Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Asociación entre la escala de riesgo Framingham y el puntaje de calcio coronario

Introduccion: Entre las diferentes herramientas clinicas para evaluar la presencia de enfermedad coronaria mediante puntajes, la mas usada es la Escala de Riesgo cardiovascular de Framingham. Desde hace unos anos, se creo el puntaje de calcio coronario el cual mide el riesgo cardiovascular segun la presencia de placas ateromatosas vistas por tomografia computarizada. Se evaluo la asociacion entre la escala de Framigham y el puntaje de calcio coronario en una poblacion de sujetos sanos asintomaticos. Metodologia: Se realizo un estudio transversal para evaluar la asociacion entre el puntaje de calcio coronario y la escala de Framingham en sujetos asintomaticos que se practicaron examen medico preventivo en la Fundacion Cardioinfantil- Instituto de Cardiologia (FCI-IC) en el periodo comprendido entre 1 de Julio 2011 hasta el 31 de octubre de 2015. Resultados: Se evaluaron 262 pacientes en total. La prevalencia de riesgo cardiovascular fue bajo en un 77.86% de la poblacion, medio en 18.70% y alto en 3.44%, segun la escala de Framingham. El riesgo cardiovascular segun el puntaje de Calcio coronario fue nulo 70.99%, bajo en 21.75%, medio en 4.19%, severo en 3.05%. Se encontro una asociacion entre ambos puntajes para riesgo estadisticamente significativa (p0,00001) Discusion: El riesgo cardiovascular establecido por escala de Framingham se relaciona de forma significativa con la presencia de placas aterioscleroticas. El estudio demostro que en una muestra de sujetos asintomaticos, hay una alteracion estructural coronaria temprana.
KEPEDULIAN SISWA MADRASAH ALIYAH TERHADAP PRODUK PANGAN HALAL DI KOTA SURAKARTA

Indonesia, as the country with the world’s largest Muslim population, has issued a regulation on halal product assurance (UU JPH) Act No. 33/2014. Furthermore, the consumers’ care on the halal food is another significant element in the implementation of this regulation. This study concerns on how the students of Islamic Senior High School (MA) in Surakarta care on the halal food products. This is a quantitative study in which data were collected using questioners. There are 430 selected students participated in this study. Data was analyzed using descriptive analysis by counting the mean score and classified into four categories namely; do not care, less care, quite care, and care. Findings of this research showed that most students are “quite care” for halal product, but they mostly did not ask to the merchants whether the product they bought to have “haram” ingredients or not. Moreover, the majority of students sometimes checked the halal label on the product, while others did not check them at all. Overall, the students’ care level toward halal product is categorized as at the “quite care”. This result indicated that it needs more concern from the related stakeholders on how the students can be more attentive toward halal food products.
OCORRÊNCIA DE PARASITOS EM FRUTAS COMERCIALIZADAS NAS RUAS DA CIDADE DE APARECIDA DE GOIÂNIA, GOIÁS, BRASIL

A principal fonte de infeccao por parasitos intestinais pode ser a agua e/ou alimentos contaminados ingeridos. O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar a ocorrencia de parasitos em frutas comercializadas nas ruas de Aparecida de Goiânia, Goias, Brasil. Foram avaliadas frutas no primeiro semestre de 2017, coletadas nas ruas. A analise parasitologica foi realizada com as tecnicas de Willis, Faust, Hoffman, Sheather, cultura para o isolamento de Amebas de Vida Livre e coloracao por Ziehl-Nielsen modificado. Em 30 amostras analisadas, 15 (50%) foram positivas. Os parasitos encontrados foram: Acanthamoeba spp . em 5(17%), Giardia intestinalis em 2(6,6%), Entamoeba coli em 2(6,6%), Cryptosporidium spp. em 1 (3,3%), Endolimax nana em 1(3,3%), ovo de Fasciola Hepatica em 1(3,3%), ovo de Ascaris lumbricoides em 1(3,3%), Endolimax nana em 1(3,3%). Foi possivel, com as tecnicas utilizadas, verificar que as amostras de frutas apresentaram contaminacao por parasitos, o que evidencia a exposicao da populacao consumidora destes alimentos. Portanto, medidas profilaticas como acoes educativas com a propagacao de informacoes sobre higienizacao por parte dos consumidores, produtores e manipuladores fazem-se necessarias.
Quantification of Biomechanical Imaging Biomarkers

Osteoarthritis (OA) is a debilitatingmusculoskeletal disorder in the elderly and also a major burden for healthcare economy in western countries. Biomechanics may play a vital role in the early stages of OA. The dissertation presents refinements of exiting method for quantification of Cartilage Surface Smoothness (CSS), and novel methods to quantify Contact Area (CA) andCongruity Index (CI) in theMedial Tibio-Femoral (MTF) cartilage compartment non-invasively using low-field magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Initially, to reduce the voxellation effects, the MTF binary cartilage compartments were regularized using mean curvature flow in a level-set formulation before quantifying CSS, CA and CI. The first and second order Gaussian derivatives of the signed distance representation of level-set surfaces were computed and used for the computation of the CSS as inverse of local mean curvature. The CAwas quantified by employing the voxel width as threshold. The local CI was quantified in the CA by assessing first and second order general surface features and associating them. The quantifications were validated on a longitudinal study population from the greater Copenhagen area. The CAwas significantly different between healthy and early OA subjects. The CI was also able to separate healthy from early OA. The CSS and CI performed better than MTF volume for diagnosis of early radiographic OA. Further, the CSS, CA and CI showed suitable as efficacy markers by demonstrating strong correlations with percentage longitudinal changes with MTF cartilage volume. Therefore, the CSS, CA and CI
Comparative study of analgesic effect of paracetamol infusion versus intramuscular tramadol injection after gynaecological surgeries: A prospective randomised clinical trial

Background: Postoperative pain inadequately treated result in suffering, as well as multiple physiological and psychological consequences which may adversely affect perioperative outcomes and contribute to increased length of stay. Paracetamol a NSAID is an Analgesic and Antipyretic agent. Tramadol an Opioid, has been shown to provide effective analgesia after both intramuscular and intravenous administration for the treatment of postoperative pain. This prospective study is to compare the Analgesic efficacy of intravenous paracetamol and intramuscular tramadol postoperatively. Aims and Objectives: To compare the effect of Paracetamol infusion versus intramuscular Tramadol injection as post operative analgesia after gynaecological surgeries over 48 hours. 1. To compare patients’ demand for analgesia and VAS score at different period of time over 48 hours. 2. To compare the number of doses given over 48 hours including the Rescue Analgesia given in less than 6 hours interval between doses 3. To compare the number of rescue analgesia needed in between the 6 hours interval between doses. Methods: The study was conducted in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Rajah Muthiah Medical College and Hospital, Annamalai University, Chidambaram from October 2018 – October 2019 in Gynaecological patients undergoing surgery selecting patients as per the Predetermined Inclusion and Exclusion criteria. and Postoperatively, the calculated doses of, in Group A (n=30) Paracetamol infusion and in Group B (n=30) Intramuscular Tramadol injection, given using Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) score for assessment of pain intensity Results: Number of Patients Demand for Analgesia had a Significant (p-value=0.01) difference when VAS score >/=4 denoting less number of Demand in Group A. The total number of doses needed over 48 hours was less in Group A. The number of Rescue Analgesia needed in both groups had no Statistical difference. Also, the need for another drug was significantly less in Group A. Also, in all cases in Group B another drug was used as rescue analgesia but none in group a needed another drug as rescue analgesia. No PONV (Post operative nausea and vomiting) in Group A against 63.3% in Group B. Conclusions: Paracetamol infusion is an effective and even superior post operative analgesic and safer alternative to intramuscular tramadol injection post operatively.
The Very Different Effect of Water on Nucleation, Crystallization, and Hydrate Stability of Zingerone and Vanillate Esters

This publication has emanated from research supported in part by a research grant from Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) and is co-funded under the European Regional Development Fund under Grant Number 12/RC/2275. Marwah Aljohani acknowledges the Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia for a Saudi Arabia Government Scholarship.
MIGRATION AND SUBURBANIZATION IN THE RUSSIAN REGIONAL CAPITALS AND THEIR SUBURB

Regional capitals, represented in Russia almost exclusively by large cities and their surburbs are centers of migration attraction of the population. According to the calculations made on the basis of the database MED (Rosstat) for 2012–2016, the suburban areas are ahead of the capitals in terms of migration growth rates. In fact, suburban areas are the class of territories leading in this indicator in Russia. Data on intra-regional migration in 39 regions of Russia, collected at a special request from the territorial authorities of Rosstat, showed that in the vast majority of regions, suburbs pull the population of near regional centers, that can be considered as a clear sign of the beginning of suburbanization in Russia. The annual total migration flow of the population from regional capitals to the suburbs is approximately 40–50 thousand people, which is almost twice the migration growth of the population of the Krasnodar territory due to internal Russian migration.
Japan's productivity and GDP growth: The role of GBAORD, public and foreign R&D

We analyse the dynamic interaction of Japan's total factor productivity (TFP), GDP, domestic and foreign private and public R&D as well as mission-oriented R&D, GBAORD, in a cointegrated VAR for Japan with data from 1988-2014. Analysis of effects of permanent shocks shows that (i) public R&D, unlike GBAORD, encourages private R&D and TFP, and has high internal rates of return. (ii) Japan's public and private R&D have a statistically significant positive effect on foreign private and public R&D stocks and vice versa. (iii) After transitory GDP shocks, public and private R&D are counter-cyclical and GBAORD is pro-cyclical in Japan.
Genetic, morphological and chemical characterisation of the grape variety 'Probus' (Vitis vinifera L.)

In the middle of the 20th century, varieties of Vitis vinifera locally grown in the Balkans were crossed with varieties from Western Europe with the aim of improving wine quality. The variety 'Probus' originated from the crossing of 'Kadarka' and 'Cabernet Sauvignon' and was released in 1983. The acreage of 'Probus' has recently increased in Serbia, along with the reputation of its wine. A detailed characterisation of this variety is therefore desirable. Traits with high heritability such as phenology, leaf morphology, anthocyanin profile, and microsatellite DNA were compared between 'Probus' and its parents were compared. 'Probus' and 'Cabernet Sauvignon' showed a synchronized phenology and highly similar leaf shape. The anthocyanin composition of 'Probus' wines was more similar to 'Cabernet Sauvignon' than to 'Kadarka', due to high anthocyanin content and high relative abundance of tri-substituted monoglucosides and acetylated conjugates, which are usually associated with deeper and more durable colour during the ageing of red wines. For total anthocyanin content, 'Probus' performed even better than 'Cabernet Sauvignon' in the environmental conditions of Northern Serbia. 'Probus' has compact bunches and large berries typical of the high-yielding 'Kadarka'. DNA analysis confirmed the alleged parentage of 'Probus' and revealed the high heterozygosity of its genome, as result of the cross between distantly related parents. These results confirm that 'Probus' is a promising variety for the production of quality red wines in Southeastern Europe.
Conventional and/or laparoscopic rectal cancer surgery: what is the current evidence?

Abstract Despite many years of experience with laparoscopic procedures in rectal cancer, the superiority of minimally invasive approaches has been questioned especially in recent years. This article is a short review of the current knowledge about laparoscopic approaches in comparison to conventional modalities in patients with rectal cancer. To present the current state of the knowledge, we focused on reports that were published in the last few years and compared them to multicenter trials and meta-analyses published last year. Our analysis mainly applied to the primary end-points of these trials. We also included expert opinions that have been published in the last several months.
Adhesion properties of carbon nanotube arrays for an adhesive foot of a space crawling robot

A new type of space crawling robot was proposed for spacecraft maintenance missions and a nanoscale microarray structure was designed as the robot foot structure. In this study, a carbon nanotube array structure was adopted as the adhered nanoscale microarray structure of the robot foot. A theoretical model of the carbon nanotube structure was established, and the influence of the structural parameters of the carbon nanotube array on its adhesion characteristics was analyzed. A force model of carbon nanotube arrays on different roughness surfaces and under different preloads was established using the discrete element software, EDEM. A simulation of the desorption process of the carbon nanotube array structure in the normal and tangential directions was conducted. The adhesion characteristics of the carbon nanotube structure were analyzed. On this basis, the carbon nanotube microarray structure was fabricated using chemical vapor deposition, and a force test system was established on the platform of a scanning electron microscope to test the adhesion force of the carbon nanotube array in a vacuum environment. The influence of preloading and roughness on the adhesion characteristics of the carbon nanotube array structure was analyzed.
Antimicrobial resistance in the farm-to-plate continuum: more than a food safety issue

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) threatens to reverse the essential benefits of antibiotics, not only in humans, where decades of advancements in healthcare outcomes are endangered, but also in the food production industry. As the world moves toward Sustainable Development Goals, food safety is a critical element to improve and strengthen global health, and ensure sustainable development. Emergence of AMR in the food production industry represents a serious risk for exposed workers, their relatives and consumers. This perspective presents the challenge of AMR through the lens of food safety, by highlighting its multisectoral and multidimensional implications not only on the Sustainable Development Goals for food safety and public health but also on food security, animal health and welfare, the environment and climate, and socioeconomic development.
IN VITRO COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY OF METHANOLIC LEAF AND STEM BARK EXTRACTS OF Bombax buonopozense

Medicinal plants with antioxidant activities have been reported to be useful for the prevention of diseases. Bombax buonopozense is a wild tree found in Nigeria mainly in Nigeria. This study was aimed to determine in-vitro antioxidant activities of the methanolic extracts of leaf and stem bark of Bombax buonopozense (P. bauve). The phytochemical components of the methanolic leaf and stem bark extracts were qualitatively determined using standard methods. The antioxidant properties of the extracts specifically the DPPH free radical scavenging, reducing power and total antioxidant capacity were also carried by the method described by Dehshahri et al . ,(2012) and preito et al., (1999). The result of the phytochemical screening revealed the presence of alkaloids, carbohydrates, c ardiac glycosides, saponins, terpenoids, tannins and phenolics in the leaf extracts.The extract of the stem bark contains carbohydrates, c ardiac glycosides, saponins, terpenoids, steroids, tannins and phenolics. At the lowest concentration of 0.2 mg/ml the leaf and stem bark extracts of the plant had DPPH free radical scavenging capacity of 88.9 and 88.9 % respectively. A significant difference (p < 0.05) was observed when the results of the samples was compared with that of ascorbic acid. The antioxidant potential of Bombax buonopozense c ould be due to the phenols content, phenol donate electrons easily to electron-seeking free radicals, thus down-regulating their menace in living cells. Therefore, methanol extracts of the leaf and stem bark of Bombax buonopozense posses antioxidant activity and are rich in phenolics.
Effect of Penta-arylated Cp Ligands on Synthesis and Reactivity of Transition Metal Eₙ (E = P, As) Ligand Complexes

Until now, numerous Eₙ (E = P, As) ligand complexes of transition metals are reported, containing different ligand systems. However, examples with sterically highly demanding Cpᴿ ligands and perarylated cyclopentadienyl ligands in particular, are rather rare. They are restricted to compounds of manganese, iron and cobalt due to the lack of appropriate precursors for the preparation. The penta-arylated ligands Cpᴮᴵᴳ (C₅(C₆H₄ⁿBu)₅) and Cpᴾᴱᵗ (C₅(C₆H₄Et)₅) have been chosen for this task, since they provide the high steric demand and show good solubility in all established organic solvents. Furthermore, only few Eₙ (E = P, As) ligand complexes, bearing perarylated Cpᴿ ligands, have been investigated concerning their reaction behavior. This work provides an insight into the preparation and reactivity of transition metal (Mn, Fe, Ni) complexes, bearing the sterically highly demanding perarylated ligands Cpᴮᴵᴳ or Cpᴾᴱᵗ, respectively. Different Eₙ (E = P, As) ligand complexes of nickel were synthesized by E₄ activation or the reaction with the PCO⁻ anion. Moreover, the reactivity of the Eₙ (E = P, As) ligand complexes of manganese, iron and nickel has been investigated towards reactive metal(I) complexes (Fe, Co) at ambient temperatures and under thermolytic conditions.
Unsupervised Anomaly Detection on Streaming Data in the Petroleum Industry Using Deep Neural Networks

Modern petroleum production systems are intensively monitored by a high number of sensors and condition monitoring equipment, generating vast amounts of data that is continuously streamed to production data platforms. A fundamental capability of streaming analytics is to develop anomaly detection methods that can efficiently monitor critical equipment and warn about anomalous behavior, helping to prevent imminent equipment failures and reduce operational risk. As such, the main objective of this thesis is to demonstrate how to develop unsupervised, real-time anomaly detection algorithms for equipment in the oil and gas industry. We specifically look at a gas compressor operating at an oil rig in the North Sea, and propose two model-based anomaly detection methods that identify anomalies by comparing the true measurements to the predictions of a probabilistic model that simulate the normal behavior of the equipment. An accurate predictive model is crucial to the success of such anomaly detection methods. Seeing deep learning and sequence specialized neural networks as tremendously successful in similarly complex modeling problems, this thesis focuses on researching the potential of deep learning as a modeling framework for the physical equipment. To this end, we implement deep neural networks of varying types and designs, as well as techniques to assess the predictive uncertainty of these models. In addition, a set of less advanced baselines are implemented to benchmarks their performances. We find that the best performance is achieved by an ensemble model consisting of a Long Short-Term Memory network and a feed-forward neural network, clearly outperforming the best benchmark model by 17.2%. Consequently, this model is employed in the anomaly detection algorithms. The first of the proposed anomaly detection methods uses a static residual distribution to classify observations, while the other uses the prediction intervals of point-predictions to do the same. The quality of the methods is evaluated by examining whether their anomaly warnings conform to our expectations when applied to three arbitrarily chosen datasets with clear abnormal patterns. On this evaluation criterion, their performances are highly satisfactory and consistent with our expectations, and we find that the applied deep learning model works excellently in conjunction with the proposed anomaly detection methods. The implemented anomaly detection setups meet the high demands of a real-time streaming anomaly detection algorithm, they can process and evaluate incoming data in a fast, efficient and unsupervised manner, and show great potential to be utilized in an industrial setting.
An insight into relationship between psoriasis and metabolic syndrome

Background: Psoriasis, an inflammatory disease of skin, shares many immunological features with other complex disorders such as cardiovascular disease, metabolic syndrome and depression. Metabolic syndrome is a cluster of risk factors including central obesity, atherogenic dyslipidaemia, hypertension and glucose intolerance. It is a strong predictor of cardiovascular diseases, diabetes and stroke. Aim: To investigate the prevalence of metabolic syndrome in patients with psoriasis. Methods: It was a prospective, hospital based case-control study of 60 patients with moderate to severe psoriasis having BSAI>10% and PASI>10 and 30 age matched controls having minor skin ailments. Venous samples were taken at the enrolment visit after the subjects had fasted overnight (at least 8 h). Serum cholesterol and triglycerides were measured with enzymatic procedures. Plasma glucose was measured using a glucose oxidase method. Metabolic syndrome was diagnosed by the presence of three or more criteria of the modified version of National Cholesterol Education Programme’s Adult Panel III (ATP III). Statistical analysis of the data was done using statistical processing software (SPSS-17). Results: Psoriatic patients had mean disease duration of 8.16±8.30 years, mean BSAI was 41.88±15.803, mean PASI score was 17.606±6.831 and mean onset of age of psoriasis was 31.41±13.415. Metabolic syndrome was significantly more common in psoriatic patients than in controls [15 (25%) vs 1 (3.3%), odds ratio (OR) = 9.667, P<0.05]. Psoriatic patients also had a significantly higher prevalence of hypertriglyceridemia [26/60 (43.3%) vs. 4/30 (13.3%) odds ratio (OR) = 4.971; P<0.01] and arterial hypertension [28/60 (46.6%) vs. 4/30 (13.3%); P<0.01].