Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Effect of Pomegranate Juice on Lipid Profile and Antioxidant Enzymes in Hypercholesterolemic

Objective: The present study was carried out to investigate the effects of oral administration of Pomegranate juice at three dosage levels (1, 3 and 5 ml/kg b. wt.) to hypercholesterolemic rats for 28 days on body weight gain %, feed efficiency ratio, relative weights of some internal organs, serum levels of total cholesterol (TC), triglycerides (TG), lipoprotein fractions and liver enzymes, aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) were performed. Antioxidant enzymes, catalase (CAT), superoxide dismutase (SOD) and glutathione peroxidase (GPx,) were determined in homogenate liver. Histopathological examination of liver and heart were also carried out. Methods: Thirty five male Wistar rats were distributed into five equal groups as follows: negative (normal rats), positive (hypercholesterolemic rats) control groups and positive groups orally given Pomegranate juice in doses of 1, 3 and 5 ml/kg b. wt. , respectively. Results: The results showed that oral administration of Pomegranate juice to hypercholesterolemic rats for 28 days significantly decreased serum levels of TC, TG, low density lipoproteins cholesterol (LDL-c), very low density lipoproteins cholesterol (VLDL-c) and liver enzymes when compared to the control positive group. Levels of high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-c) and antioxidant enzymes were significantly increased as compared to the control positive group. Histopathological examination of liver and heart of Pomegranate juice-treated groups showed amelioration of histological changes caused by high level of cholesterol in the positive control group. Conclusion: Results indicated that Pomegranate juice produces potent antiatherogenic and antioxidant effects in hypercholesterolemic rats. This study recommends that drinking Pomegranate juice may be beneficial for patients who suffer from hypercholesterolemia and/or arteriosclerosis.
Information retrieval-based bug localization approach with adaptive attribute weighting

: Software quality assurance is one of the crucial factors for the success of software projects. Bug fixing has an essential role in software quality assurance, and bug localization (BL) is the first step of this process. BL is diﬀicult and time-consuming since the developers should understand the flow, coding structure, and the logic of the program. Information retrieval-based bug localization (IRBL) uses the information of bug reports and source code to locate the section of code in which the bug occurs. It is diﬀicult to apply other tools because of the diversity of software development languages, design patterns, and development standards. The aim of this study is to build an adaptive IRBL tool and make it usable by more companies. BugSTAiR solves the aforementioned problem by means of the adaptive attribute weighting (AAW) algorithm and is evaluated on four open-source projects which are well-known benchmark datasets on BL. One of them is BLIA which is the state of the art in bug localization area and another is BLUIR which is a well-known BL tool. According to the promising results of experiments, Top1 rank of BugSTAiR is 2% and MAP is 10% better than BLIA’s results on AspectJ and it has localized 4.6% of all bugs in Top1 and its precision is 6.1% better than BLIA on SWT, respectively. On the other side, it is 20% better in the Top1 metric and 30% in precision than BLUIR.
Stream bank erosion as a source of sediment within New Zealand catchments

ABSTRACT Stream bank erosion has been anecdotally identified as an important source of sediment in New Zealand catchments, however, there have been few attempts to quantify its contribution. Here we use a radionuclide-based sediment tracing approach to determine the relative contribution of stream bank- and hillslope-derived sediment within three catchments in the upper North Island of New Zealand. Both lithogenic (radium-226 and radium-228) and fallout radionuclides (caesium-137 and excess lead-210) were used to differentiate sediment derived from stream bank and hillslope sources. The relative contribution of stream banks and hillslopes to fluvially transported suspended sediment were predicted using a mixing model approach. Our results indicate that both fallout and lithogenic radionuclides provide good source differentiation. We demonstrate that stream bank erosion can contribute very high proportions of sediment within New Zealand catchments. We used independent assessments of bank erosion from each of the study catchments to support the sediment source fingerprinting results. Further work is required to determine the spatial and temporal variability of the contribution of sediment from stream banks. Information on the importance of different sediment sources is needed to target limited catchment rehabilitation resources where they will have the most impact.
Food Insecurity Experience among Pastoralist Community in South Omo, Ethiopia: A Qualitative Study

Food insecurity is a global challenge, particularly in developing country like Ethiopia, which is aggravated by a lack of adequate food availability, rapid population growth and COVID-19; it has serious consequences for the health and well-being of adults and children. Although several studies have been conducted in central and agrarian communities, there is little evidence of studies on food insecurity in the most remote communities like Southern Omo. This study aimed to assess the contributing factors and coping strategies related to food insecurity among rural agro pastoralist community. A descriptive qualitative study was conducted in southern Ethiopia. A total of 18 in-depth interview participants were interviewed and moreover 5 focus group discussions were conducted in total of 53 pregnant women, until data saturations. Field notes were taken and voice recoded during each sessions. The information were transcribed verbatim and analyzed, thematically supported by Atlas ti 7 software. The findings were presented in theme, sub-theme and category with quote. The study confirmed that, there is an important contributing factors affecting food security such as: drought, rain shortage, climate change, food sources always from purchasing, food aid community, living within a pastoralist community, poor soil fertility, Omo river not used for irrigation, conflict between ethnic group, increment of population number, and unavailable guideline were the main contributing factors for household food insecurity. Moreover, in-depth interview and FGD participants provided their opinion on household food insecurity coping strategies like selling cow/goat and buying maize powder, eating uncommon tree (“negode”), getting help from food aid, access of safety net, borrowing food/crops from neighboring (“kebele”) ethnic families, eating unacceptable leaves and branches, selling fire wood and grass in town and doing labor work at town. The study findings confirmed that, drought, rain shortage, climate change, poor soil fertility, and lack of irrigation system for productions that affect food security. Therefore, policy makers and local agricultural authority recommended to build resilient, advanced, and context based agriculture system to overcome aforementioned factors in pastoralist community.
BASS Model Analysis in “Crossing the Chasm” in E-Cars Innovation Diffusion Scenarios

In the face of contemporary ecological problems, including the influence of transport and mobility on the greenhouse effect, policy makers see a solution in the technology of electric vehicles (EVs). This innovation has appeared in the automotive market around the world. In this article, Rogers’ innovation diffusion concept was used to determine if and when EVs could replace combustion engine vehicles. The aim of the article is to analyze the current situation of innovative electric vehicle (EV) technology on the European Union (EU) market and the potential and possible directions of its market diffusion. As a result of the analysis of the current situation of the EU automotive markets, three groups of countries with different market conditions regarding the development of EV technology were distinguished. The classification was carried out using the K-means clustering algorithm, based on the current level of innovation and the level of development of the LPG-(Liquefied Petroleum Gas) powered car market. Then, a group of countries with the greatest advancement in EV technology was selected for further research and market diffusion scenarios were created for this innovation using the Bass model, assuming the target market size of 70–100% of all passenger cars.
Physical, Psychological, and Sexual Implications of Living with Rheumatoid Arthritis among Women in Reproductive Age

Background: Rheumatic arthritis (RA) affect all aspects of patients' life, lead to various degrees of disability, and ultimately has a profound impact on the social, economic, psychological, and sexual aspects of the patient's life. Aim of the study: Identify physical, psychological, and sexual implications of rheumatoid arthritis among women in reproductive age. In addition to investigating the correlations between physical functional disability, psychological problems, and sexual dysfunction. Settings : The study was conducted at Rheumatology Clinic at the Main University Hospital of Alexandria. Subjects: Purposive sample was chosen from women patients with rheumatoid arthritis to be subjects of this study (n=250). Tools: Four tools were used to collect data. Tool I : Socio-demographic questionnaire. Tool II : Stanford Health Assessment Questionnaire Disability Index (HAQ-DI). Tool III : Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS) . Tool IV: The Sexual Dysfunction Questionnaire (SDQ ) Results: The majority of the studied women suffer from severe physical disability, extreme level of depression, anxiety and about half of them had an extreme level of stress. Also, the majority of the studied women had a severe level of sexual dysfunction. Also, statistically significant correlations between women's physical disability index, psychological problems, and sexual dysfunction were detected. Conclusion : The findings from this study confirm that women patients with RA suffer from multiple negative implications on the physical, psychological and sexual functions. Recommendations: Provide ongoing support to the patients from the time of diagnosis throughout their care and management. To help them to manage their pain and disabilities, improve their sexual function, promote their mental health, and optimize psychosocial functioning.
Multivariate Analysis of a Wind–PV-Based Water Pumping Hybrid System for Irrigation Purposes

The Green Deal and increased nutritional needs are driving factors in human activities nowadays. Agriculture is an essential economic sector that can profit from the application of renewable energy sources by the assimilation of off-grid, arid and barren terrains. Power supplied by hybrid systems for water pumping is a solution for overcoming the stochastic character of the renewable energy sources. This paper presents a sizing methodology for a hybrid system with wind and PV generation and water tank storage, based on the consideration of the entire energy conversion chain with energy models and a one-year operation simulation. The PV generator is modeled using a reduced Durisch’s model, while for the wind generator a piecewise interpolation is used. The methodology is applied for sites in Bulgaria with specific agricultural crops and meteorological data. Combinations of PV (different technologies) and wind (different types) generators and water tank capacities are considered and discussed. The combinations are compared on the basis of three criteria: the investment cost, the satisfaction of crop requirements and system oversizing. The possibility for the introduction of battery storage is also examined. The results show some trends in the hybrid system sizing and the possibility to apply the proposed methodology for various sites, generators and crops.
CONSTRUCT VALIDATION OF ENTREPRENEURIAL CHARACTER SCALE

This article reports on the effort to test psychometric properties of the revised version of Skala Karakter Wirausaha (SK- Wira ). The research aims to clarify the scale’s internal structure by examining its construct validity. Construct validity is proven through confirming the internal structure and associating the scale with relevant variables. Revised version of SK- Wira and other measures were administered to university students in Magelang and Makassar ( N = 598). After completing CFA, Study 1 confirmed that SK- Wira can be used as both multidimensional scale (model 1) to measure general entrepreneurial character, and unidimensional scales (model 2) to measure specific domains separately. Both models showed good fit. In Study 2, general and specific domai ns of entrepreneurial character were correlated with hope of success, fear of failure, openness to experience, neuroticism, entrepreneurial intention, and entrepreneurial self-efficacy. The results accepted all proposed hypotheses. In conclusion, SK- Wira is a valid instrument to measure entrepreneurial character for psychology of entrepreneurship research.
Validation of Cognitive-based Mindfulness Program to Reduce Suicidal Ideation in Individuals with Depression

Suicide is a global epidemic phenomenon that is the third most common cause of death in the world. However, not many studies have focused on developing an intervention that specifically targets symptoms of suicidal ideation. Suicidal ideation is seen as part of a depressed condition. The purpose of this study was to validate a cognitive-based mindfulness program to reduce suicidal ideation in people with depression. The study was conducted through internal validity tests using expert judgment and external validity tests using the small-n AB design method, which involved three participants (n = 3). The visual inspection analysis was performed on the mean, trend, and level. Analysis of repeated measurements showed a decrease in suicidal ideation in all participants. This program has the potential to be developed as a companion to conventional interventions and can be an alternate activity to fill the waiting time for individuals to get the main intervention.
Absolute intensity and phase of the resonant X-ray scattering from a germanium crystal

The 222 and 600 reflections near the germanium absorption K edge were studied on the Kurchatov synchrotron radiation source. The energy spectrum of the 222 reflection is caused by the interference of the weak nonresonant and purely resonant contributions to the tensor atomic factor, whereas the 600 reflection is purely resonant. The energy dependence of the magnitude and phase of the resonant contribution to the scattering amplitude was determined from a change in the interference pattern. The numerical simulation of the energy spectra of reflections with the inclusion of the dipole-quadrupole and thermally induced contributions shows that the latter is dominant at room temperature.
RELATED FACTORS OF HEALTHY LATRINES BY COMMUNITY BAJO TRIBE IN BATUAWU VILLAGE, SUB DISTRICT SOUTH KABAENA, DISTRICT BOMBANA

In preventing environmental pollution due to unmanageable family toilets, there is a great need for public attention to the management of latrines that do not meet health requirements. This study aimed to determine the factors associated with the use of healthy latrines by the Bajo people in Batuawu Village Kabaena District South Bombana Regency. The type of study used was a cross sectional study. The population in this study were all Bajo people in Batuawu Village South Kabaena Subdistrict Bombana Regency, with a total of 48 families and a sample of 48 families. The analysis used was univariate analysis and bivariate analysis. The results showed that there was a relationship of knowledge with the use of healthy latrines has value ρ = 0.001 <α = 0.05, there was a relationship with the use of healthy latrines had value ρ = 0.006 <α = 0.05, there was a relationship between the availability of latrines and healthy latrines had value ρ = 0.005 <α = 0.05, there was a relationship between the role of health workers and the use of healthy latrines had value ρ = 0.041 <α = 0.05. Conclusions showed that there was a meaningful relationship between knowledge, attitude, availability of toilet facilities, the role of health workers with the use of healthy latrines by the Bajo people in Batuawu Village South Kabaena District Bombana Regency. Suggestions are in the form of the need to provide health education about the application of healthy latrines so that changes in people's lives occur that are in accordance with healthy behavior.
Robust output consensus of discrete‐time networked negative imaginary systems

This paper considers robust output consensus of discrete‐time networked homogeneous negative imaginary (NI) systems under ℓ2 external disturbances via integral quadratic constraints (IQCs). A necessary and sufficient condition for robust output consensus of discrete‐time networked NI systems without poles at ±1 is obtained by the IQC‐based discrete‐time NI (D‐NI) stability result. Moreover, the robust output consensus problem can be solved by designing an unstable controller whose poles are related to transmission zeros of D‐NI systems. The case of discrete‐time networked NI systems with poles at 1 is also studied. These main results are related to all eigenvalues of the Laplacian matrix of the network graph as well as the corresponding complementary IQCs at ±1 frequencies. Some corollaries are given by constructing appropriate IQC multipliers in order to simplify the main results. Finally, three examples are shown to explain the validity of the main results.
International Journal of Food Engineering Effect of Gluten Powder on the Quality of Fresh Spaghetti Made with Farina

The objective of this study was to improve the quality of fresh spaghetti made from ordinary wheat flour using gluten powder at different levels (0.0, 0.5, 1.5 and 3.0%, w/w, flour basis). The spaghetti dough was evaluated by a Brabender Farinograph. The results indicated that with increasing the gluten level, peak, stability time and consistency of the dough increased. The results of creep test (carried out using a Texture Analyser) showed that with increasing the gluten content, elasticity of the dough increased while its viscosity decreased. Increasing the gluten level reduced the cooking loss and increased the water absorption of the samples cooked in distilled or salted water (2% NaCl). The hardness and the color of the uncooked and cooked spaghettis improved with increasing the gluten content. The sample containing 3% gluten powder cooked in salted water received the highest score for its sensory attributes.
Using EEG to detect driving fatigue based on common spatial pattern and support vector machine

: To investigate the correlation between electroencephalogram (EEG) and driving fatigue states, this study used machine learning algorithms to detect driving fatigue based on EEG. 14 channels of EEG data were collected from thirty-four healthy subjects in this research at Northeastern University. Each subject participated in two scenarios (baseline and fatigue scenarios). Subjective ratings of fatigue levels were also obtained from the subjects using the NASA-Task Load Index (TLX). The common spatial pattern (CSP) algorithm was used to extract features from the raw EEG data. The support vector machine (SVM) was used as the classifier in the design of the machine learning algorithm. A grid search cross validation was exploited to find optimal hyperparameter settings. The best classification result was 90%, obtained by using all 14 EEG channels and linear kernel of SVM. The experimental results proved that a machine learning algorithm was able to reliably classify driving fatigue states using EEG data. This study demonstrated that CSP and SVM were promising in detecting driving fatigue, and therefore, they could be strong foundations for future efforts to reduce traﬀic accidents and save thousands of human lives.
Barriers to sustainable tourism for small hotels in small island developing states and some suggested remedies

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to provide an overview of the barriers and difficulties small hotels encounter in Cyprus and to identify possible solutions and remedies.Design/methodology/approachThis paper draws on both academic and trade literature to explore the challenges facing small hotel operations in Cyprus, both in the South and in the North of the Island and some possible remedies. Interviews with representatives from 12 small hotels across Cyprus were conducted online and in person.FindingsCyprus is a small island that is vulnerable to fluctuations in tourism numbers, has limited economic independence, unique characteristics of biological and cultural diversity, scarce resources and fragile and sensitive ecosystems. The Northern part of the island is more vulnerable and highly dependent on economic support from Turkey. Further, the North has less international support because of its status, while small hotels in the Republic of Cyprus benefit from being able to promote themselves internationally. In contrast, hotels in the North have more limited scope to promote their activity.Originality/valueThis paper raises awareness of the barriers to sustainable tourism and especially as it relates to small hotels in small island developing states. One of the main findings is that there are common barriers relating to sustainable tourism in both North and South Cyprus.
A machine learning approach to estimate the strain energy absorption in expanded polystyrene foams

Traditional modeling of mechanical energy absorption due to compressive loadings in expanded polystyrene foams involves mathematical descriptions that are derived from stress/strain continuum mechanics models. Nevertheless, most of those models are either constrained using the strain as the only variable to work at large deformation regimes and usually neglect important parameters for energy absorption properties such as the material density or the rate of the applying load. This work presents a neural-network-based approach that produces models that are capable to map the compressive stress response and energy absorption parameters of an expanded polystyrene foam by considering its deformation, compressive loading rates, and different densities. The models are trained with ground-truth data obtained in compressive tests. Two methods to select neural network architectures are also presented, one of which is based on a Design of Experiments strategy. The results show that it is possible to obtain a single artificial neural networks model that can abstract stress and energy absorption solution spaces for the conditions studied in the material. Additionally, such a model is compared with a phenomenological model, and the results show than the neural network model outperforms it in terms of prediction capabilities, since errors around 2% of experimental data were obtained. In this sense, it is demonstrated that by following the presented approach is possible to obtain a model capable to reproduce compressive polystyrene foam stress/strain data, and consequently, to simulate its energy absorption parameters.
Shared patterns of spatial accumulation of lineages across terrestrial vertebrates

Whether species co‐occur with closely related taxa has long been thought to influence both the rate of species formation and maximum clade diversity. However, it is unclear whether these processes act concordantly across entire clades and between taxa with disparate dispersal and life history strategies. Quantifying these patterns will yield a better understanding of the factors regulating biodiversity. I investigate whether allopatry promotes lineage diversification leading to greater clade richness. I also test whether slowdowns in diversification and family richness are correlated with increased sympatry.