Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Who ’ s here ? An exploratory study of the characteristics and wine consumption behaviours of visitors at a New Zealand wine festival

Purpose – This paper explores the socio-demographic characteristics and wine consumption behaviours of visitors to a New Zealand wine and food festival and explores the extent to which they differ from a general sample of New Zealand wine consumers. Design/methodology/approach The data were collected via a structured self-complete survey, distributed through a combination of survey administration modes (pen-and-paper and online). Descriptive statistics and χ tests of significance were used to analyse the data. Findings – The festival attendees did not differ significantly from a general sample of wine consumers on most measures, but they did consume wine more frequently and bought more wine for home consumption. The festival sample was also more diverse than the general sample on many measures, suggesting that the reasons for being at the festival, and the experiences sought, are not homogeneous. Practical implications – The paper provides an up-to-date profile of wine festival attendees at one festival in New Zealand, it highlights the similarities and differences between this sample and a general sample of wine consumers in New Zealand and suggests avenues for future research.
Assessment of community-based ecotourism prospects in southern Nigeria : Case study of Iko Esai Community

Tel. :+2348064636630 Cross River State is endowed with natural and cultural resources. Most of these resources are yet to be developed for tourist appreciation. The study aimed to assess the prospects of community-based ecotourism (CBE) and stakeholder’s involvement in ecotourism development in Iko Esai Community, Cross River State, Nigeria. Multistage sampling method was adopted for the study. Using 5.57% sampling intensity, 150 structured questionnaires were administered to two randomly sampled wards for data collection. Data were analyzed using frequency tables and charts, while t-test and Fisher’s exact analysis in STATVIEW version 5.0. 1 was employed to test for significance at 5% probability level. Results from the study revealed significant (P < 0.05) presence of harnessed ecotourism assets developed with the assistance of some organizations. Furthermore, there was significant (P < 0.05) presence of unharnessed ecotourism assets in the area. The level of education and significant (P < 0.05) participation of both male and female indigenes in local organization further highlighted potential success of CBE development in the area. Therefore, proper documentation, development and marketing of ecotourism assets should be conducted. Stakeholders should increase their commitment towards CBE development in the area while encouraging the continued protection of these assets.
Microorganisms Environmental Infectious Streptococcus uberis Staphylococcus aureus Escherichia coli Streptococcus agalactiae Kliebsiella Streptococcus dysgalactiae Pseudomonas aeruginosa Corynebacterium bovis Bacillus cereus Mykoplazma Streptococcus faecalis

Mastitis is an increasing problem in dairy farms and in the dairy industry. The paper presents changes in susceptibility of strains of bacteria isolated from quarter milk cows from mastitis in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 in the Factory Laboratory of Dairy Cooperative in south-eastern Poland. In total, 3409 strains of staphylococci, 2774 strains of streptococci and 423 strains of E. coli were isolated in these years. Susceptibility to antibiotics was examined by the disc diffusion method on Mueller-Hinton base. On the basis of the research it can be concluded that the highest sensitivity of staphylococci in all study periods is found for cefguin (from 91.2% to 96.1%) and cefapirin (92.2% to 96.2%), and the smallest for tetracycline (18 %), streptomycin (11.9%) and amoxicillin (9.3%). The highest sensitivity of bacteria from the Streptococcus family are cefapirin (97%), cefquinome (96.1%), amoxycycline (95.6%) and cefalexin (89.9%) on average in all years of research. The highest resistance was found for neomycin and streptomycin. They show that during the period under study over 90% of Escherichia coli were sensitive to streptomycin. Sensitivity at the level of 70%-80% was noted for amoxicillin, neomycin and cefapirin. The highest resistance of E. coli bacilli evolved for cefallaxin and tetracycline. Accordingly, early diagnosis of a pathogenic pathogen, and then selecting the appropriate form of treatment, gives you the opportunity to minimize the loss of mastitis in dairy cows.
LEADERSHIP STYLES THAT ACT OF NURSES IN FAMILY HEAL TH STRATEGY

This study aimed to relate the activities performed by nurses working in Basic Health Unit with the Family Health Strategy in a city in Southern Brazil with major situational leadership styles proposed by Hersey and Blanchard model. We conducted a quantitative and exploratory 9 units with 17 nurses who work there. Data collection was conducted through a questionnaire that listed the activities relating to the work of the nurses with leadership styles and the process was completed by nurses with support of explanatory vignettes with the concept of situational leadership. Data analysis was performed by descriptive statistics and enabled us to identify 34 major activities performed by nurses as leaders. Based on these activities, the survey results showed predominance in the style of leadership "Determine". This leadership style revealed that nurses most often use a directive leadership, which highlights a closer supervision over the subordinates, with maturity level from low to moderate, which requires the development of these activities from specific directions given by the leader.
Monetary policy and in ation in the west African economic and monetary union : An analysis of the bank lending channel

The price puzzle has been identi ed as a major counterintuitive ndings arising from monetary shocks. We investigate its presence in WAEMU data, using a structural TVP-VAR model with stochastic volatility. The analysis shows a weak transmission both on the interbank market and on the bank lending market which are at the origin of a price puzzle. Commercial banks have a considerable power for monetary creation in the WAEMU, which is the basis of the weak monetary transmission. This has important implications for the conduct of monetary policy because the BCEAO can not e¤ectively control the level of ination. This means that the pursuit of the main objective of monetary policy, which is price stability, can be called into question. Keywords: Price Puzzle, Monetary policy, TVP-VAR model, WAEMU JEL Classi cation: E31; E52; C11
Effects of obesity class on flat ground walking and obstacle negotiation

Abstract Objectives: Although much is known about the impact of obesity on gait, not much is understood about how classes of obesity affect movement. The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of weight classification on walking Methods: Sixty-seven women with normal BMI (n=13), overweight/Class I obesity (n=18), Class II obesity (n=16), and Class III obesity (n=20) participated. Gait parameters (velocity and percent of the gait cycle spent in swing and stance phases) were collected as participants walked on flat ground and crossed three obstacle heights Results: Adults with normal BMI had faster velocities (F (3,63)=12.60, p=. 000017), shorter portions of the gait cycle spent in stance (F (3,62)=7.29, p=. 00029), and a larger percent of the gait cycle spent in swing than those with higher BMI scores (F (3,62)=5.43, p=. 002). Adults with overweight/Class I obesity had faster velocities than those with Class III obesity (p=.000082, d=1.20) as well as less variable velocities than those with Class II (p=.002, d=-.40) and Class III (p=.01, d=-1.0) obesity. No differences in velocity were found between those with Class II and Class III obesity (p=.12, d=.57) Conclusions: These results suggest the need to encourage adults to decrease overweight/Class I obesity but that an equally important goal is to prevent an increase in BMI leading to Class II obesity.
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY FOR BASIC ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVES OF THE ELDERLY : A POPULATION STUDY 1

The aim of the study was to identify factors associated with functional disability for basic activities of daily living in older adults. This is a cross-sectional, population-based study with a probabilistic sample, performed in Goiania, Brazil. The older adults were interviewed in their homes. The basic activities of daily living (BADL) were evaluated using the Katz Index. Difficulty in performing at least one BADL was considered to be a functional disability. The independent variables included socioeconomic, demographic, health and lifestyle conditions. The Chi-square or Fisher's tests and multiple logistic regression were used for the analysis (p value <0.05). The factors associated with functional disability Were being aged = 80 years (OR: 2:49, 1:14 to 7:14), widowed (OR: 2.89; 1.25-6.75), history of stroke (OR: 2.85; 1:14 to 7:13), hospitalization (2:07; 1:02 to 4:21), cognitive impairment (OR: 2:07 ; 1:45 to 6:06) and physical inactivity (OR 2.64, 1.03-6.75). The prevalence of disability was 9.7%. Dressing, continence and bathing were the areas most compromised. The identification of factors influencing functional capacity in older adults allows to visualize areas with existing possibilities for prevention and health promotion. The low prevalence of disability for BADL indicates independence, even in conditions of greater vulnerability.
Reorganize Your Blogs: Supporting Blog Re-visitation with Natural Language Processing and Visualization

Temporally-connected personal blogs contain voluminous textual content, presenting challenges in re-visiting and reflecting on experiences. Other data repositories have benefited from natural language processing (NLP) and interactive visualizations (VIS) to support exploration, but little is known about how these techniques could be used with blogs to present experiences and support multimodal interaction with blogs, particularly for authors. This paper presents the effect of reorganization—reorganizing the large blog set with NLP and presenting abstract topics with VIS—to support novel re-visitation experiences to blogs. The BlogCloud tool, a blog re-visitation tool that reorganizes blog paragraphs around user-searched keywords, implements reorganization and similarity-based content grouping. Through a public use session with bloggers who wrote about extended hikes, we observed the effect of NLP-based reorganization in delivering novel re-visitation experiences. Findings suggest that the re-presented topics provide new reflection materials and re-visitation paths, enabling interaction with symbolic items in memory.
Mathematical Models of Human Hematopoiesis Following Acute Radiation Exposure

Abstract : This report details the development of mathematical models that describe the effects of acute radiation exposure on hematopoiesis. The models were developed from an existing structure and modified so that they could be integrated with effects on hematopoiesis from other injuries, such as thermal burns. Experimental data provided insight on many model parameters; other parameters were fit to case study data. The final models were validated against additional case study data. The outcome of our work are models that describe the dose response of circulating platelets, granulocytes, and lymphocytes as a function of time after irradiation. The information provided is valuable in understanding the physiological effects of radiation exposure and the time course of these effects.
Report of the Task Force on Pertussis and Pertussis Immunization—1988

Pertussis (whooping cough) is an endemic and epidemic disease due to Bordetella pertussis. The disease has been and still is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in young children throughout the world. The World Health Organization estimates that 600,000 deaths due to pertussis occur yearly; virtually all of these deaths occurred in unimmunized infants.1 In the United States, pertussis has been successfully controlled by the routine mass immunization of infants and children. In the prevaccine era, there were 115,000 to 270,000 cases of pertussis and 5,000 to 10,000 deaths due to the disease each year.2 During the last 10 years, there have been 1,200 to 4,000 cases and five to ten deaths per year.3-6 Unfortunately, the control of pertussis by immunization has not enjoyed sustained international success because of controversy relating to vaccine reactions and effectiveness. Since 1982 this controversy has been a problem in the United States. Most pediatricians as well as a large number of parents are aware of the present pertussis vaccine controversy; however, few understand the facts. This controversy involving the media, political and legal sectors, and the scientific community is a major threat to our present immunization program and the future control of pertussis in the United States7-11 ("20/20," ABC News, Feb 5, 1985; "DPT: Vaccine Roulette," National Broadcasting Co, Date, 1982; Democrat and Chronicle, Rochester, NY, March 8-12, 1987, p 1; The Fresno Bee, Dec 2-3, 1984, p 1; Dec 5, 1987, p B14). Because of this, a task force on pertussis and pertussis vaccine was created by the Executive Board of the American Academy of Pediatrics to review the problem.
A study of the age at menarche and menstrual cycle pattern among schoolgirls in Kassala , Sudan

A cross-sectional school survey was carried out during January to February 2010 in 8 schools to investigate the age at menarche, menstrual cycle pattern among school girls in Kassala, eastern Sudan. Structured questionnaires were used to gather the socio-demographic data, age at menarche, regularity of the menstrual cycle and associated symptoms. Out of 900 schoolgirls investigated their age ranges between 9 to 19 with mean ± SD of 14.0 ± 4.7 years. Only 73% experienced menarche by the time of interview. The mean age ± SD of 13.07 ± 1.0 years, which was 0.9 year younger in the urban girls. The majority of girls (76.4%) experienced delayed menarche. The period was regular in 68.5% of these girls with the cycle length ranges between 21 to 35 days the mean ± SD duration of blood flow was 4 ± 1.2 days. The overall prevalence of dysmenorhea was 83.1 and 59.8% of the subject experienced premenstrual symptoms. In conclusion the menarcheal age was delayed in our study, it varies with residence, dysmenorrhea was a common health problem among the school girls.
- 0101 A note on clean abelian groups

Nicholson defined a ring to be clean if every element is the sum of a unit and an idempotent. A module is clean if its endomorphism algebra is clean. We show that torsion-complete Abelian p-groups are clean and characterize the clean groups among the class of totally projective p-groups. An example is given of a clean p-group which is neither totally projective nor torsion-complete. Date: April 27, 2006.
Anti-inflammatory activity of essential oil of clove (Syzygium aromaticum) in O/W and W/O Creams

Previous studies have shown that the formulations of clove bud essential oil (CBEO) with a concentration of 5% in O/W cream and 2.5% in W/O cream have anti-inflammatory properties. The formulations are developed by adding enhancers, namely oleic acid and propylene glycol. The optimum compositions of oleic acid and propylene glycol are 50%:50% in W/O cream and 30%:70% in O/W cream. This study aimed to determine the effects of different compositions of creams on their anti-inflammatory activities. The creams were evaluated for their anti-inflammatory properties using mice with croton oil-induced inflammatory. The mice were sacrificed, and the back skin was removed to make histopathologic preparations at the end of the three-day inflammatory induction to obtain data of epidermal thickness and the number of cells with COX-2 expression. The results showed that the addition of oleic acid and propylene glycol as enhancers increased the anti-inflammatory activity of both O/W and W/O creams. Since the O/W cream decreased the thickness of the epidermis and the number of cells with COX-2 expression more than the W/O cream, the formulation of CBEO in O/W cream is concluded as a better anti-inflammatory than that of W/O cream.
Statement on the safety of synthetic zeaxanthin as an ingredient in food supplements 1 EFSA Panel on Dietetic Products , Nutrition and Allergies ( NDA )

Following a request from the European Commission, the Panel on Dietetic Products, Nutrition and Allergies was asked to update its opinion on the safety of synthetic zeaxanthin as a novel food ingredient in food supplements in the light of additional information provided by the applicant. In its previous opinion of 2008, the Panel concluded that based on the available data, the safety of zeaxanthin as an ingredient in food supplements at the proposed use level of up to 20 mg/person per day has not been established. In response to the EFSA Opinion of 2008, the applicant provided a two-generation reproduction toxicity study with synthetic zeaxanthin in rats and twenty-two additional references including some mechanistic studies related to carotenoids and lung cancer risk. Although neither animal nor human data on the lung cancer risk of zeaxanthin are available, on the current data available the Panel considers it is unlikely that supplemental intake of zeaxanthin would increase the risk of lung cancer in heavy smokers. The Panel identifies a NOAEL at 150 mg/kg bw per day in the two-generation reproduction toxicity study and has no concerns with regard to genotoxicity. Given the absence of a chronic toxicity/carcinogenicity study, the Panel applies an uncertainty factor of 200 on the NOAEL in the twogeneration study. This results in 0.75 mg/kg bw per day for synthetic zeaxanthin corresponding to a daily intake of 53 mg for a person with a body weight of 70 kg. The Panel concludes that based on the available data, intakes of 0.75 mg/kg bw per day for synthetic zeaxanthin, corresponding to a daily intake of 53 mg for a person with a body weight of 70 kg, do not raise safety concerns. Therefore, the use levels proposed by the applicant do not raise safety concerns. © European Food Safety Authority, 2012
Early Aggressive Total Parenteral Nutrition to Premature Infants in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

Introduction: Iatrogenic intrauterine growth restriction in NICU has been a prevailing problem in these days when smaller babies are being salvaged. Early aggressive TPN is defined when total of 4g/kg/day of amino acid is administrated via standardized TPN to neonates over first week of life. Our main objective of the study is to evaluate the efficacy, safety and tolerability of early aggressive standardized TPN to infants. We also explore the impact of early and high dose of amino acid with hypophosphatemia in extreme low birth weight (ELBW) infants, growth velocity in infants with TPN therapy and TPN cost when the hang time is extended from 24 hours to 48 hours. Methods: This is a prospective study on premature infants in NICU, Sarawak General Hospital for 6 months. Demographics and anthropometric data of eligible infants were collected. Biochemical test, growth velocity and cost of TPN therapy were analysed. Results: There are 69 eligible infants recruited. Serum electrolytes of all infants were found to be within normal range throughout TPN therapy except serum phosphate concentration. We found that incidence of hypophosphatemia is high with high amino acid supply in ELBW infants. There is a negative correlation (-0.26) between serum urea concentration and birth weight. Targeted growth velocity is achieved with standardized TPN and ELBW premature infants were found to have highest weight growth velocity. By extending TPN hang time to 48 hours, TPN related cost is associated with minimizing and resulted in yearly savings of RM 62556.60, exclusive of labour cost and nursing cost. Conclusion: Early aggressive PN therapy is safe and it achieved goal of postnatal growth velocity and body composition in premature infants. This study also demonstrated that the current practice of extending hang time is financially beneficial to hospital.
First, do no harm : power, oppression, and violence in healthcare

These interpretative studies are a beginning - a questioning that gathers practitioners, students, teachers, scholars, and citizens into persistent thinking and conversation around complex contemporary issues. First, Do No Harm shows how health care professionals, with the best intentions of providing excellent, holistic health care, can nonetheless perpetuate violence against vulnerable patients. These essays investigate the need to rethink contemporary healthcare practices in ways that can bring the art and science of medicine back into sorely needed balance. These ground-breaking studies by noted scholars question commonly held assumptions in contemporary healthcare that underlie oppressive power dynamics and even violence for patients and their families. The contributors discuss such topics as women and violence, life-support technologies, and healthcare professionals' own experiences as patients. First, Do No Harm opens the discourse for reaching new understandings, from reassessing the meaning of "quality of life" to questioning the appropriateness of the very language used by healthcare professionals. It will be welcomed by healthcare workers and by scholars in nursing, medicine, and the allied health sciences.
A European perspective on nosocomial urinary tract infections II. Report on incidence, clinical characteristics and outcome (ESGINI–04 study)

Objectives To estimate the incidence of nosocomially acquired urinary tract infections (NAUTI) in Europe and provide information on the clinical characteristics, underlying conditions, etiology, management and outcome of patients. Materials and methods We collected clinical information from NAUTI patients with a microbiology report on the named study day. Results A total of 141 hospitals from 25 European countries participated in the study. Written institutional bladder catheter guidelines were in place in 90.3% of EU hospitals and 55% of non-EU hospitals ( P Escherichia coli, Enterococcus sp., Candida sp., Klebsiella sp. and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Patients from non-EU countries were younger, with more severe underlying diseases with a higher incidence of obstructive uropathy/lithiasis. Overall, 22.8% of patients had no ‘classic' UTI-predisposing factors. Catheter-associated UTI (CAUTI) was present in 187 patients (62.8%). A closed drainage system was used in only 78.5% of catheterised patients. The indication for bladder catheterisation was not considered adequate in 7.6% of cases and continuation of bladder catheterisation was considered unnecessary in 31.3%. Opening of the closed drainage system was the most frequent major error in catheter management (16.8%). Antimicrobial treatment was not considered adequate in 19.8% of all cases. Conclusions The incidence of NAUTI in a large European population is 3.55/1000 patient-days. There is clearly room for improvement in the area of bladder catheterisation, catheter care and medical management of NAUTI. We recommend that European authorities draw up and implement practical and specific guidelines to reduce the incidence of this infection.