Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Ocular Health Status and Causes of Enrolment into Special Schools in Osun State, Nigeria

Background: Knowledge of the status of eye diseases among students’ enrolled in the special schools would assist in planning preventive and treatment strategies. Objectives: To determine the types and causes of ocular morbidity leading to enrolment of students in special schools of Osun state. Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study by utilizing a total-sampling-technique on students attending all 8 special primary and integrated secondary schools to find out the common ophthalmic diseases between July and September 2013. Teachers’ registers, oral interview and clinical examination were used to obtain data. The data were analyzed by descriptive statistics through SPSS 17 software. Results: Four hundred and seventy-two (472) students between the ages of 4 and 36 years with mean of 13.7 ± 4.7 were examined. Two hundred and seventy-six (58.5%) were males and one hundred-ninetysix were females. Fathers’ occupation were mostly farmers 142 (30.1%) and Artisans 133 (28.2%). Abnormal ocular findings were seen in 9.9% of students. The prevalence of blindness was 4.7% [95% Confidence Interval (CI) 2.7 6.6]. Anatomical causes of blindness were corneal scarring (2.1%) especially post measles keratopathy, whole globe disorders (1.1%), toxoplasma chorioretinal scars and maculopathies (0.6%), amblyopia/uncorrected refractive errors (0.4%) and cortical visual impairment (0.2% ). The prevalence of visual impairment was 1.4% [CI 0.0 -1.7], with cataracts and refractive error being the most common causes. Other findings included nystagmus (0.2%), vernal conjunctivitis (0.4%), and pigmentary retinopathy (4.2%). Ocular pathologies occurred most frequently among the lower socio-economic group (χ 169.69, P < 0.001). Conclusions: The common causes of ocular diseases leading to enrolment are avoidable. Mandatory eye examination at birth, preschool years and school age is needed for early detection and intervention. Health education, adequate nutrition, and immunization are required for prevention.
Three-Dimensional Echocardiography

In the past, routine clinical use of three-dimensional echocardiography has been hindered by the prolonged and tedious nature of data acquisition. Image processing is time consuming and requires dedicated manpower to generate three-dimensional reconstructions of the heart. The recent introduction of real-time three-dimensional echocardiographic imaging techniques has revolutionized echocardiography, as images are obtained in just one beat.
MOSQUITO LARVICIDAL EFFICACY OF LEAF EXTRACTS OF TURNERA SUBULATA AND GREEN SYNTHESIZED SILVER NANOPARTICLES ON CULEX QUINQUEFASCIATUS

Mosquitoes are responsible for the transmission of many vector borne diseases. Lymphatic filariasis, a diseases caused by the infection of Wuchereria bancrafti was transmitted by the Culex quinquefasicatus and around 100 million people are affected by these around the world. In the present study the larvicidal activity of the various plant extracts of Turnera subulata was estimated with concentrations varying from 50ppm to 250 ppm. The efficacy of plant mediated synthesized silver nanoparticles were tested against early 4 th instar larvae of Culex quinquefasciatus. The observation of the results reveals the maximum larvicidal potential of 95.60 percentage with chloroform leaf extract with LC50 and LC90 values of 51.021ppm and 235.417ppm respectively. However, the larvicidal efficacy of the silver nanoparticles was maximum when compared to the extracts where a percentage mortality of 98% was recorded with 5ppm concentration with the LC50 value of 45.499 ppm after 72 hours of experiment period. The results suggests that the bioactive compounds such as alkaloids and terpenoids were responsible for the larvicidal activity, while the bioactive compounds capped with the silver nanoparticles increased the potentiality of these particles against 4 th instar larvae of Culex quinquefasciatus. To conclude, the application of green synthesized silver nanoparticles and the isolation and characterization of the bioactive compound from the chloroform leaf extract of Turnera subulata will pave way for the control of disease causing mosquitoes.
Preparing for the Future of Post–Acute Care: A Metasynthesis of Qualitative Studies

Despite poor outcomes for older adults following hospitalization, practice patterns of post–acute care clinicians and factors impacting quality of care are not well studied, which limits advancements in clinical care. Qualitative research on the factors that influence physician practice patterns with respect to older adults has been studied and may provide a framework for hypothesizing factors relevant to other post–acute care clinicians. Three themes emerged from this qualitative metasynthesis: (1) Current medical education and clinical guidelines are not aligned with the multifaceted care needed for older adults, (2) communication gaps impact quality of care, and (3) health policies constrain quality of care. Identifying potential factors that impact practice patterns in post-acute care providers may guide future research initiatives that shape health professional education and system policies.
In vitro inhibitory effect of fungicides on mycelial growth of Rhizopus oryzae (Went & Prins Geerl.)

Rhizopus oryzae is a member of Zygomycete group of fungi. It is known to cause disastrous diseases of plants, like root rot, stem rot, fruit rot and seed rot etc. Fruit rot of brinjal is very common in Tikamgarh District of Madhya Pradesh during transit, storage and marketing. Several fungicides are being used for the management of these diseases. In this study, seven fungicides viz, Brassicol, Captan, Dithane M-45, Fytolan, Parasan, Sulfex and Thiram were evaluated for their efficacy against Rhizopus oryzae causing fruit rot of brinjal under in vitro condition by food poisoning technique. Ten different concentration i.e., 0.025, 0.05, 0.1, 0.25, 0.5, 1.0, 1.5, 2.0, 2.5 and 3.0% were used for assessment of their inhibitory activities against the pathogen through radial growth inhibition on Fernando's agar media. Amongst the tested fungicides parasan was found to be the most effective and its 0.05% concentration could cause 100 pre cent inhibition of radial growth. The 0.1% concentration of Parasan was found to be fungicidal and killing the mycelial inoculum of pathogen. Next to Parasan, Thiram has proved to be best against Rhizopus oryzae. The growth was completely inhibited at its 0.5% concentration. Its 2.5% concentration was found to be fungicidal. Fytolan was also effective against Rhizopus oryzae and it could cause 100 per cent inhibition at 1.5% concentration. At 3.0% concentration is proved to be fungicidal. After Fytolan, Brassicol, captan and Dithane M-45 have been found to be the next effective fungicides against test pathogen. The 2.5% concentration of these three fungicides cause 100 per cent inhibition of growth and 3.0% concentration of these fungicides proved to be fungicidal. While on the other hand Sulfex was proved to be least effective as it did not show cent per cent inhibition even in the higher dose i.e., 3.0% concentration. At 3.0% concentration it proved to be fungistatic.
A Comparison of Factors Influencing the Job Satisfaction among Academic Members of the University of Technology and the University of Science in Vietnam

ABSTRACT: Since the late 1950s, a number of researchers have theorized about the nature of job satisfaction and developed models which attempt to explain differences of job satisfaction. Job satisfaction is a major concern of managers in business, executives in industry, and teachers and administration in educational organization. It is clear that very little research on university faculty job satisfaction has come from the developing world like Vietnam. This aim of this study was to determine the specific factors that affected the job satisfaction of academic members both universities. The study used a questionnaire to survey with 141 academic members from two public universities of Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam which selected as a statistical sample. The study showed that academic members of two universities were only a moderate level of job satisfaction. However, faculty members in the University of Technology were more satisfied than faculty members in the University of Science. The present analysis found that no significant differences existed job satisfaction of academic members among the two universities; but, there were significant difference between male and female faculty. In addition, male faculty members were generally more satisfied than female colleagues. The study also recognized that job satisfaction of academic members were significantly affected by their work time and institutional characteristics. KEY WORDS: Job satisfaction, Vietnamese higher education, academic members, work time, institutional characteristics, and developing country. About the Author: Minh-Quang Duong is a Lecturer at the Faculty of Education, University of Social Sciences and Humanities VNU-HCMC (Vietnam National University – Ho Chi Minh City), 10-12 Dinh Tien Hoang Road, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. E-mail: mqduong.ussh@yahoo.com How to cite this article? Duong, Minh-Quang. (2014). “A Comparison of Factors Influencing the Job Satisfaction among Academic Members of the University of Technology and the University of Science in Vietnam” in EDUCARE: International Journal for Educational Studies , Vol.6(2) February, pp.169-178. Bandung, Indonesia: Minda Masagi Press owned by ASPENSI in Bandung, West Java and FKIP UMP in Purwokerto, Central Java, ISSN 1979-7877. Chronicle of the article: Accepted (December 4, 2013); Revised (January 8, 2014); and Published (February 17, 2014).
Parts of Speech Tagger for Awngi Language

: The purpose of this study is to develop parts of speech tagger for Awngi language using Hidden Markov Model (HMM). Most natural language processing systems use parts of speech (POS) tagger as one of their components in their system. The parts of speech tagger developed in this thesis is based on probability theory. Awngi language literatures on grammar and morphology are reviewed to understand nature of the language and also to identify possible tag sets. Based on this, 23 tag sets are identified and for the study, I have collected 94,000 sentences (with total word of 188,760 both for training and testing sets). The performance of the tagger, Awngi language HMM POS tagger is tested using tenfold cross validation mechanism. The experimental result indicates both uni-gram and bi-gram taggers tag words with 93.64% and 94.77% accuracy respectively. Based on the achieved result conclusions and recommendations are forwarded.
Comparison of the Prevalence of Cerebrovascular Lesions in Different Parkinsonian Syndromes: A Neuropathological Study with 7.0-tesla Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Background: In addition to idiopathic Parkinson disease (PD) atypical Parkinsonian syndromes include dementia with Lewy bodies (LBD), progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP), corticobasal degeneration (CBD) and multiple system atrophy (MSA). The present postmortem study investigates whether the incidence of the various cerebrovascular lesions is different in PD compared to the atypical Parkinsonian syndromes. Material and Methods: On post-mortem examination 5 brains were diagnosed with PD, 18 as LBD, 18 as PSP, 5 as CBD and 2 as MSA. In addition to the macroscopical examination, a coronal section of a cerebral hemisphere, at the level of the mamillary body, was taken for semi-quantitative microscopic evaluation of white matter changes (WMCs), cortical micro-bleeds (CoMBs), cortical microinfarcts (CoMIs) and cerebral arteriosclerotic micro-infarcts (CAMIs). These lesions were also examined on three coronal sections of a cerebral hemisphere with T2 and T2* 7.0tesla magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) sequences. Results: On neuropathological examination CAMIs and CoMIs were significantly increased in the PD brains compared to those with CBD, LBD and PSP, while marginally increased for WMCs and CoMBs. On post-mortem MRI the severity of WMCs was not statistically different between PD, PSP, LBD and CBD brains. On the other hand, CAMIs and CoMBs were significantly increased in all sections of the PD brains compared to the atypical parkinsonian brains. CoMIs were also statistically increased in all the sections of the PD brains compared to those in the PSP and CBD, but only in the frontal and occipital sections of the LBD brains. Discussion: Small cerebrovascular lesions are significantly more common in PD than in the different atypical parkinsonian syndromes. These differences can be explained by increased cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers of angiogenesis in PD brains while PSP and CBD have as part of the Pick’s complex diseases a favorable vascular profile.
Depresja wśród młodzieży — problem wciąż aktualny

Wstep. Depresja wśrod nastolatkow jest czestym problemem, szczegolnie zaś w okresie poźnej adolescencji. Cel pracy. Celem badania byla ocena czestości zaburzen depresyjnych wśrod uczniow klas maturalnych, a takze ocena zaburzen wspolistniejących. Material i metody. Badanie przeprowadzono wśrod 70 uczniow klas maturalnych w wieku 18 lat ( 45 dziewcząt i 23 chlopcow). W badaniu wykorzystano test Primary Care Evaluation of Mental Disorders (PRIME-MD PHQ). Wyniki. W badanej grupie mlodziezy zaburzenia depresyjne rozpoznano wstepnie u 25,7% badanych (18 osob). Tylko troje z nich (17,6%) przyjmowalo leki przeciwdepresyjne. U 94,4% tej grupy wspolwystepowaly takze inne zaburzenia: zaburzenia snu (94,1%), myśli samobojcze (47,1%), zespol lekowy z napadami leku (17,6%), inne zaburzenia lekowe (17,6%), naduzywanie alkoholu (17,6%), zaburzenia odzywiania (11,8%). Objawy naduzywania alkoholu byly obecne u 25,7% badanych uczniow. Myśli samobojcze deklarowalo 14,3% adolescentow. Wnioski. 1. W badanej grupie uczniow najczestszymi zaburzeniami byly depresja i naduzywanie alkoholu. 2. Szczegolnie czestym objawem wśrod uczniow z depresją byly zaburzenia snu oraz myśli samobojcze. 3. Wiekszośc uczniow ze wstepnie zdiagnozowaną depresją nie przyjmowala lekow. 4. Ocena objawow depresyjnych przez psychologa szkolnego i lekarza rodzinnego wydaje sie waznym elementem prowadzącym do diagnozy i terapii.
An Empirical Assessment of Customers’ Intention to Use Internet Banking In Nigeria.

This study investigated how customers perceived and behaviourally intended to use Internet Banking (IB) in Nigeria. Since the consolidation of the banking industry in Nigeria, it has become imperative for them to be able to survive. This led them to introduce internet and electronic banking in order to serve their customers efficiently, to make banking easier for them and also to gain competitive advantage in the industry. This sustainable competitive advantage can lead to the enhancement of industrial development that can bring about global partnership for development which is one of the pivotal goals of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Subjects for this study were three hundred and thirty-five bank customers in Oyo town, Oyo state, Nigeria. Three hypotheses were tested and the findings of the study revealed that perceived usefulness significantly predicted intention to use internet banking. The result also revealed that perceived web security had a direct relationship with intention to use internet banking. Furthermore, the result also showed that customers’ attitude had a positive effect on intention to use internet banking. Based on the findings of this study, it was recommended among others that bankers should improve the security features of their systems and stress their system security and the precaution functions they have implemented so that they can reassure their customers that internet banking is a safe mode of transaction. Keywords: internet banking, intention to use IB, perceived use, customer attitude, perceived web security, Nigeria, banks.
Comorbidities of Drug Abuse among Emergency Department Patients

Drug abuse is responsible for more than a million visits to the emergency department (ED) in the United States each year. The objective of this study is to examine both the social and health history of patients presenting to the ED for drug abuse, with a focus on depression, alcohol abuse and HIV/AIDS as comorbidities. The study utilized data from the yearly National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NHAMCS). Chi square was used to test for differences between individuals with drug abuse related ED visit and individuals who visited the ED for other reasons. Logistic regression was applied to determine the likelihood of a drug abuse related ED visit due to psychiatric and medical comorbidities, controlling for known confounders. Drug abuse accounted for 1,924,099 visits to the ED during the survey year. When compared to individuals who visited the ED for non-drug abuse related reasons, patients who came to the ED due to drug abuse presented in higher proportions with a history of alcohol abuse (20.71% vs. 2.54%, p<0.0001), depression (29.44% vs. 9.04%, p<0.0001), and HIV/AIDS (1.78% vs. 0.39%, p<0.0001). Separate analytical models for psychiatric and medical comorbidities were adjusted for socio-demographic correlates. The results show that patients with a drug abuse/overdose related ED visit had increased odds of alcohol abuse (AOR 6.56, 95% CI 6.53 to 6.59), depression (AOR 3.64, 95% CI 3.63 to 3.65), and HIV/AIDS(AOR 2.60, 95% CI 2.57 to 2.63). The findings indicate that alcohol abuse, depression, and HIV/AIDS are important comorbidities which are associated with drug related ED visits.
Anchorage strategies in geriatric hip fracture management

Abstract There is an enormous humanitarian and socioeconomic need to improve the quality and effectiveness of care for patients with hip fracture. To reduce mechanical complications in the osteosynthesis of proximal femoral fractures, improved fixation techniques have been developed including blade or screw-anchor devices, locked minimally invasive or cement augmentation strategies. However, despite numerous innovations and advances regarding implant design and surgical techniques, systemic and mechanical complication rates remain high. Treatment success depends on secure implant fixation in often-osteoporotic bone as well as on patient-specific factors (fracture stability, bone quality, comorbidity, and gender) and surgeon-related factors (experience, correct reduction, and optimal screw placement in the head/neck fragment). For fracture fixation, the anchorage of the lag screw within the femoral head plays a crucial role depending on the implant’s design. Meta-analyses and randomized controlled studies demonstrate that there is a strong trend towards arthroplasty treating geriatric femoral neck fractures. However, for young adults as well as older patients with less compromised bone quality, or in undisplaced fractures, head-preserving therapy is preferred as it is less invasive and associated with good functional results. This review summarizes the evidence for the internal fixation of femoral neck fractures and trochanteric femoral fractures in elderly patients. In addition, biomechanical considerations regarding implant anchorage in the femoral head including rotation, migration, and femoral neck shortening are made. Finally, cement augmentation strategies for hip fracture implants are evaluated critically.
ASSESSMENT OF ADSORPTION EFFICIENCY OF Ni(II) IONS FROM AQUEOUS SOLUTION BY MESOPOROUS ALUMINO SILICATE SYNTHESIZED FROM NATURAL HYDRATED SODIUM CALCIUM ALUMINO SILICATE

Natural hydrated sodium calcium alumino silicate (mesolite) is an important and widespread industrial material of unique chemical structure. This study reports batch adsorption analysis of divalent nickel Ni(II) on mesolite. Removal efficiency of the mesolite was influenced by pH, initial Ni(II) concentration and adsorbent dose. The adsorption of Ni (II) by the mesolite was the highest at pH 7 and using a dosage of 0.05 g. The optimized concentration was 100 ppm. The order of the Ni(II) adsorption and adsorption isotherms were determined by varying parameters such as pH, initial concentration and contact time. Langmuir, Freundlich, Temkin models were applied to adsorption equilibrium data to find the best model. Langmuir model with R = 0.99is the best fit for the adsorption data. The kinetics of adsorption followed pseudo first order reversible reaction as well as Intra particle diffusion method. The separation parameter, RL value was less than 1 which indicates that adsorption of Ni(II) on mesolite is favored. Mesolite was characterized by Fourier transform infrared analysis. Scanning electron microscopy and Transmission electron microscopy were used to analyze before and after adsorption. These results show that natural mesolite hold great potential to remove Ni(II) from industrial wastewater.
A Survey of Internet Addiction and its Related Factors in Students of Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences in 2014-15

Background and Aim: Nowadays internet has become a suitable instrument for knowledge transmission in educational processes and researches. Internet also is a fundamental and vital means of communication for millions of people in the world. Moreover, it’s a kind of recreational program and entertainment to fill leisure time. This dependence on the internet can be a factor to result in addiction to danger. Material and Method: This was a descriptive-analytical study. The present study included all students of Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences in 2014-2015. They formed the sample of 265 subjects (174 female and 91 male) from various medical students using stratified random sampling. SPSS 16 software and descriptive and inferential statistics (K2 and T_test) were used. Results: The results indicated that, 7.9% of students were addicted to the internet. Internet addiction in single students was significantly (p <0.05) higher than married students. More female students than male students were addicted to the internet (35.37% to 77.23%; p <0.001). Conclusion: The results showed that marital status has a significant relationship with students' reliance on the Internet. At the same gender is a threat to Internet addiction. Therefore, this research can provide information to the university officials and experts to prepare and train students and motivate students to utilize the internet as less as possible to reduce the problem of adverse effects.