Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
An Investigation on North Adana (Turkey) Myxomycetes

The myxobiota of northern Adana provinces was investigated on various occasions in the period from 2010 to 2013. As a result of field and laboratory studies we identified 54 species belonging to six ordo, ten familia and twenty genera. Three species (Hemitrichia montana (Morgan) T. Macbr. , Physarum psittacinum Ditmar, and Symphytocarpus herbaticus Ing) were recorded for the first time from Turkey. 45 species were collected in field, 4 species were developed in moist chamber culture and 5 species appeared in both natural habitat and moist chamber culture in the laboratory. Morphological, chorological and ecological characteristics of identified species were revealed and discussed in comparison with the support of relevant literature. Fruiting bodies and microscopic structures photographs belonging to new record samples were taken with light microscopy and scanning electron microscope (SEM).
04-251 IFT / 05 / 11 MIT-CTP-3591 TIFR / TH / 05-03 Finite temperature effective action , AdS 5 black holes , and 1 / N expansion

Physics Dept.-Theory Division, CERN, CH-1211,Geneva 23, Switzerland Instituto de Fsica Terica, Universidad Autnoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco 28049 Madrid, Spain ∗ Center for Theoretical Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139 Dept. of Theoretical Physics, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, 400 005, India We propose a phenomenological matrix model to study string theory in AdS5 × S5 in the canonical ensemble. The model reproduces all the known qualitative features of the theory. In particular, it gives a simple effective potential description of Euclidean black hole nucleation and the tunnelling between thermal AdS and the big black hole. It also has some interesting predictions. We find that there exists a critical temperature at which the Euclidean small black hole undergoes a Gross-Witten phase transition. We identify the phase transition with the Horowitz-Polchinski point where the black hole horizon size becomes comparable to the string scale. The appearance of the Hagedorn divergence of thermal AdS is due to the merger of saddle points corresponding to the Euclidean small black hole and thermal AdS. The merger can be described in terms of a cusp (A3) catastrophe and divergences at the perturbative string level are smoothed out at finite string coupling using standard techniques of catastrophe theory.
The Impact of Using an Infographic-based Training Program on Improving Visual Motor Memory Among EFL Students

Objectives: This study aimed at investigating the impact of an infographic-based training program on improving the visual motor memory among EFL students. Methods/statistical analysis: The study used a semi-experimental approach and the program was applied on 60 EFL students enrolled in the schools of the Directorate of Education in Asir region, Saudi Arabia. The students were divided into two groups: an experimental and control groups. The researcher applied the training program on students after training the teachers on how to better utilize all the elements of the training program effectively. Findings: The results showed statistically significant differences in the post-test of visual motor memory skills between the experimental and control groups, which were in favor of the experimental group. The results also revealed that there were no statistically significant differences in the visual motor memory posttest due to the variables of gender and interaction between group and gender. The study concluded that using infographics enhanced the participants’ visual motor memory skills in learning English as a second language regardless of their gender, which indicates the appropriateness of the training program for such students. Application/improvements: The study recommended this training program to be used by EFL teachers and EFL curricula designers to consider integrating infographics in the design of these courses.
Comparison of CFT- ACT Combined Therapy with CBT on Psychological Well- Being in Diabetic Women

iabetes is a heterogeneous group of metabolic diseases characterized by chronic increase in blood glucose and metabolic disorders of carbohydrates, fat and protein, resulting in insufficiency of insulin secretion or insulin action (1). Type 2diabetes D 1. PhD Student in Psychology. Department of Educational Science and Psychology, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Islamic Azad University, Esfahan, Iran. 2. Professor, Department of Educational Science And Psychology, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Islamic Azad University, Esfahan, Iran. 3. PhD in Counseling Psychology, Professor in Counseling Department, Faculty of Educational Science and Psychology, University of Esfahan, Esfahan, Iran. 4. Associated Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Science, Islamic Azad University, Esfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Esfahan, Iran.
World Cultural Heritage in Germany and Russia: The Experience of Wismar, Stralsund, Veliky Novgorod and Pskov

This paper examines how the World Heritage Cities (WHC) status affects urban changes and discusses what conflicts arise in connection with this status. Does it hinder possible changes or can the status be a resource in a conflict of interest? Two German cities with joint WHC status, Wismar and Stralsund, were chosen as case studies. Empirically, this study draws upon interviews with the city administration, local activists, employees of museums and tourist centers, and representatives of local businesses. This has been supplemented with a qualitative analysis of materials from two Facebook groups: an official group of the city administration, and a group of the Green Party of Stralsund. According to the study, the WHC status imposes severe restrictions on changes to urban space but does not make such changes completely impossible. Additionally, the WHC status is widely used by different actors in various conflict situations. The city administration uses the status in attempts to change or preserve certain parts of the city’s territory.
Ownership structure and financial performance: A study of the Italian retail pharmacies

This study examines if differences in the financial performance of companies managing retail pharmacies can be detected based on governance factors. These factors refer to ownership type, group belonging, and a number of retail pharmacies owned. Based on a sample of 116 companies managing retail pharmacies in Italy, analyses of variance are conducted to assess the effects of governance factors on financial performance considering profitability, liquidity, and leverage ratios. Results showed that privately-owned companies tended to perform better than publicly owned and mixed ownership companies. Further, independent companies presented better financial performance than companies belonging to a group, while companies managing a single store presented better financial performance than those with multiple stores. This work sheds light on the governance factors that have an effect on companies managing retail pharmacies’ financial performance. It contributes to the literature suggesting that private ownership can foster companies’ profitability, also in the form of mixed ownership, and discusses the findings with reference to policymaking and practitioners’ utility. The paper is the first contribution to a field that is quite under-investigated, concerning the drivers of financial performance, as pharmacies represent a public service combining both profitability orientation and the accomplishment of social interest.
Tissue Contrast Differentiation between Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma Tumors and Adjacent Tissues in Early and Late Phases by Multi-Slice CT Scan

Background: Malignancies of head and neck are common cancers responsible for 6 percent of all malignancies. Use of multi-slice CT scan has led to shorter time of scan with optimal capacity in constant time. This study aimed to evaluate the tissue contrast differentiation between head and neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma tumors and adjacent muscle tissue in early and late phases by multi-slice CT scan. Methods and Materials: In this cross-sectional study, 76 patients with head and neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma referred to us in imaging center of Tehran Amir A'lam hospital in 2014-5015. Multi-slice CT scan were conducted at early time (20 seconds) and 180 and 300 seconds after contrast media injection. Then, Hounsfield score of affected tissue and nearest muscle was measured. Δ density was defined as the contrast between tumor density and nearest muscle density. Results: The mean of tumor density at early phase, late phase (180s) and (300s) was 75/76 ± 21/08, 75/26 ± 12/96 and 74/14 ± 12/57, respectively (P>0.05). Conversely, the muscle density significantly was lower in early phase compare to late phase (65/31 ± 11/65 vs. 69/06 ± 12/23 and 69/82 ± 10/69, P<0.001). Our results also showed that Δ density was decreased in late phases, however, this reduction was not statistically significant (P=0.08). Conclusion: Results indicated that multi-slice CT scan may have good tissue contrast differentiation ability between head and neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma tumors and adjacent muscle tissues in early phases after contrast media injection.
IMPACT OF BIRTH SEASON ON PUBERTY IN FEMALE AND MALE KIDS OF SHAMI GOAT IN NORTH SINAI, EGYPT

This study was carried out to determine the effect of season of birth on puberty in female and male Shami kids. Three groups of each sex born in winter, spring and autumn were observed. During these seasons, both males and females were weaned at 90 days old and offered ad libitum berseem (Trifolium alexandrinum) hay plus 100 g/ head/ day of concentrate feed mixture (14 % protein). In female kids, the onset of ovarian activity was detected by plasma progesterone (P4) concentration determined once a week from 3 to 6 months of age then twice weekly until the onset of puberty. The results showed that, season of birth had significant (P< 0.01) effect on the age at first ovulation (puberty). Ovarian activity commenced at significant earlier age (201±23.1 days) in spring born female kids compared with either winter (264±56.9 days) or autumn (344±65.1 days) born female kids. However, there was no fluctuation in the level of P4 except a small rise (low peak) observed a few days before the onset of puberty. The P4 remained at the basal level of 0.24 ng/ml till the day of estrus and then increased gradually to the peak level of 6.4 8.7 ng/ml at day 10-11 of the cycle, which persisted for the next 4-5 days and then declined to the basal level at the end of the estrous cycle (day 20). Sings of estrous behaviour were observed on the day of estrus. In male kids, the onset of puberty was individually recorded by observing the ability of the male kids to mount and copulate the induced estrus goat does. The presence of immobile spermatozoa in the ejaculate was obtained by an artificial vagina after one week of the first mount. The results showed that, season of birth had significant (P< 0.01) effect on the age at the first mounting. The puberty age of male kids born in spring (111±3.0 days) and autumn (112±5.0 days) was attained significantly (P < 0.01) earlier than those born in winter (131±4.0 days). It could be concluded that, season of birth might modify the onset of puberty in both genders of kids, but this modification was more pronounced in female than in male kids of Shami goats.
Nutritive Peculiarity of Bile Acid and its Application in Poultry Production

Bile acid is considered as the most important and most specific bile components.Bile acid has the important influence on the lipid metabolism.Bile acid affects the lipid metabolism in the liver,the principal role of bile acids is emulsification,and thus facilitation of the absorption of lipids as well as lipid-soluble matters.The research progress of bile acid in the poultry nutrition is discussed in this article.
SGLT 2 Inhibitors: Review of Systemic Effects and Safety

Sodium glucose transporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors are a new group of drugs for the treatment of type 2 diabetes. They act by inhibiting SGLT2 located in the proximal convoluted tubule (PCT) of the kidney and prevent the reabsorption of filtered glucose into the blood stream. They are effective in lowering blood glucose and glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) when used as monotherapy or add on to other oral antidiabetic agents. SGLT2 inhibitors effectively reduced mortality and duration of hospitalization in diabetic patients with cardiovascular diseases in both the CANVAS and EMPA REG OUTCOME trials. A reduced requirement for renal replacement therapy and improved kidney function were also observed. Other systemic effects of these drugs include weight reduction, increased haematocrit and reduced hepatic fat deposition. The safety profile of SGLT2 inhibitors is generally encouraging but the observation of increased amputation risk in patients treated with the drugs has raised a major concern. In addition, euglycemic diabetic ketoacidosis, bone demineralization and fracture, electrolyte imbalance and acute kidney injury are important safety issues being evaluated in therapy with the drugs. Hypoglycemia is not a common side effect but can occur when used in conjunction with other antidiabetic medications. Nevertheless, they are very well tolerated in the vast majority of type 2 diabetes (T2DM) patients.
EVALUATION OF BLOOD-RUMEN CONTENT MIXTURE IN THE DIETS OF STARTER CHICKS

A trial with 234 day-old Olympian Black pullet chicks was conducted for a duration of eight weeks to determine the optimum level of inclusion of Blood-Rumen content Mixture (BRC) in the diet of starter chicks. Chicks were fed ad-libitum starter diets containing 0, 5, 10, 15, 20% BRC and another 20% BRC diet containing no soya bean cake. Birds on all BRC-based diets had higher body weight gains and higher feed intakes than birds on the control diet. A progressive increase in feed: gain ratio was observed from 10% BRC to 20% BRC in the diets. The decline in the performance of chicks fed higher levels of BRC in the diet is suggested to be due to the high crude fiber content and possible amino acid imbalance of such diets. The results of this trial shows that starter pullets should not be fed more than 10% BRC. Keywords: Pullets chicks, Blood-Rumen content (BRC), performance.
Sentiment analysis of unstructured customer feedback for a retail bank

With the explosive growth of the Internet and social media, the communication model between an organisation and its customers has become increasingly complex. A problem arises due to the sheer volume of unstructured data that has to be processed for the purposes of studying and addressing customer feedback. This calls for the development of automated methods. Important objectives of such methods include the detection of the underlying sentiment of customer feedback, as well as the synthesis and presentation of this sentiment in meaningful clusters such as topics and geographical locations. In this paper, a case study is conducted in which unstructured customer reviews related to products and services of a South African retail bank are evaluated by means of sentiment analysis. After suitable preprocessing techniques are applied to the reviews, the process of developing suitable models (primarily within the realm of machine learning) for detecting sentiment with a high level of performanceis described. Subsequently, model results are analysed, synthesised and visualised in order to extract valuable insight from the data. The ndings of the study show that custom learning-based models signi cantly outperform both pre-trained and commercial tools in sentiment classi cation. Furthermore, the analysis approach is shown to yield actionable information that may inform decision making. Key words: Data mining, decision support systems, neural networks, sentiment analysis.
Filtering Property of Signal Sampling in General and Under-Sampling as a Specific Operation of Filtering Connected with Signal Shaping at the Same Time

In this paper, we show that signal sampling operation can be considered as a kind of all-pass filtering in the time domain, when the Nyquist frequency is larger or equal to the maximal frequency in the spectrum of a signal sampled. We demonstrate that this seemingly obvious observation has wide-ranging implications. They are discussed here in detail. Furthermore, we discuss also signal shaping effects that occur in the case of signal under-sampling. That is, when the Nyquist frequency is smaller than the maximal frequency in the spectrum of a signal sampled. Further, we explain the mechanism of a specific signal distortion that arises under these circumstances. We call it the signal shaping, not the signal aliasing, because of many reasons discussed throughout this paper. Mainly however because of the fact that the operation behind it, called also the signal shaping here, is not a filtering in a usual sense. And, it is shown that this kind of shaping depends upon the sampling phase. Furthermore, formulated in other words, this operation can be viewed as a one which shapes the signal and performs the low-pass filtering of it at the same time. Also, an interesting relation connecting the Fourier transform of a signal filtered with the use of an ideal low-pass filter having the cut frequency lying in the region of under-sampling with the Fourier transforms of its two under-sampled versions is derived. This relation is presented in the time domain, too.
Knee Joint Muscle Flexibility in Knee Osteoarthritis Patients and Healthy Individuals

According to World Health Organization, Osteoarthritis (OA) is the major public health problem. It is the major cause for impairment in function that decreases quality of life (QOL) worldwide. Knee joint is the most common weight-bearing joint affected by OA . Muscle dysfunction is also involved in pathogenesis of knee OA. Muscle dysfunction may arise from either due to quadriceps weakness or of the hamstrings weakness. Flexibility of muscles is an important characteristic, which deceases with individual’s increasing age. The lack of muscle flexibility leads to alteration in joint function. Regular stretching of muscles &exercises protocol increase flexibility of muscle, ROM and also provide functional benefits for patients with knee OA and also delay the need for surgical interventions. This article intends to discuss the assessment and comparison of knee joint muscle flexibility in knee OA and Healthy individuals.
Sensory Evaluation of Ugali Prepared from Blends of Cereal Flours and High Quality Cassava Flour in Mwanza Region, Tanzania

Objective: Ugali is an important meal in many parts of Eastern and Southern Africa and is typically prepared from a single staple food like maize, cassava, millet and sorghum or their composite. The objective of this study was to understand the perception of sensory parameters when varying ratios of maize (refined and unrefined) and sorghum flour when substituted with high quality cassava flour (HQCF) 80%, 60%, 40% and 20% in the preparation of ugali. Methodology: The samples of ugali prepared were randomly subjected to panelists to evaluate sensory attributes preferred most by panelists. Thirty semi trained panelists who were females and males aged above 18 years participated and gave information on sensory signals. The panelists evaluated the samples independently and recorded the rating of the samples in the sensory evaluation questionnaire. The sensory parameters of ugali assessed were color, cookerbility, taste, texture, aroma and general acceptability using a five point hedonic scale. Results: Ugali made from the blends of unrefined maize flour (Dona) and HQCF as well as sorghum flour and HQCF at the ratio of 20:80 and 20:80 respectively were highly acceptable by Original Research Article Kitunda et al.; EJNFS, 12(9): 52-59, 2020; Article no.EJNFS. 59759 53 panelists (mean score < 3). Ugali made from refined maize flour (Sembe) blended with HQCF at ratio of 80:20 was also preferred by panelists (mean score < 3) as compared to ugali made from other ratios. The highly acceptability (mean score < 3) of the ugali was influenced by color, cookerbility, taste, texture, aroma. At these flour ratios the blends of flours resulted in increment of protein, fats and slightly decrease in starch content. Conclusion: Blending HQCF and cereals (sorghum and maize) flours improved the organoleptic and nutritional properties of ugali.
APPLYING FIXED BOX MODEL TO PREDICT THE CONCENTRATIONS OF (PM10) IN A PART OF AL-KUT CITY, WASIT

This paper offers the applying of Fixed Box Model to predict the concentration of particulate matter of 10 micrometers (PM10) one of the air pollutants that most commonly affects people's health. The input parameters (area source capacity of PM10, wind speed, mixing height, size of area source) were estimated based on the area source emission inventory results including: road source, mobile source, construction source, industry source and household domestic source in a part of AL-Kut District. This emission inventory project was carried out during five months period from November 2015 to March 2016. The aim of this study was to present that fixed box model east-to-use for evaluating the presence of air pollution over AL-Kut city. The calculated results from the model were such closer to the results founded by using portable equipment for the study area. Cite this Article: Ali Abdul Khaliq Kamal, Prof. Dr. Abdul Razzak T. Ziboon and Dr. Zainab Bahaa Mohammed, Applying Fixed Box Model To Predict The Concentrations of (Pm10) In A Part of Al-Kut City, Wasit Province (Iraq), International Journal of Civil Engineering and Technology, 7(2), 2016, pp. 159–170. http://www.iaeme.com/IJCIET/issues.asp? JType=IJCIET&VType=7&IType=2 Ali Abdul Khaliq Kamal, Prof. Dr. Abdul Razzak T. Ziboon and Dr. Zainab Bahaa Mohammed http://www.iaeme.com/IJCIET/index.asp 160 editor@iaeme.com
Learning with peers: Does that foster critical reasoning?

Background: Health science education is competency based education where one needs to critically think and analyse the problem. Critical thinking is meta-cognitive process where self-learning and meaningful learning are integral. Peer-learning helps in fostering higher order thinking and provides the environment for meaningful learning. There is a mixed evidence of effectiveness of peer learning. Very few studies have addressed changing group dynamics, group composition and its effect on critical reasoning ability. Hence present study aimed to assess effectiveness of peer-learning on critical reasoning ability, in physiotherapy undergraduate students, with changing group composition. Methodology: This quasi experimental two group crossover study was conducted in two phases. Total 37 fourth year physiotherapy students were involved in the study by convenient sampling. The students were randomly allocated in two groups. In first phase, Group One was sub-grouped based on scores of content knowledge test taken before experiment, by grouping high, medium and low scorers together. Group Two was given a freedom to choose their partners. In second phase groups crossed over. Five case-based sessions were conducted in each phase and both groups fulfilled the objectives, by peer discussion within their subgroup. Outcome measure was health science critical reasoning ability using Health Science Reasoning Test score. Results: There was no significant difference found in the test scores between both the groups. This study does not favour the effectiveness of the peer-learning in improving critical reasoning skills. There found no effect of changing group composition on critical reasoning ability. The results could be content and discipline specific.