Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
A theory-driven qualitative study exploring issues relating to adherence to topical glaucoma medications

Purpose Investigating patients’ perceptions of their illness can provide important insights into the experience and management of the illness and associated treatment, and enhance understanding of variations in adherence to prescribed medication. The Common-Sense Model of Self-Regulation (CSM) provides a theoretical framework for the study of illness cognitions, health behavior, and adherence to health recommendations. The aim of this study was to use the CSM to investigate the experience of glaucoma and its treatment from the patients’ perspective, and to apply these insights to classify and clarify issues related to nonadherence with treatment. Patients and methods A qualitative investigation using semi-structured interviews took place in two outpatient glaucoma clinics. Thirty-three patients with primary open-angle glaucoma using hypotensive eye drops participated in the study. Deductive content analysis was used to analyze the interview data. Results Issues relating to nonadherence with hypotensive eye drops and patients’ experience with their glaucoma and treatment were identified. Treatment schedule and patient factors were classified as common barriers to adherence. Further themes include experienced symptoms of glaucoma, illness coherence, and the emotional and practical consequences of the illness. Conclusion Findings provide important insights into the emotional and practical outcomes of glaucoma for patients, perceived symptoms of the illness, and insights into patient memory and cognition. These findings provide supporting evidence for the importance of conducting theoretically driven qualitative investigations of patients’ experience with glaucoma and their treatment, and provide suggestions on key issues that need to be addressed in future multidimensional interventions aimed at improving adherence and patient quality of life.
To study the effect of high density lipoprotein and calcium on the levels of random blood sugar, body mass index, and age: A case control perspective

Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) is a disorder in which there is inefficient use of insulin hormone, leads to build up of glucose in the blood and eventually ends up with hyperglycemia. The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis of inter-relationship of age, body mass index (BMI), random blood sugar (RBS), Total Cholesterol (TC), Triacylglycerols (TAGs), High Density Lipoproteins cholesterol (HDLc), and Ca in patients with T2DM and also to compare these levels with that of healthy controls. Plasma glucose, serum TC, TAGs, HDLc, and Ca were estimated according to the instructions given in the methods. BMI was significantly higher and also the levels of RBS, TC and TAGs were significantly higher in T2DM patients compared with healthy controls. In addition, total serum Ca level was significantly higher in T2DM patients compared with healthy controls. No significant differences were observed in age and HDLc levels in T2DM patients compared with healthy controls. In the patient group positive correlation was observed between age and TAGs, age and HDLc, RBS and TC, RBS and TAGs, RBS and HDLc. In the control group, we found positive correlation between age and HDLc and a negative correlation between BMI and serum Ca. The authors conclude from the
Treatment of moderate acute malnutrition using food products or counselling: A systematic review

Field Exchange issue 60, July 2019, www.ennonline. net/fex Treatment of moderate acute malnutrition using food products or counselling: A systematic review
Prevalence, Causes and Associated Risk Factors of Childhood Blindness – A Study in Tertiary Care Centre of Central India

1 Dept. of Ophthalmology, Bundelkhand Medical College, Sagar, M.P. India 2 Dept. of Radiotherapy, NSCB Medical College, Jabalpur, M.P. India *Corresponding Author Dr Sanandan Patel H. No. 1281/22a, Ekta Colony, Jawahar Nagar, Adhartal, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, Pin Code – 482004 Abstract Purpose: This study aims to determine prevalence and incidence of childhood blindness in a tertiary care centre of central India and study of various causes and risk factors of childhood blindness. Material and Method: It is prospective observational institution-based case study. Children who met inclusion criteria were enrolled and thoroughly examined. All the data obtained were analyzed to know the clinical profile of childhood blindness in terms of age and sex presentation, various involved risk factors, causes and pattern of diseases occurrence. Results: 47 case of childhood blindness were included in this study with prevalence of 1.06 per 1000 patients and incidence of 0.34 per 1000 patients for year 2015. Majority of cases of childhood blindness were from 05 years of age group (40.4%) with female child (53.2%) predominance. Corneal causes were responsible in 31.9% cases of childhood blindness with predominance of Keratomalacia (46.7%). In 53.2% cases preventable and treatable causes were responsible for childhood blindness in which chronic malnutrition leading to Vitamin A deficiency (14.89%) and trauma (14.89%) were major causes. Keratoplasty was excellent treatment option in 14.89% cases. Conclusion: Major causes of childhood blindness are either preventable or treatable which include Malnutrition and Vitamin A deficiency predominantly in rural India. Our efforts should be guided to increase awareness for risk factors in society and to provide adequate treatment and care facilities at rural areas to prevent childhood blindness.
Urban area change visualization and analysis using high density spatial data from time series aerial images

Abstract Urban changes occur as a result of new constructions or destructions of buildings, extensions, excavation works and earth fill arising from urbanization or disasters. The fast and efficient detection of urban changes enables us to update geo-databases and allows effective planning and disaster management. This study concerns the visualization and analysis of urban changes using multi-period point clouds from aerial images. The urban changes in the city centre of the Konya Metropolitan area within arbitrary periods between the years 1951, 1975, 1998 and 2010 were estimated after comparing the point clouds by using the iterative closest point (ICP) algorithm. The changes were detected with the point-to-surface distances between the point clouds. The degrees of the changes were expressed with the RMSEs of these point-to-surface distances. In addition, the change size and proportion during the historical periods were analysed. The proposed multi-period change visualization and analysis method ensures strict management against unauthorized building or excavation and more operative urban planning.
Width Dependent Two-Photon Absorption in Monolayer Black Phosphorus Nanoribbons

Black phosphorus nanoribbons (BPNs) might offer alternatives to narrow-gap compound semiconductors for tunable optoelectronics in infrared region. In this work we present a quantum perturbation theory on two-photon absorption (TPA) in monolayer armchair-edged black phosphorus nanoribbons (acBPNs) employing the reduced two-band model within the long-wavelength BP Hamiltonian. The matrix elements for one-photon transition have been derived and the TPA spectrum associate with intra conduction band transition and inter band transition have been drawn. The calculations predict that the TPA coefficient in acBPNs is in the magnitude of 10−6 m/W in visible region, which is 4 orders higher than the conventional semiconductor quantum dots. And in infrared region, there is a giant TPA coefficient, which is mainly contributed from intra band transitions and can reach up to10−1 m/W. The TPA peaks can be tuned both by the width of BPNs and the electron relaxation energy.
Analyse d'un corpus longitudinal de SMS produits par de jeunes adolescents

In this paper, our hypothesis is that the SMS register of the written language shares certain features with the spoken language. One of them – the way it is being acquired – will be at the center of this study. In contrast to traditional writing, the SMS register is not the result of explicit academic instruction. It is acquired through daily life activities and interactions, just as spoken language is, although at a later stage in time. To examine this question, we collected a longitudinal corpus of natural SMS data (2009-2010), with the collaboration of a junior high school in the region of Poitou-Charentes (France). Data collection took place over the course of one school year (each month) among youngsters between the ages of 11 and 13 years who had no previous experience using a cell phone (a total of 4,524 SMS messages has been collected). These text messages were analyzed using two kinds of indices: a) orthographic indices (categories of spelling errors) and b) dialogic indices (presence/absence of openings or closings). The data are discussed in terms of the specificities of the SMS register as compared to other large registers (traditional spoken, traditional written language).
Antybiotykooporność izolowanych z żywności bakterii z rodziny Enterobacteriaceae

The aim of this study was to analyse the susceptibility of Enterobacteriaceae strains isolated from food to antibiotics used in human therapy. The tests were conducted on 433 samples of raw and processed meat intended for sale. A total of 114 strains belonging to Enterobacteriaceae were isolated by the classical bacteriological technique. Escherichia, Klebsiella, Serratia, Enterobacter, Proteus, Hafnia, Citrobacter, Salmonella and Shigella were cultured from samples of beef, pork, poultry and ready-made meat products. Antibiotic susceptibility was tested by the mean of E-tests for the following antibiotics: piperacillin, piperacillin with tazobactam, cefotaxime, cefuroxime, imipenem, ceftazidime, gentamycin, tobramycin, ciprofloxacin and trimethoprim with sulfamethoxazole. Over 37% of the strains isolated were resistant to some of these antibiotics, and 34% showed resistance to at least 2 of them. Resistance was observed most frequently to cephalosporins, penicillins and trimethoprim with sulfamethoxazole, which may suggest that these antibiotics are used excessively in veterinary medicine.
Graph-based change-point detection

We consider the testing and estimation of change-points -- locations where the distribution abruptly changes -- in a data sequence. A new approach, based on scan statistics utilizing graphs representing the similarity between observations, is proposed. The graph-based approach is non-parametric, and can be applied to any data set as long as an informative similarity measure on the sample space can be defined. Accurate analytic approximations to the significance of graph-based scan statistics for both the single change-point and the changed interval alternatives are provided. Simulations reveal that the new approach has better power than existing approaches when the dimension of the data is moderate to high. The new approach is illustrated on two applications: The determination of authorship of a classic novel, and the detection of change in a network over time.
The JAS (Java Agent-based Simulation) Library

Drilling by the rotary method is conducted from a floating vessel. The driving joint of the drill string, e.g. a kelly driven by a rotary table or a top joint rotated by a power swivel, includes a splined telescopic joint and hydraulic piston and cylinder means whose pressure is controlled in response to a function of the drill string tension, e.g., dead line tension or cylinder pressure, to maintain desired drill string tension, e. g. , constant tension, corresponding to desired bit loading. Motion of exterior part of driving joint relative to vessel is same as that of corresponding joint relative to drill rig operating on land; motion of part of drill string in hole relative to hole is same as that of drill string relative to hole when drilling on land.
Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Practice

This chapter highlights culturally and linguistically responsive (CLR) teaching as a transformative pedagogical model for supporting English learners' access to equitable education. It presents the principles and theories of CLR practice, critical pedagogy, and curriculum, along with their implications for learning. Recommendations for CLR curriculum, instruction, and assessment are provided as well.
Development of Patin Fish Business in Batu Belah Village, Kampar District, Riau [Pengembangan Usaha Ikan Patin di Desa Batu Belah Kecamatan Kampar Riau]

Kampar Regency is the largest producer of catfish in Riau. Catfish farmers in this region carry out catfish cultivation independently. Partners experience very little capital constraints, where the price of seeds and feed is increasing, while the selling price of catfish tends to remain or even decline. The purpose of this activity is to help catfish farmers to increase their income and the sale value of pangasius produced by providing pellet machines. Constraints faced by partners, namely the high price of feed causes high prices of production, while the selling power of catfish is low. This is what causes the least benefit obtained by catfish farmers. The activities carried out on this PKM program are the use of science and technology in terms of catfish production, namely by providing feed/pellet machines, this effort aims to reduce dependence on commercial feed sold at relatively high prices. Pellet to partners. By giving this machine it can increase the income of catfish farmers. The price of commercial pellets is Rp. 9,666, - while the price of feed with the use of pellet machines is Rp. 4,850. The difference in profits obtained by catfish farmers by providing pellet machines is Rp. 4,816. So that the use of pellet machines can increase the income of catfish partners.
Unique Transcription Factor Functions Regulate Epigenetic and Transcriptional Dynamics During Cardiac Reprogramming

Direct lineage conversion, whereby a somatic cell assumes a new cellular identity, can be driven by ectopic expression of combinations of lineage-enriched transcription factors. To determine the molecular mechanisms by which expression of Gata4, Mef2c, and Tbx5 (GMT) induces direct reprogramming from a cardiac fibroblast toward an induced cardiomyocyte, we performed a comprehensive transcriptomic and epigenomic interrogation of the reprogramming process. Single cell RNA sequencing indicated that a reprogramming trajectory was acquired within 48 hours of GMT introduction, did not require cell division, and was limited mainly by successful expression of GMT. Evaluation of chromatin accessibility by ATAC-seq supported the expression dynamics and revealed widespread chromatin remodeling at early stages of the reprogramming process. Chromatin immunoprecipitation followed by sequencing of each factor alone or in combinations revealed that GMT bind DNA individually and in combination, and that ectopic expression of either Mef2c or Tbx5 is sufficient in some contexts to increase accessibility. We also find evidence for cooperative facilitation and refinement of each factor’s binding in a combinatorial setting. A random-forest classifier that integrated the observed gene expression dynamics with regions of dynamic chromatin accessibility suggested Tbx5 binding is a primary driver of gene expression changes and revealed additional transcription factor motifs co-segregating with reprogramming factor motifs, suggesting new factors that may be involved in the reprogramming process. These results begin to explain the mechanisms by which transcription factors normally expressed in multiple germ layers can function combinatorially to direct lineage conversion.
Automated Lensing Learner: Automated Strong Lensing Identification with a Computer Vision Technique

Forthcoming surveys such as the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) and Euclid necessitate automatic and efficient identification methods of strong lensing systems. We present a strong lensing identification approach that utilizes a feature extraction method from computer vision, the Histogram of Oriented Gradients (HOG), to capture edge patterns of arcs. We train a supervised classifier model on the HOG of mock strong galaxy–galaxy lens images similar to observations from the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) and LSST. We assess model performance with the area under the curve (AUC) of a Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) curve. Models trained on 10,000 lens and non-lens containing images exhibit an AUC of 0.975 for an HST-like sample, 0.625 for one exposure of LSST, and 0.809 for 10 yr mock LSST observations. Performance appears to continually improve with the training set size. Models trained on fewer images perform better in the absence of the lens galaxy light. However, with larger training data sets, information from the lens galaxy actually improves model performance, indicating that HOG captures much of the morphological complexity of the arc-finding problem. We test our classifier on data from the Sloan Lens ACS Survey and find that small-scale image features reduce the efficiency of our trained model. However, these preliminary tests indicate that some parameterizations of HOG can compensate for differences between observed mock data. One example best-case parameterization results in an AUC of 0.6 in the F814 filter image, with other parameterization results equivalent to random performance.
NIM INDIANO (AZADIRACHTA INDICA): MALEFÍCIOS PARA O MEIO AMBIENTE

O Nim indiano (Azadirachta indica) e uma arvore exotica do sul da Asia, que tem sido implantado nas regioes Norte, Sudeste e Centro-Oeste e se adaptou muito bem as regioes do Nordeste brasileiro por ser uma planta de clima tropical e tolerante a altas temperaturas, inclusive acima de 40oC por curtos periodos e resiste a longos periodos secos. A mesma contem atributos infinitos, oferecendo muitos beneficios. Dela tudo se aproveita, desde a raiz ate as folhas. Esta planta tambem se caracteriza pelo fornecimento de ampla area de sombra. Considerada uma planta inseticida e repelente por isso plantada proxima a residencias para inibir a acao da dengue e de outras doencas transmitidas por insetos, a sua utilizacao tem se tornando ainda mais frequente. Diante disso, o objetivo desse estudo e revisar na literatura cientifica os maleficios que o Nim indiano pode causar no meio ambiente. Realizou-se um estudo bibliografico do tipo exploratorio-descritivo, utilizando-se bases de dados BVS, Scielo, Google academico, sendo que para a busca dos artigos foram utilizados os descritores em saude com palavras-chaves em portugues: Azadirachta indica, maleficios, plantas medicinais. A pesquisa teve como criterios de inclusao quatro estudos que abordassem as propriedades toxicas para o meio ambiente da Azadirachta indica, tendo textos em lingua portuguesa publicados nos ultimos dois anos. E, como criterios de exclusao, trabalhos com duplicidade e que nao apresentassem resumos na integra nas bases de dados. Pesquisas tem abordado sobre os problemas ambientais associados a introducao dessa especie em areas do Brasil. Seu principio toxico, o oleo contendo azadiractina, e retirado das sementes, o qual contem inumeros compostos ativos, pode ser intensamente letal para varios tipos de insetos, incluindo insetos importantes para agricultura brasileira como por exemplos as abelhas, tem acao comprovada sobre mais de 400 especies de insetos e acaros, causando neles reducao de alimentacao, repelencia de postura, interrupcao do desenvolvimento, da ecdise, da fertilidade, fecundidade e na fisiologia, podendo leva-los a morte. E considerada uma planta abortiva para os animais, incluindo passaros causando esterilidade. Diante disso e importante ressaltar possiveis impactos causados ao ambiente pelo cultivo exacerbado da planta e alertar sobre sua utilizacao de forma inconsciente. Devido a falta de conhecimento da populacao sua utilizacao ainda e muito presente e a populacao continua plantando a especie. Muito ainda ha para ser estudado sobre o desequilibrio ambiental a partir do Nim indiano. Esta planta tem provocado reflexoes, mas devem ser problematizadas pela ciencia de modo que se tenha cada vez mais ferramentas de discussao sobre a importância da preservacao dos ecossistemas.
Untangling global change impacts on hydrological processes: Resisting climatization

Reliable attribution of the relative importance of diverse global change impacts (e.g., impacts of climate change and rising human population) on hydrological processes is not necessary merely for theoretical applications of hydrology, such as conceptual model development and numerical model selection, but also has crucial broader impacts. This ideal of high‐quality objective science indeed underpins the rational discourse to which democracies aspire (Kirchner, 2017). Water managers rely on the science of global change hydrology to secure the water requirements of humans, industry, and ecosystems now and in the future (Alborzi et al., 2018; Gleick, 1989; Grimm et al., 1997; Oki & Kanae, 2006). In transboundary watersheds, climate change may impact available water and, consequently, water sharing (Cooley & Gleick, 2011; Petersen‐Perlman, Veilleux, & Wolf, 2017; Wine, 2019b; Wine, 2019c; Wine, 2019d) including in regions already subject to severe water stress. Noting that the countries most responsible for loading Earth's atmosphere with greenhouse gases may differ from those that bear the brunt of climate change impacts, the hydrological science literature may play a role in attribution of observed phenomena as adverse effects of climate change, as a consequence of which the impacted countries may seek aid from those countries chiefly responsible for emissions or global organizations that fund climate change adaptation (Grant, Tamason, & Jensen, 2015). Finally, accurate climate change attribution research serves as the basis for government determination as to the threat posed to its citizens by climate change, as in the Endangerment Finding by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (Duffy et al., 2019), and the consequent need for a government response. Although it is important not to downplay the already observed and predicted future effects of anthropogenic
IMOBILISASI 1,8-DIHIDROXYANTHRAQUINON PADA SILIKA GEL MELALUI PROSES SOL-GEL

Telah dilakukan penelitian tentang imobilisasi silika gel dengan 1,8 Dihidroxyanthraquinone melalui proses sol-gel dan karakterisasinya. Kajian yang dilakukan meliputi sintesis dan karakterisasi silika terimobilisasi 1,8 Dihidroxyanthraquinone . Metode yang digunakan ialah metode sol-gel. Karakterisasi silika gel dilakukan dengan spektrofotometer inframerah (FTIR) dan difraktometer sinar-X (XRD. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa silika terimobilisasi 1,8 Dihidroxyanthraquinone berhasil dibuat yang ditunjukkan oleh munculnya serapan inframerah dari gugus fungsional – OH, C=O, C-C dan C-H,. Data XRD menunjukkan bahwa struktur silika terimobilisasi 1,8 Dihidroxyanthraquinone semakin bersifat kristal hampir menyerupai senyawa organik sebagai agen pemodifikasi silika gel. Kata kunci : silika gel, imobilisasi, 1,8 Dihidroxyanthraquinone , sol-gel
PRIMAL-DUAL ALGORITHMS FOR SEMIDEFINITE OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS BASED ON KERNEL-FUNCTION WITH TRIGONOMETRIC BARRIER TERM

In this paper we extended the results obtained for the first trigonometric kernel-function-based IPMs introduced by El Ghami et al. in [8] for LO to semidefinite optimization problems. The kernel function has a trigonometric Barrier Term. In this paper we generalize the analysis presented in the above paper for Semidefinit Optimization Problems (SDO). It is shown that the interior-point methods based on this function for large-update methods, the iteration bound is improved significantly. For small-update interior point methods the iteration bound is the best currently known bound for primal-dual interior point methods. The analysis for SDO deviates significantly from the analysis for linear optimization. Several new tools and techniques are derived in this paper. AMS Subject Classification: 90C22, 90C31