Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Effects of flow path boundary optimizations on particle transport in drip irrigation emitters

A modified digital particle image velocimetry (DPIV) was used to test particles' moving characteristics in cylindrical fractal M‐geometries flow paths with three optimized boundaries. Taken the vorticity and characteristics of streamlines distribution in the central area and the velocity field near the boundary into consideration, it was found that the fractal M‐type flow path would be optimized with a design such that the radius of an arc in tooth‐root facing‐water zone, tooth‐tip backing‐water zone and facing‐water zone was half width of the flow path. Moreover, the radius of the arc in the tooth‐root backing‐water zone was desired to be the same with the width of the flow path. This optimization was attributed to two reasons. Firstly, with a large radius arc in the tooth‐tip backing‐water zone and facing‐water zone, the velocity in the central domain and near boundary area was improved. And the following performance of particles near the boundary was suppressed. Secondly, adoption of a small arc in the tooth‐root facing‐water zone could improve the velocity, vorticity and self‐cleaning capability near wall. In conclusion, when optimizing the boundary, the distribution characteristics of vortices should be fully considered to enhance vortices development in the flow path. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
CCID_A_356818 967..973

Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a collagenosis with a substrate of chronic inflammation, which is determined by autoimmunity. The pathogenesis of this disease involves microvasculopathy (small vessel pathology) followed by excessive cutaneous and visceral fibrosis. Although acoustic and vestibular impairment is not classified as being a secondary pathology of SSc, several studies have identified cases of SSc that associate hearing loss and especially vertigo and tinnitus. This paper presents data from the medical literature that have identified vestibular and auditory symptoms among patients with SSc, associating the clinical case presentation of a patient suffering from SSc, which is associated with hearing loss. The need for additional studies on larger groups of patients is underlined, in order to clarify the impact of vasculopathy and fibrosis on the acoustic and vestibular analyzer in patients with SSc.
Playing NES Tetris with No Piece Rotations

Tetris is one of the highest-grossing video games in all history and, despite of its age, remains quite popular. One of its most acclaimed versions was released in 1989 for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) and is often referred to as NES Tetris. This particular version of the game has led to the creation of the Classic Tetris World Championship (CTWC), resulting in growing popularity and alternative modes of gameplay. In one of such variants, players aim to clear as many lines as possible, with an additional constraint: piece rotations are not allowed. In this work we build and evaluate agents to play this particular variant of the game based on different metrics that grade board configurations. The relative importance of metrics is determined with the Particle Swarm Optimization. Our best results match those of top performing human players, even though the metrics we employ were not specifically developed for this game variant.
Interest of the preventive and curative use of defibrotide on the occurrence and severity of sinusoidal obstruction syndrome after hematopoietic stem cell transplant in children

Defibrotide (DF) is indicated for the treatment of severe sinusoidal obstruction syndrome (SOS) following hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT), but its prophylactic use against SOS is not recommended yet. This study describes the impact of the preventive and curative use of DF on reducing the incidence and severity of SOS in children. Patients aged 0–19 years, who received allogenic HSCT after myeloablative conditioning regimen with busulfan or total body irradiation in our comprehensive cancer center, between 2013 and 2017, were included. The Baltimore or modified Seattle criteria were used for SOS diagnosis. SOS was graded using the 2017 European Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation classification defining severity criteria of SOS in children. SOS occurrence tended to decrease with prophylactic DF, but no significant difference was observed in terms of severity. When not treated with preventive DF, 50% (19/38) of the patients with SOS were graded severe to very severe, but only 37% (7/19) had organ dysfunction. Curative DF was administered at a median of 2 days post‐HSCT, for a median of 6.5 days. The absence of fatal SOS supports the use of early curative DF with acceptable toxicities and questions the optimal duration of DF treatment.
Indoleamine 2,3 Dioxygenase 1—The Potential Link between the Innate Immunity and the Ischemia-Reperfusion-Induced Acute Kidney Injury?

Ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI) is of the most common causes of acute kidney injury (AKI); nevertheless, the mechanisms responsible for both early kidney injury and the reparative phase are not fully recognised. The inflammatory response following ischemia is characterised by the crosstalk between cells belonging to the innate immune system—dendritic cells (DCs), macrophages, neutrophils, natural killer (NK) cells, and renal tubular epithelial cells (RTECs). A tough inflammatory response can damage the renal tissue; it may also have a protective effect leading to the repair after IRI. Indoleamine 2,3 dioxygenase 1 (IDO1), the principal enzyme of the kynurenine pathway (KP), has a broad spectrum of immunological activity from stimulation to immunosuppressive activity in inflamed areas. IDO1 expression occurs in cells of the innate immunity and RTECs during IRI, resulting in local tryptophan (TRP) depletion and generation of kynurenines, and both of these mechanisms contribute to the immunosuppressive effect. Nonetheless, it is unknown if the above mechanism can play a harmful or preventive role in IRI-induced AKI. Despite the scarcity of literature in this field, the current review attempts to present a possible role of IDO1 activation in the regulation of the innate immune system in IRI-induced AKI.
Experimental studying multi-impact phenomena exhibited during the collision of a sphere onto a steel beam

The impact of sphere against the beam is one of the basic impact problems in flexible mechanical dynamics. A flexible steel beam supported at the two ends struck by a steel sphere was tested in this article. Multiple sub-impacts were observed during the falling impact process of the steel sphere. The test contact–impact durations of the sub-impacts were compared with that of the theoretic results derived from the Hertz contact law. It is confirmed that the Hertz contact law is still suitable to estimate the impact–contact duration of the first sub-impact. The difference between the test impact–contact durations of the subsequent sub-impacts and that of the theoretic results was explained theoretically by a revised impact theory in consideration of beam’s vibration. The occurrence reason of the sub-impact was systematically discussed. It is concluded in this investigation that the sub-impacts are dominated by local contact–impact deformation, but influenced obviously by the global vibration of the flexible structure. When the sub-impacts occur, the coefficient of restitution shows strong uncertainty.
Effect of dietry Origanum vulgare extract on Immunological responses of Basa fish (Pangasius hypophthalmus) against Aeromonas hydrophila infection.

O riganum vulgare essential oil (OEO) was added in diets of Basa fish ( Pangasius hypophthalmus ) at levels of 0.0, 5.0, 10.0, 15.0, and 20.0 g /kg feed to determine its effects on antioxidative capacity, immunity, histopathology, expression of immune-related genes and resistance to Aeromonas hydrophila . After 2 months of feeding experiment, serum lysozyme, superoxide dismutase and catalase enzymes have been dramatically increased according to the levels of added (OEO) , the highest level was at group fed on 20 gm /kg feed and 15gm/kg feed while, the lowest level at the control group also the expression of interleukin-1beta and toll-like receptor 2 genes in kidney tissues have been increased as the same manner . OEO-supplemented diet pereserves the normal architecture of liver, gills, intes-tines, and kidneys in all experimental groups. The scores of the histopathological lesions were significantly decreased with presence of regeneration to damaged cells in groups fed 20 gm OEO/kg feed &15 gm OEO/kg feed. After pathogenic A. hydrophila challenge the mortality percent after 10 days of the challenge experiment promptly reduced and the percent of survival of Basa fish was relatively increased by OEO administration according to the given dose . Findings show that the OEO in diet has improved the antioxidative status, immunological responses, histopathology, evaluation of immune related genes expression of Basa
Genetic Diversity of Rhanterium eppaposum Oliv. Populations in Kuwait as Revealed by GBS

Natural populations of Rhanterium eppaposum Oliv. (Arfaj), a perennial forage shrub, have depleted due to unethical human interventions and climate change in Kuwait. Therefore, there is an urgent need to conserve this native plant through the assessment of its genetic diversity and population structure. Genotyping by sequencing (GBS) has recently emerged as a powerful tool for the molecular diversity analysis of higher plants without prior knowledge of their genome. This study represents the first effort in using GBS to discover genome-wide single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of local Rhanterium plants to assess the genetic diversity present in landraces collected from six different locations in Kuwait. The study generated a novel set of 11,231 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and indels (insertions and deletions) in 98 genotypes of Rhanterium. The analysis of molecular variance (AMOVA) revealed ~1.5% variation residing among the six populations, ~5% among the individuals within the population and 93% variation present within the populations (FST = 0.029; p = 0.0). Bayesian and UPGMA analyses identified two admixed clusters of the tested samples; however, the principal coordinates analysis returned the complete population as a single group. Mantel’s test returned a very weak correlation coefficient of r2 = 0.101 (p = 0.00) between the geographic and genetic distance. These findings are useful for the native species to formulate conservation strategies for its sustainable management and desert rehabilitation.
The Hydrodynamic and Hydroelastic Responses of Rigid and Flexible Surface-Piercing Hydrofoils inMulti-Phase Flows

The Hydrodynamic and Hydroelastic Responses of Rigid and Flexible Surface-Piercing Hydrofoils in Multi-Phase Flows by Casey Harwood Co-Chairs: Yin Lu Young and Steven L. Ceccio Ventilation and vaporous cavitation are multi-phase flows with critical effects upon the performance, stability, and controllability of high-speed marine vessels. The entrain­ ment of air from the free surface (ventilation) or the formation of water-vapor-filled voids (cavitation) can cause dramatic reductions in the efficiency of lifting surfaces, large dynamic loads, and strongly hysteretic flows. This thesis investigates the hy­ drodynamic and hydroelastic performance of surface-piercing hydrofoils through ex­ periments on three hydrofoil models (one rigid and two flexible), which were tested in a towing tank and in a free-surface cavitation tunnel. The results reveal four distinct flow regimes, which are defined by their parametric stability regions. The concept of flow stability is used to describe transitional flow and resulting hysteresis to yield a holistic description of ventilation on surface piercing hydrofoils. These concepts are used to develop scaling relations for the washout of ventilated cavities. Hydrodynamic loads are shown to vary as functions of the attack angle, immersion depth, forward speed, cavitation number, and flow regime. Flexi­ bility of the hydrofoil model modifies the hydrodynamic loads and stability regions through hydroelastic coupling. Flow-induced vibration and lock-in are shown to re­ sult from coherent vortex shedding at all speeds tested. Fitted transfer functions are used to develop reduced-order models and to estimate modal parameters of a flexible hydrofoil, demonstrating that both modal resonance frequencies and modal damping ratios are dependent upon immersion depth, forward speed, and flow regime. A ro­ bust shape-sensing strut is also developed to measure the in-situ structural motions of deformable lifting-surfaces in real time. xxxvii The work presented in this thesis contributes significantly toward the study of multi-phase flows and fluid-structure interactions through the establishment of ex­ perimental methodologies, the construction of a versatile experimental platform with original instrumentation, and the collection and thorough interpretation of a large, rich dataset. The insights gained from the work significantly improve our under­ standing of ventilation, cavitation, and their interactions with structural dynamics, thereby aiding future researchers and designers to perform robust experiments, val­ idate numerical solvers, and design safe, efficient, and controllable marine devices.
Evaluating the Effectiveness of Complexity Features of Eye Movement on Computer Activities Detection

Recently, tools developed for detecting human activities have been quite prominent in contributing to health issue prevention and long-term healthcare. For this occasion, the current study aimed to evaluate the performance of eye-movement complexity features (from multi-scale entropy analysis) compared to eye-movement conventional features (from basic statistical measurements) on detecting daily computer activities, comprising reading an English scientific paper, watching an English movie-trailer video, and typing English sentences. A total of 150 students participated in these computer activities. The participants’ eye movements were captured using a desktop eye-tracker (GP3 HD Gazepoint™ Canada) while performing the experimental tasks. The collected eye-movement data were then processed to obtain 56 conventional and 550 complexity features of eye movement. A statistic test, analysis of variance (ANOVA), was performed to screen these features, which resulted in 45 conventional and 379 complexity features. These eye-movement features with four combinations were used to build 12 AI models using Support Vector Machine, Decision Tree, and Random Forest (RF). The comparisons of the models showed the superiority of complexity features (85.34% of accuracy) compared to conventional features (66.98% of accuracy). Furthermore, screening eye-movement features using ANOVA enhances 2.29% of recognition accuracy. This study proves the superiority of eye-movement complexity features.
Assessment Of Entrepreneurship Education As A Tool For Self-Reliance In Colleges Of Education In Adamawa State, Nigeria

The study assessed entrepreneurship education as a tool for self-reliance in Colleges of Education in Adamawa state, Nigeria. It specifically determined the extent to which entrepreneurship education promote educational development, adequacy of resources and identified the constraints facing teaching and learning of entrepreneurship education. Multi-stage random sampling technique was used to sample the respondents in the college of education, where a sampled 106 was drawn. The data obtained were analyzed using mean, standard deviation, rating and lickrt scale. The results revealed that entrepreneurship education encourages students to join businesses (mean score =.62), promotes economic development (mean score =.58) and self-reliance (mean score =4.55). it further revealed that there were inadequate staff (mean score =1.23) teaching environment (mean score =1.19) and materials for learning were inadequate (mean score =1.24). the major constraints facing teaching and learning of entrepreneurship education were inadequate materials for learning (mean score =2.82), skilled personals (mean score =2.78) poor remunerative to staff concern (mean score =2.67) and poor funding (mean score =2.63) it was concluded that education focuses on the overall development of students and the entrepreneurial curriculum system lays the foundation for the overall improvement of students and the entrepreneurial ability. The study recommended both governmental and non-governmental organizations should provide support to the institutions through the provision of funds, facilities and equipment and internship /houseman ship after graduation in entrepreneurship course as students’ industrial work experience scheme programme for all students should be made
The Effects of Intrinsic and Extrinsic Rewards on Employees' Performance

The requirements for success and the achievement of the planned goals, force companies and institutions to optimize the utilization of the employees, especially those who have acquired experience in their field of work within a specific work environment. In order to make sure the employees are continuously in high momentum and performance, the employees must be given sufficient rewards. This conceptual paper discusses on the employees performace and how it is influenced by rewards. In an occupational sector, rewards can be classified into two categories, which are intrinsic rewards and extrinsic rewards. Various literatures were studied and analyzed. The study found that most of employees performance, either positive or negative were influenced by the rewards they received. Keperluan untuk meraih kejayaan dan mencapai matlamat yang dirancang, memaksa syarikat dan institusi untuk mengoptimumkan penggunaan pekerja, terutamanya mereka yang telah memperoleh pengalaman dalam bidang kerja mereka dalam persekitaran kerja tertentu. Bagi memastikan pekerja sentiasa berada dalam momentum dan prestasi yang tinggi, pekerja mesti diberi ganjaran yang mencukupi. Kertas konsep ini membincangkan tentang prestasi pekerja dan bagaimana ia dipengaruhi oleh ganjaran. Dalam sektor pekerjaan, ganjaran boleh dikelaskan kepada dua kategori, iaitu ganjaran intrinsik dan ganjaran ekstrinsik. Pelbagai literatur telah dikaji dan dianalisis. Kajian mendapati kebanyakan prestasi pekerja, sama ada positif atau negatif dipengaruhi oleh ganjaran yang mereka terima.
HOW ENTREPRENUR INTENTION TO DIGITISE MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES

The research object for this study will be micro, small, and medium enterprises in South Lampung. In conclusion, this research builds on the findings of prior research—perceived usefulness and ease of use influence behavioral intention to use, according to this study. Self-efficacy is a factor that influences the ease of use, usability, and effectiveness of a product. This research relies on primary data sources. Micro, small, and medium companies in South Lampung Regency make up the research sample. Purposive sampling is used in this investigation. This study had a total of 65 participants. They gathered information using a questionnaire that was issued directly to the public. The researcher announces the study, explains the goal, and distributes questionnaires to micro, small and medium firms to perform the survey. Except for hypothesis 2, all hypotheses are validated by the test results.
Antibacterial activity of Trigonella Foenum- groecum essential oil against skin infection with Staphylococcus aureus: In vitro and in vivo studies

Background: Multi- drug resistant (MDR) Staphylococcus aureus infections have become a major public health concern in both hospital and community settings.Objective: to investigate the antibacterial activity of T. Foenum- groecum essential oil against skin infection with S. aureus and to study probable synergistic activity in combination with Clindamycin.Type of the study: Cross-sectional study. Methods: Antibacterial activity of T. Foenum- groecum essential oil extract (1.2gm/100 µl) was investigated in multi- drug resistance (MDR) Staphylococcus aureus specimen isolated from patients with skin infection in Baghdad. T. Foenum- groecum use externally for cellulites and skin inflammation due to the presence of diosgenin . fast liquid chromatography was used to separate these components. Results: Antibiotics combinations revealed that T. Foenum- groecum essential oil with Clindamycin against MDR isolates of S. aureus showed a synergistic effect when used as 1/4 MIC for each antimicrobial. In vivo study was executed to determine antibacterial activity of these compounds by induction of skin infection with Staphylococcus aureus in mice and the treatment begun after 4hrs later and continue to seven days then skin biopsy was taken and sent for histopathological examination. Conclusions: According to the results of this study, we can conclude that T. Foenum- groecum essential oil has remarkable antistaphylococcal activity. Combination of T. Foenum-groecum essential oil with Clindamycin was more effective than Clindamycin alone in treatment of skin infection with Staphylococcus aureus.
Knowledge and awareness of glaucoma in Mexican patients with and without glaucoma diagnosis in an Ophthalmology Referral Center.

AIM To assess and compare knowledge and awareness of glaucoma in subjects with and without glaucoma diagnosis attending an Ophthalmology Referral Center. METHODS This cross-sectional study was conducted at Asociación Para Evitar la Ceguera in Mexico City, using a questionnaire formulated by a group of experts following the Delphi panel rules, and pre-tested in a pilot study. The questionnaire was applied and compared between: glaucoma patients, relatives of glaucoma patients and patients without glaucoma. Socio-demographic data was collected to assess correlation with the level of knowledge using Logistic regression models, estimating the odds ratios (OR), 95% confidence intervals, and P<0.05. RESULTS Three hundred and ninety-four subjects were enrolled; with a median age of 61y. One hundred and thirty-four (34%) were patients with glaucoma, 152 (38.6%) patients without glaucoma, and 108 (27.4%) relatives of patients with glaucoma. Two hundred and ninety-one (73.9%) participants were aware of the term "glaucoma". Regarding knowledge 46.7% had moderate knowledge, 37.8% had poor knowledge, and 15.5% good knowledge. Overall, relatives of glaucoma patients had the highest scores, and patients without glaucoma got the lowest scores. A positive correlation was found between better knowledge and frequent ophthalmological examinations OR 2.24 (P=0.02), higher education level OR 4.17 (P=0.00) and having a family member with glaucoma OR 3.28 (P=0.00). CONCLUSION Awareness and knowledge of glaucoma in subjects attending an Ophthalmology Referral Center is predominantly moderate or poor. This has important implications regarding attitudes that can result in lack of follow up in ophthalmological care.
Scalar DL: Scalable and Practical Byzantine Fault Detection for Transactional Database Systems

This paper presents Scalar DL, a Byzantine fault detection (BFD) middleware for transactional database systems. Scalar DL manages two separately administered database replicas in a database system and can detect Byzantine faults in the database system as long as either replica is honest (not faulty). Unlike previous BFD works, Scalar DL executes non-conflicting transactions in parallel while preserving a correctness guarantee. Moreover, Scalar DL is database-agnostic middleware so that it achieves the detection capability in a database system without either modifying the databases or using database-specific mechanisms. Experimental results with YCSB and TPC-C show that Scalar DL outperforms a state-of-the-art BFD system by 3.5 to 10.6 times in throughput and works effectively on multiple database implementations. We also show that Scalar DL achieves near-linear (91%) scalability when the number of nodes composing each replica increases.