Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Dual Band Filter-Antenna with Fixed Low Band and Frequency-Agile High Band for Wireless Communications

This work proposes a design of compact filter-antenna with fixed and frequency-agile bands for wireless communications and cognitive radio (CR) systems. The filter-antenna is realized by attaching a bandpass filter with an independent fixed band and a tunable band to a UWB antenna. The dual bandpass filter consists of a folded open loop resonator loaded with single varactor diode at a suitable location to achieve reconfigurability operations for the high band while the low band remains fixed at 4.5 GHz. A reconfigurable broadband frequency range of 3.2 GHz from 7.8 to 4.6 GHz is achieved for the high band by changing the capacitance of the varactor from 0.16 to 2.25 pF, respectively. A prototype of the filter-antenna is fabricated and measured at a selected capacitance of 0.6 pF to verify the simulation results. Good agreements between simulated and measured results are obtained.
Review on Analysis of Different Malware Types in Android System

--Vindictive programming location and furthermore its remedy is vital factor in the portable correspondence framework. It's giving a lethal harm in versatile framework which influences the client and portable application. It comes in various configurations, for example, infections, dangers, worms, Trojans and so on. There are numerous impetuses broke down behind iOS and android between the years 2009-2018. Android gadgets give incredible market from open engineering of Android, and the ubiquity in its APIs. As the prevalence increments, bringing about huge raises in malware recognition software's. There are numerous strategies acknowledged by scholastic analysts, regular mark based and static examination techniques which checks the powerlessness in nature. There are numerous strategies discovered which shield from infections, for example, dangers to the current security authorizations, profound learning strategy, development of malware, investigation of hostile to examination technique and existing location procedures.
Survey of Customers Satisfaction at the College of Law and Governance in Hawassa University, Hawassa-Ethiopia

This study was conducted with the objective of examining the level of customer satisfaction experienced by the students and staffs of College of Law and Governance in Hawassa University by employing the SERVVQAL scale of satisfaction gap analysis. By quantitatively designing the study, and applying convenient sampling technique, the data were collected through survey questioners from about 233 students and 50 staffs of the college. To carry out the data analysis, IBM SPSS statistics 25 was used. The findings reveal that both students and staffs are dissatisfied in the services provided by the college though with differing degree of dissatisfaction. The overall satisfaction gap analysis justifies that there is a significant difference between expectations and perceptions of the customers. The study also assured as there is no significant difference of expectations and perceptions between the customers of the two schools. After all, this research justifies the fact that education quality is highly missing in the higher educations of developing countries like Ethiopia.
Development of performance indicators for innovation management in nursing units of community hospitals affiliated to the Ministry of Public Health

Kanyawee Mokekhaow, Suchittra Luangamonlert, Nongluk Chintanadilok and Netchanok Sritomma Development of performance indicators for innovation management in nursing units of community hospitals affiliated to the Ministry of Public Health J Pub Health Dev. 2017;15(2):55-68 Performance indicators of innovation management are essential for organization development in competition situation that rapidly change. This study developed performance indicators for innovation management in nursing units at community hospitals by using quantitative methods. The development processes of the performance indicators for innovation management are presented as follows: 1) definition of operational terms; 2) creation of questions from the definition of terms, which resulted in 24 indicators of 3 components; 3) content validity testing by nine experts, with a CVI = 0.84; 4) determining the internal consistency reliability with thirty head nurses of nursing units from community hospitals, with a Cronbach’s Alpha Coefficient for input to the innovation process component at 0.88, the innovation process component at 0.91, and Output at 0.78; 5) testing of the construct validity by using factor analysis to extract indicators from the implementation process, with 294 head nurses in nursing units of community hospitals. The research instrument for measuring innovation management performance of nursing units at community hospitals affiliated with the Ministry of Public Health contain of 3 components with 23 indicators: 1) input to the innovation process is composed of 10 indicators, e.g. time and budget allotted to training; 2) the innovation process is composed of 9 indicators, e.g. sharing experience between nursing units to help learning for creating innovations at nursing units, and 3) output is composed of 4 indicators, e.g. innovations of nursing units have been created and/or there have been more innovations over the past five years. The developed instrument was congruent with empirical data (x = 0, GFI= 1.000, RMSEA= 0.053) The developed instrument can be used to measure nursing unit management performance and to be used to policy formulation and strategic planning to innovation management at the level of nursing units at community hospitals affiliated to the Ministry of Public Health, Thailand.
Transversus Abdominis Plane Block versus Wound Infiltration with Conventional Local Anesthetics in Adult Patients Underwent Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

Background How to effectively control the postoperative pain of patients is extremely important to clinicians. Transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block is a novel analgesic method reported to greatly decrease postoperative pain. However, in many areas, there still exists a phenomenon of surgeons using wound infiltration (WI) with conventional local anesthetics (not liposome anesthetics) as the main means to decrease postoperative pain because of traditional wisdom or convenience. Here, we compared the analgesic effectiveness of the two different methods to determine which method is more suitable for adult patients. Materials and methods. A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) comparing TAP block and WI without liposome anesthetics in adult patients were performed. Frequently used databases were extensively searched. The main outcomes were postoperative pain scores in different situations (at rest or during movement) and the time until the first use of rescue analgesics. The secondary outcomes were postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) incidence and patient satisfaction scores. Results Fifteen studies with 983 participants met the inclusion criteria and were included in the present study. The heterogeneity in the final analysis regarding the pain score was low to moderate. The major results of the sensitivity analysis were stable. WI had the same analgesic effect as TAP block only at the one-hour postoperative time point (mean difference = −0.32, 95% confidence interval (-0.87, 0.24), P = 0.26) and was associated with a shorter time until the first rescue analgesic and poorer patient satisfaction. Conclusion TAP block results in a more effective and steady analgesic effect than WI with conventional local anesthetics in adult patients from the early postoperative period and obtains higher patient satisfaction.
Effects of root canal irrigants and medicaments on dentin and vice versa: a review of Literature

Microorganisms are very important in the initiation of pulpo-periapical pathosis. Due to the complexity of the root canal system, the mechanical instrumentation of the root canal system should be supplemented with proper canal irrigants and medicaments. It has been revealed that due to the interactions of canal irrigants and medicaments with dentin and contents of the canal system, the antimicrobial effect of canal irrigants and medicaments in canal (ex vivo) are different from that in vitro. Furthermore, root canal irrigants may decrease the fracture resistance of dentin. The purpose of this paper was to review the data on the interactions between root canal irrigants/medicaments and dentin/root canal contents.
A comparison of different methods for building Bayesian kriging models

Kriging is a statistical approach for analyzing computer experiments. Kriging models can be used as fast running surrogate models for computationally expensive computer codes. Kriging models can be built using different methods, the maximum likelihood estimation method and the leave-one-out cross validation method. The objective of this paper is to evaluate and compare these different methods for building kriging models. These evaluation and comparison are achieved via some measures that test the assumptions that are used in building kriging models. We apply kriging models that are built based on the two different methods on a real high dimensional example of a computer code. We demonstrate our evaluation and comparison through some measures on this real computer code.
Teaching and Learning Music Theory in the Age of AI and Mobile Technologies

Mobile technologies coupled with the power of artificial intelligence offer many affordances for educators and learners alike. This paper presents a case of a music mobile app, Harmonia-on-the-Go, created for the purpose of teaching and learning an area in music theory that deals with chord grammar. As a kind of personal tutoring tool, the app generates automated feedback that reinforces the harmonic theory to be learnt. Student users can practise creating chord progressions anytime, anywhere, with immediate feedback given. If registered as a user, they can seek supplementary asynchronous feedback from the music teacher; learning analytics will also be generated for their self-monitoring of their own learning. For the teacher, the app reduces mundane marking but more invaluably, it frees up time for them to focus on monitoring students’ learning as reflected in the learning analytics generated. They can in turn offer remedial teaching if necessary. The “Consult” function in the app also gives the teacher an additional platform, outside of class, to address students’ questions.The article presents some brief observations from the pilot testing of the app, conducted with fifty high school students. It ends by articulating how this app can potentially transform the teaching and learning of music theory.
A Survey of Imperfection of Existing Recommender Systems for AcademicFraternity

: The gigantic growth of information on the Internet makes discovery information challenging and time consuming. We are encircledby a plethora of data in the form of blogs, papers, reviews, and comments on different websites. Recommender systems endow a solution to this situation by automatically capturing user interests and recommending respective information the user may also find relevant. The purpose of developing recommender systems is to detract information overload by retrieving the most pertinent knowledge and services from anenormousamount of data, thereby providing personalized services. The most vital feature of a recommender system is its proficiency to “supposition” a user’s preferences and interests by examiningthe behavior of this user and/or the behavior of other users to originate personalized recommendations. So several research works have been done in this area, but nothing consolidated has been appraised. In this paper, we are going to discuss a brief summary of imperfection in the available recommender system. We are also trying to figure out theseshortcomingsofthe available recommender system to generate a new method that improves these shortcomings.
Efficient Adder Compressor Design for Sum of Absolute Difference Calculation

—In video encoding Motion Estimation is the technique used to exploit temporal redundancy of video sequences. The Motion vector defines the change of previous frame from its present frame of the video in the Block Matching Algorithm. An accurate method is required to calculate the motion vector. The Sum of Absolute Differences (SAD) is the best distortion metric used to obtain the best match in Integer Motion Estimation. SAD calculation is one of the most time consuming operations of video encoders. SAD architectures employ an adder tree to accumulate the coefficients from absolute difference between two video frames. The 8:2 adder compressors implemented using combination of 4:2 adder compressor is found to be better among all the architectures based on delay and power consumption. The SAD architecture using four different structures of adder compressors are simulated using Xilinx ISE. The system performances are evaluated by comparing the power dissipation, delay and area.
Patient Safety needs the urgent attention of all healthcare professionals

Recent advances in modern medicine and medical technology have enabled development of effective lifesaving and life-enhancing procedures, which have helped in achieving successful diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of majority of the patients. The longstanding medical principle, ‘First, do no harm’, is universally accepted as the basis of modern medical practice [1]. Healthcare professionals thus try hard to ensure that under no circumstances patients have to experience an ‘Adverse Event’. Adverse Event (AE) is an unintended or unexpected harm caused by health care management rather than by the patient’s underlying disease process and which might result in an increased morbidity, permanent disability or even death [2, 6]. However, in spite of these efforts by healthcare professionals, evidence suggests that around the world AEs, including those preventable, continue to threaten the safety of a small but significant proportion of patients.
Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide at Aigüestortes, Central Pyrenees, Spain

In order to improve the understanding of the carbon cycle in the Pyrenean region two atmospheric monitoring mountain stations were set up within the Long-Term Ecological Research node of Aigüestortes i Estany de Sant Maurici at Central Pyrenees, Spain. The atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2) was measured over 2008-2014 and 2010-2014 at Estany Llong site (ELL) and Centre de Recerca d’Alta Muntanya (CRAM), respectively. Measurements were carried out fortnightly off-line with high precision instrumentation at ELL and every minute on-line with a lower precision sensor at CRAM in conjunction with meteorological variables. The two data sets were analyzed in this study, quantifying whenever possible annual growth rates (AGR), seasonal variability and diurnal amplitudes. Results were also compared with the NOAA Marine Boundary Layer (MBL) reference product and CO2 data from other background monitoring stations. Four-harmonics adjusted CO2 data from ELL showed a high correlation with the NOAA MBL reference product for the same latitude (Spearman’s rho ρ=0.96). In addition, AGRs of CO2 at ELL correlated well with those observed at Mace Head (MHD) station (ρ=0.94), suggesting that ELL can be considered a background station. Winter CRAM CO2 data was not statistically different from ELL data, while in summer it was 5.5 ppm lower on average, suggesting a higher photosynthesis uptake. The amplitude of the CO2 diurnal cycle at
Probiotics and gastrointestinal diseases: A promising complementary medicine resource for treatment of gastrointestinal disorders and diseases

Context: Probiotics are living microorganisms (bacteria or yeasts) whose swallowing in an appropriate number has beneficial effects on host health and improves the host microflora. Different types of digestive diseases are treated by probiotics, including inflammatory gastrointestinal diseases, functional gastrointestinal disorders, irritable bowel syndrome and ulcerative colitis. Aims: To analyze the role of the effect of probiotics on gastrointestinal disorders, especially intestinal illness. Methods: Articles related to “probiotics and digestive disorders and diseases” were searched in citation databases including PubMed, Institute for Scientific Information, Scopus, Google Scholar and Magiran. The search strategy was based on the terms “probiotics and gastrointestinal disorders”. Clinical trials and systematic reviews regarding the effects of probiotics on the prevention and treatment of gastrointestinal diseases were included. Irrelevant articles were deleted, and the rest of the articles were used to conduct review. Results: Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG, Bifidobacterium lactys, Streptococcus thermophilus, Saccharomyces boulardii, Escherichia coli Nissle, Probiotic VSL#3, Bacillus coagulants, Lactobacillus acidophilus and Streptococcus thermophilus are one of the most important probiotics that affect gastrointestinal disorders. Conclusions: According to the findings found in this review from clinical trials regarding the effects of probiotics on the prevention and treatment of gastrointestinal diseases, there is evidence that the probiotics have beneficial effects on the gastrointestinal disorders.
Evaluation on Addition of Powder And Liquid Probiotic In Poultry Feed Towards Intestinal Microflora of Layer

This research aims to discover the effect of powder and liquid probiotic addition towards intestinal microflora of layer. This research involved 144 Isa Brown hens with 6 months (24 weeks) age and liquid probiotic containing Lactobacillus sp bacteria with the composition of 1,4 x 1010 cfu/ml, while the powder probiotic that was used using skim milk media was processed into powder. The method used was experimental, employing nested Completely Randomized Design (CRD) with 2 factors and 6 actions, in which every action is given 4 times repetition; each repetition consisted of 6 layers. The data was analyzed using variety analysis and examined further by the Duncan test. Research result showed that the addition of powder or liquid Lactobacillus sp probiotic gave a positive effect on the amount of TPC Lactic Acid Bacteria (LAB), Salmonella sp, and Escherecia coli. It can be concluded that the addition of powder probiotic is better than the liquid one on the amount of TPC LAB, Salmonella sp, and Escherecia coli in intestine of layer. Key Word: Probiotic, Microflora, Intestinal --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Date of Submission: 20-05-2018 Date of acceptance: 05-06-2018 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hardware Implementation of Flatness Based Nonlinear Sensorless Control Level for Three-Tank System

This paper deals with the flatness-based approach for sensorless control of the three-tank system. Two main characteristics of the proposed control deserve to be mentioned. Firstly, the relative simplicity of implementation compared with the other advanced output feedback controller. Secondly, the estimation of the non-measurable states using a continuous-discrete time observer which can provide, even for weakly sampled output, all the missing states. Simulation and experimental results show the applicability and the efficiency of the proposed control scheme
Picture CAPTCHAs With Sequencing: Their Types and Analysis

CAPTCHAs are employed on web systems to differentiate between human users and automated programs which indulge in spamming and other fraudulent activities. CAPTCHAs currently in use have been broken and rendered ineffective as a result of continuous evolution in CAPTCHA breaking. Thus, there is a need to employ stronger CAPTCHAs to keep these breaking attacks at bay while retaining ease of implementation on websites and ease of use for humans. In this paper, we introduce Se-quenced Picture Captcha (SPC). Each CAPTCHA round comprises of object pictures, each of which may be accompanied by a Tag. The user is required to determine the logical sequence of the displayed object pictures based on the Tags. We identify two generation schemes - one in which object pictures indicate an inherent sequencing and one in which explicit Tags are displayed for determining the sequencing. We also analyze all these schemes. The advantages of high user convenience and simplicity of operation are retained in both generation types.
The Mars-Rover Case Study Modelled Using INTO-CPS

The INTO-CPS project strives to preserve the diversity of disciplines such as software, mechatronic and control engineering, which have evolved notations and theories that are tailored to their engineering needs. We illustrate the utility of the proposed engineering approach to manage, track and monitor model artefacts used in collaborative heterogeneous modelling by applying it to ESA’s Mars Rover case study, originating from earlier work performed in the DESTECS project. We describe the transition from the Crescendo technology to an INTOCPS setting and report on the results and the challenges of our case study.
Hepatologie: Langsame Fortschritte in der Behandlung der chronischen Hepatitis C

Das Hepatitis-C-Virus (HCV) wurde 1989 entdeckt. Noch im selben Jahr konnte in ersten Therapiestudien mit Interferon-alpha eine Heilung der chronischen Hepatitis C in etwa 10% der Patienten aufgezeigt werden (Di Bisceglie et al. 1989). In den folgenden Jahren konnte der Erfolg der Interferon-Therapie dank höheren Dosen und längerer Behandlungsdauer auf 27% «sustained response» verbessert werden. Als «sustained response» (SR) wird eine anhaltende Normalisierung der Transaminasen (biochemical SR) zusammen mit negativem Virusnachweis mittels RT-PCR (virological SR) über mehr als 6 Monate nach Beendigung der Therapie bezeichnet. Patienten mit SR können für praktische Zwecke als geheilt bezeichnet werden. Einige Jahre später konnte die SR dank der Kombination von Interferon-alpha mit Ribavirin auf 38% verbessert werden (McHutchison et al. 1998). Sehr eindrücklich war vor allem die SR von 69% bei Patienten mit einer HCVInfektion durch die Genotypen 2 oder 3. Deutlich schlechter waren allerdings die Ergebnisse für Patienten mit einer HCV-Genotyp-1-Infektion: Nur gerade 28% hatten einen SR nach 12 Monaten Kombinationstherapie. Mit der Einführung der pegylierten Interferone (Pegasys; PegIntron) ist nun in den letzten Jahren ein weiterer Fortschritt erzielt worden (Fried et al. 2002; Manns et al. 2001). Die SR für Genotyp 1 konnte auf 54% bis 56%, diejenige bei Genotyp 2 oder 3 auf 76% bis 80% gesteigert werden (Abb. 1). Im Vergleich zu den anfänglich erzielten 10% sind das beeindruckende Verbesserungen. Allerdings müssen diese in kontrollierten Therapiestudien erreichten Heilungsraten im Hinblick auf die tägliche Praxis relativiert werden. Viele der Patienten mit einer chronischen Hepatitis C entsprechen nicht den Einschlusskriterien dieser Studien, und noch mehr Patienten haben Komorbiditäten wie z.B. Drogenabusus, HIV-Koinfektion, Depression, welche in all diesen Studien Ausschlusskriterien waren. Zudem wurden häufig Patienten mit minimaler oder mässiger Leberfibrose behandelt, also Patienten, bei denen eine Behandlung nicht dringend war. Überspitzt gesagt wurden häufig nicht die Patienten behandelt, die es am meisten nötig hätten, sondern die, bei denen eine Therapie die besten Aussichten auf Erfolg hatte. In der Praxis ausserhalb von Studien ist die chronische Hepatitis C nach wie vor in der Hepatologie: Langsame Fortschritte in der Behandlung der chronischen Hepatitis C