Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
CLINICAL, LABORATORY CHARACTERISTICS AND OUTCOMES OF SEVERE PNEUMONIA IN CHILDREN UNDER 5 YEARS OLD WITH AND WITHOUT ADENOVIRUS INFECTION

Background: Adenovirus is frequently seen in children with severe pneumonia and severe pneumonia can result in long-term problems. To identify the differences of clinical characteristics and outcomes of severe pneumonia in children under 5 years old with and without adenovirus infection. Materials and Methods: It was retrospective study conducted for a period of 5 years from April 1, 2018, to March 31, 2023 in tertiary care hospital were recorded. Depending on whether or not they satisfied the following inclusion criteria, all paediatric patients were included: 5 years old; clinical symptoms suggestive of pneumonia, acquired outside the hospital or 48 hours after hospital admission; met severe pneumonia criteria as defined by WHO, with at least one of the danger signs: persistent vomiting, convulsions, lethargy, inability to drink/feed, respiratory distress with oxygen saturation less than 90%, or severe malnutrition; took the test for adenovirus infection during the early stage of admission; and were discharged from hospital or died there. Result: Out of 525 severe pneumonia children enrolled in this study, 43 (8.2%) had an adenovirus infection. The fatality rate of cases with adenovirus infection (9.3%) was higher than cases without adenovirus infection (2.5%). More than two-thirds of the severe pneumonia paediatric cases were <1 year old, but most cases with adenovirus infection were older than 1 year old. all children with severe pneumonia had greater Neutrophil counts, haemoglobin levels, and lower albumin levels, according to standard blood tests and blood biochemistry; however, these three factors were lower in cases with viral infection than in patients without adenovirus infection. Conclusion: Children with severe pneumonia who also had an adenovirus infection had more aberrant laboratory results and more serious clinical outcomes. The consequences of viral infection require more consideration.
Simulating the effects of lidar scanning angle for estimation of mean tree height and canopy closure

A three-dimensional simulation model was used for modeling the scanning angle effect when measuring tree height and canopy closure in boreal forest with a laser scanner. The height distribution of the laser returns and the proportion of laser returns from the canopy were simulated using ray-tracing applied to a computer modeled forest. The proportion of canopy returns is commonly used as a measure of canopy closure, and height percentiles are commonly used to estimate mean tree height. Laser scanner data and field measurements of tree position, tree height, crown diameter, and crown base height were used for validating the simulation model. The correlation coefficient between simulated and real laser height percentiles was 0.96 and the simulation model systematically overestimated the laser height percentiles by 2.25 m. Simulations show that laser height percentiles and proportion of canopy returns changed more with an increased scanning angle for long crown species like spruce, compared with short crown species like pine. The change of height percentiles due to scanning angle was greater in forests with low stem numbers than with high stem numbers. The proportion of canopy returns was more affected by scanning angle than were the laser height percentiles.
Economic inequality and poverty in the very long run: The case of the Florentine State

This paper provides an overview of economic inequality in the Florentine State (Tuscany) from the late fourteenth to the late eighteenth century. Regional studies of this kind are rare, and this is only the second-ever attempt at covering such a long period. Consistent with recent research conducted on other European areas, during the Early Modern period we find clear indications of a tendency for economic inequality to grow continually, a finding that for Tuscany cannot be explained as the consequence of economic growth. Furthermore, the exceptionally old sources we use allow us to demonstrate that a phase of declining inequality, lasting about one century, was triggered by the Black Death from 1348 to 1349. This finding challenges earlier scholarship and significantly alters our understanding of the economic consequences of the Black Death. We also take into account other important topics, such as the change over time of the patrimony of the Church and of poverty. Particular attention is paid to the latter, and estimates of the prevalence of the poor in time and space are provided and discussed, also taking into account the definition and perception of the poor.
ROLE OF BCL-2 AS A PROGNOSTIC MARKER IN ORAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA

Background: To study the expression of Bcl-2 in Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma by Immunohistochemistry. Materials and Methods: Fifty cases of OSCCs were studied in the Department of Pathology, Chalmeda Anand Rao Institute of Medical Sciences, Karimnagar for a period of 18 months [Nov 2019 - April 2021] for the Immunoexpression of Bcl-2 with relation to histopathological grade and various clinical parameters such as Age, Gender, History of Smoking, Alcohol Consumption, Betel Nut Chewing, Tobacco Chewing, Anatomical Site Involvement, Lymph Node Status and Stage of the cancer wherever available. Result: The present study found no significant correlation of Bcl-2 with respect to duration of Smoking, chewing Tobacco and Betel nut chewing (p=0.092, p=0.546 and 0.297respectively). There was no significant differing immunoexpression of Bcl-2 with respect to Major Anatomical Sites (p=0.351). Bcl-2 correlated well with histopathological grade of OSCCs (p < 0.001). Out of 50 cases, in only thirty four of the 50 study cases, radical neck dissection was performed. Of these 4 cases (12%) showed metastatic deposits in the lymph nodes. The study of Bcl-2 immunoexpression in these 4 cases showed equal distribution of immunoreactive cells and showed no statistical significance. Of the 42 cases in which pathological staging could be assessed, only 37 cases showed immunopositivity where >50% immunopositivity of Bcl-2 was found increased in tumors of stage IV with, [5 cases,62.5 %] followed by stage III tumors with p value of 0.035 and is significantly correlated. Conclusion: The present study identified correlation of immunoexpression of Bcl-2 with respect to Gender, History of Smoking, History of Alcohol Consumption, Histopathological Grade and Tumor Stage.
Chemical Composition Variability of Ethiopian Rosemary

: Essential oil of forty-five Ethiopian rosemary accessions was analyzed using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) to investigate the variability of essential oil composition.A total of 42 compounds, representing 95.85-98.89% of the total oil composition were detected. The oils were dominated by -pinene (5.08-40.62%), 1, 8-cineole (8.13-38.48%), camphor (2.15-23%), verbenone (1.83-20.25%), -caryophyllene (2.12-9.39%), endo-borneol (1.79-12.56%), camphene (1.69-7.86%, ), bornyl acetate (1.55-9.65%), limonene (1.65-6.07%), -terpineol (1.66-6.37%), -pinene (1.55-6.45%) and linalool (1.58-3.91%). Among these, -pinene, 1, 8-cineole, camphor and verbenone were the most ubiquitous constituents and found to present in all accessions, while the rest varied among the accessions. Correlation analysis showed that -pinene, 1, 8-cineole and verbenone were correlated negatively with the majority of the major compounds, while the association of camphor with the entire main constituent was not significant, except with -pinene (r = -0.46 ) and linalool *** (r = -303*). Based on the relative concentration of the main constituents of the essential oils, six distinct chemotypes were identified for Ethiopian rosemary accessions. The chemotypes were: -pinene/1, 8-cineole/camphor; -pinene/1, 8-cineole/verbenone; -pinene/1, 8-cineole/endo-borneol; 1, 8-cineole/camphor/ - pinene; verbenone/ -pinene/camphor and camphor/1, 8-cineole/verbenone. The defined chemotypes demonstrated the presence of high chemical variability among individual plants that makes it difficult to describe a single chemotype based on geographic origin. Interestingly, more contribution of genotype for the chemical variability than environmental factor was noticed in the present study, indicating the inherent nature of the essential oil constituents. Overall, the observed high essential oil constituent variability among the tested accessions reflected the enormous potential of Ethiopian rosemary germplasm for wider applications in different destinations that are predominated by rosemary products.
The effects of short-term preseason combined training on body composition in elite female volleyball players

The present study aimed to evaluate the effects of a short-term preseason combined training programme on the body composition of female volleyball players of the highest Bosnia and Herzegovina division league over 4 weeks of training. Twelve female volleyball players (18.33±3.47 years; 177.25±5.28 cm; 65.38±5.93 kg) completed 4 weeks of volleyball drills and skills combined with physical conditioning. Body composition was measured using aa analysis of bioelectrical-impedance. After the initial evaluation (Pre), the players were tested afterthe fourth week of the training cycle (Post). Total body water increased by 3.3% (p<0.001) and fat-free mass by 3.1% (p<0.001), also body weight by 2.5% (p<0.01) and the body mass index by 2.6% (p<0.01), whereas the fat percentage decreased by -1.7% (p>0.05). The results suggest that the evaluated volleyball players continued improving their body composition during the study. Finally, as a major application, these data provide normative standards of body composition in the preseason for female volleyball players.
Response of Dragonhead Plant to Vermicompost and Nitrogen Fertilizer

: Two field experiments were carried out during the two consecutive seasons of 2017/2018 and 2018/2019 at the Horticulture Research Station Farm in El-Quassassin, Ismailia Governorate, Egypt, to study the effect of vermicompost and nitrogen fertilizer (ammonium sulphate, 20.5% N) solely or together on growth parameters, yield, chemical composition and essential oil production of dragonhead plant ( Dracocephalum moldavica ). The results cleared that, significant increase in growth and yield were presented by the combination between 75% nitrogen fertilizer + 25% vermicompost during the two seasons. Also, the highest content of total phenols, flavonoids, antioxidant activity and essential oil production were recorded for the same treatment. Additionally, vermicompost had a significant effect on photosynthetic pigments compared with the control. However, the application of 100% nitrogen fertilizer leads to the highest tannins content. Treating the soil with vermicompost increased the availability of phosphorus and potassium in the soil after harvesting comparing with addition of inorganic (chemical) fertilizer or the control.
Zircon U–Pb age and Hf isotope evidence for contrasting origin of bimodal protoliths for ultrahigh‐pressure metamorphic rocks from the Chinese Continental Scientific Drilling project

A combined study of zircon morphology, U–Pb ages and Hf isotopes as well as whole‐rock major and trace elements was carried out for ultrahigh‐pressure (UHP) eclogite and felsic gneiss from the main hole (MH) of the Chinese Continental Scientific Drilling (CCSD) project in the Sulu orogen. The results show contrasting Hf isotope compositions for bimodal UHP metaigneous rocks, pointing to contrasting origins for their protoliths (thus dual‐bimodal compositions). The samples of interest were from two continuous core segments from CCSD MH at depths of 734.21–737.16 m (I) and 929.67–932.86 m (II) respectively. Zircon U–Pb dating for four samples from the two core segments yields two groups of ages at 784 ± 17 and 222 ± 3 Ma, respectively, corresponding to protolith formation during supercontinental rifting and metamorphic growth during continental collision. Although the Triassic UHP metamorphism significantly reset the zircon U–Pb system of UHP rocks, the Hf isotope compositions of igneous zircon can be used to trace their protolith origin. Contrasting types of initial Hf isotope ratios are, respectively, correlated with segments I and II, regardless of their lithochemistry. The first type shows positive ɛHf(t) values of 7.8 ± 3.1 to 6.0 ± 3.0, with young Hf model age of 1.03 and 1.11 Ga. The second type exhibits negative ɛHf(t) values of −6.9 ± 1.6 to −9.1 ± 1.1, with old Hf model ages of 2.11 and 2.25 Ga. It appears that the UHP rocks from the two segments have protoliths of contrasting origin. Consistent results are also obtained from their trace element compositions suggesting that mid‐Neoproterozoic protoliths of bimodal UHP metaigneous rocks formed during supercontinental rifting at the northern margin of the South China Block. Thus, the first type of bimodal magmatism formed by rapid reworking of juvenile crust, whereas the second type of bimodal magmatism was principally generated by rift anatexis of Paleoproterozoic crust. Melting of orogenic lithosphere has potential to bring about bimodal magmatism with contrasting origins. Because arc–continent collision zones are the best place to accumulate both juvenile and ancient crusts, the contrasting types of bimodal magmatism are proposed to occur in an arc–continent collision orogen during the supercontinental rifting, in response to the attempted breakup of the supercontinent Rodinia at c. 780 Ma.
VU Research Portal Self-stated recovery from flooding

Social inequalities lead to flood resilience inequalities across social groups, a topic that requires improved documentation and understanding. The objective of this paper is to attend to these differences by investigating self-stated flood recovery across genders in Vietnam as a conceptual replication of earlier results from Germany. This study employs a regression-based analysis of 1,010 respondents divided between a rural coastal and an urban community in Thua Thien-Hue province. The results highlight an important set of recovery process-related variables. The set of relevant variables is similar across genders in terms of inclusion and influence, and includes age, social capital, internal and external support after a flood, perceived severity of previous flood impacts, and the perception of stress-resilience. However, women were affected more heavily by flooding in terms of longer recovery times, which should be accounted for in risk management. Overall, the studied variables perform similarly in Vietnam and Germany. This study, therefore, conceptually replicates previous results suggesting that women display slightly slower recovery levels as well as that psychological variables influence recovery rates more than adverse flood impacts. This provides an indication of the results' potentially robust nature due to the different socio-environmental contexts in Germany and Vietnam.
Hydrological alterations from water infrastructure development in the Mekong floodplains

The Mekong floodplains, which encompasses the region from Kratie Township in Central Cambodia to the Vietnamese East Sea, is a region of globally renown agricultural productivity and biodiversity. The construction of 135 dams across the Mekong basin and the development of delta‐based flood prevention systems have caused public concern given possible threats on the stability of agricultural and ecological systems in the floodplains. Mekong dams store water upstream and regulate flow seasonality, while in situ flood prevention systems re‐distribute water retention capacity in the floodplains. The main aim of this paper is to evaluate possible impacts of the recent development of both hydropower dams and flood prevention systems on hydrological regimes in the Mekong floodplains. An analysis of measured daily and hourly water level data for key stations in the Mekong floodplains from Kratie to the river mouth in Vietnam was conducted. Hydropower dam information was obtained from the hydropower database managed by the Mekong River Commission, and the MODIS satellite imagery was used to detect changes in flooding extent related to the operation of flood prevention systems in the Vietnam Mekong Delta. Results indicate that the upper part of the floodplains, the Cambodian floodplains, may buffer upstream dam impacts to the Vietnam Mekong Delta. Flood prevention up to date has had the greatest effect on the natural hydrological regime of the Mekong floodplains, evidenced by a significant increase of water level rise and fall rates in the upper delta and causing water levels in the middle delta to increase. The development of flood prevention systems has also effected spatial distribution of flooding as indicated via a time series analysis of satellite imagery. While this development leads to increase localized agricultural productivity, our historical data analysis indicates that development of one region detrimentally affects other regions within the delta, which could increase the risk of future conflicts among regions, economic sectors and the ecological value of these important floodplains. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
FACTORS INFLUENCING EMPLOYEES' INTENTION TO PARTICIPATE IN A BRING YOUR OWN DEVICE IN THE PORT SUPPLY CHAIN NETWORK: A CORRELATIONAL STUDY USING UTAUT2 THEORETICAL

The study aimed to assess the factors that influenced port users' willingness to participate in BYOD programs in Ghana's Maritime and Port sector. The extended Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT2) was used as the theoretical framework for the quasi-quantitative study. The study examined whether eight factors were predictors of the intention of Ghanaian employees to participate in a BYOD program, moderated by social influence. The study used principal component analysis (PCA) in SPSS and structural equation modeling in Stata to analyze and report the data. The results showed that only three factors, namely Performance Expectancy (PE), Effort Expectancy (EE), Facilitating Conditions (FC), and HT, significantly influenced employees' behavioral intention (BI) to participate in a BYOD program, while Social Influence (SI), Hedonic Motivation (HM), and Price Value (PV) had no effect on Behavioral Intention (BI). Age did not moderate the influence of any factor on BI. The study provides insights into the port supply chain network's usage of BYOD and will aid academics in explaining the discrepancies between the UTAUT2 theoretical framework's predictions for different industries and specialties. The study's findings will also be useful for researchers who aim to implement the UTAUT2 theoretical framework to understand employees' BI to join the BYOD program in any industry. From a practical perspective, the study will assist managers in the port business in Ghana and the sub-region in focusing on the important structures that constitute the initial steps to introducing BYOD in the port supply chain industry.
JURNAL SOSIAL DAN SAINS

Background : In the past few decades, the Internet and smartphones are often considered as basic necessities for human life. According to a survey conducted by Datareportal.com, Internet users increased by 3.5 percent in the year to October 2022, reaching 5.07 billion as we entered the final quarter of the year. 171 million new users over the past 12 months have taken global internet penetration to 63.5%. Purpose: Aim to restate the proposition that mobile games, especially social games, require players to communicate with other players and have discussions about the game itself
Reflections of P′P′ from upper mantle discontinuities beneath the Mid-Atlantic Ridge

SUMMARY Precursors to P'P’ observed in Japan from a large deep earthquake (mb= 6.4) in the Fiji Islands are analysed to investigate reflection properties of upper mantle discontinuities beneath an area close to the Mid-Atlantic Ridge (MAR) in the equatorial Atlantic Ocean. Traveltime analysis indicates that the precursors are interpreted as underside reflections of P'P’ from discontinuities at depths of 655 and 415 km in the mantle. The latter reflection is much weaker and more intermittent than the former. Slant-stacking and beam-forming are attempted to measure the slowness and incidence azimuth of P'P’ and its precursors. The obtained slownesses are 3.4 and 2.8 s deg-1 for P'P’ and P'P', respectively. Little deviations of the ray incidence off the diametral azimuth are found for both phases. Amplitude ratio P'dP'/P'P’ (here d= 655 or 415) is studied as a function of the wave period and the distance of reflection point of P'P’ to the axis of MAR. The overall trend of the spectral amplitude ratio for P'655P’ is consistent with the theoretical value for the 670 km discontinuity of the PREM model (Dziewonski & Anderson 1981). P'415P’ signals were very weak and it was difficult to obtain an unbiased estimate of P'415P'/P'P'. The amplitude ratios P'655P'/P'P’ of filtered seismograms with a passband of 0.5-4.0 s have a mean value of 0.13 and a standard deviation of 0.03. This amplitude ratio is in good agreement with those of previous studies on the reflections from the 650-km discontinuity beneath Antarctica and surrounding seas. When the reflection points of P'P’ are calculated under the assumption of a spherically symmetric earth, the observed P'655P'/P'P’ seems to decrease as the points become close to the axis of MAR. Thus it could be inferred that some changes in the reflectivity of the discontinuity might occur at or near the spreading center. Another interpretation may also be possible. The low velocity beneath the MAR region would cause focussing of P'P’ rays.
ANN-ABC META-HEURISTIC HYPER PARAMETER TUNING FOR MAMMOGRAM CLASSIFICATION

In recent past, artificial neural networks (ANN) have reaped improvements in the domain of medical image processing by addressing many unmanageable problems. The initialized hyperparameters control ANN performance and selecting sensible hyperparameters by hand is time-consuming and tiresome. This study suggests a metaheuristic optimization of the fine-tuning hyperparameters approach to remedy this flaw. The method is then evaluated on mammography images to assess whether the mammogram contains cancer. In the proposed ANN model, a modified Artificial bee colony (ABC) optimization method is used to fine tune the hyperparameters, and it categorizes the tumors in the breast as benign or malignant in two-class case and normal, benign, and malignant in three-class case with an accuracy of 97.52% and 96.58% respectively. Hyperparameters to the neural network framework were assigned instantly with the help of ABC method with wrapped ANN as objective function. Manual search, Grid Search, Random Grid search, Bayes search are all cutting edge ANN hyperparameters methods. In addition to the mentioned, nature-inspired optimization methods such as PSO and GA have adopted for fine tuning parameters. Additionally, the suggested model's performance in classifying breast pictures was compared to that of the published hyperparameter technique using sizable datasets on breast cancer that were made accessible to the public.
Enteric physiology, neuropathology, and bowel function following colorectal resections in adults and children

Knowledge on long-term outcomes in patients with Hirschsprung disease is progressing. Nevertheless, differences in outcomes according to aganglionic lengths are unclear. We compared long-term bowel function and generic quality of life in Hirschsprung patients with total colonic or long-segment versus rectosigmoid aganglionosis.