Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Absorption Spectra of Normal Adult and Sickle Cell Haemoglobins Treated With Hydrogen Peroxide at Two pH Values

Millimolar absorptivities of normal adult haemoglobin (HbA) and sickle cell haemoglobin (HbS) were monitored at pH values of 7.2 and 5.0, within the ultra violet and visible spectral range (250-650 nm) in the presence of varying concentrations of hydrogen peroxide (4.00-20.00 mM). The absorption spectra of HbA and HbS exhibited the characteristic Soret band with maximum absorptivities at wavelenght (λmax) = 415 nm. HbA and HbS exhibited lower peak absorptivities in the presence of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) in a concentration dependent manner. Maximum absorptivities of HbA and HbS treated with H2O2 showed hypochromic red shift of the Soret band from (λmax) = 415 to 420 nm regardless of changes in experimental pH values. In addition, increasing concentrations of H2O2 at the two experimental pH conditions engendered differential distortion and obliteration of the Soret band. Whereas at pH = 7.2, [H2O2] > 14.28 mM caused obliteration of the Soret band of HbA, 20.00 mM H2O2 at lower pH = 5.0, obliterated the Soret band. In contrast to the absorption spectra of HbA, at experimental pH values of 5.0 and 7.2, maximum absorptivities of HbS were 1.8 and 2.3 mmol·cm respectively. However, HbA and HbS showed decreasing peak absorptivities with increasing concentrations of H2O2 regardless of changes in pH values. The spectra signatures of HbA and HbS treated with H2O2 were non-identical under the two experimental pH conditions which are diagnostic of the two haemoglobin types.
Assessing the Effects of Mobile Phone Use, Test Messages and Chatting On Social Media among Saudi and Non-Saudi Drivers

A self-administered survey assessing the use of mobile phones among Saudi and non-Saudi drivers, was distributed by hand to 520 male drivers [Saudis (70.2%), non-Saudis (29.7%)] aged between 16 – 61years. 32% (Saudis) and 18% (non-Saudis) began driving at age<16 years while 80.3% (Saudis) and 72.3% (non-Saudis) had a valid driver’s license. 82.7% (Saudi) & 80.7% (non-Saudi) drivers use private vehicles. Age, nationality and use of social media while driving, were significantly associated with road traffic accident (RTA), while use of mobile phones and text messaging while driving showed the greatest odds (7x & 5x) of RTA risk. About 1 in 2 drivers aged 16-30 years had been involved in at least one RTA. Not being a Saudi, the use of cell phones, and text messaging, increases the risk of involvement in RTAs but the odds were greatest for making/receiving phone calls. The current regulations should consider a strict ban on mobile phone use while driving.
A Study of Prevalence of Intestinal Helminthic Infections and Associated Risk Factors among the School Children of Biratnagar Submetropolitan, Eastern Region of Nepal

Introduction: Intestinal helminthic infection is a major public health problem in children of developing countries because of poor socio‐economic conditions and lack of good hygienic living. Objectives: To measure the prevalence of intestinal helminthic Infections and to identify risk factors associated with helminthic infections among the school children of Biratnagar. Materials and Methods: The cross‐sectional study was conducted in Grade VI, VII and VIII in Government and private schools of Biratnagar. Stratified random sampling method was applied to choose the schools and the study subjects. The Chi‐square test was used to measure the association of risk factors and helminthic Infections. Results: Overall prevalence of intestinal helminthic infections among the school children was 15.5 percent. Hookworm was found high (6.5%) in comparison to other worms i.e. Ascaris lumbricoides (5.5%), Trichuris trichuria (2.5%) and Hymenolepsis nana (1.0%). The use of soap and water after defecation had lower prevalence of helminthic Infections (11.2%) than only use of water (38.7%). The helminthic Infections was also seen lower who wear sandals (3.2%) than those did not wear (26.2%). The Infection rate was significantly lower among having clean nail (6.2%) than not having clean (21.7%). The helminthic Infections was seen higher among children having the habit of nail biting and thumbs sucking (P<0.001). Conclusions: Intestinal helminthic infections among the school children are a common health problem. Poor personal hygiene and sanitary condition, and lack of clean drinking water supply are supposed to play an important role in establishing helminthic infections.
FORMULATION AND EVALUATION OF KETOCONAZOLE NANOEMULGEL

The aim of present work was to be formulate a nanoemulgel for topical delivery of poor water soluble drug ketoconazole which is useful in treatment of fungal infection. In ketoconazole Nanoemulgel formulation cabopol 934 and cabopol 940 gelling agents used. Prepared nanoemulgel was investigated for different parameters. The prepared nanoemulgel was evaluated for their physical appearance, viscosity, drug release, globule size, scanning electron microscopy and stability. The highest activity was observed in F3 and F4 which was based on cabopol 934 where the drug release was found to be 92.56±0.23 and 92.56±0.23 respectively at 360 min. by diffusioncontrolled mechanism. Also it was found that the emulsifying agent concentration has the most pronounced effect on drug release from nanoemulgel followed by oil phase concentration. Stability studies showed no major alteration in all parameters. In general conclusion these formed nanoemulgel satisfied all pharmaceutical parameter and appears to be good topical agent. KEYWORD: Nanoemulgel, Nanotechnology, Ketoconazole and Topical drug delivery. INTRODUCTION There are various conventional routs of drug administration system namely oral, sublingual, rectal, parenteral etc. for the treatment of different kinds of disorders. Topical drug delivery system is generally used for to cure the skin infection like fungal infection. Topical drug delivery system can be defined as localized drug delivery system where drug incorporated into medication to the skin to get localizing effect of drug cure skin disorder. Topical drug delivery system have been used for treatment of both dermatological and cosmetic to their disease or healthy skin. Avoidance of the risks and inconveniences of intravenous therapy WORLD JOURNAL OF PHARMACY AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES SJIF Impact Factor 5.210 Volume 5, Issue 2, 899-911 Research Article ISSN 2278 – 4357 Article Received on 27 Nov 2015, Revised on 18 Dec 2015, Accepted on 07 Jan 2016
PREVALENCE AND ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY PATTERN OF CANDIDA DUBLINIENSIS ISOLATED FROM URINE SAMPLES

1Department of Microbiology, Vivekanandha College of Arts and Sciences for Women (Autonomous). Elayampalayam, Tiruchengode, Namakkal 637 205, Tamil Nadu, India 2Department of Microbiology, Wolaita Soda University, Post Box No. 138, Ethiopia, Eastern Africa 3Dept of Medical laboratories, Central Bioscience Research Laboratories, College of Science, Al-Zulfi, Majmaah University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 4Medical Biotechnology Research Group (MBRG), Department of Medical Laboratory, College of Science, Majmaah University, King Fahd Street, Post Box No. 1712, Al-Zul”, Riyadh Region, 11932, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
A CASE REPORT OF URETERIC CALCULUS TREATED WITH HOMOEOPATHIC MEDICINE, HYDRANGEA ARBORESCENS 30

: Introduction: Urolithiasis denotes formation of stone in the urinary tract; it may be in the kidney, ureter or in the bladder. Urinary stones are considered as a very common cause of morbidity affecting about 5-15% of population. Apart from conservative treatment, shock wave lithotripsy and ureteroscopy are commonly practiced in conventional medicine, in cases of calculi, but these interventions are expensive for the common people and may lead to complications. Here is a case of ureterolithiasis or ureteric calculus successfully treated with homoeopathic organ remedy Hydrangea arborescens 30. Case Profile: A 59 year old female presented with intense pain in loins, especially on the right side and increased frequency of urine. Ultrasonographic report confirmed a solitary stone of 8 mm in the right vesico-ureteric junction. Although advised for surgical intervention, she opted for homoeopathic treatment. She was prescribed with Hydrangea arborescens 30 as an organ remedy, on the basis of certain particular symptoms and pathology pertaining to this medicine, after which she was relieved from the intense pain. Numerical Rating Scale (NRS) score showed significant improvement and ultrasonography after 3 months of treatment showed no stone. Most importantly, although Hydrangea arborescens is popularly known as a left-sided medicine for ureteric colic and stone, and the patient had right-sided ureteric stone, yet its local affinity for ureters and pathological affinity for ureteric stones guided its prescription and ultimately, yielded the desired result. Conclusion: Besides the constitutional or individualized treatment, correct homoeopathic organ specific medicines selected on the basis of important particular symptoms can also be effective. As per the homoeopathic literature, Hydrangea arborescens has profound action on the ureters particularly ureteric stones and this case report has justified the fact. However, randomized control trials on action of Hydrangea arborescens in cases of urinary stones are suggested.
Impact of Spirituality on Depression, Anxiety and Stress of Students Preparing for Competitive Exams

Background: Gradually over the years trend towards education system in our country has changed, it has become highly competitive. On the basis of one’s grades admissions to various “top colleges” is provided, which further leads to “high packaged placements”. On the basis of one’s job status and college ranking their self worth is measured and all this puts lot of burden on students who have to continuously strive to achieve better than their batch mates, their siblings, relatives, neighbors etc. Aim: The aim of the study was to see whether spirituality would have any impact on depression, anxiety and stress in male and female students preparing for competitive exams. Methods: Participants were 60 students (30 males and 30 females) from areas of Rajasthan and Delhi, India, in the age range of 16-25 years, with no history of any psychiatric illness. They gave their consent to participate in the study. Spirituality was assessed using the daily spiritual experience scale by Underwood & Teresi, (2002), depression, anxiety, and stress levels through Depression, Anxiety, Stress Scales (DASS by Lovibond & Lovibond, 1995). Sample was purposive and the data were collected in individual situations. Results: There was difference between male and female students with regard to spirituality, depression, anxiety and stress, however only on the dimension of anxiety the results were significant, where female students had significantly more anxiety than that of male students (t = 2.87, p = .01). With regard to correlation between spirituality, depression, anxiety and stress there was significant inverse correlation for male and female students. However only for anxiety scores in females, there was a significant inverse correlation (r=-.417, p= .01). Conclusion: It can be concluded that spirituality to some extent helps in reducing anxiety. At the same time it is essential for us to realize that spirituality is not the only way to help the young stressed students to cope with this life challenge, the family simultaneously needs to be supportive and not over pressurize the students and should stop comparing them to one or the other. However due to the small sample size the result findings cannot be generalized.
Electro Discharge Machining Characteristics of Mg/SiCP Metal matrix composites by Powder Metallurgy (P/M) Techniques

The objective of this work is to investigate the effects of current, pulse on time and pulse off time in Electro Discharge Machining performance on material removal rate and tool wear rate of Mg/SiCp metal matrix composites. In this work the Mg/SiCp metal matrix composite specimens were prepared by powder metallurgy route. ELEKTRA PLUS spark erosion machine was used for the purpose. Brass tool of 10 mm diameter was chosen to drill the specimens. Experiments were conducted by varying the parameters of current (I), pulse on time (ton) and pulse off time (toff). A mathematical model is developed to correlate the influences of these variables with material removal rate of workpiece and tool wear rate. Design of experiments (DOE) method and response surface methodology (RSM) techniques are implemented. An L21 orthogonal array (OA), for the three machining parameters at three levels each, was opted to conduct the experiments. The experiments were performed in a random order with three successive trials. The validity test of the fit and adequacy of the proposed models has been carried out through analysis of variance (ANOVA). KeywordEDM, Mg/SiCp composites, MRR, TWR
Effect of Compensation on Job Performance: An Empirical Study

The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of compensation (CN) on job performance (JP). For exploring the result, various items of CN and JP have been taken into consideration for measuring their effect. And for reaching the objective of this study, the authors have conducted a questionnaire survey and data have been collected from 261 respondents who are working in twenty different readymade garment organizations (RMGs) in Chittagong, Bangladesh. The theoretical analysis indicated that proper strategy and policy based compensation scheme can enhance the job performance of the employees. Because, employees will confer the maximum effort for providing best performance when a compatible (with current market situation) compensation scheme is offered and maintained by the organizations. Thus, compensation (CN) has a significant effect on job performance (JP). The quantitative analysis demonstrated that there is a strong and positive relationship between compensation and job performance. The study has both, theoretical and practical implications for the garment organizations as well as other sectors too. Limitations and future directions for this study are also discussed.
Image Security System using Encryption and Steganography

: The image security on internet transfers is the concern of the hour as the breaching attacks into the image databases are rising every year. The hackers take advantage of the stolen personal and important images to fulfill their dangerous and unethical intentions. The image data theft can be used to defame a person on the internet by posting the illegal and unacceptable images of that person (internet user). Hence the images transfers have to be secure to ensure the privacy of the user’s image data. In this research, a number of image security systems have been studied to evaluate the research gap. Majority of the existing image security systems are not up to date to protect against the latest breaching attacks. So, we have proposed an effective and robust image security framework particularly designed for the images. The proposed has been designed and implemented using MATLAB. In this research, a hybrid image security framework has been proposed to overcome the problem stated earlier, which will be implemented by combining various techniques together to achieve the image security goal. The techniques included in the combination would be image compression, cryptography and steganography. DWT compression has been used, because it is a stronger compression algorithm. The steganographed image would be compressed to reduce its size. Blowfish encryption algorithm would be used for the encryption purposes. It offers maximum throughput (faster) and also energy efficient. Compressed image would be encrypted to enhance the image security. Real image will be hidden into another image. A cluster based steganographic technique will be used. Real image and face image would be analyzed, and the real image would be embedded in those areas of face image, where color schemes of the real image and face image would be most similar. Kmeans or Hierarchical clustering would be used as a clustering technique. An all new comparative analysis technique would be applied to make the comparison between real image and base image on the basis of color patterns.
Effect of scenario planning on strategic entrepreneurship in Iraqi higher education

For many organizations and institutions, the challenge of knowing how to face competition derived from the globalization of the economy is presented. A fundamental technique to successfully answer that question is scenario planning. Which has become the basis for the success of various businesses. Accordingly, The objective of this study is to analyze the effect of scenario planning on strategic entrepreneurship. considering the impact which may have the dimensions of scenario planning and strategic entrepreneurship. For this, a theoretical model was designed depending on the literature, the questionnaire was the main tool for this study. Statistical analysis, based on direct correlation and effects tests (using SPSS and Amos software), allows proving there are positive effects on strategic entrepreneurship by scenario planning and its dimensions as revealed by the findings.
An Innovative Self-Weld Framework of Microscale Copper Phthalocyanine

Microscale frameworks were obtained by copper phthalocyanine-sulfuric acid blends in our proposal. In the frameworks, crystals and unoccupied space are at an equivalent-size level. During dehydration, wires spontaneously weld at their contacts to construct a framework. Dehydrated and post-annealed frameworks have morphological equivalence by the applied imaging equipment. Under incident Xand IRrays, these α-dominated frameworks have a response of β crystallites. The identification of a new X-ray-crystallographic event in α-β transition is elusive from our obtainable information. We suggest this unidentified state tends to the responsibility of our process. Observing the self-weld and flexibility indicates the highfeasibility of a free standing framework. Our proposed process and frameworks urge for the fundamental understanding in the sulfuric recrystallization of phthalocyanine. Optimizing our process, characterizing properties of frameworks, and understanding in the formation of each phase are in progress. SCIREA Journal of Materials http://www.scirea. org/journal/Materials
Cross sectional study on patterns of lipid profiles in obese and normal children in south Indian private schools

Introduction: Childhood obesity affects both developed and developing countries of all socio-economic groups, irrespective of age, sex or ethnicity. Objective: to study the patterns of lipid profiles in obese and normal children. Materials and Methods: A total of 50 healthy children between the age group of 10-15 years were selected from private schools in Kurnool City. Schools were selected based on simple random sampling method. The study was conducted after taking clearance from Kurnool Medical College ethical committee. Then fasting blood samples of children were collected in the morning under aseptic conditions for the estimation of lipid profile. Lipid profile was estimated in Central Clinical Laboratory of Government General Hospital Kurnool with the SemiAuto Analyzer using the CHOD POD method. Results: Total Cholesterol (TC), Serum Triglycerides (S.TG), High Density Lipoproteins (HDL–C), Low Density Lipoproteins (LDL-C) and TC/HDL ratio levels are significantly higher in obese children compared to normal children in the present study was noted. Conclusion: Increased levels of Lipid profile in obese children may be due to high calorie intake and decreased physical activity of the children. The present study suggests that school children should take a balanced diet, try to avoid intake of fat food and increase their physical activity by playing outdoors.
CORRELATES OF PSYCHOSOCIAL STATUS OF RURAL ADOLESCENT GIRLS OF VARANASI, INDIA

This study was conducted to comprehensive scoring system of adolescent girls of Varanasi District, India, who were selected by multistage sampling, was assessed by interviewing them with the help of predesigned schedule. ANOVA were applied. In order to pinpoint precise correlates logistic regression analysis was done. Majority out of ten were at severe risk. logistic regression identified subjects from SC (OR=3.520, CI=1.829 (OR=3.493, CI=1.843 psychos adolescents and their families having higher vulnerability for psychosocial abnormality.
Microbiological profile of ventilator-associated pneumonia in the intensive care unit of a tertiary hospital in Visakhapatnam, India

Introduction: Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is defined as pneumonia occurring more than 48 hours after the initiation of endotracheal intubation and it is the most common nosocomial infection in the intensive care unit (ICU). VAP is one of the important nosocomial infection that is the cause of significant morbidity and mortality among patients on mechanical ventilation. Aim of the study: This prospective study was undertaken with an objective to determine the common etiological agents and their antimicrobial sensitivity patterns of VAP in our institute. Results: Among the 134 mechanically ventilated patients and 56 of them developed VAP. Among the causative agents, Pseudomonas and Escherichia coli were most common among gram negatives and Staphylococcus aureus was common among the gram-positive isolates. Eighteen of the 56 isolates (32%) were polymicrobial. Thirty-eight isolates from VAP patients were multi-drug resistant (MDR) pathogens. Conclusion: High incidence of VAP and the potential MDR pathogens are a real threat in our ICUs. Combined approach of judicious antibiotic usage and training programs to health care personnel might be of help in combatting high incidence of antibiotic resistance in our institute.
A diversity of central nervous system tumours at a tertiary care centre-a one year prospective study

Introduction: Central nervous system tumours represent unique heterogenous population of neoplasms which include both Benign and Malignant neoplasms. In India, CNS tumours constitute about 1.9% of all the tumours. These tumours pose diagnostic difficulty due to varied presentation and overlapping morphological features. Immunohistochemistry helps in overcoming diagnostic difficulties in problematic cases. Aims and Objectives: The aim of the study is to analyse histopathological spectrum of CNS tumours irrespective of age in a single institution. Materials and Method: A one year prospective study was carried out in department of pathology from 2016 to 2017, at the department of pathology, ASRAM. Neurosurgical specimens were formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded and stained with Haematoxylin and eosin. Immunohistochemical markers were applied in selective cases like S-100, CD-45, etc. Results: In our study, seventy two (72) brain neoplasms were analysed. Neuroepithelial tumours (25) were most common, followed by meningothelial tumours (22), tumours of sellar origin(12), tumours of cranial and paraspinal nerves(5), metastatic tumours(4) and others (4). Conclusions: The present study highlights the histological diversity of CNS tumours in various age groups. CNS tumours peak incidence was noted at 4th to 5th decade. Meningiomas and astrocytomas were common tumours after 40 years of age. GBM was the most common among astrocytomas. Immunohistochemistry was helpful in dilemmatic cases.