Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Análise paramétrica das abóbadas gaussianas de Eladio Dieste

A presente pesquisa tem como objeto de estudo as Abobadas Gaussianas descontinuas, variacao tipologica mais comum da tipologia estrutural das Abobadas Gaussianas projetadas e construidas pelo engenheiro Uruguaio Eladio Dieste. As Abobadas Gaussianas sao uma tipologia estrutural original de Dieste que podem ser classificadas como superficies estruturais rigidas de duplacurvatura, e sao resultantes das exploracoes construtivas do engenheiro uruguaio Eladio Dieste em cerâmica armada. Os recortes geograficos e cronologicos desta pesquisa dizem respeito as ocorrencias de edificacoes enquadradas na tipologia estrutural em analise: entre os anos de 1955 e 2000 e nos territorios do Uruguai, Brasil, Argentina e Espanha. A principal justificativa para esta pesquisa e a carencia de exploracoes academicas acerca da obra de Eladio Dieste, efeito colateral da abordagem eurocentrista da arquitetura moderna na literatura correlata no seculo XX. Este ostracismo e conflitante com a importância das contribuicoes da obra de Eladio Dieste no âmbito da concepcao e construcao de superficies estruturais rigidas, e o advento de exploracoes academicas e construtivas de superficies estruturais rigidas de dupla curvatura nas primeiras decadas do seculo XXI. O objetivo central desta pesquisa e verificar e identificar a existencia de relacoes geometricas subjacentes no conjunto de obras de Dieste projetadas e executadas enquanto Abobadas Gaussianas descontinuas. Ao passo que a metodologia elencada para a analise dos objetos de estudo foi a modelagem parametrica e redesenho a partir de seus desenhos originais, cuja implementacao foi potencializada durante o ano dispendido na Universita degli Studi di Ferrara em funcao de bolsa do Programa de DoutoradoSanduiche no Exterior (PDSE) da CAPES. Dentre as contribuicoes esperadas para esta pesquisa residem um aprofundamento no entendimento da relacao do processo de projeto e processo construtivo das superficies estruturais rigidas de Eladio Dieste, assim como sua inter-relacao com a forma resultante.
Prevalence of cigarette smoking and its related factors among Iranian male workers

Background: Smoking is considered as the second leading risk factor of early death and disability throughout the world. Smoking is the second leading risk factor of early death and disability in the world. The workplace is an important setting for the implementation of cigarette smoking prevention and control interventions. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of cigarette smoking and related factors by focusing on ADHD and risk-taking behaviors among a sample of Iranian workers. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 2434 male workers of Kaveh Industrial City in Saveh. Random cluster sampling was used in the selection of workers. All workers completed five sets of anonymous and validated questionnaires. ADHD was measured by Conner’s Adult ADHD Rating Scales. Data analysis was done using chi-square, independent t-test and logistic regression model in STATA 10. Also, P-value <0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results: The mean age of the workers was 32.80±7.05 years. The prevalence of cigarette smoking in the lifetime, last year, last month, and daily or almost daily in the last month were 26.2%, 20.6% , 18.5%, and 13.1% respectively. After adjustment, age (OR=1.08), sensation seeking (OR=1.57), hookah smoking (OR=4.21), alcohol use (OR=2.51), sexual risk behaviors (OR=2.25), religiosity (OR=0.95) and self-esteem (OR=2.02) were associated with cigarette smoking. Conclusion: Our results showed that 13.1 % of workers were regular smokers (daily or almost daily). Specific programs in workplaces, including interventions to enhance self-steam and reduce anxiety, can be effective in lowering cigarette smoking prevalence. Also, comprehensive interventions to reduce or prevent different risk-taking behaviors can be considered as elements of preventive action plans.
Gamifiied Grammar in Arabic Classroom, Students’ and Teachers’ Perspectives from Two learning Settings in Sharjah and Dubai

The United Arab Emirates is considered to be one of the leading Arabic countries that has been developing in many areas and one of them is education. The UAE 2020 Vision and National Agenda both shed light on the importance of developing first-rate education system. That requires a change in the current system and present teaching methods. A main goal of the UAE government is to make students reach a high level of proficiency in Arabic and English that is to be equipped with language skills that are required to function in the global market place. Therefore, the aim of this study is to investigate the perspectives of teachers and students about integrating games in teaching Arabic grammar language and the challenges face adopting this method. This study conducts a critical literature review on theories related to the use of games and playing in grammar teaching. In addition, this study investigates, using survey methods, the perspectives of teachers and students in private learning settings in two emirates: Dubai and Sharjah. The study will identify the current practices used by the teachers and will investigate the factors that prevent them from using games in their teaching. A case study is conducted in both settings. Relevant interviews are conducted. The study concluded that teachers might refuse using the approach for different reasons, but they have positive opinions regarding the effectiveness of gamification in teaching Arabic grammar. On the contrary, students have strong inclination towards gamification and they see that methodology helps in increasing their motivation and goals achieved
Comparison between the Patterns of Common Breast Diseases Presenting as Breast Lumps in Pregnant and Non-Pregnant Married Women

Background: Breast lump is one of the most common prevalent complaint of patients attending breast clinics. Objective: To determine if there is any change in the pattern of common breast, diseases presenting as breast lumps between pregnant and non-pregnant women among patients attending Al-Elwiya Breast Clinic. Methods: This is a cross – sectional study, with convent's patient sampling setting in AL-Elwiya Breast Cancer Early Detection Clinic from 1 st Feb. to 1 st May 2018, we collected data from patients with breast lumps including the age groups, pregnancy status, parity status, previous breast diseases, hormonal drugs, menstrual cycle, breast feeding. Breast lump was examined, sonography and needle biopsy, and histopathology. Results: This study involves 306 married patients, fibro adenoma was the commonest pathology in the age group 20-29 year-old (29.9%) followed by Aberration of Normal Development and Involution which was found mainly in 30-39-year-old age group (36.1%). Carcinoma found mainly in the >40-year-old age group (10.3%). Aberration of Normal Development and Involution was the main pathology in nonpregnant patients (36.1%), in pregnant patients fibro adenoma is the commonest (35.7%). Conclusion: The majority of breast lumps are benign. In pregnant women, fibro adenoma is the commonest, while in non-pregnant women, Aberration of Normal Development and Involution is the main cause of breast lumps
Anti-rhinovirus and anti-influenza virus activities of mucoactive secretolytic agents and plant extracts – a comparative in vitro study

Background: Rhinoviruses and influenza viruses cause the majority of acute respiratory infections (ARIs). Symptoms of ARIs are commonly treated with over-the-counter products like ambroxol, bromhexine, and N-acetylcysteine, as well as thyme and pelargonium extracts. Because the antiviral activity of these over-the-counter products has not been studied in a systematic way, the current study aimed to compare their antiviral effect against two rhinovirus and two influenza virus strains in an in vitro setting. Methods: The cytotoxicity of ambroxol, bromhexine, and N-acetylcysteine, as well as of thyme and pelargonium extracts was analyzed in Madin-Darby canine kidney (MDCK) and HeLa cells. The antiviral effect of these over-the-counter products was compared by analyzing the dose-dependent inhibition (i) of rhinovirus A2- and B14-induced cytopathic effect in HeLa cells and (ii) of influenza virus A/Hong Kong/68 (subtype H3N2)- and A/Jena/8178/09 (subtype H1N1, pandemic)-induced cytopathic effect in MDCK cells at non-cytotoxic concentrations. Results: The results revealed a good compatibility (no or only marginal cytotoxicity in MDCK and HeLa cells) of the agents that were tested. No anti-rhinoviral activity was detected at non-cytotoxic concentrations in this in vitro study setting. Ambroxol, bromhexine, and N-acetylcysteine inhibited the influenza virus-induced cytopathic effect in MDCK cells no or less than 50%. In contrast, a dose-dependent anti-influenza virus activity of thyme and pelargonium extracts was demonstrated. Conclusions: The results of our comparative in vitro study indicate differences in the antiviral efficacy of ambroxol, bromhexine, and N-acetylcysteine, as well as of thyme and pelargonium extracts and suggest that the inhibition of influenza virus replication by thyme and pelargonium extracts may contribute to the beneficial effects of these plant extracts on ARI symptoms.
Would large reference populations unveil the potential of deep neural networks for improved genome-enabled prediction of complex traits? The case for body weight in broilers.

Background: Deep neural networks (DNN) are a particular case of artificial neural networks (ANN) composed by multiple hidden layers, and have recently gained attention in genome-enabled prediction of complex traits. Yet, few studies in genome-enabled prediction have assessed the performance of DNN compared to traditional regression models. Strikingly, no clear superiority of DNN has been reported so far, and results seem highly dependent on the species and traits of application. Nevertheless, the relatively small datasets used in previous studies, most with fewer than 5,000 observations may have precluded the full potential of DNN. Therefore, the objective of this study was to investigate the impact of the size of the reference population on the performance of DNN compared to Bayesian regression models for genome-enable prediction of body weight in broilers. Results: Predictive performance of DNN improved as sample size increased, reaching a plateau at about 0.32 of prediction correlation when 60% of the entire training set size was used. Interestingly, DNN showed superior prediction correlation with smaller sample sizes and poorer prediction correlation with larger samples sizes compared to Bayesian Ridge Regression (BRR) and Bayes Cπ without including the tuning data in the training data. Conversely, Bayesian models fitted with the training and tuning sets showed the best performance in terms of prediction correlation, but such advantage vanished for larger sample sizes. DNN presented the lowest mean square error of prediction regardless the amount of data used to train the predictive approaches, as well as with Bayesian models including or not the tuning set into the training set. The predictive bias was lower for DNN compared to Bayesian models regardless the amount of data used with estimates closed to the unit with larger sample sizes. Conclusions: DNN had worse prediction correlation compared to BRR and Bayes Cπ, but improved mean square error of prediction and bias relative to both Bayesian models for genome-enabled prediction of body weight in broilers. Such findings, highlights advantages and disadvantages between predictive approaches depending on the criterion used for comparison. Nonetheless, further analysis is necessary to detect scenarios where DNN can clearly outperform Bayesian benchmark models.
COVID-19 pandemisinde görev yapan sağlık çalışanlarında anksiyete belirtileri ve uykusuzluk

Objective: In this study, the anxiety and insomnia levels of healthcare workers were investigated during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: The population of this cross-sectional study was the healthcare workers serving in a district health directorate. The data was collected through questionnaire forms which were applied through face-to-face interviews. The form, which consisted of three parts, included questions about the descriptive characteristics of the participants, the Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 Test and the Insomnia Severity Index. Results: 85.6% (n=149) of the study population was reached. The mean age was 35.70 ± 9.27 and 71.5% of the participants were women. 82.3% were college graduates and 10.8% were physicians. 31.5% of all participants worked in the public health services and 24.6% of them worked in oral and dental health centers. While 33.1% of the workers continued their usual duties in the pandemic period, 27.7% of them were working on case tracing and 16.9% of them in the Public Health Management System. 19.2% of the participants were diagnosed with COVID-19. 52.3% of the workers had generalized anxiety disorder and 53.1% of them presented with insomnia. 36.9% of the participants had both generalized anxiety disorder and insomnia. According to education level, high school graduates were the group that had the lowest proportion of anxiety disorder and insomnia (p=0.029; p=0.031, respectively). Conclusions: Anxiety and insomnia are common in district health directorate workers who are at the frontline against the pandemic. The protection of healthcare workers is an important part of the measures to be taken during the pandemic. In order to provide sufficient human resources both in maintaining the well-being of workers and of healthcare services; the mental health problems of healthcare workers should be given high priority. Only thus can the important healthcare services they provide to society continue without disruption.
MENGGERAKKAN LITERASI BACA-TULIS DI RUSUNAWA MUARA BARU PLUIT

Pemerintah telah menggulirkan Gerakan Literasi Nasional (GLN) sejak 2015. Salah satu sentra belajar di masyarakat yang mendukung GLN adalah pendirian Ceribel di Rusunawa Muara Baru, Pluit, Jakarta Utara. Tujuan kegiatan di Rusunawa Muara Baru ini adalah menggerakkan literasi baca-tulis melalui pelayanan kepada anak-anak untuk datang dan melakukan kegiatan positif dan kompetitif selama masa liburan sekolah. Selain itu, anak-anak yang berkunjung juga dimintai umpan balik terhadap kegiatan yang telah dilakukan di Taman Ceribel untuk menindaklanjuti kegiatan literasi pada masa mendatang. Kegiatan dilakukan selama Juni-Juli 2019. Selama periode itu, Ceribel melayani pengunjung selama sepuluh hari. Metode yang digunakan dalam kegiatan ini adalah pelayanan dalam peminjaman buku dan pendampingan dalam menulis, membaca, dan menggambar dalam rangka mengikuti lomba literasi. Pengamatan langsung juga dilakukan terhadap aktivitas pengunjung di Ceribel. Hasil kuesioner tentang umpan balik kegiatan disajikan dalam bentuk persentase yang ditabulasikan dan dideskripsikan. Semua responden, yang berjumlah delapan belas anak, mengakui merasakan manfaat dengan adanya Ceribel sebagai sumber belajar untuk menjadikan mereka pintar. Mereka berharap Ceribel dapat membantu mereka dalam belajar membaca dan bimbingan belajar. Waktu buka pelayanan operasional Ceribel menurut responden sebaiknya setiap hari. Mereka mengakui akan datang kembali ke Ceribel dengan mengajak teman. Disimpulkan bahwa Ceribel telah menarik perhatian anak-anak Rusunawa Muara Baru sebagai tempat bermain, belajar, dan bersosialisasi. Untuk itu, kegiatan literasi ini harus berkesinambungan agar tumbuh minat dan budaya membaca di masyarakat. Disarankan agar Ceribel memiliki sukarelawan dari warga rusun sendiri yang dapat melayani dan mengembangkan Ceribel.
The magnitude and Associated Factors of Pneumonia Among Under-Five Children in Ethiopia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Background Currently, Pneumonia is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality among under-five children in developing countries including Ethiopia. Despite, these problems are easily preventable and treatable it contributes to more than 18% of deaths of under-five children every year in Ethiopia. Regardless of these facts, there is a paucity of information regarding the magnitude and its predictors of pneumonia in Ethiopia. Thus, assessing the pooled magnitude of pneumonia and its predictors among under-five children in Ethiopia is the main objective of this review. Methods The international databases such as MEDLINE/PubMed, EMBASE, Google Scholar, Science Direct were scientifically explored. We considered all primary studies reporting the magnitude of pneumonia among under-five children and its predictors in Ethiopia. We retrieved all necessary data by using a standardized data extraction format spreadsheet. STATA 14 statistical software was used to analyze the data and Cochrane Q test statistics and I 2 test was used to assess the heterogeneity between the studies. There was significant heterogeneity between the studies so that a random effect model was employed. Result The pooled magnitude of Pneumonia Among Under Five Children was 20.68%, (I 2 = 97.9%%; P ≤ 0.001) from 12 included studies in Ethiopia. Children who unvaccinated [OR = 2.45], food cooking in the main house [OR = 2.46], Vitamin A supplementation status [OR = 2.85], malnutrition [OR = 2.98], mixed breast feeding [OR = 2.46], child history of respiratory tract infection [OR = 4.11] were a potential determinates of pneumonia. Conclusion and Recommendations This review showed that the magnitude of pneumonia was relatively high. Hence, appropriate intervention on potential determinates such as health education on exclusive breastfeeding and nutrition, place of food cooking, increase immunization and Vitamin A supplementation and early control of respiratory tract infection was recommended to prevent those risk factors.
Effect of Some Medicinal Plant Seeds on CCl4 -Induced Hepatotoxicity in Experimental Rats

There are many plants which are used as medicinal plants by many people such as purslane, chia and garden cress . The present study was carried out to investigate the effect of purslane, chia and garden cress seed powders on CCl4-induced hepatotoxicity in experimental rats. Rats were randomly assigned to 2 main groups including normal or negative control group (6 rats) which fed on basal diet only for 6 weeks, and injected group (36 rats) which injected subcutaneously with Ccl4 in paraffin oil(50% v/v, 2ml/kg body weight) twice a week for two weeks to induce chronic damage in liver. After induction, rats were divided into 5 equal groups including positive control group which fed on basal diet only besides 4 herbs -treated groups which fed on basal diet supplemented with 5% of either dry purslane, chia,garden cress seed powders or their mixture,respectively.The curative periodcontinued for 4 weeks. By its end, body weight gain and relative weights of some internal organs were calculated. In addition, serum and liver tissue homogenates were biochemically analyzed. The obtained results revealed that Ccl4 exposure led to liver and kidney dysfunction and induced hyper lipidemia due to its oxidative effect. As a result of their antioxidant and phenolic compound contents, using purslane, chia and garden cress seed powders singly or as a mixture improved liver and kidney functions and induced hypolipidemic effect.So, patients who suffer from hepatotoxicity as result of CCl4 exposure can use these plant seeds to test their possible efficiency for their condition.
Improving Ruminal Degradibility Of Oil Palm Fronds Using Enzyme Extracts From White Rot Fungi

Background: Oil palm fronds (OPF) when pretreated with white rot fungi (WRF) shows increased rumen degradability but with significant biomass loss. Thus, effects of pre-treated OPF with enzyme extracts from WRF on rumen degradability were studied in vitro. The enzyme extracts were prepared by inoculating OPF with three WRF, i.e Ceriporiopsis subvermispora, Lentinula edodes and Ganoderma lucidum, for 15, 30 and 45 days with either ammonium sulphate, (NH4)2SO4 and sodium nitrate, NaNO3 added to the culture media for each inoculation period. After preparation of enzyme extracts, the enzyme activities were determined. OPF was then pre-treated with enzyme extracts in a citrate buffer (pH 5.0) in a forced air oven at 40 oC during 5 days. Further, the in vitro rumen degradation of OPF pre-treated with enzyme extracts, with respect to the short chain fatty acid (SCFA) production, was determined after 24 h incubation. Activity of lignolytic (laccase and MnP), cellulolytic (CMCase and avicelase) and hemicellulolytic (xylanase) enzymes were measured in all of the extracts irrespective on the inoculation period. Results: Treatment of OPF with enzyme extracts from G. lucidum after 45 days of inoculation showed a numerical increase (13%) in total SCFA and apparently rumen degradable carbohydrates (ARDC) after 24 h in vitro incubation, without any loss of biomass. However, this increase was not clearly correlated to results of the enzyme assays. Conclusion: This study indicates pre-treatment of OPF with enzyme extracts from specific WRF to be promising to enhance the ruminal degradability of OPF without simultaneous loss of biomass.
Effect of ultra-violet radiation, cytokinin and vapor gard on postharvest shelf life of kagzi lime (Citrus aurantifolia Swingle)

In order to study the effect of post harvest treatment viz., cytokinin and vapor gard on shelf life of kagzi lime, uniformly matured fruits, stored at room temperature (20o C to 28.5o C) were exposed to different treatments. Among the different postharvest treatments UV radiation 5 min + BAP 100 ppm + vapor gard 4% was found most effective in reducing the physiological loss in weight (PLW), decay, reduction in diameter and juice content of lime fruits up to 24 days of storage.
The Relationship between!Non-Verbal Intelligence and the Level of Physical Fitness among Primary School Age Children from 7 to 11 years old

The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between the non-verbal intelligence (IQ) and the level of physical fitness among primary school age children from 7-11 years old. Participants were primary school aged-children (n = 237; 112 boys and 125 girls ranging in age from 7 to 11 years old (n= 148 from 7 to 9 years old; n= 79 from 10 to 11 years old). The data were collected by using the German motor test and the Non-Verbal Intelligence. The results showed a better physical and mental (i.e., IQ) performance for children aged between 10-11 years old. The mental performance according to month’s age showed typical age development comparing to the range of real age for tested children. The correlation was found between the mental test degree and the mental age with the majorities of the physical fitness items. The children how have better physical fitness levels performed better in the mental test. The level of IQ was correlated with coordinative ability (BB and JS) with r=0.13 and 0.16 respectively. These results demonstrated the important of developing the physical fitness levels during childhood at the school and the impact of this development on the level of mental performance and academic achievement in particular.