Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Changes in the Tissues of the Periodontium with Age

The rise in life expectancy is attributed primarily to the substantial reduction in mortality at different stages of life, which has been brought about by improved health care facilities, sanitation, environmental and public health reforms coupled with better hygiene and living conditions. As a result of the increasing life expectancy, the proportion of the elderly in the total population is projected to be around 20% in India and 32% in the developed nations by 2050.
The Leadership Styles, Entrepreneurial Orientation and Business Performance: Empirical Investigation of Small and Medium Enterprises in Osun State, Nigeria

This study sought to examine the relationship between leadership styles, entrepreneurial orientation, and performance of SMEs in Osun State, Nigeria. The data were collected from sixty (60) out of one thousand and twenty (1,020) Small and Medium Enterprises operators in Osogbo metropolis that registered with Osun State Ministry of Commerce and Industry in Osogbo metropolis, Osun State, Nigeria through a structured questionnaire. Data analysis was executed with the aid of Correlation and Linear regression. The results revealed that the relationship between transactional leadership, transformational leadership, entrepreneurial orientation, and business performance was positive and significant. It was also revealed that transformational leadership, transactional leadership, and entrepreneurial orientation independently have a significant impact on business performance respectively. It was concluded that leadership styles and entrepreneurial orientation of SMEs operators influenced the success and survival of SMEs in Osun State, Nigeria
Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis Management: Current and Future Therapeutic Strategies

Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis is a rare disease first described in 1958 by Samuel H Rosen and characterised by the accumulation in the alveolar space of lipoproteinaceous materials due to insufficient catabolism of surfactant lipoproteins by alveolar macrophages. As a result, gas exchanges between the alveolar space and the blood are impaired, and affected patients develop progressive dyspnoea and pulmonary infections. In the mid-1990s the observation of a pulmonary alveolar proteinosis-like disease in GM-CSF deficient mice led to the discovery of GM-CSF signalling impairments in patients with pulmonary alveolar proteinosis. Additional studies showed that GM-CSF signalling disruption was responsible for incomplete maturation of alveolar macrophages both in mouse and human. Two main types of GM-CSF signalling disruption were observed, autoimmune pulmonary alveolar proteinosis, due to the presence in the blood and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid of neutralising anti-GM-CSF autoantibodies, and hereditary pulmonary alveolar proteinosis due to genetic mutations affecting the expression or the functionality of the GM-CSF receptor. A third type of the disease named secondary pulmonary alveolar proteinosis has also been described in patients suffering from hematologic malignancies, primary immunodeficiency or exposed to various toxic dust. Since its description in 1963 by Dr Jose Ramirez-Rivera, whole lung lavage has been a central therapeutic procedure for pulmonary alveolar proteinosis management. In this article, we will review the critical distinctions between the different forms of pulmonary alveolar proteinosis, as well as the efficacy of current, and prospective therapies for autoimmune and hereditary pulmonary alveolar proteinosis.
Relationship between Leadership Style and Personality Type in Three Levels of Nursing Managers in Iran-Esfahan Medical University Hospitals In 2015

Proper leadership style helps proper functioning of nurses who are the most frequent experts in hospitals and improves quality of their work. One of the important factors affecting nurses` performance is the behaviors of managers toward them which is due to their personality type. The purpose of this study was to study the relationship between personality type and leadership style of nursing managers in Iran-Esfahan medical university hospitals in 2015. Present study is descriptive correlation type. The research community are 150 nursing managers of three levels, Matron, Supervisor and head nurse, from hospitals belonging to Esfahan medical university. Data collection was done by a 3-part questionnaire consisting of demographic information, McCurry and Costa 5-factor personality questionnaire and Renesis Likert questionnaire for determining leadership style. Data were analyzed using SPSS software ver. 22 in two level, descriptive and inferential. The average scores of dominant responsible personality among the first, second and third level were 36.33±5.12, 39.59±5.51 and 36.50±6.75, respectively and average scores of dominant organization oriented leadership style were 12.56±1.88, 11.03±4.54 and 12.30±4.40. Hospitals like other organizations require modern leadership styles instead of conventional one. Although organizationoriented leadership has been beneficial to achieve organizational objectives in short term, but in the long term it decreases productivity and job satisfaction because of lack of proper attention to the staff. Thus, applying humanoriented leadership, specially combined leadership will have much better results. Responsible personality is useful for the organization and increases productivity but it seems that in health care department in which interaction with humans is crucial, flexible or extroverted personality is more beneficial.
Triangular Intuitionistic Fuzzy Set for Nuclei Segmentation in Digital Cancer Pathology

: Advanced fuzzy set theoretic techniques play an important role in image processing mostly in medical field. Medical images are inadequately illuminated, where regions are vague or hardly visible, creating uncertainty. Intuitionistic fuzzy sets are more useful in processing the medical images in early days. Cancer is one of most common disease in women worldwide. The final prediction and prognosis of cancer is based on the examination of cells or tissues under the microscope by a pathologist. The digital slides are converted to images, which can be viewed and analyzed on a computer monitor. These are called digital pathology images. These images are then analyzed through various image processing algorithms. At the same time, histopathology images are very complicated to diagnosis the cancer cells from the hematoxylin and erosion stains. This kind of situation is handled by advanced intuitionistic fuzzy set theories. This paper presents triangular IFS applied for a segment of cancer nuclei from cancer histopathology images. Before segmentation, the contrast level is improved by using contrast stretching. This proposed method is evaluated by F1-Score, Dice metric and Jaccard index. TriIFS method produced better results when compared with the existing standard segmentation algorithms.
Simulation of Melting Process of a Phase Change Material (PCM) using ANSYS (Fluent)

1M.Tech. Scholar, PEC University of Technology, Chandigarh, India 2Assistant Professor, PEC University of Technology, Chandigarh, India 3Associate Professor, PEC University of Technology, Chandigarh, India ---------------------------------------------------------------------***--------------------------------------------------------------------Abstract This paper represents the numerical study and simulation of melting of a Phase Change Material for thermal energy storage. The melting of a rectangular PCM domain with its left side exposed to constant heat flux and other three sides insulated is simulated using ANSYS (Fluent) 15.0 software. The assumptions, equations used in numerical modelling and the specifications of the software are also discussed in the paper. The contours of liquid fraction, density, temperature and velocity of particles of PCM at regular intervals of 30min are represented for a total melting time of 240min (4 hours). The contours help in determining the change in shape and motion of melting interface with increase in time. The change in the melting fraction with time is also discussed, which tells us about the percentage of melted PCM at different instants of time.
Microbial transformation of some simple β-carboline alkaloids

Microbial transformation of some simple β-carboline alkaloids e.g.: harmaline, harmalol, harman and harmine was carried out. The study resulted in isolation of ten metabolites. The structures of these metabolites were established using physical and spectroscopic techniques including: melting points, UV, IR, H NMR, C NMR and mass spectrometry. The metabolites were identified as: 1 (2-acetyl-3-(2-acetamidoethyl)-7-methoxyindole), 2 (acetamide), 3 (harmalol), 4 (2-acetyl-3-(2-acetamidoethyl)-7-hydroxyindole), 5 (harman-2-oxide), 6 (6hydroxy-harman), 7 (acetamide), 8 (6-hydroxy harmine), 9 (harmine-2-oxide), and 10 (harmol). The antioxidant and cytotoxic activities of the substrates and their metabolites were investigated. The results revealed that harman-2-oxide presented strong free radical scavenging activity, which was much more potent than the positive control (IC50= 18±1.2 μg/ml). Harmine, 6-hydroxy-harmine, harman-2-oxide, harmine-2-oxide, harmalol and 6hydroxy harman presented the highest cytotoxic activity comparable to doxorubicin (IC 50= 0.60 μg/ml).
The Reliability of Entrepreneurial Productivity as Driver of Economic Growth and Employment

Productivity is not only the key of competitiveness, but also the main driver economic growth and employment. The purpose of this research is to prove that productivity considered as the multifactor productivity in industrial entrepreneurship may serve to be the main driver of regional economic growth and employment. The main source of data of this research is the fundamental primary micro data used to measure the economic growth and employment macro variables. This research employs a path analysis model with one-path and two-path recursive forms. The research results show that the entrepreneurial productivity factor serves to be the main and first driver of regional economic growth and employment, followed by entrepreneurial commercialization and entrepreneurial competitiveness factors.
eJBio: Electronic Journal of Biology

Satureja bachtiarica Bunge (local name: Marzeh-eKoohi) is an endemic specie plant that widely distributed in the Central Zagros Mountains, Iran. This study was designed to examine the chemical composition and antibacterial activity of the essential oil of Satureja bachtiarica Bunge (Lamiacae). The essential oil of Bakhtiari savoury was analyzed by GC/MS, and also tested for antibacterial activity of the essential oil was tested by agar disc diffusion and serial dilations assay against four positive-Gram (Bacillus cereus, Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus agalactiae and Listeria monocytogenes) and two negativeGram (Proteus vulgaris and Salmonella typhimurium) bacteria strains. The results showed that the major components of the oil were carvacrol (44.8%), ɣ-terpinen (18.7%) and thymol (14.95%). The essential oil of S. bachtiarica has strong antibacterial against bacteria strains, especially S. agalactiae, S. typhimurium and P. vulgaris. MICs of the essential oil against B. cereus = 31.25 μg/ml, S. aureus = 250 μg/ml, S. agalactiae = 31.25 μg/ml, L. monocytogenes = 62.5 μg/ml, P. vulgaris = 62.5 μg/ml and S. typhimurium = 16 μg/ml were determined. Finally, the essential oil of S. bachtiarica aerial parts could be suitable for application in the food industry and pharmaceutical.
Preparation and Evaluation of Ketoprofen-loaded Calcium alginate beads

Ionotropic gelation method was used to entrap Keto profen (KP) into calcium alginate beads. KP is one of the non steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (N SAIDs); it has a short half life (1.5-2 h) and dele t rious side effects on GIT such as irritation and ulceration. B eads were investigated in-vitro for possible sustai ned drug release and in-vivo as a gastro-protective system f or KP. The curing time of beads in CaCl 2 solution was determined and process variables, such as polymer c oncentration, polymer/drug ratio and co-entrapped p olymers (Gelatin (G), Hydroxy propyl methyl cellulose aceta t succinate (HPMCAS) and ethyl cellulose (EC)) wer e analyzed for their influence on bead properties. On the basis of differential scanning colorimetry (DS C) and IRspectroscopy, alginate was found to be compatible w ith KP. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) photogra phs showed that the prepared beads were spherical and s mall (about 1 mm diameter) with small cracks and fi ssures on the surface. KP encapsulation efficiencies were high (>90%), also results showed that, release prof ile in 0.1M HCl (pH 1) was slow. while in phosphate buffer (pH 7.4), complete drug release was exhibited for all formulations within 2 h. There was no improvement c oncerning the retarding of drug release with co-ent rapped polymers. The mechanism of release was depending on swelling and erosion of beads. The swelling behavi or was strongly dependent on pH of the medium; such a pH s ensitive swelling could be advantageous for orally administered drug vehicles especially for acid sens itive drugs or drugs that have adverse effects on G IT. The Ulcerogenic effect of the free drug on the stomach was compared to that of drug encapsulated in algina te beads using rats. Results showed a significant mucoprotec tive effect of alginate beads compared to the free drug. In conclusion, alginate beads can be used as enteric c oated formulations rather than ideal sustained rele as formulations.
Electromyography (EMG) Assessment of Masticactory Muscles in evaluation of Splinting and exercise of Temporomandibular Disorders (TMD)

Rheumatology, Physical medicine and rehabilitation Department faculty of medicine1, Maxillofacial and plastic Surgery Department2;Radiology Department4, faculty of Medicine, Dental faculty of Medicine3, Alazhar University, Cairo. *Corresponding author: Hegazy Megahed Altamimy, MD: Assistant professor of physical medicine, Rheumatology and Rehabilitation; AlAzhar University, Cairo. E-mail: altamimyh@yahoo.com
Biosynthesis and Characterization of Silver Nanoparticles Produced By Microorganisms Isolated From Agaricus bisporus

Nanotechnology is the engineering of functional systems at atomic and molecular level. It helps to modify and develop the important properties of metals in the form of nanoparticles which shows various applications in cell labeling, biomarkers, antimicrobial agents and nano-drugs in treatment of various diseases. In nanotechnology, a particle is defined as a small object that behaves as a whole unit in terms of its structure and characteristics. Nanoparticles are sized between 1 and 500 nanometers. Nanoparticles may or may not exhibit size-related properties that differ significantly from those observed in fine particles or bulk materials (Abhilash, 2010). Although the size of most molecules would fit into the above outline, individual ISSN: 2319-7706 Special Issue-2 (May-2015) pp. 330-342 http://www.ijcmas. com
THEORY OF CONSTRAINTS AND SIX SIGMA: INVESTIGATING DIFFERENCES AND SIMILARITIES FOR CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT

The main objective of this study is to analyse some points of convergence and divergence between the Theory of Constraints and Six Sigma when used in an integrated manner for the continuous improvement of operating manufacturing systems. This research also aims to advance a better understanding of the fundamental principles of such methodologies by performing a comparative analysis of critical issues. The focus of the discussion of this study is to review the literature to identify the mains similarities and differences between these two approaches when applied in an integrated way in productive systems. To conduct this research, we carry out a broad literature review of the state of the art on the topic of Operations Management. The results of this study suggest that the Theory of Constraints and Six Sigma have many complementary elements that overlap and that a vast field of research must be explored on this issue. As a result, this study conducts a comparative analysis of 28 critical criteria of the Theory of Constraints and Six Sigma to understand these approaches.
Renal Sympathetic Denervation: An Effective Non-Pharmacological Treatment Strategy for Sympathetic Over-Activation Related Diseases

The renal sympathetic nerve is a main target in cardiovascular diseases, because of the special relationship between the heart and kidney. Therefore, many drugs that inhibit the neuroendocrine system, such as angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors/angiotensin receptor blocker (ACEI/ARB), beta blockers, and aldosterone inhibitors, have emerged to treat cardiovascular diseases. Renal sympathetic denervation (RDN) is the most influential non-pharmacological treatment method and was first reported by the Lancet in 2009. Although the negative conclusions of the Symplicity HTN-3 trial have hindered the application of RDN in resistant hypertension, there is increasing interest in RDN for the treatment of diseases other than hypertension because of its ability to inhibit sympathetic nerve overactivity. Therefore, we reviewed current studies about RDN with a focus on sympathetic nerve over-activation related diseases, such as, ventricular tachycardia, atrial fibrillation, myocardial remodeling, endothelium dysfunction, insulin resistance, obstructive sleep apnea, and so on.
Acoustic and Flow Noise Characteristics of Duct with Expanded Part and Some Holes

23 www.ijeas. org  Abstract— Noise from an air conditioning duct of a rail vehicle is annoying for passengers especially when the rail vehicle is in a resting state. Then the noise reduction is very important from the point of view of keeping the car room comfortable and is one of the differentiating techniques. This paper described experimental results of flow noise characteristics. The air conditioning duct has some holes to ventilate the car room. I have studied the acoustic characteristics of the flow noise of the straight duct and the bending duct previously. In this study, the flow noise characteristics generated from the air conditioning duct have been studied experimentally by using the duct with expanded part and four holes. As a result, it was clarified that the noise increasing due to expanding is about 10dB and the effect of the absorbent is 3dB ~4dB in the existing of the flow .
Influence of Relative Humidity on The Morphology of Electrospun Polymer Composites

Polymeric composites have a potential application in tissue engineering. Several parameters of the electrospinning technique and their impacts have been studied. But, the humidity effects during the process are far less explored. Two ranges of controlled humidity 30-35 and 70-75% were established to relate the impact on the fiber morphology. Binary and complex composites were fabricated by blending biopolymers and a ceramic constituent. We chose poly(ethylene oxide)/mesquite gum, poly(vinylpyrrolidone)/mesquite gum/hydroxyapatite, and poly(ethylene oxide)/chitosan/ hydroxyapatite systems, as a comparative study. In particular, mesquite gum is a biocompatible material that has not been investigated as a biocomposite and offers potential physicochemical properties. On the other hand, chitosan offers good properties for tissue engineering and has been extensively studied, however its processing remains a challenge and covers a great interest. The diameter sizes and morphology were assessed by using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and the chemical structure was analyzed by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR). Nano-scaffolds obtained, yielded nanofibers, nets and spindle-like fibers, their resultant dimensions were from 89 nm to 388 nm. These results obtained describe how much different morphological features can be induced under low and high humidity during fiber fabrication which is crucial for its later application in biological studies.
NUTRITIONAL DATA ON NEMATOPALAEMON HASTATUS IN OKORO RIVER ESTUARY, SOUTHEAST NIGERIA

This study investigated the variations in proximate compositions of the shell and flesh Nematopaemon hastatus shrimps (crayfish). The results showed that the protein, carbohydrate and moisture contents in the flesh (54.3%; 24.12%; 65.30%) were higher than those of the shell (42.17%; 22.10%; 64.88%), respectively. The highest amounts of lipid and ash were found in shell, being 5.6%; 26.4%, respectively compared to the flesh values (3.28%; 21.22%). The protein to moisture ratio (P/M) was higher (0.8) for flesh than for shell (0.6) indicating higher quality of the latter. Study further indicates that the shell is a good source of inorganic minerals while the flesh is rich in nutrients, protein and metabolizable energy. Strong relationships were recorded between protein and body size (R = 0.421), crude fiber and body size (R = 0.501) at p< 0.05. The nutritional data of N. hastatus shrimps indicates that with proper dietary planning mothers, children and the aged could take advantage of its rich protein, yet very low fat and calorie content as a healthy food, snacks or food ingredient as part of the main meal. Furthermore, its use feed formulation for children and animals are recommended.
A Needs Analysis of English for Specific Purposes (ESP) Course For Adoption Of Communicative Language Teaching :( A Case of Iranian First-Year Students of Educational Administration)

ABSTRACT: English language teaching has become very important because of the global status of English and people all over the world are learning this language (Mackey, 2002). Communicative Language Teaching Methodology, being a modern and effective method of language teaching, has been implemented in many contexts of EFL/ESL teaching including ESP classes (Richards, 2007). This implementation has not been without problems in many Asian countries as CLT has been in clash with local cultures of teach (Ali Khan, 2007). Iran is still following a traditional approach to English language teaching. This study was an effort to discover the learning needs of Iranian university students to assess the implementation of CLT in ESP context. To fulfill such an aim, two different questionnaires were used as instruments of data collection. The students’ questionnaire was arranged in multi-option question pattern and where the assessment of attitude and beliefs was required a limited number of scaled questions were included to achieve this end. The teachers’ questionnaire had only scaled questions.90 first-year students and 30 university professors of educational administration of different universities answered the questions. The results of the data analysis revealed that students’ learning needs and styles supported the adoption of Communicative Language Teaching and Method. Professors’ attitude towards CLT was also investigated and the presence of a positive attitude was established. Subsequently, certain factors which do not allow the practice of CLT in ESP classes are identified and recommendations are made which can help in initiating a shift towards CLT.
Performance Comparison of Prediction Techniques for 3G Cellular Traffic

Reducing the energy consumption of the cellular networks is not only a matter of interest to the network operators, but also important to the environment because the increase in energy consumption of the cellular networks will result in the increase in fuel usage which will further add the CO 2 emissions to the environment. In this paper, the dynamic operation of the cellular network is discussed. For dynamic operation of the cellular network, it is necessary to first estimate the cellular traffic. The future cellular traffic is estimated using the single exponential smoothing model and Fractionally Integrated Auto-regressive Moving Average (FARIMA). The data used for performance analysis of the single exponential smoothing model and FARIMA is of 3G cellular system in Pakistan.