Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Lexicographic treatment of salient features and challenges in the creation of paper and electronic dictionaries Lexicographic treatment of salient features and challenges in the creation of paper and electronic dictionaries

This paper focuses on the need for lexicographers to study and to treat the salient features of languages satisfactorily and the challenges faced by lexicographers. The focus is on the challenges facing compilers of African language dictionaries and the lack of dictionaries for these languages. It will be argued that lexicographers are expected to fulfil the role of mediators between complicated grammatical structures, on the one hand, and the target users’ needs and expectations, on the other. Dictionaries are expected to be inclusive, e.g., providing for and fulfilling user expectations by giving all the required information in the dictionary in order to reduce the need for consultation of external sources. Expectations for future compilation of paper and electronic dictionaries are discussed. It is expected that paper dictionaries will be used in Africa for many years to come but that paper and electronic dictionaries of high lexicographic quality should be compiled simultaneously. The discussion is presented against the background of the transition of African lexicography from Euro-centred dictionary compilation to Afro-centric compilation. African language dictionaries are continuously compiled in Africa, by Africans for Africans.
The Extent of Adherence to the Precautionary Measures Among University Students in Palestine During COVID-19 Pandemic

: (COVID-19) pandemic has rapidly spread across the globe causing massive disruptions to everyday life. This study aimed to assess the extent of adherence to the Precautionary measures among university students in Palestine during COVID-19 Pandemic. Research design: A cross-sectional sample survey consisted of 2094 male and female university students. Setting: the study was conducted at Modern University College, An-Najah National University, Palestine Polytechnic University, Al-Quds Open University, Ibn Sina College of Health Sciences and Arab American of University /West Bank / Palestine. The data collected was from the participant university students and started in first November 2020 to late November 2020 Subjects: A convenience sample consisted of 2094 female and male students with different Bachelor degree programs. Tools: A self-designed questionnaire was used for data collection and included the following parts. Part 1: demographic of the university students, Part II. Knowledge of university students about Coronavirus, knowledge among isolation for patient with COVID-19 at home, also their knowledge regarding following for Precautionary measures outside home, Part III: precaution practices were assessed for university students outside home Part IV: assessed University student attitude toward COVID-19. Results: the current study reveals that 80.2% of the studied sample of students had a satisfactory total knowledge regarding precaution measures outside home, 91% of them had a satisfactory total knowledge regarding precaution measures inside home among patient with COVID-19, and 95.5% of them had a satisfactory total knowledge regarding COVID-19 disease. There was a statistically highly significant relation between total knowledge and total practices outside home (p-value<0.001), and statistically significant relation between total knowledge and total attitudes (p-value 0.005). Conclusion: based on the current study, students were observed to have substantial knowledge, practices for precautionary measures, and a positive attitude toward COVID-19. Recommendation: continuing Government programs should aim to educate individuals from other sectors of the society to ensure the proper dissemination of knowledge on preventive safety measures, as this will help restrict and control the pandemic.
Interleukin 15 Gene Polymorphism in patients with Alopecia Areata

Background: According to a research done on mice using an IL-15 receptor blocker, there is evidence that IL-15 may be involved in the pathophysiology of Alopecia Areata (AA). It's possible that cytokine gene polymorphisms in the regulatory regions could play a role in immune system illness etiology by altering cytokine concentrations in the body. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the possible association of IL-15 genetic polymorphism (rs17015014) with the risk of development of AA and correlate it with severity of the disease. Patients and methods: This case control study was conducted on 50 patients suffering from AA and 50 control subjects. After clinical and dermoscopic examination, severity of AA was measured by SALT score. Detection of interleukin 15 gene polymorphism in DNA extracted from blood sample by polymerase chain reaction and Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism detection were performed. Results: Distribution of IL-15 (rs17015014) gene polymorphism among cases was 22% GG, 60% GC, 18% CC genotypes, while controls had 30% GG, 50% GC and 20% CC genotypes. Cases had 52% G and 48% C alleles, while controls had 55% G and 45% C alleles. No significant association was found regarding genotypes, alleles and AA cases (p > 0.05). No significant associations were found regarding IL-15 single nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP) (rs17015014) with SALT scores. Conclusion : No associations were found regarding IL-15 genetic polymorphism (rs17015014) with risk of development of AA or disease severity. No associations were found regarding IL-15 genotypes with disease course, recurrence, site of affection or findings of dermoscopy in patients. IL-15 genotypes clinical and dermoscopic findings of alopecia patients.
Public perception on environmental noise pollution: A case study in Zaria city, Kaduna state, Nigeria

Background: One of the key indicators of the degradation of the environment is the noise level. This has necessitated this study on the evaluation of the public, perceptional awareness, sources, effects, and mitigation measures on environmental noise pollution. Methods: The population was estimated and 385 structured questionnaires were estimated and administered by random purposive sampling. About 358 questionnaires were retrieved. Data were analyzed using SPSS and Excel statistical software. Results: About 90.2% of the respondents had relevant awareness and its effects on environmental noise while 9.8% of the respondent did not. Traffic, generators, commercial and light industry sources of noise, and their severity were ranked in a descending order using the Likert scale. Hearing impairment, annoyance, stress, distraction during exposure were ranked in a descending order using the Likert scale. Single-factor ANOVA on the sources of noise and their severity, awareness of the various effects of noise, and responses during exposure showed that there were significant differences as P<0.05 using a confidence level of 95%. About 61.7% of respondents complained of environmental noise, 72.6% respondents received complaints about environmental noise, 87.7% of respondents were not aware of any government agency monitoring noise pollution, 72.2% of the respondents had done nothing regarding noise prevention, and 91.1% respondents wanted a proactive decision in mitigating environmental noise pollution. Conclusion: There is an inadequate coping strategy. Strategic planning in mitigating environmental noise in urban and semi-urban areas is a necessity and there is a need for public enlightenment by government monitoring agencies.
Specialization and Competitive Advantages of Leading Processing Industry in South Sumatra

The contribution of the manufacturing sector to the GRDP of South Sumatra Province is 19.72 percent in 2020. A large percentage of GRDP does not necessarily indicate the potential of the processing industry to become a leading sector, so it is necessary to identify the leading processing industry sector. So that this study aims to identify the competitiveness of the leading processing industry sub-sector. The method used are Static Location Quetionts (SLQ), Dynamic Location Quetionts (DLQ), Dispersion Power Index (IDP), Sensitivity Index (IDK) which uses an overlay method to identify sub-sectors of the processing industry. Meanwhile, to determine the competitiveness of the leading processing industry sub-sector is using Shift-Share Dynamic analysis. Using the secondary data sourced from the Indonesia Statistics, the input-output table in 2016 and previous study from 2016-2020. The findings show that from the 16 sub-sectors of the processing industry, there are 3 sub-sectors which include the leading processing industry, namely the food and beverage industry; paper and paper goods industry, printing, and reproduction of recording media; and the chemical, pharmaceutical and traditional medicine industries. Food and beverage industry sub-sector; and the paper industry, and paper goods, printing and reproduction of recording media have competitiveness and specialization. Meanwhile, the chemical, pharmaceutical and traditional medicine industries have no specialization but are competitive.
Pulmonary Ultrasound Scoring System for Intubated Critically Ill Patients and Its Association with Clinical Metrics and Mortality

Background: Preliminary research has shown that pulmonary ultrasonography (PU) has become a vital tool for quickly diagnosing the cause of acute respiratory failure (ARF), as well as monitoring therapy progress in critically sick patients. The aim of the present study is to examine the relationship between the PU grading system and clinical metrics to identify the etiology of ARF with assessment of treatment response. Patients and methods: A prospective cohort study of 50 ARF patients was recruited from Benha University Hospital's respiratory, general, and coronary critical care units. PU examinations were performed at 3 time points during a patient’s ICU stay at intubation, 48 hours after intubation and after extubation. Results: The research comprised 28 men and 22 women. The average age of participants was 58 years old. COVID-19 was the most common diagnosis (46%). Average intubation was 6.42 days, with a P/F ratio of 172.14 and average length of stay in the ICU 10.06 days. The average length of stay in the hospital was 12.6 days, with death rate 68%. Mean first US score was 18.1 and second US score 17.54. The first total US score had a substantial positive association with mortality rate. The initial total US score had also a substantial positive link with the length of ICU stay and ventilation days (p<0.001), whereas the P/F ratio had a negative correlation with the total lung score (p<0.001). Conclusion: First-to-total US score had positive connection with mortality, length of hospital stay, length of ICU stays, ventilation days, and negative connection with P/F ratio. © 2022, Ain Shams University Faculty of Medicine. All rights reserved.
Effect of Targeted Nursing Instructions Protocol on Knowledge and Therapeutic Adherence among Female Patients with Lupus Nephritis Flares

: Background: Poor adherence to drug is an important cause of not achieving treatment targets among female patients with lupus nephritis flares. Aim: to evaluate the effect of targeted nursing instructions protocol on knowledge and therapeutic adherence among female patients with lupus nephritis flares. Research design: A quasi experimental (pre-posttest) research design was utilized. Sample: A purposeful sample of (200) female patients with lupus nephritis flares with an age range from 20 to 65 years old . Setting: The study was conducted in the Internal Medical & Rheumatology Department at the Main Assiut University Hospital and its affiliated clinics. Tools: Tools (I): Patient Structured Interview Questionnaire. Tool (II): General Level Knowledge Structured Questionnaire Tool (III): Medication adherence scale. Results: There were a statistically significant difference was found between the pre and post implementation of the protocol regarding the total scores of knowledge level & medication adherence during (3 &6 months after implementing the target nursing instructions protocol with P = (0.001). Conclusion: Targeted nursing educational protocol was effective in improving knowledge level and medication adherence for female patients with lupus nephritis flares . Recommendation: Targeted nursing program is effective on early prediction of complications among patients with lupus nephritis flares.
Ridesharing User Equilibrium and Its Implications for High-Occupancy Toll Lane Pricing

Shared mobility—ridesharing in particular—has become an important research topic in recent years because of the ability to relieve traffic congestion, reduce travel costs, and reduce energy consumption. However, researchers in transportation science still lack an understanding of how to incorporate ridesharing into the transportation planning process, specifically in the traffic assignment problem. This paper presents ridesharing user equilibrium (RUE) as a path-flow–based nonlinear complementarity problem with side constraints. This formulation is extended by considering the presence of high-occupancy toll lanes. A numerical example is given to illustrate the relationships of the path cost coefficients on RUE and on the occurrence of the Braess paradox. The performance of two tolling strategies is compared: one charges single-occupancy vehicles, and the other charges both single-occupancy vehicles and vehicles carrying only one passenger.
COMBINING ABILITY ANALYSIS FOR STRAW, SEED YIELDS AND THEIR COMPONENTS IN FLAX.

This study was conducted with the objective of estimating combining ability and gene action for straw and seed yields and their components in flax. This was achieved via evaluating six parents {P 1 (Giza 7), P 2 (Giza 8), P 3 (S.329/2/23/6), P 4 (S.402/3/3/10), P 5 (S.421/43/14/10) and P 6 (Ariane)}and their 15 F 1, s in a randomized complete block design with four replications at Giza Res. Station of the ARC. The collected data indicated that the non-additive effects were more important than additive effects for straw yield per plant whereas, the additive effects were more important than non-additive effects for both plant height and technical length. P 1 and P 6 for plant height and technical length exhibited significantly positive GCA effects, indicating the possibility of using these parents for improving plant height and technical stem length. One cross (P 4 xP 6 ) exhibited significant and positive SCA effects for straw yield and its two components viz., plant height and technical length. The ratio of GCA/SCA for seed yield, number of seeds per capsule and 1000-seed weight. revealed that the inheritance of these traits were mainly controlled by additive effects of genes. These genotypes i.e . P 2 ,P 3 and P 4 showed significant and positive GCA effects for seed yield, number of capsules per plant and 1000-seed weight. Whereas, P 3 and P 6 were good combiners for number of seeds per capsule. In general, P 3 proved to be a good combiners for seed yield and its all components. One cross (P 1 xP 4 ) showed significant positive SCA values for both seed yield and number of seeds per capsule and two crosses (P 2 xP 6 and P 3 xP 5 ) for number of capsules per plant and 1000-seed weight. Phenotypic and genotypic correlation coefficients among eight traits indicated that, straw yield per plant was significantly positively correlated with number of basal branches. Also, the significant positive correlation between plant height and technical length was present. Moreover, seed yield exhibited significantly positive correlated with two components viz., number of capsules per plant and 1000-seed weight. Also, number of capsules per plant showed positive correlation with 1000-seed weight.
Empirical Correlations for K-Values of Crude Oils

<jats:p>Based on the Soave–Redlich–Kwong equation of state, empirical correlations for the <jats:inline-formula> <math xmlns="http://www.w3. org/1998/Math/MathML" id="M1"> <mi>K</mi> </math> </jats:inline-formula>-values of <jats:inline-formula> <math xmlns="http://www.w3. org/1998/Math/MathML" id="M2"> <msub> <mrow> <mtext>N</mtext> </mrow> <mrow> <mn>2</mn> </mrow> </msub> </math> </jats:inline-formula>, <jats:inline-formula> <math xmlns="http://www.w3. org/1998/Math/MathML" id="M3"> <msub> <mrow> <mtext>CO</mtext> </mrow> <mrow> <mn>2</mn> </mrow> </msub> </math> </jats:inline-formula>, <jats:inline-formula> <math xmlns="http://www.w3. org/1998/Math/MathML" id="M4"> <msub> <mrow> <mtext>H</mtext> </mrow> <mrow> <mn>2</mn> </mrow> </msub> <mtext>S</mtext> </math> </jats:inline-formula>, <jats:inline-formula> <math xmlns="http://www.w3. org/1998/Math/MathML" id="M5"> <msub> <mrow> <mtext>C</mtext> </mrow> <mrow> <mn>1</mn> </mrow> </msub> </math> </jats:inline-formula>, and <jats:inline-formula> <math xmlns="http://www.w3. org/1998/Math/MathML" id="M6"> <msub> <mrow> <mtext>C</mtext> </mrow> <mrow> <mn>2</mn> </mrow> </msub> </math> </jats:inline-formula> are proposed. Complementarily, the binary interaction coefficients involving the plus fraction, <jats:inline-formula> <math xmlns="http://www.w3. org/1998/Math/MathML" id="M7"> <msub> <mrow> <mtext>C</mtext> </mrow> <mrow> <mn>7</mn> <mo>+</mo> </mrow> </msub> </math> </jats:inline-formula>, were optimized by fitting into 131 experimental data from the literature. The criterion to select the form of the empirical correlations was based on the identification of the major dependencies of the equilibrium constants on the system variables (e.g., pressure, temperature, and composition). For most of the experimental data, the saturation pressure calculated via the empirical correlations is in excellent agreement with those reported from the laboratory. The empirical correlations cover a variety of temperatures (128–314°F), pressures (313–6880 psi), and compositions (N2: 0.0–1.67%; CO2: 0.0–9.11%; H2S: 0.0–3.68%; C1: 5.63–74.18%; C2: 0.84–12.45%; C7+: 10.72–83.2%). The proposed correlations are useful for rapid vapor-liquid equilibrium calculations during the compositional modeling of petroleum reservoirs. </jats:p>
Effects of EGR on performance and emissions of a diesel engine fuelled with balanites aegyptiaca/diesel blends

Abstract In this study, balanites Aegyptiaca (L.) Del biodiesel was blended in proportions of 10% and 20% on the volume basis with diesel fuel and tested in a single cylinder, VCR diesel engine under measured load conditions with varied EGR rates (0, 10 and 20%). The results showed that B10 and B20 blends shown a significant reduction rate in terms of NOx emissions that were familiar with biodiesel blends. At peak load conditions, BTE increased slightly for test fuel blends compared with pure diesel fuel while the BSFC rate and EGT suffered from increasing and decreasing nature with respect to blending percentage. From the emissions point of view, with the increase in blends percentage, a significant reduction rate is observed in terms of CO and HC concentrations (up to 12.34 and 17.5%, respectively) while NOx emissions decreased at peak load conditions (up to 24.34%). HC and CO emissions decreased with increase in blends percentage. However, lower levels of NOx and EGT (up to 21.37 and 8.47%, respectively) and the average increase in terms of BTE and BSFC (up to 2.83 and 2.9%, respectively) can be realised with B20 test fuel blend under 20% EGR rate.
Cd concentration effect on structural, optical and electrical properties of Cu2(CdxZn1-x)SnS4

In this paper we are reporting an in-depth study into the material properties of cadmium incorporated kesterite material Cu2(CdxZn1-x)SnS4 (CZCTS). Though it was reported in the past that CZCTS can be a candidate solar cell material, little is known about the material characteristics of this compound. In this work, the impact of Cd content on structural, morphological, optical, electrical and opto-electronic properties of CZCTS films is studied by XRD, Raman, EDXS, SEM, UV-Vis, Seebeck effect, photoconductivity, I-T, Kelvin probe, and Hall measurements. It was found that the CZCTS band-gap varies almost linearly with the Cd concentration in CZTS lattice. Photosensitivity, carrier concentration and work function showed a clear tendency with respect to Cd content. The in-depth material characterizations and in particular the electrical and opto-electronic data presented in this paper will help designing opto-electronic devices based on this material.
Experiences of Teaching Software Testing in an Undergraduate Class Using Different Approaches for the Group Projects

Software testing continues to be one of the main approaches used to validate software even as software systems become more complex. Although there is increased software testing throughout the software development life cycle in the industry, academic institutions continue to lag in offering software testing courses that adequately prepare students for jobs in the industry. In addition, academic institutions continue to grapple with how best to integrate software testing into their curricula. This paper presents the experiences after teaching an undergraduate software testing course over four non-consecutive years, focusing mainly on the class project. During this period, different approaches were used to implement the project activities. These approaches are (a) testing different capstone projects that are sponsored by local companies, (b) all student teams testing a single project that is being developed at the same time, and (c) testing a single project that has been previously developed. Each approach presented several advantages and challenges for both the students and the instructor, as described in the paper. Based on the experience after teaching the course with different types of group projects, we present lessons learned and recommendations for future editions of the course. These recommendations include offering the software testing course earlier in the curriculum and implementing a peer-evaluation process for the group projects. These recommendations are consistent with other experience reports described in the literature.
Contribution to the knowledge of the fauna of fungus gnats (Diptera: Bolitophilidae, Keroplatidae, Mycetophilidae) from the Republic of Dagestan

How to cite this article: Gavryushin D.I. 2022. Contribution to the knowledge of the fauna of fungus gnats (Diptera: Bolitophilidae, Keroplatidae, Mycetophilidae) from the Republic of Dagestan // Russian Entomol. J. Vol.31. No.2. P.201–207. doi: 10.15298/rusentj.31. 2.20 Contribution to the knowledge of the fauna of fungus gnats (Diptera: Bolitophilidae, Keroplatidae, Mycetophilidae) from the Republic of Dagestan