Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Dynamic crystallization in magmas

Undercooling and crystallization kinetics are recognized increasingly as important processes controlling the final textures and compositions of minerals as well as the physicochemical state of magmas during ascent and emplacement. Within a single volcanic unit, phenocrysts, microphenocrysts and microlites can span a wide range of compositions, develop complex zoning patterns, and show intricate textures testifying to crystallization far from equilibrium. These petrographic complexities are not associated necessarily with magma chamber processes such as mixing or mingling of distinctly different bulk compositions but, rather, may be caused by variable degrees of initial magma-undercooling and the evolution of undercooling through time. Heat-dissipation and decompression are the most effective driving forces of cooling and volatile loss that, in turn, exert a primary control on the solidification path of magma. Understanding these kinetic aspects over the temporal and spatial scales at which volcanic processes occur is therefore essential to interpret correctly the time-varying environmental conditions recorded in igneous minerals. This contribution aims to summarize and integrate experimental studies pertaining to the crystallization of magmas along kinetic or time-dependent pathways, where solidification is driven by changes in temperature, pressure and volatile concentration. Fundamental concepts examined in the last decades include the effect of undercooling on crystal nucleation and growth as well as on the transition between interfaceand diffusion-controlled crystal growth and mass transfer occurring after crystals stop growing. We summarize recent static and dynamic decompression and cooling experiments that explore the role of undercooling in syn-eruptive crystallization occurring as magmas ascend in volcanic conduits and are emplaced at the surface. The ultimate aim of such studies is to decode the textural and compositional information within crystalline phases to place quantitative constraints on the crustal transport, ascent and emplacement histories of erupted and intrusive magmas. Magma crystallization under dynamic conditions will be assessed also through a comparative description of the disequilibrium features in minerals found in experimental and natural materials. A variety of departures from polyhedral growth, including morphologies indicating crystal surface instability, dendritic structures, sector zoning and growth twins are linked to the rate at which crystals grow. These have implications for the entrapment of melt inclusions and plausibility for interpreting the growth chronology of individual crystals. A simple ‘‘tree-ring’’ model, in which the oldest part of the crystal lies at the centre and the youngest at the rim, is not an appropriate description when growth is non-concentric. Further, deviation from chemical EMU Notes in Mineralogy, Vol. 16 (2017), Chapter 12, 373–418
Optimization of the sorption process of copper cations from aqueous solution by pine bark (Pinus sylvestris)

This study examined the effect of the chemical modification of pine bark (Pinus sylvestris) on the sorption efficiency of copper cations. The results were interpreted using pseudo-first order and pseudo-second order reaction models as well as Langmuir and Freundlich isothermal models. The sorption experiments were carried out using the batch technique. The study indicated the effect of the competitive sorption of copper cations and hydrogen cations as well as the adverse effect on the sorption efficiency of copper hydroxides formed under alkaline conditions. The need to assess the measurement uncertainty in determining the basic parameters of the sorption process was indicated. It was also shown that the modification of the pine bark with a solution of hydrochloric acid and sodium hydroxide, when compared to the raw bark, reduced the sorption capacity by more than 29%. It was confirmed that the main mechanism of the sorption of heavy metals in natural sorbents is ion exchange.
Evaluating the Effects of Implementing a Volume-Based Protocol in an ICU setting

Background: Patients in ICUs tend to have greater protein and calorie needs than other hospital populations, especially patients who cannot eat by mouth. Meeting these needs is crucial to patient recovery, yet for many reasons, tube feeds are held. This study was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of a volume-based (VB) enteral nutrition protocol implementation in general and medical ICUs. It is hypothesized that the volume-based method would be superior in delivering appropriate amounts of calories and protein to patients without causing undesirable side effects. Materials and Methods: ICU patients (n=116) tolerating EN at goal for >24 hours were retrospectively reviewed in this study. Patients had EN delivered via VB (n=59) or rate-based delivery (n=57). Results: The intervention group achieved significantly more goal calories, (SD=24.91, p=0.013), goal protein (SD=26.87, p=0.005), and goal volume of EN formula (SD=22.14, p=0.002), when compared with the control group. There was, also, a significant increase in patients who met 80% or more of their protein goal (CI 95%= 5.4% to 38.5%, p=0.011). Patients in the intervention group experienced fewer high GRV (p=0.0144) and less occurrence of diarrhea (p=0.0330). Time to reach goal rate took significantly less time in the intervention group (p=0.0198). There were no differences seen between groups for distal tube tip placement, use of promotility agents, occurrence of nausea, vomiting, constipation, malnutrition, 60-day mortality rates, or occurrence of pressure injuries. Conclusion: Implementation of a volume-based protocol in an ICU setting has been shown to significantly improve amounts of calories and protein delivered to patients receiving enteral nutrition while not increasing the incidence of gastric residual volumes or diarrhea.
The Effectiveness of a Multi-Pronged Psycho-Social Intervention Among People With Mental Health and Epilepsy Problems - A Pre-Post Prospective Cohort Study Set in North India

Background: In low- and middle-income settings, many people with mental health problems cannot or do not access psychiatric services. Few studies of people with epilepsy and mental problems have evaluated the effectiveness of a predominantly psycho-social intervention, delivered by lay community workers. The aim of this study was to assess the effectiveness of a community-based complex mental health intervention within informal urban communities while simultaneously addressing social determinants of mental health among disadvantaged people with severe and common mental disorders (CMDs), and epilepsy. Methods: In this observational, prospective cohort study set in Uttarakhand, India, the lay-worker led intervention included psychoeducation, behavioural activation, facilitation of access to care, and facilitated psycho-social support groups. Participants were categorised as having a severe or CMD or epilepsy and assessed 5 times over 24 months using primary outcome measures, including the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ9) (severity of depression), the World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule (WHODAS 2.0), the Recovery Star, and scoring of a bespoke Engagement Index. Analysis included descriptive statistics as well as hierarchical linear regression models to report fixed effects as regression coefficients. Results: Among the 297 (baseline) participants only 96 people (31%) regularly used psychotropic medication (at least 4 weeks) and over 60% could not or did not consult a psychiatrist at all in the study period. Nonetheless, people with CMDs showed a significant reduction in their depression severity (PHQ9: B=-6.94, 95% CI -7.37 to -6.51), while people with severe mental disorders (SMDs) showed a significant reduction in their disability score (WHODAS 2.0: B=-4.86, 95% CI - 7.14 to- 2.57). People with epilepsy also reduced their disability score (WHODAS 2.0: B=-5.22, 95% CI -7.29 to -3.15). Conclusion: This study shows significant improvements in mental health, depression, recovery, disability and social engagement for people with common and SMDs, and epilepsy, through a community-based intervention that was nonpharmaceutical. It provides preliminary evidence of the value of predominantly psycho-social interventions implemented by lay health workers among people with limited or no access to psychiatric services.
Witnessing entanglement by proxy

Entanglement is a ubiquitous feature of low temperature systems and believed to be highly relevant for the dynamics of condensed matter properties and quantum computation even at higher temperatures. The experimental certification of this paradigmatic quantum effect in macroscopic high temperature systems is constrained by the limited access to the quantum state of the system. In this paper we show how macroscopic observables beyond the mean energy of the system can be exploited as proxy witnesses for entanglement detection. Using linear and semi-definite relaxations we show that all previous approaches to this problem can be outperformed by our proxies, i.e. entanglement can be certified at higher temperatures without access to any local observable. For an efficient computation of proxy witnesses one can resort to a generalised grand canonical ensemble, enabling entanglement certification even in complex systems with macroscopic particle numbers.
Digital Comprehensive Summaries of Uppsala Dissertations from the Faculty of Medicine 886 Clinical and Experimental Studies in Peritoneal Metastases from Gastric Cancer

Hultman, B. 2013. Clinical and Experimental Studies in Peritoneal Metastases from Gastric Cancer. Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis. Digital Comprehensive Summaries of Uppsala Dissertations from the Faculty of Medicine 886. 70 pp. Uppsala. ISBN 978-91-554-8635-8. Gastric cancer (GC) is one of leading causes of death in the world, and peritoneal metastases (PM) are a major site of recurrence. PM from GC implies a poor prognosis, with median overall survival (mOS) approximately 3 months and no survival at five years. The aims of this thesis were to explore the incidence and evaluate prognostic factors for mOS of PM from GC in a defined population; to investigate the outcome of a new multimodal treatment; to analyse the treatment costs, and to investigate differences in drug sensitivity between individual patient samples and between various tumours. The incidence of loco-regional advanced GC was 3.8 per 100,000 person-years. Synchronous loco-regional GC in combination with synchronous distant metastasis was a negative prognostic factor while chemotherapy and good performance status, and radiotherapy plus chemotherapy were positive prognostic factors . There were no significant differences in mOS for the group of patients included during the period 2000-2004 versus 2005-2009, and this lack of improvement in mOS during the past decade justifies new treatment approaches. In a Phase II study of patients treated with neoadjuvant systemic chemotherapy followed by cytoreductive surgery + hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy, mOS was 14.3 months and for patients with macroscopically radical surgery mOS was 19.1 months. The mean overall cost of the loco-regional treatment was $145,700 compared to $59,300 with systemic chemotherapy treatment. In an ex vivo chemo-sensitivity test, it was determined that GC samples were equivalent to colorectal cancer in chemo-sensitivity to standard drugs and targeted drugs, whereas ovarian cancer samples were more sensitive. The individual GC samples varied considerably in sensitivity to increasing concentrations of the drugs, arguing for individualized drug selection. The incidence of loco-regional advanced GC was more common than previously reported and there were no improvements in mOS over the past decade. The mOS for patients with neoadjuvant systemic chemotherapy followed by macroscopically radical cytoreductive surgery + hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy was better than in recent reports on treatment with systemic chemotherapy. Treatment of advanced GC patients is costly irrespective of treatment modality. The GC samples varied considerably between individuals in terms of sensitivity to increasing concentrations of the drugs and were comparable to colorectal cancer in chemosensitivity.
Storage and Viability of Entomopathgogenic fungus on agricultural and industrial waste

A study conducted on storage and viability of Entomopathgogenic fungus, Beauveria bassiana, Metarhizium anisopliae and Verticillium lecanii in the laboratory by using liquid and solid agricultural and industrial waste media. FYM liquid + Press mud liquid (1:1) + 1g Dextrose (43.62 X 10 7 spores/ml) followed by FYM (37.25 X 10 7 spores/ml) and Press mud (29.75 X 10 7 spores/ml) were the most suitable substrate with higher production of spores and viability of B. bassiana at 6 month of storage period. However, The FYM (25.37 X 10 7 spores/ml) produced maximum spores of M. anisopliae followed by FYM liquid + Press mud liquid (1:1) + 1g Dextrose (23.57 X 10 7 spores/ml) and Jowar grain + 1.0 g Dextrose (8.5 X 10 7 spores/ml) were the most suitable medium for spore production, viability and storage of M. anisopliae. While in case of V. lecanii, FYM (23.8 X 10 7 spores/ml), followed by FYM liquid + 1g Dextrose (11.5 X 10 7 spores/ml) and Sabouraud dextrose broth (4.75 X 10 7 spores/ml) were the most suitable media with higher growth of mycelium and production of large number of spores with viability of V. lecanii. However, sugarcane bugasse and crushed maize (Corcyra rearing waste) substrate were recorded no fungal spores. FYM was the best and suitable substrate for long time storage with viability of fungal spores. Keyword: Storage, Viability of Entomopathgogenic, Fungus, Agrowaste Paper Cited: Pal, R. and Singh, R. (2016). Storage and Viability of Entomopathgogenic fungus on agricultural and industrial waste. South Asian Journal of Food Technology and Environment, 2(1): 338343. Received: 21/02/2016 Revised: 19/03/2016 Accepted: 27/03/2016
Comparison of Valgus Correction Angle between Patients with Developmental Dysplasia Hip and Normal Volunteers Measured by Three-Dimensional Reconstruction and X-Ray

Methods Bilateral VCA of 50 DDH patients and 56 normal volunteers were measured by Mimics software in the 3D method and X-ray in 2D. Two VCA (the upper VCA and the lower VCA) were measured in both two methods. Every VCA was measured by observer A and observer B for twice separately. The statistical analyses of the differences were calculated among the measurements of the VCA. Results The mean value of the upper VCA measured in 3D was 4.95° ± 0.76° in DDH group and 5.56° ± 0.62° in the normal group with significant difference (t = −6.457, p < 0.01). The VCA of DDH group and normal group measured by 3D was larger than 2D, both the upper VCA and the lower VCA. The differences indicated statistically significant. The mean value of lower VCA was 0.60° smaller than the mean value of upper VCA in normal volunteers. The mean value of the lower VCA was 0.58° larger than the mean value of the upper VCA in DDH patients. Conclusions Compared to X-ray, 3D reconstruction technology is more accurate without conventional limitations. The lower VCA of DDH patients should be regarded as the femoral intramedullary guide angle in TKA, especially for patients with femoral deformities.
Interests, Norms and Support for the Provision of Global Public Goods: The Case of Climate Cooperation

Mitigating climate change requires countries to provide a global public good. This means that the domestic cleavages underlying mass attitudes toward international climate policy are a central determinant of its provision. We argue that the industry-specific costs of emission abatement and internalized social norms help explain support for climate policy. To evaluate our predictions we develop novel measures of industry-specific interests by cross-referencing individuals' sectors of employment and objective industry-level pollution data and employ quasi-behavioral measures of social norms in combination with both correlational and conjoint-experimental data. We find that individuals working in pollutive industries are 7 percentage points less likely to support climate cooperation than individuals employed in cleaner sectors. Our results also suggest that reciprocal and altruistic individuals are about 10 percentage points more supportive of global climate policy. These findings indicate that both interests and norms function as complementary explanations that improve our understanding of individual policy preferences.
Some comments on the clinical neurological signs in a mongrel puppy during the suckling period-Case report*

Barbosa L.L. deO. , Ramos M.I. M. , Leal P.D. S. & Lopes C.W. G. Some comments on the clinical neurological signs in a mongrel puppy during the suckling period Case report. [Alguns comentários sobre os sinais clínicos neurológicos num cão lactante sem raça definida – Relato de caso]. Revista Brasileira de Medicina Veterinária, 38(Supl 3):103-108, 2016. Programa de Pós-Graduação de Ciências Veterinárias, Anexo 1, Instituto de Veterinária, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro. BR 465 km 7. Campus Seropédica, RJ 23.890-000, Brasil. E-mail: pauloleal@ctiveterinario.com. br In the clinical routine of dogs, to perform an effective treatment of the morbid condition the diagnosis is fundamental and this objective is reached with observation of the evolution and in laboratory findings where the intercurrent infections have been observed frequently. We report a case of clinical laboratory diagnosis in Toxocara canis infection associated with the serological response to Neospora caninum in a lactating canine, with neurological and gastrointestinal clinical signs. In this way, the value of the clinical examination of feces in the serological diagnosis, demonstrating the need for greater attention to the diagnosis of multiple infections by different parasitic agents, allowing recovery of the patient after adequate treatment.
Mobile game adoption model: Integrating technology acceptance model and game features

This study aims to analyze the factors in mobile game adoption that are influenced by game features and technology acceptance models. Partial least square is used to analyze the relationship between game features, perceived ease of use, perceived usefulness, attitude, and intention to play mobile games. This study uses a sample of 408 respondents who have played mobile games in the past month. The results showed that game features are a determinant of intention to play mobile games. Game features also affect players' intentions and attitudes to play mobile games if the game features are easy to play and useful when played. Increasing mobile adoption requires features that are easy to play and useful if played. It will affect the player's attitude and intention to play. Game developers, game designers and game companies must create game features that create a pleasant experience for gamers. This study bridges the gap in the literature on mobile game adoption by explaining the relationship between game features and technology adoption.
The Drivers and Implications of Business Exit – An Application and Extension of Prior Findings

The purpose of this study is to extend the current understanding of business divestiture by investigating its potential for triggering strategic reorientation. A divestiture involving strategic reorientation is here denoted as a strategic business exit, otherwise it is a status quopreserving business exit. The motives for divestiture specified in prior studies are mainly associated with firm financial performance and corporate strategy. Most studies investigate their impact on divestiture separately though both may interact. This study contributes to research by, first, distinguishing divestiture types, and, second, empirically testing the influence of performance and strategy both separately and in conjunction on the choice between strategic and status quo-preserving business exit with secondary data on 213 divestitures during 1999-2004 which were undertaken by a cross-industry sample of 91 firms listed in the German CDAX. The findings mainly indicate that firm financial performance is a stronger predictor of strategic business exit than corporate strategy.
Usability assessment of web digital library: a survey among undergraduate students / Mohamad Noorman Masrek and Asad Khan.

Recognizing the significance of the usage construct as one of the aspect of usability assessment of the digital library (DL), this study further extends past studies by integrating this construct into commonly used criteria, namely, satisfaction, learnability, effectiveness, and efficiency. Building upon these constructs, an interrelationship model was developed and tested empirically using a survey research methodology. The learnability, effectiveness, and efficiency construct were hypothesized as significant predictors of usage and satisfaction. In addition, the usage construct was also hypothesized as a significant predictor of satisfaction. Data were collected from 320 undergraduate students from the Faculty of Information Management (FIM), Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Puncak Perdana. The results of the Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) analysis showed all postulated hypotheses were fully supported. The contribution of the study can be assessed from the theoretical and practical perspectives. The established model can be further validated in other DL implementation while the validated instrument can be used by practitioner to gauge the usability of the DL.
Comparison of Platform Switched and Platform Matched Implants on Supporting Structures of Mandibular Overdentures: A Three Year Follow-up Longitudinal Study.

Objectives To compare the influence of platform switched and matched implants on supporting structures of mandibular overdenture by measuring marginal bone loss (MBL) and soft tissue changes including probing depth and implant stability. Material and Methods Twenty completely edentulous patients age 50- 60 years were selected for this longitudinal study. Complete dentures were performed for all patients, they were divided randomly into 2 groups; 10 patients each. The first group obtained 2 platform switched implants while the second group obtained two platform matched implants (3.6 × 11.5 mm) in the canine areas of the mandible. Radiographic measures were performed every 12 months for 3 years while clinical measures were made every 6 months for 3 years for each group. Data was examined by student's t-test and paired t-test. Results The mean age of patients was 54 ±3.3 years. No statistically significant difference was observed in MBL between mandibular overdentures supported by 2 platform switched and that supported by 2 platform matched implants (p≥0.05). Also, there were no statistically significant differences in pocket depth or implant mobility between two studied groups after 1, 2 and 3 years follow up (p≥0.05). Conclusions Platform switching appears to not influence marginal bone loss around implants or soft tissue in two implants supported mandibular overdentures.