Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Diabetes Mellitus and Glucocorticoid Use As Risk Factors for COVID-19 Associated Mucormycosis

Background: A surge of cases of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)-Associated Mucormycosis (CAM) was recently observed. Objective: To determine the contribution of diabetes and glucocorticoid therapy in predisposing to CAM. Methods: Pubmed search until July 2nd, 2021. Search terms included mucormycosis, diabetes, glucocorticoids, corticosteroids, coronavirus disease 2019, mortality. Randomized trials, case series, retrospective, pre-print studies, meta-analysis, professional guidelines are reviewed. Pertinent in vitro and animal studies are also included. Results: Diabetes mellitus was reported in 78-85% of cases of CAM worldwide, with the highest rates present in India. Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA) was observed in 3.5-41% of cases of CAM. Glucocorticoid therapy emerged as another predisposing factor occurring in 85% of cases of CAM. Injudicious use of glucocorticoids may be a contributing factor in a substantial proportion of subjects with CAM. Majority of patients develop symptoms of CAM between day 10 and 15 from the diagnosis of COVID-19. However, some cases of CAM may present up to 3 months after COVID-19 or following recovery from COVID-19. Mortality rates of CAM overall ranges from 34-48%. Surgical debridement may be associated with improved survival. Conclusions: High index of suspicion for CAM should be present in patients with diabetes and those receiving corticosteroids. Effective glycemic control and judicious use of glucocorticoids should be implemented to decrease incidence of CAM.
Empirical Study of the UAE-based Smart Government’s Characteristics and its Effect on Performance Quality

: Technological applications are increasingly becoming the driver of public sector organizations around the globe, and are considered as an economical method for encouraging transparency with an intention to curb corruption. The present research work uses structural equations modelling via SmartPLS to analyse the 398 valid questionnaires to evaluate the proposed model. The study focused on one of the UAE public organizations with the aim to evaluate the influence of smart government characteristics (integration, efficiency, effectiveness, citizen centerity, and innovation) on performance quality (reliability, quickness, responsiveness, and security). The study emphasizes on describing the relationship between the varied selected constructs. Our work has improved our insight in smart government applications. Results indicated that independent variable significantly predicted the service quality. The proposed model reportedly deduced that the performance quality variant explained 37.9% of the variance in performance quality.
THE EFFECT OF PHYSICAL EXERCISE ON BODY FAT, METABOLIC HEALTH INDICATORS AND CARDIORESPIRATORY FITNESS IN OVERWEIGHT SEDENTARY WOMEN

Kolunsarka, I. 2019. The effects of physical exercise on body fat, metabolic health indicators and cardiorespiratory fitness in overweight sedentary women. Faculty of Sport Science, University of Jyväskylä, Master’s thesis, Coaching and Fitness Testing, pp. 74. , (3 appendices). Introduction. Physical activity, sedentary behavior and overweight have been widely studied in health-related research. The guidelines for physical activity were updated in 2018, emphasizing the need for the reduction of sedentary behavior and thus its effects on health. It is commonly accepted that physical activity is related to weight management, cardiorespiratory fitness and healthier blood lipid profile. The purpose of this current work was to study healtheffects of the eight-week exercise-intervention, following the official guidelines, within overweight sedentary females. Methods. This study was done as a part of a larger RCT-study, in which the health effects of combined sauna-bathing and exercising were studied. The original study consisted of 49 participants, but in this study only the overweight females were included (n=37). The participants were randomly divided into a control group (no-intervention, n=13) and an experimental group (exercise-intervention, n=24). The participants age was 49 ± 8.7 yrs. , BMI 31.9 ± 3.3 kg/m, height 167 ± 7 cm and body mass 89.1 ± 13 kg. The preand postmeasurements were conducted with both groups eight weeks apart. The measurements included a body composition measurement with DXA, an indirect VO2max -test and a fasting blood sample to determine total cholesterol, HDL, LDL, triglycerides and blood glucose. Both groups were instructed to follow their normal daily routines and eating habits. The exercise training intervention included training sessions three times a week for one hour at the time. The design of the training program followed the official guidelines for physical activity. Each training consisted of 10-minute warm-up, 20-minute strength training and 30-minute endurance training, for a total of 150 minutes of exercise in a week. Results. Fat mass (-1.5 ± 1.5 kg), fat percent (-1.1 ± 1.1 %) and android (central adiposity) fat mass (-0.2 ± 0.2 kg) decreased and VO2max (+4.2 ± 5.7 ml/kg/min) increased in the experimental group compared to the control group between the preand post-measurements (p<0.05). No changes were observed in metabolic health indicators or in fat distribution. Conclusion. The main finding was that guideline-based exercise intervention is an effective way to decrease both total fat mass and android fat mass. In addition, an important finding was that during exercise-induced weight-loss, it is possible to maintain fat-free mass unchanged. No changes were observed in metabolic health indicators or in fat distribution, which might be due to short intervention duration or close to normal blood lipid values in the pre-measurements.
ECONOMICS OF THE SCOTT LONG-TERM CROP ROTATION

The low commodity prices of recent years, coupled with changing government policies and increasing concerns about environmental degradation, have caused significant change in land use practices throughout western Canada. Traditionally, producers in the Dark Brown soil zone of Saskatchewan have grown spring wheat, and to a lesser extent barley, in fallow-crop or fallowcrop-crop rotations (Campbell et al. 1986). Recently, however, area producers have begun to extend and diversify their crop rotations, becoming less reliant on summerfallow and monoculture cereal cropping. Since 1992, the area planted to crops such as canola, flax, mustard, field pea, lentils, and sunflower has grown to 16% of the total cropland area, while summer-fallow now occupies less than 29% of the area compared to 40% a decade ago (Saskatchewan Agriculture and Food 1994b). These changes in cropping patterns have increased the demand for information about the agronomic, environmental, and economic performance of alternative production systems.
Technical Change and Effective Demand: insights in a new simplified version of the Micro-Macro Multisectoral model

This paper presents a new simplified version of the Multisectoral Micro-Macro (MMM) model presented in Possas and Dweck (2004) and Dweck (2006). We use the minimum structural specification of the model, including a simplified version of the government and the external sector, as we focus on the core productive structure of the model. Those simplifications allowed us to implement an automatic generalized calibration and initialization mechanism. Under some hypotheses, we can calibrate and initialize any configuration based only on a small set of parameters, facilitating a sensitivity analysis. Those methodological procedures are necessary to reach two goals: to test under which parameter specifications the main general results hold and to turn the model more general, user friendly, and modular. We show that our simplified version is able to replicate the same general results as the consolidated version, with more statistical significance, using a MonteCarlo exercise with 100 runs. In preliminary tests, we address the relationship between technological change,effective demand, and endogenous growth. Finally, a Global Sensitivity Analysis shows that autonomous consumption is the most important element for GDP growth, confirming Kalecki (1941) hypothesis of a necessary demand compensation mechanism for technical change to impact economic growth. Resumo: Este artigo apresenta uma nova versão simplificada do modelo Micro-Macro Multissetorial (MMM) apresentado em Possas and Dweck (2004) e Dweck (2006). Utilizamos a mı́nima especificação estrutural do modelo, incluindo versões simplificadas do governo e do setor externo, para focar na estrutura produtiva central do modelo. Essas simplificações nos permitiram implementar uma calibração generalizada automática e um mecanismo de inicialização. Sob algumas hipóteses, conseguimos calibrar e inicializar qualquer configuração com base apenas em um pequeno conjunto de parâmetros, facilitando uma análise de sensibilidade. Esses procedimentos metodológicos são necessários para alcançar dois objetivos: testar sob quais especificações de parâmetros os principais resultados gerais se mantêm e tornar o modelo mais geral, fácil de usar e modular. Mostramos que nossa versão simplificada é capaz de replicar os mesmos resultados gerais que a versão consolidada, com mais significância estat́ıstica, usando um exerćıcio MonteCarlo com 100 simulações. Com alguns testes preliminares, abordamos a relação entre mudança tecnológica, demanda efetiva e crescimento endógeno. Finalmente, uma Análise de Sensibilidade Global mostra que o consumo autônomo é o elemento mais importante para o crescimento do PIB, confirmando a hipótese de Kalecki (1941) de um necessário mecanismo de compensação de demanda para a mudança tecnológica impactar o crescimento econômico.
SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERISTICS OF POLYACRYLONITRILE (PAN) NANOFIBER MEMBRANE USING ELECTROSPINNING METHOD

A composite of polyacrylonitrile (PAN) nanofiber by electrospinning is prepared. PAN1, PAN2, and PAN3 with a mass ratio 5, 10, and 15 % w/w, were used, respectively. The characterizations included morphology, crystallinity, and functional groups. The scanning electron microscopy (SEM) shows that the PAN nanofiber with 5 % w/w is a small fiber, while those with 10 % w/w and 15 % w/w are medium and large fibers. The average diameters of PAN1, PAN2, and PAN3 were 130, 443, and 2615 nm, respectively. The Fourier-Transform Infrared analysis shows the presence in the nanofiber the aliphatic hydrocarbons, organic compound, and hydrocarbons compound. The XRD study revealed a fair degree of crystallinity state of PAN nanofibers membrane.
Assessing the relation between labor market imperfection and price-cost markup: an empirical analysis for Brazil

This study aims to assess how competition can affect labor market imperfections. Using four-digit manufacturing industry data in Brazil from 2007 to 2015, we estimated markups and classified the labor market into different regimes of competition. The results show an average price-cost markup of 1.7 in the Brazilian manufacturing sector. Subsequently, we verified how the type of competition in the labor market responds to markup variations. We found that perfect competition in the labor market is associated with increased competition in the final product market. The study sheds light on the effect of product market power on the labor market power by providing evidences of the relation between industry price-cost markup and competition in the labor market. JEL classification: J42, J52, L11
Assessment of Academic Staff Performance in English Medium Instruction

One of the internationalisation strategies for higher education institutions is internationalisation of their curricula by delivering English-medium instruction programmes. These internationalization efforts can be successful if support for the language needs of all stakeholders involved is provided. English language proficiency assessment of academic staff is an essential prerequisite to the implementation of a high-quality study process in the English language. Therefore, the aim of this paper is to validate the assessment system of academic staff performance in English medium instruction at a university in Latvia and the use of mediation strategies as a basis for the assessment system development. The qualitative and quantitative analysis of the test results suggests that the integrated assessment tasks demonstrate higher internal consistency and higher correlation with the test results and the performance of the academic staff in the international setting.
CATEGORIFICATION OF A PARABOLIC HECKE MODULE VIA SHEAVES ON MOMENT GRAPHS

We investigate certain categories, associated by Fiebig with the geometric representation of a Coxeter system, via sheaves on Bruhat graphs. We modify Fiebig’s definition of translation functors in order to extend it to the singular setting and use it to categorify a parabolic Hecke module. As an application we obtain a combinatorial description of indecomposable projective objects of (truncated) noncritical singular blocks of (a deformed version of) category O, using indecomposable special modules over the structure algebra of the corresponding Bruhat graph.
Long Term Prevalence of Depressive Symptoms among Victims of the Sichuan Earthquake

88,000 lives were lost in the horrifying earthquake happened in May 2008. The Social Work Across Borders (SWAB), a non-governmental organization sponsored by the Government of HKSAR, carried out a 3 years’ post disaster service in the town of Leigu, Sichuan. In a post service survey among 197 clients provided with case and group work services respondents still showed higher level of stress in CES-D when compared to the general population. Hope, Optimism and Gratitude however correlate with lower CES-D and higher appreciation for the social work services. This provides insights for future services which should focus more on Hope, optimism and gratitude value strengths.
Behavioral Finance and Investment Decisions: Influence of Gender, Personality, and Culture

Are human beings always rational? Do they always use the maximum of their cognitive capacities when making important decisions regarding their finances and investment options? Do emotions and biases interfere with one’s capacity of making investment decisions? Are people’s risk tolerance influenced by their psychological properties? These are only a few of the questions that the subject of behavioral finance addresses. Taking the principles from sociology, psychology, and finances, behavioral finance has contributed to the understanding that humans are irrational and their investment decisions are influenced by various behavioral biases and emotions. The present paper aims to understand the specific influences of gender, personality traits, and cultural factors on the investment decisions of people through a review of existing research literature. The findings imply that rather than considering the factors as brought to the forefront by behavioral finance like gender, personality, culture, emotions, etc. in isolation, one must consider the cumulative impact of all these factors on the investment decisions of people. Hence, this study also suggests the gathering of more research data to understand the implication and influence of various individual factors on the investment behavior of people.
Examination of wood adhesive bonds via MicroCT: The influence of pre-gluing surface machining treatments for southern pine, spotted gum, and Darwin stringybark timbers

The successful manufacturing of glulam from several important Australian commercial timbers is quite challenging due to difficulties in gluing. Improvements in adhesive bond performance of spotted gum, Darwin stringybark, and southern pine timber have been achieved using alternative pre-gluing surface machining methods, e.g., face milling and sanding-post planing, when compared to conventional planing methods. In order to improve the understanding of the effects that different surface machining methods have on adhesive bond performance, this study used micro X-ray computed tomography and microscopy to assess key adhesive bond criteria. There was a considerable loss in the amount of adhesive after the wet and dry test cycles for all species. There was also an extremely high frequency of voids in the glue lines for all species, which would negatively impact bond strength and durability. Face mill prepared timber boards resulted in thicker glue lines and greater resistance to adhesion loss, compared to boards prepared via planing. For the two hardwood species, face milling also resulted in greater adhesive penetration; however, for southern pine, there were no significant differences in adhesive penetration between the three surface machining treatments. Adhesive penetration was much deeper in southern pine compared to spotted gum and Darwin stringybark.
Contribution of NRAMP1 gene expression and protein level in pulmonary and latent TB infection in Indonesia

Irda Handayani1,2, Irawaty Djaharuddin3 , Rosdiana Natzir4 , Mansyur Arief1, Ahyar Ahmad5 , Mochammad Hatta6 , Rosana Agus7, Ilhamjaya Patellongi8 , Muhammad Amin9, Yuyun Widaningsih1, Handayani Halik2,10, Najdah Hidayah2 , Subair Subair2,10, Yanti Leman11, Wiendra Waworuntu12, Muhammad Nasrum Massi6* 1Department of Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Hasanuddin, Makassar, Indonesia. 2Postgraduate Program, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Hasanuddin, Makassar, Indonesia. 3Department of Pulmonology and Respiratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Hasanuddin, Makassar, Indonesia. 4Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Hasanuddin, Makassar, Indonesia. 5Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Hasanuddin, Makassar, Indonesia. 6Department of Clinical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Hasanuddin, Makassar, Indonesia. 7Department of Biology, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Hasanuddin, Makassar, Indonesia. 8Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Hasanuddin, Makassar, Indonesia. 9Department of Pulmonology and Respiratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Airlangga, Makassar, Indonesia. 10Universitas Mega Rezky, Makassar, Indonesia. 11Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Hasanuddin, Makassar, Indonesia. 12Directorate of Traditional Health Services, Directorate General of Healthy Services, Ministry of Health of the Republic of Indonesia.
PEER QUALITY AND HUMAN CAPITAL INVESTIMENTS IN SECONDARY EDUCATION: AN UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCE OF SELECTIVE SCHOOLS’ CONSTRUCTION Authors

This paper investigates the effect of reducing peer quality on high-school students’ outcomes. To identify the causal effect, we exploit an exogenous variation in peer quality caused by the construction of vocational schools. Vocational schools in Ceará, Brazil, perform an admission process and cherry-picking the high-achievers from middle schools, leaving the low-achiever’s students to attend regular schools. Results suggest that the share of students attending vocational schools negatively affect the test scores in math and language from regular students. Moreover, we find that peer quality also affects the rate of drop-out and retention during secondary education. The potential mechanism that explains these findings is related to an increase in students’ attention diversion.
Effi cient Estimation of General Equilibrium Models Using Asset Returns and Industry Production Data∗

Consumers choose consumption bundles and hold equity ownership in firms that produce consumption goods. Thus, consumer preferences are reflected in firms’production decisions and their security returns. Using this insight, we test moment restrictions from a multi-sector general equilibrium model using production data from manufacturing industries along with marketand industry-level returns. Our approach leads to significant improvement in identification of discount rate and risk aversion relative to consumption CAPM estimation. We also obtain reliable estimates of consumers’ elasticity of substitution among products. Restrictions from industry equilibrium and industry IVs are critical for identification but returns-based instruments are also informative.
AWFA-LPD: Adaptive Weight Feature Aggregation for Multi-frame License Plate Detection

For license plate detection (LPD), most of the existing work is based on images as input. If these algorithms can be applied to multiple frames or videos, they can be adapted to more complex unconstrained scenes. In this paper, we propose a LPD framework for detecting license plates in multiple frames or videos, called AWFA-LPD, which effectively integrates the features of nearby frames. Compared with image based detection models, our network integrates optical flow extraction module, which can propagate the features of local frames and fuse with the reference frame. Moreover, we concatenate a non-link suppression module after the detection results to post-process the bounding boxes. Extensive experiments demonstrate the effectiveness and efficiency of our framework.
STRUCTURE-BASED DOCKING STUDIES OF MONOAMINE OXIDASE AGAINST BIOACTIVE COMPOUNDS FROM TRAMETES PUBESCENS IN THE TREATMENT OF NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES

This study was projected to assess the structure-based docking studies of monoamine oxidase against bioactive compounds from Trametes pubescens fruiting body extract in the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases. In this study, five bioactive compounds were acknowledged monoamine oxidase inhibitors acquired from T. pubescens fruiting body extract which were retrieved by the PubChem database. Molecular docking investigations in addition to ADME studies were carried out using different bioinformatics tools. The findings demonstrated that epigallocatechin gallate (-11.770 kcal/mol), caffeic acid (-7.010 kcal/mol) and gallic acid (-6.984 kcal/mol) have the highest molecular docking scores than the coligand used (zonisamide) (-6.328 kcal/mol). Whereas, naringin (-4.514 kcal/mol) and rutin hydrate (-3.833 kcal/mol) have the lowest molecular binding scores when compared to the coligand. However, only gallic and caffeic acids have good ADME results and compared favourably with the coligand. Hence, it can be deduced from this study that gallic and caffeic acids can function as a possible therapeutic agent in the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases better than zonisamide (coligand).
The Relationship Between Malnutrition and Tuberculosis (TB) At The Age Group More Than 18 Years Old In Indonesia (Analysis Of The Basic Health Research 2018)

Kristina L.Tobing, Olwin Nainggolan, Faika Rachmawati, Helper Sahat P Manalu , Ratna Dilliana Sagala, Ina Kusrini, Researcher at the Research and Development Center for Public Health Efforts Ministry of Health Republic of Indonesia, Epidemiolog at the Directorate General Disease Prevention and Control Ministry of Health Republic of Indonesia, Researcher at the Research and Development Unit in Magelang Ministry of Health Republic of Indonesia,
Oil discoveries and political windfalls: Evidence on presidential support in Uganda

Oil discoveries, paired with delays in production, have created a new phenomenon: sustained post-discovery, pre-production periods. While research on the resource curse has debated the effects of oil on governance and conflict, less is known about the political effects of oil discoveries absent production. Using comprehensive electoral data from Uganda and a difference-in-difference design with heterogeneous effects, we show that oil discoveries increased electoral support for the incumbent chief executive in localities proximate to discoveries, even prior to production. Moreover, the biggest effects occurred in localities that were historically most electorally competitive. Overall, we show that the political effects of oil discoveries vary subnationally depending on local political context and prior to production, with important implications for understanding the roots of the political and conflict curses.