Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Influence of lifestyle guidance and mental care on internal secretion, carbohydrate metabolism and pregnancy in obese patients with polycystic ovary syndrome

Objective: We aim to discuss the influence of lifestyle guidance and mental care on internal secretion, carbohydrate metabolism and pregnancy in obese patients with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). Methods: In total, 84 obese PCOS patients were selected as subjects of study for a retrospective analysis and divided into an observation group (44 cases) and a control group (40 cases) according to care methods. The patients of the control group received routine care and those of the observation group received lifestyle guidance and mental care on the basis of routine care. The weight and body mass index (BMI), levels of luteinizing hormone (LH), ratio between LH, follicle-stimulating hormone (LH/FSH), testosterone (T), fasting blood glucose (FBG), fasting insulin (FINS), the homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance (HOMA-IR),the self-rating anxiety scale (SAS) and self-rating depression scale (SDS) were calculated. Results: After care, the weight, BMI, the levels of LH, LH/FSH and T, HOMAIR and FINS, SDS and SAS scores of the observation group were lower than those of in the control group (P<0.05). The pregnancy rate of the observation group at 8 weeks, 12 weeks and 24 weeks after care was higher than that of in the control group (P<0.05). Conclusion: Lifestyle guidance and mental care can improve the endocrine hormone levels, correct carbohydrate metabolism disorder, relieve the mental states of anxiety and depression and enhance the pregnancy rate in obese PCOS patients.
THE INFLUENCE of COPING STRATEGIES, SOCIAL SUPPORT and DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS on PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING of OVERSEAS STUDENTS SYARIF HIDAYATULLAH STATE ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY JAKARTA

This research was conducted to determine the effect of coping strategy (problem-focused coping, emotion focused coping and less useful coping), social support (appraisal, tangible and belonging) and demographic factors (semester, gender and social status) on the psychological well-being of overseas students from the Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University. Respondents in this study amounted to 232, who were active students of the Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University from outside Jakarta, Bogor, Depok, Tangerang and Bekasi. The sampling technique used is a non-probability sampling technique, namely convenience sampling. Hypothesis testing with multiple regression analysis and using SPSS v.21. 0 software. The results of the study using multiple regression analysis showed that the coping strategy variables, social support and demographic factors used had an effect of 45.7% on psychological well-being overseas students of the Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University. The results of the analysis of each variable separately show that there are four variables that significantly influence psychological well-being, namely emotion-focused coping, less useful coping, tangible and belonging. Keyword: Psychological Well-Being, Coping Strategy, Social Support, Demographic Factors, Overseas Students. ICRMH 2019, September 18-19, Jakarta, Indonesia Copyright © 2020 EAI DOI 10.4108/eai.18-9-2019.2293370
Constructing performance measurement model for the M&A integration project - Objectives and Key Results (OKR)

Mergers and acquisitions (M&As) are strategic decisions that can create different benefits for both parties such as running a business more efficiently together than apart. Synergies are one of the most common reasons for M&As. According to M&A research, the success of the integration between an acquirer and acquiree is the strongest predictor of the success of the whole acquisition. Nonetheless, research has found that synergies are usually hard to realize and M&As are a difficult way to create value for shareholders. This Master’s Thesis is conducted for a case company that has acquired its competitor to strengthen its competitive advantage in the market. To fulfill these strategic objectives, integration between acquirer and acquiree has to be successful and the expected synergies need to be realized. In this Master’s Thesis performance measurement model for the integration project is created using the Constructive Research Approach. The goal of the study is to support the success of the M&A project by constructing a measurement model for the integration project. The measurement model for the integration project was constructed in collaboration with the researcher and company where current information in the M&A research stream and the experience of case company managers were utilized. As a result, the measurement model for the integration project was constructed based on OKRframework. This Master’s Thesis focuses primarily on constructing a measurement model for the integration project but because the researcher was able to see the beginning of the integration project, the applicability of the constructed measurement model was also briefly reported. The measurement model was implemented almost fully into use and the results showed that it brought consistency to the integration project. However, the implementation also showed that some key results were easier to set than bring into use.
Complementarity‐based selection strategy for genomic selection

Genomic selection is a technique that breeders use to select plant or animal individuals to mate and produce new generations of species. The conventional selection method is to select individuals that are either observed or predicted to be the best based on the assumption that parents with better phenotypes will produce better offspring. A major limitation of this method is its focus on the short‐term genetic gains at the cost of genetic diversity and long‐term growth potential. Recently, several new genomic selection methods were proposed to maximize the long‐term potential. Along this research direction, we propose a new method, the complementarity‐based selection strategy (CBS), to improve the tradeoff between short‐term genetic gain and long‐term potential. This approach is inspired by the genetic compatibility mate‐choice mechanism in animals. Our selection method selects the individual with the highest genomic estimated breeding value to emphasize short‐term achievement and then pairs it with the individual that is the most complementary to the one with highest genomic estimated breeding value to emphasize the long‐term growth potential. The CBS method allows favorable alleles to be accounted for within the selection and more of them to be included. We present simulation results that compare the performance of the new method against the state‐of‐the‐art methods in the literature and show that the CBS approach has a great potential to further improve long‐term response in genomic selection.
Effects of Food Industry Wastewater Treatment
Sludge on Corn Plant Development
and Soil Properties

In this study, agricultural usage of food industry wastewater treatment plant sludge was researched. Within the scope of our work the study was carried out in field conditions. Before sowing the maize, increasing levels of sludge (0-30-60 and 90 ton ha-1) were mixed with the soil. Three times plants were sampled during that period of development and crop harvest. Changes in soil properties caused by sludge application before planting and after harvest and the effect on corn plant growth and mineral content were determined. According to the analysis results, the zinc contents of sludge used in this study were identified in terms of the value exceeding the limit specified in the regulations. Increasing amounts of sludge applied to soil increased the plant nutrient content, with positive effects on plant growth. Sludge reduced the pH and increased the EC of the soil before planting and after harvest. Together with the application of sludge, mainly to organic matter content, total N, NH4-N, NO3-N and available P, K some microelement (Zn) and heavy metal content of the soil increased.
Mutual promotion between aerosol particle liquid water and particulate nitrate enhancement leads to severe nitrate-dominated particulate matter pollution and low visibility

Abstract. As has been the case in North America and western Europe, the SO2 emissions have substantially reduced in the North China Plain (NCP) in recent years. Differential rates of reduction in SO2 and NOx concentrations result in the frequent occurrence of particulate matter pollution dominated by nitrate ( p NO 3 - ) over the NCP. In this study, we observed a polluted episode with the particulate nitrate mass fraction in nonrefractory PM 1 (NR-PM 1 ) being up to 44 % during wintertime in Beijing. Based on this typical p NO 3 - -dominated haze event, the linkage between aerosol water uptake and p NO 3 - enhancement, further impacting on visibility degradation, has been investigated based on field observations and theoretical calculations. During haze development, as ambient relative humidity (RH) increased from ∼10 % to 70 %, the aerosol particle liquid water increased from ∼1 µg m−3 at the beginning to ∼75 µg m−3 in the fully developed haze period. The aerosol liquid water further increased the aerosol surface area and volume, enhancing the condensational loss of N2O5 over particles. From the beginning to the fully developed haze, the condensational loss of N2O5 increased by a factor of 20 when only considering aerosol surface area and volume of dry particles, while increasing by a factor of 25 when considering extra surface area and volume due to water uptake. Furthermore, aerosol liquid water favored the thermodynamic equilibrium of HNO3 in the particle phase under the supersaturated HNO3 and NH3 in the atmosphere. All the above results demonstrated that p NO 3 - is enhanced by aerosol water uptake with elevated ambient RH during haze development, in turn facilitating the aerosol take-up of water due to the hygroscopicity of particulate nitrate salt. Such mutual promotion between aerosol particle liquid water and particulate nitrate enhancement can rapidly degrade air quality and halve visibility within 1 d. Reduction of nitrogen-containing gaseous precursors, e.g., by control of traffic emissions, is essential in mitigating severe haze events in the NCP.
Overall Postoperative Morbidity and Pancreatic Fistula Are Relatively Higher after Central Pancreatectomy than Distal Pancreatic Resection: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Objective To compare the intraoperative and postoperative outcomes of central pancreatectomy (CP) with distal pancreatectomy (DP). Methods A systematic literature search was performed on electronic databases from MEDLINE, Embase, and PubMed from 1998 to 2018. Statistical analysis and meta-analysis were performed using statistics/data analysis (Stata®) software, version 12.0 (StataCorp LP, College Station, Texas 77845, USA). Dichotomous variables were analyzed by estimation of relative risk (RR) with a 95 percent (%) confidence interval (CI) and continuous variables were analyzed by standardized mean differences (SMD) with 95% CI. Results Twenty-four studies with 593 CP and 1226 DP were included in the meta-analysis. CP had significantly longer operation time (SMD: 1.03; 95% CI 0.62 to 1.44; P < 0.001) and lengthier postoperative hospital stay (SMD: 0.63; 95% CI 0.20 to 1.05; P < 0.001) and lengthier postoperative hospital stay (SMD: 0.63; 95% CI 0.20 to 1.05; P < 0.001) and lengthier postoperative hospital stay (SMD: 0.63; 95% CI 0.20 to 1.05; P < 0.001) and lengthier postoperative hospital stay (SMD: 0.63; 95% CI 0.20 to 1.05; P < 0.001) and lengthier postoperative hospital stay (SMD: 0.63; 95% CI 0.20 to 1.05; P < 0.001) and lengthier postoperative hospital stay (SMD: 0.63; 95% CI 0.20 to 1.05; P < 0.001) and lengthier postoperative hospital stay (SMD: 0.63; 95% CI 0.20 to 1.05; P < 0.001) and lengthier postoperative hospital stay (SMD: 0.63; 95% CI 0.20 to 1.05; P < 0.001) and lengthier postoperative hospital stay (SMD: 0.63; 95% CI 0.20 to 1.05; P < 0.01). Estimated blood loss was significantly lower in CP (SMD: −0.34; 95% CI −0.58 to −0.09; P = 0.007). Overall postoperative morbidity (RR: 1.30; 95% CI: 1.13 to 1.50; P < 0.001), overall pancreatic fistula (RR: 1.41; 95% CI: 1.20 to 1.66; P < 0.001), clinically relevant fistula (RR: 1.64; 95% CI: 1.25 to 2.16; P < 0.001), and postoperative hemorrhage (RR: 1.90; 95% CI: 1.18 to 3.06; P < 0.05) were all significantly higher after CP. On long-term follow-up, DP patients were more likely to have postoperative exocrine (RR: 0.56; 95% CI: 0.37 to 0.84; P < 0.05) and endocrine (RR: 0.27; 95% CI: 0.18 to 0.40; P < 0.001) insufficiency. There was no statistically significant difference in transfusion requirement, postoperative mortality, reoperation, and tumor recurrence. Conclusion CP is associated with significantly higher morbidity and clinically relevant pancreatic fistula. CP should only be reserved for selected patients who require postoperative pancreatic function preservation.
Financial inclusion and human development in frontier countries

Correspondence Josephine Ofosu-Mensah Ababio, Banking and Finance, University of Professional Studies, Accra, Ghana. Email: maajoe2015@gmail.com Abstract This study empirically investigates whether the level of human development drives greater financial inclusion, and vice versa in the contexts of frontier markets. The dynamic panel generalized methods of moments (System-GMM) methodology is employed to analyze data spanning from 2005 to 2014 for twenty (20) frontier markets by Standard and Poor's Indices. The study finds that human development is a catalyst for financial inclusion scale-up in the banking industry, which in turn, augments the development process. It establishes fresh evidence that income level, financial literacy, and healthy lives are the decisive factors for financial inclusion scale-up in the banking industry. It finds new evidence that the underlying cause of low financial inclusion is low human development. The study concludes that low human development causes low financial inclusion. Also, promoting financial inclusion through the banking sector is very instrumental to stimulating human development, thus the reverse applies in frontier markets. The study implies that low living standards, poor health, high illiteracy, and deprived well-being and freedom largely account for low financial inclusion hence its spillover effect of having low human development in frontier market countries.
Inter-annual variation in the plant-pollinator network of a rupicolous plant community

Pollination networks are a representation of the interactions between the plant and pollinator communities in a particular location. Communities change in composition and structure from year to year, and therefore interactions are expected to change in accordance. These changes may affect not only the identity and strength (frequency) of the interactions, but also the structure of the interaction networks. In this study, we analyse the variation over three years of a plant community, its pollinators and the resulting interactions. Because the community is restricted to a very particular rupicolous habitat, we expect year-to-year variation to be less pronounced than in other plant-pollinator communities. We surveyed 14 plant species from April to June and recorded 76 pollinator species. The total number of plant-pollinator interactions recorded was 211. The flower composition of the plant community showed moderate levels of variation from year to year. Instead, variation in the composition of the pollinator community was higher, and pollinator species turnover was as high as 35-47%. Interaction composition identity and interaction strength was even more variable. Interaction turnover was close to 70%. Some metrics describing the structure of the network showed moderate levels of variability (connectance, interaction evenness). Generality and Vulnerability, on the other hand showed greater variation. The comparison of our results with those of similar studies suggests that, in agreement with our initial hypothesis, year-to-year variation is somewhat lower in our community.
Beyond Teachers: Estimating Individual Guidance Counselors’ Effects on Educational Attainment

Guidance counselors are a common school resource for students navigating complicated and consequential education choices. I provide the first causal estimates of individual counselors’ effects on high schoolers, using quasi-random counselor assignment policies in Massachusetts. I find that counselors vary substantially in their effectiveness at increasing students’ high school graduation rates and college attendance, selectivity and persistence. Counselors’ effects on educational attainment are similar in magnitude to teachers’ effects, but they flow through improved information and direct assistance, rather than through improved cognitive or non-cognitive skills. Counselor effectiveness is most important for low-achieving and low-income students, perhaps because these students are most likely to lack other sources of information and assistance. Good counselors tend to improve all measures of educational attainment but some specialize in improving high school behavior while others specialize in increasing selective college attendance. Improving access to effective counseling may be a promising way to increase educational attainment and close socioeconomic gaps in education. ∗I thank my advisors, Christopher Avery, Joshua Goodman and Amanda Pallais for their guidance and encouragement. I am also grateful to Andrew Ho, Thomas Kane, Matthew Kraft, Bridget Terry Long, Brad McGowan, Randall Reback, Eric Taylor and seminar participants at Harvard, the Boston Federal Reserve, APPAM, and AEFP for valuable feedback. I am grateful to Matt Lenard and the Wake County Public School System, as well as Carrie Conaway, Adrienne Murphy and their colleagues at the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education for providing data and guidance. The research reported here was supported, in part, by the Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education, through grant R305B150010 to Harvard University. The opinions expressed are those of the author and do not represent the views of the Institute or the U.S. Department of Education. All errors are my own.
From Skeuomorphism to Flat Design: Investigating Older Adults Experience

Flat design became a widely used design technique among the interface design community, substituting the more classical one, skeuomorphic design. Although its increasing popularity, empirical studies have shown evidence that this may not be the best option. This simplistic approach to the design removes essential visual cues that might sacrifice usability. In the light of these results, material design was created to address the issues inherent to the latter. Design and aesthetic influence aspects such as user satisfaction, performance and perceived usability of the system. Despite its importance, the effects of these design approaches are still not well discussed, particularly in terms of users age. In an ageing population, and a raise in technology acceptance and use, it becomes fundamental to understand better this user group (older people). This dissertation investigated the effect of age and other individual characteristics (related to familiarization with technology) and design approaches (skeuomorphic, flat and material) in user ́s experience, namely on performance and affective response. We concluded that both age and design have effects in both performance and aesthetic perception in the tasks involved. In terms of age, Older Adults (65+ years) where the ones where performance depended more on design. For aesthetic preference, while younger adults perceived minimalistic designs as more aesthetically appealing, the older groups drew a more positive opinion towards a more detailed one. These findings helped to create a set of user guidelines that vary according to the target age and to which is the goal of the designer (enhance efficiency, effectiveness or aesthetic preference).
In vitro behavior of HVOF sprayed calcium phosphate splats and coatings

Hydroxyapatite (HA) coatings and splats deposited by high velocity oxy-fuel (HVOF) spray technique was investigated in vitro. HA coatings prepared from two different HA powder size range (3075 and 5075 mm) were immersed in a simulated body fluid with various incubation periods of maximum 6 weeks. The dissolution/precipitation behavior was studied and the degradation of HA coatings caused by in vitro ageing was demonstrated by measuring the changes in flexural modulus through a 3-point bend test. It was found that the dissolution and precipitation behavior of the coatings was significantly dependent upon the incipient coating phase composition and the precipitation of bone-like hydroxyapatite on the coating’s surface was found to be directly related to the dissolution process. Higher dissolution rates of tricalcium phosphate, tetracalcium phosphate and amorphous calcium phosphate relative to HA, resulted in accelerated precipitation. Furthermore, analysis of coatings’ surface morphology demonstrated that advanced precipitation invariably occurred at regions where dissolution took place. Results showed that the changes in flexural modulus of investigated HA coatings accompanying different incubation duration was not systematic but was found to be dependent upon changes of coating structure and other factors brought about by in vitro ageing. In vitro investigation of individual HA splats collected from different HA particle sizes revealed, after 3 days ageing, that the rate ratio of precipitation to dissolution was directly determined by the local phase composition, and this phenomenon could be effectively used to explain the behavior of thermally sprayed HA coatings in vitro. It implied that the precipitation was strongly dependent on the first molecule attachment. To achieve rapid precipitation in vitro, partial molten state of HA particles during HVOF coating deposition was recommended. r 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
Phenotyping Assessment of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease by Using Multi-Detector Computed Tomography

Background: Phenotyping of Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is referred to a single or combination of diseases attributes that describe differences between individuals with COPD. An accurate detection of COPD phenotyping by imaging is urgently needed to enable individualized treatment and improve patient’s outcome. We aimed to study the role of multi-detector computed tomography (MDCT) in phenotype assessment of COPD. Patients and methods: The study was conducted on 48 patients (35 males and 13 females with age range between 48-75years) from outpatient clinics of our hospitals during the period from November 2014 to October 2015. Results: All patients have had different clinical symptoms such as cough, expectoration and dyspnea. Conventional X-ray and pulmonary function tests (PFTs) and were performed and the results were tabulated. MDCT was performed and measured bronchial wall thickness and emphysema score representing percentage ratio of emphysema tissue volume in relation to the lung volume. Patients were classified into three main groups: bronchitic phenotype (18.75%), emphysematous phenotype (29.17%), and mixed group (52.08%). Conclusion: The measurements of lung physiology through PFTs do not always discriminate between the COPD phenotypes. MDCT scanning have the potential to separate and quantify both emphysema and airway component in COPD patients. [Ghada Abdel monaem, Enass M. Khattab, Ahmad Alsammak, Ayman Ramadan Abdelhai. Phenotyping Assessment of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease by Using Multi-Detector Computed Tomography. J Am Sci 2016;12(12):141-151]. ISSN 1545-1003 (print); ISSN 2375-7264 (online). http://www.jofamericanscience. org. 18. doi:10.7537/marsjas121216.18.