile Alteration and Atherogenic Indices in Patients with DMII

Dyslipidemia is one of the major risk factors for cardiovascular disease in diabetes mellitus. Diabetic’s patients have a type of dyslipidemia that is related to insulin resistance. This profile is consisting with decreased high-density lipoprotein (HDL), increased triglycerides, slightly increased low-density lipoprotein (LDL), and LDL particles that are smaller and denser. Aim of the paper work was to verify and document, role and correlation of lipid disorders (dyslipidemia) and hyperglycemia in the pace of progress and the appearance of cardiovascular diseases in patients with Diabetes Mellitus type2. The present work included; one hundred forty eight patients with diabetes mellitus type2, were enrolled in this retrospective, cross-sectional study, who included (72 male and 76 female) aged (25-64 years). Total cholesterol were more than 200mg/dl in more than 50% of studied patients, while HDL less than 40mg/dl in 68.3% patients, whereas LDL level greater than 100mg/dl in 63.5% of patients. Triglyceride level was higher than 140mg/dl in 51.4% of all patients. Diabetic female had higher plasma cholesterol and lower plasma HDL in comparison with male, whereas LDL and triglyceride were significantly increase compared with male. AIP of both male and female were higher than normal value. CRC and AC of both genders were greater than normal value, although atherogenic indices of female were higher than that for male.
Nematode infestation and N-effect of legumes on soil and crop yelds in legume-sorghum rotations.

The effects of cowpea (Vignaunguiculata) and-groundnut (Arachis hypogea) on succeeding sorghum yields, soil mineral N and nematode infestationwere studied during five cropping seasons (2000 to 2004) in a weakly acid Ultisol of the agronomy research station of Farako-Ba lo-cated in the Guinean zone of Burkina Faso, West Africa. A factorial 5x5 design of five crop rotations with five fertilizer treatments in a split-plot arrangement with four replications was used.Sorghum yields were affected by the two factors (rotation with legumes and fertilizer ap-plications) during the four years. But interactions were not observed between the two factors. Monocropping of sorghum produced the lowest yields and legume–sorghum rotations increased sorghum yields by50% to 300%. Ground-nut–sorghum and cowpea–sorghum rotations increased soil mineral N by36% and 52%, re-spectively. Crop rotation influenced nematode infestation but the effects on soil and sorghum root infestation differed according to the rotation. The cowpea–sorghum rotation increased soil and sorghum root infestationby nematodes while groundnut–sorghum decree-sed the nematode population. The soil of the cowpea-sorghum rotation contained 1.5 to 2 times more nematodes than the soil of the monocropping of sorghum. In contrast, the soil ofthe groundnut–sorghum rotation contained from 17 to 19 times fewernematodes than that of themonocropping of sorghum. However, nematode infestation did not affect any of the succeeding sorghum yields. It was concluded that the parasitic effect of nematodes was limited by the predominance of positive N-effects on the development of succeeding sorghum.
What determines investment rate of Polish large-sized farms?

There is a set of various factors affecting farm investment behavior (in result, IR) inter alia economic variables (factor markets and public policy), farmer’s attitudes and socio-demographic features. The paper aims to identify determinants of IR of Polish large-sized farms (>100 hectares of arable area). The empirical studies based on a random sample of large-scale farms surveyed annually by IAFE-NRI (the processed research sample consisted of 25 entities annually). The research period covered years 2007-2011 because of data availability. First, we used panel models (both REM and FEM) with explanatory variables (proposed in the literature, including lagged variables) including investment subsidies. Then, we switched form unsatisfactory panel models to a GLS model approach. Our results indicated that a shift toward a strong specialization may weaken the propensity to invest at large-scale farms. The effect of EU investment subsidies was particularly evident after 1 year. The importance of diversification from the standpoint of market-oriented large-sized farms should not be neglected. The accumulated experience and knowledge of farm operators may stimulate the investment activity. The significance of farm operator’s characteristics should be a prerequisite for life-long education.
Liquidity Flooding, Asset Prices and the Real Economy

This paper develops a model for understanding the relationship between liquidity injections, asset prices, and growth of the real economy. We study the interaction between two sectors in the economy with dierent degrees of financial friction in the context of liquidity injections for economic stimulus. We show that if too much liquidity is injected into the economy, overheating can build up in the sector with lower friction (e.g., the financial sector), crowding out the demand for liquidity in the sector with higher friction (e.g., the real sector). The crowding-out occurs in a self-reinforcing spiral because of feedback between liquidity inflows, asset prices and firm asset collateral values. The crowding-out eect originates in the dierent degrees of asset specificity across the two sectors. The model characterizes conditions under which crowding-out is more likely, with empirical implications. The paper highlights the eect of financial frictions on the allocation and distribution of liquidity in an economy.
The Prediction of Social Problem-Solving Skills Based on Birth Order and Attachment Styles

The purpose of this research was to predict social problem-solving skills in two dimensions (functional and dysfunctional), based on birth order and attachment styles in university students. For the study, 234 students were randomly selected at Azad University in the Science & Research Branch, who completed two questionnaires: Hazen & Shaver’s Attachment Styles Inventory (AAI) and D’Zurilla et al.’s Social Problem Solving Skills Inventory-Revised (SPSI_R). Data were analyzed with multiple regression and MANOVA tests. The results revealed that avoidant and anxious attachment styles had significant and positive relationship with dysfunctional social problem solving, and had significant and negative relationship with functional social problem solving skills; and birth order significantly predicted dysfunctional social problem solving. Also, a comparison of the first and last children showed that a significant difference existed between the mean of first and last children in avoidant attachment style (first children were higher than that of last children). But there is no significant difference between first and last children in the dimensions of social problem-solving skills.
Auditor Compensation and Audit Failure: An Empirical Analysis

Record number of audit failures during the recent past has prompted much debate about whether high auditor compensation, especially for nonaudit work, may have led to lax auditing standards. We shed light on this question by comparing auditor compensation for a set of firms in which accounting improprieties were alleged in a shareholder class action lawsuit with a set of matched firms in the same industry and of similar size. Our evidence suggests that auditors were not compensated differently for either their audit or consulting services over the period in which their client was allegedly involved in an accounting fraud. However, for the set of firms with the largest market reaction to the alleged fraud, the nonaudit component of the total fees was significantly higher than comparable firms even after controlling for other known determinants of auditor compensation.
Revealing the dark matter halo with axion direct detection

The next generation of axion direct detection experiments may rule out or confirm axions as the dominant source of dark matter. We develop a general likelihood-based framework for studying the time-series data at such experiments, with a focus on the role of dark-matter astrophysics, to search for signatures of the QCD axion or axion like particles. We illustrate how in the event of a detection the likelihood framework may be used to extract measures of the local dark matter phase-space distribution, accounting for effects such as annual modulation and gravitational focusing, which is the perturbation to the dark matter phase-space distribution by the gravitational field of the Sun. Moreover, we show how potential dark matter substructure, such as cold dark matter streams or a thick dark disk, could impact the signal. For example, we find that when the bulk dark matter halo is detected at 5$\sigma$ global significance, the unique time-dependent features imprinted by the dark matter component of the Sagittarius stream, even if only a few percent of the local dark matter density, may be detectable at $\sim$2$\sigma$ significance. A co-rotating dark disk, with lag speed $\sim$50 km$/$s, that is $\sim$20$\%$ of the local DM density could dominate the signal, while colder but as-of-yet unknown substructure may be even more important. Our likelihood formalism, and the results derived with it, are generally applicable to any time-series based approach to axion direct detection.
Optimization of phytase production in solid state fermentation by different fungi

The present study was conducted to explore the potential fungal isolates for maximum production of phytase by optimizing solid substrate preference and growth parameters (pH, temperature, fermentation time) of solid state fermentation (SSF). It has been inferred from the results that all the tested fungi (Aspergillus niger, Aspergillus flavus, Aspergillus versicolor, Aspergillus nidulans, Cladosporium cladosporioides, Trichoderma reesei, and Trichoderma viride) showed inducible expression of phytase. Fungal isolates showed different preference of solid substrate out of wheat bran, lentil, oat, corn and bagasse for maximum production of phytase. Lentil and bagasse were not used preferably by any tested fungi. Among the tested fungi, maximum phytase production was observed in A. flavus (80 U/g of solid substrate) using wheat bran as solid substrate at pH 6 after 7 days of fermentation period at 30°C. It was established that solid substrates with high phytate and low inorganic phosphate (Pi) contents are substrate of choice for phytase production by SSF. Key words: Phytase, solid state fermentation, optimization.
Search for GeV flare coincident with the IceCube neutrino flare

Recently the IceCube collaboration and 15 other collaborations reported the spatial and temporal coincidence between the neutrino event IceCube-170922A and the radio-TeV activity of the blazar TXS 0506+056. Their further analysis on 9.5 years of IceCube data discovered neutrino flare between September 2014 and March 2015, when TXS 0506+056 is however in "quiescent" state. We analyze the Fermi-LAT data in that direction, and find another bright GeV source PKS 0502+049, which is at an angle of $1.2^{\circ}$ from TXS 0506+056, with strong activties during the neutrino flare. No other bright GeV source was detected in the region of interest. Though PKS 0502+049 is $1.2^\circ$ separated from TXS 0506+056, it locates within the directional reconstruction uncertainties of 7 neutrinos, out of the 13 neutrino events during the neutrino flare. Together with the observed high flux of the $\gamma$-ray flare, it may be unreasonable to fully discard the (partial) contribution of PKS 0502+049 to the neutrino flare. The single source assumption used in the neutrino data analysis might need to be revisited.
Knowledge and Practices of Food Safety among Senior Secondary School Students of International School, ObafemiAwolowo University, Ile- Ife, Nigeria

Background: Food safety is a global public health concern. The problem of food safety not only affects human health but also causes the economic damage of nations. School children have been the foremost victim of food borne illnesses due to their unsafe behavior in food consuming. Knowledge and practices of food safety is very important among students since they are also consumers. Objective: The objectives of this study were to assess the level of knowledge and practices of food safety; to investigate the association of certain demographic characteristics with the level of food safety knowledge and practices and to determine the correlation between the food safety knowledge and practices among senior secondary school students of International School, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria. Methods: This is a crosssectional study which used a pre-tested 27item, purpose designed, selfadministered questionnaires to collect information on knowledge and practices of the respondents on food safety. Data were collated and analyzed based on descriptive and inferential study design. Results: The result showed that the total percentages of respondents with good level of food safety knowledge is 86.0% (339) with only 14.0% (55) respondents having poor food safety knowledge level as majority of the respondents 97.7% (385) also have high level of food safety practices with only 2.3% (9) of them having low practices on food safety. In addition, the result showed significant association between religion of the respondents and food safety knowledge scores and significant association between food safety practice scores and class of the students (p <0.05). The results also showed significant correlation between food safety knowledge and practices of the students (p <0.05). Conclusion: It was, therefore, concluded that the senior secondary school students of International School, Obafemi Awolowo University, IleIfe, have good food safety knowledge and high food safety practices.
Assessment of Bacterial Hand Contamination and Associated Factors among Food Handlers Working in the Student Cafeterias of Jimma Main Campus, Jimma, South West Ethiopia

Background: Food borne diseases continue to be a major global health problem and are the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in developing countries. Food handlers play a major role in the transmission of food borne pathogens via hands. This study aimed to assess the bacterial hand contamination and associated factors among food handlers working in the student cafeterias of Jimma University main campus. Methods and materials: A cross-sectional study was conducted from May 2012 to April 2013 among food handlers working in the student cafeterias of Jimma University main campus. The data was collected by using structured questionnaire and observational checklist. Hand rinse samples was collected from participants and microbiologically examined for the presence of potential food borne bacterial contaminants using standard laboratory methods. The data was entered into a computer and analyzed using SPSS version-16.0 software. Result: Among 230 food handlers, 114(49.6%) were tested positive for one or more potential food borne bacterial contaminants, and 73(31.7%) were tested positive for enteric pathogens. A total of 171 bacterial hand contaminants were isolated. S. aureus 54(23.5%), Klebsiella spp. 37(16.1%), E. coli 25(10.9%), Enterobacter spp. 21(9.1%), Citrobacter spp. 10(4.3%), Serratia marcescens 6(2.6%), Pseudomonas aeruginosa 8(3.5%), Proteus spp. 5(2.2%), Providencia rettegri 3(1.3), and salmonella spp. 2(0.9%) were isolated with their corresponding prevalence rate. Bacterial hand contamination rate have significant association with service years (Chi-square=13.732, DF=4, P=0.008), age (χ2=11.308, P=0.010) and cleanness of outer garments (χ2=7.653, P=0.006). Conclusion: The findings of this study emphasized the importance of food handlers’ hands as a potential vector for potential food borne bacterial contaminants which could constitute a potential risk to food borne outbreaks. New employees and young and inexperienced food handlers should be well trained on personal hygienic practices pointing out on the importance of hand hygiene and appropriate hand washing techniques.
Risk indicators in childhood malignancies

A series of 972 childhood malignancies was compared with a control series of healthy children matched for date and place of birth. Several variables were tested for possible aetiological significance. The information was obtained from the Finnish Cancer Registry and from the antenatal records of the mothers. No significant associations were found between the various types of malignancies and the variables studied. In the group consisting of all malignancies, a risk ratio of 2.0 could be significantly excluded for most variables. In the leukaemia group, both pelvic X‐ray and polio vaccination were associated with slightly elevated risk ratios, but the differences between this group and the matched controls were not statistically significant. BCG vaccination was performed during the perinatal period in 90% of the children, but the proportion was the same in the study and control groups, and hence the hypothesis that this vaccination confers protection was not supported. The information is considered prospective and relatively reliable, and the authors suggest that these data may be useful when more extensive series are compiled from various sources.
Determination of Psychometric Properties of Non-Verbal Pain Scale in Patients Receiving Mechanical Ventilation

* Corresponding Author: Hoda Chookalayi, MSc. Address: School of Nursing and Midwifery, Ardabil University of Medical Sciences, Ardabil, Iran. Tel: +98 (911) 3562804 E-mail: yaminfaresw@yahoo.com Introduction: One of the major barriers to pain management is the lack of adequate scale for the assessment and diagnosis of pain in patients with no verbal response under mechanical ventilation in intensive care units. One of the few pain assessment scales in these patients is the Non-Verbal Pain Scale (NVPS).
Risk assessment of contrail formation using AIRS, MOZAIC and AERO2k databases

Ice supersaturation is a condition for contrails to persist and to induce additional cloud coverage. We use 6 years of the Atmospheric InfraRed Sounder (AIRS) data to determine the frequency of occurrence of potential persistent contrails over the globe. Since the relative humidity is retrieved over atmospheric layers of about 2 km depth, we use collocated data from the Meas- urements of OZone and water vapour by in-service AIrbus airCraft experiment (MOZAIC) to de- velop a correction algorithm for a better estimation of the frequency of ice supersaturation using the AIRS data. In addition, the AIRS cloud properties, retrieved at Laboratoire de Meteorologie Dy- namique (LMD), help to determine the occurrence of situations where persistent contrails would have the highest radiative impact. The AERO2k database, a global monthly inventory of aircraft traffic for the year 2002, is used to provide insight of the role played by the air traffic density.
La culture des algues marines dans le monde

La Terre, dite planete des hommes, n'est-elle pas en realite celle des algues? Presentes il y a 3,5 milliards d'annees, elles ont toujours ete les alliees objectives de la vie et des hommes. Nous leur devons l'oxygene et la couche d'ozone qui ont permis la vie vegetale et animale en mer et sur les continents. Elles servent de frayeres et de nourriceries a la faune marine. Les algues ont toujours ete offertes a l'homme pour sa nourriture et les besoins les plus divers. Algues brunes, vertes, rouges fournissent les substances, alginates, carraghenanes, agars, que l'industrie adapte a des usages innombrables entrant de plus en plus dans la vie moderne, qu'il s'agisse de materiaux courants (textiles, papiers, films, peintures), de toutes sortes d'aliments pour l'homme ou les animaux d'elevage, de medicaments, de produits de beaute,. La transformation des algues est parmi les secteurs les plus performants et les plus innovants de l'industrie moderne. L'avenir est prometteur pour les antibiotiques, antivirus et anticoagulants qu'elles contiennent. / Mais, les peuplements naturels ne suffisent plus a satisfaire cette demande. Il a fallu recourir a la culture des algues. Plus de 530 000 hectares y sont consacres, 900 000 algoculteurs y travaillent dans 200 000 entreprises familiales, 250 usines conditionnent les produits. L'algoculture est la branche la plus forte de l'aquaculture. Cet ouvrage fait l'inventaire des methodes utilisees dans le monde, surtout en Extreme-Orient, au moment ou l'on passe de la culture toute simple a celle geree par ordinateur, en un temps ou il apparait de plus en plus que l'algoculture pourrait etre une des sources de cette energie propre dont l'humanite aura immanquablement besoin. Cette synthese s'adresse non seulement aux scientifiques qui y trouveront un point des connaissances mais a tous ceux, algoculteurs, industriels, amenageurs, ecologistes, qui tireront le meilleur parti de cette somme d'experiences.