Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
High Sensitivity Troponin in Infarcted Patients with History of Myocardial infarction

Design of the Study: Historical Cohort. Objectives: This study aimed to verify which risk factors contribute to increase hs-cTnI in patients with Myocardial Infarcion with ST segment elevation, to ana-lyze which prognostic impacts it may have and to evaluate troponin levels in pa-tients that had previous acute myocardial infarction and assess how this com-pared to patients without previous history of an acute event. Methodology: It was assessed medical records of patients admitted in the Cor-onary Unit of the Hospital de Clínicas (HC-UFPR) in Curitiba, South of Brazil, diagnosed with ST segment elevation Myocardial Infarction and whose serum levels of high sensitivity troponin I (hs-cTnI) were collected at admission moment. The select data were: gender, age, high blood pressure, smoking, diabetes, previous myocardial infarction, dyslipidemia and serum levels of high sensitivity troponin I. For prognostic proposes, it was analysed intra-hospital death and ventricular function, based on left ventricular ejection fraction. Findings: Patients admitted with previous myocardial infarction had lower levels of hs-TnI. Gender, age, presence of high blood pressure, tabagism, diabetes and dyslipidemia didn’t reveal correlation with troponin values, allowing the in-ference that high sensitivity troponin values at first Original Research Article Junior et al.; CA, 8(3): 1-5, 2019; Article no.CA. 49554 2 presentation of these patients have no direct relation to these variables. Regarding prognosis, levels of high sensitivity troponin could not be associated to mortality or ventricular malfunction. Conclusions: At admission, high-sensitivity troponin I levels were lower in pa-tients with prior myocardial infarction. Relevance: This work correlates the values of the high-sensitivity troponin of patients with ST segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction to cardiovascular risks factors and to the prognosis of these patients. This approach is not found in cur-rent medical literature, whose works mainly relates to acute events.
Isolation and identification of bacteria from goat milks subclinical mastitis Ettawa crossbreed goat ( PE ) in Kemiri Kebo , Sleman , Yogyakarta

Subclinical mastitis in Ettawa crosbreed goat (PE) is economic disease which lost milk yield that bacteria caused. The aim of these research was to isolatian and identification bacteria that caused subclinical mastitis in PE goat from Kemiri Kebo, Turi, Sleman, Yogyakarta. A total of 24 goat milk PE subclinical mastitis samples, were used in these research. Determination of subclinical mastitis in PE goat used CMT test which (++) and (+++) results. Isolation and identification conventional bacteria based on biochemical. Subclinical mastitis PE goat in Kemiri Kebo, Turi, Sleman, Yogyakarta was caused Staphylococcus intermedius (38%), Staphylococcus aureus (32%), Staphylococcus epidermidis (25%), Staphylococcus hycus (12%), Streptococcus sp (22%), Corynebacterium sp (12%), Pseudomonas aeruginosa (18%), and E. coli (2%). The research showed that Gram positive bacteria is dominant that caused subclinical mastitis in PE goat compared than Gram negative bacteria.
The significance of water quality parameters on the diversity of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria in the water surface of Musi river , Indonesia

This study was conducted in Musi river area to assess the extent of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (AOB) diversity as affected by land-use activities. PCR-Terminal Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism (PCR-TRFLP) analysis of 16S rRNA gene was used to evaluate the diversity of AOB. A total of 158 Terminal Restriction Fragments (TRFs) of AOB in different sizes digested with BsuRI and MspI were obtained from all samples that were aligned to representative published sequences of 13 strains. The number of TRFs in each sample ranged from 52 to 491. There were eight strains of AOB results of digesting the two-restriction enzymes within the beta-subdivision ammonia-oxidizers namely Nitrosomonas europaea, Nitrosomonas eutropha, Nitrosomonas ureae, Nitrosomonas europaea strain C31, Nitrosospira briensis, Nitrosospira briensis Nsp10, Nitrosococcus mobilis Nc2, and Nitrosolobus multiformis, its had the similarity coefficient in the range of 93-96%. The environmental conditions that affect the diversity of AOB are salinity, temperature, DO, and nutrients.
Anionically Stabilized Cellulose Nanofibrils via Succinylation Pre-Treatment in Urea-LiCl Deep Eutectic Solvent

Deep eutectic solvents (DESs) are green chemicals that have the potential to be substituted for traditional solvents in chemical reactions. In this study, urea-LiCl DES was successfully used as a reaction medium in the anionic functionalization of wood cellulose with succinic anhydride. The effects of reaction temperature and time on the carboxyl content and yield were evaluated. The degree of polymerization and crystallinity analyses revealed that the DES was a non-degrading and non-dissolving reaction media. Three samples having the highest carboxyl contents were further nanofibrillated using a microfluidizer to a diameter of 2-7 nm observed via atomic force microscopy. Samples treated at 70-80 °C for 2 h gave the best outcome, resulting in highly viscose and transparent gel. The sample treated at 90 °C contained bigger nanoparticles and larger aggregates due to the occurrence of possible side reactions but resulted in better thermal stability than the two other samples.
THE SHELBURNE FALLS ARC- LOST ARC OF THE TACONIC OROGENY

The Ordovician Taconic orogeny in western New England was typically ascribed to a collision between the Laurentian margin and a magmatic arc identified as the Bronson Hill arc. However, in central Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire, rocks in the Bronson Hill arc are 454 to 442 Ma (Tucker and Robinson, 1990) and, therefore, younger than the onset of Taconic metamorphism in western New England and Quebec, which began by approximately 470 to 460 Ma (Laird and others, 1984; Castonguay and others, 1997). Karabinos and others (1998) used U-Pb zircon ages and geochemistry to document the presence of an older magmatic arc, the Shelburne Falls arc, that formed west of the Bronson Hill arc by approximately 485 to 470 Ma above an east-dipping subduction zone. The Taconic orogeny was the result of the collision between Laurentia and the Shelburne Falls arc beginning at approximately 470 Ma. The younger Bronson Hill arc formed above a west-dipping subduction zone that developed along the eastern edge of the newly accreted terrane after the Taconic orogeny. The Taconic orogeny ended when plate convergence between Laurentia and Iapetus was accommodated by the newly developed westdipping subduction zone instead of by crustal shortening in the Taconian thrust belt.
No . 19 January 1999 Organisation and Management Research in Transition Economies : Towards Improved Research Methodologies

The paper is motivated by a desire to ascertain some difficulties and problematic issues that arise when conducting empirical organization and management research in transition economies. It questions the notion of universality of the way various methods and techniques are applied in the field. The paper describes and reflects on methodological difficulties the two authors have encountered in conducting organization and management research in a number of East European countries (Baltic States, Bulgaria, and the CIS, especially Belarus, Russia and Ukraine) since the change processes started in the socialist bloc in the late 1980s. The paper is organized in four main parts. The first section outlines general problems of conducting field research in management and organization in transition economies. The second part focuses on methodological issues concerning qualitative research. In the third part, the methodological concerns of the quantitative research are emphasized. The paper contains stories and examples that illustrate some of the problematic issues the authors have faced in their empirical work. They provide evidence of the specificity of the transition economy context seen as a field for conducting field studies and point out the need to contextualize different methodological issues in order to successfully administrate the different stages through which the field work. Besides addressing and reflecting upon problems and obstacles, the paper suggests some measures as to how these methodological difficulties may be overcome. The conclusion summarizes the main aspects linked to implementing empirical organization and management research in transition economies and lists a variety of specific techniques a researcher might consider that are contextually based and that need to be explored in order to be able to generate data in an environment which appears to be specific in many aspects. 1 Part of this research was undertaken with support from the European Commission’s Tacis ACE programme 1995. The authors gratefully acknowledge also the financial support of Liikesivistysrahasto and Viipurin taloudellinen korkeakouluseura.
The effect of resveratrol supplementation on malondialdehyde , TNF α and interlukine-2 in elite female volleyball players

Introduction: Polyphenol and resveratrol sources as anti-inflammatory and antioxidant nutrient can be effective in lowering proinflammatory cytokines and their related-irreversible disorders. In this study, we assessed the role of this supplement on plasma tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), malondialdehyde (MDA) and interleukin 2 (IL-2) concentration in female professional volleyball players. Controversy in previous findings cause that more study was performed to assess the effect of resveratrol supplementation on malondialdehyde, TNFα and interlukine-2 in elite female volleyball players Methods: Twenty four professional volleyball players were randomized entered into intervention and placebo groups. They received 40 mg of resveratrol supplements or placebo pills for 11 weeks. Fasting blood TNF-α, MDA and IL-2 were measured at baseline and after the intervention period. Data were analyzed using paired t-test for within group study comparison and independent sample t-test was done to assess between groups comparison . Analyses were performed using SPSS software (version 20; SPSS, Inc., Chicago, IL, USA). Results: There was a statistically significant decrease in plasma TNFα and IL-2 concentrations after intervention; while MDA levels showed no significant change. There was a non-significant difference between two intervention groups. Conclusions: Resveratrol supplementation cannot reduce TNFα, IL-2 and MDA levels in female professional volleyball players, in compared to control group.
on Risk Management Organization of Subway Construction Project Based on Social Network Analysis

This article introduces the social network analysis method to analyze the risk management organization of subway construction project. From the two aspects of the whole network and the individual network, this paper analyzes the network density and centrality of the social network structure of subway construction project to clarify the overall structure of the risk management organization and the role of each participating party. The study found that the overall structure of the risk management organization in the subway construction project is not close enough. The rights and resources in the network are concentrated in a few participants such as the owner, the contractor and the insurance broker, while the remaining organizations have limited influence on risk management. According to the result of social network analysis, this paper puts forward the optimization suggestion of risk management organization.
Whence the Privatized Firm Dividend Premium ? 1

We find that the major determinants of the dividend payout premium of firms in civil law countries after privatization are improved firm operating performance and a prevalence of agency costs which are mitigated by higher pay-outs. We examine up to 74,562 firm-years (up to 336 privatized and 5,625 nonprivatized firms) across 26 countries. The privatized firm payout premium is substantive in civil law countries and is inversely related to the proportion of closely held shares. It also increases with firm efficiency and growth opportunities. Our main findings do not materially differ in respect to the international variation over time in the dividend tax penalty or across the state of economic development in the country of firm privatization. We therefore provide an economic rationale for the higher pay-outs of privatized firms. JEL Classification: G35, L33, L25
Construction Materials Contribution to non-linear constitutive modelling of masonry structures in 2 D Ji ř

Bricks are modelled in a different way, As a generally brittle, they often can't be effectively modelly by the smeared crack approach. The damage of the brick (a crack) usually goes through the whole brick and it can be assumed that its occurrence depends on a stress intenzity on an area and not on the stress size in an individual material point. Thus we have decided to use a simple approach that can be describes as a very basic non-local material model.
Modeling the linkage between North and Southern Mediterranean stock markets

To enhance our understanding in the basin Mediterranean stock markets, the paper investigates the relationship between the countries signatories of the Agadir Agreement which are Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt and Jordan for Southern Mediterranean Markets and France, Italy, Spain and Athens for Northern Mediterranean stock markets. We use the copula approach to model the linkages (dependence structure) between these markets. Our empirical results show that there is significant increase in the dependence between these markets after the Agadir Agreement. Moreover, the long-run result shows that there is no evidence of a relationship between these markets before the Agadir agreement. Whether, the linkages between these markets become more significant after the Agadir Agreement. However, Egypt and Morocco seem the first to react to this Agreement and occupy the large share of trade with the Northern European markets. This framework permits us to quantify the potential impact on the relationship between financial markets of the Agadir Agreement.
Technical Report : A Cryptographically Sound Dolev-Yao Style Security Proof of an Electronic Payment System ( Long Version ) ∗

We present the first cryptographically sound Dolev-Yao-sty le security proof of a comprehensive electronic payment system. The payment system is a slightly simplified variant of the3KP payment system and comprises a variety of different security requir ements ranging from basic ones like the impossibility of unauthorized payments to more sophisticate d properties like disputability. We show that the payment system is secure against arbitrary active attac ks, including arbitrary concurrent protocol runs and arbitrary manipulation of bitstrings within polyn omial time if the protocol is implemented using provably secure cryptographic primitives. Although we achieve security under cryptographic definitions, our proof does not have to deal with probabilist ic aspects of cryptography and is hence within the scope of current proof tools. The reason is that we exploit a recently proposed DolevYao-style cryptographic library with a provably secure cry ptographic implementation. Together with composition and preservation theorems of the underlying mo del, this allows us to perform the actual proof effort in a deterministic setting corresponding to a s lightly extended Dolev-Yao model.
Aberystwyth University Average Drift Analysis and Population Scalability

This paper aims to study how the population size affects the computation time of evolutionary algorithms in a rigorous way. The computation time of evolutionary algorithms can be measured by either the number of generations (hitting time) or the number of fitness evaluations (running time) to find an optimal solution. Population scalability is the ratio of the expected hitting time between a benchmark algorithm and an algorithm using a larger population size. Average drift analysis is introduced to compare the expected hitting time of two algorithms and to estimate lower and upper bounds on the population scalability. Several intuitive beliefs are rigorously analysed. It is proven that (1) using a population sometimes increases rather than decreases the expected hitting time; (2) using a population cannot shorten the expected running time of any elitist evolutionary algorithm on any unimodal function on the time-fitness landscape, however this statement is not true in terms of the distance-based fitness landscape; (3) using a population cannot always reduce the expected running time on deceptive functions, which depends on whether the benchmark algorithm uses elitist selection or random selection.
Effect of melittin isolated from bee venom ( Apiscerana indica ) on anti-proliferation in human cancer cervix hela cells through activation of Caspase 3 and p 53 protein

Melittin (MEL) is the main toxin protein constituen t of bee venom isolated from A cerana with powerful antiproliferation activity. This research aimed to eval u tion effect of melittin isolated from A. cerana o n antiproliferation in human cancer cervix Hela cells thr ough activation of p53 and caspase 3 protein using ICC method. The result show that melittin induced expression of p53 and caspase 3 as apoptotic marker on cell on H eLa cell line (p<0.05) and has a potential as candidate of antica ncer drug in future. Keyword: Melittin, anti-proliferation, HeLa, p53 and caspas e 3
Food for Thought Enlightening the ocean ’ s twilight zone

By definition, the mesopelagic twilight zone extends from 200 to 1000 m depth. Rather than confining the twilight zone to a certain depth interval, we here propose a definition that covers absolute light intensities ranging from 10 9 to 10 1 lmol quanta m 2 s . The lowest intensity of this twilight habitat corresponds to the visual threshold of lanternfishes (Myctophidae). The highest intensity corresponds to the upper light exposure of pearlsides (Maurolicus spp.), which have a unique eye adapted to higher light intensities than the lanternfishes. By this definition, the daytime twilight habitat extends deeper than 1000 m in very clear oceanic water, while may even be largely located above 200 m in very murky coastal waters. During moonlit nights in clear water, the twilight habitat would still extend deep into the mesopelagic depth zone, while becoming compressed toward the surface in dark nights. Large variation in night light, from 10 3 lmol quanta m 2 s 1 during moonlit nights to 10 8 lmol quanta m 2 s 1 in dark overcast nights, implies that division of light into nightand daylight is insufficient to characterize the habitats and distributional patterns of twilight organisms. Future research will benefit from in situ light measurements, during nightas well as daytime, and habitat classification based on optical properties in addition to depth. We suggest some pertinent research questions for future exploration of the twilight zone.
Neuro fi bromin inactivation impairs osteocyte development in Nf 1 Prx 1 and Nf 1 Col 1 mouse models

a Institute for Medical Genetics and Human Genetics, Charité, Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany b FG Development & Disease, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Berlin, Germany c Department of Biomaterials, Max Planck Institute for Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam, Germany d Department of Chemistry, École Normale Superiéure, 24 rue Lhomond, Paris 75005, France e Institut für Physiologische Chemie, MTZ, Medizinische Fakultät Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany f Department of Medicine, Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Center for Bone Biology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville TN, USA g Berlin-Brandenburg Center for Regenerative Therapies (BCRT), Berlin, Germany
User Word Segmentation Yahoo Spell Checker API Wrapper Database Tourism Ontology Thai lexme Tokenizer User Interface Input Keyword Spell Check POS Bigram Query Triple Check Unknow-Sentence Handling SPARQL Know Unknow

We propose an approach to the interpretation of natural language queries, particularly relevant to the tourist industry in Thailand, by applying natural language queries against a tourism ontology containing tourism information specific to Thailand, and in the Thai language. Queries in Thai language are difficult to segment into words and meaningful phrases given that Thai has no word separation, such as in European languages which have a space between words, meaning specific Thai natural language processing is required. This paper demonstrates the identification and comparison of various methodologies currently available for segmenting natural language phrases, which allowed us to develop a hybrid approach based on aspects of natural language processing drawn from the methods analyzed. Our primary contribution is the hybrid approach, which was applied particularly to the queries and questions likely to be posed by Thai tourists in Thai language. Our discussion presents and describes the framework of the proposed methodology, which applies Thai Word Segmentation together with Trigram and the Name Entity method, together with our evaluation of the query response accuracy achieved, which collectively was 99%. We are confident that the proposed approach can be applied for developing any semantic searching application that allows natural language query, otherwise than for tourism in Thailand, our immediate concern.
Electrohydrodynamic modelling and its application to heat transfer enhancement

In food processes, convection is still the main heat transfer mode and air is the most common heat transfer medium. The heat transfer enhancement at fluid-solid interfaces remains one of the crucial issues of these processes. The electrohydrodynamic (EHD) enhancement by ‘ionic wind’ is a promising technique that consists in applying an electric field of very high voltage and low electric current. The main objective of this study is to evaluate the performance of EHD enhancement of heat transfer in a square channel. The ionic wind is generated to disturb the air flow and to increase the convective heat transfer coefficient. Numerical and experimental investigations are performed in order to analyse the influence of the key parameters (velocity, geometry, applied voltage) on the heat transfer coefficient. EHD equations are solved by combination between Matlab and Comsol. Experiments are conducted using infrared camera in order to measure the surface temperature and to calculate the local heat transfer coefficient. In the set-up, air is blown at a velocity up to 5 m/s and the ionic wind is generated by a wire electrode located across the channel. We obtain a good agreement between the model and the experiment (maximum discrepancy of 10% on Nusselt number). At Re≈5000 the enhancement of the heat transfer by the electric body force leads to a three-fold increase of the mean heat transfer coefficient. The numerical model permits to determine that multiple wires are required to obtain a significant enhancement over a wide surface. The distance between adjacent wires should be twice the distance between the wire and the ground plate. The modelling approach gives relevant information and basic rules could be derived to design EHD experiments.