Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Local Content Implementation Enhancement through Infrastructure Development in Ghana’s Oil and Gas Industry

Since the discovery of oil and gas (O&G) in commercial quantities in 2007, Ghana has made some progress in passing several policies such as Local Content and Participation Framework, ostensibly to stem the effects of resource curse – connotes countries with more natural resources turned to be undeveloped than countries without natural resources. Put it differently, the country’s local content is meant to stimulate industry development by indigenizing the needs of the petroleum industry. However, the above aim is constrained by the country’s infrastructure deficit of about US$ 2.5 billion annually needed to provide the enabling environment for the growth of indigenous companies. The study, therefore, is to propose policy options for enhancing local content implementation through infrastructure development. To that end, the policy implementation in Angola, Brazil and Norway is reviewed, and the research participants are purposively sampled and interviewed. Consequently, the study found that the regulatory institutions and legal framework should be strengthened to attract private investment in infrastructure development. In addition, a special provision should be inserted in future petroleum contracts to support the Infrastructure Fund; through infrastructure-for-oil trade; and encouraging voluntary contribution from oil companies in exchange for reduced taxes into the Infrastructure Fund. The findings contribute to the existing literature in local content development by moving the discussion from training, local employment and goods and services targets to developing host country’s local infrastructure for sustainable development of indigenous and foreign businesses.
Langlands duality and G 2 spectral curves Nigel Hitchin November

We first demonstrate how duality for the fibres of the so-called Hitchin fibration works for the Langlands dual groups Sp(2m) and SO(2m + 1). We then show that duality for G2 is implemented by an involution on the base space which takes one fibre to its dual. A formula for the natural cubic form is given and shown to be invariant under the involution.
Sex of place: Mediated intimacy and tourism imaginaries

The capillary diffusion of digital and mobile technologies has deeply changed both the way of travelling and loving. Against this changing context, the aim of this paper is to examine the relationship between tourism discourse and online-dating discourse. Through analysis of a sample of Tinder profiles, the relationship between the self-presentation and the touristic space experience will be scrutinized. The main hypothesis that drives this work is that different ways of being attractive and seductive on dating apps correspond to specific, current narratives and typologies of tourism. The article maintains that discourse of mediated intimacy platforms borrow its themes from tourism imaginaries. Consequently, tourism discourse shapes the different modes of self-presentation in online intimacy.
RISK EFFECT OF WATER TREATMENT SLUDGE ON BIOACCUMULATION OF HEAVY METALS IN WATER, FISH (OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS, AND CLARIAS GARIEPINUS) FROM RIVER CHANCHAGA MINNA NIGER STATE, NIGERIA

The safe disposal of Water Treatment Sludge has become one of the main environmental concerns throughout the world due to the enormous quantity of sludge generated. Typically, the sludge discharge to river bodies affect fish species. This study investigates the effect of water treatment sludge on bioaccumulation of heavy metals in water, fish (Oreochromisniloticus, and Clariasgariepinus) from river ChanchagaMinna Niger State, Nigeria and the human health risk associated with their consumption. Fishes and water samples were collected from river contaminated with sludge (River Chanchaga) and other samples from a private farm where there were no sludge served as control (Makolo farm). The water samples were collected and analyzed for physicochemical properties(dissolved oxygen, electrical conductivity, pH and temperature) using a standard method and concentrations of heavy metalboth in fish and water, As, Cd, Cr, Cu, Hg and Pb were analyze using Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy (AAS). The Bioaccumulation factor and potential risk (Daily intake, health risk index and Hazard index) from the consumption of these fish was assessed using standard methods and formula. All the samples collected were digested using a modified procedure from the Association of Official Analytical Chemists (AOAC) and were subsequently analyzed using Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy. The result of the physicochemical properties and Heavy metal concentration in water shows a significant different (P<0.05) between the C. river and M. pond. The mean of concentration of Heavy Metals (As, Cd, Cr, Cu, Hg, and Pb) in O.niloticus, and C.gariepinus from C. river were 2.66, 3.72, 1.84, 2.23, 3.68, 2.88, and 2.83, 3.87, 2.12, 2.66, 3.87, 2.61 mg/kg respectively and for M.pond were 0.69, 0.98, 1.04, 0.83, 0.54, 1.00 and 0.79, 0.98, 1.16, 1.02, 0.87, 1.16 mg/kg respectively. Fishes in C. river elicited higher (P<0.05) heavy metals concentrations compare to Fishes in M. pond. The values were all greater than themaximum permissible limit of heavy metal in fish 0.01, 0.05, 1.5, 0.5, 0.01 and 0.3 mg/kg respectively recommended by FAO/WHO except Cr in the control farm which is within the limit. The result of health risk assessment shows that fishes from C. river have a higher risk from the daily intake, health risk index and hazard index with average values greater than one (2.845) and compared to fish in M. pond with average less than one (0.64). The study concludes that water treatment sludge discharge in Chanchagariverhave deleterious effect on fishes and also bioaccumulate heavy metals in the fish. The risk assessment shows that fish in C.River are contaminated with heavy metals and could pose health risk from heavy metalContamination when consume. International Journal of Agriculture, Environment and Bioresearch Vol. 4, No. 05; 2019
Consumer Preferences on “Bakso Malang”- Indonesia

This research aimed to identify consumers’ preference for ―bakso malang‖ (a meal made from meatballs with soup that is originated from Malang, Indonesia). Questionnaires were distributed to 250 respondents taken from 5 producers with well-known brand names in Malang. The results of this research showed that most respondents are female =Senior High School students aged from 16 – 24 years. Some attributes are considered important, such as taste, price, place, and nutrition. Meanwhile, portion and branding are considered as quite important. Keywords—preference; consumer;“bakso Malang”
Substituent and isomeric effects on the reduction and oxidation potential of tris(β-diketonato) manganese (III) complexes: DFT and MESP analysis

Copyright: © 2019. Authors. Licensee: Die SuidAfrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attibution License. The reduction of tris(β-diketonato)manganese(III) ([Mn(β-diketonato)3]) derivatives to tris(β-diketonato)manganese(II) and their oxidation to tris(β-diketonato)manganese(IV) was studied using DFT methods. The accuracy of prediction of the reduction potential or oxidation potential is very significant for their customized design, for determining the range of potentials that will be suitable for specific desired applications. The DFT functional method M06 reproduced the experimental reduction potential to a higher level of accuracy compared to M062X and B3LYP. The study also showed that the reduction of the molecules resulted in a decrease in the entropy and the Gibbs free energy of both the gas phase and the solvent phase, consequently yielding the highest value of total Gibbs free energy of reaction (∆Grxt) for the reduced molecule, especially for those molecules containing stronger electron withdrawing groups like CF3. This led to the shifting of the reduction potential of the molecules containing CF3 to more positive values. The more positive the reduction potential of the molecules became in the presence of stronger electron withdrawing groups, the more positive their oxidation potential shifted. This consequently rendered the oxidation potential impossible to be observed within the experimental solvent window. The values of the molecular electrostatic surface potential (MESP) minima and MESP atomic potential of Mn and coordinating oxygen atoms, served as good descriptors for the observed experimental reduction potential and might also assist in predicting the experimental reduction of further molecules to a high level of accuracy.
Primary Care Panel Comanagement by a Physician and an Advanced Practice Clinician: Impact on Provider Burnout

5 Burnout in Primary Care . 7 A New Strategy to Address Burnout . 10 Review of the Literature . 11 Interventions to Address Burnout . 12 Comanagement in Primary Care . 13 Methodology . 15 Sample . 15 Survey Instruments . 15 Demographic Data. 16 Human Subject Considerations . 17 Data Collection . 17 Analysis. 17 Results . 19 Discussion . 20 Conclusion . 24 Appendix A . 25 Appendix B . 31 Appendix C . 33 BURNOUT AND COMANAGEMENT IN PRIMARY CARE 3 Preliminary Data Processing . 33 Data Reliability . 35 Statistical Methodology for Research Question 1 . 35 Absence of outliers . 35 Normally distributed dependent variable . 36 Homogeneity of group variances . 37 The between-subjects one-way ANOVA . 37 Statistical Methodology for Research Question 2 . 38 Monotonicity . 38 Correlations between PCMI scores and Mini-Z total scores . 39 Appendix D . 40 Appendix E . 41 Appendix F. 42 References . 43 BURNOUT AND COMANAGEMENT IN PRIMARY CARE 4
Multisectoral approaches to improving nutrition : water, sanitation, and hygiene

Water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) was recognized in the report as a key sector for maximizing nutritional impact, but was not covered in depth as part of the self-contained guidance notes originally produced. Emerging evidence in the WASH sector suggests the linkages between WASH and nutrition may be stronger than previously understood. This has generated a great deal of momentum in both the WASH and nutrition sectors about how the two can work more closely to achieve better outcomes. This paper addresses this objective from both the WASH perspective, on how nutrition-specific programs (as well as nutrition-sensitive social protection, livelihoods, and community-driven development programs) can provide an alternative platform to deliver services at scale and more cost-effectively; and the nutrition perspective, on how WASH interventions can be adapted to include nutritional considerations, making them more nutrition-sensitive, and more impactful on nutrition. This document outlines the rationale for nutrition-sensitive WASH, summarizes the scientific evidence on the pathways through which WASH impacts nutritional outcomes, discusses the challenges and opportunities for nutrition sensitive WASH, and proposes a set of practical strategies and enhancements to existing project design that offer promising opportunities to impact nutritional outcomes. Despite well-known challenges to effective integration, an emerging interest in and attention to the role of WASH, and sanitation in particular, on nutritional outcomes provides a ‘window of opportunity’ to influence policy and program design for greater impacts on nutrition.
Race and Networks in the Job Search Process

Racial disparities persist throughout the employment process, with African Americans experiencing significant barriers compared to whites. This article advances the understanding of racial labor market stratification by bringing new theoretical insights and original data to bear on the ways social networks shape racial disparities in employment opportunities. We develop and articulate two pathways through which networks may perpetuate racial inequality in the labor market: network access and network returns. In the first case, African American job seekers may receive fewer job leads through their social networks than white job seekers, limiting their access to employment opportunities. In the second case, black and white job seekers may utilize their social networks at similar rates, but their networks may differ in effectiveness. Our data, with detailed information about both job applications and job offers, provide the unique ability to adjudicate between these processes. We find evidence that black and white job seekers utilize their networks at similar rates, but network-based methods are less likely to lead to job offers for African Americans. We then theoretically develop and empirically test two mechanisms that may explain these differential returns: network placement and network mobilization. We conclude by discussing the implications of these findings for scholarship on racial stratification and social networks in the job search process.
Proportion of Refractive Error and Its AssociatedFactors among High School Students in South India

Background: School children are a high risk population for refractive errors (REs). Uncorrected REs can adversely affect the learning abilities and mental development of school children. Objectives: This cross sectional study was conducted to observe the proportion of cases diagnosed with REs, to determine factors associated with it, to find out the practices of students in preventing these risk factors and to assess the perception towards visual aids among students with REs in schools of an urban area. Methods: This study was done in Mangalore city in February 2013. 482 high school children were interviewed using a structured interview schedule. RE was ascertained based on records of previous diagnosis by Ophthalmologist. Data was analyzed by Chi-square test and binary logistic regression analysis. Results: The prevalence of already diagnosed cases of RE was 94(19.5%). Most of these cases had myopia 92(97.9%). Two cases were of hypermetropia. Mean age of onset of RE was 10.2±2.1 years. Only 19(20.2%) cases were first detected in schools in spite of functioning school health services at all the surveyed schools. RE cases were significantly more in private schools in comparison to government schools (P<0.001). Risk factors significantly associated with RE were history of RE among siblings (P<0.001), inadequate reading distance (P=0.011) and doing homework with inadequate illumination (P=0.021). One third of students with RE were irregular in eye examinations. Conclusion: Proportion of REs was high among school students. Education of students on healthy postural habits and good illumination while studying at home is essential to prevent REs in this population.
EFFECTS OF HELICOBACTER PYLORI INFECTION ON CATALASE, PROTEIN CARBONYL IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC GASTRITIS

Background & Aims: Helicobacter pylori is a gram-negative bacterium that causes damage to the stomach lining, and it cause digestive problems. Several mechanisms have been proposed for the pathogenesis such as producing alkaline conditions by urease enzyme and oxidative stress. Oxidative stress is essentially an imbalance between the production of free radicals and the ability of the body to counteract or detoxify their harmful effects through neutralization by antioxidants. An important factor for the evaluation of oxidant and antioxidant is the catalase and protein carbonyl content. The aim of this study was to determine the status of these two factors in individuals infected by H. pylori. Materials & Methods: After sampling and determination of infection status, protein carbonyl and catalase activity were measured. The survey data were analyzed by using spss software. Results: 68 out of 150 suspected cases were infected with H. pylori. Catalase and protein carbonyl levels were significantly higher in these cases comparing to the controls. Conclusions: Increased protein carbonyl content confirms oxidative damage by H. pylori, and catalase activity increases in response to the stress and oxidative damage.
Limbal Stem Cell Transplantation for Limbal Dermoid in a Case of Goldenhar Syndrome

Goldenhar Syndrome (known as Oculoauriculovertebral Syndrome (OAVS) or facioauriculovertebral dysplasia) is a rare congenital defect classically involving eye anomalies with or without anomalous development of the ear, nose, lips, soft palate, mandible and vertebra. It is a morphogenetic anomaly associated with the 1st and 2nd branchial arches. We report a case of 9 months old male child presented with ocular abnormalities. On evaluation, he had the classical signs of this syndrome like limbal dermoids, eyelid coloboma, preauricular skin tags and hemi facial microsomia. This patient was first seen in January 2010 and has been followed and treated for the same. The patient underwent a surgery for right eye limbal dermoid at the age of 4 years. The initial presentation with course of the disease and Post-Surgical outcome is described here. The Authors performed dermoid excision with autologous conjunctiva along with limbal stem cells transplantation and achieved a satisfactory surgical outcome.
ANIMAL MODELS TO EVALUATE THE CAUSE BEHIND GASTRIC ULCERS

Peptic ulcer is the major cause of mortality and morbidity in developing countries, characterised by imbalance between aggressive gastric luminal factor and defensive mucosal barrier. This disease is mainly associated with increase in gastric acid secretion. Numerous factors like d iet, smoking, drugs like aspirin and infection are respons ible for augmentation of ulcers. Still, no therapeutic intervention has been found successful. So, this review has been desig ned to explore various animal models to find out a suitable medication. Various synthetic Omeprazole, cemitidine and herbal drugs l ike tulsi, Areca catechu are employed in the management of the ulcers but still no curative treatment is available due to unknown mechanism behind ulceration. So this review has been designed to explore various animal models that depict the signalling path way involved in ulcers and have open vista for the development of the new drugs.
The chAllenge of cAncer And Thromboembolic diseAse Current trends and recommendations

Mary-Frances Scully MD, FRCPC is a Staff Adult Hematologist/ Oncologist at Eastern Health and Associate Professor of Medicine (Hematology) at Memorial University; St. John’s, NL. Agnes Y.Y. Lee, MD, MSc, FRCPC is Director of Thrombosis, Division of Hematology, University of British Columbia. Address for correspondence: Dr. Mary-Frances Scully, 300 Prince Philip Drive, St. John’s NL, A1B 3V6; Tel: (709) 777-8066/8077; Fax: (709) 777-8343; Email: mfscully@mun.ca review
Heat shock protein 70-2 gene polymorphism and susceptibility to diabetic nephropathy

Objective To investigate the relationship between heat shock protein 70-2 (HSP70-2) gene polymorphism and diabetic nephropathy (DN) in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Methods Following the inclusion and exclusion criteria, a total of 677 subjects were enrolled in present study. They were either hospitalized or undergoing regular health check-up in the Department of Nephrology of PLA 152nd Hospital in Pingdingshan of Henan Province. Among them 226 patients were suffering from diabetes mellitus and nephrosis (DN+ group), 221 patients with T2DM but without nephrosis (DN– group), and 230 were normal controls (NC group). Data were collected by questionnaire, physical examination and laboratory examination, and polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) technique was applied to detect the single nucleotide polymorphisms of HSP70-2(+1267/G). Results The G/G genotype frequency of HSP70-2 was significantly higher in DN+ group than in DN– and NC group (χ2=8.123, P<0.01; χ2=11.651, P<0.01); the G allele frequency of HSP70-2 was significantly higher in DN+ group than in DN – and NC group (χ2=9.392, P<0.01, OR=1.782; χ2=11.971, P<0.01, OR=2.153). The levels of MALB/Cr and BMI were significantly higher in G/G gene carriers than in A/A gene carriers (P<0.05). Conclusion The G/G genotype of HSP70-2(+1267) may be related to susceptibility to DN and general obesity; G allele carrier may have increased risk of T2DM with DN. DOI: 10.11855/j.issn. 0577-7402.2014. 11.11
Towards Better Communication in Planning: An Interactive Data Portal

As a capstone project for Master’s in Urban Planning degree, this project consists of two phases. The first phase aims to develop an interactive data portal (CUUATS Open Data http://data.cuuats.org/) that promotes better communication between a client planning agency, the public, and other government agencies based upon data collection and organization. As a showcase of utilizing information on the data portal, the second phase of the projects aims to develop a report card (LRTP 2015 Report Card http://reportcard.cuuats.org/) of the transportation system in the region based on the data collected, organized for, and downloaded from the data portal.
Incidence of genital ulcers and HSV+ genital ulcers in trial of HSV-2 suppression to prevent HIV acquisition (HPTn 039)

University of Washington, Dept of Global Health, Seattle, United States, University of Washington, Medicine, Lab Medicine, Epidemiology, Seattle, United States, University of Washington, Biostatistics, Seattle, United States, IMPACTA, Lima, Peru, Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia, Reproductive Health and HIV Research Unit, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, Royal Free and University College Medical School, University College, London, United Kingdom, San Francisco Department of Public Health, San Francisco, United States, New York Blood Center, New York, United States, Family Health International, Raleigh, United States, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Program in Infectious Diseases, Seattle, United States
Die Wirkung von Phosphodiesterase IV-Inhibitoren im Modell der Antigen-induzierten Arthritis der Maus

In der vorliegenden Arbeit sollte an der Antigen-induzierten Arthritis (AIA) der Maus als Modell der humanen Rheumatoiden Arthritis die Wirkung einer Therapie mit selektiven PDE IV-Inhibitoren auf die Gelenkentzundung sowie die zugrundeliegenden Immunreaktionen untersucht werden. Insgesamt zeigen die Ergebnisse, dass der Einsatz selektiver Inhibitoren der PDE IV zu einer signifikanten Reduktion der klinisch und histologisch nachweisbaren Entzundungsreaktion sowohl in der akuten als auch in der chronischen Phase der Antigen-induzierten Arthritis der Maus als Modell der Rheumatoiden Arthritis des Menschen fuhrt. Dabei greifen PhosphodiesteraseIV-Inhibitoren kausal im Pathogenesemechanismus der Rheumatoiden Arthritis an. Der Einsatz der Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitoren wirkt proliferationshemmend und immunmodulierend auf T-Lymphozyten und bedingt eine Verschiebung hin zur Th2-Reaktion. Es tritt eine Inhibition der Aktivierung von Makrophagen und Synoviozyten im Rahmen der Entzundungsreaktion ein.
Re)Constructing Our Africa Experience

We recount, reconstruct, and reflect on our experiences as evaluators in a cross-cultural setting, with a principal focus on the serendipitous ethical and methodological issues that arose while in a remote South African village. As most ethical issues go, there is not always a clear solution. Therefore, the authors spend time critically considering the soundness of the decisions that were made, from the lack of diversity of the research team, to the ways we interacted with local citizens, to research design issues. We tell our story using performance narrative and autoethnographic methods.
2-Hydroxy-3-nitrobenzamide

The asymmetric unit of title compound, C7H6N2O4, contains two molecules, one of which has a disordered nitro group with an occupancy ratio of 0.517 (9):0.483 (9) for the O atoms. Both molecules contain an intramolecular O—H⋯O hydrogen bond. In the crystal, both molecules form inversion dimers linked by pairs of N—H⋯O hydrogen bonds, resulting in R 2 2(8) ring motifs. The dimers are connected by further N—H⋯O links and weak C—H⋯O interactions, resulting in a layered motif.