Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
LSA SAF Meteosat FRP Products : Part 2-Evaluation and 1 demonstration for use in the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring 2 Service ( CAMS ) 3 4 5

19 20 Characterising the dynamics of landscape scale wildfires at very high temporal resolutions is 21 best achieved using observations from Earth Observation (EO) sensors mounted onboard 22 geostationary satellites. As a result, a number of operational active fire products have been 23 developed from the data of such sensors. An example of which are the Fire Radiative Power 24 (FRP) products, the FRP-PIXEL and FRP-GRID products, generated by the Land Surface 25 Analysis Satellite Applications Facility (LSA SAF) from imagery collected by the Spinning 26 Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager (SEVIRI) on-board the Meteosat Second Generation 27 (MSG) series of geostationary EO satellites. The processing chain developed to deliver these 28 FRP products detects SEVIRI pixels containing actively burning fires and characterises their 29 FRP output across four geographic regions covering Europe, part of South America and 30 northern and southern Africa. The FRP-PIXEL product contains the highest spatial and 31 temporal resolution FRP dataset, whilst the FRP-GRID product contains a spatio-temporal 32 summary that includes bias adjustments for cloud cover and the non-detection of low FRP 33
Minor H-Antigens Presented on Tolerated Haplotype Induce T-Effector Cells Restricted to Tolerated Haplotype. Strong alloreactivity to an unrelated H-2 haplotype in normal animals precludes identifying reactivity to minor H-antigens in an H-2-allogeneic

Sensitized murine thymus-derived (T) lymphocytes possess the preferential ability to recognize extrinsic antigens on H-2 syngeneic cells (1). However, the T-cell repertoire also includes the capaci ty to recognize H-2 alloantigens (2). Because a relatively high proport ion of cytotoxic T-cell precursors recognize H-2 alloantigens (3), the possibility exists that a port ion o f this alloreactivity includes clones of T cells that recognize extrinsic antigens in the context of H-2 allodeterminants. To determine whether there exist clones of T cells that can recognize antigens in the context of H2 al lodeterminants (antigen H-2 aUospecific recognition) in an animal, we utilized animals rendered neonatal ly tolerant of H-2 alloantigens in which the degree of chimerism is exceedingly low. By el iminat ing the H-2 alloreactivity, we are able to demonstrate that cytotoxic T lymphocytes of host origin recognize minor histocompatibili ty (H) x alloantigens on the tolerated H-2 allogeneic cells.
TOPICALLY ADMINISTERED HYALURONIC ACID IN THE UPPER AIRWAY: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW

: Backgroud: Hyaluronic acid (HA) plays a role in controlling inflammatory airway processes and mucociliary clearance, and is also involved in tissue healing and remodelling. Some studies have tested the effectiveness of topically administered HA in patients with upper airway diseases and those who have undergone nasal or sinonasal surgery with positive preliminary results. Objective: To describe the use of topically administered HA in patients with upper airway disorders. Results: Twelve of the 19 initially identified papers were selected, including three papers performed exclusively on pediatric patients, and nine on adult patients corresponding Conclusions and implications: it ABSTRACT 26 Backgroud: Hyaluronic acid (HA) plays a role in controlling inflammatory airway processes and 27 mucociliary clearance, and is also involved in tissue healing and remodelling. Some studies have 28 tested the effectiveness of topically administered HA in patients with upper airway diseases and 29 those who have undergone nasal or sinonasal surgery with positive preliminary results. 30 Objective: To describe the use of topically administered HA in patients with upper airway 31 disorders. 32 Study appraisal and synthesis methods: Pertinent studies published between January 2000 to 33 October 2016 were selected by means of a MEDLINE search (accessed via PubMed) using the 34 following terms: “hyaluronic acid” and “otolaryngology”, “otitis”, “pharyngitis”, “tonsillitis”, 35 “rhinitis”, “rhinosinusitis”, and “nose”. 36 Results: Twelve of the 19 initially identified papers were selected, including three papers 37 performed exclusively on pediatric patients, and nine on adult patients corresponding to 902 38 patients as a whole. 39 Conclusions and implications: There is some evidence that topically administered HA is effective 40 or moderately effective in different otolaryngological conditions, as it improves the global 41 subjective and clinical status of patients with inflammation of the nasopharyngeal and oto-tubaric 42 complex, those with rhinitis or rhinosinusitis, and those who have undergone nasal and sinonasal 43 surgery. However, these findings should be viewed cautiously as they are based on a limited 44 number of studies, some of which were probably under-powered because of their small patient 45 samples. 46 47 ABSTRACT Structured summary 2 Provide a structured summary including, as applicable: background; objectives; data sources; study eligibility criteria, participants, and interventions; study appraisal and synthesis methods; results; limitations; conclusions and implications of key findings; systematic review registration number.
Nigerian Police Officers’ Perception of the Power and Potency of Juju (Black Magic) For Criminalities

Scholarly works on crime and policing are yet to accord much attention to the phenomenon of juju practice and criminality. Indeed, while accounts of survivors of juju-oaths and juju-using criminals have been considerably documented, limited empirical studies have attempted to examine the awareness, beliefs, perception and experiences of law enforcement officers in their dealings with criminals that deploy the use of juju for protection against apprehension. Therefore, an exploratory approach was used to to fill in the gaps in existing knowledge on police belief and response to the use of supernatural powers for the perpetration of crime and crime-fighting. The methodology employed qualitative data obtained through interviews with investigative police officers of selected divisional offices within Ogun state. Results suggest a high level of awareness, belief and positive perception of police officers to juju practice in criminalities and crime-fighting. Police officers‟ adoption of juju powers as a counterforce to combat juju-using criminals appears to be on the increase while they advocate for the recognition of the potency of juju rituals by the criminal justice system. Government and police authorities should recognize, orientate, regulate, and engage juju practice and priests, and maintain sound police-community relations in tackling juju-using criminals.
Effect of some climatic factors and irrigation regimes on tomato growth and chemical constituents

This work was performed in 2012 and 2013 seasons at El- Bostan Protected Cultivation Experimental Site, Agricultural Research Center. The aim of the study was to investigate the growth of tomato plants under various shading densities and water regimes. Tomato variety (V.T.916) F1 hybrid was used. Tomato seeds were sown on 1 st of March during both seasons of 2012 and 2013, in multi-pot transplant. Treatments used were four different levels of shade net (73%,60% and 40%) in addition to the control( without shading). Three water regimes which were tested as follow: 120%, 100% and 80% from class A pan. Results indicated that the application of 73% shading was the most effective in reducing average air temperature and radiation, followed by 60%, and finally 40%. On the other hand, the highest values of air temperature and radiation were observed in the control treatment throughout the two growing seasons. In addition, 73% of shade density reflected the highest values of all growth aspects such as plant height, stem diameter, number of leaves and stems, fresh and dry weight of leaves and except stem diameter compared to the unshaded treatment. As for the effect of irrigation regime on vegetative growth parameters, using the highest level of irrigation water (120% of water requirement) reflected the highest values in all determined growth parameters. With regard to the effect of the interaction between shading densities and irrigation regimes on the vegetative growth traits of tomato plants grown under sandy soil conditions. Shaded plants at 73% shade density and irrigated with the highest level of irrigation water (120% of water requirement) exhibited the highest vegetative growth measurements except stem diameter. Moreover, shaded plants with the highest used level of shade (73%) exhibited the highest content of total nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium and carbohydrates content compared with the medium (60%) and low level of shading 40%. In addition, the highest levels of irrigation water (120% of water requirement) reflected the highest values of such elements. In this connection, the highest shading density (73%) combined with the highest level of irrigation water (120% of water requirement) led to the highest concentration of all assayed mineral macronutrients (N, P and K) or organic constituents (carbohydrates) in tomato leaves
Real Exchange Rate Anomalies in China: Sterilization by the People and Trade Liberalization

When a fixed exchange rate country is faced with a sudden increase in foreign exchange inflows, its economy would normally experience higher inflation and real exchange rate appreciation. Between 1998 and 2006, however, China underwent a period of surging influx of foreign exchange and accumulation of vast reserves with little inflation or changes in the real exchange rate. Instead of sterilization by the central bank, this paper argues that the small change was largely due to “sterilization by the people” — the public voluntarily increased their holdings of monetary balances because of a rise in income or change in preferences — hence alleviating the inflationary pressure on the economy. In addition, the easing of import restrictions also helped offset some of the extra foreign exchange coming into China. An open economy model that highlights the role of the monetary approach is used to demonstrate how increased money demand and trade liberalization can mitigate the impact of the inflows on the domestic price level and the real exchange rate.
FAST PRIMAL-DUAL

We solve the non-linearized and linearized obstacle problems ef-ﬁciently using a primal-dual hybrid gradients method involving projection and/or L 1 penalty. Since this method requires no matrix inversions or explicit identiﬁcation of the contact set, we ﬁnd that this method, on a variety of test problems, achieves the precision of previous methods with a speed up of 1-2 orders of magnitude. The derivation of this method is disciplined, relying on a saddle point formulation of the convex problem, and can be adapted to a wide range of other constrained convex optimization problems.
The ESG impact on corporate financial performance in developing countries: A systematic literature review

Corporate Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) practices have drawn significant academic interest over the last decade. While an extensive part of ESG literature investigates the relationship with corporate financial performance (CFP), most studies have focused on developed countries. This review analyzes the empirical evidence around four key aspects of the ESG CFP relationship in developing countries. Furthermore, this review reveals four evident research gaps and sheds light on two notable ESG research limitations in developing countries. We conducted the review using a systematic approach for constructing the article collection. We analyzed a collection of empirical articles discussing the relationship between ESG and CFP that were extracted from the Web of Science database. It is of interest to note that the articles available on the Web of Science databases are generally available on other research databases such as Scopus. This review shows that while most studies in developed countries indicate a positive relationship, the evidence around ESG and CFP in developing countries remains fragmented. Hence, this review confirms the need for further research in developing countries in more convergent directions. ESG-related reviews have mainly addressed literature about developed countries. To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first review addressing the ESG impact on CFP in the context of developing countries. The extracted articles were gathered from the Web of Science database for its extensive journal coverage as of May 2021. The authors acknowledge that there may be further articles on the topic which were not available on the Web of Science database as of the research date.
Security Standardization for Social Welfare in the Presence of Unverifiable Control

Standard makers in both private and public sectors have been increasingly mandating security standards upon organizations to protect organizational digital assets. A major issue in security standardization is that standards often cannot regulate all possible security efforts by the standard maker because some efforts are unverifiable by nature. This paper studies from an analytical perspective how a standard maker should design the standard using a verifiable security control in the presence of another related unverifiable one. We compare it with two benchmark standards; naïve-standard which refers to the standard maker who ignores the existence of the unverifiable control
The Effectiveness of Cognitive Behavior Therapy Group Counseling on Anger and Aggression Among Prisoners in Malaysia

The purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of cognitive behavioral therapy group counseling in reducing both anger and aggression among male prisoners. A pre-test and post-test research design was used to compare the effectiveness of cognitive behavior between groups. A total of 20 prisoners participated in this study. The subjects were randomly assigned into experimental group (N=10) and control group (N=10). The experimental group received eight sessions of group counseling while control group did not receive any treatment. The State -Trait Anger Expression Inventory-2 (STAXI- 2) and Aggression Questionnaire (AQ) were used to measure anger and aggression behavior. Using ANCOVA, the results have indicated significant differences in anger scales between the experimental and control group, except for anger expression-in, anger control-out, and anger control-in. The results have also shown significant differences in aggression between groups. The implications of the findings and suggestions for future research are discussed.
ISSN 2320-5407 International Journal of Advanced Research (2016), Volume 4, Issue 4, 963-967

Mohamad A Alblihed. Objectives: In vivo study was carried out to monitor the effect of antihypertensive drugs (Captopril and Atenolol) on the metabolites and enzymes that are requested for professional diagnosis in diabetic patients. Methods: 30 hypertensive diabetic subjects of type II (18 males and 12 females) with an average age of (55 ±15 years) and average weight (61 ±16.5 kg) were participated in this study. 17 subjects were on Captopril therapy (50mg/daily) and 13 subjects were on Atenolol therapy (50mg/daily). 30 healthy volunteers of comparable age (52 ± 15 years ) and an average weight (85.5±15.5 kg) was used as control sample. Two venous blood samples were collected from each subject, first blood sample was taken before drug therapy and the second blood sample was taken three weeks after drug therapy. Results: Captopril therapy significantly elevated Total protein (TP), Creatinine, Total cholesterol, Triglyceride, and Creatine kinase (CK) whereas Total bilirubin (T.bil.) was significantly reduced. Total cholesterol (T.Chol.), Triglyceride (TG) and Alanine transaminase (ALT) were found significantly increased in patients with Atenolol therapy. Conclusion: Among the antihypertensive drugs, Atenolol has less effect on all biochemical laboratory parameters and therefore it is more favorable than Captopril.
Use and

This book reviews the potentially important role of hypnosis and psychological preparation in patients scheduled for surgery, but also in patients suffering from chronic pain, in patients coming to the emer- gency room or hospitalized for intensive care, in obstetric populations, in women suffering from gynecological problems, and in children. During hypnosis induction, the hypnotist guides patients through peaceful and relaxing imagery with the goal of helping them feel more relaxed, distracted from adverse stimuli, and more open to therapeutic suggestions. Theﬁrstchapter is devoted to a historical summary of hypnosis with a review of techniques available and commonly used. Another chapter focuses on hypnosis as the sole anesthesia for surgical procedures, and the experience of physicians who have had surgery under hypnosis alone is reported with a ﬁne description of the different steps, from preparation to introduction into the operating room, the surgery itself, the close relationship with the anesthesiologist, recovery room stay, discharge, and complete recovery from the procedure.
Video Analytic Data Reduction Model For Fog Computing

The large volumes of video data cause network congestion and high latency in the centralized cloud computing system. Fog computing architecture that enables employing edge devices has already been used to address these problems. This paper proposes an application model called Video Analytic Data Reduction Model (VADRM) that divides video analytic jobs into smaller tasks with fewer processing requirements. The prototype of VADRM application model for typical video analytics applications (i.e., surveillance cameras) is implemented by Convolutional Neural Network (CNN). The analytical model is created based on the workload characterization of the prototype and used in the general simulation to measure the effectiveness of VADRM for employing edge computing instead of the cloud. The results show VADRM can allocate 45% of the data size for edge processing and 55.50% for cloud processing. iFogSim toolkit is used to simulate the fog environment and measure network performance when using VADRM model.
LncRNA CRNDE and lncRNA SNHG7 are Promising Biomarkers for Prognosis in Synchronous Colorectal Liver Metastasis Following Hepatectomy

Purpose: Synchronous colorectal liver metastasis (SCLM) had limited availability of tools to predict survival and tumor recurrence. LncRNA CRNDE and lncRNA SNHG7 have been proven to be closely related to cancer progression. However, the predictive value of lncRNA CRNDE and lncRNA SNHG7 in cancer prognosis is still unclear. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether lncRNA CRNDE and lncRNA SNHG7 could be used as promising biomarkers for prognosis prediction of SCLM patients who underwent hepatectomy. Methods: The expression pro ﬁ le of lncRNA CRNDE and lncRNA SNHG7 in serum of SCLM patients was examined by qRT-PCR. The relationship between lncRNA expression and clinicopathological characteristics was analyzed. The Cox proportional-hazards regression model and Kaplan-Meier analysis were performed to analyze the association between lncRNA expression and overall survival (OS) and tumor recurrence of SCLM patients. Results: Levels of lncRNA CRNDE and lncRNA SNHG7 in patients who underwent recurrence or death were signi ﬁ cantly higher than that of patients with recurrence-free or survival ( P <0.01). Both lncRNA CRNDE high level and lncRNA SNHG7 high level showed a signi ﬁ cant correlation with differentiation of primary tumor, invasion depth of primary focus, lymph node metastases, number of liver metastases, and liver metastasis grade. High levels of lncRNA CRNDE or lncRNA SNHG7 predicted shorter recurrence time, shorter OS time, higher recurrence rate and lower OS rate. Furthermore, lncRNA CRNDE and lncRNA SNHG7 were independent risk factors for high recurrence and poor OS in SCLM underwent hepatectomy. Conclusion: Taken together, lncRNA CRNDE and lncRNA SNHG7 could be promising biomarkers for prediction of OS and tumor recurrence in SCLM underwent hepatectomy.
Growth and Predictability of Urban Housing Rents

This paper studies urban rental prices for half a millennium (1500–2020) and seven cities: Amsterdam, Antwerp, Bruges, Brussels, Ghent, London, and Paris. Based on a dataset of 436,000 rental cash flow observations, we build continuous annual indices of housing rents, which we employ to study the long-term developments in rental cash flows, as well as their predictability. We find that real rent growth has been limited, but with large differences across cities: average annual growth rates range between 0.12 percent for the Belgian cities to 0.30 percent for Paris. At the market level, we show that sluggish supply adjustment implies that past population growth negatively predicts current rental growth. At the individual asset level, we find that past excess rental growth rates are predictive of future rent revisions, and that increasing steepness of the term structure of contract rents is predictive for future rent levels.
EFFICACY OF ERYTHROMYCIN VS AZITHROMYCIN IN PNEUMONIA

: Objective: To study and compare the clinical effects of azithromycin and erythromycin on children with mycoplasma pneumonia. Methods: Total 132 children with mycoplasma pneumonia who were admitted to our hospital between November 2017 and September 2018 were selected as the research subjects. All the children were divided into an observation group and a control group according to random number table, 66 each. The observation group was treated with azithromycin, while the control group was treated with erythromycin. The therapeutic effect, incidence of adverse reactions and disappearance time of clinical symptoms were compared between the two groups. Results: The total efficacy of the observation group was 98.04%, and that of the control group was 74.51%; there was a significant difference (X 2 =7.184, P=0.007). The incidence of adverse reactions in the observation group was 15.69%, significantly lower than that in the control group (41.18%) (X 2 =6.376, P=0.002). The disappearance of fever, cough, rale and X ray shadow of the observation group was significantly earlier than that of the control group, and the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05). Conclusion: Compared with erythromycin, azithromycin is more effective in the treatment of mycoplasma pneumonia in children. Azithromycin can further shorten the improvement