Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Effect of aromatherapy with rose essential oil on the nausea and vomiting in chemotherapy patients: a randomized controlled trial

Background: The present study aims to determine the effect of aromatherapy with rose essential oil on the rate of nausea and vomiting in chemotherapy patients. Materials and methods: This randomized controlled trial included 66 cancer patients who were randomly divided: the rose essential oil aromatherapy group (n=33) and the control group (n=33). The sampling period ranged from November 2022 to March 2023. The state of nausea and vomiting was assessed using the Visual Analog Scale. Results: The average scores of nausea and vomiting of both the second and third cycle in three time periods after chemotherapy (first, second, and third six hours) were significantly lower in the intervention group than the control group (P<0.001). Also, in the second cycle of chemotherapy, unlike the third cycle of chemotherapy, there was a significant interaction between group and time (ηp2=0.100, P=0.001, F (84.70, 1.37) = 6.91). In other words, the amount of difference between the mean scores of nausea and vomiting of the two control and intervention groups depended on the variable levels of time and vice versa. Conclusion: The results indicate the reducing effect of aromatherapy with rose essential oil on the severity of nausea and vomiting after chemotherapy in cancer patients. Therefore, it is recommended to be used in chemotherapy to reduce the severity of nausea and vomiting according to the patient’s condition.
Use of reclaimed urban wastewater for the production of hydroponic barley forage: water characteristics, feed quality and effects on health status and production of lactating cows

The safety of reclaimed urban wastewater (RUW) for the production of hydroponic barley forage (HBF) was evaluated in terms of effluent and forage characteristics, as well as the health and performance of lactating cows. The study was conducted on a dairy farm equipped with two hydroponic chambers producing approximately 620 kg/d of HBF as fed. For experimental purposes, HBF was produced using RUW collected from an aqueduct plant processing urban wastewater in a membrane bioreactor treatment chain. A feeding trial was carried out with HBF derived from RUW. Sixty lactating cows were randomly assigned to two balanced groups fed a standard total mixed ration (TMR) or a TMR in which 10 kg of HBF replaced 1 kg of oat hay and 0.5 kg of maize. The experimental period lasted 7 weeks, including a 2-week adaptation period, during which each cow underwent a physical examination, BCS scoring, blood sampling for a complete blood count and biochemical panel, recording of body weight and milk yield and quality, including fatty acid composition and heavy metal content. Ruminal pH was continuously monitored by reticulorumen boluses, and nutrient digestibility and N balance were determined at week 7. RUW showed an acceptable microbial load and an overall good quality as irrigation water, even though the supply of N and P did not influence the yield and quality of HBF. The characteristics of HBF reflected the quality of RUW supplied to the hydroponic chambers and no anomalous components (i.e., high ion concentration) were found. Feeding RW-derived HBF to lactating cows had no major positive or negative effects on animal health and production, including milk quality, ruminal pH, in vivo digestibility, and N balance. The use of RUW under the conditions tested appears to be safe for the health status of lactating cows and the quality of the milk obtained. Overall, the results do not reveal any major limitations for the use of tertiary wastewater as irrigation water for the hydroponic production of forage barley, so that a wider use of wastewater in hydroponic systems seems realistic.
Uso del Teléfono Móvil, Juventud y Familia: Un Panorama de la Realidad Brasileña Using the Mobile Phone, Youth and Family: An Overview of the Brazilian Reality

The main objective of this article is to analyze the use of mobile phones in Brazil, under a psychosocial perspective, focusing on the role of young people and the family in disseminating such technology in the country. It presents and discusses previous investiga- tions on the use of mobile phones by young people, describing its aims and consumption motivations. Young people are the Brazil's main consumer group of mobile phone in the country. The article provides an outlook of Brazilian youth and its participation in the coun- try's Information Society. The repercussions of the use of such technology in family rela- tionships are analyzed, including families with young people. The objective is to understand how parent and teenagers handle mobile phone's technology in their relationships in this phase of the life cycle.
Pattern and Prevalence of HIV and Tuberculosis Infection in Port Harcourt Nigeria

: HIV and TB are infections are serious infections of major public health challenges globally, with serious socio-economic ramifications especially in low resource settings. The prevalence of HIV and TB in the Nigeria varies from region to region. This study was carried out to assess the prevalence of HIV and TB among patients attending tertiary hospitals in the Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria. Six hundred and twenty two subjects referred for HIV and TB testing in the University of Port Harcourt and Braithwaite Memorial Specialist Hospital were recruited into the study. Sputum and blood samples were collected and analyzed using standard methods. The results showed that 49.7% had HIV infection, 16.9% had HIV/TB coinfection, 6.6% had TB infection; 26.8% did not neither HIV nor TB. The occurrence of HIV among the male and female subjects was significant (   = 15.39, p <.0001). The mean age of the subjects is as follows; HIV (36.2 ± 11.1 years), TB (40.8 ± 12.7 years), HIV/TB (39.8 ± 11.7 years) and No infection (38.3 ± 17.9 years). The mean CD4 counts in the subjects is as follows; HIV (367.7 ± 256.2), TB (318.6 ± 260), HIV/TB (178.0 ± 162) and No infection (638.5 ± 244). The difference in the CD4 count between infected persons and non-infected persons was statistically significant (p < 0.0001). The study shows HIV and TB is prevalent among young people; there is need for improved prevention and control of HIV and TB in Port Harcourt.
Analysis of the Growth and Yield of Overwintered Onions

SummaryThe growth of a number of onion cultivars sown on different dates during late summer in several years was assessed by regular sampling. The growth during the winter of five different winter-hardy cultivars was very similar, whereas that of Rijnsburger Bola, a cultivar normally sown in spring, was clearly slower. Sowing date was shown to affect final yield through its effect on overwintering size, which in turn influenced bulb size at harvest, the proportion of plants which bolted and the extent of winter losses. During the winter months the rate of leaf initiation appeared to be decreased to a lesser extent than the growth in dry weight, which itself was decreased less than growth in leaf area. The growth of the winter-hardy cultivars from all sowing dates and seasons was well summarized by a single linear relationship between the logarithm of plant dry weight and the accumulated day-degrees between 6° and 20°C from the day of seedling emergence. Using this relationship together with temperature re.
Hijacking Robot Teams Through Adversarial Communication

: Communication is often necessary for robot teams to collaborate and complete a decentralized task. Multi-agent reinforcement learning (MARL) systems allow agents to learn how to collaborate and communicate to complete a task. These domains are ubiquitous and include safety-critical domains such as wildfire fighting, traffic control, or search and rescue missions. However, critical vulnerabilities may arise in communication systems as jamming the signals can interrupt the robot team. This work presents a framework for applying black-box adversarial attacks to learned MARL policies by manipulating only the communication signals between agents. Our system only requires observations of MARL policies after training is complete, as this is more realistic than attacking the training process. To this end, we imitate a learned policy of the targeted agents without direct interaction with the environment or ground truth rewards. Instead, we infer the rewards by only observing the behavior of the targeted agents. Our framework reduces reward by 201% compared to an equivalent baseline method and also shows favorable results when deployed in real swarm robots. Our novel attack methodology within MARL systems contributes to the field by enhancing our understanding on the reliability of multi-agent systems.
Software Guild: A Workshop to Introduce Women and Non-Binary Undergraduate Students from other Majors to Computing

It has been well established that women and non-binary individuals are minoritized in the field of computing, despite large-scale efforts to remedy this gender imbalance. In this paper, we describe our approach, which involves the creation and implementation of a week-long, extracurricular workshop called a “Guild. ” With our program, we aspired to introduce women and non-binary undergraduate students from other majors (e.g., biology, nursing, and business) to computing concepts. The Guild was held in the winter of 2022 at a large urban public university in the Southeast. It gave students the chance to engage in experiential software projects, community-building activities, and mentorship from computing majors and industry professionals. In our research, we applied disciplinary identity theory, with a focus on computing identity, to explore participants’ perceptions of the experiences and the impact of the Guild on their future computing aspirations. Towards this goal, we used a convergent parallel mixed-methods approach. We conducted pre-and post-workshop surveys of ( n = 34) students’ impressions and goals. In the analysis, we quantitatively assessed responses around students’ computing identities and qualitatively evaluated open-ended questions about the Guild using thematic analysis. The findings demonstrated that the participants perceived the workshop as valuable and enabled them to see how computing can be a medium to solve problems of human interest as well as a tool of self-expression. In particular, participants reported that the empathetic assistance given by the peer mentors made the learning process smoother, thus making it inspiring, engaging, and less intimidating. Going forward, more experiments and fine-tuning are needed to continue to scale and improve the Guild. However, we hope the description of our workshop and findings from our investigation encourage other researchers and educators to consider similar approaches to engage women and non-binary students in computing.
Behavioral Activation for mexican women victims of violence during the COVID-19 Pandemic: a non-randomized pilot study

was used. The participants were 14 women (18-60 years old) with depression and victims of violence. The Beck Depression Inventory and the Behavioral Activation for Depression Scale were applied. Participants were recruited through social networks and a culturally adapted protocol of Brief Behavioral Activation Treatment for Depression (BATD) was applied in telehealth, once a week. Data were analyzed with the Wilcoxon signed-rank test and Reliable Change Index. Results: There was a decrease in depressive symptoms ( p < .001) and an increase in activation levels ( p < .001). Conclusions: BATD could be an effective treatment for women with depressive symptoms facing VCM in vulnerable contexts such as the COVID-19 pandemic.
Mode Collapse In Generative Adversarial Networks: A Survey

Though Generative Adversarial Networks are widely successful, there are some inherent problems such as non-convergence and mode collapse which limit its usage. In this paper, we focus on mode collapse in detail, address why it is a bottleneck on effectiveness and usage of GANs, discuss and summarize the different strategies in the literature followed by identifying open research directions
The Inﬂuence of Economic and Entrepreneurial Education on Perception and Attitudes towards Entrepreneurship

: The entrepreneurial behavior of individuals is a result of a complex assembly of factors, and education is one of them. The article is aiming to address the scientiﬁc gap in the relation between education and the intention and attitudes in entrepreneurship by focusing on the analysis of the economic and entrepreneurial background as a determinant factor. Besides that, the study looked for the factors that inﬂuence entrepreneurial intention and intended to ﬁnd out if there are signiﬁcant differences between economic and non-economic backgrounds and entrepreneurial intentions of individuals. A survey with 582 validated respondents was employed in the north-west and the west part of Romania to determine the entrepreneurial intention of the residents. For investigating the results, descriptive statistics were used to analyze the socio-demographic characteristics of the respondents, and principal component analysis with varimax rotation was conducted to reduce the number of items used to analyze the entrepreneurial intention of the respondents. The study demonstrated the signiﬁcance of entrepreneurial education for entrepreneurs and the entrepreneurial process: the higher variance is given by entrepreneurial intention (58.75%) for those with economic studies and by entrepreneurial capacity (58.39%) for those without economic studies. It concludes that entrepreneurial education policies should concentrate on the increase of opportunities for entrepreneurs and on creating a culture of entrepreneurship. Regression analysis revealed that entrepreneurial capacity, personal attraction, social valuation, and entrepreneurial education/economic background signiﬁcantly predict entrepreneurial intention.
Design and application of a novel Ice Selective Inlet and physical and chemical characterization of ice residuals in mixed-phase clouds

Climate predictions are affected by high uncertainties partially due to an insufficient knowledge of aerosol–cloud interactions. One of the poorly understood processes is formation of mixed-phase clouds (MPCs) via heterogeneous ice nucleation. Field measurements of the atmospheric ice phase in MPCs are challenging due to the presence of much more numerous liquid droplets. The Ice Selective Inlet (ISI), presented in this paper, is a novel inlet designed to selectively sample pristine ice crystals in mixed-phase clouds and extract the ice residual particles contained within the crystals for physical and chemical characterization. Using a modular setup composed of a cyclone impactor, droplet evaporation unit and pumped
Management of dyslipidaemia in individuals with severe mental illness: a population-based study in the Greater Copenhagen Area

Background: Severe mental illness (SMI) is associated with increased cardiovascular risk. Dyslipidaemia is a potentially modifiable risk factor, which may be inadequately managed in patients with SMI. Objectives: To assess management of dyslipidaemia in patients with SMI versus healthy controls (HCs) in 2005 and 2015. Design and methods: Using Danish registers, we identified adult patients with SMI in the Greater Copenhagen Area (schizophrenia spectrum disorders or bipolar disorder) with ⩾1 general practitioner contact in the year before 2005 and 2015, respectively, and HCs without SMI matched on age and gender (1:5). Outcomes were lipid-profile measurements, presence of dyslipidaemia and redemption of lipid-lowering pharmacotherapy. Differences in outcomes between patients with SMI and controls were measured with multivariable logistic regression. Results: We identified 7217 patients with SMI in 2005 and 9939 in 2015. After 10 years, patients went from having lower odds of lipid measurements to having higher odds of lipid measurements compared with HCs [odds ratio (OR)2005 0.70 (99% confidence interval (CI) 0.63–0.78) versus OR2015 1.34 (99% CI 1.24–1.44); p2005versus2015 < 0.01]. Patients had higher odds of dyslipidaemia during both years [OR2005 1.43 (99% CI 1.10–1.85) and OR2015 1.23 (99% CI 1.08–1.41)]. Patients went from having lower odds of receiving lipid-lowering pharmacotherapy to having higher odds of receiving lipid-lowering pharmacotherapy [OR2005 0.77 (99% CI 0.66–0.89) versus OR2015 1.37 (99% CI 1.24–1.51); p2005versus2015 < 0.01]. However, among persons at high cardiovascular risk, patients had lower odds of receiving lipid-lowering pharmacotherapy during both years, including subsets with previous acute coronary syndrome [OR2005 0.30 (99% CI 0.15–0.59) and OR2015 0.44 (99% CI 0.24–0.83)] and ischaemic stroke or transient ischaemic attack (TIA) [OR2005 0.43 (99% CI 0.26–0.69) and OR 2015 0.61 (99% CI 0.41–0.89)]. Conclusion: These results imply an increased general awareness of managing dyslipidaemia among patients with SMI in the primary prophylaxis of cardiovascular disease. However, secondary prevention with lipid-lowering drugs in patients with SMI at high cardiovascular risk may be lacking.
Changing the phospholipid composition of lipid droplets alters localization of select lipid droplet proteins

Our experiments aim to determine if decreasing the amount of phosphatidylcholine (PC) relative to phosphatidylethanolamine (PE) at the lipid droplet surface changes the localization of specific lipid droplet proteins. We manipulate lipid droplet phospholipids in both a cultured mouse hepatocyte (AML12) cell line and on synthetic lipid droplets. Decreasing the PC:PE ratio increases perilipin 2, decreases DGAT2, and does not change rab18 or lanosterol synthase levels on lipid droplets. These differences may be explained by the distinct structural motifs that mediate the protein-lipid droplet interactions.
PPARα agonist fenofibrate prevents postoperative cognitive dysfunction by enhancing fatty acid oxidation in mice

Abstract Background Due to high rates of incidence and disability, postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD) currently receives a lot of clinical attention. Disturbance of fatty acid oxidation is a potential pathophysiological manifestation underlying POCD. Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor α (PPARα) is a significant transcription factor of fatty acid oxidation that facilitates the transfer of fatty acids into the mitochondria for oxidation. The potential role of PPARα intervention in POCD warrants consideration. Objective The present study is aimed to investigate whether PPARα agonist fenofibrate (FF) could protect long-term isoflurane anesthesia-induced POCD model and to explore the potential underlying function of fatty acid oxidation in the process. Methods We established the POCD model via 6 h long-term isoflurane anesthesia in vivo with C57BL/6J mice and in vitro with N2a cells. Cells and mice were pretreated with PPARα agonist FF before anesthesia, after which fatty acid oxidation and cognitive function were assessed. The level of fatty acid oxidation-related proteins was determined using western blotting. The contextual fear conditioning test was utilized to evaluate mice’s learning and memory. Results Our results showed that 6 h long-term isoflurane anesthesia induced contextual memory damage in mice, accompanied by decreases of fatty acid oxidation-related proteins (peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ coactivator 1α, carnitine palmitoyltransferase 1A, and PPARα) both in the hippocampus of POCD mice and in N2a cells. In the N2a cell model, pretreatment of PPARα agonist FF led to the upregulation of fatty acid oxidation-related proteins. In vivo results showed that preconditioned FF reached similar effects. More crucially, FF has been shown to reduce cognitive damage in mice after long-term isoflurane anesthesia. Additionally, our data showed that after blocking fatty acid oxidation by Etomoxir, FF failed to protect cognitive function from long-term isoflurane anesthesia. Conclusions Pretreatment of PPARα agonist FF can protect against long-term isoflurane anesthesia-induced POCD by enhancing fatty acid oxidation. Graphical abstract
Global evaluation of the antibacterial activity of Ceftolozane/Tazobactam against ESBLs-producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Background: Ceftolozane/Tazobactam is a β-lactam/β-lactamase inhibitor combination with a high range of efficacy and broad-spectrum action against multidrug-resistant bacterial strains. Objectives: The present study aimed to analyze the in vitro activity of Ceftolozane/Tazobactam against extended-spectrum β-lactamases (ESBLs)-producing Escherichia coli (ESBLs-EC) and Klebsiella pneumonia (ESBLs-KP) in the published literature to provide international data on the antimicrobial stewardship programs. Design: Systematic review and meta-analysis. Methods: A systematic literature search was conducted on the Web of Science, Embase, PubMed, Scopus, and Google Scholar electronic databases from the beginning of databases to December 2022 to cover all published articles relevant to our scope. Results: At last, 31 publications that met our inclusion criteria were selected for data extraction and analysis by Comprehensive Meta-Analysis Software. The pooled prevalence of Ceftolozane/Tazobactam susceptibility for ESBLs-EC and ESBLs-KP was estimated at 91.3% [95% confidence interval (CI): 90.1–92.5%] and 65.6% (95% CI: 60.8–70.2%), respectively. There was significant heterogeneity among the 31 studies for ESBLs-EC (χ2 = 91.621; p < 0.001; I2 = 67.256%) and ESBLs-KP (χ2 = 348.72; p < 0.001; I2 = 91.4%). Most clinical isolates of ESBLs-EC had MIC50 and MIC90 at a concentration of 0.5 and 2 µg/mL [minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) at which 50% and 90% of isolates were inhibited], respectively. In contrast, most clinical isolates of ESBLs-KP had MIC50 and MIC90 at a concentration of 1 and 32 µg/mL, respectively. Conclusion: Based on the meta-analysis results, Ceftolozane/Tazobactam has a more promising in vitro antibacterial activity against ESBLs-EC isolates from different clinical sources than ESBLs-KP isolates. Therefore, Ceftolozane/Tazobactam can be a useful therapeutic drug as an alternative to carbapenems. Randomized clinical trials are needed to provide clinical evidence to support these observations.
The cumulative effects of urban expansion on land surface temperatures in metropolitan JingjinTang, China

Rapid urbanization has resulted in the permanent conversion of large areas of cropland and natural vegetation to impervious surfaces and therefore greatly modified land surface properties and land‐atmosphere interactions. This study sought to examine the urbanization process using Landsat images from 2001 to 2010 in metropolitan JingjinTang (JJT), a rapidly expanding urban cluster in northern China. We aggregated the original results of land use data as fractional cover information in 1 km and 10 km grids. Annual and seasonal land surface temperatures (LSTs) were processed from Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer products. We used moving window and gradient analysis methods to examine the differences in LST between urban and other land types, further identifying LST increases in gradients of urbanization levels. Urban extent increased by 1.6 times, and approximately 45% newly developed areas were converted from croplands during this process. Emerging urban land in JJT has caused approximately 0.85 ± 0.68°C warming in terms of annual mean LST, and the greatest warming occurred in the summer. An increase in urban land of 10% in a 1 km grid in JJT would cause approximately a 0.21°C increase in annual LST. Urbanization also led to increases in daytime LSTs and nighttime LSTs by approximately 1.03 ± 1.38°C and 0.78 ± 1.02°C, respectively. The warming trend induced by urbanization exhibits clear seasonal and diurnal differences, and this warming trend is most likely caused by the cumulative effects of changes in land properties, radiation storage, and anthropogenic heat release by urbanization.