Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Classification of Dermoscopic Skin Cancer Images Using Color and Hybrid Texture Features

Summary Malignant Melanoma is one of the rare and the deadliest form of skin cancer if left untreated. Death rate due to this cancer is three times more than all other skin-related malignancies combined. Incidence rates of melanoma have been increasing, especially among young adults, but survival rates are high if detected early. Unfortunately, the time and costs required for dermatologists to screen all patients for melanoma are prohibitively expensive. There is a need for an automated system to assess a patient's risk of melanoma using digital dermoscopy, that is, a skin imaging technique widely used for pigmented skin lesion inspection. In this research, we aim to propose an intelligent automated method for identification of the type of skin lesions using machine-learning techniques. Two types of texture feature have been used to perform classification of melanoma and non-melanoma. First local information through Local Binary Pattern (LBP) on different scales and Gray Level Co-Occurrence Matrix (GLCM) at different angles has been extracted as a texture features. These features are robust due to scale invariant property of LBP and rotation invariant property of GLCM features. Global information of different colors channels has been incorporated through four different moments extracted in six different color spaces like RGB, HSV, YCbCr, NTSc, CIE L*u*v and CIE L*a*b. Thus a fused hybrid texture local and color as global features has been proposed to classify the melanoma and non-melanoma. Support vector machine has been used as a classifier to classify melanoma and non-melanoma. Experiments have been tested on well-known dataset dermis that is freely available on the Internet. The proposed method has been compared with state of the art methods and shows better performance in comparison to the existing methods.
Explain why Malaysian broiler industry facing production problem

This study examines the economic viable and the financial assessments of the broiler farmer sector in peninsular Malaysia. The paper draws on the results of the secondary data that taking from University Putra Malaysia, these data collected by a team of researchers/enumerators from the Institute of Agricultural and Food Policy Studies (IKDPM), University Putra Malaysia. The findings disclosed that the broiler farm tolerate major cost from acquiring operating inputs especially feed, but it still gaining profits because of the high demand, high self-sufficiency and the stability of the industry. ON the other hand the sensitivity analysis appears that this industry is more sensitive to selling prices and feed cost. The study suggests that the chicken production in Peninsular Malaysia is financially profitable and economically viable to the long project assessment. This industry also may sustain at any level of risks. However, the government needs to take serious intervention to the industry, since the problem of high cost production is still remain in the farm operation.
The Effect of Grape Seed Extract and Cetuximab Drug on Mucositis of Experimental Rats

Objectives: Cetuximab is an anticancerous drug which causes oral mucositis as a major side effect. Oral mucositis can be reduced by the effect of grape seed extract which modulates the inflammatory pathways. Our aim is to evaluate the effect of Grape seed extract and Cetuximab drug on mucositis and bacterial infection in tongue mucosa of experimental rats. Design: 24 rats were housed in the animal house and divided into 4 groups receiving Cetuximab alone, Cetuximab and Grape seed extract together or Grape seed extract one week ahead of Cetuximab drug and compared with the control group which received no treatment. After sacrifice the tongue was dissected and paraffin blocks were prepared. Tissue sections were stained by routine hematoxylin and eosin stain for examination by the light microscope. Tissue blocks for scanning electron microscopic examination were also prepared. Results: The mean number of inflammatory cells decreased in rats receiving Grape seed extract and Cetuximab especially if Grape seed extract was given before Cetuximab. Scanning electron microscopic examination revealed atrophy of filliform papillae and many bacterial colonies in rats taking Cetuximab alone, which decreased after adding Grape seed extract to Cetuximab drug. Conclusion: Grape seed extract reduced oral mucositis and bacterial infection caused by Cetuximab drug.
Vitamin D deficiency in critically ill patients, does its deficiency matter?

Introduction: Vitamin D supplementation during the critical illness for patients with vitamin D deficiency has been studied yet not fully. Daily supplementation of the recommended dietary allowance (RDA) of vitamin D slightly improve the 25(OH) D serum concentrations in those patients with vitamin D deficiency. Methodology: A prospective observational study included 56 consecutive patients who admitted to the critical care department ICU, Cairo University. Patients were analyzed for serum level of 25-hydroxy vitamin D using ELISA technique and calculating APACHE II score on admission and SOFA score on admission (SOFA 0), after 48 hour (SOFA 1) and at discharge (SOFA 2). Results: The mean age of the studied patients was 63.2±17.4 years,42 (75%) were males and 14 (25%) were females. The mean duration of hospital stay was 13.6±7 days with mean APACHE II score and SOFA on admission, 48 hours and 96 hours post admission. The mean value of vitamin D in the whole studied population was 19.01±13.95 ng/ml. The levels showed insignificant statistical difference between male and female genders (18.9 versus 19.2 ng/ml,p value 0.9). The mortality rate was 7.14% (out of the studied 56 patients 4/56 patients. By comparing the length of hospital stay (LOS), APACHE II, SOFA scores and vitamin D level between survivors and non-survivors; there was a statistically significant higher APACHE II score, SOFA scores (SOFA 0, SOFA 1and SOFA2) and a lower vitamin D level in non-survivors. Conclusion: vitamin D insufficiency is commonly observed in the critically ill patients. Vitamin D levels were found to be significantly lower in the critically ill non-survived patients and correlated significantly to APACHE II score on admission and SOFA scores. A cut off value of 9.9 ng/ml was adequately predictive for 28 days’ survival with sensitivity of 72.5% and specificity of 75%.
Influence of Technostructural Interventions on Performance Of Commercial Banks In Kenya

Technostructural interventions are an expensive typology of organization development interventions. The literature, however, indicates that empirical studies have across different sectors and settings established varied results on the effect of these interventions on organizational outcomes. This study consequently sought to establish the effect of technostructural interventions on the performance of commercial banks in Kenya. The typologies of technostructural interventions considered were job enrichment, employee involvement and physical layout. The study adopted a cross sectional research design. Multivariate data analysis indicated that job enrichment and physical layout do not have an effect on performance of commercial banks in Kenya. Employee involvement was however found to have a positive and significant effect on the performance of commercial banks in Kenya.
Is it Trendy to do Research on Graphene Based Materials for use in Regenerative Medicine?

Regenerative medicine requires adequate physical supports to facilitate appropriate cellular architecture, cell polarization and guidance and the improvement of the correct differentiation processes of embryonic or adult stem cells and induced pluripotent cells. Interdisciplinary collaboration between cell biologists, physicists and engineers is required to develop and successfully achieve the objectives of this pioneering research in tissue engineering. The materials most frequently used for those purposes are carbon derivatives and although there is abundant research with other materials, we consider that the most widely currently used type of materials are those comprised under the term graphene-based nanomaterials (GBN).
The Effect of Cold Application on Pain and Anxiety during Chest Tube Removal

Many cardiothoracic patients indicate an insertion of a chest tube, in either emergency or nonemergency situation with eventual removal after cardiothoracic surgery, trauma, and other condition. Patients always describe chest tube removal as a painful event and report that the pain is poorly managed. Little evidence-based research has guided health team in attempts to alleviate such pain. The aim of this study was to examine the effect of cold application on pain intensity and anxiety during chest tube removal. Material and method: Single blinded randomized experimental design was used. The study was conducted at the cardiothoracic, surgical ward and intensive care unit at King Fahd Hospital of the University, Al-Khobar. Forty patients who had a chest tube after cardio-thoracic surgery was randomly assigned into two groups. The study group received ice therapy 20 minutes before CTR, whereas control group without cold application. One tool was used it covered three part: 1) Demographic data , tube and surgical information’s , 2) Visual Analogue Scale for measuring pain intensity and 3)Hamilton Anxiety Scale for measuring Anxiety Level. Results: revealed that the correlation between pre anxiety and pain before and during chest tube removal was insignificant correlated, while it was significantly correlated after removal with = p<. 05, and the main pain during chest tube removal for the cold application group were 2.00 which mean mild pain sensation and 7.95 for the control group which mean severe pain sensation. Conclusion and Recommendation: The ice packs application able to reduce the intensity of pain and anxiety level associated with chest tube removal. Therefore it was recommended to be used during chest tube removal. Additional research is needed to investigate this effect. [Raiza Abdoullah Al-Otaibi. ; Fatma M Mokabel, and Yasser AL-Ghuneimy. The Effect of Cold Application on Pain and Anxiety during Chest Tube Removal. J Am Sci 2013;9(7):13-23]. (ISSN: 1545-1003). http://www.jofamericanscience. org. 2
Morpho-histological studies on the adrenal gland in male and female bat , Taphozous Kachhensis ( Dobson )

Copyright: © Author, This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial No Derives License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is noncommercial and no modifications or adaptations are made. It was aimed to study the size, weight and shape differences between right and left adrenal glands, the cortico-medullary ratio of the adrenal glands in bat Taphozous kachhensis. The specimen of Taphozous kachhensis were collected from Ambai Nimbai,45 kilometers from Bramhapuri (M.S.). Many collections were made during the breeding season so as to coincide with the time of reproductive cycle. These bats are very sluggish in nature after collection they were sexed and were brought to the laboratory. Weight recorded with digital balance before they were sacrificed. The Adrenal were dissect out and fixed in alcoholic Bouin’s fluid. After fixation for 24 hr tissue were washed with 70% ethanol. For the histological examinations, after fixation, tissue samples were dehydrated, cleared, and embedded in paraffin. Haematoxylin and eosin staining method was used to examine tissue sections. The size and weight of the gland were different from male to female bats. The adrenal gland is composed of two distinct cell layers, the cortex and the medulla. The medulla is composed of chromaffin cells that produce the hormones epinephrine and norepinephrine. The mean diameter and the weight of the Right and left adrenal gland is varies during different phases of the reproductive cycle. The cortico-medullary ratio in male was 65.57% cortex and 34.43% medulla (1.9:1) and in female 58.84% cortex and 41.16% medulla (1.43:1). Medullary tissue of adrenal glands was more in female whereas the cortical tissue was more in male and this suggests that the adrenal medulla hormones production was more in female bat and similarly, cortical hormone secretion was more in male bat.
Performances of Broiler Chickens Fed on Diet Supplemented with Thyme and Oregano Essential Oils Stabilized in a Plant Charcoal Matrix. J. World Poult. Res., 7 (2): 79-87

University of Dschang, Faculty of Agronomy and Agricultural Sciences, Department of Animal Productions, Laboratory of Animal Production, PO Box: 70 Dschang, Cameroon. Department of Animal Biotechnology, National Institute for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (NIGEB), PO Box: 14965/161, Tehran, Iran. *Corresponding author’s Email: kanajean@yahoo.fr Received: 04 May 2017 Accepted: 03 June 2017 ABSTRACT
PSYCHOLOGICAL CHALLENGES OF ELDERS IN GONDAR CITY, NORTH WEST ETHIOPIA

Elders in Ethiopia are vulnerable to diversified psychological problems due to multifaceted challenges like elderly abuse, stereotypes, myths and lack of psychosocial support. As a result, they are triggered to develop versatile psychological problems. The main objective of this study was to examine psychological challenges (anxiety, depression, self-esteem and loneliness) among elders who were residing in Gondar City. For this purpose, 124 study participants were selected using snowball sampling technique. In order to assess the level of self-esteem, Rosenberg self-esteem inventory was used. Anxiety and depression were assessed using depression symptoms inventory and loneliness was assessed through UCLA Loneliness Scale. Then, analysis was made using t-test, ANOVA and correlation. The study revealed statistically significant sex difference on anxiety (p<0.05) but not on self-esteem, depression and loneliness (p>0.05). Concerning marital status statistically significant difference was found on self- esteem, loneliness, anxiety, and depression (p<0.05). In addition, significant variation was detected with type of primary care givers on self-esteem, loneliness, anxiety and depression (p<0.05). Regarding, educational status, statistically significant variation was seen on loneliness and depression (p<0.01) but not on self-esteem and anxiety (p>0.05). Self-esteem was statistically significant inverse relationship with age (p<0.01), and direct relationship with income level (p<0.01). Furthermore, age was statistically significant relationship with loneliness, (p<0.01), anxiety (p<0.05) and depression (p<0.01). Based on the findings researchers concluded that regardless of the variation in sex elders are vulnerable to psychological problems; independent life, marital status, age and income level are associated with psychological problems.
THE EFFECT OF SEED WEIGHT AND SIZE ON GERMINATION AND GROWTH OF TIMORIANA (DC.) MERR. (SYN. DELICIOUS VEGETABLE OF MANIPUR

Parkia timoriana multipurpose tree and a delicious vegetable of Manipur. It shows wide variation in seed weigh seed size. The effect of seed weight and seed size on germination, seedling survival and growth were evaluated. Seeds were grouped into 3 classes each on weight (< 0.8 g, 0.8 size (diameter) (<12mm, 12 various parameters were collected for survival and growth studies. After a period of 6 months final growth parameters as well as above and below ground biomass were measured. It was found that seed germination, see weight >1g seeds among the seed weight classes; and in 12 (diameter) classes. Heavier seeds confer an advantage to their seedlings for survival a to the presence of large reserve of nutritive substances. Better performance of medium size seeds probably constitutes an evolutionary trade adaptive for most plants. Therefore, for medium size (12
Assess the Effect of Cucrumen in Histopathologcal Changes on the Cerebral Cortex of Offspring Rats Toxicity Induced By Fried

Acrylamide is an industrial chemical formed in food containing starch like chips, crisps and bread during heat processing and preparation of food. Acrylamide used in preparing polyacrylamide which is used in water purification from organic substance, paper, oil field industries and preparation of poly acrylamide gels using in laboratory searching. The present investigation shows the effect of dietary fried food on the histoarchitecture of the cerebral cortex, female Sprague-Dawley rats were feeding with fried potato chips or fried bread alone or combined at dose 15%, 30% supplemented basil diet before 6 weeks of gestation and 6 weeks during the gestation and lactation, the offspring's reaching 3 weeks old. Microscopic examination of sections of the cerebral cortex of offspring's maternally fed on fried potato (G2) showing some cells appeared with distorted deeply stain ,malformed in pia mater with loss of density in plexus nerve fibers and dilatation blood capillary in piamater with many necrotic cells, Cerebral cortex of (G ,3,4) showed rupture piamater layer, with infiltrated inflammatory cells in molecular layer, The most prominent alterations in external granular such as most nuclei in external granular cell shrunken surrounded by spaces and dilated congested blood capillary in piamater and molecular layer with loss of density in plexus in molecular layer(G ,5,6 &7). The using of curcumen showing ameliorative cerebral tissue, represented in low doses of acrylamide (fried potato 15%%, fried bread 15% mixed fried bread & potato 15%),) groups: indicated the external granular cell appeared nearly normal, with moderate ameliorative. On the other side, the groups feds on high dose of acrylamide (fried potato 30%, fried bread 30% mixed fried bread & potato 30%), showed remarkable changes, represented necrotic cells& dilated blood capillary, inflammatory tricked in pia matter and loss of plexus, necrotic cells & dilated blood capillary. [Ismail, N.H. Assess the Effect of Cucrumen in Histopathologcal Changes on the Cerebral Cortex of Offspring Rats Toxicity Induced By Fried Foods. J Am Sci 2012;8(8):215-221]. (ISSN: 1545-1003). http://www.jofamericanscience. org.33
Analysis of Malondialdehyde (MDA) Contents in Frozen Fish Sold in Two Fish Markets in Ibadan, Southwest Nigeria

The aim of this study was to analyse the Malondialdehyde (MDA) concentrations in frozen fish sold in Nigerian markets. Thirty-six samples each of Chub Mackerel (Scomber japonicus) and Sardine (Sardinella eba) were purchased at 8:00, 12:00, and 16:00 hours of the day from twelve fishmongers purposively selected from two fish markets in Ibadan. MDA contents were determined colorimetrically using thiobarbituric acid. MDA contents in both fish types increased with hour of the day. Chub mackerel had higher MDA contents compared to Sardine. It can be inferred that the fish samples analyzed had unacceptable levels of MDA, though; the concentrations of MDA that can cause toxicity have not been established. Thus, there is need for stricter government regulations on the quality of imported fish, sold in Nigerian markets because of MDA toxicity and its implications for public health. Abstract— Analysis, Frozen fish, Malondialdehyde,Nigeria ——————————  ——————————
THE ANALYSIS OF FACTORS AFFECTING CPO EXPORT PRICE OF INDONESIA

This study aims to determine and analyze the influences of world crude oil price shocks, world soybean oil prices, world CPO prices, palm oil TBS prices and the exchange rate of rupiah/US dollar towards the transmission on CPO export prices of Indonesia. This study uses quantitative analysis model with the approach of vector autogression model (VAR) which includes three main analysis tools namely Granger causality test, impulse response function (IRF) and forecast error decomposition of variance (FEDV). The variables which are used in this research are world petroleum price, world soybean oil price, CPO price of Rotterdam, CPO export price of Indonesia, fresh fruit bunch price and real exchange rate (real exchange rate). From Granger Causality test result, The price transmission process takes place the plot as follows: world crude oil prices significantly influence the CPO price of world (Rotterdam) which will significantly influence the world soybean oil prices and so on have a significant influence on the value of the real exchange rate which will influence the price of fresh fruit bunches and ultimately have a significant influence on CPO price export of Indonesia. From the estimation result of VAR model, there are significant influences of world crude oil price shocks, world soybean oil prices, world CPO prices, palm oil TBS prices and rupiah/US dollar exchange rates simultaneously to the transmission on CPO export prices of Indonesia. Based on analysis of Impulse response and variance decomposition, in the first period, one hundred percent average variability of CPO export price growth is significantly explained by the average growth of CPO export prices itself. In the subsequent period, the average variability of CPO export price growth is significantly explained by the average growth of CPO export price itself as well as other variables.
Effect of Audit and Debt Financing Quality on Profit Management of Companies Accepted in Tehran Stock Exchange

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of audit quality and debt financing on earnings management. In this research, the quality of audit and debt financing is considered as an independent variable and profit management as an associated variable. The criteria for measuring the audit quality of the auditor's tenure, the size of the audit firm, the auditor's specialty, and the independence of the auditor are to measure the financing of both short-term financing (short-term debt to total assets) and long-term debt financing (Longterm debt to total assets). Also, for measuring earnings management as a dependent variable, the modified Jones model was used. The spatial domain of the research includes companies admitted to the Tehran Stock Exchange and the realm of time from the beginning of 2010 to 2016, totally due to the restrictions imposed, 134 companies were selected as samples. Testing the research hypotheses using aggregated least squares regression showed that none of the audit quality criteria studied in this research and debt financing had any effect on the management of profit.
Clinical Spectrum of Severe Plasmodium falciparum Malaria in a Tertiary Care Centre of Eastern India

Introduction: Plasmodium falciparum malaria is one of the major public health problem presented with varied clinical severity. This study was carried out to observe the clinical spectrum of severe falciparum malaria in a tertiary health care centre. Methods: This study was undertaken in hospitalized adults with suspected severe malaria. Confirmation of falciparum infection was done by ICT/QBC and single-step-PCR. Diagnosis of severe malaria was done by WHOguideline 2010. Original Research Article Purohit et al.; IJTDH, 12(4): 1-11, 2016; Article no.IJTDH. 22387 2 Results: 450 adult cases with falciparum infection were studied. Maximum number of cases was from 15-25 years age group depicting the high exposure to malaria. In these patients, acute renal failure (ARF) was the most common (36.2%) complication followed by cerebral malaria (35.3%), jaundice (27.8%), hepatic dysfunction (21.8%), respiratory distress (18.4%), severe malarial anemia (15.8%), thrombocytopenia (15.1%), and hypoglycemia (9.3%). Mortality was found in 6.0% of cases. Cerebral involvement and ARF were the common cause of death in these patients. Conclusion: ARF is the most common type of clinical severity followed by cerebral malaria in adults and both are equally responsible for death along with other complications. Looking into the matter of varied clinical severity, accurate diagnosis, effective anti-malarial treatment along with supportive therapy is necessary to triumph over this deadly severe falciparum malaria.