Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
HISTOLOGICAL CHANGES IN LUNGS AND SPLEEN IN CASES OF DROWNING WITH DEMOGRAPHIC VARIABILITY

Drowning has been a major concern with the health organizations throughout the world as it results in loss of appreciable number of manpower. The article relates with demographic scenario of drowning from the postmortem examinations in a tertiary care hospital in West Bengal. It also emphasizes on some relevant histological findings of lungs & spleen. The authors observed that most of the cases occurred between the age group of 0-14 years of which majority were male. Accidental drowning among the non-swimmers were the commonest findings. Majority of the lung tissue showed alveolar dilations with thinning of septa whereas all the spleenic tissue showed reactive changes.
Room Temperature Gas Sensing with Ultrathin Au Nanowires

One-dimensional nanostructures are of particular interest in nanoelectronics because of the ease with which they can be utilized in fabricating nanodevices where their long axis facilitates contact to the structure, while the short axis preserves the quantized nature of electronic levels. It is therefore desirable to synthesize precisely controlled semiconductor and metal nanowires to study their properties. With much advancement achieved in producing high quality and appreciably controlled semiconductor nanowires, approaches to precisely control the dimensions of metal nanowires still needs to be explored. Here, we have investigated room-temperature sensing properties of these gold nanowires for hydrogen, ethanol and NH3. The sensitivity and selectivity of the wires for sensing different gases are explored. The sensing devices were fabricated by drop-casting the nanowire dispersion over pre-patterned electrodes ultimately paving the path for cost effective applications of these nanowires. Simple chemical routes and solution processing techniques has been utilized for their subsequent device applications. The driving force behind the solution processed devices is their low cost, large device area, physical flexibility and compatibility with the existing technologies. *Corresponding author: Lal N, School of Chemistry, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK, Tel: 07405740277; E-mail: N.Lal@leeds.ac. uk Received March 08, 2016; Accepted March 15, 2016; Published March 25, 2016 Citation: Lal N (2016) Room Temperature Gas Sensing with Ultrathin Au Nanowires. J Material Sci Eng 5: 241. doi:10.4172/2169-0022.1000241 Copyright: © 2016 Lal N. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH CHARACTERISTICS OF TILE WASTE CONCRETE

Increase in the use of concrete in construction industry in Nigeria has led to the rise in the cost of its constituent material. This has necessitated research into the use of alternative material which is cheaper and can produce a comparable level of strength as the conventionally used ones. This paper present the results of an investigation into the compressive strength characteristics of concrete made with ceramic tile waste as coarse aggregates. The percentage of tile waste was varied in steps of 25% from 0 to 100%. For each considered percentage of tile wastes, three (3) set of concrete cubes were cast each for 7, 14 and 28 days curing age which resulted in a total of 45 cubes. The test result indicated that the compressive strength reduces as the percentage of tile wastes increases. The 28 day compressive strength for 25% and 100% replacement were 23.93N/mm and 21.43N/mm respectively which is adequate for structural light weight concrete. The specific gravity of tile waste was found to be 2.27 which is comparable to the specific gravity of conventional aggregate. Slump test also showed that workability of concrete decreases wth increasing tile waste content.
E-CADHERIN AND VIMENTIN IN BREAST CANCER

Background most prevalent forms of cancer, globally. Such scenario is due to studies, which are still lagging behind in preventing the recurrence of breast cancer evaluating the expression of Methods between January 2014 and July 2015. Representative sections from formalin tissue blocks of the cancer patients were stained with tumor grade, size, and type by tumor, ly staging system and Nottingham Prognostic Index along with skin involvement and vascular invasion analysis. Expression of proteins staining. Statistical analysis was performed using chi was considered statistically significant. Results E-cadherin (p<0.05 of grade I (37.93%) and II (41.37%) and diagnosed histopathologically carcinoma type (79.31%). Association of protein expression with other prognostic parameters was non-significant ( expression (r = Conclusi cancer stage and grade, which could in turn aid in early treatment and prolonged survival rate among the patients independent of other prognostic parameters.
Composting of Municipal Solid Waste Using Sericin Rich Wastewater from Silk Industry as an Additive

Increasing Solid waste generation and its management has been one of the key concerns for governing bodies around the world. Land filling is the only technique practiced majorly at present for solid waste disposal. However, most of the landfill sites are associated with numerous problems such open dumping, quick filling of landfills, availability of free land, causing severe environmental impacts like odor and pest problem, contamination by Leachate, health hazards to surrounding people etc. [1-3]. Yet another major concern with landfill sites is number of landfill sites are far lesser compared to actual amount of waste produced. Though there is an extensive interest on part of government and local bodies the disposal of MSW is major environmental problem which needs immediate thought as the existing disposal methods have failed to address the issue completely [4].
Determination of Suitable Weight of Caspian Trout, Salmo Trutta Caspius Kessler, for Sea Ranching Purposes

This metamorphosis is termed smoltification and the resulting migrant is termed a smolt. The process of smoltification is a major life history event, with fundamental changes in body form. Timing and duration of the metamorphosis and downstream migration to the sea is determined by a species-specific, genetically-determined life history pattern and environmental events governing growth rate and size. For example, chum and pink salmon smoltify almost immediately upon absorption of their yolk sacs and swim up in the late winter or early spring [8,9].
Effect of particle size on mesophilic anaerobic digestion of thermally pre-treated waste activated sludge

The objective of this study was to demonstrate a significant difference in the rate of methane production when anaerobic digestion of sewage sludge is done using different particle sizes. To this end, several parameters were determined in thermally pre-treated waste activated sludge at different temperatures: floc disintegration energy, efficiency of solubilisation and production rate of methane. Energy disintegration was 3,232 kJ/kgTS, the best solubilisation efficiency (26%) was observed when the waste activated sludge was heated to 90°C. Particle sizes tested were 105, 74, 62, 53, 37, 16, 8, and 2.2 μm. The maximum methane production rate (0.21 kg CH4/m3/d) was obtained with the smallest particle size. There are significant differences between methane production rates particle sizes.
Polymorphism of Growth Hormone Msp1 Enzyme-Restriction Associated with Production Performance of Ongole-Crossbred Cattle Mated by Artificial Insemination Technique

The most important polymorphism is mutation (transition of Thymine (T) to Cytosine (C)) at intron 3, detected by MspI enzyme-restriction in cattle. Uncontrolled breeding by artificial insemination (AI) technique could cause genetic in equilibrium of genotype frequency in animal population as a part of non random mating system. The objective of this research was to identify growth hormone (GH) gene polymorphism using MspI enzymerestriction and its association with production performance including body weight (BW), chest girth (CG), body length (BL) and average daily gain (ADG) in Ongole-crossbred cattle. Total of 74 blood samples were collected from cows and their progenies at the AI service center of North Sulawesi province, Indonesia. Blood samples were analyzed for presence of GH gene using PCR-RFLP method involving Msp1 enzyme-restriction and visualized on 1.2 % agarose gel. Data were adjusted for 5 years old within parental cows and for 10 months old within their progenies for elimination of different age effects. Data were analyzed using statistical program in Excel XP. The results showed that cows and their progenies with Msp1 heterozygous genotype performed the outstanding average of CG, BL and BW compared with those averages in both Msp1 and Msp1 homozygous genotypes. Although, the Msp1, Msp1 and Msp1 genotypes did not affect ADG of the progenies, these genotypes can be used as the candidate genes in Ongole-crossbred cattle to improve their production performance. The AI technique should be maintained for breeding in increasing the favorable Msp1 heterozygous genotype.
Assessing the Level of Clients' Satisfaction on Outpatient and Inpatient Health Care Services, in a Tertiary Institution in North Central Nigeria

Introduction: Clients perception of satisfaction in a health system has been be a very effective tool in assessing health care deliveries in Nigeria. Patients’ and clients’ satisfaction with health care is an integral component of quality monitoring in health care systems. Quality of health care includes characteristics such as efficiency, efficacy, effectiveness, equity, accessibility, comprehensiveness, acceptability, timeliness, appropriateness, continuity, privacy and confidentiality. Material and Methods: In this study the methodology employed was a descriptive cross sectional approach. The study was carried out among inpatient and outpatients respondents from January 3rd to 12th 2017, on a sample of 255 service users of the hospital using systematic random sampling technique. Data were collected using structured questionnaires and analysed by SPSS for windows version 20. Statistical tests such as Chi x2 and frequency tables were employed where necessary. P-values of ≤ 0.05 were considered as statistically significant. Results: Overall 53% and 61.5% of the respondents were satisfied with food and courtesy and respect respectively while 49.2% were dissatisfied with cleanliness of the wards and 42.8% with beddings. There were statistically significant associations between age (0.042), educational status (0.005), payment status (0.003) and address (0.000). Conclusion: Efforts must be made to provide health facilities with the necessary infrastructure and maintain high level of cleanness since these can ultimately influence users positively or negatively in the way they use the services provided by the hospital.
Adolescent Smoking Behavior in European Countries: Influences of Belief- and School-Related Factors

Background: Adolescent smoking remains one of the major public health concerns worldwide. Young smokers are highly likely to become adult smokers and develop a wide range of health related problems at different stages of life. Evidence shows that factors such as peer smoking and parental smoking have significant impacts on adolescent smoking, however, there is scant knowledge about the role of adolescents’ beliefs and school-related factors, and therefore, hindering us to gain deeper insights for better smoking prevention and control.
Effects of Momordica Charantia on Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetes in Rats: Role of Insulin, Oxidative Stress and Nitric Oxide

Oxidative stress associated with insulin –dependent diabetes mellitus is a risk for vascular disorders and diabetic nephropathy. Bitter melon(BME) is a widely used as antioxidant and vasorelaxant. This study to evaluate hypoglycemic, hypolipedimic and antioxidant effects of aqueous Momordica charantia extract against streptozotocin (STZ) induced diabetes in male rats and explore possible effect of BME on insulin and nitric oxide release. Method: This study was carried on 30 male Sprague-Dawley rats weighing 80-90 g, 60 days old, classified into 3 groups, control, diabetic and treated diabetic group. STZ was given in a dose of 30 mg/kg for 2 consecutive days intraperitoneally (IP). Result: STZ produced a significant increase in serum glucose , triglyceride (TG), total cholesterol (TC), low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), urea and creatinine (Cr), significant increase in renal reduced glutathione (GSH), nitric oxide (NO), significant decrease in insulin levels, myeloperoxidase (MPO) and erythrocyte glutathione–S-transferase (EGST)) activities. Oral BME (400 mg/kg/d/8 weeks) significantly ameliorated these effects. Conclusion: Treatment with BME improved DM and its related late consequences. Furthermore, it has antioxidant and vasodilator effects. Commonly, BME is a way to surmount the diabetic state and it has vasodilator effects. It may be a promising adjuvant to anti diabetic therapy.
Lateral Cephalometric Assessment of Bimaxillary Dentoalveolar Protrusion among Filipino Adult Patients with Emphasis on Growth Pattern

This research is conducted to evaluate the bimaxillary protrusion in adult Filipino subjects according the inclusive criteria of this study to investigate the behavior of the discrepancy. Seventy cephalograms were selected according the inclusive and the exclusive criteria for bimaxillary protrusion. Then all were traced and analyzed by the cephalometric analysis with related variables which used in the study. Results of the study showed that the patients with bimaxillary protrusion indicated the high angle mandibular plane partly due to excessive upper posterior dentoalveolar height and partly because of short ramus. The patients showed hyperdivergent facial pattern with decreased overbite which demonstrated skeletal openbite and long face pattern. Filipino patients with bimaxillary protrusion have varied degrees of skeletal vertical discrepancy which makes the primary horizontal discrepancy more complicated. Hence, vertical consideration before any corrective treatment should take into the account regarding the limitations of the orthodontic treatment, especially in the severe cases.
Psychometric Assessment of the Yale–Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale—Second Edition

Objectives: The aim was to evaluate the validity and reliability of the Persian version of the Yale–Brown ObsessiveCompulsive Scale—Second Edition. Method: The sum of 150 patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) was selected via convenient sampling. Data gathering was done using Yale–Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale—Second Edition (Y-BOCS-II), Symptom Checklist-90Revised (SCL-90-R) and Vancouver Obsessional Compulsive Inventory (VOCI). Reliability coefficients were calculated by Cronbach's alpha and test-retest reliability. For validity assessment, concurrent criterion-related validity in correlation with VOCI and SCL-90-R, and construct validity (Confirmatory factor analysis) were executed. Results: The results showed that the severity factors and the previous symptoms of the second edition have a satisfactory reliability. In general, in examining the previous symptoms, the Yale-Brown checklist was significantly more reliable than the present symptoms, and all factors had acceptable reliability. Also, the results indicate a high correlation between the present and the old scale. The study of past symptoms and the intensity scale without fit was necessary, but the examination of the present symptoms after the removal of the two items of counting and hoarding with factor load was acceptable and the fittings confirmed the 3-factor model. Conclusion: The results supported satisfactory validity and reliability of translated of using Yale–Brown ObsessiveCompulsive Scale—Second Edition for research and clinical diagnostic applications.
The Correlation Of Knowledge And Education Level Of The Patients With The Gastritis Incident At Sindangbarang Public Health Center Cianjur

Gastritis is usually regarded as a thing paltry but gastritis was the beginning of a a disease that can be big problem for us. Based on the previous research at Public Health Center sindangbarang cianjur District were found scene gastritis from 10 patients, 7 had less knowledgeable, 1 respondents had knowledge cased, and 2 respondents had good of knowledge. It is suspected that the incidence of gastritis has to do with knowledge and education level of the patients. The purpose of this research is to identify corelation betwen knowledge and education level of the patients outpatient with the gastritis at Public Health Center sindangbarang cianjur District. Research methodology used survey analytic correlative with design cross sectional . Data analyzed by univariat and bivariat with statistics chi square test. Population in this research were out patients Public Health Center sindangbarag. The sample 120 respondents with total of sampling. The results of the study were corelation knowledge of to gastritis incident based on the analysis of bivariat by using test chi-square computerized , the results of statistical corel tests obtained p value = 0.013< = 0.05, so H0 rejected. While relations education level with the gastritis incident based on the results of the analysis bivariat test chi-square use computerized obtained the results of statistical tests obtained p value = 0.0001< 0.05, so H0 rejected it could be concluded a significant between knowledge and the level of education with the gastritis incident corelation at Public Health Center sindangbarang cianjur District, it is advised that need to effort to promotional and preventive, especially with regard to knowledge of gastritis, as information about gastritis, and counseling on a preventive manner gastritis that can reduce or prevent disease gastritis.
EVALUATION OF CARCASS CHARACTERISTICS AND COST EFFECTIVENESS OF BROILER CHICKS FED SYNTHETIC LYSINE AND METHOININE SUPPLEMENTED SOYABEAN-BASED DIETS

The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of supplemental lysine and methionine on performance, carcass characteristics and cost effectiveness of broiler starter production. Ninety six (96) one week old unsexed Cobb broiler chicks were randomly allotted to four experimental treatments in a completely randomized design and each replicate thrice. The birds were offered one of the following diets ad-libitum: (1) control diet (neither lysine nor methionine added), (2) diet supplemented with O.5% lysine, (3) control diet supplemented with 0.5 % methionine, (4) diet supplemented with both O.5% lysine and methionine. Body weight gain, feed intake, feed conversion and protein efficiency ratios, carcass characteristics were used as criteria of response. Inclusion of synthetic lysine and methionine significantly (P < 0.05) improved body weight gain, feed conversion and protein efficiency ratios of the broiler chickens. No significant (P > 0. 05) influence was recorded in feed intake, protein intake and carcass characteristics of the broilers. Economic analysis shows that synthetic lysine and methionine supplementation of broiler starter diets was more profitable than feeding unsupplemented diets. In conclusion, it can be said that synthetic lysine and methionine supplementation of broiler starter diets produce positive results in broiler chicks and optimized the profits from broiler production.
PLASMA INTERLEUKIN-21 AND CXCL13 IN PRIMARY IMMUNE THROMBOCYTOPENIC PATIENTS RECEIVING CORTICOSTEROIDS AS A FIRST LINE THERAPY

Background: This study aimed to assess the plasma interleukin-21 and CXCL-13 levels in adult patients with newly diagnosed immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) as predictors of response to corticosteroids as first line therapy. Methods: 30 newly diagnosed adult ITP patients and 30 age and sex-matched controls were enrolled. Both groups were tested for IL-21 and CXCL-13 plasma levels by ELISA at diagnosis and after receiving 2-4 weeks of prednisolone 1-2 mg/kg/day. Results: Patients' age ranged from18 to 49 years with a mean of 33.70 ± 8.563 years; 76.67% were females. Clinically, 66.67% of patients complained of fatigue, 43.33% presented with menorrhagia, 36.67% of patients had ecchymosis, 20% complained of epistaxis, 10% presented with melena, 6.67% with gingival bleeding, 3.33% manifested by subconjunctival hemorrhage and 3.33% presented with intracranial hemorrhage. In addition, 10% of patients were accidentally diagnosed during routine laboratory work up. The platelet count of ITP patients at diagnosis (mean: 16.79±11.085X10/L) was significantly lower than the controls (mean: 239.80±43.245X10/L)), and it significantly increased after treatment (mean: 109.83 ±47.015 X10/L) compared to pretreatment value [Z=4.783, p=0.000*]. Regarding response to treatment; 60% of patients showed a complete response (CR= platelet count ≥100 x 10/L and absence of bleeding), 33.33% showed a response (R= platelet count ≥30 x 10/L and at least 2-fold increase in the baseline count and absence of bleeding), and 6.66% of patients showed no response to treatment {NR= platelet count <30 x 10/L or less than 2-fold increase of baseline or bleeding). The mean plasma IL-21 level was 273.27± 226.962 pg/ml in ITP patients at diagnosis, which was significantly higher than the controls (mean: 208.82±100.636 pg/ml) [Z=2.524, p=0.012*]. After treatment; IL-21 level significantly decreased than before treatment with a mean of 171.78 ±49.759 pg/ml [Z=4.703, p=0.000]. Regarding CXCL-13; its mean value in ITP patients at diagnosis was 202.77± 147.337 pg/ml, which was significantly higher than the controls (mean: 172.43±72.568 pg/ml) [Z=2.392, p=0.017*]. After treatment; the CXCL-13 level significantly decreased compared to pretreatment level (mean: 141.28 ±29.520 pg/ml [Z=4.788, p=0.000]. As predictors of response to corticosteroids, a cutoff point of 225 pg/ml for IL-21 at presentation could significantly define responders and non-responders (p=0.0157). However, plasma CXCL-13 level before treatment was not a statistically significant discriminator of response in our ITP patients. Conclusion: Plasma IL-21 and CXCL-13 levels were significantly elevated in treatment-naïve ITP patients and significantly decreased after corticosteroid therapy. IL-21, but not CXCL-13 was a significant predictor of response.
Nonlinear Propagation of Dust-Ion-Acoustic Shock Waves in a Degenerate Multi-Species Plasma

The nonlinear propagation of dust-ion-acoustic (DIA) waves in an unmagnetized collisionless degenerate dense plasma (containing degenerate electron, positron, ion fluids and negatively charged dust grains) have been theoretically investigated. The Burgers’ equation has been derived by employing the reductive perturbation method and by taking the effect of viscous force in the ion fluid into account. The stationary shock wave solution of Burgers’ equation is obtained, and numerically analyzed in order to identify the basic properties of dust-ion-acoustic shock structures. It has been shown that depending on plasma parametric values, the degenerate plasma under consideration supports compressive or rarefactive shock structures. The relevance of our results in astrophysical objects like white dwarfs and neutron stars, which are of scientific interest, are briefly discussed.