Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE ON SUICIDAL IDEATION AND MENTAL HEALTH

Considering the increasing suicide cases among Indian students all over the country, the present study intended to analyze whether emotional intelligence correlates significantly towards suicidal ideation and mental health among secondary school Indian students. Students (N=87) aged 15 to 17 were selected by the assistance of their school guidance and counseling teachers. Quantitative survey method was adopted as the method of this study. The respondents were responded to three types of questionnaire namely Trait Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire Short Form (TEIQue-SF) to measure emotional intelligence of respondent, The Suicide Behaviour Questionnaire-Revised (SBQ-R) and The General Health Questionnaire which widely used to measure mental health status. The result showed that there was a significant relationship between emotional intelligence and suicidal ideation and mental health. Moreover, result also revealed significant relationship between suicidal ideation and mental health, which suggested that individual with lower mental health score has tendency to have suicidal thoughts. This study documented very critical notion of emotional intelligence on overcoming suicidal thoughts and improving mental health among students. Therefore, planning appropriate strategies to enhance students emotional competencies should be take into consideration in various sectors specially among Indian school students.
Economics of Organic vs Inorganic Rice Production: A Case of Chitwan District of Nepal

Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is the major staple food crop of Nepal. A research was conducted in December, 2019 to examine the economic viability of organic rice farming and factors affecting its adoption. Fulbari area of Chitwan district of Nepal was purposively selected for this study on consultation with Agriculture Knowledge Centre, Chitwan and review of past works which showed good practice of organic rice farming. A total of 100 farm households, 50 organic and 50 inorganic were selected using simple random sampling. Primary data were collected through a pre-tested semi-structured interview schedule, while secondary data were collected from related publications. The probit regression analysis showed that the six variables were statistically significant for the decision to adopt organic rice farming, they are: number of schooling years of the household head (p= 0.014), annual household income from agriculture (p= 0.012), membership of any agricultural organization (p= 0.000), subsidy in other inputs in addition to seed and fertilizers (p= 0.000), area of rice cultivated land (p= 0.007) and awareness on climate change (0.086). The benefit cost ratio of organic rice production (2.2) was higher as compared to inorganic (1.9) which showed that the profitability in organic rice production was higher than in inorganic. Furthermore, indexing identifiedlengthy certification process (0.85) as the first major hindrance in adoption of organic rice farming followed by lack of proper organic market (0.68), high cost of organic seed and fertilizer (0.56), lack of knowledge and trainings on organic farming (0.48) and lack of government support such as grants and premium price (0.44) as the second, third, fourth and fifth hindrances respectively. The government should promote organic rice farming, prioritizing the small scale and marginal farmers by giving subsidies and premium, facilitating in certification and marketing, and providing knowledge about climate change.
Prevalence of Asymptomatic Bacteriuria among Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Clinics in Ovia North East Local Government Area, Edo State, Nigeria

Background and Aim: Asymptomatic bacteriuria is bacteria in the properly collected urine of a patient, leading to a urinary tract infection with no symptoms. Asymptomatic bacteriuria is a common complication in clinical practice with an increasing prevalence due to increase of age. The present study investigated the prevalence of asymptomatic bacteriuria among pregnant women receiving antenatal care in Ovia North East Local Government Area, Edo State, Nigeria. Materials and Methods: A total of 201 urine samples were collected randomly from pregnant women at Igbinedion University Teaching Hospital, Okha Maternity and Usen General Hospital in in Ovia North East Local Government Area. The bacteria isolation was carried out using the pour plate technique. The bacteria identification was conducted by gram staining and biochemical tests and the antibiotic susceptibility pattern of the bacterial isolates was determined by Kirby-Bauer disc diffusion technique. Results: Eighty-one of the subjects had significant bacteriuria, with a prevalence of 40.3 %. The bacteria isolated in the samples were Streptococcus, Proteus, Klebsiella and Micrococcus species as well as Staphylococcus epidermidis, Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus. Streptococcus spp. occurred more frequently (42.0 %) while S. aureus had the lowest frequency of occurrence (2.5 %) in the samples. The infection was most prevalent among women aged between 28 and 37 years (74.5 %). Pregnant women in their third trimester in this study had the highest prevalence of asymptomatic bacteriuria (55.2 %). Ciprofloxacin was found to be the most effective antibiotic against the urinary isolates. Conclusion: Pregnancy promotes the progression from symptomatic to asymptomatic bacteriuria with its consequences such as pyelonephritis and increased fetal mortality. Therefore, routine culture test should be carried out for all antenatal women to detect asymptomatic bacteriuria and all positive cases should be treated with appropriate antibiotic therapy to prevent any obstetric complications which are associated with pregnancy.
Protective Effects of Apricot and Plum Kernel Powder in Carbon Tetra Chloride-Induced Liver Disorder in Rats

Effects of different concentrations 2.5 and 5 % of apricot, plum and their mixture as powder on biological and biochemical changes of hepatic rats were investigated. Eighty four male albino rats were used and divided to 8 groups, each group (6) rats. The rats treated with carbon tetra chloride (CCl4). Results indicated that the highest GOT liver enzyme of treated group recorded for group fed on 2.5 % apricot kernel powder but, the lowest value recorded for group fed on 5% mixture apricot and plum with a significant difference at (P≤0.05). The mean values were 71.50 and 53.70 U/L, respectively. The highest GPT liver enzyme of treated group recorded for group fed on 2.5 % plum kernel powder but, the lowest value recorded for group fed on 5% mixture apricot and plum with significant difference at (P≤0.05). The mean values were 16.05 and 11.80 U/L, respectively. The lowest triglyceride and total cholesterol level recorded for group fed on 5% mixture apricot and plum kernel. On the other hand, the highest HDL-c of treated group recorded for group fed on 5% mixture of apricot and plum kernel powder. The verse versa recorded for LDL-c and VLDL-c. Also, the lowest glucose, urea, uric acid and creatinine levels recorded for 5% mixture plum and apricot kernel powder with significant differences. As conclusion, 5.0 % mixture of apricot and plum kernel powder recorded the best levels for protective, improvement lipid profile, kidney functions and glucose levels. Therefore, apricot and plum kernel powder and their mixture could be used in our beverages and daily dishes.
Control of irradiation-induced lipid oxidation and volatile sulfur compounds using antioxidants in raw meat and ready-to-Eat meat products

Ionizing radiation is a non-thermal processing technology used for extending shelf-life and disinfestation of fruits and vegetables, and for inactivating foodbome pathogens and spoilage microorganisms of various foods. However, ionizing radiation can promote lipid oxidation, particularly during post-irradiation storage when exposed to oxygen, and induce development of an off-odor in meats. Free radicals, such as hydroxyl radicals and hydrated electrons, generated from radiolysis of water, attack food components (proteins, amino acids, lipids etc.), leading to an increased rate of lipid oxidation and production of volatile sulfur compounds. Most of the volatile sulfur compounds, such as hydrogen sulfide, methanethiol, methyl sulfide, dimethyl disulfide and dimethyl trisulfide have very low odor thresholds. Antioxidants applied either as additives, ingredients, or dietary supplementation inhibited lipid oxidation, but had a limited effect on production of volatile sulfur compounds, suggesting the mechanisms for irradiation-induced lipid oxidation and production of volatile sulfur compounds are different. Combination of antioxidants with packaging systems may be used to reduce both lipid oxidation and production of off-odor compounds.
Comparison between Measured Data-Carrying VDSL2 Cable Radiation and Radiation Limits for Wire-Line Telecommunication Networks

Digital subscriber line (DSL) is a technology that is widely used for bringing high-speed Internet access to the users’ premises. Unfortunately, the use of the DSL over existing copper telecommunication networks can result in radiation that can cause interference to radio systems operating in the same frequency range. To restrict such radio disturbances various radiation limits for wire-line telecommunication networks have been proposed. However, radiation limits differ significantly from each other which makes it difficult to adopt common protection criteria. In this paper, the comparison between defined radiation limits and measurements of the E-field radiation from the copper telecommunication cable is performed based on the measurement methodology described in the ITU-T K.60 Recommendation. The aim of the measurement was to assess whether the radiation from the aerial copper telecommunication cable (type: TK59U-xDSL) when VDSL2 profile 17a technology is used, meets radiation limits mostly used in the European Union. Measurement results have shown that the radiation from the cable is approximately 6 dB above limits proposed by the ECC/REC(05)04 Recommendation, which could cause intolerable errors in radio signal reception, thus disabling radio service to operate as intended. The obtained results show that the power spectral density (PSD) should be reduced by 10 dB in order to assure an adequate protection of radio services.
The Comparison of Major Dietary Patterns in People with and without Calcium Oxalate Kidney Stone: A Case-Control Study

ORIGINAL ARTICLE Background: It was suggested that dietary patterns might play a role in the pathogenesis of nephrolithiasis. The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between dietary patterns and the occurrence of calcium oxalate kidney stone disease. Methods: A case-control study was conducted on 634 male and female participants aged 18-65 in Tehran using a convenient sampling method. The participants were investigated in the case (n = 317) and control (n = 317) groups. Demographic and anthropometric information, medical history, physical activity, and dietary intake were collected by interview. A validated 147-item food frequency questionnaire was administered to assess the dietary patterns. Factor analysis was also applied with principal component approach (PCA) to determine the major dietary patterns. Results: The findings showed two major dietary patterns using 41 food groups. Significant differences were observed in nutritional factors and physical activity between the case and the control groups. After adjusting the covariates, the risk of calcium oxalate kidney stone was significantly higher for those in the highest tertile of unhealthy dietary pattern compared to the lowest ones (OR, 3.83; 95%CI, 2.22-6.61). Additionally, no relationship was found between the healthy dietary pattern and the risk of calcium oxalate kidney stone in any of the four logistic regression models (P for trend > 0.05) (OR,0.95; 95%CI, 0.58-1.55). Conclusion: We found that the unhealthy dietary pattern was strongly associated with increased risk for calcium oxalate kidney stones.
ANIMAL MODEL ASSESSMENT OF THE BIOCHEMICAL EFFECT OF ADMINISTRATION OF AQUEOUS EXTRACTS OF A. INDICA STEM BARK

This study investigated the biochemical implication of administration of aqueous extracts of Azadirchta indica stem bark in animal model. Eighteen (18) Albino rats of first filial generation were used randomly divided into six groups of three rats each based on their body weight. Group A served as the control while group B which served as the safe dose group received 547.23mg/kg body weight in 1mL of extract. In the same manner, group C, D, E and F respectively received 1mL of extract that were 10% below safe dose, 10% above safe dose, 20% above safe dose and 30% above safe dose respectively. Administration was for fourteen (14) days. On the fifteenth (15 th ) day, all animals were humanely sacrificed and appropriate tissues for analysis were used to assess Lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), Glutathione peroxidase (GPx) or reductase (GSH), Malondialdehyde (MDA), Gamma glutamyltransferase (GGT) among others. Mean values of triplicate analysis were subjected to single analysis of variance and Turkey krammer multiple comparison post hoc test using GraphPad Prism version 7. Results were considered significant at 95% confidence. Group A recorded comparable G-6-PDH activity as group B, 167.21±1.98. Group B recorded the highest GPx activity. GGT observed in group B, 2.32±0.67U/L was significantly (P< 0.05) lower than observed in group A, 6.18±1.39U/L. Administration of the extract resulted in increased LDH activity. Evidence from the study suggest5 beneficial effect of usage of adequate dosage of the extract.
Practice and knowledge about breast self -examination among female students in College of Medicine, University of Baghdad: A Descriptive cross-sectional study

Background: Early detection of breast cancer enhances the treatment and management before occurrence of metastasis. One of the ways of early detection is breast self -examination which is simple and noninvasive. Aim of the study: This study aims to assess the level o f knowledge and practice o f Breast Self-Examination among the female students in college of medicine /university of Baghdad. Material and methods: th is is a descriptive, cross sectional study, the data was collected by using a simple random sampling method, we collect data from 200 female medical students from University of Baghdad – College of Medicine, by sharing the link of the questionnaire among students social media group. Results: Age range of the study participants was from 17-25 years with a mean of 20.5 years. Most of them were aware of breast carcinoma, all females who heard about breast cancer heard about at least one sign of it. In this regard, we found that among the (200 students), 98.5% reported knowledge about the subject and 54.5% reported practicing breast self-examination. Doctors (44.5%) were the main source of informat ion on breast self-examination. Conclusions : Though most students are aware of the existence of breast cancer, there is insufficient practice o f breast self-examination. The study highlights the need for educational programs to increase awareness regarding regular breast cancer screening behavior.
MULTIPOINT COMPETITION, MUTUAL FORBEARANCE AND ENTRY INTO GEOGRAPHIC MARKETS

There is a growing interest in the management and economics literatures in testing different hypotheses derived from the theory of multimarket competition. Although the last papers published seem to confirm the positive link between multimarket contact and mutual forbearance, the empirical results do not seem to be conclusive. This paper adds more evidence to this literature examining the influence of multipoint competition on the incentives of firms to collude. Contrary to other papers that focus on the effect of multipoint competition on performance, our analysis emphasizes competitor actions. Our hypotheses are tested through the analysis of entry behavior into new geographical ma rkets in the Spanish savings bank market. Given the coordination assumption implicit in the theory, we do so using “variance corrected” and “frailty” survival models.
The development and persistence of soil moisture stress during drought across southwestern Germany

The drought of 2018 in central and northern Europe showed once more the large impact that this natural hazard can have on the environment and society. Such droughts are often seen as slowly developing phenomena. However, root zone soil moisture deficits can rapidly develop during periods lacking precipitation and meteorological conditions that favor high evapotranspiration rates. These periods of soil moisture stress can persist for as long as the meteorological drought conditions last, thereby negatively affecting vegetation and crop health. In this study, we aim to characterize past soil moisture stress events over the croplands of southwestern Germany and, furthermore, to relate the characteristics of these past events to different soil and climate properties. We first simulated daily soil moisture over the period 1989–2018 on a 1 km resolution grid, using the physically based hydrological model TRAIN. We then derived various soil moisture stress characteristics, including probability, development time, and persistence, from the simulated time series of all agricultural grid cells (n≈ 15000). Logistic regression and correlation were then applied to relate the derived characteristics to the plant-available storage capacity of the root zone and to the climatological setting. Finally, sensitivity analyses were carried out to investigate how results changed when using a different parameterization of the root zone, i.e., soil based or fixed, or when assessing soil moisture drought (anomaly) instead of stress. Results reveal that the majority of agricultural grid cells across the study region reached soil moisture stress during prominent drought years. The development time of these soil moisture stress events varied substantially, from as little as 10 d to over 4 months. The persistence of soil moisture stress varied as well and was especially high for the drought of 2018. A strong control on the probability and development time of soil moisture stress was found to be the storage capacity of the root zone, whereas the persistence was not strongly linearly related to any of the considered controls. On the other hand, the sensitivity analyses revealed the increased control of climate on soil moisture stress characteristics when using a fixed instead of a soil-based root zone storage. Thus, the strength of different controls depends on the assumptions made during modeling. Nonetheless, the storage capacity of the root zone, whether it is a characteristic of the soil or a difference between a shallow or deep rooting crop, remains an important control on soil moisture stress characteristics. This is different for SM drought characteristics, which have little or contrasting relation with the storage capacity of the root zone. Overall, the results give insight to the large spatial and temporal variability in soil moisture stress characteristics and suggest the importance of considering differences in root zone soil storage for agricultural drought assessments.
Predictors of radiation-induced complications in radiation oncology based on cell survival tests after ex vivo exposure: literature review

© Вінніков В. А. , Рубльова Т. В. , 2021 РЕЗЮМЕ Актуальність. Серед онкологічних хворих, які отримують променеву терапію, від 5 до 15 % осіб можуть мати побічні реакції та ускладнення в нормальних тканинах та органах, що обмежують лікування у повному, первинно запланованому режимі. Розробка прогностичних біомаркерів і методів, що дозволяють передбачити нормальну токсичність тканин у радіаційній онкології, потребує значних витрат і ресурсів, що зумовлює необхідність періодичного аналізу й переоцінки поточного стану та потенційних напрямків подальших досліджень у цій галузі. Мета роботи – огляд присвячено методологічним підходам і розробкам у галузі функціональних лабораторних тестів на основі клітинної виживаності ex vivo для предикції індивідуальної клінічної радіочутливості. Матеріали та методи. Було проаналізовано і систематизовано дані повнотекстових публікацій у закордонних (англомовних) наукових виданнях за період 1990–2020 рр. , відібраних шляхом пошуку в інформаційній базі PubMed і за перехресними посиланнями за тематикою «функціональні клітинні тести на радіочутливість для предикції променевих реакцій і ускладнень у нормальних тканинах після променевої терапії». Результати та їх обговорення. У теорії очікувалося, що найкращим індивідуальним предиктором радіаційної токсичності має виступати клоногенна виживаність опромінених клітин як інтегральний показник ураження клітин і зниження їх регенераційного потенціалу. Характерно, що фібробласти, як тест-система для таких досліджень, не показали істотних переваг над лімфоцитами ані щодо виявлення міжіндивідуальних варіацій клітинної радіочутливості, ані щодо предикції клінічної променевої токсичності, причому навіть у випадку променевих реакцій шкіри. Виявилося, що вимірювання клоногенної виживаності клітин потребує забагато часу, є технічно надто складним, а результати істотно непевні, недостатньо чутливі та специфічні й мають занизьку відтворюваність, що робить його непридатним для скринінгу на аномальну індивідуальну радіочутливість. Проте цей тип досліджень можна застосовувати для радіобіологічної експертизи post factum в окремих випадках появи неочікуваних екстремальних променевих реакцій. Предиктори променевих ускладнень у радіаційній онкології на основі тестів на виживаність клітин після ex vivo опромінення: огляд літератури Вінніков В. А. , ORCID: 0000-0003-0232-7050, e-mail: imr.nauka@ukr.net Рубльова Т. В. , ORCID: 0000-0002-8007-3220, e-mail: imr_ss@ukr.net Державна установа «Інститут медичної радіології та онкології імені С. П. Григор’єва Національної Академії медичних наук України», м. Харків, Україна
Behavioural conservation in hatchery-reared brown trout Phenotypic effects of controlled crossbreeding with wild fish PUBLICATIONS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND BEHAVIOURAL CONSERVATION IN HATCHERY-REARED BROWN TROUT PHENOTYPIC EFFECTS OF CONTROLLED CROSSBREEDING WITH WILD FISH

Human activities have a major impact on river ecosystems worldwide. To compensate for the loss of natural habitats, massive stocking programs have been built to maintain fish stocks. The lack of natural reproduction and natural selection have led into another increasing threat to our fish stocks: domestication. Considering the ecological and economic value of brown trout as well as the other salmonid stocks, there is an urgent need for better fisheries management and research for fisheries-induced evolution, but also for study of behavioural conservation. Indeed, behaviour has been a long-neglected trait that can have direct effects on individual survival and fitness. While stocking programs have focused on numbers of stocked individuals, and maintenance of genetic diversity, the local adaptations and behavioural diversity have not been among main interests. This has led to domestication and low stocking success making the expensive stocking programs ineffectual. In this thesis, I focus on behaviour and behavioural conservation. I study how a brown trout strain, reared in the hatchery over multiple generations, differs in behavioural diversity from wild brown trout. By controlled crossbreeding between these two strains, I aim to rewild the local hatchery broodstock and thus save the last remaining adfluvial brown trout population in Oulujärvi watershed. I show that hatchery strain brown trout juveniles differ from wild strain fish in their acute postrelease behavioural response and disperse rapidly downstream after release.