Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
EFFECTS OF CAPSAICIN SUPPLEMENTATION ON PRODUCTIVE AND PHYSIOLOGICAL PERFORMANCE OF PEKIN DUCKS DURING SUMMER SEASON

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of using graded levels of capsaicin on growth performance, nutrients digestibility coefficients, serum metabolites, oxidative responses and intestinal digestive enzymes activity of Pekin ducks. One hundred and twenty 14d old Pekin ducks were randomly divided into four groups of 30 ducks. The first group was fed on the basal diet (control), while groups 2, 3 and 4 were given the basal diet supplemented with 50, 100 and 150 ppm capsaicin, respectively. The results showed significant improvement in body weight and feed conversion of ducks, particularly with the high level (150ppm) followed by those of the mid one (100pm). Moreover, supplemental capsaicin with different levels enhanced digestibility coefficient values especially with ether extract (EE) and nitrogen free extract (NFE) in Pekin ducks. The serum level of total proteins, globulin, high density lipoprotein (HDL), triiodothyronine (T3), thyroxin (T4) and antioxidant enzymes was significantly increased for ducks fed on diets contained either 100 or 150ppm capsaicin. But, the concentrations of total lipid, cholesterol, triglycerides, low density lipoprotein (LDL), glucose and malondialdehyde (MDA), which is the primary stable by-product of lipid peroxidation, were reduced. On the other hand, the albumin level didn’t significantly affected by dietary capsaicin supplementation. A significant increase in the activities of amylase, lipase and trypsin enzymes was found throughout the small intestine portions with supplemental capsaicin. It is concluded that, capsaicin supplementation with 100ppm up to 150ppm was sufficient to enhance the growth performance traits, nutrients digestibility, thyroid and antioxidant system in growing Pekin ducks. In addition to, using these natural feed additives had clear favorable effect on enzymatic and microbiological profile in small intestine, without adverse effects on liver activity.
Thermoelastic Model with Higher-order Time-derivatives and Two Phase-lags for an Infinitely Long Cylinder under Initial Stress and Heat Source

In this work, a generalized higher-order time-derivatives model with phase-lags has been introduced. This model is applied to study the thermal heat problem of a homogeneous and isotropic long cylinder due to initial stress and heat source. We use the Laplace transform method to solve the problem. The numerical solutions for the field functions are obtained numerically using the numerical Laplace inversion technique. The effect of the higher-order parameters, the initial stress, the magnitude of the heat source and the instant time on the temperature field, the displacement field, and the stress fields have been calculated and displayed graphically and the obtained results are discussed. The results are compared with those obtained previously in the contexts of some other models of thermoelasticity.
Do corporate and Sharia compliance governance affect enterprise risk management implementation?

The growth of Sharia banking assets in Indonesia greatly influenced by the scalability of Sharia banking businesses, which is supported by an increase in good corporate governance. The banking industry in general functions very closely with risk. This means that banks acutely need a risk-based management approach that is now being developed by the regulator with an integrated approach through Enterprise Risk Management (ERM). Other specific aspects of governance in Sharia banking include governance for compliance with Sharia aspects (Sharia compliance governance). The method used in this study is multiple regression analysis. We intended to examine the influence of general and Sharia governance mechanisms that exist in Indonesian Sharia banking with the level of ERM implementation. We indicated that the presence of the risk management committee, independent audit committee, and Sharia compliance audits positively and significantly affect ERM implementation. This study expected to be beneficial especially to provide input on governance policies for both banks and regulators. JEL Classification: G29, G30 How to Cite: Adelina, Y. E. , Trilaksono, T. , & Rohi-Mone, R. (2020). Do corporate and Sharia compliance governance affect the enterprise risk management implementation? Jurnal Keuangan dan Perbankan, 24 (1), 1-19. DOI: https://doi.org/10.26905/jkdp.v24i1. 3768
Importancia de Helicobacter pylori en Pediatría, estudio diagnóstico en un grupo de niños

Introduccion: la primoinfeccion por Helicobacter pylori se adquiere en la edad pediatrica, y se reporta una frecuencia entre 10 y 80 %, segun las edades y procedencia social. Las manifestaciones clinicas suelen ser: dolor abdominal, malestar general, nauseas, vomitos, entre otros. Las consecuencias de esta infeccion son la gastritis cronica, la ulcera duodenal y otras enfermedades de mayor importancia patogena. Se desconoce la relacion Helicobacter -nino en nuestro pais, por lo que nos proponemos su estudio. Objetivo: estudiar un grupo de ninos en edad escolar atendidos en consulta por presentar signos dispepticos de mas de tres meses de evolucion, utilizando para diagnostico el reactivo bioquimico Gastropyl ® , de manufactura de nuestros laboratorios. Metodos: se implemento un estudio descriptivo, prospectivo, en 100 pacientes menores de 16 anos, procedentes de la consulta externa del Hospital Pediatrico Docente "William Soler" y unidades asistenciales del area de captacion del hospital mencionado, cuyos diagnosticos preendoscopicos fueran de dispepsia o dolor abdominal cronico. Se les realizo endoscopia digestiva por referir sintomas dispepticos. Resultados: de los mismos, 64 eran escolares primarios entre 8 y 11 anos y 36 estudiantes secundarios entre 12 y 15 anos. Segun sexo, 58 pertenecian al femenino y 42 al masculino. Las manifestaciones clinicas referidas eran, principalmente, dolor abdominal (96 pacientes), acidez y/o pirosis (49) y anorexia (24). En el proceder endoscopico se encontro gastritis cronica en 60 ninos. Se demostro la infeccion por Helicobacter pylori en fragmento de mucosa gastrica segun test de urea Gastropyl ® en 46 ninos. Histologicamente, en biopsia gastrica, 67 pacientes presentaban gastritis cronica, y de ellos, presencia para Helicobacter pylori en las tinciones con giemsa y hematoxilina-eosina en 52 ninos. Conclusiones: nuestra poblacion infantil escolar se encuentra infestada en un por ciento elevado, aunque de una forma inferior a la reportada en trabajos realizados en paises del tercer mundo.
Extracting value from lightweight IT : a new approach to benefits management? : a case study of the implications lightweight IT has on benefits management

This thesis aims to answer the following research question: “What are the implications of lightweight IT on benefits management? ”. The motivation to this thesis is that there is extensive literature on how to conduct benefits management of heavyweight IT, however there is little found on lightweight IT. Traditional benefits management has been criticized to be a lengthy and slow process, much due to the complexity of large-scale IT systems. There is also a lack of knowledge on how to conduct benefits management in businesses, which partly explains the low uptake of benefits management. In recent years, easy-to-use lightweight IT solutions have become more appealing to organizations due to its characteristics of usercentricity, rapid deployment and low cost of implementation. Additionally, lightweight IT is easier to adopt compared to heavyweight solutions, as non-IT professionals now also have the opportunity to innovate their IT-services. Lightweight IT is a relatively new concept in literature and the fact that we are dealing with a phenomenon that goes beyond the IT department. To answer our research question, we have conducted an exploratory case study in a Norwegian bank. They have implemented a new lightweight IT solution to govern their RPA digital workforce, called RPA Supervisor. Our primary data was collected through 11 in-depth individual interviews. Our findings show that conducting benefits management on lightweight IT differs from conducting benefits management of heavyweight IT. Despite this, a new benefits management framework for lightweight IT might not be necessary. However, we suggest that there should be a changed emphasis on each step in the benefits management framework, the Cranfield method. Several factors seem to influence this change, which are organizational factors, governance models for lightweight IT and practitioner-tools for benefits management support. With this, we found six implications of lightweight IT on benefits management. With a changed emphasis in the framework for benefits management of lightweight IT, we argue that this can lead to an increased adoption of benefits management in businesses.
SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS’ PERCEPTION OF BEST HELP GENERALISING STRATEGIES

This paper reports a study whose aim was to examine secondary school student choices of generalising strategy to determine what they would judge as the most helpful strategy for expressing generality. Data were collected from 45 Secondary One students through administering a questionnaire which contained one linear and one quadratic generalising tasks. The students had to select and justify the strategy that they believed would best help them to establish the rules. The data were analysed and revealed differences in the judgements of the more able and the less able students regarding the best-help strategy. The more able students’ choices of best-help generalising strategy seemed to vary across the two different types of tasks whereas those of the less able students appeared to remain unchanged.
The cost of breeding in the winter versus the summer in an opportunistic, northtemperate songbird, the red crossbill (Loxia curvirostra)

Energy is the currency of life, where a surplus allows survival and reproduction and a longstanding debt leads to death, yet monitoring energy expenditures in free-living animals has been relatively limited by available technology. Radio transmitters that have been specially modified to detect heart rate, however, allow for real-time estimation of energy expense in free-living, behaving animals. Red crossbills live at northern latitudes year-round and breed opportunistically throughout much of the year. They therefore offer a unique opportunity to examine the ecophysiology of different life cycle stages under drastically variable seasonal conditions. Here we present heart rate data of free-living, non-breeding and breeding red crossbills in the summer and winter. We discuss these variables in the context of red crossbills’ unique opportunistic and nomadic annual schedules and the highly seasonal conditions of our field site in Grand Teton National Park.
Follicular diameters and progesterone level in Egyptian ewe lambs using flushing and some hormonal treatments

The objectives of this study were to explore the influence of flushing and hormonal treatments on the follicular diameters and progesterone level during estrus and pregnancy rate in Egyptian ewe lambs. This study was carried out on 25 ewe lambs clinically healthy (body weight 27-33 Kg. and age 8-12 months). The animals divided into 5 groups; group 1: served as a control, group 2: received vaginal sponges impregnated medroxyprogesterone acetate (MAP) for 14 days, group 3: received vaginal sponges impregnated with MAP for 14 days, on day of sponge removal each animal injected with pregnant mare serum gonadotropin (PMSG), group 4: received gonadotrophin releasing hormone (GnRH) on day 0, and injected with prostaglandin F2α (PGF2α) on day 7, after 48 hours, animals treated with the second dose of GnRH and group 5: injected with PGF2α 7 days and after 72 hours the animals injected with hCG during this period. Animals fed 3 kg. trifolium alexandrinum plus 500 gm concentrate diet. The results revealed that the follicular diameters (mm) showed higher (P<0.05) values after two days of the treatments than control group, and all treatment groups were increased (P<0.05) in the follicular diameters (mm) on both ovaries after the end of treatments within three days. In addition, during the first month of gestation period concentrations of serum progesterone were significantly (P<0.05) higher in groups 2 and 3 compared to groups 1 and 4. From this study we concluded that, using intra-vaginal sponges impregnated with medroxy-progesterone acetate plus pregnant mar serum gonadotropin (PMSG) and gonadotropin releasing hormone plus prostaglandin F2α (GPG) protocol, may be improved reproductive performance in native ewe lambs.
STRAIN GAUGE ANALYSIS OF TOOTH-IMPLANT-SUPPORTED FDP WITH NON-RIGID CONNECTORS USING DIFFERENT IMPLANT-ABUTMENT CONNECTIONS: INVITRO

Purpose: To evaluate and compare the strains generated around tooth and implant supported FDPs, including a non-rigid connector, arranged in a linear configuration. Problem Statement: clinical evidence about the connection between the tooth and implant in a fixed dental prosthesis is limited. Certain clinical situations mandate such combination however the prognosis of such treatment is of concern. Methods: Two models were fabricated to mimic missing lower second premolar, the anterior abutment was a natural tooth and the posterior one abutment was an implant attached to its corresponding abutment. 3-unit FDPs with a non-rigid connector and of 8 mm pontic mesio-distal width were constructed, alternating the location of the non-rigid connector at either abutments. Four strain gauges were attached mesially, distally, buccally and lingually to natural tooth and implant. Uniform static axial load of 300 N was applied to the central fossa of the FDP units parallel to the long axis. Strain (μm) induced at both the implant and tooth were recorded and analyzed. Results: Lower mean strains were induced around the tooth on placing the non-rigid connector at the implant side and using cone connection, while around the implant insignificant difference was found. Lower mean strains were induced around both tooth and implant on placing the non-rigid connector at the tooth side and using cone connection. Conclusion: connecting teeth -to-implants must be limited to cases with only one missing tooth. Placing the non-rigid connection at implant side and using cone connection provide favorable strain distribution.
Effect of Personal and Social Responsibility-Based Social-Emotional Learning Program on Emotional Intelligence

Programs for social-emotional learning implemented in schools are important in terms of improving students’ emotional and social skills. In the study, a 16-week program was prepared using the Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) model based on the Personal and Social Responsibility Model (TPSR). The program was implemented in three different school types and the effect of the TPSR-SEL program on the emotional intelligence levels of the students was examined according to the school types. The research group was composed of 162 students in total who study at Anatolian High School (n=55), Vocational Technical Anatolian High School (n=51) and Sports High School (n=56) in Afyon province. In research, pattern with experimental pre-test final-test control group was used. Experiment and control groups were formed in all three-school types. The 16-week TPSR-SEL program was applied to the students in the experimental groups and the current curriculum was applied to the students in the control groups. The Schutte Emotional Intelligence Scale (SEI-S) was used as a data tool. Standard deviation—mean and Two-Way Covariance Analysis (Two-Way ANCOVA) was used for data analysis. As a result of the descriptive statistics, it was determined that there were significant differences between the SEI-S total scores of the experiment and control groups, that there was a significant increase in the final-test total scores of the students in experiment group in all three types of schools, and that the total scores of the control group students remained at the same level. In addition, it was found that the joint effects of participation in the TPSR-SEL program and school type on emotional intelligence scores were significant.
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Department of Ophthalmology, Dokkyo Medical University Saitama Medical Center, Koshigaya, Japan Purpose: To compare the effects of 30-gauge versus 32-gauge needles on vitreous reflux (VR) frequency and intraocular pressure (IOP) following first-time intravitreal aflibercept injections. Materials and Methods: Overall, 116 patients (116 eyes) who received intravitreal injections using 30-gauge needles and 104 patients (104 eyes) who received the same injection using 32-gauge needles were reviewed. The medical records of 116 patients who each received an intravitreal injection using a 30-gauge needle (median age: 67.5 ± 13.9 years) and 104 patients who each received the same injection using a 32-gauge needle (median age: 66. 3 ± 10.6 years) from January 2015 to June 2019 were compared. Results: No significant difference in the frequency of VR was observed between patients injected using 30-gauge needles (38/116) and patients injected using 32-gauge needles (31/ 104, P = 0.64). There were no significant differences in the VR rates of patients with phakic and pseudophakic eyes between those injected using 30-gauge (P = 0.94) or 32-gauge needles (P = 0.77). Axial length did not significantly differ between patients with and without VR when injected using 30-gauge (P = 0.89) and with 32-gauge needles (P = 0.69). IOP immediately after injection was significantly higher in patients injected using 30gauge needles than in patients injected using 32-gauge needles (P < 0.01). Conclusion: VR frequency was not correlated with needle size, lens status, or axial length. Patients receiving injections using 30-gauge needles had higher IOP immediately after intravitreal injection.
Assessment of Physicochemical Properties and Comparison of Dissolution Profiles of Metformin Hydrochloride Tablets in Saudi Arabia

Although prevalence of substandard or counterfeit drugs is a world-wide problem, poor and developing countries are affected the most. To be a quality product, drug formulation must comply with certain standards. Consequently, in this study, metformin hydrochloride (MH) tablets (500 mg) available in the Saudi Arabian market were assessed through various pharmacopeial quality control tests. Parameters including weight variation, hardness, friability, drug content, and disintegration time were evaluated. Results were within acceptable limits for all selected products (nine generic and an innovator). Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) spectra of MH for all tested products were completely superimposed with that of the pure drug, confirming the use of correct active ingredient in all tablet formulations. The products were also evaluated by comparing the dissolution profile of the generic products with the innovator brand in pH 6.8 phosphate buffer. The range of percent drug release in 30 min was 82.71–98.43%, in comparison to 91.86% for reference product, which complies with the USP-NF specification of at least 80% drug release in 30 min. The difference factor (f1), similarity factor (f2, except product H), and dissolution efficiency revealed that the dissolution profiles of the tested products were comparable to that of the reference product. These results show that the tested generic products were biopharmaceutically similar (except product H) to the innovator formulation. Therefore, the consumer can select any one of these equivalent products as a substitute for innovator product in case of cost concern or unavailability.
INFLUENCE OF 2% CHLORHEXIDINE SOLUTION ON COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH, SOLUBILITY AND CALCIUM RELEASE OF CALCIUM ENRICHED CEMENT (CEM)

Calcium enriched mixture cement (CEM) is widely used in endodontics due to its favorable properties. The addition of chlorhexidine to (CEM) material increases its antimicrobial efficiency however; its influence on the properties of this material is unclear. Aim: This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of mixing 2% of Chlorhexidine on the compressive strength, solubility and calcium release of calcium enriched mixture cement. Materials and methods: Two experimental groups were included in this study. The first group, CEM was mixed with CEM cement solution and the second group, calcium enriched mixture cement was mixed with 2% Chlorhexidine solution. Thirty cylindrical samples of 4 mm diameter and of 6 mm height were constructed per each group for assessment of compressive strength at 1, 7 and 15 days intervals 10 samples per each, furthermore, 10 samples of the same dimensions per each group were constructed for assessment of solubility and calcium ion release at 1, 7 and 15 days intervals. Statistical analysis: Data were statistically analyzed using the Kolmogorov-Smirnov and Shapiro-Wilk tests. Independent t-test was used to compare between different mixing solutions on mean compressive strength (MPa), weight loss (μg) and rate of calcium release (ppm). Results: The compressive strength value of CEM cement solution mixed samples was significantly higher than Chlorhexidine mixed ones (P≤0.001). Solubility and calcium ion release significantly increased at 7 and 15 days (P≤0.05) by adding Chlorhexidine to mixing solution. Conclusion: Adding Chlorhexidine to CEM had a negative influence on its compressive strength and solubility rate.
The influence of financial inclusion on banks’ performance and risk: new evidence from MENAP

This study seeks to investigate the relationship between financial inclusion factors and banks’ performance and risk among MENAP countries. The sample includes 271 banks located in 24 countries in the region that are interconnected, and micro- and macro-variables that affect the performance and risk levels of these banks. The results indicate that enhancing the level of financial inclusion in the region can increase banks’ performance and decrease their risk. They also point out where these banks could benefit more from financial inclusion in terms of reducing their risks. Future research may include investigating financial inclusion tools to explore the relationship between financial inclusion and banks’ performance and risk in developing countries. More research can be conducted on each MEANP country to analyze their characteristics and the influence of financial inclusion on bank performance and risk. In addition, future research should be conducted to study the relationship between regulations, rules and financial inclusion across countries and economies. Acknowledgment&nbsp;The author is thankful to Prof. Xiuhua Wang, Bo Liu, and Yipeng Wang for their comments and suggestions to improve this paper. The author discloses that funding for the writing of this paper comes from the TAAWON research fund.
Implementation of RCIP scheme and its performance for 1D age computations in ice-sheet models

Abstract. Ice sheet age computations are formulated using an Eulerian advection equation, and there are many schemes that can be used to solve them numerically. Typically, these differ in numerical characteristics such as stability, accuracy, and diffusivity. Furthermore, although various methods have been presented for ice sheet age computations, the constrained interpolation profile method and its variants have not been examined in this context. The present study introduces one of its variants, a rational function-based constrained interpolation profile scheme (RCIP) to one-dimensional ice age computation, and demonstrates its performance levels via comparisons with those obtained from first- and second-order upwind schemes. Our results show that the RCIP scheme preserves the pattern of input surface mass balance histories, in terms of the vertical profile of internal annual layer thickness, better than the other schemes.