Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Dietary myristic acid modifies the HDL-cholesterol concentration and liver scavenger receptor BI expression in the hamster*

The influence of myristic acid in a narrow physiological range (0·5 to 2·4 % of total dietary energy) on the plasma and hepatic cholesterol metabolism was investigated in the hamster. The hamsters were fed on a diet containing 12·5 g fat/100 g and 0·05 g cholesterol/100 g with 0·5 % myristic acid (LA diet) for 3 weeks (pre-period). During the following 3 weeks (test period), they were divided into four dietary groups with 0·5 % (LA), 1·2 % (LM), 1·8 % (ML) or 2·4 % (M) myristic acid. Finally, half the hamsters in each group were again fed the LA diet for another 3 weeks (post-period). At the end of the test period, the hepatic expression of the scavenger receptor BI (SR-BI) was lower in the LM, ML and M groups than in the LA group whereas the hepatic cholesteryl ester concentration was higher. Cholesterol 7α hydroxylase activity was lower in the ML and M groups than in the LA and LM groups while the sterol 27 hydroxylase and 3-hydroxy-3-methyl glutaryl coenzyme A reductase activities were not modulated by dietary myristic acid. This is the first time a negative correlation has been observed between the HDL-cholesterol concentration and the hepatic mass of SR-BI (r -0·69; P<0·0001) under physiological conditions. An inverse linear regression was also shown between SR-BI and the percentage of myristic acid in the diet (r -0·75; P<0·0001). The hepatic mass of SR-BI in the M group had increased at the end of the post-period compared with the test-period values. The present investigation shows that myristic acid modulates HDL-cholesterol via a regulation of the SR-BI expression.
Synthesis and properties of cationic polyelectrolyte with regioregular polyalkylthiophene backbone and ionic-liquid like side groups

High-regioregular poly{3-[6-(1-methylimidazolium-3-yl)hexyl]thiophene-2,5-diyl bromide}, PMHT-Br, has been prepared by reaction of high-regioregular (above 92%) poly[3-(6-bromohexyl)thiophene-2,5-diyl] with 1-methylimidazole. PMHT-Br is soluble in water and water miscible solvents such as methanol, DMSO and shows solvatochromism; λmax (nm): 423 (H2O); 435 (MeOH); 452 (DMSO). Increased absorption band broadening observed for aqueous solution as well as NMR spectra in D2O suggests a micelle-like structure of PMHT-Br molecules in these solutions: poly(3-hexylthiophene) core and 1-methylimidazolium bromide shell. Despite the disturbing effect of ionic groups, the solid-state PMHT-Br shows absorption maximum at 520 nm, the band edge at 660 nm (ca. 1.9 eV), and fluorescence emission with maximum at 635 nm, in a good agreement with the polymer regioregularity. Fluorescence emission maxima: λem (nm): 598 (H2O); 562 (MeOH); 574 (DMSO), occur in a vicinity of corresponding adsorption band edges. Plot of electrical conductivity of PMHT-Br (measured under the dynamic vacuum conditions, 5 × 10−5 Pa) versus 1/T shows a break at about 70 °C same as the temperature dependence of λmax of the solid PMHT-Br. These breaks indicate an increase in the mobility of polymer segments and ions within PMHT-Br; however, a thermal analysis did not provide solid evidence for it. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 48: 3073–3081, 2010
Impact of Methyl Cellulose Surfactant in Uniform Dispersion of Carbon Nanotube Suspension

In this paper, experimental synthesis of uniform dispersion of carbon nanotube using four different surfactants have been presented. Carboxy Methyl Cellulose sample is a better surfactant to disperse CNT in an aqueous solution rather than in organic solutions. The uniformly dispersed sample is coated on silicon substrate and the surface morphology is studied using AFM and SEM and I-V characteristics are studied for the effective sample using PXI 4110 slot of National Instruments.
IMPROVING SPAM EMAIL FILTERING EFFICIENCY USING IMPROVING SPAM EMAIL FILTERING EFFICIENCY USING BAYESIAN BACKWARD APPROACH PROJECT BAYESIAN BACKWARD APPROACH PROJECT

-Unethical e-mail senders bear little or no cost for mass distribution of messages, yet normal e-mail users are forced to spend time and effort in reading undesirable messages from their mailboxes. Due to the rapid increase of electronic mail (or e-mail), several people and companies found it an easy way to distribute a massive amount of undesired messages to a tremendous number of users at a very low cost. These unwanted bulk messages or junk e-mails are called spam messages . Several machine learning approaches have been applied to this problem. In this paper, we explore a new approach based on Bayesian classification that can automatically classify e-mail messages as spam or legitimate. We study its performance for various datasets.
The Study of Configuration Relationship Between Organizational Conditions and Post Merger Management: The Cases of Financial Industry in Taiwan

This paper aims to reveal the Taiwanese financial institution organizational configuration relationship between organizational conditions and post merger management. Although literature mentioned post merger organizational structure issues, yet there is rare research relating to dynamic and broad post merger managerial activities (Vaara 2002). Which is an obvious academic gap in M&A and post merger studies. Thru 4 case studies and 16 in-depth interviews, this paper can describe and explain the completed post merger configuration relationship between organizational conditions and post merger managerial activities. Through this research, we strive to bridge the long-term academic gap.
Corrosion Behavior of Stainless Steels in Simulated PWR Primary Water—Effect of Chromium Content in Alloys and Dissolved Hydrogen—

The structure and composition of surface oxide films on austenitic stainless steels in hydrogenated high-temperature water were examined by changing the chromium content in alloys and the concentration of dissolved hydrogen in high-temperature water. Auger electron spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction and analytical transmission electron microscopy revealed that the oxide films had a double-layer structure: ironbased spinels as the outer layer and chromium-rich spinel oxide as the inner layer. Increasing the chromium content suppressed the corrosion rate and produced fine oxide particles with a higher chromium concentration in the inner layer. Increasing the concentration of dissolved hydrogen enhanced the corrosion rate without a notable change in oxide structure. These influences are considered to originate from changes in cation diffusion through the inner layer, such as a decrease in the lattice diffusion of iron in the inner layer due to a higher concentration of chromium in the oxide as a diffusion barrier for a high chromium content in the alloys and due to a lower oxygen partial pressure for a higher concentration of dissolved hydrogen.
Pseudomonas Aeruginosa and Streptococcus Pyogenes Exposed to Malaysian Trigona Honey In Vitro Demonstrated Downregulation of Virulence Factor

Background: Honey has been known as a traditional medicine for centuries with its antibacterial properties. It is considered one of the most enduring substances used in wound management. Objectives: This study aimed to: (i) evaluate the effects of Malaysian Trigona honey on bacterial structure and (ii) assess the anti-virulence potential of this honey by examining their impacts on the expression of selected genes (involved in stress survival and biofilm formation) in a test organism. Materials and Methods: Trigona honey’s impacts on the bacterial structure (cell morphology) and the expression profiles of select Pseudomonas Aeruginosa and Streptococcus Pyogenes genes were examined using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and real-time PCR (RT-qPCR) analysis, respectively. Results: SEM showed that the decreased cell density deformed, disrupted, and damaged cells for both bacteria. RT-qPCR showed that the expression of fleN, fleQ, and fleR genes of P.aeruginosa were decreased, 4.26-fold, 3.80-fold and 2.66- fold respectively. In addition, scpA, ftsY, and emm13 of S.pyogenes were decreased, 2.87-fold, 3.24-fold, and 4.65-fold respectively. Conclusion: Our results indicate that Trigona honey may be an effective inhibitor and virulence modulator of P. aeruginosa and S. pyogenes via multiple molecular targets. This deduction needs to be investigated in vivo.
Childhood homes of interior architects in Turkey

The design of home interiors is important for an individual, especially in childhood, when one’s character and psychological development is in progress. In this study, the aim is to explore the social and physical aspects of childhood homes of interior architects and their effects on their professional lives, and to understand the possible reflections of these special places on their current designs. Within this framework, the study was conducted with eight internationally recognised Turkish interior architects, with online interviews and sketchbooks, depending on the memories of the participants’ childhood homes, and data were obtained regarding the interpretation of these special places, as well as their influence on their current design approaches and productions. Findings included understanding which aspects of the participants’ homes were conveyed to their current productions in terms of preferences, approach and style. The results have implications on the interior architecture profession as well as interior architecture education.
Efficacy and safety of acupuncture in postoperative ileus after gynecological surgery

Abstract Background: Acupuncture is widely used in treatment of postoperative ileus (POI), but the safety and efficacy of acupuncture in POI after gynecological surgery still lack of evidence-based basis. Methods: PubMed, CINAHL, EMBASE, Web of science, Google Scholar, Wangfang database, Chinese Biomedical Literature Database (SinoMed), Chinese Science and Technology Periodical Database, and China National Knowledge Infrastructure database will be searched until December 31, 2020. Two independent investigators will screen the relevant randomized controlled trials from Data one by one by using prespecified criteria. The relevant data from included studies will be extracted and analyzed by using RevMan V.5. 3 software. Quality of the included studies will be estimated by using the Cochrane Collaboration risk of bias tool, and publication bias will be assessed by using Egger test and Begg test. In addition, quality of evidence will be evaluated by using Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation. Results: We will analyze the effect of acupuncture on time to first flatus and time to bowel sound recovery as the primary outcomes of this review. Meanwhile, frequency of bowel sounds, time to defecation, time of hospital stay, biochemical indicators related to gastrointestinal motility, inflammation factors, responder rate, and adverse events for patients receiving gynecological surgery. Conclusion: Our findings will benefit researchers and provide reference for the treatment and prevention of POI for the patients undergoing gynecological surgery.
A Study of Consumers Purchasing Factors through Facebook Online Live Streaming: Taking Sales of Clothing for Example

Owing to the rise of online live streaming in recent years, many socializing platforms also successively introduce the live streaming services that blew up the fad of live streaming. This situation not only brings overnight fame to a lot of online ordinary people but also develops the business model of combined ecommerce with digital marketing. Therefore, this research adopts Facebook as a research tool which is widely applied by netizens in exploring the factors that live streaming platforms impacts on consumers’ willingness of purchase. This research is aimed at the environment which Facebook applies to live streaming platforms. The subjects were recruited consumers who purchase clothing through online questionnaires to investigate that the factors influence on consumers’ willingness of purchase. The results indicate that among the majority of influential factors of purchase, consumers purchase commodity through Facebook because of “bandwagon effect”. Furthermore, interaction between streamers and consumers is one main factor of customers purchasing motivation. In addition to providing related data to operators on the future live streaming platforms, the results of this research will also help managers further easily develop online live streaming and the marketing strategy of digital service.
Exploring Cancer Risk Factors using Data Mining Techniques: A Case Study from Yemen

Data Mining is a hot scientific research topic that has many applications in various life aspects. Healthcare and medicine are among those aspects that attracted data mining researchers who sought to solve decision-making problems. Cancer diagnosis, treatment, and prediction are procedures that have been using data mining for decades. In Yemen, some cancer risk factors seem to be different from those in other parts of the world. By mining the data available at National Cancer Control Foundation (NCCF), useful knowledge have been extracted. In this paper, decision tree classification was selected for building a model to predict cancer risk factors. As the NCCF database contained data describe some social life aspects, environmental circumstances, lifestyle, etc., mining those data can contribute in the endeavors of clearing ambiguity about cancer risk factors in Yemen. The informative attributes that were selected for model building included gender, marital status, number of family members, province, chewing Qat, chewing tobacco (Shamaa), smoking, age, relatives with cancer, and cancer class. These data was prepared for Knowledge Data Discovery process. Then, it was prepared for feeding into C4.5 learning algorithms. The results shown that smoking, chewing tobacco (Shamaa), province of residence, marital status, and age are the most important cancer risk factors. The model produced found of high performance. In addition, the rules extracted from the model tree can also be of high value for both people and healthcare sector.
THE EFFECTIVENESSOF MENTALHEALTHCASE MANAGEMENT

Declaration of interest None. The search for evidence of the effectiveness of interventions in medicine and the health sciences has a history dating back to the middle ages (Lancaster, 1994). Following the work of Fisher (1935) in theorising the design of the randomised controlled trial (RCT) as the most important method for establishing causality of interventions, RCTs have become widely used in medicine and increasingly so in the behavioural sciences and social programme evaluation fields. However, RCTs produce equivocal results due to lack of statistical power, sampling error, measurement error, different statistical techniques, heterogeneity of interventions and confounding variables (Cook & Campbell, 1979; Rosenthal, 1984; Hedges & Olkin, 1985; Cohen, 1988; Cook et al, 1992). In order to overcome the limitations of individual studies and the difficulties in qualitatively combining the results from many studies, the use of systematic reviews that include the statistical technique of ‘meta-analysis’ has become widespread. Meta-analytical techniques were developed during the 1960s and 1970s but became well known with the publication of the systematic review of the effectiveness of psychotherapy by Glass, McGaw & Smith (1981).
Design and Validation of an Assessment Tool for Educational Mobile Applications Used with Autistic Learners

This work presents the design and validation process for a tool to evaluate educational mobile applications for autistic learners. The project was developed in several stages. First, we reviewed and analysed the literature. Second, we conducted a Delphi study with experts (n=12) from different backgrounds (educational technology, accessibility, app developers and autism specialist teachers) selected using the calculated expert competence coefficient. And finally, we conducted a pilot test with trainee (n=51) and in-service (n=9) teachers who evaluated a selection of 11 apps. The data collected was used to study the factor structure of the tool, its reliability and usability. In this paper we present the resulting questionnaire consisting of 36 items grouped into six sections: “Information about the evaluator”, “Technical and descriptive characteristics”, “Pedagogical characteristics in relation to autism”, “General pedagogical characteristics”, “Characteristics for educational inclusion and accessibility”, and “Professional satisfaction”. The results condense the questionnaire to two factors and indicate that the tool is valid, reliable and useful for assessing the properties of apps and for facilitating the learning process of people with autism.
Social media in project management: A systematic narrative literature review

Despite the adoption of social media in many business operations, evidence suggests that the usage of social media for project management activities is scarce. Through this literature review, the paper seeks to clarify the scope of the available knowledge, highlight the significance of new research agendas and address the principal reason for the limited use of social media in project management. A literature review was conducted to analyze the benefits of using social media in project management along with the areas in which it is used, the threats, barriers and enablers of social media adoption. Key areas where social media is used in project management include requirements management, communication management, policymaking, knowledge management and collaboration. Social media usage has shown to improve information sharing, engagement and relationships. Threats include a negative impact on reputation, employee productivity and information privacy. The reviewed literature highlights that the lack of a social media adoption strategy is the principal reason for the limited use of social media in project management. This studycontributes to both the project management practice and literature by introducing a model for social media adoption in project management.
Association between a Functional HLA-G 14-bp Insertion/deletion Polymorphism and Susceptibility to Autoimmune Diseases: A Meta-analysis

The aim of this study was to determine whether a functional human leukocyte antigen-G (HLA-G) 14-bp insertion (I)/deletion (D) polymorphism is associated with susceptibility to autoimmune diseases. A meta-analysis was conducted to assess the association between an HLA-G 14-bp I/D polymorphism and autoimmune diseases using 1) allele contrast, as well as 2) recessive, 3) dominant, and 4) codominant models. Sixteen articles that included 20 comparative studies with 3,555 patients and 5,225 controls were included in the meta-analysis. These studies were performed on nine Caucasian, six South American, three Asian, one Arab, and one African population samples. Our meta-analysis revealed no association between autoimmune diseases and the HLA-G 14-bp I/D polymorphism [odds ratio (OR) for allele I = 1.055; 95% confidence interval (CI) = 0.963–1.156; p = 0.251)]. However, meta-analysis according to autoimmune disease type revealed an association between systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and the II+ID genotype of the HLA-G 14-bp I/D polymorphism (OR = 1.205; 95% CI = 1.036–1.403; p = 0.016). Furthermore, analysis using a codominant model revealed an association between this polymorphism and SLE (OR for ID vs. DD = 1.203; 95% CI = 1.024–1.413; p = 0.024). In contrast, our meta-analysis revealed no association between rheumatoid arthritis (RA), multiple sclerosis (MS), or Crohn’s disease (CD) and the HLAG 14-bp I/D polymorphism. This meta-analysis showed that the HLA-G 14-bp I/D polymorphism is associated with susceptibility to a subgroup of autoimmune diseases such as SLE, but not RA, MS, or CD. These results support the existence of an association between the HLA-G gene and a subgroup of autoimmune diseases.
D2.2 First release of the octree mesh-generation capabilities and of the parallel mesh adaptation kernel

This document presents a description of the octree mesh-generation capabilities and of the parallel mesh adaptation kernel. As it is discussed in Section 1.3. 2 of part B of the project proposal there are two parallel research lines aimed at developing scalable adaptive mesh refinement (AMR) algorithms and implementations. The first one is based on using octree-based mesh generation and adaptation for the whole simulation in combination with unfitted finite element methods (FEMs) and the use of algebraic constraints to deal with non-conformity of spaces. On the other hand the second strategy is based on the use of an initial octree mesh that, after make it conforming through the addition of templatebased tetrahedral refinements, is adapted anisotropically during the calculation. Regarding the first strategy the following items are included:
Monitoring IoT Encrypted Traffic with Deep Packet Inspection and Statistical Analysis

The pervasive use of encrypted protocols and new communication paradigms based on mobile and home IoT devices has obsoleted traffic analysis techniques that relied on clear text analysis. This has required new monitoring metrics being able to characterise, identify, and classify traffic not just in terms of network protocols but also behaviour and intended use. This paper reports the lessons learnt while analysing traffic in both home networks and the Internet, and it describes how monitoring metrics used in experiments have been implemented in an open source toolkit for deep packet inspection and traffic analysis. The validation process confirmed that combining the proposed metrics with deep packet inspection, it is possible to effectively characterise and fingerprint encrypted traffic generated by home IoT and non-IoT devices.
Behavior of Collapsible Soils Improved by Fly Ash and Cement Kiln Dust

Collapsible soils are metastable soils characterized by voids inside their building, at grain sizes ranging from silt to fine sand. On wetting, they collapse producing distortions that might cause failure of structures. In this study, addition to the natural collapsible soil, an artificial collapsible soil was prepared with the exact properties of the natural one taken from the deposit to avoid the remodel during transfer. Then, both the natural and artificial soil samples were stabilized with fly ash and cement kiln dust with several percentages. Kaolin particles were used to prepare the artificial samples with low density to represent the metastable soil structure. The fly ash and cement kiln dust were used in several percentages 5%, 10% and 15% to demonstrate the effect of using these stabilizing agents on Odometer test. The addition of fly ash (up to 15%) to the natural or artificial soil resulted in a decrease in the collapse potential (CP) from 15.4% to 4.4 % and from 13.8% to 2.6%, respectively. The obtained results showed that treatment of collapsing soils (natural and artificial) with CKD resulted in a reduction of collapse potential from 15.4% to 0.72% and from 13.8% to 0.95%, respectively. The results showed a significant improvement of the stabilized collapsible soil over the non-stabilized one whether treated by using fly ash or CKD. Additionally, CKD showed more effectiveness than fly ash in all the undergone tests.