Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Physicochemical Properties and Health Impacts of Flood and Post Flood on Drinking Water of Indus River System of Jamshoro, Sindh

In this study, the comparative analysis of water quality during the flood (phase-I) and post-flood (phase-II) was carried out to understand its health concerns on local communities. The water samples were collected during the flood (August) and after the flood (November) in 2013 from Manchar Lake and surroundings and analyzed for the various physical, chemical and microbial parameters. Health quotient (HQ) carcinogenic, chronic and dermal for arsenic, iron, cadmium, cobalt, zinc and copper were measured. The results showed that pH was within the WHO range, but phase-II (8.4) were more saline than phase-I (7.48). The electric conductivity and total dissolved solids were within the normal range except samples from Manchar Lake and River/Lake link. However, turbidity was higher in phase-I (450 NTU) compared to phase-II (311). Total hardness, calcium hardness, and sulfates were also higher in samples of phase-II. The concentrations of the heavy metals were found to be in the order Fe (9674 ppb) > Mn (4700 ppb) > Zn (1347 ppb) > Cu (989 ppb) > Ni (811 ppb) > Co (355 ppb) > Cd (213.6 ppb) > As (50 ppb) in phase-II and Zn (1229 ppb) > Cu (1076 ppb) > Ni (296 ppb) > Co (258.7 ppb) > Fe (155 ppb) > As (50 ppb) in phase-I, respectively. Health quotient (HQ) carcinogenic for arsenic was normal. HQ chronic for As and Fe were observed insignificant, while for Cd and Ni were found above the normal range in phase-II. It can be concluded that drinking water available to local residents during the flood and after the flood was unsafe for domestic use. There is an urgent need for strict monitoring to ensure the quality of water supply in flood affected areas of Sindh, Pakistan.
The Turn of the Month Effect on CEE Stock Markets

The Turn of the month effect is one of the better-known calendar anomalies. If a stock market is affected by the Turn of the month effect, it records significantly higher returns during a relatively short time period around the end of the old month and the beginning of the new one, than during the remainder of the month. This paper investigates the presence of the Turn of the month effect in the stock markets of 11 Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries. We focused not only on the anomaly in returns, but also on the anomaly in price volatility. The results show that, during a 20-year period (1999–2018), a statistically significant Turn of the month effect was present in the stock markets of seven out of 11 investigated countries. However, the anomaly affected only the stock market returns, not price volatility.
Moderating Effect of Government Policy on the Relationship between Organizational structure and Construction Waste Management

The generation of construction and demolition waste in Nigeria is a pressing issue that needs considerable attention, where efficient construction and demolition waste management is very limited due to various constraints. This paper is an empirical assessment that aims to examine the effect of government policy on the relationship between organizational structure and construction waste management among construction organizations in Nigeria. Based on the proposed model, a quantitative method was employed to obtain data from 310 Managers in construction organizations, out of which one hundred and seventy eight (178) we returned and used for the analysis. The tool used in the data analysis for this study was Smart PLS. The Cronbach‟s Alpha value of all the variables ranges from 0.616 0.903. The findings of the study indicate that all the hypotheses are significant at 5% significance level While government policy was found to moderate the relationship between formalization and construction waste management, it does not for centralization Keyword: Organizational structure, Government policy, Construction waste management
Effect of preterm birth on morphosyntactic development

Background: Preterm children are at risk of deficits in language, including grammatical skills. The main purpose of this survey was to investigate whether Persian-speaking children born preterm differ in their morphosyntax ability compared to full-term children. Methods: Morphosyntactic performance was assessed in 86 Persian-speaking children (43 healthy preterm and 43 full-term children) aged 4 and 5 years using the Persian Developing Sentence Scoring (PDSS). Participants were matched for age, gender, and gestational age. Results: The healthy preterm children who participated in this study were significantly outperformed by the full-term children in the morphosyntactic evaluation (p<0.05). Furthermore, their grammatical skills, based on PDSS, were not as developed as 4 to 5-year-old full-term children. Gender, in general, and gestational age had no effect on the PDSS scores of preterm children (p>0.05). Conclusion: Preterm children, regardless of gestational age, are at risk of morphosyntax impairments, which may not be recovered during the normal development. Therefore, grammatical evaluation and treatment seem to be necessary for these children.
Autopercepção das condições de saúde bucal por idosos

OBJETIVO: Avaliar a autopercepcao das condicoes de saude bucal por idosos e analisar os fatores clinicos, subjetivos e sociodemograficos que interferem nessa percepcao. METODOS: Participaram do estudo 201 pessoas, dentadas, com 60 anos ou mais, funcionalmente independentes, que frequentavam um centro de saude localizado em Araraquara, SP, Brasil. Foi aplicado questionario com questoes sobre as caracteristicas sociodemograficas da amostra, a autopercepcao da condicao bucal e o indice Geriatric Oral Health Assessment Index (GOHAI). Realizou-se exame clinico para determinar a prevalencia das principais doencas bucais. Foram usados testes estatisticos para determinar a associacao das variaveis sociodemograficas e clinicas e do indice GOHAI com a autopercepcao da condicao bucal e a identificacao dos preditores da auto-avaliacao. RESULTADOS: O exame clinico revelou grande prevalencia das principais doencas bucais, apesar de 42,7% das pessoas avaliarem sua condicao bucal como regular. As variaveis associadas a auto-avaliacao foram: classe social, indice de GOHAI, dentes cariados e indicados para extracao. A analise multivariada mostrou que os preditores da auto-avaliacao foram o GOHAI, os dentes com extracao indicada e o indice Community Periodontal Index and Treatment Needs. Esses preditores explicaram 30% da variabilidade da auto-avaliacao. CONCLUSOES: Concluiu-se que a percepcao da saude bucal teve pouca influencia nas condicoes clinicas, mostrando ser necessario desenvolver acoes preventivas e educativas para a populacao.
A Stilbenoid Isorhapontigenin as a Potential Anti-Cancer Agent against Breast Cancer through Inhibiting Sphingosine Kinases/Tubulin Stabilization

Isorhapontigenin (ISO), a tetrahydroxylated stilbenoid, is an analog of resveratrol (Rsv). The various biological activities of Rsv and its derivatives have been previously reported in the context of both cancer and inflammation. However, the anti-cancer effect of ISO against breast cancer has not been well established, despite being an orally bioavailable dietary polyphenol. In this study, we determine the anti-cancer effects of ISO against breast cancer using MCF7, T47D, and MDA-MB-231 cell lines. We observed that ISO induces breast cancer cell death, cell cycle arrest, oxidative stress, and the inhibition of cell proliferation. Additionally, sphingosine kinase inhibition by ISO controlled tubulin polymerization and cancer cell growth by regulating MAPK/PI3K-mediated cell cycle arrest in MCF7 cells. Interestingly, SPHK1/2 gene silencing increased oxidative stress, cell death, and tubulin destabilization in MCF7 cells. This suggests that the anti-cancer effect of ISO can be regulated by SPHK/tubulin destabilization pathways. Overall, ISO successfully induced breast cancer cell death and cell growth arrest, suggesting this phytochemical is a better alternative for breast cancer treatment. Further studies in animal models could confirm the potency and usability of ISO over Rsv for targeting breast cancer, potentially posing an alternative candidate for improved therapy in the near future.
(License: CC BY 4.0) 14 PERCEPTION AND UNDERSTANDING OF AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION: PERSPECTIVE OF FARMERS AND PUBLIC AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION IN THABA NCHU

Agriculture is a backbone for the overall development of Africa. It is widely acknowledged that the small-scale farmers need empowerment through extension services to achieve the National Development Plan of South Africa. The aim of this paper is to improve the understanding of different role players on the concept of agricultural extension service in South Africa. This study concentrated on the rarely assessed different role players’ concept of extension service, especially farmers and agricultural extension officers with respect to the objective of extension, agricultural extension principles, extension teaching, and methods teaching aids and tools. The results found that a general mismatch exists between farmers and agricultural extension officers on the conceptualisation of indicators such as extension objectives and teaching methods. A match exits on indicators of extension principles as well as teaching aids and tools. The article suggests that to promote sustainable agricultural development, agricultural extension should be critically considered with the development policy of ending hunger and poverty in South Africa.
Novel Technique in Crohn's Surgery; End to End Single Sero-Muscular Manual Suture Excluding Mucosa

Background: An optimal method performing intestinal anastomosis in patients with Crohn’s disease has not been widely accepted yet. The current research is proposing a novel hand-sew technique applied on end to end ileo-colic resection anastomosis cases. Methods: Between January 2012 and December 2017, 63 cases previously diagnosed as Crohn’s disease presented to the emergency department as fecal peritonitis secondary to ileo-caecal perforation or gangrene with or without abscess formation. Results: Crohn's patients presented to emergency department with picture of acute abdomen secondary to perforated bowel were included in the study. All patients had pre-operative abdominal computerized tomography for diagnosis and post-operatively for follow up. Post-operatively seven patients had minor submucosal anastomotic dissection of dye that is contained within the subserosal layer. None of the patients needed additional surgery during their primary hospitalization nor needed surgical hospitalization during the long follow up stay. Discussion: There was no leakage from the anastomotic line in any of the study cases. Moreover the extended follow up has revealed no needed re-operation as any recurrent disease at the region of surgical anastomosis. Comparing the current research result to that from literature proves the proposed technique superior. Surgical anastomotic technique in Crohn’s disease is an important factor as patients with permanent end ileostomy seldom suffer from recurrence. Conclusion: Application of the proposed anastomotic technique upon Crohn’s cases is an extreme challenge that suggests the technique as potentially competent one in any intestinal anastomotic situation. The proposed surgical technique needs to be verified on larger sample.
Optimization Study and Characterization of Microcrystalline Cellulose Isolated from Coconut Husk via Hydrolysis using Ionic Liquid

This paper reports the optimization study and characterization of microcrystalline cellulose (MCC) isolated from coconut husk via hydrolysis using ionic liquid. Three process parameters, namely solvent concentration, temperature and reaction time were optimized using response surface methodology. The responses were measured in terms of percentage of solubility. Analysis of variance was carried out to obtain the most significant parameter influencing the solubility of MCC. It has been observed that the optimum solubility of MCC produced is 37.0±2.0% at optimum conditions of 90.9 °C, 92.3 minutes and solvent concentration of 65.6 wt %. Fourier transform infrared spectra have further confirmed the removal of lignin and hemicellulose from coconut husk, suggesting that almost pure MCC has been produced. Bulky form of MCC in micro‐size ranging from 10‐100 μm was observed from scanning electron microscopy micrographs, probably been caused by the inappropriate drying method. It is expected that a smaller size of crystalline cellulose could be prepared if a proper drying method such as freeze dryer was implemented.
Dog Rose Architecture and Vigor Effect on the Bedeguar Rose Gall’s Occurrence

There is a vast literature on the relationships between gall abundance and host plant traits as size, shoot length and growth. But gall presence is usually incorporated in abundance patterns. We analyzed the effects of host plant architectural and vigor characteristics on gall presence and abundance in a Rosa canina and Diplolepis rosae host plant herbivore system. We found that only the rose bush width showed a significant relationship with gall presence while vigor characteristics showed no significant effects on gall presence. Gall’s abundance was not affected neither by architectural or vigor characteristics. Our results are partially supporting literature data. However, there is a substantial flexibility in effect directions between plant architectural or vigor characteristics and gall inducer abundance in the literature. Our results underline that the plant architecture may be an important plant characteristic in shaping the host plant gall inducer relationships, while plant vigor may be a secondary one in the case of dog rose – bedeguar gall model system. No studies were addressed from this point of view to this common galling system. Key-words: plant architecture hypothesis, plant vigor hypothesis, Rosa ca­ ni na, Diplolepis rosae, shoot growth.
Lee-Hoon Ho

The aim of this study was to evaluate the physico-chemical properties and sensory attributes of sponge cakes made by partial replacement of soybean flour and isomalt for wheat flour and sucrose, respectively. Wheat flour and sucrose were replaced by 10% soybean flour and 50% isomalt, respectively to produce SBC1; replacement of 20% soybean flour for wheat flour and 50% isomalt for sucrose to prepare SBC2; SBC3 was produced by substitution of 10% soybean flour and 100% isomalt for wheat flour and sucrose, respectively; sponge cake made of 100% wheat flour and sucrose was served as control. All produced sponge cakes were analysed for proximate composition, physical properties, and sensory attributes. Proximate composition results in SBC2 showed significant (p<0.05) higher in ash, crude protein, and crude fiber but lower in carbohydrate and calorie content than the other sponge cakes. SBC1 and SBC2 demonstrated a higher yield, weight, volume, and specific volume with a positive value of volume, symmetry, and uniformity index. Textural properties results showed significant (p<0.05) higher in hardness, cohesiveness, gumminess, and chewiness in SBC3 cake than the other sponge cakes. Incorporation of soybean flour in sponge cake at higher level (20%) showed a significantly affects the lightness value. Sensory evaluation showed no significant (p>0.05) difference in overall acceptability between SBC1 and SBC2 with control. These obtained results suggested that soybean flour and sucrose can be replaced for wheat flour and isomalt at substitution level up to 20% and 50%, respectively to produce a good-tasting and nutritional sponge cake.
Knowledge of Scabies Among a Cohort of Medical Students

Scabies is a common skin infestation, endemic in developing countries, usually affecting families and large groups of people living together. The intense discomfort caused by the primary disease, the life threatening complications from secondary bacterial infection, along with the challenges and costs of correct diagnosis and proper treatment make it a public health problem. Sufficient knowledge about scabies by healthcare professionals is an essential tool in fighting the scourge of scabies. Methods: We undertook a survey to assess the level of knowledge about scabies among clinical medical students, potential doctors who had completed postings in dermatology and paediatrics where the subject of scabies is routinely taught, with the aim of identifying any possible needs for an improved education on this topic. Self-administered questionnaires were distributed to a cohort of clinical medical students in a university, selected by multi-staged random sampling. Results: Of 140 medical students surveyed, the overall mean knowledge score was 7.8±2.4 out of a maximum of 14 correct answers. Only 13(9.3%) of them had satisfactory scores (≥ 75%). Neither gender, number of years in medical school or having seen at least one clinical case of scabies influenced the knowledge. Conclusion: There exists a poor knowledge of scabies among clinical students who are potential doctors.
Generalized Zero-shot Learning with Attention Mechanism

Supervised classification algorithms have been very successful in applications of many fields, with its impressive performance and easy-to-train characteristic. In recent years, the rise of deep learning techniques boosted the performance even further. One of the largest limitations of typical supervised learning, nonetheless, is that it is only able to classify categories the model has seen before. Worse still, in order to learn patterns of these specific categories, the neural network model has to see sufficient amount of data from the categories.
OUTCOMES OF AUTOGENOUS BLOOD INJECTION IN THE TREATMENT OF RECURRENT DISLOCATION OF TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT (TMJ)

Recurrent Temporomandibular dislocation has been managed in the past with both surgical and non-surgical modalities. The objective of this study was to assess the functional results of autologous blood injection into the joint space for recurrent TMJ dislocation. This study was conducted in the department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Nishter Institute of Dentistry Multan from July 2011 to July 2012. A total of eleven patients of recurrent dislocation of jaw were managed by autogenous injection of blood into glenoid fossa with temporary intermaxillary fixation for 15 days. All patients were female with mean age 40.18+7.83 years (range from 30 to 55 year). Diagnosis was made by clinical and radiographic judgment of OPG. The major cause of dislocation was prolonged forceful opening of jaw. Functional assessment was performed by clinical assessment after opening and closing of jaw. Mouth opening was assessed by measurement of interincisal distance pre and post operatively. Outcome measures of interincisal distance are done by inch tape and other outcomes were assessed by clinical judgment. Data was analysed using SPSS version 15. In one patient dislocation recurred after three months of procedure but frequency of dislocation reduced. In another patient dislocation occurred immediately after release of intermaxillary fixation. In other patients recurrence did not occurred after release of intermaxillary fixation at 6 months follow up. No significant treatment complication occurred. Pain on injection and swelling occurred in all patients for a brief period.
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The termination shock position in time is calculated from Voyager 2 solar wind d ata, using a multi species hydrodynamic model, also including the latitudinal variations in th e solar wind velocity and density due to the 11-year solar cycle. The results are compared to those obtained by Webber (2005) and the possibility of Voyager 2 crossing the TS in termination shock in the near fu ture is investigated.
A pr 2 01 8 Approximate and exact controllability of linear difference equations ∗

In this paper, we study approximate and exact controllability of the linear difference equation x(t) = ∑Nj=1 A jx(t −Λ j) +Bu(t) in L2, with x(t) ∈ C and u(t) ∈ C, using as a basic tool a representation formula for its solution in terms of the initial condition, the control u, and some suitable matrix coefficients. When Λ1, . ,ΛN are commensurable, approximate and exact controllability are equivalent and can be characterized by a Kalman criterion. This paper focuses on providing characterizations of approximate and exact controllability without the commensurability assumption. In the case of two-dimensional systems with two delays, we obtain an explicit characterization of approximate and exact controllability in terms of the parameters of the problem. In the general setting, we prove that approximate controllability from zero to constant states is equivalent to approximate controllability in L2. The corresponding result for exact controllability is true at least for two-dimensional systems with two delays.
Predictive factors for the effect of pirfenidone in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

Background: Pirfenidone is one of the anti-fibrotic drugs used for patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Pirfenidone exerts anti-inflammatory effects by inhibiting the influx of inflammatory cells. Objectives: The purpose of this study was to clarify the differences in the baseline parameters in responsive and unresponsive patients, and to assess the clinical and radiological changes after pirfenidone therapy. Methods: Patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis who were treated with pirfenidone from April 2009 to March 2014 were retrospectively analyzed. The enrolled patients were classified into a good response group if they showed inhibition of progression, or were classified into a slowly progressive group on the basis of a decline in the vital capacity over a six-month interval after beginning treatment. The parameters of pulmonary function tests and laboratory findings were compared before and after treatment. The chest computed tomography findings were evaluated using the Sumikawa score. Results: Twenty patients were classified into seven good responders and eight cases with inhibition of progression. These groups had higher antinuclear antibody and autoimmune antibody values, and less ground glass attenuation at baseline. A chest computed tomography assessment at six-months after beginning pirfenidone administration showed a reduction of the ground glass attenuation findings in the good response group and an increase in airspace consolidation in the slowly progressing group compared with the baseline. Conclusions: Higher positive values for antinuclear antibodies and autoimmune antibodies at baseline and the location of ground glass attenuation at baseline, which indicates inflammatory lesions, may predict the efficacy of pirfenidone. (Sarcoidosis Vasc Diffuse Lung Dis 2017; 34: 290-299)
Anisotropic Cosmological Models with Conformally Invariant Scalar Fields and Constant Deceleration Parameter

Einstein’s field equations for a spatially homogeneous and anisotropic Bianchi type-I space-time in the presence of a conformally invariant scalar field are discussed and their solutions are obtained by applying the law of variation of Hubble parameter, which yields a constant value of the deceleration parameter. The law generates power-law and exponential forms of the average scale factor in terms of cosmic time. Exact solutions of the field equations that correspond to singular and non-singular cosmological models are presented by using the respective forms of the average scale factor.The kinematical properties of the models are discussed. It is observed that the solutions are consistent with the observations of the present-day universe. PACS: 04.20. jb;04.02-q;98.80. Cq;04.50+h