Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Evaluation of the Efficacy of Daily Consumption of Eucommia ulmoides Leaves in A Sample of Healthy Volunteers

Context: More than 80% of the population around the world believes with traditional medicine to overcome the side effects, resistance, and cost of synthetic medications. Herbal medicines take the upper hand in this manner as they safe, effective with low cost. Eucommia ulmoides (EU) belongs to Eucommiaceae family widely cultivated in China. It contains many active compounds and used traditionally and pharmacologically as cardioprotective, neuroprotective, and hepatoprotective effects due to antioxidant activities. Aims: The aim of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of EU leaves if consumed daily. Settings and Design: This study was done in Faculty of Pharmacy-Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacy Practice unit-Pharmacology Unit at University of Science and Technology after taking Permission from the University Ethics Committee - Sana’a, Yemen. Methods and Material: A total of 26 healthy volunteers (15 male and 11 female) participated in this study. They allowed to drink 2 g of EU leaves twice daily (tea) for 4 weeks. The parameters were taken before and after the study that including body mass index, systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure, and mean arterial pressure (MAP). In addition, biochemical studies were done, including the measurement of fasting blood sugar, complete blood count, and lipid profile; liver function tests, kidney function tests, electrolytes, and sex hormones. Statistical Analysis Used: Results of representative values were expressed as a mean ± standard error of the mean. Comparisons between two groups were made using a paired t-test (SPSS Version 21). P < 0.05 were considered statistically significant. Results: The outcomes of this study showed that EU reduced blood pressure (SBP, DBP, and MAP), lipid profile (cholesterol, triglyceride, and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol), and kidney function tests (urea and creatinine), besides that it improved hematopoiesis and reduced inflammatory cell. Conclusions: It is suggested that the EU can be used as an adjuvant therapy due to its beneficial antihypertensive, dyslipidemic, nephroprotective, hematopoietic, and anti-inflammatory effects as well as estrogenic-like effect
The Polish Basin - relationship between the crystalline consolidated and sedimentary crust

In the area of the Polish Basin five deep seismic sounding profiles, recorded during 1991-1997, were used to compare the structure of the crystalline and consolidated crusts with that of the sedimentary cover. Repeated reactivation of deep crustal fractures controlled the thickness distribution and development of faults in Palaeozoic and Mesozoic sequences. NW-SE to WNW-ESE basin-parallel and transverse N-S to NE-SW striking fracture systems are evident. The former includes the Teisseyre-Tornquist Zone that marks the profound crustal boundary between the East European Craton and the typical Trans-European Suture Zone (TESZ) crust that is characterized by a variably thick consolidated upper crustal layer, composed of Caledonian-deformed Early Palaeozoic and possibly Vendian sediments, and defines the NE boundary of the Permian and Mesozoic Mid-Polish Trough (MPT). Its northwestern TTZ segment was intermittently active throughout the whole geological history of the area. The SW boundary of the TESZ, marked by the Dolsk Fault across which the consolidated crustal layer is replaced by a crystalline Variscan upper crust, is only evident on profiles LT-7 and P4. The deformation front of the Variscan Externides is located some 100 km to the NE of the Dolsk Fault within the confines of the TESZ crust. On profiles TTZ-PL and P2, significant lateral changes in the thickness of the consolidated and crystalline crust of the Pomeranian, Kuiavian and Holy Cross Mts. segments of the MPT are noted that coincide with the transverse Bydgoszcz-Poznan-Torun and Grojec fault zones. These crustal changes are associated with substantial changes in the composition and thickness of supracrustal sedimentary sequences and the degree of inversion of the MPT.
Simultaneity and Interactivity of the Effects of Communication Elements on Consumers' Decision Making in Ewom Systems

Electronic word-of-mouth (EWOM) systems have become an inalienable and indispensable part of electronic commerce and evolved into a rich information environment that contain a set of communication elements. Understanding how these communication elements operate simultaneously to shape consumers’ decision with the product in the EWOM context is a prerequisite for designing value-adding EWOM systems. Drawing on Elaboration Likelihood Model and the additivity and the bias hypotheses, we document the roles of multiple communication elements in EWOM systems, namely the product review, the informant profile, the peer rating indicator, and the informant status indicator, in affecting a consumer’s acceptance of the product in an EWOM system. Through an experimental study, we observe that the acceptance of the product is positively affected by the diagnosticity of the product review and the informant’s credibility. The diagnosticity of the review is in turn affected by the congruence between its coverage and the consumer’s personal consumption needs. Informant credibility is influenced by the concentration of the informant’s past information contribution on the focal product category and this relationship is moderated by the system artifact that displays the informant’s status.
Multiple response optimization of the effect of thyme essential oil against Listeria monocytogenes in ground meat at different times and temperatures

The presence of L. monocytogenes is unacceptable in ground beef; therefore, it should be inactivated/ decontaminated in such meat products. In this respect, there are a great number of studies focused on reduction of the number of L. monocytogenes with essential oil applications. The utilization from antimicrobial activity of essential oils and extracts of many plant species have recently become popular for many pharmaceutical and food processing applications (11). Essential oil treatment is one of the effective methods for elimination of L. monocytogenes from food products (40). In the literature, there are a number of references highlighting the inhibitory effect of Thymus vulgaris on L. monocytogenes growth (14, 33, 36). Response surface methodology (RSM) is a useful statistical tool, allowing to improve and optimize processing conditions by finding the experimental relationship between input and output variables that are considered in an experimental design (20). Using an RSM design of experiment, it is possible to determine the relationship between the response and the independent parameters; to develop firstor secondorder mathematical models of responses as a function of the parameters studied; to map a response surface over a particular region of interest and optimize the response, and to select operating conditions to achieve target specifications or customer requirements (6, 23, 32). Like RSM, predictive microbiological models are also widely used in the modeling of food processing to eliminate the complexity of reactions and heterogeneous structure of food products. Among the predictive models used, Baranyi is known to be capable of showing a good fit for growth curves of some pathogenic bacteria, such as Bacillus spp. , Brochothrix thermospacta, Clostridium spp. , Escherichia coli O157:H7, Staphylococcus spp. , Yersinia enterocolitica and Salmonella Typhimurium as well as Listeria monocytogenes under different conditions (2, 4, 16, 38, 45). Multiple response optimization of the effect of thyme essential oil against Listeria monocytogenes in ground meat at different times and temperatures
Identical applicant but different outcomes: The impact of gender versus race salience in hiring

People belong to multiple social groups, which may have conflicting stereotypic associations. A manager evaluating an Asian woman for a computer programming job could be influenced by negative gender stereotypes or by positive racial stereotypes. We hypothesized that evaluations of job candidates can depend upon what social group is more salient, even when both are apparent. In three studies, using student (Study 1) and nonstudent (Studies 2 and 3) samples, we compared ratings of an Asian American female applicant after subtly making her race or gender salient in stereotypically male employment contexts. Consistent with our predictions, we found evidence that men rated her as more skilled (Studies 1 and 3), more hirable (Studies 1–3), and offered her more pay (Study 2) in science and technology-related positions when her race, rather than gender, was salient. The theoretical implications for person perception and practical implications in employment contexts are discussed.
The Correlation of Ferritin and Leptin Serum Levels with Cardiac Involvement in Thalassemia Patients Compared to Controls

Background Regarding abnormalities in thalassemia major (TM) patients and the effects of leptin and ferritin on heart, aimed to investigate the possible relationship between leptin, ferritin and cardiac involvement in TM patients compared to controls. Materials and Methods In total 141 individuals entered to the present case-control study that consisted of 66 TM patients matched in age and sex with 75 healthy controls. The case group selected from those patients attending to the clinic of Ali Asghar Hospital, Zahedan-Iran. From participants, 5ml blood takes by a nurse and was isolated from serum samples in order to analyze ferritin and leptin levels. Major proceedings in patients were checking medical history, physical examination, chest X-ray and Electrocardiogram (ECG) that performed before echocardiography by unique cardiologist. The participants subjected to conventional examination for both right and left heart functions. Results Leptin level (p=0.026), height, weight and body mass index (BMI) were lower in patients (p 0.05). In left heart, LAd was higher in case (2.44± 0.42) significantly (p<0.001). QT (p<0.001), QTc (p<0.001), S in V1 (p=0.030), and Heart rate (P<0.001) were higher in TM patient. In patients, QTc (p=0.009), and QTcd (p=0.002) correlated with leptin, and IVSS (p=0.013), PWD (p=0.048), and in right heart, peak E (p=0.002), and peak A (p=0.034) were correlated with ferritin. Conclusion From the present study concluded that PWD and IVSS in left heart and Peak A and Peak E in right heart correlated with ferritin. QTc and QTcd correlated with leptin.
Dry summers over northeastern South Africa and associated circulation anomalies

Circulation anomalies associated with dry summers over northeastern South Africa are considered. Dry summers occurring during El Nino/Southern Oscillation (ENSO) episodes are examined separately from those during non-ENSO years, for which a greater mid-latitude influence on South African summer rainfall is evident. During the ENSO dry summers, anomalous upper tropospheric westerlies are dominant over most parts of the subcontinent and make the upper flow unfavourable for rain-bearing disturbances over northeastern South Africa. The barotropic instability criterion is not satisfied over most of tropical southern Africa and the maximum baroclinic shear south of Africa tends to be shifted west into the Southeast Atlantic; thus, conditions are unfavourable for tropical–extratropical cloud-band development and South African rainfall. High-pressure anomalies exist over southern Africa, suppressing convection, while the ascending branch of the Walker Circulation shifts offshore into the western Indian Ocean to lie over anomalously warm sea-surface temperatures (SSTs) there. During the non-ENSO dry summers, there is a less obvious indication of significant warming of SST over the southwest Indian Ocean or coherent offshore shift in the Walker Circulation. Instead, mid-latitude circulation anomalies tend to play a larger role such that increased advection of cool, dry South Atlantic air occurs over South Africa with an increased mid-latitude westerly influence. The location of maximum westerly shear is shifted westwards, and conditions are generally unfavourable for cloud-band occurrence across South Africa; hence, rainfall is reduced.
Kinematic dynamo action in large magnetic Reynolds number flows driven by shear and convection

A numerical investigation is presented of kinematic dynamo action in a dynamically driven fluid flow. The model isolates basic dynamo processes relevant to field generation in the Solar tachocline. The horizontal plane layer geometry adopted is chosen as the local representation of a differentially rotating spherical fluid shell at co-latitude ϑ; the unit vectors [xcirc ], ŷ and zˆ point east, north and vertically upwards respectively. Relative to axes moving easterly with the local bulk motion of the fluid the rotation vector Ω lies in the (y, z)-plane inclined at an angle ϑ to the z-axis, while the base of the layer moves with constant velocity in the x-direction. An Ekman layer is formed on the lower boundary characterized by a strong localized spiralling shear flow. This basic state is destabilized by a convective instability through uniform heating at the base of the layer, or by a purely hydrodynamic instability of the Ekman layer shear flow. The onset of instability is characterized by a horizontal wave vector inclined at some angle ∈ to the x-axis. Such motion is two-dimensional, dependent only on two spatial coordinates together with time. It is supposed that this two-dimensionality persists into the various fully nonlinear regimes in which we study large magnetic Reynolds number kinematic dynamo action. When the Ekman layer flow is destabilized hydrodynamically, the fluid flow that results is steady in an appropriately chosen moving frame, and takes the form of a row of cat's eyes. Kinematic magnetic field growth is characterized by modes of two types. One is akin to the Ponomarenko dynamo mechanism and located close to some closed stream surface; the other appears to be associated with stagnation points and heteroclinic separatrices. When the Ekman layer flow is destabilized thermally, the well-developed convective instability far from onset is characterized by a flow that is intrinsically time-dependent in the sense that it is unsteady in any moving frame. The magnetic field is concentrated in magnetic sheets situated around the convective cells in regions where chaotic particle paths are likely to exist; evidence for fast dynamo action is obtained. The presence of the Ekman layer close to the bottom boundary breaks the up–down symmetry of the layer and localizes the magnetic field near the lower boundary.
Prevalence of Respiratory Syncytial Virus in infants in Khartoum State, Sudan

1. Department of Microbiology, University of science and technology, P.O. Box: 30, Omdurman, Sudan. 2. Department of Virology, Veterinary Research Institute, P.O. Box 80 67, Khartoum, Sudan. 3. Current address, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science and Arts, Northern Boarders University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 4. Department of Virology, Central Laboratory, Ministry of science and Technology, P.O. Box 7099, Khartoum, Sudan.
PHYSIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF SAFFLOWER ( Carthamus tinctorius L . ) GROWN IN THE PRESENCE OF LOW SALT CONCENTRATIONS

Safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.) is highly regarded in the world as an aromatic, spicy, medicinal and oilseed crop, which can be used in all kinds of industries. It inhabits arid and semiarid areas of the world. The influence of the relatively low NaCl concentrations found in soils and irrigation waters on the growth and metabolism of safflower, grown under semi-controlled conditions, was examined in this work. It was found that increased concentrations of NaCl affected the number of leaves per plant and dry leaves mass/area ratio. The transpiration intensity was reduced in plants grown in the presence of NaCl and stomatal diffusive resistance increased following an increase in NaCl concentration.
Body Awareness, Mindfulness and Affect: Does the Kind of Physical Activity Make a Difference?

The aim of this cross-sectional study is to explore expected differences in the connection between particular physical activities and positive and negative affect, body awareness or mindfulness. Additionally, we describe the so-called tingling phenomenon (i.e. skin-related sensations evoked by focusing on a body part) in terms of prevalence, gender differences and psychological concomitants. A total of 1,057 individuals (331 male; mean age: 30.6 ± 10.17 years) practicing yoga, Pilates training, kung fu, aerobic, or ballroom dance completed our questionnaire. Analysing data of all sports together, weekly frequency of practice, as opposed to time elapsed since starting practice, was connected to lower levels of negative affect and somatosensory amplification, and to higher levels of positive affect. Advanced yoga and Pilates participants showed higher body awareness; advanced kung fu participants amplified bodily signals the least, and aerobic was related to the highest positive affect. Among beginners, there were no practically relevant differences in the assessed constructs. These results might help to clarify the common and different psychological properties that are needed for and/or can be developed by different sports.
THE PERIOD OF FINANCIAL DISTRESS IN SPECULATIVE MARKETS: INTERACTING HETEROGENEOUS AGENTS AND FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS

We investigate how stochastic asset price dynamics with herding and financial constraints explains the presence of a period of financial distress (PFD) following the peak and preceding the crash of a bubble [Charles P. Kindleberger, Manias, Panics, and Crashes: A History of Financial Crisis, 4th ed. (New York: Wiley, 2000, Appendix B)] as common among most major historical speculative bubbles. Simulations show that the PFD is due to (1) agents' wealth distribution dynamics and (2) positive and sufficiently high transaction costs generating losses for a significant mass of the agents' distribution after the peak of the bubble. The use of transaction costs to get the result is only a modeling tool. Many other mechanisms—able to generate losses for a large mass of the agents' distribution in periods in which financial constraints bind—can produce the same result. The paper also shows how the PFD is affected by a variation of the sensitivity of price to the excess demand and by the switching strategy.
Scaffolding Transfer Activities Through The Use Of Concept Maps To Enhance Adaptive Problem Solving In An Introductory Engineering Technology Course

In the industrial age "knowing what" and "knowing how" to transfer well-structured problem solving skills learned in one context to another context was sufficient for most job positions. With the movement to an information age, problem solving has expanded into the required ability to transform domain-dependent problem solving skills learned in one context into domain-independent skills capable of solving ill-structured problems [1] . Becoming an expert problem solver within this new environment means adding, "knowing why" to what and how knowledge. The typical instructional solution to enhance the student’s problem solving skills is to add a “messy” end of course project, based on the faculty member’s industrial experience or consulting work. Depending on the nature of the problem and the student's familiarity with the project context, student success can be limited. Spiro delineated this condition, stating "cognitive and instructional neglect of problems related to content complexity and irregularity in patterns of knowledge use leads to learning failures that take common, predictable forms (failure to transfer)" [2] . This investigation addresses the underlying theory and evidence advocating concept maps as a method for scaffolding problem solving transfer. In order to minimize the failure to transfer, both the problem solver's factors and the instructional factors must be addressed.
Will you “quasi-marry” me? The rise of cohabitation and decline of marriages

In Western Europe and the US, the last couple of decades have witnessed a large increase in the new forms of marriages, usually called quasi-marriages, like cohabitation. Today in many European countries more than 15% of all couples are cohabiting. Furthermore, cohabiting couples differ from married ones. They tend to share household tasks and market works more equally than married couples. The aim of this paper is to account for the rise in cohabitation as well as the cross-sectional differences between cohabiting and married couples. To this end, we build a two-period model of marriage and cohabitation with home production. Using this framework, we analyze, both theoretically and empirically, the effects of the narrowing of the gender wage gap and the improvement in household production technology on the agents’ marital decisions.
Dipping in CygnusX-2 in a multi-wavelength campaign due to absorption of extended ADC emission

We report results of one-day simultaneous multiwavelength observations of Cygnus X-2 using XMM, Chandra, the European VLBI Network and the XMM Optical Monitor. During the observations, the source did not exhibit Z-track movement, but remained in the vicinity of the soft apex. It was in a radio quiescent/quiet state of 60 degrees these structures can still cover large parts of the extended ADC, without absorbing emission from the central neutral star.
Intersection properties of balls in spaces of compact operators

Let A be a real or complex Banach space. The closed ball in A with center a and radius r is denoted by B(a, r) and the unit ball B(0 , 1) by AI ; A* is the dual space of A . A family {B(^., r,)},^p of balls in A is said to have the weak intersection property if ^ B(/(fl ,) ,r ,)^0 in R or C for every / E A ^ . The notion of weak intersection property was introduced by Hustad [8]. In the real case this is equivalent to ||̂ . a. || < . ̂ + r for all f, 7 G F. Let n > 3 be a natural number. We say that A is an E(n)-space if every family of n balls in A with the weak intersection property has a non-empty intersection. In the real case this is the same as the n.2. intersection property (n.2.I.P.) studied by Lindenstrauss in [15]. Lindenstrauss proved that a real space A has the 4.2. I.P. iff it has the n.2. I.P. for all n iff A* is isometric to an Li(jn)-space. Hustad [8] and Lima [13], [14] then showed that for a complex space, A is an E(3)-space iff A is an E(A2)-space for all n iff A* is isometric to an Li(jLi)-space. In the real case, the 3.2. 1.P. does not imply the 4.2. LP. In fact, real Li(jLi)-spaces have the 3.2. 1.P., but not the 4.2. LP.
Oil Sorption by Heat-Treated Rice Husks

Rice husks, an agricultural waste, were thermally treated and evaluated as an adsorbent for oil with the goal of being used as a remediation strategy for oil spills of oil based products. The oil sorption capacity was examined of thermally-treated, carbonized rice husks which are mainly composed of silicates. Results showed that the oil sorption capacities of the carbonized rice husks prepared at 700°C is 16 g/g for heavy crude oil. The microstructure and morphology of the carbonized rice husks were investigated by FTIR spectrometry and Scanning Election Microscope (SEM).