Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Incidence and Prevalence of Tuberculosis in Iran and Neighboring Countries

Background: Tuberculosis is one of the major public health concerns in many countries, however the available and effective treatment is known. Tuberculosis typically determined with socio-economic problems such as war, malnutrition and HIV prevalence. In Iran, many progresses are carried to control tuberculosis but, different factors such as immigration from neighboring countries are affective to tuberculosis infection. Objectives: In this paper, the incidence and prevalence of tuberculosis is evaluated in different regions of Iran and neighboring countries. Methods: The data are collected from different and valid sources such as Scopus, Pubmed and also many reports from world health organization (WHO) and center of disease control and prevention (CDC) for a period of 25 years (1990 - 2015) evaluated for Iran and neighboring countries. Results: This study as a descriptive- analytical research is conducted cross- sectional among Iran and neighboring countries since 1990. The information is obtained from exact and valid informative data from web of sciences. The east and west border countries of Iran which are faced with war and immigration in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq are source of tuberculosis infection that effect on tuberculosis prevalence in Iran. The data were analyzed by SPSS 22 and Excel 2013. Conclusions: The incidence of tuberculosis in Iran has been decreased because of many controlling actions such as BCG vaccination, electronic reporting system for tuberculosis and free access to tuberculosis medication. Some of Iran neighboring countries such as Tajikistan and Pakistan have the highest incidence of tuberculosis which known as a challenge for tuberculosis control in Iran while Saudi Arabia and Turkey have the lowest incidence.
Diverse Goals but One Heart with Mixed Reality in Information Systems

The use of Mixed Reality (MR) in Information Systems learning and teaching pedagogies is becoming more widely accepted as providing a reflection of possible realities. The aim of using MR in learning design is to extend the student experience by helping them not only to ‘see the unseen’ through the capacity of MR but also to visualise and interact with complex and abstract concepts. This study expands on the current literature by applying design science to use, survey and evaluate Microsoft HoloLens, a MR device, in an Information Systems classroom. The significance of this study is the use of MR in an Information Systems class to understand and learn the technology and provide an authentic learning experience to prepare the students for technological disruption and the future of work. Student survey responses were positive, with high student satisfaction in the classroom, demonstrating critical and creative engagement with the technological limitations and challenges with the user experience. This paper concludes with suggestions of specific pedagogical models that could be used in Information Systems education.
A Fault-Tolerant Five-Level Inverter Topology With Reduced Component Count for OEIM Drives

This article proposes a fault-tolerant five-level inverter scheme for open-end induction motor (OEIM) drive application using a single dc link. The drive is fed with a primary inverter (a two-level inverter cascaded with a capacitor-fed H-bridge inverter) from one end and a secondary inverter (capacitor-fed two-level inverter) from the other end. The ratio of the dc-link voltage to the nominal capacitor voltage in the H-bridge and the secondary two-level inverter is maintained at 4:2:1. The capacitor balancing in the proposed scheme is achieved by space-vector (SV) redundancy. The proposed scheme gives five-level inverter operation with less number of components compared with other existing inverter topologies. Furthermore, the scheme provides fault-tolerant capability against a failure of the power switches in the H-bridges and the secondary two-level inverter. The experimental results in steady and transient states are presented. Also, the inverter operation during fault is provided to validate the effectiveness of the proposed scheme.
Self-Care Knowledge of Hypertension Prevention and Control Among Women in Contemporary Ghana

ABSTRACT Background: There has been a growing body of literature on hypertension in many countries, but nonavailability of data hampered empirical research on this issue in Ghana. Purpose: This article presents new and nationally representative household survey evidence on determinants and benefits of self-care knowledge of hypertension prevention and control among contemporary Ghanaian women. Methods: The logistics and double hurdle estimation approaches are employed together with univariate distributions (percentages and means) to analyze the socioeconomic correlates of the risk of hypertension and self-care knowledge among women aged 15–49 from the Ghana Demographic and Health Survey (GDHS) 2014 data. Results: The results show that knowledge of hypertension, education, and ethnicity significantly influence women’s risk of being hypertensive. In addition, women’s own level of education and that of their partners, ethnicity, age, and wealth are important determinants of their knowledge of hypertension. Discussion: The results indicate potentials for public education toward self-care to impact positively on the risk of hypertension. Translation to Health Education Practice: The Ministry of Health must collaborate with other civil society organizations and design policies aimed at educating hypertensive patients, their families, and people who are at high risk for hypertension giving due cognizance to access to information, ethnic and geographical diversity, attitudes, and practices.
Systematic review of comprehensive primary health care models

Many countries are investing in primary health care (PHC) reform, with particular attention being paid to establishing local or regional organisational structures; implementing new funding arrangements and changing the PHC workforce skills mix. This review examines what is known about the implementation and effectiveness of the different system-wide models being developed in Australia, United Kingdom and New Zealand to achieve PHC reform.
Effect of Spraying Fish Oil and Glutathione on Fruiting of Ewaise Mango Trees Grown under Sandy Soil

This study was established during 2017 and 2018 seasons to test the effect of single and combined applications of fish oil and glutathione each at 0.5 to 2% on some vegetative growth aspects, photosynthetic pigments, flowering and fruit setting behavior, N, P, K, Mg, Ca (as %), Zn, Fe, Mn and Cu (as ppm), yield and both physical and chemical characteristics of the fruits in mango cv. Ewaise grown under sandy soil. The trees received three sprays at growth start, just after fruit setting and at 30 days later. Single and combined applications of fish oil and glutathione each at 0.5 to 2% had substantial promotion on shoot length and thickness, number of leaves/shoot, leaf area (in the spring growth cycle), photosynthetic pigments (chlorophylls a & b, total chlorophylls and total carotenoids), N, P, K, Mg, Ca (as %), Zn, Fe, Mn and Cu (as ppm), panicle length, number of panicles/tree, perfect flowers %, percentages of initial and fruit retention, yield and fruit quality characteristics over the control. Using glutathione was reasonably superior than using fish oil in enhancing all the studied parameters. Companied applications were materially favourable than using each material alone. In all cases negligible effect was observed on these parameters among the higher two concentrations of each material (1 & 2%). The best results with regard to growth, tree, nutritional status, flowering, fruit setting, yield and fruit quality were obtained due to treating Ewaise mango trees grown under sandy soil thrice (growth start, just after setting and at one month later) with a mixture of fish oil and glutathione each at 1%.
Dielectric Anisotropy Sensor Using Coupled Resonators

In this article, a new approach is proposed for the measurement of the uniaxial anisotropic dielectric constant of different planar samples by means of a single sensor. The sensor is based on a couple of straight-line coupled resonators in microstrip technology that can be excited in odd and even propagation modes. This sensor is designed on an isotropic substrate at the design frequency. Due to the electric field configuration specific for each mode, it is possible to relate these modes to the dielectric constant in two different directions (parallel and perpendicular) of a dielectric material placed on top of the sensor. This technique is used for the successful characterization of the dielectric constant anisotropic of anisotropic dielectrics (FR4, Rogers 4350B, and Arlon Diclad 880), and the isotropic material PTFE.
The Solo Journey: The Lived Experiences Of First-generation Community College Students From Immigrant Backgrounds.

The purpose of this Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) study was to discover how community college students from first-generation immigrant backgrounds made sense of their experiences as the first in their family to go to college. The need for this study is highlighted by research that finds that almost one-quarter of college students come from immigrant backgrounds, and this number is projected to rise for some time into the future. While open access community college education offers first-generation students from immigrant backgrounds opportunities to earn degrees, first-year students are twice as likely as their peers to leave college before their sophomore year (Choy, 2001). The problem of practice examined was that college systems designed for traditional students do not consider first-generation students with immigrant backgrounds and their unique personal experiences, linguistic and cultural backgrounds, and values, which amounts to a lack of support that can contribute to isolation and high dropout rates for this population. The tenants of academic resilience theory and critical race theory were applied to gather insight into how students make sense of experiences in education and specifically navigating the community college system. This qualitative study with six students enrolled in two community colleges in Washington State revealed that students viewed adverse experiences as the foundation of personal strengths that they use to overcome obstacles as community college students. Students identified relationships with individuals at school, at home, and in the community as impacting their perceptions of their academic achievement. The study also revealed that perceptions about on-going academic achievement and value of a college degree were linked to having a clear sense of purpose and the opportunity to make a difference for others who share aspects of their history and background experiences. This study serves to move beyond a descriptive model that categorizes students to a prescriptive strength-based
Numerical Research of the Modification of the Combustion System in the OP 650 Boiler

Changes in the combustion system are one of the paths leading to improved combustion quality. This is manifested by a reduction of the unburnt carbon in fly ash and slag and a reduction in harmful emissions. The article presents the numerical analysis of the modification of the combustion system in the OP 650 boiler. The modifications consisted of changing the direction of swirl of the dust–air mixture in individual burners and changing the distribution of air to Over-Fire Air (OFA) nozzles. These had an impact on NOx and CO emissions and the temperature achieved at the outlet of the chamber. The content of O2, CO, and NOx emissions, flue gas temperature at the outlet from the chamber, flue gas temperature after the platen superheater, as well as temperature at the outlet from the model were presented. The percentage of coal flow directed towards the slag hopper was also noted.
A study on job satisfaction of family physicians in Basrah

Background: Job satisfaction is a reflection of interaction of the physicians and all the components of the surrounding environments. A high level of satisfaction is desirable and may contribute to better workers performance. Objectives: To explore the degree of satisfaction of family physicians in Basrah with their jobs. Methods: A cross-sectional study targeting all family physicians who were working in Basrah at the time of the study (2018) was carried out. A total of 67 out of 74 physicians were successfully interviewed according to a special questionnaire form that was prepared in the light of selected readings and guided by the researchers view on areas of interest. The data collection phase lasted for four months (AprilAugust 2018). Results: A good proportion (43.3%) of family physicians in Basrah were posted in places other than family medicine practice. The majority were young, females, and reasonably lived close to their work sites. Family physicians were very satisfied with the supervisors (95.5%), colleagues (97.0%) and clients (86.6%). They were also satisfied with their competence in handling their daily tasks and fairly satisfied with their postgraduate training and in-services training. They were very unsatisfied with their income, their work conditions in terms of amenities and staffing, with respect to specialty under two thirds (61.2%) expressed their satisfaction with their status as family physicians but 38.8% were not satisfied and this was reflected on their desire to quit to other specialty (55.2%). A big problem is the perception that the specialty is not respected by the public (85.1%), not respected by other clinical specialties (95.5%), not supported by mass media (95.5%), and the specialty is not optimally utilized (79.1%). However, 67.2% reported that the specialty improved care delivery at primary health care centres. Conclusions: Mostly family physicians were happy with competence required to handle tasks. Except for the overall work environment, participants denied to have adequate amenities. Most positive points were related to humanities. Most of negative points were related to income, recognition and amenities. They expressed negative views on all aspects of salary valuation and most of them wanted to change specialty.
Impact of Hyperviscosity of Blood on Elevation of Blood Pressure among the Adulthood at Baghdad City

Objective of The study: The study aims to assess the of blood pressure in hypervelocity patients, and find out the relationship between of blood pressure and secondary polycythemia Methodology: descriptive design study was starting in 1st of July 2014 to the 1st of September 2014. The study conducted on 54 persons who attended to blood bank to blood donation. The instruments were composed of four parts. The first part was concerned with the socio-demographic characteristics, second part deals the past and present medical history, third part was a personal behavior, and fourth part consist of the measuring hemoglobin level , and Blood Pressure before and after blood donation, the data was collected by using personal interview by responders to fill the personal socio-demographic characteristics, and medical problems, and the researchers measure the hemoglobin level for the persons before blood donation, and measure the blood pressure before and after donation and the data was analyzed by the application of descriptive and inferential statistical methods. Results: The results revealed that the demographic characteristics of the study sample was 96.3% were males,22.2% of them at age 23-27 years old, 68.5% were married, 35.2% graduated of secondary school, 37% ofthem was employment, and 44.4% of them sufficient income, smoking history for the study sample was revealedthat 100% of them was smoker, 64.8% of them continues of smoking, 94.3% was intermittent to smoking, 87%of them was used the water pipe, 18.5% of them continuous to used and 90.8% was intermittent for water pipeused. Conclusion: the study concluded that the range of blood pressure reading for the study sample was changesof before to after blood draw and it is reduced the percent of high blood pressure after blood draw, that therewere significant relationship between high level of hemoglobin and elevation of blood pressure at P≥0.05 value. Recommendation: Based on the findings of present study the researcher recommended to implementingeffective strategies to control tobacco exposure, measurement of carboxyhemoglobin should be a routine part ofthe evaluation of all hypervelocity patients, and labor sticking to increase recreation centers and arenas dedicatedto sport.
Gridlock from Diagnosis to Treatment of Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis (MDR-TB) in Tanzania: Illuminating Potential Factors for Possible Intervention

Settings: Kibong'oto Infectious Diseases Hospital, Kilimanjaro, Tanzania Objective: Characterise multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB)-treated cases during the scaling up of molecular diagnostics using Xpert MTB/RIF and GenoType MTBDRplus Design: Retrospective cohort study Results: A total of 223 MDR-TB patients were referred to the Kibong’oto Infectious Disease Hospital from January 2013 through December 2014. Four cities—Dar es Salaam, Mbeya, Mwanza, and Tanga—contributed 144 (65%) of referrals. Of the total referred patients, HIV coinfection was found in 92 (41%) and 180 (81%) had history of previous TB treatment. Molecular drug susceptibility testing (DST) contributed 201 (91%) of referrals and resulted in a shorter time from diagnosis to start of treatment, 30 days (95% confidence interval [CI], 26–37), compared to conventional phenotypic DST, 212 days (95% CI, 151–272; P<.001). Molecular DST found higher proportions of MDR-TB children and people living with HIV without prior treatment, 5 (12%) and 24 (56%), respectively, compared to those with previous treatment for TB, 4 (2%) and 68 (38%), respectively. The median CD4 count correspondingly was 131 cells/μl (IQR, 109–131) and 200 cells/μl (IQR, 94–337) for MDR-TB diagnosed by phenotypic and molecular diagnostics (P=.70). Despite the more rapid time to treatment initiation among patients diagnosed by molecular DST, treatment outcomes, including time to sputum culture conversion, did not differ compared to those diagnosed with conventional phenotypic DST. Regardless of the method of diagnosis, MDR-TB/HIV coinfected patients who died had lower CD4 counts (mean 86 ± 87 cells/μl) than survivors (mean 274 ± 224 cells/μl; P=.02). Conclusion: Molecular diagnostics appear to speedup the time to treatment initiation, but may not improve other treatment outcomes.
Can carbon dioxide be a good indicator for formaldehyde in residences?—Monte Carlo modeling for a whole year

Indoor air quality (IAQ) plays a significant role in human health, and CO2 has a long history of use as an IAQ indicator. Formaldehyde is one of the most ubiquitous indoor pollutants with proven adverse health effects. However, formaldehyde sensors are generally expensive, and they are not as accurate as CO2 sensors. Thus, it is important to determine whether CO2 could be used as an indicator for formaldehyde in engineering applications. In this study, indoor CO2 and formaldehyde concentrations in actual Chinese residences under natural and mechanical ventilation were simulated by the Monte Carlo method. The Pearson correlation analyses were also performed. It was found that when emission rate of CO2 is constant, CO2 can act as a good indicator for formaldehyde when the formaldehyde emission rate (mg/h) divided by the emission rate of CO2 (L/h) is smaller than 0.14 and positive correlation occurred between them. However, when the emission rate of CO2 is varied, CO2 may not be used as an indicator for formaldehyde despite their positive correlation.
Investigation the effect of adding graphene oxide into diesel/higher alcohols blends on a diesel engine performance

ABSTRACT This article aims to study the influence of the addition of graphene oxide nanoparticles (GO) to diesel/higher alcohols blends on the combustion, emission, and exergy parameters of a CI engine under various engine loads. The higher alcohols mainly n-butanol, n-heptanol, and n-octanol are blended with diesel at a volume fraction of 50%. Then, the 25 and 50 mg/L concentrations of GO are dispersed into diesel/higher alcohols blends using an ultrasonicator. The GO structures are examined using TEM, TGA, XRD and FTIR. The findings show that there is a reduction in pmax. and HRR when adding higher alcohols with diesel fuel. Regarding engine emission, there is a significant improvement in emissions formation with adding higher alcohols. The addition of GO into diesel/higher alcohols blends improves the brake thermal efficiency by 15%. Moreover, the pmax. and HRR are both enhanced by 4%. The CO, UHC and smoke formation are reduced considerably by 40%, 50 and 20%, respectively, while NOx level is increased by 30% with adding GO. Finally, adding high percentages of n-butanol, n-heptanol, and n-octanol with diesel fuel with the presence of GO has the potential to achieve ultra-low CO, UHC, and smoke formation meanwhile keeping high thermal efficiency level.
Exploring how educators at the workplace inform their judgement of students’ professional performance

ABSTRACT Vocational education aims at preparing students for their future as professionals; thus, students are often required to undergo a form of on-the-job learning. Assessment of professional performance during on-the-job learning is not based on single observations, but on prolonged participation at the workplace culminating in judgement by a workplace educator. However, little is known about how educators reach a judgement. This paper, therefore, aims at exploring how educators inform their judgements about students’ professional performance. We consider the workplace to be a participatory learning environment, which entails that judgement about professional performance should be made in relation to the community students participated in and that the educator from that community has a central role. Our study takes an explorative approach based on interviews and uses template analysis to generate insight. Findings revealed that educators use multiple strategies to gather and process information about students to inform their judgement. Findings also showed that assessment starts at the first meeting, when the educator forms a first impression of the student and judges whether or not the student is suitable for the job. Educators at the workplace also showed that they are aware of the context in which they form their judgement.