Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Knowledge, health seeking behavior and barriers for treatment of reproductive tract infections among married women of reproductive age in Delhi

Background: Reproductive tract infections including sexually transmitted infections are an important public health problem among women of reproductive age group in developing countries. The perceptions or taboos related to RTIs act as an obstacle for seeking treatment ultimately leading to complications. The aim of the study was to assess the knowledge, health seeking behavior and barriers for treatment of reproductive tract infections among married women of reproductive age in Delhi. Methods: A community based cross-sectional study was undertaken in an urban field practice area of department of Community Medicine of VMMC and Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi from November 2017 to April 2019. Sample size of 270 was collected using predesigned and pretested questionnaire by systematic random sampling. Results: Mere 16.6% of the women knew about symptoms of RTI/STIs. Out of 81 women having RTI/STI in past 3 months 30% did not seek treatment and out of 70% who took treatment for RTI, 30% did not complete treatment. Majority of the women who sought treatment preferred government hospital. The main barrier for seeking treatment was embarrassment, not considering it as an important health problem, lack of time. Conclusions: The overall knowledge about symptoms, mode of spread of RTIs/STIs was very poor among the study participants. Women seeking treatment are not completing it. Thus, there is need to emphasize on spreading knowledge about symptoms, mode of spread, need for treatment and its completion and clearing barriers related to RTI/STI among women.
Assessment of genetic variability of passion fruit using simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers

Purple passion fruit (Passiflora edulis Sims) is the third most important fruit crop in Kenya that is produced for both local and export markets. In Uasin Gishu County, passion fruit had recently emerged as an important cash crop for the small-holder farmers. Understanding the structure and diversity of species is very important in plant breeding and in conservation of genetic resources related activities. This study was set out in 2017-2018 to determine the genetic diversity of purple passion fruits genotypes grown in Uasin Gishu County, Kenya using SSR markers. Among the 50 purple passion fruit accessions used in this study, the genetic distance coefficients among accessions ranged from 0.24 to 0.72, with an average of 0.48. The results of STRUCTURE analysis suggested that the 50 accessions could be grouped into five sub-populations. The clustering was based on the unweighted pair-group method of arithmetic averages (UPGMA) where accessions were divided into three major clusters. The UPGMA dendrogram revealed that accessions from identical or adjacent areas were generally, but not entirely, clustered into the same cluster. Comparison of the UPGMA dendrogram and the Bayesian STRUCTURE analysis showed general agreement between the population sub-divisions and the genetic relationships among accessions. Principal coordinate analysis (PCoA) with SSR markers revealed a similar grouping of accessions to the UPGMA dendrogram and STRUCTURE analysis. Analysis of molecular variance (AMOVA) indicated that 16% of the total was attributed to the diversity among sub-populations, while 84% was associated with differences within sub-populations. Overall, there was a considerable amount of genetic variability among passion fruit accessions grown in Uasin Gishu County of Kenya. The study represents the comprehensive investigation of the genetic diversity of passion fruit accessions which would be valuable for germplasm collection, genetic improvement, and efficient utilization.
Impact of Economic Freedom on Corruption Revisited in ASEAN Countries: A Bayesian Hierarchical Mixed-Effects Analysis

Conceptual and applied studies assessing the linkage between economic freedom and corruption expect that economic freedom boosts economic growth, improves income, and reduces levels of corruption. However, most of them have concentrated on developed and developing groups, while the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries have drawn much less attention. Empirical findings are most often conflicting. Moreover, previous studies performed rather simple frequentist techniques regressing one or some freedom indices on corruption that do not allow for grasping all the aspects of economic freedom as well as capturing variations across countries. The study aims to investigate the effects of ten components of economic freedom index on the level of corruption in ten ASEAN countries from 1999 to 2018. By applying a Bayesian hierarchical mixed-effects regression via a Monte Carlo technique combined with the Gibbs sampler, the obtained results suggest several findings as follows: (i) In view of probability, the predictors property rights, government integrity, tax burden, business freedom, labor freedom, and investment freedom have a strongly positive impact on the response perceived corruption index; (ii) Government spending, trade freedom, and financial freedom exert a strongly negative effect, while the influence of monetary freedom is ambiguous; and (iii) There is an existence of not only random intercepts but also random coefficients at the country level impacting the model outcome. The empirical outcome could be of major importance for more efficient corruption controlling in emerging countries, including ASEAN nations.
Density and Phase Behaviour of ( CO 2 + Methylbenzene ) in Wide Ranges of Temperatures and Pressures

Knowledge of the thermophysical properties of CO2-hydrocarbon mixtures over extended ranges of temperature and pressure is crucial in the design and operation of many carbon capture and utilization processes. In this paper, we report saturated-phase densities, compressed-liquid densities and phase behaviour of CO2 + methylbenzene at temperatures between (283 and 473) K and at pressures up to 65 MPa over the full composition range. The saturated-phase densities were correlated by a recently-developed empirical equation with an absolute average relative deviation (AARD) of about 0.5 %. The compressed-fluid densities were also correlated using an empirical equation with an AARD of 0.3 %. The new data have been compared with the predictions of two equations of state: the predictive Peng-Robinson (PPR-78) equation of state and the SAFT- Mie equation of state. In both of these models, binary parameters are estimated using functional group contributions. Both models provided satisfactory representation of the vapour-liquid equilibrium and saturated-phase-density data, but the accuracy decreased in the prediction of the compressed-liquid densities where the AARD was about 2 %. The isothermal compressibility and isobaric expansivity are also reported here, and were predicted better with SAFT-γ Mie than with PPR-78. Overall, the comparisons showed that SAFT-γ Mie performs somewhat better than PPR-78 but the results suggest that further refinement of the SAFT-γ Mie parameter table are required.
Influential Factors of Participative Banks Acceptance in Morocco: An Empirical Study

The objective of this paper is to investigate the factors that influence Moroccan customers to accept the use of Islamic banks that have been newly introduced in this country. Thus, based on a modified theory of planned behavior, the study examines the effect of attitude, subjective norms, perceived behavioral control, and uncertainty on customers' behavioural intention. To achieve this aim, the study used a quantitative approach through a questionnaire administered to 255 respondents. The proposed hypothetical relationships were examined using structural equation modeling (SEM) with the Partial Least Squares (PLS) approach. The results showed that all suggested variables have a significant influence on behavioural intention.
Comparison of the Different Protocols for the Eradication of Pediatric Helicobacter Pylori Infection in Iran

Background Helicobacter pylori has become very important recently due to infecting around 50% of the population worldwide. This infection can cause peptic ulcer disease and gastric cancer. This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of common triple treatment, sequential treatment, and other regimens for Helicobacter pylori eradication in children. Materials and Methods: In this retrospective cohort study, 40 children who were diagnosed with Helicobacter pylori infection by endoscopic and pathologic features in the Children’s Medical Center of Tehran, Iran, in 2018 were included. The questionnaire was completed by telephone interview. Types of protocols include triple therapy (proton pump inhibitors with clarithromycin and amoxicillin or metronidazole for 2 weeks), sequential therapy (proton pump inhibitors with amoxicillin for 5 days followed by proton pump inhibitors with clarithromycin and metronidazole for 5 days), and other treatments (every protocol except triple and sequential regimens). At the end, we compared the efficacy of the different protocols for eradicating this infection by urea breath test or stool antigen test 8 weeks after therapy. Results: The age of patients with and without successful eradication was 8.12 and 7.8 years, respectively (p=0.8). There was no significant difference between both sexes (p=0.999) in the frequencies of eradication. The eradication rate of Helicobacter pylori was 95.5% in sequential therapy, 100% in conventional triple therapy, and 87.5%in other regimens. There was no significant difference between different protocols (p=0.422). Conclusion Determining first-line treatment for eradicating Helicobacter pylori infection is important to increase treatment success and reduce rate of secondary antimicrobial resistance. Our study showed that sequential treatment is as effective as conventional treatment in eradication of this infection in children.
Performance, rumen characteristics and blood profile of West African dwarf goats fed varying levels of yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae)

A study was carried out to evaluate the effect of inclusion of yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) on the performance, rumen characteristics and blood profile of West African dwarf (WAD) goats. Four (4) dietary treatments were prepared by adding 0 g, 0.5 g, 1.0 g and 1.5 g yeast to concentrate feed. Twelve (12) WAD goats with an average live weight of 10.17±0.53 kg were allocated to the four treatment lots in a completely randomised design and used in a feeding trial that lasted 70 days. Concentrate was fed at 3% of body weight while Panicum maximum as the basal diet was ad libitum. Data were collected on nutrient intake, rumen fermentation and microbial ecology, blood profile and then analysed using one-way analysis of variance. Results showed that inclusion of yeast did not affect (P>0.05) nutrient intake, rumen fermentation of WAD goats. Bacteria and fungi population were also not affected (P>0.05) by the inclusion of yeast, however there was an increase (P<0.05) in 9 9 pr otozoa from 0.73× 10 (control) to 1.33× 10 (1.0g yeast). Packed cell volume (PCV) of goats decreased (P<0.05) when goats were fed 1.5g yeast (20.93%) compared to control (24.37%). It can be concluded that addition of yeast to the diets of WAD goats did not affect their overall performance, increased population of rumen protozoa and reduced blood packed cell volume.
Air Pollutant Analysis and AQI Prediction Based on GRA and Improved SOA-SVR by Considering COVID-19

Since COVID-19 pneumonia broke out, the Chinese government has taken a series of measures to control the spread of the epidemic, which has made the air quality of Taiyuan in February 2020 significantly better than during the same period in previous years. In this paper, the Gray Relational Analysis (GRA) method was first applied to evaluate and analyze the influence of six major pollutants on air quality. Then, the improved seagull optimization algorithm (ISOA) was proposed and combined with Support Vector Regression (SVR) to establish a hybrid predicted model ISOA-SVR. Finally, the proposed ISOA-SVR was utilized to predict air quality index (AQI). The experimental results on two kinds of different data showed that the proposed ISOA-SVR had the better generalization ability and robustness compared with other predicted models. Further, the proposed ISOA-SVR is suitable for the prediction of AQI.
Some epidemiological studies on brucellosis in dairy farms in Gharbia governorate .Egypt.

This study was conducted on dairy farms in Gharbia governorate, Egypt. From January to December 2018 . The study included 240 dairy farms and 3775 serum sample were collected for serological tests.25 farms (10.42) were positive for brucellosis,132 serum sample were positive by serological test divided according to production stage of animals as 121/3000(4.033%), 8/600 (1.33%) and 2/175 (1.142%) in cows ,heifers and bulls respectively. The result of culturing and confirmation by PCR indicated that Brucella melitensis biovar 3 is the dominant strain in dairy farms in Gharbia governorate. The spatial distribution of positive cases indicated that districts of Samnood, Kfr- Elzyat and Basion had the higher percent of positive cases as 6.35%, 4.67% and 3.57% respectively, however districts of El-Santa, Zefta and El-Mahla El-Kobra had the lowest percent as 1.49%, 2.3% and 2.89% respectively. The obtained result proved that, brucellosis is endemic in Gharbia governorate and good control program should be conducted to eradicate the disease.
Kidnapping rate and capital flight: Empirical evidence from developing countries

This paper contributes to the literature on capital flight by investigating the relationship between kidnapping rate and capital flight in developing countries. Numerous empirical studies exist on the determinants of capital flight but, surprisingly, none of them have investigated the empirical link between kidnapping and capital flight. To fill this existing void in the literature, this paper utilised a sample of 67 developing countries for the period 2003-2017. Estimates of the GMM technique show that kidnapping rate has a positive and significant impact on capital flight. However, estimations of the marginal differences show that this significant effect remained consistent only in the sample of ‘fragile’ developing countries. The results remained consistent to alternative measures of capital flight.
Relationship between the Perceived Psychological Wellbeing and Social Engagement among Older Residents: The predicting Role of Caregivers’ Communicative Behaviors

The communicative behavior of caregivers plays a pivotal pillar to remaining the older adults in the center of the universe instead of yield to be marginalized or ignored. This descriptive correlational study aimed to investigate the predictive capacity of the caregivers’ communicative behavior and examines its correlations to the older adults’ perceived sense of psychological well-being and degree of social engagement inside the assisted living facility. A convenience sample of 116 older residents and 56 caregivers was obtained. Five tools were used to conduct this study; (1) Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), (2) Elders' profile structured interview schedule, (3) perceived psychological well-being of the older adults, (4) A revised Index for Social Engagement for long-term care, and (5) Communication problems Observation checklist. The study revealed that more than half (57.75%) of the studied elders had a high level of social engagement inside the assisted living facility and about one-third (32.8%) have a moderate level of perceived psychological wellbeing. The elders’ caregivers were having a fair to a high level of communicative behavioral skills when dealing with the older adults inside the assisted living facilities. Also, a strong positive correlation was detected between the caregivers’ communicative behavior in relation to the older adults’ perceived sense of psychological well-being and degree of social engagement. The present study concludes that the caregivers’ communicative behavior was identified to be the independent precursor of the older adults’ perceived sense of psychological well-being and social engagement inside the assisted living facility. An on-job communication training program geared toward enhancing the caregivers’ knowledge and skills related to effective communication with institutionalized elders is recommended.
Tradeoffs in Data Augmentation: An Empirical Study

Though data augmentation has become a standard component of deep neural network training, the underlying mechanism behind the effectiveness of these techniques remains poorly understood. In practice, augmentation policies are often chosen using heuristics of distribution shift or augmentation diversity. Inspired by these, we conduct an empirical study to quantify how data augmentation improves model generalization. We introduce two interpretable and easy-to-compute measures: Affinity and Diversity. We find that augmentation performance is predicted not by either of these alone but by jointly optimizing the two. 5 . 75 1 Affinity 1 2 3 4 6
Bio-Economics Of Feeding Cassava Root Meal Based Diets to Broiler Finisher Chickens

A study was conducted to investigate the bio-economics of feeding broiler chickens graded levels of cassava root meal based diets, as replacement for maize at 0, 25, 50, 75 and 100% to form treatment diets T , T , T , T and T respectively, with adjustment in soybean levels across 1 2 3 4 5, the treatment diets to have iso-nitrogenous diets. Two hundred and forty4 weeks old 'Amos' strain broiler chicks were in a completely randomized design allotted randomly to five treatment groups of 48 birds each and of three replicates with each replicate having 16 birds. Parameters measured included weight gain, feed intake, feed gain ratio, price per kg of feed, price per kg of broiler and weight of carcass cuts. Data were analyzed using analysis of variances. Daily weight gain for T , T , T , T and T were 41.16g/b/d, 39.43, 33.47, 25.25 and 1 2 3 4 5 16.91 g/b/d, respectively while, daily feed intake for T , T , T , T and T were 113.35g, 112.75, 1 2 3 4 5 102.31, 93.34 and 85.94g, respectively. Results showed weight gain feed intake and feed Conversion ratio values to be significantly (P<0.05) depressed as the level of replacement of maize with cassava root meal exceeded 25%. Among the carcass parameters, only the dressed carcass (%) and thigh (%) weight values showed significant (P<0.05) decrease as the level of replacement level of maize with cassava root meal exceeded 25% while, spleen (%) and liver (%) values showed progressive increase (P<0.05) in weight as the level of cassava root meal increased in the diets. Cost of feed decreased (p<0.05) significantly with the increasing level of cassava root meal. However, it did not translate to increase in price per kg of bird. It could therefore be suggested that cassava root meal should not exceed 25% as replacement for maize in broiler finisher diets, as beyond this level growth performance is adversely impaired.
IMPLEMENTING MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS' GUIDELINE DISCHARGE COUNSELING FOR ABORTIVE WOMEN VERSUS TRADITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS

The current study aimed to implement discharge counseling for abortive women using medical professionals' guidelines versus traditional instructions. Design: A quasiexperimental research design was used at the Labor and delivery room of Mansoura University Hospital. A purposive sample of 106 post abortion women, assigned to intervention group (n=53) received care based on medical professionals' guidelines for care of woman with intrauterine fetal demise and control group (n=53) receive conventional care of abortion. Data were collected using three tools; a structured interview questionnaire, Perinatal Grief Scale and satisfaction scale. Results: The intervention group had lower grief and higher satisfaction score compared to those of the control group (51.58±7.18 vs. 86.04±13.99&108.15 ± 6.29 vs. 47.30±1.88; p<0.001 respectively). Conclusion and recommendations: Discharge counseling according to medical professionals’ guidelines had a positive effect on alleviating post abortion grief and improving woman’s satisfaction with the provided care. Accordingly, discharge counseling should be an integral part of nursing process after abortion to improve overall quality of care
PUF-RAKE: A PUF-Based Robust and Lightweight Authentication and Key Establishment Protocol

Physically unclonable functions (PUFs) bind a device's identity to its physical hardware and thus, can be employed for device identification, authentication and cryptographic key generation. However, PUFs are susceptible to modeling attacks if a number of PUFs’ challenge-response pairs (CRPs) are exposed to the adversary. Furthermore, many of the embedded devices requiring authentication and inter-device communication in a real-time environment/system have stringent resource and low latency requirements, and thus require a lightweight authentication and key establishment mechanism to quickly realize an authenticated and secure connection. We propose PUF-RAKE, a PUF-based lightweight, highly reliable authentication and key establishment scheme. The proposed scheme enhances the reliability of PUF as well as alleviates the resource constraints by employing error correction in the server instead of the device as well as removing cryptographic hashing required by earlier PUF-based protocols. The proposed PUF-RAKE is robust against masquerade, brute force, replay, and modeling attacks. In PUF-RAKE, we introduce an inexpensive yet secure stream authentication scheme inside the device which authenticates the server before the underlying PUF can be invoked. This prevents an adversary from brute forcing the device's PUF to acquire CRPs essentially locking out the device from unauthorized model generation. Additionally, we also introduce a lightweight CRP obfuscation mechanism involving XOR and shuffle operations. The security of PUF-RAKE has been formally verified. A prototype of the protocol has been implemented on two Xilinx Zynq 7000 system-on-chips with one present on Xilinx zc706 evaluation board and the other present on the Avnet Zedboard. Observations, security analysis and results verify that the PUF-RAKE is secure against a probabilistic polynomial time adversary under both the unauthenticated link and authenticated link adversarial models while providing ∼99% reliable authentication. In addition, PUF-RAKE provides a reduction of 60 and 72 percent for look-up tables (LUTs) and register count, respectively, in the programmable logic (PL) part of the Zynq 7000 as compared to a recently proposed approach while providing additional advantages.
The Influence of Visual Merchandising on the Patronage of Fast-Fashion Stores in Indonesia: The Role of Shopping Values and Self-Congruity

This study examined the direct and indirect effects of visual merchandising on store patronage in the context of fast-fashion retailing. Adopting the stimulus-organism-response (S-O-R) theory , this study aimed to investigate the relationships of visual merchandising, self-congruity, and consumers’ perceived shopping value, and their influence on store patronage. While studies about fast-fashion and store patronage behavior have been extensively conducted in various market regions, research in an emerging middle-income country like Indonesia is still scarce. Therefore, this study is among the few attempts to better understand the buying behavior of Indonesian consumers regarding fast-fashion brands. A survey was completed with 250 fast-fashion shoppers. PLS-SEM path modeling was utilized to examine the proposed structural model. The results revealed that visual merchandising, shopping value and self-congruity had positive and significant effects on store patronage. The study also found that the indirect effects of consumers’ perceived shopping values and self-congruity were more substantial than the direct ones. Managerial implications and recommendations for further research have been included.