Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
EFFECTS OF TETRAPLEURA TETRAPTERA ON PERFORMANCE, CARCASS CHARACTERISTICS AND ORGAN INDICES OF BROILER CHICKENS

This study was conducted to determine the effect of Tetrapleura tetraptera as a feed additive on growth performance, carcass and internal organs of broiler chickens. 240 day-old broiler chickens were used for the study. Four dietary treatments were formulated. Treatment one (T 1 ), the control had no T. tetraptera powder, while treatments two, three and four (T 2 , T 3 and T 4 ) had 100, 150 and 200 g per 100 kg of feed respectively. The birds were divided into four groups with sixteen replicates of fifteen birds each and assigned treatment diets in a completely randomized design. Feed and water were offered ad libitum. The result on the performance of the birds at the starter phase showed significant differences (p<0.05) in daily weight gain and feed conversion ratio. The feed intake of the birds in the starter phase was statistically similar across treatments. In the finisher phase, final weight, daily weight gain and feed conversion ratio were significantly affected (p<0.05) by the diet in the finisher phase significant difference (p>0.05) did not exist in the feed intake of the birds across treatment. There were significant differences (p<0.05) in the live weight, dressed weight, cut-parts, and internal organs of the chickens. Significant differences (p>0.05) did not exist in the internal organs of the chickens. It can be concluded that inclusion of T. tetraptera powder up to 200 g in the diet of broiler chicken enhanced growth performance, carcass and did not have any adverse effect on the internal organs of the chickens.
Longitudinal Association Between an Overall Diet Quality Index and Latent Pro les of Cardiovascular Risk Factors: Results From a Population Based 13-year Follow Up Cohort Study

Fatemeh Nouri Isfahan University of Medical Sciences Masoumeh Sadeghi Cardiovascular Research Institute Noushin Mohammadifard Cardiovascular Research Institute Hamidreza Roohafza Cardiovascular Research Institute Awat Feizi (  awat_feiz@hlth.mui.ac.ir ) Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, School of Health, and Cardiac Rehabilitation Research Center, Cardiovascular Research Institute, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Hezar Jerib street, Isfahan, Iran Nizal Sarrafzadegan Cardiovascular Research Institute
Nutritional Status and Consumption of Omega-3 Fatty Acids by Substance Abusers in Recovery

Substance abuse induces the brain to decrease the production of dopamine and serotonin, a fact that characterizes the chemical dependent. Among the changes caused by frequent use of drugs, there is a change in dietary habits and nutritional status of the user, due to the modification of appetite and food intake or nutrient metabolism. These changes can lead to nutritional deficiencies that can disrupt the brainwaves and their functioning. An example is the omega-3 deficiency that affects neurotransmission resulting in hypo functioning of the mesocortical pathway, system associated with reward and dependence. Based on this, we aimed to perform a nutritional analysis of recovering substance abusers, particularly their consumption of omega-3 containing foods. The sample consisted of 45 male patients from five therapeutic communities in the states of Paraná and Santa Catarina, in the southern region of Brazil. Anthropometric evaluations, general health status assessments and food consumption analyses were performed. According to the body mass index of the individuals evaluated, 51.11% were overweight and 71.11% gained weight after starting treatment. Mean caloric intake was low and was insufficient in most nutrients, including omega-3. In addition, there was a negative correlation between consumption of omega-3 and the duration of addiction. In view of these findings, we suggest that the poor eating habits of the patients could have affected the consumption of omega-3 fatty acids, thereby prolonging addiction. Thus, further studies on supplemental omega-3 therapy may be useful for the process of recovery.
Correlations between Ultrahigh Energy Cosmic Rays and AGNs

We investigate several aspects of the correlations reported by the Pierre Auger Observatory between the highest energy cosmic rays (UHECRs) and galaxies in the Veron-Cetty Veron (VCV) catalog of AGNs. First, we quantify the extent of the inhomogeneity and impurity of the VCV catalog. Second, we determine how the correlation between the highest energy Auger UHECRs and VCV galaxies is modified when only optically-identified AGNs are used. Finally, we measure the correlation between the published Auger UHECRs and the distribution of matter. Our most important finding is that the correlation between UHECRs and AGNs is too strong to be explained purely by AGNs tracing the large scale distribution of matter, indicating that (barring the correlation being a statistical fluke) some substantial fraction of UHECRs are produced by AGNs. We also find that once we take into account the heavy oversampling of the VCV catalog in the Virgo region, the lack of UHECR events from that region is not incompatible with UHECR having AGN sources.
Contrasting species boundaries between sections Alternaria and Porri of the genus Alternaria

The fungal genus Alternaria comprises a large number of asexual taxa with diverse ecological, morphological and biological modes ranging from saprophytes to plant pathogens. Understanding the speciation processes affecting asexual fungi is important for estimating biological diversity, which in turn affects plant disease management and quarantine enforcement. This study included 106 isolates of Alternaria representing ﬁve phylogenetically deﬁned clades in two sis-ter sub-generic groups: section Porri ( A. dauci , A. solani and A. limicola ) and section Alternaria ( A. alternata / tenuissima and A. arborescens ) . Species in section Porri are host-speciﬁc while species in section Alternaria have wider host ranges. For each isolate, DNA sequences of three genes ( Alt a1 , ATPase , Calmodulin ) were used to estimate phylogenies at the population and species levels. Three multilocus haplotypes were distinguished among A. dauci isolates and only one haplotype among A. solani and A. limicola isolates, revealing low or no differentiation within each taxon and strong clonal structure for taxa in this section. In contrast, 37 multilocus haplotypes were found among A. alternata / tenuissima isolates and 21 multilocus haplotypes among A. arborescens isolates, revealing much higher genotypic diversity and multiple clonal lineages within taxa, which is not typical of asexual reproducing lineages. A species tree was inferred using a Yule Speciation model and a strict molecular clock assumption. Species boundaries were well deﬁned within section Porri. However, species boundaries within section Alternaria were only partially resolved with no well-deﬁned species boundaries, possibly due to incomplete lineage sorting. Signiﬁcant association with host speciﬁcity seems a driving force for speciation.
Laying the Explorative Groundwork for Document Quality Assessment and Perspective Detection

In this abstract, we address the problem of information overload that web users face when researching controversial topics on the web. The ultimate goal of our project is to design a tool to aid users in reviewing and learning about the quality and content of large document collections online. We highlight the challenges as well as the previous and future steps taken to develop a document information quality visualization tool. This lays the explorative groundwork for developing a web browser tool which efficiently informs users about the quality of web documents according to 8 quality dimensions. We also address the challenges of identifying author and source perspectives in documents and collections of controversial debate related text. We use Natural Language Processing (NLP) methods to explore these linguistic features and to extract important textual content with which to contextualize the document information quality. Finally, we motivate our planned crowd-sourced study which is designed to explore the feasibility of automatically evaluating contradictory perspectives across controversial documents. We take the highly publicized vaccination debate as a focal point with which to focus development.
Evaluation of Bax In situ hybridization and PCNA Immunohistochemical Expression in Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma

Background: Adenoid cystic carcinoma constitutes the second common malignant epithelial salivary gland tumour. Objective: To evaluate the expression of Bax mRNA and PCNA and to correlate between the clinicopathological features of Adenoid cystic carcinoma with expressions of Bax mRNA and PCNA protein. Materials and Methods: Nineteen formalin fixed paraffin embedded tissue blocks of Adenoid cystic carcinoma were used in this study. Bax mRNA gene was analysed by in situ hybridization techniques and PCNA was examined by immunohistochemistry. Results : In situ hybridization detection show low expression of Bax and was noted in 10 cases in Adenoid cystic carcinoma cases (52.63%), Immunohistochemical analysis show high expression of PCNA and was noted in 15 of 19 Adenoid cystic carcinoma cases (78.95 %). No significant relationship was demonstrated between Bax mRNA or the immunostaining PCNA and the morphological growth pattern or patient clinical profile. However, lymph node involvement showed statistically significant differences. Positive significant correlation was found between Bax mRNA and PCNA in Adenoid cystic carcinoma. Conclusion : The decreased expression of bax in Adenoid cystic carcinoma and high proliferative rate could explain the natural course of these tumours indicate that loss of bax expression might give the tumour cells a double growth advantage because uncontrolled proliferation is combined with reduce cell death rate.
Numerical Analysis on the Effects of Saline Injection and Deformation for Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation

: Radiofrequency catheter ablation is an interventional procedure used to treat arrhythmia. An electrode catheter that could inject saline has been developed to prevent steam pop on heart tissue during radiofrequency catheter ablation. Thus, we investigated to numerical model on the effect of saline injection and heart tissue’s deformation. In this study, the hyperelastic model was implemented to analyze heart tissue deformation due to the catheter’s contact force. Besides, the advection–diffusion equation was used to analyze the mixture between saline and blood. We developed the multiphysics model that predicts thermal lesions based on the deformation of the heart and mixing between saline and blood ﬂow. The thermal lesion and the maximum temperature in the numerical model that considered mixing saline and blood were smaller than that of other numerical models that did not consider mixing. Therefore, we observed that the saline injection was affected by thermal lesion due to higher electrical conductivity than blood ﬂow and injection at a lower temperature than the human body. The numerical model was researched that considering the deformation of the heart tissue and saline injection in radiofrequency catheter ablation affects the heart tissue’s thermal lesion and maximum temperature.
Advancement of Iron Deficiency Anemia in Ulcerative Colitis

, Abstract: Ulcerative colitis (UC) is the chronic relapsing multifactorial gastrointestinal inflammatory bowel disease, which is characterized by bloody or mucus diarrhea, tenesmus, bowel distension, anemia. Iron-deficiency anemia (IDA) is the most common reason for anemia in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), especially in UC patients. However, the majority of those patients are not often treated. Blood loss cannot be matched by decreased duodenal iron absorption, creating a negative iron balance, which is very common in UC patients. More than a third of anemic ulcerative colitis (UC) patients are not tested for IDA and among those tested and management properly. Iron enacts a key part of hemoglobin in erythrocytes and of myoglobin in muscles, which in combination contain approximately two-thirds of the total body iron. Systemically by several mechanisms is regulated of body iron homeostasis, among which is the pivotal interaction of the liver-derived peptide hormone hepcidin with the major cellular iron exporter ferroprotein(FPN). In assessment, all through states of iron deficiency, hypoxia and anemia, the synthesis of hepcidin is blocked which will boom serum iron stages. At the moment, oral iron therapy is typically desired for sufferers with quiescent IBD and mild iron-deficiency anemia. Nonetheless, restrained records are available on premier therapeutic begin and cease factors for treatment of anemia. But, extra prospective studies are nevertheless warranted to decide the most useful therapy in complicated conditions consisting of UC. This article will focus on the new insights into the IDA in UC.
Exploring the effects of YouTube on technology education students’ cognitive achievement in a mechanical system module

Understanding the effects of various multimedia technologies on students’ cognitive achievement is essential in this technological era. This study explored students’ cognitive achievement in a technology mechanical system module using YouTube videos compared to Microsoft PowerPoint (MPP). The study employed a quasi-experimental research design, using a pre-test-post-test. The sample consisted of 53 (29 males and 24 female) students. Twenty-eight (28) students were randomly assigned to the experimental group (EG) and 24 to the control group (CG). Students’ cognitive achievement was measured by administering the Geometric Optics Conceptual Understanding Test to each group of students before and after teaching. A t-test shows that there were significant differences between the EG of the pre-test (M = 60.50, SD = 7.2) and the post-test (M = 65.70, SD = 9.60) t (53) = -2.17, p = 0.03 with a gain of 5.20 and the Cohen d was 0.60. The EG students performed better in mechanical technology practice and retention tests than those in the CG. In the EG, female students performed better (M = 69.00, SD = 9.20) than the male students (M = 61.40, SD = 8.60). These results have some theoretical, instructional and institutional implications on the use of YouTube as an effective tool to enhance students’ achievement in mechanical technology.
Effects of sperm dose and cumulus cells on the incidence and pattern of polyspermy in prepubertal gilt oocytes, as modulated by sow or gilt follicular fluid during in vitro oocytes maturation.

We have previously shown that the presence of sow follicular fluid (FF), in contrast to gilt FF, during IVM of prepubertal gilt oocytes improves blastocyst quality. Sow FF during IVM enhances normal fertilization and reduces polyspermy to the level of ovulated oocytes when combined with cumulus intact IVF. Sperm penetration is greatly decreased in cumulus intact IVF, which reduces fertilization efficiency and blastocyst yield. We therefore investigated the effects of sperm dose on penetration and pattern of polyspermy, and the contribution of the cumulus on these parameters. The role of oocyte maturation microenvironment, that is sow vs. gilt FF, in nuclear maturation kinetics and fertilization parameters was also studied. Finally, the consequences of different combinations of sperm dose, oocyte maturation microenvironment and cumulus cells during IVF for subsequent blastocyst quality were evaluated. In vivo matured ovulated oocytes were used as a control. Results indicated that increasing the sperm concentration to obtain higher sperm penetration rates improved penetration only in sow FF or in vivo matured oocytes, but reduced normal fertilization and increased polyspermy. Cumulus presence during IVF of oocyte matured in sow FF could not prevent polyspermy increase upon challenge with a higher sperm dose. The pattern of polyspermy was modulated by the sperm dose and the maturation microenvironment, leading to differential effects on blastocyst cell number and morphology. The percentage normal blastocyst development was not reduced when an increase in polyspermy had occurred, and was determined only by the maturation microenvironment.
Characterization of rain attenuation in Bangladesh and application to satellite link design

For a reliable quantification of rain attenuation in an Earth‐space link, determination of the temporal, year‐to‐year variation of rainfall is required as the distribution of rainfall is not uniform over the year. This paper discusses rainfall pattern, rain rate distribution, and rain attenuation characteristics in Bangladesh. Cumulative distribution of 1‐min rain rate is derived from 40 years of daily rainfall totals using the Rice‐Holmberg model. On the basis of these rain rates, rain attenuation at 18.7 GHz band is predicted by the International Telecommunication Union Radiocommunication Assembly (2003b). A reduction factor necessary to match similarly predicted rain attenuation with satellite beacon measurements at the same frequency in Sparsholt, United Kingdom, is modelled. This is applied to produce a novel rain attenuation prediction for Bangladesh where direct beacon measurements are not available. Inherent variability in this rain attenuation prediction is also quantified.
An Analysis of HELB Socio-Economic Status Criteria on Loan Awards to Self-Sponsored Students in Public Universities in Kenya

Studies done in Kenya have faulted the higher education loan scheme on accounts that it disproportionately favours the children of well-to-do families. However, these studies to a larger extent were limited to government sponsored students despite the fact that there has been a growing number of students seeking enrolment into self -sponsored programmes (SSPs) as well as HELB funding. This paper provides empirical evidence on equity in financing self-sponsored students in Kenyan public universities using students loaning scheme. The study targeted 16,082 fourth year self-sponsored loan recipients in seven public universities before the enactment of the University Bill 2012. A sample of 536 loan recipients was drawn to provide data for the study. The results of the multiple regression analysis after controlling for all the variables in the model indicate a recipient’s SES was significant in explaining the variations in the amount of loan awarded to self-sponsored recipients. This is a good indication that HELB loan allocations to self-sponsored students in public universities in Kenya are equitable.
OAJC_A_246341 91..102

1Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Adama Hospital Medical College, Adama, Ethiopia; 2Department of Public Health, Adama Hospital Medical College, Adama, Ethiopia; 3Center for International Reproductive Health and Training Center at Michigan University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Purpose: The aim of the study was to assess the effectiveness of focused family planning counseling (FFPC) in increasing postpartum intrauterine contraceptive device (PPIUCD) uptake among mothers who gave birth in the public health facilities of the towns of Adama and Olenchiti from April 1 to May 30, 2017. Methods: A quasi-experimental study design was employed, taking a sample of 726 postpartum mothers: 484 in the non-intervention group (NIG) and 242 in the intervention group (IG). Focused family planning counseling was given to the IG using a newly designed cue card adapted from World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines and developed based on the constructs of the health belief model. Counseling based on a routine counseling approach was given to the NIG. The interviewer administered a semi-structured questionnaire for data collection. Data were analyzed using SPSS software, version 20. Descriptive statistics were used to characterize the study participants. The difference in the proportion of PPIUCD uptake in the two groups was tested using an independent Z-test at an alpha level of 0.05. Binary logistics regression was used to identify factors associated with the odds of taking IUCD. The significance of association was declared for P-values less than 0.05. Results: The proportion of PPIUCD uptake in the IG [12.4%; 95% CI: 8.6, 17.4] was significantly higher than in the NIG [4.8%; 95% CI: 2.9, 6.7] with a P-value = 0.000. The odds of IUCD uptake among the IG was about 6 times higher (AOR: 5.92; 95% CI: 2.79, 12.60) than in the NIG. In addition, being unmarried women (AOR: 12.96; 95% CI: 4.30, 34.56), having higher education (AOR: 3.07; 95% CI: 1.13, 8.36), grand multiparity (AOR: 3.76; 95% CI: 1.58, 8.95), making a mutual decision (AOR: 0.16, 95% CI: 0.07, 0.38) and having a better knowledge of family planning (AOR: 5.92, 95% CI: 2.79, 12.60) were factors associated with uptake. Conclusion: Providing FFPC immediately increases PPIUCD uptake. The uptake was also associated with marital status, education, parity, decision and knowledge on family planning.
PURE ROLLING MOTION OF HYPERQUADRICS IN PSEUDO-EUCLIDEAN SPACES

This paper is devoted to rolling motions of one manifold over another of equal dimension, subject to the nonholonomic constraints of no-slip and no-twist, assuming that these motions occur inside a pseudo-Euclidean space. We ﬁrst introduce a deﬁnition of rolling map adjusted to this situation, which generalizes the classical deﬁnition of Sharpe [26] for submanifolds of an Euclidean space. We also prove some important properties of these rolling maps. After presenting the general framework, we analyse the particular rolling of hyperquadrics embedded in pseudo-Euclidean spaces. The central topic is the rolling of a pseudo-hyperbolic space over the aﬃne space associated with its tangent space at a point. We derive the kinematic equations, as well as the corresponding explicit solutions for two speciﬁc cases, and prove the existence of a rolling map along any curve in that rolling space. Rolling of a pseudo- hyperbolic space on another and rolling of pseudo-spheres are equally treated. Finally, for the central theme, we write the kinematic equations as a control system evolving on a certain Lie group and prove its controllability. The choice of the controls corresponds to the choice of a rolling curve.
Some Theorems on Characteristic Functions of Probability Distributions

defined and uniformly continuous for all real t. The function 4 is uniquely determined by F. Conversely, F is uniquely determined by 0. Every property of F must be implicit in 4 and vice versa. It is often an interesting but difficult problem to determine what property of one function corresponds to a specified property of its transform. We know that in a general way the behavior of F(x) for large x is related to the behavior of +(t) in the neighborhood of t = 0. The main object of this ]aper is to make some precise and rather simple statements about this relation. We are interested in the behavior of +(t) in the neighborhood of t = 0 because upon this depend all limit theorems on sums of random variables. For example, suppose that X1, X2, * * * is a sequence of independent, identically distributed random variables with distribution function F(x) and characteristic function