Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Comparative Study on the Performance of Health Workers in the Reduction of Patients Waiting Time in Public Hospitals in Yenagoa

The amount of time a patient waits to be seen by a doctor is one factor which affects the utilization of health care services especially in government hospitals. Patients‟ waiting time has emerged as an increasingly important parameter in the assessment of quality health care, hence health care facility performance can best be assessed by measuring patients‟ satisfaction which also depends on the reduction of patients‟ waiting time. It is difficult to sell services if individuals are not satisfied with the waiting time which is the length of time from when the patient entered the waiting room or the consulting room to the time the patient actually leaves the hospital (Markey and cole, 1997).
THE CELLULAR EVALUATION OF SOME OXIDATIVE - ENDOGENOUS ENZYMATIC ANTIOXIDANTS STATUS AMONG PATIENTS WITH CUTANEOUS LEISHMANIASIS

The current study was conducted in order to investigate the cellular-physiological responses of some enzymatic endogenous antioxidants of parasitic infection that were performed as a cellular metabolically defenses through estimation of oxidative stress biomarkers as indicators in patients with cutaneous leishmania and evaluation of these responses of endogenous antioxidants. The study included an individual of both genders: 60 patients with cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) and 30 healthy individuals. Study volunteers were distributed into three age groups (1-20), (2140), and (41-60) years. The demographic data were collected for both the patient and healthy groups, including age and ABO-Rh blood groups. Also, the laboratory measurements were performed for all venous blood samples taken from patients and healthy subjects including measure the concentrations of oxidative stress biomarkers total oxidants status (TOS) and malondialdehyde (MDA), and the concentrations of enzymatic antioxidants superoxide dismutase 1 (SOD1) and glutathione peroxidase 1 (GPX1). The demographical study revealed that the incidence of CL disease more occurs in males than females within early and mid-ages. On the other hand, a higher percentage of CL incidences were an early age (1–20 years) and mid-age (21–40 years). In addition, the predominant blood type among CL patients was A+ followed by O+ > B+ >AB+ and B> A> O>AB. The serum biochemical assays of cutaneous leishmaniasis patients indicated for a significant increase in serum concentrations of (TOS) and (MDA), and a significant decrease in concentrations of SOD1 and GPX1 in comparison to the healthy group for all sample age ranges. It is concluded that the pathogenesis of cutaneous leishmaniasis caused cellular oxidative stress represented by the high production of free radicals which functionally depleted the cellular metabolically levels of serum endogenous enzymatic antioxidants.
COVID-19 Pandemic in Higher Education: Critical Role of Emerging Technologies in Zimbabwe

The outbreak of COVID-19 affects Zimbabwe’s education sector leading to disruption of teaching and learning activities across the country. Though there are positive results from the implemented COVID-19 measures, however, higher institutions remained closed as cases continue escalating. COVID-19 poses tremendous challenges in higher institutions and opportunities to revise education policies and adopting emerging technologies for teaching and learning purposes are not yet explored in Zimbabwe. Therefore, this study aimed at providing a special reflection of the effects of COVID-19 in higher education and their responses to the pandemic to ensure safe re-opening. Also, the paper presents the critical role of emerging technologies in teaching and learning. To achieve that we applied literature search of memos, reports from the Ministry of Higher Education, COVID-19 reports and guidelines and articles from Google Scholar, Elsevier and Web of Science. The study revealed that there is significant progress in preventing the spread of COVID-19 and reopening is inevitable. The study recommends colleges and universities improve internet bandwidth, provision of psychosocial support services, create hybrid learning model, increase Wi-Fi access points, change of learning and pedagogical policies, implementation of phased learning approach and training of staff and students as institutions of learning reopen.
X-ray focusing properties of doubly bent crystals

The focusing properties of several bent crystal geometries, including the newly introduced Pestehe & Askari general point-focusing system [Pestehe & Askari Germi (2012), Opt. Soc. Am. A, 29, 68–77; Pestehe & Askari Germi (2012), J. Appl. Cryst. 45, 890–901], on an arbitrarily positioned detector plane are investigated and illustrated. The properties of the focal points and the generated images are theoretically related to the local, ‘, and directional, , positions of the detector plane for a given position of a point source on the Rowland circle. A general relation is derived for the detector positioning to obtain a specially focused image. This formula for the polar position of the detector plane, given by the two ‘ and variables, enables the exact determination of the system astigmatism and the exact calculation of the sagittal and meridional image positions for the spectrometer under study. The astigmatisms of the abovementioned bent crystal geometries have been studied, and their sagittal and meridional focal positions and characteristics have been obtained and are illustrated. It is also shown that there is a possibility of designing a spectrometer to focus rays from a linear source onto a point on the Rowland circle.
The relationship between brain structure and general psychopathology in preadolescents

Categorical mental disorders are being recognized as suboptimal targets in clinical neuroscience due to poor reliability as well as high rates of heterogeneity within, and comorbidity between, mental disorders. As an alternative to the case-control approach, recent studies have focused on the relationship between neurobiology and latent dimensions of psychopathology. The current study aimed to investigate the relationship between brain structure and psychopathology in the critical preadolescent period when psychopathology is emerging. This study included baseline data from the Adolescent Brain and Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study® (n = 11,721; age range = 9-10 years; male = 52.2%). General psychopathology, externalizing, internalizing, and thought disorder dimensions were based on a higher-order model of psychopathology and estimated using Bayesian plausible values. Outcome variables included global and regional cortical volume, thickness, and surface area. Higher levels of psychopathology across all dimensions were associated with lower volume and surface area globally, as well as widespread and pervasive alterations across the majority of cortical and subcortical regions studied, after adjusting for sex, race/ethnicity, and parental education. The relationships between general psychopathology and brain structure were attenuated when adjusting for cognitive functioning. There was evidence of a relationship between externalizing psychopathology and frontal regions of the cortex that was independent of general psychopathology. The current study identified lower cortical volume and surface area as transdiagnostic biomarkers for general psychopathology in preadolescence. The widespread and pervasive relationships between general psychopathology and brain structure may reflect cognitive dysfunction that is a feature across a range of mental illnesses.
High Prevalence and Clustering Of Modifiable Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors among Nurses in Nigeria: Implication for Translating Knowledge into Practice among Health Care Professionals

Objective: There is paucity of information on the prevalence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors among the working population in Nigeria, particularly among nurses. This study was thus conducted to investigate the prevalence of selected modifiable CVD risk factors and sociodemographic factors associated with them, among nurses in Nigeria. Materials and methods: This study was a cross-sectional survey involving 316 (298 females and 18 males) nurses, purposively recruited from the largest teaching hospital in Nigeria. The International Physical Activity Questionnaire and the AUDIT- C Alcohol Screening Questionnaire were used to assess the physical activity and alcohol consumption levels of the participants respectively. Participants' height, weight, body mass index (BMI), waist and hip circumferences, waist-to-hip ratio and blood pressure were assessed using standard procedures. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics and inferential statistics of Chi-square at 0.05 level of significance. Results: There was high prevalence and clustering of physical inactivity, obesity and pre-hypertension among the participants. Significant association was found between age and blood pressure (p<0.001), age and BMI (p<0.001), sex and physical activity level (p=0.041), sex and alcohol consumption (p<0.001), professional rank and blood pressure (0.038) and between professional rank and BMI (p<0.001). Conclusion: Findings from this study showed high prevalence of CVD risk factors: obesity, pre-hypertension abnormal waist-hip ratio and insufficient physical activity levels among participants. These factors were variedly associated with participants’ age, professional rank and sex. There is a need for an urgent intervention to ameliorate CVD risks among nurses in Nigeria.
DISTRIBUTION AND ABUNDANCE OF COLONIAL HERONS AND EGRETS IN CALIFORNIA, 2009–2012a

As part of an 11-state inventory in the western United States organized by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, we coordinated censuses of 15 species of breeding colonial waterbirds throughout California from 2009 to 2012. Here we describe the status of the five widespread species of colonial ardeids in California during that period, combining the results of surveys from the air, boats, and ground. Statewide, we estimate 5517 pairs of the Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) nesting at 399 sites, 7973 pairs of the Great Egret (Ardea alba) at 182 sites, 1888 pairs of the Snowy Egret (Egretta thula) at 79 sites, 2678 pairs of the Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) at 20 sites, and 2443 pairs of the Black-crowned Night-Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) at 104 sites. For four of these species, the numbers of colonies and breeding pairs were highest near the coast and in the Central Valley, much lower in the Great Basin, Cascade Ranges, Sierra Nevada, and southern deserts. By contrast, about twothirds of the statewide total of nesting pairs of the Cattle Egret was in the Imperial Valley. The Central Valley was particularly important to the two most numerous species, holding about three-quarters and one half of the state’s nesting pairs of the Great Egret and Great Blue Heron, respectively. The survey period coincided with drought, which greatly reduced potential foraging habitat in many regions and may have restricted herons’ distribution and depressed their abundance. In the lack of broad-scale surveys during a wet climatic period, no quantification of the effect of drought on herons is possible, though such data are available for other colonial waterbird species. Although the populations of the five herons appear to be stable or increasing, considerable uncertainty in the magnitude and direction of trends remains because of substantial year-to-year variation in numbers of nests and a lack of a robust broad-scale monitoring program suited to these species. Plans for longterm monitoring of ardeids and other colonial waterbirds must account for the large fluctuations in their distribution and abundance over short-term cycles of drought and flood, and factor in the expectation of greater environmental fluctuations with continuing climate change. Initiatives to promote the conservation of waterbirds throughout North America recognize the importance of inventorying and monitoring. Such work is crucial for determining conservation status, detecting population aAppendices 1 and 2 and Tables S1–S5 are available at archive.westernfieldornithologists. org/archive/V51/Shuford-et-al-herons.
The Influence of Hello Book Media on Early Childhood Language Skills

Children who have difficulty expressing their wants and needs are more likely to be helped and fail to gain independence. Providing stimulation to foster communication skills starting from an early age through play and media activities. This study aims to analyze the effect of the Hello Book media on early childhood language skills. This type of research is a Quasi Experiment (quasiexperiment). The population in this study were students of group B of two Kindergarten Institutions. The data collection technique uses observation to determine the level of development of language skills. The hypothesis test used is the Independent t-test parametric statistical test. According to the calculation results obtained t = -4,303 with a sig value. = 0.0001. The difference in the mean value between the experimental group and the control group was 2,150. Thus, it can be concluded that the use of Hello Book media in learning has a positive and significant effect on children's language skills in
Users’ Satisfaction with Internet Service Performance-Based on User Log

We are currently on the cusp of a digital era when people engage Internet services (Int-Sevs) ceaselessly for sundry purposes such as learning, teaching, and research. However, the lack of sufficient understanding of user satisfaction still poses a huge challenge to Int-Sevs adaption to users’ dynamic needs and the provision of required services in real-time within the university’s context. This understanding is needful concerning what influences the performance of the Int-Sevs of a university. This paper, therefore, analyses the user log of about 65000 log items generated by 120 users of a university’s internet services that were collected over three months. The mixed-method approach was adopted. Thus, the two-step clustering and crosstabulation techniques were applied to identify natural groupings and examine them for existing relationships (respectively) to determine the existence of user satisfaction. The results showed a significant association and relationship between user satisfaction and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). The study concluded that with data and efficient techniques, KPIs with user-centric criteria like user satisfaction could be investigated to find what influences the performance of a university’s IntSevs. The quality of users’ experience was omitted and left to be considered in the future in a conceivably longitudinal study.
Source of Errors in English Headless Relative Clauses Produced by Persian Learners/Speakers of English

This paper focuses on errors made by Persian learners of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) when producing English headless relative clauses (RCs). Although English does not allow interrogative structure in headless RCs, Persian EFL learners tend to produce them in the interrogative form. In the course of the present research, potential sources of this error were explored, and eventually the Markedness Differential Hypothesis (MDH) showed to have more explanatory power, and made up the theoretical framework of the research. The oral and written corpus of the study was obtained in the course of two years through diverse sources from 137 female and male Iranian participants. The collected, naturally-occurring data yielded a pool of 126 ill-formed RCs, consisting of 85 (67.46%) ordinary headless, 25(19.84%) headed and 16 (12.69%) free headless RCs. Scrutiny into the data led to recognizing systematic errors in two main types (headless RC in subject or object position) and two subsidiary types (headless RC in subject position including copula verb) of English headless RCs. These systematic errors can be attributed to markedness differential hypothesis, not in the sense that the forms are different across the two languages, but because of the wider functionality of interrogative and declarative forms in English headless RCs, compared to Persian. This study calls for linguistic analysis of other facets of such systematic errors, more collaboration of linguists and language pedagogues to recognize and address learning problems, and studies on educational solutions for related problems.
Perception of the ambiguous motion quartet: A stimulus-observer interaction approach

Visual perception is the result of a highly complex process depending on both stimulus and observer characteristics and, importantly, their interactions. Generating robust theories and making precise predictions in light of this complexity can be challenging, and the interaction of stimulus- and observer-related effects is often neglected or understated. In the current study, we examined inter- and intra-individual differences and the effects of a wide range of three stimulus characteristics (i.e., spatial distance, temporal distance, and spatial location). Our results indicate that not all individuals show the same group average stimulus-driven effects on the perception of a motion quartet and that these effects are not always equal across the entire stimulus range. Moreover, we observed that there are clear individual differences in spontaneous perceptual dynamics and that these can be overridden by some but not all stimulus manipulations. We conclude that considering different stimulus manipulations, different observers, and their interactions can provide a more nuanced and informative view on the processes governing visual perception. This study examines the effect of spatial distance, spatiotemporal distance, spatial location, and individual differences on the perception of the ambiguous motion quartet.
Characterization of bacterial community in the rumen of bovine with laminitis using high-throughput sequencing

Background: Laminitis- an inflammation of lamella, could cause great economic loss to dairy industry, which has attracted wide attention around the world. Although previous researches explored risk factors of laminitis, the exact pathological mechanism of laminitis is still remaining unclear. In recent years, microbiota is considered as one of the vital parts that played significant role in various diseases processes. However, current studies are far from sufficient. Aim of this study is to explore the characteristics of ruminal microbiota in laminitis cows.Results: The serum of bovines with or without laminitis from farms was collected to detect concentrations of LPS, lactic acid, and histamine, and the ruminal fluid was collected for 16S rRNA sequence analysis. The results showed that there was a significant increase in LPS and lactic acid levels in laminitis group comparing to control group cows. In addition, the higher abundance of bacteria that -riches acid-enhancing metabolites, namely, Candidatus Saccharimonas, Saccharofermentans, Erysipelotrichaceae UCG-009, Erysipelotrichaceae UCG-008, Clostridium papyrosolvens and Ruminococcaceae bacterium AE2021 were detected in the rumen fluid from laminitis bovines.Conclusions: This article confirmed that difference of rumen microbiota were occurred in rumen between health and laminitis bovines. The elevated abundance of bacteria that riches acid- enhancing metabolites, as well as increased the concentration of lactic acid and LPS could be harmful factors to bovines and increase risks of laminitis.
Knowledge and Awareness of Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) and HPV Vaccine among Pregnant Women in Puerto Rico: A Cross Sectional Study

Background: The success of the HPV preventive measures requires the need for educational interventions as well as an understanding of groups at risks’ concerns regarding HPV. Pregnant women are a key “teachable” population for the development of communication and information strategies to increase trust in HPV immunization during childhood. This study aims to evaluate and measure the level of knowledge of pregnant women in Puerto Rico about the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) and willingness to vaccinate their children at the recommended age. Methods: A cross-sectional self-administered questionnaire was addressed to pregnant women at two Obstetrician- Gynecologists (OB-GYN) private offices in San Juan and Caguas, Puerto Rico. Results: A total of 102 questionnaires were completed and analyzed. Mean age of respondents was 27 years (range 21-38 years). Most participants reported they had heard about HPV (92%), knew that HPV is a sexually transmitted disease (88%) and that it can cause cervical cancer (73.5%). However, less than half (35%) knew that HPV is treatable. Seventy-eight percent of respondents were aware of the HPV vaccine, and 61.7% knew that the vaccine could prevent cervical cancer. Sixty percent of them were aware of the recommended age for the vaccine. Sixty-one percent of the responders that knew about HPV and the vaccine were willing to vaccinate their children at the recommended age. Conclusion: This survey indicated that awareness of HPV among pregnant women in Puerto Rico is high. However, there are significant gaps in knowledge about HPV, the vaccine and its preventive attributes, which may contribute to the low willingness to vaccinate their children at the recommended age. Reinforcement of educational interventions at the obstetric clinics might help increase the patient population who is immunized against HPV.
Deep Convolutional Neural Networks models for the binary morphological classification of SDSS-galaxies

We present the deep learning approach for the determination of morphological types of galaxies. We demonstrate the method's performance with the redshift-limited (z < 0.1) training sample of 6 163 galaxies from the SDSS DR9. We exploited the deep convolutional neural network classifiers such as InceptionV3, DenseNet121, and MobileNetV2 to process images of SDSS-galaxies (100x100 pixels, 25 arcsec in each axis in size) using g, r, i filters as R - G - B channels to create images. We provided the data augmentation (horizontal and vertical flips, random shifts on ±10 pixels, and rotations) randomly applied to the set of images during learning, which helped increase the classifier's generalization ability. Also, two different loss functions, MAE and Lovasz-Softmax, were applied to each classifier. The target sample galaxies were classified into two morphological types (late and early) trained on the images of galaxies from the sample. It turned out that the deep convolutional neural networks InceptionV3 and DenseNet121 with MAE-loss function show the best result attaining 93.3% accuracy.
Differences between the young and older married women regarding their knowledge and beliefs about Cervical Cancer Running Title: Women’s perspectives of Cervical cancer

Background: Cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer among women worldwide, and the fourth leading cause of cancer-related deaths globally, with an estimated 569,847 new cases. Cervical cancer ranks as the 13th leading cause of female cancers and is the 10th most common cancer in women aged 15 to 44 years in Egypt with the incidence of new cases 969 diagnosed in 2018. The study aimed to between the young and older married women regarding their knowledge and beliefs about Cervical Cancer. Subjects and Methods: A descriptive correlational design used to examine relationships between women’s age and their knowledge level about cervical cancer. The study conducted at Woman’ health Hospital. The data collected by Awareness of the Cervical Cancer Questionnaire. Results: A total of Three hundred and eighty-nine (n=389) married women completed the survey questionnaire. Knowledge level reflected the correct answers were higher among young groups versus inadequate among the older group and revealed statistical significance difference. Conclusion: The participants' low knowledge level indicated the urgent need for focus on cervical cancer prevention programs for all age groups and activates the early detection program of cervical cancer to avoid the increase in incidence rate.