Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Youth Drug Abusers: Barriers in Help-Seeking

The trend of drug abuse is increasing in Malaysia and a significant number of them are youths. Past studies discover that youths do not seek professional help or do not even seek help when they are abusing drugs. Thus, it is important to understand the reason behind them. This is crucial as drug abusers are always hiding their identity. The study aims to identify the barriers which keep the youth away from seeking help. Methodologically, the study employs qualitative approach to have in-depth understanding about the barriers faced by the young drug addicts in seeking help for treatment. The study is carried out in a drugs rehabilitation centre in Kuching area targeting the youths who are currently undergoing treatment in the centre. Majority of them are not admitted voluntarily. The sampling is identified using purposive technique. Instruments used for the study includes in-depth interview by using guided interview questions. The findings are analysed using content analysis to develop themes through the verbatim data. The study enquires about their experiences on drug abuse and their journey to the rehabilitation centre. Thus, the major finding indicates the barriers faced by them during the journey. Most of the respondents never had the intention to seek help until the family members took action. They had made drugs abuse behavior as part of their youth culture. Majority of the respondents are lack of awareness on the existing help system and concern on the legal action if they expose themselves. The findings of the study have implications on the community with the drug abusing youth in prevention and recovery policy.
Guilty of Secret Surrenders to Abundance:

In the past decade, eating disorders have exploded as the "new" women's problem for clinicians to explain and solve. In this paper, the author addresses how bulimia relates to gender inequality in contemporary North America by aiming to show that capitalism intersects with male power to generate immense credibility of a slender ideal for women. The binge/purge cycle itself bears witness of the strength of this archetype. While binging demonstrates rebellion against cultural voices urging women to reduce, purging marks a re-interpretation of such indulgence as personal failure.
Narrative Review: Maternal Vitamin D Status and Children’s Asthma or Wheezing: A Narrative Review

Objectives: Allergic disorders are common everywhere in the world. Asthma is the most chronic inflammatory respiratory disorder among children. It causes significant morbidity and mortality in children as well as adults. Vitamin D deficiency or insufficiency, is a global problem. Vitamin D has immunological effects, and it may prevent autoimmune diseases. Maternal plasma vitamin D during pregnancy has a different impact on children’s allergic disorders.
FYRE Climate: A high-resolution reanalysis of daily precipitation
and temperature in France from 1871 to 2012

Abstract. Surface observations are usually too few and far between to properly assess multidecadal variations at the local scale and characterize historical local extreme events at the same time. A data assimilation scheme has been recently presented to assimilate daily observations of temperature and precipitation into downscaled reconstructions from a global extended reanalysis through an Ensemble Kalman fitting approach and derive high-resolution fields. Recent studies also showed that assimilating observations at high temporal resolution does not guarantee correct multidecadal variations. The current paper thus proposes (1) to apply this scheme over France and over the 1871–2012 period based on the SCOPE Climate reconstructions background dataset and all available daily historical surface observations of temperature and precipitation, (2) to develop an assimilation scheme at the yearly time scale and to apply it over the same period and lastly, (3) to derive the FYRE Climate reanalysis, a 25-member ensemble hybrid dataset resulting from the daily and yearly assimilation schemes, spanning the whole 1871–2012 period at a daily and 8-km resolution over France. Assimilating daily observations only allows reconstructing accurately daily characteristics, but fails in reproducing robust multidecadal variations when compared to independent datasets. Combining the daily and yearly assimilation schemes, FYRE Climate clearly performs better than the SCOPE Climate background in terms of bias, error, and correlation, but also better than the Safran reference surface reanalysis over France available from 1958 onward only. FYRE Climate also succeeds in reconstructing both local extreme events and multidecadal variability. It is made freely available from http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4005573 (precipitation) and http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4006472 (temperature).
On the Safety of Mobile Robots Serving in Public Spaces

Since 2014, a specific standard has been dedicated for the safety certification of personal care robots, which operate in close proximity to humans. These robots serve as information providers, object transporters, personal mobility carriers, and security patrollers. In this article, we point out the shortcomings concerning EN ISO 13482:2014, which encompasses guidelines regarding the safety and design of personal care robots. In particular, we argue that the current standard is not suitable for guaranteeing people's safety when these robots operate in public spaces. Specifically, the standard lacks requirements to protect pedestrians and bystanders. The guideline implicitly assumes that private spaces, such as households and offices, present the same hazards as in public spaces. We highlight the existence of at least three properties pertaining to robots’ use in public spaces. These properties include (1) crowds, (2) social norms and proxemics rules, and (3) people's misbehaviours. We discuss how these properties impact robots’ safety. This article aims to raise stakeholders’ awareness on individuals’ safety when robots are deployed in public spaces. This could be achieved by integrating the gaps present in EN ISO 13482:2014 or by creating a new dedicated standard.
The effect of organic and inorganic mulches on growth and morphophysiological characteristics of Gaillardia sp.

Considering a large number of cities located in arid and semi-arid climatic regions of the world with limited water resources, reducing water consumption and maintenance costs is an important research and implementation priority in urban landscaping. In other words, reducing the high costs of irrigation, increasing water use efficiency and reducing weed competition are important factors in achieving sustainable green spaces in arid and semiarid regions. Application of mulches is one of the suggested strategies for maintaining bed moisture and weed control. In this research, the effects of organic and inorganic mulches on the performance of the flowering plant of Blanket flower (Gaillardia sp.) were investigated in the arid climate city of Mashhad located in the northeast of Iran. The experiment was conducted as a randomized complete block design with three replications. The four mulch treatments included wood chips, scoria, pine leaves, polyethylene as a layer mulch, and no mulch as the control. The polyethylene mulch inhibited the weed growth up to 100%, and other mulch types also significantly reduced the percentage of the weed coverage (p≤0.01). Application of pine leaves delayed the flowering for seven days while polyethylene caused an early flowering to six days compared to the control. Using different mulch types in water shortage conditions of urban landscapes in arid and semi-arid regions is recommended.
Moderating Effect of the 2001-65 Law Relating to Credit Tunisian Institutions on Discretionary Practices

The multitude of financial scandals throughout the last two decades is mainly due to fraud and significant irregularities recorded in the financial statements published following accounting manipulations. The aim of this study is to test the moderating effect of Law 2001-65 relating to credit institutions on discretionary practices within Tunisian banks. Following a comparative study of discretionary practices before the introduction of this law and after its introduction, on a sample of Tunisian commercial banks we have shown the crucial role played by this law in the limitation of discretionary behavior in order to align regulatory capital in relation to the period preceding the promulgation of this law (1990-2000). However, we have shown an increase in these discretionary behaviors for earnings management purposes during the period following the entry into force of this law (2001-2019).
A Study on the Mechanical Properties of the Hybrid Fiber-Reinforced Mortar Using the Macro Steel and Micro Carbon Fibers

In the present study, an experiment was conducted to investigate the mechanical properties such as fluidity, compressive strength and flexural performance (flexural strength and toughness) of a single fiber-reinforced mortar (FRM) using only macro steel fiber (SF) or micro carbon fiber (CF) with different material properties and SF-CF hybrid FRM using a mixture of macro SF and micro CF. The specimens incorporated macro SF and micro CF in the mix proportions of 100-0%, 75-25%, 50-50%, 25-75% and 0-100% by volume at a total fiber volume fraction of 1.0%. Their mechanical properties were further compared and reviewed with the plain mortar at 28 days of age. The experimental results of fresh mortar showed that the table flow of mortar using only macro SF was slightly reduced compared to plain mortar, whereas the table flow of mortar using only micro CF and SF-CF hybrid mortar decreased significantly with increase of micro CF. It was revealed from the test of the hardened mortar that the SF-CF=75-25% (M3) specimen showed the highest compressive and flexural strength, and the SF-CF=50-50% (M6) specimen obtained the highest flexural toughness. Therefore, it was possible to confirm the synergistic reinforcement effect of that enhanced the strength and improved the flexural performance by hybrid of macro SF and micro CF. Based on the results of this experiment, the optimal mix proportion of SF-CF hybrid FRM is proposed in this paper to improve the compressive strength, flexural strength and flexural toughness.
Role of Oxidative Stress in various stages of Psoriasis

Background: Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory, immune mediated, provocative and challenging skin condition. It is a non-contagious but debilitating disease and a leading cause of socioeconomic burden on the health system. Objective: To evaluate the role of antioxidant levels, lipid peroxidation status and lipid profile in the etiology and degree of severity of psoriatic illness among psoriasis patients presenting in Dermatology department. Study Design: This study was carried out as a retrospective case control study. Place and duration of Study: It was carried out by the Department of Biochemistry, Basic Medical Sciences Institute (BMSI) in collaboration with Departmnt of Biochemistry, Khyber Medical College, Peshawar and Department of Skin and Venereal disease, Jinnah Post Graduate Medical Centre (JPMC) Karachi. Material and Methods: One hundred and twenty cases (n=130) of already diagnosed psoriasis patients were randommely and fifty healthy matched controls (n=50) of the same age and gender were included from the general population for comparison. Lipid profile including serum total cholesterol, TG, HDL-c and LDL-c levels were measured by enzyme colorimetric analysis on Micro Lab 300 (Merck & Germany). Antioxidant status SOD and lipid peroxidation status MDA were measured by ELISA technique. Statistical analysis was performed using SPSS software Version 16. In this analysis, a “p” value of less than 0.05 was considered to be significant. Results: The study showed significantly elevated levels of MDA, serum TG, total cholesterol and LDL-c levels in psoriatic patients in comparison with controls, whereas SOD levels and HDL-c levels were found to be significantly lower in psoriatic patients as compared to normal healthy matched controls. Conclusion: The findings of this study support the hypothesis that an imbalance in oxidant-antioxidant system may play a role in the etiology of psoriasis and the degree of severity of its presentation. The study also concluded that dyslipidemia was an observed risk factor for the development of cardiovascular diseases in psoriatic patients.
Appendix for Learning latent representions across multiple data domains using Lifelong VAEGAN

In the following, We extend the theory analysis on the domain adaptation from [5] (Theorem 2) to the generative replay mechanism. Theorem 2. Let us consider two vector samples, one corresponding to the generated data {νt′ ∈ R|νt′ ∼ p(x̃)} and another corresponding to the real data {νt ∈ R|νt ∼ p(x)} of size nt and nt′ , respectively. Then let h(·) be a new learned model trained on νt′ . For any s ′ > s and a′ < √ 2, there is a constant n0 depending on s′ satisfying that for any δ > 0 and min(νt, nt′) ≥ n0 max(δ−(s +2), 1). Then we have the following inequality, with the probability of at least 1 − δ for all h :
The Pattern of Herbivorous Fish Assemblages in The In Western and Eastern Outermost Island Indonesia

The herbivorous fishes have been considered as a critical functional group and have capability maintaining coral reef resilience and avoiding coral-algal phase-shifts. The present condition shown, almost in tropical reef location, alga has dominated coral, even in the small outer island. The requirement to conduct comprehensive basic research in studying the patterns and composition of herbivorous fish, especially on the small outer islands. Twelve coral reef sites in eastern Indonesia (Liki Islands) and western Indonesia (Natuna Island) used as a research location for comparing the structure patterns of herbivorous fish communities (diversity, density, and body size) using the Underwater Visual Census (UVC) method. There was different pattern of herbivorous fishes families in Liki Island and Natuna Islands, where Acanthuridae is dominant in eastern Indonesia (Liki Islands), including Ctenochaetus striatus (41,00 ± 11,72 se) individuals/350m 2 , A. maculiceps (23,33 ± 13,61 se) individuals/350m 2 , Naso hexacanthus (18,67 ± 6,34 se) individuals/350m 2 while Scaridae is dominant in western Indonesia (Natuna island), including Scarus rivulatus (31,67 ± 10,61 se) individuals/350m 2 , Chlorurus sordidus (30,00 ± 8,52 se) individuals/350m 2 and Scarus quoyi (19,00 ± 9,73 se) individuals/350m 2 . Based on herbivore fishes composition Liki Island has a higher density and biomass compared to Natuna Island. Keywords: herbivore, fish, coral, small outer island, Indonesia
Clinical profile of first 100 cases of COVID-19 in a COVID-dedicated hospital of Bangladesh

Background: The novel corona virus has been identified as the cause of respiratory illness in Wuhan, Hubei province, China, since December, 2019. It has spread almost all the countries and areas (212) in world. Due to distinct demographics of infection, variation of case fatality and clinical presentation in different countries, the knowledge of demographic distribution and analysis of clinical profile from this study would help for patient management of COVID-19 till the invention of specific drug and vaccines. We aimed to analyze the clinical profile of fist 100 cases of COVID-19 admitted in a teaching hospital. Methods: In this observational study, RT-PCR confirmed first 100 hospitalized COVID-19 cases, admitted in Mugda Medical College Hospital were included. With well informed consent, a structured questionnaire was fulfilled during the time of hospital stay. Data were analyzed with clinical outcome, hospital stay, clinical staging and comorbidity of admitted patient from 20th March to 10th April. Results: Among the total participants, male were predominate (59%). Age groups were ranging from 9 to 80 years and mean age was 43 years. Common symptoms were fever (91%), cough (33%), dyspnea (41%), sore throat (12%), diarrhea (12%) and myalgia (2%). Mild cases (53%) were common, followed by moderate (31%), severe (13%) and critical (3%). Average hospital stay was 11 days. Common comorbidities were diabetes mellitus (21%), hypertension (17%), chronic kidney disease (11%), bronchial asthma (8%), stroke (3%) and ischaemic heart disease (2%). Conclusion: Distinct demographic presentation with age variability, clinical presentation with variable fatality in different countries may help the further steps taken by the policymaker of low resource country for the prevention of infection and management of COVID-19. Birdem Med J 2020; 10, COVID Supplement: 18-22
Strategic Intelligence and Firm Performance: An Analysis of the Mediating Role of Dynamic Capabilities from Commercial Banks in Kenya

Commercial Banks in Kenya supports economic development by providing finances to businesses and individual investors. In addition, banks facilitate savings, create jobs opportunities, assist in wealth creation, and eradication of poverty. However, not all the banks have had positive growth trend in the period 2016 to 2018. Records indicate that some banks such as Chase Bank, Imperial bank and Charterhouse Bank had poor performance impeding continuity. The hypothesis of the study was that Dynamic capabilities had no significance mediating effect on the relationship between strategic intelligence and performance of Commercial banks in Kenya. This study was anchored on resource-based view, dynamic capabilities theory and balanced scorecard model. The study used both primary and secondary data. Primary data was collected through 143 questionnaires distributed to the respondents while secondary data was obtained through the annual reports and publications of the Central Bank of Kenya, for the period 2016 to 2018. Data was analyzed using multiple linear regression and the findings of the study indicate that dynamic capabilities had a statistically mediating effect on the relationship between strategic intelligence and the performance of commercial banks in Kenya. The study recommends that commercial banks policy makers should considers restructuring their internal and external competitive strategies, by involving behavioural scientists to device better ways of achieving the intended competitive advantage that can lead to superior performance of their banks.
Contract Staffing and Employee Engagement in the Oil and Gas Industry in Nigeria (A Case Study of Shell Petroleum Development Company (Spdc) West, Nigeria)

In the time past, working and looking forward to retirement gratuities, pension pay and other benefits were the prime motivators for employee commitment and attachment to various organizations; both public and private enterprises. This trend was continued till late 80s when the plague of unemployment started to become a national crisis. The growth rate of unemployment since then, has continued astronomically and still on the rise.
An Assessment of Primary School EFL Teachers' Job Burnout

The study is to examine the level of EFL Teachers' Burnout in Jimma Zone, Oromiya Regional State, Ethiopia for many public primary schools EFL teachers in the Zone have shown their dissatisfaction and demotivation towards their job in different ways. The phenomenon implies that teachers in the Zone might experience occupational stress. To enable EFL teachers discharge their full responsibility, their problems need to be assessed and addressed properly. This is because the teachers who experience negative emotional states and burnout cannot care about their work, their students, their colleagues, and even for themselves. Moreover, the teachers who experienced such harmful feeling cannot get prepared for everyday lessons properly, cannot teach and assess students meaningfully, and can miss classes frequently, etc. because they are emotionally ill and react to such state of mind wrongly. The objectives of the study are to examine the level and impact of burnout among EFL teachers' and which gender group does burnout affect more seriously; thus, descriptive survey with mixed design was applied. The result obtained suggests that most EFL teachers in the Zone experience high level of burnout. Specifically, female EFL teachers experience higher level of burnout compared to their male counterparts.
Refinement of the crystal structure of p‐benzoquinone at –160°C

C6H402, monoclinic, P2~/a, a = 6.763 (3), b --- 6.735 (3), c = 5.711 (3) A, fl = 99.55 (15) ° at -160°C, Z = 2, D e (-160°C) = 1.4 g cm -3, 2(Mo K~t~) = 0.70926, 2(Mo Kct2) =- 0.71354 A, p(Mo Ka) = 1.2 cm -~. The best plane of the molecule makes an angle of 3.2 ° with the plane (201). In contrast to earlier room-temperature X-ray studies it has been found that at -160°C the molecules are not strictly planar, but have a slight chair form with C2h (2/m) symmetry.
Pristimerin Inhibits Adjuvant Arthritis Fibroblast Like Synoviocytes Cell Proliferation through Cell Cycle Arrest and Induction of Apoptosisa

To investigate the effect of pristimerin, an effective component of maple leaf, on the cell cycle and apoptosis of adjuvant arthritis fibroblast like synoviocytes adjuvant arthritis fibroblast like synoviocytes cells. Adjuvant arthritis fibroblast like synoviocytes cells were cultured in vitro, the effect of pristimerin on the proliferation of adjuvant arthritis fibroblast like synoviocytes cells was analyzed by 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol- 2-yl)-2,5-diphenyl tetrazolium bromide method, and the effect of pristimerin on adjuvant arthritis fibroblast like synoviocytes cell cycle was analyzed by flow cytometry. Hoechst 33258 staining experiment and flow cytometry were used to detect the effect of pristimerin on cell apoptosis of adjuvant arthritis fibroblast like synoviocytes cells. The effect of pristimerin on mitochondrial membrane of adjuvant arthritis fibroblast like synoviocytes cells was analyzed by flow cytometry. Western Blotting was used to detect the effect of pristimerin on the expression of adjuvant arthritis fibroblast like synoviocytes mitochondrial pathway regulators Bax, B-cell lymphoma 2 and Caspase-3. The results of 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5- diphenyl tetrazolium bromide experiments showed that pristimerin had a significant inhibitory effect on the proliferation of adjuvant arthritis fibroblast like synoviocytes cells in a dose-dependent manner. The half inhibitory concentration of pristimerin on adjuvant arthritis fibroblast like synoviocytes cells was 2.97 μM. Cell cycle results showed that 1.5 μM and 3 μM pristimerin could significantly increase the number of cells in the Gap 0/Gap 1 phase (p 0.05). The apoptosis rate of adjuvant arthritis fibroblast like synoviocytes cells in the 1.5 μM group was 47.413±2.503 %, and the apoptosis rate of adjuvant arthritis fibroblast like synoviocytes cells in the 3 μM group was 70.970 ±4.205 %, which were significantly higher than those in the control group (p 0.05). Western Blotting results showed that compared with normal fibroblast like synoviocytes cells, the relative protein levels of B-cell lymphoma 2 , Pro-Caspase-3 and Cleave-Caspase-3 in adjuvant arthritis fibroblast like synoviocytes cells were significantly increased (p 0.05). The relative expression of B-cell lymphoma 2 , Pro-Caspase-3 and Cleave-Caspase-3 in pristimerin-1 μM and 3 μM groups was significantly lower than that of adjuvant arthritis fibroblast like synoviocytes group (p<0.01), while the expression of Bax was higher than that of adjuvant arthritis fibroblast like synoviocytes group (p<0.05). Pristimerin can induce adjuvant arthritis fibroblast like synoviocytes apoptosis through the cell cycle arrest and regulate the mitochondrial apoptotic pathway to inhibit the adjuvant arthritis fibroblast like synoviocytes cell hyper proliferation and achieve Anti-rheumatoid arthritis synovial hyperplasiay.