Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS IN DECREASING PTSD SYMPTOMS IN SUVIVORS OF BAM EARTHQUAKE

Objective: To study and assess the effectiveness of problem solving program training in survivors of earthquake of Bam in Iran in 2003. Methodology: A total of 160 habitants were matched and divided into two control and experimental groups. Both groups assessed and filled in the Mississippi PTSD and Coping Skill Questionnaires before and after the training program. Results: The study revealed that the experimental group showed a significant shift from emotion-focused to problem-focused coping skills. In addition, the PTSD symptoms significantly decreased from pre-test to post-test for the experimental group. Conclusion: It seems that the coping skill training, problem-focused problem solving, may be considered as a main factor for decreasing the psychological effects in disasters.
Sero-prevalence of Hepatitis B Surface Antigens ( HBsAg) and Its Risk Factors among People Attending Voluntary Counselling and Testing (VCT) Centre and Anti-retroviral Therapy (ART) Clinics of Goba Hospital.

Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) infection is significant health problem, as it can lead to chronic hepatitis, liver cirrhosis, and hepatic carcinoma. Approximately 400 million person worlds wide have chronic HBV infection and up to 1 million die annually from HBV related liver disease (1). Factors associated with HBV propagation include blood and derivates transfusion, sexual contact, equipment contamination and contact among patients as well as between them and health–care workers. On the other hand acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) has been described as the most devastating disease human kind has ever faced (2). The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) and its risk factors, among individuals visiting Goba Hospital. A cross-sectional analysis was performed on 168 VCT clients from June 01, 2009 to August 31, 2009. Sociodemographic and risk factors data were collected using structured questioner. Blood samples were collected and screened for HBsAg by commercially available rapid test kit and HIV screening was performed by rapid test kist as KHB for screening and positive samples were tested with STATPACK. Samples giving discordant results in the two tests were re-examined using tie-breaker, (Uni-Gold HIV). The prevalence of HBsAg in VCT clients was 7%, of the HBV infected persons 8(66.6%) were seropositive for HIV. In this study significantly high prevalence of HBsAg marker was observed on the occupation of individual’s higher rate and the difference were found statistically significant, even though the result was statically non significant the prevalence of HBsAg was increased with the age. This study suggests that hepatitis B infection has high prevalence in VCT centres of Goba Hospital.Therefore, preventive measures program should be implemented at the Hospital, especially at the VCT centres and these patients should be identified early and managed appropriately so as to reduce the risk of long term complications like cirrhosis. Keywords: HBsAg, HIV, Goba Hospital, Ethiopia
Low Profile Pattern Diversity Antenna Using Quarter-Mode Substrate Integrated Waveguide

In this paper, a pattern diversity antenna, capable of radiating broad side as well as conical radiation patterns using quarter mode substrate integrated waveguide sub-array, has been presented. The pattern diversity is achieved by in-phase and out-of-phase excitation of the sub-array using a rat- race coupler feed network. The overall profile height of the proposed antenna is 3.17 mm. The measured performance of the antenna, in terms of return loss, isolation, gain and diversity performance in the −10 dB impedance bandwidth, is in agreement with the simulated results. The proposed sub-array occupies 25% less area than the conventional microstrip antenna.
Mining Association Rules: A Database Perspective

Summary Mining of association rules in a relational database is important because it discovers new knowledge in the form of association rules among attribute values. This enables business managers to make the right decisions pertaining to their businesses. However, association rule mining concepts and algorithms have been traditionally applied to a specific representation of data called market basket data representation or transactional representation. Data in a relational database is not represented in a market basket data format but rather in a format that adheres to the relational data model. Data in a relational database has to be converted to the market basket data representation before data mining algorithms can be applied to it. This requires the application of tedious conversion processes on large quantities of data before such algorithms can be applied. In this paper, we describe how association rules can be expressed directly in the context of the relational data model, and not based on market basket data representation. Many of the association rule mining concepts are re-defined in this paper in a way that makes them conform to the relational model of data.
Thermal diffusivity measurement in a diamond anvil cell using a light pulse thermoreflectance technique

Apparatus to measure the thermal diffusivity of a plate between diamond anvils at high pressure was developed. The Mg(OH)2 plates coated with Pt films on both sides were used for testing the apparatus. One side of the Pt film played the role of an absorber of a laser pulse, and the other side was used for the detection of the temperature change. The sample was loaded into a hole drilled in a rhenium foil gasket together with the insulation layers of NaCl as a pressure medium. Subsequently, the sample was compressed with 150 µm culet beveled diamond anvils. The pressure in this study reached 57 GPa. Then, a front face of the sample was heated by laser pulses with a duration of 2 ns and a wavelength of 1064 nm. To probe the temperature change at the back face of the sample, a continuous wave laser beam with a wavelength of 782 nm was irradiated. Using the reflected intensity of the continuous wave laser beam, a transient temperature curve was measured when the heat transferred across Pt/Mg(OH)2/Pt layers. The thermal diffusivity of Mg(OH)2 was calculated by analyzing the transient temperature curves. The thermal diffusivity of Mg(OH)2 is 5.9 × 10−6 m2 s−1 at 57 GPa, which is larger than that at ambient pressure by a factor of ≈6.
Amino Acid Sequence Homology and Modeling of Cysteine Protease Cathepsin S

There is an increasing evidence for the role of cysteine proteases cathepsin B, L and S in cancer progression. Primary structure of human cathepsin S was aligned with other human cathepsins. According to the alignment, the amino acid sequences of cathepsin S shows 43.3, 22, 29, 42, 56.6, 37.7, 43 and 33% identity with papain and human cathepsin W, B, H, L, O, K and C. Amino acid sequence of human cathepsin L shares the highest degree of identity with cathepsin S, whereas low sequence identity was observed in case of cathepsin W. The 3D model of cathepsin S has been constructed using the crystal co-ordinates of human omega protease. The structure of cathepsin S shows that the molecule is folded into two distinct domain designated as left hand, that mainly consists of beta pleated sheet, and right hand, that consist of alpha helix interacting with each other through the extended polar interface. The active site of protease was predicted and mode of binding with substrate was discussed in the light of constructed model.
Exchange rate and oil price pass-through to inflation in BRICS countries: Evidence from the spillover index and rolling-sample analysis

This paper investigates the pass-through of exchange rate and oil price to inflation for BRICS countries through the analysis of Diebold and Yilmaz (2012) spillover index and rolling-window. Using the monthly frequency data, our results provide the following novelties: (i) There is strong evidence of directional spillover in all the countries; (ii) the total spillover is low, with Brazil (India) having the highest (lowest). This suggests that a greater percent of shocks is explained by idiosyncratic shocks; (iii) the net spillover of oil price (output growth) is positive (negative) for all the countries, indicating that oil price (output growth) contributes to the forecast error variance decomposition of other variables more (less) than it receives from other variables. In addition, the net spillover of exchange rate is positive only for Russia and China while consumer price index is positive only for Brazil and China; (iv) the historical events and crises interrupt the extent of spillover in all the countries; (v) even though the spillover exhibits significant bursts, there is no clear-cut evidence of trends. Therefore, our findings have policy implications for the attainment of monetary policy objectives in these countries.
Loss of CD20 Expression after Rituximab Therapy for B-Cell Lymphomas: A Review of the Literature

Rituximab (Rx), a chimeric anti-human CD20 antibody, is used widely for the treatment of B-cell non-Hodgkin’s lymphomas (NHL) worldwide. Loss of CD20 expression in relapsed B-cell lymphomas after Rx treatment, however, is observed in some cases, which might be a cause of B-cell NHL unresponsiveness to Rx retreatment. The frequency of loss of CD20 expression after Rx treatment and radiotherapy, its correlation with histological changes, and its clinical implication together with possible molecular mechanisms are discussed in this review of pertinent literature. In high-grade B-cell NHL, loss of CD20 expression after Rx treatment was observed less frequently in Japan than in Australia. Evaluation of CD20 expression by immunohistochemical and flow cytometric methods is a reliable guide for employment of Rx treatment for B-cell lymphomas.
Profitability as a Factor That Spurs Corporate Green Investment Practices in Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) Listed Firms

Present studies show corporate reluctance and a lack of interest regarding stimulation towards green investment initiative. This paper investigated the association involving profitability and corporate green investment practices in 100 South African CDP companies on the JSE. Using, Chi-square tests, the outcomes of the test demonstrate that profitability influences green investment practices in these JSE listed firms. Furthermore, a positive direct correlation between profitability and green investment practices in these JSE listed firms was determined. The paper hence indicates that firms can experience improved performance (profitability) if green investment activities are integrated.
Attitude towards the usage of electronic information resources in Medical Library, University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka.

Purpose- The purpose of the study is to find out whether there are any significant mean differences among personal characteristics such as readers’ type, gender, user category, age group and the year of study towards attitude of using electronic information resources in Medical Library, University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka during the year 2013. Research Design- The study used the questionnaire as a research instrument and a total of 258 usable responses were obtained using random sampling technique. Further, the study employs independent samples t-test and One-way ANOVA (f-test) for the purpose of data analysis. Findings- The results revealed that readers' type such as academic staff and students, the year of study of the students and user category (Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, Professor and students) have shown significant mean difference towards the attitude of usage of electronic information resources (P < 0.05). But, gender both male and female readers and age group have roughly same level of opinion, which is insignificant. Research Limitation- As the study was limited to the academic staff and medical students at the Faculty of Medicine, a challenge may occur in terms of generalization of the results widely. Originality- The findings of this research could be generalized to the studies similar to this category. Keywords: Attitude, Electronic Information Resources, Medical Library, University of Jaffna.
COMPUTER-IMAGE-BASED LOOSENED BOLT DETECTION USING SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINES

Despite many contact-sensor-based methods have been proposed to monitor and detect structural defects, there are still difficulties compensating for environmental effects and malfunctions of attached sensors, which are main reasons for transmitting false signals. Moreover, regardless of releasing correct or incorrect signals, it eventually leads to human-conducted on-site inspections. In light of these shortcomings, vision-based inspections are considered as potential approach to overcome the explained issues. A number of vision-based methods for detecting damages from images have been developed. However, there are only a few vision-based methods for detecting loosened bolts. Thus, a computer-vision method for detecting loosened bolts is proposed. This study includes two algorithms. The first one is a preprocessing to crop bolt images from bolted-joint images. The second algorithm is a feature extraction by integrating previously proposed algorithms in computer-vision. To accomplish an automated inspection, linear support vector machine is trained and used as a classifier. The robustness of the proposed is verified by the experimental validation; 22 bolt images are used to build a classifier, and 40 bolt images are tested.
Application of Lidar-Derived dem for Detection of Mass Movements on a Landslide

Abstract. In order to reliably detect changes in the surficial morphology of a landslide, measurements performed at the different epochs being compared have to comply with certain characteristics such as allowing the reconstruction of the surface from acquired points and a resolution sufficiently high to provide a proper description of details. Terrestrial Laser Scanning survey enables to acquire large amounts of data and therefore potentially allows knowing even small details of a landslide. By appropriate additional field measurements, point clouds can be referenced to a common reference system with high accuracy, so that scans effectively share the same system. In this note we present the monitoring of a large landslide by two surveys carried out two years apart from each other. The adopted reference frame consists of a network of GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite Systems) permanent stations that constitutes a system of controlled stability over time. Knowledge of the shape of the surface comes from the generation of a DEM (Digital Elevation Model). Some algorithms are compared and the analysis is performed by means of the evaluation of some statistical parameters using cross-validation. In general, evaluation of mass displacements occurred between two surveys is possible differencing the corresponding DEMs, but then arises the need to distinguish the different behaviors of the various landslide bodies that could be present among the slope. Here landslide bodies' identification has been carried out considering geomorphological criteria, making also use of DEM derived products, such as contour maps, slope and aspect maps.
Creating chimeras of human G-protein coupled receptors (HGPR40/43) for diabetic drug development

THESIS: CREATING CHIMERAS OF HUMAN G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTORS (HGPR40/43) FOR DIABETIC DRUG DEVELOPMENT STUDENT: DEEPAK ACHARYA DEGREE: Master of Science COLLEGE: Sciences and Humanities DEPARTMENT: Biology DATE: February, 2009
Activating Race: Race Priming in an Undergraduate Population

Can a race priming intervention improve evaluations of college scholarship applicants? Building on the work of Sanchez and Bonam (2009), the present study was designed to examine how evaluations of warmth, competence, and scholarship worthiness, change as a result of race priming and stereotype activation. The hypothesis was that race priming and stereotype activation would cause participants to consider how they may apply stereotypes in their judgments of candidates, resulting in a positive shift in their evaluations on dimensions of warmth, competence, and scholarship worthiness following a race priming intervention. Participants across three studies included 228 undergraduate students, and 24 graduate students from a university in the Northwest. Students were asked to evaluate prospective student applications for a substantial diversity scholarship to the university rating candidates on dimensions of warmth, competence, and scholarship worthiness. Participants were randomly
Evaluation of a Novel Automated Machine, the Auto2D, for Two-DimensionalGel Electrophoresis

Two-dimensional gel electrophoresis (2D-PAGE) has been a commonly used technique for protein expression studies. Application of a fluorescent dye in 2D-PAGE, namely 2D-DIGE, has improved the performance of 2D-PAGE in terms of sensitivity, reproducibility and throughput. However, 2D-PAGE still requires a degree of skill, and is considerably time-consuming. Recently, a novel automated 2D-PAGE machine, the Auto2D, was developed for use in conventional protein expression studies. Here, we examined the performance of the Auto2D for 2D-DIGE from the viewpoint of proteome coverage, reproducibility, and throughput. We found that a single 2D image of osteosarcoma cells contained 521 protein spots. By running an identical sample, we found that the system reproducibility was high and the intensity of more than 409 protein spots was scattered within a 2-fold range of differences between experiments, with a correlation coefficient of at least 0.60. We also found that a single 2D-PAGE run took 140 min, and that 3 gels could be run per day. We conclude that the Auto2D can be used for conventional protein expression studies. On the other hand, as the number of observed proteins was quite limited, and only three gels can be run per day per device, the Auto2D may not be suitable for a large-scale proteomic study.
A Dynamic Bandwidth Assignment Approach Under DDoS Flood Attack

Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks are a major threat to the Internet. A lot of research is going on to detect, prevent and trace back DDoS attacks. Most of researchers are busy in post attack forensics which comes after the attack has been occurred but nobody is talking about how to design a system which can tolerate such attacks. In this paper we have suggested a approach for dynamic assignment of bandwidth in order to sustain the server. Basic idea is to examine genuine IP user's traffic flow based on volume. Divide traffic in two categories of genuine traffic and malicious traffic and assign bandwidth as per category. The idea is to design a system which can give services even when the server is under attack. However some performance will degrades but overall Quality of services will be acceptable. A new formula also has been derived for dynamic bandwidth assignment which is based on number of genuine users and traffic volumes of users and attackers.
Quality Control, Intervention and Management of Patients with DiabetesMellitus

Many patients with Diabetes Mellitus (DM) do not maintain their disease well and thus can't properly manage DM and its cardiovascular complications. There are multiple reasons for this poor management including lack of patients' knowledge and understanding, lack of proper intervention by the medical community, and inability of the medical authorities to cooperate or to work in harmony with different medical disciplines that are involved with diabetic patient care and long-term management.
Surface Plasmon-Enhanced Nanoantenna for Localized Fluorescence

Surface plasmon-enhanced gold nanoantenna structures on glass substrate are studied for increased localized electric field and fluorescence at the feed gap locations of the antennas. Dipole, Archimedean balanced spiral, and bowtie and double bowtie geometries are studied for surface plasmon effect. Different flare angles for bowtie geometries are compared to each other. Double bowtie geometry with dual polarization capability exhibited superior performance with almost 56 dB field enhancement factor. We also studied the effect of substrate thickness on electric field enhancement and we found that glass thickness plays a critical role for coherent addition of surface plasmons at the feed gap location. The surface plasmon effect is proven by considering perfect electric conductor model of gold instead of its modified Drude model.
Holocene evolution of the North Atlantic subsurface transport

Abstract. Previous studies suggested that short-term freshening events in the subpolar gyre can be counterbalanced by advection of saline waters from the subtropical gyre and thus stabilize the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC). However, little is known about the inter-gyre transport pathways. Here, we infer changes in surface and subsurface transport between the subtropical and polar North Atlantic during the last 11 000 years, by combining new temperature and salinity reconstructions obtained from combined δ18O and Mg ∕ Ca measurements on surface and subsurface dwelling foraminifera with published foraminiferal abundance data from the subtropical North Atlantic, and with salinity and temperature data from the tropical and subpolar North Atlantic. This compilation implies an overall stable subtropical warm surface water transport since 10 ka BP. In contrast, subsurface warm water transport started at about 8 ka but still with subsurface heat storage in the subtropical gyre. The full strength of intergyre exchange was probably reached only after the onset of northward transport of warm saline subsurface waters at about 7 ka BP, associated with the onset of the modern AMOC mode. A critical evaluation of different potential forcing mechanisms leads to the assumption that freshwater supply from the Laurentide Ice Sheet was the main control on subtropical to subpolar ocean transport at surface and subsurface levels.
SOCIO-PEDAGOGICAL SUPPORT TO YOUTH PARTICIPATION IN INTEGRATION PROCESS

The purpose of the article is on the basis of theoretical formulations to analyze participation and integration as pedagogical category and socio-pedagogical means, facilitating the participation of youth in integration process in two aspects – in educational system and labour market, linkages between participation and understanding the integration as terminal (related to life goals), instrumental (means of reaching life goals) and opportune (related to opportunities) value as well as implicants of efficient participation.
Microlocal analytic smoothing effects for operators of real principal type

We are interested in the microlocal smoothing effect for operators of real principal type. On the initial value problem for a dispersive evolution equation, we study the fact that the sufficient decay of the initial data gives th e smoothness of the solution. We develop the theory of the FBI transform in order to transform our operator of real principal type into a simple operator of first order. S ince the smoothing effect is of global nature, our transformation is realized globall y along the bicharacteristics defined from the principal symbol of the operator.
A HIGH-THROUGHPUT FISH MICROCHIP FOR CLINICAL GENETICS

In this paper, we propose a rotating microchip for high speed analysis of chromosomal aberration in clinical diagnosis such as chromosomal translocation. To manipulate large number of chromosomes and control visualization properties, the proposed rotating microchip has concentrically micro-mesh structures to suspend the chromosomes in the fluid. The visualization variance of the proposed microchip decreases 97.7% compared to one of the conventional flat plate. Furthermore, the efficiency for Fluorescent In Situ Hybridization (FISH) analysis increases to five times or more.