Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Study on relationship between selected anthropometric variables and performance in 50 mt dash among Rajbangsi boys

The purpose of the study was to find out the relationship between selected anthropometric variables such as thigh girth, calf girth and performance in 50 mt dash among Rajbangsi boys. To achieve this purpose of the study, fifty (50) school going boys (14-16 years) were selected randomly from two subdivisions in the district of Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal. They were divided into two groups such as Rajbangsi Group (GR) and General Group (GG) each consisting of twenty five (25) subjects. Selected weight training exercises for 16 weeks was assigned as treatment to the entire experimental group. The selected criterion variables were assessed using standard procedures, before and after the training regimen. Data were analyzed with mean, standard deviation, t-value and correlation using SPSS version 19. The level of significance was set as 0.05. Data revealed that relationship between thigh girth, calf girth and performance in 50 mt dash were better among Rajbangsi boys in comparison to General boys. These results suggest that weight training has significant influence in improving sprinting ability.
Cold hours decrease as a result of climate change in Mexico

In Mexico, deciduous fruit trees are grown in the center and north of the country where the temperature, at the end of autumn and during winter, is low enough for defoliation of trees to occur and lethargy occur during winter. Global warming, as an effect of climate change, has the potential to reduce the cold available in the winter and affect the production of deciduous fruit trees. The objective of this work was to know the effect of climate change, on the accumulation of cold hours in the winter period. A historical analysis was carried out on the variation of the number of cold hours (HF) and a similar analysis in the climatic scenarios 2030, 2050 and 2070 in the 4.5 and 8.5 CPR. Both the historical analysis and the scenarios were the effects of climate change, which will be unfavorable for the cultivation of fruit trees with a temperate climate. Global warming will cause a decrease in the surface with accumulation of 600 to 800 HF of 11.7, 25.8 and 33% in climatic scenarios 2030, 2050 and 2070 of 4.5 CPR, respectively and up to 99.5% of the surface with accumulation of 800 to 900 HF in the 2070 climate of 8.5 CPR. On the other hand, the area with little accumulation of HF (50 to 200) will increase 11.5, 29.3 and 36.4% in the 2030, 2050 and 2070 climatic scenarios of the 4.5 CPR, respectively. The cultivation of deciduous fruit trees in the future will be limited by the decrease in HF, mainly in areas with greater accumulation of cold, in the same way can be affected the crops of the autumn-winter cycle such as cereals.
Introducing Gluten Into Infants’ Diets: Status of the Evidence

The Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN) and the Committee on Toxicity (COT) are both advisory committees of independent experts that provide advice to the Department of Health and Food Standards Agency in the United Kingdom. In March 2011, the committees jointly completed an in-depth review examining the most appropriate time to introduce gluten into an infant’s diet. They considered the available evidence to see whether the time that gluten is introduced into an infant’s diet affects the likelihood of developing celiac disease and type 1 diabetes mellitus. The SACN/COT statement was published in response to a scientific opinion given by the European Food Safety Authority, which concluded that the introduction of gluten into an infant’s diet before 6 months of age while still breast-feeding might reduce the risk of developing celiac disease and type 1 diabetes mellitus. The SACN/COT concluded that introducing gluten into infants’ diets before 3 months of age might be linked to an increased risk of celiac disease, but they did not support European Food Safety Authority’s conclusion to introduce gluten into the infant diet before 6 months. A closer look at the scientific evidence reviewed by both committees highlights a number of study limitations, which can explain how different interpretations of the evidence have been reached. Overall, the amount and quality of evidence are limited. Introducing gluten before 6 months is not recommended by UK health departments, and there are no known benefits of delaying the introduction of gluten in the diet for any longer than 6 months. There is evidence that continued breast-feeding while introducing gluten into the diet can protect against developing celiac disease, so it is important for breast-feeding to continue for at least 6 months.
A study to assess the birth preparedness and complication readiness among antenatal women attending district hospital in Tumkur, Karnataka, India

Background: Globally, more than 40% of pregnant women may experience acute obstetric problems. Most of maternal deaths were due to delay in identifying the complication, deciding to seek care, identifying and reaching a health facility and receiving adequate and appropriate treatment at the health facility. Birth preparedness and complication readiness (BPACR) is an intervention that addresses these delays by encouraging pregnant women, their families, and communities to effectively plan for births and deal with emergencies, if they occur. Methods: A cross-sectional study was done among 371 antenatal women attending antenatal clinic in a District hospital. After getting consent, all of them were interviewed with a structured questionnaire. Results: Out of 371 pregnant mothers, only 133 (35.85%) were well prepared for child birth. 28.03% of women didn’t know even a single danger sign and 24.26% mentioned at least one danger sign. Only 23% of the pregnant women were sensitized by the health worker regarding the danger signs. Among the socio-demographic characteristics collected in this study, parity, education status of mother and husband and women who had child birth within 2 years was significantly associated with well preparedness status of BPACR. Conclusions: BPACR - preparedness was observed among 35.85%of pregnant mother. Awareness regarding danger signs during pregnancy, child birth and postpartum period were very poor. Preparedness was observed to improve with mother’s and spouse education status, increase in parity and women had child birth within two years were better prepared.
MODERNIZATION OF CATALYST SYSTEMS FOR THE PROCESSES OF HYDROCARBON CONVERSION TO SYNTHESIS GAS

Synthesis gas is an important intermediate of organic petrochemical synthesis. At this article the features of the catalytic conversion of methane to synthesis gas are described. A review of information on the chemical composition of catalysts is given and assumptions about the mechanism of their action are made. The facts and generalizations contained in the article can be useful in determining ways to improve catalytic systems. The most active and most selective catalytic systems allow optimizing existing processes by reducing energy consumption, cost, emissions and increasing the yield of a valuable product. The effective and rational use of natural and secondary resources is determined by the leading role of catalysis in the implementation of chemical transformations. Increasing the depth of conversion and the integrated use of raw materials, as well as ensuring the environmental cleanliness of the technological processes of its processing is achieved by using highly efficient catalysts.
ACADEMIC INTEREST AND SELF ESTEEM: A STUDY ON GENDER DIFFERENCES AMONG ADOLESCENTS

Interest means person focused attention towards a particular field. Academic interest means the interest of a particular study about a particular subject matter. Self-esteem is the confidence in one’s capacity to achieve values and gave six poles of self esteem which are as: living consciously, self-acceptance, self-responsibility, selfassertiveness; living purposefully; personal integrity. The aim of the study is to examine the gender differences among adolescents on the basis of academic interest and self esteem. A sample of 150 adolescents ranging in the age group of 15-18 years was randomly selected from different schools of tricity and academic interest scale (Thara Sebastein, 1997) and self esteem scale (Rosenberg, 1965) was then administered on the selected sample. Results revealed that there exist significant positive relationship between academic interest and self esteem. It was also found that there exist significant gender differences in self esteem as males scored high on self esteem as compared to female adolescents as t ratio comes out to be 6.14, p<0.01.
Evaluation of Two Search Methods in PubMed; the Regular Search and Search by MeSH Terms

PubMed is the most frequently used medical indexing database by health and biological sciences professionals all over the world. MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) is NLM's (National Library of Medicine) controlled vocabulary used for indexing articles for PubMed. The users usually perform a regular PubMed search, but they can also directly use MeSH terms in their search. Searching by MeSH terms may be more efficient than the regular PubMed search. The aim of this study is to compare the regular PubMed search with search by MeSH terms. We searched five subjects using the two methods. The results of each search were evaluated by both qualitative and quantitative methods. Results belonging to each subject have been evaluated by five experts to give a satisfaction score and a relevancy score for each method. Mean satisfaction scores that are given by experts were, 3.24 for the regular PubMed search, and 3.72 for the search by MeSH terms. Mean relevancy scores were 3.36 and 4.14 for the regular PubMed and the search by MeSH terms respectively. The quantitative analysis showed that sensitivity was 0.60 in the PubMed search, 0.50 by the MeSH search, whereas precision was 0.70 versus 0.68. The difficulty of designing such a study is clear, and further studies in this domain needs to be performed. A comparison by qualitative and quantitative analyses showed no dramatic difference for the two search methods. These results may be more easily explained for PubMed searches, but one of the main aims of the MeSH system is to prevent the complications of a routine PubMed search. Our expectation was higher sensitivity and precision as a result of the search by MeSH terms. The results suggest that, there is a problem with indexing procedures. Authors must find appropriate keywords for their article, try to use standard terms and design their abstracts carefully. Reviewing the indexing process in NLM to see if there is a problem may also be helpful. We think that the quality of MeSH indexing must be improved to provide better functionality.
INFLUENCE OF INDEPENDENT VARIABLES ON THE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF ROLLED CARBON STEEL

Mechanical properties of carbon steel are controlled by the ferrite and pearlite fractions, carbon content, grain sizes and strength of both phases. The carbon content affects the pearlite hardness and the hardenability. This work is aimed at studying the effect of chemical composition of ten (10) alloying elements and four (4) sectional sizes (12 – 25 mm diameter) as independent factors on the microstructure and mechanical properties of rolled carbon steels produced from the inland rolling mills. Micro-structural characterization, impact strength and tensile test were made for each section size. The analyses were based on the experimental data from which theEngineers obtain their design data and provide acheck on the standard of raw materials and heat treatment methods being used. It was observed from the studies that the volume of pearlite formed was more in 25mm diameter rods and decreases with reduction in sizes across 20, 16 and 12 mm as a result of the kinetic of cooling. This accounted for the increase in the impact strength from 32J for 25 mm to 100J for 12 mm rods as the sectional size led to lower kinetic of cooling that favoured the proportion of pearlite phase which raises the impact transition temperature and hence, have adverse effect on toughness and ductility. However, the carbon and manganese have pronounced effect in enhancing the tensile strength of 25 mm rods which was 772.72 Nmm. But the 12 mm rods seem to have double advantage of both the composition and section sizes which enhanced its strength to 673.16 Nmm.
Vito at HASOC 2019: Detecting Hate Speech and Offensive Content through Ensembles

This paper describes our participation in the shared task “Hate Speech and Oﬀensive Content Identiﬁcation in Indo-European Languages” (HASOC) at the Forum for Information Retrieval Evaluation (FIRE) 2019. This work studies the detection of hate or oﬀensive content on English posts published on Facebook or Twitter. For a ﬁne-grained study of the task, we analyzed two diﬀerent approaches: the ﬁrst one regards the design of two architectures using convolutional and recurrent neural networks. Meanwhile, the second approach examines a range of paradigms based on classical machine algorithms, neural networks, and transformers.
Morphometric analysis of resident green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) in Mabul Island, Sabah, Malaysia

A morphometric analysis was conducted on the resident green turtles (Chelonia mydas) caught in the waters of Mabul Island, located on the east coast of Sabah, Malaysia. The data was collected from eight field trips conducted between August 2010 through December 2011 and the turtles were caught at seven established dive sites. A series of body size measurements were obtained from 124 juvenile to adult turtles (straight carapace length range 390 – 980 mm). The results showed that juvenile turtles (79.0%) (p = 0.0011) were the dominant size class in this population, therefore the body measurements of the turtles were skewed towards the smaller sizes. The adult male (n = 7) and female (n = 10) turtles were not significantly different in size (p = 0.5248). Regression equations were developed for six single attributes in predicting the Straight Carapace Lengths (SCL) of these green turtles.
A sericin/ graphene oxide composite scaffold as a biomimetic extracellular matrix for structural and functional repair of calvarial bone

Bone defects affect millions of people worldwide each year, leading to severe disabilities. Biomimetic scaffolds mediated tissue regeneration represents a promising alternative for bone repair. However, the major problem associated with most currently clinical available artificial bone substitutes (scaffolds) is that they mainly possess filling function but lack of osteo-induction abilities. Therefore, development of biomaterials with osteo-induction property for effective bone regeneration is highly desired. Methods: We report the design and fabrication of a photo-crosslinked sericin methacryloyl (SerMA)/ graphene oxide (GO) hydrogel (SMH/GO) as a biomimetic scaffold for the functional repair of the bone. The mechanical strength, degradation and biocompatibility behavior of SMH/GO hydrogel were measured in vitro. The effect of SMH/GO hydrogel on BMSCs proliferation, migration, osteogenesis differentiation was assessed. After that, SMH/GO-2 was used as an artificial bone substitute for bone regeneration after calvarial defects and effect on bone repair was evaluated by histological, X-Ray and microCT analysis. Furthermore, the potential mechanism of SMH/GO hydrogel regulating BMSCs migration and differentiation was investigated by RNA sequencing. Results: This scaffold has good biocompatibility, cell adhesive property, proliferation- and migration-promoting effects, and osteogenic induction property. After being implanted in a rat calvarial defect model, this SMH/GO scaffold effectively promotes new bone regeneration and achieves structural and functional repair within 12 weeks by inducing autologous bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) differentiation. By utilizing cell-biological assays and RNA sequencing, we reveal its possible regeneration mechanisms: the SMH/GO hydrogel regulates BMSCs migration and osteo-differentiation via activating MAPK, TNF, and chemokine signaling for bone regeneration. Conclusion: Aiming to meet clinical demands and overcome current limitations of existing artificial bones, we have developed a new type of sericin/ graphene oxide composite scaffold and provided histological, functional, and molecular evidence demonstrating that it is capable of effectively repairing defective bones by inducing autologous BMSCs directional migration and osteogenic differentiation.
Stability and Ruminal Metabolites of Male Goat

Chromium (Cr) has been implicated as an essential nutrient for humans and lab animals (Mertz, 1993). Chromium increases glucose tolerance by potentiating the action of insulin in clearing postprandial glucose from the blood (Mertz, 1993). This can lead to improved glucose utilization and increased growth efficiency. Organic ligands are required for Cr to be biologically available and active (Burton, 1995). However, organic Cr such as Cr picolinate (CrPic), Cr nicotinate (CrNic), amino acid-chelated Cr and high-Cr yeast have demonstrated good biological responses in domestic animals and were absorbed and utilized more effectively than inorganic Cr such as CrCl3 (Chang and Mowat, 1992; Page et al. 1993; Mowat et al. 1993). The bioavailability of chromium methionine chelate is considered to be This study was performed to determine the effects of different levels of chromium methionine (Cr-Met) supplementation on growth performance, meat oxidative stability and ruminal metabolites in male kids. Thirty-two male Mahabadi goat kids, with an average initial body weight (BW) of 22 ± 2 kg at 4 months of age, were allocated in a completely randomized design with four treatments: control without Cr and three levels of Cr supplementation 0.5, 1 and 1.5 mg respectively as Cr-Met/animal/d. Diets were the same for the all groups with a ratio forage: concentrate of 30:70, except for the addition of Cr-Met. The animals were fed in two equal meals (at 08:00 and 16:00 h) and the leavings were collected before the morning meal. Animals were kept in individual pens for 100 days. Kids were weighed after 10 days of adaptation period and at 21 days intervals after feed restriction. Kids were slaughtered at the end of the trial and Longissimus dorsi muscle (LDM) samples were immediately stored at -20 ̊C. Thio Barbioturic Acid Reactive Substances (TBARS) methods were used in order to measure meat stability. Supplemental Cr-Met did not affect (P>0.05) the final BW, total BW gain, dry matter intake (DMI) and average daily gain (ADG). Concentrations of NH3-N and total and individual volatile fatty acids (VFA) in the rumen were not affected by the Cr-Met (P>0.05). However, Cr-Met supplementation increased rumen pH and decreased ruminal protozoa count (P<0.05). TBARS values of the LDM were significantly increased as the storage time increased from 1 to 2 months (P<0.05). It was also found that increasing dietary chromium supplementation, especially at level of 1.5 mg Cr-Met, significantly decreased lipid oxidation and the TBARS value at 2 months of storage (P<0.05). These results indicate that supplementation of goat kid diet with Cr-Met had minimal effects on growth performance and rumen metabolites but improved oxidative stability of LDM during refrigerated storage kids.
SURGICAL TREATMENT OF THERAPY-RESISTANT EPILEPSY

Epilepsy neurosurgery is a therapeutic option for patients with seizures resistant to medical therapy. Surgical therapy should be considered in therapy-resistant patients with epilepsy because of the increased mortality (conservatively 0.5% per year), and progressive cognitive and psychosocial morbidity associated with uncontrolled seizures over many years. Patients who continue to have disabling seizures after failure of two to three antiepileptic drugs should be evaluated at a specialty epilepsy center that offers surgery. In particular circumstances, such as catastrophic epilepsy in young children, patients ought to be urgently referred because of the risk of severe developmental disability. Epilepsy surgery encompasses a variety of resective and palliative operative procedures, and no age or gender restrictions exist. Depending on the seizure syndrome and operative procedure, 50% to 70% of patients can expect to become seizure free after resective surgery, which is superior to continued medical therapy. Surgical therapy has improved with time because of new technologies, such as neuroimaging and better operative techniques. Operative-related morbidity and mortality are generally under 5%, which is less than the risk of death from refractory epilepsy over the course of many years. Epilepsy neurosurgery, therefore, is not the treatment of last resort. Instead, surgery is a tool in the treatment of patients who are medically intractable and should be considered early in those patients with a high risk of therapy resistance to reduce seizure-related morbidity and mortality.
Kaposi Sarcoma: A review of 387 cases seen in Yaounde, Cameroon

The introduction of highly active antiretroviral therapy has improved on survival and increased the life expectancy of HIV/AIDS patients. This increase predisposes to a high incidence of HIV-associated malignancies among these patients. Kaposi sarcoma is one of the commonest AIDS-related malignancy in our community and is sometimes the clinical presentation that heralds the infection. We were interested to find out the epidemiological and anatomo-clinical aspects of the disease in this population. Data of the Yaounde Population Cancer Registry on patients diagnosed with Kaposi sarcoma between 2004 and 2011 was reviewed in this retrospective population study. Epidemiological and anatomoclinical data of the patient and the tumour were analyzed. Chi-squared tests were used for statistical analysis. 387 patients with Kaposi sarcoma, including 64% males and 37% females were found in 8 years, giving an annual average of 48. About 55% of the disease was AIDS-associated. The age range for patients was 1-86 years at an average of 42.01 years and median of 40 years. The male average age was 42.4 years and 36.1 years for females. In males the disease is significantly more located in the skin, while the digestive tract with exception of the stomach is a significantly more topographic site for the tumour in females. 3 patients were HIV negative. There is no difference among the sexes for location of the tumour in the stomach, lymph nodes and lung. Kaposi sarcoma is common our community, mostly affects males at mid age, and is predominantly AIDS-related. The tumour location is sex-dependent at certain sites. HIV negative persons are not immune to the disease. HIV serology is recommended for all patients who present with a Kaposi sarcoma and concomitantly, all HIV seropositive patients should be screened for the disease.
Multiperiod Inventory Management with Budget Cycles: Rational and Behavioral Decision‐Making

We examine inventory decisions in a multiperiod newsvendor model. In particular, we analyze the impact of budget cycles in a behavioral setting. We derive optimal rational decisions and characterize the behavioral decision‐making process using a short‐sightedness factor. We test the aforementioned effect in a laboratory environment. We find that subjects reduce order‐up‐to levels significantly at the end of the current budget cycle, which results in a cyclic pattern during the budget cycle. This indicates that the subjects are short‐sighted with respect to future budget cycles. To control for inventory that is carried over from one period to the next, we introduce a starting‐inventory factor and find that order‐up‐to levels increase in the starting inventory.