Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Strategies and Mechanisms of Thermal Compensation in Newborn Water Buffaloes

Simple Summary Although ruminant newborns are a precocial species, they are susceptible to hypothermia and neonatal mortality during the first hours of life due to intrinsic and extrinsic factors that challenge their thermostability. Several mechanisms are activated when the organism perceives a temperature decrease, such as vasoconstriction, shivering, and non-shivering thermogenesis. These have been widely studied in lambs, goats, and cattle. However, for water buffalo, a relevant, productive species, the investigation of thermoregulation in the neonate immediately after calving, and of the tools to assess their thermal state, is limited. This review aims to analyze behavioral, morphological, and physiological strategies in newborn water buffaloes facing thermal stressors and discuss the role of infrared thermography in monitoring hypothermic states. Abstract Hypothermia is one of the principal causes of perinatal mortality in water buffaloes and can range from 3% to 17.9%. In ruminants, factors affecting hypothermia in newborns may be of intrinsic (e.g., level of neurodevelopment, birth weight, vitality score, amount of brown fat, skin features) or extrinsic origin (e.g., maternal care, environmental conditions, colostrum consumption). When newborn buffaloes are exposed to cold stress, thermoregulatory mechanisms such as peripheral vasoconstriction and shivering and non-shivering thermogenesis are activated to prevent hypothermia. Due to the properties of infrared thermography (IRT), as a technique that detects vasomotor changes triggered by a reduction in body temperature, evaluating the central and peripheral regions in newborn buffaloes is possible. This review aims to analyze behavioral, physiological, and morphological strategies and colostrum consumption as thermal compensation mechanisms in newborn water buffalo to cope with environmental changes affecting thermoneutrality. In addition, the importance of monitoring by IRT to identify hypothermia states will be highlighted. Going deeper into these topics related to the water buffalo is essential because, in recent years, this species has become more popular and is being bred in more geographic areas.
Triple Jeopardy of Minority Status, Social Stressors, and Health Disparities on Academic Performance of College Students

Objective: In this study, we evaluated the role of minority status, as well as pandemic-related social stressors and health disparities on short- and long-term academic performances of college students. Methods: Cross-sectional analysis using descriptive and bivariate statistics were used to identify participants of minority status as well as pandemic-related prevalence of social stressors and health disparities and their roles on academic performance. Results: Poor academic performance was significantly related to being food insecure, experiences of discrimination, serious psychological distress, and low daytime wakefulness during the pandemic but only significantly based on minority status. Grade point average was significantly associated with serious psychological problems among males, independent of race/ethnicity identity. Conclusions: Institutes of higher education, when tasked with developing post-pandemic policies to address equity gaps in academic success, may benefit their students by integrating system-wide holistic approach to support, including interventions on basic needs support and health and resilience building.
Temperature Variations from HST Imagery and Spectroscopy of NGC 7009

We present new HST/WFPC2 imagery and STIS long-slit spectroscopy of the planetary nebula NGC 7009. The primary goal was to obtain high spatial resolution of the intrinsic line ratio [O III] 4364/5008 and thereby evaluate the electron temperature (Te) and the mean-square Te variation (t(sup 2, sub A)) across the nebula. The observations here do not address Te fluctuation along the line of sight. The WFPC2 Te map is rather uniform; almost all values are between 9000 - 11,000 K, with the higher Te's closely coinciding with the inner He(++)-zone. The results indicate very small values - certainly less than 0.01 - for t(sup 2, sub A) throughout. Our STIS data allow an even more direct determination of Te and t(sup 2, sub A), albeit for a much smaller area than with WFPC2. We present results from binning the data along the slit into tiles that are 0.5 in square (matching the slit width). The average [O III] temperature using 45 tiles (excluding the central star and STIS fiducial bars) is 10,146 K; t(sup 2, sub A) is 0.0036. Although we have measured t(sup 2, sub A) in only 2-dimensions, we conclude that temperature fluctuations alone are unlikely to explain for NGC 7009 the large discrepancy between heavy element abundances inferred from emission lines that are collisionally excited compared with those that are due to recombination lines.
New Compact Load Network for Doherty Power Amplifiers Based on L-Section Matching Network of the Carrier Amplifier and Post-Matching Network

This paper presents a new compact load network for Doherty power amplifiers (DPAs) with only two matching networks, such as an output matching network of the carrier amplifier, and the post-matching network (PMN), even in the presence of parasitic circuits of the packaged transistor. The load network of the carrier amplifier can be configured using a simple L-section matching structure for the complex load impedance. No matching network is required between the peaking amplifier and the current combining junction. As a result, the proposed load network can have a very compact structure with only a short transmission line, and a shunt element for the carrier amplifier, in addition to the PMN. To verify the proposed circuit, a DPA based on two packaged GaN-HEMTs was designed and implemented to have a peak output power of more than 43 dBm for the 3.5-4.0 GHz band. By the measurement results using a 5G NR signal with a peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR) of 7.9 dB and a signal bandwidth of 100 MHz, a power gain of more than 10.5 dB, and a drain efficiency (DE) of 49.5-55.4% at an average power of 36.5 dBm in the frequency band was exhibited. After applying digital pre-distortion (DPD), an adjacent channel leakage power ratio (ACLR) of -51.0 dBc was achieved.
ATTITUDES AND PERCEPTIONS OF USING ZOOM: A SURVEY OF CAMBODIAN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many Cambodian schools and universities have been forced to move their educational activities from face-to-face to online modes. Those universities and schools have been using some online applications like Zoom as their teaching and learning delivery platform. Consequently, there have been challenges to the use of the app. The current study employed a quantitative design, and it was conducted at a Cambodian university with a total of 50 students. The study aimed to investigate those students' attitudes and perceptions toward using the Zoom platform for their online learning. The results showed that the students had negative attitudes toward the use of Zoom as well as low perceptions of using Zoom during the pandemic. Future studies should be conducted with a bigger sample size at other universities across the country. A qualitative study or a mixed-methods design is also recommended. Teachers’ attitudes and perceptions of using Zoom for teaching might also be welcome.
Bayesian Gradient Descent: Online Variational Bayes Learning with Increased Robustness to Catastrophic Forgetting and Weight Pruning

We suggest a novel approach for the estimation of the posterior distribution of the weights of a neural network, using an online version of the variational Bayes method. Having a confidence measure of the weights allows to combat several shortcomings of neural networks, such as their parameter redundancy, and their notorious vulnerability to the change of input distribution ("catastrophic forgetting"). Specifically, We show that this approach helps alleviate the catastrophic forgetting phenomenon - even without the knowledge of when the tasks are been switched. Furthermore, it improves the robustness of the network to weight pruning - even without re-training.
RESPIRATORY AND CIRCULATORY PROBLEMS OF COVID-19 IN THE CONTEXT OF ESTABLISHING INTENSIVE CARE UNIT NURSING DIAGNOSIS

Introduction: The novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a virus that attacks the respiratory tract with rapid spread and high mortality. Initial reports that COVID-19 associated with critical care due to the severity of the disease requiring mechanical assistive devices in its treatment. The purpose to identify the nursing diagnosis related to respiratory and circulatory problems of COVID-19 in the critical care unit. Method: An integrative review highlights the issue that nursing problems related to respiratory and circulatory in COVID-19 patients admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). This study focuses on papers published from 2020 to 2021 using the keyword "clinical manifestation of COVID-19" which was accessed through the Pubmed database. Result: The results showed that findings in articles that were reviewed and integrated with the SDKI. Nursing diagnosis related to respiratory problems such as 1) Ineffective airway clearance; 2) Dysfunctional ventilatory weaning response; 3) Impaired gas exchange; 4) Impaired spontaneous ventilation. Nursing diagnosis related to circulatory problems such as 1) Risk / decreased cardiac output; 2) Risk for bleeding; 3) Risk for effective renal perfusion; 4) Risk for ineffective cerebral perfusion. Conclusion: Critical care nurses carry out a series of treatments based on the nursing process stages, one of which is the enforcement of a nursing diagnosis. The nursing diagnosis is needed to develop nursing plans and strategies for implementation so that the goals of nursing care are achieved. Keywords: covid-19, nursing diagnosis, intensive care unit
Idealized simulations of the effect of Taiwan topography on the tracks of tropical cyclones with different steering flow strengths

This is the fourth part of a study on the effect of topography on tropical cyclone (TC) tracks. In previous parts, idealized simulations were conducted using the Weather Research and Forecasting model to investigate the underlying mechanisms for the upstream deflection and the local and remote topography effect on TCs with different sizes. None of these simulations included any background flow. In this part, uniform easterly steering flows of 5 and 10 m s−1 are introduced to study the track changes under such conditions.
The Effect of Bamboo Tali Leaf Tea on Leptin Levels in Rats Metabolic Syndrome

Metabolic syndrome is a threat to health problems in the world, namely a group of metabolic disorders that occur simultaneously. Obesity is a risk factor for metabolic syndrome. Fat accumulation causes insulin resistance and leptin resistance resulting in weight gain. Tali bamboo leaf tea contains a natural source of antioxidants that can increase insulin sensitivity so that it can reduce leptin levels. This study aims to determine the effect of bamboo1tali leaf tea on leptin levels in rats with metabolic syndrome. This type of research is experimental laboratoric with a Pre-Post Test with a Control Group design. Wistar male white rats, 8 weeks old, and 150 – 250 grams in weight, were fed HFHF (High Fat High Fructose) for 14 days, induced by Nicotinamide and Streptozotocin. Then, the rats were divided into 5 groups, namely negative control, positive control, and 3 treatments of tali bamboo leaf tea (300, 600, and 900 mg/200 g BW) for 28 days. Measurement of leptin levels using the ELISA method.Bamboo leaf tea had a significant effect (p <0.005) on leptin levels in rats with metabolic syndrome. The largest decrease in leptin levels occurred in the TDB3 group which was 82.8% and the lowest decrease in leptin levels occurred in the TDB1 group which was 34.8%. Bamboo leaf tea doses of 300, 600, and 900 mg/200 g BW reduced leptin levels in rats with metabolic syndrome for 28 days.
Association of Level of Amputation and Use of Prosthesis with Depression: A Multi-Centered Study

Background: Amputation is the surgery of “Removal of limb or its part from the body” due to medical reasons. The loss of a limb is indubitably a distressing lifetime experience. Several studies have shown that depression is higher in patients with amputations. The objective of this study is to determine the association of depression with level of amputation, use of prosthesis and sociodemographic characteristics. Methods: A cross-sectional research study was conducted in three physical rehabilitation centers of Quetta in a time span of three months. Non probability convenient sampling was used to collect data from 54 participants having traumatic or non-traumatic unilateral amputation. Depression was measured using the validated tool, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS). Results: Total 54 participants, Males =47(87%) and Females = 7(13%) and were surveyed. Among them 44(81.5%) were married. Majority of the patients 30(55.5%) were between the age of 15-45 while 28 (51.9%) were educated. Majority of the participants (91%) were with lower-limb amputation. Trans-tibial Amputation (TTA) and Trans-Femoral Amputation (TFA) were 27(50%) and 20(37%) respectively. Use of prosthesis was found among 38(70.4%) patients, while 16(29.6%) did not use prosthesis. Statistically significant relationship was found between married participants and depression (p-value 0.047). Our results showed that depression was less in patients using prosthesis compared to the ones not using prosthesis. Conclusion: Structured psychological and psychosocial support to the patients with amputations is needed before and after surgery, involving multidisciplinary teams. More emphasis should be given to the mental health of the married participants, as they showed higher levels of depression.
PENGEMBANGAN TUJUAN KURIKULUM PENDIDIKAN AGAMA ISLAM DI INDONESIA

The curriculum is one of the elements often cited as the cause of the decline in the quality of education. The curriculum has many complaints, including being too dense, not in accordance with the needs of students, too burdensome for students, and making it difficult for teachers. As a result, there will be some improvements in curriculum construction. The aims of this study were: 1) to analyze the curriculum from the perspective of Islamic religious education, 2) to analyze the theory of formulation of curriculum objectives, and 3) to analyze the theory of developing curriculum objectives. This study uses a type of library research. Documentation is used in the data collection process, and data sources from various related references are analyzed. The study's results explain curriculum objectives play an essential role in guiding all teaching activities and coloring other curriculum elements. Developing curriculum objectives is compiling, implementing, assessing, and perfecting these objectives to be even better. In developing curriculum objectives, five principles must be considered, namely the principles of relevance, flexibility, continuity, efficiency, and effectiveness.
Effectiveness of an Educational Program on Practice Change of Nurses Regarding Children with Moderate-To-Severe Dehydration Under Five Years

Dehydration is a major factor in both illness and mortality in children. Nurses play a vital role in managing dehydration. This study aimed to examine the effectiveness of an educational program on nurses’ clinical practice on patients with moderate to severe dehydration. In this quasi-experimental study design, we divided 48 nurses into two groups equally: the experimental group was exposed to the educational program; the control group was not exposed to the educational program in Duhok and Zakho Cities/Iraqi Kurdistan (March 6, - June 12, 2022). The mean score of practice of the experimental group was significantly higher compared to the control group at the posttest step (27.71 vs. 2029; P<0.0001) and the second follow-up (26.63 vs. 20.96; P<0.0001). The experimental group had a significantly higher correct practice of dehydration practice than the children at the post-test and the second follow-up. The study showed that the level of practice score was significantly increased from the pretest to the posttest (20.96 vs. 20.29; p=0.0053) and from the posttest to the second follow-up (20.96 vs. 20.29; P=0.0174) in the control group. However, the practice level was significantly increased from the baseline to the posttest and posttest 2 in the experimental groups. The nurses in the surgical and medical wards had significantly higher practice scores compared to those in the NICU; 28.0 and 27.71 vs. 24.67, respectively. The educational program is an effective method to increase the practice of nurses in caring the children with moderate-severe dehydration.
The Effect of Role Conflicts on Turnover Intention Auditors of Public Accounting Firms in The Covid-19 Pandemic

AbstractPurpose: This study aims to examine the model of antecedents and consequences of role conflict of auditors working in Big 4 public accounting firms (KAP) in the era of the Covid-19 pandemic. The role conflicts used in the study were work-family conflict (WFC) and family-work conflict (FWC). The antecedent variable of the WFC and FWC used in the study is supervisor support. While the consequence variables of WFC and FWC are job stress, job satisfaction, job performance, and turnover intention. This study used conflict theory and conservation of resource theory to construct the hypotheses.Method: This research method is a survey method using electronic questionnaires. Respondents of this study are auditors working in KAP Big 4.Results: The results concluded that supervisor support was negatively significant to family-work conflict but not significant to work-family conflict. The results concluded that role conflicts impact job stress, job satisfaction, performance, and turnover intention.Novelty: This article contributes to research in behavioral accounting, primarily related to the topic of job stress due to role conflicts felt by auditors because having to work from home during the Covid-19 pandemic finally impacts turnover intentions.
Management Capacity of University Administrators as a Predictor of Quality Assurance in Federal Universities in North East Geo-Political Zone, Nigeria

Quality in education has become the major concern of the world. For this reason; universities all over the globe has been making efforts to achieve the best quality in their programmes. However, it is a known fact that no university can succeed in the achievement of its quality assurance without dedicated university administrators. University administrators proper planning, organizing, directing, coordinating and controlling of university resources is paramount for internal quality assurance to be realized. The objective of the study is to determine university administrators Planning, Organizing, Directing, Coordinating and Controlling capacity as it predicts the level of internal quality assurance in Federal Universities in North East Geo-Political Zone of Nigeria. Based on this a research question and a hypothesis (tested at 0.05 level of significance) emerged. The population of the study comprise of 3,417 Academic Staff from the six federal universities in the zone. Six hundred and eighty three (683) staff was sampled for the study. Mean and standard deviation was used to answer the research question while multiple regressions and one way ANOVA statistics was used to test hypotheses. The result reveals that planning; organizing, directing, coordinating and controlling management capacity explained 99.1% of the variance in internal quality assurance and is therefore significant predictors of internal quality assurance in federal universities in north East Geo-Political Zone, Nigeria. The study therefore recommends that; University administrator should emphasise on proper planning and implementation of university activities, share duties and responsibilities appropriately to staff, supervise and monitor the activities of the universities in the right manner, harmonise all work activities of academic staff and constantly check on the work carried out by academic staff to identify areas of deviation and equally take proactive measures in correcting them for internal quality assurance to be realized.
The dual-channel ultraviolet/low light CMOS camera using image fusion technique

Ultraviolet detection technology, as immediate area of research focus, has been adopted in the fields of fingerprint identification, corona detection and exhaust plume detection. Low-light CMOS, which can work in even 10-3lux, is used in visible light channel. The prominent advantage of the dual-channel Ultraviolet/Low-light CMOS camera is the fusion of UV and wide dynamic range visible light information, which can enrich image details and help observers locate the UV targets in the complicated background around the clock rapidly. The paper studied on the component structure of UV ICMOS, imaging driving, the Ultraviolet/Low-light images fusion algorithm and the photon counting algorithm. The one-inch and wide dynamic range CMOS chip with the coupling optical fiber panel are coupled to the UV image intensifier. In consideration of the ultraviolet detection demand, the driving circuit of the CMOS chips is designed and the corresponding program based on Verilog language is written. After analysis and comparison of the characteristics of UV image and Low-light CMOS image, the improved Laplace pyramid fusion algorithm is applied. UV image and Low-light CMOS image are multiscale decompose, and the features in different frequency layer are chosen from either UV image or Low-light CMOS image. The connected components labeling way is utilized for the UV detection and imaging. At last, the detection experiments of the ultraviolet signal are carried out, and the results are given and analyzed.
NUTRITIONAL COMPOSITION, MICROBIAL AND SENSORY PROPERTIES OF FURA TREATED WITH Aframomum danielli

Spices have been reported to impart nutrients, improve shelf life and overall sensory properties of foods. The incorporation of naturally occurring materials like spices in food production has proved to be a promising alternative to the use of chemicals due to public health concern. The effects of aqueous extract of Aframomum danielli at varying level of concentration on the nutritional, microbial and sensory properties of fura were investigated and analysed using standard methods. The moisture, protein, fat, crude fibre and ash content of the fura samples ranged from 51.39-54.62%, 7.49-12.02%, 1.41-1.80%, 0.41-0.99% and 0.19-0.57% respectively. The calcium, sodium, potassium, iron, manganese, magnesium and phosphorus content of the fura samples ranged from 1.9-2.4 mg/100g, 0.94-1.2 mg/100g, 0.23-0.29 mg/100g, 48.25-63.2 mg/Kg, 8.25-8.86 mg/kg, 1225-1352.7 mg/kg and 16.72-18.44 mg/kg respectively. The bacteria and mould count ranged from 15-30 x 105 cfu/g and 10-20 x 105 cfu/g respectively. The bacteria count of the untreated fura increased 10-fold while the mould count tripled after 48 hours of production. There existed significant differences (P>0.05) between the untreated and treated fura samples in all the parameters examined. The treated fura samples compared favourably with untreated sample in all the sensory properties evaluated, while being more acceptable after 48 hours of production. The use of the aqueous extract of Aframomum danielli brought about a general increase in the nutritional properties of fura samples, reduced microbial load, thus improve shelf stability and general acceptability of fura analysed.