Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Factors affecting physical activity of recuperating alcoholics in Asumbi-Homabay rehabiliation center, Kenya

Background: Alcoholism is a widespread problem in Kenya and is associated with severe impacts on health and quality of life of the individual. Physical activity is an affordable and sustainable adjunct treatment option for recuperating alcoholics; however its’ rarely used in rehabilitation of alcoholics in Kenya. Objective: This qualitative study sought to elicit facilitators and barriers that infl uence the practice of physical activity amongst recuperating alcoholics under rehabilitation. Methods: A focus group guide was utilized to gather views and perceptions of 15 alcoholics and 5 health professionals through focus group discussions. Constant comparative approach was used to analyze verbatim transcripts obtained from in-depth interviews. This analysis entailed three stages including open, axial and selective coding. Results: Recuperating alcoholics’ recognized various forms of physical activity to promote mental and physical health during their rehabilitation. Health professionals and signifi cant others considerably supported the recuperating alcoholics to practice physical activity however physical activity facilities and facilitation was lacking in Asumbi rehabilitation center. Conclusion: The rehabilitation centres should have physical activity experts and facilities that can offer individualized physical activity services and support needed by the recuperating alcoholics. Research Article Factors affecting physical activity of recuperating alcoholics in AsumbiHomabay rehabiliation center, Kenya Lucy Amanya Mutuli*, Peter Bukhala and Gordon Nguka Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology, 190-50100, Kenya *Address for Correspondence: Lucy Amanya Mutuli, Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology, 190-50100, Kenya, Email: amanyalucy@yahoo.com Submitted: 24 September 2018 Approved: 23 October 2018 Published: 24 October 2018 Copyright: © 2018 Mutuli LA, et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited
Local knowledge of medicinal plants in three artisanal fishing communities (Itapoá, Southern Brazil), according to gender, age, and urbanization

This article analyzes some of the factors affecting the distribution of knowledge about medicinal plants of three artisanal fishing communities in Itapoa Municipality, in the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil. Ninety semi-structured interviews were performed, which resulted in 109 cited plant species. The sample included both men (n=46) and women (n=44), in different age categories: 18-40 years old (n=18), 41-50 (n=21), 51-60 (n=28), and 61+ years old (n=23), and in three different communities: Barra do Sai (n=17), Itapema do Norte (n=31) and Pontal do Norte (n=42). Leaves are the plant parts most used by the communities (62%), and are obtained primarily through cultivation. Cordia curassavica (Jacq.) Roem. & Schult. (Boraginaceae) is the species most cited in the interviews, locally known as 'erva-baleeira' or 'erva-de-baleia'. The elderly have greater knowledge of species, but no gender differences were noticed. Less knowledge of plants was noticed in the more urbanized area when compared to the less urbanized areas. The most used plants are not related to the most frequent ailments. Medicinal plant use is an important resource for the health of these fishing communities, but it is declining mostly due to the lack of interest on the part of the younger members, and to improved access to public health services.
Genetic analysis of the complete G gene of viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus (VHSV) genotype Ie isolates from Turkey

Viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus (VHSV) is an enveloped non-segmented, singlestranded, negative-sense RNA virus that belongs to the Novirhabdovirus genus of the family Rhabdoviridae. This virus causes economically significant diseases in farmed rainbow trout, in Turkey, which is often associated with the transmission of pathogens from European resources. In this study, moribund rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) samples were collected during an outbreak of VHSV in a rainbow trout fish farm in Bolu Province of Turkey in 2006. In addition, two VHSV strains were isolated from wild turbot (Scophthalmus maximus) in Trabzon Province of the Black Sea region of Turkey during a field survey. We have sequenced the full-length glycoprotein (G) gene of three VHSV isolates and compared them with 25 previously published gene sequences. Based on a complete gene nucleotide sequence, Turkish VHSV isolates were classified into class Ie of genotype I, which is closely related to GE-1.2 isolate (97.1-97.5% nucleotide identity and 98.2-98.4% amino acid identity) found in Georgia more than 30 years ago. These isolates could be an indigenous type of VHSV distributed in the Black Sea. On the other hand, Turkish isolates have 97.5-97.6% nucleotide identity and 98.8-99% amino acid identity with Finnish, Danish, and Norwegian isolates which are classified under Ib and Id. These results suggest that Turkish VHSV isolates may have orginated from Europe and co-circulated with indigenous strains which can threaten the aquaculture industry in Turkey.
The effects of sodium hypochlorite on enamel composition: A comparative in vitro study

vii Table of Contents . xi List of Tables . xiii List of Figures . xiv Chapter 1: Introduction . 1 1.1. Enamel Composition . 1 1.2. Bonded Attachments in Orthodontics . 2 1.3. The Limitations of Phosphoric Acid Etching . 3 1.4. Development of White Spot Lesions in Orthodontics . 3 1.5. Importance of Study . 4 1.6. Purpose, Specific Aim and Hypothesis . 5 1.6. 1. Purpose . 5 1.6. 2. Specific Aim . 6 1.6. 3. Hypothesis . 6 Chapter 2: Materials and Methods . 7 2.1. Study . 7 2.1.1. IRB Approval . 7 2.1.2. Ethical Issues . 7 2.1.3. Grant . 7 2.2. Sample Size Estimate . 7 2.3. Sample Preparation . 8 2.4. Methodology . 11 2.5. Data Storage . 16 2.6. Statistical analysis . 16 Chapter 3: Results . 17 3.1. Quantitative Findings . 17 3.2. Qualitative Findings . 25 Chapter 4: Discussion . 27 4.1. Limitations, Implications and Future Studies . 31 Chapter 5: Conclusions . 34
Effects of Social-Interaction on Reward Sensitivity in Adolescent Mice

Effects of Social-interaction on Reward Sensitivity in Adolescent Mice. (May 2012) Shannon Lee Cole Department of Psychology Texas A&M University Research Advisor: Dr. Shoshana Eitan Department of Psychology This study examined alterations in the rewarding properties of opioids due to social interaction. The first experiment explored the role of peer interactions on drug reward. Adolescent male mice were administered morphine for 6 days while socially housed with cage-mates receiving different pharmacological treatments (i.e., exposure to different social interaction with peers). Then, drug reward was examined, using the conditioned place preference (CPP) paradigm. It was shown that exposure to drug-naïve peers had a protective effect on drug-administered mice, reducing the amount of morphine CPP, and that exposing drug-naive to drug-administered mice had a harmful effect. The second experiment explored the possible role the oxytocin (OT) system plays in mediating the effects of social interaction on drug reward. This was accomplished by examining the effect of an OT antagonist on the acquisition of CPP in mice that are housed in different social environments. It appears that suppressed or under-functioning OT system correlates with increases in morphine CPP, and thus, the potential for
Effects of various pollen concentrations on some biochemical and hematological parameters and paraoxanase activity in Rainbow trout ( Oncorhynchus mykiss )

Bee-collected pollen is reported as a health food with a vast range of nutritional and therapeutic effects. Biochemical (glucose, total protein, creatinine, urea, triglycerides, total cholesterol, ALT, AST, LDH, ALP, chloride, sodium, potassium and total antioxidant status) and hematological (total leucocyte count, erytrocyte count, hemoglobin, hematocrit, MCV MCH, MCHC) parameters in blood of rainbow trout ( Oncorhynchus mykiss ) treated to various pollen concentrations (0.5, 2.5, 5, 10, 20 and 30 ppm) for 96 h were determined. The results of this study demonstrated that the levels of total protein, creatinine, chloride and sodium in blood of fish which treated to different concentrations of pollen were not changed ( P >0.05) compared with control group. In this study, the highest total antioxidant capacity of pollen was determined at 10 ppm concentration, but serum paraoxanase (PON) activities were not observed. It is concluded that concentration-dependent effects of pollen on blood of fish can be favorable in prevention of diseases.
Predictions of 3-D Steady and Unsteady Inviscid Transonic Stator/Rotor Interaction With Inlet Radial Temperature Non-Uniformity

Numerical predictions of 3-D inviscid, transonic steady and periodic unsteady flow within an axial turbine stage are analyzed in this paper. As a first case, the unsteady effects of the stator trailing edge shock wave impinging on the downstream rotor are presented. Local static pressure fluctuations up to 60% of the inlet stagnation pressure are observed on the rotor suction side. The second case is an analysis of the rotor-relative radial secondary flow produced by a spanwise parabolic non-uniform temperature profile at the stator inlet. The generation of local hot spots is observed on both sides of the rotor blade behind the passing shock waves. The magnitude of the unsteady stagnation temperature fluctuations is larger than the time-averaged rotor inlet disturbance. In both cases, steady, unsteady and time-averaged solutions are presented and compared. From these studies, it is concluded that the steady-state solution in static pressure matches well with the time-averaged periodic unsteady flow field. However, for the stagnation temperature distribution only the trend of the time-averaged solution is modeled in the steady-state solution.Copyright © 1993 by ASME
Note On Elliptic Groups of Prime Orders

Let $E$ be an elliptic curve of rank $\text{rk}(E) \geq 1$, and let $E(\mathbb{F}_p)$ be the elliptic group of order $\#E(\mathbb{F}_p)=n$. The number of primes $p\leq x$ such that $n$ is prime is expected to be $\pi(x,E)=\delta(E)x/\log^2 x+o(x/\log^2 x)$, where $\delta(E)\geq 0$ is the density constant. This note proves a lower bound $\pi(x,E) \gg x/\log^2 x$.
Care in Japanese Residential Aged Care Facilities: Residents’ and Caregivers’ Perspectives

This study examined residents’ and caregivers’ conceptualization of quality of life (QOL) and quality of care (QOC). Resident interviews and caregiver questionnaire surveys were conducted based on the facet approach. Data were analyzed by multidimensional scaling. Apart from domains of QOL and QOC identified in western sudies, a new aspect, bathing, was distinguished. Residents perceived bathing as a pleasant activity, while caregivers perceived it as nursing. Residents also distinguished between emotional, perceptual, and cognitive elements of psychological responses to care but caregivers did not. Differences in basic conceptualization might explain perception gaps and difficulties in providing suitable care for residents.
Spatial Random Slope Multilevel Modeling Using Multivariate Conditional Autoregressive Models: A Case Study of Subjective Travel Satisfaction in Beijing

This article explores how to incorporate a spatial dependence effect into the standard multilevel modeling (MLM). The proposed method is particularly well suited to the analysis of geographically clustered survey data where individuals are nested in geographical areas. Drawing on multivariate conditional autoregressive models, we develop a spatial random slope MLM approach to account for the within-group dependence among individuals in the same area and the spatial dependence between areas simultaneously. Our approach improves on recent methodological advances in the integrated spatial and MLM literature, offering greater flexibility in terms of model specification by allowing regression coefficients to be spatially varied. Bayesian Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) algorithms are derived to implement the proposed model. Using two-level travel satisfaction data in Beijing, we apply the proposed approach as well as the standard nonspatial random slope MLM to investigate subjective travel satisfaction of residents and its determinants. Model comparison results show strong evidence that the proposed method produces a significant improvement against a nonspatial random slope MLM. A fairly large spatial correlation parameter suggests strong spatial dependence in district-level random effects. Moreover, spatial patterns of district-level random effects of locational variables have been identified, with high and low values clustering together.
Multifractal detrended fluctuation analysis in examining scaling properties of the spatial patterns of soil water storage

Abstract. Knowledge about the scaling properties of soil water storage is crucial in transferring locally measured fluctuations to larger scales and vice-versa. Studies based on remotely sensed data have shown that the variability in surface soil water has clear scaling properties (i.e., statistically self similar) over a wider range of spatial scales. However, the scaling property of soil water storage to a certain depth at a field scale is not well understood. The major challenges in scaling analysis for soil water are the presence of localized trends and nonstationarities in the spatial series. The objective of this study was to characterize scaling properties of soil water storage variability through multifractal detrended fluctuation analysis (MFDFA). A field experiment was conducted in a sub-humid climate at Alvena, Saskatchewan, Canada. A north-south transect of 624-m long was established on a rolling landscape. Soil water storage was monitored weekly between 2002 and 2005 at 104 locations along the transect. The spatial scaling property of the surface 0 to 40 cm depth was characterized using the MFDFA technique for six of the soil water content series (all gravimetrically determined) representing soil water storage after snowmelt, rainfall, and evapotranspiration. For the studied transect, scaling properties of soil water storage are different between drier periods and wet periods. It also appears that local controls such as site topography and texture (that dominantly control the pattern during wet states) results in multiscaling property. The nonlocal controls such as evapotranspiration results in the reduction of the degree of multiscaling and improvement in the simple scaling. Therefore, the scaling property of soil water storage is a function of both soil moisture status and the spatial extent considered.
The Routledge Companion to the Geography of International Business

The fields of Economic Geography and International Business share an interest in the same phenomena, whilst each provides both a differing perspective and different research methods in attempting to understand those phenomena. The Routledge Companion to the Geography of International Business explores the nature and scope of inter-disciplinary work between Economic Geography and International Business in explaining the central issues in the international economy. Contributions written by leading specialists in each field (including some chapters written by inter-disciplinary teams) focus on the nature of multinational firms and their strategies, where they choose to locate their activities, how they create and manage international networks and the key relationships between multinationals and the places where they place their operations. Topics covered include the internationalisation of service industries, the influence of location on the competitiveness of firms and the economic dynamism of regions and where economic activity takes place and how knowledge, goods and services flow between locations. The book examines the areas for fruitful inter-disciplinary work between International Business and Economic Geography and sets out a road map for future joint research, and is an essential resource for students and practitioners of International Business and Economic Development.
Effect of Cyantraniliprole on Feeding Cessation of Q Biotype Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae)

The whitefly, Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) is one of the most devastating agricultural pests in many cropping systems worldwide. Growers rely on the use of insecticides to control this pest. However, some insecticides do not reduce the feeding of B. tabaci fast enough to prevent the direct and indirect damage produced by this insect. The effect of a new insecticide, cyantraniliprole 10OD (CyazypyrTM), on the feeding of B. tabaci adults, was studied under laboratory conditions. Cyantraniliprole 10OD is an insecticide that belongs to the IRAC Group 28 with a new mode of action for sucking insects, which provides rapid feeding cessation by impairing muscle function, resulting in reduced transmission of important insect vectored crop diseases. Laboratory experiments were conducted to determine the effect of cyantraniliprole along with some other commercially available insecticides on the feeding of B. tabaci adults by measuring the excretion of honeydew as an indirect assessment of insect feeding. In these experiments, cyantraniliprole resulted in significantly higher reduction of honeydew excretion (64.0%) by Q biotype B. tabaci adults during the first 30 minutes of exposure than diafenthiuron, triazophos, acetamiprid and spiromesifen, with all treatments having no adult mortality. Observations between 1 and 48 hours after exposure indicated that cyantraniliprole had numerically higher or similar reduction in honeydew production as the other insecticides, but by 48 hours (mid and high rate) and 96 hours (high rate) of exposure, cyantraniliprole had significantly higher reduction of honeydew excretion than all other insecticides tested. Low adult mortality was observed during first 24 hours of exposure in all treatments. Cyantraniliprole resulted in numerical or significantly higher adult mortality than all other treatments at the later observation intervals (72 - 96 hours). The higher reduction in honeydew excretion by cyantraniliprole appeared to be related to faster feeding cessation during the initial hours of exposure by a combination of feeding cessation and direct mortality as the exposure time increased. These findings document significant effects of cyantraniliprole on feeding cessation in Bemisia tabaci.
Heat-tolerance in Cotton Is Correlated with Induced Overexpression of Heat-Shock Factors, Heat-Shock Proteins, and General Stress Response Genes

Breeding for heat tolerance is complicated by the polygenic nature of the trait and genetic engineering awaits delineation of the molecular mechanisms. To understand heat-tolerance mechanisms in cotton (Gossypum hirsutum L.), the world’s most important natural fiber crop, this study compared expression of selected heat-stress response genes between heat-tolerant (VH260 and MNH456) and heat-sensitive (ST213 and ST4288) cotton genotypes. Cotton orthologs of selected Arabidopsis heat-stress response genes included two heat-stress transcription factors, three heat-shock proteins, and the general stress response genes: ascorbate peroxidase and the calcium-dependent stress responder, ANNAT8. The seedlings and flowering plants of each genotype were exposed to heat (38°C) for 1 to 3 hours or days, respectively, followed by RNA isolation from the seedlings and ovaries of flowering plants for gene expression analysis by real-time quantitative polymerase chain reactions. All genes, except the heat-shock protein GHSP26, were found to be induced exclusively in the heat-tolerant lines. The genotype VH260, which reportedly is tolerant to extreme heat (45°C), was found to display much higher induction of these genes than MNH456, the heat-tolerance level of which has not been thoroughly studied. Further, VH260 showed high gene induction in both seedlings and ovaries, whereas MNH456 showed lower induction levels. Strong heat tolerance in VH260 most likely is based on early induction of multiple mechanisms coordinately functioning to defend the plants against membrane damage, protein denaturation, and oxidative stress, in addition to rapid sensing of heat stress to signal the defense processes at the flowering stage towards minimizing yield losses and increasing boll retention during heat stress.
Evaluation of Coping Strategies with Stress of Parents Who Have Mentally Disabled Children in Northern Cyprus

In this research, it's aimed to determine the problems that faced by parents who have mentally disabled children and evaluate coping strategies of them. Interview technique is performed in this study which is designed in qualitative model. Study group which was determined by purposeful sampling method is consisted from the parents of mentally disabled children who are studying in private education centres in TRNC. Data are evaluated by content analysis. According to the findings in this research, the problems of parents which they faced are determined as related with their each other that are educational, physical, psychological, sociological, economical and also health care problems and problems with siblings. It's found that parents are focused especially on educational problems. According to the results that were emerged in the research that educational problems are cumulated in two categories as problems related with the quality of education that given to children and acceptance of children in educational environment, and the problems on the need for training of parents. It's determined in this research that increasing educational and consciousness level of parents has more efficiency for coping with stress. Also it's found that, parents use emotional focused coping strategies for struggle with mental disability which is the main source of stress; but they prefer problem focused coping strategies for struggling with external problems that causes increasing the stress. It's suggested that qualified and continuous educational service for both mentally disabled children and their parents could direct them to problem focused coping strategies instead of emotional focused coping strategies.
Dynamic Semiparametric Factor Model With Structural Breaks

Abstract For the change-point analysis of a high-dimensional time series, we consider a semiparametric model with dynamic structural break factors. With our model, the observations are described by a few low-dimensional factors with time-invariant loading functions of the covariates. Regarding the structural break, the factors are assumed to be nonstationary and follow a vector autoregression process with a change in the parameter values. In addition, to account for the known spatial discrepancies, we introduce discrete loading functions. We study the theoretical properties of the estimates of the loading functions and the factors. Moreover, we provide both the consistency and the asymptotic normality for making an inference on the estimated breakpoint. Importantly, our results hold for both large and small breaks in the factor dependency structure. The estimation precision is further illustrated via a simulation study. Finally, we present two empirical applications in modeling the dynamics of the minimum wage policy in China and analyzing a limit order book dataset. Supplementary materials for this article are available online.