Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Factors Influencing Citizen's Adoption of M-government: The Case of Saudi Arabia

Governments across the world are pushed towards the provisioning of mobile government (m-government) services. However, the development of m-government services will not drive the expected benefits unless citizens’ accept the use of these services. Literature shows that there is a paucity of studies on factors impacting citizens’ acceptance and use of m-government services in Saudi Arabia. This paper proposed a conceptual model extending the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) model to consider other relevant factors, such as awareness and information quality, that can impact citizens’ adoption of m-government applications. A survey questionnaire was developed and a total of 264 responses of Saudi citizens were collected and analysed using Partial Least square (PLS). The results indicate that social influence, performance expectancy, and effort expectancy are the factors that have significant impact on citizens behavioural intention to use m-government services, accounting for 57% of the variability, while citizens’ awareness and information quality have no impact. Our findings can be used to stimulate the use of m-government services. The findings of this study suggest that decision makers on governments agencies and developers of m-government services should emphasis the role of social strategies to allow people to incentivise each other to use m-government services, clarify the benefits of using m-government services, and reduce the effort required for using m-government services.
Facial Detection Based on K-means and Local Binary Patterns

-Face detection and recognition are challenging research topics in the field of computer vision. Several algorithms have been proposed to solve lot of problems related to changes in environment and lighting conditions. In this research, we introduce a new algorithm for face identification or detection. The proposed method uses the well-known local binary patterns (LBP) algorithm and K-means clustering for face segmentation and maximum likelihood to classify output data. This method can be summarized as a process of detecting and recognizing faces on the basis of the distribution of feature vector amplitudes on six levels that is, three for positive vector amplitudes and three for negative amplitudes. Detection is conducted by classifying distribution values and deciding whether or not these values compose a face.
COURSE OF LARYNGEAL FUNCTION RECOVERY AFTER RECONSTRUCTION OF THE LARYNGEAL NERVES

Background: According to the literature, the rate of laryngeal paralysis after thyroid surgery is as high as several percent. For oncological operations the rate can reach 20%. The return of laryngeal function depends on the degree of nerve damage. Surgical procedures are required to increase the likelihood of nerve function recovery. Three methods of phonosurgery are currently used. The first is based on injecting auto or alloplastic materials into the vocal fold. The second interferes with the skeleton of the laryngeal cartilages; according to the Isshiki classification, it includes type I thyreoplasty (medialisation thyreoplasty), optionally with complementary arytenoid adduction. The third method reconstructs the laryngeal nerves. Combinations of the three methods are increasingly used. Conservative treatment including phoniatric voice rehabilitation should be started as early as possible. Case report: The paper presents a case report of a patient after thyroid surgery due to papillary carcinoma, complicated by bilateral laryngeal paralysis and aphonia. Conclusions: Functional Voice Therapy started just after healing of the postoperative wound in the neck eliminated abnormal compensatory mechanisms of phonation. Reconstruction of the laryngeal nerves is an opportunity to quickly return laryngeal function and prevents unwanted secondary functional mechanisms within the vocal organ.
Egyptian J. Nutrition and Feeds (2020),23(2):305-319 Issued by The Egyptian Society of Nutrition and Feeds EFFECT OF INCLUSION OF SUGAR BEET PULP IN THE DIETS ON THE PERFORMANCE AND EGG QUALITY OF GIMMIZAH

his research was conducted to study the effect of inclusion of sugar beet pulp (SBP) in the diets on the performance of Gimmizah laying hens during the period from 9 to 27 weeks of age. Hens were previously fed with starter diets from the beginning of the 3 weeks up to 8 weeks, and then hens fed in the present study on grower diets from the beginning of 9 up to 19 weeks, pre lay diets from the beginning of 20 up to 23 weeks and layer diets from the beginning of 24 up to 27 weeks. At the beginning of 9 weeks, a total of 180 females were continue feeding on the same treatments (which its fed in the starter period), which, consisted of five levels of SBP (0, 5, 10, 15 and 20% SBP) until 27 weeks (five treatments/four replicates (9 pullets/ replicate)). Hens fed diet containing 5% SBP had significantly higher live body weight (LBW) at the beginning of 9 weeks, performance index (during the period from 9 to 19 weeks) and recorded better values of feed conversion ratio (FC), crude protein conversion (CPC) and caloric conversion ratio (CCR) during the period from 9 to 19 weeks. Birds fed the control diet had higher LBW at 19 weeks and body weight gain, during the period from 9 to 19 weeks. Hens fed diet containing 10% SBP consumed significantly higher feed intake (FI), during the period from 9 to 19 weeks. Also, hens fed 10% SBP reached to sexual maturity earlier than the other treatments (the early in age at sexual maturity is coincided with a significant increase of average egg number (EN) per hen and laying rate% during the period from day of laying first egg until 23 weeks). Hens fed diet containing 20% SBP had significantly higher values of egg weight and FI, and the lower values were recorded with the hens fed diet containing 0.0% SBP during the period from 24 to 27 weeks of age. Gimmizah laying hens fed diet containing 0.0% SBP had better values of CPC and CCR during the period from 24 to 27 weeks of age, but, the differences between 0, 5, 10 and 15% SBP were not significant. The worst corresponding values of CPC and CCR were recorded with the hens fed diet containing 20% SBP during the period from 24 to 27 weeks of age. Feeding different levels of SBP insignificantly affected EN, egg production, FC and egg quality during the period from 24 to 27 weeks of age. It could concluded that, SBP could be used at a rate of 10% in the growing (9 to 19 weeks), pre-lay (20 to 23 weeks) and layer (24 to 27 weeks) diets of Gimmizah laying hens without any adverse effects on the pullet or hen performance and egg quality. But, the inclusion of SBP at 20% in the diet resulted in poor performance.
Real-time Implementation of Space Vector Modulation using Arduino... (A. Satif et al)

Received Apr 7, 2019 Revised Mar 12, 2020 Accepted Mar 24, 2020 This work aims to facilitate the approach of a promising and fascinating technology, which is the photovoltaic (PV) energy, concerning the integration of PV systems to the utility grid from the control/synchronization point of view. Within this context, this paper gives a performance analysis of modeling and driving a two-level three-phase inverter, in order to reduce the variations in frequency and phase, as a result, the synchronization between the inverter and the utility grid is accomplished and the correct function of the inverter is performed. MATLAB/Simulink software was utilized to develop the model of the suggested control algorithms. Then, as an interfacing device between the software and the inverter, the Arduino UNO microcontroller is proposed as a low-cost and simplified method to control the three-phase inverter.
SPEAKER RECOGNITION FOR PASHTO SPEAKERS BASED ON ISOLATED DIGITS RECOGNITION USING ACCENT AND DIALECT APPROACH

This paper presents a Pashto speech recognition based on Pashto isolated digits’ recognition. In order to develop the system, initially, a Pashto isolated digits’ database containing different dialectical variations of Pashto was developed. In the database, Pashto isolated digits one (yao) to ten (las) were recorded from sixty native Pashto speakers of different areas of Pakistan and Afghanistan. To the best of our knowledge, it is the first Pashto digits database that contains all the major dialectical variations of Pashto. After the speech data has been collected, spectral features (Mel Frequency Cepstral Coefficients (MFCC)) and prosodic features (Pitch and Energy) have been extracted from the collected data and Multi-Layer Perceptron (MLP) algorithm of Artificial Neural Network (ANN) was used to classify the digits. The presented system achieved 97.5% recognition accuracy with spectral features, 96.0% recognition accuracy with prosodic features and 98.0% recognition accuracy with the combination of spectral and prosodic features. With these achieved results, the system outperformed some of the recently proposed Pashto based speech and dialect recognizers by showing enhancement in recognition accuracy. Support Vector Machine (SVM) and Hidden Markov Model (HMM) classifiers were also tested on our collected dataset and results were compared with the results achieved by MLP. SVM showed improvement over HMM but overall, the performance of MLP was the best in classifying Pashto isolated digits.
Banding Recoveries and the Dispersal of Seabirds Breeding in French Austral and Antarctic Territories

The paper summarises banding activities on French Austral and Antarctic Territories and recoveries between 195 1 and 1982. Out of 61,807 birds banded, 192 were recovered elsewhere. Maps give the location of all these recoveries. Varia- tions in the recovery rates are discussed. The fidelity rate to the hatching grounds is close to 100% for breeding birds. Spatial segregation in winter is established between different populations or species nesting on antarctic or sub-antarctic localities. From recoveries and observations at sea, four methods of oceanic resource utilization during the non- breeding season are defined for 22 species: sedentariness, migration and the concentration over rich zones of food availability, dispersion throughout the Southern Ocean and a combination of the second and third methods. The importance of food availability the ecology of albatrosses during the non-breeding season is discussed.
Adaptation strategy of Bitung fishermen to the impact of fisheries Moratorium policy in Indonesia

This present study is to model the path of the relationship between the characteristics of fishermen families, social capital, institutions, entrepreneurial orientation, and family solidarity, and sustainable livelihoods of Bitung City fishermen; to analyze the significance of direct and indirect effects on the sustainable livelihoods of Bitung City fishermen; and to determine the contribution of factors that significantly influence the fishermen's sustainable livelihood. The research data were obtained through a survey method to fishermen in the city of Bitung. The research sample of 150 respondents was taken by purposive sampling. The research model used Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) and data analysis utilized the Partial Least Squares (PLS) method. The results showed that the characteristics of fishing families did not have a significant direct effect on sustainable livelihoods, entrepreneurial orientation, and family solidarity; fishermen's social capital has a real, direct positive effect on sustainable livelihoods, and has no significant direct effect on entrepreneurial orientation, and family solidarity. The institution has a significant direct effect on entrepreneurial orientation, and family solidarity, but not significant effect on the sustainable livelihood. It has indirectly positive effect on sustainable livelihoods with the mediator variables of entrepreneurial orientation and family solidarity.
Optimal Lethal Dose Determination for Gamma Rays and EMS Induced Mutagenesis in TMV7 and SVPR1 Sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) Varieties

In the present study two sesame varieties viz., TMV7 and SVPR1 were treated with varying doses of gamma rays (250, 300, 350, 400 and 450 Gy) and Ethyl Methane Sulphonate (EMS) of different concentrations viz.,0.20, 0.40 and 0.60%. The seed germination percentage was greatly affected by mutagenic treatment of gamma rays and EMS which showed a negative dose dependent relationship in both the varieties. The expected LD50 values were calculated through probit analysis. The LD50 values for TMV7 and SVPR1 were fixed at 416.86 Gy and 389.04 Gy for gamma rays and 0.490 % and 0.349% for EMS. The germination percentage of SVPR1 was greatly reduced (17.80 & 20.55 %) and the lethal dose to kill fifty per cent of mutated population was lower (6.68% & 28.78%) than that of TMV7 in both gamma ray and EMS treatment. EMS treatment exhibited significant reduction in seed germination (62.16 % & 66.67 %) than gamma irradiation (56.76 % & 54.55 %) in TMV7 and SVPR1 respectively. The study concluded that both the mutagens are effective to produce significant variations in sesame which can be further explored for mutation mapping.
2,4 - Dihydroxybenzaldehyde oxime - formaldehyde polymer as a polymeric ligand

Polychelates of Cu(II}, Ni(II}, Co(II}, Zn(II}, oxovanadium(IV} and dioxouranium(VI) with 2,4-dibydroxybenzaldehyde oxime (2,4-DBO)-formaldehyde (F) polymer (2,4-DBO-F) have been prepared, Elemental analyses of the polychelates indicate a metal: ligand ratio of 1:2. The structures of the complexes have been assigned on the basis of their elemental analyses, IR spectral, magnetic moment and reflectance spectral data.
Differential Evolution based Hyperparameters Tuned Deep Learning Models for Disease Diagnosis and Classification

A R T I C L E I N F O A B S T R A C T Article history: Received: 21 June, 2020 Accepted: 05 August, 2020 Online: 14 September, 2020 With recent advancements in medical filed, the quantity of healthcare care data is increasing at a faster rate. Medical data classification is considered as a major research topic and numerous research works have been already existed in the literature. Presently, deep learning (DL) models offers an efficient method for developing a dedicated model to determine the class labels of the respective medical data. But the performance of the DL is mainly based on the hyperparameters such as, learning rate, batch size, momentum, and weight decay, which need expertise and wide-ranging trial and error. Therefore, the process of identifying the optimal configuration of the hyper parameters of a DL is still remains a major issue. To resolve this issue, this paper presents a new hyperparameters tuned DL models for intelligent medical diagnosis and classification. The proposed model is mainly based on four major processes namely pre-processing, feature extraction, classification and parameter tuning. The proposed method makes use of simulated annealing (SA) based feature selection. Then, a set of DL models namely recurrent neural network (RNN), gated recurrent units (GRU) and long short term memory (LSTM) are used for classification. To further increase the classification performance, differential evolution (DE) algorithm is applied to tune the hyperparameters of the DL models. A detailed simulation analysis takes place using three benchmark medical dataset namely Diabetes, EEG Eye State and Sleep stage dataset. The simulation outcome indicated that the DELSTM model have shown better performance with the maximum accuracy of 97.59%, 88.52% and 93.18% on the applied diabetes, EEG Eye State and Sleep Stage dataset.
Iliac crest free flap: Indications, tips and pitfalls

Reconstruction of head and neck defects following oncological ablative surgery represents a considerable challenge for reconstructive surgeons. Common reconstruction options are the fibula, iliac crest, tip scapular and lateral scapula border free flap. The vascularized iliac crest free flap was first described by Taylor et al. in 1979 and it has been widely used for the reconstruction of composite head and neck defects. This flap guarantees excellent functional and aesthetic outcomes in the reconstruction of posterior segmental mandible defects. For the reconstruction of maxillary defects, it is important to note that the iliac crest bone shape usually allows for an adequate reconstruction without the need to conduct any osteotomies, and this substantially facilitates the flap inset. Thus, the iliac crest free flap offers a valuable reconstructive alternative that should be part of the armamentarium of all head and neck reconstructive surgeons. When this option is well indicated, the success rate, as well as functional and aesthetic outcomes, are comparable to other flaps used for reconstructing the maxillofacial area. The main aim of the present report is to analyze the importance of the DCIA flap for the reconstruction of complex defects of the maxillofacial region and to present possible applications, suggestions, and pitfalls associated with this technique.
Hybrid Raman-erbium Random Fiber Laser with Symmetrical Combined Pumping of 1455 nm and 1497 nm Wavelengths

This paper demonstrates an 80 km random fiber laser with and without the integration erbium-doped fiber (EDF). The scheme employs combined pumping wavelength scheme of 1455 nm and 1497 nm where variation in power of both pumps are performed and its corresponding optical spectral output is analyzed. Two broad Raman peaks at 1567 nm and 1597 nm is exhibited in the scheme without EDF due to the superpositioning of Raman spectral profiles. With the integration of EDF, the net gain profile is higher in the L-band as the 1497 nm pump emission is at an advantage from gain tilt effect. Keywords— fiber laser; stimulated Raman scattering; random fiber laser; random distributed
Gene Cloning, Heterologous Expression and Biochemical Characterization of A Novel Extracellular Lipase from Rhizopus Oryzae KU45

Background: Lipases secreted from various Rhizopus oryzae strains were previously expressed in Escherichia coli, Pichia pastoris, and Saccharomyces cerevisiae and was shown to have distinct activities in response to different temperatures, metal ions, organic solvents, and specific substrates. However, until now, no other research biochemically characterized the functions of extracellular pro-lipase in a novel Rhizopus oryzae KU45. Objectives: Characterization of a novel extracellular lipase from fungus R. oryzae KU45 after heterologous expression in E. coli BL21 (DE3) strain. Materials and Methods: An extracellular lipase producing fungus was isolated from a soil sample and identified as a strain of R. oryzae by partial 18S rRNA gene sequencing. It was named as R. oryzae KU45. The lipase gene of KU45 was cloned into pET-28a expression vector and expressed in E. coli as inclusion bodies. The recombinant lipase was purified, refolded and characterized. Results: The lipase exhibited maximum activity at 45ºC, at slightly alkaline pH. It showed a broad substrate specificity acting on p-nitrophenyl esters with C8-C16 acyl groups as substrates and, many of the organic solvents and metal ions tested did not have any adverse effects on the enzyme activity. Conclusions: High stability, broad substrate specificity and activity at mesophilic temperatures in the presence of organic solvents, and metal ions make the extracellular lipase of KU45 a candidate for various biotechnological applications.
BLOOD FLOW TO PALATAL MUCOSAL AND SKIN GRAFTS IN MANDIBULAR LABIAL VESTIBULOPLASTY MEASURED BY 133 XE CLEARANCE TECHNIQUE

Blood flow to anterior alveolar and platal mucosa in 7 patients and blood flow to anterior alveolar mucosa and skin of upper arm in 7 other patients were measured by intramucosal and intradermal (for skin) injections of 133Xe. Later mandibular vestibuloplasty with mucosal grafts in the first and with skin grafts in the second group was performed. During the postoperative period, the patients were followed by clinical observation, and by blood flow measurements for 6 weeks and 1 month respectively. 133Xe clearance was measured on the 7th and 30th days, postoperatively. In normal subjects, the mean blood flows to alveolar and palatal mucosas were 49.2 ± 5.3 and 26.3 ± 3.6, respectively and to skin was 6.57 ± 0.88 ml/100 g/min. Mean blood flow to mucosal graft was 34.7 ± 5.4 and 37.9 ± 3.9 ml/100g/min on 7th and 30th days after the operation, respectively. The means of blood flow to skin grafts were 48.7 ± 5.1 and 39.6 ± 3.8 ml/100g/min on 7th and 30th days after the operation, respectively. These results were in agreement with clinical observations.
A revised molecular phylogeny of the Calopteryginae (Zygoptera: Calopterygidae)

An updated version of an ITS-based phylogeny of the Calopteryginae, using sequences of 31 ingroup taxa, is given. The subfamily consists of 3 main clades, each with 2 subclades. Only clade 1 (Calopteryx s. s.) is not exclusively Asian but extends to Europe and North America. In the East-Asian Glade 2, the genus Matrona is found to be descended from an Atrocalopteryx-like ancestor. Several so-called South-East Asian Calopteryx probably either belong to Atrocalopteryx or to as yet unnamed genera near Atrocalopteryx. Archineura consists of 2 spp. , limited to China and Indo-China, and is rather basal to clade 3. The subclade Neurobasis-Matronoides is worthy of further analysis.
Diets of Land Birds from Northeastern Venezuela

We estimate diets of 68 bird species inhabiting dry seasonal habitats and mangroves of northeastern Venezuela, based on 3,419 birds forced to regurgitate using tartar emetic. Most birds were generalist feeders, including a wide variety of both invertebrate and plant taxa in their diet. Coleopterans, ants, and insect larvae were the most frequent invertebrate preys. Hummingbirds had low nectar intakes and differed from other species by feeding extensively on small soft-bodied arthropods. Most species fed on fruits to a variable extent. Actually, several species tended to be more frugivorous at our study sites than in previous reports.
Geographical variation in temperature variability and predictability and their applications for the breeding strategy of the pied flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca

Between-year temperature variability was higher in northern than in southern Finland (1000 km apart). From April to June and in the second half of August there was a close correlation in mean temperature in 15-d periods between southern and northern Finland. However, within-year predictability of temperature was better in the north than in the south. The results are opposite to the conventional assumption that variable environments are unpredictable environments. Between-year variation of clutch size, hatching success and fledging success of the pied flycatcher were more pronounced in the north than in the south. Especially in the north several breeding variables correlated with mean temperature in the second half of June. It is suggested that in the north the considerable between-year variability in temperature conditions may select for a flexible breeding strategy in birds and that the considerable withinyear predictability of temperature conditions may ensure that the particular flexible strategy adopted in a given year is likely to be successful. In the south birds apparently cannot predict the favourableness of the coming breeding season from spring temperature. However, this is not a serious disadvantage since even in the coldest summers weather is relatively warm in the south. The results and ideas may apply to many animals and plants.