Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Impact of critical high‐intensity pulsed electric field processing parameters on oxidative enzymes and color of broccoli juice

This research evaluated the influence of high‐intensity pulsed electric field (HIPEF) processing parameters, electric field strength, treatment time, and polarity on color difference (∆E*), polyphenol oxidase (PPO), and lipoxygenase (LOX) activities in broccoli juice. An optimization of HIPEF processing was accomplished and compared with thermal treatment (90°C/60 s). The lowest RALOX (68.71%) and RAPPO (36.11%) were reached at the strongest HIPEF conditions (35 kV/cm for 2,000 µs in bipolar mode). Bipolar mode pulses showed lower RALOX and RAPPO than monopolar mode. However, polarity did not show a significant effect on ∆E*. LOX was always more resistant to HIPEF treatment than PPO. The optimization process (26.35 kV/cm for 1,235 μs in bipolar mode) showed around 60% of enzyme inactivation and ∆E* = 0.69. Thermally processed broccoli juice exhibited the greatest color difference (∆E* = 7.89). HIPEF processing could be an appropriate technology to preserve the color properties and reduce the enzyme activity of broccoli juice. PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS: Vegetable juices, in particular broccoli juice is attracting the food industry attention because it contains high amounts of nutrients; however, this fact increase their susceptibility to endogenous enzymes. HIPEF is a nonthermal technology for liquid food preservation that inactivates microorganisms and enzymes without compromising the nutritional and sensorial features of foods. Consequently, this technology could be used in the food industry as an alternative for thermal treatment to inactivate deteriorative enzymes in vegetable juices, offering to consumers a high quality product.
Probabilistic analysis of vulnerability of buildings to slow moving landslides: a study in two municipalities in southern Italy

The paper presents a probabilistic analysis of the vulnerability of buildings interacting with slow-moving landslides. With reference to two municipalities of the Calabria region (southern Italy) severely affected by this type of slope instabilities, the combination of data collected by way of expeditious damage surveys with building settlements retrieved from the use of Differential Interferometry Synthetic Aperture Radar (DInSAR) techniques allows generating separate couples of empirical fragility and vulnerability curves for the two investigated urban areas. The comparison of the obtained results highlights that the use of such tools for damage forecasting purposes in other landslide-affected areas requires selecting – from a statistical point of view – building samples belonging to the same data population (i.e. referring to homogeneous land-urban sys-
The frequency of depressive mood and associated factors in pregnant women in a semi-urban region

1 Elif Yılmaz1, Meltem Col2, Yasemin Yavuz3 1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Dr.Sami Ulus Women’s and Children’s Health Teaching and Research Hospital, Sihhiye, 2Department of Public Health, Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Cebeci, 3 Department of Bioistatistics, Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Cebeci, Ankara, Turkey Antepartum depressive mood and associated factors The frequency of depressive mood and associated factors in pregnant women in a semi-urban region
Evaluation of biochemical potential in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) germplasms.

Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) is a horticultural crop generally consumed either fresh or processed such as tomato ketchup, puree, soup and salsa (Helyes et al., 2009; Ray et al., 2011). Tomatoes and their products are popular nutritive food and are considered good source of minerals, vitamins and antioxidants (Afzal et al., 2013). Macro and microelements along with vitamins A and C are present in tomato fruit that strongly support health of human hence its consumption is increasing globally (Nour et al., 2013). The fresh tomato fruit (100g) is rich in vitamins i.e. A (28%), C (21%); mineral nutrients i.e. potassium (5%), sodium (1%), calcium (1%), magnesium (6.5%), zinc (1.5%), iron (4%) manganese (3.5%) and water 95% (Mark et al., 2013; USDA, 2017). Tomato is used in daily food in a variety of dishes due to its nutritive values and is also an excellent source of antioxidant compounds such as β-carotene, lycopene and polyphenols (Samad et al., 2017). Lycopene is the most robust antioxidant while β-carotene compound is source of vitamin A in human diet (Luthria et al., 2006; Borguini and Torres, 2009). Epidemiological studies revealed that lycopene alleviates heart diseases, stomach and prostate cancer (Fernández-Ruiz et al., 2011). Additionally, tomato has been reported effective in the treatment of eye diseases, inflammation and osteoporosis (Singh et al., 2014). Lycopene compound is a member of carotenoids family and it is a lipophilic in nature that dissolves in organic solvent (Bungheze et al., 2011). Most prominent phytochemicals in tomato are carotenoids, of which lycopene is the most abundant in the ripened fruit, accounting for approximately 80-90% of the total pigments (Hernández-Suárez et al., 2007; Helyes et al., 2009). Tomato contains a multitude of vitamins and minerals that act to support human health. They are an excellent source of vitamin C, potassium, and trace elements, i.e. selenium, copper, manganese and zinc, which are cofactors of antioxidant enzymes (Borguini and Da Silva Torres, 2009; Luthria et al., 2006). Nutritional quality of fruit is associated with various factors, i.e. environment (temperature, light, water, air composition and nutrient availability), genetics (genotype-environment interaction), agriculture practices (plant growth regulators, varieties, irrigation, training system and ripening stage) and storage conditions (Marsic et al., 2011; Haider et al., 2013, Pak. J. Agri. Sci., Vol. 57(1),177-187;2020 ISSN (Print) 0552-9034, ISSN (Online) 2076-0906 DOI:10.21162/PAKJAS/20.8140 http://www.pakjas. com.pk
Effectiveness index of preoperative blood preparation for elective neurosurgery at Prasat Neurological Institute

Background: Unnecessary preoperative bloodpreparation led to wasting of resources, expired bloodcomponents and increased blood bank workload.Objective: To evaluate effectiveness index ofpreoperative blood preparation for elective surgery atPrasat Neurological Institute. Method: A retrospectivestudy was done in elective neurosurgical patientsby reviewing medical records. We evaluatedpreoperative blood preparation and intraoperativeblood transfusion until 24 hours postoperatively andcalculated effectiveness indices, i.e., cross-match totransfusion ratio (C/T ratio), transfusion probability(%T), and transfusion index (Ti) Results: Data wasanalysed in 17 elective surgical procedures in 1,018patients. Cross-matching were prepared in 964 cases,for the total of 2,140 units. Only 217 patients requiredtransfusion and 489 units of blood were used. C/T ratiowas found to be 4.3 %T and Ti were 22 and 0.5,respectively. Conclusion: The over-ordering of bloodpreparation for elective neurosurgery was shown.Therefore, blood preparation should follow theMaximal Surgical Blood Order Schedule (MSBOS)guideline for each operation. The type and screeningblood protocol should be applied for blood preparationto save cost of patient and hospital, decrease blood blankworkload, decrease unnecessary blood reservesand improve blood stock management.
Review of the Study of Chinese and Foreign Management Accounting in 2015-2017

This paper collates, summarizes and reviews 95 management accounting research literatures published in 6 academic journals and seven foreign journals between 2015 and 2017, and makes a comparative analysis of the research topics, research methods and application theories of management accounting. The results show that compared with the previous management accounting research in China, there have been significant changes in both research topics and research methods and applied theory. Research topics or research hot spots are becoming more diversified, research on Performance appraisal and motivation has increased significantly, research methods are more focused on database-based empirical research and experimental methodology and questionnaires, applied theory is more systematic and comprehensive, the subject background is gradually extended and cross-cutting. However, China’s management accounting compared with foreign countries there is still a big gap; there is still a lot of room for development.
The Biology of Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia in Childhood and Young Adolescents: An Indian Perspective

Abstract Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine the clinical, biological, and molecular characteristics at diagnosis in children and adolescents with chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) in the Indian scenario at our tertiary patient care center. Subjects and Methods: We evaluated 51 children and adolescents with CML registered at our clinic, from January 2007 to December 2015. The mean and median of various parameters were calculated using a Microsoft excel sheet and SPSS software version 16. Results: The median age of presentation in children was 16 years; 92.2% of them were older than 10 years, with a higher prevalence in boys than girls (gender ratio 2.6:1). The symptoms at presentation were fatigue, fever, awareness of mass due to splenomegaly, and bleeding manifestations. One patient presented with Bell's palsy. Markedly raised leukocyte counts were present in 29.4% patients (median white blood cell count >400 × 109/L). Most of the patients presented in the chronic phase of the disease, four each were in accelerated phase and blast crisis, respectively. Majority of patients were categorized as intermediate risk as per Sokal and Hansford score. About 60.7% of these pediatric patients fell in low-risk category as per European Treatment and Outcome Study score at baseline. A predominance of transcript P210-b3a2 (68%) was observed in the children who were studied for the type of chimeric BCR-ABL mRNA. Conclusions: This is one of the most recent reported series of CML in children and adolescents from India highlighting the difference in presentation from adults; mainly hepatomegaly, bleeding manifestations, and higher leukocyte count. Presence of b3a3 transcript of p210 breakpoint of BCR-ABL was more common in children (68%) than b2a2 transcript (32%) when compared to adults as recently described in a study from India, which may explain the differences at presentation.
The Endogenous Fourth Amendment: An Empirical Assessment of How Police Understandings of Excessive Force Become Constitutional Law

If the Fourth Amendment is designed to protect citizens from law enforcement abusing its powers, why are so many unarmed Americans killed? Traditional understandings of the Fourth Amendment suggest that it has an exogenous effect on police use of force, i.e., that the Fourth Amendment provides the ground rules for how and when law enforcement can use force that police departments turn into use-of-force policies that ostensibly limit police violence. In this Article, we question whether this exogenous understanding of the Fourth Amendment in relation to excessive force claims is accurate by engaging in an empirical assessment of the use-of-force policies in the seventy-five largest American cities. We find that rather than translating Fourth Amendment standards into specific rules for police and clear protections for citizens in a “top down” fashion, use-of-force policies largely regurgitate the Fourth Amendment’s ambiguities concerning what is “reasonable” while inserting additional equivocations that reflect the interests of law enforcement. This empirical evidence, along with a doctrinal examination of how use-of-force policies are used when presented to federal courts, gives rise to a new understanding of the Fourth Amendment, where self-serving police understandings of excessive force are embedded in useof-force policies and shape the meaning of reasonable force. These policies are often relied upon, referenced, or deferred to by federal courts as a lawful implementation of an ambiguous Fourth Amendment. Thus, rather than the Fourth Amendment
Incidence of Enterococcus termitis in Cheese Whey

Enterococcus is one of the most predominant genus in milk, dairy products, and dairy effluents. The present study aimed to study the presence of Enterococcus termitis in dairy effluent (cheese whey) samples which were collected from different Egyptian dairy plants. Samples were surface plated on plates of TSA medium using miles-misra plating method. 13 isolates out of 86 bacterial isolates were suspected to belong to the genus Enterococcus. Suspected isolates were examined morphologically. Additionally, several biochemical tests like catalase, starch hydrolysis, citrate utilization, caseinase, lysine decarboxylase, lysine deaminase, H2S production, Esculine hydrolysis and growth on MSA medium were applied on the isolates. Moreover, the suspected isolates were examined for the ability to ferment Lactose, Glucose, Galactose, Fructose, dextrose, Mannose, Ribose, Xylose, and Manitol. Results of morphological and biochemical testes indicated that the examined isolates are Enterococcus termitis. Results of 16s RNA sequencing indicated that the examined strains are Enterococcus termitis strain LMG 8895.
Financial leverage and firm performance: evidence from Amman stock exchange

This study tests the relationship between financial leverage and firm performance. Previous studies found mixed results (e.g., Gill et al. 2011, Mouna et al. 2017, and Abubaker (2015). Some suggest including the effect of the firms’ business strategy and the degree of competitiveness on the relationship between the financial leverage and the firms’ performance. Data is subjected to pooled General Least Square to test the hypotheses of the study. Based on a sample from Amman Stock Exchange, the study finds that the financial leverage has a negative relationship with the firm performance proxies by ROA and EVA. In addition, the relationship between financial leverage and performance is more negative for the firms that use product differentiation strategy compared with the firms that use low-cost strategy and for the firms with a high degree of competitiveness compared with the firms with a low degree of competitiveness. Different tests including the Wald F-test on the linear restrictions support confirm the above conclusions. Different diagnostic tests show that the results are reliable, free from autocorrelation, robust, and not affected by multicollinearity.
Double elevator palsy with hypotropia, exotropia, and ptosis with dissociated vertical deviation in other eye managed with knapp's procedure

The aim of this study is to report a case of double elevator palsy (DEP) managed with Knapp's procedure. An 18-year-old female presented to us with a complaint of drooping of the right eyelid since childhood. Best-corrected visual acuity was 6/12 in right eye and 6/6 in left eye. Elevation in right eye was absent. Her right eye showed 14–16 prism diopter (PD) hypotropia with 10 PD exotropia, and the left eye showed dissociated vertical deviation (DVD). Her palpebral fissure height was 6 mm in right eye and 9 mm in left eye with marginal reflex distance-1, 1 and 4 mm, respectively. Levator palpebrae superioris action was 7 mm in right eye and 14 mm in left eye. Bell's phenomenon was absent in right eye. Diagnosis of right eye DEP with ptosis and exotropia on left eye DVD was made. Knapp procedure in right eye was performed with postoperative orthophoria in primary position. Knapp's procedure is the surgery of choice in a case of DEP.
Alternative fuels in internal combustion engines

: Automobile industry is one of the most developed industries in Ukraine and in the world today. The ever-increasing demand for transportation leads to an increase in demand for fuel, which in turn increases its deficit and value. Therefore, the high cost of traditional hydrocarbon fuels and the constant reduction of their world reserves compels scientists to find renewable biofuels. The authors are investigating the possibility of using alternative fuels derived from the alcohol industry waste, in pure form and as additives to hydrocarbon fuels. According to the results of the study the main technical and operational properties of alternative fuels received on the basis of A-92 petrol and fusel oils, experimental values of density, viscosity, distillation temperature on the ENGLER machine, temperature of formation steam congestion, their optimal percentages in the mix for different types were obtained internal combustion engines. Addition of fusel oils to A-92 gasoline leads to improvement of the viscosity-temperature characteristics of formed mixtures, increase in the temperature of formation steam cork and ultimately reduces the need for 10-12% of the consumption of fuels and to solve the problem of recycling fusel oils.
Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Elderly Patients With Diabetes Mellitus: Outcomes and Time to First Dose of Appropriate Antibiotic Therapy

BackgroundBoth diabetes mellitus (DM) and community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) are prevalent in elderly and are associated with significant morbidity and mortality. The primary objective of this subgroup analysis was to determine risk factors of the inhospital mortality, complication rate, and prolonged length of hospital stay (LOS) of CAP in elderly diabetic patients hospitalized with CAP. MethodsA retrospective cohort study of 157 elderly diabetic patients hospitalized with CAP at 2 tertiary teaching hospitals was carried out. Multivariate logistic and cox regression analyses were used to assess risk factors associated with inhospital mortality, complications, and LOS. ResultsDuring the follow-up period from admission till discharge, 30 (19.1%) patients died and 66 (42%) had complications. Seventeen (56.67%) of the patients who died received their first dose of appropriate antibiotic for CAP longer than 8 hours since triage, whereas 26 (20.47%) of survived patients received their first dose longer than 8 hours of triage at emergency department (ED) (P = <0.0001). Thirteen of 114 (11.4%) patients who received their first appropriate antibiotics in 8 hours or less since triage at ED died, whereas 17 of 43 (39.5%) patients who received their first appropriate antibiotics longer than 8 hours since triage died (P = <0.0001). In the multivariate analysis, time to first dose of appropriate antibiotic therapy longer than 8 hours since triage was associated with increased inhospital mortality (odds ratio, 5.94; 95% confidence interval [95% CI], 2.02–17.43; P = 0.001), complications (odds ratio, 2.90; 95% CI, 1.24–6.79; P = 0.01), and prolonged LOS of CAP (hazard ratio, 0.36; 95% CI, 0.20–0.65; P = 0.001). ConclusionsTime to first dose of appropriate antibiotic therapy longer than 8 hours since triage at ED might be associated with increased morbidity and mortality of CAP in elderly patients with diabetes mellitus.
Factors Influencing the Adoption of Management Accounting Practices (MAPs) by Manufacturing Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Durban, Kwazulu-Natal

Globally, manufacturing SMEs have been confronted with transformation, requiring them to be more focused on cost efficiency in order to be more sustainable. This has meant that manufacturing SMEs needed to find different business strategies and approaches to meet this global transformation. Literature shows that the introduction and usage of management accounting practices (MAPs) in manufacturing SMEs can contribute significantly towards their sustainability and meeting the global transformation needs. This paper intended to determine the critical environmental factors influencing the adoption of MAPs by manufacturing SMEs located in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. This study adopted a quantitative research approach using a 5 point Likert scale questionnaire as the data collection instrument. The target population consisted of manufacturing SME owners, managers who were involved in the business decision making. A non-probability (purposive) sampling was used to select the relevant sample size for this study. A total of 80 questionnaires were distributed to the target population with 51 questionnaires being completed and returned. Based on the empirical findings, the study identified that both internal and external environmental factors such as size of the firm, firm age, resources for training needs, technology and government support have a critical influence towards the adoption of MAPs. The study recommended that it is crucial for manufacturing SMEs to identify the most appropriate MAPs which can be imbedded in their operations to improve business performance and sustainability.
The Medicare Mental Health Coverage Gap: How Licensed Professional Counselors Navigate Medicare-Ineligible Provider Status

This interpretative phenomenological analysis explored licensed professional counselors’ experiences of turning away Medicare beneficiaries because of the current Medicare mental health policy. Researchers used semi-structured interviews to explore the client-level barriers created by federal legislation that determines professional counselors as Medicare-ineligible providers. An in-depth presentation of one superordinate theme, ineffectual policy, along with the emergent themes confounding regulations, programmatic inconsistencies, and impediment to care, illustrates the proximal barriers Medicare beneficiaries experience when actively seeking out licensed professional counselors for mental health care. Licensed professional counselors’ experiences indicate that current Medicare provider regulations interfere with mental health care accessibility and availability for Medicare-insured populations. Implications for advocacy are discussed.
Graduate Employment among Small and Medium Enterprises in Nigeria

: We examine the selection processes and retention of graduate staff of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Nigeria. The findings are expected to help graduates to conduct self-appraisal, to create awareness among SME owners on how to retain graduate staff. How higher institutions can improve the quality of graduates produced and how the government can identify areas of intervention. Data were gathered from two hundred (200) Owners of SMEs; however, only one hundred and ninety-eight (198) questionnaires were okay. The questionnaire was designed using five points Likert scale ranging from strongly agree (5) to strongly disagree (1). It was also supposed to supply information on the rankings of competencies and skills, factors inhibiting performance, reasons for low graduate retention among graduate staffs of SMEs. The study found out that oral communication, written communication, and positive ethics were top on the list of competencies and skills of graduate staff as ranked by the SME owners. Graduate retention was low in SMEs due to graduates' dissatisfaction with remuneration. The need for students of higher institutions to have hands-on knowledge of the theory they were taught.