Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Diabetes Mellitus in Acute Coronary Syndrome

The global prevalence of diabetes mellitus (DM) has led to a pandemic, with significant microvascular and macrovascular complications including coronary artery disease (CAD), which worsen clinical outcomes and cardiovascular prognosis. Patients with both acute coronary syndrome (ACS) and DM have worse prognosis and several pathophysiologic mechanisms have been implicated including, insulin resistance, hyperglycemia, endothelial dysfunction, platelet activation and aggregations as well as plaque characteristics and extent of coronary lesions. Therefore, regarding reperfusion strategies in the more complex anatomies coronary artery bypass surgery may be the preferred therapeutic strategy over percutaneous coronary intervention while both hyperglycemia and hypoglycemia should be avoided with closed monitoring of glycemic status during the acute phase of myocardial infraction. However, the best treatment strategy remains undefined. Non-insulin therapies, due to the low risk of hypoglycemia concurrently with the multifactorial CV protective effects, may be proved to be the best treatment option in the future. Nevertheless, evidence for the beneficial effects of glucagon like peptide-1 receptor agonists, dipeptidyl-peptidase 4 inhibitors and sodium glycose cotransporter 2 inhibitors, despite accumulating, is not robust and future randomized control trials may provide more definitive data.
Transcriptional Profiling of SARS-CoV-2-Infected Calu-3 Cells Reveals Immune-Related Signaling Pathways

The COVID-19 disease, caused by the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), emerged in late 2019 and rapidly spread worldwide, becoming a pandemic that infected millions of people and caused significant deaths. COVID-19 continues to be a major threat, and there is a need to deepen our understanding of the virus and its mechanisms of infection. To study the cellular responses to SARS-CoV-2 infection, we performed an RNA sequencing of infected vs. uninfected Calu-3 cells. Total RNA was extracted from infected (0.5 MOI) and control Calu-3 cells and converted to cDNA. Sequencing was performed, and the obtained reads were quality-analyzed and pre-processed. Differential expression was assessed with the EdgeR package, and functional enrichment was performed in EnrichR for Gene Ontology, KEGG pathways, and WikiPathways. A total of 1040 differentially expressed genes were found in infected vs. uninfected Calu-3 cells, of which 695 were up-regulated and 345 were down-regulated. Functional enrichment analyses revealed the predominant up-regulation of genes related to innate immune response, response to virus, inflammation, cell proliferation, and apoptosis. These transcriptional changes following SARS-CoV-2 infection may reflect a cellular response to the infection and help to elucidate COVID-19 pathogenesis, in addition to revealing potential biomarkers and drug targets.
Whole-Genome Sequencing Analysis of Non-Typhoidal Salmonella Isolated from Breeder Poultry Farm Sources in China, 2020–2021

Non-typhoidal salmonellosis is a dangerous foodborne disease that causes enormous economic loss and threatens public health worldwide. The consumption of food, especially poultry or poultry products, contaminated with non-typhoidal Salmonella (NTS) is the main cause of human salmonellosis. To date, no research has identified the molecular epidemiological characteristics of NTS strains isolated from breeder chicken farms in different provinces of China. In our study, we investigated the antimicrobial resistance, phylogenetic relationships, presence of antimicrobial resistance and virulence genes, and plasmids of NTS isolates recovered from breeder chicken farms in five provinces of China between 2020 and 2021 by using a whole-genome sequencing (WGS) approach and phenotypic methods. All sequenced isolates belonged to six serovars with seven sequence types. Nearly half of the isolates (44.87%) showed phenotypic resistance to at least three classes of antimicrobials. Salmonella enterica serotype Kentucky harbored more antimicrobial resistance genes than the others, which was highly consistent with phenotypic resistance. Furthermore, the carried rate of 104 out of 135 detected virulence genes was 100%. Overall, our WGS results highlight the need for the continuous monitoring of, and additional studies on, the antimicrobial resistance of NTS.
HUBUNGAN POLA MAKAN DENGAN TINGKAT GULA DARAH ANGGOTA DPRD PROPINSI KALIMANTAN TIMUR

HUBUNGAN POLA MAKAN DENGAN TINGKAT GULA DARAH ANGGOTA DPRD PROPINSI KALIMANTAN TIMUR Rr. Dewi Ngaisyah INTISARI Pergeseran pola makan tradisional ke pola makan modern berdampak pada overnutrition, kemudian berlanjut pada syndroma metabolic dan Diabetes Mellitus (DM) yang banyak meyerang kelompok masyarakat sangat penting (anggota DPRD Propinsi Kalimantan Timur), data PERKENI tahun 2002 menyebutkan prevalensi DM sebesar 1,5 – 2,3%, maka perlu penelitian mengenai hubungan pola makan dengan tingkat gula darah. Tujuan penelitian ini untuk mengetahui hubungan pola makan dengan tingkat gula darah anggota DPRD Propinsi Kalimantan Timur. Selanjutnya mengetahui variabel yang paling berhubungan dengan tingkat gula darah anggota DPRD Propinsi Kalimantan Timur. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian observasional menggunakan rancangan Cross Sectional, menggunakan sampel 45 responden. Analisa data bivariat menggunakan Uji Kai Kuadrat dan analisa data multivarit menggunakan Uji Regresi Logistik. Hasil Penelitian secara bivariat ditemukan empat variabel (Asupan Energi, Karbohidrat, Protein dan Jarak waktu makan) signifikan berhubungan dengan tingkat gula darah (p-value < 0,05). Hasil multivariat menunjukkan variabel energi memiliki hubungan paling signifikan berhubungan dengan tingkat gula darah. Disarankan kepada anggota DPRD Propinsi Kalimantan Timur yang menderita DM, hendaknya memperhatikan pola makanya, terutama berkaitan dengan asupan energi, karbohidrat, protein dan jarak waktu makan untuk menurunkan risiko komplikasi penderita DM. Kata kunci : Gula darah, pola konsumsi.
PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF WATER QUALITY SURVEY FOR FIVE AQUACULTURAL PONDS IN PHUC THO DISTRICT, HANOI CITY

Aquaculture development in recent years has contributed to enhancing the income and improving the livelihoods of local people, contributing a significant part to the country's economic development. This paper presents the first observation results of aquaculture water quality at five aquaculture ponds in Phuc Tho district, Hanoi city in 2023. The results showed that pH values ranged from 7.01-7.88; total suspended solids (TSS): 15-49.5 mg/L; ammonium: 0.01-3.06 mgN/L; nitrite: 0.14-0.42 mgN/L; nitrate: 0.71-2.16 mgN/L; total nitrogen: 2.95 to 4.75 mgN/L; phosphate: 0.02 - 0.87 mgP/L; total phosphorus: 0.14-1.48 mgP/L; dissolved silica: 0.09-3.03 mgSi/L; total coliforms: 900-13,700 CFU/100 mL; and E. coli : 200-1.800 CFU/100 mL. At most sites, dissolved oxygen, total suspended solids, total nitrogen, total phosphorus, total coliforms and E. coli exceeded the permitted values of the Vietnam Technical Regulation QCVN 08:2023/BTNMT column B which regulates the water quality of aquacultural ponds. Besides, the results of the E.I. calculations (1.87) showed that most of the aquaculture ponds were in Dystrophy states. High eutrophication level together with high microbial contamination may affect the fishery productivity and quality in Phuc Tho district, Hanoi city. As a result, it is needed to propose measures to handle and overcome the current situation and to monitor the water quality regularly to ensure public health.
Ceratiocaris from the Silurian Waukesha Biota, Wisconsin

Abstract. Phyllocarids of the Waukesha Biota were systematically and taphonomically evaluated. Three Ceratiocaris species are present in the biota: C. macroura Collette and Rudkin, 2010; C. papilio Salter in Murchison, 1859; and C. pusilla Matthew, 1889. Specimens range in completeness from nearly complete, including the cephalic to caudal regions, to isolated telsons and furcae. Evidence of Salter's position is present in only three specimens. Relatively complete specimens are interpreted to represent corpses, rather than molts; whereas specimens including only the pleon and caudal region, or caudal region, and specimens with evidence of Salter's position likely represent exuviae. Specimens are preserved essentially as compression fossils exhibiting two types of preserved cuticle: brown inner cuticle, which tends to be impressed over the topography of bedding planes on which specimens are preserved, and blue-gray phosphatized cuticle exhibiting sub-millimeter scale relief. Cuticle phosphatization likely occurred during early diagenesis. The presence of characteristic near-shore species and C. pusilla, only known from turbidite facies, interpreted to possibly represent a marine trough, suggests that the Waukesha phyllocarid assemblage might represent a transported assemblage, rather than a biota, or that C. pusilla from the Jones Creek Formation was transported basinward in sediment gravity flows.
Hybrid Multi-Task Learning for End-To-End Multimodal Emotion Recognition

Multimodal emotion recognition plays a pivotal role in the advancement of natural human-computer interaction systems. Recent studies have attempted to apply multi-task learning to emotion recognition. However, the multi-task shared feature extractor of traditional methods needs to integrate the feature representations of different tasks, which may lead to the feature extractor failing to focus on the learning of emotion representations. To address this problem, we propose a hybrid multi-task learning framework for end-to-end multimodal emotion recognition, in which the primary task is emotion classification, and the auxiliary tasks are emotion regression and gender classification. This framework consists of two networks specialized in gender and emotion recognition, where the latter transfers knowledge from the former through our proposed Deep Aggregation LSTM (DA-LSTM). The DA-LSTM could more precisely capture emotional information in discourse by aggregating emotion and gender feature extractors. Experimental results on a commonly used dataset IEMOCAP demonstrate the effectiveness of our proposed method.
HREADAI: Heart Rate Estimation From Face Mask Videos by Consolidating Eulerian and Lagrangian Approaches

Heart rate (HR) is a crucial human vital parameter that can provide essential information about an individual’s physical and physiological well-being. The COVID-19 pandemic has proliferated the requirement for noninvasive HR monitoring techniques such as remote PPG (rPPG). Ironically, it also brings widespread use of face masks that posed a challenge to rPPG because most facial skin is covered. The existing works utilize nonoccluded face regions but neglect the occluded face regions for extracting relevant rPPG information, thereby providing limited performance. Hence, our proposed rPPG-based HR estimation method, Heart Rate Estimation from face mAsk viDeos by consolidating EuleriAn and LagrangIan (HREADAI), investigates the possibility of extracting relevant rPPG information from the mask region. To this end, the Lagrangian approach is investigated to leverage the intuition that the movements of the mask placed on the face are similar to that of the facial movements. The HREADAI further improves the performance by quality-based consolidation of relevant rPPG information extracted from the forehead and mask region using the Eulerian and Lagrangian approaches, respectively. Since no dataset is publicly available for this rPPG estimation of face mask videos, the experiments are performed by collecting a novel dataset comprising face mask videos and their pulse rate information. It demonstrates that our method, HREADAI, successfully extracts relevant rPPG information from mask regions and outperforms the existing rPPG-based HR estimation methods for face mask subjects. Hence, this article provides a significant step toward rPPG-based HR estimation for face mask subjects. The code and dataset will be made publicly available upon paper acceptance.
On the Dynamics of Ultrarelativistic Electrons (>2 MeV) Near L* = 3.5 During 8 June 2015

Understanding local loss processes in Earth’s radiation belts is critical to understanding their overall structure. Electromagnetic ion cyclotron waves can cause rapid loss of multi‐MeV electrons in the radiation belts. These loss effects have been observed at a range of L* values, recently as low as L* = 3.5. Here, we present a case study of an event where a local minimum develops in multi‐MeV electron phase space density (PSD) near L* = 3.5 and evaluate the possibility of electromagnetic ion cyclotron (EMIC) waves in contributing to the observed loss feature. Signatures of EMIC waves are shown including rapid local loss and pitch angle bite outs. Analysis of the wave power spectral density during the event shows EMIC wave occurrence at higher L* values. Using representative wave parameters, we calculate minimum resonant energies, diffusion coefficients, and simulate the evolution of electron PSD during this event. From these results, we find that O+ band EMIC waves could be contributing to the local loss feature during this event. O+ band EMIC waves are uncommon, but do occur in these L* ranges, and therefore may be a significant driver of radiation belt dynamics under certain preconditioning of the radiation belts.
Successful ageing amongst elderly women living independently in central areas of Pretoria, South Africa

This qualitative study explores successful ageing among a group of old women who live in the central areas of Pretoria in South Africa. It utilised the notion of successful ageing as a theoretical construct to examine how the women adapt to the challenges of old age. The study reveals that participants who had overcome difficult challenges in previous life stages by relying on their own resources are the most likely to adjust comfortably to the challenges of old age as well as the complexities encountered in the diverse central areas of Pretoria. Keywords: Elderly, life course perspective, successful ageing, living independently, South Africa
Biostratigraphic implications of mid-latitude Palaeocene-Eocene radiolarian faunas from Hole 1051A, ODP Leg 171B, Blake Nose, western North Atlantic

Abstract Abundant well-preserved radiolarians were recovered from Ocean Drilling Program Leg 171B Hole 1051A, western North Atlantic, and range from upper middle Eocene radiolarian Zone RP16 through lower Palaeocene Zone RP6. This mid-latitude fauna contrasts with tropical faunas in lacking many tropical zonal markers and in its high proportion of diachronous first and last occurrences. The sequence from Hole 1051A contains the lower Eocene-middle Eocene and Palaeocene-Eocene (P-E) boundaries, and the only known record of a well-preserved Late Palaeocene Thermal Maximum (LPTM) radiolarian assemblage. There is no gross change observed in the composition of the fauna, only a minor increase in the number of first and last occurrences across the LPTM interval and P-E boundary. Calcareous evidence indicates two hiatuses, each 1–2 Ma long, one in the lowermost middle Eocene sequence and a second in the upper Palaeocene sequence. Presence of the middle Eocene hiatus is corroborated by an abnormally large radiolarian turnover. Twenty-six events are documented and show that most of radiolarian Zone RP10 and a substantial part of Zone RP9 are missing. Seven new species are described: Spongatractus klausi, Calocyclas aphradia, Lychnocanoma (? ) parma, Sethocyrtis austellus, Sethocyrtis chrysallis, Thyrsocyrtis (Pentalacorys) krooni and Thyrsocyrtis (Thyrsocyrtis) norrisi.
SERVICE QUALITY AND BRAND LOYALTY: EVIDENCE FROM CHAIN FAST FOOD COMPANIES IN SOUTHS EAST NIGERIA

This study determined the influence of service quality on customer loyalty in chain fast food companies inSouth East Nigeria. It was a survey that was guided by three objectives and three research hypotheses.Consumers of chain fast food products and services served as respondents while the sample size was 323. A17-itemed questionnaire on a 4-point scale which reliability test produced a co-efficient of 0.79 served asresearch instrument and accessibility sampling technique was used in the administration of the instrument.Descriptive and inferential statistics on SPSS version 23 were used to analyze the data generated. Findingsrevealed that, reliability dimension has positive/significant relationship with brand loyalty(R = 0.504);responsiveness dimension has positive/significant relationship with brand loyalty (R = 0.245) whiletangibles dimension has a negative relationship with brand loyalty (R = -0.023). In view of the findings, thestudy concluded that reliability and responsiveness dimensions of service quality have positive /significantrelationships with brand loyalty while tangibles dimension has a negative relationship with brand loyalty inthe study area and therefore recommended that managers of fast food companies must among others ensurethat service promises are fulfilled, billings are properly done and training of service providers made toppriority in order to improve their speed and mitigate service defects and failures in service delivery
Energy transmission by barotropic Rossby waves across large-scale topography

Abstract An analytical study investigates the energy transmission by free, barotropic, linear Rossby waves across a large scale bottom topography when topographic and beta-effects have the same order of magnitude. In open ocean regions which are not characterized by a flat bottom, the change in topography is assumed to occur in only one direction and is described by exponential depth profiles. The solution expressed as a plane-wave streamfunction has a nondivergent energy flux vector. An energy transmission coefficient, which represents the fraction of energy that an incident wave can carry across the topography, is defined as the ratio of the upslope component of the energy flux vector in the transmission region to the one in the incident region. The evaluation of the energy transmission coefficient for a ridge similar to the Mid-Atlantic Ridge shows that the low-frequency waves (of period larger than one week) are strongly reflected and that the ridge acts like a barrier which separates the ocean in two.
Condom use and drug consumption in migrants: a systematic review

ABSTRACT Objective: To identify condom use and drug consumption in migrants, as well as the association between these variables. Method: A systematic search was carried out for articles published in Spanish and English (2017-2022), in PubMed, EBSCO, WEB of SCIENCE, Elsevier, Scielo, Redalyc, with eligible studies reporting on condom use and drug consumption, and their association. Results: The search strategy found 147 articles with the combination of terms and other sources. After excluding articles by title, abstract, and finding that they had the study variables, eight articles were included for qualitative analysis and only three met the criteria for quantitative analysis. Conclusion: Drug consumption favors inconsistent condom use, increasing the risk of acquiring an STI, and can lead to other mental health issues derived from the use of these substances.
Potential of lactic acid bacteria from wong tea can reduce rats' blood serum cholesterol levels

Lactic Acid Bacteria (LAB) isolated from wong tea which have the potential to be probiotic candidates generally have the ability to reduce cholesterol levels. This research uses BAL isolate from wong tea as a probiotic drink that can lower cholesterol. The LAB isolate used is resistant to low pH, resistant to microbial activity (S. aureus and E. coli) and resistant to bile salts. The aim of this research was to determine the effect of giving LAB from wong tea to reduce blood serum cholesterol levels in mice in vitro. The research design used was a Randomized Block Design (RAK) with 5 treatments giving BAL and each treatment was repeated 4 times. Giving BAL for 14 (fourteen) days is carried out in batches. Total LAB was carried out using the surface method on MRS agar, Gram staining using the staining method, cholesterol levels were measured using a cholesterol kit using the CHOD-PAP enzymatic method. The total research results of Wong tea's LAB ranged from 1.23 x 109 to 2.20 x 109 cfu/ml. The isolation process obtained by Gram staining showed positive Gram staining results in the form of rods.
Does artificial intelligence kill employment growth: the missing link of corporate AI posture

Introduction An intense debate has been on-going about how artificial intelligence (AI) technology investments have an impact on employment. The debate has often focused on the potential of AI for human task automation, omitting the strategic incentive for firms to cooperate with their workers as to exploit AI technologies for the most relevant benefit of new product and service innovation. Method We calibrate an empirical probit regression model of how changes in employment relate to AI diffusion, based on formalizing a game-theoretical model of a firm exploiting the twin role of AI innovation and AI automation for both absolute and competitive advantage. Results The theoretical game-theory prediction is that employment following AI technology adoption is not negative, and ultimately depends on how AI leads to new success in innovation, competition which defines the competitive reward of innovation and profit sharing between workers and firms. Our estimation, is based on a global survey of 3,000 large companies across 10 countries, demonstrates that a firm employment growth depends on two strategic postures, that is, the firm relative maturity of AI adoption as well as its relative bias toward AI-based product innovation. Discussion The contribution of this research is to highlight the twin role of firm and workers in shaping how technology will affect employment. AI in particular marries the potential of task automation with even more potential for expansion.
Polypropylene Composites with Biochars from Miscanthus and Tomato Biomass – Part I: Thermal and Structural Properties

ABSTRACT A study of biochar/polypropylene composites has been conducted to describe the influence of biochars on the supermolecular structure of PP. The first stage of the work described the influence of carbonization on the properties of carbon fillers (tomato and miscanthus). The biochar was added to the polymer matrix, and the composite samples were manufactured by extrusion and injection molding. The influence of the fillers was investigated using WAXS, hot-stage optical microscopy, PLM microscopy, FTIR and ASTM designation. There were showed the strong influence of the biochar fillers on the properties of polypropylene matrix in composite materials. Obtained composites were characterized by the satisfying properties.