Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
A STUDY TO ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF DIVERSION THERAPY ON PAIN AMONG INFANTS RECEIVING INJECTIONS AT SELECTED CLINICS OF MANGALORE

Injections are the most painful procedures during childhood. To ensure adequate pain relief and to make pain more tolerable and to give the infants a sense of control over the situation, many pharmacological and non pharmacological strategies have been tried. As health professionals, various distractions like toys, music etc. can be used as diversion therapy to reduce the pain of infants receiving injections. The main purpose of the study was to assess the effectiveness of diversion therapy among infants receiving injection to help them to cope with pain. With experimental research approach quasi experimental post-test only control group design was used. The tools used were baseline proforma and Neonatal Infant Pain Scale. Using purposive sampling technique 60 samples were randomly assigned to control and experimental groups, 30 in each group. Samples in the experimental group were given diversion therapy before during and after the injection. The result showed that infants in the experimental group experienced less pain than that of the control. The study concluded that diversion therapy is effective and can be used by the paediatric health care professionals in their day today clinical practice to help infants cope with their pain.
THE MULTI-FUNCTIONAL ROLE OF HIGH-THROUGHPUT CFB’S IN THE OIL SHALE INDUSTRY

Limited availability of conventional petroleum resources and the world’s growing demand for fuel and energy sources have brought about the need for development of efficient techniques to make use of fuel resources other than crude oil within the past decades. One of these resources is oil shale. With the aim of developing an energy-efficient and economically viable oil shale processing solution, Outotec and Eesti Energia have combined their competences in the fields of fluidized bed technology and solid heat carrier based oil winning. The developments achieved in the framework of this collaboration led to the Enefit280 oil winning plant, which is now operating in the eastern Estonian region of Auvere. The presented work provides a detailed overview of the Enefit280 process and the interdependence of its individual components. Special attention is paid to the multi-functional role of a circulating fluidized bed incinerator, which is operated at a solids feed rate of up to 840 tons per hour and is integrated into the process to provide heat for both the pyrolysis of oil shale and the generation of steam for power generation. Systematic implementation of the high-throughput CFB in the Enefit280 process allows for processing of oil shale at a total energy efficiency of 87%, which lifts the efficiency standard for oil shale processing plants to a high level.
Characterization of canine mastocytoma cell response to cryoablation

Introduction: Mastocytoma Tumors (MCT) represent 16%-21% of all skin cancers in dogs, making it the most common form of cutaneous cancer. Solitary MCT are typically treated with wide surgical excision margins. While effective, MCT excision can cause the release of a large amount of histamine and other cytokines resulting in complications such as systemic shock or anaphylaxis. Treatments such as chemotherapy and radiotherapy have been considered to achieve complete remission. Cryoablation also represents a potential treatment option for MCT. While studies have shown cryoablation to be beneficial for the treatment of numerous cancers in animals and humans, few studies have described the use of cryoablation to treat MCT’s. The limited use of cryoablation is due to a number of factors including a lack of basic information pertaining to dosing (minimal lethal temperature) necessary to destroy MCT cancer. As such, in this study we conducted a series of in vitro studies using the C2 cell line and a pilot ex vivo fine needle aspirate tissue sample in an effort to detail the effects of freezing of canine MCT.
The effect of educational intervention based on empowerment on breast cancer screening in 35 to 55 years old women in Gonabad

Introduction: Breast cancer is one of the most prevalent cancers and it is still the leading cause of death from cancer among women. This study was conducted to determine the effect of educational intervention based on empowerment on breast cancer screening in 35 to 55 years old women in Gonabad city in 2014. Methods: The present study was a quasi-experimental study conducted in 2014 in Gonabad city. The participants were 60 women aged 35-55 years that randomly assigned to two groups of experimental (n = 30) and control (n = 30). The interventional education based on empowerment was conducted for the experimental group. Data were collected by a valid and reliable questionnaire, before and 2 months after the intervention. Using SPPS version 20, the collected data were analyzed by Ttest, chi square, and McNemar's test. Results: Before intervention, there were no significant differences between intervention and control group in empowerment components and breast cancer screening procedures. After the intervention, there were significant differences between the two group in empowerment components including awareness (P-Value=0.044), attitude (P-Value=0.001), selfsteam (P-Value=0.048), and self-efficacy (P-Value=0.002) and breast cancer screening methods including clinical breast examination (P-Value=0/018), breast self-examination (P-Value=0/015), and mammography (P-Value=0/027). Conclusion: According to our results, implementing educational interventions based on empowerment in women would be effective on performing breast cancer screening.
Healthy Marriage Initiatives

The association between marriage and well-being has led to policies that promote marital interventions and discourage divorce. These include federal initiatives specifically targeting poor couples and couples of color. While there are many prospective studies on marriage that have informed some couple interventions, the studies that are included in this literature sampled predominantly White and middle-class couples. By comparison, far less is known about the longitudinal predictors of relationship satisfaction and status for poor couples and couples of color. Therefore, it is unsurprising that preliminary data on applying current interventions to the couples targeted by these federal initiatives have been disappointing. In this article, I detail three concerns with these initiatives, propose a course of psychological research to address deficits in what is known about poor couples and couples of color, and make specific recommendations to enhance the effectiveness of these initiatives.
Novel Neuroprotective Effect Of Therapeutic Lithium Carbonate Doses In Rat Brain Tissue During Different Treatment Intervals

Amino acids are either neurotransmitters or precursors for neurotransmitters. This study aims to investigate the effect of therapeutic dose of lithium carbonate (75 mg/kg) on brain free amino acids thought to contribute in psychotic disorders and declare its effect on phosphate buffer insoluble protein fraction in rat brain at different treatment periods. Phosphate buffer insoluble protein fraction was chosen, being the more stable part of tissue protein. Four groups of rats, 6/each were recruited, randomly assorted into, a control group, given saline, acute study group, given single dose, left for 2 hours, sub-acute study group, given a dose each 3 days for 2 weeks and a chronic study group, given a dose each 3 days for a month. Brain content of l free amino acids; ɣaminobutyrate (GABA), aspartate, glutamate, glycine, phenyl alanine, tryptophan, branched chain amino acids and proline was significantly decreased on acute, sub-acute and chronic administration, while hydroxyl and dibasic amino acids were increased. Concomitantly, increased phosphate buffer-insoluble protein fraction after two hours of administration, decreasing to normal level after a month of therapy. These actions indicate an anabolic and neuroprotective impact of lithium on brain tissue with amelioration of nitrogen balance, activated amidation, hydroxylation and peptidases. These pathways, possibly published for the first time, elucidating a novel therapeutic prospect of lithium in psychotic disorders. Increasing a more stable fraction of tissue protein (phosphate-buffer insoluble), is a novel contribution to lithium tissue stabilization in affective disorders.
Effect of some neurotransmitters on pituitary in bull-camel

Effect of some neurotransmitters on pituitary in bull-camelThe present in vitro study is an attempt for profound exploration of the influence of some inhibitory (GABA and taurine) and excitatory neurotransmitters (glutamic acid and L-Argnine) on pituitary gland gonadotropic hormones in camels. For this purpose, neurotransmitters were added individually to pituitary cells in vitro. Results of current study revealed that addition of GABA alone has a potent inhibitory influence on gonadotropins release; an action which was dosedependent. In addition, exaggerated high dose of GABA added to culture resulting in depression of GnRH activity. Inhibitory neurotransmitter taurine preserved gonadotropins release within their normal values and maintained the stimulatory potentials of GnRH. On the other side, nitric oxide had a stimulatory action at small dose rates and a depressive effect at higher dose rates. Glutamic acid as the major endogenous excitatory neurotransmitter had a potent dose-dependent excitatory effect upon FSH and LH as well as GnRH stimulatory influence.
IMPLICATIONS OF SCRAPPING JAMB AND UTME FROM TERTIARY EDUCATION ADMISSION PROCESS: THE EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATORS' PERSPECTIVE

The Federal Government of Nigeria proposed that JAMB and UTME should be scrapped from the Tertiary Education admission process, as a strategy to reduce the cost of governance. This policy had generated a lot of controversies among stakeholders. The study examined the implications of scrapping JAMB and UTME from Tertiary Education Admission. The stratified random sampling technique was used to select 3300 respondents, made up of 1000 lecturers, 2000 teachers and 300 education officers. A sixteen item questionnaire was administered to the 3300 respondents used in this study. Two research questions were raised and answered using weighted mean percentages. Two hypotheses were formulated and tested using ANOVA at 0.05 level of significance. The study had revealed that: lecturers, teachers and education officers do not support the policy of scrapping JAMB and UTME and that scrapping JAMB and UTME could have the implications of increase in the rate of unemployment, non uniform admission criteria and examination syllabus, increase cost due to multiple applications, multiple admissions, haphazard admission policy and break of a chain of quality control. There is no significant difference in the mean perception scores of lecturers, teachers and education officers on the policy to scrap JAMB and UTME from tertiary education admission process and the implications on the educational system. The study recommended that the Federal Government of Nigeria should not scrap JAMB and UTME, rather any observed weaknesses should be strengthen and made efficient; and that UTME should be complemented with the conduct of Post UTME in Tertiary institutions in Nigeria.
Surviving and thriving in practice placements : a qualitative exploration of student nurses' practice placement learning experiences

There are currently numerous concerns about the quality of pre-registration nurse training in the United Kingdom, particularly regarding the fifty per cent of that training spent in practice placement settings. If pre-registration nurse training is to be as effective as possible, it is essential to create practice placement learning environments where all student nurses are empowered to be caring, confident, competent and resilient, where students feel able to survive and thrive and, hence, where they can maximise their learning experiences. When undertaking nurse training in the United Kingdom every applicant has to decide which field of nursing they wish to enter – adult, mental health, child, or learning disability – the majority choosing adult nursing. The aim of this study was to gain a deeper understanding of the practice placement learning experiences’ of those students who had chosen the adult nursing field, with a view to improving those experiences. This qualitative study drew on interpretive description, narrative inquiry and used Framework as the basis for the data analysis and interpretation. The findings of this study suggest that in order to ensure that student nurses have the best possible practice placement learning experiences attention needs to be paid to the following areas: • The preparation of individual student nurses for their practice placements. • The selection and preparation of individual mentors for their mentorship role. • The design and development of humanistic and transformative pre-registration nursing and mentorship preparation curricula. • The development of effective practice placement learning environments, including consideration of how both students and mentors are supported and valued in those practice placement settings. This study proposes that if the practice placement learning experiences of student nurses are to be improved, changes are required at the professional and regulatory levels within nursing, at the practice placement-university level of nurse training and at the individual student nurse-mentor level. Such changes, however, must be underpinned by evidence and not based solely on expert opinion, political ideology, or economic expediency, as has so often been the case in the past.
Burdening Florence Nightingale: The Impact of Downsizing on Emergency Room Nurses

This thesis investigates the impact of layoffs on the emotions, attitudes and behaviours of emergency room nurses in a large trauma hospital. This thesis is premised upon the conclusions drawn by Joel Brockner in his laboratory and survey studies of downsizing survivors. Equity theory provides a framework for Brockner's analyses. According to equity theory, participants in social exchange relationships, such as those between an employer and employee, prefer that these relationships be equitable. That is, that the input to outcome ratio of each participant in the exchange be proportionate. Brockner contends that a situation of positive inequity results when the input to outcome ratio of one participant is greater than that of the other(s). Central to Brockner's work is the hypothesis that all downsizing "survivors", those who remain employed with the organization after downsizing, experience positive inequity as a result of simply surviving the process. In addition, how survivors respond to this positive inequity, Brockner contends, depends in large part on how fairly they perceive management's handling of the layoff. Equity theory has also been used to analyze the responses of the nurses to the layoffs in their department. However, the application of equity theory presented in this thesis differs from that of Brockner. Unique to this study is the finding that the nurses' responses to the layoffs were dictated by the increased
Perceiving differences in linguistic and non-linguistic pitch A pilot study with German congenital amusics

This study investigates the perception of pitch differences by seven German congenital amusics in speech and two types of non-speech material (sinusoidal waves and pulse trains). Congenital amusia is defined by a deficit in musical pitch perception, and recent studies indicate that at least a subgroup of congenital amusics also show deficits in linguistic pitch perception. While previous studies employed pitch differences that occur in naturally spoken pairs of statements vs. echo questions to test the influence of amusia on linguistic pitch perception, the present study parametrically varied the pitch differences in steps of one semitone (from one to seven semitones). We further tested the influence of the direction of the pitch change, the length of the stimuli and the continuity of the pitch curve. Our results show that amusics have difficulties detecting pitch changes both in non-linguistic stimuli and in speech. Furthermore, we found that amusics and controls performed better when the stimuli where discontinuous and the pitch was raised (instead of lowered). With respect to non-speech material, all participants performed better for pulse trains. The length of the stimuli did not influence the performance of the participants.
Effect of Moisture Content on some Quality Parameters of Mechanically Expressed Neem Seed Kernel Oil

Orhevba, B.A, Chukwu, O. , 3 Oguagwu, V. , Osunde, Z.D Department of Agricultural and Bioresearches Engineering, Federal University of Technology, PMB 65, Minna, Niger State, Nigeria Department of Agricultural and Bioresources Engineering, Federal University of Technology, PMB 65, Minna, Niger State, Nigeria Department of Mechanical Engineering, Federal University of Technology, PMB 65, Minna, Niger State, Nigeria Department of Agricultural and Bioresearches Engineering, Federal University of Technology, PMB 65, Minna, Niger State, Nigeria
Utilisation of weep holes in retaining walls by the Japanese gecko (Gekko japonicus Dumeril & Bibron, 1836) in Fukuoka, Japan

Gekko japonicus is one of five species of the genus Gekko found on the island of Kyushu and the only species known to occur in and around the island’s largest city, Fukuoka (Tokunaga, 1984; Toda et al., 2006; Matsuhashi and Tomita, 2007; Ota, 2010a, 2010b). Gekko japonicus may have been introduced to Japan by humans and its presence is often associated with anthropogenic activity (Sasaki et al., 2005). Retaining walls are ubiquitous throughout the island along roads and in hilly and mountainous areas. To cope with the region’s heavy rainfall, these walls are usually replete with weep holes. Geckos are known to utilise drainage holes as sites of refuge (Williams and McBrayer, 2007) and oviposition (Huang and Pike, 2007). We conducted a survey in Fukuoka, Japan from November 2011 to March 2012 to determine the rate of weep hole utilisation by G. japonicus and to determine the characteristics of holes used by G. japonicus. Materials and Methods
INTERACTION EFFECTS OF DROUGHT EPISODE AFTER TEMPORARY WILTING POINT AND GIBBERELLIC ACID (GA3) ON THE GROWTH AND YIELD OF SESAME (SESAMUM INDICUM L.)

Fields Experiments were conducted in the year 2018 at the Samara town in Salah Al-Deen governorate to evaluate the effect of soaking seeds with Gibberellic acid (GA3) on the enhance the ability of sesame plants to drought tolerance. The Gibberellic acid GA3 application included six concentrations as (0, 50, 100, 150, 200, 250) ppm and then exposed the sesame plants to various droughts periods (0, 24, 48, 72, 96) hour after wilting point through (30, 60, 90) days after planting date. The results of this study showed significant differences in the all traits that’s studied (growth, yield and chemical characters of sesame seeds), where the seed socking with GA3 (200) ppm and (48) hours after wilting point showed that the highest ranges of total chlorophyll gm/ fresh tissues, ratio of chlorophyll a: b, the ratio of root: leaves, sucrose / leaf, glucose/ leaf, starch/ leaf, total carbohydrate/ leaf, weight of 1000 grains gm, biology yield / plant, total grain yield tan / ha, (%fat, %protein) in the sesame seeds, while the seeds that’s soacking with (0) GA3 and then the plants exposed to 96 drought hours after wilt point were given the lowest values in all those traits. The results of this study showed that the increased of the concentration of GA3 that applicate on the sesame seeds has increased the ability of sesame plants to drought tolerance, the evidence showed that the plants that were planted without the application of (GA3) and exposed to different periods of drought have achieved the lowest rates in all studied traits, the results suggested that GA3 application is potentially promising for enhancing plant growth and sesame seeds quality.
PASSENGER CAR UNIT OF VEHICLES ON MULTILANE URBAN ROADS: - A CASE STUDY OF VADODARA CITY

This paper presents a concept of Dynamic passenger car unit factor, appropriate for the heterogeneous traffic on Indian roads, and shows that the PCU factor for vehicles type is not a static factor as it is usually assumed. By using two methods of computing PCUs, passenger car unit for seven categories of vehicles are found. And compared those PCU factors to each other shows that PCU values are changes with respect to speed, volumes and composition. It can be also said that PCU value is depends on method of derivation. This PCU factors is the ratio of the projected rectangular area of the vehicle type to the speed of vehicle type, with respect to standard car (small car). Some of the factors affecting PCUs value are classified traffic volume of vehicles, average speed, traffic composition and carriageway width. Speed and Volume data are collected at two urban roads of Vadodara city by video camera technique during morning and evening peak hour.
Crisis, the State and Irregular Migration

Seeking Asylum: Human Smuggling and Bureaucracy at the Border is an examination of the Canadian Government’s response to the arrival of irregular migrants by boat at the turn of the millennium. Using critical theory, it moves from an analysis of the bureaucracy, to the border and finally to those places where national sovereignty is ambiguous. While predominantly concerned with the Canadian example, it does engage with other international examples, including Australia.
ASPECT OF JOURNAL BEARINGS LUBRICATION USING NON NEWTONIAN FLUIDS

The aim of this work is related to an analysis of journal bearings lubrication, using non Newtonian fluids, which are described by a power-law model. The performance characteristics are obtained for various values of the non Newtonian power-law index ‘’n’’ that is equal to: 0.9, 1 and 1.1. Numerical results indicate that for dilatants fluids (n > 1), the load-carrying capacity, the pressure, the temperature, and the frictional force may be greatly increased, while for the pseudoplastic fluids (n < 1), they all decrease. The thermal effects are found to be more pronounced at higher values of the flow behavior index ‘’n’’. The results obtained in this study are compared to those obtained by others. A good agreement is observed between them.
QUALITY AND ECONOMIC OF FODDER OAT (AVENA SATIVA L.) AS INFLUNCED BY IRRIGATION AND NITROGEN UNDER SOUTHERN RAJASTHAN

An investigation was carried out during rabi 2013-14 at Instructional Farm, Rajasthan College of Agriculture, Udaipur with the object to evaluate the quality and economic of oat (Avena sativa L.) var. kent with irrigation and nitrogen levels. The experiment comprised combinations of four irrigations and three nitrogen levels. Thus, 12 treatments were evaluated in split-plot design with three replications. In the main plots, there were irrigations and nitrogen levels were kept under sub-plots. The results indicated that the application of five irrigations and 110 kg N/ha produced significantly higher nitrogen 314.49 and 309.94 kg/ha, crude protein 1965.59 and 1937.13 kg/ha, crude fibre 5271.72 and 5061.22 kg/ha, ether extract 308.28 and 303.25 kg/ha, mineral matter 1290.18 and 1277.18 kg/ha, nitrogen free extract 8759.00 and 8877.58 kg/ha and total digestible nutrient 12688.15 and 12595.72 kg/ha. In irrigation treatments higher gross return Rs. 83222/ha and net returns Rs. 69032.12/ha as well as B:C 3.28 were recorded with five irrigations. Gross return, net returns and B : C of oat increased with increasing level of nitrogen and highest values were recorded with 110 kg N/ha were Rs. 78477/ha, Rs. 60651.91/ha and 3.01, respectively.