Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
EVALUATION OF BONE REGENERATION BY OSTRICH EGG WHITE SUBSTITUTE IMPLANTED WITH BONE IN TIBIA BONE DEFECT IN ANIMAL MODEL

The present study was conducted to investigate the in vivo to assess the effect of ostrich egg white (OEW)–derived graft substitutes on bone healing and comparative with self– regeneration of control site in dogs. The eight male domestic dogs (3–4 years old, weighing 20–30 kg) were used. Bone formation was assessed by using of OEW as kind of biomaterial that has flexibility and jelly shape with high compatibility. The implant was harvested after 4 and 8 weeks, and the area of new bone formation was quantified by radiology and densitometry studies. The highest bone formation was achieved with the OEW treatment, and it was significantly higher than that achieved with the empty treatment. The quantity of new bone at end of 8 weeks was greater than at 4 weeks in treated group. The researcher also show that Using OEW, the bone regeneration significantly increased within the implanted site in the biomaterial group, in the second month of the experiment, when compared to the control group. Furthermore, bone regeneration was significantly higher in the implant treatment biomaterial site of individual OEW, after implantation times, it’s showed little effect in enhancing bone regeneration 4 weeks post– implantation. Overall, it can be concluded that OEW (safe, cheap, and easily available) is a potent osteoidinductive component that plays critical role during bone regeneration and repairing in animal model. Keyword: Animal model, Bone regeneration, Implant, Ostrich egg, Tibia bone.
Effects of dietary conjugated linoleic acid, fish oil and soybean oil on body-fat deposition and serum lipid fractions in broiler chickens

An experiment was conducted on broiler chickens to study the effects of dietary fats rich in conjugated linoleic acid (CLA), fish oil (n-3 rich oil), soybean oil (n-6 rich oil), polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) alone or in dual mixtures, as well as palm oil as a more saturated fat on tissue fat deposition and serum lipid concentrations of broiler chickens. The fat included in the experiment's diets is a dose of 7% for single fats and 3.5 + 3.5% for the dual mixtures. The conjugate linoleic acid (CLA) supplement used in this study was LUTA-CLA 60, containing 60% CLA, so that dietary inclusion of 7 and 3.5% LUTA-CLA 60 were supplied with 4.2 and 2.1% CLA, respectively. The chickens fed diets containing palm oil, soybean oil or fish oil as the only dietary fat deposited more fat in breast tissue compared with other groups (P < 0.05). The highest fat in thigh tissue was observed in birds fed 7% fish oil (P < 0.05). The CLA containing diets resulted in fatter liver tissue (P < 0.05). The diets containing 7% fish oil effectively decreased the lipid content of chicken's liver (P < 0.05). The fish oil and soybean oil as n-3 and n-6 rich sources, respectively demonstrated a comparable reduction in the serum cholesterol and low density lipoprotein (LDL) concentrations (P < 0.05), while the 7% CLA diet increased serum high density lipoprotein (HDL) level (P < 0.05). The results of this study showed that dietary fish oil, and CLA effectively increased fat content of meat and liver tissues, respectively; and the dietary soybean oil and fish oil were more effective on reducing serum undesired lipoproteins, as compared with CLA. Key words : CLA, PUFA, body fat deposition, serum lipids and broiler chickens.
Evaluation of Resistance in Different Chickpea Strains to Callosobruchus chinensis Linnaeus (Coleoptera:Bruchidae) under Laboratory Conditions

To evaluate resistance of seven strains of chickpea against Callosobruchus chinensis, three tests (confinement, free choice and antixenosis) were conducted in the postgraduate laboratory of the Department of Entomology, University of Arid Agriculture Rawalpindi during the years 1997-1999. Randomised Complete Block Design with four replications was used in all the tests. The cotton strains of chickpea namely NCS 96002, NCS 950004, NCS 950012, 92CC-076, 92CC-079, NCS 950183 NCS 960003 and one variety, Paidar-91 were collected from Pulses Section of National Agricultural Research Centre Islamabad. In all the tests, the variety Paidar-91 was used as check/standard, being commercial variety in Potohar region. It was concluded that the chickpea strain NCS-960003 was found to be partially resistant in all the three tests when compared with the standard and NCS-950012 and 92CC-079 were turned out to be be partially resistant to susceptible. NCS-96002 was turned out to be partially susceptible to susceptible. NCS-960183, NCS-950004 and 92CC-076 did not differ much from the standard (Paidar-91).
Effects of Trans-Resveratrol, Isolated from Smilax Aspera, on Smooth Muscle, Blood Pressure, and Inflammation in Rats and

صخلملا Nociception in Mice Abeer H. Harb, Musa abu Zarga, Shtaywy Abdalla ces ,Dept. of Chemistry, University of Jord Smilax aspera (Lilia medicine for the treatment of many disorders. Chemical analy stilbe on ra and i exam 7 relaxa bladd 8.5 m diasto admi mg/k rats. 10, 3 induc These medi repor prost علا ةتبن تمدختسا ا بط يف لأ ضارملأا نم ديدعلا ةجلاعمل باشع . ليلحتلا ىدأ دقو ا ث ل ى ا ن ح ب ط ا ن ن ن ف ت ن ض ا ق ب ا © 2009 Jordan Journal of Biological Sciences. All rights reser
Optically thick outflows in ultraluminous supersoft sources

Ultraluminous supersoft sources (ULSs) are defined by a thermal spectrum with colour temperatures ~0.1 keV, bolometric luminosities ~ a few 10^39 erg/s, and almost no emission above 1 keV. It has never been clear how they fit into the general scheme of accreting compact objects. To address this problem, we studied a sample of seven ULSs with extensive Chandra and XMM-Newton coverage. We find an anticorrelation between fitted temperatures and radii of the thermal emitter, and no correlation between bolometric luminosity and radius or temperature. We compare the physical parameters of ULSs with those of classical supersoft sources, thought to be surface-nuclear-burning white dwarfs, and of ultraluminous X-ray sources (ULXs), thought to be super-Eddington stellar-mass black holes. We argue that ULSs are the sub-class of ULXs seen through the densest wind, perhaps an extension of the soft-ultraluminous regime. We suggest that in ULSs, the massive disk outflow becomes effectively optically thick and forms a large photosphere, shrouding the inner regions from our view. Our model predicts that when the photosphere expands to >10,000 km and the temperature decreases below approximately 50 eV, ULSs become brighter in the far-UV but undetectable in X-rays. Conversely, we find that harder emission components begin to appear in ULSs when the fitted size of the thermal emitter is smallest (interpreted as a shrinking of the photosphere). The observed short-term variability and absorption edges are also consistent with clumpy outflows. We suggest that the transition between ULXs (with a harder tail) and ULSs (with only a soft thermal component) occurs at blackbody temperatures of approximately 150 eV.
EURASIAN JOURNAL OF BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT

Companies can use different pricing strategies to accelerate demand. Pricing strategies not only provide information to consumers but also profoundly affect their perceptions of products and services. Price ending strategies, for example, use prices that have a psychological impact. This study sought to identify and compare different generations’ perceptions of price ending strategies using data collected via a questionnaire based on the relevant literature. The population comprised people over 18 who live in Mersin, Turkey. Quota sampling was applied so that 100 respondents were chosen from each generation (i.e., Baby Boomers and Generations X, Y, and Z) and 200 people from each gender. The questionnaires were conducted face-to-face between April 15 and May 15, 2016. The data were analyzed using analysis of variance and correspondence analysis, as well as descriptive statistics. The results reveal that consumers’ perceptions of quality, discount, and image evoked by prices differ significantly by generation. The findings suggest that retail managers need to pay attention to the generational composition of their target market when using pricing strategies.
Fiscal Policy in a Liquidity-Constrained New Keynesian Economy

We study the eects of …scal policy on the macroeconomy using a New Keynesian model in which private …nancial assets are regarded as only partially liquid and government bonds as liquid. We …nd that the …scal multipliers in this economic environment are large enough for …scal policy to be highly eective. Fiscal policy works by improving liquidity in the economy.
The Satellite Luminosity Functions of Galaxies in SDSS

We study the luminosity function of satellite galaxies around isolated primaries using the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) spectroscopic and photometric galaxy samples. We select isolated primaries from the spectroscopic sample and search for potential satellites in the much deeper photometric sample. For primaries of similar luminosity to the Milky Way and M31, we are able to stack as many as $\sim\negthinspace 20,000$ galaxy systems to obtain robust statistical results. We derive the satellite luminosity function extending almost 8 magnitudes fainter than the primary galaxy. We also determine how the satellite luminosity function varies with the luminosity, colour and concentration of the primary. We find that, in the mean, isolated primaries of comparable luminosity to the Milky Way and M31 contain about a factor of two fewer satellites brighter than $M_V=-14$ than the average of the Milky Way and M31.
How Does "Sentence Structure and Vocabulary" Function as a Scoring Criterion Alongside Other Criteria in Writing Assessment 1 ?

Several studies have evaluated sentence structure and vocabulary (SSV) as a scoring criterion in assessing writing, but no consensus on its functionality has been reached. The present study presents evidence that this scoring criterion may not be appropriate in writing assessment. Scripts by 182 ESL students at two language centers were analyzed with the Rasch partial credit model. Although other scoring criteria functioned satisfactorily, SSV scores did not fit the Rasch model, and analysis of residuals showed SSV scoring on most test prompts loaded on a benign secondary dimension. The study proposes that a lexico-grammatical scoring criterion has potentially conflicting properties, and therefore recommends considering separate vocabulary and grammar criteria in writing assessment.
The Outcome of Politically Connected Boards on Commercial Bank Performance in Malaysia

This study draws on upper echelon theory (Hambrick & Mason, 1984) to examine whether the demographic characteristics of politically connected board members affect commercial bank performance in Malaysia. Interaction effect between age, ethnicity, and the political connections of board directors demonstrates that commercial bank performance depends on the presence of non-ethnic minority elder directors who have political connections with higher government authorities. The findings have important implications for corporate governance in commercial banking sectors in Malaysia. Although bank performances are impressive, the valuable human capital resources of board members who have diverse skills and backgrounds remain underutilized. Improving corporate governance performance through better use of human capital resources is of paramount importance for an effective business strategy that facilitates creativity and innovation. Government-Linked Companies (GLCs) should reengineer strategies to support the private sector, instead of crowding out private investment.
The Use of Law Library Collection and Services by the teaching faculty: Challenges and Opportunities for Legal Institutions in Pakistan

This study surveyed the utilization of resources, services and facilities of the Central Library of the University of Peshawar by the students. The findings reveal that most of the respondents visited the library to study course books, consult reference materials and to retrieve unpublished documents for information needs. Majority of the respondents indicated that the library provided effective services. They were satisfied with the lighting system, ventilation facilities, reading tables and staff behavior with end users. However, lack of e-resources, inadequate collection and insufficient physical facilities were the major problems in the effective use of library collection and services. This study, its hopped, will provide a base for the improvement of the library of University of Peshawar in particular and other university libraries in the province in general having a situation similar to the University of Peshawar.
How Do Foreign Institutional Investors Enhance Firm Innovation?

We examine the effect of foreign institutional investors on firm innovation. Using firm-level data across 26 non-U.S. economies between 2000 and 2010, we show that foreign institutional ownership has a positive, causal effect on firm innovation. We further explore three possible underlying mechanisms through which foreign institutions affect firm innovation: Foreign institutions act as active monitors, provide insurance for firm managers against innovation failures, and promote knowledge spillovers from high-innovation economies. Our article sheds new light on the real effects of foreign institutions on firm innovation.
Skin Disoders of Childhood

Background:Nearly 1/3 rd of pediatric outpatient visits involve a dermatology complaint. Pediatric dermatoses needs a separate view from adults, due to differences in clinical presentation & treatment. Aim:To study the incidence &prevalance of pediatric dermatoses between the age group of 0-14 yrs in a period of 6 months. Materials & Methods: All children , 14yrs & below attending the Out patient department(OPD) of DVL , between January-June 2014 were enrolled in the study. Diagnosis made by detailed history, clinical examination & appropriate investigations. Results:Out of 19,803 new cases 2591 children (13.08%)(1262 mch,1329 fch) with 22 different dermatoses were encountered Bacterial-36.8%, infestations-17.86% ,fungal-5.48%, viral-7.48%, genodermatoses-1.73% ,Drug eruptions-0.01% . Allergic diseases-4.24%, Haemangiomas-0.47%, Nutritional dermatoses-3.35%, sweat gland disorders-5.4%, Acne-0.8%,physiological conditions-1.04%,sebaceous gland disorders1.23%. Discussion&Conclusion: Skin conditions like infections, infestations and insect bite reaction are preventable through proper health education about personal hygiene regular school& hostel health programmes, encouraging use of mosquito nets etc. Parents should be councelled about early treatment & provision of nutritious diet to the child to prevent secondary infections and complications. Emphasis must be made on prenatal diagnosis and counseling to the parents to prevent genodermatoses.
New Global Regulatory Mechanisms and the Environment: the Emerging Linkage Between the WTO and the ISO

Summary This article seeks to highlight the emerging linkage between the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO). This relationship is seen against a background of liberalisation, and more generally of profound changes in the structure of global governance. Indeed, after having promoted deregulation on a massive scale, the time seems to be ripe to reintroduce regulation, albeit in a new format. Standards, especially environmental standards, appear to provide new forms of global regulation. As a result, we witness the emergence of new forms of actor arrangements, dominated by private, as opposed to public actors.
Selection and pattern mixture models for modelling longitudinal data with dropout: An application study

Incomplete data are unavoidable in studies that involve data measured or observed longitudinally on individuals, regardless of how well they are designed. Dropout can potentially cause serious bias problems in the analysis of longitudinal data. In the presence of dropout, an appropriate strategy for analyzing such data would require the definition of a joint model for dropout and measurement processes. This paper is primarily concerned with selection and pattern mixture models as modelling frameworks that could be used for sensitivity analysis to jointly model the distribution for the dropout process and the longitudinal measurement process. We demonstrate the application of these models for handling dropout in longitudinal data where the dependent variable is missing across time. We restrict attention to the situation in which outcomes are continuous. The primary objectives are to investigate the potential influence that dropout might have or exert on the dependent measurement process based on the considered data as well as to deal with incomplete sequences. We apply the methods to a data set arising from a serum cholesterol study. The results obtained from these methods are then compared to help gain additional insight into the serum cholesterol data and assess sensitivity of the assumptions made. Results showed that additional confidence in the findings was gained as both models led to similar results when assessing significant effects, such as marginal treatment effects.
Wendel-Gautschi-Kershaw's Inequalities and Sufficient and Necessary Conditions that a Class of Functions Involving Ratio of Gamma Functions are Logarithmically Completely Monotonic

In the article, sufficient and necessary conditions that a class of functions involving ratio of Euler’s gamma functions and originating from Wendel-Gautschi-Kershaw’s double inequalities are logarithmically completely monotonic are presented. From this, Wendel-Gautschi-Kershaw’s double inequalities are refined, extended and sharpened.
A Comparative Perspective on Trends in Income Inequality in Ireland

Both overall income inequality and inequality in the distribution of earnings rose sharply during the 1980s and 1990s in a number of industrialised countries, notably the UK and the USA. This makes it particularly important to know how the distribution of income in Ireland has been changing over time, how it compares with other countries, and what factors contribute to explaining Ireland’s particular experience. This paper addresses these issues with household survey data allowing us to provide a picture of the distribution of household income in Ireland up to 1997. This allows us to assess for the first time how inequality has been changing during Ireland’s boom. Comparisons are also made with recent estimates for other countries, notably from the European Community Household Panel, so that both Ireland’s current distribution and trends over time can be placed in comparative perspective. A decomposition analysis of changes over time is implemented, and trends in the distribution of earnings among individual employees are also analysed.
Inertia tensor and cross product In n-dimensions space

We demonstrated using an elementary method that the inertia tensor of a material point and the cross product of two vectors were only possible in a three or seven dimensional space. The representation matrix of the cross product in the seven dimensional space and its properties were given. The relationship between the inertia tensor and the octonions algebra was emphasized for the first time in this work.
Irreversible impacts of heat on the emissions of monoterpenes, sesquiterpenes, phenolic BVOC and green leaf volatiles from several tree species

Abstract. Climate change will induce extended heat waves to parts of the vegetation more frequently. High temperatures may act as stress (thermal stress) on plants changing emissions of biogenic volatile organic compounds (BVOCs). As BVOCs impact the atmospheric oxidation cycle and aerosol formation, it is important to explore possible alterations of BVOC emissions under high temperature conditions. Applying heat to European beech, Palestine oak, Scots pine, and Norway spruce in a laboratory setup either caused the well-known exponential increases of BVOC emissions or induced irreversible changes of BVOC emissions. Considering only irreversible changes of BVOC emissions as stress impacts, we found that high temperatures decreased the de novo emissions of monoterpenes, sesquiterpenes and phenolic BVOC. This behaviour was independent of the tree species and whether the de novo emissions were constitutive or induced by biotic stress. In contrast, application of thermal stress to conifers amplified the release of monoterpenes stored in resin ducts of conifers and induced emissions of green leaf volatiles. In particular during insect attack on conifers, the plants showed de novo emissions of sesquiterpenes and phenolic BVOCs, which exceeded constitutive monoterpene emissions from pools. The heat-induced decrease of de novo emissions was larger than the increased monoterpene release caused by damage of resin ducts. For insect-infested conifers the net effect of thermal stress on BVOC emissions could be an overall decrease. Global change-induced heat waves may put hard thermal stress on plants. If so, we project that BVOC emissions increase is more than predicted by models only in areas predominantly covered with conifers that do not emit high amounts of sesquiterpenes and phenolic BVOCs. Otherwise overall effects of high temperature stress will be lower increases of BVOC emissions than predicted by algorithms that do not consider stress impacts.
Strategies and developments of immunotherapies in osteosarcoma (Review)

Osteosarcoma (OS) is a frequently observed primary malignant tumor. Current therapy for osteosarcoma consists of comprehensive treatment. The long-term survival rate of patients exhibiting nonmetastatic OS varies between 65-70%. However, a number of OS cases have been observed to be resistant to currently used therapies, leading to disease recurrence and lung metastases, which are the primary reasons leading to patient mortality. In the present review, a number of pieces of evidence provide support for the potential uses of immunotherapy, including immunomodulation and vaccine therapy, for the eradication of tumors via upregulation of the immune response. Adoptive T-cell therapy and oncolytic virotherapy have been used to treat OS and resulted in objective responses. Immunologic checkpoint blockade and targeted therapy are also potentially promising therapeutic tools. Immunotherapy demonstrates significant promise with regard to improving the outcomes for patients exhibiting OS.
Imaging the Recombination Current Pre-Factor Jo of Heavily Doped Surface Regions; A Comparison of Low and High Injection Photoluminescence Techniques

A novel technique for imaging the recombination current pre-factor of heavily doped surface regions, ubiquitous to mainstream silicon solar cells, is introduced. This technique utilises photoluminescence in a low injection regime, allowing measurement of test structures with low resistivities, which are unattainable by the conventional Kane and Swanson method [1]. The procedure is fast and simple requiring only one photoluminescence image and no photoconductance measurement (after an initial calibration). The potential of the technique is demonstrated on surface-passivated phosphorus diffusions with sheet resistances in the range of ~15 – 120 Ω/sq. A comparison is made with both high and low injection photoconductance decay (PCD) measurements and a recently proposed high injection imaging technique (based on Kane and Swanson theory) [2, 3].