Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Modified and unmodified Graphite/unsaturated polyester resin composites: thermal and mechanical behavior

In this study, unmodified graphite and graphite modified with a silane agent were used to ameliorate the thermal conductivity coefficient and dynamical properties of unsaturated polyester resin. The effect of unmodified graphite and modified graphite addition on thermal conductivity coefficient and dynamical properties of unsaturated polyester resin in the graphite amounts of 0.02% and 0.3% by weight were studied using solid thermal conductivity measuring device and DMA test. The results showed that the silane modifier can help to create strong covalent bonds between graphite particles and unsaturated polyester resin network and cause changes in thermal and dynamic properties compared to unmodified graphite particles. Adding 0.3% of the weight of the unmodified graphite to the unsaturated polyester resin resulted in a 7% raise in the storage modulus in the glassy region. However, adding the same amount of graphite modified using the silane agent increased the storage module by 33% in the glassy region. Silane modifier caused better dispersion of graphite particles in the resin structure. Superior dispersion of graphite particles caused more interaction between graphite particles and resin network, which significantly increased the modulus of unsaturated polyester resin. In contrast, better dispersion of graphite particles because of the presence of silane agent increased the thermal resistance at the surface of graphite particles, which reduced the thermal conductivity coefficient compared to unmodified graphite.
Effectiveness of Plantar Fascia Mobilization and Passive Stretching on Hamstring Muscle Flexibility

BackgroundDue to various occupational set up people are adapting several bad postures for a long time leading to development of tightness or less flexibility of hamstring muscle. Development of efficient techniques is necessary to relieve hamstring tightness and maintain its flexibility. PurposeTo examine the effects of using roller massager on plantar fascia to increase hamstring flexibility. MethodologyA sample of 24young female adults were recruited by simple random sampling and were divided into control and experimental groups. The control group was treated with passive stretching of hamstring muscle and the experimental group with passive stretching and golf ball rolling, 3 sets of 30 seconds for 3 days . Their hamstring flexibility was tested using active knee extension test before and after the intervention respectively. ResultsThe experimental group has shown to have more significant increase in the hamstrings flexibility than the control group (p<0.001). ConclusionUse of plantar fascia mobilization in form of roller massager like golf ball can be used to enhance the hamstrings flexibility along with other conventional techniques for better results.
Effect of feedback training and goal setting in learning complex motor skills among physical education students

This study examined the effects of feedback training and goal setting in learning motor skills among physical education students. 30 male students were randomly assigned to two experimental (one Feedback Training and one Goal Setting) groups and one control group. The training was given for the period of eight weeks 4 days per week, with 30 to 40 minutes in the ground in the morning session. The data for the study was collected in two phases. In the first phase of data collection the Pre tests was taken, and then the training was given to the two groups i.e., Goal Setting Group and Feedback Group for the period of 6-8 weeks. Once the training will be over then comes the second phase of data collection i.e., post test and the data will be collected. The comparison was done by using one way Analysis of Variance. Where the F ratio was found significant scheffe`s post hoc test was applied to find out the differences among the sub scores of that variable at different intervals of experiment. The results were examined at 0.05 level of confidence. The paired-sample t test was used to compare the mean scores of pre and post test of the three groups on complex motor skills. Results showed that it may also be concluded that feedback training and goal setting are useful in enhancing learning. Though control group has also shown considerable improvement in learning these skills, which might be due to the regular practice, yet the improvement could have been more by applying feedback training and goal setting technique when learning new skill.
RECORDS OF PHARMACEUTICAL AND BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES Synthesis and characterization of a new spirooxindole grafted pyrrolidino/piperidine moiety

Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Suez Canal University, Ismailia 41522, Egypt. Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Alexandria University, Alexandria 21321, Egypt. Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt. Department of Chemistry, University of Jyväskylä, FI-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.
When AI Is Gender-biased.

AI algorithms might be gender biased as evidenced from translation programs, credit calculators and autocomplete features, to name a few. This article maps gender biases in technologies according to the postphenomenological formula of I-technology-world. This is the basis for mapping the gender biases in AI algorithms, and for proposing up-dates to the postphenomenological formula. The updates include refereces to I-algo-rithm-dataset, and the reversal of the intetionality arrow to reflect the lower position of the human user. The last section reviews three ethical analyses for AI algorithms - dis-tributive justice, ethics of care and mediation theory's ethics.
Detection of Tomato Plant Diseases Using Deep Convolutional Neural Network

The disease in tomato leaves affects the quality and quantity of the crops. To overcome this problem an early diagnosis of diseases will benefit the farmers. This work uses PlantVillage dataset of 9 tomato leaves and fed to AlexNet and VGG16. It focuses on accuracy of the model by using hyperparameters like batch size, learning rate and optimizer.
A simple and inexpensive capillary furnace for variable-temperature X-ray diffraction

An inexpensive capillary furnace has been developed for variable-temperature X-ray diffraction in transmission geometry of air-stable liquid crystals and other materials. It offers temperature control with fluctuations of less than ±1 K in the range of interest for these samples, from room temperature to near 573 K. Phases can be accessed through heating or cooling with no significant overshooting of the target temperature. The furnace is designed to fit on a classical goniometer, and can be controlled by any standard temperature controller. The simple design of this furnace means that it is both inexpensive to build and easy to operate.
Knowledge Management And The 2030 Agenda For Sustainable Development In The United Nations Context

e United Nations constitutes the global framework for most of the international activities on our planet, and it has been progressively exposed to more significant challenges involving an increasing demand for knowledge to accomplish its mission. Hence, from an analytical perspective, this work presents some reflections on the state of knowledge management in the UN and its impact on the fulfillment of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. e latter may be the biggest challenge in terms of knowledge that the United Nations has ever faced since its foundation. e importance of this study lies in the fact that it explores and provides information on a subject that has not been widely studied. e main conclusion is that, although some progress has been made in this field within this organization, the results have not reached the expected levels yet mainly due to the absence of a joint and integrated knowledge management strategy.
The use of solid probiotics in feed to growth and survival rate of mantap common carp (Cyprinus carpio)

This study aims to determine the effect of solid probiotics used in feed on the growth and survival rate of mantap common carp (Cyprinus carpio). This research was conducted in the Ciparanje Hatchery, Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Sciences, Universitas Padjadjaran. The study was conducted for 60 days from July to September 2018. The research method used was experimental method using Completely Randomized Design (CRD) consisting of 4 treatments and 4 replications, solid probiotics given with treatment A (0 g kg), treatment B (0.75 g kg), treatment C (1.5 g kg) and treatment D (2.25 g kg). The parameters observed were average daily gain (ADG), feed efficiency (FE), protease enzyme activity in the digestive tract, survival rate (SR) and water quality which included dissolved oxygen (DO), temperature and pH. Data were analyzed using analysis of variance with F test with 95% confidence level and the difference between treatments was tested by Duncan multiple-range test, then protease enzyme activity and water quality were analyzed descriptively by comparing to related literature and water quality national Indonesian standard. The results showed that the use of probiotics in feed had an effect on the growth of mantap common carp. The addition of probiotics at a dose of 1.5 g kg of feed in treatment gave the optimal yield with the daily growth rate of 2.01%, feed efficiency 38.63%, protease enzyme activity 139.20 unit, and survival rate 83.75%.
Synthesis, Characterization and Crystal Structure of 1-(2-benzamidophenyl)-3-benzoylthiourea Hemihydrate

The dissymmetric compound C21H17N3O2S.0. 5H2O obtained by a reaction of 1,2-diaminobenzene, potassium thiocyanate and benzoyl chloride in 1/1/2 ratio is characterized by elemental analyses, IR, and NMR spectroscopies. The structure is elucidated by X-ray diffraction technic. The compound crystallizes in the monoclinic system with a space group of I2. The asymmetric unit contains one hemihydrate organic molecule. The title thiourea derivative, features an almost planar, C2N2S (S1/N1/N2/C7/C8) moiety, with a maximum deviation from the least-squares plane of 0.0422 (3) A. This moiety is flanked by a disubstituted and a monosubstituted phenyl rings. The dihedral angles between the thiourea and the monosubstituted phenyl ring and the thiourea and the central disubstituted phenyl ring are respectively 10.418 (7)° and 60.292 (2)°, indicating twist in the molecule. On the other arm, a phenyl ring supported by an amide function, which is linked to the central ring through the nitrogen atom, is present. The dihedral angle between this phenyl group and the central disubstituted phenyl is 76.862 (7)° showing that their mean planes are not coplanar. Intramolecular S(thiono)—H…O(water) hydrogen bonds which close in S (6) and S (7) rings consolidate the conformation. Intermolecular N(amido)—H…O(carbonyl) which form layers parallel to the ac plane stabilized the structure.
The Effect of Using Text Structure Strategy (TSS) on Enhancing EFL Preparatory Stage Pupils' Reading Comprehension Skills and Their Attitude

The present study aimed at investigating the effect of using Text Structure Strategy (TSS) on enhancing 2nd EFL preparatory stage pupils' reading comprehension skills and their attitude. The targeted reading comprehension subskills were (understanding, text attack skills, searching , inference ,prediction ,problem solving). The participants of the study were eighty2nd year preparatory pupils drawn from“ Kolongnile School for Basic Education” in Mansoura city. They were divided into two groups: an experimental group who received the TSS treatment and a control group who received the traditional method of teaching. Each group consisted of forty (N= 40) pupils. The experimental treatment was conducted during the second semester in the academic year 2016/2017. The study adopted the quasi-experimental design. Three instruments were used: Reading Comprehension Skills questionnaire to determine the most suitable reading comprehension skills for second year preparatory pupils, Reading Comprehension Skills test ,and an attitude scale to identify the pupils' attitudes towards reading. Results indicated that Text Structure Strategy( TSS) helped participants improve their EFL Reading Comprehension Skills and enhance their attitude towards reading.
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The XPS technique in combination with microcalorimetry was used to picture the acid character of metal ion loaded zeolite and silica -alumina samples. Co, Cu, and Ni ions were loaded on ZSM-5 and SiO 2-Al2O3 (about 1 mmol/g) by three different procedures: ion exchange, impregnation, and solid-state ion-exchange. The samples prepared by ion exchange of the two matrixes presented high values of the 2 p 3/2 XPS bands of the metal ions, indicating the occurrence of charge transfer from the ions to the support matrix. This permitted the stabilization of the metal phases as isolated ions rather than as oxide clusters. Microcalorimetric experiments of ammonia adsorption were performed in order to determine the number, strength (i.e., adsorption enthalpy), and strength distribution of the acid sites on the samples and on the relevant matrixes. The N 1s XPS lines of ammonia adsorbed on the surfaces were decomposed into two component peaks, assigned to Bro ̈nsted (average value of BE, 402.2 eV) and Lewis (average value of BE, 400.4 eV) acid sites. The relative intensities of the two peak components were measured for the quantitative determination of Bro ̈nsted and Lewis acid site concentrations. Coupling the information from adsorption calorimetry and XPS spectroscopy of N 1s adsorbed lines, the absolute numbers of Bro ̈nsted and Lewis acid sites on each sample were determined. The two support matrixes were protonic acids (65 and 60% of Bro ̈nsted acid sites for ZSM-5 and SiO 2-Al2O3, respectively), and the acidity of ZSM-5 was greater than that of SiO 2-Al2O3 considering both the number of total acid sites and the acid strength. The presence of metal ions deposited on the two matrixes deeply changed the respective proportions of Bro ̈nsted and Lewis sites. A huge increase in the Lewis acid site population of the ZSM-5-based samples (70, 85, and 90% of Lewis sites for the samples containing Co, Cu, and Ni, respectively) and of the SiO 2-Al2O3-based samples prepared by ion exchange (55, 60, and 70% of Lewis sites for the samples containing Co, Cu, and Ni, respectively) was observed.
A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF ADHERENCE AND NON-ADHERENCE TO MEDICATION AMONGST PATIENTS OF DIFFERENT SYSTEM SPECIFIC DISEASES

Objective: To elucidate the frequency of intentional and unintentional non-adherence to medication among patients of different systemic diseases. Study Design: Comparative cross sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Pak Emirates Military Hospital and Combined Military Hospital Rawalpindi, from Nov 2018 to Jun 2019. Methodology: A total of 80 patients belonging to 4 system specific diseases Asthma, Myocardial infarction (MI), Stroke, Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) were recruited. Twenty patients in each group were taken for comparison of medication adherence in their respective disease. Diagnostic Adherence Medication Scale (DAMS) was used for the purpose of data collection. Results: Overall there were 24 (30%) females and 56 (70%) were male patients. Diagnostic adherence medication scale revealed that 40% of the sample was non adherent and 60% were adherent towards their respective medication. Further in non-adherent 23.57% were un-intentionally non-adherent. Non adherence was found more in stroke patients. Chronic kidney disease patients were found most adherent towards medications (70%). Conclusion: The present study highlighted unintentional medication non adherence as a significant barrier for providing complete medical care to the patients of the selected diseases.
Diagnosis of STEMI and Non-STEMI Heart Attack using Nature-inspired Swarm Intelligence and Deep Learning Techniques

Acute heart attack is associated with 30% mortality rate, among those 50% of death occur before arriving to a hospital. The ST elevated myocardial infarction (STEMI) and non-STEMI heart condition may lead to heart attack which can be prevented if detected ahead of time. 2D convolutional neural network (CNN) uses 2D data has been successfully applied to machine vision, plant disease diagnosis and medical field. Acquiring 2D images such as CT, MRI, and PET data can be prohibitively expensive. On the other hand, there are many 1D biomedical signals, such as ECG, that is more affordable and can be used for medical diagnosis of heart diseases as an example. The purpose of this paper is to propose the use of 1D CNN for medical diagnosis relying on more affordable 1D biomedical signal. To reduce the computational burden and enhance performance, the firefly algorithm (FA) is first applied to reduce the number of features needed for classification by the 1D CNN. The proposed 1D CNN combined with FA technique was applied to STEMI and Non-STEMI heart attack diagnosis using ECG signals. The method was trained and tested using A clinically available synchronously acquired ECG signal database from physionet was used to train and evaluate the performance of the proposed technique. The correctly classified outcome using FACNN is 84.84% with kappa statistics of . 693, while average performance from other popular machine learning algorithm were 78.54% correctly classified outcome and kappa statistics of . 56.
Antibacterial and antioxidant activities of Phlorotannins extracted from Sargassum linifolium brown alga

Phlorotannins are a group of complex polymers of phloroglucinol whichare unique compounds from marine brown algae. In the present study,Phlorotannins polyphenol compounds have been extracted fromSargassum linifolium brown alga and identified by FT-IR and UPLCMS/MS. Moreover, the total phenolic content was determined by theFolin–Ciocalteu assay. The results demonstrated the presence of polyphenolic compounds in the extract with higher levels about (22.19 ±3.42) mg / gram gallic acid. In addition S. linifolium phlorotanninsextract showed higher antioxidant activity about 63.56 mg/g dry weight.Also, the bactericidal activity of phlorotannins extract has beenexamined against food-borne pathogenic bacteria. The result showedthat phlorotannins has higher bacteriostatic activity, which lead tobacterial growth inhibition and bacterial death . These results suggestedthat S.linifolium phlorotannins extract could be utilized as a good sourceof antimicrobial agent in pharmaceutical industry.
A conjecture on a symmetric diagonal Diophantine equation of degree six

In this paper, we conjecture that the symmetric diagonal Diophantine equation x + ky + k′z3 = u + kv + k′w3 has infinitely many nontrivial solutions for all rational numbers k and k′. This conjecture is proved for certain cases. AMS Subject Classification: Primary: 11D45; Secondary: 11H52.
Effect of foliar application of zinc and boron on growth of Ascocenda orchid var. Big Suksamran

A study to assess the influence of foliar application of zinc and boron on the growth of Ascocenda var. Big Suksamaran was carried out at Vellanikkara during the period from May 2018 to May 2019. Foliar application of micronutrients, viz., zinc (as zinc sulphate) and boron (as boric acid), was done at 100 ppm and 250 ppm at fortnightly intervals. Application of 100 ppm boron was the best for plant height, shoot diameter, number of leaves, and leaf area.
Reflections on Self-tracking Routines: Conducting Maintenance of Digital Data

Abstract : Self-tracking technology is considered a critical learning and motivational resource that at best helps people self-reflect, thereby promoting attempts to make changes to lifestyle routines. This study examines how people incorporate this technology into their daily practices and the routines that self-tracking technology produces. The study is based on an in-depth empirical analysis of a sample of interviews of volunteer participants of a pilot study aiming to promote health and wellness. The interviews took place in two phases: first, after three months of self-tracking (in total 27 interviewees) and second, at the end of the pilot study after ten months of self-tracking (in total 21 interviewees). The analysis focused on the participants’ reflections on their user experiences of a self-tracking device, the data that this produced and the resulting routines. The results suggest that people’s self-tracking routines are often related to the maintenance of a visible and continuous data flow in self-tracking applications. Routines for wearing, tending to and communicating with self-tracking devices play an important role. These routines are either only remotely related or not necessarily at all related to making changes to lifestyle routines that affect health and wellness. The development of routines through novel artefacts involve much invisible work and can even lead to unintended consequences. During self-tracking, the focus may remain on the technology alone and on attempts to develop routines for maintaining a continuous, accurate flow of data, rather than on actually making lifestyle changes. Keywords : routines; artefacts; health and wellness promotion; pilot study; self-tracking.
Possible Protective Effect of Endothelin-1 Receptor Antagonist on Renal Impairment in Type 2 Diabetic Rats

Background: Diabetic nephropathy (DN) is characterized by persistent albuminuria and progressive decline in glomerular filtration rate (GFR). Bosentan is a non-peptide mixed antagonist of ET-1. Aim: To investigate the possible protective role of bosentan on renal impairment in T2DM rats and the mechanisms concerned. Materials: Fifty rats were randomly divided into five equal groups; Non-Diabetic (ND), Diabetic non-treated (DN), Diabetic Bosentan-treated (D-Bos.), Diabetic Metformin-treated (D-Met.), Diabetic combined Bosentan and Metformin-treated groups (D-Bos& Met.). T2DM was induced by Streptozotocin (STZ) (35mg/kg) and high fat diet (HFD) for 3 weeks. Both Bosentan and metformin were given orally for 4 weeks. At the end of the experiment, 24hrs urine samples were collected to measure urine (volume, albumin, NAG and creatinine), renal blood flow velocity (RBFV) and peripheral renal resistance (RVR) were measured using Doppler technique. Blood was collected directly from abdominal aorta to estimate fasting serum glucose, glycosylated hemoglobin (HBA1c), serum insulin, complete lipid profile, renal function tests and parameters of oxidative stress: malondialdehyde (MDA), total antioxidant capacity (TAC) and tumor necrosis factor-α (TNFα). Insulin resistance, serum LDL-cholesterol, urinary albumin creatinine ratio (UACR) and creatinine clearance (CC) were calculated. Results: Serum cysteine c, BUN, urinary albumin and UACR were significantly lowered in both D-Bos. & D-Met when compared to the corresponding values in DN while urinary volume, urinary creatinine, CC and RBFV were significantly elevated but serum creatinine, NAG & RVR were significantly lowered in D-Bos. only. Conclusion: Bosentan and metformin treatment both have a renoprotective effect. Combined treatment showed better results.