Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Comparative study of glycosylated hemoglobin and lipid profile in gestational diabetic and normal pregnant

Aim: Lipid profile and glycosylated hemoglobin level changes in gestational diabetes. The extent to which this alteration takes place is still not clearly documented. parameters, and glycosylated hemoglobin status were determined in patients with gestational diabetes mellitus and compared to healthy pregnant women (controls). and plasma glucose levels 2 hours after 7 higher in patients with gestational diabetes as compared to controls. Glycosylated hemoglobin was significantly higher in gestational diabetes than in controls. It was observ triglyceride level in cases with gestational diabetes when compared to healthy pregnant women. of our study suggest that abnormal glucose levels, glycosylated h play an important role in pathophysiology of gestational diabetes, and therefore, extensive studies are required. Early diagnosis of gestational diabetes will decrease adverse neonatal and maternal outc Lipid profile and glycosylated hemoglobin level changes in gestational diabetes. The extent to which this alteration takes place is still not clearly documented. Materials and Methods: To add a clear answer to this question, lipid profile glycosylated hemoglobin status were determined in patients with gestational diabetes mellitus and compared to healthy pregnant women (controls). Results: Fasting plasma glucose levels, plasma glucose levels 1 hour, and plasma glucose levels 2 hours after 7 5 gm oral glucose administration (oral glucose tolerance test) were significantly higher in patients with gestational diabetes as compared to controls. Glycosylated hemoglobin was significantly higher in gestational diabetes than in controls. It was observ ed that there was a significant increase in serum cholesterol and serum triglyceride level in cases with gestational diabetes when compared to healthy pregnant women. of our study suggest that abnormal glucose levels, glycosylated h emoglobin, serum cholesterol, and serum triglycerides play an important role in pathophysiology of gestational diabetes, and therefore, extensive studies are required. Early diagnosis of gestational diabetes will decrease adverse neonatal and maternal outc omes Gestational diabetes, glycosylated hemoglobin, high density lipoprotein cholesterol, low density lipoprotein cholesterol, oral glucose tolerance test, serum cholesterol, serum triglycerides.
Mathematics, Devan, and project work

I analyse the efforts of one learner, Devan, and a student teacher, Sumaiya Desai, in whose class he participated, as she attempted to realise what may be referred to as a social, cultural, political approach to the school mathematics curriculum through the practice of project work. The focus is specifically on the actions and reflections of Devan as he participated in the project work experience and overturned his casting as a "failing" mathematics learner in a Grade 6 mathematics classroom. I theorise the practice of project work through the data related to Devan and the conceptual tools of project work: problem-orientation; participant-directed; inter-disciplinarity; and exemplarity, and use this framework to organise the structure of this paper. Through this conceptual framing, the challenges and possibilities that such classrooms pose, for learners like Devan but also for the theoretical ideas and associated practice, are made visible and I discuss the potentiality that remained unexplored. South African Journal of Education Vol.24(3) 2004: 225-232
Programme on Residual Stresses – Review of Progress

Finite element analysis is being increasingly used to determine the magnitude of residual stresses in welded components. However, there is little guidance available on the accuracy of approaches, especially where simplifications have to be made because of the longevity associated with carrying out 3D finite element analysis. Similarly, experimental methods for characterising residual stresses have their limitations. However, when the two approaches are combined and the results corroborate then the resulting stresses can be confidently used for assessment. A long term UK research programme aims to develop improved guidance on residual stress modelling techniques which will be incorporated into the R6 fracture assessment procedure.
Rotating massive main-sequence stars: II. Simulating a population of LMC early B-type stars as a test of rotational mixing

Context. Rotational mixing in massive stars is a widely applied concept, with far-reaching consequences for stellar evolution, nucleosynthesis, and stellar explosions. Aims. Nitrogen surface abundances for a large and homogeneous sample of massive B-type stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) have recently been obtained by the ESO VLT-FLAMES Survey of Massive Stars. This sample is the first to cover a broad range of projected stellar rotational velocities, with a large enough sample of high quality data to allow for a statistically significant analysis. Here we use the sample to provide the first rigorous and quantitative test of the theory of rotational mixing in massive stars. Methods. We calculated a grid of stellar evolution models, using the VLT-FLAMES sample to calibrate some of the uncertain mixing processes. We developed a new population-synthesis code, which uses this grid to simulate a large population of stars with masses, ages, and rotational velocity distributions consistent with those from the VLT-FLAMES sample. The synthesized population is then filtered by the selection effects in the observed sample, to enable a direct comparison between the empirical results and theoretical predictions. Results. Our simulations reproduce the fraction of stars without significant nitrogen enrichment. However, the predicted number of rapid rotators with enhanced nitrogen is about twice as large as found observationally. Furthermore, two groups of stars (one consisting of slowly rotating, nitrogen-enriched objects and another consisting of rapidly rotating un-enriched objects) cannot be reproduced by our single-star population synthesis. Conclusions. Physical processes in addition to rotational mixing appear to be required to understand the population of massive mainsequence stars from the VLT-FLAMES sample. We discuss the possible role of binary stars and magnetic fields in the interpretation of our results. We find that the population of slowly rotating nitrogen-enriched stars is unlikely to be produced via mass transfer and subsequent tidal spin-down in close binary systems. A conclusive assessment of the role of rotational mixing in massive stars requires a quantitative analysis that also accounts for the effects of binarity and magnetic fields.
Efficacy of a Direct Rapid Immunohistochemical Test ( DRIT ) For Rabies Detection in Nigeria

Rabies is an acute, infectious disease mostly transmitted through bites from an infected animal. Dogs majorly transmit rabies to humans. Human rabies is not curable once clinical signs commence, but can be prevented. The aim of this study was to find an appropriate diagnostic test suitable for use in Nigeria and other developing countries with infrastructural challenges. Thirty dog brain samples collected from dog markets in Kaduna State were analysed using four tests direct fluorescent antibody test (DFA), mouse inoculation test (MIT), Seller’s staining test, the reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction test (RT-PCR) and the direct rapid immunohistochemistry test (dRIT). A total of 15 (50%) of the samples tested positive using DFA, dRIT, RT-PCR and MIT, while the remaining 15 (50%) were negative. The results obtained using these four different tests showed concordance between those that were positive and negative. There was no statistical difference (P > 0.05) among the four tests. An appropriate diagnostic test must be prompt, cheap, sensitive, field-based and reliable. The direct rapid immunohistochemistry test is a new diagnostic test established by the Centers for Disease Control and prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. It does not require sophisticated equipment so it can be used on the field especially in the rural areas where most of the rabies exposures occur. It is also as sensitive as the DFA and the result can be obtained within an hour. In Nigeria and most developing countries, prompt diagnosis play a major role in the prevention and control of rabies.
Association of SNP Marker in the IGF1 Gene with Carcass Traits in Crossbred Cattle among Thai Native, Brahman and Charolais

The objectives of this study were to estimate the allele and genotype frequencies of insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF1) polymorphisms as well as to assess the association between these polymorphisms and carcass traits in crossbred cattle among Thai Native, Brahman and Charolais (n = 238). A single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) of the IGF1 gene (c.512C 0.05). The SNP of the IGF1 gene was not associated with carcass traits. Therefore the SNP of the IGF1 gene could not be used as a marker for improving carcass traits in this crossbred cattle population.
How Do School Children and Adolescents Perceive the Nature of Talent Development? A Case Study from Finland

This article examines how school children and adolescents ( ) perceive the nature of talent development. More particularly it is investigated whether students perceive intelligence and giftedness as developing or as inherent and how students’ perspectives on talent development are related to their learning outcomes. Participants were students in elementary ( ), lower secondary ( ), and upper secondary school ( ). The results showed that students perceived the nature of intelligence as more malleable than giftedness. Along with this domain-specific variance, there were also age and gender related differences in students’ perceptions. By examining the relation between implicit beliefs and students’ academic achievements, it was found that growth-oriented views about intelligence, but fixed ideas about giftedness, indicated higher math grades. The results suggest that the relationship between implicit beliefs and academic outcomes might not be as straightforward as previous studies have suggested.
Air-Stable and Highly Active Dendritic Phosphine Oxide-Stabilized Palladium Nanoparticles : Preparation, Characterization and Applications in the Carbon-Carbon Bond Formation and Hydrogenation Reactions

Dendrimer-stabilized palladium nanoparticles were formed in the reduction of palldium bis-(acetylacetonate) [Pd(acac) 2 ] in the presence of phosphine dendrimer ligands using hydrogen in tetrahydrofuran. The resulting Pd nanoparticles were characterized by TEM, 31 P NMR and 31 P MAS NMR. The results indicated that the dendritic phosphine ligands were oxidized to phosphine oxides. These dendrimer-stabilized Pd nanoparticles were demonstrated to be efficient catalysts for Suzuki and Stille coupling reactions and hydrogenations. The dendritic wedges served as a stabilizer for keeping the nanoparticles from aggregating, and as a vehicle for facilitating the separation and/or the recycling of the Pd catalyst. In the case of the Suzuki coupling reaction, these Pd nanoparticles exhibited high catalytic efficiency (TON up to 65,000) and air stability as compared with the commonly used homogeneous catalyst tetrakis(triphenylphosphine)palladium [Pd-(PPh 3 ) 4 ]. In addition, the results obtained from the bulky dendritic substrate suggest that the Pd nanoparticles might act as reservoir of catalytically active species, and that the reaction is actually catalyzed by the soluble Pd(0) and/or Pd(II) species leached from the nanoparticle surface.
Stock Returns Declustering Under Time Dependent Hölder Exponent

Two of the most important stylized facts well-known in finance relate to the non-Gaussian distribution and to the volatility clustering of stock returns. In this paper, we show that a new class of stochastic processes – called Multifractional Processes with Random Exponent (MPRE) – can capture in a very parsimonious way both these “anomalies”. Furthermore, we provide evidence that the sole knowledge of functional parameter characterizing the MPRE allows to calculate residuals that perform much better than those obtained by other discrete models such as the GARCH family.
SUPPLY CHAIN INTEGRATION IN SMALL MEDIUM ENTERPRISES: A SYSTEMATIC LITERATURE REVIEW

Nowadays, Supply Chain Integration is getting known as an element in supply chain management that can achieve the intentions of supply chain. Supply chain management application in Small Medium Enterprises is rarely understood or even never used as an important aspect in running a business. There are only a few researchers who did a research on Supply Chain Integration in SMEs, therefore intiating a research on this aspect has its own challenges. This was caused by many gaps that appear within the research as the dimentions of the research are not suitable with the business criterias. For this article researchers realized the need to perform literature reviews to perceive the development and new discoveries that appeared in earlier researches. Systematic literature review is used as the method of this research so that the review can be explained systematically. Based on the discoveries from this literature review, there are methods or framework that can be used by researchers as well as practitioner to understand the application of Supply Chain Integration. Moreover, the existence of Supply Chain Integration within a business may increase performance, efficiency, customer value added, or even competitive advantages.
Analysis of Board Structure,Corporate Value and Financial Policy

The purpose of this paper is to examine how board structure relates to corporate value and financial policy of firms in Taiwan. Using quarterly data from ten stock-listed department stores in Taiwan during the period 2000-2005, this study builds a structural model with three equation sets, and then applies three-stage least squares (3SLS) to estimate all equations in the model simultaneously. It should be emphasized that all empirical deviations of normal asymptotic properties caused by OLS or 2SLS in the previous studies can be improved by 3SLS, even though the model of this study contains lagged endogenous variables. The empirical results finally show that most factors of board structure affect significantly corporate value and financial policy in the current period, except for the factor of Internal Board Shareholding Ratio with the significant effects in a time lag of one quarter.
Does the Usage of a Pedometer and a Diary Improve Physical Activity during the Snowy Season

This study was designed to investigate whether self-monitoring using a pedometer and a diary improves physical activity (PA) during the snowy season. This study examined 191 women aged 40-77 years, residing in a snowy area (Hokkaido, Japan). Each participant was asked to record their daily steps, as measured using a pedometer, in a diary for 10 months. Height, body weight, and PA were assessed using the short version of the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ). Data were first collected in May 2008 (baseline), then October 2008 (2nd investigation), and in February 2009 (3rd investigation). Of the participants, 94 did all tests, 73 were the focus of the analyses, and 21 had no data or abnormal data. Participants were divided into two groups according to their records of daily step counts in the diaries during the snowy season between the second and third investigations. These groups were good record-keepers (GR n=29; they continued to record more than 3 days/week during the investigation period) and poor record-keepers (PR n=44; they did not continue to record to the end of the investigation period). Results from two-way repeated measures ANOVA (groups × investigation times) showed no significant interaction in body weight and physical activity parameters. These results suggest that self-monitoring of PA using a pedometer and a diary does not improve PA or reduce body weight during the snowy season. The reasons might be that participants in our study were healthy and active, and that we did not set a PA goal.
Power Transformation via Multivariate Box–Cox

We present a new Stata estimation program, mboxcox, that computes the normalizing scaled power transformations for a set of variables. The multivariate Box–Cox method (defined in Velilla, 1993, Statistics and Probability Letters 17: 259–263; used in Weisberg, 2005, Applied Linear Regression [Wiley]) is used to determine the transformations. We demonstrate using a generated example and a real dataset.
Hazardous Wastes from Large-scale Metal Extraction: The Clark Fork Waste Complex, MT

Large-scale metal extraction has generated extensive deposits of hazardous waste worldwide. Mining began more than 125 years ago in the Clark Fork drainage basin, western Montana, and contributed to primary, secondary and tertiary contamination over an area 115 the size of Rhode Island and along hundreds of kilometers of riparian habitat. This complex of waste deposits provides numerous examples of technically difficult problems in geochemistry I hydrology, ecology and epidemiology associated with characterizing, understanding and managing hazardous mine wastes.
Monofilar Spiral Slot Antenna for Dual-Frequency Dual-Sense Circular Polarization

A dual-band antenna with right-hand circular polarization for the first frequency and the counter polarization at the second frequency is realized with compact printed spiral slots. The coupled spiral slots are fed by a 50 Ω microstrip line. Dual-sense circularly-polarized performance is achieved by realizing oppositely-directed current rotation for the two frequency bands. A parametric study shows that the additional slot significantly improves the bandwidth for both frequency bands. Measured results show that the fractional impedance bandwidth is greater than 18% for both bands. The 3 dB axial-ratio bandwidths are 4.5% and 3.5% for the RHCP and LHCP bands, respectively.
Performance Estimation of Contact Centre with V ariable Skilled Agents

A bstract—Our paper deals with Contact centre quality level estimation using Erlang C mathematical model. We focus on influence of agent skill level on contact centre metrics and compare the result against original model. We present method for parameters bounds estimation using Erlang's formula. Moreover we emphasize the influence of staff skill level requirements on the overall quality of service the Contact Centre provides. ONTACT centre is one of many other ways how the institution is able to cover all its communication requirements towards clients and partners. It is a structured communication system consisting of both human and technological resources, which improves the communication between organization and customers. It is more or less a software and hardware upgrade of a private branch exchange which is the primary medium for a call access to the organization. It combines telephone processes and data processing to achieve the most effective business transactions. The Contact Centre consists of many elements of which the most important is Automatic Call Distribution (ACD) module. It is responsible for routing of incoming queries to appropriate service group and agent. Number of agents in Contact Centre has great impact on quality of service it provides. Thus staff requirements estimation based on mathematical model and verified by simulation are extremely handy during Contact Centre design process. We analyze the influence of variability in agents' skills level on the contact centre performance and propose a modification
MEASUREMENT OF TEMPERATURE OF ELECTRICAL MACHINES U SING

The paper deals with utilization of infrared camer a for temperature measurement of electrical machines. There is described the non-contact temper atur measuring, and principle of sensors that eval uate quantity of incident infrared radiation. In the nex t part there is thermovision camera SAT-HY 6800 pre sented and the instructional manual for SAT Report compute r programme created. This computer programme is used for analyzing of thermovision pictures from th e SAT-HY 6800 thermovison camera. The paper contain s description of temperature measuring of one-phase a synchronous motor type J22TO484. The last part of t he thesis describes creation of animation of one-phase asynchronous motor type J22TO455. The animation is created in 3ds Max computer programme. The results and animation would be used either as addition in d a ly studies or as the replace of tutorial in combined f orm of study.
Miniaturization of Trans-Directional Coupled Line Couplers Using Series Inductors

A miniaturized trans-directional (TRD) coupled line coupler comprises series inductors and capacitor loaded coupled lines is proposed in the paper. Series inductors are added to the periodically loaded coupled lines for further miniaturization of volume. A novel equivalent circuit is presented and theoretically analyzed. Test circuits for the miniaturized and conventional 3-dB TRD couplers were designed to operate at 1.6GHz and fabricated using printed circuit board (PCB) technology. Samples have been measured, and comparisons in terms of volume, schematic simulation results and measurement results between the miniaturized and conventional 3-dB TRD couplers have been made to validate the proposed structure. Results show that the proposed miniaturized TRD coupler achieves a size reduction of 47.6% compared to the conventional TRD coupler with similar performances.
Democracy, Veto Players and Integration in Mercosur

It is expected that political and institutional variables can facilitate, in a large or a small way, the process of integration among the countries members of Mercosul, once its structure and mechanisms of decision-making can interfere in the approval or not of fundamental measures to the process of integration considered. In this sense, this article has two aims: first, considering the institutional arrangement currently in use, it tries to investigate main questions of the institutional analysis of Mercosur, such as: who are the veto players capable to veto the proposals to change the status quo? Who controls the agenda of these proposals? And what are the positions of these veto players face each other? Considering also the political and economic conditions of the country – members of Mercosur, it analyses their forms of democracy, discussing the importance of the role of institutional and collective agents with power veto, attempting to verify the levels of difficulties imposed to the deepening of the process of regional integration in the Mercosul by each country. The analysis described has to take into account the desired levels of regional integration, once with deeper process of integration we will have more economic sectors involved, which, in its turn, if harmed, it will tend to demand their representations with power veto. Second, using a PROBIT Model, we conclude that more veto players, in more democratic regimes, generated difficulties for the regional process of integration in Mercosur, considering the possibility of integration between Brazil and the others members.