Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Gender and local floodplain management institutions: a case study from Bangladesh

Floodplain wetlands are the major common pool natural resources in Bangladesh. Men do most of the fishing, but women collect aquatic plants and snails. A women-only, a men-only, and a mixed community based organisation (CBO) are compared, each of which manages a seasonal wetland. The CBOs involving women are in Hindu communities where more women use aquatic resources and belong to other local institutions. In the oldest of these CBOs, women have gradually increased their role as community recognition of their success has grown. In the Muslim community few women collect aquatic resources, and they have no role in the CBO. Community compliance was higher where both men and women played an active role in the process. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
ASSOCIATION RULE MINING: MARKET BASKET ANALYSIS OF A GROCERY STORE

Apriori algorithm is one of the major algorithms used in mining frequent itemsets in a large data set. Companies ranging from small scale to large scale all store data in various forms which keeps on growing. The one thing they have in common is the fact that all data stored has common association between them and the fact that some sort of data is repeatedly entered. To determine this association, apriori algorithm is used. Apriori algorithm focuses on determining frequently occurring data and the association between them. This paper considers the problem of mining association rules between items in a large database of sales transactions of a grocery store in order to understand customer-buying habits for the purpose of improving sales. Apriori algorithm was used for generating strong rules from transactional database. It was found that for a transactional database where many transaction items are repeated many times as a superset in that type of database, Apriori is suited for mining frequent itemsets. The algorithm was implemented using Statistica data miner (SDM) software on a transactional dataset of a grocerystore. The algorithm produces frequent itemsets completely and generates the accurate strong association rules.
Developing and Using a Framework for Gauging the Use of Inclusive Pedagogy by New and Experienced Teachers

This chapter describes the development and use of a framework, based on a set of theoretical principles that can support teachers, teacher educators and researchers make informed judgements about inclusive pedagogy in each unique setting. This chapter will address the concept of inclusive pedagogy; how the framework was developed; and will provide an introduction to the framework. Discussion will focus on how the framework was used by researchers to better understand how the ideas of inclusive pedagogy were enacted by newly qualified classroom teachers and how it was used to support experienced classroom teachers and specialist support teachers to challenge and alter some existing practices.
Alcoholic Liver Disease and Alcohol in Non-Alcoholic Liver Disease: Does it Matter?

Alcoholic Liver Disease (ALD) is still a major problem in Western and Asian countries. The long-term impact of ALD might further lead to liver disease complications, such as liver cirrhosis and liver cancer. The safe limit amount of alcohol might be different between Western and Asian countries as the genetic factor might also become an important role in the liver disease progression. It is well-known that alcohol consumption would have synergistic liver injury effect together with chronic viral hepatitis infection. However, in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), mild to moderate alcohol consumption might have a beneficial effect as it might protect the liver. Further studies will be needed to confirm the beneficial effect of mild to moderate alcohol consumption for protecting the liver as the liver disease progression in many countries might have different influenced factors, especially in chronic viral hepatitis infection due to different genetic polymorphism and different virus genotype distribution. Obesity, which is now becoming one of the biggest problems in NAFLD patients, it would also give a different prognosis in liver disease progression between Western and Asian countries because of different type of food habits and lifestyle. Alcohol consumption issue would become the emerging controversies issue in the near future as NAFLD is now becoming an emerging disease despite chronic viral hepatitis infection.
Trajectory generation for camless internal combustion engine valve control

Camless internal combustion engines offer major improvements over traditional engines in terms of efficiency, maximum torque and power, pollutant emissions. Electromechanical valve actuators are very promising in this context, but still present significant control problems. Low valve seating velocity, small transition time for valve opening and closing, unavailability of position sensor are the main objectives to be considered in the design of the valve control system. Actuator physical limitations strongly influence the feasible trajectory when low valve seating velocity is required, thus affecting valve transition time. One key point for the control is the design of the reference trajectory to be tracked by the closed loop controller. In this paper, the trajectory design is addressed, solving an optimization parametric problem that explicitly considers the physical constraints and the trade-off between fast dynamic performance and system robustness.
Desenvolvimento de um protocolo submáximo alternativo para a estimativa do VO

The objective of this study was to develop a reliable and easy to apply test, to estimate the maximum oxygen uptake during the exercise, using a treadmill, with a fixed inclination, and alternative protocol results have strong correlation to Bruce’s submaximal protocol. The tests consisted of walking on a treadmill following the norms of (1) Bruce’s submaximal protocol and (2) the submaximal alternative protocol. The alternative protocol uses a permanent inclination (5%) and velocities of 2.55; 3.42 and 4.2 mph, in three different stages. 24 subjects were evaluated by the same evaluator in two different days. After statistical analysis, the results given by the submaximal alternative protocol indicated significative and satisfying correlation to Bruce’s protocol results. The submaximal alternative protocol provided consistent and reliable information about the maximum oxygen 1 Mestrando Bolsista em Ciências da Saúde da Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre – Porto Alegre – RS. E-mail walter.efi@gmail.com 2 Professor Mestre da Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos – São Leopoldo – RS. E-mail jloliveira@unisinos.br 3 Mestranda Bolsista em Neurociências da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul – Porto Alegre – RS. E-mail tassiasf@gmail.com Artigo recebido em 10/11/2009 e aceito em 16/05/10
A Novel Hysteresis Control Strategy Based on Ampere-Second Balance of the Modulate Capacitor

A novel hysteresis PWM control strategy for synchronous buck converter is proposed. The proposed control strategy is based on ampere-second balance of the modulate capacitor, which not only offers faster transient response to meet the challenges of the power supply requirements of fast dynamic load changes, but also provides better stability and solves the compensation problem of error amplifier in the conversional voltage PWM control. Finally, the steady-state and dynamic operation of the control method is analyzed and verified by simulation and experimental results.
Impaired G-Protein Coupled Receptor 30-endothelial NOS signaling axis in pre-eclampsia is mediated by PI3K/Akt down-regulation. Running title: Impaired GPR30-NO signalling axis in pre-eclampsia. Authors:

Introduction: Pre-eclampsia (PE) is associated with lowered circulating levels of oestrogen. The effects of oestrogen are normally mediated by the classical oestrogen receptors (ERs). Intriguingly, a new oestrogen receptor, G-protein coupled receptor 30 (GPR30), has been recently found to play an important role in many oestrogenic effects. However, the potential role of GPR30 in PE remains poorly understood. Methods: Placentas, decidua and umbilical cord tissues were collected in 21 PE cases and following 20 uncomplicated pregnancies. Immunohistochemistry was used to detect the expression of GPR30 in the placental tissues. An in vitro cellular hypoxia/reoxygenation (H/R) model was established by using the immortalized human umbilical vein endothelial cell (HUVEC) line. Immunofluorescence was used to detect the expression of GPR30 and p-eNOS (Ser1177) protein. The expression of GPR30, PI3K/Akt pathway and p-eNOS (Ser1177)/eNOS proteins in HUVECs were assessed using Western blotting techniques. An in vitro tube formation assay and a migration assay were used to detect angiogenesis of HUVECs. The effect of GPR agonists and inhibitors was determined. Results: The expression of GPR30 in vascular endothelial cells of placentas, decidua and umbilical cord tissues was lower in women with pre-eclampsia compared to normal pregnant women. The selective GPR30 agonist G1 and a general oestrogen receptors agonist 17-β-estradiol (E2) both exerted a protective effect in hypoxia/reoxygenation (H/R) exposed HUVECs by up regulating NO production though the phosphoinositide 3-Kinase/Akt (PI3K/Akt) pathway. This effect was abolished by the selective GPR30 inhibitor G15. Conclusion: This study suggests that GPR30, as an upstream signaling molecule of PI3K/Akt/eNOS pathway, playing a critical role in the pathogenesis of PE. GPR30 also may be a potential therapeutic target for PE and other pregnancy complications that result from placental endothelial dysfunction.
A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF RISK FACTORS OF ADVERSE DRUG REACTIONS IN HOSPITALIZED PATIENTS

Background: Adverse drug reactions (ADRs) pose both financial and health encumbrances for patients. Although prevalence and risk factors associated with ADRs have been published in many studies, most of them lack the statistical evidence for predictors. The aim of this study was to review the published literature to determine the risk factors in the adult and elderly population for ADRs. An electronic search of articles published in English language in databases such as Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, MEDLINE, EMBASE, Scopus, and Google Scholar was conducted in between January 2001 and April 2018. The search terms used were: “ADRs,” “drug-related problems,” “risk factors,” “general adult population,” “elderly patients,” and “hospital admission. ” For inclusion in the review, studies had to include an explicit definition of what was considered an ADR and/or an explicit assessment of causality, as well as a clear description of the method used for ADR identification. Polypharmacy was the major risk factor of ADR followed by comorbidities and length of hospital stay.
Dynamic Consistent NSFD Scheme for a Delayed Viral Infection Model with Immune Response and Nonlinear Incidence

In this paper, a discrete-time model has been proposed by applying nonstandard finite difference (NSFD) scheme to solve a delayed viral infection model with immune response and general nonlinear incidence. It is shown that the discrete model has equilibria which are exactly the same as those of the original continuous model. Using discrete-time analogue of Lyapunov functionals, the global asymptotic stability of the equilibria of the discrete model is fully determined by the basic reproduction number of the virus and immune response, and , with no restriction on the time step size, which implies that the NSFD scheme preserves the qualitative dynamics of the corresponding continuous model.
An Ontology Enhancement Framework to Accommodate Imprecise Concepts and Relations

In this paper, we propose an ontology enhancement framework to accommodate imprecise concepts and their inter-relations mined from text documents. The proposed framework is modeled as a fuzzy ontology structure to represent concept descriptor as a fuzzy relation which encodes the degree of a property value using a fuzzy membership function. In our application, the fuzzy membership function is determined through text mining. Other than concept descriptors, the inter-concept relations in the ontology are also associated a fuzzy strength. The strength of association between two concepts determines the degree of association between the concepts. The fuzzy ontology with fuzzy concepts and fuzzy relations is an extension of the domain ontology with crisp concepts and relations which is more suitable to describe the domain knowledge for solving uncertainty reasoning problems. The applicability of the fuzzy ontology structure in mining and managing imprecise knowledge from biomedical text documents has been thoroughly experimented. The fuzzy ontology can later be used for information curation to answer imprecise queries posed at multiple levels of specificities along the underlying ontology.
Spotlight on Women of Color in STEM

The focal article by Miner et al. (2018) convincingly argues that industrial and organizational (I-O) psychology professionals share a responsibility to adopt a social-structural perspective in understanding why women are underrepresented in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. This approach offers the best path forward for explaining the disparity and improving the attraction and retention of women in these fields (Miner et al., 2018). In conjunction with the approach described, a deliberate effort to cast a spotlight on women of color is necessary, as they are the most marginalized, yet are often excluded from conversations about gender equality.
Planktic foraminiferal diversity: logistic growth overprinted by a varying environment

This study statistically assesses the relationship between the planktic foraminiferal long-term diversity pattern (~170 Ma to Recent) and four major paleobiological diversification models: (i) the ‘Red Queen’ (Van Valen, 1973; Raup et al ., 1973), (ii) the turnover-pulse (Vrba, 1985; Brett and Baird, 1995), (iii) the diversity-equilibrium (Sepkoski, 1978; Rosenzweig, 1995), and (iv) the ‘complicated logistic growth’ (Alroy, 2010a). Our results suggest that the long-term standing diversity pattern and the interplay between origination and extinction rates displayed by this group do not correspond to the first three models, but can be more readily explained by the fourth scenario. Consequently, these patterns are likely controlled by a combination of planktic foraminiferal interspecific competition as well as various environmental changes such as marine global temperatures that could impacted the niches within the upper mixed layer within the oceans. Moreover, as other global long-term patterns have been interpreted as reflecting ‘complicated logistic growth’, this study further suggests that the interplay between abiotic and biotic factors are fundamental elements influencing the evolutionary processes over the extensive history of the biota.
Design of High-Performance Unified Circuit for Linear and Non-Linear SVM Classifications

This paper describes the design of a high- performance unified SVM classifier circuit. The proposed circuit supports both linear and non-linear SVM classifications. In order to ensure efficient classification, a 48x96 or 64x64 sliding window with 20 window strides is used. We reduced the circuit size by sharing most of the resources required for both types of classification. We described the proposed unified SVM classifier circuit using the Verilog HDL and synthesized the gate-level circuit using 65nm standard cell library. The synthesized circuit consists of 661,261 gates, operates at the maximum operating frequency of 152 MHz and processes up to 33.8 640x480 image frames per second.
A 0.8–6 GHz Wideband Receiver Front-End for Software-Defined Radio

A wideband (0.8–6 GHz) receiver front-end (RFE) utilizing a shunt resistive feedback low-noise amplifier (LNA) and a micromixer is realized in 90 nm CMOS technology for software-defined radio (SDR) applications. With the shunt resistive feedback and series inductive peaking, the proposed LNA is able to achieve a wideband frequency response in input matching, power gain and noise figure (NF). A micromixer down converts the radio signal and performs single-to-differential transition. Measurements show the conversion gain higher than 17 dB and input matching (S11) better than −7.3 dB from 0.8 to 6 GHz. The IIP3 ranges from −7 to −10 dBm, and the NF from 4.5 to 5.9 dB. This wideband receiver occupies 0.48 mm2 and consumes 13 mW.
Asymmetric Stochastic Conditional Duration Model — A Mixture-of-Normal Approach

This paper extends the stochastic conditional duration model first proposed by Bauwens and Veredas (2004) by imposing mixtures of bivariate normal distributions on the innovations of the observation and latent equations of the duration process. This extension allows the model not only to capture various density shapes of the durations but also to easily accommodate a richer dependence structure between the two innovations. In addition, it applies an estimation methodology based on the empirical characteristic function. Empirical applications based on the IBM and Boeing transaction data are provided to assess and illustrate the performance of the proposed model and the estimation method. One interesting empirical finding in this paper is that there is a significantly positive correlation under both the contemporaneous and lagged intertemporal dependence structures for the IBM and Boeing duration data. Copyright The Author 2011. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. For permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org, Oxford University Press.
Developing a remote management model:with partial reference to malfunctions

ion dimension: Abstraction can consists of different values. It determines the software driving force behind the different systems. It can extend from specific software classes to the software also used by vendors. Aggregation dimension: Each of the elements described in the frameworks in the aspect dimension has different levels of aggregations. Aggregation is the amount of detail the architecture has. Depending on the architecture level (type) the aggregation dimension obtains a particular number. For example the focus may lie on market, corporate, individual or system module level. This research focuses itself on the IS module and sub-module levels. These represent an IS module as an architectural model (system) with n sub-systems (ssi) as components. Taking the formula described earlier the architecture the first level of aggregation can be denoted as a(m) = {ss1(m), ss2(m),. ,ssn(m)}. When further decomposing (level 2) the architecture with n subsubarchitectures (ssa) the formula is extended: ssi(m) = {ssa1(m),ssa2(m),. ,ssan(m)}. Otherwise within these sub-modules an amount of n different functional elements (fi) can be situated (figure 8) Figure 7: Truyen Framework (1990) Figure 6: Krutchen Framwork (1995)
Dynamics of changes in iron concentration and total iron binding capacity in blood plasma of goat kids during their first month of life.

The experiment was carried out on 14 kids of Polish Improved White breed during the first 30 days of life. The aim of this study was to show changes in the concentration of blood plasma iron and total iron binding capacity (TIBC) during the neonatal period. The statistically confirmed differences (P≥0.01) in blood serum iron concentration was show in the kids between 5th (20.57 μmol/l) and 14th (9.97 μmol/l) day of life, and between 3rd and 4th week with the peak in 23rd day (27.50 μmol/l). We have also shown statisticly confirmed increase in TIBC (P≥0.01) between 1st and 4th day of life (+20.13 μmol/l), and between 14th and 23rd day of life (+15.59 μmol/l). Statistically confirmed decrease of TIBC was observed between 6th (52.30 μmol/l) and 14th (31.78 μmol/l) day of life. Conclusion: The studies have revealed dynamic changes in the concentration and total binding capacity of blood plasma iron concentration during the first month of postnatal life. The pattern of such changes does not depend on the gender or litter size. It was observed a significant decrease in the concentration of this trace element in blood plasma toward the end of the second week, which may indicate a relative iron deficiency, particularly in twin-born kids.
The Influence of Classroom Blogging on Elementary Student Writing

Blogs in classrooms represent a new approach to teaching writing that is developing and changing daily. Although some scholarly literature explores the use of blogs in educational settings, the blogs are primarily being used at the secondary and college levels. The purpose of this qualitative case study research was to explore how blogging influenced student writing development at the elementary level. Fifth-graders' pre- and post-blogging project writing samples, as well as other student blog posts, were the primary data. A qualitative data analysis process was applied to explore the following areas of interest in student writing: attitude, content, voice, connections and relationships, thinking, and craft. The findings indicate that student bloggers became mindful of and connected to the audience, exercised agency in a community of bloggers, and learned to take ownership of the writing process and the writer's craft. Refraining from putting a heavy focus on corrected writing conventions during this formative time of writing development enabled students to concentrate on writing, which they filled with opinions, humor, expression, and playfulness as they learned to rethink their concepts of writing and its meaning in their lives.
Pin and needle tract infection: the prophylactic role of silver

Skin wounds vary greatly in their causation, severity, pathological characteristics and capacity to heal (Grey and Harding, 1998; Dow et al,1999; Bowler, 2003). All wounds breaching the epidermal barrier function are prone to infection from opportunist pathogens from a patient’s own body flora and from the nosocomial environment. Current views on wound repair and tissue regeneration focus increasingly upon appropriate wound bed preparation with elimination of pathogenic infections and establishment of an appropriate bacterial balance (Enoch and Harding, 2003; Schultz et al, 2003). Considerable emphasis has been placed upon the prophylactic value of silver, silver sulphadiazine and wound dressings that release silver ions in the presence of moisture and wound exudates (Lansdown, 2002a,b; 2005).