Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Information needs of extension agents in climate change management

Climate change has become a global issue affecting various sectors including agriculture and its management requires changes in skills and resilience capacities of farmers. In achieving this aim, agricultural extension is saddled with the responsibility of educating the farmers and to do this information is crucial. The study was conducted to determine the information needs of extension agents in South west Nigeria. Questionnaire was administered on a total of 297 extension agents in the study area to determine their information needs and the usefulness of the sources information on climate change. The top four areas of need identified were knowledge of drought resistant varieties of crops and animals ( =2.53), sustainable pest and disease control ( =2.51), knowledge of afforestation and deforestation initiatives for climate change ( =2.48), processing of crops to reduce post-harvest loss ( =2.46). The most useful source of information was the electronic media. It was recommended that information should be made available by research on the areas of needs through training, seminars and the electronic media.
Design, Modelling, Fabrication & Testing of a Miniature Piezoelectric-based EMF Energy Harvester

Wireless sensing applications have extended into power transmission line monitoring applications. Minimal power consumption of sensor electronics have enabled kinetic energy harvesting systems to provides a means of self sustainability in the form of parasitic energy harvesting from power transmission lines. With this goal in mind, a miniature piezoelectric bimorph cantilever harvester has been developed using a magnetic tip mass which interacts with the oscillating magnetic flux surrounding power transmission wires. The focus of this thesis is develop an analytical model which can be used to optimize the amount of piezoelectric material to support sensory electronics. Special emphasis has also been placed on magnet orientation and geometry to ensure optimal magnetic flux interaction between input and output mechanisms. A single prototype harvester is designed with an arbitrary piezoelectric material length and experimentally validated at different conductor wire currents. The analytical model shows excellent agreement in frequency prediction for the prototype tested. Two damping techniques are used to experimentally extract modal damping ratios to predict peak mechanical and electrical responses at resonance frequencies. The miniature prototype design is less than 30 mm in length with only 10 mm piezoelectric material to produce a total volume of 154 × 10−12cm3. The power output is measured at 174.1 μW of power when positioned over top a 10 AWG copper conductor a distance of 6 mm with approximately 16 Amps of current passing though the conductor.
Pathogenicity of Vibrios in Fish: an Overview

Bacteria of the genus Vibrio are ubiquitously distributed in the marine environment. Due to the rapid expansion of intensive mariculture and the consequent deterioration of culture conditions, more and more Vibrio spp. have been recognized as pathogenic agents in outbreaks of vibriosis, a serious epizootic disease affecting most wild and farmed fish species worldwide, which has become the most important limiting factor for the development of intensive mariculture industry. Attempts have been made to understand the pathogenici ty of vibrios in host fish with the ultimate aim of elucidating the best means for disease control. After an extensive literature survey of the recent advances in the field of fish vibriosis, the pathological changes, virulence factors and associated potential pathogenic mechanisms, transmission routes and related environmental factors involved in outbreak of vibriosis, as well as the controll ing strategies are reviewed in the present paper.
RECONSIDERING TERRORMANAGEMENT THEORY IN JAPAN

This study investigated the replicability and theoretical validity of terror management theory (TMT). The proposition that mortality salience (MS) leads humans to defend their cultural worldviews has found support in Western cultures. This finding was also replicated in Japan, a non-Western culture (Heine et al., 2002); however, there are limited findings of Japan. The meaning maintenance model proposes that cultural worldview defense is the result of meaning violation (MV) rather than anxiety of death. To investigate TMT in Japan, we conducted an internet survey among people in their 20s and 50s. We examined the effects of three experimental manipulations (MS, MV, and control) on cultural worldview defense. Results indicated that individuals in their 50s in the MS condition had a reaction opposite to the one described by Heine et al. (2002) and MV manipulation showed no effect. This suggests that cultural worldview defense did not occur in Japanese individuals.
University of Birmingham Valuing the health states associated with breast cancer screening programmes

4 5 Policy decisions regarding breast cancer screening and treatment programmes may be misplaced 6 unless the decision process includes the appropriate utilities and disutilities of mammography 7 screening and its sequelae. The objectives of this study were to critically review how economic 8 evaluations have valued the health states associated with breast cancer screening, and appraise the 9 primary evidence informing health state utility values (cardinal measures of quality of life). A 10 systematic review was conducted up to September 2018 of studies that elicited or used utilities 11 relevant to mammography screening. The methods used to elicit utilities and the quality of the 12 reported values were tabulated and analysed narratively. 40 economic evaluations of breast cancer screening programmes and 10 primary studies measuring utilities for health states associated with mammography were reviewed in full. The 15 economic evaluations made different assumptions about the measures used, duration applied and the 16 sequalae included in each health state. 22 evaluations referenced utilities based on assumptions or 17 used measures that were not methodologically appropriate. There was significant heterogeneity in the 18 utilities generated by the 10 primary studies, including the methods and population used to derive 19 them. No study asked women to explicitly consider the risk of overdiagnosis when valuing the health 20 states described. 21 Utilities informing breast screening policy are restricted in their ability to reflect the full 22 benefits and harms. Evaluating the true cost-effectiveness of breast cancer screening will remain 23 problematic, unless the methodological challenges associated with valuing the disutilities of screening are adequately addressed.
Information quality deficiencies in delivery schedules and their impact on production scheduling

Abstract The purpose of this paper is to explore how different delivery schedule characteristics affect the quality of shared delivery schedule information and, in turn, how deficiencies in quality affect a supplier’s production scheduling process. It describes a case study conducted in the Swedish automotive industry involving a supplier that operates as the first-, second- and third-tier supplier to an original equipment manufacturer. The study reveals how four delivery schedule characteristics – namely, receiving frequency, planning period, frozen period and demand variation – create information quality (IQ) deficiencies in five dimensions of IQ: completeness, conciseness, reliability, timeliness and credibility. At the same time, it demonstrates how such deficiencies affect the supplier’s production scheduling process by requiring additional rescheduling, reworking and follow-up activities as well as additional capacity problems, safety time, safety stock and backlogs. In effect, the paper extends previous IQ-related research by considering IQ in delivery schedules.
Identifying characteristics associated with higher education teachers ’ Cognitive Re ﬂ ection Test performance and their attitudes towards teaching critical thinking

(cid:1) Teachers ’ disposition toward effortful thinking was positively related to their Cognitive Re ﬂ ection Test (CRT) performance. (cid:1) Teaching in a more technological domain was positively related to teachers ’ CRT performance. (cid:1) Teachers ’ level of education was positively related to their CRT performance. (cid:1) Dispositions toward effortful and open-minded thinking were positively related to perceived relevance of teaching CT. (cid:1) Teachers ’ con ﬁ dence in CRT performance rather than actual performance was related to perceived competence in teaching CT. The aim of this study was to identify characteristics that are related to higher education teachers' ( N ¼ 263) Cognitive Re ﬂ ection Test (CRT) performance, which assesses an important aspect of critical thinking (CT), and their attitudes towards teaching CT more generally. Results of a structural equation model showed that a stronger disposition towards effortful thinking, teaching in a more technological domain, and a higher level of education were related to a better CRT performance. Thinking dispositions were also related to teachers ’ perceived relevance of teaching CT. Con ﬁ dence in CRT performance rather than actual performance was related
Exclusive rare decay b → s γ of heavy b baryons

We present an analysis on the exclusive rare radiative decay modes Σ b → Σ γ and Ξ b → Ξ γ . The transition form factors which parameterize these processes are calculated using QCD light-cone sum rules. The decay widths we predict are Γ(Σ b → Σ γ ) = (7 . 21 ± 0 . 04) × 10 − 18 GeV and Γ(Ξ b → Ξ γ ) = (1 . 34 ± 0 . 07) × 10 − 16 GeV. The Branching ratio of Ξ b → Ξ γ is predicted to be Br (Ξ b → Ξ γ ) = (3 . 03 ± 0 . 10) × 10 − 4 .
DELAYED ONSET AND LONG-LASTING HEMIDIAPHRAGMATIC PARALYSIS AND CRANIAL NERVESDEFICIT FOLLOWING INTERSCALENE NERVE BLOCK FOR ROTATOR CUFF REPAIR IN BEACH

Hemidiaphragmatic paralysis is the most common adverse effect associated with interscalene block. In vast majority of cases, it resolves with the resolution of nerve blockade with only an estimated incidence of 0.048% persisting for longer duration. Occasionally interscalene block is also associated with recurrent laryngeal nerve block and seldom with cranial nerve paresis. We present a case of delayed onset and prolonged hemi-diaphragmatic paralysis that was associated with three cranial nerve deficits following interscalene nerve block for shoulder surgery performed under general anesthesia in the beach chair position. Etiology is unclear, but most likely multifactorial.
The Mutation Spectrum and Two Novel Point Mutations in the APC Gene in Vietnamese Patients with Familial Adenomatous Polyposis

Background: Familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) is a hereditary disorder primarily caused by germline mutations in the APC gene. The most common type of mutation in the APC gene is point mutation, while deletion mutation is much less frequent. The current study was conducted to investigate the mutation spectrum of the APC gene in Vietnamese FAP patients. Methods: Patients with the clinical diagnosis of FAP on colorectal endoscopy were screened for mutations in the APC gene using Sanger sequencing. Those who exhibited no point mutation subsequently underwent MLPA assay to detect deletion and duplication mutations. Besides, the relatives of patients with mutated APC genes were recruited for detecting carrier status. Results: Sixty-three patients with clinical colorectal polyposis were recruited. Mutations in the APC gene were detected in 26/63 patients (41.3%). Genetic analysis of 105 asymptomatic relatives of these 26 patients found mutations in the APC gene in 55 individuals (52.4%). Conclusion: We successfully established the APC gene mutation spectrum in Vietnamese FAP patients for the first time. Of importance, we discovered two novel point mutations in the APC gene. The high prevalence of carrier status in asymptomatic family members of patients with mutation emphasizes the crucial role of appropriate genetic screening for early diagnosis, surveillance, and preventive measurements.
Study of CALR, MPL, and c-kit Gene Mutations in Thai Patients with JAK2 V617F Negative Myeloproliferative Neoplasms

Objective: The aim of this study to determine the prevalence of CALR, MPL and c-kit gene mutations in JAK2 V617F negative-MPN patients. Methods: The retrospective study of CALR, MPL and c-kit mutations were analyzed in 113 samples collected from March 2010 to May 2017 and identified as JAK2 V617F–negative MPN Thai patients. The samples were analysis by gel electrophoresis and direct sequencing. Results: 28.3% of JAK2 V617F–negative MPN patients showed CALR gene mutations. Within the MPN patients with CALR mutation, 46.9% were classified as essential thrombocythemia (ET) and 20.9% were classified as primary myelofibrosis (PMF). Previous studies classified CALR mutations into three types using negatively charged amino acid stretches at the C-terminal domain. Type 1-like mutations were observed in 12 of 49 (24.5%) ET patients and type 2-like mutations were observed in 10 of 49 (20.4%) patients. In addition, 8 of 43 (18.6%) PMF patients showed type 1-like mutations and 1 of 43 (2.3%) showed type 2-like CALR mutation. Interestingly, platelet counts were higher in patients with CALR gene mutation than in patients without CALR gene mutation. MPL mutations (W515K and W515L) were identified in 2 of 109 (1.8%) MPN patients; the MPL mutations were only found in ET patients, which was consistent with previous studies. We did not detect exon 17 c-kit mutation in JAK2-negative MPN patients but detected intronic single nucleotide polymorphisms at c.74,978 and c.75,255 in these samples. Approximately 66% of patients did not have mutations in CALR and MPL genes, in addition to lacking JAK2 gene mutation, and these cases are classified as triple-mutations. Conclusion: Our results showed that 66% of cases were triple-negative mutation MPN because they lacked mutations in JAK2, CALR and MPL genes. The frequencies of CALR and MPL mutation in this study are similar to other CALR and MPL patient data.
Reduced Expression of Natural Killer Cell-Related Activating Receptors by Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells from Patients with Breast Cancer and Their Improvement by Zoledronic Acid

Background/aim: Natural killer (NK) cell receptors affect the NK cell-mediated elimination of malignant cells. In this experimental study the effect of Zoledronic acid (ZOL) was investigated on the expression of NK activating- (NKP46 and NKG2D) and inhibitory (KIR2DL1) receptors by Phytohaemagglutinin (PHA)-stimulated peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) from breast cancer (BC) patients. Materials and Methods: Peripheral blood mononuclear cell-extracted RNA from thirty breast cancer women and twenty-five healthy subjects was analyzed for gene expression of NKP46, NKG2D and KIR2DL1 using real time-PCR. Then, the PBMCs from BC patients were cultured in the presence of PHA with 5 μg/ml, 10 or 20 μg/ml of ZOL for 32 hours and expression of the aforementioned receptors was determined. Results: Expression of NKP46, NKG2D and NKP46/KIR2DL1 ratio in BC women were lower than healthy group (P<0.01, P<0.04 and P<0.05, respectively). NKP46 expression was up-regulated by PHA-stimulated PBMCs treated with 10 μg/ml and 20 μg/ml of ZOL compared with PHA-stimulated cultures (P<0.01 and P<0.05, respectively). NKG2D expression remarkably increased by PHA-stimulated cultures treated with 5 μg/ml, 10 μg/ml and 20 μg/ml of ZOL compared with PHA-stimulated cultures (P<0.05 and P<0.02 and P<0.04, respectively). Conclusion: Expression of NK cell-related activating receptors decreased in BC patients. ZOL can improve the expression of NK activating receptors.
Preoperative Low Physical Activity is a Predictor of Postoperative Delirium in Patients with Gastrointestinal Cancer: A Retrospective Study

Background: Postoperative delirium (POD) is one of the most common postoperative complications in gastrointestinal surgery patients. POD has been reported to affect long-term activities of daily living, cognitive function decline, and mortality. Previous studies have indicated that preoperative physical activity (PA) predicted POD in patients with other diseases, but we have not found any reports in patients with gastrointestinal cancer. In this retrospective study, we investigated the relationship between preoperative PA and POD in gastrointestinal cancer patients. Methods: POD was diagnosed based on the short confusion assessment method. We divided patients into active and inactive groups based on their preoperative PA assessed by the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (Japanese version). Multivariate logistic analysis was conducted to investigate the association between preoperative PA and POD. Results: POD occurred in 25 of the 151 patients (16.6%). Preoperative low PA was associated with POD after adjusting for confounders, namely, diabetes mellitus, sedentary time, and usual gait speed (odds ratio, 2.83; 95% confidence interval: 1.06–7.58; p=0.03). Conclusion: Preoperative low PA was a predictor of POD independent of the confounding factors in patients with gastrointestinal cancer.
Chromosomal Damage in Cord Blood Lymphocytes of Newborns

213 Received July 20, 2021; revised and accepted August 17, 2021. Published online November 10, 2021; doi: 10.1620/tjem.255. 213. Correspondence: Olivera Milošević-Djordjević, University of Kragujevac, Faculty of Science, Radoja Domanovića 12, Kragujevac 34000, Serbia. e-mail: olivera.djordjevic@pmf.kg. ac.rs ©2021 Tohoku University Medical Press. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0). Anyone may download, reuse, copy, reprint, or distribute the article without modifications or adaptations for non-profit purposes if they cite the original authors and source properly. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Assessment of Chromosomal Damage in Umbilical Blood Lymphocytes of Newborns from Kragujevac in Central Serbia Born 18 Years after Environmental Contamination
Analysing the use of mathematics apps in elementary school classrooms

Limited research has been conducted on the use of mathematics apps in elementary school environments. The purpose of this study was to examine student (n = 127) and teacher (n = 6) attitudes toward the use of constructive-based, mathematics apps in Grades 4–6 and to explore what factors influence learning performance. Students rated the design and engagement value of mathematics apps high and the learning value moderately high. Teachers were neutral about app design but rated the engagement and learning value high. Student learning performance increased significantly after using mathematics apps for remembering, understanding, applications and analysis-based tasks. Student gender, ability, attitudes and age had no significant impact on student learning performance. On the other hand, teacher gender and strategies had a significant impact on student learning performance. Students scored 13% higher with female teachers, 24% higher when students used apps in pairs and 21% lower with a teacher-led strategy.
Make Your Volatility risk and economic welfare

This paper examines the effects of time-varying volatility on welfare. I construct a tractable endogenous growth model with recursive preferences, stochastic volatility, and capital adjustment costs. The model shows that a rise in volatility can decelerate growth in the absence of any level shocks. In contrast to level risk, which is always welfare reducing for a risk-averse household, volatility risk can increase or decrease welfare, depending on model parameters. When calibrated to U.S. data, the model finds that the welfare cost of volatility risk is largely negligible under plausible model parameterizations.
J. Gen. Appl. Microbiol., 44, 27–33 (1998)

rio cholerae affected a marginal population of coastal cities in Peru, and continued to spread to the highland population and neighboring countries. There has been no record of such epidemics in Peru, although there have been periodic episodes of gastrointestinal infections reported. There is a tendency to register, more carefully, modal infections produced by enteropathogenic microorganisms (Escherichia coli, SalmonellaShigella, enterovirus and parasite) in detriment of underestimated Campylobacter and Vibrio infections. V. cholerae O1 has been diagnosed for several outbreaks in populations of diverse continents. Aquatic species living in brackish and estuarine waters were considered to be the source of this microorganism (Kaysner et al., 1987). Non-O1 V. cholerae has also been associated with diarrheal disease, although not as severe as the disease caused by V. cholerae O1. Recently, investigations suggest V. cholerae associated to plankton, copepods and crustaceans to also be a source of gastrointestinal infections (Tamplin et al., 1990; Venkateswaran et al., 1989). Other types of Vibrio-producing cholera toxin (CT)-like toxin could also be considered a serious risk for latent infection. The origin of this epidemic has not yet been established. Several hypotheses have been suggested such as migration, transport (plane or ships), contaminated waters, vegetables, animals and marine species. Other hypotheses suggest autochthonous marine V. cholerae to be the cause after the contribution of urban nutrients to the marine environment (Venkateswaran et al., 1989). Residuals of fish processing industries and banks of dead fish constitute ideal culture media for this microorganism. Finally, the marine environment also receives river discharge contaminated with fecal matter. All these possibilities are possibly true and can be tested with epidemiological markers. Most studies done on the marine environment have been carried out taking samples of sediments, plankton, estuarine waters and river deltas (Kaysner et al., 1987; Nair et al., 1988; Tamplin et al., 1990; Venkateswaran et al., 1989). Few studies have been done on samples of pelagic or demersal fish caught off-shore or on cultivated shellfish. Most of this type of food comes from several miles off-shore where salinity is higher (3.4%), and also far from deltas. Normally, ice is added before reaching the market or fish are frozen when exported. Shrimp are cultivated in ponds Differences among marine and hospital strains of Vibrio cholerae during Peruvian epidemic