Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Patients’ satisfaction regarding facilities and services provided at AYUSH clinics of primary health centres in rural Puducherry

Background: Patient satisfaction is a crucial component of the health care system in today’s competitive modern era. There is a limited literature describing the patient satisfaction on AYUSH care and therefore this study was undertaken to assess the satisfaction about facilities, healthcare providers and treatment among the patients attending selected AYUSH-attached PHCs in rural Puducherry.Methods: A facility based cross-sectional study was conducted among the patients who attended AYUSH clinics at 4 selected PHCs of Puducherry over a period of one year. Personal Interviews using semi-structured pretested proforma was conducted for capturing information on socio-demographic variables, satisfaction regarding the facilities and health care providers. Telephonic interviews were conducted two weeks after the centre-based personal interviews, to assess the patients’ treatment satisfaction levels.Results: Out of the 584 patients interviewed, 71.23% rated as very good/excellent their interaction with the healthcare providers, with regards to satisfaction about the infrastructure facilities, the proportion rating very good/excellent ranged from 64.47% to 93.93% across the different AYUSH PHCs.Conclusions: Overall satisfaction about the quality of services and treatment was good among the patients.
Toxins of Extraintestinal Escherichia coli Isolated from Blood Culture

Extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli (ExPEC) is one of the main etiological agents of bloodstream infections caused by Gram-negative bacilli. ExPEC pathogenicity is due to the presence of genes, located on plasmids or chromosomes that encode virulence factors. E. coli virulence factors such as adhesins, toxins, invasins are able to modify the metabolism of host cell, contributing to disease. In this study, 80 strains of E. coli were isolated by hemoculture from septicemic patients and examinated by polymerase chain reaction to identify the virulence factors genes encoding toxins and to determine the phylogenetic group. We characterized genes encoding 3 different types of toxins: α-hemolysin (hlyA), cytotoxic necrotizing factor type 1 (cnf1) and five subtypes of cytolethal distending toxins (cdt-I to cdt-V). 23.75% of E. coli strains contained cnf1 gene and 22.5% hlyA. Genes cdt-I and cdt-IV were detected in 1 of 80 strains. Phylogenetic classification showed that E. coli strains fall into 4 groups (A, B1, B2, D) based on PCR detection (chuA and yjaA genes and DNA fragment TSPE4.C2). Virulent ExPEC belong mostly to groups B2 and D. Our results confirmed this fact: 56% of E. coli strains belonged to group B2 and 24% to group D.
EPICORMIC SHOOTS INDUCTION AND ROOTING CUTTINGS OF Calophyllum brasiliense

Calophyllum brasiliense apresenta ampla distribuicao natural no Brasil e seu crescimento monopodial, fuste retilineo e madeira moderadamente densa tem atraido o interesse da industria madeireira nas ultimas decadas. Entretanto, a carencia em metodos eficientes de resgate e propagacao vegetativa de material adulto tem sido um fator limitante na selecao de genotipos superiores em programas de melhoramento da especie. Assim, objetivou-se avaliar metodos de inducao de brotacoes epicormicas e o enraizamento de estacas em arvores de Calophyllum brasiliense com 14 anos de idade. Para tanto, tres metodos de inducao de brotacoes epicormicas foram implantados: decepa, anelamento e semianelamento. Avaliou-se o numero de brotos produzidos e a porcentagem de matrizes brotadas aos 6, 12 e 15 meses apos a instalacao do experimento. Com as brotacoes resultantes, foram instalados tres experimentos de estaquia, comparando o enraizamento adventicio entre as diferentes matrizes e metodos de inducao de brotacoes epicormicas. Os resultados demonstraram a viabilidade do resgate vegetativo de Calophyllum brasiliense por estaquia utilizando brotacoes epicormicas induzidas por decepa e anelamento do tronco. Em contrapartida, o semianelamento nao foi eficiente na inducao de brotacoes epicormicas. Em relacao ao enraizamento adventicio, a tecnica de inducao nao influenciou o enraizamento de estacas, apresentando variacao entre as diferentes matrizes
LIMNOBIOLOGICAL STATUS OF HOSPITAL WASTE-FED POND WITHIN THE BURDWAN MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL PREMISES AT BURDWAN TOWN, W.B.

DEBRAJ KOLE1, PALAS SAMANTA,1 APURBA RATAN GHOSH,1* SANDIPAN PAL2 AND ALOKE KUMAR MUKHERJEE3 1Department of Environmental Science, The University of Burdwan, Golapbag, Burdwan 713 104, West Bengal, INDIA 2Department of Environmental Science, Aghorekamini Prakashchandra Mahavidyalaya, Subhasnagar, Bengai – 712 611, Hooghly, West Bengal, INDIA 3 PG Department of Conservation Biology, Durgapur Govt. College, Durgapur 713 214, Burdwan, West Bengal, INDIA e-mail: apurbaghosh2010@gmail.com
Length Scale of Cooperativity in the Dynamic Glass Transition

The molecular dynamics in the glass transition of the “quasi” ‐ van der Waals glass salol confined to nanopores (2.5, 5.0, and 7.5 nm) with lubricated inner surfaces is found to be faster ( by up to 2 orders of magnitude) than in the bulk liquid. This effect of confinement is more pronounced for smaller pores. It reflects the cooperativity of molecular motions in the glass transition and enables its length scale to be determined quantitatively. [S0031-9007(97)04009-X]
Lecture Notes on Bergman projectors in tube domains over cones : an analytic and geometric viewpoint

In these notes we present in printed form the content of a se ries of lectures given by ve of the authors at the International Workshop in Classical Analysis held in Yaounde in December. Our purpose is to introduce the problem of Lp pq boundedness of weighted Bergman projectors on tube domains over symmetric cones and show some of the latest progress obtained in this subject. We begin with a complete description of the situation on the upper halfplane. Next we introduce the geometric machinery necessary to study the problem in higher dimensions. This includes the riemannian structure of symmetric cones the induced Whitney decomposition and the introduction of a wider class of spaces with mixed L p,q norms. Our main result is the boundedness of the weighted Bergman projector on the weighted mixed norm spaces L p,q for an appropriate range of indices p q. Finally we conclude by discussing various applications further results and open questions.
Effect of educational intervention on health-promoting behaviors of high school students in Karaj city

Introduction: Adolescence is a critical period with changes in the physical, emotional and developmental traits which is considered as a preparation phase for adulthood. The trend of these changes will determine the health behavior of adults. Therefore, motivation of teenagers to perform healthy behaviors is a priority of community public health. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of the educational intervention on health promoting behaviors of high school students in the Karaj city. Methods: This experimental study was performed on 400 high school students in the Karaj city. Participants were randomly selected by multi-stage sampling method. Educational intervention was performed using lecture and question and answer method. Data were collected using the demographic and health promoting behaviors (HPLP) questionnaires and analyzed by SPSS 19. Results: Performing educational intervention increased the mean score of some health promoting behavior dimensions including responsibility for health ,physical activity, nutrition, interpersonal relationships (P0.05). No significant changes were observed in the dimensions of health promoting behaviors in the control group (P>0.05) Conclusion: The findings indicated that educational intervention could improve health-promoting behaviors of the studied population. Therefore it is necessary to design and implement such educational program for promoting healthy behaviors of students.
Onset of Darcy-Brinkman Reaction-Convection in an Anisotropic Porous Layer

The linear and nonlinear stability analysis of double diffusive reaction-convection in a sparsely packed anisotropic porous layer subjected to chemical equilibrium on the boundaries is investigated analytically. The linear analysis is based on the usual normal mode method and the nonlinear theory on the truncated representation of Fourier series method. The Darcy-Brinkman model is employed for the momentum equation. The onset criterion for stationary, oscillatory and finite amplitude convection is derived analytically. The effect of Darcy number, Damkohler number, anisotropy parameters, Lewis number, and normalized porosity on the stationary, oscillatory, and finite amplitude convection is shown graphically. It is found that the effect of Darcy number and mechanical anisotropy parameter have destabilizing effect, while the thermal anisotropy parameter has stabilizing effect on the stationary, oscillatory and finite amplitude convection. The Damkohler number has destabilizing effect in the case of stationary mode, with stabilizing effect in the case of oscillatory and finite amplitude modes. Further, the transient behavior of the Nusselt and Sherwood numbers are investigated by solving the nonlinear system of ordinary differential equations numerically using the Runge-Kutta method.
Assessment of effective factors on bacterial oxidation of ferrous iron by focusing on sweetening natural gas

In this study, the effects of some factors on bacterial growth and ferrous oxidation rates were investigated by Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidan in 250 ml shake flasks. One factor at a time (OFAT) design approach was used for preliminary evaluation of various factors affecting the process, such as pH, initial ferrous and elemental sulfur concentrations, shaker agitation rate, and liquid to flask volume ratio. After that, optimal levels of effective last three factors to achieve high oxidation rate and cell growth rate were investigated using a full factorial design. It was obtained that agitation rate and liquid to flask volume, as well as their binary interaction, are significant factors on ferrous iron bio-oxidation rate. In contrast, initial high ferrous iron concentration was the only effective factor on the cell growth rate. Maximum bio-oxidation rate of 0.417 g/L was achieved at the media with Fe2+ ion concentration of 30 g/l, agitation rate of 200 rpm, and liquid to flask volume ratio of 20% by full factorial optimization, which is an about 40% increase compared to the result obtained in OFAT method. Then, the effect of step-wise adaptation of A. ferrooxidans to in high Fe2+ concentration was studied, and about 40% reduction in bacterial lag phase time, and 36 and 86% increase in bacterial growth rate and bio-oxidation rate were acquired, respectively.
Potential role of wildlife in pathogenic contamination of fresh produce

The safety of fresh produce is an important concern in the United States, especially in the wake of recent national foodborne illness outbreaks. The agricultural industry has implemented steps to enhance food safety along the entire farm-to-fork supply chain. This includes on-farm measures to exclude wildlife and to remove its habitat in and around fields. Farmers and others from across the United States have expressed concern about the ecological consequences and uncertain food safety benefits of such practices. This article reviews the scientific rationale behind management of wildlife and its habitat as part of good agriculture practices for enhancing food safety. The review concludes that, although pathogen prevalence has been documented in wildlife at overall low levels, the potential role that wildlife and its habitat play in pathogenic contamination remains unclear and is interwoven with pathogenic risk from human and domesticated animal sources. The characterization and disruption of potential links between livestock and wildlife is highlighted as a research priority. The findings underscore the importance of appropriate wildlife research and management in the context of food safety and to human-wildlife interactions in general, and they have implications wherever fresh produce is grown in the United States.
Modelling Earning Gaps: An Assessment of the Impact of Sticky Floors and Glass Ceiling in Lebanon

Efficiency in the labour market is usually accounted for in order to understand and assess earning gaps that prevail among males and females. Arguing that the individuals’ skills, productivity, and commitment to work ultimately determine their incomes sounds too naive to explain the earnings’ differential between males and females. In fact, discrimination against females may occur at different stages of their career path. The wage gap is apparent at the top (glass ceiling) as well as at the bottom (sticky floors) of wage distribution. This paper intends to explore earning gaps as a function of the characteristics of existing Lebanese human capital and labour productivity in selected white collar jobs within a large institution of the service industry. Quantitative analysis using linear regression is conducted. Outcomes of the research are expected to lead to the exploration and the explanation of the impact of automatic stabilizers on the Lebanese labour market in reducing gender disparity, and hence to discuss the government’s intervention practices.
Labour market and other discrimination facing Indigenous Australians

This paper uses self-reported data to illustrate how Indigenous Australians experience discrimination and how it is potentially associated with poor labour market outcomes. After giving consideration to what factors may lead people to report being discriminated against, an empirical analysis of self-reported discrimination is presented, utilising data from the 2008 National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Survey (NATSISS). Correlations between discrimination experienced in different settings are identified, and the association of discrimination with human capital and other characteristics is presented. The results suggest that the main process driving the reporting of discrimination is the extent to which an individual is exposed to situations in which they interact with potential discriminators. This could mean that some Indigenous Australians decrease their labour supply in order to avoid potentially adverse (discriminatory) situations. Implications for understanding Indigenous disadvantage are discussed along with recommendations for both addressing discrimination and enhancing the resilience of individuals facing discrimination.
Fatigue-free samarium-modified bismuth titanate (Bi4−xSmxTi3O12) film capacitors having large spontaneous polarizations

Fatigue-free and highly c-axis oriented Bi3.15Sm0. 85Ti3O12 (BSmT) thin films were grown on Pt/TiO2/SiO2/Si(100) substrates using the method of metalorganic sol decomposition. The BSmT film capacitor with a top Pt electrode showed significantly improved values of the remanent polarization (2Pr) and the nonvolatile charge as compared to those of the Bi4−xLaxTi3O12 (x=0.75) film capacitor, recently known as the most promising candidate for nonvolatile memories. The 2Pr value of the BSmT capacitor was 49 μC/cm2 at an applied voltage of 10 V while the net nonvolatile switching charge was as high as 20 μC/cm2 and remained essentially constant up to 4.5×1010 read/write switching cycles at a frequency of 1 MHz. In addition to these, the capacitor demonstrated excellent charge–retention characteristics with its sensing margin of 17 μC/cm2 and a strong resistance against the imprinting failure.
Simulating the environment around planet-hosting stars - II. Stellar winds and inner astrospheres

We present the results of a comprehensive numerical simulation of the environment around three exoplanet-host stars (HD 1237, HD 22049, and HD 147513). Our simulations consider one of the latest models currently used for space weather studies in the Heliosphere. Large-scale magnetic field maps, recovered with two implementations of the tomographic technique of Zeeman-Doppler imaging, serve to drive steady-state solutions in each system. This paper contains the description of the stellar wind and inner astrosphere, while the coronal structure was previously discussed in Alvarado-G\'omez et al. (2016). The analysis includes the magneto-hydrodynamical properties of the stellar wind, the associated mass and angular momentum loss rates, as well as the topology of the astrospheric current sheet in each system. A systematic comparison among the considered cases is performed, including two reference solar simulations covering activity minimum and maximum. For HD 1237, we investigate the interactions between the structure of the developed stellar wind, and a possible magnetosphere around the Jupiter-mass planet in this system. We find that the process of particle injection into the planetary atmosphere is dominated by the density distribution rather than velocity profile of the stellar wind. In this context, we predict a maximum exoplanetary radio emission of 12 mJy at 40 MHz in this system, assuming the crossing of a high-density streamer during periastron passage. Furthermore, in combination with the analysis performed in Alvarado-G\'omez et al. (2016), we obtain for the first time a fully simulated mass loss-activity relation, which is compared and discussed in the context of the relation based on astrospheric detections proposed by Wood et al. (2005a). Finally, we provide a characterisation of the 3D properties of the stellar wind of these systems, at the inner edges of their habitable zones.
IISS: A Framework to Influence Individuals through Social Signals on a Social Network

Contemporary online social platforms present individuals with social signals in the form of news feed on their peers’ activities. On networks such as Facebook, Quora, network operator decides how that information is shown to an individual. Then the user, with her own interests and resource constraints selectively acts on a subset of items presented to her. The network operator again, shows that activity to a selection of peers, and thus creating a behavioral loop. That mechanism of interaction and information flow raises some very interesting questions such as: can network operator design social signals to promote a particular activity like sustainability, public health care awareness, or to promote a specific product? The focus of my thesis is to answer that question. In this thesis, I develop a framework to personalize social signals for users to guide their activities on an online platform. As the result, we gradually nudge the activity distribution on the platform from the initial distribution p to the target distribution q . My work is particularly applicable to guiding collaborations, guiding collective actions, and online advertising. In particular, I first propose a probabilistic model on how users behave and how information flows on the platform. The main part of this thesis after that discusses the Influence Individuals through Social Signals (IISS) framework. IISS consists of four main components: (1) Learner: it learns users’ interests and characteristics from their historical activities using Bayesian model, (2) Calculator: it uses gradient descent method to compute the intermediate activity distributions, (3) Selector: it selects users who can be influenced to adopt or drop specific activities, (4) Designer: it personalizes social signals for each user. I evaluate the performance of IISS framework by simulation on several network topologies such as preferential attachment, small world, and random. I show that the framework gradually nudges users’ activities to approach the target distribution. I use both simula-
Occupancy Driven Uncertainty in Electric Lighting Use: Modeling a Case Study

Uncertainty in building occupancy can lead to significant variations in electric lighting use. In its first six months of operation, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s Research Support Facility (RSF) exceeded its modeled electric lighting energy budget because of unanticipated occupancy patterns in the evenings. This experience highlights the potential usefulness of modeling occupancy uncertainty and its impact on loads such as lighting energy use, while at the same time pointing out the difficulty of appropriately bracketing and quantifying all reasonable scenarios. In this paper we build on the RSF example to develop models for uncertainty in electric lighting use caused by uncertainty in building occupancy and interactions with lighting controls, especially in office buildings with open work space. The models so developed may be used by engineers and architects to understand how lighting control strategies affect energy usage under occupancy uncertainty. We also use our models to reflect on the RSF modeling process, and subsequent experience with the physical building and lighting use mitigation strategies.
The Impact of the Global Financial Crisis on the Integration of the Chinese and Indonesian Stock Markets

The study investigates the integration of Chinese stock market with Indonesian stock market after the 2008 global financial crisis, by considering volatility spillover between the two countries. The study also considers the volatility spillovers effects of Japan and the U.S on Indonesian and Chinese stock markets. Exponential generalized autoregressive conditional heteroskedasticity model is employed for analyzing data series covering January 4, 2002 to December 20, 2011. The results indicate that Indonesian and Chinese stock markets have bidirectional return spillover effects before and after the 2008 global financial crisis. The results of volatility spillover effects provide evidence that Chinese stock market has unidirectional effect on Indonesia stock market after the financial crisis. We also found evidence of volatility spillover effect of the Japanese stock market on Indonesian stock market before and after the crisis, but we do not find volatility spillover evidence from the U.S to Indonesian stock market after the financial crisis. This finding indicates that besides Japan, China has increased its influence on Indonesian stock market after the global financial crisis, whereas the U.S has become less influential than before the crisis. This strong integration of the Chinese stock market in Indonesia market implies limited gains for portfolio diversification from the international portfolio investors.
Focusing effects in laser-electron Thomson scattering

We study the effects of laser pulse focusing on the spectral properties of Thomson scattered radiation. Modeling the laser as a paraxial beam we find that, in all but the most extreme cases of focusing, the temporal envelope has a much bigger effect on the spectrum than the focusing itself. For the case of ultrashort pulses, where the paraxial model is no longer valid, we adopt a subcycle vector beam description of the field. It is found that the emission harmonics are blue shifted and broaden out in frequency space as the pulse becomes shorter. Additionally the carrier envelope phase becomes important, resulting in an angular asymmetry in the spectrum. We then use the same model to study the effects of focusing beyond the limit where the paraxial expansion is valid. It is found that fields focussed to subwavelength spot sizes produce spectra that are qualitatively similar to those from subcycle pulses due to the shortening of the pulse with focusing. Finally, we study high-intensity fields and find that, in general, the focusing makes negligible difference to the spectra in the regime of radiation reaction.