Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Combining abilities for yield and vegetative traits of upper Amazon cocoa selections in Ghana

Un programme de selection a debute en 1982 au Ghana afin d'identifier les meilleurs parents pour la production de semences hybrides. Dix genotypes de cacaoyers Haut-Amazoniens ont ete testes sur leur aptitude generale a la combinaison pour le rendement, les caracteres des cabosses et des feves, la sensibilite a la pourriture brune et les caracteristiques vegetatives. L'essai a ete mene dans des conditions proches de celles des plantations villageoises. L'AGC est predominante pour la production, l'incidence de la pourriture brune et la vigueur de la croissance vegetative des parents testes. La production precoce est souvent correlee avec la production ulterieure, Quelques-uns des parents tres productifs sont aussi les plus tolerants a la pourriture brune et les meilleurs pour le rapport entre productivite et vigueur. Pa 150, Pound 7 et Pa 7 sont mieux classes, en particulier pour le rendement net total, que les deur parents femelles les plus utilises dans les jardins semenciers, T85/799 et T60/887.
A Drug Utilization Evaluation of Bronchodilators Using a Defined Daily Dose Method

Drug therapy is crucial to promoting human health by increasing quality of life and extending lifespan. A method to assess and improve drug use is by conducting Drug Utilization Study. Drug utilization, in terms of DDD, aids in converting the available volume of medications into medically relevant units, allowing estimations of the number of people exposed to a certain medicine or class of medicines. A prospective observation study was carried out to assess the consumption of bronchodilators among in-patients. Theophylline was the most utilized bronchodilator with 469.54 DDD/100bed-days. Total consumption of bronchodilators 872.91 DDD/100bed-days. Methylxanthines like Theophylline and Etofylline tablets were over-utilized with PDD:DDD ratio of 4.35 and 3.26 respectively.
Immunoprotective Effect of Liver Allograft on Patients with Combined Liver and Kidney Transplantation

Background Simultaneous liver-kidney transplantation (SLKT) and kidney transplantation (KT) after liver transplantation (LT) provide potential treatment options for patients with end-stage liver and kidney disease. There is increasing attention being given to liver-kidney transplantation (LTKT), particularly regarding the immune-protective effects of the liver graft. This retrospective, single-center, observational study aimed to evaluate the clinical outcomes of KT in LTKT patients – either SLKT or KT after LT (KALT) – compared to KT alone (KTA). Material/Methods We included patients who underwent KT between January 2005 and December 2020, comprising a total of 4312 patients divided into KTA (n=4268) and LTKT (n=44) groups. The LTKT group included 11 SLKT and 33 KALT patients. To balance the difference in sample sizes between the 2 groups, we performed 3: 1 propensity score matching (PSM). Results There was no significant difference in graft survival between the groups. However, the LTKT group exhibited significantly superior rejection-free survival compared to the KTA group (P<0.001). Although the difference in the rejection-free graft survival rate disappeared (P=0.081) following PSM, a significant difference was observed when the LTKT group was subdivided into SLKT and KALT groups (P=0.047). The SLKT group showed no rejection episodes during the follow-up period, while the KALT group did not exhibited significant difference in the presence of rejection compared to the KTA group. Conclusions These findings suggest that SLKT may have a protective effect against rejection compared to KTA, highlighting a potential immunoprotective role of liver grafts on kidney grafts.
Inherited Arrhythmias in the Pediatric Population: An Updated Overview

Pediatric cardiomyopathies (CMs) and electrical diseases constitute a heterogeneous spectrum of disorders distinguished by structural and electrical abnormalities in the heart muscle, attributed to a genetic variant. They rank among the main causes of morbidity and mortality in the pediatric population, with an annual incidence of 1.1–1.5 per 100,000 in children under the age of 18. The most common conditions are dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). Despite great enthusiasm for research in this field, studies in this population are still limited, and the management and treatment often follow adult recommendations, which have significantly more data on treatment benefits. Although adult and pediatric cardiac diseases share similar morphological and clinical manifestations, their outcomes significantly differ. This review summarizes the latest evidence on genetics, clinical characteristics, management, and updated outcomes of primary pediatric CMs and electrical diseases, including DCM, HCM, arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC), Brugada syndrome (BrS), catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (CPVT), long QT syndrome (LQTS), and short QT syndrome (SQTS).
Rectangular Differential OFDM with Index Modulation

Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) with Index Modulation (OFDM-IM), which conveyed information bits via the activated indices and constellation symbols is a promising technique in the next wireless communications. In the OFDM-IM scheme, only part of subcarriers are activated to transmit information, the inactive subcarriers transmit zero symbols, so that the conventional differential coding is not suitable for the adjacent subcarriers. In order to address this issue, in this paper, a novel Rectangular Differential OFDM-IM (RD-OFDM-IM) scheme is proposed to exploit the benefits of OFDM-IM dispensing with Channel State Information (CSI). In the proposed RD-OFDM-IM scheme, N subcarriers are partitioned into G subblocks and index modulation is employed in each subblock first. Then rectangular differential coding is invoked during two adjacent subblocks, so that non-coherent detection can be employed for the proposed RD-OFDM-IM scheme. Simulation results are shown that the proposed RD-OFDM-IM scheme is capable of providing considerable performance gain over conventional Differential OFDM (D-OFDM) scheme with lower Peak Average Power Ratio (PAPR).
Reliability and validity of revised instrument on pain management and its relationship between knowledge and attitudes among nurses in Vietnam

Objective: This study aimed (1) to evaluate the internal consistency and test-retest reliability of the Vietnamese version of the Knowledge and Attitudes Survey Regarding Pain –revised questionnaire; and (2) to assess the relationship between the knowledge, attitudes and demographic factors in nurses. Materials and methods: A cross-sectional survey and a correlation research design was used to evaluate test-retest reliability. 154 participants were tested twice with a 2-week interval. Multivariate analysis was performed by using multiple linear regressions to test the relationship between demographic data with nurse’ knowledge and attitude of pain management. Results and Discussion: Reliability was confirmed by internal consistency (Cronbach α = 0.88) and test-retest reliability (intraclass correlation coefficient, 0.88). The results of multiple regression indicated that age, nurses had level 5, and nurses from internal medicine, ICU, emergency, obstetric, oncology department, those with previous education in pain management, and routinely assess pain for patients were predicted to KASRP score, accounting for 11.6%. Conclusion: The Vietnamese Knowledge and Attitudes Survey Regarding Pain- Revised questionnaire had satisfactory content validity and reliability for assessing pain management in nurses in Vietnam. Some demographic factors were predicted 11.6% of KASRP in Nurses. Further research need focus on those factors independently significant predicted to KASRP to improve nurse’s knowledge and attitude. Bangladesh Journal of Medical Science Vol. 23 No. 01 January’24 Page : 160-170
Wh-complement Clauses and (non-)Local Selection

This paper revisits c- and s-selection in the context of wh-clausal complements. The standard treatment of predicate-complement selection can be traced back to generative approaches of 70’s and says that the selection of a complement by a predicate is evaluated both in syntax and semantics. As regards syntax, the grammatical category of the complement must belong to the subcategorization frame of the predicate, and vis-à-vis semantics, the semantic type of the complement must fall in the set of types selected by the predicate. The present paper examines several licit instances of wh-clausal selection that should have been ungrammatical under the standard treatment, but they are not. The analysis offered here says that c-selection reduces to argument selection and is computed derivationally (at the point of External Merge), while s-selection reduces to an interpretation function that spans a larger grammatical domain and is evaluated representationally (at the syntax-semantics interface).
Outstanding nonlinear optical properties of methylammonium- and Cs-PbX3 (X = Br, I, and Br–I) perovskites: Polycrystalline thin films and nanoparticles

Metal Halide Perovskites (MHPs) have arisen as promising materials to construct cost-effective photovoltaic and light emission devices. The study of nonlinear optical properties of MHPs is necessary to get similar success in nonlinear photonic devices, which is practically absent in the literature. The determination of the third order nonlinear coefficients is typically done by the Z-scan technique, which is limited by the scattering of polycrystalline thin films. In this work, we have studied nonlinear optical properties of polycrystalline CH3NH3PbX3 (MAPbX3) thin films and colloidal CsPbX3 nanoparticles with three different bandgaps (X3 = I3, Br3, and Br1.5I1.5). Their bright generation of photoluminescence under infrared illumination demonstrates an excellent efficiency of multiphoton absorption. The nonlinear absorption coefficient (β) was studied by analyzing the transmitted light through the samples, observing the expected Eg−3 dependence with values as high as β = 1500 cm/GW. In addition, we proposed the use of a modified Z-scan technique with imaging processing to analyze the nonlinear refraction coefficient (n2) under the laser damage threshold. Our experimental data agree quite well with theoretical predictions, demonstrating the accuracy of the method and potential applications to other thin films. Moreover, n2 parameter reaches values of 3.5 cm2/GW, indicating the suitability of MHPs for nonlinear photonics.
A Large, Multiple-Tooth-Rowed Captorhinid Reptile (Amniota: Eureptilia) from the Upper Permian of Mallorca (Balearic Islands, Western Mediterranean)

SUPPLEMENTAL DATA—Supplemental materials are available for this article for free at www.tandfonline. com/UJVP Citation for this article: Liebrecht, T. , J. Fortuny, À. Galobart, J. Müller, and P. Martin Sander. 2016. A large, multiple-tooth-rowed captorhinid reptile (Amniota: Eureptilia) from the Upper Permian of Mallorca (Balearic Islands, western Mediterranean). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2017. 1251936.
Beyond Belief: Exploring the Alignment of Self-Efficacy, Self-Prediction, Self-Perception, and Actual Performance Measurement in a Squat Jump Performance—A Pilot Study

It is widely accepted that athletic performance emerges from a complex interaction between physical and cognitive features. Several studies highlighted self-efficacy (SE) in the cognitive domain of athletic performance, but no studies have correlated SE with sport-specific tasks. According to Bandura, this study explored SE and its relationship with self-prediction (SP), self-perception (PSJ), and actual performance in a squat jump (SJ). Thirty-nine healthy collegiate students were assessed using an SE questionnaire, an SP measurement tool, and a validated optical system for actual SJ performance. An SE score and an SE esteem index (SEE) were determined. The alignment between an individual’s SP of their SJ performance and their SE beliefs was also examined. The data revealed a significant correlation between SE score and both SJ (r = 0.432; p = 0.006) and SP (r = 0.441; p = 0.005). Furthermore, disparities among the actual SJ, SP, and SEE were statistically non-significant, implying a congruence between self-belief and performance. With a deeper understanding of the interaction between SE, SP, and sport-specific tasks, sports professionals could develop targeted interventions to enhance athletes’ overall athletic achievements and apply SE as a feature linking physical and cognitive athletic performance.
A Single Centre Demographic and Clinico-epidemiological Profile of Pityriasis Versicolor in Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study

Background: Pityriasis Versicolor (PV) is a chronic superficial fungal infection of skin caused by lipophilic yeast Malassezia species. Its prevalence, predisposing factors and clinical presentations varies in different geographical locations around the world. Despite being a common disease, its diagnosis and treatment remain a challenge. The aim of this study was to document the clinico-epidemiological characteristics of the participants diagnosed with PV. Materials and Methods: A descriptive crosssectional study was carried out on 104 consecutive participants attending the Outpatient Department of National Research Institute of Unani Medicine for Skin Disorders, Hyderabad during 1st July, 2020 and 31stJuly, 2021. Their demographic data, risk factors, clinical features, and temperament were recorded in the case record form. The participants were diagnosed clinically and confirmed by direct microscopy. The data were analysed retrospectively. Results: In this study, 75 participants (72%) were males and the ratio of male to female was 2.6:1. The most frequently affected participants were in 20–40 years of age group. The mean age was 29.14 (±10.52) years. PV was present in 28.8% students, 21.15% workers, 31.7% employees, 11.5% housewives and 6.7% businessmen. The most common affected site was back followed by neck and chest. PV was found prone to the Fitzpatrick skin types 4 (49.03%) and 3 (27.8%). Hypo-pigmented lesions were more common.The Malassezia species was present in multiple lesions of all the participants. Conclusions: This study documented the clinico-epidemiological profile of PV. The findings of this study may provide us current understanding of PV in India. Bangladesh Journal of Medical Science Vol. 23 No. 01 January’24 Page : 141-149
The Genetic Landscape of Sleep Disorders in Parkinson’s Disease

Parknson’s disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disease, affecting 1% of people aged over 60. PD is characterized by a wide range of motor symptoms, however the clinical spectrum of PD covers a wide range of non-motor symptoms, as well. Sleep disorders are among the most common non-motor symptoms of PD, can occur at any stage of the disease and significantly affect quality of life. These include rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder (RBD), restless legs syndrome (RLS), excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS), insomnia, obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and circadian rhythm disturbances. One of the main challenges in PD research is identifying individuals during the prodromal phase of the disease. Combining genetic and prodromal data may aid the early identification of individuals susceptible to PD. This review highlights current data regarding the genetic component of sleep disorders in PD patients, focusing on genes that have currently been associated with this PD co-morbidity.
AN INVESTIGATION INTO ENGLISH-MAJORED UNDERGRADUATES’ DIFFICULTIES IN ENGLISH ESSAY WRITING

Nghiên cứu này nhằm mục đích tìm hiểu thêm về những khó khăn mà sinh viên chuyên ngành tiếng Anh năm thứ hai và năm thứ ba gặp phải khi học viết luận tiếng Anh tại trường Đại học An Giang. Tác giả đã sử dụng phương pháp hỗn hợp bằng cách phân phát bảng câu hỏi với thang đo Likert năm điểm cho 258 sinh viên chuyên ngành Ngôn ngữ Anh và thực hiện phỏng vấn bán cấu trúc với 13 sinh viên. Theo kết quả nghiên cứu, sinh viên gặp phải nhiều vấn đề về viết, phần lớn liên quan đến từ vựng, ngữ pháp, thiếu ý tưởng và động cơ học tập. Khi làm bài văn, đa số sinh viên còn thiếu vốn từ và mắc lỗi trong việc chọn từ. Ngoài ra, sinh viên còn đối mặt với các cấu trúc ngữ pháp hoặc câu phức tạp. Một số sinh viên lại không có động lực để viết bài luận, trong khi những sinh viên khác không có ý tưởng và bị vướng mắc khi gặp phải chủ đề lạ. Nghiên cứu này rất có ý nghĩa đối với giảng viên vì cho phép giảng viên dễ dàng xác định những khó khăn của sinh viên và đưa ra những phương pháp khác nhau giúp cải thiện kỹ năng viết của người học. Nghiên cứu cũng đề xuất một số khuyến nghị cho nghiên cứu trong tương lai về những thách thức của sinh viên chuyên Anh trong việc học viết luận tiếng Anh.
Intra‐tumoral tumor infiltrating Lymphocyte‐T CD8+ and chemotherapy response in colorectal cancer: A prospective observational study

Background: The immunotherapy approach to colorectal cancer is becoming one of the key approaches to colorectal cancer treatment. One of the components of immune responses is tumor‐infiltrating lymphocyte CD8+ cells (TILs CD8+). While chemotherapy is one of the main treatments for colorectal cancer, we need to consider immunotherapy for advanced colorectal cancer. Thus, this study is aimed at finding the association between TIL CD8+ expression and chemotherapy response. Methods: This is a prospective cohort study with colorectal cancer patients in the Digestive Surgery division of a tertiary general hospital in West Java, Indonesia. An immunohistochemistry examination was used to evaluate the expression of TIL CD8+. The response evaluation criteria in solid tumors (RECIST) were used for the evaluation of chemotherapy response. Results: There were 53 research subjects included. There were 20 (37.7%) subjects with high expression of TILs CD8+; there were 30 (56.6%) subjects in stage III, followed by stage IV (17.32%) and stage II (6.11%). There were 18 subjects (34%) who showed progressive disease, 17 subjects (32.1%) showed partial response, and 16 subjects (30.2%) with high expression of TILs CD8+ showed partial chemotherapy response. The TILs CD8+ expression showed no significant relationship with age, sex, subtype, grade, or tumor location, but showed a significant relationship with stage and chemotherapy response (P < 0.05). Conclusion: High TILs CD8+ expression show a relationship with better chemotherapy response and a better prognosis based on disease stage in colorectal cancer patients.
Pharmacological Approaches Using Diabetic Drugs Repurposed for Alzheimer’s Disease

Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and Alzheimer’s disease (AD) are chronic, progressive disorders affecting the elderly, which fosters global healthcare concern with the growing aging population. Both T2DM and AD have been linked with increasing age, advanced glycosylation end products, obesity, and insulin resistance. Insulin resistance in the periphery is significant in the development of T2DM and it has been posited that insulin resistance in the brain plays a key role in AD pathogenesis, earning AD the name “type 3 diabetes”. These clinical and epidemiological links between AD and T2DM have become increasingly pronounced throughout the years, and serve as a means to investigate the effects of antidiabetic therapies in AD, such as metformin, intranasal insulin, incretins, DPP4 inhibitors, PPAR-γ agonists, SGLT2 inhibitors. The majority of these drugs have shown benefit in preclinical trials, and have shown some promising results in clinical trials, with the improvement of cognitive faculties in participants with mild cognitive impairment and AD. In this review, we have summarize the benefits, risks, and conflicting data that currently exist for diabetic drugs being repurposed for the treatment of AD.
An Adaptive Track Initiation Method Adopting Multiscan Spatiotemporal Information

Trajectory initiation of dense newborn targets is an important research topic in multitarget tracking; however, few reports concerning the related studies can be found. In response to the problem of accurately obtaining spatiotemporal information of densely populated newborn targets, we propose a novel adaptive track initiation method adopting multiscan spatiotemporal information. First, by combining the spatial information measured from multiple scans, an adaptive track initiation method is proposed to obtain the measurement sequence of newborn targets. Second, by establishing an adaptive newborn density model, the newborn state estimation of dense targets is obtained from the measurement sequence of newborn targets. Finally, the state estimation of the targets is input to the labeled random finite set (RFS) filter to obtain the trajectory information. By quantifying the posterior density error of the labeled RFS, the truncation error of the newborn state estimation is presented. The error analysis suggests that our proposed method can achieve track initiation with small boundary ${L} 1$ error. The simulation results verify that the proposed method can effectively cope with the situation of dense newborn targets. Compared with the existing adaptive birth algorithms, our proposal can realize more accurate track initiation when newborn targets occur simultaneously.
Gynecomastia on Thoracic Computed Tomography

Background and objective Gynecomastia is a benign proliferation of ductal epithelium in the retroareolar region in male patients. The aim of this study was to investigate the frequency of gynecomastia in male patients who underwent thoracic computed tomography (CT) imaging at our clinic, assess possible causes, highlight the imaging characteristics of gynecomastia, and compare our findings with the literature. Materials and methods Male patients over 18 years of age who underwent thoracic CT imaging in our clinic were included in the study. Patients were initially assessed based on age and the presence of gynecomastia. The patients with gynecomastia were evaluated in terms of age, gynecomastia localization (right, left, and bilateral), gynecomastia type (nodular, dentritic, and diffuse), and possible etiology. Results The study included 1500 patients with a mean age of 45.6±21.7 years, and 470 (31.3%) patients had gynecomastia. Gynecomastia was on the right side in 11.3%, on the left side in 11.1%, and bilateral in 77.7% of the patients. Gynecomastia was nodular in 52.1%, dendritic in 35.3%, and diffuse in 17.2% of the patients. The causative factor could not be identified in 44.3% of the patients with gynecomastia. Among cases where the etiology was identified (56.7%), the most common factors were cancer (23.4%), chronic kidney disease (CKD) (13.2%), and chronic hepatitis B (10.7%). Conclusion When evaluating thoracic CT, the breast area, in addition to the lungs, chest wall, and bone structures, should also be evaluated carefully. With the increased use of thoracic CT scans, incidentally detected gynecomastia in patients is also on the rise. Knowing the presence of gynecomastia is very important for the clinician to determine the etiology and treat the underlying disease. Therefore, detecting and reporting gynecomastia on thoracic CT can prevent unnecessary advanced breast imaging methods and play a very important role in treating the underlying etiology.