Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Investigating the Effect of Self-Care Training on Life Expectancy and Quality of Life in Patients with Gastrointestinal Cancer under Radiotherapy

Objective: A huge amount of the efforts made by health teams is dedicated to caring for cancer patients. This study has aimed to investigate the effect of self-care training on life expectancy and quality of life (QOL) in patients with gastrointestinal cancer who were under radiotherapy. Methods: In this clinical trial, 50 patients were selected using the block randomization method. The intervention was performed at Ayatollah Khansari Hospital in Arak, Iran. The patients in the intervention group received three sessions of face-to-face training. The data collection tools included Schneider's Life Expectancy Questionnaire and EORTC QOLQ-C30. Data were analyzed by SPSS version 23. Results: In the control group, 16 were male (64%) and 9 female (36%), and in the intervention group, 14 were male (56%) and 11 were female (44%). Before the intervention, the two groups were homogenous regarding all variables. After the intervention, the mean of QOL was 67 ± 22.62 in the intervention group and 56 ± 18.55 in the control group (P < 0.05). In examining the different dimensions of QOL, improvement in all functional dimensions was observed in the intervention group. After the intervention, the mean score of life expectancy showed a significant difference (P < 0.05) between the intervention group (39.52 ± 5.26) and the control group (31.6 ± 7.13). Conclusions: It was found that self-care training improved the QOL and life expectancy of patients with gastrointestinal cancer who were under radiotherapy. Therefore, self-care training is recommended to improve the QOL and the life expectancy of cancer patients.
Methanolic Activities of Selected Weeds on Bacteria Isolated from Macrobrachium rosenbergii Larvae

บทคดยอ การศกษานมวตถประสงค เพอศกษาฤทธในการตานแบคทเรยของสารสกดเมธานอลจากสมนไพร 3 ชนด ไดแก Soapbush หรอKoster’s Curse (Clidemia hirta), Spanish Flag หรอ West Indian Lantana (Lantana camara) และ Indian rhododendron(Melastoma malabathricum) สารสกดทไดนำมาทดสอบกบแบคทเรย 10 ชนดทแยกไดจากลกกงกามกราม (Macrobrachiumrosenbergii) พบวาสารสกดจาก Clidemia hirta มคา MIC และ MBC ตอ Vibrio alginolyticus ดทสด คอ 0.39 มก. /มล. และ 6.25มก. /มล. ตามลำดบ จากขอมลดงกลาวความเขมขนตำทสด 3 คาไดแก 0.195, 0.39 และ 0.78 มก. /มล. จงถกเลอกมาใสในจานเลยง V.alginolyticus และศกษาการเปลยนแปลงรปรางดวยกลองจลทรรศอเลคตรอนแบบสองกราด (Scanning Electron Microscope) พบวาผนงเซลลของ V. alginolyticus ถกทำลายเมอใชสารสกดเมธานอลเขมขน 0.195 มก. /มล. นอกจากนนยงศกษาฤทธในการตานอนมลอสระแบบคณภาพและปรมาณของ C. hirta เปรยบเทยบกบสารมาตรฐาน คอ ไวตามน ซ ผลการทดสอบสารสกด C. hirta ดวยเทคนคโครมาโตกราฟแบบแผนบาง (Thin Layer Chromatography) พบวาประกอบดวยแถบสารประกอบ 8 ชนด และการทดสอบสารพฤกษเคมของสารสกด C. hirta พบประกอบดวยแทนนน ฟลาโวนอยด ซาโปนน เทอรปนอยด และไมพบสารประกอบกลมสเตยรอยด คำสำคญ: Clidemia hirta Lantana camara Melastoma malabathricum การทดสอบสารพฤกษเคม Vibrio alginolyticusกลองจลทรรศอเลคตรอนแบบสองกราด Abstract The methanolic crude extracts of three weeds, Soapbush or Koster’s Curse (Clidemia hirta), Spanish Flag orWest Indian Lantana (Lantana camara), and Indian rhododendron (Melastoma malabathricum) were studied for theirantibacterial properties. The crude extracts were tested against ten bacterial isolates from giant freshwater prawnlarvae, Macrobrachium rosenbergii. Clidemia hirta extract showed the best MIC and MBC values against Vibrioalginolyticus which were 0.39 mg/ml and 6.25 mg/ml, respectively. Following that, three lowest concentration ofmethanolic crude extracts; 0.195 mg/ml, 0.39 mg/ml, and 0.78 mg/ml, were added to V. alginolyticus culture andobserved for morphological changes via Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM). The cell wall of V. alginolyticus wasdisrupted at 0.195 mg/ml of methanolic crude extract. Antioxidant activities of C.hirta was also studied qualitativelyand quantitatively and compared to the standard reference, Vitamin C. Thin Layer Chromatography (TLC)performed on the C. hirta extract indicated the presence of eight separation compound bands. The phytochemical ofC. hirta extract was positive for tannin, flavonoid, saponin, terpenoid and negative for steroids compounds. Keywords: Clidemia hirta, Lantana camara, Melastoma malabathricum, phytochemical analysis, SEM, Vibrio alginolyticus
Antimicrobial Activity of Sodium Bicarbonate

Sodium bicarbonate (SB) inhibited the growth of bacteria and yeasts in agar media model systems under certain conditions. Escherichia coli, Lactobacillus plantarum, Staphylococcus aureus, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa aerobic plate counts were reduced 10,000-fold by 0.12M (1% w/v) SB. Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Hansenula wingei were more sensitive; counts were reduced 100,000-fold by 0.06M SB. Potassium bicarbonate was equally inhibitory, but equimolar sodium chloride had no effect, ruling out osmotic- and sodium-mediated mechanisms of inhibition. The bicarbonate ion was identified as the probable cause of SB-mediated inhibition although, in some cases, pH elevation played a significant role.
Simulated Environmental Change Has Contrasting Effects on Defensive Compound Concentration in Three Alpine Plant Species

Environmental change, caused by nitrogen deposition and temperature increase, is predicted to affect allocation to carbon-based secondary compounds (CBSCs) in plants, due to changes in their internal carbon resources. The CBSCs are considered important for plant resistance to biotic and abiotic environmental stresses, such as herbivory, pathogen attacks, and UV radiation. To determine how allocation to putative defense compounds is affected by N deposition and increased temperature, we analyzed the composition of CBSCs in leaves of three arctic-alpine plant species: Bistorta vivipara, Dryas octopetala, and Salix reticulata after 5 years of warming (by open-top chambers) and experimental nutrient addition in an alpine Dryas heath in southern Norway. The dry weight of leaves increased after nutrient addition and warming combined with nutrient addition in all three species, while the weight of D. octopetala leaves also increased with warming alone. Individual chemical compounds or compound groups reacted to the treatments to different degrees and in different directions in the three species. The total concentration of CBSCs changed significantly only in S. reticulata, where it decreased in plots with nutrient addition combined with warming. Shading caused by taller vegetation in these plots might have bigger effects on the CBSC concentration than the direct changes in nutrient availability and temperature. Dryas octopetala had the highest concentration of CBSCs among the three species and was least affected by the treatments. Our results show that increased N availability and temperature influenced the level of carbon-based defense in some alpine plants but not others, indicating species-specific C-allocation responses to environmental change. Consequently, environmental changes may differentially affect defense abilities of alpine plant species, which could possibly contribute to future changes in interspecific competitive relationships and subsequently species composition of alpine plant communities.
Personality Assessment Through the Situational and Behavioral Features of Instagram Photos

Abstract. This study explores whether photos posted on online social networks can be used to assess personality. We have demonstrated that personality is connected to human- and machine-detected situational cues, characteristics, classes, behavior, and affect displayed in Instagram photos. Observations of individual relationships between normal or dark side personality characteristics and situational features of photos give insight into the various aspects of online portrayal of oneself and the personality behind the photos.
Oviposition and feeding behaviour by the vine weevil Otiorhynchus sulcatus on red raspberry: effects of cultivars and plant nutritional status

1 The vine weevil Otiorhynchus sulcatus is a major pest of horticultural crops worldwide, with root‐feeding larvae causing most damage. Adult oviposition aboveground may therefore influence levels of damage as the larvae are relatively immobile after oviposition. 2 The present study investigated feeding and oviposition behaviour on red raspberry Rubus idaeus using intact plants, ensuring that choices reflected the realistic differences in cultivar appearance and chemical composition. Previous studies investigating vine weevil feeding and oviposition on other crops have used excised plant material, which may inadvertently influence behaviour. 3 Adult weevils significantly preferred to feed on particular cultivars in the choice experiment (e.g. Tulameen), although they consumed significantly more foliage (0.22–1.03 cm2/day) on different raspberry cultivars (e.g. Glen Moy, Glen Rosa and a wild accession) in no‐choice situations. 4 In choice experiments, weevils tended to avoid laying eggs on some cultivars (e.g. Glen Moy and the wild accession). The number of eggs laid (1.91–4.32 eggs per day) did not, however, differ significantly between the cultivars in a no‐choice situation. Foliar nitrogen and magnesium concentrations were positively, although weakly, correlated with the total number of eggs laid. 5 The present study highlights the importance of considering both choice and no‐choice tests when assessing crop susceptibility to attack because weevils may avoid feeding on certain cultivars (e.g. Glen Moy) when given a choice, although this would cause significant damage to such cultivars if they were grown in monoculture (i.e. when there is no alternative).
An Evaluation of Population Index and Estimation Techniques for Tadpoles in Desert Pools

Abstract Using visual (VI) and dip net indices (DI) and double-observer (DOE), removal (RE), and neutral red dye capture-recapture (CRE) estimates, we counted, estimated, and censused Couch's spadefoot (Scaphiopus couchii) and canyon treefrog (Hyla arenicolor) tadpole populations in Big Bend National Park, Texas. Initial dye experiments helped us determine appropriate dye concentrations and exposure times to use in mesocosm and field trials. The mesocosm study revealed higher tadpole detection rates, more accurate population estimates, and lower coefficients of variation among pools compared to those from the field study. In both mesocosm and field studies, CRE was the best method for estimating tadpole populations, followed by DOE and RE. In the field, RE, DI, and VI often underestimated populations in pools with higher tadpole numbers. DI improved with increased sampling. Larger pools supported larger tadpole populations, and tadpole detection rates in general decreased with increasing pool volume and surface area. Hence, pool size influenced bias in tadpole sampling. Across all techniques, tadpole detection rates differed among pools, indicating that sampling bias was inherent and techniques did not consistently sample the same proportion of tadpoles in each pool. Estimating bias (i.e., calculating detection rates) therefore was essential in assessing tadpole abundance. Unlike VI and DOE, DI, RE, and CRE could be used in turbid waters in which tadpoles are not visible. The tadpole population estimates we used accommodated differences in detection probabilities in simple desert pool environments but may not work in more complex habitats.
Flooding Facebook - the use of social media during the Queensland and Victorian floods

Community-initiated Facebook groups emerged during the 2010/11 Queensland and Victorian floods, gaining a near instant following from local residents within, and family and friends beyond, the impacted areas. Administrators of the groups sourced their data from agencies such as the Bureau of Meteorology, State Emergency Service, Queensland and Victorian Police Departments, local councils and news media. Even more importantly, administrators published near-real time information from the general public: Facebook members posted information and questions; local residents asked for and received help and advice; and, travellers driving through the area posted and received up-to-date information on road closures and flooding. During the floods in Queensland and Victoria, Risk Frontiers used Facebook to distribute a survey to members of community groups such as CQ Flood Update-version 2 and Victorian Floods. The results indicate that most respondents began using the community groups on the floods to get information about their community and almost all found the medium useful and an effective means of communicating with family or friends. In this paper, we discuss the results of this survey and consider the value of social media to the emergency services, not only as a tool to disseminate information but also as an important resource to tap into and review informal communications, something that was previously inaccessible.
Child Oncology and Hospital Recreation

Introduction: Hospital Recreation (HR) aims to reduce disasters caused by hospital admission. Objectives: To expose the behavior of children in cancer treatment (CA) during HR, and to verify which recreational activities generate the most adherence. Methods: The research is an experimental clinical trial of a non-probabilistic and intentional sample, with a quantitative and qualitative approach. Participants were 43 children (both sexes), with CA, admitted to the Pediatric Hospital Oncology Center—PHOC. The mean age of the children in fact was 7.5 years, and the data of mean and standard deviation between parenthood confer with the data of the results found during the research. The study lasted 12 weeks, with 38 sessions lasting 3 hours. Using games of activity: cognitive, manipulative, perceptive, creative and cooperative. Inclusion criteria: 1) being hospitalized in the PHOC, of the city of Natal; 2) being released by the medical team to participate in the activities. Children who were on special care in the ICU were excluded from the study. The behavior of the children was evaluated by the observation matrix proposed by Urie Bonfenbrenner, approached by Krebs and Koller. At the end of the research, an interview was made with patients about the HR experience. Results: In the subjects the molecular behavior showed relevance of ~50%, and the cooperative of ~80% in relation to HR, and the cognitive activities showed an adhesion index of ~90%. Conclusion: The participants showed greater adherence in the cognitive activities, and the predominance of the molecular behavior in relation to hospital recreation, highlighting the cooperative behavior among the individuals. In this way, the activities of HR can complement conventional medical treatment.
Digestibilidade aparente de ingredientes do Semi-Árido Nordestino para tilápia do Nilo

The experiment evaluated the apparent digestibility coefficient (CDA) of dry matter (DM), gross energy (GE), ether extract (EE) and crude protein (CP) of regional alternative ingredients of Semi-arid Northeast as flour of manicoba hay (FM), of Leucaena hay (FL) and of cassava leaves (FFM), as well as cassava scrapings (RM) and residues of wine (RV) for Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus). CDA for DM, GE, EE and CP were 20.74%, 30.30%, 48.36% and 71.72% for FL, 19.34%, 17.08%, 30.03% and 44.88% for FM, 30.32%, 23.04%, 4.43% and 21.07% for FFM, 72.85%, 70.62%, 81.78% and 84.51% for RM and 33.38%, 50.80%, 79.39% and 67.25% for RV. The leucaena hay, the cassava scrapings and residues of wine are promising for the formulation of diets for Nile tilapia. However, the use of tested ingredients in commercial and homemade diets to Nile tilapia, as well as the safe inclusion levels of these should be tested.
Corporate Social Responsibility and Profitability of Nigeria Banks - A Causal Relationship

The rising cost of running business organizations in Nigeria and the lack of basic infrastructure, as well as divergent views in the literature regarding the type of relationship that exists between CSR and Corporate performance have necessitated this paper that examined the relationship between corporate social responsibility and profitability in the Nigerian banking industry using First Bank of Nigeria (FBN) Plc as the case study. Â Annual reports formed the secondary source of data collection where the CSR expenditure and profit after tax for the period of 2001-2010 was used for the computational experiment. The data collected for this study were analysed using correlation and regression analysis. The hypothesis formulated was tested. The results of the regression analysis as showed the impact of corporate social responsibility expenditure on profitability in Nigeria banks which revealed (Beta= 0.945, p<.01). This means that for every unit change increment in the CSR expenditure will lead to . 945 or 95% increase in the profit after tax of the company. The R-square was 0.893 which shows that CSR accounted for 89.3% of the variation in the profit after tax of First Bank Plc.The study concluded that there is positive relationship between banks CSR activities and profitability. The implications of this study include the need for banks to demonstrate high level of commitment to corporate social responsibility based on stakeholder theory in order to enhance their profitability in the long run. Keywords: CSR; banking; profitability; causal; stakeholder theory; Nigeria
Recreational physical activity context and type preferences among male and female Emirati university students.

BACKGROUND This study assessed recreational physical activity type and context preferences of Emirati university students. METHOD This was a cross-sectional study in which a stratified random sample (n=628) (female 69.1%, male 30.9% mean age 20.79±3.81 y) completed an online survey. Relationships between gender and preferences were assessed using regression analysis, adjusted for body mass index and age. RESULTS Activities with a fun element were the most preferred context (87.1%). Walking (66.7%) and swimming (61.7%) were the most preferred activity types. Males had significantly higher odds of preferring competitive activities, and activity types such as football, fitness/weights and jogging. Females had significantly higher odds of preferring activities with people of the same gender, with supervision and done at home, and activity types such as walking, aerobics, cycling, squash and yoga. CONCLUSION These results can inform physical activity planning for university students in the United Arab Emirates. Fun activity opportunities involving walking or swimming and in the local neighbourhood may be popular for both males and females. Future research could explore uptake and maintenance of activity options, based on preferred activity attributes.
Safe Augmentation: Learning Task-Specific Transformations from Data

Data augmentation is widely used as a part of the training process applied to deep learning models, especially in the computer vision domain. Currently, common data augmentation techniques are designed manually. Therefore they require expert knowledge and time. Moreover, optimal augmentations found for one dataset, often do not transfer to other datasets as effectively. We propose a simple novel method that can automatically learn task-specific data augmentation techniques called safe augmentations that do not break the data distribution and can be used to improve model performance. Moreover, we provided a new training pipeline for using safe augmentations for different computer vision tasks. Our method works both with image classification and image segmentation and achieves significantly better accuracy on CIFAR-10, CIFAR-100, SVHN, Tiny ImageNet and Cityscapes datasets comparing to other augmentation techniques.
In Silico Evaluation of Potential DPP-III Inhibitor Precursors from Dietary Proteins

Dipeptidyl peptidase-III is an important enkephalin degrading enzyme and its inhibitors are expected to be promising in pain management. Some of its inhibitors showed an antinociceptive potential. The present study investigated the evaluation of dietary proteins as potential precursors of dipeptidyl peptidase-III inhibitors by measuring occurrence frequency of dipeptidyl peptidase-III inhibitory peptides. In silico analysis of 69 proteins from 17 food commodities revealed 2659 dipeptidyl peptidase-III inhibitory peptides. β-subunit of hemoglobin and annexin A5 of chicken showed highest dipeptidyl peptidase-III inhibiting potential followed by 12S seed storage globulin 2 of oat, β-conglycinin of soyabean, α-lactalbumin of cow milk, cruciferin CRU4 of rapeseed, and zein-alpha of maize But overall occurrence frequency of dipeptidyl peptidase-III inhibitory peptides was observed highest in maize followed by pumpkin, soyabean, and rapeseed, whereas barley showed the lowest frequency among plant based foods. Chicken and maize had the highest dipeptidyl peptidase-III inhibitory potential in animal and plant derived foods respectively, thus may serve as a natural dietary source for pain modulation.
Estimates of parental-dominance and full-sib permanent environment variances in laying hens

Estimates of variance components for five egg traits on 26265 laying hens were obtained by restricted maximum likelihood (REML) using several models. In the DOMFS model, the effects included hatch group, additive genetic, full-sib, parental dominance and inbreeding depression. In the DOM model, the full-sib effect was eliminated. In the FS model, the parental dominance effect was eliminated. In the ADD model, both the full-sib and the dominance effects were eliminated. In the DOMFS model, the estimates of the full-sib variance were generally higher for egg production traits and lower for egg characteristics than those of the parental dominance variance. However, this model has partially failed in separating these two components. When the full-sib effect was removed from the model, almost all of its estimated variance moved to the estimated parental dominance variance. When the parental dominance effect was removed from the model, almost all of its estimated variance moved to the estimated full-sib variance. The estimates obtained with REML and the DOM model were compared with those obtained by method R and tilde-hat methodologies. The d 2 (ratio of dominance variance to total variance) differed by up to 86% for method R and up to 225% for tilde-hat. The h 2 differed by up to 26 and 28%, respectively. For data sets that are too large to
Morphological and Biochemical Investigations on Ipomoea Seedlings and their Species Interrelationships

Abstract Studies on seedling morphology and the isozyme profile of 12 species of Ipomoea , undertaken with a view to tracing the linkage and homology between the species, revealed the concordance of morphological findings with biochemical analysis. The trend of clustering in the dendrogram based on isozyme profiles revealed two broad clusters or groups. Interrelationships and homology between the species revealed by the phyletic tree constructed from seedling morphology and from the dendrogram on isozyme data were comparable, with only minor variations.
A Study of the Recruitment and Selection process: SMC Global

Better recruitment and selection strategies result in improved organizational outcomes. With reference to this context, the research paper entitled Recruitment and Selection has been prepared to put a light on Recruitment and Selection process. The main objective is to identify general practices that organizations use to recruit and select employees and, to determine how the recruitment and selection practices affect organizational outcomes at SMC Global Securities Ltd. The research methodology applied is the exploratory. The data was collected through well structured questionnaires. The source of data was both primary and secondary. Sample size was 30. Data analysis has been done with the help of SPSS software. The company considered portals as the most important medium of hiring employees. The employees working in the company consider the employee references are one of the most reliable source of hiring the new employees. Company always takes in consideration the cost-benefit ratio. Copyright © www.iiste. org Keywords: Recruitment, Selection, Reference, Interview, Hiring, Performance.