Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
The Effect of Ultrasonic Pre-Treatment on the Temperature Controlled Infrared Drying of Loligo Vulgaris and Comparison with the Microwave Drying

In this study the effect of ultrasonic pre-treatment (US-IR) on the thin-layer infrared (IR) drying kinetics and modelling of Loligo Vulgaris (Squid) were studied and obtained data were compared with the microwave drying (MW). In each three methods, effective moisture diffusivities (Deff) and activation energies (Ea) were determined. According to the drying curves Loligo Vulgaris the highest drying times were found in IR and the lowest drying times were found in MW methods. Therefore, ultrasonic pretreatment decreased the drying times. Drying takes place in the falling-rate period generally. Midilli & Kucuk model best fit the experimental data for each method with the coefficient of determination (R2) values higher than 0.995. Highest Deff values were found in MW method and calculated between 1.25x10-8 - 5.62x10-8 m2/s, and the lowest Deff values were found in IR method and calculated between 6.57 × 10-10 - 1.35 × 10-9 m2/s. Moreover, Ea values were found 35.20 and 37.12 kJ/mol for IR and US-IR, and 35.43 for MW methods. Drying time, temperature and power levels lead to color changes.
Hepatoprotective Effect of Allium hooshidaryae Hydroalcoholic Extract on Acetaminophen-Induced Hepatotoxicity in Male Rats

Background: Acetaminophen (APAP) hepatotoxicity is a highly prevalent drug used for the treatment of pain. Allium hooshidaryae is widely used as herbal medicine in western Iran. Objectives: In this study, we investigated the protective effects of A. hooshidaryae methanolic extract (AhME) on liver damage induced by APAP. Methods: Rats were divided into six groups. Groups 1 (negative control) and 2 (positive control) received normal saline; groups 3 received 200 mg/kg of AhME, and groups 4 - 6 received AhME at the doses of 50, 100, and 200 mg/kg once daily, by gavage, respectively. After the 14 days, except for groups 1 and 3, the other groups received 2 g/kg of APAP. After 48 hours, hepatic tissue and blood sample were taken for histopathology and biochemical experiments. Results: APAP induced a notable increase in serum levels of aspartate transaminase (AST, P < 0.001), alanine transaminase (ALT, P < 0.001), alkaline phosphatase (ALP, P < 0.001), lactate dehydrogenase (LDH, P < 0.01), nitric oxide (NO, P < 0.001), and lipid peroxidation (LPO, P < 0.001) levels in hepatic tissue. It also significantly reduced the level of total antioxidant capacity (TAC), total thiol groups (TTGs) as well as glutathione contents (GSH) in hepatic tissue (For all P < 0.001). Following the use of AhME, a noteworthy improvement was observed in hepatic serum enzymes and oxidant/antioxidant parameters in liver tissue. Conclusions: This study demonstrated that AhME prevents APAP-induced hepatotoxicity through improvement in the hepatic antioxidant status.
Assessment of Legislature-Executive Pattern of Relations in Nigeria’s Democratic Governance of the Fourth Republic: Prospects and Challenges

This study examined legislature-executive pattern of relations in the Nigeria’s democratic governance of the Fourth Republic and its implication on good governance. To realize the above aim, the study relied on descriptive qualitative method and separation of power theory. It also relied on secondary data which included journal articles, textbooks, executive-legislature documents and the 1999 Constitution of the federal republic of Nigeria. The study upon conclusion revealed that legislature-executive pattern of relations in Nigeria since the return of the Fourth Republic in 1999 had been more at loggerheads and crisis-ridden. It also revealed that this pattern of relations between the institutions, on several instances, had only succeeded in holding back good governance and service delivery to Nigerians. Their crises often overheated the polity, resulting into political instability, delay in the passing of bills and national budget among others. Based on the available revelations above, the study concluded that better relations, democratic consolidation and good governance can only be achieved when the executive and the legislature promote and adhere to the separation of power principles. They must maintain their constitutional jurisdiction to promote an enduring democratic practice, political stability and full representation of the people. The study will be relevant to the institutions, the public, and researchers alike. Further study can also be conducted on executive-judiciary relations under the Fourth Republic.
Beyond party lines: the roles of compassionate goals, affect heuristic, and risk perception on Americans’ support for coronavirus response measures

Abstract Employing a nationally representative sample (N = 1009), this research examines Americans’ support for coronavirus response measures influenced by three psychological factors—compassionate goals, affect heuristic, and risk perception. Results indicate that Republicans, Independents, and Democrats are equally prone to experiencing compassionate goals. Further, two socially oriented emotions (solidarity and sympathy) and risk perception mediate the relationship between compassionate goals and support for government response measures, but only the emotions mediate the relationship between compassionate goals and donation intention. Since compassionate goals promote cooperative behaviors, effective communication messaging highlighting compassionate goals may help alleviate political polarization during crises.
Clinical profile of patients with intussusception in a tertiary care institution in South India

Background: Intussusception is a common abdominal emergency in children. It is the most common cause of intestinal obstruction in children less than 2 years. Awareness about the clinical presentation vomiting, abdominal pain, blood in stools, abdominal mass helps in early diagnosis. This study describes the demographics and clinical profile of patients with intussusception in a tertiary care institute in South India.Methods: This was a prospective case series study conducted in the pediatric surgery department in a tertiary care hospital in South India. Children upto 12 years with clinically and radiologically confirmed intussusception were enrolled over 12 months study period. Demographic and clinical data was collected and recorded.Results: Eighty two children with clinical and radiological picture suggestive of intussusception were studied. 57 patients (75%) were below 1 year of age. Male:female ratio was 1.7:1. The classical triad of abdominal colic, palpable abdominal mass and rectal bleeding was seen in 39 patients (50%). Most common signs were rectal bleed and abdominal mass.Conclusions: Awareness about the clinical presentation of intussusception helps in early diagnosis and prompt treatment of this common pediatric emergency and helps to prevent mortality.
Relatively Reduced Default Mode Network Connectivity in Comparison to The Severity of White Matter Involvement is Associated With Severe Memory Deficits and Poor Cognitive Outcomes in Patients With Idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus.

Background: The aim of this study was to investigate whether default mode network (DMN) connectivity and brain white matter integrity at baseline were associated with severe cognitive impairments at baseline and poor cognitive outcomes after shunt placement in patients with idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH). Methods: Twenty consecutive patients with iNPH whose symptoms were followed for 6 months after shunt placement and 10 healthy controls (HCs) were enrolled. DMN connectivity and brain white matter integrity in patients with iNPH at baseline were detected by performing resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging with independent component analysis and by using diffusion weighted imaging with tract-based spatial statistics, respectively. Performance on the neuropsychological tests for memory and executive functions and gait test was assessed in patients with iNPH at baseline and 6 months after shunt placement.Results: The mean DMN connectivity in the iNPH group was significantly reduced compared with that in the HC group and was significantly positively correlated with the scores of the Rey auditory verbal learning test (RAVLT) immediate recall and the frontal assessment battery (FAB). The mean fractional anisotropy of the whole-brain white matter skeleton in the iNPH group was significantly lower than that in the HC group. We divided the patients with iNPH into relatively preserved and reduced DMN connectivity groups using the indexes of DMN connectivity and white matter integrity. The reduced DMN connectivity group showed significantly worse performance on RAVLT at baseline and significantly worse improvement of RAVLT immediate recall and FAB scores compared with the preserved DMN connectivity group. Moreover, the RAVLT immediate score/the FAB score ratio highly distinguished the patients with relatively preserved DMN connectivity from those with relatively reduced DMN connectivity.Conclusions: Our findings indicated that iNPH patients with relatively reduced DMN connectivity in comparison to the severity of brain white matter involvement are associated with severe memory deficits at baseline and poorer cognitive outcomes after shunt placement. In addition, DMN connectivity/brain white matter integrity and RAVLT immediate score/FAB score ratios are useful predictors of poor cognitive outcomes after shunt placement.
Outcome of pterygium surgery by using conjunctival autograft attachment with fibrin glue: a prospective study

Background: Pterygium is a degenerative condition of sub conjunctival tissues that proliferates as vascularised granulation tissue to invade cornea. Treatment modalities may be medical or surgical. Objectives were to asses results of pterygium surgery in patients with pterygium, in terms of operative time, post-operative symptoms, overall graft success and post-operative complications conducted at government medical college, hospital, Jammu during one year.Methods: Prospective study conducted on 25 patients by using fibrin glue over a period of one year in upgraded department of ophthalmology at GMC Jammu.Results: Mean operating time was 23.20 minutes by using fibrin glue, severity of post-operative symptoms were less. Graft successfully attached in all cases.Conclusions: Present study concluded that use of fibrin glue associated with less operating time and less post-operative discomfort in terms of severity and duration
Review of Advanced Medical Telerobots

The advent of telerobotic systems has revolutionized various aspects of the industry and human life. This technology is designed to augment human sensorimotor capabilities to extend them beyond natural competence. Classic examples are space and underwater applications when distance and access are the two major physical barriers to be combated with this technology. In modern examples, telerobotic systems have been used in several clinical applications, including teleoperated surgery and telerehabilitation. In this regard, there has been a significant amount of research and development due to the major benefits in terms of medical outcomes. Recently telerobotic systems are combined with advanced artificial intelligence modules to better share the agency with the operator and open new doors of medical automation. In this review paper, we have provided a comprehensive analysis of the literature considering various topologies of telerobotic systems in the medical domain while shedding light on different levels of autonomy for this technology, starting from direct control, going up to command-tracking autonomous telerobots. Existing challenges, including instrumentation, transparency, autonomy, stochastic communication delays, and stability, in addition to the current direction of research related to benefit in telemedicine and medical automation, and future vision of this technology, are discussed in this review paper.
Ozonolysis of α -phellandrene – Part 1: Gas- and particle-phase characterisation

Abstract. The ozonolysis of α-phellandrene, a highly reactive conjugated monoterpene largely emitted by Eucalypt species, is characterised in detail for the first time using a smog chamber at the Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Gas-phase species were monitored by a proton-transfer-reaction time-of-flight mass spectrometer (PTR-TOF), with yields from a large number of products obtained, including formaldehyde (5–9 %), acetaldehyde (0.2–8 %), glyoxal (6–23 %), methyl glyoxal (2–9 %), formic acid (22–37 %) and acetic acid (9–22 %). Higher m∕z second-generation oxidation products were also observed, with products tentatively identified according to a constructed degradation mechanism. OH yields from α-phellandrene and its first-generation products were found to be 35 ± 12 and 15 ± 7 %, respectively, indicative of prominent hydroperoxide channels. An average first-generation rate coefficient was determined as 1.0 ± 0.7 × 10−16 cm3 molecule−1 s−1 at 298 K, showing ozonolysis as a dominant loss process for both α-phellandrene and its first-generation products in the atmosphere. Endocyclic conjugation in α-phellandrene was also found to be conducive to the formation of highly condensible products with a large fraction of the carbon mass partitioning into the aerosol phase, which was monitored with a scanning mobility particle sizer (SMPS) and a high-resolution time-of-flight aerosol mass spectrometer (AMS). Nucleation was observed almost instantaneously upon ozonolysis, indicating the rapid formation of extremely low-volatility compounds. Particle nucleation was found to be suppressed by the addition of either NO2 or a Criegee scavenger, with it being proposed that stabilised Criegee intermediates are important for new particle formation in the system. Aerosol yields ranged from 25 to 174 % depending on mass loadings, with both first- and second-generation products identified as large contributors to the aerosol mass. In short, with a high chemical reactivity and aerosol-forming propensity, α-phellandrene is expected to have an immediate impact on the local environment to which it is emitted, with ozonolysis likely to be an important contributor to the significant blue haze and frequent nocturnal nucleation events observed over Eucalypt forests.
Peer Learning: An Effective Teaching-Learning Method for Improving Ability in Arterial Blood Gases Interpretation

Background: Competent nurses are expected to be able to interpret arterial blood gases (ABGs). The benefits of peer learning, an innovative teaching-learning method today, have long been recognized. However, to date, no studies have compared the effect of this method and the traditional classical method in interpreting ABGs. Purpose: This study aimed to compare the effect of peer learning and classical learning methods on the nurses’ ability to interpret ABGs. Method: This was a quasi-experimental research with pre and post-test design. Forty ward nurses were invited in the peer learning method group, and another 40 ward nurses were invited in the classical learning method group through a randomization process. Data were collected using a questionnaire before and after the educational intervention. The classical class was taught by an experienced trainer, while peer groups, divided into groups of 5-6, were taught by one member of each group who obtained the best pre-test score and received special training first. The analysis of data was performed by t-test.Result: The result showed that after the intervention, the mean score of interpreting ABGs in the peer learning group increased by 3.18±1.12 (p<0.001), while in the classical learning method, it only increased by 2.32±0.988 (p<0.001). Although there were significant increases in ABGs analysis’s ability in both groups, the peer teaching-learning group demonstrated a significantly greater improvement in interpreting ABGs (p<0.001). Conclusion: The peer learning method facilitates a more significant improvement in the nurses’ ability for ABGs interpretation. Peer learning is appropriate as one of the methods in clinical education for nurses.
Linguistic Politeness Analysis of Indonesia’s Prominent YouTube Influencers

This paper aims to analyze the linguistic politeness of Indonesia's YouTube influencers. The findings show the type of YouTube content typology that has been found in this data according to Mediakix (2019) which gets a percentage of 40% is the type of interview content. This type of content is dominated by male Youtuber Meanwhile, according to Dynel (2015) theory, the category that gets the highest percentage in the category of insults with 43% of the total data. Based on a review of several studies, it was found that there are similarities and differences between one study and another. After analyzing the similarities and differences in previous studies, a novelty was found, namely in this study discussing the politeness patterns of YouTube influencers related to gender. Besides, this study analyzed 41 video sources which were used as research material. It can be seen that Indonesian Youtubers do not use polite language in order to trigger humour in its content. Interestingly, all humours made by these Youtubers contains politeness maxim deviation.
Good Practices and Results for the Implementation of a Framework of Sustainable Development in Higher Education

Sustainability assessment implies a complex evaluation due to its multidisciplinary aspects. The new eQvet-us framework for sustainability evaluation was developed based on the principle that training contributes to the development of human capital, enhances social cohesion and should also pursue financial sustainability and environmental responsibility. This paper presents the testing and implementation results of the framework for sustainable development in a higher education institution. It highlights good practices and results that can be used by other similar institutions, which carry out continuous training programs.
Interactive Food Safety Education for the Students of Madrasah Ibtidaiyah Baghrul Maghfiroh Malang

Kurangnya kepedulian terhadap makanan yang dikonsumsi anak-anak kita akan mengakibatkan ancaman bagi kesehatan masyarakat, kecerdasan generasi muda, yang selanjutnya akan menurunkan daya saing bangsa. Kegiatan ini bertujuan untuk meningkatkan ketrampilan kognitif dan afektif siswa madrasah dalam memilikh makanan sehat dalam kehidupan sehari-hari dengan pendampingan guru di sekolah dan orang tua di rumah. Pengambilan data dilakukan melalui observasi menggunakan kuesioner dengan pendamping. Dari hasil observasi diketahui bahwa Siswa Madrasah Ibtidaiyah Baghrul Maghfiroh Malang yang pada umumnya berasal dari keluarga kelompok ekonomi menengah ke bawah memiliki sikap dan perilaku yang baik dalam mengkonsumsi makanan sehat, namun pengetahuan keamaman pangan pada para siswa tersebut perlu ditingkatkan melalui pendampingan oleh para guru dan orang tua. Penjelasan mengenai makan sehat yang merupakan matei modul interaktif yang berjudul makanan sehat dalam hidupku dalam kegiatan penyuluhan dan pendampingan kepada para siswa diterima dengan gembira dan antusias oleh para peserta dan dapat meningkatkan pengetahuan mereka tentang pentingnya pangan yang aman dan sehat bagi kehidupan. Lack of concern for the food consumed by our children will cause a threat to public health, the intelligence of the younger generation, which will further reduce the nation's competitiveness. This activity aims to improve the cognitive and affective skills of madrasa students in having healthy food in their daily lives with the assistance of teachers at school and parents at home. From this activity, we hoped that the target students would have knowledge and skills about the importance of food safety in family life. Respondent data collection was carried out through observation using questionnaires. Madrasah Ibtidaiyah Baghrul Maghfiroh Malang students who generally come from middle to lower economic group families have good attitudes and behaviors in consuming healthy food. Still, these students' food safety knowledge needs to be increased through mentoring by teachers and parents. Explanation about healthy eating, using an interactive module designed in this activity, was received with enthusiasm. It also increased their knowledge about the importance of safe and healthy food for life.
Corneal Surface Irregularity and Surgically Induced Astigmatism Changes in the Small Incision Versus Microincision After SMILE

Background: To evaluate the corneal surface irregularity and surgically induced astigmatism changes in the small incision versus microincision after small incision lenticule extraction (SMILE) surgery.Methods: A total of 70 eyes of 35 patients with myopia who underwent SMILE surgery were enrolled in this retrospective study. Patients were divided into two groups according to the incision size (small incision, 4.0 mm or microincision, <2.5 mm) and subjected to a standard ophthalmologic examination preoperatively. The changes in corneal topographic and surface irregularities were evaluated using a TMS-4N topographer during a 6-month follow-up period.Results: According to Friedman’s ANOVA test, there were statistically significant changed in SRI, SAI, and IOP between two groups during a 6-month follow-up (all p < 0.001). At last follow-up, SRI values less than 0.50 D were shown 27 eyes (75%) in the small incision group and 28 eyes (82%) in the microincision group; SAI values less than 0.50 D were shown 22 eyes (61%) in the small incision group and 18 eyes (53%) in the microincision group (all p<0.001). Conclusions: SMILE procedures, using both small incisions and microincisions, are safe and effective surgical options for patients with low to high myopia and provide stable postoperative biomechanical properties and superior postoperative visual outcomes.
Depression and happiness of high school students: the dual mediating effects of suicidal ideation and gratitude

Introduction. The happiness of adolescents in Korea is the lowest among OECD countries. In particular, high school students is behind the happiness due to college entrance-oriented education. Academic interest in happiness of high school students is needed. This study examined whether depression significantly affects happiness by way of suicidal ideation and gratitude of high school students in South Korea, and suggests ways to increase happiness through gratitude. Materials and methods. 4 high schools in S city in Korea were selected as study area for survey and from them 435 participants were purposively selected. Participants was 50.6% for males and 49.4% for females. Grade distribution was 28.7% in 2nd grade and 71.3% in 3rd grade. The statistical methods used in this study were frequency, reliability, correlation, and dual mediating effect analysis using SPSS PC+ Win. Ver. 25 and PROCESS macro Ver. 3.5. Results. Firstly, depression had a positive association with suicidal ideation (r=.703, p<.001), but had a negative association with gratitude (r=-.305, p<.001), and happiness (r=-.656, p<.001), with the highest correlation coefficient between depression and suicidal ideation (r=.703, p<.001). Secondly, the simple mediation effect of gratitude in the link between depression and happiness was observed (-.0918, -.1532 ~ -.0322). Thirdly, the dual mediating effect of suicidal ideation and gratitude in the link between depression and happiness was verified (-.0382, -.0801 ~ -.0225). Conclusion. This research could contribute to solving the negative relationship between depression and happiness through the two mediators, suicidal ideation and gratitude. This study provided the basis for a further research to enhance happiness by utilizing gratitude for adolescents with severe depression and high suicidal ideation.