Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Physical Constraints on Growth and Dynamics of Syncytia

In this thesis, we give a brief overview of previous studies on the development and growth of the early Drosophila embryo from the prospective of cytoskeleton dynamics. We describe two avenues of research that could uncover physical principles underlying development of the early Drosophila embryo, in toto imaging and ex vivo extraction. We describe a protocol of cell-free ex vivo extraction as well as the computational tools used for analyzing in toto embryo microscopy data. We report some preliminary phenomenological observations of the Drosophila embryo extraction that may provide evidence for the existing hypothesis that the microtubule-organizing center (MTOC) is the main mediator of spatial order of nuclei in vivo . We also report novel dynamics in extract such microtubule and chromatin aggregation and fluorescent waves that are not seen in vivo . Lastly, we report nuclear counting results in Fat2-RNAi mutant embryos with in toto imaging techniques.
Anxiety Disorders and Quality of Life Among Patients with Intracranial Tumour and Other Brain Disorders in a Malaysian Hospital

The main objective of this study is to access the prevalence of anxiety disorders and its relationship with quality of life factors among intracranial tumour and other brain disorders in a Malaysian hospital. Methods: a cross-sectional research design was utilized in the study. The research was conducted at the Kuala Lumpur Hospital, a tertiary referral center for brain cancer cases. Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI) was used to access anxiety disorders and European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire (EORTC QLQC30) questionnaire for quality of life among the patients. Results: A total of 100 intracranial tumour and other brain disorders patients were included in the study. The prevalence of anxiety disorders in our study sample ranged from 3% to 31%. Overall, compared to patients without anxiety disorders, neurological disorders with anxiety disorders reported impaired quality of life in terms of physical functioning, emotional functioning, role functioning, social functioning fatigue, pain, insomnia, appetite loss, diarrhea, nausea and vomiting and global health status. The conclusions of this study support the fact that, like other cancer patients, intracranial tumour and other brain disorders patients are vulnerable in progressing anxiety disorders that could affect their overall quality of life.
Limited Consideration in the Investment Fund Choice

This study characterizes the household’s choice of investment fund as a multiple step procedure. Using two structural econometric models, I estimate potential investor characteristics that drive the decision process. While the first step includes choosing whether to invest in a fund or not, i.e. it models the extensive margin, the second step models the intensive margin, depending on the choice of the econometric model. In the first step, the probability of becoming a fund investor rises with the level of education, financial literacy and wealth, but falls with age and indebtedness. In the second step, the investment size increases with wealth and age but decreases with financial literacy. Further, I model the choice between different types of investment funds as extensions of the Random Utility Model (RUM) representing full consideration and the Limited Consideration Model. In this way, I am able to estimate and compare resulting models. I reject full consideration in favor of limited consideration behavior. Using a novel framework for investment fund choice, I estimate average monetary losses affected by limited consideration. In contrast to previous research that uses only the full consideration framework, I find that all households across the wealth distribution face significant losses. However, conditional on wealth, households with a lower level of education or financial literacy face larger losses. In addition, by combining results from multiple steps of the investment decision, I calculate the elasticity of marginal utility of investing in variables such as financial literacy. JEL codes: D83, G11, G23, G41, G53
Real-MedNLP: Overview of REAL document-based MEDical Natural Language Processing Task

A standard dataset collection is essential for the development of information science. Particularly in the medical field, in which pri-vacy protection is a critical issue, the importance of the dataset is significant. To discuss the validness of various methods, we build the clinical text dataset, Real-MedNLP, for multiple medical tasks. The goal of Real-MedNLP is threefold: (1) Real datasets: Previous medical shared tasks, MedNLP, MedNLP2, and MedNLPDoc, were based on the pseudo dataset, which was built from medical text-books or dummy clinical texts. This task prepares real radiology and case reports. (2) Bilingual capability: Both English and Japanese data are handled. (3) Practicality: Both fundamental (named entity recognition) and applied practical tasks are handled. This study introduces the task setting of Real-MedNLP and submitted systems. The methods mostly share the common paradigm, which is based on a fundamental language model, such as BERT, aiming to separate the resource problems. Based on their results, this study discusses the feasibility of their approaches to bring us the future direction of medical NLP. Note that the Real-MedNLP is a shared task that handles real Japanese medical texts. Subtask3-CR-EN (ADE), Subtask3-CR-JA (ADE), Subtask3-RR-EN (CI), Subtask3-RR-JA (CI)
The Impact of Mining Sector on Economic Growth and Unemployment in East Kalimantan, Indonesia: A Simultaneous Panel Data Analysis using EC2SLS

: Over decades, East Kalimantan Province is the region with the highest GRDP and unemployment rate among the other provinces in Kalimantan Island, even the unemployment rate is higher than the national rate. The economy of East Kalimantan is supported by the mining sector with an average contribution is 49.6 percent in the 2010-2019 period. Therefore, this study aims to examine the relationship between economic growth and unemployment, and the effect of the mining sector on both. This study uses panel data simultaneous equation model with the EC2SLS estimation method with 10 regencies/municipalities in East Kalimantan as the unit of analysis, from 2015 to 2019. The results are there is a simultaneous relationship between economic growth and unemployment, but it is positive; the economic growth is influenced by domestic investment, education, and the mining sector in general, while land opening for coal mining activities doesn't affect; unemployment is influenced by coal mining area, minimum wage, and population density, while the mining sector labor doesn't affect. The land opening of coal mining is mostly brought in a lot of workers from outside the region so that population density increased and employment opportunities decreased.
Direct Device-to-Device Physical Page Migrations in Multi-FPGA Shared Virtual Memory Systems

Shared Virtual Memory (SVM) is a proven approach to simplify the programming of heterogeneous computing systems. It enables a single virtual address space across all computing devices, even for systems having Non-Uniform Memory Accesses (NUMA) across devices. Access time spikes due to NUMA can be reduced, though, by performing physical page migrations in SVM. These migrations ensure high data locality by moving the underlying memory pages close to the computing device currently working on the contained data, and allow the devices to fault-in pages from remote to local memories autonomously. The main contribution of this work is the implementation of an open-source framework enabling scalable SVM for multi-FPGA architectures, and providing efficient device-to-device page migrations. We compare the runtime of on-demand and user-managed migrations, and examine three different communication mechanisms for the actual board-to-board data transfers. Our framework supports both low-latency and high-throughput operations, requiring, e.g., only 11.6 μs to migrate a single 4 kB page between physical memories on different boards, and 760 μs to migrate an entire 4 MB range of memory.
Inducible AmpC (cid:2) -Lactamase of a New Member Enterobacteriaceae

Extensive biochemical testing and 16S rRNA and rpoB sequence analysis revealed that clinical strain CF01Ent1, initially identiﬁed as Buttiauxella agrestis by the use of Api 32 biochemical strips, is a new organism in the Enterobacteriaceae family. It produced an inducible AmpC-type (cid:1) -lactamase whose sequence shares 69 to 72% identity with those of the other AmpC-type (cid:1) -lactamases of Enterobacteriaceae . This enzyme exhibits an atypical high afﬁnity for all (cid:1) -lactams tested.
Surface chemistry of nanocellulose and its composites

Cellulose is recurrently defined as the most abundant biopolymer on planet Earth, displaying an overall estimated production rate of more than 0.2 billion tons in a single day. Cellulose prompt availability allied to it its mechanical properties made it virtually indissociable from the majority of anthropogenic commodities. Nevertheless, continuous progress demands superior features form daily common materials, being most of them adequately suited by low-cost petrochemical polymers. Fortunately, the higher Environmental awareness of the global population as well as the remarkable properties of biosynthesized polymers, has driven an extensive research on a plethora of biopolymers, including cellulose. Cellulose most notable features are associated to its crystal domains, which are impressively underscored with the development of cellulose nanotechnology. Moreover, at nanoscale the cellulose surface richness in hydroxyl groups is comprehensively more available, considerably t broadening he effectiveness and potential of their interaction per se, but also by enhancing the efficacy of surface modification and functionalization. Nanocellulose surface modification was implemented almost contemporary to its discovery and characterization, and its objectives ranged between improving yield of nanocellulose production, lower its production costs, and to provide nanocellulose a completely distinct surface properties by changing its polarity, generating different functional groups, decorating it with adsorbed or tightly bound nanoparticles, and to provide additional chemical compatibility with distinct compounds to generate advanced nanocomposites. The plethora of successfully reported modifications and functionalizations underscore notable properties of both modified nanocellulose and its composites. This Chapter intends to highlight these remarkable features, hopefully widening the scope of novel applications of these impressive bio-based polymers. and carboxylic groups on cellulose
EXCHANGE RATE CHANGES AND ESG Predicting Exchange Rate Changes Using Country Environmental, Social, and Governance Ratings

advertising patent citations and software developments (Aboody and Lev 1998). Again, because their impact is unclear, all these intangibles are underestimated, because investors do not know how to value them. ABSTRACT We examine the ability of country ESG ratings, which assess a country’s performance on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) risk factors, to predict future one-year and two-year exchange rate changes. To conduct the study, we used the annual MSCI ESG Government Ratings from 2008 to 2018 for forty-two countries. Using statistical analysis, we find a significant relationship between a country’s ESG ratings and the future change in the local currency. More specifically, we find that countries with high ESG ratings have significantly better-performing currencies than countries with lower ESG ratings. We find this result when predicting exchange rates one year and two years into the future using a host of controls. been used for years to evaluate the risks of companies pursuing value-destroying ESG policies and practices. However, rather than evaluating these issues at the corporate level, the country ESG ratings specifically examine a country’s ESG risk factors that may affect the long-term sustainability of the country’s economy.
Current Aspects of Non-Neonatal Tetanus at the University Hospital of Brazzaville

Objective: Tetanus is present in Congo, the objective of this work is to study the epidemiological, clinical and evolutionary aspects of non-neonatal tetanus cases and to formulate recommendations. Methods: This was a retrospective study conducted among patients admitted to the infectious diseases department of the University Hospital Center of Brazzaville, from January 1st 2018 to December 31st 2020. The data collected were : age, sex, portal of entry, clinical signs, duration of hospitalization, stage of tetanus as well as evolution. Results: A total of 44 cases of non-neonatal tetanus was found among the 2440 patients admited during the study period, with a frequency of 1.8%. A male predominance was observed, the sex ratio M/F was 4.5. The average age was 31.6 ± 2.9 years with extremes of 6 and 78 years. The age group 15-24 years (31.8%) was the most represented. More than half of the patients were single (81.8%) with a secondary level of education level (54.5%), most were students (38.6%). The main portal of entry for tetanus was integumentary in 77.3% of patients. About 70.5% of patients were not vaccinated. Most of them (59.1%) had a moderate form of tetanus, the Dakar score was between 2-3. The mortality rate was 36.4% and was associated with patient age and duration of hospitalization. Conclusion: It is important to promote vaccination against tetanus from adolescence. Systematic verification of their vaccination status and updating them by the administration of the tetanus vaccine and booster doses is necessary. The continuous training of health professionals on the effective management of risky situations or cases of tetanus must be integrated into the strategy for the fight against tetanus.
Cystic Fibrosis Frequently Asked Questions Does newborn screening improve early lung function in cystic fibrosis?

Despite evidence showing an improvement in nutritional outcomes following diagnosis by newborn screening (NBS) for cystic fibrosis (CF), the impact on pulmonary outcomes has been less clear. In this review the approaches to measurement of early lung function and knowledge gained from NBS CF cohorts will be described. Studies which have compared outcomes in those diagnosed by NBS to those diagnosed following symptomatic presentation will be presented. Compiling the evidence base used to evaluate the impact of NBS on pulmonary outcomes has been complicated by improvements in clinical management, infection control practices, as well as public health interventions (such as tobacco smoking bans in public places) that have evolved substantially over recent decades. Forced expiratory volumes have been used as the main outcome but it is important not to draw conclusions for ‘early lung function’ from tests such as spirometry alone, which lack sensitivity in early lung disease. There is, at present, insufficient evidence to draw firm conclusions about the effect of NBS on early lung function. In an era of highly effective treatments targeting the underlying molecular defect responsible for CF, future opportunities for early initiation of treatment may mean that the impact of NBS on early lung function may yet to be realised.
ORIGINALARTICLE The ‘oriental’ component of the Balkan ﬂora: evidence of presence on the Thracian Plain during the Weichselian late-glacial

Aim To obtain palaeobotanical evidence enabling evaluation of the viability of the hypothesis that the ‘oriental’ element of the Balkan ﬂora reached south-east Europe from Turkey prior to the Holocene, probably via the Thracian Plain during a late Quaternary glacial stage but no later than the late Weichselian. Methods We undertook analyses of pollen and microspores, plant macrofossils, wood fragments and molluscs recovered from sediments deposited in the Ezero wetland during the late Weichselian and Weichselian late-glacial. Sediment chronology was determined using radiocarbon age estimates. Results Six metres of sediments were recovered from the basin, of which the lower 3 m, extending from c . 15,450 cal yr bp to the early Allerød, was analysed. A major hiatus occurred after c . 13,900 cal yr bp , the overlying sediments being of late Holocene age. Palaeobotanical evidence indicates predominantly open vegetation during the Weichselian late-glacial, although macrofossil remains of woody taxa demonstrate the local presence of patches of wooded steppe and gallery forest. Changes in the composition of the steppe vegetation, and in the nature of the sediments deposited in the basin, indicate changes in climatic conditions, especially in the hydrological regime and in the moisture available to vegetation. After an initially relatively moister phase, the ﬁnal centuries of the late Weichselian were drier, as was a short interval that may correlate with the Older Dryas. Moister conditions characterize intervals corresponding to the Bølling and Allerød sub-units of the Weichselian lateglacial interstadial. Although the pollen evidence is thus consistent with that from previous studies of this period in south-east Europe and south-west Asia, indicating predominantly open steppe vegetation, the macrofossil evidence indicates the persistent local presence of woody taxa. The woody taxa recorded include Celtis tournefortii -type and Juniperus cf. J. excelsa , two taxa today characteristic of the wooded steppes of Anatolia and members of the ‘oriental’ element of the southern Balkan ﬂora, as well as Rosaceae Subfams. Maloideae and Prunoideae, Alnus and Fraxinus . Main conclusions The late Weichselian vegetation of the northern Thracian Plain included patches of wooded steppe that supported members of the ‘oriental’ element of the modern Balkan ﬂora. The presence of such taxa renders viable the hypothesis that they could have reached south-east Europe from Turkey via the Thracian Plain during glacial times. Such hypotheses in historical biogeography can be evaluated critically using the evidence obtained from plant macrofossil analyses in combination with that from pollen analysis.
An Exploratory Study of Computer-Based Instruction Utilizing iFARM Modules in a College Introductory Agronomy Course

The purpose of this study was to describe an educational agronomy curriculum developed for an introductory crop production course at a land-grant university. The iFARM (Interactive Fundamental Agricultural Resource Modules) modules were created to display a similar teaching platform for an introductory agronomy course, which is offered in both the Fall and Spring semesters. The Spring course is often limited to inside labs due to inclement weather. The iFARM modules were a set of 13 agronomy-related modules developed to provide educators an alternative form of instruction to enhance students’ experiences. Five semesters of 226 individuals consisting of primarily freshman or sophomore males from the College of Agriculture completed a questionnaire at the end of the course. Of the 226 students, 79% reported the modules were useful for their learning; while 21% thought that the modules did not contribute to their learning in the course. When comparing students’ perceptions of the learning experiences using post-test scores for the Fall and Spring semesters average post-test scores, there was a noticeable difference which could be attributed to the modifications in instruction from the Fall semester to the Spring semester (d = 0.83, large effect size). The study concluded that students experienced an overall positive learning experience while using the iFARM modules and the modules were somewhat effective in teaching the participants new material.
The in uencing factors of the smoking behavior of online ride-hailing drivers in China: A cross- sectional analysis

Xinlin Chen School of Public Health, Capital Medical University Xuefei Gu Health Development Research Center of National Health Commission Tingting Li Health Development Research Center of National Health Commission Lirong Xu School of Public Health, Capital Medical University Qiaoyan Liu China Rehabilitation Research Center Nina Wu (  wunina@ccmu.edu.cn ) School of Public Health, Capital Medical University
IMPACT OF SALINITY AND BIOLOGICAL AND ORGANIC TREATMENTS ON GROWTH, YIELD AND FRUIT QUALITY OF SWEET PEPPER

Two pots experiments were carried out during summer seasons of 2011 and 2012, in order to study the effect of irrigation with sea water mixed with fresh water at different levels of NaCl (0.0, 1000, 2000 and 3000 ppm) and application of humic acid at 2cm 3 /l, halex-2 at 2gm /l and the combination between them as well as control (without) and their interactions on vegetative growth characters, leaf pigments, yield and its components, fruit quality and leaf chemical constituents of sweet pepper plants ( Capsicum annuum L.). cv. Spanish pepper. Vegetative growth characters,i.e plant height, number of branches, leaf number, dry weight / plant, leaf area/plant, fruit yield and its components parameters and TSS in fruit juice were significantly decreased by increasing NaCl level in the irrigation water from control up to 3000 ppm while, irrigation with 2000 ppm gave the highest values of K percentage on fruit. On the other hand, 3000 ppm NaCl resulted in the highest values of titratable acidity and proline contents in the leaves. Treating sweet pepper plants with the combination between halex-2 at 2 gm/ l and humic acid at 2cm 3 / l recorded the highest values of all studied growth characters, average fruit weight, early yield, total yield TSS and nitrogen percentage followed by humic acid at 2cm 3 / l with non significant differences between both treatments while, treating plants with halex-2 at 2gm/l recorded the highest values of phosphorus percentage. halex-2 2 sweet pepper at a rate of 3000 ppm in the irrigation water without adding halex-2 or humic acid (control) recorded the lowest values of all studied growth characters, yield and its components and fruit quality.
PREVALENCE OF INTESTINAL PARASITES IN RELATION TO RISK FACTORS AMONG SCHOOL AGED CHILDREN IN GWANDU LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF KEBBI STATE, NIGERIA

Epidemiological information on the prevalence of various intestinal parasitic infections and identification of local risk factors in different region/localities is a prerequisite to develop appropriate control measures. Hence the aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of intestinal parasites in relation to risk factors among school aged children in Gwandu LGA. A cross sectional study involving 331 school pupils was conducted from December 2015 to May 2016. Structured questionnaires were used to identify environmental, socio-demographic and behavioral factors. Stool specimens were collected from the study subjects and examined for parasites using formol-ether concentration technique. An overall prevalence of 26.9% (89 of 331 children) was obtained. The most prevalent intestinal parasites identified were Ascaris lumbricoides 74(22.4%), Trichuris trichiura 4(1.2%) and mixed infection had the prevalence of 3.3%(11). Intestinal parasites prevalence was higher in children lacking access to safe drinking water as well as those taking fresh/raw vegetables (p<0.05). In conclusion, intestinal parasites infection is a health problem among school aged children. Therefore, interventions including improvement of sanitation, provision of safe drinking water, and health education on personal hygiene to the students should be given (Asrat, et al., 2011).