Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Postmortem Toxicology Data of Autopsied Cases in the Northern Border Province, Saudi Arabia: A Six-Year Retrospective Study

Autopsy remains the most reliable tool to study mortality causes.This project was conducted to study toxicological findings in relation to gender, age, manners and causes of death among autopsied cases from 2013-2018 in the Northern Border province of Saudi Arabia. All police, hospitals, toxicology laboratory and autopsy reports related to the autopsied cases within the period of the study were revised. Among 908 autopsied cases during the study period, 144 autopsies (15.8%) showed positive toxicological findings (136 males (94.4%) and 8 females (5.4%)). Positive toxicological findings were significantly more common in cases aged 20-40 years (p<0.0001) without a significant gender difference (p=0.116). The commonest toxicological finding was alcohol 55 cases (6.5%) followed by cannabis in 27 cases (2.9%), while 19 cases (2.1%) showed carboxylhemoglobin ≥10%. Most deaths with positive toxicological screens (98 cases (68.1%)) were reported to be accidental. Six cases were recorded as carbon monoxide poisoning (COP), 3 cases were recorded as alcohol toxicity, and 2 cases were registered as hypertensive induced brain haemorrhages. Brain haemorrhages and aspiration pneumonia were reported among deaths related to alcohol, while intraventricular brain haemorrhage was the cause of death in amphetamine deaths. Cherry red hypostasis and pulmonary edema were found among COP deaths. In conclusion, positive toxicology data were found in a considerable percent of autopsied cases, and they can contribute directly or indirectly to identifying the cause of death. Hence, toxicological screening is mandatory in all suspected deaths and screening should not be neglected in cases with absent suggestive autopsy findings.
Pyramiding insect and disease resistance in an elite indica rice cultivar asd16

Pyramiding transgenes of interest is one of the strategies to engineer multiple stress resistance in crop plants. Transgenic plants which stably express different genes can be hybridized to bring these genes together in one plant. Transgenic rice (Oryza sativa L. cv. ASD 16) plants harbouring genes Xa21 (conferring bacterial blight resistance), tlp (conferring resistance to sheath blight), or gna (conferring resistance to brown planthopper) were used in hybridization experiments. Sexual hybridization was carried out in two different gene combinations: Xa21 × gna and tlp × gna. Molecular analyses were carried out to confirm the presence of transgenes. In F1 generation, lines harbouring either gene in each of the cross-combination were selected and forwarded to F2 generation. The presence of genes in F2 generation was confirmed by PCR, Southern blot hybridization, and Western blotting. The F2 progeneis harbouring Xa21 and gna exhibited resistance against bacterial blight and moderate resistance against brown planthopper. Similarly, the F2 lines of tlp and gna combination provided resistance against sheath blight and moderate resistance against brown planthopper. The level of resistance observed in pyramided lines for insect or pathogens was comparable to the resistance observed in their parental lines. Our study shows that pyramiding genes by hybridization between transgenic plants could be one of the strategies to develop cultivars with multiple biotic stress resistances.
Applications of Hesitant Fuzzy Sets to Completely Regular Semigroups

Abstract— In this paper, we focus on combining the theories of hesitant fuzzy sets on semigroups and establishing a new framework for hesitant fuzzy sets on semigroups. The aim of this manuscript is to apply hesitant fuzzy set for dealing with several kinds of theories in completely regular semigroups. We introduce the notions of hesitant fuzzy semiprime sets and hesitant fuzzy idempotent sets on semigroups and some properties of them are obtained. We also characterized left (right) regular, completely regular, intra-regular, regular, left (right) quasi-regular, quasi-regular intra-regular, left quasiregular and semisimple semigroups by the properties of their hesitant fuzzy ideals. At the end we prove that every hesitant
Josefine Nyby: Politicising Finnish family policy reform 2007-2017

Family policy is an extensive and highly politicised field in social policy. Throughout the history of family policy in general, the aims have been to relieve poverty among families with children, increase fertility rates and, more lately, to reconcile work and family life. These aims have been reached through a combination of cash transfers to families with children and different benefits in kind, such as public childcare and parental leaves. What the particular aims of family policy should be, however, has changed over time and been discussed, negotiated and decided on by politicians and social actors, such as women’s groups and labour market organisations. This doctoral thesis investigates how reforms in selected Finnish family policy areas were politicised 2007—2017, a period of economic turmoil and a varying political landscape. The overall aim of this thesis was to study how the Finnish family policy system was reformed during this ten-year-period, and how the reforms were politicised, in terms of what ideas were prominent in the political discourse. In this doctoral thesis, an innovative way of studying reform was done, through studying reforms mainly from the input and the output perspectives, rather than focussing on the output and the outcome perspectives, which are typically the starting point in welfare state (reform) studies. The data consisted mainly of political documents, such as election manifestos, government programs, government bills and parliamentary minutiae. However, to get a more nuanced picture of the politicisation of family policy reform supplementary data, such as newspaper editorials and interviews (conducted in 2014) with family policy experts, were used for some of the articles. The data was analysed through qualitative content analysis. The results show that, first, family policy was frequently reformed during this period. In the beginning of the period, the governments pursued expanding policy adjustments to cushion families from the economic crisis, and even a radical reforms to improve gender equality was pursued. Later governments, however, pursued contracting policy adjustments combined with a contracting radical reform to the ECEC-system. Second, the result show that two ideas – social investment and neoliberal austerity – fought for precedence. On the one hand, human capital was strengthened through reforming the public childcare system to early childhood education and care (ECEC). The emphasis was on the importance on investing in the future of all children. On the other hand, this principle was later weakened when access to fulltime ECEC was limited to those parents who were working or studying fulltime, as well as to entrepreneurs. Thus, Finnish family policy remains highly politicised and based on the results it has indeed taken a turn towards a leaner family policy model. Whether this period was the staring point of a persistent leaner family policy model, compared to the generous Nordic family policy model, or whether this period only was an anomaly in Finnish family policy history, remains to be seen.
Efficacy of Application of Plasma Rich in Growth Factors Along with the Tunnel Technique for Treatment of Gingival Recession: a Clinical Trial

Statement of the Problem: The tunnel technique has shown promising results in treatment of gingival recession. Plasma rich in growth factors (PRGF) is considered effective for soft tissue regeneration since it is a rich source of growth factors. Purpose: This clinical trial aimed to assess the efficacy of PRGF along with the tunnel technique and connective tissue graft for treatment of gingival recession. Materials and Method: In this controlled clinical trial, 20 areas around anterior and posterior teeth in 3 patients with gingival recession were bilaterally selected. The tunnel technique was used with and without PRGF in the test and control groups, respectively (10 areas in each group). The keratinized gingival width (KGW), clinical attachment level (CAL), clinical probing depth (PD), cementoenamel junction (CEJ) to mucogingival junction (MGJ) distance, and the esthetic visual analog scale (EVAS) score were evaluated preoperatively and at 6 weeks and 3 months, postoperatively. The gingival recession width (RW) and vertical recession depth (VRD) were assessed preoperatively and at 2 weeks and 3 months, postoperatively. The pain visual analog scale (PVAS) score was measured at 1, 3 and 7 days, post-treatment and the healing index (HI) was measured at 1, 3 and 7 days and 1 month, postoperatively. The root coverage percentage was assessed during 3 months. Paired t-test and repeated measures ANOVA were used for statistical analyses. p Value< 0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results: Significant improvements were noted in all tested parameters in both groups (p< 0.05). The mean root coverage percentage after 6 months was 88.68%±20.69% and 78.77%±24.94% in the test and control groups, respectively. None of the tested parameters were significantly different between two groups (p> 0.05). Conclusion: Treatment of gingival recession with the tunnel technique can yield favorable clinical outcome, irrespective of the employment of PRGF.
Utilization of healthcare facilities among farming households in Yewa South Local Government Area, Ogun State, Nigeria

The study investigated the utilization of healthcare facilities among farming households in Yewa South Local Government Area of Ogun State. Multi-stage sampling technique was used to select 120 farming households and primary data were collected through the use of questionnaire. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and multivariate probit regression model. The results indicated that the mean age of the respondents was 41 years with an average household size of five people. About 31%of the respondents had no formal education and farming is the main occupation of respondents. Most (45.8%) of the respondents travelled a distance of 5 km or less before accessing health care facilities. Primary health care was the major health care service utilized by respondents in the study area. Results further revealed that age, education, household size, income, distance to healthcare facilities, severity of ailments and belief were the major socioeconomic factors determining demand for healthcare facilities in the study area. The findings call for government at all tiers to establish more healthcare facilities closer to the residence of the rural areas to increase the farming households’ accessibility to these facilities. Keywords: healthcare, households, multivariate probit, trado-medicals
MORSE THEORY AND STABLE PAIRS

We study the Morse theory of the Yang-Mills-Higgs functional on the space of pairs (A,Φ), where A is a unitary connection on a rank 2 hermitian vector bundle over a compact Riemann surface, and Φ is a holomorphic section of (E, d′′ A). We prove that a certain explicitly defined substratification of the Morse stratification is perfect in the sense of G-equivariant cohomology, where G denotes the unitary gauge group. As a consequence, Kirwan surjectivity holds for pairs. It also follows that the twist embedding into higher degree induces a surjection on equivariant cohomology. This may be interpreted as a rank 2 version of the analogous statement for symmetric products of Riemann surfaces. Finally, we compute the G-equivariant Poincaré polynomial of the space of τ -semistable pairs. In particular, we recover an earlier result of Thaddeus. The analysis provides an interpretation of the Thaddeus flips in terms of a variation of Morse functions.
Integrating personal involvement, goal orientation, and characteristics of innovations to inform fertilizer best practice video communications.

Water quality is a complex issue and residential fertilizer can be one of the many contributors to poor water quality. Working with residential audiences to help them understand and reduce their impacts on water quality is an important task among many agricultural education and Extension professionals. In order to effectively work with residential audiences, we must first understand what influences their intent to engage in fertilizer best management practices. In this research, we paired the Diffusion of Innovations and Elaboration Likelihood Model to examine the influence of perceptions of an innovation’s characteristics, personal involvement with water, and communication on intent to engage in fertilizer best management practices. The communication was presented to experimental groups as a 35-second video about fertilizer best management practices. Data were collected via a survey instrument and were analyzed using inferential procedures. Four of the five characteristics of innovations significantly influenced intent to engage in fertilizer best management practices among the control group. However, all five characteristics were significant among the entire sample but the influence was less compared to the control group. Involvement increased intent while the video treatments had little effect. The results of the research support existing findings, but also offer areas of new discovery as well as insights for practice and additional study. Future research should examine the repetition of communication as well as different dimensions of involvement.
Impact of sea ice floe size distribution on seasonal fragmentation and melt of Arctic sea ice

Abstract. Recent years have seen a rapid reduction in the summer Arctic sea ice extent. To both understand this trend and project the future evolution of the summer Arctic sea ice, a better understanding of the physical processes that drive the seasonal loss of sea ice is required. The marginal ice zone, here defined as regions with between 15 % and 80 % sea ice cover, is the region separating pack ice from the open ocean. Accurate modelling of this region is important to understand the dominant mechanisms involved in seasonal sea ice loss. Evolution of the marginal ice zone is determined by complex interactions between the atmosphere, sea ice, ocean, and ocean surface waves. Therefore, this region presents a significant modelling challenge. Sea ice floes span a range of sizes but sea ice models within climate models assume they adopt a constant size. Floe size influences the lateral melt rate of sea ice and momentum transfer between atmosphere, sea ice, and ocean, all important processes within the marginal ice zone. In this study, the floe size distribution is represented as a power law defined by an upper floe size cut-off, lower floe size cut-off, and power-law exponent. This distribution is also defined by a new tracer that varies in response to lateral melting, wave-induced break-up, freezing conditions, and advection. This distribution is implemented within a sea ice model coupled to a prognostic ocean mixed-layer model. We present results to show that the use of a power-law floe size distribution has a spatially and temporally dependent impact on the sea ice, in particular increasing the role of the marginal ice zone in seasonal sea ice loss. This feature is important in correcting existing biases within sea ice models. In addition, we show a much stronger model sensitivity to floe size distribution parameters than other parameters used to calculate lateral melt, justifying the focus on floe size distribution in model development. We also find that the attenuation rate of waves propagating under the sea ice cover modulates the impact of wave break-up on the floe size distribution. It is finally concluded that the model approach presented here is a flexible tool for assessing the importance of a floe size distribution in the evolution of sea ice and is a useful stepping stone for future development of floe size modelling.
Lean-Green Manufacturing Practices and Their Link with Sustainability: A Critical Review

The current rapidly changing and highly competitive market has put companies under a great pressure towards adopting sustainable practices, in terms of keeping a healthy balance among economic, environmental and social performances. In this context, the lean-green manufacturing approach, which combines lean practices focused on customers’ demand, and green practices focused on reducing the business’ environmental impact, has gained popularity. Nevertheless, the lean-green manufacturing is still a relatively new practice, lacking a clear and structured research definition, and of significant evidence of successful cases in the practice. In this paper, a literature review is conducted to identify the actual possibility of combining lean and green practices, the current trends for implementing such combination and the potential sustainability improvements such implementation can lead. It is the authors’ intention that the findings analysed in this paper can contribute to the state-of-the-art of lean-green manufacturing and provide practitioners with a useful tool towards developing effective strategies for its deployment.
Sound Symbolism in Marketing: An Integrative Review of Marketing Studies into Sound Symbolism

Ozellikle 2000’li yillarin basindan itibaren, ses sembolizmi uzerine yapilan pazarlama calismalarinda artis olmasina ragmen, mevcut literaturde bu calismalari butuncul bir sekilde ele alan herhangi bir calisma bulunmamaktadir. Bu boslugu doldurmak icin bu calisma 1970-2019 yillari arasinda ses sembolizmi olgusunu inceleyen 46 tane pazarlama calismasina iliskin genis capli bir inceleme sunmaktadir. Derlenen makaleler, calismalarin kapsami, yontemi ve incelenen kavramsal alanlar acisindan icerik analizi ile incelenmistir. Analiz sonuclari, ses sembolizmi olgusunun mevcut pazarlama literaturunde hizla gelisme gostermesine ragmen ses sembolizmi uzerine yapilan calismalarin hala gelistirilebilecegini gostermektedir. Bu calismanin, ilgili mevcut bilgi birikimine butunlukcu bir yaklasim sunarak ve mevcut literaturdeki eksiklikleri gostererek gelecek calismalara da katki saglamasi beklenmektedir .
Formulation and evaluation of wild apricot kernel oil based massage cream

Apricot oil extracted from wild apricot kernels with low acid value, rich in vitamin E and fatty acid was selected as the base material for the optimization of formulations of apricot based massage cream. The massage cream was developed by different concentration of oil and was compared with the commercially available apricot cream, on the basis of quality characteristics, functional properties, sensory and any adverse effects on skin. The massage cream containing 10 to 15 per cent of oil as a base material was found better on the basis of quality characteristics i.e. viscosity (28001 & 37350 cps), total fatty matter (13.90 &15.01 per cent), vitamin E (32.195 & 35.145mg/100g) and sensory qualities i.e. good spread ability and medium emollient and functional properties i.e. thermal stability and oil-in-water emulsion as per the BIS standards. Thus, on the basis of present studies, the formulation of 10-15% vitamin E rich wild apricot kernel oil can be utilized for the development of massage cream.
Preliminary Data on the Relation between Acculturation, Weight, and Sleep in Recently Immigrated Adolescents from Central America

Data on Hispanic immigrants links increased acculturation with behavioral health concerns, though most data focuses on adults and Mexican-Americans. The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that acculturation and acculturative stress act as predictors of increased body mass index (BMI) and decreased sleep in a sample of 62 recently immigrated Central American adolescents. Findings indicated a significant link between increased language acculturation and decreased sleep in bivariate analyses, but failed to confirm relations using multivariate methods or document relations to weight. Preliminary conclusions suggest that concerns regarding obesity documented in other immigrant groups may not be relevant among adolescents from Central America but decreased sleep duration may be related to acculturation in this group.
NEED FOR ACHIEVEMENT AS A PREDICTOR OF ENTREPRENEURIAL BEHAVIOR: THE MEDIATING ROLE OF ENTREPRENEURIAL PASSION FOR FOUNDING AND ENTREPRENEURIAL INTEREST

This study aims to explore the role of new predictors of Entrepreneurial behavior (EB). Build on entrepreneurial passion literature we propose that entrepreneurial passion for founding (EPF) predicts EB. We then apply McClelland’s (1961) Need for achievement (NACH) theory to propose that NACH predicts EB. We also propose that EPF and entrepreneurial interest mediate this relationship. Furthermore, we hypothesize that prior experience moderates EPF and EB relationship as well as NACH and EB relationship and EI and EB relationship. Based on a sample of 223 collected by using a reliable questionnaire distributed to actual and potential entrepreneurs from different nationalities who are living in china; we found support for our hypotheses. Results indicated that EPF and NACH are significantly related to EB. Furthermore, we found that entrepreneurial interest and EPF mediate NACH and EB relationship. Moreover, the results revealed that prior experience affects the relationship between EPF and EB and NACH and EB as well as the relationship between entrepreneurial interest and EB such that prior experience strengthens those relationships. Study implications, limitations, and future directions are discussed.
Dietary Adherence: Social Cognitive Theory and the Mediterranean Diet

Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in the United States and is estimated to affect 1 in 3 Americans. The Mediterranean diet has proved to be efficacious in preventing and treating cardiovascular disease. The purpose of this study was to determine how psychosocial determinants affect cardiac patient abilities to adhere to the Mediterranean diet. Secondly, I sought to determine if prior knowledge, a proximal determinant to the SCT constructs, and familiarity with the diet affect diet quality. The final purpose was to analyze if socioeconomic variables affect a cardiac patient’s cognitive capabilities for diet adherence. I used social cognitive theory (SCT) for the theoretical framework. A cross-sectional pilot study of cardiac patients was conducted at a large outpatient cardiology hospital. The results showed that dietary adherence was associated with improvements in the SCT constructs. Likewise, participants reporting familiarity with the Mediterranean diet consumed diets that were 11% healthier, on average, than those whom were unfamiliar. Finally, household income was the only socioeconomic variable associated with improvements in the SCT constructs. In conclusion, social cognitive theory, specifically self-efficacy, self-regulation, and perceived expected outcomes, were highly predictive of diet quality in cardiac patients. Prior knowledge of the diet was also associated with diet patterns that closely matched the Mediterranean diet, indicating that patient education plays a key role in dietary adherence.