Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Performance Characteristics of Two Immunochromatography Kits in the diagnosis of Malaria in Port Harcourt, Southern Nigeria

Malariais a major cause of morbidity and mortality in Nigeria and Africa as a whole and a menace to humanity in the tropical regions of the world, yetproperdiagnosisof thisdeadlydiseaseposes a great challenge to mostendemicnations of the world. In view of this, astudywasdone to determine the performance characteristics of two commercially available Rapid Diagnostic Test (RDT) kits; CTK Onsite and SD Bioline relative to Giemsa-stained blood film microscopy within Port Harcourt, Southern Nigeria. A total of 400(226 males and 174 females) subjects between the ages of 11 and 60years were recruited for this study at the Out Patients Department (OPD) of the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital(UPTH). The studyshowed a sensitivity,specificity, Positive Predictive Value, Negative Predictive Value and Accuracy of 78.7%, 100%, 100%, 73% and 86.5% respectively for CTK Onsite comparedto 36.2%, 100%, 100%, 47.4% and 59.5% recorded for SD Bioline. Hence this study showed that CTK Onsite is a better choice kit than SD Bioline for effective diagnosis of falciparum malariabut microscopy remain the gold standard as it detected more malaria cases than both kits.
World Overview of Xerostomia Therapeutics: Clinical Trials Analysis

Xerostomia is defined as the subjective sensation of dry mouth. Because it affects various systemic functions, it becomes relevant to research the therapeutic possibilities so that appropriate treatment can be indicated. Thus, this study aims to discuss the therapeutic possibilities for xerostomia treatment and analyze the most studied in clinical trials conducted worldwide. This descriptive exploratory study was conducted through a data analysis of clinical trials conducted worldwide for the treatment of xerostomia registered in the online platform "clinicaltrials.gov". The research was conducted during May 2019. Initially, 234 studies were identified, of which 97 corresponded to interventional clinical studies that addressed therapies for xerostomia. These surveys were recorded from December 1999 to May 2019. The 97 papers reporting treatments for xerostomia included various therapies such as mechanical and taste stimulants, pharmacological interventions, salivary substitutes, natural products, and alternative treatments. Among the researches analyzed, it was concluded that the most studied therapies for xerostomia worldwide were interventions using chewing gum, pilocarpine, biotene spray, honey mouthwash, conventional acupuncture and salivary gland transfer.
Web Localization in International Online Banking

This study examines the relevancy of local culture to the form, presentation and content of 234 online banking web sites across 53 countries. The properties of online banking web sites from country to country are seen to reflect cultural differences in individualism, masculinity, uncertainty avoidance, and power distance from country to country. The most important of these differences are reflected in how human images are portrayed and what kind of environment is projected on the site. The implication to be drawn from this finding is that the increasing competition for online banking business and revenue will result in websites increasingly differentiated from country to country as a result of the benefits of adapting to local culture.
Impacts of A Healthier Life Style Self Coaching Strategy On; Awareness, Management Practice And Glycemic Control of Diabetic Patients

Living with diabetic constitutes significant challenges to all diabetic patients which impacts their abilities to adopt with diabetes and maintain long life glycemic control. This study aimed to assess impacts of a healthier life style self coaching strategy on ; diabetic patients knowledge , awareness , management practice , satisfaction level toward their management and their glycemic control . A cross-sectional study of all diabetic patients admitted to medical and pediatric departments of El Menofya University hospital in Shibeen El Kom, at July August 2018 and accepted to participate in the study were included their number were 65 patients. It is an intervention study use quazi experimental research design. 46% from studied subjects were type 1 and 54% were type 2 diabetic patients and 69% of them suffer from diabetes from > 10 years and 60% of them managed with insulin. Subjects' knowledge about diabetes and their awareness level were improved significantly post self-coaching strategy and also their disease management practice were improved significantly post the intervention. More than two thirds of subjects were completely satisfied about their disease management practice and had normal level of glycated hemoglobin 3 months post self coaching strategy compared only with 24% from them pre the strategy. Conclusion; Self coaching strategy improve patients' knowledge, disease awareness, management practice and prognosis which improve their ability to control diabetes and maintain high level of satisfaction about their intervention to control diabetes mellitus. Recommendation: Raising diabetic patients' awareness should be done at time of diagnosis which will improve patients' compliance, maintain healthy life style which led to manage correctly and healthy coping with disease consequences. Keywords; A healthier life style self coaching strategy, awareness, management and glycemic control of diabetes. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Date of Submission: 27-01-2019 Date of acceptance:09-02-2019 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The impact of manager’s emotional intelligence on performance: The case of Vietnam

Article history: Received: February 4, 2020 Received in revised format: March 11 2020 Accepted: March 16, 2020 Available online: March 16, 2020 The study aims to examine direct and indirect impacts of managers’ emotional intelligence on performance of firms through determinants of job satisfaction, trust and opportunistic behavior. Data are collected from 617 respondents as managers of firms in Vietnam. The results show that the managers’ emotional intelligent not only had a direct and positive impact on the firm performance but also indirectly affects through two intermediaries of their satisfaction and trust. In addition, the findings reveal the relationship between determinants such as satisfaction positively influencing their trust and negatively affecting opportunistic behavior. Opportunistic behavior has a negative impact on trust and firm performance in the context of emerging countries like Vietnam. © 2020 by the authors; licensee Growing Science, Canada
Zoonotic respiratory infections and great ape conservation - an emerging challenge

The conservation of great apes faces many challenges, one of which is the threat of infectious disease outbreaks. Zoonotic transmission of respiratory diseases from humans to wild great apes has recently been confirmed. Since respiratory disease is one of the major causes of death in both gorillas and chimpanzees, this gives reason for major concern. Little is known about the risks of disease transmission from humans to great apes in natural environments, and there is a need for systematic risk evaluation. Researchers, conservation staff and tourists spend time in very close proximity of wild great apes, sometimes during long time periods, which poses a potential risk of disease spillover. However, the presence of researchers and tourists has been shown to decrease the risk of poaching, making the matter increasingly complex. The risk of respiratory diseases of human origin affecting great apes can be minimized by hygienic rules and visitor regulations. Preventive measures can also be aimed directly at the apes through hands-on veterinary medicine. Direct intervention in wild populations through preventive or curative treatment is however a very controversial matter, since it risks interfering with evolutionary processes. Conservation medicine is a multidisciplinary science that cannot be isolated from ecology, ethology, human medicine or social sciences. Neither can the health and disease of wild great apes be separated from the health and disease of humans in the same area. A scientific, interdisciplinary approach is necessary in the aim for a standardized, systematic strategy to disease prevention and surveillance in endangered great ape populations.
Treatment efficacy for patients with chronic hepatitis C and preexisting hepatocellular carcinoma by directly acting antivirals

Aim: Despite the high cure rate of interferon-free directly acting antivirals (DAAs) for chronic hepatitis C (CHC) patients, the treatment efficacy for patients with preexisting hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) remains undefined. We aimed in the present study to address the issue by using novel DAAs in treating CHC patients who were adherent to treatment in Taiwan. Methods: CHC patients with or without HCC were consecutively enrolled. The primary objective was sustained virological response (SVR) defined as undetectable HCV RNA throughout 12 weeks of a post-treatment follow-up period (SVR12). Only patients with available SVR12 were enrolled for final analysis. Results: A total of 1237 patients (1113 non-HCC, 101 inactive HCC and 23 active HCC) were enrolled. The overall SVR12 rate was 98.9%, and was similar between HCV patients with and without pre-existing HCC (98.4% vs. 98.9%, P = 0.64). While HCC patients were classified as those who had active or inactive HCC, the SVR12 was also similar between patients with and without active HCC (95.7% vs. 99.0%, P = 0.34). Among the 101 patients without viable HCC at the time of DAA initiation, eighty-four patients exhibited curative therapy and the other 17 Page 2 of 9 Dai et al. Hepatoma Res 2020;6:16 I http://dx.doi. org/10.20517/2394-5079.2019. 40 patients experienced HCC recurrence before DAAs. Among the 23 patients with viable HCC at the time of DAA treatment, 10 patients had received curative therapy for HCC whereas the remaining 13 patients had HCC that was never cured. The SVR12 rates were also similar among the four subpopulations, being 98.8% (83/84), 100% (17/17), 90% (9/10) and 100% (13/13) respectively. Conclusion: CHC patients with HCC who were adherent to potent DAAs achieved similar SVR12 rate compared to those without HCC and could be effectively treated.
Digital Leadership in Managing Employee Work Motivation (Case Study: Oil and Gas Industry in Indonesia)

Abstract. In recent years the world oil price has experienced a very significant shock and had become the worst history in the oil and gas industry. As a result of the uncertainty in the oil price, the role of the leadership is very important in maintaining employee motivation. Digital leadership is one of the leadership styles that a leader must possess in anticipating the current uncertainty in oil prices. Researchers interviewed employees in several oil and gas companies in Indonesia. This study used a qualitative case study with snowball and purposive sampling approach. Novelty of this research is to describe how the digital leadership in maintaining work motivation. The results showed that digital leadership was one of the leadership styles that could maintain the work motivation of oil and gas employees in an unpredictable oil price condition through 3 (three) factors such as uncertainty condition, innovation and adaptability.
It Takes a Village: The Economics of Parenting with Neighborhood and Peer Effects

As children reach adolescence, peer interactions become increasingly central to their development, whereas the direct influence of parents wanes. Nevertheless, parents may continue to exert leverage by shaping their children's peer groups. We study interactions of parenting style and peer effects in a model where children's skill accumulation depends on both parental inputs and peers, and where parents can affect the peer group by restricting who their children can interact with. We estimate the model and show that it can capture empirical patterns regarding the interaction of peer characteristics, parental behavior, and skill accumulation among US high school students. We use the estimated model for policy simulations. We find that interventions (e.g., busing) that move children to a more favorable neighborhood have large effects but lose impact when they are scaled up because parents' equilibrium responses push against successful integration with the new peer group.
FATIGUE TESTING OF DIAMOND-SHAPED SPECIMENS

This study quantifies the cyclic deformation behavior of superelastic Nitinol in order to calculate design safety factors for medical devices. Displacement-controlled fatigue testing was performed on stent-like devices that were laser-cut from microtubing, shape set and electropolished. Fatigue strains were calculated from displacements with non-linear FEA methods. Fatigue data were collected from –4% to +4% mean strain and oscillating strains of 0.07% to 3% for a maximum of ten million cycles. Contrary to that observed in conventional engineering materials, the magnitude of the mean strain does not limit the fatigue life. Rather, the results demonstrate that the oscillating strain amplitude is the main contributor to fatigue behavior. Increased fatigue life was observed for mean strains above about 1.5%. The data are analyzed with finite element computations and are illustrated with strain-cycle and constant-life graphs.
EFFECT OF CIRCULAR BOLTS CONFIGURATION ON THE BEHAVIOR OF EXTENDED END PLATE CONNECTIONS

The goal of this investigation is to demonstrate through finite element (FE) studies the effect of circular bolts configuration on the behavior of eight bolted unstiffened extended endplate connections when subjected to monotonic loading. FE models incorporating pretension of fasteners, full contact interactions and nonlinear material and geometric characteristics of extended endplates are developed and validated against experimental results available in the literature. Moreover, eight models on extended endplate (four having circular bolt configuration, and four having rectangular bolt configuration) are tested under monotonic loading. A parametric study is conducted varying column flange thickness and bolt configuration (circular and rectangular) to investigate their effect on the induced prying forces, bolt force, and force total-deformation responses. Contributions from endplate deformation (inducing primary prying forces) and column flange deformation (inducing secondary prying forces) are quantified for both extended endplate connections with circular and rectangular bolt configurations. The results show that extended endplates with circular bolts configuration have more ductile behavior and exhibit lower secondary prying forces when compared to their counterparts with rectangular bolt configurations. This study sheds the light on the behavior and strength of eight bolted unstiffened extended endplate with circular bolt configuration. Future experimental research work will be conducted to collect data that will lead to the prequalification of this connection typology for use in moment resisting frames.
Identification of Hub Genes Related to Carcinogenesis and Prognosis in Colorectal Cancer Based on Integrated Bioinformatics

The high mortality of colorectal cancer (CRC) patients and the limitations of conventional tumor-node-metastasis (TNM) stage emphasized the necessity of exploring hub genes closely related to carcinogenesis and prognosis in CRC. The study is aimed at identifying hub genes associated with carcinogenesis and prognosis for CRC. We identified and validated 212 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) from six Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) datasets and the Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) database. We investigated functional enrichment analysis for DEGs. The protein-protein interaction (PPI) network was constructed, and hub modules and genes in CRC carcinogenesis were extracted. A prognostic signature was developed and validated based on Cox proportional hazards regression analysis. The DEGs mainly regulated biological processes covering response to stimulus, metabolic process, and affected molecular functions containing protein binding and catalytic activity. The DEGs played important roles in CRC-related pathways involving in preneoplastic lesions, carcinogenesis, metastasis, and poor prognosis. Hub genes closely related to CRC carcinogenesis were extracted including six genes in model 1 (CXCL1, CXCL3, CXCL8, CXCL11, NMU, and PPBP) and two genes and Metallothioneins (MTs) in model 2 (SLC26A3 and SLC30A10). Among them, CXCL8 was also related to prognosis. An eight-gene signature was proposed comprising AMH, WBSCR28, SFTA2, MYH2, POU4F1, SIX4, PGPEP1L, and PAX5. The study identified hub genes in CRC carcinogenesis and proposed an eight-gene signature with good reproducibility and robustness at the molecular level for CRC, which might provide directive significance for treatment selection and survival prediction.
Management of Anterior Urethral Stricture: Experience from Tertiary Level Hospital in Jaipur

a,b-Associate professor Department of Urology, Mahatma Gandhi Medical College & Hospital ,Jaipur. c,d,eUrology Residant, Department of Urology, Mahatma Gandhi Medical College & Hospital, Jaipur. Corresponding Author: Dr . Hoti Lal Gupta --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Date of Submission: 30-12-2018 Date of acceptance: 14-01-2019 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
An Observational Study of Fixed Drug Eruptions Among Patients Attending a Tertiary Care Hospital in Eastern India

Background: Adverse reaction to drugs are common and often manifested as a cutaneous eruption. Fixed drug eruption (FDE) is unique type of adverse cutaneous drug reaction, the diagnostic hallmark is its recurrent eruption occurring on the same site after re-exposure to offending agent. Objective: The aim and objective was to study the clinical features, demographic details, and to determine various offending drugs causing FDE. Materials and Methods:The study was carried out from June 2017 to June2019 in the Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprosy at tertiary care hospital of Jharkhand, India. A detailed history taking and thorough clinical examination were done for all the patients having FDE and were recorded in predesigned proforma. Results:A total of 67 patients were studied for FDE among which 42(62.6%) were males and 25(37.3%) were females. Majority of the patients were adults aged between 18 to 52 years (53.7%). Commonly affected sites were trunk, extremities, lips, palm & sole, genitals and mucosa. Antimicrobials (28.3%) were most common group of drugs causing FDE followed byNon steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (22.3%). History of FDE was positive in 46.3% of the patients. The most common complaintsafter intake of offending drug was pain & burning sensation over the lesion. Conclusion:FDEs are common adverse cutaneous drug reactions withAntimicrobials drugs being the most common group causing FDE, with increased possibilities of generalized and extensive lesions in patients with history of FDE.
Effectiveness of Character Based E-Learning Model to Improve Student Creative Skills

The development of science and technology has changed class-based learning into internet-based learning (e-learning). Currently, e-learning has been widely used in several educational institutions as learning aids. Through e-learning, learning is not limited to time and space. This study aims to determine the effectiveness of the application of character-based e-learning learning models in improving students' creative thinking skills in linear program subjects. This research is a type of experiment with the design of One Groups Pretest-Posttest. Data collection instruments include questionnaire sheets, and observation sheets and tests of creative thinking skills. The technique of analyzing the effectiveness of the data was by using the completeness test, the effect test, and the average difference test. The results of the study indicate that learning by using e-learning media is effective in improving students' creative thinking abilities. The results show that there were 26 (93%) of students declared complete, and 78% of respondents stated that independence and responsibility affect the ability of students to think creatively. The application of e-learning can increase the value of students' creative thinking abilities by 13%. The normalized gain is g = 0.37 with medium criteria. Therefore, it can be concluded that the character-based e-learning model can effectively improve students' critical thinking skills.
Role of Minimal Invasive Surgery in Appendicular Mass

Dr Manasranjandeo, Dr.ApurvaAgarwal, DrAshutoshkumar, Dr.H. N.Bhardwaj Dept. Of General Surgery S.K. M.C. H. Muzaffarpur. Corresponding Author: DrManasranjandeo -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Date of Submission: 01-01-2020 Date of Acceptance: 16-01-2020 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A Study on the Branching Pattern of External Carotid Artery

Abstact: Knowledge of carotid arteries is essential for surgeons and radiologists while performing the surgeries and head and neck angeograms. External and internal carotid arteries are the main arterial supply of the head and neck. Understanding variable branching patterns of External carotid arteries is highly warranted for surgeons, radiologists and various medical practitioners.present study aimed to study various types of branching patterns of External carotid artery. This study was conducted in 30 well embalmed adult cadavers during undergraduate teaching carriculum for a period of 5years. Cunningham’s dissection manual was followed for dissection method. External carotid artery (ECA) was observed and branching pattern was noted. In present study variable branching patterns of ECA was observed. Among 30, Thyrolingual (TL) trunk was observed in 1 (3.33%) cadaver, Occipitopharyngeal trunk in one (3.33%) cadaver and Thyrolinguofacial (TLF) trunk in one (3.33%) cadaver were observed. Superior thyroid artery (STA) originated at the bifurcation of Common carotid artery (CCA) observed in 4 (13.33%) cases. Thorough knowledge on various types of branching pattern of neck vessels is highly recommended for head and neck surgeons for better outcome of various surgeries of head and neck. This present study documented higher prevalence of Superior thyroid arteries arising from bifurcation of CCA (13.33%), while remaining variations holding almost same prevalence.
Boron nitride nanotube: synthesis and applications

Scientists have predicted that carbon’s immediate neighbors on the periodic chart, boron and nitrogen, may also form perfect nanotubes, since the advent of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) in 1991. First proposed then synthesized by researchers at UC Berkeley in the mid 1990’s, the boron nitride nanotube (BNNT) has proven very difficult to make until now. Herein we provide an update on a catalyst-free method for synthesizing highly crystalline, small diameter BNNTs with a high aspect ratio using a high power laser under a high pressure and high temperature environment first discovered jointly by NASA/NIA/JSA. Progress in purification methods, dispersion studies, BNNT mat and composite formation, and modeling and diagnostics will also be presented. The white BNNTs offer extraordinary properties including neutron radiation shielding, piezoelectricity, thermal oxidative stability (> 800°C in air), mechanical strength, and toughness. The characteristics of the novel BNNTs and BNNT polymer composites and their potential applications are discussed.