Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Efficacy of fine needle aspiration cytology in the diagnosis of lymphadenopathies

Background: Enlarged lymph nodes were the first organs to be diagnosed by fine needle aspiration. Objectives were to study the role of FNAC in the evaluation of lymphadenopathies, to study the various cyto-morphological patterns in correlation with histopathology of various lymph node lesions and to document the diagnostic accuracy of FNAC in correlation with histopathology. Methods: All patients referred to the department of pathology K.V. G. Medical College and Hospital, Sullia, Karnataka, India for FNAC of palpable lymph nodes were included in present study. FNAC was done and the standard method for the procedure adopted. All the slides were reviewed and their diagnosis was made. FNAC diagnosis was compared with histopathology in cases which underwent surgical excision and thus its diagnostic accuracy determined. This was two years and two months’ prospective study from July 2008 to August 2010. Results: A total of` 150 patients were included in the present study, reported to various clinical departments with history of swelling. Lymph node biopsy was done in 50 cases. Statistical analysis was done in 50 cases, where FNAC diagnosis was correlated well with histopathological diagnosis. Maximum number of cases was in the age group of 31-40 years. Present study showed female preponderance of cases. Cervical group of nodes were most commonly involved. Benign lymphadenopathies were diagnosed in 69.8% of cases. Maximum number of cases being reactive lymphadenitis (65.4%). Metastatic deposit was diagnosed in 23.5% of cases. Most common subtype being adenocarcinoma. Lymphomas were diagnosed in 09 cases. 1 case of Hodgkin’s lymphoma and 8 cases of NHL were diagnosed. The overall correlation between FNAC and histopathology was 98% (49 out of 50). Conclusions: FNAC is an accurate, sensitive, specific and cost effective procedure in the diagnosis of lymphadenopathies.
Effect of seed extract of Picralima nitida on haematological parameters of malaria-infected albino mice and its interference with the serum electrolyte levels

Low red blood cell (RBC) and white blood cell (WBC) counts, packed cell volume (PCV) and haemoglobin (Hb) concentration are indicative of parasitaemia in malaria patients. One of the adverse effects of drugs is their interference with the serum electrolytes balance thereby impairing certain movements such as muscular movement in the body. This research project was aimed at assessing the ameliorative effects of ethanol seed extract of Picralima nitida on the haematological parameters of malaria-infected mice and its interference with the serum electrolytes especially potassium ion (K + ) and sodium ion (Na + ). Pulverised dried seeds of P. nitida were extracted using ethanol. The haematological parameters and the serum electrolyte levels were assessed in mice. The result of the analyses showed that the RBC and WBC counts, PCV and Hb concentration of mice groups treated with 20, 40 and 80 mg/kg b.w. of the extract and 5 mg/kg b.w. of artesunate were significantly (p 0.05) lower compared to the positive control on days 3 and 5 post treatment. However, the Na + concentration of the treated groups was significantly (p < 0.05) higher compared to the positive control on days 3 and 5 post treatment. The seed extract of P. nitida was found to increase the blood cells count, haemoglobin concentration and PCV; these parameters are normally adversely affected in malaria patient. However, treatment with this extract can interfere with the level of the serum electrolytes thereby causing electrolyte imbalance which could be life-threatening. Keywords : Anti-malarial, haematological, serum electrolytes, Picralima nitida
Convection of a passive scalar by a quasi-uniform random straining field

The stretching of line elements, surface elements and wave vectors by a random, isotropic, solenoidal velocity field in D dimensions is studied. The rates of growth of line elements and (D – 1)-dimensional surface elements are found to be equal if the statistics are invariant to velocity reversal. The analysis is applied to convection of a sparse distribution of sheets of passive scalar in a random straining field whose correlation scale is large compared with the sheet size. This is Batchelor's (1959) κ−1 spectral regime. Some exact analytical solutions are found when the velocity field varies rapidly in time. These include the dissipation spectrum and a joint probability distribution that describes the simultaneous effect of Stretching and molecular diffusivity κ on the amplitude profile of a sheet. The latter leads to probability distributions of the scalar field and its space derivatives. For a growing κ−1 range at zero κ, these derivatives have essentially lognormal statistics. In the steady-state κ−1 regime at κ > 0, intermittencies measured by moment ratios are much smaller than for lognormal statistics, and they increase less rapidly with the order of the derivative than in the κ = 0 case. The κ > 0 distributions have singularities a t zero amplitude, due to a background of highly diffused sheets. The results do not depend strongly on D. But as D → ∞, temporal fluctuations in the stretching rates become negligible and Batchelor's (1959) constant-strain dissipation spectrum is recovered.
Spatial and frequency distributions of triclinisity of K-feldspar in augen gneisses and related granitic rocks in the Nepal Himalayas

Triclinicity (obliquity and/or -value) has been well known as the mineralogical term indicating the ordering degree of K-feldspar, and defined as =12.5 (d13-1-d131) by Goldsmith and Laves (1954). Since then, it has been considered as a petrological indicator for the thermal history of granitic rocks. The factor controlling triclinicity in natural rocks is variable and different from case by case, but the most basic factors are the temperature of formation or the temperature of recrystallization and cooling rate of the rocks and /or the influence of hydrothermal fluids (Parsons and Brown, 1984). The aim of this study is to obtain information for the thermal history of granitic rocks in the Himalayas from the frequency and spatial distributions of triclinicity. More than 600 grains of K-feldspar collected from different types of augen gneisses and related granitic rocks in the Nepal Himalayas were X-rayed by powder method in this study.
Phase Field Method to the Interaction of Phase Transformations and Dislocations at Nanoscale

In this paper, a new phase field method for the interaction between martensitic phase transformations and dislocations is presented which is a nontrivial combination of the most advanced phase field methods to phase transformations and dislocation evolution. Some of the important points in the model are the multiplicative decomposition of deformation gradient into elastic, transformational and plastic parts, defining a proper energy to satisfy thermodynamic equilibrium and instability conditions, including phase-dependent properties of dislocations. The system of equations consists of coupled elasticity and phase field equations of phase transformations and dislocations. Finite element method is used to solve the system of equations and applied to study the growth and arrest of martensitic plate and the evolution of dislocations and phase in a nanograined material. It is found that dislocations play a key role in eliminating the driving force of the plate growth and their arrest which creates athermal friction. Also, the dual effect of plasticity on phase transformations is revealed; due to dislocations pile-up and its stress concentration, the phase transformation driving force increases and consequently, martensitic nucleation occurs. On the other hand, the dislocation nucleation results in decreasing the phase transformation driving force and consequently, the phase transformation is suppressed. Review History: Received: 17 August 2017 Revised: 8 March 2017 Accepted: 16 July 2017 Available Online: 21 October 2017
DEVELOPMENT OF A 3D DYNAMIC FLOOD WEB GIS VISUALISATION TOOL

Low elevation coastal areas are vulnerable to the effects of sea level rise and to an increase in the frequency and severity of storm surge events due to climate change. Coastal urban areas are at risk because coastal flooding causes extensive damage to energy and transportation infrastructure, disruptions to the delivery of services, devastating tolls on the public's health and, occasionally, significant loss of life. Although scientists widely stress the compelling need to mitigate and adapt to climate change, public awareness lags behind. Because WebGIS maps (web-based geographic information systems) quickly convey strong messages, condense complex information, engage people in issues of environmental change, and motivate personal actions, this paper focusses on searching the ideal flood assessment WebGIS method to encourage people to mitigate and adapt to climate change. Surveys demonstrated that 3D visualisations have an enormous added value because they are more vivid and therefore more understandable and make it easier to imagine the consequences of a flood than 2D visualisations. In this research, the WebGIS will be created using Ol3-Cesium and open layers to visualise a flood event by dynamic layers in a 2D/3D environment.
Two eyes: better than one?

Classical data on the detection of simple patterns show that two eyes are more sensitive than one eye. The degree of binocular summation is important for inferences about the underlying combination mechanism. In a signal detection theory framework, sensitivity is limited by internal noise. If noise is added centrally after binocular combination, binocular sensitivity is expected to be twice as good as monocular. If the noise is added peripherally at each eye prior to combination, binocular sensitivity will be ffiffiffi 2 p higher than monocular. In a large sample of observers (51), we measured contrast sensitivity for detection of gratings at several spatial frequencies using left, right, or both eyes. Estimates of binocular summation using both binocular summation ratios and Minkowski coefficients show a summation ratio with means in the range of 1.5–1.6. The 95% confidence interval overlaps with the value of ffiffiffi 2 p predicted by the peripheral noise model and does not overlap with the value of 2 predicted by the central noise model. 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
The Internationalisation of Young High-Tech Firms Research Network An empirical analysis

Established theories in international business come to different conclusions when specifically applied to the analysis of the international activities of start-up companies in high-technology industries. Using a new dataset of 495 British and German start-ups operating in high-technology industries, we analyse the differences between those companies that have built up international activities and those which only compete in their home country. Our findings suggest that the key discriminatory variables are: age, the extent to which the product requires customisation, regularity of R&D activities, and the international professional experience of the founders. These findings suggest that internationalisation of New Technology Based Firms is best explained by adopting elements from a number of different theoretical frameworks.
Bank ownership and lending pattern during 2008 - 2009 financial crisis - Evidence from China

This Master’s thesis investigates the different impact on bank lending in China from banks with different ownership during the recent financial crisis in 2008 to 2009. This paper finds that foreign banks in China were generally lending less comparing to banks with joint ownership in non-crisis years, but they did not completely contract their credit supply when the recent financial crisis struck. Government banks were quite supportive during the financial crisis by increasing lending in corporate loans and in construction industry specifically. On the other hand, domestic private banks were the most supportive in the crisis as they have increased their credit supply significantly throughout the 2008 to 2009 financial crisis. This paper also studies how banks’ financial performance affected the bank lending in China during the 2008 to 2009 financial crisis. Banks with considerable assets were more supportive in the latter year of the financial crisis and banks with high capitalization were generally lending more in real estate, construction and manufacture industries in 2008 but less in corporate loans in 2009. Banks with high profitability changed their lending strategy during the financial crisis by curtailing lending in corporate loans as well as construction industry. In addition, banks with high solvency became stricter and more careful with their lending and banks with sufficient funding also became more selective in the credit supply in the second year of the recent financial crisis.
The interplanetary causes of geomagnetic activity during the 7–17 March 2012 interval: a CAWSES II overview

This overview paper presents/discusses the major solar, interplanetary, magnetospheric, and ionospheric features of the CAWSES II interval of study: 7–17 March 2012. Magnetic storms occurred on 7, 9, 12, and 15 March with peak SYM-H intensities of −98 nT, −148 nT, −75 nT (pressure corrected), and −79 nT, respectively. These are called the S1, S2, S3, and S4 events. Although three of the storm main phases (S1, S3, and S4) were caused by IMF B south sheath fields and the S2 event was associated with a magnetic cloud (MC), the detailed scenario for all four storms were different. Two interplanetary features with unusually high temperatures and intense and quiet magnetic fields were identified located antisunward of the MCs (S2 and S3). These features are signatures of either coronal loops or coronal sheaths. A high speed stream (HSS) followed the S4 event where the presumably southward IMF Bz components of the Alfven waves extended the storm “recovery phase” by several days. The ICME-associated shocks were particularly intense. The fast forward shock for the S2 event had a magnetosonic Mach number of ~9.4, the largest in recorded history. All of the shocks associated with the ICMEs created sudden impulses (SI+ s) at Earth. The shocks preceding the S2 and S3 magnetic storms caused unusually high SI+ intensities of ~60 and 68 nT, respectively. Many further studies on various facets of this active interval are suggested for CAWSES II researchers and other interested parties.
Helmholtz and Diffusion Equations Associated with Local Fractional Derivative Operators Involving the Cantorian and Cantor-Type Cylindrical Coordinates

The main object of this paper is to investigate the Helmholtz and diffusion equations on the Cantor sets involving local fractional derivative operators. The Cantor-type cylindrical-coordinate method is applied to handle the corresponding local fractional differential equations. Two illustrative examples for the Helmholtz and diffusion equations on the Cantor sets are shown by making use of the Cantorian and Cantor-type cylindrical coordinates.
Evaluation de l'efficacité de blindage de structures avec plaques minces : modélisation par une méthode de Galerkin discontinue

Cette these se situe dans le domaine de l'electromagnetisme et plus particulierement, celui de la compatibilite electromagnetique. L'objectif de cette these est de proposer une condition d'interface qui evite de mailler les plaques minces conductrices lors d’une modelisation tridimensionnelle. Cette condition permet de prendre en compte de maniere precise la reflexion d'une onde ou sa transmission par une plaque conductrice. Elle permet aussi de tenir compte de l'effet de peau de l'effet de peau a l'interieur de la plaque. Cette condition d'interface est integree dans une methode Galerkin discontinue. La presence des termes de flux dans cette methode rend facile l'implementation de cette condition d'interface. Afin de montrer l'interet de cette condition dans le cadre de la compatibilite electromagnetique, des configurations d'interaction ondes-Structures sont traitees. Elles ont pour but d'etudier l'efficacite de blindage de diverses cavites bidimensionnelles et tridimensionnelles.
Dermatology Life Quality Index and disease coping strategies in psoriasis patients

Introduction Psoriasis is a chronic, psycho-dermatological condition. Psychological factors can trigger and/or exacerbate skin lesion. Relapse of disease can be a source of stress and can worsen the patient’s Quality of Life. Coping with psoriasis can create stress. This can become a vicious cycle. Aim To illustrate the connection between quality of life and coping strategies in a psoriasis patient group and to describe a methodology for identifying the risk group of patients who need immediate attention in terms of developing better coping strategies. Material and methods Fifty patients with psoriasis were enrolled in the study. The severity of psoriasis was assessed by the Psoriasis Area and Severity Index (PASI), the Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI) was used for quality of life assessment, and the COPE questionnaire was used for determination of coping strategies used by psoriasis patients. Results The results of the study indicate the relationship between quality of life and coping strategies. In patients with coping < 140 and at least elementary education, psoriasis disease is most likely to have an extremely large effect on quality of life as measured by the DLQI score being above 21. Conclusions Psoriasis is a distressing disorder that significantly impairs quality of life. There is a close link between quality of life and coping strategies. This study illustrates a methodology for identification of a risk group of patients with a highly decreased quality of life indicator and underdeveloped coping strategies. Future management of psoriasis may require involvement of multidisciplinary teams that help patients to manage the physical and psychological aspects of psoriasis.
Decline of a Tropical Montane Amphibian Fauna

On the basis of surveys conducted between 1991 and 1996, I report a decline of the amphibian fauna at Las Tablas, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica. I propose that the reduction in the abundance of Atelopus chiriquiensis and Hyla calypsa, the presence of dead and dying individuals of six species of frogs and salamanders, and changes in population sex ratios of A. chiriquiensis and H. calypsa are evidence for “atypical” population fluctuations. Species with both aquatic eggs and aquatic larvae were most affected (e.g., Rana vibicaria, Hyla rivularis), whereas species with direct development or those that lack tadpoles, such as rainfrogs ( Eleutherodactylus spp.) and some salamanders (e.g., Bolitoglossa minutula), do not seem to have declined in numbers. In light of this evidence and in comparison with other declines in tropical upland Australia, Brazil, and Costa Rica, I conclude that environmental contamination (biotic pathogens or chemicals) or a combination of factors (environmental contamination plus climate change) may be responsible for declines in the amphibian populations at this protected site.
Analysis of Sudoku Solving Algorithms

— The idea of this paper is to analyse the performance of various Sudoku solving algorithms. A well laid out groundwork has been done to find out the efficient and fast approach to making the computer solve a Sudoku. After considering multiple options like Backtracking and Brute Force Algorithm, the research ended up with DANCING LINKS algorithm that was proposed to the world by DONALD KNUTH, which he claimed was the best approach to solving a Sudoku from a computational perspective. Also, a comparative analysis of the chosen algorithm with the more traditional approaches was performed to know the competence of our algorithm.
Determining Expected Value and Variance of Demand for Safety Stock Level under Random Parameters

The patients demand is vital in healthcare area. Thus, to determine safety stock level is also significant. But, determining safety stock level in inventory systems based on stochastic lead-time is a much smaller section of literature especially in healthcare area. Therefore, this study aimed to contribute to the literature in this area. This study is investigated for calculating the expected value and variance of demand for determining safety stock level under random parameters (the number of arrivals, transferal rates between levels and length of stays). The lead-time required when supplying medical material in the hospital is also random. A case study is presented using with the real data obtained from Neonatal Intensive Care Unit which has a complex inventory system because of the random parameters and transferal probabilities between levels.
Familiness and Born Globals: Rapid Internationalisation among Polish Family Firms

Abstract Rapid internationalisation is a very popular research theme internationally. Verifying the links between familiness of the investigated firms and the accelerated internationalisation among Polish family firms can be very promising. The objective of the paper is to identify the rapid internationalisation path of Polish family firms while going international from the comparative perspective of the familiness. The paper presents the research results of the survey conducted in the turn of 2013-2014 among 216 firms, including 88 family businesses. Based on the calculations we can assume that the average time of internationalisation measured from the establishment is the longer in case of family firms than non-family firms. It can be with the line to the statement that born globals are more frequently met among non-family firms.
Growth attributes, cob yield and economics of maize (ZEA MAYS L.) cultivars as affected by integrated nutrient management under terai region of West Bengal

A field experiment was conducted during kharif season of 2008 and 2009 to study the performance of maize cultivars as affected by Integrated Nutrient Management under Terai region of West Bengal. The experiment was laid out in split plot design with three replications. The results revealed that M2 (75% recommended dose of fertilizer + vermicompost @ 2 t ha−1) recorded tallest plant (2.40 and 2.19 cm) in both years of investigation at harvest. Leaf area index, dry matter production, days to 50 and 100% tasseling & silking and number of effective cobs plant−1 were found highest under M2, which ultimately resulted in production of highest (65788.90) number of cobs ha−1. Superiority of maize cultivars in terms of number of cobs ha−1 were in the order of Vivek-15> HIM-129 > VL-88 > Vivek-5 > Vivek-4 > Pundibari local >Vivek-11>Vivek-17 and Vivek-9. Among the manure levels M2 fetched highest B: C ratio of 2.82 whereas among the cultivars Vivek-15 recorded highest B: C ratio of 3.08.