Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
The effect of fennel oral capsules on physical symptoms caused by menopause in women

Introduction: Menopause symptoms can have harmful effects on women's life and affect their quality of life. Most of post-menopausal women have turned to complementary medicine therapies such as herbal therapy and the use of phytoestrogens for compatibility with menopausal symptoms. This study was performed with aim to assess the effect of fennel as a phytoestrogen in treatment of menopausal physical symptoms. Methods: This clinical randomized trial was performed in 2016 on 90 post-menopause women aged 45-60 years in Tehran. The subjects were randomly assigned to two groups of fennel and placebo. Women in fennel group received 8 weeks of treatment with daily two 100mg fennel soft capsules and in placebo group with two 100 mg sun flower oil capsules. The menopausal physical symptoms were measured by the physical part of Menopause Rating Scale (MRS) questionnaire. Data were analyzed by SPSS software (version 14) and Independent t-test and Paired t-test. P 0.05). Conclusion: Fennel is effective in reducing menopausal physical symptoms without any serious side effect. More researches are needed to definite the results of this study.
Topics and Effects of Iranian Mothers’ Disclosure to Their Children: A Phenomenological Analysis

Background: Parental disclosure is a phenomenon that occurs in families to a greater or lesser extent and has different effects on children and family relationships. Some parents do not know what topics are appropriate for disclosure and what the consequences may be. Therefore, the objective of the present study was to investigate the phenomenology of Iranian mothers› disclosure, its topics, and the experienced consequences. Methods: In this qualitative study based on the descriptive phenomenological method, semi-structured interviews were conducted with a purposive sample of 22 first-marriage mothers who had disclosure experience and at least one 10- to 30-year-old child. The data were analyzed using Colaizzi’s phenomenological method. Results: Analysis of data revealed five main themes and 12 subthemes, including inappropriate disclosure topics (personal problems, problems with spouse), appropriate topics (positive or neutral comments about the spouse, financial problems, neutral and pleasant experiences, goals and viewpoints), contextual topics (negative comments about herself, communication problems with others, unpleasant experiences), positive consequences of disclosure (raising children’s awareness, improving the parent-child relationship quality), and negative consequences (undermining the parent-child relationship quality, creating negative emotions and thoughts in children). Mothers disclosed more frequently and about more diverse subjects to their children than their husbands. Conclusion: In general, the effects of mothers’ disclosure on children are different and depend on its content, and these effects are greater on adolescents. Family therapists, parent educators, and others who work with families can help mothers carefully evaluate their disclosures to establish clear and healthy communication boundaries with their children.
Effect of dynamic balance on human mental rotation task in female badminton vs. volleyball players

Background The present study aims to compare the mental rotation performance between two non-contact sports (i.e., badminton and volleyball) in different upright conditions (i.e., with and without dynamic balance). Methods Thirty-five female sports and physical education students voluntarily participated in the experiment, including fourteen specialists in badminton and twenty-one specialists in volleyball. The experiment involved a mental body rotation task with or without balance exercises on a wobble board. Results Badminton players outperformed volleyball players in the mental rotation tasks regardless of balance. More interestingly, the results revealed an overall decrease in reaction times when participants performed balance exercises simultaneously with mental rotation. Discussion Our findings suggest that introducing dynamic balance on a wobble board has immediate beneficial effects on the mental rotation performance of female badminton and volleyball players. These findings are discussed in the context of sport specificities and cognitive processing framework.
Prediction and analysis of surface settlement due to shield tunneling for Xi’an Metro

This study describes a new modified prediction method of surface settlement (SS) for Xi’an Metro. The estimation method of SS and its characteristic parameters, volume loss (VL), maximal SS, and settlement trough width (STW) are reviewed and discussed in this paper. The gap parameter (GP) is applied to estimate VL; however, the calculation method of GP and its influence factors have not been clarified entirely. In this study, six influence factors are introduced into the new GP model, and the detailed solutions are presented. This estimation method is able to take into account the support pressure of the shield head at the tunnel face, the lining support pressure around the tunnel opening, the filling effect of tail grouting, yawing, and pitching of the shielding machine, and the long-term deformation of the remoulded surrounding soil. Based on Xi’an Metro line 2, the soil behaviors and measured SS characteristics are deeply investigated. The upper and lower bounds of the total GP of the 15 cases are pred.
Mineral supplementation: effects on bone integrity and intestinal morphometry of broiler chickens challenged with Eimeria sp

Abstract The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of supplementation of organic minerals on the productive performance and bone quality of broilers from 1 to 21 days of age and the intestinal health in situations of enteric challenge from 21 to 28 days of age. In a completely randomized design, with two treatments composed for minerals as sulfate and Carbo-Amino-Phospho-Chelate (CAPC), a total of 900 male broiler chicks were allocated to nine replicates and 18 experimental units with 50 birds each. 640 birds at 21 days of age were transferred to experimental cages and distributed in a completely randomized design, in factorial 2 × 2 (minerals as sulfate and CAPC × with and without enteric challenge), obtaining 4 treatments with 16 replicates and 10 birds each. In the same day of change, the group of challenged broilers received a commercial vaccine for coccidiosis that covers the Eimeria sp. At 7 days, the supplementation with CAPC minerals resulted in higher (p<0.05) weight gain and better feed conversion in relation to the inorganic source. The deposition of minerals evaluated in the tibia of broilers was not influenced (p>0.05) by the source of minerals, with the exception of Cu and Mn, whose deposition was greater (p<0.05) in the bones of poultries supplemented with inorganic source of minerals. There was higher (p<0.05) length and width of the villi and increase in the ratio villus: crypt in response to the intestinal spoliation with CAPC supplementation when compared to the inorganic source.
Distribuição das Rendas do Petróleo e Indicadores de Desenvolvimento Municipal no Brasil nos Anos 2000 S

in 1997, the Brazilian government approved the Law 9478/97, which has established new criteria for the distribution of oil royalties among municipalities and expanded the possibilities of using these resources in social areas. The aim of this paper is to investigate empirically whether the royalties distributed under this law contributed to the improvement of social indicators of the municipalities relative to the national average in the period 2000 to 2007. We used the Social Development index Firjan (iFDM) and its three components: iFDM - Education, iFDM - Health and iFDM - Employment & income as a measure of social development. The results show that the oil revenues produced no significant impacts on social indicators of health and education of municipalities benefited, but, surprisingly, generated negative effects on their formal sector work.
Remote sensing-based assessment of veld fire trends in multiple interwoven land tenure systems in Zimbabwe

Abstract The study used Landsat imagery, MODIS fire data and in situ meteorological data to determine emerging fire trends in interwoven multiple tenure systems in Zimbabwe. Remote sensing enabled fire trends to be determined across terrain and official records barriers. The number of fires and area burnt increased from 2001 up to 2009 then fluctuated across tenure systems. Fire events rose from 9 to 80 per year in some of the tenure systems. Complex relationships among number of fires, area burnt and weather variables within and across tenure systems were identified. The fire situation was responsive to intervention; the positive fire trends were reversed from 2009 onwards. Projected trends show that fire events could be reduced to negative values in three systems, while in two they could double by 2026. The veld fire problem could be eliminated if a holistic approach is adopted to tackle it across sectoral and land tenure divides.
Some physiological changes in men and women after an acute myocardial infarction

This study was designed to assess some hematological and biochemical changes related to the acute myocardial infarction patients ,since the levels of these constituents are very important for the health care team to know how the body is responding to the different therapies that being provided and this will help the medical staff for proper management with less morbidity and mortality . The study proceeded from March /2010 to August / 2010. There are 48 patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and healthy subjects of both sexes. The patients were diagnosed by specialist physicians by using positive troponin I tests, typical chest pain and changes in ECG . A total number of 26 patients ; 14 males and 12 females and 22 of healthy control subjects ; 12 males and 10 females.The ages of subjects ranged between 40 to 60 years. Those patients were admitted to the cardiac care unit (CCU) in Marjan Teaching hospital in Hilla city. A history and physical examination were obtained and laboratory tests were performed in all subjects during first 3 days of attack . Concerning the hematological parameters , it was found that white blood cells(WBCs) count and erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) of male and female AMI patients showed significant increase(P<0.001) in comparison with healthy controls. Regarding the biochemical parameters ,it was found significant increase(P<0.001) in total serum triglycerides, total cholesterol, LDL and VLDL (P<0.01)in male and female AMI patients in comparison with healthy controls . While HDL significantly decrease(P<0.001) in both male and female patients in comparison with that of control. Serum magnesium and zinc concentration of both male and female AMI patients showed significant decrease(in male , P<0.05 ; P<0.01 and in female , P<0.01; P<0.01 , respectively) in comparison with control. While ,serum calcium, blood urea and serum creatinine in patients with AMI of both males and females are significantly increased (P<0.001) (exception in calcium, female at P<0.01 ) in comparison with the controls groups.
Tribal community and regional perspectives on climate change and water resources in the Great Lakes region

Like other indigenous communities worldwide, Michigan’s Keweenaw Bay Indian Community (KBIC) is facing potential environmental, economic, and cultural impacts from climate change. In advance of the KBIC’s recently developed long-term planning initiatives, the objective of this study was to gain insight on climate change perspectives within the community through semi-structured interviews. Three key themes emerged from 30 semi-structured interviews: (1) water resources are extremely valued; (2) climate change is happening and will have wide-ranging negative impacts; and (3) support for climate change planning is high and should include traditional ecological knowledge. Findings provide valuable insight for leaders and will serve as a foundation for follow-up quantitative research. 1 The material contained in this chapter is in review at Tribal College and University Research Journal. 2 School of Forest Resources and Environmental Science, Michigan Technological University 3 Environmental Science Department, Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College
Assessing the tangible and intangible benefits of tourism: Perceptions of economic, social, and cultural impacts in Labrador’s Battle Harbour Historic District

Literature on rural and small island tourism critically questions the commodification of culture and landscapes, showing that replacing rural resource based industries with tourism often leads to a mummification of culture and questionable economic payoffs. Using original survey and qualitative data from three communities surrounding Labrador’s Battle Harbour Historic District, this paper explores how rural and island communities perceive the benefits of tourism and interactions with tourists. The paper finds that residents value the cultural showcasing of their communities and history, but are ambiguous about the economic rewards of tourism. We conclude by questioning whether the cultural rewards of tourism, around meaning making, outweigh other rewards around promoting economically and socially viable communities.
ANALISIS PENGARUH KURS DAN INFLASI TERHADAP NERACA PERDAGANGAN DI NEGARA-NEGARA ANGGOTA ORGANISASI KERJASAMA ISLAM (OKI) (Studi Kasus: Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Qatar dan Saudi Arabia)

Negara-negara anggota Organisasi Kerjasama Islam (OKI) mempunyai peluang besar dalam perdagangan dunia, hal ini dikarenakan sebagian besar anggota dari OKI merupakan negara penghasil minyak dunia yang memegang laju perdagangan di organisasi tersebut. Untuk meningkatkan ekspor sehingga neraca perdagangan bisa menjadi surplus maka negara-negara anggota OKI harus memperhatikan pergerakan nilai tukar riil dan tingkat inflasi. Pergerakan nilai tukar riil dan inflasi dapat berpengaruh pada nilai ekspor dan impor yang kemudian akan mempengaruhi juga surplus neraca perdagangan. Tingkat inflasi juga dapat menyebabkan suatu negara tidak dapat bersaing di perdagangan dunia jadi ekspor akan menurun dan dapat berpengaruh pada surplus neraca perdagangan. Penelitian ini muncul karena adanya research gap dimana nilai tukar riil tidak selamanya berpengaruh pada neraca perdagangan. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis pengaruh nilai tukar riil dan tingkat inflasi terhadap neraca perdagangan di negara-negara anggota OKI dalam perspektif Islam. Variabel independen yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah nilai tukar riil dan tingkat inflasi dari internasional monetary fund dan world bank pada tahun 2005-2014. Variabel dependen dari penelitian ini adalah neraca perdagangan dari international monetary fund pada tahun 2005-2014. Populasi dari penelitian ini negara-negara anggota OKI. Penelitian ini menggunakan alat analisis data panel dengan data tahunan dari tahun 2005-2014. Teknik analisis yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah metode regresi data panel dengan fixed effect model (FEM) menggunakan alat eviews 8. Nilai adjusted R2 sebesar 0.773868 yang berarti bahwa hubungan antara dependen dan independen variabel dapat dijelaskan sebesar 77.38% dalam model estimasi dan 22.61% sisanya dijelaskan oleh variabel lain diluar model. Hasil dari peneitian ini adalah nilai tukar riil dan inflasi berpengaruh negative dan signifikan terhdap surplus neraca perdagangan. Kata Kunci: Nilai Tukar Riil, Tingkat Inflasi, Neraca Perdagangan, FEM
COMBINING ABILITY FOR YIELD AND ITS COMPONENTS IN BREAD WHEAT UNDER DIFFERENT NITROGEN RATES BY LINE × TESTER ANALYSIS

: Fourteen bread wheat varieties were crossed in a line x testers analysis (10 lines and four testers) to obtain 40 F 1 ’s hybrids to evaluate combining ability and genetic components in F 1 hybrids under normal (80 kg N/fed) and low (40 kg N/fed) levels of nitrogen fertilization. Results cleared that genotypes, parents and crosses mean squares were found to be highly significant for all traits studied and also, their interactions with the two levels of nitrogen fertilization. Parent vs. crosses mean squares were found to be highly significant for all traits studied except, number of grains per spike under low-N. Lines, testers and line x testers mean squares and their interaction with nitrogen levels were highly significant for all traits studied. The parental line Gemmeiza 11 (L3) was a good combiner under low-N for all traits studied except, 1000-grain weight. The parental line Misr 1 (L6) for 1000-grain weight and grain yield per plant. The parental line Gemmeiza 12 (L10) for number of spikes per plant, 1000-grain weight and grain yield per plant. The tester Sids 12 (T2) was a good combiner number of grains per spike, 1000-grain weight and grain yield per plant and the tester Giza 168 (T4) for number of spikes per plant, 1000-grain weight and grain yield per plant under low-N. The desirable SCA effects were detected by twelve hybrids. The GCA/SCA ratio were less than unity at both levels of fertilization for all traits studied, indicating that non-additive gene effects in controlling the inheritance of all the traits studied.
Transposable temperate phages promote the evolution of divergent social strategies in Pseudomonas aeruginosa populations

Transposable temperate phages randomly insert into bacterial genomes, providing increased supply and altered spectra of mutations available to selection, thus opening alternative evolutionary trajectories. Transposable phages accelerate bacterial adaptation to new environments, but their effect on adaptation to the social environment is unclear. Here we show, using experimental evolution of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in iron-limited and iron-rich environments causing differential expression of siderophore cooperation, that transposable phages promoted divergence into extreme siderophore production phenotypes in iron-limited populations. Iron-limited populations with transposable phages evolved siderophore over-producing clones alongside siderophore non-producing cheats. Low siderophore production was associated with parallel mutations in pvd genes, encoding pyoverdine biosynthesis, and pqs genes, encoding quinolone signaling, while high siderophore production was associated with parallel mutations in phenazine-associated gene clusters. Notably, some of these parallel mutations were caused by phage insertional inactivation. These data suggest that transposable phages, which are widespread in microbial communities, can mediate the evolutionary divergence of social strategies.
Detrimental impact of employees' job demand on their workplace incivility behaviour: Restorative role of self-efficacy

This study aimed to measure the impact of employees' job demands as a stressor on exhibiting their uncivil behavior at the workplace and the remedial role of self-efficacy for the detrimental effect of job demand on workplace incivility behavior. Research on employees' uncivil behavior in the workplace is crucial to understanding its causes, impacts, and potential interventions, enabling organizations to foster a respectful and productive work environment, enhance employee well-being, and optimize organizational performance. Employees of the Nepalese cooperative industry participated in a survey to gather empirical data. The perceptual cross-sectional data were analyzed using a positivist research methodology and deductive reasoning. Altogether, 495 responses were analyzed quantitatively using "Analysis of Moment Structure" (AMOS) software and graphically presented. The result revealed that employees' perceived job demand positively affected (B = 0.43, p < 0.001) their workplace incivility behavior. At the same time, self-efficacy had a negative impact (B = -0.32, p <0.001) on uncivil behavior at the workplace. In addition, self-efficacy moderated (B = -0.47, p <0.001) the connection between job demand and workplace incivility behavior. Job demands positively impacted incivility for employees with low self-efficacy, but the effect was insignificant for those with high self-efficacy. Moreover, employees with low perceived job demand exhibit higher workplace incivility behavior (WIB) when they have high self-efficacy compared to low self-efficacy. These findings have implications for addressing job demands and fostering self-efficacy to mitigate workplace incivility. Further avenues for research are discussed.
The Permian Pangea. Phytogeographic implications of new paleontological discoveries in Oman (Arabian Peninsula)

This paper focuses on new paleontological discoveries that have come to light while working on a Permian paleobotanical transect, from Oman to Central Morocco. In the Huqf area, the continental plant bearing Gharif Formation is bracketed by two well dated marine Formations, providing new age constraint for the discovered mixed paleoflora. The newly named Kubergandian-Murgabian Gharif Paleoflora is of outstanding paleogeographic significance. Gondwanan, Cathaysian and Euramerian elements are found to be associated. The understanding of the kinematics of the Permian vegetal cover lead us to test the proposed Peri-Tethyan paleogeographical contours.
Artificial Life 13

This paper seeks to illuminate and quantify a feature of natural evolution that correlates to our sense of its intuitive greatness: Natural evolution evolves impressive artifacts. Within artificial life, abstractions aiming to capture what makes natural evolution so powerful often focus on the idea of openendedness, which relates to boundless diversity, complexity, or adaptation. However, creative systems that have passed tests of open-endedness raise the possibility that openendedness does not always correlate to impressiveness in artificial life simulations. In other words, while natural evolution is both open-ended and demonstrates a drive towards evolving impressive artifacts, it may be a mistake to assume the two properties are always linked. Thus to begin to investigate impressiveness independently in artificial systems, a novel definition is proposed: Impressive artifacts readily exhibit significant design effort. That is, the difficulty of creating them is easy to recognize. Two heuristics, rarity and re-creation effort, are derived from this definition and applied to the products of an open-ended image evolution system. An important result is that that the heuristics intuitively separate different reward schemes and provide evidence for why each evolved picture is or is not impressive. The conclusion is that impressiveness may help to distinguish open-ended systems and their products, and potentially untangles an aspect of natural evolution’s mystique that is masked by its co-occurrence with open-endedness.
Knowledge, Awareness, and Practice of Pediatricians Regarding Infant Oral Health Care and Early Childhood Caries in the State of Assam, India

Background and aim: Pediatricians are the first point of contact for evaluating a child’s health. Hence, our study was done to evaluate the knowledge, awareness, and practice of pediatricians regarding infant oral health care and early childhood caries (ECC) in the state of Assam. Methods: A close-ended questionnaire was circulated among the pediatricians of Assam. Data regarding knowledge, awareness, and practice involving the oral health of children and ECC was collected. Results: A total of 110 pediatricians participated in the study and the data obtained was subjected to chi-square analysis. Most of the participants (n=64, 67%) displayed adequate knowledge regarding dental caries and the way to identify them. Although most of the participants knew about practices leading to dental caries, they were lacking in knowledge regarding the deleterious effect of bottle feeding and related habits 65 (50-60%). Also, most of the participants (n=69, 62%) failed to educate the caregivers of the child regarding early dental visits. Conclusion: The majority of pediatricians displayed adequate knowledge regarding dental caries and their prevention but failed to educate the parents and caregivers of children regarding the importance of first dental visits and the maintenance of oral health.