Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
A Pharmacology in Emergency Medicine AREVIEWOFMETHYLENE BLUE TREATMENT FORCARDIOVASCULARCOLLAPSE

, Abstract—Background: Historically, methylene blue (MB) has been used for multiple purposes, including as an antidote for toxin-induced and hereditary methemoglobinemia, ifosfamide-induced encephalopathy, and ackee fruit and cyanide poisoning; as an aniline dye derivative, antimalarial agent, and antidepressant. Discussion: Most recently, the use of MB has been advocated as a potential adjunct in the treatment of shock states. Our article reviews the role of MB in septic shock, anaphylactic shock, and toxininduced shock. MB is proposed to increase blood pressure in these shock states by interfering with guanylate cyclase activity, and preventing cyclic guanosine monophosphate production and vasodilatation. Summary: MB may be an adjunct in the treatment of septic shock, anaphylactic shock, and toxin-induced shock. 2014 Elsevier Inc.
Guiding students through competence-based educational materials

Student guidance is an always desired characteristic in any educational system, but it represents special difficulty if it has to be deployed in an automated way to fulfil such needs in a computer supported educational tool. In this paper we explore possible avenues relying on machine learning techniques, to be included in a near future -in the form of a tutoring navigational toolin a teleeducation platform InterMediActorcurrently under development. Since no data from that platform is available yet, the preliminary experiments presented in this paper are built interpreting every subject in the Telecommunications Degree at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid as an aggregated macro-competence (following the methodological considerations in InterMediActor), such that marks achieved by students can be used as data for the models, to be replaced in a near future by real data directly measured inside InterMediActor. We evaluate the predictability of students’ qualifications, and we deploy a preventive early detection system -failure alert-, to identify those students more prone to fail a certain subject such that corrective means can be deployed with sufficient anticipation.
Isolation , antimicrobial susceptibility pattern and prevalence of Gallibacterium anatis in local breed of female Muscovy ducks ( Cairina moschata ) in Gombe , Northeastern Nigeria

The study aimed to isolate Gallibacterium anatis, study its antimicrobial susceptibility pattern and investigate the prevalent rate of bacterium in local breed of female Muscovy ducks in Gombe, Northeastern Nigeria. A total of 250 samples were collected and analyzed for the study, out of which 83 were positive for G. anatis with an overall prevalent rate of 33.20%. The bacterium was found to be more prevalent amongst local breed of female Muscovy ducks sampled from households 48 (19.20%) compared to those from live birds market 35 (14.0%). G. anatis isolates were more frequently cultivated from samples of the tracheal swabs than from cloacal swabs and part of ovary samples. The prevalence of the bacterium was higher in the rainy season 68 (27.20%) than in the dry season 15 (6.0%). Isolates of G. anatis showed positive reactions to test with catalase, oxidase, phosphatase, sucrose and sorbitol but shows negative reactions to indole, urease, coagulase and maltose. The prevalence of biovars haemolytic Gallibacterium anatis biovar and non-haemolytic Gallibacterium anatis biovar were 8.43% and 91.57% respectively. The in-vitro antibiotic susceptibility pattern revealed that isolates were highly susceptible to Cefotaxime, moderately susceptible to Ciprofloxacin, Doxycycline and Florfenicol. In conclusion, G. anatis is prevalent in local breed of female Muscovy ducks in the study area. Therefore, adequate biosecurity measures should be put in place in all level of poultry production system to control the spread of the organism. The misuse of antibiotic by village poultry farmers should be discouraged to avoid
A Valuation Method for Credit Default Swaps Using an Extended Version of the Merton Model

This thesis proposes a credit risk model for credit default swap (CDS) valuation. The standard Merton (1974) model is extended to implement a stationary leverage ratio, a stochastic asset drift rate, and a stochastic, mean reverting volatility rate. The CDS valuation is performed by applying the discounted cash flow method to the credit risk model. The model is investigated in Matlab, using Monte Carlo simulations to analyze the sensitivity of the modeled CDS term structures to changes in the value of the input parameters. The results show that the proposed model generates higher CDS spreads than the standard Merton model.
Finite bandwidth, finite amplitude convection

The main purpose of this work is to show how a continuous finite bandwidth of modes can be readily incorporated into the description of post-critical Rayleigh-Bénard convection by the use of slowly varying (in space and time) amplitudes. Previous attempts have used a multimodal discrete analysis. We show that in addition to obtaining results consistent with the discrete mode approach, there is a larger class of stable and realizable solutions. The main feature of these solutions is that the amplitude and wave-number of the motion is that of the most unstable mode almost everywhere, but, depending on external and initial conditions, the roll couplets in different parts of space may be 180° out of phase. The resulting discontinuities are smoothed by hyperbolic tangent functions. In addition, it is clear that the mechanism for propagating spatial nonuniformities is diffusive in character.
Effect of Bisphenol A-induced Oxidative Stress on the Ultra Structure and Antioxidant Defence System of Arabidopsis thialiana Leaves

Bisphenol A (BPA) is an emerging environmental pollutant with potentially toxic effects on living organisms. The present study was undertaken to analyze the effects of BPA on the leaves of Arabidopsis thialina by determining the levels of photosynthetic pigments, reactive oxygen species (ROS), membrane lipid peroxidation, and ultrastructural malformation. The obtained results revealed that while a low dose of BPA (10μM) did not alter the test indices significantly, it did cause significant changes in all test indices at higher concentrations. Upon exposure to 40 μM BPA, chlorophyll a and chlorophyll b content showed a decrease of 33% and 30%, respectively. It significantly increased ROS contents and lipid peroxidation at 40 μM BPA exposure. Biochemical and gene expression analysis revealed that the antioxidant system was activated and mounted a defense against BPA-induced ROS. In the case of superoxide dismutase (SOD), 40 μM of BPA caused an increase of 151%. However, the malfunctioning of ascorbate peroxidase (APX) and catalase (CAT) at the highest dose of BPA (40 μM) resulted in incomplete activation of the antioxidant defensive system. BPA stress significantly altered the ultrastructure of cells as evidenced by the reduced number of starch grains, damaged chloroplast and mitochondria, and altered leaf epidermal surface, guard cells, and stomata. It is concluded that observed adverse effects in Arabidopsis leaves in response to BPA exposure could be attributed to BPA-induced oxidative stress.
Improving Expatriation Success: The Roles of Regulatory Focus and Burnout

The study empirically and theoretically contributes to the HRM discipline by developing and testing a cohesive model drawing on the pertinent literature from expatriate management, burnout, and regulatory focus theory. Drawing on data from 233 expatriate managers, the study aims to examine the relationships between expatriate adjustment and the outcomes of job satisfaction and withdrawal cognitions via expatriate burnout. Specifically, the findings reveal that: a) higher levels of both work adjustment and interaction adjustment lead to reduced expatriate burnout, with the former having a greater effect on burnout than the latter; b) burnout serves as a full mediator between work adjustment and withdrawal cognitions, and a partial mediator between work adjustment and job satisfaction; and c) regulatory focus serves to moderate expatriate adjustment – outcome consequences, i.e. promotion-focused (as opposed to prevention-focused) expatriates demonstrate a stronger burnout – job satisfaction relationship. Several implications are extracted from the study for regulatory theory, burnout and expatriation management practices as well as suggested avenues for future research. Keywords: expatriate, adjustment, burnout, regulatory focus, job satisfaction, quit.
Behavioral Analysis of Investors' Attitude towards Dividend Declaration in Developing Country-A Case of Bangladesh

Dividend paying on share is one of the most significant topics of behavioral finance and Capital Market literature. Previous research attempts to evidence on dividend declaration and investors’ perception based on developed economies. This research attempts to fill the gap between developed and developing economies on dividend deceleration of investors’ perception. The aim of this research is to investigate empirical facts on dividend clienteles in Bangladesh Capital Market as well as scrutinize the correlations among various dividend expectation and the diverse attributes of investors’ community in Bangladesh on dividend payment. Also, it aims to test theories those have previously been built concerning on dividends paying stock of investor perceptions. The study has been conducted on 250 active stratified random samples of Bangladeshi investors who provided data related to dividends preferences by conducting face to interview with structured questionnaires. This research support that there is negative association between stipulate for dividend paying stocks and investors demographic attributes in the Bangladesh Capital Market. We find that corporate managers do not consider investors expectation on dividend paying stock. The study also reveals that one of the most important determinants of dividend initiations among Bangladeshi firms are the value-weighted dividend yield in the industry. As well as investors’ perception depends on different attributes of investors’ and dividend preference.
George Hondroyiannis and Eleni Sardianou ESTIMATING GASOLINE CONSUMPTION OF GREEK HOUSEHOLDS

Overview Unsustainable energy consumption patterns have been identified as one of the key driving forces behind the global environmental problems. The aim of the study is on the one hand to compose the profile of car owner consumer and on the other hand to test for differences in gasoline consumption with regards to the consumers’ socioeconomic characteristics. In order to gain comfort and time households are becoming excessive energy users, neglecting the environmental impact of their choices. According to household production theory, households are treated as productive units organized to provide services for the occupants; energy is treated as input in the provision of a range of household services. Consumers’ choices define the utility they can derive. Since consumers receive utility from the transportation services that gasoline in combination with an automobile determine, gasoline demand is an indirect demand.
Deposition and Characterization of CdS Thin Film by Chemical Bath Method.

CdS thin films were grown on glass substrates using chemical bath deposition. We studied optical properties which include absorbance, reflectance, transmittance, refractive index, dielectric constant, optical conductivity, and extinction coefficient, using a Janway 6405 UV/Visible spectrophotometer. Surface morphology and structural characterization of the films were carried out using an Olumpus Optical microscope and an MD-10.3 mini diffractometer with CuK radiation, respectively. A bandgap of 2.49eV and refractive index of 2.60 at 400nm was obtained for CdS thin film. XRD measurements indicate crystallization of CdS in the hexagonal phase.
Formulation and Evaluation of Sustained Release Verapamil Hydrochloride Using Natural Polymers

The aim of the present study was to develop sustained release formulation of Verapamil Hydrochloride to maintain constant therapeutic levels of the drug for over 12 hrs. Various grades of HPMC polymers, Guar gum, and Xanthum gum were employed as polymers. Verapamil Hydrochloride dose was fixed as 120 mg. Total weight of the tablet was considered as 400 mg. Polymers were used in the concentration of 60, 120 and 180 mg concentration. All the formulations were passed various physicochemical evaluation parameters and they were found to be within limits. Whereas from the dissolution studies it was evident that the formulation (F6) showed better and desired drug release pattern i.e.,96.10 % in 12 hours containing Guar gum polymer in the concentration of 180mg. It followed zero order release kinetics. For the optimized formulation alcohol effect has been studied by using various concentrations of alcohol in dissolution medium. As the concentration of alcohol increased the sustained action of polymer was decreased. Hence it was concluded that alcohol has significant effect on drug release pattern
Phosphate mineral fertilizers, trace metals and human health

Fertilizers, indispensable as they may seem, are nevertheless materials that also clearly cause serious environmental contamination notably in the agricultural soils. The dire necessity for increased food production has been more marked than ever before. Mineral fertilizers, which are indeed an important nutrient source used for enhanced food production, have unfortunately now become a 'necessary evil'. Excessive and continuous use of nitrogen and phosphorous fertilizers for decades have converted the agricultural soils into virtual chemical time bombs. Phosphate rocks by their very geological and mineralogical nature contain a host of environmentally hazardous chemical elements such as Cd, Pb, Hg, U Cr and As among others. The superphosphates are particularly abundant in these hazardous elements and they contaminate the agricultural soils through the use of fertilizer. The leachability and dispersion of some of these toxic elements are most pronounced in some types of soils such as andisols. After the discovery of the dreaded disease ' Itai-Itai ' cadmium has been listed as one of the most potentially dangerous elements found in phosphate fertilizers. Uranium, apart from its radiotoxicity, is chemotoxic and on account of these two properties, it is considered as a disease causing element. The geochemical pathways lead these toxic elements into food crops, soil, water, air and ultimately the human body tissues via the food chain. Several diseases are known to be caused by the excessive presence of the toxic elements and among them gastrointestinal, pulmonary and kidney ailments are most noteworthy.
The Spatial Distribution of mtDNA and Phylogeographic Analysis of the Ant Cardiocondyla kagutsuchi (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Japan

In this study, we investigated the geographical distribution of haplotypes of Cardiocondyla kagutsuchi Terayama in Japan using COI/II mitochondrial DNA. We also examined their genealogy with C. kagutsuchi in other areas and their close relative species. Four haplotypes were found. While two of them were found in a limited area (Ishigaki and Okinawa Islands) separately, the others were distributed widely across Honsyu, Shikoku, and Kyusyu areas in Japan. The newly invaded area by C. kagutsuchi in Japan was Shizuoka prefecture. Their haplotype of Shizuoka were the same as the two haplotypes of the Honsyu, Shikoku, and Kyusyu areas. The haplotype network showed that the two haplotypes were distant from each other. The distance between them was 33, even though the two haplotypes are distributed in the same area. From the phylogenetic tree that we constructed, we found that C. strigifrons was in the same clade as C. kagutsuchi .
Tracking planning and implementation interventions across regions and institutional boundaries: Failure to establish a uniform reporting language across government

There is a growing concern that performance in service delivery does not match the rate of progress required for poverty reduction. These concerns are focusing attention on the need for a better understanding of ‘planning and implementation effectiveness’, what works, what does not, in which contexts, and why. Large volumes of information are currently produced by different processes and systems established as a result of an ever increasing concern with accountability and effectiveness of service delivery by government. Disparate information flows and a lack of alignment in semantic meaning (i.e. differences in opinion of what constitutes a programme or project) between established systems imply that information across organizations cannot be easily aggregated or compared for purposes of broader, crossregional policy formulation, joint action and budget analysis. These factors often contribute to the confusion surrounding the prioritisation of competing goals and dilute government alignment when responding to service delivery challenges. The paper describes the establishment of a uniform reporting language across government as a likely enabler to improve communication of programme and project Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Built Environment Unit, Pretoria. information over a multi-year period. This research emanates from a need to improve inter-governmental alignment and coordination in the planning, resource allocation and implementation of key interventions. The paper concludes with the national deployment of the IDP Nerve Centre (www.idp.org.za) by the South African Government, as a case study example.
Assessing the Impact of ADHD Coaching Services on University Students' Learning Skills, Self-Regulation, and Well-Being.

The effects of coaching on learning and study skills, self-regulation, and subjective well-being of students with ADHD attending 2and 4-year colleges or universities was examined. Students were randomly assigned to participate in coaching or comparison groups. Coaching students received weekly phone-based coaching sessions and additional check-ins from the coaches. Students’ learning, study, and self-regulation skills were measured by use of the Learning and Study Strategies Inventory (LASSI). The College Well-Being Scale (Field, Parker, Sawilowsky & Rolands, 2010) was used to measure participants’ well-being. The coaching group had a statistically significant higher total LASSI score and statistically significant higher scores on all three LASSI clusters (i.e., Skill, Will, and Self-Regulation) than the comparison group. Well-Being scores were statistically significantly higher for students in coaching than for comparison group students, when corrected for initial differences in executive functioning. Coaching was highly effective in helping students improve their learning and executive functioning skills.
Running head: Risk sensitive reproductive allocation Title: Observational evidence of a risk sensitive reproductive allocation in a long-lived mammal

In a previous study we found that organisms can adopt a risk sensitive reproductive allocation when summer reproductive allocation competes with survival in the coming winter (Bårdsen et al. 2008). This trade off is present through autumn female body mass, which acts as an insurance against unpredictable winter environmental conditions. In the present study we tested this hypothesis on female reindeer in a population that has experienced a time-period of dramatic strong increase in abundance. Environmental conditions during winter were at the same time fairly stable (with the exception of one year). We conclude that the increased population abundance (perhaps in interaction with winter environmental conditions) represented a worsening of winter environmental conditions as both autumn offspring and spring female body mass decreased during the course of the study. Moreover, we found that the cost of reproduction was related to environmental conditions as: (1) autumn body mass was larger for barren than for lactating females, and this difference was temporally highly variable; (2) lactating females produced smaller offspring than barren ones in the following year; and (3), reproductive output (offspring size) decreased over time. We also found evidence of an individual quality difference as lactating females had a higher reproductive success in the following year. In sum, a worsening of winter conditions lead to (1) decreased reproductive output, (2) lowered autumn body mass for lactating and (3) increased body mass for barren females. Since female reduce their reproductive allocation as winter conditions becomes more unpredictable we conclude that reindeer have adopted a risk sensitive reproductive allocation.
CASE STUDY FOR REPRESENTATIVE WATER SATURATION FROM LABORATORY TO LOGS AND THE EFFECT OF PORE GEOMETRY ON CAPILLARITY

A detailed laboratory study to determine water saturation in representative reservoir cores (a range of reservoir rock types) as well as remaining oil in water flooded regions has been completed using Porous Plate measurements at reservoir temperature and reservoir overburden pressure conditions for a huge carbonate field. Representative reservoir core samples were selected based on whole core and plug X-ray CT, NMR T2, high pressure mercury injection (MICP), porosity, permeability and Thin Section analyses. The results of Primary Drainage (PD), Spontaneous Imbibition (SI) and Forced Imbibition (FI) experiments are presented in this work which capture the capillary pressure (Pc) behavior and the electrical resistivity (RI-Sw) changes all the way to irreducible brine saturation (Swi) for drainage and residual oil saturation (Sor) for imbibition. The ensuing water saturation (Sw) and Sor results are validated with appropriate logs and sponge core measurements. The impact of both drainage and imbibition laboratory results for the field and hysteresis in RI-Sw measurements are also considered. The initial water saturation was estimated using the RI-Sw curves in drainage. Very low saturation was reached covering the range of saturation of interest in the field. The saturation exponents ‘n’ appear to be around 2 for the reservoir rock types (RRT) containing most of the STOOIP while the tighter RRT’s show lower values. Capillary pressure and Resistivity Index data when grouped according to geological lithofacies confirm the distinct RRT characteristics. The remaining oil saturation was estimated using the RI-Sw curves in the imbibition mode. Interesting capillary pressure behavior has been observed in the spontaneous imbibition cycle which can directly be linked to the pore throat size distribution curves obtained from mercury injection data on corresponding sample ends. Small hysteresis has been noticed in the imbibition cycle which tends to increase the saturation exponent ‘n’ above 2. Obtained Sor values have shown little variations amongst the reservoir rock types, except for the tightest RRT s which show comparatively higher values. Integration of the capillary pressure, water saturation and resistivity index results together with the basic Petrophysical data including porosity, permeability, NMR, CT scans, mercury injection and Thin Section images confirm the validity and consistency of the collected data. The value of the well defined laboratory data and its integration to logs is
Americas Conference on Information Systems ( AMCIS ) December 2003 The Credibility of Online Information

This research examines the factors affecting the credibility of online information. It uses the Elaboration Likelihood Model (Petty and Cacioppo 1986) as a theoretical framework, proposing a comprehensive model that includes factors from traditional means of communication and the Web. A field experiment was conducted that manipulated quality of content, reputation of the Web site owner, attractiveness, modality of exposure, and simulation. Out of these factors, quality of content and reputation of the Web site owner show statistical significance in the expected direction. Based on these results, design guidelines and suggestions for research procedure are proposed.