Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
The Real-Time Mobile Application for Classifying of Endangered Parrot Species Using the CNN Models Based on Transfer Learning

Among the many deep learning methods, the convolutional neural network (CNN) model has an excellent performance in image recognition. Research on identifying and classifying image datasets using CNN is ongoing. Animal species recognition and classification with CNN is expected to be helpful for various applications. However, sophisticated feature recognition is essential to classify quasi-species with similar features, such as the quasi-species of parrots that have a high color similarity. The purpose of this study is to develop a vision-based mobile application to classify endangered parrot species using an advanced CNN model based on transfer learning (some parrots have quite similar colors and shapes). We acquired the images in two ways: collecting them directly from the Seoul Grand Park Zoo and crawling them using the Google search. Subsequently, we have built advanced CNN models with transfer learning and trained them using the data. Next, we converted one of the fully trained models into a file for execution on mobile devices and created the Android package files. The accuracy was measured for each of the eight CNN models. The overall accuracy for the camera of the mobile device was 94.125%. For certain species, the accuracy of recognition was 100%, with the required time of only 455 ms. Our approach helps to recognize the species in real time using the camera of the mobile device. Applications will be helpful for the prevention of smuggling of endangered species in the customs clearance area.
System and Information Quality an Enabler for Assessing ERP Impacts on the Public Sector: The Case of ePBT in Malaysian Local Authorities

The aim of this study is to investigate the impact of the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system on public sector performance in Malaysia using the DeLone and McLean Information System (IS) success model and four perspectives of Balanced Scorecard (BSC) measurement model, financial, customer, internal business, and innovation and learning. This study presents evidence gathered from a questionnaire survey of 52 local authorities (LAs) in Malaysia that have implemented the system. The data was collected by an electronically distributed Google Form questionnaire. The findings indicated that system quality is positive as predicted and significant for all perspectives of BSC. It was also found that information quality is positively related and significant in the customer perspective, and positively related but not significant in financial, internal business, and innovation and learning perspective in Malaysia. The results also ascertained that the implementation of the ERP system in LAs organisations leads to improved performance, proving the suitability of the system vis-a-vis the public sector. The results are expected to encourage other public sector units to adopt a similar strategy in order to gain benefits similar to those enjoyed by LAs.
Prevalence of obesity in affluent school children of Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh

Background: Childhood obesity is a state of over nutrition with long term complications such as hypertension, coronary artery disease and Type-2 diabetes. It also adversely affects psychological development causing poor body image and low self-esteem. Objective: The aim of this study was to know the prevalence of obesity in affluent school children of Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh. Methods: This study was carried out in affluent school children of four private schools in Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh. Height and weight of each child were measured, and body mass index was determined according to Quetelet’s index. Results: Totally 816 school children of 6-11 years were examined with 528 boys and 288 girls. The overall prevalence of obesity was 7.4% without significant difference in boys (7.3%) and girls (7.6%). Prevalence of obesity was high at the age of 11 years both in boys (12.2%) and girls (11.5%). Conclusion: The present study revealed that obesity has a high prevalence reaching to epidemic proportions in the affluent school children of Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh. Key words: Body mass index, Prevalence, Obesity
Ventilation and Stratification in Naturally Ventilated Spaces Driven by Heated Internal Vertical Surfaces

This paper reports on research into the fundamental fluid mechanics mechanisms that lead to thermal stratification in a naturally ventilated room containing sources of heat, or cooling. This aspect of natural ventilation has an important influence on both air exchange rates and thermal comfort in a naturally ventilated space. Particular attention is paid to the situation where the major source of heat is a vertical surface, such as a wall heated by solar insolation, for example. A theoretical model is presented that allows prediction of the ventilation flow stratification in such a room for the first time. Numerical results from this model and some preliminary experimental validation tests are presented. An example of how this theoretical model might be used by a designer for design of a naturally ventilated space subject to major heat gains at vertical surfaces is discussed.
An Overview of Asthma Copd Overlapping Syndrome (Acos)

Asthma-COPD overlap Syndrome (ACOS) is a syndrome in which a patient suffers from both chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma. Standard definition and diagnostic criteria of this overlap syndrome is not established yet. It is important to formulate a definition of ACOS for accurate diagnosis and studies. Few biomarkers have been found which can be useful for diagnosis but much research is needed. The prevalence of ACOS depends upon the definition, diagnosis criteria and population analyzed. Different single nucleotide polymorphism (SNPs) has been identified in limited population.
Impact of Nursing Rehabilitation Protocol on Patient`s Satisfaction For Tibial Plateau Fracture Surgery

Background: A tibial plateau fracture refers to a break in the top of the shin bone, at the knee. Aim: To evaluate the effect of implementing the nursing rehabilitation protocol on Patient`s Satisfaction for Tibial Plateau Fracture Surgery. Research design: Quasi-experimental research design. Setting: Trauma unit at Assiut University Hospital. Patient and Methods: Sixty adult patients undergoing tibial plateau fracture surgery. This sample divided into two equal groups (30 patients for each). The study group who received the nursing rehabilitation protocol while the control group received the routine hospital instructions. Tools: I "Patient's health needs assessment sheet ", II "Patient satisfaction with nursing care quality questionnaire ". Results: There was a statistically significant difference (p-value 0,001) between the study and control group regarding patient`s satisfaction (about 80% of the study group was satisfied with nursing care quality, 3.3% of the control group was satisfied with nursing care quality). Conclusion: It was concluded that level of patient`s satisfaction for tibial plateau fracture surgery was improved after application of nursing rehabilitation protocol. Recommendations: Simple nursing rehabilitation protocol booklet should be available for patients with tibial plateau fracture surgery to increase the level of patient`s satisfaction.
Correspondence-Free Material Reconstruction using Sparse Surface Constraints

We present a method to infer physical material parameters, and even external boundaries, from the scanned motion of a homogeneous deformable object via the solution of an inverse problem. Parameters are estimated from real-world data sources such as sparse observations from a Kinect sensor without correspondences. We introduce a novel Lagrangian-Eulerian optimization formulation, including a cost function that penalizes differences to observations during an optimization run. This formulation matches correspondence-free, sparse observations from a single-view depth image with a finite element simulation of deformable bodies. In a number of tests using synthetic datasets and real-world measurements, we analyse the robustness of our approach and the convergence behavior of the numerical optimization scheme.
DDDT_A_170969 1535..1543

1Rheumatology Department, University Hospital of Strasbourg, Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, F-67000, France; 2National Reference Centre for Rare Systemic and Autoimmune Diseases East South-West (RESO), Strasbourg, France; 3Immunology Laboratory, “Immunopathologie et Chimie Thérapeutique”, Institut de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire (IBMC), CNRS UPR3572, Strasbourg, F-67000, France; 4Pharmacy-Sterilisation Department, University Hospital of Strasbourg, University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France; 5Faculty of Medicine at Sorbonne University, AP-HP, Dermatology and Allergology Department, Tenon Hospital, Sorbonne University, Paris, F-75020, France; 6Immuno-Rheumatology Laboratory, “Laboratoire d‘ImmunoRhumatologie Moléculaire”, INSERM UMR_S1109, Strasbourg, F-67000, France Abstract: Previous reports have described the appearance of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) cases following interferon-α (IFN-α) therapy, IFN-regulated gene expression is signifi-
FACTORS IMPENDING INTERMEDIARIES’ROLE IN URBAN FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES SUPPLY CHAIN IN DAR ES SALAAM TANZANIA

Despite the critical role played by intermediaries in supply chain and trade, along with various initiatives undertaken to enhance this role, fruits and vegetable traders in Dar es Salaam-Tanzania are still discontented with the intermediaries’ inability to undertake supply chain roles. This paper examined the impediments to intermediaries’ role in urban Fresh Fruits and Vegetables (FFVs) supply chain and recommended strategies for improving the same. Qualitative approach was adopted and data were drawn from a purposive sample of 92 respondents through interviews, focus group discussions and non-participant observation. Accordingly, intermediaries’ role in urban FFVs supply was impeded by poor transportation, inadequate storage facilities, inability to improve quality and poor marketing services. The study recommends some ways to alleviate the impediments. These include ensuring suitable road infrastructures and fighting corruption among various revenue and traffic police officers; insuring fruits and vegetables during transportation; installation and maintenance of storage facilities and ensuring adequate power supply and modern storage technology. Farmers and intermediaries should be sensitized on utilisation of storage facilities. The inability to value addition should be alleviated through improvement of packaging materials, sensitization of farmers and intermediaries on value and quality addition, introducing reliable storage facilities as well as effective enforcement of quality assurance and standards mechanisms. To improve marketing services, access to farmers should be guaranteed, farmers and intermediaries be sensitized on urban markets as well as ensuring effective and smooth exchange of marketing information among stakeholders. Therefore, impediments to Intermediaries’ role in Urban FFV supply chain in Dar es Salaam can be overcome through improvement in transportation, storage, value addition and quality improvement as well as improving marketing services.
Improved activities of daily living in a patient with subtrochanteric femur fracture through incorporation of continuous positive airway pressure therapy following convalescent rehabilitation

Kakuta H, Yamaguchi M, Sugawara K, Kuge N, Imai H, Rikimaru A, Yokomichi H, Sakamoto T, Sugiyama K, Izumi S, Hongo M. Improved activities of daily living in a patient with subtrochanteric femur fracture through incorporation of continuous positive airway pressure therapy following convalescent rehabilitation. Jpn J Compr Rehabil Sci 2017; 8: 77-81. Objective: Sleep disorders interfere with activities of daily living (ADL) in elderly individuals. In Japan, at least 3 million people are estimated to have sleep apnea syndrome (SAS), and many potential patients are yet to be diagnosed and treated. In women, the incidence of SAS increases 2-4 fold after menopause due to reduced hormone levels. In addition, women rarely present with typical symptoms of SAS, such as daytime sleepiness and snoring, and thus they are not screened for SAS as often as men. This study aimed to evaluate the utility of continuous positive airway pressure therapy (CPAP) to improve ADL. Methods: This report describes an elderly woman with dementia, depression, and angina who developed disuse syndrome after surgery for subtrochanteric fracture of the left femur, and was treated with CPAP and other general measures. Results: The patient showed progressive improvement in ADL by the simplification of medications, management of general health, diagnosis of SAS, and incorporation of CPAP therapy following convalescent rehabilitation. Conclusion: Activities of daily living can be improved in orthopedic patients with SAS by using CPAP and other general lifestyle measures.
Examination of Teachers’ Attitude towards Open Performance Appraisal on Pupils’ Academic Achievement in Public Primary Schools in Serengeti District, Tanzania

Article History Received: 13.08. 2018 Accepted: 25.08. 2018 Published: 30.09. 2018 Abstract:The purpose of this study was study was to examine teachers’ attitude towards open performance appraisal on pupils’ academic achievement. A quantitative and qualitative research survey design was adopted. The target population involved all primary school teachers, school quality assurers’, Human Resource Officer and District Education Officer, totaling to 1213. Random sampling technique was used to obtain 328 teachers and 33 head teachers, that is, 30% of the population, while the District Education Officer and Human Resource Officer and School Quality Assurance officers were purposively selected because they are few and the only existing ones. This study used semi structured interviews, questionnaires and documentary analysis for data collection. Qualitative data obtained was analyzed descriptively while SPSS software version 23 was used to analyze quantitative data. To ensure face and content validity of research instruments, two experts in the department of Education Administration Planning and Economics of Kisii University scrutinized the research instruments and validated them. A pilot study was conducted for reliability reasons. Anonymity, confidentiality, privacy and informed consent of the respondents were ensured. Findings of this study revealed that 65.52% of head teachers believed that teacher attitudes influences pupils’ academic success while 34.48% disagreed. It was concluded that positive attitude was key to pupils’ success. The study recommended that teachers and head teachers should be involved in setting goals and objectives of the performance appraisal process, The study adhered to the ethical consideration accordingly.
Assimilation of vegetation optical depth retrievals from passive microwave radiometry

Abstract. Vegetation optical depth (VOD) retrievals from passive microwave sensors provide analog estimates of above-ground canopy biomass. This study presents the development and analysis of assimilating VOD retrievals from X-, C-, and L-band passive microwave instruments within the Noah-MP land surface model over the Continental U.S. The results from this study demonstrate that the assimilation of VOD retrievals have a significant beneficial impact on the simulation of evapotranspiration and GPP, particularly over the agricultural areas of the U.S. The improvements in the water and carbon fluxes from the assimilation of VOD from X- and C-band sensors are found to be comparable to those obtained from the assimilation of vegetation indices from optical sensors. The study also quantifies the relative and joint impacts of assimilating surface soil moisture and VOD from the Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) mission. The utility of soil moisture assimilation for improving evapotranspiration (ET) is more significant over water-limited regions, whereas VOD DA is more impactful over areas where soil moisture is not the primary controlling factor on ET. The results also indicate that the information on moisture and vegetation states from SMAP can be simultaneously exploited through the joint assimilation of surface soil moisture and VOD. Since passive microwave-based VOD retrievals are available in nearly all weather conditions, their use within data assimilation systems offers the ability to extend and improve the utility obtained from the use of optical/infrared-based vegetation retrievals.
Visible nonlinear photonics via high-order-mode dispersion engineering: supplementary material

dispersion engineering: supplementary material YUN ZHAO1, XINGCHEN JI1,2, BOK YOUNG KIM3, PRATHAMESH S. DONVALKA3,4, JAE K. JANG3, CHAITANYA JOSHI3,4, MENGJIE YU2,3, CHAITALI JOSHI3,4, RENATO R. DOMENEGUETTI5, FELIPPE A.S. BARBOSA1, PAULO NUSSENZVEIG5, YOSHITOMO OKAWACHI3, MICHAL LIPSON1,3, AND ALEXANDER L. GAETA1,3 1Department of Electrical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA 2School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA 3Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA 4School of Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA 5Instituto de Fisica, Universidade de São Paulo, P.O. Box 66318, São Paulo 05315-970, Brazil
EFFECT OF SPLIT APPLICATION OF NITROGEN FERTILIZER ON MORPHO-PHYSIOLOGICAL ATTRIBUTES AND GRAIN YIELD OF BROADCAST SEEDED EGYPTIAN HYBRID RICE (Ι)

An experiment was carried out at the Experimental Farm of Rice Research and Training Center (RRTC), Sakha, Kafr El-Sheikh, Egypt, during 2011 and 2012 seasons. The experiment was laid out in a split plot design with four replications. The main plots were devoted to the nitrogen level 220kg N/ha in form of urea (46.5% N). The sub-plots were allocated to the six times of nitrogen application to assess the effect of six nitrogen application treatments, viz., T_1: (2⁄(3 ) as B ( basal ) + 1⁄3 at PI ( panicle initiation)), T_2: (1⁄3 as B + 1⁄3 at MT (mid-tillering) + 1⁄3 at PI. )), T_3:(1⁄2 as B + 1⁄4 at MT + 1⁄4 at PI.)), T_4:(1⁄4 as B + 1⁄4 at MT + 1⁄4 at PI + 1⁄4 at BT (booting)), T_5:(1⁄4 as B + 1⁄4 at MT + 1⁄4 at BT + 1⁄4 at CH (complete heading)), and T_6:(1⁄4 as B + 1⁄4 at MT + 1⁄4 at PI + 1⁄4 at F ( flowering)) on morpho-physiological attributes and grain yield of Egyptian hybrid rice (1) under broadcast seeded-rice. The results revealed that nitrogen levels caused significant increases in all morpho-physiological attributes and grain yield of Egyptian hybrid rice (1), except for number of primary branches/panicle, number of panicle/m², panicle weight and 1000-grain weight in both seasons. Leaf area index and dry matter production at flowering were significantly increased in first and second seasons, respectively, Increasing N-level up to 220kg N/ha significantly increased number of unfilled grains/panicle and straw yield t/ha. In addition, application of 165kg N/ha produced the highest values of number of filled grains/panicle, grain yield t/ha and harvest index in both seasons. Moreover, It was observed that the highest estimated values of dry matter production at panicle initiation and straw yield; and the lowest number of panicles/m² were recorded in the first treatment (T_1), without significant differences with the 〖(T〗_(3 )) and 〖(T〗_(5 )) treatments in both seasons. The highest dry matter production at flowering, LAI at flowering, chlorophyll content in flag leaf, days to 50% heading, plant height at harvest, number of primary branches/panicle, panicle weight, heaviest 1000-grain weight, harvest index and grain yield were exhibited in 〖(T〗_(6 )) in both seasons, The interaction between nitrogen levels and time of nitrogen application had significant effect on dry matter production ( g/m²) at panicle initiation, leaf area index at both panicle initiation and at flowering, chlorophyll content in flag leaf and number of tillers/m², number of filled grains/panicle in both seasons and number of unfilled grains/panicle in the second season. From the obtained results, it could be recommended that splitting of N-fertilizer application with the rate of 165 kg/ha in four equal doses i.e. as basal application, mid-tillering, panicle initiation and at the flowering stages were played a remarkable role for achievement of high yield production from Egyptian hybrid (1) rice genotype, when it grown under broadcast seeded rice under normal soil in Egypt.
EFFECT OF DIETARY GARLIC (ALLIUM SATIVUM) SUPPLEMENTATION ON NILE TILAPIA OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS JUVENILES PERFORMANCE UNDER TWO STOCKING DENISTIES

This study was performed to determine the effect of different fish stocking densities (10 and 20 fish/aquarium) and garlic, Allium sativum level (0, 10 and 20 g/kg diet) as feed additive on the growth performance, body composition and health of Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus juveniles. The experimental fish with initial weight of about 5.06 g was fed diets contained about 30% crude protein and 429 kcal/kg diet as gross energy. The preferable increase of final weight, daily weight gain, specific growth rate, survival rate and feed utilization were obtained by garlic supplementation at 20g/kg diet. Survival rate was not influenced by fish stocking density. The higher body composition as crude protein with moderate ether extract were observed with low density rate of rearing fish fed diets supplemented with 10 g/kg diet of garlic. Heamatological indices explained no hazard effects of both of stocking rate and garlic supplementation on health and liver activity of experimental fish. In general, there were slight differences among both of stocking densities on growth performance, body composition and blood parameters of Nile tilapia juveniles especially with a garlic supplementation. So, it could be concluded that garlic, Allium sativum may be used to enhance the health and growth performance with high stocking rate of Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus fish.