Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Lip Detection in Video using AdaBoost and Kalman Filtering

: Lip reading is an active field that receives much attention from computer scientists. Its applications take part not only in science, such as a speech recognition system, but also in social activities, such as teaching pronunciation for deaf children in order to recover their speaking ability. In this paper, we aim to solve a narrower problem, the lip tracking, which is an essential step to provide visual lip data for the lip-reading system. Inspired by the idea of AVCSR, which has combined visual features with audio features to increase the accuracy in noisy environments, we use AdaBoost algorithm and Kalman filter for the face and lip detectors. Our result shows that the system can detect and track mouth motion in real time. It is a critical point that encourages more researches in the visual tracking and voice recognition fields.
Web Search Engine Based Naming Procedure f or Independent Topic

—In recent years, the number of document data has been increasing since the spread of the Internet. Many methods have been studied for extracting topics from large document data. We proposed Independent Topic Analysis (ITA) to extract topics independent of each other from large document data such as newspaper data. ITA is a method for extracting the independent topics from the document data by using the Independent Component Analysis. The topic represented by ITA is represented by a set of words. However, the set of words is quite diﬀerent from the topics the user imagines. For example, the top ﬁve words with high independence of a topic are as follows. Topic1 = {"scor", "game", "lead", "quarter", "rebound"}. This Topic 1 is considered to represent the topic of "SPORTS". This topic name "SPORTS" has to be attached by the user. ITA cannot name topics. Therefore, in this research, we propose a method to obtain topics easy for people to understand by using the web search engine, topics given by the set of words given by independent topic analysis. In particular, we search a set of topical words, and the title of the homepage of the search result is taken as the topic name. And we also use the proposed method for some data and verify its eﬀectiveness.
Regional Integration and Growth Spillovers: Is Africa an Economic Space?

The quest for regional integration has always been a key component for economic growth and development strategies in Africa. The expansion of goods markets as a result of the removal of trade barriers has the potential to overcome the many constraints associated with small national markets and provide opportunities for technology transfers, increased productivity, income generation, as well as job creation.
Farm Growth Performance of Local Gamo Highland Sheep in Chencha District , South Ethiopia

The study was conducted to compare Gamo x Bonga first filial generation (F1) crossbred sheep in Chencha district. A total of 93 local Gamo highland and 125 Gamo x Bonga F1 crossbred sheep were used for data analysis. The study revealed that the overall mean growth performance of local Gamo highland sheep for birth, weaning, six yearling weights were 2.12±2.20, 8.84±1.38, 14.40±1.73, 19.17±0.99 and 22.95±1.20 kg, respectively. The corresponding parameters up to six-month weig and 22.75±2.08 kg, respectively. Crossbred respective growth stages and attained early at six sheep’s market weight. Males showed higher values than females at all growth stages in general. mean daily weight gain (g day) of pre and post 52.3±0.7, respectively. The corresponding values (g day 86.0±3.4, respectively. The growth rate of Gamo x BongaF1 crossbred sheep were faster at both pre and post weaning than local Gamo highland sheep. Hence, it is possible to conclude th highland sheeph as improved sheep productivity in the study area.
Diagnostic accuracy of cerebrospinal fluid lactate in confirmed cases of acute bacterial meningitis in children

Objective: To determine the diagnostic accuracy of cerebrospinal fluid lactate level in confirmed cases of acute bacterial meningitis in children Methods: This cross sectional study was conducted in the Department of Paediatrics, King Edward Medical University/ Mayo Hospital, Lahore from January to December 2018. A total of 250 children, between two months - 12 years of age, of both the genders, with suspected acute bacterial meningitis were included by non-probability consecutive sampling. Each child was subjected to lumbar puncture for biochemistry, cytology, culture, and lactate level. CSF lactate level of 1.1-2.4 mmol/L was taken as normal, and >2.4 mmol/L was taken as cut off for acute bacterial meningitis. All collected data was entered and analyzed in SPSS version 22. A 2 x 2 table was made to calculate diagnostic accuracy, sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive value for CSF Lactate. Results: The sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value and diagnostic accuracy of CSF lactate taking CSF culture as gold standard was 100%, 60.61%, 17.27%, 100% and 63.6% respectively, with kappa of 0.19 and p value of 0.000. Conclusion: At a cut off value of 2.4 mmol/L, cerebrospinal fluid lactate level has a high diagnostic accuracy for acute bacterial meningitis.
BIOASSAY DIRECTED ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF BIOACTIVE COMPOUNDS FROM FRUIT PULP OF ANNONA MURICATA L

Annona muricata, a member of the Annonaceae family is a fruit tree with a long history of traditional and medicinal use. A. muricata, also known as Soursop, Graviola and Guanabana is an evergreen tree mostly distributed in tropical and subtropical regions of the world. Its fruits used to prepare ice creams, shakes, syrups and beverages. Information on this wild edible fruit is limited with reference to bioprospecting values. Hence, the study focused on the bioactive compounds present in the fruit pulp of A. muricata and their biological properties. Methanolic and Aqueous extracts of fruit pulp of A. muricata were subjected to the qualitative and quantitative phytochemical analysis. The Methanol and Aqueous extracts contains alkaloids (40% &8%), flavonoids (40% & 60%), terpenoids (50% & 50%), and wjert, 2018, Vol. 4, Issue 3, 298-308. World Journal of Engineering Research and Technology WJERT www.wjert. org ISSN 2454-695X Original Article SJIF Impact Factor: 5.218 *Corresponding Author Thenmozhi A. Research Student, Department of Biotechnology, Sri Krishna Arts and Science College, Kuniamuthur, Coimbatore 8.
Genetic Improvement Strategy of Indigenous Cattle Breeds: Effect of Cattle Crossbreeding Program on Their Reproductive Performances

The aim of the review is to summarize the fragmented information on the effects of cattle crossbreeding on reproductive performance of cattle in different parts of the globe. The performance of animals depends not only on their genetic merit but also on other factors such as feeding, health management and other environmental factors. All breeds have strong and weak traits; there is no single best breed in all traits. Crossbreeding native cattle of Bosindicus type and exotic Bostaurus cattle is now a widely used method of improving reproduction of cattle in the tropics and subtropics. Crossbreeding is the reverse of inbreeding and is economically important practice in livestock breeding. Crossbreeding is an attractive option for livestock genetic improvement because of the quick outputs obtained. Crossbreeding is a crucial genetic improvement option for the lowly heritable traits of animals such as fertility of cows. Crossbreeding programme should respect the principle of “the right animal in the right place”. Under extensive management system of the tropics and subtropics, exotic cattle blood level inheritance should be Review Article Mekonnen and Selam;AJBGE, 3(1): 19-30, 2020; Article no.AJBGE. 55222 20 from 50-62.5% for a maximum reproductive efficiency. Reproductive efficiency is a determinant factor for dairy and beef production efficiencies.Crossbreeding of highly productive and adapted breeds can improve overall performance. Heterosis is highest in F1 generation than in F2, F3 and F4 crossbred generations because the heterosis level is halved in each of the subsequent generations. Backcrossing reduces heterosis effects and thus reduces the advantages obtained from heterosis. However, it should be emphasized that heterosis cannot improve all traits, for example,carcass traits such as rib-eye area, marbling and meat tenderness. Calving interval affects total milk production of the dairy herd and the number of calves born, and is the most important index of reproductive performance.
Drug Susceptibility,Isolation and Identification of Pathogenic Bacterium Pseudomonas fluorescens from Koi Carp(Cyprinus carpio)

A gram-negative bacillus,KC-1strain,was isolated from heart and skin of koi carp(Cyprinus carpio)with red-skin disease,and then was identified as Pseudomonas fluorescens by morphological,and physiological methods,biochemical characters,16SrRNA and gyrB gene sequencing and analysis of phylogenetic trees.The results showed that the 1501bp 16SrRNA and 1215bp gyrB gene fragments of the KC-1isolate were obtained,and the sequence homology of 16SrRNA was 99.87% with P.fluorescens type strain LMG5831.Furthermore,the phylogenetic tree analysis showed that the KC-1strain was clustered closely with P.fluorescens(GenBank accession number of GU198110),and grouped into one cluster.Drug sensitivity test showed that KC-1strain was sensitive to gentamicin,amikacin,netilmicin,norfloxacin,ofloxacin,piperacillin,cefoperazone and tetracycline,and resistant to 24antibiotics such as ampicillin,amoxicillin,vancomycin,erythrocin,neomycin and furantoin.The findings will provide a scientific reference to identification of P.fluorescens in fish and to prevention of red-skin disease in koi carp.
STUDIES ON THE BREEDING AND FEEDING HABIT OF THE COAL TITS

The Coal tits (Parus ater ater Linnaeus) are beneficial and resident birds. In the habitats, they move in a regular way during September and October up to March next year. Tn the region of the Changbai Mountain, Jilin Province, they occur mainly in the coniferous forest zone of mountainous region (1,100-1,800 m. alt.) and in the coniferous and broadleaf mixed forest zone (780-1,100 m. alt.) during their breeding season.They begin nest building from the end of April to the beginning of May. Most of them make their nests in the tree holes; only one builds its nest in the gap of soil precipice. The nests (12 nests) are usually found at an elevation of 0.33-1.77 m. (7 nests), of 3.8-8.0 m. (4 nests), and of 21.4 m (1 nest) respectively from the ground. The nest building is carried out by only the females and it takes 10-11 days for them to complete their nest building. Many of bird females lay two hatches of eggs annually. A full clutch has 9-10 eggs in the first clutch and 7-8 eggs in the second clutch. An egg is laid at as early as 5:00 every morning for about 29-30 minutes. After laying an egg, the females stay in the nest for the night. The measurement of 22 eggs average 15 (14.4-15.8) × 11.8 (11.3-12) mm. in size and 0.93 (0.9-0.95) gins, in weight.Eggs are incubated by only the females and the incubation of eggs lasts 13-14 days. The percentage of hatching averages (3 clutches) 96.7% (90-100%). Some of them begin to lay the second clutch before the first one leaves the nest.After hatching, the young are fed for 17-18 days, 154 times( 5th day) and 279 times (15th day), by both the male and female birds. On leaving the nest, the body weight of the young birds averages 9.8 gms. and is about 10 times as much as that at the time of hatching. The survival rate of the four clutches under observation is a hundred per cent.
Mobile Applications: Games that Transform Education Mobile Applications: Games that Transform Education

: A breakthrough development in the crossing of education and technology has long been a subject of heated debate. The possibility of combining machine learning and attention-grabbing graphics to not only make learning easy and interesting, but personalized, was the original impetus for gamifying education. In this paper I investigate the history of technology and media through the lens of education, and attempt to apply the principles, practices, and insights gleaned there within to an educational mobile game. Specifically, the mobile app I designed for the iPhone and Android operating systems focuses on teaching players SAT I math concepts using Nintendo’s wildly popular Pokemon game design model.
ROOTING AND PROPAGATION BY STEM CUTTINGS OF TECOMA FULVA SP AREQUIPENSIS AND OTHER NATIVE SPECIES OF AREQUIPA (PERU) USING GROWTH REGULATORS

School of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Process Engineering, National University of San Agustin de Arequipa, Arequipa, Peru Academic Department of Agricultural Sciences, Faculty of Agronomy,National University of San Agustin de Arequipa, Arequipa, Peru Academic Department of Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences,National University of San Agustin de Arequipa, Arequipa, Peru ROOTING AND PROPAGATION BY STEM CUTTINGS OF TECOMA FULVA SP AREQUIPENSIS AND OTHER NATIVE SPECIES OF AREQUIPA (PERU) USING GROWTH REGULATORS
Dynamic Power and Energy Management for NCFET-Based Processors

Power and energy consumption are the key optimization goals in all modern processors. Negative capacitance field-effect transistors (NCFETs) are a leading emerging technology that promises outstanding performance in addition to better energy efficiency. The thickness of the added ferroelectric layer as well as frequency and voltage are the key parameters that impact the power and energy of NCFET-based processors in addition to the characteristics of runtime workloads. Unlike existing CMOS technologies, operating NCFET-based processors at a higher frequency than the required minimum can result in power/energy minimization. The optimal operating point, however, strongly depends on dynamic workload characteristics and technology parameters. In this work, we propose and implement the first NCFET-aware power and energy management approach that minimizes the processor’s power and energy through optimal voltage/frequency selection under different runtime scenarios. Such an NCFET-aware approach does not result in any tradeoff between power/energy and performance. Instead, it can achieve higher performance while minimizing energy. A comprehensive, simulation-based evaluation of our runtime management under realistic workloads demonstrates up to 58% energy saving with $2.1\times $ higher performance, and 46% power saving compared to conventional NCFET-unaware management techniques, over the total execution of a benchmark. Compared to state-of-the-art NCFET-aware management techniques, our technique provides up to 49% energy saving and 32% power saving.
Oridonin induces apoptosis via PI3K/Akt pathway in cervical carcinoma HeLa cell line

Aim:To investigate the apoptosis-inducing effect of oridonin,a diterpenoid iso- lated from Rabdosia rubescens,in the human cervical carcinoma HeLa cell line. Methods:A morphological analysis,nuclear condensation,and fragmentation of chromatin were monitored using Hoechst 33342 staining.Cell viability was as- sessed using the 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-(2)-yl)-2,5-diphenyl tetrazolium bromide (MTT) assay.Cell apoptosis and the apoptosis-related activation in the HeLa cell line were evaluated by flow cytometry and Western blotting.Results:Oridonin suppressed the proliferation of the HeLa cell line in a dose-and time-dependent fashion.Oridonin treatment downregulated the activation of protein kinase B (Akt),the expression of forkhead box class O (FOXO) transcription factor,and glycogen synthase kinase 3 (GSK3). Oridonin also induced the release of cyto- chrome c accompanied by the activation of caspase-3 and poly-adenosine diphos- phate-ribose polymerase cleavage.In addition,Z-D(OMe)-E(OMe)-V-D(OMe)- FMK (z-DEVD-fmk),an inhibitor of caspases,prevented caspase-3 activation and abrogated oridonin-induced cell death.Finally,oridonin treatment of the HeLa cell line downregulated the expression of the inhibitor of the apoptosis protein. Conclusion:Our results showed that oridonin-induced apoptosis involved sev- eral molecular pathways.Oridonin may suppress constitutively activated targets of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (Akt,FOXO,and GSK3) in the HeLa cell line, inhibiting the proliferation and induction of caspase-dependent apoptosis.
Plant-Based Diets for Type 1 Diabetes

Type 1 diabetes is a chronic autoimmune disease characterized by hyperglycemia resulting from the destruction of insulin-producing pancreatic beta-cells. The increasing incidence (at a worldwide rate of 3-5% a year) suggests that in addition to the genetic component, the risk may be influenced by environmental factors, including the diet. A plantbased diet has been shown to improve glycemic control in individuals with type 2 diabetes and to improve beta-cell function in overweight people but has not been thoroughly tested in type 1 diabetes due to its high carbohydrate content. We present two case studies of individuals with type 1 diabetes who adopted a plant-based diet and experienced a significant increase in insulin sensitivity, reductions in insulin dose, and improvements in cardiovascular risk factors.
Fungal Infections in Plateau State, Nigeria

This paper describes a study carried out on people of different ages with various skin diseases who submitted themselves for examination and diagnoses at the Dermatophylosis Research Centre of the National Veterinary Research Institute, Vom, Plateau State, Nigeria. Samples of skin scrapping were collected and cultured on Sabouraud Dextrose Agar (SDA) while some were examined under the microscope for possible morphological identification of the fungi. The results showed that out of the thirty samples analyzed, nine genera of fungi were isolated comprising of Trichophyton 10 (33.3%), Aspergillus 9 (30%), Penicillum 4 (13.32%), Microsporum 2 (6.70%), Epidermorphyton 1 (3.33%), Trichosporum 1 (3.33%), Cryptococcus 1 (3.33%), Mucor 1 (3.33%), and Cephalosporium 1 (3.33). The study revealed high incidence of human fungal diseases, a situation that calls for good hygiene practices in the study area to mitigate and possibly eradicate the prevalence of human skin diseases in the rural area of Plateau State. Original Research Article Enurah et al.; MRJI, 30(7): 67-79, 2020; Article no.MRJI. 58164 68
FABRICATION OF PdNPs DECORATED TiO2 NANOTUBES BY ELECTRODEPOSITION METHOD AS ANTICANCER MATERIALS

In this study palladium nanoparticles were prepared from using five derivatives of Mannich base palladium complexes which have been used as sources of palladium and decorated on TiO2NTs by using electrodeposition method. Prepared and investigated the physical properties of the anatase TiO2NTs phase before and after deposition Pd nanoparticles by using X-ray diffraction spectroscopy, transmission electron microscopy (TEM), field emission scanning electron microscope (FE-SEM), energy dispersive X-ray (EDX), and FT-IR technique and comprehensively investigated the effect of cytotoxic depending on the crystal form of TiO2NTs and Pd\TiO2NTs by using two type of cell lines cancer (MCF-7) and normal (WRL68). The result show that the inhibitory of cancer cell line increases when the palladium nanoparticles are deposited on the TiO2NTs surfaces.
Determinants of Patient Care and Satisfaction in Pakistan- A Scoping Review

Background: Pakistan established the Punjab healthcare commission to improve patient care catering to professional accountability in the public and private sectors. As per the World Health Organization, quality of care comprises of six dimensions where the care must be effective, efficient, accessible, patient-centered, equitable, and safe. Objectives: The objectives are to determine if patients are satisfied with the quality of services in public and private sectors, or if any neglect was present. Methods: The literature on patient care and satisfaction was compiled using a scoping review methodology. PubMed, CINAHL Plus, and Scopus were used to collate information. Duplicates were removed using Endnote X9. Results: Of the 467 abstracts and titles that were screened for relevance, 74 were considered for full-text review and potential inclusion in the scoping review. Out of 16 included studies, 7 (43.8%) of the included studies originated from Pakistan. The characteristics of included studies such as quality of care and patient satisfaction are tabulated. Conclusion: Current literature does not provide quality- and satisfaction- focused studies, and has methodological discrepancies. It is required that the medical profession adopt a sense of self-monitoring. Gaps in service provision must be addressed by healthcare managers, policymakers, and physicians in Pakistan.
Compensation of Power Quality Issues Using Reduced Rating Dynamic Voltage Restorer

---------------------------------------------------------------------***--------------------------------------------------------------------Abstract Power quality issues such as voltage sags, swells and harmonics are becoming more significant in present days because of the increasing number of power electronic devices. In order to mitigate the power quality issues to introduce compensation device like dynamic voltage restorer (DVR). This paper describes the reduced rating DVR which is acts as series compensator that can be used to mitigate the voltage sags, swells, and harmonics. This paper discusses the synchronous reference frame theory (SRF) based control method is used to mitigate the power quality issues in the system and regulate the load voltage. PWM controller is used to control the voltage source converter (VSC). The proposed control technique is modeled using MATLAB/SIMULINK software and simulation results are presented to validate this proposed control technique.
Care for the People with Life Limiting Illness: Current Trends

The past twenty years have seen dramatic advances in palliative and end of life care research. Not only have these advances increased our understanding of the burden of life-limiting diseases on patients, families, clinicians, and our healthcare system, they have also documented that palliative care interventions can improve patient and family outcomes and reduce the costs of care [1]. The advances brought about by palliative and end of life care research has led to a new century of palliative and end of life care analysis and implementation with universal recognition of its accomplishments and achievement. Consequently, we now have an important opportunity to reassess our recent successes and challenges and to identify the goals and benchmarks that will ensure ongoing vital advances in this now recognized and critical scientific area. We must identify and disseminate standards for research, critically examine methods to effectively advance research and practice, and develop and adopt strategies, tools and models that allow timely translation of research evidence into practice. It will be through such efforts that we will be able to respond to the opportunity to create a science that transcends disciplines and effects improvements in the quality or length of survival for patients with life-limiting diseases and their care-givers, families and formal care providers. Leading scientists in the field were charged with assessing gaps in knowledge and propose future areas of inquiry reflecting key domains of palliative and end of life care research [2].