Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
ntiviral activity of Myracrodruon urundeuva against rotavirus lzira

Myracrodruon urundeuva Allemão, Anacardiaceae, is a medicinal plant widely found in Brazil, especially in the northern region. In our previous study, the ethanolic extract from leaves of M. urundeuva showed antiviral activity against simian rotavirus SA-11. Here, the crude extract was subjected to fractionations in order to subsequently work with more concentrated and pure bioactive compounds, which were analyzed by TLC and HPLC methods to support a better understanding of their virucidal effect. The antiviral activity was evaluated using a rotavirus infection model in MA-104 cells treated with the maximum non-cytotoxic concentration of the crude extract and its fractions. Data were expressed as the percentage inhibition of viral replication calculated by the inhibition of cytopathic effect in the treated cells compared to untreated controls after 48 h of incubation. First, we conducted a fractionation, generating five fractions (F1–F5) which were submitted to antiviral assay. Then, the fraction that showed the highest virucidal effect (F3, PI = 75%) was subjected to a larger partition, yielding eighteen subfractions, which were submitted to new antiviral assays. Terpenes, flavonoids and tannins were the major secondary metabolites detected by TLC analysis in F3. SF1, a flavonoid-enriched fraction, showed the strongest in vitro activity against rotavirus (PI = 92%), preventing cytopathic effect. Chromatographic profiles were obtained by HPLC for the crude extract and SF1, the most potent subfraction. Overall, our data point to the potential anti-rotavirus activity of flavonoid-enriched fraction (SF1) of M. urundeuva leaves, corroborating the traditional use of this species to treat diarrhea and broadening our perspectives on in vivo assays in mice with SF1 isolated or associated with other fractions. © 2015 Sociedade Brasileira de Farmacognosia. Published by Elsevier Editora Ltda. All rights reserved.
Effect of postpartum home visitation educational program on exclusive breastfeeding in newborns : a randomized clinical trial

Öz Purpose: This study was performed with the aim to evaluate the effect of postpartum home visitation and providing breastfeeding consultation services on exclusive breastfeeding. Materials and Methods: This clinical trial study was conducted on 276 women who delivered in hospitals affiliated the Shahid Beheshti University in 2013. Consecutively, 92 people in the intervention group and 184 people in control group were enrolled. The intervention group at home received cares and breastfeeding consultation and the control group did not receive these services. The outcomes were recorded and compared in both groups at 60 days postpartum. Results: In terms of type of newborns feeding, the group who received services after delivery in the home had 84.8% exclusive breastfeeding and the rate in the group who did not receive services after delivery in the home was 64.7%. There was a statistically significant difference between the two groups Conclusion: This study showed that providing home care for mother and newborns and counseling increase the exclusive breastfeeding rate. Amaç: Bu çalışma, doğum sonrası ev ziyaretinin etkisini değerlendirmek ve anne sütü ile besleme konusunda emzirme danışmanlığı hizmetleri sunmak amacıyla yapılmıştır. Gereç ve Yöntem: Bu klinik çalışma, 2013 yılında Shahid Beheshti Üniversitesine bağlı hastanelerde bulunan 276 kadın üzerinde yürütülmüştür. Müdahale grubunda 92 kişi ve kontrol grubunda 184 kişi ardı ardına kayıt edildi. Müdahale grubu, evde bakım ve emzirme danışmanlığı hizmeti aldı ve kontrol grubu bu hizmetleri almadı. Sonuçlar her iki grupta da doğumun 60. gününde kaydedildi ve karşılaştırıldı. Bulgular: Yenidoğan beslenme türü açısından, doğumdan sonra evde hizmet alan grupta emzirme oranı %84.8, doğumdan sonra hizmet almayan gruptaki emzirme oranı ise %64.7'dir. İki grup arasında istatistiksel olarak anlamlı fark vardır. Sonuç: Bu çalışmanın sonuçları, anne ve yenidoğanlar için evde bakımın sağlanması ve danışma ile anne sütüyle besleme oranının arttığını göstermiştir.
Reality of Educational Technology Use in Primary Level Social Studies Teaching in North West Badiya Education District Schools in Mafraq Governorate.

The study aimed to identify the use of educational technology in social studies teaching and the obstacles to availability and use of educational technology in teaching social studies at schools in the North West Badiya Education Directorate in Mafraq governorate, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. The study population comprised of 137 male and female teachers in schools of the North West Badiya Education Directorate in Mafraq governorate. Full sampling was used for the study population with 119 questionnaires recovered at 0.86 % of distributed copies. Three questionnaire responses were excluded as non-analyzable statistically with 119 analyzed. The study concluded that the level of practice of educational technology in teaching social studies was medium with a medium level of administrative obstacles to the use of educational technology in teaching social studies. The study recommended that school administration show interest in educational technology through a comprehensive system stemming from a strategy at the level of Ministry of Education in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.
INVESTIGATING BANKS’ PERFORMANCE FOR TURKEY: AN APPLICATION OF PROMETHEE METHOD

Bank failures bring high costs to every part of a country’s economy. If the necessary early warnings regarding the performance of the banks can be taken on time by the officials, policy makers and intuitions concerned, bank failures can be prevented and a more robust financial environment can be sustained. Therefore, the objective of this paper is to measure the performance and failure risk of Turkish deposit banks and to obtain ranking of the banks based on their financial ratios. To this end, we benefit from a data set which allows us to compare the current banks not only on the basis of their present relative position, but also on the basis of their position to the banks failed between 1997 and 2003. Our principal findings show that, some of privately owned and all of publicly owned current banks are quite sound in terms of their financial ratios while some of privately and foreign-owned banks have significantly poorer performance in terms of the ratios considered. Besides, our results unexpectedly show that two of previously failed banks are found to rank in a better position compared to some of currently operating banks in Turkey.
Chinese Mainland Students ’ Experiences of Teaching and Learning at a Chinese University : Some Emerging Findings

Though there has been much interest in students’ learning from the perspectives of students studying at various educational levels in dozens of countries and regions, there has been little research into the perspectives of Chinese mainland tertiary students. This paper provides an overview of some preliminary findings from an in-depth study designed to understand how Chinese mainland tertiary students in Economics go about their learning, and the ways in which this is influenced by their perceptions of different aspects of their teaching-learning environments. As is common in research into students’ learning in higher education, quantitative instruments and semi-structured interviews were used in conjunction to provide insights into the students’ learning. As the study is not due to finish until the end of 2005, it is only possible at this stage to concentrate on the initial findings, mainly from the quantitative data analyses. The questionnaire used in the study (CETLQ: Chinese ETLQ) is a revised version of the Experiences of Teaching & Learning Questionnaire (ETLQ), which was specifically developed for the UK-wide Enhancing TeachingLearning Environments in Undergraduate Courses (ETL) Project 1 . The questionnaire was completed by 552 Chinese Economics students across four academic years in an Economics Department of a Chinese mainland university. Analyses of the questionnaire data reported in this paper were intended to provide initial insights into Chinese students’ approaches to studying and their perceptions of their teaching-learning environments by looking in more detail at the underlying structure of the CETLQ. This is of interest, partly because this is the first time that the ETLQ (though in its revised form), which was developed for Western contexts, was completed by university students from a different culture, and partly because the ETL Project analyses to date show that the questionnaires could provide useful perspectives not only on students’ learning but also on their perceptions of their teaching-learning environments. The preliminary findings reported in this paper help to establish the structural validity of the inventory used in this study, while suggesting some interesting points that might be worth further exploration, such as the trend of development in students’ orientation to learning and approaches to studying across four years.
Adaptive Equilibrium Regulation: Modeling Individual Dynamics on Multiple Timescales

Damped Linear Oscillators estimated by 2nd-order Latent Differential Equation have assumed a constant equilibrium and one oscillatory component. Lower-frequency oscillations may come from seasonal background processes, which non-randomly contribute to deviation from equilibrium at each occasion and confound estimation of dynamics over shorter timescales. Boker (2015) proposed a model of individual change on multiple timescales, but implementation, simulation, and applications to data have not been demonstrated. This study implemented a generalization of the proposed model; examined robustness to varied timescale ratios, measurement error, and occasions-per-person in simulated data; and tested for dynamics at multiple timescales in experience sampling affect data. Results show small standard errors and low bias to dynamic estimates at timescale ratios greater than 3:1. Below 3:1, estimate error was sensitive to noise and total occasions; rates of non-convergence increased. For affect data, model comparisons showed statistically significant dynamics at both timescales for both participants.
THE EFFECT OF DIODE LASER AS AN ADJUNCT TO PERIODONTAL TREATMENT ON CLINICAL PERIODONTAL PARAMETERS AND HALITOSIS: A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL

Amac: Bu calismanin amaci geleneksel dis yuzeyi temizligi ve kok yuzeyi duzlestirmesine (SRP) ek olarak periodontal cep icerisine diyot lazer uygulamasinin periodontal parametreler ve agiz kokusu uzerine klinik etkinligini incelemektir. Materyal Metot: Randomize kontrollu klinik calismamizda, tedavi edilmemis kronik periodontitisli 40 hasta rastgele SRP ve lazer uygulananlar (lazer grubu n = 20) veya sadece SRP uygulananlar (kontrol grubu n = 20) olmak uzere iki gruba ayrildi. Baslangicta ve 1. 3. ve 6. aylarda plak indeksi (PI), gingival indeks (GI), cep derinligi (PD), klinik atasman kaybi (CAL), sondalamada kanama (BOP) ve halitozis kaydedildi. Bulgular: Her iki tedavi metodunda da klinik parametreler ve halitozis seviyeleri baslangica gore anlamli derecede azalma gosterdi. Sonuc: Bu calisma, yalnizca SRP'ye kiyasla SRP’ye ek olarak 940 nm diyot lazer uygulamasinda sondalamada kanama ve halitozis seviyelerinin daha dusuk oldugunu gostermistir.
Sparse Three-Parameter Restricted Indian Buffet Process for Understanding International Trade

This paper presents a Bayesian nonparametric latent feature model specially suitable for exploratory analysis of high-dimensional count data. We perform a non-negative doubly sparse matrix factorization that has two main advantages: not only we are able to better approximate the row input distributions, but the inferred topics are also easier to interpret. By combining the three-parameter and restricted Indian buffet processes into a single prior, we increase the model flexibility, allowing for a full spectrum of sparse solutions in the latent space. We demonstrate the usefulness of our approach in the analysis of countries' economic structure. Compared to other approaches, empirical results show our model's ability to give easy-to-interpret information and better capture the underlying sparsity structure of data.
Rice Parameters Describing Crop Performance of Four U.S. Cultivars

and helps provide a system of simulating grain yield production using crop models. Crops grow leaf area [as Parameters describing processes of crop growth and yield producdescribed with the leaf area index (LAI)], intercept light tion provide modelers with the means to simulate crops and provide breeders with a system of comparing cultivars. Such values for rice [as described with the light extinction coefficient (k )i n (Oryza sativa L.) are especially important for some regions in the Beer’s law; Monsi and Saeki, 1953], and produce biosouthern USA. Accordingly, the objective of this study was to quantify mass as a function of intercepted light [radiation use key biomass and yield production processes of four rice cultivars efficiency (RUE)]. Biomass is partitioned into grain, common in this region. We measured the leaf area index (LAI), the as reflected by the harvest index (HI), and biomass light extinction coefficient (k ) for Beer’s law, N concentrations, and production can be reduced by N deficiency, as described the harvest index (HI) for the main and ratoon crops in 1999 and by plant concentrations less than values determined with 2000 at Eagle Lake, TX. Dry matter was linearly related to intercepted adequate available N. Quantification of these processes photosynthetically active radiation (IPAR) for all of the data sets.
INFLUENCE OF SEQUENCE OF JOINT MOVEMENT ON HAMSTRING LENGTH TEST RESULTS

Background: Hamstring length assessment has an important value in Physiotherapy assessment and better outcome of patients. Purpose of the study was 1) To compare Active SLR and Active knee extension test values as per Kendall’s muscle-range assessment, 2) To compare Passive SLR and Passive knee extension test values as per Kendall’s muscle range assessment.Methods: Total 100 healthy individuals (age 20.83±1.17, 14 males, 86 females) participated in study. Goniometric assessment of hip flexion-extension and knee flexion was assessed followed by active and passive straight leg raising (ASLR and PSLR) and knee extension tests (AKE and PKE). Kendall’s formula was used to find hamstring muscle-range. ASLR and AKE results were compared for means and correlation was assessed. PSLR and PKE results were compared for means and correlation was assessed.Result: The average hamstring-range is about 79.34% (ASLR), 83.67% (PSLR), 77.92% (AKE), and 81.43% (PKE) of total joint range of hamstrings. There is significant difference between ASLR and AKE values and between PSLR and PKE values.Conclusion: Total hamstring excursion in all methods confirms Kendall’s statement. However difference between SLR and knee extension tests suggest that SLR values of hamstrings length and knee extension values of hamstrings length cannot be used interchangeably. Other mechanical factors may play role for the difference between these values. Implications: Sequence of Hip flexion and Knee extension for hamstring length assessment has a significant effect on results and it should be considered by therapist before clinical decision making.
Disentangling resonant scattering and gas motions in galaxy cluster emission line profiles

Future high spectral resolution telescopes will enable us to place tight constraints on turbulence in the intracluster medium through the line widths of strong emission lines. At the same time, these bright lines are most prone to be optically thick. This requires us to separate the effects of resonant scattering from turbulence, both of which could broaden the lines. How this can be achieved has yet not been quantitatively addressed. In this paper, we propose a flexible new parametrization for the line profile, which allows these effects to be distinguished. The model has only three free parameters, which we calibrate with Monte Carlo radiative transfer simulations. We provide fitting functions and tables that allow the results of these calculations to be easily incorporated into a fast spectral fitting package, which will be made publicly available. In a mock spectral fit, we explicitly show that this parametrization allows us to correctly estimate the turbulent broadening and metallicity of a cluster such as Perseus, which would otherwise give significantly biased results. We also show how the physical origin of the line shape can be understood analytically.
Inward growth by nucleation: Multiscale self-assembly of ordered membranes

Time-resolved: Self-assembly mechanism and inward growth of multiwalled microtubes. Striking morphological similarities found between superstructures of a wide variety of seemingly unrelated crystalline membrane systems hint at the existence of a common formation mechanism. Resembling systems such as multiwalled carbon nanotubes, bacterial protein shells, or peptide nanotubes, the self-assembly of SDS/β-cyclodextrin complexes leads to monodisperse multilamellar microtubes. We uncover the mechanism of this hierarchical self-assembly process by time-resolved small- and ultrasmall-angle x-ray scattering. In particular, we show that symmetric crystalline bilayers bend into hollow cylinders as a consequence of membrane line tension and an anisotropic elastic modulus. Starting from single-walled microtubes, successive nucleation of new cylinders inside preexisting ones drives an inward growth. As both the driving forces that underlie the self-assembly behavior and the resulting morphologies are common to systems of ordered membranes, we believe that this formation mechanism has a similarly general applicability.
Significance of clinical variables and selected biochemical markers in predicting the outcome of bovine anaplasmosis

The present study was aimed at evaluating the usefulness of selected inflammatory and oxidative stress markers in predicting the clinical outcome of cattle infected with Anaplasma (A). marginale. The study population consisted of 39 cattle naturally infected with A. marginale. The presumptive diagnosis of this infection was initially achieved on the basis of case history, microscopy and clinical examination findings, and confirmed using A. marginale-specific PCR assays. The diseased cattle were categorised according to the clinical outcome into survivors ( n = 26) and non-survivors ( n = 13). For comparison, ten clinically healthy cattle were randomly selected and served as controls . Blood was drawn from all examined animals to measure the respective levels of selected cytokines, acute phase proteins, oxidative stress markers, and antioxidant enzyme levels. We found that the clinical examination alone was not conclusive and should be used in conjunction with other diagnostic methods. Nonetheless, the non-surviving animals showed anorexia, frequent coughing, dyspnoea, bloody faeces, recumbency, pale or icteric mucous membranes, and haemoglobinuria. Biochemically, tumour necrosis factor alpha, interleukin (IL)-1β, IL-6, serum amyloid A, fibrinogen, malondialdehye, superoxide dismutase, and catalase levels were significantly higher in diseased cattle compared with controls, and were higher in non-survivors than survivors ( P < 0.05). In contrast, reduced glutathione (G-SH) was significantly lower in non-surviving cattle than survivors and controls. Interestingly, a significant correlation was found between parasitaemia of the diseased cattle and most of the measured biochemical variables, with IL-1β and G-SH showing the highest correlation. Our findings clearly demonstrate that A. marginale infection is associated with marked inflammatory and oxidative stress responses, which are higher in non-surviving cattle compared with survivors. The overall degree of cytokine and anti-oxidative disruption may have an important prognostic value for the disease outcome.
Quasiparticle spectra from molecules to bulk with stochastic many-body methods

A stochastic cumulant GW method is presented, allowing us to map the evolution of photoemission spectra, quasiparticle energies, lifetimes and emergence of collective excitations from molecules to bulk-like systems with up to thousands of valence electrons, including Si nanocrystals and nanoplatelet. The quasiparticle energies rise due to their coupling with collective shake-up (plasmon) excitations, and this coupling leads to significant spectral weight loss (up to 50% for the low energy states), shortening the lifetimes and shifting the spectral features to lower energy by as much as 0.6 eV. Such features are common to all the systems studied irrespective of their size and shape. For small and low dimensional systems the surface plasmon resonances affect the frequency of the collective excitation and position of the satellites.
T790M mutant copy number quantified via ddPCR predicts outcome after osimertinib treatment in lung cancer

Osimertinib prolongs progression-free survival (PFS) in patients with metastatic, epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) T790M-mutated, non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) after failure of EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) therapy. We investigated the utility of T790M mutant copy number quantification in a plasma cell-free DNA (cfDNA) assay for predicting clinical outcomes of osimertinib treatment. We retrospectively examined 161 patients who underwent plasma EGFR testing using a digital droplet polymerase chain reaction (ddPCR) technique after EGFR-TKI failure. Of the 74 (46%) patients with detectable T790M mutations in plasma, 55 received osimertinib treatment. Patients who achieved partial response had a higher plasma mutant copy levels than those with progressive disease. Patients who achieved stable disease also tended to have higher plasma mutant copy levels than those with progressive disease. High mutant copy number (≥ 105 per mL of plasma) was associated with shorter PFS (median: 5.5 months vs. not reached) and overall survival (median: 9.1 months vs. NR). Quantitative measurements of T790M mutant copy number in plasma cfDNA by ddPCR thus predicted treatment response and survival outcomes after osimertinib in NSCLC patients resistant to EGFR TKI.
Species level identification of thermotolerant campylobacters

The aim of this study was to compare the phenotypic and genotypic based methods for species identification of thermotolerant campylobacters of human and food origin from the Czech Republic. Phenotypic methods are time-consuming and sometimes lead to intermediate results, therefore replacement by more specific and rapid methods are needed. Out of a total of 911 campylobacter strains tested, 800 human isolates were received from the clinical bacteriology laboratories from 5 regions and 111 foodstuff isolates (raw chicken and pork meat from retail market) originated from the routine examination in our laboratory. Based on the PCR method 85.1% of these strains were identified as C. jejuni, 12.5% as C. coli and 2.3% as mixed cultures of C. jejuni and C. coli. When species determination of campylobacters was based on conventional methods (hippurate hydrolysis test), 28.5% of the isolates were not identified correctly. The mixed cultures of campylobacters have not been detected without further subculturing of strains, which takes several days and enormously extends the identification process. The use of the PCR method showed to be a useful tool for species identification of Campylobacter spp.