Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Availability and Utilization of Counselling Services for Internally Displaced Persons in North-Central, Nigeria

The study investigated availability and utilization of counseling services for internally displaced persons in North-Central, Nigeria. There were three research questions and two hypotheses formulated to guide the study. Design used for the study was descriptive survey. Population of the study comprised 128 counsellors in 128 IDP camps in the North-Central geopolitical zone while 97counsellors were sampled for the study through random sampling technique. Taro Yamane minimum sample size determination technique was used to draw the sample for the study. The instrument used for data collection was a 10 item checklist titled “Available Counselling Services Checklist” and a 10-item questionnaire titled “Utilization of Counselling Services Questionnaire” (UCSQ). The instruments were validated by three experts in Measurement and Evaluation in the Department of Psychology, Guidance and Counselling, University of Port Harcourt. The reliability of the checklist was determined using Kuder Richardson KR-21 with an index of 0.75 while the reliability of the questionnaire was determined using Cronbach Alpha with an index of 0.80. Data for the study was collected by the researcher with the assistance of seven trained Research Assistants. Research question one was answered using percentage while research questions two and three were answered using mean and standard deviation with rank order. The two hypotheses formulated were tested using z-test statistic at 0.05 level of significance. The findings of the study revealed that most counseling services are unavailable for IDPs. It was equally revealed that counseling services are utilized to a low extent. Therefore, the recommended provision of adequate counseling services and resources and the public should equally be enlightened to utilize available services in IDP camps.
The Impact of Entrepreneurship Education on the Entrepreneurial Intention of Students in Tertiary Institutions

The current research aims to discover the impact of entrepreneurship education on entrepreneurial intentions of undergraduate students. This is achieved through individual factors (attitude towards behavior, entrepreneurial motivation, entrepreneurial resource and perceived behavioral control) and entrepreneurship education. A quantitative survey design was used to collect information from a study sample of 255 undergraduate agriculture science students from the College of Agriculture Education, Mampong - University of Education, Winneba, Ghana. Results indicated that individual factors and entrepreneurship education have a direct positive influence on entrepreneurial intentions. Also, entrepreneurship education moderates the influence of individual factors on entrepreneurial intentions among undergraduate students. In conclusion, using agriculture science students, entrepreneurship education plays a major role in equipping and enhancing students with entrepreneurial knowledge and developing entrepreneurial interest among undergraduate students. The practical implications and future scope are discussed as well.
EFFECT OF NON-HOMOGENEITY WITH THICKNESS AND TEMPERATURE VARIATION ON VIBRATION OF ORTHOTROPIC PARALLELOGRAM PLATE WITH SIMPLY SUPPORTED EDGES

In present paper a mathematical model is constructed to study the natural vibration of orthotropic parallelogram plate under the effect of bi-linear thickness variation and parabolic temperature distribution in both directions. Density (due to non-homogeneity) of the plate is taken to be linear along one direction. The governing differential equation has been solved with the help of variables separation method. The approximated frequency equation is derived by using RayleighRitz method by two term deflection function. The frequency values for the first two modes of vibration have been calculated for a simply supported (SSSS) parallelogram plate for various values of aspect ratio, thermal gradient, skew angle and taper constants with the help of MAPLE (latest computational software).
LncRNA ANRIL overexpression suppresses cell proliferation, migration and invasion but promotes apoptosis in glioma cells

Glioma has emerged as the most malignant form of brain tumors. Mounting evidence demonstrates that dysregulated long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) are involved in various cancers, including glioma. However, antisense non-coding RNA in the INK4 locus (ANRIL), a lncRNA involved in different types of tumors, was not fully elucidated for its roles in glioma. Relative ANRIL expression in glioma tissues and glioma cells was detected by quantitative real-time PCR (qRT-PCR). Overexpression of ANRIL was established by transfecting pcDNA3.1-ANRIL into U251 and A172 cells, and its effects on cell proliferation, migration, invasion, and apoptosis were examined using MTT assay, colony formation assay, Transwell migration and invasion assay, and flow cytometry, respectively. We found that ANRIL expression was downregulated in glioma tissues and glioma cells when compared with normal controls. Furthermore, ANRIL overexpression significantly inhibited glioma cell proliferation, migration and invasion, but promoted cell apoptosis in vitro. Our findings demonstrate that ANRIL can exert a tumor suppressive role in glioma and may serve as a novel therapeutic target for glioma treatment.
Frateuria, a New Genus for “Acetobacter aurantius”

The properties and taxonomic positions of 11 strains previously identified as members of “Acetobacter aurantius Kondo and Ameyama” (this name is not on the Approved Lists) were reexamined. For each we determined about 100 phenotypic features, the protein gel electropherograms, and the parameters of deoxyribonucleic acid:14C-ribosomal ribonucleic acid (DNA:[14C]rRNA) hybrids. The 11 strains fell into three taxonomically distinct groups. Strain IFO 3248 was the only one which belonged in Acetobacter. Strain IFO 3246 was an atypical Gluconobacter. The remaining nine strains formed a tight cluster, with very similar phenotypic features and protein gel electropherograms. Taxonomically, this cluster is quite removed from Gluconobacter and Acetobacter, and the properties of its DNA:rRNA hybrids suggest that it is closer to Pseudomonas Section I (R. E. Buchanan and N. E. Gibbons [ed.], Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 8th ed.) and Xanthomonas. We propose the name Frateuria gen. nov. for this cluster, with Frateuria aurantia sp. nov. as the type species and IFO 3245 as the type strain. An extensive phenotypic description and minimal standards of the new genus are given, as is the phenotypic differentiation from Gluconobacter and Acetobacter.
Oral health-related quality of life and cognitive functioning in myofascial temporomandibular disorders pain

Summary Aim: The aims of the study were to assess whether the Oral Health Related Quality of Life (OHRQoL) is decreased in patients with temporomandibular disorders –myalgic type, to evaluate to what extent myofascial pain intensity affects OHRQoL and to investigate the relationships between cognitive function and OHRQoL. Subject or material and methods: The study included 45 patients diagnosed with the muscle-related temporo-mandibular disorders. The study group consisted of twenty three people with painful form of disorder. The con-trol consisted of twenty two people without pain experience. The study was a part of a larger research project. The data to be analyzed for this article was obtained in the course of a single questionnaire survey conducted prior to the start of the treatment process. Results: The results show that the study group suffering from myofascial pain experiences related to temporomandibular disorders of myalgic type consistently reported higher quality of life levels than the patient group who reported lack of pain experiences. In principle the better OHRQoL, the poorer cognitive functioning in most neurocognitive domains investigated in the study. Discussion: The results, however surprising, may indicate specific relationships between factors analyzed in the study. These need to be confirmed with larger sample, taking into account general quality of patients life and psychoemotional factors. Conclusions: OHRQoL of patients with temporomandibular disorders shows a co-variation with certain aspects of cognitive functioning. The results should be considered with a caution that is resulting from the limitations of the research sample.
Intra-household resource control, subjective expectations and human capital investment: Evidence from a randomized experiment∗

This paper studies how the interaction between intra-household allocation of resources and parental beliefs about the returns to education influences human capital investment among poor households. For this purpose, this paper studies a conditional cash transfer program in the Republic of Macedonia, aiming at improving secondary school enrollment among children in poor households. For identification I exploit the random allocation of payments either to mothers or household heads, together with a unique information on parental subjective expectations of returns to schooling. I show that targeting mothers leads to an increase in secondary school enrollment only for children whose parental returns are sufficiently high at the beginning of the program. This effect is associated with an increase in individual expenditure shares on education for this group. I find no differential impact for other inputs, such as monitoring of school attendance and time use. Overall, I show that the effect of channeling resources to mothers is strictly related to heterogeneity in parental perceived returns to schooling. JEL codes: D13, J12, J16, D8, I2, J16, O15.
Effect of trace mineral supplementation and the use of an experimental Escherichia coli O157:H7 vaccine on Escherichia coli O157:H7 fecal shedding in beef calves

Two experiments were conducted to evaluate fecal shedding of E. coli O157:H7 in newly-weaned calves. In the first experiment, twenty-four heifers were fed a basal diet composed of wheat middlings and corn grain (15% CP and 79% TDN). Twelve heifers were supplemented with trace minerals to provide an additional 399 mg Cu, 1001 mg Zn, and 707 mg Mn/d. The control diet had no supplemental trace minerals added. All heifers were inoculated with an oral dose of 10 CFU of E. coli O157:H7. Fecal samples were collected every 18 h for the first three days after dosing and then every three d until d 21 to determine E. coli O157:H7 shedding rates. On d 7 venous blood was collected, and on d 21 liver tissue and venous blood were collected. Trace mineral supplementation did not increase IBR titers (P=0.50) but increased (P<0.005) liver Cu concentration. There were no differences in the rate of fecal shedding of E. coli O157:H7 between treatments, but the SEM between treatments often were as great as the mean values. E. coli O157:H7 decreased in concentration during the first 21 d. Unexpectedly, after d 21, fecal E. coli O157:H7 concentration increased to a level measured 18 h post-inoculation. These results suggest that supplemental trace minerals did not influence the rate of E. coli O157:H7 shedding. This may be due to a lack of nutritional stress on the animals (no differences in IBR titers), or because the control diet provided adequate trace minerals. In the second experiment, 374 steers were split into two groups to determine if an experimental E. coli vaccine would reduce fecal shedding of E. coli O157:H7 during the first 56 d after weaning. Calves did not shed E. coli O157:H7 during either sampling period (d 0 or d 55). There was no difference in fecal shedding of the bacteria between the control and vaccinated treatments. There was, however, an unexplained difference (P < 0.0001) in ADG, with vaccinated calves gaining 0.11 kg/d more than the control treatment. These data indicate that E. coli O157:H7 is not a problem at this ranch in Montana.
PARALLEL COMPUTATION OF FIXED POINTS ON NETWORKS OF NONLINEAR ODE

Fixed points of nonlinear network dynamics are important for determining asymptotic behavior of many real world dynamical systems. As network data becomes larger and the ability to parallelize numerical methods continues to deﬁne their scalability it consequently becomes necessary to develop parallel methods for numerical integration of network dynamics. We introduce a parallel algorithm for numerically integrating homogeneous nonlinear ordinary diﬀerential equations on networks. Abstract The problem of calculating ﬁxed points of networks running homogeneous ordinary diﬀerential equations is broadly applicable to research including epidemic spreading [7], gene regulatory dynamics [1], and ecological dynamics [6]. While parallel methods for numerically integrating systems of ordinary diﬀerential equations exist [2][3] they require ﬁnite time windows and are not ideal for determining asymptotic ﬁxed points. We introduce the general form of the equations considered here on the N -node graph G = ( V, E ), also considered in [4][5].
Management strategies for plant invasions: manipulating productivity, disturbance, and competition

The traditional approach to understanding invasions has focused on properties of the invasive species and of the communities that are invaded. A well‐established concept is that communities with higher species diversity should be more resistant to invaders. However, most recently published field data contradict this theory, finding instead that areas with high native plant diversity also have high exotic plant diversity. An alternative environment‐based approach to understanding patterns of invasions assumes that native and exotic species respond similarly to environmental conditions, and thus predicts that they should have similar patterns of abundance and diversity. Establishment and growth of native and exotic species are predicted to vary in response to the interaction of plant growth rates with the frequency and intensity of mortality‐causing disturbances. This theory distinguishes between the probability of establishment and the probability of dominance, predicting that establishment should be highest under unproductive and undisturbed conditions and also disturbed productive conditions. However, the probability of dominance by exotic species, and thus of potential negative impacts on diversity, is highest under productive conditions. The theory predicts that a change in disturbance regime can have opposite effects in environments with contrasting levels of productivity. Manipulation of productivity and disturbance provides opportunities for resource managers to influence the interactions among species, offering the potential to reduce or eliminate some types of invasive species.
Evapotranspiration-based Irrigation Scheduling for Container-grown Viburnum odoratissimum (L.) Ker Gawl.

The capacity for evapotranspiration (ET)-based irrigation scheduling to reduce runoff volume and nutrient leaching was tested in Fall 2004 and Spring 2005. Runoff (container leachate plus unintercepted irrigation and precipitation) was collected continuously for 17 weeks during production of sweet viburnum (Viburnum odor- atissimum (L.) Ker Gawl. ) in 2.4-L (16-cm top diameter) containers fertilized with an 18N-2.6P-10K polymer-coated, controlled-release fertilizer. Treatments were a factorial arrangement of two irrigation rates (fixed rate of 1 cmd -1 or a variable, ET-based rate) and two fertilizer rates (15 or 30 g/container in 2004 and 10 or 15 g/container in 2005). Averaged over the two experiments and compared with the 1-cmd -1 rate, ET-based irrigation reduced the amount of irrigation water applied (L/container) by 39% and runoff volume (L/container) by 42% with greatest reductions observed during the second half of the 2004 experiment and the first half of the 2005 experiment. Compared with 1-cmd -1 rate, ET-based irrigation reduced runoff nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), and potassium (K) (mg/container) by 16%, 25%, and 22%, respectively, in 2004 and runoff K 15% in 2005 with irrigation effects varying on a weekly basis. Irrigation treatments did not affect the response of plants to fertilizer rate. Because shoot dry weight was unaffected by irrigation treatments, results indicate that compared with a fixed irrigation rate, ET-based irrigation can reduce irrigation and runoff volumes and to a lesser extent nutrient loss while providing adequate water for plant growth.
Phytochemical Study and Comparative Evaluation of Activity of Mitracarpus scaber Zucc. and Ocimum gratissimum Lin. Extracts on the in vitro Growth of Fusarium oxysporum sp. Radicis-lycopersici

Mitracarpus scaber Zucc. (Rubiaceae) and Ocimum gratissimum Lin. (Lamiaceae) are two species of Ivorian medicinal plants known for their antifungal and insecticidal activity. The aim of the present work is to evaluate the activity of various organic extracts of these plant species on the in vitro growth of Fusarium oxysporum sp. radicis - lycopersici , an agricultural contaminant toxin, and to make a phytochemical screening of plant extracts. Hydroalcoholic extract (ethanol 70 %) solution was used. Then from alcoholic extracts, other samples were obtained by using mixtures of solvents petroleum ether/water (v/v) and dichloromethane/water (v/v). All these extracts were tested on the in vitro growth of Fusarium strain according to method of agar double dilution inclined tubes with concentrations ranging from 6250 Âµg /mL to 97.5 Âµg /mL. Results of this evaluation showed that F. oxysporum sp. was sensitive to all plant extracts in a dose-response relationship. Concerning the extracts of M. scaber (MS) and O. gratissimum (OG) , the best performance was obtained for the etheric extracts MS 11 and OG 11 from a mixture of petroleum ether/water (v/v) with MIC = 390 Âµg/mL and 781 Âµg/mL. The lowest antifungal parameters were obtained from the aqueous phases of the solvents mixtures. The MIC values â€‹â€‹range from 3125 Âµg/mL to 6250 Âµg/mL. However, for all tested extracts, activities of M. scaber extracts have been better than those of O. gratissimum . Also, the activity of the basic hydroalcoholic extract was improved up to 4 times, function of extraction method used. Moreover, phytochemical screening performed for each sample revealed a very strong color intensity to the sterols and triterpens in the most active extracts OG 11 and MS 11 . The activity of the extracts of these plant species on the in vitro growth of F. oxysporum sp. Radicis-lycopersici was the result of sterols and triterpens presence.
Simulation To Reduce Medical Errors And Improve Patient Safety In Anesthesia

Over the past two decades, simulation in medical education has been adopted by health education programs and established as a proven method of education for health care students and providers. Despite the addition of simulation to healthcare education, medical errors are ranked as the third leading cause of death in the United States. The purpose of this literature review is to investigate the translation of simulation education into increased patient safety and reduction of medical errors in anesthesia. Overall, the literature reviewed confirms that simulation can be used to reduce medical errors and improve patient safety. Additional correlational research between simulation reduction in medical errors and increases in patient safety research is needed. SIMULATION TO REDUCE MEDICAL ERRORS AND IMPROVE PATIENT SAFETY IN ANESTHESIA 3 Simulation to Reduce Medical Errors and Improve Patient Safety in Anesthesia It is estimated that over four-hundred-thousand mortalities occur each year as a result of medical errors (Burden & Pukenas, 2018). Although multifactorial, these errors commonly occur as a result of poor communication and inadequate situation management (Burden & Pukenas, 2018). In recent decades, simulation training in the medical field has become increasingly accepted as an effective training method to address these issues (Baker et al., 2017). Simulation offers the advantage of exposing medical providers of any level of experience to a standardized simulated experience that can be carried out with compelling realism. Simulation has been shown to not only improve but, sustain individual and team performances (Burden & Pukenas, 2018). A given skill set can be focused on and improved with an individual practitioner or an entirely new skill can be taught to a department using simulation. As many procedures in the field of anesthesia carry potentially lethal complications, simulation offers participants the opportunity to gain experience without the risk of patient interaction and thus, harm. The articles reviewed in this manuscript conclude that various methods of simulation can directly reduce medical errors and increases patient safety. Methods A systematic review of keywords was conducted to gather information regarding the topic.
Bio-detoxification of aflatoxin B1 in artificially contaminated maize grains using lactic acid bacteria

Aflatoxins are a group of carcinogenic mycotoxins produced by Aspergillus flavus, A. parasiticus, and A. nomius. Due to the ubiquitous occurrence of aflatoxins, preventive and remediative measures are necessary including detoxification techniques. Physical and chemical decontamination strategies are inconvenient. In this study a biological detoxification strategy was tested using bacteria of the Lactobacillus species collected from the biotechnology laboratory at University of Ibadan, Nigeria. Maize grains with moisture content of 17% were artificially inoculated with toxigenic A. flavus (LA 32G_28) and atoxigenic A. flavus (LA32_79) at ambient temperature and four samples of bulk maize grains were prepared at aflatoxin B1 concentrations of 50, 100, 200, and 500 ng/g. To evaluate the detoxifying potential of lactic acid bacteria five different cultures consisting of Lactobacillus acidophilus, L. brevis, L. casei, L. delbruekii, and L. plantarum were used to inoculate the aflatoxin B1–contaminated maize samples at 37°C. After 5 days, the residual aflatoxin B1 on maize was determined. All treatments showed significant reductions (P< 0.05) in aflatoxin B1. Lactic acid bacteria decreased the pH of the medium from 5.0 to 4.0. Pronounced aflatoxin B1 reduction was observed in maize contaminated at 50 ng/g (44.5%), while maize contaminated at 500ng/g was the least reduced (29.9%). L. plantarum was the most efficient organism in degrading aflatoxin B1. Use of lactic acid bacteria, which already has Generally Regarded As Safe (GRAS) status, should be encouraged for use as a bio-detoxification agent for aflatoxins.
Testing of Mobile Applications in the Wild: A large-Scale Empirical Study on Android Apps

Nowadays, mobile applications (a.k.a., apps) are used by over two billion users for every type of need, including social and emergency connectivity. Their pervasiveness in today's world has inspired the software testing research community in devising approaches to allow developers to better test their apps and improve the quality of the tests being developed. In spite of this research effort, we still notice a lack of empirical studies aiming at assessing the actual quality of test cases developed by mobile developers: this perspective could provide evidence-based findings on the current status of testing in the wild as well as on the future research directions in the field. As such, we performed a large-scale empirical study targeting 1,780 open-source Android apps and aiming at assessing (1) the extent to which these apps are actually tested, (2) how well-designed are the available tests, and (3) what is their effectiveness. The key results of our study show that mobile developers still tend not to properly test their apps. Furthermore, we discovered that the test cases of the considered apps have a low (i) design quality, both in terms of test code metrics and test smells, and (ii) effectiveness when considering code coverage as well as assertion density.