Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Assessment of transportation stress in Dromedary camel (Camelus dromedarius) by using behavioural and physiological measures

Transportation is often considered as one of the main causes of stress raising considerable interest, both in animal welfare and economic fields. Stressful transportation of camel may cause severe welfare consequences and economic losses. Therefore, this study was conducted to assess the stress resulting from transportation of Dromedary Camel (Camelus dromedarius) by measuring some behavioural and physiological responses. Camels were imported from Dongola quarantine in Sudan to Arqueen (at the borders between Egypt and Sudan) by walking for about 450 km. After that, camels are transported from Arqueen to Abu Simble quarantine in Aswan. According to method of transportation, camels were randomly assigned into three groups; group 1 (camels were transported by trucks for about 150 km, taking about 2-3 h), group 2 (camels were transported by walking for about 90 km, lasting for about 24 h), and group 3 (non-transported camels). In Abu Simble quarantine, 30 healthy males (5-7 years and 300-400 kg b.wt.) were selected for each group (three replicates for each). Some behaviours were selected from the ethogram and are used in the analysis which include comfort (recumbency and standing), ingestive (feeding and rumination), eliminative (defecation and urination) and body care (rubbing, scratching and nipping). All behaviours were recorded in the morning and afternoon by direct personal observation for 60 min with an interval of 5 min and calculated as a frequency per total observation time. Furthermore, blood samples were collected just after arrival of camels (T0) and at 18 h after arrival (T18) for hematological examination (PCV%, total RBCs and WBCs) and measurement of some blood parameters including total protein, albumin, globulin, glucose and cortisol. The results revealed that the frequency of standing, feeding, defecation, urination, scratching and total body care behaviours, were significantly decreased in group 1(81.24, 33.51, 6.48, 9.12, 3.87 and 12.80) and group 2 (10.80, 31.67, 1.40, 2.19, 1.25 and 10.96) including transported camels in comparison to control group (97.26, 47.62, 12.16, 16.44, 12.88 and 21.06) respectively. The frequency of recumbancy was increased in transported groups as compared to control one. The results of haematological examination indicated that there is a significant increase in PCV% and neutrophil count and a significant decrease in lymphocyte count in groups 1 and 2 as compared to control one. Camels transported by trucks had a significant high level of cortisol at T0 (17.21 μg/dl) and T18 (6.14 μg/dl) in comparison to other groups. In conclusion, transportation of camels either by trucks or walk imposes a marked stress upon them as indicated by behavioural and physiological measures.
Time to Prevent the Development of Diabetic Nephropathy

In the last two decades, a dramatic shift in the paradigm of management of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) has been settled. Reduction of diabetic complications became the primary target instead of focusing on the mere glycemic control. The tight blood sugar control among Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus (T1DM) and T2DM patients aimed at avoidance of long-term complications of this disease. In spite of the significant influence of this approach on the incidence of these complications, the outcome is still not satisfactory. The frequent failure to achieve tight blood sugar control and the lack of hypoglycemic agents that are capable to combat the underlying pathogenic mechanisms of diabetic complications underlie this unsatisfactory outcome. These drawbacks are overcome in the newly introduced hypoglycemic agents. These agents were initially introduced to better control blood sugar in T2DM. However, accumulating evidence proved their possible favorable effects in T1DM and T2DM. In this review, we are going to discuss these mechanisms and highlight the therapeutic value of the early use of these agents to prevent the development of diabetic nephropathy.
The feasibility of TECH: Tablet Enhancement of Cognition and Health, a novel cognitive intervention for people with Mild Cognitive Impairment

This paper presents a novel cognitive intervention utilizing touchscreen tablet applications for self-training: TECH-’Tablet Enhancement of Cognition and Health’ and examined its feasibility for older adults with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI). A single-blind randomized controlled trial was conducted and participants were allocated to TECH (experimental) or control group. This paper focuses only on the TECH group. Twenty-eight community-dwelling older adults with MCI (age range 65–87) participated in the TECH groups. Feasibility (adherence and satisfaction from the program) was high. Data collection is still ongoing to establish the effectiveness of TECH for people with MCI.
Future Demands from Artificial Vascular Grafts: A Short Communication on the Basis of a Case Report

Based on the story of an operated patient, in this article, by mentioning current hemorrhagic problems of the vascular grafts, a number of ideas was presented that could guide the researches on artificial vascular grafts. A 59-year-old man was operated for carotid artery stenosis and then was revised 2 days after surgery due to acute hematoma at the incision site. During the surgical exploration, it was observed that the patient had a hemorrhagic diathesis due to the incompatibility between anticoagulant and antiaggregant usage in addition to the active bleeding from a needle hole on the polytetrafluoroethylene patch. Hemostasis was achieved with appropriate applications involving the combination of surgical and medical interventions. By means of this case, it was once again seen that vascular grafts has not been completed their development strictly. “The Mnemotechny Grafts” and/ or “The Sandwich Grafts” detailed in this article will lead to the formation of new vascular grafts that can offer the sought solution.
Investigating the Performances of Direct Torque and Flux Control for Dual Stator Induction Motor with Direct and Indirect Matrix Converter

This work investigates the performances of Direct Torque Control (DTC) of Dual Stator Induction Motor (DSIM) powered by two types of Matrix Converter (MC), namely the direct and indirect MC. To this end, the design of DTC with conventional Direct Matrix Converter (DMC) is firstly presented. Then, in order to illustrate the main feature of Indirect Matrix Converter (IMC) in terms of the output voltages and input currents waveforms, the full steps of IMC are well explained. To discuss the performance of each scheme, both techniques are simulated in the Matlab / Simulink environment for a 4.5 kW DSIM at different operating conditions. The obtained results show that the IMC provides high performance in torque and flux at different conditions and while minimization the Total Harmonic Distortion (THD) in the input current compared by the conventional DMC.
Trends of Using Local Plants for Common Diseases in Rural Areas of District Bagh Azad Jammu And Kashmir (Pakistan)

The present study describes anthropogenic pressure in some selected areas (Chowki, Noor Gala, Kain Gala, Chetrora, Kotteri Najam Khan) of district Bagh in the lesser Himalayas. The questionnaire and field sampling surveys were used to estimate the threats in the study area. The study was conducted from August 2017 to December 2017. A total of 25 plants were identified that are used for the treatment of different diseases. The data was analyzed by SPSS. Quantitative comparison of human population with collected plants in all selected sites showed that there was a significant difference among them.
Detecção de Opinião em Mensagens Curtas usando Comitê de Classificadores e Indexação Semântica

Resumo—A alta popularidade das redes sociais vem atraindo cada vez mais a atenção das empresas. O volume crescente de usuários e mensagens postadas tornam as redes sociais em ambientes frutı́feros para detecção de necessidades, tendências, opiniões e outras informações relevantes, que podem alimentar bancos de dados de departamentos de marketing e vendas. Contudo, a maioria das redes sociais impõe limite no tamanho das mensagens, fazendo com que os usuários compactem seus textos por meio de abreviações, gı́rias e sı́mbolos. Trabalhos recentes indicam avanços na redução do impacto que as mensagens curtas e ofuscadas têm em tarefas de categorização de textos, ao serem pré-processadas com dicionários semânticos e modelos ontológicos. Nesse sentido, é proposto neste trabalho um sistema de comitê de máquinas de classificação para encontrar automaticamente a melhor combinação entre métodos de classificação e técnicas recentes de processamento de linguagem natural, com o intuito de detectar a polaridade de mensagens curtas e ruidosas. Os experimentos realizados foram diligentemente projetados e analisados estatisticamente, indicando que o sistema proposto é superior aos demais métodos preditivos avaliados.
Reverse biased nanocrystalline graphite (NCG)/p-Si schottky junction for methane gas sensor

An investigation on the effect of the reverse biased operation of NCG/p-Si Schottky contact during methane gas exposure at room temperature has been presented. The experimental results show the larger current shift at the reverse bias operation, compared to the forward bias by exposing to methane gas. This can be attributed to the adsorption of methane gas into the metal surface layer and produces a negative charge at the junction, thus reduces the barrier height of the device. The reverse barrier height was calculated under the reverse bias condition, demonstrated the value decreased from 0.58-0.53eV towards a higher concentration of methane gas. The Schottky junction also affected by the increase in a free carrier when exposure to the reducing gas such as methane. Raman spectra are reported to be detected at G, D and 2D band with the grain size 1.88nm to exhibit single crystallite graphite properties. The results correlate well with the 3D AFM scans reveal the RMS surface roughness of 1.1 to 2.8nm.
Decisive factors for the adoption of silage in livestock production units in the dry tropics of northwestern Mexico Factores que determinan la adopción del ensilaje en unidades de producción ganaderas en el trópico seco del noroeste de México

* Corresponding author: Km. 13,5 de la Carretera los Reyes-Texcoco, Coatlinchan, Texcoco, Estado de México, C.P. 56250 Scientific and technological research article Decisive factors for the adoption of silage in livestock production units in the dry tropics of northwestern Mexico Factores que determinan la adopción del ensilaje en unidades de producción ganaderas en el trópico seco del noroeste de México
Content and chemical composition of the essential oil of Lippia gracilis Schauer accessions in different drying times

Lippia gracilis, popularly known in Brazil as ‘alecrim-de-tabuleiro’, is used for many purposes, especially as antimicrobial and antiseptic. The drying process of aromatic and medicinal plants aims to minimize the loss of active principles and slow their deterioration, which may greatly influence the yield and chemical composition of some species. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of drying times (0, 2, 4, and 8 days) on the content and chemical composition of the essential oil of L. gracilis accessions LGRA106, LGRA-109, and LGRA-201. The leaves were dried at 40 C, and essential oil was extracted by hydrodistillation. Chemical analysis was performed by GC/MS. The experiment was carried out in a completely randomized design with three replications. The accessions of L. gracilis LGRA-106, LGRA-109, and LGRA201 presented higher essential oil at four days of drying time. The accession LGRA-201 showed the highest essential oil yields at four and eight days of drying, with mean values of 0.038 and 0.029 mL g, respectively. The drying time did not influence the contents of thymol, methyl-thymol, γ-terpinene, and carvacrol in the essential oils of L. gracilis, but affected the contents of β-caryophyllene, p-cymene, and carvacrol acetate. The essential oils of the three accessions analyzed in this study revealed different chemical profiles.
Targeted Neonatal Echocardiography In Neonatal Intensive Care Unit In Sohag University Hospital: A prospective hospital based study

Background: Targeted neonatal echocardiography (TNE) is proposed to describe the use of targeted neonatal echocardiography to assess systemic and pulmonary blood ﬂow, myocardial function, intracardiac and extra cardiac shunts, organ blood ﬂow and tissue perfusion. It gives non-invasive information on the underlying cardiovascular pathophysiology causing hemodynamic instability and the response to treatment in an individual patient over time. Objective: Our main objective in this study is to delineate the impact of echocardiography on the management of unstable neonates at neonatal ICU at Sohag University Hospital.Methods: A prospective hospital-based study included 191 neonates. TNE was done for all included infants as indicated by the clinical team. TNE used to assess PDA regarding diagnosis of patency and hemodynamic significance. Right ventricular systolic pressure and Pulmonary artery pressure was assessed for diagnosis, management and follow up pf pulmonary hypertension. The main outcome was measured by the impact of TNE on the management plane of the included infants and their short term outcome. Results: there were 60 (31.41%) preterm newborns have PDA, 45 (75%) of them were hemodynamically significant, of them 28 were closed by medical treatment, 15 needed surgical ligation and 2 infants were died. There were 28 (14.65%) newborns had pulmonary hypertension, 27 cases were improved using medical treatment and one case died.
A.D. KHOMONENKO, M.M. KHALIL, D.T. KASSYMOVA PROBABILISTIC MODELS FOR EVALUATING THE PERFORMANCE OF CLOUD COMPUTING SYSTEMS WITH WEB INTERFACE

Khomonenko A.D., Khalil M.M. , Kassymova D.T. , Probabilistic Models for Evaluating the Performance of Cloud Computing Systems with Web Interface. Abstract. For cloud computing systems with web interface a set of probabilistic models is proposed. At the same time a model of Java applications with a web interface based on servlet and filters is considered. These models are based on queuing theory and extend its applications by studying the multichannel systems with “warm-up”, “cooling” and phase-type approximation of Markovian and non-Markovian processes. Transition diagrams and matrices for the microstates of queuing systems being models of applications with a web interface are described, and a scheme for computing the stationary probability distributions for requests number, waiting time and expected time in system is being developed. The paper discusses the received computation results of the proposed modeling approach and their application to assessing the performance of the cloud systems using applications based on servlet and filters.
To Evaluate the Effectiveness of Patient Education on Clinical Outcome in Hospitalized Diabetic patients by Clinical Pharmacist.

Abstract: The prevalence of the diabetes is increasing particularly in developing countries. Diabetes is a chronic illness that requires continuous medical care and patient education in order to prevent microvascular and macrovascular complications. Diabetes education is the cornerstone of diabetes care. Patients need education about diet, exercise, weight control, blood glucose monitoring, use of medications and adherence, foot and eye care. The objective of the study is to evaluate the effectiveness of patient education on clinical outcome of hospitalized diabetic patients and to assess the baseline knowledge of the patient towards diet, lifestyle modification, disease, medication and medication adherence. A hospital based prospective study conducted at Inpatient Department of Medicine. The result shown that baseline knowledge of the patient towards diet, disease and medication adherence was found to be very low. The lab parameters were observed at baseline and further for two fallow ups, that shows statistically significant improvement from baseline to first and second follow up. The positive improvement in lab parameter as HbA1c, FBS, PPBS, blood pressure (clinical outcome), due to an improvement in patient’s knowledge, dietary modification, lifestyle changes, understanding of disease, medication and improved medication adherence after providing patient education. The study further suggest, patient education by care providers is essential to encourage the patients for regular physical activity, improve dietary habits, to increase medication knowledge and adherence, which helps for improving clinical outcome in diabetic patients as well as other chronic diseases . Key Words: Patient education, Clinical outcome, lab parameters, medication adherence, lifestyle modification.
PENGARUH MODEL PEMBELAJARAN INKUIRI TERHADAP KETERAMPILAN BERPIKIR KRITIS SISWA KELAS XI MIA MAN 2 MATARAM EFFECTS OF INQUIRY LEARNING MODEL ON STUDENTS’ CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS OF GRADE XI MIA MAN 2 MATARAM

Biology learning implementation only involves a little portion of students thinking process. Thinking process is very important to train students' high-order thinking skills, including critical thinking as one of the important skills in the 21 st century. One of the learning models mandated in Curriculum 2013 is inquiry. This research aims to determine the effects of inquiry learning model on critical thinking skills of Grade XI Mathematics and Sciences of Mataram State Islamic Senior High School 2.This research was a Quasi Experiment with Non-Equivalent Control Group Design. The population of this research was all students of Grade XI Mathematics and Sciences ofMataram State Islamic Senior High School 2, with the sample of Grade XI Mathematics and Sciences Class 1 and 2 which was determined by purposive sampling. The data was collected using a test instrument and then analyzed by ancova (analysis of covariance). Ancova results indicate the differences in students’ critical thinking skills between experimental class and control class (p = 0.00 <0.05). Based on the result, H0 is rejected and Ha is accepted. Therefore, inquiry learning model affects the students' critical thinking skills of Grade XI Mathematics and Sciences. In conclusion, inquiry learning model can increase students' critical thinking skills.
How Bandung Smart City Policy Influences Its Citizen’s Quality of Life: I. Model Development

This study analyzes the significance of the decisio n of Bandung city government on implementing smart city policy to the citizens’ quality of life (QoL). This study applies the system thinking logic of the Causal Loop Diagram (CLD) adapted from the s ystem dynamics (SD) approach to track the appropriate variables of QoL in Bandung city wh ich is sufficient to be evaluated by the smart city framework. The outcome resulted from the model ing process is causal feedback loops and interrelationship which is employed to assist the a nalysis of issues that hamper both the dynamics of QoL and the development of smart city f ramework in Bandung city as the case study. Reflected from its initiation in 2010 and ch aracteristics of development trend until 2014, this explorative study identifies the cause and eff ect relationships between the QoL variables and the six main dimensions of Bandung Smart City progr am: smart people, smart living, smart economy, smart environment, smart government, and s mart mobility. This study proposes a result of Bandung Smart City strategic planning whi ch has been adapted to the maturity, readiness and capability of Bandung as smart city r esulting in an increase in the dynamics of the QoL in its society. This study promotes a holistic view and carries system thinking spirit in the decision making process and prejudice clarification f the uncertain and unpredictable shortcomings resulted from city problem.
Credit growth dynamics and banking crises

A large body of literature grants a central role to the credit-to-GDP ratio as being informative of cumulative vulnerabilities that jeopardize financial stability. It is argued that the dynamics of this variable, in particular its accelerations, can help anticipate banking crises and thus early warning systems often monitor its evolution. We explore this claim by using the so-called `1-filter which estimates the trend component of a series as a piecewise linear function of time. Turning points to this trend are very easy to identify and, when applied to the credit-to-GDP ratio, mark the beginning on regimes that may eventually lead to banking crises. Using a panel of 95 countries over a 50-year period ending in 2011, we are able to characterize such turning points and the dynamics of the credit-to-GDP ratio in the pre-crisis regime. We find an enormous degree of heterogeneity in the behavior of the credit-to-GDP ratio before the outbreak of a banking crisis, to the extent that this indicator alone appears to be disassociated, at least cross-sectionally, with the occurrence of banking crises. 2000 MSC: C22, E44, E51, G21
Approaching Humanities Questions Using Slow Visual Search Interfaces

In this paper we discuss a visual search system that was designed and implemented for humanities scholars to ask questions of large document corpora. The system allows searches to be specified through traditional search, as well as through providing reference documents or visually exploring a semantic ontology for terms of interest. We offer a discussion of using visualization to try to answer humanities questions and take an honest look at the difficulties of using a methodology of one discipline to solve the problems of another.
Serum Autofluorescence and Biochemical Markers in Athlete's Response to Strength Effort in Normobaric Hypoxia: A Preliminary Study

The human organism has the ability to adapt to hypoxia conditions. Training in hypoxia is used in sport to improve the efficiency of athletes; however, type of training affects the direction and scope of this process. Therefore, in this study, the usefulness of serum fluorescence spectroscopy to study the assessment of athlete's response to strength effort in hypoxia is considered in comparison with biochemical assay. Six resistance-trained male subjects took part in a research experiment. They performed barbell squats in simulated normobaric hypoxic conditions with deficiency of oxygen 11.3%, 13% 14.3% compared to 21% in normoxic conditions. Fluorescence intensity of tyrosine revealed high sensitivity on strength effort whereas tryptophan was more dependent on high altitude. Changes in emission in the visible region are associated with altering cell metabolism dependent on high altitude as well as strength training and endurance training. Significant changes in serum fluorescence intensity with relatively weak modifications in biochemical assay at 3000 m above sea level (ASL) were observed. Training at 5000 m ASL caused changes in fluorescence parameters towards the normobaric specific values, and pronounced decreases of lactate level and kinase creatine activity were observed. Such modifications of fluorescence and biochemical assay indicate increased adaptation of the organism to effort in oxygen-deficient conditions at 5000 m ASL, unlike 3000 m ASL. Fluorescence spectroscopy study of serum accompanied by biochemical assay can contribute to the understanding of metabolic regulation and the physiological response to hypoxia. The results of serum autofluorescence during various concepts of altitude training may be a useful method to analyze individual response to acute and chronic hypoxia. An endogenous tryptophan could be exploited as intrinsic biomarker in autofluorescence studies. However, these issues require further research.