Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Prevalence of Intestinal Parasitic Infections and Associated Risk Factors among the First-Cycle Primary Schoolchildren in Sasiga District, Southwest Ethiopia

Intestinal parasitic infections (IPIs) have been major public health burdens in low-income countries like Ethiopia. Studies in different areas of Ethiopia have shown a high prevalence of IPIs in poor families. A similar study has not been conducted in Sasiga District given that the area is possibly at high-risk of IPIs due to the prevailing risk factors. This study is aimed at assessing the prevalence of IPIs and associated risk factors among schoolchildren in Sasiga District, southwest Ethiopia. A school-based cross-sectional study was conducted from December 2018 to March 2019 to estimate the prevalence of IPIs and associated risk factors among the study participants. A total of 383 children were selected using resident-type and grade-level stratified systematic random sampling technique. Stool samples were examined microscopically using direct wet mount and formal-ether concentration techniques. A structured questionnaire was used to get information on the associated risk factors. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 20 and p value of ≤0.05 was taken as statistically significant. The overall prevalence of IPIs among the children was 62.4% (239/383). Single, double, and triple infections were 49.9%, 10.7%, and 1.83%, respectively. Residence, family income, place of defecation, source of drinking water, shoe-wearing habit, handwashing habit after toilet use, ways of waste disposal, and cleanliness of fingernail were the most important predictors of IPIs (p < 0.05). Ascaris lumbricoides (22.7% (87/383)) and hookworms (20.6% (79/383)) were the most prevalent parasites, followed by Entamoeba histolytica (8.1%), Trichuris trichiura (7.6%), Giardia intestinalis (6.5%), Hymenolepis nana (5.7%), and Schistosoma mansoni (4.4%), in that order. Sasiga District primary schoolchildren are likely at a high burden of IPIs. Intensive health education on personal hygiene and environmental sanitation is needed.
Closed, in-ground, water-based seasonal storage systems for thermal energy – State of technology in Europe

In thermal geoengineering applications, the storage of thermal energy offers a large potential for increasing and optimizing the efficiency of renewable energies. During the past decades, research programs in Europe have particularly focused on buried, technically closed thermal energy storage systems (TES). During low demand phases, these systems allow energy to be stored on a seasonal basis to contribute cost-effectively to energy supply during periods of high demand. As preferred technical variants, three concepts have emerged: Pit Thermal Energy Storages (PTES), Tank Thermal Energy Storages (TTES) and Water-Gravel Thermal Energy Storages (WGTES). Placed in-ground, they have different (geo-)thermal properties, which vary from system to system and represent individual advantages or disadvantages. Based on a comprehensive database, our presentation reviews the state-of-technology in TES, whereby most systems and those with the highest storage volumes are located in Denmark, Germany and Sweden. Through innovations in the field of thermal geoengineering, materials, and construction techniques, a consistent trend towards further improved efficiency can be observed, both energetically and economically. However, we identify the remaining key challenges in technical, environmental and socioeconomic terms, which impede global market availability and require further research. Critical issues are the optimization of thermal insulations to minimize energy losses, the improvement of long-term stabilities of used materials, and the mitigation of substantial construction and maintenance costs. Furthermore, our presentation uncovers unexploited potentials in the field of performance optimization. Some of these arise with the advanced integration in heating and cooling networks. Linkages to excess energy from industry, data centers, or geothermal systems offer further possibilities for an enhanced use of TES. Finally, we point out concepts for further increasing the prospective potential of this geothermal technology, for example by dynamically linking differently configured storage systems.
Sakip Evaluation Based on Performance Management Based on Balanced Scorecard Secretariat Organization Regional Bureau South Kalimantan Province

This study aims to determine how the implementation of the Government Performance Accountability System (SAKIP) was evaluated based Performance Management Balanced Scorecard. Impact of the implementation of the Government Performance Accountability System in improving the performance of all employees at the Bureau Secretariat Organization of South Kalimantan Province. The research was conducted using a qualitative descriptive study, through interviews with sources and conduct performance document related documentation. The data analysis technique used in this study is that the data reduction, data display, and conclusion drawing/verification. The result is the implementation of the planning performance, especially in the process of leveling performance, Among the Balanced Scorecard SAKIP there are differences in how the preparation, which uses four perspectives SAKIP not used the Balanced Scorecard. Besides the preparation of programs and activities in SAKIP can only specify a defined set of activities, without being able to choose a program that will be implemented. The process of measuring, reporting, evaluation, and monitoring of similar performance between SAKIP and Balanced Scorecard. The impact caused by the implementation of the Bureau Organization SAKIP that there is an increased achievement of good performance on the customer perspective, Finance, and Internal Processes. But for the Learning and Growth perspective still does not have a significant impact.
Optimal Duration of the Preincubation Phase in Enzyme Inhibition Experiments

This report describes an algebraic formula to calculate the optimal duration of the pre-incubation phase in enzyme-inhibition experiments, based on the assumed range of expected values for the dissociation equilibrium constant of the enzyme–inhibitor complex and for the bimolecular association rate constant. Three typical experimental scenarios are treated, namely, (1) single-point primary screening at relatively high inhibitor concentrations; (2) dose-response secondary screening of relatively weakly bound inhibitors; (3) dose-response screening of tightly-bound inhibitors.
Mechanisms to Cope With Climate Change in Chiredzi District of Masvingo, Zimbabwe

DOI: 10.21276/sjahss.2018. 6.3. 30 Abstract: The study examined climate change coping mechanisms in rural communities in Chiredzi District. Chiredzi rural district communities are experiencing effects of climate change in the form of droughts and high temperatures and low annual rainfall that has culminated in low agricultural productivity. The research objectives of the study were to explore the effects of climate change on human security, examining the coping mechanisms currently employed mitigate the effects of climate and to assess the sustainability of the coping mechanisms by villagers in the Chiredzi District. The study used a descriptive research design with a sample of 71 respondents (n=71) chosen using simple random sampling method. Primary data was collected using questionnaire with a five point Likert scale, focus group discussion and interviews. The research results indicated that to a very great extent climate causes floods, droughts, storms and cyclones, fires, heat waves, and epidemics that cause loss of life and properties and it was also indicated that climate change causes poverty, inequality, market failures, and policy failures, the study showed that to a very great extent people in Chiredzi District adopted changes in planting dates, changes in harvesting dates, multiple cropping, intensive manure application, intercropping, and expansion of cultivated land area as coping mechanisms currently employed to mitigate the effects of climate change, The research findings indicated that the coping mechanisms were sustainable to a very great extent in terms of increasing food availability and overcome food insecurity in the household and increasing household income. It further revealed that the coping mechanism were sustainable as there have resulted in improvements in household feeding patterns to a great extent. The coping mechanisms have also culminated in increasing the number of built, used storage facilities, and increase household assets. The researcher recommended that people in the district should stop engaging in deforestation and sand-filling of natural water bodies such as rivers as a result of stream bank cultivation, as all of which singly and/or complementarily leads to climate change, the rural communities should do afforestation in their areas, farmers in the district should select and cultivate new well-bred animal and crop varieties with high yield potential and quality, superior, integrative stress resistance and wide adaptability and also select and cultivate stress resistant varieties with specific abilities of resistance to drought, high temperature and diseases and pest invasion and communities should stop agricultural activities such as bush burning, fertilizer application, fermentation among others, as anthropological influencers they, contributes to climate change, instead they can practise zero-tillage and organic farming using organic manure.
Evaluation of a fall stocking of adult and intermediate largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) into two Ohio River embayments

Evaluation of a Fall Stocking of Intermediate and Adult Largemouth Bass (Micropterus Salmoides) Into Two Ohio River Embayments Eric C. Janney On October 20, 1998 the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources stocked adult and intermediate size hatchery reared largemouth bass (Micropterus Salmoides) into two Ohio River embayments in an attempt to supplement existing populations. Prior to stocking each fish was fitted with an anchor tag and a visible implant elastomer mark to help ensure recognition as a hatchery-origin fish. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of this stocking event for enhancing largemouth bass populations and improving angling opportunities in Ohio River embayment areas. A multifaceted sampling approach was incorporated to: (1) evaluate the persistence and return of stocked bass to anglers’ creel relative to that of wild largemouth bass, (2) estimate fidelity of stocked largemouth bass to embayment release sites, and (3) compare return rates and cost effectiveness of the two size classes used for stocking. Although stocked bass comprised the majority (81%) of bass captured in electrofishing surveys conducted during the first 30 days after stocking, the percent composition declined to 50% in January 1999, and continued to decline at an exponential rate throughout 1999. Relative survival of the adult size class was estimated to be 2.9 times higher than that of the intermediate class based upon returns to electrofishing gear. A total of 203 angler interviews corresponding to 1,085 hours of angling effort were recorded during creel surveys conducted at public access landings during which only two tagged largemouth bass were reported. Tagged fish only contributed slightly to the tournament catch during the 2000 tournament season. Anglers weighed in 7 (1.4% of total LMB catch) tagged largemouth bass during attended tournaments. This corresponds to one tagged largemouth bass captured for every 876 hours of tournament angling effort. Low return rates of stocked bass in electrofishing and angler surveys indicate that stocked fish did not make a substantial contribution to the fishery after fall, 1998. These data suggest that fall stocking of largemouth bass into Ohio River embayments in this manner only provided limited, short-term benefit to the Ohio River largemouth bass fishery. Rapid loss of stocked fish in embayment areas was most likely due to post-handling and natural mortality over the winter of 1999 combined with emigration of stocked fish out of the stocked areas into the Ohio River main-stem.
ForkBase: Immutable, Tamper-evident Storage Substrate for Branchable Applications

Data collaboration activities typically require systematic or protocol-based coordination to be scalable. Git, an effective enabler for collaborative coding, has been attested for its success in countless projects around the world. Hence, applying the Git philosophy to general data collaboration beyond coding is motivating. We call it Git for data. However, the original Git design handles data at the file granule, which is considered too coarse-grained for many database applications. We argue that Git for data should be co-designed with database systems. To this end, we developed ForkBase to make Git for data practical. ForkBase is a distributed, immutable storage system designed for data version management and data collaborative operation. In this demonstration, we show how ForkBase can greatly facilitate collaborative data management and how its novel data deduplication technique can improve storage efficiency for archiving massive data versions.
Haematological Parameters and Serum Biochemistry of West African Dwarf Sheep Fed Ensiled Cassava Tops and Guinea Grass Mixture

An experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of ensiled cassava tops and guinea grass mixture on haematological and biochemical indices of West African Dwarf Sheep. A total of 20 growing West African dwarf rams were used for the study. The rams were divided into five groups of five animals and each group was randomly allotted to one of the five diets in a completely randomized design. Guinea Grass (GG) and Cassava tops(CT) with four energy additives were ensiled and combined in ratio 6:3:1 into five treatments: 1 (GG + CT + cassava chips), 2 (GG + CT + Sorghum), 3 (GG + CT + millet grains), 4 (GG + CT + sugar ) and 5 (GG + CT + no additive). Results revealed significant(P<0.05) variations occurred for the haematological parameters measured except for the insignificant differences (P> 0.05) in white blood cell (WBC), Red Blood Cells (RBC), mean cell volume (MCV) and mean cell haemoglobin (MCH). The packed cell volume (PCV) ranged between 27.00% and 33.67%. The serum biochemical indices showed significant difference (P<0.05) among treatments for Total proteins, Albumin, urea, and Aspartate amino transaminase (AST), Alanine transaminase and (ALT) and Alkaline phosphatase (ALP) and they ranged from 6.87-8.20g/dl; 3.42-4.56g/dl; 11.83-16.15mg/dl; 5.30-12.38 IU/l;11.49-27.40IU/l and 49.15-90.71 IU/l respectively. The study revealed that feeding ensiled Cassava tops and Guinea grass mixture to West African Dwarf ram had no deleterious effects on the haematological and serum biochemical parameters of WAD ram.
Properties of fresh and hardened concrete

The present paper reviews the literature related to the properties of fresh and hardened concrete. Workability and fundamental rheological properties, reversible and non-reversible evolution, thixotropy, slump loss, setting time, bleeding, segregation and practical issues related to formwork filling and pressure, are addressed among the properties of fresh concrete. Among hardened concrete properties compressive strength and other mechanical and physical properties of hardened concrete, such as tensile strength, elastic properties, shrinkage, creep, cracking resistance, electrical, thermal, transport and other properties are covered. Testing, interpretation, modeling and prediction of properties are addressed, as well as correlation with properties of fresh concrete and durability, effects of special binders, recycled and natural aggregates, fiber reinforcement, mineral and chemical admixtures. Special attention is given to the properties of hardened lightweight and self-compacting concrete.
PrefDiv: Efficient Algorithms for Effective Top-k Result Diversification

The ever-increasing supply of data is bringing renewed attention to result diversification, a technique usually studied with result relevance for a given task. Together, they produce a sub-set of results that are relevant to the user query and contain less redundant information. In this work, we formulate an extended version of the result diversification problem, considering three objectives—relevance, diversity, and coverage—and present a novel approach and algorithms that produce better-diversified results. Our approach takes a large set of possible answers generated from a user query and outputs a representative subset of results that are highly ranked according to the preference of the user. The data items contained in the representative set are diverse, such that each item is different from the rest and provides good coverage of the underlying aspects of the original results. Our approach also suggests a set of appropriate parameters for each user query to achieve a balance between our conflicting objectives and is efficient enough to ensure an interactive experience. We study the complexity of our algorithms and experimentally evaluate them in terms of normalized relevance, coverage, and execution time. Our evaluation indicates a speedup of up to 159 x , and outperforms the state-of-the-art algorithms on multiple fronts.
ADAPTIVE EQUALISATION FOR CONTINUOUS ACTIVE SONAR?

Underwater acoustic environments exhibit long and time-varying multipath propagation conditions that severely limit the spatio-temporal coherence of any continuous active sonar (CAS) pulse. Due to this issue, traditional matched filter processing at the receiver does not always achieve the desired processing gains leading to poor target tracking. Hence, a major effort in the field of active sonar is steered towards the design of novel receivers that emphasize on efficient Doppler target tracking while maintaining good range resolution. This paper represents the first attempt to process the target’s echoes based on an adaptive decision-feedback equaliser (DFE), a well-known technique applied in underwater acoustic communications. The performance of the proposed signal is tested through a simple experimental setup during a sea trial off the coast of Portugal in 2016. The transmitted binary phase shift keying (BPSK) signal occupied the 1500 2500 Hz band and lasted for 7.7 seconds. Our results demonstrate a high-precision Doppler measurement with an update rate of 1 ms for a target moving at 6 knots.
Prevalence of Oestrusovis L. in caprine livestock from the North of Mexico

Oestrusovis is a dipterous insect of obligatoryparasitosis, a cosmopolitan larviparus belonging to the FamilyOestridae, which gives rise to severe cavitarymyiasis in grazing and stabled caprine and ovine that are bred in different parts of the world. It is considered a very well adapted parasite, difficult to eradicate, and one that affects the well-being and yield of the host, diminishing the profitability of caprine and ovine exploitation. This parasitosisalso affects other wild and domestic animals. The current status of caprine oestrosisin the Comarca Lagunerais unknown. Thus,in order to calculate the prevalenceofOestrusovisin caprine livestock of the North of Mexico,we carried out our investigation at a goat slaughterhouse located in the city of Gómez Palacio, state of Durango, Mexico. The animals came from different municipalities and common lands. Once the animals were sacrificed, the head was removed and, by means of a longitudinal incision, the nasal fossae and frontal sinuses were exposed, to observe the presence of larvae in their interior. The larvae were counted and deposited in a tube of ethyl alcohol 70% for their later observation and classification in the laboratory.The number of caprine heads examined was 66, of which 55 were infested with different larval stages (L1, L2,L3). A high prevalence was obtained of 83%. To our knowledge, this is the first published and registered report on infestationby Oestrusovisin caprine livestock of the Comarca Lagunera.
IMPACT OF FDI ON ECONOMIC GROWTH IN LAO PDR

Foreign Direct investment (FDI) is considered to be significant capital sources to support social economic development in Laos, and it becomes a crucial factor to stimulate an economic growth. The aim of this research is to access the impact of FDI for both aggregate and disaggregate levels and some macroeconomic variables on real economic growth. The multiple linear regression is applied to estimate the significant factors influence on economic growth, during the period from 1990-2011. The findings suggest that FDI inflows in manufacturing sector have played a crucial role to support economic growth. Then, the higher real trade openness and labor force are important components to stimulate economic growth. In addition, we also find that a booming of FDI inflows in mining sector can lead to the issues of Dutch disease by pushing exchange rate appreciation. As a consequence causes to domestic production costs to increase and dampen economic growth.
Documentos de Trabajo. N.o 1751. Optimal density forecast combinations

How should researchers combine predictive densities to improve their forecasts? I propose consistent estimators of weights which deliver density forecast combinations approximating the true predictive density, conditional on the researcher’s information set. Monte Carlo simulations confi rm that the proposed methods work well for sample sizes of practical interest. In an empirical example of forecasting monthly US industrial production, I demonstrate that the estimator delivers density forecasts which are superior to well-known benchmarks, such as the equal weights scheme. Specifi cally, I show that housing permits had valuable predictive power before and after the Great Recession. Furthermore, stock returns and corporate bond spreads proved to be useful predictors during the recent crisis, suggesting that fi nancial variables help with density forecasting in a highly leveraged economy.
Globalization and Urban Transformation of Nomadic Societies: The Tent as a National Symbol and Element of Qatari Identity

Recently, cultural way of life of nomadic societies have been challenged by active forces of globalization and urban transformation in the Arab world and, namely, in the State of Qatar. The adaptable practices of the Nomads in the city are seen through modern manifestations, representing a counter process of urban growth that is more local-oriented, inward and responsive to socio-cultural way of life of indigenous societies. This research study attempts to contemplate the aspects of urban transformation of the nomadic society in Qatar through the investigation of a specific urban element: the tent. The question of the research revolves around the following: How does the tent as a unit of investigation evolve responding to the behavioural, spatial and socio-cultural transformations of the nomadic society in Qatar? Through field study and participatory observation, the unit of investigation is studied. Remarkable reference to the Bedouin cultural way of life establishes the basis for the construct of a national identity in Qatar, not only to the sub-cultural tribal communities but also the whole society with its diverse components. This strategy is expected to be socially sustainable, ensuring the ability of the Qatari society to face the challenges of the urban future in a resilient and peaceful way.