Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
SERUM URIC ACID LEVELS IN TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS WITH HYPERTENSION-A STUDY IN A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL OF NORTH-EAST INDIA

Introduction: Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) is the predominant form of diabetes worldwide, accounting for 90% of cases globally. DM and hypertension are interrelated diseases that strongly predispose an individual to atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. In few studies some association has been found between the blood glucose and the serum uric acid (UA) levels. Hyperuricemia is also found to be associated with hypertension. This study was done to evaluate the relationship of serum UA levels in patients with T2DM and hypertension compared to that with healthy controls in a tertiary care hospital of North-East India. Method: A total of 200 individuals were used for this study. 50 individuals were established hypertensive diabetics and 50 were non-hypertensive diabetics, 50 individuals were hypertensive non-diabetics and 50 were normal healthy individuals (non-hypertensive and non-diabetics). Demographic data (age, sex, weight, height) were determined by appropriate method, medical records and proper history taking. Clinical examination was done. Blood samples were collected by proper methods. Plasma glucose and serum UA levels were determined by using auto analyzer. Results: The results showed that the mean level of UA was significantly higher (p< 0.05) in established hypertensive diabetes compared to non-hypertensive diabetes. It was observed that uric acid was also higher (p> 0.05) in hypertensive non diabetes individuals compared with normal healthy individuals studied. Conclusion: It was concluded from the study that there occurs a significant increase in the serum UA levels in hypertensive diabetics in comparison with the non-hypertensive diabetics.
International Journal of Innovative Technology and Exploring Engineering (IJITEE)

This study aims to obtain empirical evidence of Moderating Due Professional Care on Auditor Independence. The population in this study are public accountants who work in the Public Accountant Office in the DKI Jakarta area. Sampling is done using purposive sampling. The primary data collection method used is the questionnaire method. Data were analyzed using Path Analysis with the structural equation model. The results showed that the direct effect of independence had a positive effect on Audit Quality, while Due Professional Care had no significant effect on Audit Quality. Research also shows that Due Professional Care has an effect on Independence.
Introduction: Postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) is one of the most common and distressing complications after anaesthesia and surgery, and may lead to serious postoperative complications.1 The overall incidence of PONV has been reporte

Context: Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting (PONV) is a frequent and distressing complication after anaesthesia and surgery with a reported incidence of 20-30% and up to 80% in high-risk cases. It results in increased morbidity, prolonged hospital stay and increased healthcare costs. The multifactorial aetiology of PONV necessitates a combination of prophylactic antiemetic agents to prevent it. Aims: In our study, we compared the efficacy of a combination of dexamethasone and 5HT3 receptor antagonist (Ondansetron or Ramosetron) in preventing PONV in patients undergoing gynaecological surgeries under subarachnoid block. Settings and Design: Prospective, randomised, double blind controlled clinical study. Methods and Material:60 patients between the ages of 20 and 60 years with ASA physical status class I and II, undergoing elective total abdominal hysterectomy under subarachnoid block were selected and divided randomly into two groups of 30 members each. Group OD received Inj. Ondansetron 4 mg IV and Group RD received Inj. Ramosetron 0.3 mg IV, 20 minutes before completion of surgery. Inj. Dexamethasone 8 mg IV was given to patients in both groups immediately before spinal anaesthesia. PONV was assessed using a 4-point scoring system for 0-6, 6-12, 12-18 and 18-24 hours observational periods postoperatively. Incidence of nausea, vomiting, retching and other adverse effects were recorded. Statistical analysis used: analysis of variance, x2 test, two-tailed Fisher’s exact probability test, or the Mann-Whitney U-test, as appropriate. Results: Both groups of patients had significantly low incidence of PONV across all four observation periods with no statistically significant difference between groups OD and RD. In the overall 24 hour postoperative period, 84% of subjects in group OD and 94% in group RD showed a complete response to the prophylactic combination antiemetic therapy with no need for rescue antiemetic therapy. Conclusions: Combination of 5HT3 receptor antagonist with Dexamethasone reduces the incidence of PONV in the 24 hour period after elective gynaecological surgery under subarachnoid block. Combining Ramosetron with Dexamethasone showed a significantly higher complete response than Ondansetron and Dexamethasone.
Performance Analysis of Large Scale MIMO System using Noise and Relevancy Aware Low Complexity Detection Algorithm

: Complexity reduction for Large Scale Multiple Input and Multiple Output (LM-MIMO) system is a most concentrated research issue to ensure the optimal and reliable signal processing. In the existing work, optimal low complexity detection procedure has been carried out by using Pruning based Maximum Likelihood Detection using Low Complexity detection Algorithm (PRUN-MLD-LCDA). The existing work might lacks in its performance with the reception signals with increased noise level and more missing information. This problem can be overcome in the proposed method namely Noise and Relevancy aware Low Complexity Detection (NRLCD). The objective of this research method is to ensure the accuracy recover of signals with reduced complexity. In this work, initially signal pruning is performed to filter out the alike signals. This is done by Normalized Cross Correlation (NCC) based pruning which is used to avoid the irrelevant signals. And then Adaptive filter is used to remove the noises present in the signals before analyzing the complexity. Then, Hybrid Genetic-Branch-and-Bound (Hybrid Genetic-BB) detection algorithm is utilized to detect the received signals with low complexity. The overall simulation of the research methods are performed using Matlab from which it is inferred that NRLCD research method significantly achieves better Bit Error Rate (BER) performance compared to the existing methods.
Evaluation of socio-economic condition and constraints of poultry farmers in selected areas of Bangladesh

Family poultry production accounts for most of the poultry production system in Bangladesh, but progress is not satisfactory. The present study assessed the existing poultry production and consumption patterns and constraints of poultry rearing of rural farmers in selected Northern areas of Bangladesh. A total of 50 households; 25 from Parakochua and 25 from Baraticry village in the Gaibandha district were selected for this study. The correlations coefficient was computed to determine the relationships among the dependent and independent variables. The findings showed that the average populations of chickens, ducks, and pigeons were 8.4, 7.19, and 6 respectively. Approximately 64% of the farmers were low producers compared to 30% for medium, whereas only 6% higher producers. In terms of consumption, the average among all birds was 8.1, and the highest proportion (74%) of them was in the low consumption category. With regard to poultry knowledge, approximately 78% of the farmers had poor overall poultry knowledge. The three most frequently cited problems faced by farmers in the process of rearing poultry were high prevalence of poultry diseases, inadequate supply of vaccine and medicine and scarcity of feed. Correlations between dependent and independent variables indicated that age, education, farm size, and annual income of the farmers were significantly related to the consumption of poultry, whereas poultry production was positively related to the farmers’ poultry knowledge. It is concluded that poultry production, consumption and rearing knowledge are not satisfactory. Therefore, a need-based extension program should be introduced among the farmers giving more focus on building awareness and ability about poultry production and consumption.
Students Perception on Purchase Intention by Information Seeking in SNSs: Moderating Effect of Tie-Strength

: Online social shopping serves consumers to stay connected with their friends, gains opinions about the product, helps to find the right choice of products and enables them to share their shopping experiences with others. This enriches the e-retailing to better reach out and connects with the consumers. Applying Engel-Kollat and Blackwell model of consumer behaviour, this research examined whether tie-strength altered the link between information seeking in SNSs and purchase intention. The Indian social networking sites users (n=180) were attained from panel of consumers. Consumers who seek information in SNS were intent to purchase through SNSs. Also when the level of tie-strength is high, consumers incline to purchase in SNSs by seeking information.
Cumulative Impact Factor: 45.01 AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE PERSUASION OF SALES PROMOTION ON CONSUMERS’ CHOICES IN CAMEROON

This study highlights the psychological factors likely to affect the sensitivity of the consumer to sale promotions. From a survey of a convenience sample of 1072 drink consumers in Cameroon, we obtained data to which we applied a multiple regression. The results of this regression show that the sensitivity of the consumer sales promotion is positively affected by his behaviour towards it the sincerity perceived in the promotional offer. From this finding, we recommend that company managers should invest in actions aimed at rendering their promotional practices more credible in the face of consumers in order to affect them positively.
INFLUENCE OF PERCEIVED OWNERS’ PRESSURE ON INNOVATION IN THE TEA SUBSECTOR IN KENYA MISOI M. K, OLOKO M.A, ROTICH G.C, ORWA

Tea subsector in Kenya is very critical to the overall economy. It is one of the major foreign exchange earners and supports 10 % of the Kenyan population. The viability of the tea subsector however has been under threat in the recent past. The subsector has experienced declining margins due to the double impact of rising cost of production and drop in global tea prices. The main driver of the cost of production in tea business is the wage bill as the tea crop is largely labour intensive. Since innovation has been identified as one of the vehicles that make organizations achieve competitiveness, the tea industry in Kenya has identified a type of process innovation which is comparatively cheaper i.e. mechanical tea harvesting technology to mitigate the high labour cost. The perplexing thing however is that the uptake of this technology is low despite its cost advantages. This study therefore provided an opportunity to empirically test the theoretical basis of this contradiction and also identify the drivers of innovation by seeking to establish the influence of perceived owner stakeholder pressure on innovation in the context of adoption of mechanical tea harvesting technology in Kenya’s tea subsector. In the study, diagnostic survey research design was employed as it was the most appropriate because it was about relationship or associations between variables. The target population was all tea plantation firms in Kenya with managers in charge of these business units being the respondents. A census enquiry was used due the small nature of the target population. Data collection was done using a semi-structured questionnaire that targeted both quantitative and qualitative data. Data processing and analysis employed content analysis for qualitative data and logistic regression analysis for the quantitative. The results of the study indicated perceived owners’ pressure was positively significant at 5% level of significance. The beta coefficients were 3.043 whereas p values were 0.001. The goodness of fit based on Nagelkerke R square of the individual models was 0.588. The findings suggest that managers in the tea subsector in Kenya perceive owners as a very important stakeholder group to consider in decisions of innovation in the context of mechanical tea harvesting technology. The findings are in consonance with expectation from both theory and past empirical research which envisage a significant positive relationship between owners and innovation.
The Effects of Exercise Rehabilitation on Shoulder Range of Motion, ASES Score and VAS After Rotator Cuff Repair

The purpose of the present study was to report the effect of exercise rehabilitation after rotator cuff repair. This case is a woman (54 years of age) who had been operated on for rotator cuff repair in 2017 and passed six weeks after surgery. Her job is a shop assistant in market. It showed that the ROM of shoulder flexion was deficit 70° from the non-involved side, abduction deficit 135°, internal rotation deficit 60°, external rotation deficit 80° at six weeks after surgery. She had rehabilitation exercise over eight weeks in a specific rehabilitation center. The ROM of shoulder was rapidly improved after two weeks a rehabilitation exercise. And after four weeks a rehabilitation, The ROM of shoulder and Shoulder instability score (ASES) were restored to nearly normal and VAS was well controlled. Shoulder ROM and ASES and VAS remained normal during the eight week rehabilitation exercise after rotator cuff repair. It was very effective to have rehabilitation exercise three times a week after rotator cuff repair. The shoulder range of motion (flexion, abduction, internal rotation and external rotation), ASES and VAS were consistently improved and restored to normal during the eight week rehabilitation after rotator cuff repair.
FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY STUDY OF THYROID LESIONS

Fine needle aspiration cytology has become an accepted and cost effective procedure for rapid diagnosis of thyroid lesions. This procedure was firmly established as an important test for the evaluation of thyroid disease and an effective test for the preoperat (Gharib Objectives: and histopathological observation, wherever possible. Materials and Methods: performed during a period Raichur. Cytological diagnoses were classified diagnostically, and histological and cytological correlations were determined. Results: neoplastic. Among non (19.09%) and between neoplastic follicular (5.45%) and papillary carcinoma (2.84%) were the most common. In histopathological examination of non neoplastic category out of 5 cases 1 were diagnosed as follicular adenomas which were diagnosed as nodular goitre by FNAC. In neoplastic category 4 showed follicular adenoma and 2 cases as nodular goitre out of 6 which was diagnosed as follicular neoplasm in FNAC. Papillary carcinoma (3 cases) and diagnosed same as FNAC results. Interpretation considered as invaluable and minimally invasive, simple, cost effective, easily repeated procedur thyroid lesions.
Synergetic Effect of N-K Fertilization on Growth, Yield and Nutrients Content of Corn Plants Grown on Sandy Soils Amended with Bentonite or Compost

A field successive experiment was carried out employing sandy soil to clarify the role of compost, bentonite and varied levels of N and K fertilization on growth, yield and nutrients content of corn (Zea mays L., cv Giza 10) crop. The experiment was carried out to evaluate the effect of compost and bentonite as combined with different nitrogen and phosphorus fertilization combinations on corn plants. Each amendment was added to soil at a rate of 5 ton fed -1
OBSERVATIONAL STUDY TO EVALUATE PRESCRIPTION PATTERNS IN SCHIZOPHRENIA FROM INPATIENT DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHIATRY UNIT

Background: Polypharmacy in psychiatry is becoming the rule rather than the exception. Using more drugs at same time usually occurs where single drugs are considered insufficiently effective. Subjects and methods: The sample consisted of 106 patients from inpatient psychiatry department of a tertiary care teaching hospital. All schizophrenic patients hospitalised during the six month period in 2012 were included in the study. The following data was collected for each patient: age, sex, type of drug prescribed second generation antipsychotics (SGA), first generation antipsychotics (FGA), anticholinergics, anxiolytics, antimaniac, antidepressant and any other concomitant medication. Results: In present study polypharmacy was given in 56 (52.83%) cases . Combinations of FGA and SGA was Prescribed in 71% patients Receiving antipsychotics combinations. Most commonly prescribed combination was Olanzepine and Haloperidol in 57%. Conclusion: Polypharmacy is the inevitable approach in the treatment of schizophrenic psychosis. A multi drug therapy trend was observed & shift towards the use o atypical antipsychotic agents was evident. Concomitant anticholinergic were used only in 12% of the patients reflecting its reduced usage with increasing use of newer atypical antipsychotics.
Current Controversies and Future Directions for Endometriosis Therapy

Endometriosis (Em) by definition is the presence of endometrial like tissue outside the uterus which is associated with a chronic inflammatory reaction. Cellular proliferation, invasion and angiogenesis are important features which help in establishing along with progression and recurrence of disease. Also sloughing of the oestrogen dependent endometrial tissues => chronic inflammatory processes mediated by excessive production of cytokines and prostaglandins. This inflammation along with subsequent adhesions and scarring are what => patients symptoms of pain and other morbidities like infertility [1]. Kulvinder Kochar Kaur1*, Gautam Allahbadia2 and Mandeep Singh3
Dynamics of physico-biochemical changes in Passion fruit varieties across maturity

This study was undertaken to evaluate the physico-biochemical changes of three passion fruit varieties viz. Yellow, Purple and Kaveri at three different maturity stages classified according to the peel colour as green mature, turning, and full ripe under natural ripening process. The results showed that properties of fruits were significantly changed corresponding to different maturity levels. The fruit length, breadth and weight increased gradually from initial green mature stage to turning stage thereafter, slightly decline at full ripe stage in all the varieties. TSS of fruit juice increased with the advancement of maturity in all the varieties with Purple variety exhibiting the highest TSS content (16.23 °B) at full ripe stage. Ascorbic acid content, total sugar, reducing sugar and β-carotene content showed increasing trends across maturity in all the varieties. Kaveri recorded the highest ascorbic acid content (43.97 mg/100 g) and reducing sugar (7.26 %) while Purple variety recorded maximum total sugar (15.67 %) and Yellow variety exhibited highest β-carotene content (3.92 μg/100 g) at full ripe stage. Acidity increased across maturity followed by a reduction at full ripe stage in all the varieties of which Yellow variety recorded maximum of 4.23 % at full ripe stage. The decrease in acidity coincided with increase in juice pH. Meanwhile, a decreasing trend in total phenols was observed in all the three varieties with the advancement in maturity. The maximum fruit juice content was extracted from the variety Kaveri with 34.53 % closely followed by Yellow variety with 33.98 % at full ripe stage.
Hearing outcome after canal wall down mastoidectomy and Wullstein type III tympanoplasty

Objective : This is to report the hearing outcome in patients who had CSOM, with ossicular erosion, treated with Canal Wall – Down Tympanomastoidectomy and the classical Wullstein type III tympanoplasty (CWDT) in which the graft was applied directly on the stapes footplate. Methods : This was a retrospective review of record charts of patients’ hearing status before surgery and between 18 – 24 months after surgery using the pure tone average derived according to the guidelines of the Committee on Hearing and Equilibrium of the American Academy of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery (AAO-HNS). All the patients had audiometry done with a computer audiometer BA 20 Kamplex in a sound - proof (acoustic) booth. Calibration: SO/DP 389 – 1983. Result : CWDT was done in 21 patients, 13 females and 8 males, aged 5 - 64 years, mean 30(SD = 15.59). All the patients had CSOM with mastoid abscess and partial or complete erosion of the malleus and incus and intact footplate of the stapes. Additional findings included foreign body in the middle ear 2, polyp 6 and meningitis 3. The duration of CSOM was 3 – 35 years, mean 17.5(SD = 8.9) and there was correlation with pre-operative air conduction (AC) (r =0.580, P = 0.006) and preoperative air- bone gap (r = 0.610, P = 0.003). The mean hearing gain was 5dB (with a range between - 5 and 25dB), and hearing gain between 10 – 25dB was achieved in 5/21(24%). The pre-operative AC was 30 – 60dB, mean 45dB (SD = 9.08) and bone conduction (BC) was 10 - 30dB, mean 20.7 dB (SD = 4.55). While the postoperative AC was between 25 and 55dB, mean of 39.29(SD = 9.5), the BC was 15 - 35dB, mean 20.23(SD = 4.9). The preoperative air – bone gap was 10 – 40 dB, mean 24.29(SD = 8.8) while post-surgery it was 10 – 35 dB, mean 19.29(SD = 7.8). Conclusion : Hearing benefit from CWDT is minimal, a second look surgery and ossiculoplasty, bone – anchored hearing aid or a hearing aid may be expedient for further hearing augmentation.
A qualitative study of the experiences of former Bible-based cult members.

The aim of this study was to contribute to the understanding of cult membership, by examining the "before, during, and after" experiences of former members. Five male and five female former long-term members of bible-based religious cults were interviewed. The transcripts of these interviews were then analysed using procedures based on Strauss and Corbin's (1990) Grounded Theory methodology. Three models were constructed from the data analysed, which was explored using a variety of psychological and sociological conceptualisations. The study found that experiences of cult membership were too complex to be explained by a single theory or model. However Social Identity Theory proved useful in synthesising theories across a range of disciplines. The main predicators of joining were a searching/idealistic disposition, pre-existing religious convictions, and active cult recruitment tactics. The dynamics of membership were best conceptualised as an active process, involving a "switch" from individual to group identity. A belief that God was the constant audience was fundamentally important in determining the behaviour of members. A number of those interviewed had left involuntarily due to pressure from within the group rather than outside influence, which had not been widely reported before. Individuals appeared to suffer a grief/bereavement reaction after exiting, and treating them as such may provide a useful initial mode of intervention by mental health professionals. Former members themselves stressed the importance of understanding the context of their involvement, as opposed to any clinical approach based on individual pathology. The study was de facto a pilot, as no previous record of grounded theory research into religious cults was found in the existing literature. The study therefore dentified significant scope for further research into this field, and recommends the grounded theory approach as a useful means to do so.