Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
AN INVESTIGATION OF PHYSICOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS AND PHYTOPLANKTON COMMUNITY STRUCTURE OF EKO-NDE RESERVOIR IN OSUN STATE, NIGERIA

This research was carried out to determine the relationship between physicochemical variables and phytoplankton community of the Eko-Nde reservoir. Changes in physicochemical parameters of aquatic ecosystems have significant impact on the species that live therein. Eko-Nde reservoir is of socio-economic significance to communities that surround it, which necessitates a proper study of the phytoplankton composition and environmental status of the reservoir. Water samples were collected from two stations in the reservoir from January 2019 to August 2019. The physicochemical parameters that were determined include but not limited to temperature, total hardness, pH and biochemical oxygen demand. The composition and diversity of phytoplankton were analyzed. A total of 2039 cells ml-1 belonging to four (4) major divisions were dominant in the order; Bacillariophyta (898 cells ml-1) > Charophyta (788 cells ml-1) > Chlorophyta (302 cells ml-1) > Cyanophyta (51 cells ml-1). Principal Component Analysis and Canonical Corresponding Analysis showed that certain physicochemical variables such as temperature, pH and total hardness were key drivers of the phytoplankton community structure of the reservoir. Diversity indices showed moderate abundance and distribution of phytoplankton species, with the highest diversity of species in the months associated with the rainy season. The appearance of pollution tolerant species such as Anabaena circinalis, Oscillatoria limosa, Nitzschia gracilis, Cymbella mexicana, Pediastrum boryanum, Synedra ulna, Cyclotella meneghiniana and Gomphonema spp. suggest that the reservoir was on the verge of pollution. Anthropogenic activities around the reservoir should be closely monitored to avoid health risks to humans and endangerment of aquatic organisms.
Factors Affecting the Nuclei in Newborn and Children

It is known that children are more sensitive to the effects of medical treatments and environment than adults. Today there is limited information regarding the differences in genotoxic effects in children. The micronucleus assay is a method that is used to monitor genotoxicity, and it was validated several years before. Today there is international interest for exfoliated buccal cells. Most of the micronuclei studies in children have been performed with the analyses of lymphocytes. However, there is vast interest in using exfoliated cells from the oral cavity. The reason is that other type of cells are acquired non-invasively, this is an important issue in paediatric cohorts. Unfortunately a limitation of measuring micronuclei frequency is that it has been observed to be low in newborns and on the other hand there are a large number of patients and cell sample counts. It has been observed that radiation exposure and environmental pollutants increase the micronuclei frequency in newborn and children. Regarding the medical treatments, there is little data and several studies are needed to optimise the doses. There is the need to observe if there is a relationship between micronuclei in lymphocytes and exfoliated cells and to identify the baseline of the micronuclei levels. Moreover, we evaluate the changes in response to the toxic agents. Prospective cohorts studies will clarify the predictive value of micronuclei for cancer and chronic diseases for both children and adults. Novel molecular technologies will assist in the elucidation of different biological pathways and molecular mechanisms connected with the micronulcei levels in newborn and children.
RESPONSE OF WHEAT TO BIOFERTILIZER INOCULATION UNDER DIFFERENT LEVELS OF INORGANIC NITROGEN

Two field experiments were conducted at El-Serw Agricultural Research Station, Damietta Governorate during the two seasons 2001/2002 and 2002/2003 to investigate the influence of mineral nitrogen fertilizer levels and biofertilizers, Serialin and/or Phosphorien, and accordingly their interactions on wheat growth, yield and its attributes as well as N and p uptake of wheat grain and straw and also grain protein content. A split plot design with four replicates was used. The obtained results could be summarized as follows: since it has the highest wheat yield over uninoculation control. Finally, it could be concluded that inoculation wheat grains with dual inoculants Serialin and Phosphorein with using 80% of recommended dose (i.e. 60 kg N/fed.) is the recommended treatment for maximizing wheat yield and net return as well as reducing mineral fertilization and soil pollution.
Calcium Improves Heat Cucumber Tolerance, Growth and Production by Modulating the Antioxidant Enzymes and Phytohormones

Calcium-rich products have been shown to improve the adverse effects of heat stress on cucumber plants. It is essential to explore how to enhance the heat tolerance of cucumber using calcium rich products complexes to Sugar Alcohol. The study explained the effects of Manni-Plex Ca-Zn (C1, Ca, 2.5% Zn), ManniPlex Ca-Zn (C2, Ca, 2.5% Zn) and Manni-Plex Cal-Mag (C3, 7.9%Ca, 4.35%Mg) at ratio 100 ml/100L water, 200 ml/100L water and 300 ml/100L water, respectively, on cucumber plants (Cicely and Viva verities) under heat conditions by using the following parameters: plant height, leaf area, number of flowers, failed flower percent, GA3, ABA and antioxidant enzymes content. Under heat conditions, foliar application of Manni-Plex Ca-Zn, and Manni-Plex Cal-Mag were observed to increase cucumber vegetative growth and yield components. The obtained results also showed that the plant height, leaf area, number of flowers, GA3 and the activity of antioxidant enzymes (CAT and POD) content significantly improved in plants treated foliarly with Manni-Plex Ca-Zn , and Manni-Plex Cal-Mag compared to control plants. On the contrary, the highest content of ABA and failed flower percent were found in control plants compared to all the other treatments. Furthermore, the correlation study revealed that cucumber yield correlated positively with leaf area and number of leaves as well as negatively with failed flower percent.
Risk factors and outcomes associated with acute kidney injury following extracardiac total cavopulmonary connection: a retrospective observational study

Background Total cavopulmonary connection (TCPC) is an important operation for the treatment of complex congenital heart disease. Epidemiology and outcomes for pediatric patients with acute kidney injury (AKI) following extracardiac TCPC have not been well documented. This study investigates the prevalence, risk factors, and outcomes of AKI in children after extracardiac TCPC surgery. Methods We retrospectively evaluated patients (age at surgery <18 years) who underwent extracardiac TCPC surgery between January 2008 and January 2020 in the Pediatric Cardiac Surgical Center of Fuwai Hospital, Beijing, China. AKI was defined according to the pediatric-modified risk, injury, failure, loss of function, and end-stage renal disease criteria. Results A total of 377 pediatric patients were included in this study; 123 patients (32.6%) had some degree of AKI. Among the patients with AKI, 101 (82.1%) were diagnosed with AKI-risk (AKI-R), while 22 (17.9%) were diagnosed with acute kidney injury/failure (AKI/F) (16 with AKI, and 6 with AKF). Preoperative estimated creatinine clearance (OR: 1.039, 95% CI: 1.024–1.055, P<0.001), neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (OR: 1.208, 95% CI: 1.128–1.294, P<0.001), and renal perfusion pressure (OR: 0.962, 95% CI: 0.938–0.986, P=0.002) on postoperative day (POD) 0 were significantly associated with AKI after TCPC. Having previously undergone a bidirectional Glenn was significantly associated with the severity of postoperative AKI (OR: 0.253, 95% CI: 0.088–0.731, P=0.011). Furthermore, AKI was associated with prolonged mechanical ventilation time, prolonged intensive care unit stay, and composite adverse outcome. Compared with non-AKI patients, the 10-year survival rate of patients with severe AKI was significantly lower (95.5% vs. 65.9%, P=0.009). Conclusions Although the incidence of AKI was high in patients undergoing TCPC surgery, most cases were AKI-R. Severe AKI was significantly associated with early adverse outcomes and poor long-term survival.
Risk Factors Based on Analysis of Injury Mechanism and Protective Equipment for Ice Hockey Amateur Players

Considering the increasing popularity of ice hockey in South Korea, types of injuries and protective equipment for amateur club members need to be further studied. The purpose of the study is to investigate various injuries and protective equipment used by amateur players and to analyze different risk factors by collecting information on areas of injury and their mechanisms. The online survey for 102 participants was designed to address the general information of participants, types of injuries, information about ice hockey equipment, and open-ended questions about injuries and equipment. We conducted in-depth face-to-face interviews with five players about their experiences with injury and opinions about the protective equipment. In total, 60% of the survey participants had experienced injuries, including to the knee (22.6%), shoulder (21.6%), ankle (20.6%), and wrist (14.7%), in order of frequency. Types of injury included sprain (33.3%), contusion (31.4%), fracture (17.7%), abrasion (10.8%), and concussion (0.9%). Injury mechanisms included instances in which those with less proficiency in skating would be injured initially from player-to-player contact, and from landing on the ice or crashing into the fence afterward. We acknowledged how important wearing correctly sized equipment is for protection, and we highlighted the need to develop protective gear that accommodates Asian body measurements.
New bidirectional multilevel inverter topology with staircase cascading for symmetric and asymmetric structures

Inverters, as one of the key components of electrical systems, have experienced a great evolution in the last decade, and their performance improvement is a challenge even today, leading to many researches on topologies and control schemes. This study introduces a new multilevel converter topology which is able to supply bidirectional current loads. The proposed structure has fewer power electronic devices such as power switches, driver circuits, power diodes, and DC voltage sources and, can be designed in both symmetric and asymmetric structures. In order to increase the number of output levels and the proposed basic unit development, modular expansion or cascading methods can be used. This study demonstrates that the aforementioned methods have the best results in asymmetric and symmetric structures of the proposed topology, respectively. The comparison between the proposed converter and some previous topologies shows that it has better conditions with respect to the used semiconductor count, switching and conduction losses, and total blocking voltage. The operation and performance of the proposed multi-level converter have been ascertained through simulations and verified experimentally for a single-phase symmetric thirty-one-level inverter which shows the proposed converter's ability in smooth sinusoidal output voltage generation with minimum total harmonic distortion.
Absorptive Capacity and External Technology Sourcing: Empirical investigation of vertical and horizontal relationships in the research and development process

Firms' decisions regarding external research and development (R&D) sourcing are influenced by their absorptive capacities, as developed through their internal R&D activities. However, it remains to be determined how the effects of absorptive capacity on firms'external sourcing strategies vary among the R&D stages, namely, upstream "research" or downstream "development" in the entire R&D process. Based on a detailed pharmaceutical R&D data set, which allows us to separately identify "research" and "development" activities, we have empirically investigated how the R&D process stage affects the relationship between internal R&D and external technology sourcing. Additionally, we separate efforts from capabilities for the concept of "absorptive capacity" to observe more precisely the aforementioned relationship between internal capacity and external technology sourcing. A complementary internal-external relationship is found more frequently for vertical looks ("R" and "D") and for internal "efforts," while some substitutional relationships exist between the research's internal "capabilities" and external sourcing (horizontal looks).
Utilization of Sugar Sediment Waste for a Low Cost Lightweight Concrete Development with Environmental Impact Reduction

Waste sugar sediment was included in the mix of lightweight concrete. The optimum mix that we identified was 10% by weight replacement of lime by sugar sediment. The resultant product exhibited the highest compressive strength of approximately 5.5 N/mm2, and demonstrated that a substantial proportion of the 872 million kgs of waste sugar sediment produced in Thailand per year could be diverted from landfills, providing substantial economic and environmental benefits. Our analysis indicates that about 13 million kgs of lime could be replaced by an equal amount of sugar sediment, 13 million kgs, per year, if the improved composition of lightweight autoclaved aerated concrete is adopted by the construction industry on a wide scale. As the cost of lime is about 2 Baht per kg, and sugar sediment is essentially a free input, an estimated 26,000,000 Baht per year savings is achievable. The economic, environmental and health impacts of reducing this industrial waste going into landfill areas by 13 million kgs per year must also be seen as substantial.
Biological Effects of EM Radiations from Mobile Phones

Direct health effects could result following exposure to RF by thermal (heating effects). Recent Studies have shown that there are public fears on effects that can be caused mainly by holding mobile phones close to the body, or as a result of possible non-thermal effects from both phones and base stations. This paper offers an overview on the biological effects of electromagnetic radiation caused by mobile phones. Exposures of individuals to RF radiation from these sources will depend upon their proximity and may be above those from mobile phone base stations, although still well below guidelines. From a review of the scientific literature, it is concluded that there were no established health effects from exposure to the RF fields from mobile phones. However, there are gaps in knowledge requiring further research, but current knowledge suggests that RF exposure to levels below the guidelines were not a risk to health.
Numerical investigation of fully encased composite columns subjected to combined axial and cyclic loading

This research investigated the cyclic behaviour of fully encased composite (FEC) columns. By constructing and investigating thirty-six FEC columns to increase the strength and performance of composite columns subjected to combined axial and cyclically increasing lateral loads. The goal of this research is to investigate the effect of the axial load ratio and concrete reinforcing bars on the behaviour of composite columns subjected to combined axial and cyclically increasing lateral loads. Finite element analysis was performed on each specimen, taking into account the inelastic behaviour of concrete, structural steel, and longitudinal and transverse steel bars. In this research, the finite element models created in ANSYS software were verified and calibrated against previously published experimental results. FEC columns are studied in terms of hysteretic performance, load-carrying capacity, energy dissipation capacity, ductility, and stiffness degradation. The composite columns provide an interesting result in the numerical simulation.
Syntheses of Dual-Artistic Media Effects Using a Generative Model with Spatial Control

We present a generative model with spatial control to synthesize dual-artistic media effects. It generates different artistic media effects on the foreground and background of an image. In order to apply a distinct artistic media effect to a photograph, deep learning-based models require a training dataset composed of pairs of a photograph and its corresponding artwork images. To build the dataset, we apply some existing techniques that generate an artwork image including colored pencil, watercolor and abstraction from a photograph. In order to produce a dual artistic effect, we apply a semantic segmentation technique to separate the foreground and background of a photograph. Our model applies different artistic media effects on the foreground and background using space control module such as SPADE block.
Sick leave duration as a potential marker of functionality and disease severity in depression

Abstract Objective: To discuss the impact of depression on work and how depression-related sick leave duration could be a potential indicator and outcome for measuring functionality in depression. Methods: Our review was based on a literature search and expert opinion that emerged during a virtual meeting of European psychiatrists that was convened to discuss this topic. Results: Current evidence demonstrates that depression-related sick leave duration is influenced by multiple disease-, patient- and work-related factors, together with societal attitudes towards depression and socioeconomic conditions. A wide variety of pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatments and work-based interventions are effective in reducing depression-related sick leave duration and/or facilitating return to work. Recent real-world evidence showed that patients treated with antidepressant monotherapy appear to recover their working life faster than those receiving combination therapy. Although depression-related sick leave duration was found to correlate with severity of depressive symptoms, it cannot be used alone as a viable marker for disease severity. Conclusions: Given its multifactorial nature, depression-related sick leave duration is not on its own a viable outcome measure of depression severity but could be used as a secondary outcome alongside more formal severity measures and may also represent a useful measure of functionality in depression. Key points Depression in the working population and depression-related sick leave have a profound economic impact on society Depression-related sick leave duration is influenced by multiple disease-, patient- and work-related factors, together with societal attitudes towards depression and socioeconomic conditions A wide variety of pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatments and work-based interventions have been shown to be effective in reducing depression-related sick leave duration and/or facilitating return to work In terms of pharmacological intervention, recent real-world evidence has shown that patients treated with antidepressant monotherapy are able to recover their working life faster than those treated with combination therapy Although depression-related sick leave duration has been shown to correlate with severity of depressive symptoms, it is not a viable outcome measure of depression severity on its own, but could be used as secondary outcome alongside more formal clinician- and patient-rated severity measures Depression-related sick leave duration may, however, represent a viable outcome for measuring functionality in depression
The role of data mining in diagnosing the diseases: A case study of detecting the thyroid disease

One of the most important tools used in the field of medicine is to search for data, especially in the field of exploration and knowledge of the prevailing health conditions, research into diseases and patient behavior in society, as well as contribute to knowing the effect of drugs and drugs on patients according to previous patient records. Data mining also helps to identify diseases spread in a specific area, which helps to take the necessary measures and awareness to control this disease, and works to develop and update the field of medicine and medicines and increase their spread. Efficiency and processing capacity. Data mining techniques are a recent method in the medical field, and have become increasingly reliable in diagnosing diseases especially in diagnosing and detecting thyroid diseases. Since such techniques help to properly analyze and accurately predict the disease, they contribute to helping physicians, providing appropriate medical care, and reducing the incidence or development of side effects of the disease. Today, data mining techniques are important in the medical field as they help detect diseases and epidemics that are spreading around the world. The purpose of this paper is to know the role of data mining techniques in the diagnosis of thyroid disease through the survey of a number of relevant studies. The critical appraisal tool of previous studies in this area has been used. The study has also found the importance of early diagnosis of thyroid diseases, providing proper treatment for patients. It also agreed on the importance of data mining tools such as neural networks, Machine and decision tree learning and their disease diagnosis potential. The paper recommends the need for extensive systematic reviews of studies on the use of data mining techniques in the diagnosis of thyroid diseases. Also, we concluded that Prospecting tools in medical devices have had an enormous and important impact on the health care industry and the country. It should be remembered that the medical data that began to multiply in a large amount must be contained herein a lot of useful information that greatly affects the improvement of the level of medical services and detection in Characteristics of many diseases and epidemics and find solutions to many difficult diseases.
Growth performance and hematological, biochemical, and histological characters of the Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus, L.) cultivated in an aquaponic system with green onion: The first study about the aquaponic system in Sohag, Egypt

The aquaponic system has won the interest of researchers for its multiple efficiency in raising fish and producing crops simultaneously; however, information about the extent of this system's efficacy is scarce compared to other conventional food production methods. Hence, this study aimed to assess water quality, hematological and biochemical parameters, histological structure, and growth performances of the Nile tilapia ( Oreochromis niloticus ), as well as green onion ( Allium cepa L.) yield. The species under study was reared in a newly developed deep-water culture (DWC), forming a prototype built in Upper Egypt, Center of Development owned by the ASRT in Sohag Governorate, Egypt. The current experiment consisted of two DWC systems. Fish were daily fed for 5days/ week with a protein content (30%), representing 2% of the total biomass. Except for water pH and temperature, the values of water quality were within the optimal ranges for tilapia culture. No significant difference was detected between the two systems with respect to the hematological, biochemical parameters, hepatic and intestinal histological structure, and growth performances, showing normal values. In addition, considering the two DWC systems, no significant difference was recorded in the growth and yield of green onion determined through fresh weight. It is deduced that aquaponics has a huge potential since it shows promising results for urban food development. At the same time, it provides new entrepreneurship and start-up opportunities. Nevertheless, more studies are recommended to overcome foreseen challenges despite its potential to be implemented in developing countries such as Egypt.