Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Neonatal intensive care unit on-site surgery for congenital diaphragmatic hernia

The present study presents the experience gained in the Newborn Intensive Care Unit (NICU) of ‘Maria S. Curie’ Emergency Clinical Hospital for Children in Bucharest (Romania) after performing a series of bedside surgery interventions on newborns with congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH). We conducted a retrospective analysis of the data for all patients operated on-site between 2011 and 2020, in terms of pre- and post-operative stability, procedures performed, complications and outcomes. An analysis of a control group was used to provide a reference to the survival rate for non-operated patients. The present study is based on data from 10 cases of newborns, surgically operated on, on average, on the fifth day of life. The main reasons for operating on-site included hemodynamical instability and the need to administer inhaled nitric oxide (iNO) and high-frequency oscillatory ventilation (HFOV). There were no unforeseen events during surgery, no immediate postoperative complications and no surgery-related mortality. One noticed drawback was the unfamiliarity of the surgery team with the new operating environment. Our experience indicates that bedside surgery improves the likelihood of survival for critically ill neonates suffering from CDH. No immediate complications were associated with this practice.
The Relative Importance of Herbage Nutritive Value and Climate in Determining Daily Performance per Cow in a Pasture-Based Dairy Farm

The objective of this study was to assess the relative importance of herbage nutritive value (NV), herbage quantity and climate-related factors in determining daily performance per cow in a pasture-based dairy farm. Data on milk production, live weight, body condition score, weather, herbage NV and herbage quantity were regularly collected from August 2016 to April 2017 and from July 2017 to April 2018 at Dairy 1, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand. Data were analyzed using multiple linear regression. Results indicated herbage NV was of higher relative importance in explaining the variation in performance per cow than herbage quantity and climate factors. The relative importance of the interaction between herbage metabolizable energy (ME) and crude protein (CP) on explaining variation in yields of milk, fat and protein was high (0.11 ≤ R2 ≤ 0.15). Herbage ME was of high relative importance in determining milk urea and body condition score, while neutral detergent fiber was a key driver of milk urea and liveweight (0.12 ≤ R2 ≤ 0.16). The quantity of herbage supplied at Dairy 1 might have been high enough to not limit cow performance. Developing feeding strategies aimed at improving the efficiency of cow feeding by exploiting the daily variation in herbage NV to better match supply and demand of nutrients may be useful to improve the overall performance per cow of pasture-based dairy farms.
The improvement of mechanical and thermal behavior of local compressed Earth blocks

Currently, the interest in using compressed earth blocks (CEB) as a construction material has increased for both environmental and economic reasons. This work aims at investigating the impact of Marrakesh region's soils on the unconfined compressive strength value. First, we reviewed the state of art of these materials in order to fix the soils to be used in our study. Then, we analyzed the chemical and metallic composition of these soils and proposed some stabilization methods to improve the thermal and mechanical behavior of the produced CEB.
Modification of silicon nitride surfaces with GOPES and APTES for antibody immobilization: computational and experimental studies

Chemical modification of silicon nitride (SiN) surfaces by silanization has been widely studied especially with 3-(aminopropyl)triethoxysilane (APTES) and 3-(glycidyloxypropyl) dimethylethoxysilane (GOPES). However few reports performed the experimental and computational studies together. In this study, surface modification of SiN surfaces with GOPES and APTES covalently bound with glutaraldehyde (GTA) was investigated for antibody immobilization. The monoclonal anti-cytokeratin-FITC (MACF) antibody was immobilized on the modified SiN surfaces. The modified surfaces were characterized by water contact angle measurements, atomic force microscopy and fluorescence microscopy. The FITC-fluorescent label indicated the existence of MACF antibody on the SiN surfaces and the efficiency of the silanization reaction. Absorption of APTES and GOPES on the oxidized SiN surfaces was computationally modeled and calculated by Materials Studio software. The computational and experimental results showed that modification of the SiN surfaces with APTES and GTA was more effective than the modification with GOPES.
Robust Optimization of electroencephalograph (EEG) Signals for Epilepsy Seizure Prediction by utilizing VSPO Genetic Algorithms with SVM and Machine Learning Methods

Objectives: To optimize the EEG signals in order to predict the epileptic seizures at early stage and to improve the accuracy level by employing genetic algorithm and machine learning methods. Methods: Virus Swarm Particle Optimization Technique (VSPO) based Genetic algorithm is utilized for the purpose of feature selection and Machine Learning SVM technique is utilized for classiﬁcation of EEG signals to determine seizure or non-seizure. The Discrete Wavelet Transform (DWT) is utilized for factor extraction to assess the recurrence range of EEG signals associated with seizures, to partition them into separate spaces using DWT of EEG symbols, and to consider the variations between seizure and normal functionality. VPSO-GA with SVM extracts the features from the Andrzejak R G dataset and then selects the relevant function to perform classiﬁcation and prediction in order to optimize the EEG signals for early ES prediction and to improve the accuracy level. To demonstrate the eﬀectiveness of the proposed algorithm, MATLAB is used for implementation. The performance results are compared to the existing baseline versions FCM-MPSO, EDMLC and K-MODE. Findings: EEG signals are optimized and early ES prediction is done with 98.13% accuracy level, 98.03% sensitivity, 98.01% speciﬁcity, 98.90% Precision, 97.96% Recall, 191 True Positive, 104 True Negative and 98.46% F-Score to predict the seizure in an optimized manner which is high compared to the existing versions. Novelty: According to the ﬁndings of the comprehensive study, the proposed algorithm VPSO-SVM outperforms FCM-MPSO, EDMLC and K-MODE in terms of accuracy level of epileptic seizure prediction at early stage by optimizing the EEG signals in a robust manner. pathological epileptic GA, ML, NB techniques to study 54-DWT EEG signal waves, bi-class epilepsy detection time the use of multi-resolution wavelets, detect sudden epileptic automatically in EEG signals. Using DWT, EEG five sub wavelet approximately 20-24 dataset average sensitivity specificity more than 90% all class modes, diagnose two simultaneously in a dynamic way. epilepsy EEG signals, MC epilepsy short-term four-part processing EEG time interictal
Frugivorous bat (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) community structure and trophic relations in Atlantic Forest fragments

We evaluated the structure of a community of frugivorous bats using composition and abundance patterns, niche amplitude and food overlap of these animals in four Atlantic Forest fragments, each one exposed to different conservation realities. For twelve months, we captured six bat species and found the seeds of 13 species of pioneering plants in 158 fecal samples. The most abundant bat species were Artibeus planirostris (25.4%), Artibeus lituratus (24.1%) and Carollia perspicillata (23.9%). Only one fragment (Fazenda Unida), the most conserved area, exhibited a significantly different composition and abundance of species. We found low trophic niche amplitude values (<0.60), associated to high food overlaps. Our results suggest that bats can adjust their foraging strategy to deal with food availability variations. By favoring pioneering plant species, the fragmentation process noted of the studied areas creates an attractive environment for bats more tolerant to this type of disturbance. The sampled areas represent important secondary forest remnants in southern Brazil that require attention to avoid an even greater loss of bat diversity.
The Effects of High-Intensity Interval Training on Cardiorespiratory Fitness and IL-6 in Adolescents

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) , as a cause of death and illness, is increasing, which is also associated with lower levels of cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF). Physical exercise can improve CRF and spur increases IL-6 (an anti-inflammatory) induced through this same means, which therefore reduces the risk of non-communicable diseases. In addition, high-intensity interval training (HIIT) and moderate-intensity continuous training (MICT) have a positive effect on health. This study aims to compare the effect of HIIT versus MICT on CRF and the acute response to exercise-induced plasma IL-6 in healthy and untrained adolescents. Methods: An experimental study with a pre-post design was conducted on 60 untrained and healthy adolescents aged 16.1 ± 0.4. The groups had been trained for 6 weeks with a frequency of three days weekly, while V̇O2max and blood sampling were performed before and after this activity. The CRF was tested using a multi stage fitness test (MFT), and IL-6 plasma levels were measured with ELISA methods. Results: HIIT increased CRF from 31.2 ± 5.8 to 35.6 ± 6.9 mL / kg / min (p <0.001) and MICT elevated V̇O2max from 32.3 ± 6.8 to 37.3 ± 6.7 mL / kg / min (p <0.001). In fact, there was no significant difference (p = 0.292) between the two types of training. There was no change in the acute response of the IL-6 at the time of the first and last exercise in both groups. Conclusion: Teenagers need to practice the HIIT and MICT training to reap the associated health benefits. The acute inflammatory response to exercise did not increase significantly, but there were elevated levels of plasma IL-6 afterward.
Tracking rower motion without on-body sensors using an instrumented machine and an artificial neural network

Human motion tracking is an active field of research driven by its diverse applications in areas such as health care, daily activity recognition, sports, etc. In sports applications, tracking rowing motion is performed to meet several goals, including prevention of injuries, improvement of performance or provision of virtual coaching. Different established approaches rely on on-body sensors to capture rowing motion. While on-body sensors are effective and straight forward to implement, they can disturb the athlete and negatively impact the training. In this paper, an approach is presented to track rowing motion without body-worn sensors or cameras. Instead, sensors were attached to an indoor rowing machine that tracked the motion of its sliding seat, lever handle and the force exercised on the seat. In particular, the motion was tracked by means of linear and angular displacement sensors, as well as force sensors placed underneath the seat. The respective variables were fed into an Artificial Neural Network (ANN) to predict the coordinates of the rower’s shoulder, which in turn, were used to geometrically infer the angles of the shoulder, elbow, hip and thoracolumbar flexion-extension. A successful ANN architecture was iteratively designed by using the Levenberg-Marquardt algorithm and varying the number of hidden neurons in one hidden layer. A comparison between ANN-predicted and experimentally obtained shoulder coordinates from an optical motion capture system showed a mean error of less than 4 cm, which led to an angle mean error value as low as 2.01°. A rigged avatar was used to visually verify the reproduced motion. The avatar animation was well-received by experts, especially considering the shoulder adduction-abduction in the frontal plane.
The financial analysis of nitrogen fertilizers and planting systems and its implications on maize agribusiness: Evidence from Peshawar, Pakistan

Maize is one of the staple foods that supply the world's food demand. The research aims to determine financial analysis of nitrogen fertilizers and planting systems and its implications on maize agribusiness. The research was conducted in experimental design with a split-plot arrangement comprising four replications. Maize plant density as a system treatment was allocated to main plots (65,000; 75,000; and 85,000 plant per ha). Integrated nitrogen was assigned to sub-plots: control; 0% yard manure (YM) + 100% urea; 100% YM + 0% urea; 50% YM + 50% urea; 75% YM + 25% urea; and 25% YM + 75% urea. Data were recorded on plant harvest, harvest index, and R/C ratio. The result showed that integrated N of 50% Farm Yard Manure + 50% urea in 85,000 plant per ha resulted in a higher harvest index of 31.5% and the highest R/C ratio of 6.2 and enhanced yield of 4,219 kg per ha. This yield almost meets the government's expectations. Total cost was 36,961 PKR, total income was 227,941 PKR, and economic net return reached 190,980 PKR. The government can support the maize crops farmers to activate decomposition household's waste to be organic fertilizer in their house and provide the place for decomposition activity in the crops field to fulfill production government target, food security, and environmental health. JEL Classification : Q01; Q12; Q18
The staged treatment for tibial plateau fractures and the reconstruction of lateral column with autogenous iliac bone: an efficacy analysis report

Background: Complications in treating comminuted tibial plateau fractures with extensive soft tissue damage are common. In this study, we discussed the effect of staged treatment in the reconstruction of the lateral column with autogenous iliac bone using case follow-up. Methods: A retrospective analysis of 18 patients with comminuted tibial plateau fractures and extensive soft tissue damage from October 2016 to February 2020 who underwent staged treatment in our hospital. After the soft tissue damage repair, a large autologous iliac bone was used to reconstruct the lateral column of the tibial plateau.Results: All 18 patients were followed up over the course of 8-40 months, with an average of 23.44 months. All patients reported zero postoperative infection, skin and soft tissue necrosis, and loosening/breakage of the internal fixation. Regular postoperative review revealed that all patients achieved complete bony union, as evidenced by X-ray film, at 6 months after operation. Knee function (HSS) scores averaged 86.72 points at 1 year after operation; 15 people with 85 points or more, 2 people with 70-84 points, and one with 68 points. The excellent rate, according to HSS was 90%. Conclusions: Complex tibial plateau fractures with extensive soft tissue damage can be effectively remedied with a staged treatment, wherein a lateral column reconstruction is performed using a large iliac bone.
Factors affecting Attitudes and Behavior of Greek Secondary School Students on Current Environmental Issues

Although, Greece is a Mediterranean country where, particular regions of its territory threatened with substantial impacts due to climate change, the academic research and critical reflection on the effects of the environmental and sustainability education initiative are lacking. Several studies, in Greece and worldwide, have been conducted on school students’ perceptions, ideas and understanding current environmental issues: climate change, greenhouse effect, and global warming. However, this study is the first that examines, in depth, how students’ environmental knowledge, attitude and behavior develop throughout adolescence and investigates the interaction between students’ cognitive level and the Greek official secondary school curriculum. A total of 600 secondary students participated, answering a questionnaire that focused on the students’ cognitive level on the environmental issues in relation to the official school curriculum, the influence of socio-demographic characteristics (students’ age, gender, school district, parents’ educational level), their environmental knowledge and consciousness, the information sources in the construction of their knowledge and awareness, as well as their suggestions for mitigation the environmental problems and finally the school vital role in informing and raising awareness.
Butterfly wing scales

Many organisms in nature have evolved sophisticated cellular mechanisms to produce photonic nanostructures and, in recent years, diverse crystalline symmetries have been identified and related to macroscopic optical properties. However, because we know little about the distributions of domain sizes, the orientations of photonic crystals, and the nature of defects in these structures, we are unable to make the connection between the nanostructure and its development and functionality. We report on nondestructive studies of the morphology of chitinous photonic crystals in butterfly wing scales. Using spatially and angularly resolved x-ray diffraction, we find that the domains are highly oriented with respect to the whole scale, indicating growth from scale boundaries. X-ray coherent diffractive imaging reveals two types of crystalline domain interfaces: abrupt changes between domains emerging from distinct nucleation sites and smooth transitions with edge dislocations presumably resulting from internal stresses during nanostructure development. Our study of the scale structure reveals new aspects of photonic crystal growth in butterfly wings and shows their similarity to block copolymer materials. It opens new avenues to explo-ration of fundamental processes underlying the growth of biological photonic nanostructures in a variety of species. growth. Our study was performed nondestructively (non-slicing) and can, in be extended to in vivo studies during the of these Understanding and artificially reproducing these in
Cervical cerclage for Pregnant Women at High-risk of Recurrent Preterm Birth can act beyond its Mechanical Action

Aim: Evaluation of predictive value of levels of cervicovaginal fluid (CVF) interleukin (IL)-6 and 8, and matrix metalloproteinases (MMP) estimated at time of performing cervical cerclage (CC) in women with history of spontaneous preterm birth (SPTB) for pregnancy duration.Materials and Methods: 59 women had history of SPTB (Study group) and 25 women with no history of SPTB (Control group). Two CVF samples were obtained for ELISA estimation of IL-6, IL-8, MMP8 and MMP9 levels at 14-18 gestational weeks (GW), S1 sampling time, and at time of removal of CC suture, S2 sampling time. CC was applied 4-days after S1 sampling.Results: S1-CVF levels were significantly higher in study versus control women. S2-CVF levels were significantly higher in control, while were significantly lower in study women compared to S1 levels. S2-CVF IL-6 and IL-8 levels were non-significantly higher, while levels of MMP were significantly lower in study than control women. Percentages of change in cytokines' levels showed significant differences between study and control groups. Nineteen study women had PTD at 37 GW. Study women had significantly shorter CL and pregnancy duration compared to control women. Pregnancy duration was negatively correlated with percentage of CL change, while positively correlated with percentage of decrease of cytokines levels.Conclusion: CC induced significant decrease of CVF cytokines' levels and allowed prolongation of pregnancy duration for >37 GW in 67.8% of studied women at high risk of SPTB
The Effect of COVID on Nasal Fracture Management in ENT Emergency Clinics

Study design: Retrospective cohort study. Objective: Management of nasal fractures is usually in ENT emergency clinics, with our center aiming to assess patients within 10-days. During 2020, there have been numerous lockdowns and social distancing measures implemented in the UK as a result of the coronavirus pandemic (COVID). This study aimed to assess the effect of COVID on nasal fracture management in ENT emergency clinics in terms of number of patients seen, time to follow up and their management strategies. Methods: All patients with suspected or confirmed nasal bone fractures presenting to the emergency department (ED) between January 1, 2019 and December 31, 2020 at our major trauma center were analyzed in 2 groups depending on the year they were seen (2019 vs. 2020). Results: There was a total of 104 patients analyzed, with 51.4% decrease in the number of patients seen in 2020 versus 2019. The mean days to follow up in 2019 was 8.09 days and 7.65 days in 2020 (P = .37). There was no statistically significant difference in the number of patients seen within the 10-day target between years (2019 = 65.7% vs. 2020 = 76.5%, P = .35). The majority of patients were managed with manipulation under anesthesia (MUA) in 2019 (n = 32, 45.7%) vs. discharge from clinic in 2020 (n = 21, 61.8%). Conclusions: Our study shows a drastic reduction in the number of patients seen in ENT emergency clinic from 2019 to 2020. This is in-keeping with other studies that have shown a reduction in ED attendances, trauma admissions and admissions across other specialties all around the world.
Determinant Factors, Entrepreneurial Innovation Ability Based On Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Approach

Entrepreneur is the essence of entrepreneurship. To succeed in today's competitive environment, entrepreneurs must become a component of the entrepreneurial ecosystem in which they jointly develop skills, innovate and thrive. The purpose of this study is to find determinant factors and strategies to improve innovation capabilities using the Fuzzy Analytical Hierarchy Process method. There are 5 experts in this research consisting of senior researchers, SMEs practitioners, government, academics and community leaders. The sample consisted of 50 business actors in North Jakarta with the types of culinary, fashion, beauty salons, accessories, seafood processing, batik, transportation, logistics and grocery traders. The results show that the highest weight is on the provision of marketing channels and is the main factor that must be considered to improve the innovation ability of business actors, next is building alliances or partnerships and the third is the use of technology.
Petrogenesis of Basaltic Lavas From the West Pacific Seamount Province: Geochemical and Sr‐Nd‐Pb‐Hf Isotopic Constraints

In this study, we report new major and trace element, Sr‐Nd‐Pb‐Hf isotopic compositions and Ar‐Ar ages for basaltic lavas from seven poorly studied seamounts/guyots in the Western Pacific Seamount Province (WPSP). A review of new and published Ar‐Ar ages for seamounts/guyots confirm no linear age progression, as would be expected if these seamounts were produced by the Pacific Plate moving over a stationary mantle plume. These samples exhibit an alkalic character and can be produced by small‐degree partial melting of garnet pyroxenite with CO2. Their isotopic data identify four mantle end‐members (DMM, EMI, EMII, and HIMU) in the WPSP source region. These results confirm previous studies that invoke multiple contemporaneous plumelets in the region and a heterogeneous upper mantle reservoir which has been overprinted by multiple discrete hotspots, which create an anomalous and heterogeneous upper mantle because of mixing/overlapping EMI, EMII, and HIMU tracks, and age progressive volcanism is totally obscured. We propose a model where relict fragments of enriched mantle with distinct isotopic compositions residing in the upper mantle were a product of the formation of the adjacent large oceanic plateaus. These events introduce heterogeneity in the depleted mantle. The infiltration and metasomatism of these relict enriched components by carbonatitic fluids from the low‐velocity zone, create a source that then underwent small degrees of decompressional melting. The partial melts exploited pre‐existing lithospheric faults as an upwelling conduit and the resultant seafloor lava flows have obscured evidence to those pre‐existing lithospheric faults.