Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
EFFECT OF CLAY SOURCES ON REPRODUCTIVE PERFORMANCE OF DOE RABBITS FED AFLATOXICATED DIET

A total of 60 female Bouscat rabbits at 10-12 months of age with an average body weight 3.48±0.11 kg were divided into three homogeneous groups (n=20). The 1 group was fed on a formulated pelleted diet as a control. The 2 and 3 groups were fed on the same diet replaced with 30 and 40% of diet naturally contaminated with 450 ppb aflatoxins (B1+G1, AF-diet), respectively. Each group was divided into two equal sub groups. The 1 and 2 sub groups were fed on diet supplemented with 4 g of either tafla or bentonite clay/kg diet, respectively. Doe in each group was naturally mated with proven fertile buck after two weeks from start of treatments and continued for three consecutive parities. Progesterone concentration at mid gestation period, litter size and litter weight at birth and at weaning, total milk yield from birth to 21 days of lactation and litter weight gain were reduced (P<0.001 or 0.01 or 0.05) with increasing AF-diet intake and feeding duration time (from 1 till 3 parities), while number of services per conception, abortion percentage and pre-weaning mortality rate tented to increase significantly. At 21 day of pregnancy through 3 parity, body weight, ovaries weight, total embryos recovered, and maternal placenta weight decreased (P<0.01 or 0.05) with increasing aflatoxin level in the diet. Moreover, lost embryos through pre-implantation and abnormal embryos percentages tended to increase significantly. Inclusion bentonite clay to the AFdiet reduced the harmful effect of aflatoxicosis and improved markedly reproductive performance, litter traits, milk production and embryo quality compared to tafla supplementation, especially with increasing feeding duration. Genitalia organs were adversely affected by aflatoxins consumed, especially with elevating AF-diet. Does fed 30% AF-diet+bentonite showing normal genitalia appearance than that fed the same diet+tafla. Liver and kidneys of doe rabbits fed 40% AF-diet+tafla showed more deterioration than that fed 30% AF-diet+tafla or 30 and 40% AF-diet+bentonite. Generally, inclusion 4 g bentonite clay/kg diet protect mature doe rabbits fed diet contaminated with 135 ppb aflatoxins+ without retardation in the reproductive performance.
Mega sport event legacies and the 2010 FIFA World Cup

Both developing and developed countries are attracted to hosting mega sport events. The FIFA World Cup is regarded as a prestigious event and for the first time in its history Africa hosted the 2010 tournament in South Africa. There are considerable debates pertaining to the capability of developing countries to host mega sport events given the development challenges it poses. South Africa is no exception. There is an increasing focus on legacies associated with the hosting of mega events, particularly in view of the massive public investments required to justify the bidding for and hosting of such events. Furthermore, given the extensive media coverage and exposure associated with such events a range of long-term impacts were and are anticipated. There are various types of legacies associated with mega events which include economic, social, physical/infrastructural, sporting, environmental and political impacts. From conceptual and theoretical standpoints this article draws on the growing body of literature on sport events and examines legacies associated with the hosting of mega events generally and in relation to the 2010 FIFA World Cup specifically. It also identifies key mega sport event legacies and critically examines their possible positive and negative impacts. The importance of examining legacy impacts is underscored to inform future bids and planning processes.
Predictive Ability of NGAL as a Marker of Renal Damage: evaluation of Multiple Clinical Settings

Introduction. Neutrophil Gelatinase-Associated Lipocalin (NGAL) belongs to the family of lipocalins and it is produced by several cell types, including renal tubular epithelium. In the kidney its production increases during acute damage and this is reflected by the increase in serum and urine levels. In animal studies and clinical trials, NGAL was found to be a sensitive and specific indicator of acute kidney injury (AKI). Purpose. The aim of this work was to investigate, in a prospective manner, whether urine NGAL can be used as a marker in preeclampsia, kidney transplantation, VLBI and diabetic nephropathy. Materials and methods. The study involved 44 consecutive patients who received renal transplantation; 18 women affected by preeclampsia (PE); a total of 55 infants weighing ≤1500 g and 80 patients with Type 1 diabetes. Results. A positive correlation was found between urinary NGAL and 24 hours proteinuria within the PE group. The detection of higher uNGAL values in case of severe PE, even in absence of statistical significance, confirms that these women suffer from an initial renal damage. In our population of VLBW infants, we found a positive correlation of uNGAL values at birth with differences in sCreat and eGFR values from birth to day 21, but no correlation was found between uNGAL values at birth and sCreat and eGFR at day 7. systolic an diastolic blood pressure decreased with increasing levels of uNGAL. The patients with uNGAL 50 ng/ml ( p<0.005). Our results indicate the ability of NGAL to predict the delay in functional recovery of the graft. Conclusions. In acute renal pathology, urinary NGAL confirms to be a valuable predictive marker of the progress and status of acute injury.
Japon Bıldırcını rasyonlarına farklı oranlarda klinoptilolit ilavesinin besi performansı, karkas verim özellikleri ve bazı kan parametrelerine etkisi

Bu calisma, bildircin rasyonlarina klinoptilolit ilavesinin besi performansi, karkas verim ozellikleri ve bazi kan parametreleri uzerine etkilerini belirlemek amaciyla yapilmistir. Arastirmada bir gunluk yasta, karisik cinsiyette 272 adet Japon bildircini civcivi kullanilmistir. Bildircin civcivleri her birinde 68 civciv bulunan dort ana gruba, her ana grup kendi icinde her birinde 17 civciv bulunan 4 alt gruba rastgele ayrilmistir. Bildircinlara baslangic (1-21. gun) ve buyutme (22-42. gun) donemi icin iki temel rasyon hazirlanmistir. Gruplardan biri arastirma suresince bu temel rasyonlarla beslenirken (Kontrol), diger gruplarin yemlerine %2 (Deneme I), %4 (Deneme II) ve %6 (Deneme III) klinoptilolit ilave edilerek beslenmistir. Arastirma sonunda canli agirlik, canli agirlik artisi, yem tuketimi ve yemden yararlanma orani bakimindan gruplar arasinda istatistiksel bir farklilik gorulmemistir. But orani, Kontrol grubunda Deneme II ve Deneme III gruplarindan, kanat orani ise Kontrol grubunda tum deneme gruplarindan onemli derecede yuksek tespit edilmistir. Serum alkalin fosfataz, total protein, trigliserit, kolesterol, sodyum, klor, potasyum miktarlari bakimindan gruplar arasinda farklilik gorulmemistir. Sonuc olarak, bildircin rasyonlarina %2 klinoptilolit ilavesinin besi performansi ve kan parametrelerini etkilemedigi, kanat oranini dusurdugu, %4 ve 6 oraninda ilavesinin ise besi performansini ve kan parametrelerini etkilemedigi, ancak but ve kanat oranini dusurdugu tespit edilmistir.
The effects of acute muscular fatigue on the functional ability of the knee joint

Results of preliminary data collection indicate an increase of electromyography (EMG) amplitude in fatiguing isokinetic contractions of the knee extensors. The primary purpose of this study was to determine if the EMG/Torque relationship of vastus lateralis changes as a result of fatigue. The second purpose of this study was to determine if tests of functional ability are affected by fatigue. Twenty-two subjects (13 males and 9 females) were sampled from two populations with different types of training (strength versus endurance) experience. The procedures included a five-minute self-selected warmup on a cycle ergometer, pre-fatigue functional ability tests, fatigue protocol and postfatigue functional ability tests. The functional ability test protocol included four singleleg hopping drills to assess the functional performance of the knee joint. Torque was measured on an isokinetic dynamometer at 60 degrees per second through a functional range of motion until acute fatigue was reached during the fatigue protocol. Surface EMG electrodes were placed over the vastus lateralis to develop an EMG/Torque ratio during the dynamic contractions. The results indicate training type did not significantly affect torque production (p = 0.373) or the EMG/Torque ratio (p = 0.744) during isokinetic knee extensions in response to acute muscular fatigue. The strength-trained sample tended to have a greater increase of the EMG/Torque ratio during the fatigue protocol. The results did indicate that there were two significantly different types of response to acute muscular fatigue (p < 0.001). There were significant differences between the preand post-fatigue functional ability tests for the M/L (p < 0.001) and Up/Down (p = 0.011) but not for 3-Forward (p = 0.408) or Figure-8 (p = 0.286). One group doubled their activation magnitude during the fatigue protocol, while another group did not increase their activation magnitude during the fatigue protocol. It is possible that the increase of activation magnitude seen during the fatigue protocol is a result of transition of fiber type utilization. Further study is needed to determine what is the primary cause of the muscle’s response to acute muscular fatigue.
Teachers' Views about Culturally Relevant Education in Turkey: A Mixed Methods Study

Bu calismanin amaci, Turkiye' de ogretmenlerin kulturel degerlere duyarli egitime (KDDE) iliskin goruslerini incelemektir. Aciklayici karma yontem deseninin kullanildigi calismanin nicel safhasi tarama modeli, nitel safhasi durum calismasi olarak tasarlanmistir. Orneklem, seckisiz tabakali ornekleme yontemiyle belirlenen ve 2017-2018 egitim-ogretim yilinin Guz doneminde Van, Diyarbakir, Konya, Antalya, Izmir, Istanbul ve Trabzon'da gorev yapan 1302 ogretmenden, calisma grubu ise maksimum cesitleme ve aykiri uc ornekleme ile secilen 28 ogretmenden olusmaktadir. Nicel veriler, arastirmacilar tarafindan gelistirilen "Kulturel Degerlere Duyarli Egitime Iliskin Ogretmen Gorus Olcegi" ile nitel veriler ise nicel verilerin analizinin ardindan olcekten yuksek ve dusuk duzeyde ortalamalara sahip 28 ogretmenle yapilan gorusmelerle toplanmistir. Nicel verilerin analizinde, aritmetik ortalama, yuzde ve frekans gibi betimsel istatistikler, nitel verilerin analizinde ise betimsel analiz ve icerik analizi kullanilmistir. Arastirma sonuclarina gore, ogretmenler KDDE ile ilgili olumlu goruslere sahiptirler; ancak orta duzeyde kaygi da yasamaktadirlar. Turkiye'de ogrenci profilinin cesitliliginden dolayi KDDE'ye ihtiyac duyuldugunu belirten ogretmenler kadar, bu anlayisin egitim sistemini ve toplumun yapisini olumsuz etkileyecegini dusunen ogretmenler de bulunmaktadir. Turkiye'de ogretmen egitimi programlarinin iceriginin KDDE baglaminda incelemesinde faydalar olabilir.
Cervical image classification based on image segmentation preprocessing and a CapsNet network model

Cervical cancer is one of the most common gynecological malignancies, and when detected and treated at an early stage, the cure rate is almost 100%. Colposcopy can be used to diagnose cervical lesions by direct observation of the surface of the cervix using microscopic biopsy and pathological examination, which can improve the diagnosis rate and ensure that patients receive fast and effective treatment. Digital colposcopy and automatic image analysis can reduce the work burden on doctors, improve work efficiency, and help healthcare institutions to make better treatment decisions in underdeveloped areas. The present study used a deep‐learning model to classify the images of cervical lesions. Clinicians could determine patient treatment based on the type of cervix, which greatly improved the diagnostic efficiency and accuracy. The present study was divided into two parts. First, convolutional neural networks were used to segment the lesions in the cervical images; and second, a neural network model similar to CapsNet was used to identify and classify the cervical images. Finally, the training set accuracy of our model was 99%, the test set accuracy was 80.1%, it obtained better results than other classification methods, and it realized rapid classification and prediction of mass image data.
The effect of learning approaches on prospective chemistry teachers' self-regulated learning skills: The survey research

The purpose of this research was to examine the effect of the learning approaches on prospective chemistry teachers' self-regulated learning skills. 92 prospective chemistry teachers from the Department of Chemistry Education at one of the public university in Turkey participated in the research. “The Study Process Questionnaire” and “Self-regulated Learning Skills Scale” were used as the data collection tools. It was consequently found that 59.8 % of prospective chemistry teachers adopted deep learning approach, 40.2% of them adopted surface learning approach and their self-regulated learning skills scale scores for planning and goal setting scores differed significantly according to their learning approaches. Furthermore, it was determined that self-regulated learning skills mean score of prospective teachers' who adopted deep approach are higher than mean score of prospective teachers' who adopted surface approach but their self-regulated learning skills total scores did not differ significantly according to their learning approaches.
Pycnodysostosis- A Review -

Pycnodysostosis was coined by the French physicians Maroteaux and Lamy in 1962. The word "pyknos," in the Greek mean "dense" and word "dysostosis" mean abnormal bone formation. It characterized by osteoslerosis, short stature, wormian bones, last bone of the fingers usually short, open fontanel and several orofacial manifestations. It characterized by spontaneous fracture. This manuscript illustrates this condition with clinical features and management reported in the literature.
Series expansion for the effective conductivity of a periodic dilute composite with thermal resistance at the two-phase interface

We study the asymptotic behavior of the effective thermal conductivity of a periodic two-phase dilute composite obtained by introducing into an inﬁnite homogeneous matrix a periodic set of inclusions of a different material, each of them of size proportional to a positive parameter (cid:2) . We assume that the normal component of the heat ﬂux is continuous at the two-phase interface, while we impose that the temperature ﬁeld displays a jump proportional to the normal heat ﬂux. For (cid:2) small, we prove that the effective conductivity can be represented as a convergent power series in (cid:2) and we determine the coefﬁcients in terms of the solutions of explicit systems of integral equations.
Acute inpatient mental health wards and inpatient alternatives : a quantitative comparison of the care provided

Background: Literature indicates widespread dissatisfaction with UK acute psychiatric wards. Patients report boredom and insufficient time with staff. Residential alternatives to acute wards have been developed. Aims: 1) To review literature for the effectiveness and acceptability of alternatives 2) To identify or develop measures of content of care for acute inpatient and residential crisis services 3) To compare the content of care at alternatives and standard services and understand its relationship to patient satisfaction. Hypotheses tested were that alternatives provide greater total care, more social and psychological interventions but fewer physical and pharmacological interventions than standard wards. Method: A systematic review of studies evaluating alternatives was conducted. Measures of content of care were reviewed. New measures were developed (CaSPAR, CaRICE and CCCQ-P) and their psychometrics explored. Data were collected from 4 alternatives and 4 standard services using CaSPAR (n=224), CaRICE (1 recording week per service), CCCQ-P and CSQ (n=314). The relationship of service type, patient characteristics and CCCQ-P scores to patient satisfaction was explored. Results: The limited current evidence does not contra-indicate alternatives and suggests patient satisfaction may be greater at community alternatives than standard wards. No study hypotheses were corroborated. Sub-group analysis indicated community alternatives provided more psychological and less physical and pharmacological care than standard wards. All CCCQ-P variables were significantly associated with patient satisfaction. Patient satisfaction was greatest at community alternatives. It remained significantly greater at alternatives than standard wards after adjusting for CCCQ-P variables. Discussion: Community alternatives are a promising service model. Their greater acceptability than standard wards was not explained by measured differences in care. Intensity of care may influence patient satisfaction more than the types of intervention provided. Increasing staff-patient contact should be an aim for alternative and standard services. There may be differing, valid perspectives about what constitutes care: multi-methods assessment is required.
On the Writing of Scientific Papers

Santiago Rambn y Cajal (1852-1934) was born in a small mountain village in the shadow of the Pyrenees. With his roots firmly fixed in this soil, he grew to become the most brilliant figure in Spanish medicine of his generation. He explored the nervous system with the same furious enthusiasm that his ancestors had exhibited in exploring the New World. “Like the entomologist in pursuit of brightly coloured butterflys, my attention hunted, in the garden of the gray matter, cells with delicate and elegant forms, the mysterious butterflys of the soul, the beatings of whose wings may someday-who knows? -clarify the secret of mental life. ”* The success of his work was based upon meticulous techniques developed to demonstrate the microscopic anatomy of the nervous system. He was able to prove that the neurons are independent units, contiguous, but not continuous, with other cells. For these observations he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1906. L. F. P.
Fatalism and Road Safety in Developing Countries, with a Focus on Pakistan

Road crashes are a significant problem in developing countries such as Pakistan. Attitudes are among the human factors that influence risky road use and receptiveness to interventions. Fatalism is a set of attitudes known to be important in Pakistan and other developing countries; however, it is rarely addressed in the road safety literature. Two broad types of fatalism are theological fatalism and empirical fatalism, both of which are found in developed countries as well as in developing countries. Where research has been conducted into the issue, fatalism is considered to interfere with messages aimed at improving road safety. Pakistan has a serious road crash problem, and there is sufficient information to suggest that fatalism is an important contributing factor to the problem, but a better understanding of how fatalism operates in Pakistan is needed if effective prevention strategies are to be developed. A proposed study using an anthropological approach is described, which will be exploratory in nature and which is aimed at investigating fatalism and related concepts among Pakistani road users and those who develop and implement road safety policy.
The secrecy capacity of the arbitrarily varying wiretap channel under list decoding

We consider a communication scenario in which the channel undergoes two different classes of attacks at the same time: a passive eavesdropper and an active jammer. This scenario is modelled by the concept of arbitrarily varying wiretap channels (AVWCs). In this paper, we derive a full characterization of the list secrecy capacity of the AVWC, showing that the list secrecy capacity is equivalent to the correlated random secrecy capacity if the list size L is greater than the order of symmetrizability of the AVC between the transmitter and the legitimate receiver. Otherwise, it is zero. Our result indicates that for a sufficiently large list size L, list codes can overcome the drawbacks of correlated and uncorrelated codes and provide a stable secrecy capacity for AVWCs. Furthermore, we investigate the effect of relaxing the reliability and secrecy constraints by allowing a non-vanishing error probability and information leakage on the list size L. We found that we can construct a list code whose rate is close to the correlated secrecy capacity using a finite list size L that only depends on the average error probability requested. Finally, we point out that our capacity characterization is an important step in investigating the analytical properties of the capacity function such as: the continuity behavior, Turing computability and super-activation of parallel AVWCs.
Traduction Automatique de contraintes OCL dans une BD NoSQL

Résumé. Les développeurs d’applications Big Data mettent en œuvre des systèmes NoSQL pour stocker et exploiter des BD massives. Ils transforment généralement un modèle conceptuel décrivant une BD massive en un modèle physique NoSQL. Cette tâche manuelle s’avère fastidieuse en raison de la spécificité des modèles NoSQL et la quasi-absence de mécanismes de gestion des contraintes. L’objet de nos travaux est donc d’assister le développeur en automatisant en grande partie le processus de transformation des modèles. Pour ceci, nous avons utilisé l’architecture MDA. À partir d’un modèle conceptuel qui décrit la structure des données et un ensemble de contraintes sur ces données, nous proposons des règles de dérivation pour générer (1) un modèle d’implantation destiné à une plateforme NoSQL et (2) le code permettant de vérifier les contraintes. Le premier point a été traité dans des travaux antérieurs. Dans cet article, nous étudions le deuxième point qui vise à proposer un processus automatique de traduction de contraintes. Ce processus est réalisé en deux étapes qui correspondent aux passages conceptuel vers logique puis logique vers physique. Cet article est consacré à la description du premier passage.
Rehabilitación cognitiva en el tratamiento de las adicciones

Las mas recientes teorias sobre la adiccion sugieren que los mecanismos neurocognitivos, como el procesamiento atencional, control cognitivo y procesamiento de la recompensa, desempenan un papel clave en el desarrollo y mantenimiento de la adiccion. En ultimo termino, la adiccion (con o sin sustancias) se sustenta en la alteracion de los procesos cerebrales de toma de decisiones. Las neurociencias, y en especial aquellas encargadas de la modificacion de la conducta, han de tener en cuenta los procesos neurobiologicos que subyacen a los comportamientos observables. Los tratamientos de las conductas adictivas habitualmente no toman en cuenta estos hallazgos, lo que quiza este en la base de las bajas tasas de retencion y altas tasas de abandono de los pacientes adictos. Considerada como una alteracion del funcionamiento cerebral, la adiccion podria abordarse satisfactoriamente mediante tratamientos de rehabilitacion cognitiva utilizados en otras patologias, como el dano cerebral o la esquizofrenia. Aunque aun son pocos, diversos estudios sugieren que la intervencion para mejorar el funcionamiento cognitivo de los pacientes adictivos puede mejorar su aprovechamiento de terapias de eficacia bien establecida, como la de prevencion de recaidas. El presente trabajo revisa la evidencia disponible sobre la rehabilitacion cognitiva en el tratamiento de la adiccion, asi como en otras patologias, de cara a la formulacion de intervenciones que puedan incluirse en los programas globales de rehabilitacion de personas con problemas adictivos.