Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Mix-infections with different genotypes of HCV and with HCV plus other hepatitis viruses in patients with hepatitis C in China

AIM: Clinical therapy and prognosis in HCV infections are not good, and mix-infections with different HCV genotypes or quasispecies and mix-infections with HCV plus other hepatitis viruses are important concerns worldwide. The present report describes the sequence diversity and genotying of the 5'NCR of HCV isolates from hepatitis patients mix-infected with different HCV genotypes or variants, and the conditions of mix-infections with HCV plus other hepatitis viruses, providing important diagnostic and prognostic information for more effective treatment of HCV infections.METHODS: The 5' non-coding region (5'NCR) of HCV was isolated from the patients sera and sequenced, and sequence variability and genotypes of HCV were defined by nucleotide sequence alignment and phylogenetic analysis, and the patients mix-infected with HCV plus other hepatitis viruses were analyzed. The conditions and clinical significance of mix-infections with HCV plus other hepatitis viruses were further studied.RESULTS: Twenty-four out of 43 patients with chronic hepatitis C were defined as mix-infected with different genotypes of HCV. Among these 24 patients, 9 were mixinfected with genotype 1 and 3, 7 with different variants of genotype 1, 2 with different variants of genotype 2, 6with different variants of genotype 3. No patients were found mix-infected with genotype 1 and 2 or with genotype 2 and 3. The clinical virological analysis of 60 patients mixinfected with HCV plus other hepatitis viruses showed that 45.0 % of the patients were mix-infected with HCV plus HAV, 61.7 % with HCV plus HBV, 6.7 % with HCV plus HDV/HBV, 8.4 % with HCV plus HEV, 3.3 % with HCV plus HGV. Infections with HCV plus other hepatitis viruses may exacerbate the pathological lesion of the liver.CONCLUSION: The findings in the present study imply that mix-infections with different HCV genotypes and mixinfections with HCV plus other hepatitis viruses were relatively high in Yunnan, China, providing important diagnostic and prognostic information for more effective
Pengaruh Gaya Hidup dan Literasi Keuangan Terhadap Pengelolaan Keuangan Tenaga Kerja Muda di Jakarta

The main purpose of this research is to analyze the impact of lifestyle and financial literacy on financial management. The method of this research is quantitative research. The population of this research are young workers in Jakarta with accidental sampling tehniques using 30 samples as a pre test and 135 samples as a main test. The analysis techniques use multiple regression, t test and F test. The result of t test showed that lifestyle and financial literacy partially affected on financial management. And the result of F test showed that lifestyle and financial literacy simultaneous affected on financial management.
Is tourism affecting polychaete assemblages associated with rhodolith beds in Northeastern Brazil?

ABSTRACT. Introduction: Rhodoliths are biogenic structures distributed worldwide, formed by several types of calcareous algae. They may host a great diversity of marine invertebrates, among which polychaetes are conspicuous and diversified representatives. Rhodolith beds are notwithstanding vulnerable to several human activities (e.g. exploitation of commercial species associated with rhodoliths, petroleum exploration, fishing activities, effluent discharges, and tourism), which may compromise that diversity. Tourism is presently increasing its impact on rhodolith beds. Global warming and ocean acidification are also determinant factors in faunal change. Objective: to analyse the polychaete assemblages associated with rhodolith beds subject to different intensities of touristic pressure at Seixas Beach (NE Brazil), where tourism is gradually increasing over time. Methods: Effects were evaluated at two depths, 1.5 m and 4.0 m. Sampling was done every two months during 2015, encompassing the two marked seasons of the year in the region (rainy and dry). Quadrats of 15 x 15 cm were placed in each depth during sampling. All rhodoliths present within the quadrat were collected (usually four to five rhodoliths). Our hypothesis was that the deeper depth and the samples from the dry season months would be increasingly subject to the impact of tourism. Results: Overall, 49 species were found (from 21 different families), and a total of 733 individuals were collected. The most abundant species was Eunice wasinensis (280 individuals, 38.2% of total abundance). The species Eurythoe complanata, Eunice biannulata, E. wasinensis, Lysidice ninetta, Oxydromus pugettensis and Ceratonereis (Ceratonereis) singularis appeared in all months. The study detected a tendency for higher diversity to occur at the depth of 1.5 m for all indices, but only the Shannon-Wiener values were significantly higher there (p < 0.05). No clear differences were found regarding months or season. Conclusions: These results suggest that a higher potential pressure due to tourism may occur at 4.0 m due to more intense craft shipping activities (traffic of catamaran boats transporting tourists to and from the reefs) in that area.
Bacteremic Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Ethiopian Children: Etiology, Antibiotic Resistance, Risk Factors, and Clinical Outcome

Abstract Background Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality. We sought to determine the magnitude, etiology, and risk factors of CAP in children 5 years after introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) 10 in Ethiopia. Methods We conducted a prospective observational study on the bacterial etiology and risk factors of CAP among children aged 0–15 years in 2 pediatric emergency departments in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Blood culture, antibiotic susceptibility testing, and amplification of pneumococcal lytA and cpsB genes were performed. Serotypes of Streptococcus pneumoniae were determined by Quellung reaction and sequencing the cpsB gene. Results Out of 643 eligible children, 549 were enrolled. The prevalence of bacteremic pneumonia was 5.6%. Staphylococcus aureus (26.5%) was the predominant pathogenic species, followed by Enterococcus faecium (11.8%), Escherichia coli (11.8%), and Klebsiella pneumoniae (11.8%). In univariate analysis, parental smoking and nonvaccination with PCV10 were associated with bacteremic CAP. In multivariable analysis, female sex (adjusted odds ratio [aOR], 2.3; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.1–4.9), weight-for-age z-score (WAZ) <–2 SDs (aOR, 2.2; 95% CI, 1.1–4.8), and lower chest indrawing (aOR, 0.44; 95% CI, 0.2–0.95) were independently associated with bacteremic CAP. The overall in-hospital case fatality rate was 2.37% (13/549), and WAZ <–3 SDs (OR, 13.5; 95% CI, 3.95–46.12) was associated with mortality. Conclusions Five years after the introduction of PCV10 in Ethiopia, S. aureus was the main cause of bacteremic CAP in children, the contribution of S. pneumoniae was low, and there was a high level of antibiotic resistance among isolates.
Kinetics of drying of basil leaves (Ocimum basilicum L.) in the infrared

The objective of this paper was to model the drying curves of the leaves of basil (Ocimum basilicum L.) in the infrared at temperatures of 50, 60, 70 and 80 oC and to evaluate the influence of drying temperature on the color of dried leaves. Drying was conducted in infrared dryer with temperature and greenhouse air circulation. Experimental data were fitted to eight mathematical models. The magnitude of the coefficient of determination (R2), the mean relative error (P), the estimated mean error (SE) and chisquare test (χ2) were used to verify the degree of fitness of the models. From the study it was concluded that: a) the behavior of the drying curves of basil leaves was similar to most agricultural products, the drying times in the infrared were less than the drying times in an oven with air circulation, b) the mathematical drying model proposed by Midilli et al. (2002) was the one which best adjusted to the experimental data, c) the diffusion coefficient ranged from 9.10 x 10-12 to 2.92 x 10-11 m2 s-1 and d) the color of the samples was highly influenced by drying, becoming darker due to loss of chlorophyll with increasing temperature.
Visitors’ satisfaction, perceived quality, and behavioral intentions: the case study of exit festival

Events organized to promote the cultural values of destinations increase tourism diversity and activities. Over 2000 different events are organized annually in Serbia, and music festivals are the most visited. One of them is EXIT festival. The EXIT festival is one of the biggest cultural and social projects running in Serbia based on the concept of modern European festivals. For the past eighteen years, Novi Sad has been hosting one of the largest, or even the largest international event in Serbia, which has attracted over 200,000 visitors, half of whom are foreign visitors. This study explored the relationships between the perceived quality of festival performance and experience factors (traffic and information, hygiene and safety, culture and art, socialization, infrastructure and products and services), behavioral intention and the overall visitor’s satisfaction intending to test a mediating role of the overall visitor’s satisfaction. For this purpose, data were collected from a sample of 557 EXIT festival visitors in Novi Sad in July 2016.
Geographic Spread of Currency Trading: The Renminbi and Other EM Currencies

This paper studies the ongoing diffusion of renminbi trading across the globe, the first such research of an international currency. It analyses the distribution in offshore renminbi trading in 2013 and 2016, using comprehensive data from the Triennial Central Bank Survey of Foreign Exchange and Over-the-Counter Derivatives Market Activity. In 2013, Asian centres favoured by the policy of renminbi internationalisation had big shares in global renminbi trading. In the following three years, renminbi trading seemed to converge to the spatial pattern of all currencies, with a half-life of seven to eight years. The previously most traded emerging market currency, the Mexican peso, shows a similar pattern, although it is converging to the global norm more slowly. Three other major emerging market currencies show a qualitatively similar evolution in the geography of their offshore trading. Overall the renminbi's internationalisation is tracing an arc from the influence of administrative measures to the working of market forces.
THE EFFECTIVENESS OF LEMON JUICE (Citrus limon) ON PURKINJE CELL OF WHITE MALE MICE (Mus musculus) CEREBELLAR CORTEX THAT EXPOSED BY MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE (MSG)

Introduction: A number of studies have indicated that excessive MSG (Monosodium glutamate) consumption can lead to the formation of free radicals that can have a negative effect on purkinje cells in the cerebellar cortex. Lemon fruit is a plant that has benefits as a natural antioxidant because it contains compounds such as flavonoids, vitamin C, citric acid and other substances . This study aims to examine the effect of lemon juice (Citrus limon) to purkinje cells of the cerebellum cortex on male white mice (Mus musculus) which exposed of monosodium glutamate. Method: This research is an experimental laboratory with a post test only control group design. The research subjects were 30 white male mice divided into 5 groups: normal control given standard feed, negative control given MSG dose 4mg / grBW, group of dose I , dose II , and dose III that were each given lemon juice with doses 3.33ml / kgBW, 6.67ml / kgBW, 13.33ml/ kgBW respectively. The number of purkinje cells is calculated in the cerebellar cortex by HE staining. The results of the study were analyzed by One Way ANOVA followed by the Bonferroni Post hoc test. Results: The average number of purkinje cells in administration of lemon juice with dosages of 3.33 ml/kgBW, 6.67 ml/kgBW and 13.33 ml /kgBW were 14.10 cells, 16.73 cells and 17.50 cells respectively. Based on the Post Hoc test, the average number of purkinje cells at the dose of 13.33 ml / kgBW was higher than the negative control (p = 0.021) Conclusion: Lemon juice could be used to reduce negative effect of MSG on purkinje cells of white male mice. Moreover, this finding could be used as reference on further research of benefit of lemon juice.
Non-invasive modulation of brain functional networks

This thesis covers two consecutive projects which aim to improve our understanding of well-established methods to imaging and manipulate brain activity. In the first project, I established a novel approach to acquire high-resolution functional brain imaging data. In a second project, I systematically tested the different effects of brain stimulation on local and global neural activity in the human brain.
Application of Deep Learning in Analog Circuit Sizing

Operational amplifiers (opamp) are the most common structures in analog circuit. However, opamp sizing problems rely heavily on the designer's personal experience. One problem that hampers opamp's automatic sizing is that the search space for the opamp size is too large, making the search process time consuming. In recent years, with the rapid development of GPU-based deep learning technology, it has become possible to automatically explore the sizing problem of analog circuits through the machine; that is, given the performance index, the machine is required to automatically output the length and width of each transistor and the output circuit performance should be close to the input performance specifications. In this paper, we use two neural network structures, Recurrent Neural Network (RNN) and Deep Neural Network (DNN), to construct two deep learning models that can automatically solve the sizing problem. The final simulation results show that our model can accurately predict the size of the transistor, where the accuracy of the RNN model is 92.6%, and the accuracy of the DNN is 95.6%.
Impact of Plant Clinics on Farmers’ Knowledge, Attitude and Practice With Plant Health Issues

Plant clinics in Nepal has been started in 2008 and has coverage in more than 40 districts of Nepal. A study has been conducted in Chitwan district of Nepal to assess the changes on farmer’s knowledge attitude and practice due to implementation of plant clinics. Total of 175 clinic attendants and 175 non-attendants were selected by simple random sampling method and interviewed by using semi-structured questionnaire. By and large, this study found wider positive changes among clinic attendants than non-attendants especially on their knowledge and skills to identity pests and diseases with their causes and practice appropriate remedial measures against those problems. The study revealed positive impact to by increasing knowledge and skillset among attending farmers to assess the season of disease and pest occurrence, estimate economic threshold level as well as preventive and curative measures against the plant health problems. Plant clinic has made impressive positive changes on adoption of recommended dose of pesticides and organic control methods among attendants than non-attendants. The level of awareness and adoption of waiting period after pesticide use was found higher among attendants than non-attendants.
Inviscid flow separation at the crest of an erodible dune

The question of the place where a fluid flow separates on a curved obstacle is among the most difficult in fluid mechanics. A criterion based on the cancellation, at that place, of the inviscid flow singularity was proposed by Brillouin [Annal. Chimie Phys. 23, 145 (1911)] and Villat [J. Math. Pures Appl. 10, 231 (1914)], which is at the starting point of the triple-deck theory. A similar question arises for the flow over an erodible sand dune with sharp crest, where the a priori unknown dune profile and location of the crest result from the coupling of the fluid flow with the sand motion at the dune surface. We show, by computing the potential flow with Levi-Civita’s conformal transformation and using a standard closure law for the shear stress driving the sand flux, that the Brillouin-Villat condition here provides the appropriate criterion. We emphasize that within the present model where the bed shear stress is in phase with the flow velocity, so that the flat bed is linearly stable, it is the separation which allows the existence of a self-preserving dune shape. For a dune traveling without deformation on a nonerodible ground, the Brillouin-Villat condition eventually selects its velocity. A parallel is drawn with the Kutta-Joukovski condition for the flow around an airfoil.
Physiological Basis of Yield Differences in Quality Protein Maize Genotypes of Different Maturity Groups

Yield performance of early maturing maize (Zea mays L.) varieties in the rainforest agroecology of southwest Nigeria, is lower than that of intermediate varieties and that there was no yield advantage in the late varieties over the intermediate maturing varieties. However, the physiological basis of yield differences is yet to be fully investigated. This study was carried out to investigate the physiological basis underlying yield differences in quality protein maize genotypes of different maturity groups. Field experiment was conducted as randomized complete block design (RCBD) with three replicates at Institute of Agricultural Research and Training, Obafemi Awolowo University, Moor Plantation, Ibadan during 2013 and 2014 cropping seasons. The results indicated that season influenced days to 50% Anthesis (DTA), days to 50% silking (DTS), anthesis silking interval (ASI), plant height (PLHT), ear height (EHT), ear per plant (EPP), ear aspect (EASP), kernel width (KWDT) and grain yield (GYD). Maturity groups also influenced DTA, DTS, PASP, PLHT, EHT, and with no effect on GYD. The overall mean grain yields across seasons were 4.44, 4.16, 3.64 and 3.36 t/ha for season 1, 2, 3 and 4, respectively. It was concluded from this study that all the maturity groups used had similar grain yield.
The Creeping Attachment Induced Technique (CAIT) in Natural and Restored Teeth: Case Reports with 24 Months of Follow-Up

This article describes a nonsurgical approach for treating gingival recessions and increasing gingival thickness around the natural teeth. Two female patients, presenting gingival recessions at the maxillary frontal teeth, were treated. Patient #1 had a discrepancy among the central maxillary incisors' gingival margin, and tooth UL1 needed to be restored. Patient #2 presented a buccal gingival recession at tooth UL3. In both cases, the sulcular gingival margin was gently disephitelized with a diamond bur leaving the soft tissue healing by itself. After 4 weeks, the procedure was reperformed. After 6 months, the gingival margins appeared thicker and a creeping attachment was achieved in both cases, obtaining gingival symmetry, related to the adjacent or contralateral teeth, and root coverage. Gingival asymmetry, gingival recessions, and gingival thickness may be improved by means of a guided gentle nonsurgical stimulation, providing creeping attachment in the natural and also restored teeth, with a healthy and stable tissue after 24 months of follow-up.
Lip Reading using Simple Dynamic Features and a Novel ROI for Feature Extraction

Deaf or hard-of-hearing people mostly rely on lip-reading to understand speech. They demonstrate the ability of humans to understand speech from visual cues only. Automatic lip reading systems work in a similar fashion - by obtaining speech or text from just the visual information, like a video of a person's face. In this paper, an automatic lip reading system for spoken digit recognition is presented. The system uses simple dynamic features by creating difference images between consecutive frames of the video input. Using this technique, word recognition rates of 83.79% and 65.58% are achieved in speaker-dependent and speaker-independent testing scenarios, respectively. A novel, extended region-of-interest (ROI) which includes lower jaw and neck region is also introduced. Most lip-reading algorithms use only the mouth/lip region for relevant feature extraction. Over simple mouth as the ROI, the proposed ROI improves the performance by 4% in speaker-dependent tests and by 11% in speaker-independent tests.
Padlet as an educational tool: pedagogical considerations and lessons learnt

Reported in this study is an academic's exploration with Padlet to support the teaching of Communication Skills to second year Degree students. Padlet is a web 2.0 tool which can be used to share information, images, audio or video files on virtual walls. The study reports the impact of pedagogical approaches when Padlet was used to support learning. Data collection for this study incorporated qualitative questionnaires, analyses of students' responses to Padlet activities and teacher's feedback, and observation of students' behaviour when Padlet is used in class. The study found that the pedagogical approaches employed had some influence on students' use of Padlet and despite good intentions, some of these approaches had created barriers to learning. Alternative pedagogical approaches are recommended when using Padlet in the classrooms.
Trends of uterine cancer incidence: a projection from the past to the future

https://ejgo.org Uterine cancer is the most common malignancy of the female genital tract in more developed countries [1], and is the 2nd most common gynecologic malignancy after cervical cancer in less developed countries including Thailand [1,2]. Most studies in Thailand including our research in uterine cancer reported clinical or pathologic features of both endometrial carcinoma and uterine sarcoma using hospital-based data [3,4]. Except for the report of the National Cancer Institute of Thailand [2], epidemiologic studies investigating the regional or national situation of specific cancer has rarely been reported.
Two new species of Cryptognathidae (Acari: Prostigmata) from north-western Iran

Abstract Herein, two new species of the family Cryptognathidae: Cryptognathus khaustovi sp. nov., collected from soil in Urmia and Favognathus kazemii sp. nov., collected from soil and litter in Mahabad, are described from north-western Iran. Also, Cryptognathus ayyldizi Akyol & Koç, 2010 is reported for the first time from Iran.
Minimally invasive surgery improves short-term outcomes of nerve-sparing radical hysterectomy in patients with cervical cancer: a propensity-matched analysis with open abdominal surgery

Objectives Nerve-sparing radical hysterectomy has been implemented in order to reduce pelvic floor dysfunctions in women undergoing radical surgery for cervical cancer. Here, we aimed to investigate if the adoption of laparoscopic surgery impacts on patients' outcomes. Methods Data of consecutive patients affected by cervical cancer who had laparoscopic nerve-sparing radical hysterectomy were matched 1:1 with an historical cohort of patients undergoing open procedure. A propensity-score matched algorithm was applied. Results Thirty-five patients' pairs (70 patients: 35 undergoing laparoscopic vs. 35 undergoing open abdominal nerve-sparing radical hysterectomy) were included. Demographic and baseline oncologic characteristics were balanced between groups. Patients undergoing laparoscopic surgery had similar operative time than patients undergoing open abdominal procedures (249 [±91.5] vs. 223 [±65.0] minutes; p=0.066). Laparoscopic approach correlated with lower blood loss (30.5 [±11.0] vs. 190 [90.4] mL; p<0.001) and shorter hospital stay (3.2 [±1.2] vs. 5.4 [2.0] days; p=0.023). Patients undergoing laparoscopy experienced a lower 30-day pelvic floor dysfunction rate than patients having open surgery. Moreover, they experienced shorter recovery of bladder function than patients having open procedures (median, 7 vs. 9 days; p=0.004, log-rank test). Conclusion Laparoscopic approach resulted in a faster recovery of bladder function in comparison to open surgery for patients undergoing nerve-sparing radical hysterectomy.