Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
An Assessment of Knowledge and Practices of Contraception among Females of Rural Areas of Aligarh

Family planning is the planning of when to have children and use of birth control and other techniques to implement these plans. It is achieved by using contraceptive methods and the treatment of involuntary infertility. The present study was conducted to assess the knowledge and practices of contraception among females of rural areas of Aligarh district. 100 married females between ages 15 to 49 years coming from rural areas were interviewed regarding the knowledge, attitudes and practices on contraception and were evaluated with the help of predesigned questionnaire. The descriptive analysis was conducted to obtain percentages. Total 100 females were included in the study. Majority of them (47%) were in age group of 15to 25 years. Regarding literacy status, only 41% of them were literate, while 59% were illiterate. Most of them (93%) had heard about contraception and only 7% were not aware about it. When asked about the source of information, most of them told about media like radio and TV (40%). Regarding the cause of rejection of contraceptive methods , out of 40 females,12 told that they want more child ,5 want male child,2 were newly married,5 were afraid of side effects ,6 had family pressure while 7 were ignorant. One need to understand the level of awareness and practices in the community before implementing the family planning program . There is a need to educate and motivate the couple along with improvement in family planning services to promote the contraceptives.
LEVELS OF ORGANOCHLORINE, ORGANOPHOSPHORUS AND PYRETHROID RESIDUES IN BENINESE VEGETABLE FARMS SOIL

Pesticides are number of chemicals used in intensive vegetable farming to control pathogen, pest and weed. Further, pesticides play a significant role by keeping many dreadful diseases. However, their use with high frequency may be an environmental problems. This study disingned insecticide residues (Organochlorine, Organophosphorus and Pyrethri-noid) in vegetable farms soil of Cotonou and Seme-kpodji area (Southen of Benin). Twenty soil samples from four vegetable farms were collected. Multiclass residues extraction was performed using soxhlet with solvent system hexane : acetone 3:2 (v/v). Residue analysis was performed using a GC-MS in SIS mode. MedCalc Statistical Software version 15.0. was used for the statistical analysis. The results revealed that most of the samples are contaminated by Organo-chlorine Organophosphorus and Pyrethroid residues. Among Organochlorine residues analyzed, 60 % of dieldrin, 35% of DDT, 65% of DDE, 75% of endosulfan II and 70% of endosufan II were detected. For Pyrethroid residues 25% of cypermethrin, 40% of cyfluthrin, 50% of fenpropathin and 95% of lambda cyhalothin were found in the soil samples. For Organophosphorus analyzed, 55% of profenofos 55% of chlorpyrifos and 30% of parathion were quantified. Levels of pesticide residues found in vegetable farms soils may be consider like an environmental problem.
ISSN 2320-5407 International Journal of Advanced Research (2016), Volume 4, Issue 5, 141-154

Serine Amokrane 1 ,Rabah Arhab 2 , Raffaella Tudisco 3 , Hamza Rahab 1 , Federico Infascelli 3 Serina Calabro 3 . 1. Biotechnology Research Center (C.R.Bt),Ali Mendjli, Nouvelle Ville, UV 03 BP E73 Constantine, Algeria 2. Departement des sciences de la nature et de la vie, Faculté des Sciences Exactes et des Sciences de la Nature et de la Vie, Université Larbi Ben Mhidi, Oum El Bouaghi, Algerie. 3. Department of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Production (DMVPA), University of Napoli Federico II, Via F Delpino 1, 80137 Napoli, Italy.
Coconut Water as Enhancer Productivity of Labor Exposured to Heat

The work environment is one of the conditions that affect the productivity of labor. Work conditions of heat causes thermal stress on the workforce so the impact on the decline in productivity and cause health problems and accidents. Hot environmental conditions make the human body to sweat a lot, so the body loses sodium. Last survey at home Industry ladies accessories showed the temperature in the room reach 30,20C, the workers sweat a lot, do not even wear while working, they complained so quickly exhausted. This study aimed to analyze the effectiveness of coconut water as enhancing the productivity of exposed to heat labor. Experimental study with One group pre test and post test design take the population of labor with sample size of 9. The independent variable are mineral water and coconut water, the dependent variable is labor productivity, namely the womb sodium (Na +) in the blood of workers. Most of the worker are young age (<40 years) and has normal nutritional status, most of the pulse has decreased, there is an increase the sodium content in the blood before and after consuming mineral water and coconut water, there is no difference the sodium content in the blood of workers before and after consuming mineral water (p=0.813), there is no difference in workers pulse before and after consuming mineral water (p=0.526) and coconut water (p=0.363), there is a difference the sodium content in the blood of workers before and after consuming coconut water (p value = 0.030), coconut water is able to improve the productivity of the workforce compared to mineral water. Coconut water was suitable to be consumed by workers exposed to heat as a replacement ion electrolytes in the body. To avoid radiation workers should wear clothing on the job. Keywords: Coconut Water, Heat Stress, The Sodium Content, Productivity.
Prevalence of Dental Caries in Child School from two Libya's Western Cities with Different Levels of Fluoride in Their Drinking Water

Background: Dental caries is one of the commonest oral diseases in children. Despite this fact, not much attention has been given to studies on this issue among libyan school children. Objectives: To assess prevalence and severity of dental caries among 6-12 years old children in relation to fluoride concentration levels in drinking water. Design: Cross-sectional observational study, done in two cities, Libya (endemic fluoride belt). Subjects and Methods: 2000 children; aged 6-12 years (969 boys, 1031 girls) were examined from four randomly selected public schools. Dental caries was measured using the WHO diagnostic criteria (1997). Water fluoride levels were determined from samples obtained from drinking water sources. Results: Overall caries prevalence was 60.8%, off all the three groups (Group I 6-8 years old = 55%; Group II 9-10 years old = 64.2% and Group III 11-12 years old = 61.5%) with the highest caries prevalence in group III and lowest in group I. The overall mean DMFT, deft and dmft indices were 1.01 (SD ± 1.48), 1.35 (SD ± 1.84) and 1.45 (SD ± 2.39), respectively for all subjects. There was a statistically significantly negative correlation in overall mean DMFT scores of children at various water fluoride levels (10.73 ± 0.36 ppm)(P = 0.020). Caries experience was more among girls than boys (P = 0.021). Conclusion: The caries prevalence among schoolchildren was very high, and that there was a negative correlation between caries experience and fluoride concentration for the entire study population. In high fluoride areas, there was a positive correlation between fluoride concentration and dental caries. Water defluoridation on an urgent basis is a priority in Libya than water fluoridation. Effective oral health promotion strategies need to be implemented to further improve the dental health of school children. [Abdalraof MN, Moheb DM and El Masry ES. Prevalence of Dental Caries in Child School from two Libya's Western Cities with Different Levels of Fluoride in Their Drinking Water. Nat Sci 2014;12(1):28-34]. (ISSN: 1545-0740). http://www.sciencepub. net/nature. 5
On the Security of Robust Image Watermarking Algorithm based on Discrete Wavelet Transform, Discrete Cosine Transform and Singular Value Decomposition

: Among emergent applications of digital watermarking, owner identiﬁcation, proof of ownership and transaction tracking are applications that protect data by embedding the owner’s information (watermark) in it. Recently, a robust image watermarking scheme based on discrete wavelet transform, discrete cosine transform and singular value decomposition was proposed by Hu et al. [1]. However, this scheme has shown some drawbacks. In this paper, we present two ambiguity attacks that clearly demonstrate the ineffectiveness of the above scheme some watermarking applications, such as proof of ownership, transaction tracking and data authentication
The role of L-Tyrosine to relieve Barki sheep of physiological drawbacks resulted from short-term exposure to solar radiation

Exposure of rams to a heat stress has an adverse effect on behavioral and physiologicalresponses.In this study,we examined the ability of exogenous L-Tyrosine,dopamine amino acid precursor to protect rams from developing these neurochemical and behavioral changes whenexposed to heat stress.This experiment was carried out in Mariout station, Desert Research Center,Egypt. Fourteen mature Barki rams were divided into two groups,exposed to sunrise for three hours from 12am to 3pm. The first group (control (C)) was exposed to sunrise and before exposure was given an oral dose of normal saline (Nacl 0.9%, (0.45 ml/kg bodyweight). The second group (treated group) was exposed to sunrise andgivenan oral dose of L-Tyrosine 100mg/kg). Our results clearly showed that L-Tyrosine supplementation (100mg/kgb.wt.) decreased the effect of heat stress on some physiological responses. There was a significant decrease in both skin temperature STC and respiration rate RR,moreover a decrease in rectal temperature RT C. Furthermore, a significant increasein total protein due to elevation of total amino acids and Magnesium levels in serum that indicateda decrease in stress in the tyrosine-treated group. [Ashgan M. Ellamie. The role of L-Tyrosine to relieve Barki sheep of physiological drawbacks resulted from short-term exposure to solar radiation. J Am Sci 2013; 9(7): 119-124]. (ISSN: 1545-1003). http://www.jofamericanscience. org. 14
BAOJ Dentistry

Background There is little number of studies that address the inter-relationship of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and periodontitis during pregnancy. Hence, this study was conducted to provide further evidence in the possible association between chronic periodontitis and GDM by evaluating the level of Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) of chronic periodontitis patients with GDM after phase I periodontal therapy. Subjects and Methods: This study was conducted on 40 subjects divided into 2 groups: 20 pregnant females suffering from gestational diabetes mellitus associated with moderate to severe chronic periodontitis and 20 systemically free pregnant females suffering from moderate to severe chronic periodontitis. The periodontal status of the subjects was assessed at baseline before phase I periodontal therapy and 2 months after completion of the treatment: All subjects have been screened by comprehensive periodontal examination and full periodontal charts were obtained. The following clinical parameters were assessed to determine the clinical periodontal status of patients: Plaque Index (PI), Gingival Index (GI), Probing Pocket Depth (PPD), and Clinical Attachment Level (CAL). Gingival crevicular fluid (GCF) and serum samples were collected from both study groups to detect TNF-α levels. Regarding the assessment of TNF-α, Real-time reverse-transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT) PCR technique was used. Results: Results of the present study observed statistically significant reduction in TNF-α levels after 2 months from phase I periodontal therapy. The current study showed that, there was a statistically significant positive (direct) correlation between TNF-α level, PI, GI, PPD and CAL measurement at baseline and after 2 months from phase I periodontal therapy Conclusion: It is shown that the levels of TNF-α in GCF and serum before treatment were higher in GDM group (group 1) than in the control group. Thus, the examination of TNF-α may enhance the understanding of pathogenesis of periodontitis and GDM and its assessment in the treatment process may result in better control of the disease.
A simple, do-it-yourself method to evaluate bond strength

A direct-bonding bracket exhibiting the best features is useless if just one is missing: an acceptable bond strength. As a result, over a hundred articles related to its testing were published till 1997 only in the American J. of Orthodontics and Dentofac Orthop. Current debonding methods [1] include all the known types of force application (Figure 1). A simple, do-it-yourself method to evaluate bond strength
MEASURING EFFECT OF CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT FOR COMPUTING EDUCATION IN AFRICAN CONTEXT

A relevant research area in computing education is to explore aspects that motivate and promote learning in culturally responsive learning environments. This research contributes towards understanding how indigenous knowledge can be used to create a meaningful learning environment for learning object-oriented programming. The aim of research is to explore the effect of a culturally responsive learning environment for computing education in Ghana high school context. This research comprised teaching interventions that emphasized cultural significance and stimulation of Oware game as metaphors and related analogies to teach object oriented programming. The results indicated that a culturally responsive environment had a positive effect on high school students’ conceptual understanding of object-oriented programming concepts and attitudinal change to computing education
Detection of COL9A2 Gene Association with Lumbar Disc Prolapse in North Indian Population

Inter-vertebral disc prolapse is a severe condition in the human population, so far disease pathogenesis that can be promoted by a single dominant mutation affecting the expression of susceptibility genes. We performed a case-control study to assess the influence of the COL9A2 Gln326Arg polymorphism on risk of intervertebral disc disease in a Chinese population. Between March 2014 and March 2015, a total of 215 patients and 230 healthy controls were recruited from Binzhou Medical University Hospital. Genotyping of COL9A2 Gln326Arg was carried out using polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses revealed that the Arg/Arg genotype of COL9A2 Gln326Arg was associated with increased risk of intervertebral disc disease in comparison to the Gln/Gln genotype [crude odds ratio (OR) = 2.25, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.12-4.62; adjusted OR = 2.46, 95%CI = 1.20-5.29]. Moreover, the Arg/Arg genotype correlated with an elevated risk of this disease compared to the Gln/Gln + Gln/ Arg genotypes (crude OR = 2.21, 95%CI = 1.17-4.30; adjusted OR = 2.42, 95%CI = 1.28-5.51). In conclusion, our results suggest that the COL9A2 Gln326Arg polymorphism contributes to the development of intervertebral disc disease in the Chinese population.
MOLECULAR DOCKING STUDIES FOR PHYTOCHEMICALS OF HYGROPHILA SPINOSA WITH OXYHAEMOGLOBIN PROTEIN

Anaemia in human is a global threat. Traditionally, plant extracts of Hygrophila spinosa T. Anders, local name Kulekhara is used to treat anaemic condition. Present in silico study aimed to screen the active compound(s) of H. spinosa, which play an important role in its oxygen binding capacity as heterotrophic allosteric effectors by molecular docking analysis. The oxyhaemoglobin (receptor) of human was obtained from European Protein Databank (1HHO). Twelve phytoconstituents and one synthetic derivative as L35 (2-[4-({[(3,5-dichlorophenyl)amino]carbonyl}amino)phenoxy]-2-methylpropa-noic acid) were studied as ligands for docking study. The present results showed the binding modes of these potential heterotropic allosteric effectors with oxyhaemoglobin during molecular docking screening. It is conceivable from the present study on molecular docking that a few phytoconstituents of H. spinosa can be developed as lead compound(s) in future for drug designing to prevent anaemia related to oxyhaemoglobin. In addition, in vivo and in vitro study of these lead compounds may confirm suitability of this molecular docking.
An Advanced Security Event Visualization Method for Identifying Real Cyber Attacks

: Most organizations deploy and operate intrusion detection system (IDS) on their networks in order to defend their vital computer and network resources from malicious cyber attackers. Although IDS has been contributed to the improvement of network security, there is a fatal problem in that it records the tremendous amount of alerts, so that security operators are unable to deal with all of them and it is inevitable to miss real cyber attacks from the recorded IDS alerts. Many visualization methods of IDS alerts have been proposed in order to cope with this issue, but their main objective is to better understand only overall attack situations, not to detect real cyber attacks. In this paper, we propose an advanced visualization method of IDS alerts based on machine learning and statistical features derived from IDS alerts. The proposed visualization method can be contributed to the reduction of IDS alerts that must be analyzed by security operators and to effectively identify real cyber attacks from IDS alerts.
Hypolipidaemic and Hepatoprotective activity of Phlogacanthus thyrsiflorus Nees Flower extract in Streptozotocin induced Diabetic Mice

In this study, the hypolipidaemic and hepatoprotect iv effect of aqueous extract of Phlogacanthus thyrsiflorus Nees was investigated in streptozotocin induced di abet c mice. Method: The flower extract of Phlogacanthus thyrsiflorus in doses 100 and 200 mg/kg b.w was administered fo r 21 days and Triglyceride, Cholesterol, high density lipoprotein (HDL), low de nsity lipoprotein (LDL), very low density lipoprote in (VLDL), Serum Glutamate Pyruvate Transaminase (SGPT ), Serum Glutamate Oxaloacetate Transaminase (SGOT), Alkaline Phosthatase (ALP). Results: Admini stration of the flower extract of Phlogacanthus thyrsiflorus Nees (100 and 200 mg/kg) for 21 days resulted in s ig ificant reduction in serum cholesterol (P<0.0001), Triglyceride (p<0.0001). In addition to that significant decrease in high density lipoprot ein (HDL) (P< 0.0001) whereas significant increase in low den sity lipoprotein (LDL) (P<0.0001), very low density lipoprotein (VLDL) were observed in diabetic mice, which were normalized after 21 days of flower treat ment. In addition to that there was a significant increas e in hepatic enzymes Serum Glutamate Pyruvate Trans ami ase (SGPT), Serum Glutamate Oxaloacetate Transaminase ( SGOT), Alkaline Phosthatase (ALP) (P<0.0001) in diabetic mice but after the administration of the f lower extract the enzymes levels reduced significan tly. Conclusion: The flower extract at both the doses 20 0mg/kg and 100mg/kg have significant hypolipidaemic and hepatoprotective effect in streptozotocin induced d iabetic mice.
Brucellosis in children: A disease with multiple features

Abstract Brucellosis is a common infection of children in Iran. Considering the prevalence of complications in children, early diagnosis and treatment are crucial for prevention of morbidity and mortality. We retrospectively (1996–2005) studied all children who were diagnosed with brucellosis in one of the largest referral pediatric hospitals in Tehran, Iran. Inclusion criteria were positive Wright test (≥ 1/80 in Iranian population) and 2-mercaptoethanol (≥ 1/20) or isolation of brucella in sterile body fluids. Clinical manifestations, serologic, radiologic and other laboratory findings were analyzed. Data were evaluated on medical reports of 54 children with brucellosis during 1996–2005. The clinical manifestations varied: fever in 40 patients (72%), arthralgia in 27 (50%), hepatosplenomegaly in 18 (32%) and gastrointestinal involvement in 17 (31%). One third of patients had anemia and 25 of them (46%) had low mean corpuscular volume values. Erythrocyte sedimentation rate was more than 20 in 34 (75%) of examined patients. Wright was performed in all patients, 26 (48%) of whom had titers equal or more than 1/320. Coombs Wright was 1/320 in 18 (33%), and 2-mercaptoethanol was positive in all patients (≥ 1/20). Common antibiotic regimens were co-trimoxazole plus rifampin, co-trimoxazole plus streptomycin and co-trimoxazole plus rifampin and gentamicin. Brucellosis presents with variable manifestations, so diagnosis may be difficult, resulting in delay of treatment. Therefore, early diagnosis and treatment by more effective combinations will be useful for decreasing the rate of morbidity, mortality and relapse.
ASSESSMENT OF SERUM TOTAL TESTOSTERONE LEVEL AND LIPID PROFILE AMONG SUDANESE MALES WITH TYPE TWO DIABETES MELLITUS IN KHARTOUM STATE- SUDAN

Background: Testosterone plays a significant role in glucose homeostasis and lipid metabolism. The objective of the study was conducted to assess serum total Testosterone levels among Sudanese males with type two diabetes mellitus and comparison with apparently healthy control. Methods: Descriptive cross sectional study, Fifty males with type two diabetes mellitus were selected as a test group was compared with a control group apparently healthy 50 volunteers. The analysed variables were age, serum levels of total Testosterone, lipid profile estimated, BMI was measured. Results: There was a significant decrease in mean of serum levels of total Testosterone in males with type two diabetes mellitus (1.99± 1.29) while (3.47 ± 1.94) in control groups respectively (P<0.001). In this study the prevalence of low serum total testosterone was 66% in patients with type two diabetes mellitus. There was a significant increase in the mean of serum levels of total Testosterone in good glycemic controlled males (2.68 ± 1.43) while (1.67 ± 1.10) in non-glycemic controlled groups respectively (P=0.009). The results indicated significant correlations between serum total Testosterone with serum levels of Triglyceride, HDL cholesterol, and insignificant correlations between serum total Testosterone with serum levels of Cholesterol, LDL cholesterol. The results indicated a significant correlation between the mean of serum total Testosterone & the age in type two diabetic patients (P=0.037), also indicate insignificant correlation between the mean of serum total Testosterone & BMI. Conclusions: It concluded that, the serum total Testosterone levels are significantly altered in Sudanese males with type two diabetes mellitus.
Digital Human Modeling to Predict Passenger Comfort: A Case of Indonesian Angkot

This paper presents an evaluation of angkot , which was conducted to address ergonomic issues related to this mode of transport and to support the development of design recommendations for angkot use by the Indonesian population. This was achieved by carefully investigating the way people sit inside the angkot , modeling and running simulation to assess comfort, and finally proposing a design recommendation that is likely to be more ergonomic and healthy based on the simulation. A contextual inquiry method using video observation was applied to investigate sitting postures that appear most often among passengers. The analysis revealed that the most common sitting postures were sitting fairly upright, with the head facing down to the floor or facing front to the direction of travel; meanwhile, both arms were supported, and both legs were free on the floor. JACK Digital Human Modelling (DHM) software was used to perform Rapid Upper-Limb Assessment (RULA) analysis, which revealed a number of commonly adopted postures that require correction. A new seating layout is proposed based on the analysis and best practices from literature. RULA analysis was reapplied to the design changes to check the anticipated postures that would emerge i.e. passengers are facing towards the front of the bus, which is more likely to be ergonomically better for their comfort and health. This paper also discussed its limitations and potential future works. Future study of similar phenomena is still wide-open to obtain a more thorough comprehension of angkot microbus.