Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Cervical Cancer Screening Uptake and Barriers to Screening among Females in Somolu, South Western Nigeria

Cancer of the cervix remains a major global cause of morbidity and mortality among women in countries with limited economic resources including Nigeria. This study was carried out to evaluate the extent of utilization of cervical screening services, identify barriers to screening and determine the willingness to screen by women in the Somolu, Southwestern Nigeria. The study was carried out in 2014 among women in Somolu, Lagos and employed a cross-sectional descriptive design. A pre-tested, self-administered, semi-structured questionnaire was used to elicit information from 272 women who were recruited by multi-stage sampling method. The data were analyzed using SPSS version 20. The results showed that 26 (10.0%) of the respondents never had cervical cancer screening while 234 (90.0%) never had accessed screening. The most important reasons for not accessing screening were insufficient medical advice 162 (69.2%), lack of health education 154 (65.8%), difficulty in accessing screening 152 (65.0%) and high cost of screening 151 (64.5%). Majority 170 (72.6%) were willing to be screened in the future. The study concluded that women in Somolu, Lagos had poor understanding of the bases of cervical cancer screening. Most did not screen because of lack of background knowledge of the importance of screening, accessibility, cost and fear of pain. Majority were however willing to screen in the future. Health education programs on cervical cancer screening and measures to reduce the barriers to screening should be put in place.
OPTIMAL PLACEMENT OF UNIFIED POWER FLOW CONTROLLER (UPFC) IN IEEE 14 BUS SYSTEM USING GENETIC ALGORITHM (GA)

: With the increasing size of power system, there is a thrust on finding the solution to maximize the utilization of existing system and to provide adequate voltage support. For this the flexibility of power is needed. Flexible AC transmission system (FACTS) if placed optimally can be effective in providing voltage support, controlling power flow and in turn resulting into lower losses. The algorithm to find the optimal location of UPFC based on genetic algorithm has been developed. The effect of these devices on line flows and bus voltage profile has been studied by placing at random location and placing them optimally with optimal ratings dictated by genetic algorithm. The effectiveness of developed algorithm has been tested on 14-bus systems. In this work, a comparison of the effects of compensation of a Simplified multi-machine (two-machine system) power system by shunt/series connected FACTS controllers at optimal location using GA. The model procedure of enhance voltage stability and power flows capability of systems is illustrated. The study system is a simple example of multi-machine system, which is simulated in MATLAB/
Effect of Vitamin D3 Supplementation on Fasting Plasma Glucose, Insulin Resistance and Lipid Pro le in Women with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: A Double-blind Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial

Kimia Sedighi Student Research Committee, Faculty of Medicine, Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, Bandar Abbas, Iran Roghayeh Shahbazi Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada Elham Boushehri Department of Health Services, Faculty of Health, Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, Bandar Abbas, Iran Ghazal Zoghi Cardiovascular Research Center, Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, Bandar Abbas, Iran Mahmood Khayatian Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, Bandar Abbas, Iran Somayeh Kheirandish Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Center, Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, Bandar Abbas, Iran Masoumeh Kheirandish (  kheirandishm@yahoo.com ) Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7355-4456
The Kriso Container Ship (Kcs) Test Case: An Open Source Overview

In this work, the analysis of the Kriso Container Ship (KCS) test case using the OpenFOAM RANS solver is proposed. Both ship resistance in calm water, propeller open water performances, self-propulsion calculations are proposed and the numerical results are validated by a comparison with the model scale experiments shared in literature and through workshops. The analyses are carried out applying the open source tools, from pre- to post- processing, available in the OpenFOAM environment, namely snappyHexMesh for the generation of the computational mesh, simpleFoam , pimpleDyMFoam , LTSInterFoam for the solution of the various hydrodynamic problems and Paraview for the post-processing of the results. The comparison with the experimental measurements, finally, demonstrates the maturity of these solvers for a reliable and, from an engineering point of view, accurate prediction of some of the peculiar characteristics of the flow ships and propellers are subjected to.
Antifungal Evaluation Of Edible Coating Agent Against Fusarium Oxysporum On Tomato

: Fusarium fruit rot is caused by Fusarium oxysporum is one of the damaging postharvest losses in tomato production. Synthetic pesticides are widely and repetitively used to control this disease, unfortunately, it lead to detrimental effects on human health, environment and increase fungal resistance. This study aimed to identify Fusarium oxysporum by both morphological and molecular characterization that caused tomato fruit rot, as well as to study the effects of edible coating agents in vitro towards Fusarium oxysporum mycelium growth. In this study, pathogenicity test showed Fusarium oxysporum is most sever fungi with disease severity 72%, as well as among coating agents 5% CaCl 2 was able to inhibited mycelium growth of Fusarium oxysporum up to 53.5% and 15 mM vanillin up to 76.68%. This study proved that 15 mM vanillin has a potent natural antifungal agent against Fusarium oxysporum mycelium growth.
THREONINE REQUIREMENT FOR BROILER MALES FROM 42 TO 56 DAYS OF AGE^

Market welghts of broilers have increased because of demand for value-added products. Nutritional regimens need to be adequate in amino acids if value-added yield is to be maximized. Threonine is considered to be the third limiting amino acid for broilers fed cornsoybean meal diets [l]. The threonine requirement has been evaluated for birds from 0 to 6 wk of age; however, information is limited beyond 6 wk of age when most broilers would be marketed for further processing. NRC [2] estimates the dietary threonine requirement to be 0.68% from 6 to 8 wk of age based on computer modeling. The threonine requirement during 42 to 56 days of age was reported by Webel et al. [3] to approximate 0.60% for optimum live performance. Kidd et al. [4] determined that the threonine need for optimum body weight gain, feeagain, and breast meat yield was 0.67% for 42to 56-dayold broilers. Additional information is needed so that the threonine requirement for heavy male broilers can be fully assessed. The present study examined the threonine requirement
An Optimal (n,n) Secret Image sharing Scheme

------ In this paper, we propose a novel (n,n) secret image sharing scheme. Both the construction and revealing of shares are based on matrix addition. In this paper, we have analyzed the secret image sharing scheme proposed by Dong and Ku [8] and improved it. The method [8] was applicable only for square images. The shares generated for a complete black image were themselves completely black; they were not random which made it a (1, n) secret sharing scheme. In case of images having completely single color other than the color black, the shares were having strip patterns rather than being random. Our proposed scheme is applicable for any size of image, has no pixel expansion and can reconstruct the secret image precisely. Our scheme includes no matrix multiplication for construction of shares, rather works on simple matrix addition which reduces the computational complexity. The scheme can be directly applied for any of the binary, grayscale or color image. Experimental results show that our scheme is simple and effective.
Robotic Solutions, Usefulness & Obstacles in Elderly Care [Part I: The Developed Nations]

As a blessing of better and advanced medical consciousness, today there is rise in life anticipation. Again this pandemic situation has pinpointed the crucial fact of prioritizing the medical and health services in every respect, especially for the most helpless citizens of our society, the elderly inhabitants. This study perceives assistive robotic use, thus the Healthcare Robots to be a good solution to the problems of the aged which can be achieved through implementing assistive technology and artificial intelligence in the healthcare sector. Research works in many developed nations are now exploring the use of Robotic Technology as a solution to address the health needs of the aged population. As such this research reviews the robotic solutions, usefulness and limitations in elderly care especially in developed nations.
Adequabilidade da assistência pré-natal em uma estratégia de saúde da família de Porto Alegre-RS

O estudo objetivou avaliar a adequabilidade da assistencia pre-natal de baixo risco, conforme a recomendacao do Ministerio da Saude, quanto ao numero minimo de consultas, e verificar possiveis fatores associados. Avaliou-se a atencao pre-natal de uma coorte historica de 95 gestantes. Mais de 50% das mulheres fizeram 6 ou mais consultas de pre-natal. O inicio do pre-natal ocorreu no primeiro trimestre de gestacao para 52% das mulheres; 84,2% das mulheres realizaram todos os exames de pre-natal e apenas 16,8% realizaram consulta no puerperio. A assistencia pre-natal foi considerada adequada para 2,1% da amostra. Maior numero de consultas pre-natal foi observado entre as mulheres com companheiro e com maior numero de filhos. Os registros demonstraram baixa adequacao a totalidade dos criterios minimos estabelecidos e poucos fatores parecem explicar esse cenario.
Studies on Sugar Diffusion From Sugarcane Storage Tissue 1

To account for solute movement across an impermeable membrane, two hypotheses have been widely examined: (a) Passive diffusion by the transient molecule, made possible by special physicochemical properties of the membrane, and (b) active entry of molecules into the cell by virtue of biochemical reactions occurring a t the cell surface. During the early 1960's, Bieleski (2,3,4) found that sugarcane storage tissues take up sugars in two stages. The initial uptake reaches equilibrium within 1 hour, is proportional to the external sugar concentration, is unaffected by anaerobic conditions, and is completely reversed when the tissue is placed in water. The secondary uptake continues at a constant rate up to 60 hours, is independent of external sugar concentrations exceeding 0.2 percent, is inhibited by anaerobic conditions, and there is no sugar diffusion when the tissue is placed in water. Bieleski concluded that the first process is nonmetabolic or diffusional and occurs in a portion of the tissue termed the "apparent free space. " The second stage of uptake accumulates sugars in the "inner space" via an active, metabolically dependent process. During the decade following Bieleski's work a cyclic mechanism of sugar accumulation in sugarcane storage tissue was discovered and elaborated by Glasziou and his colleagues in Queensland (11,13,14,17,18,19). As details of the sugar accumulation cycle were elaborated, the diffusion of sugars or of sugar-carrier complexes assumed increasing importance. By 1961 Glasziou (12) had established the spatial separation of three distinct compartments in storage parenchyma tissue: (a) The outer space (including cell walls), (b) the metabolic compartment (including the cytoplasm), and (c) the inner space (or storage vacuole). Early data (11) indicated that sugar passed between outer space and inner space in accordance with the following reaction sequence:
Career Development International Emerald Article: Testing the Impact of Emotional Labor on Work Exhaustion for Three Distinct Emergency Medical Service (EMS) Samples

Purpose – This paper's aim is to study a neglected relationship: testing the impact of emotional labor on the work exhaustion for samples of emergency medical service (EMS) professionals.Design/methodology/approach – Three distinct samples of EMS professionals, i.e. emergency medical technician (EMT) – basic, EMT – intermediate, and paramedic, were surveyed to test the impact of three variable sets, personal (e.g. gender, age, health), work‐related (e.g. years of service, job satisfaction), and emotional labor (i.e. surface acting, deep acting) on work exhaustion.Findings – Results across the three samples consistently showed that surface acting had a significantly stronger positive impact than deep acting on work exhaustion. In addition it was found that surface acting had a significantly stronger negative relationship to job satisfaction than deep acting. Surface acting also had a significant negative relationship to perceived health. Years of service were positively related to work exhaustion across al.
Upaya Peningkatan Hasil Belajar Tema Berbagai Pekerjaan Melalui Model Discovery Learning Siswa Kelas 4 SDN Kutoharjo 01 Pati Kabupaten Pati Semester 1 Tahun Ajaran 2014-2015

Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui apakah peningkatan hasil belajar tema berbagai pekerjaan dapat diupayakan melalui pendekatan discovery learning siswa kelas 4 SDN Kutoharjo 01 Pati semester 1 tahun ajaran 2014-2015. Jenis penelitian ini adalah penelitian tindakan kelas (PTK). Model PTK yang digunakan model spiral dari C. Kemmis & Mc Taggart dengan menggunakan 2 siklus, masing-masing siklus terdiri dari 3 tahap yakni, 1) perencanaan tindakan 2) pelaksanaan tindakan dan observasi dan 3) refleksi. Subjek penelitian ini adalah siswa kelas 4 SDN Kutoharjo 01 Pati Kabupaten Pati yang berjumlah 26 siswa. Teknik pengumpulan data adalah teknik tes dan teknik non tes. Instrumen penelitian dengan menggunakan butir soal dan lembar observasi.Teknik analisis yang digunakan adalah teknik deskriptif komparatif yakni membandingkan hasil belajar tema berbagai pekerjaan berdasarkan ketuntasan belajar, skor minimal, skor maksimal dan skor rata-rata pra siklus, siklus 1dan siklus 2. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa peningkatan hasil belajar tema Berbagai Pekerjaan dapat diupayakan melalui pendekatan discovery learning siswa kelas 4 SDN Kutoharjo 01 Pati Kabupaten Pati semester 1 tahun ajaran 2014-2015 terbukti. Hal ini ditunjukkan oleh meningkatnya hasil belajar tema berbagai pekerjaan dari pra siklus, siklus 1 ke siklus 2. 1) Hasil belajar berdasarkan ketuntasan belajar dengan KKM ≥ 80 meningkat dari pra siklus ke siklus 1 dan siklus 2 yakni dari 0%, 69,23% dan 88,46%; 2) Hasil belajar berdasarkan skor minimal dari pra siklus ke siklus 1 dan siklus 2 yakni dari 20: 53: 66; 3) Hasil belajar berdasarkan skor maksimal dari pra siklus ke siklus 1 dan siklus 2 yakni 45; 92; 100; 4) Hasil belajar berdasarkan skor rata-rata dari pra siklus ke siklus 1 dan siklus 2 yakni dari 37,1: 78,5: 88,0. PTK ini dikatakan berhasil, yang ditunjukkan oleh besarnya persentase siswa yang mencapai hasil belajar tema berbagai pekerjaan tuntas belajar dengan KKM ≥ 80, mencapai 88,46% lebih tinggi dari 80 % dari 26 siswa yang ditetapkan dalam indikator keberhasilan PTK.
Treatment outcomes and patient satisfaction of a virtual partial hospital program: A mixed-method study

ABSTRACT Objective Despite a proliferation of virtual partial hospital programs (PHP) during the COVID-19 pandemic, there is a dearth of research on such programs. In the current study, we compared treatment outcomes and patient satisfaction between an in-person and a virtual PHP. Further, we examined patients’ qualitative feedback about the virtual PHP. Method Participants included 282 patients attending a virtual PHP during the COVID-19 pandemic and 470 patients attending an in-person PHP one year prior. Patients completed daily measures of symptom severity, and post-treatment measures of patient satisfaction and treatment outcomes. Patients in the virtual PHP provided feedback about virtual care. Quantitative data were analyzed using multilevel modeling, and qualitative data were analyzed using the principles of inductive analysis. Results Patients experienced a reduction in depression (b = -.28, p < .001) and anxiety symptoms (b = -.25, p < .001) over time and reported high satisfaction in both the in-person and virtual PHPs. There were no significant differences across programs. Virtual PHP patients identified unique advantages and disadvantages of virtual care. Conclusion Our results suggest that virtual PHPs should be explored as an ongoing model of care that may help to systematically reduce barriers to accessing mental health services.
Developing health and environmental warning messages about red meat: An online experiment

Introduction The United States has among the highest per capita red meat consumption in the world. Reducing red meat consumption is crucial for minimizing the environmental impact of diets and improving health outcomes. Warning messages are effective for reducing purchases of products like sugary beverages but have not been developed for red meat. This study developed health and environmental warning messages about red meat and explored participants’ reactions to these messages. Methods A national convenience sample of US red meat consumers (n = 1,199; mean age 45 years) completed an online survey in 2020 for this exploratory study. Participants were randomized to view a series of either health or environmental warning messages (between-subjects factor) about the risks associated with eating red meat. Messages were presented in random order (within-subjects factor; 8 health messages or 10 environmental messages). Participants rated each warning message on a validated 3-item scale measuring perceived message effectiveness (PME), ranging from 1 (low) to 5 (high). Participants then rated their intentions to reduce their red meat consumption in the next 7 days. Results Health warning messages elicited higher PME ratings than environmental messages (mean 2.66 vs. 2.26, p<0.001). Health warning messages also led to stronger intentions to reduce red meat consumption compared to environmental messages (mean 2.45 vs. 2.19, p<0.001). Within category (health and environmental), most pairwise comparisons of harms were not statistically significant. Conclusions Health warning messages were perceived to be more effective than environmental warning messages. Future studies should measure the impact of these messages on behavioral outcomes.
Bronchial epithelia from adults and children: SARS-CoV-2 spread via syncytia formation and type III interferon infectivity restriction

Significance Bronchial epithelia are the primary target for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infections. Here, we reconstituted bronchial epithelia from adult and child donors and show that SARS-CoV-2 infections spread fast, resulting in the formation and synchronized release of large clusters of infected cells and syncytia into the apical lumen, contributing to virus dissemination. Some epithelia, for the most part from children, revealed an intrinsic resistance to infection and virus spread. This infection control correlates with faster type III interferon secretion and can be transferred to permissive epithelia through exogenous interferon application. Child epithelia also showed a muted inflammatory response compared with adult, suggesting a specific and age-adapted epithelial response to SARS-CoV-2 infection that may explain why children are less susceptible to severe COVID-19.
Low molecular weight NGF mimetic GK‐2 normalizes the parameters of glucose and lipid metabolism and exhibits a hepatoprotective effect on a prediabetes model in obese Wistar rats

Signs of metabolic syndrome and prediabetes preceding type 2 diabetes are modelled in an experiment using a high‐fat diet (HFD). The aim of this work was to study the effect of a low molecular weight systemically active nerve growth factor mimetic, compound GK‐2 (hexamethylenediamide bis[N‐monosuccinyl‐L‐glutamyl‐L‐lysine]), on indicators of abdominal obesity, basal blood glucose level, glucose tolerance, cholesterol and triglyceride blood levels, as well as the morphological structure of the liver in male Wistar rats fed a HFD. Rats were divided into three groups: one of them received standard food (control) and two others were fed a HFD containing 45% fat, 35% carbohydrates and 20% protein, with a total caloric value of 516 kcal/100 g, over 12 weeks. Starting from the ninth week, for the next 4 weeks, one of the HFD groups was treated orally with saline whilst the other group was treated orally with GK‐2 at a dose of 5 mg/kg. GK‐2 was found to reduce the basal glycaemia level and improve glucose tolerance, as well as to reduce the blood level of cholesterol by 30% and that of triglycerides by 28% in comparison with the saline‐treated HFD animals. GK‐2 reduced the degree of abdominal obesity to the level of the healthy animals and eliminated morphological abnormalities in the liver caused by the HFD. The results of the study determine the feasibility of further GK‐2 research as a potential agent for prediabetes treatment.
Alantolactone reduced neuron injury via activating PI3K/Akt signaling pathway after subarachnoid hemorrhage in rats

Subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) is a common disease with high morbidity and mortality, which can cause pathological, physiological, and biological reactions. SAH causes a series of responses such as neuronal and cerebral cortex damage, which in turn leads to inflammation and apoptosis. Traditional Chinese medicine has a strong anti-inflammatory effect, such as Alantolactone (ATL). However, studies on ATL therapy for SAH have not been reported. We observed the neurological scores, brain water content, Evans blue (EB) extravasation, neuroinflammation, and apoptosis via performing an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), western blotting, immunofluorescence staining, and other methods after SAH. In this study, we found that ATL treatment attenuated the neurologic deficits, inhibited neuronal apoptosis and inflammatory reaction, promoted polarization of microglia toward the M2 phenotype, and activated the PI3K/Akt signaling pathway. ATL can reduce the neurons and cerebral cortex damage of SAH rats through activating PI3K/Akt signaling pathway.
Mouse models of type 1 diabetes and their use in skeletal research

Purpose of review In this review, we describe the three primary mouse models of insulin-deficiency diabetes that have been used to study the effects of type 1 diabetes (T1D) on skeletal outcomes. These models include streptozotocin (chemically)-induced diabetes, autoimmune-mediated diabetes (the nonobese diabetes mouse), and a mutation in the insulin gene (the Akita mouse). We then describe the skeletal findings and/or skeletal phenotypes that have been delineated using these models. Recent findings Humans with T1D have decreased bone mineral density and an increased risk for fragility fracture. Mouse models of insulin-deficiency diabetes (hereafter denoted as T1D) in many ways recapitulate these skeletal deficits. Utilizing techniques of microcomputed tomography, bone histomorphometry, biomechanical testing and fracture modeling, bone biomarker analysis, and Raman spectroscopy, mouse models of T1D have demonstrated abnormalities in bone mineralization, bone microarchitecture, osteoblast function, abnormal bone turnover, and diminished biomechanical properties of bone. Summary Mouse models have provided significant insights into the underlying mechanisms involved in the abnormalities of bone observed in T1D in humans. These translational models have provided targets and pathways that may be modifiable to prevent skeletal complications of T1D.