Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Relative Prevalence and Associated Factors of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Type I in Patients with Radial Head Fractures Treated with Open Reduction and Internal Fixation: A Cross-Sectional Study

Objective This cross-sectional study aimed to examine the incidence and associated factors of complex regional pain syndrome type I (CRPS I) in patients who underwent open reduction and internal fixation (ORIF) for radial head fractures. Methods The study enrolled 601 radial head fracture patients treated with ORIF, 523 of which completed the 1-year follow-up. The incidence of CRPS I in those patients was assessed using the Budapest criteria. Patients were then divided into 2 groups: patients with CRPS I (n = 28) and patients without CRPS I (n = 495). The patients' demographic and clinical data before the operation were prospectively collected by our team. Independent t-tests and χ2 tests were used as univariate analyses to compare the demographic and clinical data between the two groups. Meanwhile, multivariate regression analysis was conducted to identify the associated risk factors for CRPS I. Results The incidence of CRPS I in patients with radial head fractures treated with ORIF was 5.5% during the first year following surgery. Significant differences were observed in age, gender, type of trauma, modified Mason Classification, and depressive personality disorders. The logistic regression analysis revealed that the female gender, modified Mason type III fractures, and depressive patients were significantly more likely to develop CRPS I (p=0.021, 0.023, and 0.025, respectively). Conclusions The incidence of CRPS I among radial head fracture patients undergoing ORIF was 5.5%. In addition, early detection of CRPS I and providing adequate intervention will likely result in greater benefits for those patients.
Study on purification of flake graphite by heat activation and hydrofluoric acid

ABSTRACT Graphite is an allotropic type of carbon composed of hexagonally organised carbon atom layers in a planar condensed ring structure (graphene layers). In recent years, researchers have reported the purification of graphite using various separation techniques, leading to the development of many methods for purifying graphite to separate it from the ore mixture. However, the majority of these methods are time-consuming, detrimental to the environment, expensive, need much energy, and have rather difficult manufacturing conditions. Although graphite is an essential strategic resource, and China has the world’s largest deposits and output of graphite, China’s graphite processing technology is very low, restricting the area of application. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to investigate the heat-activated hydrofluoric acid method (HAH), which is a simple and quick protocol that is often used to purify flake graphite. The optimum reaction parameters for purifying graphite are also explored, including hydrofluoric acid (HF) concentration, activation temperature, activation time, and sulphuric acid concentration. The results showed that the HAH process could purify raw flake graphite up to 99 %. As a result, the purification method in this study is applicable to the production of high-purity graphite.
Prevalence of Iron Deficiency Anemia (I.D.A.) among 6-24 Months Old Children Admitted to Azadi Teaching Hospital in Kirkuk Governorate in 2019

: Background: Iron deficiency anemia is a common nutritional problem worldwide and present in developing countries more than developed country. Aims: 1. To assess how widespread is the Iron deficiency anemia among anemic children between 6 -24 months of age. 2. Study the significant relation of age, sex, and residence of children and education status of the mother of a child with I.D. A. 3. To illustrate the relation of feeding practices and the development of I.D. A. and the relation between nutritional status (Weight for age) of children and I.D. A. 4. To study the relation between gestational age and development of I.D. A. Patients and methods: This study is performed in Azadi Teaching Hospital in Kirkuk pediatric department during 2019 to investigate the prevalence of IDA in children between six months and 2 years of age. A detailed history taken and physical examination done. serum iron, total iron binding capacity and serum ferritin were checked for the anemic cases. Results: A total of (90) cases, 60 cases of them (66%) had anemia (P.C.V. less than 33%). The cases 6-12 months of age. There was no great variation between affected males and females. Most of the cases (32) (64%) were referred from rural areas. It was noticed that artificial feeding was a common feeding practice in most of the cases. Seventy percent of cases under age. A large numbers of had low educational level . Also the mean age of early introduction of food was (5-12) month. Conclusion: 1. Peak age of Iron deficiency anemia (I.D.A) is between 6-12 months of age.
Loxl2 and Loxl3 Paralogues Play Redundant Roles during Mouse Development

Lysyl oxidase-like 2 (LOXL2) and 3 (LOXL3) are members of the lysyl oxidase family of enzymes involved in the maturation of the extracellular matrix. Both enzymes share a highly conserved catalytic domain, but it is unclear whether they perform redundant functions in vivo. In this study, we show that mice lacking Loxl3 exhibit perinatal lethality and abnormal skeletal development. Additionally, analysis of the genotype of embryos carrying double knockout of Loxl2 and Loxl3 genes suggests that both enzymes have overlapping functions during mouse development. Furthermore, we also show that ubiquitous expression of Loxl2 suppresses the lethality associated with Loxl3 knockout mice.
Compass Newspaper Subordination Conjunction September 2021 Edition: Implications of Learning Indonesian in Class XI

Every sentence in the newspaper has a subordinate unprepared conjunction. There are many kinds of subordinating conjunctions, many have researched about subordinating conjunctions. However, few research results are related to conjunctions with learning Indonesian. This study aims to (1) describe the data on the form of subordinate conjunctions in the September 2021 edition of the newspaper's political and legal discourse, (2) the subordinate knowledge of the meaning of the conjunction in the September 2021 edition of Kompas newspaper's political and legal discourse, and (3) find out the classification of the meaning of conjunctions. subordinates in the political and legal discourse of the September 2021 edition of the Kompas newspaper in learning Indonesian in class XI SMA. The approach in this research is descriptive qualitative research. The data is in the form of subordinate conjunctions in the September 2021 edition of the Kompas daily newspaper which recorded 26 data. The data source comes from the Kompas newspaper. The data were collected by listening to the data, sorting, classifying, and taking notes. The data were validated by triangulation theory and the accuracy of the researchers. The results of the study are as follows. Several forms of subordinating conjunctions were found, including (1) for (2) because (3) because (4) because (5) in (6) that (7) how (8) so that (9) while (10) after (11 ) to (12) from (13) to (14) even though (15) even though (16) i.e. (17) i.e. (18) with (19) if (20) time. Research using Indonesian language learning in class XI SMA Activities analyzing the use of conjunctions, with text as a learning medium can be used as activities that can be carried out by students. This activity is included in one aspect of language, namely writing skills.
Determinations of Cadmium, Tin, Copper, Iron and Zinc in Food Samples by Electrothermal and Flame Atomic Absorption Spectrometries

Cadmium, tin, iron, copper, and zinc in tea, rice, and liver samples, and standard reference materials (IRMM 804 Rice Flour, GBW 10010 Rice, Bovine Liver1577c and GBW 07605 Tea Leaves) were determined by using electrothermal and flame atomic absorption spectrometries. Cd and Sn in sample solutions were determined with electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry by using palladium (Pd) as a matrix modifier. Pyrolysis and atomization temperatures and pyrolysis times of Cd and Sn in sample solutions were optimized in the absence or presence of Pd. Pyrolysis temperatures of Cd and Sn found in the presence of Pd were 800°C and 1200°C, respectively. Iron, Cu, and Zn in samples were determined by flame atomic absorption spectrometry. The accuracy and precision of the method were validated by determining elements in standard reference materials. Limits of detection for Sn, Cd, Fe, Cu, and Zn were found as 0.66, 0.26, 2.0, 1.9, and 1.2 µg/L, respectively. Concentrations of elements found in samples were compared with maximum values reported by World Health Organization (WHO) and other studies.
Geography and ethics I: Placing injustice in the Anthropocene

This report on geography and ethics focuses on the conditions of ethics. It identifies the ethical stakes of how accounts of unequal anthropogenic impacts on the Earth are specified with respect to both injustice and to what are deemed viable futures. It centres arguments of Indigenous and Black scholars regarding kinship and intersectionality, and respective ethical practices of struggle, resurgence and rebellion against the mutual oppression of peoples of colour and the environment. I identify challenges these forms of grounded practices pose to more-than-human geographies and urge an approach to understanding ethical conditions as concrete concerns.
Articulating Populism in Place: A Relational Comparison of Kirchnerism in Argentina

How are populist movements articulated in place, and what political tensions can arise when they mobilize across scales? Despite the historical significance of particular places for populist movements (e.g., countryside or city), much populist scholarship remains trapped in a national lens, and geographical analyses are only starting to take seriously place-based articulations. Drawing on Gillian Hart’s Gramscian approach, we understand articulation as a dual process of cojoining and resignifying that unfolds through geographically situated practices and language. We extend this by paying attention to actors of populist mobilization, political parties, and social movements, examining their articulation of political subjectivities and antagonisms through place-based contexts, thus providing an analytical framework for studying populism. Considering the national-popular movement of Kirchnerism, our analysis unfolds through a relational comparison of two contrasting places in Argentina—its wealthy capital city and the impoverished province of Jujuy—moving dialectically across different scales, considering contradictions between local and national mobilizations of Kircherism while also contextualizing these in regional and global process. In so doing, we demonstrate that a geographically sensitive analysis of populist conjunctures provides insights into the success and failures of national popular movements. Specifically, place-based movements face dilemmas between gaining support and autonomy from national counterparts, whereas national popular movements both depend on and are threatened by local populist success.
Malondialdehyde Acetaldehyde-Adduction Changes Surfactant Protein D Structure and Function

Alcohol consumption with concurrent cigarette smoking produces malondialdehyde acetaldehyde (MAA)-adducted lung proteins. Lung surfactant protein D (SPD) supports innate immunity via bacterial aggregation and lysis, as well as by enhancing macrophage-binding and phagocytosis. MAA-adducted SPD (SPD-MAA) has negative effects on lung cilia beating, macrophage function, and epithelial cell injury repair. Because changes in SPD multimer structure are known to impact SPD function, we hypothesized that MAA-adduction changes both SPD structure and function. Purified human SPD and SPD-MAA (1 mg/mL) were resolved by gel filtration using Sephadex G-200 and protein concentration of each fraction determined by Bradford assay. Fractions were immobilized onto nitrocellulose by slot blot and assayed by Western blot using antibodies to SPD and to MAA. Binding of SPD and SPD-MAA was determined fluorometrically using GFP-labeled Streptococcus pneumoniae (GFP-SP). Anti-bacterial aggregation of GFP-SP and macrophage bacterial phagocytosis were assayed by microscopy and permeability determined by bacterial phosphatase release. Viral injury was measured as LDH release in RSV-treated airway epithelial cells. Three sizes of SPD were resolved by gel chromatography as monomeric, trimeric, and multimeric forms. SPD multimer was the most prevalent, while the majority of SPD-MAA eluted as trimer and monomer. SPD dose-dependently bound to GFP-SP, but SPD-MAA binding to bacteria was significantly reduced. SPD enhanced, but MAA adduction of SPD prevented, both aggregation and macrophage phagocytosis of GFP-SP. Likewise, SPD increased bacterial permeability while SPD-MAA did not. In the presence of RSV, BEAS-2B cell viability was enhanced by SPD, but not protected by SPD-MAA. Our results demonstrate that MAA adduction changes the quaternary structure of SPD from multimer to trimer and monomer leading to a decrease in the native anti-microbial function of SPD. These findings suggest one mechanism for increased pneumonia observed in alcohol use disorders.
Fano-Type Wavelength-Dependent Asymmetric Raman Line Shapes from MoS2 Nanoflakes

Excitation wavelength-dependent Raman spectroscopy has been carried out to study electron–phonon interaction (Fano resonance) in multi-layered bulk 2H–MoS2 nano-flakes. The electron–phonon coupling is proposed to be caused due to interaction between energy of an excitonic quasi-electronic continuum and the discrete one phonon, first-order Raman modes of MoS2. It is proposed that an asymmetrically broadened Raman line shape obtained by 633 nm laser excitation is due to electron–phonon interaction whose electronic continuum is provided by the well-known A and B excitons. Typical wavelength-dependent Raman line shape has been observed, which validates and quantifies the Fano interaction present in the samples. The experimentally obtained Raman scattering data show very good agreement with the theoretical Fano–Raman line-shape functions and help in estimating the coupling strength. Values of the electron–phonon interaction parameter obtained, through line-shape fitting, for the two excitation wavelengths have been compared and shown to have generic Fano-type dependence on the excitation wavelength.
Corneal Hysteresis, Intraocular Pressure, and Progression of Glaucoma: Time for a “Hyst-Oric” Change in Clinical Practice?

It is known that as people age their tissues become less compliant and the ocular structures are no different. Corneal Hysteresis (CH) is a surrogate marker for ocular compliance. Low hysteresis values are associated with optic nerve damage and visual field loss, the structural and functional components of glaucomatous optic neuropathy. Presently, a range of parameters are measured to monitor and stratify glaucoma, including intraocular pressure (IOP), central corneal thickness (CCT), optical coherence tomography (OCT) scans of the retinal nerve fibre layer (RNFL) and the ganglion cell layer (GCL), and subjective measurement such as visual fields. The purpose of this review is to summarise the current evidence that CH values area risk factor for the development of glaucoma and are a marker for its progression. The authors will explain what precisely CH is, how it can be measured, and the influence that medication and surgery can have on its value. CH is likely to play an integral role in glaucoma care and could potentially be incorporated synergistically with IOP, CCT, and visual field testing to establish risk stratification modelling and progression algorithms in glaucoma management in the future.
Crosstalk between the Arabidopsis Glutathione Peroxidase-Like 5 Isoenzyme (AtGPXL5) and Ethylene

Glutathione peroxidases (GPXs) are important antioxidant enzymes in animals. Plants contain GPX-like (GPXL) enzymes, which—in contrast to GPXs—contain cysteine in their active site instead of selenocysteine. Although several studies proved their importance in development and stress responses, their interaction with ethylene (ET) signalling is not known. Our aim was to investigate the involvement of AtGPXL5 in ET biosynthesis and/or signalling using Atgpxl5 mutant and AtGPXL5 cDNA-overexpressing (OX-AtGPXL5) lines. Four-day-old dark-grown Atgpxl5 seedlings had shorter hypocotyls and primary roots, while OX-AtGPXL5 seedlings exhibited a similar phenotype as wild type under normal conditions. Six-week-old OX-AtGPXL5 plants contained less H2O2 and malondialdehyde, but higher polyamine and similar ascorbate- and glutathione contents and redox potential (EGSH) than the Col-0. One-day treatment with the ET-precursor 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid (ACC) induced the activity of glutathione- and thioredoxin peroxidases and some other ROS-processing enzymes. In the Atgpxl5 mutants, the EGSH became more oxidised; parallelly, it produced more ethylene after the ACC treatment than other genotypes. Although the enhanced ET evolution measured in the Atgpxl5 mutant can be the result of the increased ROS level, the altered expression pattern of ET-related genes both in the Atgpxl5 and OX-AtGPXL5 plants suggests the interplay between AtGPXL5 and ethylene signalling.
Numerical Optimisation of Building Thermal and Energy Performance in Hospitals

This thesis details the development and testing of a metamodel-based building optimisation methodology dubbed thermal building optimisation tool (T-BOT), designed as an information gathering framework and decision support tool rather than a design automator. Initial samples of building simulations are used to train moving least squares regression (MLSR) meta-models of the design space. A genetic algorithm (GA) is then used to optimise with the dual objectives of minimising time-averaged thermal discomfort and energy use. The optimum trade-off is presented as a Pareto front. Adaptive coupling functionality of the building simulation program ESP-r is used to augment the dynamic thermal model (DTM) with computational fluid dynamics (CFD), allowing local evaluation of thermal comfort within rooms. Furthermore, the disconnect between simulation and optimisation induced by the metamodeling is exploited to lend flexibility to the data gathered in the initial samples. Optimisations can hence be performed for any combination of location, time period, thermal comfort criteria and design variables, from a single set of sample simulations; this was termed a “one sample many optimisations” or OSMO approach. This can present substantial time savings over a comparable direct search optimisation technique. To the author’s knowledge the OSMO approach and adaptive coupling of DTM and CFD are unique among building thermal optimisation (BTO) models. Development and testing was focussed on hospital environments, though the method is potentially applicable to other environments. The program was tested by application to two models, one a theoretical test case and one a case study based on a real hospital building. It was found that variation in spatial location, time period and thermal comfort criteria can result in different optimum conditions, though seasonal variation had a large effect on this. Also the sample size and selection of design variables and their ranges were found to be critical to meta-model fidelity.
Studi Model Benchmark Mcnp6 Dalam Perhitungan Reaktivitas Batang Kendali Htr-10

ABSTRAK STUDI MODEL BENCHMARK MCNP6 DALAM PERHITUNGAN REAKTIVITAS BATANG KENDALI HTR-10. Dalam operasi reaktor nuklir, sistem batang kendali memainkan peranan yang sangat penting karena didesain untuk mengendalikan reaktivitas teras dan memadamkan reaktor. Nilai reaktivitas batang kendali harus diprediksi secara akurat melalui eksperimen dan perhitungan. Makalah ini mendiskusikan model Benchmark dalam perhitungan reaktivitas batang kendali reaktor HTR-10. Perhitungan dikerjakan dengan program transport Monte Carlo MCNP6 dan pustaka data nuklir energi kontinu ENDF/B-VII. Hasil perhitungan memperlihatkan prediksi MCNP6 memiliki kesesuaian yang cukup baik dengan pendekatan difusi maupun model Monte Carlo yang diestimasi China untuk reaktivitas sepuluh batang kendali fully in di teras penuh (problema Benchmark B3.1 dan B4.1). Simulasi MCNP6 memperlihatkan hasil yang kurang menguntungkan dalam kasus reaktivitas satu batang kendali fully in di teras penuh (problema Bechnmark B3.2), namun sebaliknya mendemonstrasikan akurasinya yang paling tinggi di teras inisial (problema Benchmark B4.2). Hasil-hasil ini menyimpulkan bahwa model MCNP6 yang digunakan dalam perhitungan reaktivitas batang kendali HTR-10 dapat diaplikasikan untuk analisis fisika teras reaktor pebble bed lainnya.
Risk factors of emerging adults reporting concurrent use of e-cigarettes with THC/cannabis

ABSTRACT Objective Examine the prevalence of concurrent cannabis/THC vaping among those transitioning from high school to college who had ever used e-cigarettes and identify sociodemographic and personal factors associated with risk of cannabis/THC vaping among students in this population. Participants Incoming undergraduate students reporting ever using e-cigarettes (N = 529) attending a public university in the southeastern United States. Methods Cross-sectional survey administered November 2018. Comparisons of sociodemographic and personal characteristics between those who had vaped cannabis/THC and those who had not were done using chi-square test of association, or Fisher’s exact test or the two-sample t-test. Predictors of cannabis/THC vaping status were determined using logistic regression. Results Slightly more than a quarter had ever vaped cannabis/THC (26%). Of those who had ever vaped with cannabis/THC, most said they used cannabis/THC “sometimes” when they vaped (78%). The significant predictors of cannabis/THC vaping status included membership or planned membership in a fraternity or sorority, ever use of alcohol, level of stress, number of five closest friends who currently use marijuana, and whether family member(s) use marijuana. Discussion Collaborative tailored prevention and treatment efforts are needed on college campuses to curb vaping/use of cannabis and resulting polysubstance use.
Water-Soluble, Alanine-Modified Fullerene C60 Promotes the Proliferation and Neuronal Differentiation of Neural Stem Cells

As carbon-based nanomaterials, water-soluble C60 derivatives have potential applications in various fields of biomedicine. In this study, a water-soluble fullerene C60 derivative bearing alanine residues (Ala-C60) was synthesized. The effects of Ala-C60 on neural stem cells (NSCs) as seed cells were explored. Ala-C60 can promote the proliferation of NSCs, induce NSCs to differentiate into neurons, and inhibit the migration of NSCs. Most importantly, the Ala-C60 can significantly increase the cell viability of NSCs treated with hydrogen peroxide (H2O2). The glutathioneperoxidase (GSH-Px) and superoxide dismutase (SOD) activities and glutathione (GSH) content increased significantly in NSCs treated even by 20 μM Ala-C60. These findings strongly indicate that Ala-C60 has high potential to be applied as a scaffold with NSCs for regeneration in nerve tissue engineering for diseases related to the nervous system.