Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Abstract. In order to evaluate the efficacy and tolerability of oxycodone in moderate-severe cancer-related pain, we conducted a systematic review of randomized controlled trials (RCTs). Publications addressing the efficacy and tolerability of oxycodone in moderate-severe cancer-related pain

In order to evaluate the efficacy and tolerability of oxycodone in moderate-severe cancer-related pain, we conducted a systematic review of randomized controlled trials (RCTs). Publications addressing the efficacy and tolerability of oxycodone in moderate-severe cancer-related pain were selected from the Cochrane library, PubMed, Embase and CBM databases. Data were extracted from the studies by two independent reviewers. The meta-analysis was performed by RevMan 5.0.25 and STATA 9.2 software. From these data, odds ratios (ORs) or the standard mean difference (SMD) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated. Finally, only seven RCTs were retrieved with a total of 613 cancer patients with moderate-severe pain. The meta-analysis results showed that oxycodone was statistically superior to other strong opioids based on pain intensity scores following intervention [weighted mean difference (WMD), 0.25; 95% CI, 0.05-0.45; P=0.01; WMD, -1.30; 95% CI, -1.55-1.05; P<0.001, respectively]. In addition, there were statistically significant differences between oxycodone and other strong opioids in cancer-related pain on the obvious effective rate and the overall effective rate (OR, 2.03; 95% CI, 1.40-2.95; P=0.0002; OR, 1.94; 95% CI, 1.09-3.44; P=0.02, respectively). Compared with other strong opioids, nausea and constipation occurred significantly less frequently with the use of oxycodone for cancer-related pain (OR=0.52, 95% CI=0.32-0.85, P=0.009; OR=0.55, 95% CI=0.35-0.87, P=0.01; respectively). In conclusion, this meta-analysis confirms that the efficacy and tolerability of oxycodone are superior to those of other strong opioids, including morphine sulfate, codeine and tramadol, supporting its use as an opioid for cancer-related pain.
Uncertainty Quantification of the Interaction of a Vortex Pair With the Ground

The evolution of a two-dimensional vortex pair in ground effect was studied under the influence of random initial inputs comprising vortex strength (circulation) or initial vortex position. The paper addresses the questions of how do variations and uncertainties of initial conditions translate to the variability of vortex pair evolution. The stochastic solutions were obtained recurring to the Polynomial Chaos Expansion method of random processes applied to the Navier-Stokes equations for a laminar flow. The method quantifies the extent, dependence and propagation of uncertainty through the model system and, in particular, a methodology for the calculation of the vortices trajectory variability, i.e. their confidence interval, could be obtained, provided that the random inputs are not sufficiently high to destroy the mean solutions coherence. The random initial vortex position or the vortex circulation with a variability coefficient of 10% promote after t∗ = 3, one vortex turnover, vortex trajectories that within a 90% confidence interval display an error bar with lengths up to 2r0 (two times the initial vortex radius).
Binary Satellite Galaxies

Suggestions have appeared in the literature that the following four pairs of Milky Way and Andromeda satellite galaxies are gravitationally bound: Draco and Ursa Minor, Leo IV and V, Andromeda I and III, and NGC 147 and 185. Assuming that a given pair is gravitationally bound, the Virial theorem provides a crude estimate of its total mass and so its instantaneous tidal radius. In the case of each pair except for Leo IV and Leo V, the estimated tidal radius is inferior to the separation between the two satellites, suggesting that these pairs are not currently gravitationally bound. Their proximities may be explained if each pair condensed from the remnants of a formerly gravitationally bound structure, but such a scenario is in tension with the absence of older pairs with a wider separation.
Synthesis, characterization, and bactericidal properties of composites based on crosslinked resins containing silver

Two different commercial crosslinked resins (Amberlite GT73 and Amberlite IRC748) were employed for anchoring silver. The SH and N(CH2COOH)2 groups, respectively, present on these resins were used for Ag 1 che- lation from an aqueous solution. The Ag 1 ions were reduced with three different reductants: hydrazine, hydrox- ylamine, and formaldehyde (under an alkaline pH). The produced composites were characterized with thermog- ravimetry/differential thermogravimetry and scanning ele- ctron microscopy combined with a backscattered scanning electron detector. Energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy coupled to scanning electron microscopy allowed the obser- vation of submicrometer particles of silver, and chemical microanalysis of emitted X-rays revealed the presence of metal on the internal and external surfaces of the composite microspheres. The amount of incorporated silver was deter- mined by titration. The antibacterial activity of the silver/ resin composites was determined toward 10 3 -10 7 cells/mL dilutions of the auxotrophic AB1157 Escherichia coli strain; the networks containing anchored submicrometer silver particles were completely bactericidal within a few minutes because of the combined action of silver and functional
Strong Families or Patriarchal Economies? Southern European Labor Markets and Welfare in Comparative Perspective

Strong family networks in Southern Europe are often credited with protecting people from poverty in circumstances where both employment and social benefits are limited. However it may well be that the economies frequently described as “familial” are more strongly patriarchal than other market economies, concentrating income in the hands of older, married men through both the labor market and welfare state, and creating the combination of weak welfare states, strong family networks, low female labor force participation, and the concentration of unemployment among young people. This paper uses Luxembourg Income Study micro-data to assess the degree to which the Southern European economies may be said to be patriarchal, and explores the consequences of reduced economic autonomy for women and young men. A picture of two types of patriarchal economies emerges. The first is the familial, Mediterranean economy and the second is the liberal, American economy where weak social welfare programs are combined with worsening market prospects of the young. This paper was presented at the Second Mediterranean Social and Political Research Meeting, Florence, March 21-25, 2001, Mediterranean Programme, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute.
In the Buddha's words : an anthology of discourses from the Pāli canon

wisdom This landmark collection is the definitive introduction tothe Buddha’s teachings—in his own words. The American scholar-monk Bhikkhu Bodhi, whose voluminous translations have won widespread acclaim, here presents selected discourses of the Buddha from the Pāli Canon, the earliest record of what the Buddha taught. Divided into ten thematic chapters, In the Buddha’s Words reveals the full scope of the Buddha’s discourses, from family life and marriage to renunciation and the path of insight. In the Buddha’s Words allows even readers unacquainted with Buddhism to grasp the significance of the Buddha’s contributions to our world heritage. Taken as a whole, these texts bear eloquent testimony to thebreadth and intelligenceof theBuddha’s teachings, and point the way to an ancient yet ever-vital path.
effect of dietary dried berberis vulgaris fruit and enzyme on some blood parameters of laying hens fed wheat soybean based diets

An in vivo study was conducted to evaluate dried berberry fruit (DBF) and enzyme on some blood parameters of laying hens. In a 5 * 2 completely randomized block design with factorial arrangement and 4 blocks as replicate, 5 levels of DBF (0.0, 0.5, 1.0, 1.5, and 2%) and 2 levels of NSP-degrading enzyme (0.0, and 0.05%) in wheat-soybean based diets were tested in 480, 100-week old laying hens for 4 weeks. Some blood parameters of laying hens including hematocrit value, triglyceride, total cholesterol, HDL and LDL-cholesterol were recorded at 104 weeks of age. DBF significantly (P<0.05) changed hematocrit value and HDL-cholesterol (with or without enzyme), and LDL-cholesterol (with enzyme). It was concluded that use of DBF as a phytochemical compound may improve some of the blood parameters and possibly egg components that are important for human health.
Catalytic Oxidation of Carbon Monoxide by Cobalt Oxide Catalysts Supported on Oxidized-MWCNT

Cobalt oxide catalysts supported on oxidized multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT) for the low-temperature catalytic oxidation of carbon monoxide were prepared by an impregnation-ultrasound method. These catalysts were characterized by N2 adsorption/desorption, TEM, XRD, Raman, and H2-TPR methods. The XRD and Raman results indicated that the phase of the synthesized cobalt oxide was in the Co3O4 form. The effects of cobalt oxide loading and reaction temperature were studied on the catalytic oxidation conversion of carbon monoxide. The TEM image of the best catalyst (14 wt.% metal oxide loading) revealed a good dispersion of Co3O4 over the surface of the support with an average particle size of 11-16 nm. Under the reaction conditions of T= 200-250 °C, P=1 bar, CO = 600 ppm, O2 = 5 vol.%, GHSV = 30,000 hr. −1, and Co3O4= 14 wt. %, CO conversion was 91%.
PHOTOCATALYTIC DISINFECTION OF WATER POLLUTED BY PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA

Photocatalysis by titanium dioxide (TiO2) is a water treatment method. Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a microorganism resistant to chlorine and UV-C irradiation. TiO2 photocatalytic technology can destroy bacteria, which are resistant to oxidative destruction of cell membrane caused by sole UV irradiation. This study aims to investigate the total mineralization of the bacterium (P. aeruginosa) to the extent of death and cell-mass destruction using TiO2 photocatalytic oxidation process. In this work the effects of parameters such as amount of TiO2, irradiation time, initial concentration of bacterium, presence of ascorbic acid and effect of cell wall on removal of P. aeruginosa were studied. The data, which were obtained in this study, showed that the optimum concentration of TiO2 was 325 ppm. Also at the initial concentration of TiO2 equal to 325 ppm and initial microorganism MPN / 100 ml equal to 300 and after 75 min UV irradiation time, P. aeruginosa removal efficiency was 94.3 %. Removal efficiency of P. aeruginosa in the absence of TiO2 or UV irradiation was very low. Decreasing the concentration of microorganisms increased its removal efficiency. Removal efficiency of spheroplast cells was more than intact cells of P. aeruginosa, which shows the important role of cell wall on cell resistance against chemical agents. Ascorbic acid had inhibitory effect on this process.
Phytochemical screening and antioxidant activity assessment of the leaf stem and root of (Labisia paucifolia).

Researches have focused on medicinal plants in order to extract natural and low cost antioxidants that can help to protect the human body against oxidative stress and replace the synthetic additives that might be carcinogenic. In the present study, the crude extracts of leaves, stems and roots of Labisia paucifolia were investigated for their phytochemical constituents and antioxidant activities. The chemical compositions of bioactive compounds were determined using HPLC and GC-MS and the antioxidant activities measured by DPPH and FRAP methods. The results indicated that leaves methanolic extract had highest total phenolic and flavonoid contents with respective values of 2.51 mg gallic acid equivalent g DW-1 and 1.29 mg rutin equivalent g DW-1, compared to roots and stems. Meanwhile, the HPLC analysis showed the presence of gallic acid and kaempferol as the major phenolic and flavonoid compounds in all parts of L. paucifolia. Other metabolites were detected by GC-MS screening including 9,12,15-Octadecatrienoic acid, methyl ester (22.72%), 4H-Pyran-4-0ne,2,3-dihydro-35-dihydroxy-6-methyl (7.93%) and acetic acid (9.02%) as the main compounds in the leaf, stem and root extracts of L. paucifolia. The extracts possess antioxidant activity because the free radical scavenging and ferric reducing power activities were higher in leaf extract at a concentration of 500 ig mL-1 with values of 53% and 51%, respectively, as compared to the stem and root, but the activities were around 32-53% lower than those of antioxidant standards such as BHT and a-tocopherol. The present result revealed that L. paucifolia extracts contain variable patterns of flavonoids, phenolics and various bioactive volatile compounds and it could be applied as a natural antioxidant source for industrial purposes.
Teach up for Excellence.

Within the lifetime of a significant segment of the population, schools in the United States operated under the banner of "separate but equal" opportunity. In time, and at considerable cost, we came to grips with the reality that separate is seldom equal. But half a century later, and with integration a given, many of our students still have separate and drastically unequal learning experiences (DarlingHammond, 2010). Many of our schools are overwhelmingly attended by low-income and racially and linguistically diverse students, whereas nearby schools are largely attended by students from more affluent and privileged backgrounds (Kozol, 2005). Another kind of separateness exists within schools. It's frequently the case that students attend classes that correlate highly with learners' race and socioeconomic status, with less privileged students in lower learning groups or tracks and more privileged students in more advanced ones (Darling-Hammond, 2010). The logic behind separating students by what educators perceive to be their ability is that it enables teachers to provide students with the kind of instruction they need. Teachers can remediate students who perform at a lower level of proficiency and accelerate those who perform at a higher level. All too often, however, students in lower-level classrooms receive a level of education that ensures they will remain at the tail end of the learning spectrum. Highend students may (or may not) experience rich and challenging learning opportunities, and students in the middle too often encounter uninspired learning experiences that may not be crippling but are seldom energizing. No group comes to know, understand, and value the others. Schools in which this arrangement is the norm often display an "us versus them" attitude that either defines the school environment or dwells just below the surface of daily exchanges.
Institutions and Agricultural Development: the case of the North West Province in South Africa

Generally spoken, agricultural development initiatives have not been translated into the upliftment of the rural poor which is primarily due to a very low level of success of these initiatives. It is believed that the institutional framework is critical in determining the success of agricultural development. In this study an institutional analysis is applied to analyse the current institutional framework revolving around agricultural development in the North West province of South Africa. Results from this institutional analysis revealed that the institutional environment adequately supports agricultural development, however, proper governance structures lacks behind. Based on this finding, recommendations were made on new institutional structures and arrangements that will improve governance and subsequently the level of success of agricultural development. Among the many recommendations, it was suggested that government should engage into public-private partnerships, new rural finance systems should be considered and shortcomings in human capacity should be addressed through participatory partnerships. Key words: Institutions, agricultural development.
The Impact of Pre-Merger Earnings Management on Non-Cash Acquisition Premia: Evidence from the European Market for Corporate Control

Using 1320 European mergers and acquisitions (M&As) completed between 2003 and 2012, this paper investigates patterns of earnings management and the implications for non-cash acquisition premia considering both the form of payment and the target firm’s listing status. The empirical evidence documented in this study suggests that management teams engage in pre-merger upward earnings management and that it is more evident for private rather than for publicly listed targets in order to compensate for the higher information asymmetry. This earnings management procedure leads to higher takeover premia even after controlling for variables such as the acquirer’s internal investment opportunities, profitability or available free cash flow.
Proposal of an ontology based web search engine

When users search for information in a web site, sometimes they do not get what they want. Assuming that the scope where the search take place works fine, there are some problems caused by the way the user interact with the system, others that refer to characteristics of the language used, and others caused by the lack or nonexistent semantics in web documents. In this work, we propose a web search engine of a particular web site that uses ontologies and information retrieval techniques. Although the architecture we propose is applicable to any domain, the experimentation was done in a tourism web site. The results show a substantial improvement in the effectiveness of the search, with a gain of 33% in Precision.
Wave dislocation lines threading interferometers

In interferometers where a wave is divided into two beams that propagate along separate branches before being recombined, the closed circuit formed by the two branches must be threaded by wave dislocation lines. For a large class of interferometers, it is shown that the (signed) dislocation number, defined in a suitable asymptotic sense, jumps by +1 as the phase difference between the beams increases by 2π. The argument is based on the single-valuedness of the wave function in the branches and leaking between them. In some cases, the jumps occur when the phase difference is an odd multiple of π. The same result holds for the Aharonov–Bohm wave function, where the waves passing above and below a flux line experience different phase shifts; in this case, where the wave is not concentrated onto branches, the threading dislocations coincide with the flux line.
Modulation of Marine Low Clouds Associated with the Tropical Intraseasonal Variability over the Eastern Pacific

AbstractOwing to its profound influences on global energy balance, accurate representation of low cloud variability in climate models is an urgent need for future climate projection. In the present study, marine low cloud variability on intraseasonal time scales is characterized, with a particular focus over the Pacific basin during boreal summer and its association with the dominant mode of tropical intraseasonal variability (TISV) over the eastern Pacific (EPAC) intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ). Analyses indicate that, when anomalous TISV convection is enhanced over the elongated EPAC ITCZ, reduction of low cloud fraction (LCF) is evident over a vast area of the central North Pacific. Subsequently, when the enhanced TISV convection migrates to the northern part of the EPAC warm pool, a “comma shaped” pattern of reduced LCF prevails over the subtropical North Pacific, along with a pronounced reduction of LCF present over the southeast Pacific (SEPAC). Further analyses indicate that surface latent he.
Sublethal Effects of Atropa belladonna Herbal Extract on Biological Performance of the Two-Spotted Spider Mite Tetranychus urticae Koch (Acari: Tetranychidae)

The two-spotted spider mite, Tetranychus urticae Koch (Acari: Tetranychidae) is one of the most important pests of agricultural products. Using chemical pesticides is one of the main methods for its management. Due to undesirable effects of synthetic pesticides, this research was conducted to achieve alternative safe compounds. In this study sublethal effect of Atropa belladonna herbal extract including LC10, LC20, LC30 and distilled water were evaluated on biological parameters (such as r, λ, GRR, R0 and T) of T. urticae. The experiments were done under laboratory condition at 25±2 °C, 60±5% RH, and a photoperiod of 16:8 (L: D) hours. The crude data were analyzed based on age-stage, two-sex life table analysis. The results indicated significant reduction in female’s duration of maturation, oviposition period and total fecundity by increasing examined dose. The highest and lowest values of the net reproductive rate (R0) were obtained 38.41 and 18.08 offspring/individual in control and LC30, respectively. The maximum values of intrinsic rate of increase (r) was 0.2201 day-1that occurred on control treatment while the minimum values was obtained 0.1937 day-1 in LC30 concentration. Finite rate of increase (λ) had significantly descended with concentration enhancing from LC20 to LC30, compared with the control. The results demonstrated that Atropa belladonna herbal extract could be incorporated in integrated pest management (IPM) programs of T. urticae.