Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
MODEL OF MANAGING OF THE PROCEDURE OF MUTUAL FINANCIAL INVESTING IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES AND SMART CITY SYSTEMS

Mathematical model for finding management strategies investing in information technologies and systems that associated with the concept of Smart City is presented in the article. The model proposed by the authors, first of all, should be considered as a component of intellectual system of decisions support in tasks of analysis of various strategies of mutual financial investing in information technologies and Smart City systems. The model is conceptually constructed on the solution of a bilinear dynamic game of quality with several terminal surfaces, and its distinctive feature is the fact
DETERMINANTS OF PROFITABILITY OF AGRICULTURAL FIRMS LISTED AT THE NAIROBI SECURITIES EXCHANGE, KENYA

Profitability is an important value driver and is a function of public presentation and a prerequisite for value creation and the most potent determinant of total shareholder returns. Therefore, this study sought to investigate the determinants of profitability of Agricultural Firms listed on the Nairobi Securities Exchange in Kenya. The study undertook a census of the 7 agricultural firms listed at the Nairobi Securities Exchange as at 31 December 2014 and used secondary data from the listed firms published financial statements for a period of 10 years from 2006 – 2014. Multiple linear regression and the Karl Pearson Correlation Coefficient were used to analyze data. The study findings revealed that there is a positive and statistically significant relationship between liquidity, firm size and profitability whereas there is an insignificant positive relationship between leverage and profitability while tangibility has a significant negative relationship with profitability. The study concludes that liquidity, firm size and tangibility are the major determinants of profitability of listed agricultural firms in Kenya.
Prognostic Value of Lymphocyte-to-Monocyte Ratio in Canine High-Grade Lymphoma Cases.

The Lymphocyte-to-Monocyte Ratio (LMR) has been described as a useful prognostic marker for human patients with various cancers and dogs with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. The objective of this study was to determine whether the LMR could predict disease outcome as measured by the Time To Progression (TTP) and Overall Survival (OS) of dogs with different types of high-grade lymphoma. The medical records of 43 dogs diagnosed with high-grade lymphoma at the Veterinary Medical Center of Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine between 2013 and 2018, were retrospectively analyzed. Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) curve analysis was used to determine the optimal LMR cutoff values. The prognostic influence of the LMR and other clinicopathological data on TTP and OS was studied by Kaplan-Meier curves. To identify the independent prognostic factors, univariate and multivariate Cox proportional analyses were used. The optimal cutoff value of the LMR was 0.7, which corresponded to the maximum sensitivity (0.727) and specificity (0.762) of the LMR for predicting the median days of OS with ROC analysis (area under the curve, 0.794). Log-rank tests showed that dogs with a high LMR had significantly longer TTP and OS than dogs with a low LMR. Moreover, immunophenotype, body weight, treatment regimen and response to treatment were significantly associated with TTP and OS. In multivariate analysis, treatment and response to treatment were independent risk factors for TTP. Moreover, the LMR, treatment regimen and response to treatment were independent predictors of OS.
THE EFFECT OF LONG TERM LOAN ON FIRM PERFORMANCE IN KENYA: A SURVEY OF SELECTED SUGAR MANUFACTURING FIRMS

This study analyses the effect of long term loan of performance of selected sugar firms in Kenya. The specific objectives were to: find out the effects of long term loan on firm performance, determine the relationship between long term loan and firm performance. The study used a retrospective research strategy in collection of data. A target population of 9 sugar firms was considered in the study. A sample size of 3 firms was used in the study computed based on Mugenda and Mugenda (2003) 10 30% rule and simple random sampling was used in the collection of data from the sample. The test retest method was used to test for reliability. The data was then analyzed using multiple linear regression models and Pearson product moment correlation. The study found that Long term loan negatively affects ROA although not statistically significant (β -. 479, p<0.05). Long term loan was strongly related to firm performance as measured by ROA. The conclusions of the study were that Long term loan negatively affects firm performance although not statistically significant. The study recommended that sugar firms should manage well the portfolio of its long term debt structure to minimize the risks associated with adoption of the various forms of long term debt.
Risk stratification for the primary prevention of arrhythmic sudden cardiac death in postinfarction patients

Sudden cardiac death (SCD) threatens ischemic cardiomyopathy patients. Antiarrhythmic protection may be provided to these patients with implanted cardiac defibrillators (ICD), after an efficient risk stratification approach. The proposed risk stratifier of an impaired left ventricular ejection fraction has limited sensitivity. Current risk stratification strategies focus on markers that, by identifying the arrhythmic substrate and the severity of the arrhythmia mechanisms present, are also considered to quantify the risk of SCD. Such markers reflect: (1) myocardial substrate lesions and postinfarction fibrosis (LVEF, QRS, LBBB, SAECG, fragmented QRS, CMR, PVBs, NSVT), (2) abnormal repolarization (QT, QTd, T‐wave alternans, QT/RR, QTVI, TWV), (3) impaired autonomic nervous system function (HR, heart rate variability (HRV), HRT, deceleration capacity (DC), BRS, HR recovery after exercise), and (4) inducibility on programmed ventricular stimulation during electrophysiological testing. Ventricular tachyarrhythmias have a strong dynamic component because transient and unpredictable factors can trigger a fatal arrhythmic episode. For this reason, SCD risk stratification is not simple and no ideal marker or a completely successful predictive model is existing. The evolution of technology made possible all the noninvasive markers to be incorporated in the Holter software. Noninvasive risk stratification has been simplified. Innovative Holter technology enforced the doctors, providing them with the tools for primarily screening their patients through the ICD protection process.
Radiographic Study of Developmental Alteration in Tooth Number among Children in IIUM Dental Clinic

Background: The aim of this research was to determine the prevalence, distribution and association of developmental alteration in tooth number with gender, location, and presence of delayed eruption of tooth among children who attended to Student's polyclinic of IIUM Kuantan, Malaysia. Methods: A cross sectional study on total 727 Orthopanthomograms (OPGs) of 3-17 years old children from April 2009 to July 2012. OPGs with presence of alteration number were scrutinized to find out the prevalence, distribution and association. The data was analyzed comparing gender, location and presence of delayed eruption and tested using Chi-square test. Results: Out of 727 OPGs, 71 OPGs showed developmental alteration in tooth number. The prevalence was 98/1000 OPGs within 3 years. Among those 71 OPGs, the gender differences were: males (49.3%) and females (50.7%). Locations were found in maxilla (45.1%), mandible (40.8%) and both (14.0%). The finding of delayed eruption was (7.0%). There were significant differences between alteration in tooth number with location as ( p 0.05). Conclusions: This study showed that hyperdontia was considerably lower than hypodontia. There was association between alteration in tooth number with location, but no association with gender and delayed eruption.
An Analysis of Path Planning for Autonomous Motorized Robots

Mobile robots are widely used in many industrial fields. Research on path planning for mobile robots is one of the most important aspects of mobile robots research. Path planning for a mobile robot is to find a collision-free route, through the robot’s environment with obstacles, from a specified start location to the desired goal destination while satisfying certain optimization criteria. Determination of a collision-free path for a robot between start and goal positions through obstacles cluttered in a workspace is central to the design of an autonomous robot path planning. This paper presents a comprehensive study on state of art mobile robot path planning techniques focusing on algorithms that optimize the path in the obstacle abundant environment. Simulation scenarios are performed in the perspective of single and multi-robot path planning and the experimental results show the best performing path planning technique in the corresponding scenario. This paper intends to give assistance in the better understanding of the path planning techniques and also guide researchers to formulate novel techniques for better path planning in both single and multi-robot environments.
Effect of Saudi Propolis on Hepatitis Male Rats

This study was conducted to evaluate the benefits of the Saudi gum (propolis) by reduction of the toxic substances in rats that target the liver and affect its performance. The chemical components of propolis were identified. The study included 42 Albino male rat of a healthy weight ranged from 255-287 g, and they were divided into six equal groups. The first group was fed the standard diet (negative control group), while the other 35 rats were injected with carbon tetrachloride under the skin (1.5 ml/ kg) in order to infect them with acute hepatitis. After 24 h, the groups of infected rats were divided and the second group (positive control group) was also fed a standard meal, while the other groups infected which were the third, fourth, fifth and sixth were fed on a diet with access to a standard concentration of Saudi bee gum of 200, 300, 400 and 500 mg/kg, respectively, through the mouth for 4 consecutive weeks. The results showed that propolis contains 41 compounds and out of these 17 compounds have been identified. Volatile oil was in proportion of 20.37%, aliphatic acids in 16.87%, and esters in 15.48% and alcohols in 13.98%. The results showed a significant improvement in the biochemical parameters in hepatitis rats which were treated with propolis. Results also showed that propolis increased the activity of antioxidant enzymes in the liver of hepatitis rats treated with propolis. The study concluded that propolis plays an effective role in protecting the liver from damage and inflammation that can be caused by the components of antioxidation and inflammation.
Cannabis in Patients with Liver Disease; A Concise Review of Recent Data

The endocannabinoid system has emerged as a new and important player in liver physiology and disease. In vitro and animal studies suggested a fibrogenic and steatogenic role for the cannabinoid receptors CB1 and the opposite for CB2 receptors. In contrast, the effect of the psychoactive plant Cannabis sativa in patients with liver disease is less clear. Smoking cannabis is not uncommon in patients with liver disease e.g. alcoholic liver disease and chronic hepatitis C. Studies that investigated the effect of the herb in subjects with liver disease have yielded contradictory results. Chronic users of cannabis exhibited increased serum levels of liver enzymes and bilirubin, suggesting hepatotoxicity and smoking cannabis has been shown to accelerate the progression of fibrosis and steatosis in patients with chronic hepatitis C. Other studies, however, failed to demonstrate a harmful effect for cannabis while more recent studies suggested a benefit for smoking cannabis in liver disease. The review aims to provide an updated overview on the human studies pertaining to the use of cannabis in hepatic patients and its effect on the disease process. Citation: Omar ME Abdel-Salam. “Cannabis in Patients with Liver Disease; A Concise Review of Recent Data”. EC Gastroenterology and Digestive System 6.6 (2019): 467-475.
Planar plasmonic antenna arrays resolve transient nanoscopic heterogeneities in biological membranes

We introduce an innovative design of planar plasmonic nanogap antenna arrays and demonstrate its potential to study the spatiotemporal organization of mimetic biological membranes at the nanoscale. We exploit our novel nanogap antenna platform with different nanogap sizes (10-45 nm) combined with fluorescence correlation spectroscopy to reveal the existence of nanoscopic domains in mimetic biological membranes. Our approach takes advantage of the highly enhanced and confined excitation light provided by the antennas together with their extreme planarity to investigate membrane regions as small as 10 nm in size with microsecond temporal resolution. We first demonstrate the ultra-high confinement of photonic antennas on biological membranes. Moreover, we show that cholesterol slows down the diffusion of individual fluorescent molecules embedded in the lipid bilayer, consistent with the formation of nanoscopic domains enriched by cholesterol. Incorporation of hyaluronic acid (HA) to the ternary lipid mixture further slows down molecular diffusion, suggesting a synergistic effect of cholesterol and HA on the dynamic partitioning of mimetic biological membranes.
Wage-Labour Productivity Relationship in Manufacturing Sector of Odisha: An Observed Analysis

We use a time series data of 1998-99 to 2008-09 from Odisha manufacturing Sector to describe the Wage-Labour Productivity Relationship. A unique feature of our analysis is the use of nationally representative establishment-level data from the registered (formal) segments of the Odisha manufacturing sector. To measure the relationship between wages and productivity of labourers, we have used the Stastical tool like coefficient correlation. The prescribed two variables taken are net value added (NVA) per worker and wages per worker. Here, we find positive correlation coefficient between the two said variables. Moreover, Net Value Added per worker(x) and wages per worker (y) are increasing and positively related but the growth rate of Net Value Added per worker is faster than the growth rate of wages per worker.
Enhancement of α-Glucosidase Production by Saccharomyces cerevisiae C8-5 and Candida tropicalis C0-7, Two Yeast Strains Isolated from Tchapalo, a Traditional Sorghum Beer of Côte d’Ivoire

Fermentation remains one of the old technologies used for food production and preservation (Holzapfel, 2002). In Africa, several fermented foods make a significant contribution to people's nutrition. Traditional beverages in particular, sorghum beer (Tchapalo) are experiencing considerable growth among the various populations in Côte d'Ivoire. However this beer is the result of an uncontrolled fermentation process, which contributes of the variability of its organoleptic properties from one producer to another (Alloue-Boraud et al., 2014). In order to contribute to the production of stable and healthy beers with constant organoleptic characteristics, several controlled fermentation trials have been carried out with selected starters of lactic bacteria and / or yeasts. Thus, the traditional Dolo beers (Burkina-Faso) and Burukutu (Nigeria) were produced from starters composed of Lactobacillus fermentum and Saccharomyces cerevisiae (Glover et al., 2009; Adewara et al., 2013). In Côte d'Ivoire, the study of N'guessan et al., (2011) selected a starter (S. cerevisiae + C. tropicalis) for the production of Tchapalo. During the fermentation process, starter strains produce several metabolites such as organic acids, The hydrolase enzymes using in industrial processes have always given particular interest because of their non-toxic and protective nature. In the present study, various physicochemical parameters for α-glucosidase production from strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae C8-5 and Candida tropicalis C0-7 were optimized by using a starches of some agricultural products of Côte d’Ivoire. It was found that S. cerevisiae C8-5 and C. tropicalis C0-7 produced maximum α-glucosidase after 48 hours of fermentation at 37 °C, pH 7 and without agitation speed (0 rpm) using corn starch and millet starch (1 %). The more important α-glucosidase activity were obtained with S. cerevisiae C8-5 by using 1 % of corn starch (15.96 U/ml). It is conclued that corn and millet starches could be used in enzyme production, particulary the production of α-glucosidase. K e y w o r d s
EFFECT OF WATER QUALITY AND FEED FORM ON SOME PRODUCTIVE QUALITIES OF BROILER CHICKENS

The present study was undertaken in poultry field of Agriculture Collage, University of Basra for the period from 12.11. 2017 to 18.12. 2017 in order to determine the effect of drink water quality & feed form on some productive, physiological and immumetiy traits. A 270 day old chick in sex ROSS, chicks were randomly subjected to six treatments were distributed in to three replicates follows: 1) First treatment: Lap water + Mash feed, 2) Second treatment: Lap water + Pellets feed, 3) Third treatment: Magnetic water + Mash feed, 4) Fourth treatment: Magnetic water + Pellets feed, 5) Fifth treatment: (RO) water + Mash feed and 6) Sixth treatment: (RO) water + Pellets feed. The result indicated the following: 1) There was significant (p≤0.05) proceeding for water quality on some productive traits (Live body weight, weekly cumulative body weight gain, feed intake, feed conversion rate, Weekly water consumption, performance index) treatment of Magnetically water have better means and No difference between Magnetically water and (RO) water in these traits, 2) There was No significant effect proceeding for feed from on live body weight throw the first three weeks and on weekly body weight gain in periods (One day 1), (1 2), (2 3), (3 4) weeks, weekly feed intake on (1, 2, 4) weeks and cumulative feed conversion (1, 4, 5) weeks, cumulative feed conversion and Mortality, There for significant effect (p≤0.05) for feed from on live body weight (4, 5) weeks, Weekly body weight gain (4, 5) weeks, Cumulative body weight gain, Feed conversion on (2, 3) weeks, Weekly consumption, Performance index, treatments of pellets feed have better means compared with Mash feed. The result showed significant (p≤0.05) effect of interaction between water quality & feed form on these characters. Article History Received : 25.02. 2018 Revised : 28.03. 2018 Accepted: 30.04. 2018
Determinants of the Use of Delivery and Post Natal Care Services by Pregnant Women and Analyses of These Factors Contributing on the Utilization of Maternal Health Care Services in Bangladesh.

Background: Unequal utilization of delivery and postnatal care provided by medically trained health professionals in Bangladesh occurs in many forms and complex web of actors such as age, education, income, area of residence and other factors share their contribution for the low utilization. By using data from nationally representative sample, this study investigates to analyze the pattern and determinants of perinatal care service utilization by women in Bangladesh. Methods: The 2011 Bangladesh Demographic Health Survey (2011 BDHS) data were used for this study. Descriptive statistics involved examining pattern of these services utilization by medical providers followed by bivariate and multivariate logistic regression models which examines the association between all potential factors and outcome variables. Predicted probabilities were calculated and the unequal utilization of services by two opposite spectrum socioeconomic groups was also measured. Results: Only 30.6% of the deliveries were assisted by medical providers and the figure dropped further for postnatal checkup. Various determinants like mother’s education, household wealth, and mother’s place of residence, partner’s education and occupation had significant effect on the utilization of perinatal care services. The multivariate analysis revealed that women of richest household had 4.7 times (OR=4.7; 95% CI: 3.8-6.0) greater chances of having delivery assisted by medically trained providers than their poorest counterparts. Moreover, 77% of urban women with good formal education and wealth status had their delivery assisted by professionals, whereas, the figure was deplorable 5 % for rural women with no formal education and poorest wealth. Conclusion: To reduce the burden of maternal mortality, focus should be given more to the socioeconomic determinants responsible for the unequal utilization of these services.
Study Of Oxidative Stress Status In Type 2 Diabetic Patients

Introduction: Oxidative stress is associated with the patho-physiology of diabetes mellitus. Severe oxidative stress may cause cell damage which can lead to decreased pancreatic beta-cell function. Aim: To estimate the levels of antioxidant glutathione peroxidase (GPX), superoxide dismutase (SOD) and lipid peroxidation marker i.e. malondialdehyde (MDA) in type 2 DM patients with and without microvascular complications and to compare the results with that of healthy individuals. To assess the correlation between oxidative stress and diabetes in relation to metabolic control. Methods: This study was conducted on 60 type 2 DM patients (Thirty with microvascular complications and another thirty without microvascular complications) attending Diabetic Clinic and Medicine ward RIMS, Imphal. Another 30 age and sex matched healthy volunteers were taken as controls. Erythrocyte Glutathione Peroxidase, Superoxide Dismutase and Malondialdehyde levels were estimated spectrophotometrically (Beckman DU 640 Spectrophotometer using commercially available kit RANSEL, Randox Lab Ltd, UK). Results: The mean ± SD MDA levels of type 2 DM patients with microvascular complications (6.08 ± 0.47 μmol/l) were found to be significantly higher (P˂0.000) than those without complications (4.01+0.22 μmol/l) and controls (2.79±0.27 μmol/l). A significant decrease in GPX and SOD was observed in type 2 DM with microvascular complications as compared to those without complications and controls (19.18 ± 0.97 U/gHb, 24.07 + 0.88 U/gHb, 29.48 + 0.92 U/gHb respectively for GPX and 578.98 + 25.78U/gHb,799.94+ 55.39 U/gHg and 1146.48+61.05U/gHg respectively for SOD). There was a significant negative correlation between GPX and HbA1C and a positive correlation between Malondialdehyde and HbA1C which was highly significant (P<0.01). Conclusion: These findings strongly confirmed that diabetic patients are susceptible to oxidative stress and poor glycaemic control had an association with free radical-mediated lipid peroxidation. The results suggest that patients with hyperglycemia and oxidative stress present a high risk for development of diabetic complications and need early intervention.