Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Current and Potential Users Adoption of Mobile Payment Technology in Nigeria

Mobile technology advancement has significantly transformed the functionality of smartphones, into a one-stopshop from conventional communication to wireless technology for purchase and transactions through mobile payment technology. The bond between the smartphone and the users in recent times has increasingly replaced the bond between the physical money wallet and the owner. Necessitating the need to adopt mobile payment service technology. Most empirical studies focus on single users in Europe, Asia, America among others, developing constructs that work in these technologically advanced nations. This study examines the impact of current users of mobile payment technology on potential user’sadoption in Nigeria. Developing constructs factors that impact on an individual’s intention to adopt m-payment technology services. The construct tests the behavioral intention of 40 current users and 330 potential users. The results revealed that 11% risk, 35% trust, 48% ease of use, 52% usefulness, 10% personal innovation and cost significantly influenced current users’ intentions while 27% Subjective norms, 34% self-efficacy, 10% personal innovation and cost, 35% trust, 11% risk and 52% usefulness serves as a stimulus to potential users’ intentions to adopt mpayment service in Nigeria. Recommendation there is need to integrate the construct into the strategies designed to promote the service adoption in Nigeria for future marketsby managers and mobile App developers in Nigeria.
A Simple and Rapid Spectrophotometric Method For The Determination of Nepafenac in Pharmaceuticals

The simple, accurate and precise UV-Spectrophotometric method has been developed and validated for quantitative determination of Nepafenac. The method employed Phosphate buffer pH 7.4 as a solvent. The drug shows solubility in Methanol and sparingly soluble in Phosphate buffer but to avoid solvent cost and making method simpler the Phosphate buffer as solvent was selected. The proposed method obeyed the Beer’s law in the concentration range of 2-18 μg/ml. The linear regression showed good linear relationship with r2 = 0.999, slope and intercept were 0.052173 and 0.090 respectively. Method was validated statistically where SD and RSD were found to be satisfactorily low. Percentage recovery of the drug for the proposed method was found in the range of 98-100.71% indicating no interference of the formulation excepients. The results of the analysis were validated with respect to accuracy, precision and recovery studies which were found to be satisfactory. LOD and LOQ for Nepafenac were found to be 0.1104 μg/ml and 0.3416 μg/ml respectively. The utility of the developed method has been demonstrated by analysis of commercial formulation containing this drug.
Effect of Hurdle Technology on the Quality and Stability of Minimally Processed Papaya

The present investigation aimed to study the combined effect of blanching, osmotic dehydration and preservatives on the quality and stability of minimally processed papaya . Osmotic dehydration of Papaya using sucrose solution at mild temperature (25oC) was investigated. Different sucrose solution (50%, 55%, 60%, 65% and 70% w/v) were employed for osmotic dehydration process. Physico-chemical analysis ( TSS, water activity and ascorbic acid) and microbial quality along with a sensory analysis were measured at regular intervals throughout the storage period. During storage for 30 days, a decrease in water activity, ascorbic acid (g/kg), firmness (N), color (L* value) and sensory characteristics was observed.From the results it were revealed that the papaya slices obtained showed a good overall acceptability upto 30 days of storage at refrigerated temperature. Effect of Hurdle Technology on the Quality and Stability of Minimally Processed Papaya
Protective Effects of Ethanol Leaf-Extract of Cajanus Cajan (Linn) in Alcohol Induced Nephrotoxicity in Albino Rats

Cajanus cajan is a tropical woody herb with yellow flowers and is a perennial plant belonging to the family Leguminosae. It is commonly known as Pigeon pea in English, “Fiofio in Igbo”, “Waken turawa” in (Hausa) and “Otili” in Yoruba Nigeria. It has a highly nutritious seed of the tropical Pigeon pea plant Luo et al. [1]. It has been cultivated in ancient Egypt, Africa and Asia. This plant was introduced in America and in other several tropical countries and it is mainly produced in India Mc Cuskey [2]. It is a nutritious non-toxic edible tropical legume with several desirable characteristics, widely used in Indian folk medicine for prevention of various liver disorders Luo et al. [1]. The pigeon pea leaf extracts may be valuable natural antioxidant sources and are potentially applicable in both medicine and healthy food industry Wu et al. [3].
Studies on Seed Priming with Hydrogen Peroxide for Mitigating Salt Stress in Rice

Salt stress imposes a major environmental threat to agriculture. Due to varying climatic conditions, the plants had undergone various abiotic stresses. Among these, salt stress has a major constraint in the delta regions. Especially, NaCl is one of the most abundant and powerful salt which causes nutrient deficiency and also create toxicity to the plant metabolism (Azevedo et al., 2006). In addition to that, when the plants were exposed to the high salinity conditions, there having a capability to produce more Reactive Oxygen Species such as superoxide (O2•-), hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) and hydroxyl radicals (OH•) (Implay, 2003). ROS formation leads to changes in intercellular redox homeostasis and it is now widely accepted that redox signals are key regulators of plant metabolism, morphology and development (Bowler and Fluhur, 2000; Foyer and Noctor, 2003). H2O2 may plays an important role in signal transduction for abiotic stress tolerance, although H2O2 is toxic at high concentrations (Uchida, 2003). To improve the stress tolerance in plants, controlling the free radicals is the better way (Bor et al., 2003). There is an increased production of hydrogen peroxide leads to improve the survival of the crop plants. International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences ISSN: 2319-7706 Volume 6 Number 6 (2017) pp. 691-695 Journal homepage: http://www.ijcmas. com
Effectiveness of Botox in Treating Chronic Anal Fissure: A Clinical Experience with Mid-Term Follow Up

Chronic anal fissure (CAF) is a common distressing problem with high recurrence rates. For many years, lateral internal sphincterotomy was the main treatment for CAF. Recently, intrasphincteric injection of botulinum toxin (BT) seems to be a good alternative option. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of BT type-A (botox) injection in the treatment of CAF. A total of 62 patients (45 males, 17 females; mean age of 41.3 years) with CAF who presented to surgical outpatient clinic at my hospital in the period between January 2014 and September 2015 were treated with BT injections of 20-30 units in the internal sphincter. They were followed up for one year to evaluate the effects of this treatment. The results of this study revealed that all patients had significant symptomatic relief with high rates of fissure healing reaching 74.2% (46 patients) after the first treatment session and 87.1% (54 patients) after the second session. During injections, no complications or side effects were reported. After injections, 19 patients experienced minor incontinence in the form of a fecal and gas soiling which solved spontaneously later. There were 3 relapses during 12 months of follow-up. I conclude that BT therapy can be considered effective, safe and without significant complication. It can be proposed to the patient as first line treatment before surgery.
Balanites (Balanite aegyptiaca) Del., Multipurpose Tree a Prospective Review

Balanites aegyptiaca (L.) Del. , is an evergreen xerophyte with ample be neficial attribute. The plant has m a jo r b i o l o g i ca l ac t i ve com pon en t t h a t co n t r i bu t es i n i t s n u t r a c e u t i c a l applications. The seeds of this plant contain 30-60 % oil, which is edible and used as cooking oil. Fru its are also edible and contain essential minerals. Beside this, the leaf of this plant is a one of the favori te fodder among goats, so it can play an important role of fo dder tree in the desert in severe drought. All part s of the plant gifted various pharmacological activity. For instance, the fruits and roots of this plant contai n diosgenin, which can be used in pharmaceutical indu stry in production of oral contraceptive and steroi ds. Furthermore, this plant used as treatment of diarrh oea, hermorrhoid, stomach aches, jaundice, yellow f ever, syphilis and epilepsy. The fruit is used to treat liver disease nd as a Purgative. The plant is containing phenolic compounds including; saponins, flavonoids and alkaloids which contributes in its pharmacological activities including anti-nflammatory, analgesic, antioxidant, antitumor, larvicidal, Ant i nonciceptive, Anthelmentic and antidiabetic activit y. Key point Balanites aegyptiaca, Balantoside diosgenin, neutraceutical, spononin
Effect of antitranspirants application on growth and productivity of sunflower under soil moisture stress

The experiment was conducted for two successive summer seasons 2016 and 2017 at Sakha Agricultural Research Station, Kafr El-Sheikh, Egypt to evaluate the effect of foliar spray with antitranspiranrs under three levels of soil moisture stress on growth, yield, yield components and water productivity of sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) cultivar Sakha 53. The experiment was laid out in a split plot design with four replicates. The main plots were occupied by soil moisture levels namely wet (35-45%), medium (45-55%) and dry (55-65%) of maximum allowable depletion of available soil moisture (MAD of ASW). While subplots contained three treatments of antitraspirants i. e. without spray (control), spray with kaolin at 6% and spray with Magnesium Carbonate at 6%. Obtained results proved that, increasing soil moisture stress up to (55-65% MAD of ASW) caused significant reduction in all growth parameters, photosynthetic pigments (chlorophyll a, chlorophyll b), relative water content (RWC %) and seed oil %. Also, yield parameters (stem diameter, head diameter, 100seed weight and seed yield) show significant reduction at dry treatment. On the other hand, increasing soil moisture stress caused significant increase in proline content and seed protein % at both growing seasons. Foliar application with antitraspirants positively affected all the growth and physiological criteria of the tested plants compared with control treatment and also cause marked reduction in transpiration rate. Generally, under irrigation water shortage, application of antitranspirants effectively reduced water consumption use and enhanced water productivity. Additionally, most of the growth and yield parameters and seed quality were improved significantly as influenced by spraying antitranspirants which were responsible for reducing water consumptive use. [Rania, F. El Mantawy and Maha El Bialy. Effect of antitranspirants application on growth and productivity of sunflower under soil moisture stress. Nat Sci 2018;16(2):92-106]. ISSN 1545-0740 (print); ISSN 2375-7167 (online). http://www.sciencepub. net/nature. 15. doi:10.7537/marsnsj160218.15.
Influence of a Resin Based Root Canal Filling Material on Resistance to Fracture of Endodontically Treated Teeth: An in-vitro Study

Background: Endodontically treated teeth are considered to be more susceptible to fracture than vital teeth. A key element in this methodology is obturation to assist in reinforcing the remaining tooth structure. Henceforth this paper aims to establish the effectiveness of a resin based adhesive sealer when used in conjunction with a similar root canal obturating material to enhance the fracture resistance of the tooth. Method: Eighty mandibular first premolar teeth were taken and randomly divided into four groups having an equal number of teeth (n=20). Guttapercha and AH Plus was used in group 1, Guttapercha and Real Seal sealer in group 2 and Resilon and Real Seal sealer in group 3. Forth group was divided into Group 4A and 4B. In Group 4A (n=10), the roots were not obturated at all (Positive control group) while in group 4B (n=10), roots were neither instrumented nor obturated (Negative control group). After 2 weeks, the force required to fracture each specimen was recorded by subjecting them to a load at a crosshead speed of 1mm per minute vertically in an instron testing machine. Results were analyzed by using Kruskal Wallis ANOVA for multiple groups and MannWhitney test for group wise comparisions. Results: There was no statistical difference between group 1 and group 4A, group 2 and group 4A, group 3 and 4B, (p>0.05). Also no statistical difference was found between group 4A and 4B (p>0.05). However significant statistical difference was found between group 1 and group 4B (p<0.05). Conclusions: Resilon and real seal sealer can increase the fracture resistence of endodontically treated teeth.
Apolipophorin III: A Unique Insect Protein

Insect lipoprotein termed as apolipophorin III (apoLp-III), has a unique five-helix bundle protein structure. The protein is used by insects to supply high supply of energy to their flight muscles (wings) during unstopped long-distance migration. However, it is not clear why compared to most prominent four-helix bundle protein structure found in nature, apoLp-III has five helix bundles. This review provides a concise structural and functional comparative analysis of apoLp-III with respect to other prominent four and five helix bundle proteins.
Impact of Customers Satisfaction And Customers Retention on Customer Loyalty

The purpose of this study is to examine the importance of future customers relationship using customer satisfaction, and customer retention on customer loyalty in telecom industry of Pakistan. Questionnaires were distributed through electronic mail and self administered for data collection and linear regression analysis was used. The results show that customer satisfaction has significant while customer retention has insignificant impact on customer loyalty. The implications of the study are that a company should better manage their relationships with the customers as a competitive policy in mobile telephone marketplace. The weak side of the study is that it is limited to a single industry of mobile telecom industry.
Increasing efficiency of Intrusion Detection System using Stream Data Mining Classification

Data mining is the process of extracting knowledge or information from the previously known and comprehensive datasets for the future decision making. Data mining is the not only withdraw of hidden predictive information but also a strong technology that has great perspective to companies to focus on the most important data in their data repository. Data is growing day by day and this growth has created so many challenges in data mining. The improved technology by World Wide Web is streaming data. The streaming data come into the picture with its challenges and it is known as the data which change with time and update its value. In the sense of security perspective, as the most of the data is streaming in nature, there are so many challenges need to face. The Intrusion Detection System (IDS) work in the supposition of detecting the intruders to protect the respective system. Due to the importance of system’s safety measure the research in data stream mining and Intrusion detection system gained high attraction. In this paper, we represent the mechanism to improve the efficiency of the IDS using different streaming data mining classification technique. We apply four selected stream data classification algorithms on NSL-KDD datasets and compared their results. Based on the comparative analysis of their results best method is found out for efficiency improvement of IDS.
Effect of Caraway, Coriander and Fennel on the structure of Kidney and Islets of Langerhan in Alloxan-Induced Diabetic Rats: Histological and Histochemical Study

Caraway, coriander and fennel are known hypoglycemic agents, which are used in folklori medicine for improving blood glucose level and preventing long term complications in diabetes mellitus. So, this study was designed to clarify their role on the histological and histochemical changes in kidney and islets of Langerhan in diabetic rats. 80 rats were divided into 5 groups. The first group was control. For the second group diabetes mellitus was induced in 40 rats, using alloxan. 30 rats of diabetic rats were divided into 3 subgroups: subgroup 1: was given caraway for 2 weeks. Subgroup 2: was given coriander for 2 weeks. Subgroup 3: was dosed orally by fennel for 2 weeks. Each of the remaining 3 groups was given Caraway, coriander and fennel respectively only for 2 weeks. Histopathological effects in kidney were massive inflammatory infiltrate in interstitial tissue, vacuolar degeneration in tubular epithelial cells, karyolysis and karyorrhexis and some glomerular degeneration. The islets of Langerhan showed severe necrotic changes of pancreatic islets, especially in the center. Karyolysis, dilatation, congestion of large vessels and marked increase in connective tissue component at the expense of functioning tissue leading to relative reduction in the size of islets were also seen. DNA analysis showed hypoploidy in kidney and pancreas of rats treated with alloxan only. Alloxan caused decrease of protein and mucopolysaccharide content. Conclusion: the treatment of diabetic rats with caraway, coriander and fennel resulted in amelioration of histopathological and histochemical changes in kidney and islets of Langerhans. [Journal of American Science 2010;6(9):405-418]. (ISSN: 1545-1003).
Prevalence of Multidrug ResistantBacteria in Postoperative WoundInfections at Tikur Anbessa SpecializedHospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Background: Postoperative wound infections are major problems throughout the world. Moreover, multidrug resistance (MDR) bacteria pose challenges for control. Hence, this study aimed to determine the prevalence of multidrug resistant bacteria from postoperative wound infections. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted from March to August 2015. A total of 197 patients who developed postoperative wound infections after surgery were included. Wound swabs were collected using sterile cotton swabs and dipped into sterile amines transport media. All samples were cultured on blood, MacConkey and mannitol salt agar. Culture positive samples were characterized by gram stain, colony morphology and standard biochemical tests. Antimicrobial susceptibility testing was performed on Muller-Hinton agar using disk diffusion. Data was analyzed using SPSS version 20. Results: Overall bacterial prevalence was 75.6% (n=149/197) and predominant bacterial isolates were Staphylococcus aureus 33.3% (n=56/168) and Escherichia coli 14.3% (n=24/168). Double infections were seen 11.4% (n=17/149) of which 23.5% (n=4/17) Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas spp. occurred together. Highest proportion of bacteria 28.2% (n=42/149) were isolated from orthopedics department followed by general surgery 24.8% (n=37/149). Of all bacterial isolates, the multidrug resistance level was 65.5% (n=110/168). Gram positive and Gram negative bacteria showed an MDR level of 55.3% (n=42/76) and 73.9% (n=68/92) respectively. Amoxicillin (93.5%), ceftriaxone (85.3%) and penicillin (84.5%) were least effective. Conclusion: Aseptic surgical practice and standard operating procedures for wound management should be followed to minimize postoperative wound infections. The possible choices of antibiotic options for treatment of postoperative wound infections are few hence for preventing further emergence and spread of MDR bacteria rational use of antibiotics and regular monitoring of antimicrobial resistance patterns is essential.
Listeria monocytogenes: An Emerging Food Borne Pathogen

There are many organisms secreted through milk, one of them is Listeria monocytogenes which causes significant public health problem. L. monocytogenes is the most important species in the genus Listeria creating human health hazard and having a worldwide distribution with an extensive host range which includes mammal, poultry, fish, crustacean and ticks. The name of the intracellular organism emphasizes the relationship between infection and the development of monocytosis in the host, which is now considered to be an inconsistent feature of listeriosis in all animal species (OIE Manual, 2014).
AN EFFECTIVE MOVE TOWARDS USE OF AGRO-INDUSTRIAL & DAIRY WASTES FOR PRODUCTION OF BIOSURFACTANTS USING BACILLUS SUBTILIS AND PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA

From an environmental viewpoint, biosurfactants are more acceptable for the remediation process both at sea and land. Recently, the biosurfactant production has been growing up, because this substance has amphiphilic nature with high emulsifying and surface interaction. They are produced through metabolism of microorganisms and many applications are mentioned in industry (chemical, food, pharmaceutical etc.). The current study describes the biosurfactant production by Bacillus subtilis and Pseudomonas aeruginosa using agroindustrial and dairy wastes containing high levels of glucose. The biosurfactant production was evaluated according to the emulsification index (using oils), surface tension analysis. The biosurfactant produced using 10% of inoculums of Bacillus subtilis showed highest surface tension reduction and emulsification index than 5% and 7% inoculum. Pseudomonas aeruginosa showed biosurfactant production but the yield is very low. Hence, current research invented an alternative way to process industrial wastes and the use of natural surfactants, or biosurfactants, is among one of the most promising methods due the fact that such compounds are metabolic products of fungi, bacteria and certain strains of yeast.
Thermochemical Studies on Partial Molar Gibbs FreeEnergy and Entropy of Tetraoxosulphate (VI) Acid in Binary Solution

Abstract Partial molar free energy, entropy and heat of solution of H2SO4 as solute in a fixed volume of water have been studied in a non-ideal solution through thermodynamic provisions for ideal system. The behaviour of the binary solution have been explained using the values of the measured potentials. Other thermal quantities measured have been used to calculate the molecular mass of the H2SO4 completely ionized
An Update on Neuraxial Opioid Induced Pruritus Prevention

The incidence of pruritus after intrathecal administration of opioids varies between 30-100% without large differences depending on the drug involved, being higher in the pregnant woman and in mixtures with adrenaline. Usually, this adverse effect occurs on the face and trunk and is mediated by a mechanism that is unknown, although the modulation of the serotonin system seems to play an important role. The release of histamine does not appear to be involved, and there must be a central mechanism since the use of antagonists such as naloxone and naltrexone reverses the clinic. Antihistamines are used with the aim of decreasing the scratching. The serotonin receptor antagonist 5HT-3, ondansetron (4-8 mg iv), has been shown to be effective in the prevention and treatment of this symptom, as well as the subhipnótic dose of propofol (20 mg, with or without infusion 30 mg/24h). Finally, butorphanol and nalbuphine (4 mg iv) that appears to demonstrate a greater effectiveness and should be considered the first-lime treatment [1-5].