Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Song amplitude and population density in two sympatric warblers, Phylloscopus schwarzi and P. fuscatus

ABSTRACT In passerine birds, song is widely used broadcasting signal. One song trait that so far has received little attention is amplitude, i.e. the sound pressure level of a song. It has been shown that there is a considerable variation in song amplitude between species, but the causes and consequences of this variation are poorly studied. Here, we measured song amplitude in two similar-sized sympatric Phylloscopus, Radde’s Warbler P. schwarzi and Dusky Warbler P. fuscatus. We found that Radde’s Warbler males sing much more loudly than males of Dusky Warbler. The sound pressure level values of songs of Radde’s and Dusky Warblers were 78.6 ± 2.4 dB(A) (n = 16 males) and 70.9 ± 1.5 dB(A) (n = 16) at a distance of 1 m, respectively. The analysis of video-recordings revealed the larger extension of the neck region (‘throat sac’) in Radde’s Warbler than in Dusky Warbler. We hypothesised that the larger maximum ‘throat sac’ volume might be responsible for the louder song of Radde’s Warbler. We also found that Dusky Warbler males settled twice as close to each other than Radde’s Warblers. We hypothesised that the louder song of Radde’s Warbler could be useful for males of this species given their need to communicate through a larger distance.
Evaluation and Assessment of E-Service Quality of University Libraries in Sri Lanka

This paper aims to evaluate the quality of e-services provided via Sri Lankan University library websites to examine their current status and issues related to services. The study employed web-based survey method to evaluate the quality of e-services. Purposive sampling method was used to select 15 university libraries from the population. We adapted a 62 itemed checklist which was organized into 6 categories; core e-service, e-reference service, facilitating e-service, supportive e-service, currency, accuracy and speed quality, and website features examined by the survey. The study was limited to the 15 university library websites offering e-services in Sri Lanka by the expert judge approach which examined how well they performed during the study period. The data revealed that, although university libraries are offering more e-services via the websites, development of eservices is still in its infancy stage as compared to those of international experience. However, suggestions for future improvements are given. The results of this survey should assist in the evaluation of e-services and promote the services in an attractive way, enabling designers, and policy makers to improve upon future websites. In addition further studies are required to understand the 1 *Corresponding author email: lsiwhu@163.com Li Si, A. W. A. Priyanwada Lakmali Wanigasooriya, Achala RanaweeraEvaluation and Assessment of E-Service Quality of University Libraries in Sri Lanka EUROPEAN ACADEMIC RESEARCH Vol. IV, Issue 12 / March 2017 10647 user perception of the e-services to meet the specific needs of different types of users including the faculties and the students utilizing the university libraries.
Ultrastructural comparison of dendritic spine morphology preserved with cryo and chemical fixation

Previously we showed that cryo fixation of brain tissue gave a truer representation of brain ultrastructure in comparison with a standard chemical fixation method (Korogod et al 2005). Extracellular space matched physiological measurements, there were larger numbers of docked vesicles and less glial coverage of synapses and blood capillaries. Here, using the same preservation approaches we compared the morphology of dendritic spines. We show that the length of the spine and the volume of its head is unchanged, however, the spine neck width is thinner by more than 30 % after cryo fixation. In addition, the weak correlation between spine neck width and head volume seen after chemical fixation was not present in cryo-fixed spines. Our data suggest that spine neck geometry is independent of the spine head volume, with cryo fixation showing enhanced spine head compartmentalization and a higher predicted electrical resistance between spine head and parent dendrite.
The Lived Experience of Parents of Children with Sickle Cell Disease: A Qualitative Study

Background: Sickle cell disease is an inherited hematological disorder that inflects complex demands on the lives of the children and their families. Aim: To describe the lived experience and everyday strains of parents of sickle cell disease children. Methods: A descriptive qualitative approach was used. Data were collected using face-to-face interviews with 11 parents of children with sickle cell disease in Jordan. Results: Emerged themes were: 1) the catastrophe, which summarized the effect of the confirmed diagnosis of sickle cell disease in the children on the parents, 2) parenting hardships, which highlighted aspects of parents’ reported challenges and needs while caring for their sickle cell disease children, and 3) networking and support, which described patterns of support that parents sought to fulfil needs for support and information. Conclusions: Healthcare providers should carefully assess the complex caregiving demands and altered family dynamics that the parents of children with sickle cell disease face. Parents’ psychosocial health issues should be essential elements in planned care of children with sickle cell disease. Nursing and social work professionals can play a vital role in developing and implementing a comprehensive model of care with community-based approach and strategies to maximize the wellbeing of sickle cell disease children and their parents.
Transport Stress in Roe Deer (Capreolus Capreolus): Effect of a Short-Acting Antipsychotic

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of a short-acting antipsychotic (acepromazine) on the stress response to transport in roe deer (Capreolus capreolus). Twenty-one roe deer were submitted to a nine-hour road journey in order to reintroduce and restock this species into Catalonia (north-eastern Spain). The animals were divided into two groups: animals in the treatment group received an intramuscular injection of acepromazine (0.13 mg kg−1 in 0.5 ml; n = 9) while animals in the control group received the same volume of saline (n = 12). Clinical (heart rate and body temperature, measured during transport using remote devices), haematological, and biochemical indicators of stress were used to evaluate the effect of the antipsychotic. Heart rate increased during transportation, but no differences were found between groups. Body temperature decreased during transportation in both groups, but this reduction was faster in acepromazine-treated animals. Comparison of blood parameters before and after transport revealed significantly lower red blood cell counts and haemoglobin concentrations after transport in treated animals compared with control animals; a reduction in lymphocyte count, eosinophil count and serum creatinine levels over transport in treated animals; a decrease in serum potassium levels over transport in the control group; an increase in serum creatine kinase (CK), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) activities over transport in control animals; an increase in serum urea and chloride concentrations over transport in both groups; and finally, a decrease in serum glucose concentrations in both groups. These results demonstrate the suitability of acepromazine in transport operations in order to reduce the stress response and prevent its adverse effects in roe deer.
PS-074 Effect of electronic medication administration record application on patient safety

Background New technology can improve patient safety but also has the potential to introduce new errors and risks into healthcare delivery Purpose To evaluate the effect of an electronic medication administration record (eMAR) application on the rate of medication errors in medication administration recording (ME-MAR). Material and methods A before and after, quasi-experimental study was conducted in a university hospital that was implementing the eMAR application. eMAR application implementation took place in March 2014. Data collection was conducted in April 2012 (pre-) and June 2014 (post-) by two pharmacists. The ME-MAR found were clarified by the staff involved to discover the cause. A group of experts in patient safety was set up with the task of reviewing the ME-MAR to classify and determine their potential future risk. ME-MAR were classified according to the taxonomy defined by the Ruiz-Jarabo 2000 group. ME-MAR foermine the deprescription rate after multidisciplinary pharmacotherapy revision. Material and methods The primary care pharmacist checked chronic treatment through multidisciplinary pharmacotherapy revision with clinical, functional and psychosocial variables, and established recommendations. The physician agreed with the patient preferences, and revised the recommendations through weekly drug safety appointments. The multidisciplinary primary care team (pharmacist, physician, nurse and patient) decided on the deprescription modifications to make. Data collected: demographics, total number of drugs, number of drug related problems, and number and type of benzodiazepines/Z-drugs before and after the revision. Data are expressed as median (Q1–Q3). Results Patients revised: 125. Age 79.5 (75.8–84.0) years; women 30 (75%). Number of drugs 15 (13–17). Number of drug related problems/patient detected on revision 3 (2.0–3.25). Patients with a benzodiazepine/Z-drug prescribed >6 months 40 (32%) and out of these 9 (22.5%) taking 2 benzodiazepines/Z-drugs. Classification of benzodiazepines/Z-drugs: clonazepam 10 (20.4%); lorazepam 9 (18.4%); alprazolam, diazepam, lormetazepam 8 (16.3%) each; zolpidem 3 (6.1%), loprazolam 2 (4.1%) and 1 (2.0%) bromazepam. Total deprescription interventions: 49. In 4 (10%) patients the deprescription succeeded. Deprescribed drugs: 2 lorazepam, 1 loprazolam and 1 clonazepam. In 8 (20%) other patients benzodiazepine
Security performance analysis for power domain NOMA employing in cognitive radio networks

The power domain non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) technique introduces one of the fundamental characteristics and it exhibits the possibility of users to decode the messages of the other paired users on the same resources. In cognitive radio inspired NOMA (CR-NOMA), the base station (BS) has to serve untrusted users or users with different security clearance. This phenomenon raises a security threat particularly in such CR-NOMA. This paper develops a tractable analysis framework to evaluate the security performance of cooperative non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) in cognitive networks, where relay is able to serve two far NOMA users in the presence of external eavesdropper. In particular, we study the secrecy outage probability in a two-user NOMA system. This situation happens in practical the BS is pairing a legitimate user with another untrusted user. Main reason is that the non-uniform distribution in terms of trusted and untrusted users in the cell. By performing numerical results demonstrate the performance improvements of the proposed NOMA scheme in comparison to that of several situations in terms of different parameters. Furthermore, the security performance of NOMA is shown to verify the derived expressions.
Learning Needs Assessment at Work (LNA): Past, Present and Future

The aim of this study was to describe and discuss the scientific production on Learning Needs Assessment at work (LNA) in the last five decades (1970 – 2019) through a bibliometric study. Bibliometric and longitudinal reviews on LNA are virtually nonexistent. Therefore, little is known about how LNA knowledge was in the past, is in the present and can be in the future. A survey of scientific articles was conducted in eight globally indexed databases between 2007 and 2019. Only blind review peer journals were utilized. After the application of sample selection criteria, 282 articles were considered valid for analysis. The three quantitative analysis dimensions were demographical, methodological and theoretical, and they were measured by twenty categorical and descriptive variables. In sum, results show that there is a substantial increment in the number of papers on LNA published in the last decade around the world, especially in Africa. Methodologically, it can be said that the studies have made important advances, mainly when it comes to learning needs processes and measures improvements, but there is still an extensive research agenda. On the other hand, it seems that the LNA still have made little conceptual progress since the 1960s. The predominant use of the term “training needs” to refer to skills gaps at work needs to be discussed and reviewed. In the near future, studies need to further investigate innovative theories and methods on LNA, as the application of multilevel modeling, alignment of needs and context/organizational strategy, the use of learning taxonomies, among others.
DESIGN, OPTIMIZATION AND EVALUATION OF CETRIZINE DIHYDROCHLORIDE FAST DISSOLVING FILMS EMPLOYING STARCH TARTRATE–A NOVEL SUPERDISINTEGRANT

Objective: The aim of the current research is optimization, preparation and evaluation of starch tartrate (novel super disintegrant) and preparation of fast dissolving oral films of cetirizine dihydrochloride by employing starch tartrate. Methods: To check the drug excipient compatibility studies of the selected drug (Cetrizine dihydrochloride) and the prepared excipient i. e starch tartrate, different studies like FTIR (Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy), DSC (Differential scanning calorimetry) and thin-layer chromatography (TLC) were carried out to find out whether there is any interaction between cetirizine dihydrochloride and starch tartrate. The solvent casting method was used for the preparation of fast dissolving films. The prepared films were then evaluated for thickness, folding endurance, content uniformity, tensile strength, percent elongation, in vitro disintegration time and in-vitro dissolution studies. Response surface plots and contour plots were also plotted to know the individual and combined effect of starch tartrate (A), croscarmellose sodium (B) and crospovidone (C) on disintegration time and drug dissolution efficiency in 10 min (dependent variables). Results: Films of all the formulations are of good quality, smooth and elegant by appearance. Drug content (100±5%), thickness (0.059 mm to 0.061 mm), the weight of films varies from 51.33 to 58.06 mg, folding endurance (52 to 67 times), tensile strength (10.25 to 12.08 N/mm2). Fast dissolving films were found to disintegrate between 34 to 69 sec. Percent dissolved in 5 min were found to be more in F1 formulation which confirms that starch tartrate was effective at 1%. Conclusion: From the research conducted, it was proved that starch tartrate can be used in the formulation of fast dissolving films of cetirizine dihydrochloride. The disintegration time of the films was increased with increase in concentration of super disintegrant.
Anonymously Publishing Univariate Time-Series: With focus on (k,P)-Anonymity

Anonymizing time-series data is a demanding task since there might be a lot of private information which can be inferred which might not initially be obvious. Therefore, it can be desired to anonymize with some established privacy guarantee. However, there is always a trade-off to be made between privacy and minimization of information loss. In this thesis, an investigation is made into how to protect univariate time-series. The main focus is on publishing anonymized time-series from individual users, but methods for anonymizing aggregate time-series and the removal of sensitive data is also investigated. This is done in order to find a wider understanding of how a blood glucose related database can be anonymized. The main achievement of this thesis is the implementation of PC-KAPRA, a novel extension to the KAPRA algorithm, which publishes data under (k,P)-anonymity. The results show that PC-KAPRA offers a large improvement in retaining pattern information compared to KAPRA, and publishes data which could be considered qualitative useful information.
Analisa Tingkat Androgenitas pada Mahasiswa

This research aimed to measure the level of androgyny of Sanata Dharma University students. The subjects were 100 students of Sanata Dharma University consisted of men and women of age 18 to 22 years old participating the research. There search uses quantitative approach parallel with descriptive method. The only variable is androgyny, which composed of masculinity and femininity equally in one individual. The instrument to measure is Bem Sex Role Inventory which adopted to Indonesian language. The test was taken to measure the androgyny by descriptive analysis and gender roles division based on group median scores of masculine and feminine scale. The analysis has resulted in greater masculine mean empirical value than mean theoretical value {87,28 >73,5} which exposing higher average of the group than its average theoretical value, therefore means the subjects has the tendency of high masculinity. In addition, the analysis has resulted in larger feminine mean empirical value than its average theoretical value, consequently means the research subject has the tendency of high femininity {88,43 >70} which featuring higher average group value than its average theoretical, which means widely the research subject has the tendency of high femininity. All things considered, the gender roles division from 100 students have explained that 70% of them have androgyny gender roles, while other 30% have masculinity, femininity and or undifferentiated. Finally, the students of Sanata Dharma University aged of 18 to 22 years old mostly have gender roles of androgyny
Reduced Order Model of Laminar Premixed Inverted Conical Flames

An Inverted Conical Flame, anchored at a central bluﬀ-body, in an unconﬁned burner conﬁguration, is a ﬂame that may be used to further understand more complex ﬂame con-ﬁgurations, such as in aeronautical engines combustion chambers. This article involves the modeling of an unconﬁned laminar premixed ICF, anchored at a central cylindrical rod. The computational ﬂuid dynamic modeling of this ﬂame conﬁguration involves the solution of transport equations of species mass, momentum and energy, which is computationally expensive. A skeletal methane/air chemical kinetic mechanism is used to capture a plethora of time and length scales. Reduced Order Models (ROM) have been shown to increase the computational eﬃciency of dynamical systems modeling. Accordingly, in this work a ROM of the steady ICF is developed, using the volume ﬂow rate of the combustible mixture as input variable of the ROM, and the velocity components and the temperature ﬁelds as the output. The aim is to optimize the ﬂame modeling computational time, thus paving the way to the reduced order modeling of acoustically excited, unstable, laminar premixed inverted conical ﬂames. A model of the ICF has been developed with Fluent 2019 R2, and the analysis of a diversity of properties and species included in the combustion process has been made. Since a skeletal chemical kinetic model is used, the characterization of the ﬂame is marked by its diﬀerent property scales, allowing the ﬂame front recognition over the ﬁeld of CH 2 . However, this CFD model does not present a static convergence behavior, but oscillates over a pseudo-steady state point. Thus an approximation of the statistical steady state has only been achieved by ensemble averaging the results. Therefore, the ROM of the ICF has been developed over a set of averaged data generated with Fluent, and its results shows agreement with CFD results, presenting an average overall error smaller than 3 %.
Optimal operation of AC–DC distribution network with multi park integrated energy subnetworks considering flexibility

In order to improve the utilisation rate of renewable energy and flexibility of the system, the AC–DC distribution network with multiple park integrated energy subnetwork (PIESN) based on multi-port power electronic transformer (MPPET) is proposed. First, a power-sharing model of interconnected PIESNs based on MPPET is built, in which the port power of MPPET can be controlled. Then the flexibility demand and supply of electricity, heat and cooling are analysed and a flexibility-sharing model among multi-PIESN is established. Multi-energy flexibility conversion mechanism is proposed and the flexibility index is established. Moreover, the optimal operation problem is formulated and solved. The objective function is the comprehensive operation cost, which includes generation cost, energy cost of PIESN, network loss cost, MPPET loss cost, carbon emission cost and electricity storage system operation cost. Finally, simulation on the modified IEEE33 system shows that the proposed model can make the system be in an adequate flexibility, improve the utilisation rate of renewable energy, reduce load shedding and realise the power sharing among multi-PIESNs.
AN OPINION MINING MODEL BASED ON USER PREFERENCES

This paper proposes an Opinion Mining model, parameterized according to the reviewer profile. The work aims to highlight and resolve some issues resulting from previous activities in evaluating the goodness of the results obtained by the analysis of the reviews. A user profiling system provides the set of parameters to associate with the aspects and allows, working with the Opinion Mining system, to configure itself according to the user preferences.
Biomarkers of Severe Malaria: Complement Activation and Dysregulated Angiogenesis in Placental Malaria and Cerebral Malaria

Biomarkers measured in the blood can provide information about disease pathophysiology, diagnosis and prognosis. Pronounced proinflammatory responses are characteristic of severe malaria, and excessive activation of the immune system is central to the pathophysiology of both cerebral malaria and placental malaria. Severe malaria is characterized by cytoadherence of parasitized erythrocytes to the microvasculature; impaired tissue perfusion; dysregulated inflammatory responses; and activation of the complement system, mononuclear cells, and endothelium. Despite the availability of effective antimalarial drugs, the mortality rate in severe malaria remains unacceptably high. To glean further insight into malaria pathophysiology, we investigated host biomarkers of immune activation in the blood of subjects with different manifestations of severe disease. C5 has been identified as being necessary and sufficient for the development of experimental cerebral malaria. We hypothesized that C5a (a terminal component of the complement cascade with potent inflammatory properties) may mediate its action by inducing and exacerbating inflammatory processes in severe malaria, leading to endothelial activation and dysregulated angiogenesis. I tested this hypothesis in vitro, and found that C5a
In Silico Modeling of Metabolic State in Single Th17 Cells Reveals Novel Regulators of Inflammation and Autoimmunity

Cellular metabolism, a key regulator of immune responses, is difficult to study with current technologies in individual cells Here, we present Compass, an algorithm to characterize the metabolic state of cells based on single-cell RNA-Seq and flux balance analysis. We applied Compass to associate metabolic states with functional variability (pathogenic potential) amongst Th17 cells and recovered a metabolic switch between glycolysis and fatty acid oxidation, akin to known differences between Th17 and Treg cells, as well as novel targets in amino-acid pathways, which we tested through targeted metabolic assays. Compass further predicted a particular glycolytic reaction (phosphoglycerate mutase — PGAM) that promotes an anti-inflammatory Th17 phenotype, contrary to the common understanding of glycolysis as pro-inflammatory. We demonstrate that PGAM inhibition leads non-pathogenic Th17 cells to adopt a pro-inflammatory transcriptome and induce autoimmunity in vivo. Compass is broadly applicable for characterizing metabolic states of cells and relating metabolic heterogeneity to other cellular phenotypes.