Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
TO COMPARE THE EFFICACY OF TOPICALLY ACETIC ACID IRRIGATION WITH TOPICAL ANTIBIOTICS IN MEDICAL MANAGEMENT OF TUBOTYMPANIC CHRONIC SUPPRATIVEOTITS MEDIA (CSOM)

Background: Chronic suppurative otitis media (C.S.O.M.) is a disease of multiple etiology and is well-known for its persistence and recurrence inspire of treatment. Nowadays, because of the excessive and unconventional use of broadspectrum antibiotics, corticosteroids, and cytotoxic chemotherapy, the resistance emergence has increased in recent years. Due to the cost of long term treatment is an important factor in developing countries. It has become a difficult task to treat for ENT specialists. Acetic acid alters the pH of EAC and the middle ear to treat otorrhea in CSOM that needs to be studied. Methods: 200 patients with active CSOM were randomly distributed in two groups. One hundred patients in each acetic acid and topical antibiotic group. Acetic acid and topical antibiotic irrigation were done for 3months in each group. Pus culture and sensitivity was done for each patient. Both groups were followed up for three months and observed for resolution of ear discharge and healed perforation. Results: In our study, otorrhea resolution with acetic acid was 92%and of the topical antibiotic group. 88% of patients had successful otorrhea resolution. The mean time of otorrhea resolution was 30.4 days in a topical antibiotic group, whereas 30.9 days in acetic acid group. No statistically significant difference between both the groups in otorrhea resolution was seen in active CSOM (p >0.05). Conclusions: Inactive CSO Macetic acid can be used as an alternative treatment method, which is cost-effective and easily available and performed even at a primary health center for the resolution of ear discharge in active CSOM. As long term management of chronic ear discharge may be required in CSOM.
Maternal Satisfaction Towards Intrapartum Care of Designated Healthcare Facilities and Its Associated Factors Among Postnatal Women Attending Klinik

Introduction: The World Health Organization recommends evaluation of maternal satisfaction to improve quality of health care during childbirth. Dissatisfaction may lead to undesired outcomes such as unassisted homebirth and delay in seeking treatment. Determining the maternal satisfaction level and its associated factors may help to improve health care services and prevent negative implications to both mothers and infants. This study aimed to determine the maternal satisfaction towards intrapartum care of designated healthcare facilities and its associated factors among postnatal women. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study of postnatal women attended Klinik Kesihatan Salak from December 2017 to February 2018. Systematic random sampling with the ratio of 1:3 was applied to the eligible respondents. A self-administered questionnaire that include respondent’s socio-demographic characteristics and a validated 14-items Maternal Satisfaction with Hospital-based Intrapartum Care Scale was used. Data was analyzed using SPSS 23. Results: 274 respondents were recruited in this study. Overall, only 21.2% of respondents were satisfied with the intrapartum care given. The level of satisfaction was highest in interpersonal care domain (36.1%), followed by physical birth environment (34.3%) and the least satisfied was information and decision making domain (27.7%). Binary logistic regression showed that maternal satisfaction was significantly associated with place of birth (AOR (95% CI): 0.046 (0.183, 0.984)) and labour complications (AOR (95% CI): 3.387 (1.345, 8.528)). Conclusion: The overall maternal satisfaction towards intrapartum care was low and the information and decision-making domain appeared to be the least satisfied. Maternal satisfaction was associated with place of birth and labour complications. Therefore, health care providers should emphasize and improve the quality of services especially for this domain and to consider factor that contribute to dissatisfaction towards the intrapartum care.
Effect of Total Quality Management Practices in Private Organization in the UAE

All organizations strive for the highest aim in business, which is organizational performance – this is true for both public and private organizations. In relation to performance, TQM refers to an effective tool used to achieve excellent performance based on the management premise that stems back to decades. The study aim remains at examining the effect of Total Quality Management Practices (TQMP) on performance of organization with reference to Fujairah Asia Power Company(FAPCO)located to UAE. The present study adopts quantitative research design in its quest to achieve a credible study. As such, questionnaire was developed and used to elicit the respondents’ opinion on the effects of TQM on the UAE public sector performance. 220 usable responses were evaluated using SPSS software and PLS SEM-VB was used for assessing the current research model. The study employed random sampling technique was adopted to gather the required quantitative data. Based on the findings in relation to this objective, the study concluded that the results indicated that TQM has a significant and positive impact on organizational performance. Results would give insights for FABCO and public sector in the UAE in order to enhance performance of organization with focus on TQM.
Acquired brain injuries: neurophysiology in early prognosis and rehabilitation pathway

*Correspondence bhakiki@dongnocchi.it (Bahia Hakiki) Abstract Despite advances in intensive care medicine and neurosurgical procedures, the mortality and long-term disability rates for serious traumatic and non-traumatic brain injuries remain high. With improvements in intensive care, the most common proximate cause of death in comatose patients following acquired brain injury is represented the withdrawal of life-sustaining therapies (ABI). This procedure, however, raises serious ethical concerns, as current approaches in the prediction of consciousness recovery and functional independence lack accuracy. The prediction of neurological outcome after severe ABI at the individual patient level is variable and challenging. Current prognostication models applied in severe traumatic brain injury and the post-cardiac arrest population perform reasonably well in predicting the neurological outcomes in lowand high-severity patients but do not allow for accurate outcome predictions in patients with intermediate severity. The current review highlights new clinical and instrumental prognostication developments, with a particular focus on the prediction of consciousness recovery. In particular, recent research has leveraged neurophysiological techniques (electroencephalogram and somatosensory evoked potentials) to build a strategy for recovery prediction. In addition, we underline the relevance of instrumental motor assessments because motor impairment may affect the reliable evaluation of the effective consciousness level or may hamper patients’ complete functional recovery.
Students’ Social Apathy in Real and Virtual Worlds: A Comparative Study

In recent years, social apathy has been able to attract the attention of sociologists and social psychologists. Thus, the present study addresses the issue of social apathy in the real and virtual worlds. This research, which consists of a social survey, was conducted in spring 2019 in Kashan, among which 384 students of Payame Noor University, Medical Sciences University, and the State University of Kashan, were selected via a non-proportional classified sampling method. The results showed that, in general, the degree of social apathy of students in both real and virtual environments is a little more than the middle, although its amount in the real spaces is slightly higher than virtual ones. It also became clear that there is a correlation between the degree of social apathy of students in the real world and the virtual worlds, but the degree of this apathy in the real or virtual world did not differ significantly in terms of the field of study, type of university, residence and income. In other words, the degree of social apathy was relatively the same in all the mentioned groups of students. Keywords: social apathy, virtual world, students, information-communication technology
The Acceptance of Government Resource Planning System Using Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology 2

The Government Resource Planning (GRP) system is a solution for managing all the resources in government, namely people, technology, and business processes. From the GRP evaluation conducted on 616 agencies in Indonesia, only 13% of the agencies fall into excellent and satisfying categories. The biggest problem found is digital data availability, data integration between legacy systems, adjusting old system business processes to the GRP system, and support commitment of regional leaders and heads of offices. One of the GRP systems assessed is Service and Licensing Information System for the Public (SIMPATIK). The province of West Java uses this application for integrated services at the investment department. This study aims to analyze how the acceptance of the SIMPATIK uses the UTAUT 2 model that consists of six independent variables and two dependent variables. The relationship between the independent variable and the dependent variable is moderated by age, gender, and experience variables. The data used are primary data obtained from distributing questionnaires online to 42 DPMPTSP (One Stop Service and Investment/Dinas Penanaman Modal Dan Pelayanan Terpadu Satu Pintu) employees using SIMPATIK. The hypothesis was tested with the SmartPLS and SPSS applications. The results show from a total of 14 hypotheses, three hypotheses that have a significant or acceptable effect, while 11 other hypotheses are not significant or cannot be accepted.
The Role of Self-Efficacy and Educational Beliefs in Democratic Values: The Case of Turkish Pre-Service Teachers

The purpose of this study is to examine the role of self-efficacy and educational beliefs in relation to democratic values, while focusing on Turkish pre-service teachers. 382 pre-service teachers from a public university in Turkey have voluntarily participated in this study and responded to a series of research instruments provided by the Educational Belief, Teacher Sense of Self-Efficacy and Democratic Values Scales. The results revealed that higher self-efficacy belief is positively associated with higher democratic values among pre-service teachers who endorse contemporary philosophical approaches to education. Keywords: higher education, democracy, philosophy of education, teacher education
Comparative Analysis of the Level of Engagement in Palm Oil Processing Among Rural Households in Southeast Nigeria

The study provided empirical evidence of rural household’s engagement in processing of oil palm produce in South east Nigeria. The study specifically identified the methods of processing oil palm produce, ascertained the level of household’s engagement in oil palm processing, identified the constraints to oil palm processing in the study area. Multi-stage random sampling procedure in selecting 540 respondents. Data for the study were collected with the use of structured questionnaire and analyzed with the use of both descriptive (frequency, percentage and mean) and inferential statistics (ANOVA model). The results showed that 58.1% of the respondents used semi-modern/mechanized in processing of oil palm produce. There was high level of engagement in the processing of oil palm produce (pooled grand mean = 3.67). The result revealed that lack of modern processing equipment (86.5%), instability of government policy (80.0%) and high cost of labour (76.7%) were the major constraints to engagement in oil palm processing. There was a statistically significant difference in the level of engagement of rural households in processing of oil palm produce across the states in South East Nigeria at 5% level of probability. The study concluded that most of the processors used a combination of both traditional and modern method in the processing of their oil palm produce and were highly engaged in the processing of oil palm produce as a profitable livelihood activity. The study therefore recommended that State and Federal Government should gear up efforts in providing basic infrastructure such as electricity and good, motorable roads in the study area so that the efficiency of processing of oil palm products can be guaranteed.
Loneliness and Social Isolation: An Unequally Shared Burden in Europe

Concerns about loneliness and social isolation are growing more than ever. With the COVID-19 pandemic entering its second year, there are fears that the toll on loneliness could have consequences long after the virus recedes. This study offers a comparative overview of the incidence and determinants of loneliness and social isolation in Europe in the pre-COVID-19 period. The empirical results indicate that 8.6% of the adult population in Europe suffer from frequent loneliness and 20.8% from social isolation, with eastern Europe recording the highest prevalence of both phenomena. Trends over time do not indicate any change in the incidence of social isolation following the widespread adoption of social media networks from 2010 onwards. The empirical analysis shows that favourable economic circumstances protect against loneliness and social isolation, while living alone and poor health constitute important loneliness risk factors. Although social isolation increases with age, the elderly do not report more frequent feelings of loneliness than other age groups, all other things being equal. The relative contributions of the different objective circumstances included in the empirical analysis â€” demographic characteristics, economic conditions, living arrangements, health status, religious beliefs and geographical location â€” to chronic loneliness and social isolation vary substantially.
Inference and preference in intertemporal choice

When choosing between immediate and future rewards, how do people deal with uncertainty about the value of the future outcome or the delay until its occurrence? Skylark et al. (2020) suggested that people employ a delay-reward heuristic: the inferred value of an ambiguous future reward is a function of the stated delay, and vice-versa. The present paper investigates the role of this heuristic in choice behaviour. In Studies 1a–2b, participants inferred the value of an ambiguous future reward or delay before the true value was revealed and a choice made. Preference for the future option was predicted by the discrepancy between the estimated and true values: the more pleasantly surprising the delayed option, the greater the willingness to choose it. Studies 3a–3c examined the association between inference and preference when the ambiguous values remained unknown. As predicted by the use of a delay-reward heuristic, inferred delays and rewards were positively related to stated rewards and delays, respectively. More importantly, choices were associated with inferred rewards and, in some circumstances, delays. Critically, estimates and choices were both order-dependent: when estimates preceded choices, estimates were more optimistic (people inferred smaller delays and larger rewards) and were subsequently more likely to choose the delayed option than when choices were made before estimates. These order effects argue against a simple model in which people deal with ambiguity by first estimating the unknown value and then using their estimate as the basis for decision. Rather, it seems that inferences are partly constructed from choices, and the role of inference in choice depends on whether an explicit estimate is made prior to choosing. Finally, we also find that inferences about ambiguous delays depend on whether the estimate has to be made in “days” or in a self-selected temporal unit, and replicate previous findings that older participants make more pessimistic inferences than younger ones. We discuss the implications and possible mechanisms for these findings.
Application of Different Biochar Sizes for Improving Chemical Properties of Sandy Soil and its Reflication on Yield Productivity

The use of biochar as soil conditioner, either alone or in association with fertilizer, may be considered a specific management for improving the soil properties which adverse crops productivity. A field experiment was carried out in a sandy soil, winter season cultivated with lupine and summer season cultivated with peanut, to study the effectiveness of applying particle size of biochar at different depths to improve soil properties, nutritional status and yield components of crops. The experiment included four particle sizes of biochar S1, S2, S3 and S4 and three application depths D1, D2 and D3. Results indicated that, generally, the application of biochar particle sizes with different application depths led to increase lupine and peanut yields as well as their total content of macronutrients as compared to control treatment. Also, application of 10 mm biochar at D2 and 2mm biochar at D1 were significantly superior for lupine and peanut yields along with their total content of macronutrients, respectively. Data showed that the application of S1biochar and S4 biochar were superior decreased of pH values in the first and second seasons, respectively. The electric conductivity and organic matter were increased gradually with increase of biochar particle sizes in lupine soil, while these parameters in peanut soil being decreased. In conclusion, application of biochar, with different sizes and depths, as soil conditioners led to improve soil chemical properties and increased fertility in sandy soil which reflected on both tested yield components along with their total content of macronutrients under conditions of experiment.
INFLUENCE OF PERCEIVED LACK OF ACCOMMODATION AND SELF- ESTEEM ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE AMONG UNDERGRADUATES OF BENUE

] Abstract An investigation into the influence of perceived lack of accommodation and selfesteem on academic performance was conducted in a survey of 284 participants drawn from undergraduates of Benue State University, Makurdi. The participants made up of 186 (61.97%) males, 108 (38.03%) females took part in the study. Self developed questionnaire with 15 items and Cronbach alpha value of 663 and the Rosenberg scale develop by Morris Rosenberg in 1965 with Cronbach alpha value of 77 and 10 items were used for data collection. The findings showed there is a statistical significant relationship between perceived lack of accommodation and academic performance among undergraduates of Benue State University, Makurdi (F, df =: 281) = 52.105; p < 0.05). The findings also showed that there is no INFLUENCE OF PERCEIVED LACK OF ACCOMMODATION AND SELFESTEEM ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE AMONG UNDERGRADUATES OF BENUE STATE UNIVERSITY, MAKURDI
Active School Travel is Associated With Fewer Suicide Attempts Among 127, 097 Adolescents Aged 13 to 17 Years From 34 Low-and Middle-income Countries

Background. This study explored the association between active school travel (AST) and suicide attempts among adolescents in low- and middle-income countries. Methods. We used the data from the Global School-based Health Survey, including 127, 097 adolescents aged 13-17 years from 34 LMICs. A self-reported survey was used to collect data on AST and suicide attempts as well as some key control variables. Multivariable logistic regression was performed to assess the association between AST and suicide attempts. A meta-analysis with random effects was undertaken to identify the difference in the association between AST and suicide attempts. Results. Across all the adolescents, the prevalence of AST was 37.0% and the prevalence of suicide attempts was 11.6%. Adolescents who engaged in AST were less likely to have suicide attempts irrespective of gender. The country-wise analysis indicated a large inconsistency in the association between AST and suicide attempt across the countries. Conclusions. AST would appear to be a protective factor for reducing suicide attempts among adolescents in LMICs. However, the association between AST and suicide attempts varied greatly across the countries. Future studies should confirm or negate the association between AST and suicide attempts.
Structural dependence of chemical durability in modified aluminoborate glasses

Alkali and alkaline earth aluminoborate glasses feature high resistance to cracking under sharp contact loading compared to other oxide glasses. However, due to the high content of hygroscopic B2O3, it is expected that applications of these glasses could be hindered by poor chemical durability in aqueous solutions. Indeed, the compositional and structural dependence of their dissolution kinetics remains unexplored. In this work, we correlate the dissolution rates of aluminoborate glasses in acidic, neutral, and basic solutions with the structural changes induced by varying the aluminum-to-boron ratio. In detail, we investigate a total of seventeen magnesium, lithium, and sodium aluminoborate glasses with fixed modifier content of 25 mol%. We show that the structural changes induced by alumina depend on the network modifier. We also demonstrate a correlation between the chemical durability at various pH values and the structural changes in Mg-, Li- and Na- aluminoborate glasses. The substitution of alumina by boron oxide leads to a general decrease of chemical corrosion in neutral and acidic solutions. The lowest dissolution rate value is observed in Mg-aluminoborate glasses, as a consequence of the intermediate character of magnesium which can increase the network cross-linking. For basic solutions, the chemical durability is almost constant for the different amount of alumina in the three series, likely because B2O3 is susceptible to nucleophilic attack, which is favored in high-OH- solutions.