Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Synthesis, structure elucidation and antimicrobial activity of triorganotin(IV) derivatives of N-laurylsacosine sodium salt

Trimethyl(IV) 1, tributyl(IV) 2 and triphenyltin(IV) 3 derivatives of sodium N-laurylsacosinate L-salt, were synthesized by refluxing triorganotin(IV) chlorides with N-laurylsacosine sodium salt in dry toluene for 7-8 hours in good yield. Synthesized compounds were structurally elucidated by CHNS elemental analyzer, FTIR, H and C NMR spectroscopy. FTIR results showed that compounds exhibited a Penta coordinated solid state geometry. C NMR spectrum of 1 showed that it was dissociated in solution to adopt a 4-coordinated geometry. Antibacterial activity of the compound 1-3 was investigated against four different strains of bacteria. The results obtained showed that compounds exhibit moderate to good antibacterial activities.
Progress of Relationship between ER,PR and Prognosis of Colorectal Cancer

It has been recently discovered that estrogen receptor(ER)and progestogen receptor(PR)are expressed in both normal mucosa and malignant tissues of colon and rectum.As the improvement of detection technology and investigation deepened gradually,the role of ER and PR in tumorigenesis and development of colorectal cancer is becoming noticeable.Although failed to arrive at an agreement in conclusions,with further study of the role of ER,PR and their isomers in the genesis,physiology,pathology and pharmacology of colon and rectum,they may be promising to provide new ideas for both therapy and prognostic evaluation of colorectal cancer.
Analysis of the chemical composition of the lionfish Pterois volitans as a food strategy for its control

The lionfish is the first invasive species that came to the western Atlantic region to establish itself as an ecological and economic threat to coral ecosystems and commercially important consumption species. Fifteen specimens were collected in Quintana Roo, Mexico, to analyze the chemical composition of the lionfish ( Pterois volitans ) as a strategy to promote its consumption by the population. They were gutted, filleted, homogenized and chemically analyzed. The analyzed LF had an energetic protein content of 103.89 kcal 100 g -1 of the fillet (20.19%) and a fat percentage of 2.56%. The content of P, Ca, Na, K and Mg were 174.15, 26.09, 81.47, 339.73 and 30.27 mg 100 g -1 , respectively. The most abundant essential amino acid was lysine (12.98 g 100 g-1 protein). The present work is important because it reports that the LF could be used as food with the right quantity and quality of protein, and its consumption would diminish its environmental impact.
A Taxonomy for Learning, Teaching and Assessing:

A Taxonomy for Learning, Teaching and Assessing: A Revision of Bloom’s Taxonomy of Educational Objectives edited by Lori Anderson and David Krathwohl, is a work that attempts to refocus educators’ attention on Bloom’s Taxonomy while incorporating new knowledge and thought into the original Handbook. (Preface, xxii). For individuals unfamiliar with the original, Bloom’s Taxonomy is a framework for categorizing educational objectives that was first published in 1956 by B.S. Bloom (editor), M.D. Englehart, E.J. Furst, W.H. Hill, and D.R. Krathwohl as The Taxonomy of Educational Objectives, The classification of Educational Goals, Handbook I: Cognitive Domain. The original handbook has been translated into many languages and has served as the basis for test design and curriculum development throughout the world (Preface, xxi). The current revision of the handbook includes one of the original authors, D.R. Krathwohl and an elite team of cognitive psychologists, curriculum theorists and assessment specialists. The preface of the revision explains with interesting detail the conditions leading to the creation of the revised handbook. Also included is a summary of changes (Appendix A) and a condensed version of the original handbook (Appendix B).
Local stacks in a Markov chain

A stack is a subunit of the secondary structure of an RNA-molecule that forms as the molecule folds onto itself and the nucleotides pair up through hydrogen bonds. For a specific scoring of the nucleotide pairing we consider the distribution of local stack scores when regarding the RNA-molecule as a Markov chain on a finite alphabet, and we derive sufficient conditions for the number of essentially different local stacks with a score exceeding a high threshold to be asymptotically Poisson distributed. From the Poisson approximation a Gumbel approximation of the maximal local stack score is obtained.
Irreducibility and geometric ergodicity of Hamiltonian Monte Carlo

Hamiltonian Monte Carlo (HMC) is currently one of the most popular Markov Chain Monte Carlo algorithms to sample smooth distributions over continuous state space. This paper discusses the irreducibility and geometric ergodicity of the HMC algorithm. We consider cases where the number of steps of the StörmerVerlet integrator is either fixed or random. Under mild conditions on the potential U associated with target distribution π, we first show that the Markov kernel associated to the HMC algorithm is irreducible and positive recurrent. Under more stringent conditions, we then establish that the Markov kernel is Harris recurrent. We provide verifiable conditions on U under which the HMC sampler is geometrically ergodic. Finally, we illustrate our results on several examples.
Effects of Ascorbic Acid and Alpha-Tocopherol on Superoxide Dismutase in Spinal Cord Injured Rats

Aim: The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of ascorbic acid and alpha-tocopherol on superoxide dismutase (SOD) in spinal cord injured rats. Methods: A total of 90 male Sprague-Dawley rats (180–200 g) were used for this study. Sixty of them were subjected to spinal cord injury (SCI) and given different doses of ascorbic acid and alpha-tocopherol as treatment for 12 weeks (84 days). The remaining 30 rats were used as a control (without SCI, untreated), sham group (laminectomy only) and disease control (SCI, saline). The animals bodyweight (daily), and SOD were examined at the end of the study. Results: Evidently, at the end of the study, the level of SOD decline in rats after the injury. However, compared to the disease control, the treated rats (Groups 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9) described progressive enhancements in the SOD by the end of the study. Conclusion: The findings of the study demonstrated that the administration of alpha-tocopherol and ascorbic acid increased the SOD level after SCI.
Hydrothermal Enhanced Nanoscale Zero-Valent Iron Activated Peroxydisulfate Oxidation of Chloramphenicol in Aqueous Solutions: Fe-Speciation Analysis and Modeling Optimization

The efficiencies of the nanoscale zero-valent iron (nZVI) and hydrothermal and nZVI-heat activation of peroxydisulfate (PS) were studied for the decomposition of chloramphenicol (CAP) in aqueous solutions. The nZVI heat combined with activation of PS provided a significant synergistic effect. A central composite design (CCD) with response surface methodology (RSM) was employed to explore the influences of single parameter and interactions of selected variables (initial pH, PS concentration, nZVI and temperature) on degradation rates with the purpose of condition optimization. A quadratic model was established based on the experimental results with excellent correlation coefficients of 0.9908 and 0.9823 for R2 and R2adj. The optimized experimental condition for 97.12% CAP removal was predicted with the quadratic model as 15 mg/L, 0.5 mmol/L, 7.08 and 70 °C for nZVI dosage, PS, initial pH, and temperature, respectively. This study demonstrated the effectiveness of RSM for the modeling and prediction of CAP removal processes. In the optimal condition, Fe2O3 and Fe3O4 were the predominant solid products after reactions based on X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis, which could also act as the activators along with the reaction. Overall, it could be concluded that hydrothermal enhanced nZVI activation of PS was a promising and efficient choice for CAP degradation.
Non-Technical Loss Detection in Power Grids with Statistical Profile Images Based on Semi-Supervised Learning

In order to keep track of the operational state of power grids, the world’s largest sensor system, smart grid, was built by deploying hundreds of millions of smart meters. Such a system makes it possible to discover and make quick response to any hidden threat to the entire power grid. Non-technical losses (NTLs) have always been a major concern for their consequent security risks as well as immeasurable revenue loss. However, various causes of NTL may have different characteristics reflected in the data. Accurately capturing these anomalies faced with such a large scale of collected data records is rather tricky as a result. In this paper, we proposed a new methodology of detecting abnormal electricity consumptions. We did a transformation of the collected time-series data which turns it into an image representation that could well reflect users’ relatively long term consumption behaviors. Inspired by the excellent neural network architecture used for objective detection in computer vision, we designed our deep learning model that takes the transformed images as input and yields joint features inferred from the multiple aspects the input provides. Considering the limited amount of labeled samples, especially the abnormal ones, we used our model in a semi-supervised fashion that was brought about in recent years. The model is tested on samples which are verified by on-field inspections and our method showed significant improvement for NTL detection compared with the state-of-the-art methods.
Fetal syphilis: correlation of sonographic findings and rabbit infectivity testing of amniotic fluid

Fetal syphilis is the presumed diagnosis when the sonographic findings of fetal hydrops are found in the presence of maternal syphilis. In the absence of fetal hydrops, the diagnosis of fetal infection is difficult. We hypothesized that intra‐amniotic infection would be accompanied by anatomic placental and fetal abnormalities that could be detected by ultrasonography. Rabbit infectivity testing (RIT), intratesticular inoculation of rabbits with amniotic fluid, can be used to confirm intra‐amniotic infection with Treponema pallidum. Twenty‐one gravidas with untreated early (primary, secondary, and early latent) syphilis underwent sonography and amniocentesis for RIT at 24 weeks of gestation or later. Antenatal sonographic findings were compared to their amniotic fluid RIT results. Hepatomegaly was significantly (P < 0.01) associated with amniotic fluid infection detected by RIT. Antenatal detection of hepatomegaly, which is probably the initial sonographic manifestation of hydrops fetalis, may ultimately identify the fetus affected with congenital syphilis.
Lifestyle and mental health correlates of psychological distress in college students

Objective: College students are at an increased risk of mental distress. The purpose of this study was to determine whether mental and lifestyle factors differed according to self-reported levels of psychological distress. Design and setting: A self-report questionnaire comprising the Kessler-6 Psychological Distress Scale, Revised Life Orientation Test, Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support and 24-hour recall of lifestyle behaviours was administered to 195 undergraduate college students at a Midwestern US university. Methods: Respondents were grouped into categories of low, moderate and severe mental distress using established cut-points for the Kessler-6 Psychological Distress Scale. Between-group differences were assessed to determine whether the mental and lifestyle variables under investigation differed according to magnitude of mental distress. Results: Significant differences were found between the three categories of mental distress and amounts of optimism, self-esteem and social support. Analysis of the lifestyle variables suggested groups were different for behaviours pertaining to computer screen time, fruit consumption and sugar-sweetened beverage intake when categorised into the three-tier groupings. No significant differences were found for the remaining lifestyle variables or for body mass index. Regression analysis found low levels of optimism, self-esteem and social support significantly predicted mental distress. Conclusion: Results of this study suggested higher amounts of optimism, self-esteem and social support were associated with decreased levels of mental distress in a sample of college students. Additional research is required to determine the role of lifestyle variables in mental distress.
Nurses' Spirituality and Attitude toward Terminal Care in Geriatric Hospital

Abstract The purpose of this study was to identify the relationship between nurses' spirituality and attitude toward terminal and to provide basic data for enhancement of the quality of terminal care in geriatric hospitals. Data analysis was done with SPSS/WIN 18.0 program and included t-test, ANOVA, scheffe test, Pearson's Correlation Coefficient. Results: The subjects' spirituality was significantly correlated with attitude toward terminal care in geriatric hospital. Conclusion: This study suggests the need for nursing education program and development of a variety of intervention strategies to help them to achieve a positive attitude toward terminal care in terms of geriatric hospital by familiarizing themselves with the concept of spirituality Key Words : Spirituality, Terminal care, Nurses, Fusion, Compound * 본 논문은 2015년 가천대학교의 연구비에 의하여 지원되었음Received 23 October 2015, Revised 24 November 2015Accepted 20 December 2015Corresponding Author: Keum Jae Lee(Department of Nursing, Gachon University)E mail: leekj4435@gachon.ac. krⒸ The Society of Digital Policy & Management. All rights reserved. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0), which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is ISSN: 1738-1916 properly cited.
Efeito de fontes lipídicas sobre o desempenho de frangos de corte (Effect of lipid sources of diets on broiler performance)

A completely randomized design with six replicates of 30 birds per experimental unit was used to evaluate the effect of five fat sources of diets (soybean oil, poultry fat, acidulated soybean oil soapstock and a mix of soybean oil plus poultry fat and soybean oil plus acidulated soybean oil soapstock) on the performance of male Ross broilers, during the growing period (1-45 days of age). The diets for each phase were isonutritional. Broilers fed on soybean oil showed higher weight gain in comparison to the birds fed on diets containing acidulated soybean oil soapstock (P<0.05), but no differences were observed among the other treatments. The feed intake of birds fed on soybean oil was higher compared to the birds fed on acidulated soybean soapstock diet and mix of soybean oil plus acidulated soybean oil soapstock diet. No treatment effect was observed for feed:weight gain ratio and viability. Soybean oil diet resulted in better broiler performance in comparison to acidulated soybean oil soapstock diet.
The prevalence of metabolic syndrome in Han and Uygur in adults from Xinjiang

Objective To investigate the prevalence and distributing feature of metabolic syndrome in Han and Uygur population in adults from Xinjiang.Methods Multistage cluster sampling method was used and at age of 35 or over were used to analyze the prevalence.The sampled adult population were collected from 6 localities(Urumqi,Kelamayi,Fukang,The Turfan Basin locality,Hotan locality,Yili Hazakh autonomous prefecmre). The prevalence of metabolic syndrome in different ages and nationalities groups were analyzed by correlation factor analysis.Results 10 242 people were surveyed.The overall prevalence of Han and Uygur in Xinjiang were 30.7%. The age-standardized prevalence of metabolic syndrome was 28.9%. According to IDF criterion,the prevalence rate of metabolic syndrome in Han population was higher than Uygur population at all age-group.The prevalence rate of metabolic syndrome in Uygur 45～54 years group reached their peak values.There was a tendency of decreasing greater than 55 years old.The prevalence rate of metabolic syndrome in men was 41.5% in Han population and 21.9% in women,the overall rates were 32.9%. The age-standardized prevalence of metabolic syndrome was 31.1%. The prevalence rate of metabolic syndrome in men was 28.6% in Uygur population and 27.9% in women,the overall rates were 28.2%. The age-standardized prevalence of metabolic syndrome was 27.9%. Conclusion The prevalence rate of metabolic syndrome is higher in Xinjiang.The prevention and control of overweight and the metabolic syndrome are urgently warranted in order to reduce the societal burden of cardiovascular disease in Xinjiang.
An Appraisal of Awareness and Practice of Modern Contraception among Prenatal Clinic Attendees in Southern, Nigeria

Background: Contraception is a key measure at the primary level of prevention of maternal mortality and morbidity. It is an important tool for pregnancy spacing, limiting and timing for prevention of adverse perinatal and maternal health contraception, about 66% ever used a modern contraception and only a minority 24.1% was using it just prior to the index pregnancy. Leading sources of information were mass media, friends/peers, school and hospital in that order. The most used methods were male condom (54.8%) and pill (21.8%). About three fifths (56.2%) of the respondents have had at least a premarital termination of unintended pregnancy. More than 71% of previous users and approximately 42% of nonusers were willing to uptake a method of modern contraception in postpartum. Women empowerment; education, quality employment and social class significantly influenced contraception use (P<.05). Key barriers to use of modern contraception were fear of unpleasant side effects, socio-cultural and religious concerns. Conclusion: There was a wide gap between contraceptive awareness and utilization, a large unmet need of contraception among the prenatal attendees. A renewed concerted contraceptive campaign is advised.
Lifestyle and Breast Cancer Incidence and Survival

Recently reported SEER data revealing an increase in the number of younger women who present with advanced breast cancer at diagnosis has led to much speculation regarding epidemiological factors that play a role in breast cancer risk and that may be modifiable by lifestyle. Molecular genomics has identified biological pathways that affect breast cancer prognosis and inform treatment decisions. Depending on menopausal status and breast cancer subtype, evidence is emerging that lifestyle could be implicated not only in the risk for breast cancer but also outcomes following breast cancer diagnosis. Several biologic mechanisms have been explored explaining the physiologic role of lifestyle and cancer risk and survival. In this report, we explore the interaction between lifestyle, breast cancer phenotype, and outcomes and review potential molecular mechanisms linking lifestyle to risk and prognosis in order to establish a platform for future exploration. The cost of breast cancer treatment and breast cancer morbidity and mortality during a woman’s productive years impose a psychosocial and socioeconomic burden on our nation. Efforts to ease that burden through lifestyle modification should be embraced and supported as we reevaluate and scrutinize the allocation of health care resources in our nation.
Therapeutic effect of warming acupuncture-moxibustion plus TDP radiation on stress urinary incontinence

Objective To search for the best therapy for stress urinary incontinence. Methods Fifty cases of stress urinary incontinence were randomly divided into treatment group ( n =30) and control group ( n =20). They were treated by warming acupuncture moxibustion plus TDP radiation and electroacupuncture plus TDP radiation, respectively, and their therapeutic effects were compared. Results After 3 therapeutic courses, the effective rate was 93 3% in the treatment group and 70 0% in the control group with a very significant difference between the two groups ( P 0 01). Conclusion Warming acupuncture moxibustion plus TDP radiation is one of effective methods for stress urinary incontinence.
Nutrition for the Skin: Through the Ages

ABSTRACT Nutrition is an important factor for the health of our skin. Vitamin deficiency manifestations can be dated back through the ages to the ancient Egyptians. In today’s health-conscious society, many people look at nutrition for health factors, including effects on cardiorespiratory fitness, muscular fitness, and weight control, but nutrition affects all of the body systems and functions including the skin. Nutrition of the skin also reflects a person’s overall general health. Skin needs to be nourished from the inside out and from the outside in. Skin is also compromised from internal and external factors. Proteins, essential fatty acids, carbohydrates, vitamins, minerals, trace elements, and antioxidants all play an important role in skin health affecting our patients of all ages from infancy through geriatrics.
An Exploration into Occupation-Centered Practice in Skilled Nursing Facilities

ABSTRACT Aims: The aims of this pilot study were to identify occupational therapy interventions provided to short-term rehabilitation clients at skilled nursing facilities and to determine if therapists engaged clients in interventions with an occupation-centered approach. Methods: This study utilized a prospective mixed methods design with in-depth observations of two occupational therapists and three clients. Field notes, schematic drawings, and the Occupation-Centered Intervention Assessment documented and captured 57 interventions. Results: Provision of interventions occurred primarily in the clinic (36/57), with exercise and rote practice as the most common intervention approach (26/57), and interventions that utilized occupation were rated higher on the OCIA indicating a more occupation-centered approach. Conclusions: More than half of the interventions did not involve the use or focus on occupation, indicating a gap between theoretical frameworks and interventions taught in professional school and what actually occurs in practice.