Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
EMPIRICAL ASSESSMENT OF MICROFINANCE BANKS IN NIGERIA USING EFQM EXCELLENCE MODEL

Measuring the performance of microfinance banks ensure that the banks create value for their various stakeholders. Achieving and sustaining superior business performance is important for organisations. The goal of this study is to assess microfinance banks in Nigeria using EFQM Excellence Model. The study adapts the EFQM selfassessment questionnaire for collecting data from 53 senior staff of selected Microfinance banks in Nigeria. In analyzing our data, Pearson correlation, ANOVA, and multiple regression techniques were used. The result shows that a significant positive association exists between the enablers (leadership, strategy, people, partnerships and resources, processes, products, and services) and results (customer, people, society, and business) criterion. More important, all the 4 hypotheses are supported. The authors suggest that a robust performance management system that integrates leadership, strategy, people, resources, processes, products, and services are important to achieve and sustain excellent results for various stakeholders.
Smart Grid Integration of Hybrid Energy System with Regulated Voltage using Cockcroft & Sepic Converters

Smart grids will provide more electricity to meet rising demand, increase reliability and quality of power supplies, increase energy efficiency, is able to integrate low carbon energy sources into power networks. This paper deals with the development and control of a smart grid-connected PV/WT hybrid system model. This model consists of wind turbine, photovoltaic array, asynchronous (induction) generator, controllers and converters (Sepic & Cockcroft). It is developed by using MATLAB/SIMULINK software package. In order to maximize the generated power, Cockcroft & Sepic convertors are used. Under various operating conditions, the dynamic behavior of the proposed model is examined. The inputs given to the developed system are the real-time measured parameters. The wind speed, solar irradiance and temperature data are collected from a grid connected solar power system located in Manchester. The control strategy of the proposed model results a better tool for smart grid performance optimization.
One pot synthesis of fluorinated carbamodithioato copper complexes as antifungal agents

Novel fluorocarbamodithioa to copper (II) complexes were synthesized by one pot two step reaction protocol by the reaction of fluoroanilines with carbon disulfide followed by the addition of copper chloride, with the aim to evaluate their antifungal potential. The relative evaluation of fluoro and non-fluoro carbamodithioato copper complexes for their in vitro antifungal potential against various phytopathogenic fungi viz. Puccinia hordei, Puccinia striiformis and Bipolaris sorokiniana revealed remarkable potential of non-fluorinated complexes in comparison to fluorinated analogues. Tetraaqua phenyl carbamodithioa to copper (II) chloride (1a) inflicted the highest fungitoxicity in most of the cases.
The Relationship between Subjective and Objective Usability Metrics for Home Healthcare Devices

Home healthcare devices have gained attention recently as more and more care is being delivered in the patients’ home rather than in a hospital setting. This trend is accelerating as healthcare systems work to restrain costs and provide patients with the tangible benefits of receiving care in their own home. Because the user population of these devices is moving away from trained professionals, the usability of home healthcare devices takes on greater importance. Poor usability of these devices could result in negative consequences, ranging from incorrect diagnoses to patient injury or death. In this study, the usability of four common home healthcare devices (a manual blood pressure monitor, a temporal artery thermometer, a pulse oximeter, and a spirometer) was evaluated by 74 participants. The objective metrics of effectiveness (success), efficiency (time on task) and the subjective metric of satisfaction were collected for each device, and correlated with the users’ subjective assessment of the usability of each device, as measured with the System Usability Scale (SUS). Results show that there is a positive correlation between effectiveness and SUS scores, no correlation between efficiency and SUS, and a positive correlation between satisfaction and SUS.
The Genetic Relationship between Interleukin Genes in Alzheimer’s Disease

Copyright: © 2016 Mun MJ, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. The contribution of genetics to Alzheimer’s disease (AD) risk and the pathological mechanisms of AD have been extensively investigated. Genetic polymorphisms in causative genes, including Amyloid precursor protein (APP), Presenilin 1 (PSEN1) and Presenilin 2 (PSEN2), are associated with the risk of early-onset AD (EOAD) [1] and Apolipoprotein E (APOE) has been linked to an increased risk of lateonset AD (LOAD) [2]. These genes all share a common function and affect amyloid beta (Aβ) production and clearance in the brain, which is an important factor in the pathogenesis of AD. AD is characterized by two neuropathological hallmarks: senile plaques and neurofibrillary tangles comprised of Aβ proteins, and the hyper phosphorylation of tau [3]. However, there is a strong correlation between neuroinflammation and the production of cytokines by immune cells. Interleukins (ILs), a group of cytokines, may actively participate in AD pathogenesis since they mediate a self-perpetuating cycle of neuroinflammation in AD [4]. Clinically, several cytokines including IL-1, IL-6, tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) and transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) have been shown to associate with AD [5]. In addition, ILs is associated with many autoimmune diseases [6]. Therefore, there have been extensive studies on the genetic association between ILs and AD [7-10].
Isolation and characterization of gibberellic acid (GA3) producing rhizobacteria from sugarcane roots

Received: 23-05-2017, Revised: 19-06-2017, Accepted: 24-06-2017 Gibberellic acid (GA3) is an important plant hormone controlling plant’s growth and development. It is being widely used in agriculture, horticulture, garden and other area. Apart from plants, several fungus and bacterial stains can also produce GA3 as their secondary metabolite. A total of 60 bacterial isolates were isolated from rhizospheric soil collected from sugarcane farm in the vicinity of Surat. These isolates were screened for gibberellic acid (GA3) production in a nutrient medium and checked by spectrophotometric method. Out of all of these two isolates namely K8 and K37 produced higher amount of gibberellic acid as compared to others and thus selected for further investigation. The effect of pH, incubation temperature, carbon and nitrogen supplementation on gibberellic acid (GA3) production by both isolates were studied. The cell free supernatant of these bacterial isolates was bioassayed on mung and sweet sorghum seeds and found that it significantly promoted the growth of both plants. The isolates were identified as Pseudomonas Spp. for K8 and Azotobacter Spp. for K37 on the basis of cultural and biochemical conditions.
ENERGY EFFICIENT ROUTING PROTOCOL FOR LARGESCALE WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS

Recently wireless sensor networks (WSN) get great attention in both research and industrial fields. The fast development in WSNs raises many new issues in the field. One of the interesting and of great needs issues is extending the scale of WSN, in order to have large-scale WSNs. In this paper, we propose an enhancement to Pairs Energy Efficient Routing Protocol (PEER) [1] for wireless sensor networks, to fit large-scale WSN. We showed the detailed enhanced algorithms and compared the new proposed protocol with the LEACH protocol (a well-known hierarchical routing protocol for WSNs). The results clearly show that the new protocol outcomes LEACH especially for large-scale deployment of wireless sensors motes.
THEFT AT WORK

There are no reliable figures to indicate the scale of theft at work. Although many employers know a problem exists, they are either unwilling or unable to measure the real problem. Of course, theft costs money, both in terms of the direct losses and in the effects it has on the staff, both honest and dishonest. It is possible with careful planning to minimize losses due to theft ‐ like most other things, it is a situation that has to be managed as a part of the overall employment situation.
Anatomical study of nutrient foramina in humerus

Introduction: Knowledge of nutrient foramina is important in surgical procedures. Objective of present study is to know the number, location and direction of nutrient foramina in diaphysis of humerus and to test the significant difference of total length and foraminal index on right and left side separately. Materials and Methods: Total 100 dried humerii of unknown sex (52 of right and 48 of left side) were taken for present study. The identification of nutrient foramen was confirmed with the help of magnifying lens and metallic wire. The total length of humerus and distance of nutrient foramen from proximal end of humerus was measured by sliding caliper and osteometric board. Foraminal index was also calculated. Results: All the examined bones showed single diaphyseal nutrient foramen. Majority of foramina (81%) were present on middle 1/3 of anteromedial surface of shaft of humerus. The direction of these foramina was similarly found in all bones i.e. towards the elbow joint. There were no significant differences between right and left side for total length and foraminal index. Conclusion: An accurate knowledge of the location of nutrient foramina is important in surgical procedures like reduction of fracture, bone grafting and microsurgical vascularized bone transplantation.
The use of Real World Evidence in the European context: An analysis of key expert opinion

Randomised controlled trials (RCT), traditionally seen as the gold standard in drug approval requirement terms, are becoming more difficult due to, among other reasons, budget constraints, increasing complexities and the shrinking of patient populations. Real world evidence (RWE), data used for decision making that is not derived from traditional RCT, may in future play an increasing role in market access and reimbursement decisions. This paper analyses key pricing and reimbursement stakeholders’ opinions of RWE across five European countries via a focus group-style discussion. Areas probed included regulatory implications and the role of RWE in the study countries, RWE processes and implementation on decision making, meaningful outcomes from RWE and priorities for future focus and industry support. Results showed that RWE was used to some extent in all countries, generally in accelerated access and re-review situations, with accepted endpoints including overall survival, morbidity, avoidable mortality and quality of life among others, but that there were a number of areas where improvement was necessary if RWE use was to become more common place.
Thrombocytopenia in critically ill patients: prognostic marker in postoperative ICU

Background: Thrombocytopenia is one of the most common laboratory abnormalities in intensive care unit patients (ICU), and seems to be related to ICU length of stay and mortality increasing. The purpose of this investigation was to evaluate the prevalence of thrombocytopenia in critically ill patients admitted to postoperative ICU with SIRS, sepsis and septic shock and its correlation with mortality. Methods: a retrospective cohort study which analyzed data collected from patients admitted to a postoperative ICU was conducted over a period of 12 months. Patients were divided in two groups: thrombocytopenic patients (P group) and non thrombocytopenic (C group). Patients were evaluated for 7 consecutive days using the SOFA score or even their discharge of the ICU, if this occurred before the day 7. Statistical analysis was performed using the Sigma Stat for Windows version 2.03 (SPSS Inc.). Results: Fifty-four patients with SIRS, sepsis and septic shock were included during the study period, 31 in P group and 23 in C. The prevalence of thrombocytopenia in critically ill patients in our study was 57%, with 45% of mortality in P group against 13% of mortality in C group. The relative risk of death for critically ill patients who developed thrombocytopenia during hospitalization was 3.46 with a confidence interval (95% CI) 3.17 to 3.77 (p=0.012). Conclusions: Critically ill patients that developed thrombocytopenia had risk of death 3.46 times higher than patients who did not develop thrombocytopenia during their stay in the ICU. Correspondence to: Domingos Dias Cicarelli, Department of Anesthesiology, Hospital das Clinicas, Faculdade de Medicina, São Paulo University, Brazil; E-mail: dcicarelli@uol.com. br
LEVELS OF SOME HEAVY METALS IN TISSUES OF CRUSTACEANS (CALLINECTES AMNICOLA AND MACROBRACHIUM VOLLENHOVENII) FROM A TROPICAL ECOSYSTEM IN NIGERIA

Levels of Lead, Cadmium and Mercury were assessed in tissues of Callinectes amnicola and Macrobrachium vollenhovenii sampled for twelve months from the Cross River Estuary, Nigeria with the aim of evaluating their potential ecological risk. Results of analysis with Atomic Adsorption Spectrophotometry showed that for C. amnicola, Pb ranged from 0.02-0. 19μg/g, Cd 0.01-0. 049μg/g and Hg 0.01-0. 071μg/g; for M. vollenhovenii, Pb ranged from 0.019-0. 098μg/g, Cd 0.0085-0. 04μg/g and Hg 0.01-0.058μg/g. Paired t-test showed no significant seasonal disparity (P>0.05) for both crustaceans. Observed linear relationships were expressed as y = 0.4825x 0.0137, y = 0.5661x+0.0053 and y = 0.6111x+0.0059 for Pb, Cd and Hg respectively. Also, the correlation coefficient of Pb (r= 0.87), Cd (r=0.78) and Hg (r=0.803) showed significant concentration relationship between the two studied crustaceans. Although the results of this study show minimal toxicity of shellfish in Cross River estuary, continuous surveillance and assessment were recommended for sustainable ecosystem management.
Yield Sukuk: Maturity, Rating and Value of Emission

This study was to determine the effect of Sukuk maturity, Sukuk rating, and Sukuk emmisions value on Sukuk yield. The sample in this study was 157 corporate Sukuk issued by corporate and listed on Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) during the period of 2013-2016. This study used multiple regression analysis to examine the effect of Sukuk maturity, Sukuk rating and Sukuk emmisions value on Sukuk yield. The results of this study showed that the maturity of Sukuk has significant positive effect on Sukuk yield, Sukuk rating has significant negative effect on Sukuk yield, and value emissions of Sukuk has not significant effect on Sukuk yield. Keywords: Sukuk maturity, Sukuk rating, value emissions of Sukuk, Sukuk yield
Morphometric and radiographic studies on radius and ulna of chital (Axis axis)

India has been blessed by wide range of biodiversity. There are several wild animals including lion, tiger, elephant, deer, rhinoceros, bear and black panther etc. constitute a huge area of anatomical teaching and research. The present study has been done on the Radius & ulna of chital. The radius was a long bone, relatively shorter and broader as compared to ulna. Radiograph confirmed the presence of medullary cavity in the shaft. Radius was fused to the ulna in the entire length except for two inter-osseous spaces, namely, proximal inter-osseous and distal inter-osseous spaces. The average greatest length of the Radius of Chital was 18.73±0.04 cm. The average maximum Breadth of proximal extremity, shaft and distal extremity was 4.19±0.03 cm, 2.80±0.03 cm and 3.79±0.01 cm, respectively. Ulna was an aborted long bone and was the longest bone of the fore-limb. Radiograph confirmed the presence of medullary cavity only in the proximal part of the shaft. The average greatest length of the ulna of Chital was 24.30±0.05 cm. The average Maximum height of olecranon and maximum breadth of olecranon at anconeal process was 5.84± 0.02 cm and 3.67±0.02 cm respectively.
Birth Weight Status of Newborn and Its Relationship With Other Anthropometric Parameters

Background : Birth weight has been accepted as the most important reliable index of the health status of the community and is an indicator of neonatal morbidity and mortality. In India weight at birth is not recorded because almost 80% of the deliveries take place at home or at rural health centre where weighing scales tend to be either non available or defective. Objective: To find the best surrogate parameter to determine birth weight and cut off values of various anthropometric measurements to identify low birth weight babies. Material and Methods : All the term babies born in Krishna hospital, Karad were weighed at birth and measured within 24 hours of delivery with the help of a flexible non stretchable measuring tape capable of measuring up to 0.1 cm. Results: 1028 newborn infants were included in the study period of two years. Chest circumference and thigh circumference are among the best surrogate parameters to identify low birth weight babies. The cut off value of chest circumference was 30.4 cms and 30.6 cms and thigh circumference was 13.6 cms and 13.8 cms in male and female neonates respectively. Conclusion: These parameter can be used at community level by health workers for identification of high risk and low birth weight babies so that their timely referral can thereby help in reducing infant mortality in rural areas.
QCA Based Design of Serial Adder

- This paper presents the basics of quantum dot cellular automata along with the QCA logic devices such as the QCA wire, inverter and the majority gate. The four phases of the clocking have been discussed and also the implementation of the serial adder have been done using the QCA Designer tool. The 3 input serial adder is designed using a full adder, 2:1 decoder and a D flip-flop, each of which have been simulated separately and have been combined to form a serial adder.
Prevalence of Dental Anomalies through Panoramic Radiographies of Children from Argentina

Dental anomalies are changes in teeth structures that can be of number, shape, size and position and can affect only one tooth or can be associated to various syndromes. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate, through panoramic radiographies, the prevalence of all type of dental anomalies and the corresponding subtypes in a dental patient child population of Tucuman, northern Argentina.
PREVALENCE OF METABOLIC SYNDROME AMONG CIVIL SERVANTS WOMEN YAOUNDE –CAMEROON

Objective: This study aimed to evaluate metabolic syndrome prevalence among some civil servants women leaving in Yaounde, Cameroon. Methods: The study was conducted on two hundred and fifteen women aged between18-60 years who were referred to the Andre Fouda Medical Fundation in Yaounde for international women day celebration. Metabolic syndrome was diagnosed using Adult Treatment Panel-III (ATP-III) 2001 guidelines. Results: Except for HDL Cholesterol, the mean of age, body mass index, high fasting blood glucose, triglycerides levels and total cholesterol levels were significantly (P<0.05) higher in civil servants women with metabolic syndrome. The prevalence of metabolic syndrome among those civil servants women was (39.07%). Low HDL (73.95%), Abdominal obesity (60.47%), High blood pressure (47.44%), high fasting blood glucose (18.60%) and High triglycerides level (17.21%) were respectively the prevalence of metabolic syndrome individual components. 31.16%, 7.440% and 0.47% had three, four and five criteria for metabolic syndrome, respectively. Conclusion: The prevalence of metabolic syndrome is high among civil servants women of Yaounde. Education for chronic diseases prevention among civil servants women should be establish in workplace environment.
Review of Face Recognition System Using MATLAB

Face recognition is one of the most important image processing research topics which is widely used in personal identification, verification and security applications. In this review, a face recognition system, based on the principal component analysis (PCA) and the feed forward neural network is explained. The normal face recognition systems were developed earlier, but research on faces with makeup has covered lesser area, we are developing a system consisting of two phases which are the PCA preprocessing phase, and the neural network classification phase. PCA is applied to calculate the feature projection vector of a given face which is then used for face identification by the feed forward neural network. The proposed PCA and neural network based identification system provides improvement on the recognition rates, when compared with a face classifier based on the PCA and Euclidean Distance, all the data base will be created with a number of faces with different makeups.
Gender Impact On Family Factors And Life Factors

The study was designed to investigate the effect of gender on Family factors (parent character, parent attitude, Father Attitude, parental encouragement, parent love) and Life factors (quality of life, satisfaction with life and meaning in life). Sample consists of 900 Higher Secondary School students. Tools chosen for the study were Family factors scale by K.Saraladevi and Angela Selvarani (2011) ,satisfaction with life by ED Deiner et al (1985 ) quality of life and meaning in life by Micheael.F. Stegar et al (2014). Means of the variables were recorded. Statistical analyses were done on the different variable scores. It was found that gender has an impact on family factors and life factors.
LITHIUM INDUCED HYPERTHYROIDISM: CASE REPORT

Introduction: Lithium is an integral drug used in the management of acute mania, unipolar and bipolar depression [1] and prophylaxis of bipolar disorders. Thyroid abnormalities associated with treatment lithium have been widely reported in medical literature to date. [2] These include goiter, hypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism and autoimmune thyroiditis. This current review explores the varied thyroid abnormalities frequently encountered among patients on lithium therapy and their management [3] , since lithium is still a fundamental and widely drug used in psychiatry and Internal Medicine. Discussion: A 34-year-old woman with bipolar epilepsy disorder of 1year duration was admitted for acute onset of amenorrhea, depression and polydipsia on admission, the patient was depressed and restless and loss of interest in surrounding. She is having the history of chronic liver disease. She had a coarse tremor in her upper limbs and brisk tendon reflexes but no ataxia. The patient had been prescribed a number of medications to treat recurrent auditory. These included multivitamins and B complex. ). A urine toxicology screen was positive for benzodiazepine, as was expected (the patient had received lorazepam at another hospital). Conclusions: Thyroid function tests (serum thyroid stimulating hormone, free thyroid hormones-T4and triiodothyronine [T3] concentrations and thyroid auto-antibodies) and More frequent assessment of thyroid function status and size during the course of therapy is recommended among middle aged females (≥50 years), patients with a family history of thyroid disease and those positive for thyroid auto-antibodies (anti-thyroid peroxidase and TSH receptor antibodies). By the withdrawal of the drug the condition o9f the patient was improved.