Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Social and physical anhedonia in relation to grandiose and vulnerable narcissism

BACKGROUND Narcissism has two different dimensions which differ in terms of social functioning. Grandiose narcissism is associated with higher extraversion, while vulnerable narcissism is associated with greater introversion. Both forms of narcissism present numerous forms of social maladjustment. Anhedonia (social and physical) is associated with measures of social maladjustment and is one of the core symptoms of serious mental conditions. The aim of the current study was to investigate the relationship between social and physical anhedonia and the two forms of narcissism, grandiose and vulnerable. PARTICIPANTS AND PROCEDURE A sample of 339 young adults completed the Polish version of the Hypersensitive Narcissism Scale, the Narcissistic Personality Inventory, and two subscales of the Wisconsin Schizotypy Scales – Short Form: the Revised Social Anhedonia Scale and the Physical Anhedonia Scale. RESULTS We found a positive correlation between social anhedonia and vulnerable narcissism, and a negative correlation between social anhedonia and grandiose narcissism. Physical anhedonia was not related to any form of narcissism. Older people and men scored higher on the social anhedonia scale. CONCLUSIONS Vulnerable narcissistic personality is associated with social deficits, namely social anhedonia. Future research could investigate the relationship between vulnerable narcissism and schizotypy to establish whether vulnerable personality is a risk factor for developing serious mental illnesses.
The Outcome of Sepsis Patients Admitted to the Intensive Care Unit: Experience of 100 Cases

Introduction: The term sepsis has a deep root all over medical history. It defined by a many physician and myth such as Homer’s Iliad. Sepsis defined as a clinical syndrome as an outcome from both systemic inflammatory response syndrome and infection. It can complicate by disturb the function of the organ (severe sepsis) and shock (septic shock). Aim: Our study aims to recognize sepsis cases in Al-Sader Medical city during 2019 and evaluate the management’s management and the weak point in this management. Methods: It is a cross-sectional study done in Al-Sader Medical city; data collected from the archived files in the hospital during 2019, 100 cases reported in this period diagnosed and admitted as sepsis or admitted with other diagnosis evolved sepsis. Results: We found that one-third of the patients diagnosed as sepsis admitted to the intensive care unit, the mean duration of management 15.8 days. Many investigations did for these patients, the treatment which given to the patients was iv. fluids and antibiotics for entire patients, we also noted that death occurs in more than half of the patients in our study and death were prevalent among patient with a negative result in blood culture also the male patient was more predominant than the female patient and Najaf residency is more than three-quarters of them. Finally, we found that admission to the intensive care unit from units other than emergency or intensive care unit itself found is nearly one-third of the patient diagnosed as sepsis and the respiratory system was commonly involved and presented as pneumonia. Conclusion: More than half of the diagnosed cases died. The maximum common source of admission was from other hospital units, the severe sepsis and no growth of blood culture closely associated with death.
Bandgap determination of chemically doped polyaniline materials from reflectance measurements

Spectroscopic techniques are very useful for characterizing semiconducting and conducting materials. The optical properties (specially reflection spectra) of polyaniline mix with metal Mn and Fe with different compositionin bulk form were studied. The reflection spectra of these materials are recorded by a Hitachi spectro-photometer model (330), at room temperature, in the wavelength range 300-600 nm. From the analysis of reflection spectra, polyaniline mix with metal Mn and Fe have been found to have energy bandgap which decreases with increase of concentration of iron. An effort has also been made to study the structure formation using XRD techniques.
Erasmus+ Educational Projects on eLearning and Related Methodologies

Collecting data from Erasmus+ projects to detect those that have been identified as good practice or success story could be very useful in order to help teachers to define successful projects in a particular field. To compile projects of interest, the Erasmus+ Project Results Platform is available, which has a database with very useful information to locate educational projects that have been funded by the European Union. The advantage of using this tool is that it has a search engine that allows anyone to look up for keywords. Moreover, it permits to define different criteria so as to identify good practices projects that could serve as a reference in order to find useful parameters to improve the teaching process. This chapter presents the main data collected from educational projects that are related to eLearning and related methodologies in the aforementioned platform. It also defines which ones will be selected so as to be able to undertake an adequate analysis that allows the definition of a methodological guide to be carried out.
Combined approach with demineralized bone matrix and platelet concentrates in the treatment of periodontal intra-bony defect: A case report

Periodontitis is a multifactorial disease that leads to destruction of hard and soft tissues. Regenerative periodontal therapy has been proven to be more efficient in restoring these lost tissues, when compared to open flap debridement. Several bone grafts/substitutes have been used for the treatment of intrabony defects. Demineralized freeze-dried bone allograft (DFDBA) has been proven clinically as well as histologically, to be the material of choice for regeneration. Platelet-rich fibrin (PRF), on the other hand has been said to have certain properties that aid in wound healing as well as regeneration. Therefore, this case report aims at evaluating regenerative capacity of PRF when combined with DFDBA.
Water Availability, Crop Choices and Profitability of Farming: A Case Study of Mahakanumulla Tank Village

Village Tank Cascade Systems (VTCSs) were built in ancient Sri Lanka as self-reliant and climate-resilient agro-ecological systems. This study examined crop choices and profitability of farming under alternative rainfall regimes in a well-functioning tank village system in Mahakanumulla VTCS in Anuradhapura district. A Linear Programming (LP) model was developed to represent farming activities in the tank village for the 2018-19 Maha and 2019 Yala seasons using data gathered from secondary sources and a key informant survey. The baseline equilibrium was calibrated treating farmers as profit maximisers cultivating four types of land (uplands and lowlands in Maha and Yala seasons), two types of labour (hired and family), and twelve-monthly water constraints. The model was simulated under alternative rainfall regimes and technological interventions. The optimal crop mixes, farm profits, and shadow prices of resources associated with the baseline scenarios were compared with those of counterfactual scenarios. The results of the analysis indicated that the success of an intervention is determined by the rainfall regime. The analysis further showed that the introduction of a short-aged rice variety helps more in mitigating drought in a Maha season and the introduction of a traditional rice variety helps more in drought during Yala season. The positive effects of desiltation is quite large when a traditional rice variety is introduced in a Maha drought. Provision of seasonal weather forecasts, which will enable farmers to choose appropriate technological interventions, is recommended.
Effect of storage period on the proximate analysis and sensory characteristics of banana chips

The present investigation for screening of banana (Musa paradisica) cultivars for preparation of banana chips and snacks was carried out to standardize the process for preparation of banana chips and selection of good cultivars for production of Banana chips. Three cultivars viz. Ardhapuri, Grand naine and Mahalakshmi were selected for screening for preparation of banana chips and snacks. Banana slices were fried at different temperature. Three sample Sample A, sample D and sample C from cultivar Ardhapuri, Grand naine and Mahalakshmi respectively were evaluated for textural characteristics which was stored for period 1 month. Textural characteristics evaluated in term of hardness (kg). Low value of hardness indicate that more crispiness. Sample C from Ardhapuri cultivar was low value of hardness it means that it had more crispiness as compared to other samples from cultivar. Effect of the storage period on the proximate analysis of banana chips was evaluated for three samples which were selected by hydrocolloid treatment. Storage period for 15 days and 30 days were indicating that deflection in the analytical parameter. Moisture content for different samples was increased due to absorption from atmosphere. Fat content was decreased due to formation of free fatty acids which was result in to rancidity. Acidity remains slightaly constant. Ascorbic content were slightly increases. Ph somewhat remain constant. Peroxide value was increased as the days passes it means indicate that rancidity of oil. Banana snacks prepared were evaluated for sensory characteristics. Sensory characteristics indicate that snacks prepared from Ardhapuri cultivar were good in terms of sensory characteristics as compared to snacks from Grand naine and Mahalakshmi cultivar.
Design and Characterisation of Solid Electrolytes for All-Solid-State Lithium Batteries

The development of all-solid-state lithium batteries, in which the currently used liquid electrolytes are substituted for solid electrolyte materials, could lead to safer batteries o ering higher energy densities and longer cycle lifetimes. Designing suitable solid electrolytes with su cient chemical and electrochemical stability, high lithium ion conduction and negligible electronic conduction remains a challenge. The highly lithium ion conducting LiBH4-LiI solid solution is a promising solid electrolyte material. Solid solutions with a LiI content of 6.25%-50% were synthesised by planetary ball milling and annealed at 140 ¶C. Their crystal structure was investigated using powder x-ray di raction and their ionic conductivity was measured using impedance spectroscopy. The ionic conductivity is found to exceed 0.1 mS/cm at 30 ¶C and 10 mS/cm at 140 ¶C. The formation of defect-rich microstructures during ball milling is found to significantly influence the conductivity of the samples. The long-range di usion of lithium ions was measured using quasi-elastic neutron scattering. The solid solutions are found to exhibit two-dimensional conduction in the hexagonal plane of the crystal structure, with the formation of Frenkel pairs playing a large role. The charge and discharge performance of all-solid-state batteries with LiBH4LiI as an electrolyte is reported for the first time. Lithium titanate (Li4Ti5O12) was used for the positive electrode and lithium metal for the negative electrode. The electrochemical stability of LiBH4-LiI is found to be limited to 3 V. The all-solid-state cells reach 81% of their theoretical discharge capacity at 60 ¶C and a discharge rate of 10 μA, but a capacity fade of 1.6% per charge-discharge cycle and a large overvoltage are observed. Impedance spectroscopy results show a strong correlation between changes in the discharge capacity of the cells and changes in the cell resistance over 200 cycles. This may be due to a possible formation of a passivating areas in the cell as well as contact issues between the electrode-electrolyte interfaces. The crystal structure and ionic conductivity of the LiBH4-Ca(BH4)2 composite were also studied. No formation of a solid solution is observed and the ionic conductivity is lower than that of pure, ball milled LiBH4. Heat treatment of the samples leads to the formation of a small amount of defect-rich, electronically conducting CaH2 with a cubic crystal structure. Its formation has an e ect on the measured conductivity of the samples and increases the risk of an internal short-circuit. This reveals a more general issue that must receive attention in further research on solid electrolytes.
The effect of vitamin D deficiency and vitamin D supplementation on the risk of cardiovascular diseases

Studies revealed an association between vitamin D deficiency and the frequency of cardiovascular diseases and their risk factors. This review is aimed at summarizing evidence for the association of vitamin D deficiency and vitamin D supplementation with the risk of cardiovascular diseases. The data was collected by surfing the Pubmed, Cochrane Central Registry and EMBASE databases for appropriate and related studies. Search terms included: “Vitamin D”, “cardiovascular diseases”, “CVD”, “calcitriol” and “1,25-dihydroxy vitamin D”. The abstracts of the discovered articles were reviewed, and the full texts of the articles that met the criteria were then evaluated to be used for the study. The large number of clinical trials, cross-sectional, prospective and systematic review studies are evidence that vitamin D deficiency is associated with most cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors and with the pathogenesis of CVD. However, with regard to the clinical trial studies evaluated in this work, vitamin D supplementation did not decrease the occurrence of cardiovascular events.
Contractor selection: a review of qualification and pre-qualification systems

Abstract The impact of contractor selection on construction project success has led to numerous studies on contractor selection. However, an up-to-date systematic review of contractor selection trend is still lacking. This study aims to fill the gap by reviewing published literature from 1990 to 2019. A desktop search was conducted under the ‘T/A/K (title/abstract/keyword)’ in Scopus search engine where 252 papers were identified. Based on a two-phase filtering approach, which included journal relevance assessment and article relevance assessment, 137 published papers within 22 journals were used for the study. The major finding was that the questions were raised on the suitability of selection criteria for appraising contractors and it was acknowledged that, choosing appropriate contractor selection criteria are affected by other factors hence can be regarded as a Multiple Criteria Decision Making problem suitable for machine learning tools. A major limitation of was that, even with the 137 reviewed papers, not all contractor selection-related papers were reviewed. The outcome of the study suggests a greater involvement of practitioners in model development and stimulates future studies that delve into the development of models to aid in selecting optimal contractor selection criteria for a particular project.
Electrically isolated propagating streamer heads formed by strong electron attachment

Streamer discharges occur in the early stages of electric breakdown of gases in lightning, as well as in plasma and high voltage technology. They are growing filaments characterized by a curved charge layer at their tip that enhances the electric field ahead of them. In this study, we analyze the effect of strong electron attachment on the propagation of positive streamers. Strong attachment occurs in insulating gases like sulphur hexafluoride (SF6) or in air at increased density. We use the classical fluid approximation with photo-ionization for streamers in ambient air, and we artificially increase the electron attachment rate where the field is below the breakdown value. This modification approximates air pressures above 1 bar at room temperature. We find that the streamer head can keep propagating even though the ionized channel loses its conductivity closely behind the head; hence, even if it is electrically isolated. We describe how, depending on the attachment rate, the streamer propagation in a constant electric field can be accelerating, uniformly translating, or stagnating.
Genetic parameters for egg production traits in crosses between local and exotic chickens estimated by Bayesian inference

Estimates of genetic parameters for economic traits are important to enable the breeder estimate the breeding value of individuals available for selection. Thus, this study was carried out to estimate genetic parameters namely heritability and genetic correlations among egg production traits in two strain crosses using bivariate animal model in Bayesian (MCMC) method. The egg production data were obtained from four generations which comprised the base population of two commercial egg strains and the local chicken, the inbred population derived from the base population, the F1 crossbred population obtained from the crossing of the local and exotic inbred chickens and the backcross population obtained from the backcrossing of the crossbred to their parents. A total number of 1,138 daughters of 62 sires and 620 dams were used for the study. The autocorrelations among samples in the MCMC chain were less than 0.1 for all lag values indicating that all samples of the posterior distribution were independent. The estimated heritability for age at first egg, body weight at first egg, hen day egg number, weight of first egg, egg weight at thirty week and egg weight at forty week were 0.62, 0.48, 0.47, 0.53, 0.54 and 0.56 for strain 1 crosses and 0.43, 0.48, 0.49, 0.52, 0.52 and 0.53 for strain 2 crosses. The corresponding highest posterior density interval ranged from 0.22 to 0.91 for strain 1 crosses and 0.07 to 0.83 for strain 2 crosses. The genetic correlations among egg production traits ranged from 0.06 to 1.97 in strain 1 and 0.06 to 2.59 in strain 2 crosses. The estimates were within the range reported in literature for egg production traits in chicken and imply that appreciable amount of additive genes exist in the strain crosses which could be used for the selection of superior birds. The magnitude of genetic correlations implies that selection of one trait could lead to correlated response to the other traits.
Black Oat (Avena strigosa Schreb.) Ontogenesis and Agronomic Performance in Organic Cropping System and Pannonian Environments

This study examined the influence of agroecological conditions on the ontogenesis and production yield traits of black oat (Avena strigosa Schreb.). Understanding the agronomic and phenological properties related to productive properties of black oats can enable more successful introduction into new areas of oat cultivation. Field microexperiments were performed during the three consecutive years (2017–2019) on the two localities in South Banat, in Serbia, which differed in soil type: carbonate chernozem and humogley, respectively. The results showed that all investigated traits of oat in the chernozem soil type were higher when compared with measured traits obtained from the humogley soil type. The average value of yields of aboveground biomass, yield and protein content were significantly higher in relation to the humogley, by 13%, 17% and 11%, respectively for all three seasons. Observed by years, all productivity parameters differed significantly, which confirmed that the productivity of the cultivated plants was strongly influenced by different agroecological, soil and climatic conditions in Pannonian environments. The aboveground biomass and grain yield obtained from the humogley soil type indicate that this species can be successfully grown and utilized in production as a cover or fodder crop even in less favorable soil conditions.
Treatability of inorganic arsenic and organoarsenicals in groundwater

A 2-year three-phase study into methods for treatment of mixed inorganic and organic arsenic species to drinking water levels was conducted at a former pesticide facility in Houston, Tex. The species present include monomethylarsinic acid, dimethylarsinic acid, arsenate, and arsenite. Phase One studies reported here included the evaluation of four adsorbents using bottle roll and column flow through techniques, oxidation through the application of Fenton's reagent followed by coprecipitation, coprecipitation without oxidation, and ultraviolet (UV)/ ozone tests. The four adsorbents tested were activated carbon, activated alumina, ferrous sulfide, and a strongly basic ion exchange resin. All adsorbents removed some arsenic, but none except ferrous sulfide was sufficiently effective to warrant follow-up studies. Two small ferrous sulfide column tests, run under different conditions, removed arsenic but not to the levels and loading capacities needed to make this method practical. Organic compound destruction was tested using Fenton's reagent (a mixture of hydrogen peroxide and ferrous iron) before coprecipitation. Arsenic was reduced to 170 ppb in the treated liquor. Coprecipitation without oxidative pretreatment produced a liquor containing 260 ppb arsenic. A two-stage Fenton-type coprecipitation procedure produced a supematant containing 110 ppb total arsenic. Preliminary tests with a second-stage oxidative process, using ozone and UV radiation, showed approximately 80% destruction of an organic-arsenic surrogate (cacodylic acid) in I hour. Water Environ. Res., 68, 946 (1996).
Comparative characterization of Macaranga species collected from secondary forests in East Kalimantan for biorefinery of unutilized fast growing wood.

Amirta R, Nafitri SI, Wulandari R, Yuliansyah, Suwinarti W, Candra KP, Watanabe T. 2016. Comparative characterization of Macaranga species collected from secondary forests in East Kalimantan for biorefinery of unutilized fast growing wood. Biodiversitas 17: 116-123. Wood species for industrial forest plantation has been selected to produce construction wood materials, boards and papers, and unutilized fast growing wood as a source for biofuel production has been out of the scope for selection. Macaranga Thouars (Euphorbiaceae) is widely distributed in the tropics and importance of the genus has been recognized due to its high level of growth rate and adaptability to constitute forest ecosystem. However, potency of the genus as a source for bioethanol production has not been systematically studied. We herein first report differential properties of six Macaranga wood species collected in East Kalimantan, Indonesia, as a raw feedstock for enzymatic saccharification for bioethanol production. Among the wood species examined, the highest sugar yield 48.6% (weight of original wood basis), which corresponds to 315 mL ethanol/kg biomass, was obtained with 5.0% NaOH at 160oC for M. hypoleuca. Significant differences in the sensitivity to alkaline concentration and temperature have been found among the species. A high sugar yield, 40.4% was obtained for M. winkleri with a low alkaline concentration, 3.5% NaOH at 150oC, while M. motleyana gave the sugar yield 12.8% under the same condition. M. motleyana required a set of the conditions with higher NaOH concentration 5.0% and temperatures over 160oC. The harsh condition with 5.0% NaOH at 170oC promoted delignification of all the species but M. hypoleuca decreased the saccharification yield by raising the temperature from 160oC to 170oC, probably due to decomposition of carbohydrate cores. This temperature-dependent negative effect was not observed with 3.5% NaOH for M. hypoleuca. These results indicate that differences in the balance between disintegration effects and excess degradation of carbohydrates are different among the species and the variation should be taken into account on screening. Thus, we found a wide range of diversity in the susceptibility to alkaline pretreatment in the genus Macaranga and selected the wood species giving high productivity of fermentable