Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Testing Food Preference and Caching Behavior in the Eastern Grey Squirrel

Diet and foraging patterns are an integral aspect of animal survival, and consequently many animals spend a large portion of the day securing sustenance. In this study, I explored the foraging and caching behavior of the Eastern grey squirrel, Sciurus carolinensis, as a function of food type and temperature. Wild subjects were presented with two equally available food sources, either mixed seed or high-glucose breakfast cereal, and later, mixed acorns. Data was gathered on the number of individuals that attended either feeder, the date, time, and temperature, and whether the food was consumed immediately or taken away to be cached in the area. It was hypothesized that the squirrels would prefer the mixed seed, and that the seed would be cached more frequently than the cereal. Preliminary observations revealed that the animals showed almost no interest in the cereal. After adjusting for these findings, another experiment was proposed that would utilize acorns, a common food source, in place of the cereal. It was hypothesized that acorns would be cached more frequently than the seed, and that the overall trend would be towards more frequent caching behavior as temperatures decreased. The results indicated that the Eastern grey squirrel clearly prefers mixed seed, cached the acorns more often than the seed (albeit at an exceedingly low rate only twice), and temperature did not affect the choice to consume vs. cache food items. It appears that dietary genetic predispositions supported by evolutionary processes interacting with immediate environmental pressures, such as competition, drive food preference and caching behavior.
Intelligence Capital : Developing Adaptive Capabilities through Agent Based Simulation

Organizations all around the world are facing changing and uncertain environments. Knowledge has become the most relevant asset and being adaptive the fittest strategy (Haeckel, 1999). Knowledge assets are embedded capabilities in individuals, organizations or societies (Malhotra, 2003). The purpose of our research is to assess and develop an organization’s adaptive capabilities. Our proposed framework is based on Capital Systems (Carrillo, 2002) and is focused on Intelligence Capital. From our approach, developing Intelligence Capital means to increase adaptive capabilities to make better decisions supported on both internal and external knowledge (Olavarrieta, 2010). The purpose of this research is to apply the Intelligence Capital model to a Software Development Centre (SDC). It is expected that through this intervention the Intelligence Capital capabilities of this centre can be assessed and managed. This research follows Design Science (March & Smith, 1995) and aims to assess and manage Intelligence Capital through an Adaptive Capabilities Maturity Model. The unit of analysis is a SDC at Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico (CEDETEC). Intelligence Capital was operationalized and an Agent Based Simulation was used to validate the constructs, model and instantiation. The contribution of this research to Intellectual Capital and Intelligent Computing is twofold: First, a distinctive Intelligence Capital concept is characterized and operationalized. And second, agent based simulation is used to validate and theorize by means of design science.
Using Translational Science in Visual Analytics Tera

We introduce translational science, a research discipline from medicine, and show how adapting it for visual analytics can improve the design and evaluation of visual analytics interfaces. Translational science “translates” knowledge from the lab to the real-world to “ground truth” by incorporating a 3 phase program of research. Phase 1 & 2 include protocols for research in the lab and field and Phase 3 focuses on dissemination and documentation. We discuss these phases and how they may be applied to visual analytics research.
GEODYNAMIC EVOLUTION OF THE PREALPINE BASEMENT OF GEORGIA (TRANSCAUCASUS)

The pre-Alpine basement of Georgia represents composite terranes, which include NeoProterozoic arc-accretionary complex (810±100 Ma) and gabbroic to dioritic intrusions (607±78 Ma) of Pan-African succession of the Arabian-Nubian Shield. Epi-Variscan complexes are represented by Late Paleozoic suprasubductional granites, which was formed at the southern active margine of Eurasiatic continent.
Lap-Chee Tsui (1950-)

Lap-Chee Tsui is a geneticist who discovered the gene thought to be partly responsible for cystic fibrosis [5] (CF), and his research team sequenced human chromosome 7 [6]. As the location of the gene associated with cystic fibrosis [5] is now known, it is possible for doctors and specialists to identify in human fetuses the mutation to the gene that partly causes the disease. Tsui’s research also outlined the mechanisms for the development of cystic fibrosis [5], which were previously unknown.
Quantum-Inspired Automatic Clustering Technique Using Ant Colony Optimization Algorithm

Quantum computing has emerged as the most challenging field of research in efficient computation. This chapter introduces a novel quantum-inspired ant colony optimization technique for automatic clustering. This chapter presents an application of this proposed technique to the automatic clustering of real-life gray-scale image data sets. In contrary to the other techniques, the proposed one requires no previous knowledge of the data to be classified. It finds the optimal number of clusters of the data by itself. The Xie-Beni cluster validity measure has been employed as the objective function for clustering purpose. Effectiveness of the proposed technique is exhibited on four real-life gray-scale images. Superiority of the proposed technique is established over its counterpart with respect to various aspects, which include accuracy, stability, computational time and standard errors. Finally, a statistical supremacy test, called unpaired two-tailed t-test, is conducted between them. It shows that superiority in favor of the proposed technique is established. Quantum-Inspired Automatic Clustering Technique Using Ant Colony Optimization Algorithm
EasyChair Preprint No 1451 Comparative Study of Combination of Convolutional and Recurrent Neural Network for Natural Language Processing

Nowadays social networks are very inclusive and there is a lot of raw information. Facebook has the most users. Most of the information on Facebook is comments. Because of this reason we choose Facebook for this research. The aim of this research is to comment mining in the Facebook social network. In this research, at the first for removing noise and data cleaning, we apply 10 preprocessing methods on the dataset. Then the data classified by using CNN, LTMS, CNN-LTMS and LTMS-CNN methods. The result showed that the most accuracy belongs to combined LTMS-CNN method and fastest approach is CNN method. We can use these methods for getting useful data on social networks.
How we can mark the rhythm of the daily work by using a Learning Management System as Moodle ?

In this paper is shown how e-learning can help us to mark the pace of the daily work of on-site students when they are studying alone. In the classroom, it is an easy task to orientate the work of the pupils by classical methods, but these ones have the lack of be inadequates to regulate the student’s work when they are out of the classroom. E-learning can help us, and so, here is shown how the use of some tools provided by an LMS (Learning Management System) such as Moodle allow teachers to schedule activities in order to students face up to appropriate learning environment when they are studying alone. Moreover, these e-learning tools permit collaborative learning as a way of reinforcing their activity and solving problems in real time. We have focussed our attention to those tools of Moodle that let us direct our efforts toward the achievement of this goal for in site students making their daily work in their own time autonomously, and how the use of techniques, activities and resources of e-learning can help them in real time. Moreover, schoolteachers always have an updated information of all activities carried out by students. It allows teachers to become aware of those aspects of the learning process or topics that students find some difficulties and make the appropriate corrections in real time, in other words, it enables the early detection of those obstacles that can produce unsuccessful results. Key–Words: Learning strategies, collaborative learning Moodle, LMS, e-learning, guidance, blended learning.
A STUDY ON CUSTOMER SATISFACTION WITH REFERENCE TO SERVICE PROVIDERS IN HYDERABAD ( INDIA )

Based on a review of the literature of service qualityassessment models, this paper selected two of the more mature models, i.e. the Customer Satisfaction Index (CSI) and the SERVQUAL model, as its research focus. After evaluating their respective advantages and disadvantages in light of the particular characteristics of telecommunications enterprises, a new and improved service quality assessment model is proposed. This paper adopts an innovativeview of the quantitative analysis of the service quality of telecommunications enterprises, so as to provide telecommunications companies with the most appropriate solutions for improving their service quality.An empirical study is conducted to test the effect of the practical application of this new assessment model. The outcome helps to better understand the consumer's various specific service requirements in the course of the consumption of the telecommunications services. KeywordsService Quality; Telecom Service; Assessment Model; Customer Satisfaction; Indicators
HAEMATOLOGICAL CHANGES IN Oreochromis niloticus ( OSTEICHTHYES : CICHLIDAE ) WITH GILL ICHTHYOPHTHIRIASIS AND SAPROLEGNIOSIS

The effects of gill ichthyophthiriasis and saprolegniosis in haematological parameters and relative condition factor (Kn) of Oreochromis niloticus (Nile tilapia), naturally infected with Ichthyophthirius multifiliis and Saprolegnia sp. were studied, in comparison with those of healthy fish. Results show no difference in relative condition factor between the two groups. However, red blood cells count (RBCC), lymphocytes percentage, hemoglobin concentration, hematocrit and mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration were significantly lower when compared with the healthy group (P<0.01). In addition, mean corpuscular volume, neutrophils and monocytes percentage were significantly higher (P<0.01) in the infected fish. Thrombocytes showed no differences (P>0.05). No relation between the thrombocytes and the mechanism of organic defense was observed. These results suggest that the parasitism induced anemia and increase in the percentage of circulating neutrophils and monocytes.
A structural model for the analysis of the impact of monetary policy on output and inflation

Monetary policy plays an important role in stabilising economic fluctuations and, especially, in controlling the rate of inflation in an economy. This paper analyses the monetary transmission mechanism in Spain by carrying out a series of simulation exercises using a macroeconomic model with a high degree of aggregation. These exercises serve to compare the behaviour of the rate of inflation and the rate of growth of GDP in the base scenario with their behaviour in various alternative monetary policy settings.
Discussions on toxic traditional chinese medicine and new perspectives

Along with the increase in the consumption of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), the safety of TCM has dramatically attracted the attention and concern of the public. Here, we review previous studies, which focused mainly on the toxicity of toxic TCM and the interpretations for combination, to elaborate on advances and important issues existing in the safety evaluation of TCM, aiming to provide scientific advice for the clinical use. Moreover, we emphasize the importance of a safe evaluation system for TCM based on the material basis for toxicity, which integrates new toxicity testing strategy and is launched under the guidance of TCM theories in future researches.
One-minute deep breathing assessment and its relationship to 24-h heart rate variability measurements

Background: Heart rate variability (HRV), the change in the time intervals between successive pairs of heartbeats, is influenced by interdependent regulatory systems operating over different time scales to adapt to psychological challenges and environmental demands. Low ageadjusted HRV is predictive of upcoming health challenges in healthy people as well as a wide range of diseases in patients and correlates with allcause mortality. 24h HRV recordings are considered the “gold standard” and have greater predictive power on health risk than shortterm recordings. However, it is not typically costeffective or practical to acquire 24h HRV recordings. This has led to the growing use of shortterm recordings in research and clinical assessments. Objective: The first study examined the correlations between a 10min restingstate period, a 1min paced deep breathing protocol, response to handgrip, and 24h HRV measures in 28 healthy individuals. Based on the results of the initial study, the primary study examined the correlations between the 1min paced deep breathing assessment and 24h measures in a general population of 805 individuals. Results: The highest correlations for the HRV variables were with the vagally mediated sources of HRV. The 1min paced deep breathing was positively correlated with 24h highfrequency power (r = 0.60, P < 0.01), root mean square of successive difference (r = 0.62, P < 0.01), lowfrequency (LF) power (r = 0.64, P < 0.01), veryLF power (r = 0.57, P < 0.01) total power (r = 0.42, P < 0.01), standard deviation of normaltonormal interval (SDNN) index (r = 0.59, P < 0.01), and SDNN (r = 0.41, P < 0.01). Conclusions: The findings from this study suggest that the 1min paced deep breathing protocol is an ideal shortterm assessment that can be used in a health risk screening context. When low values are observed, it is recommended that a 24h assessment be conducted.
Reasons for contraceptive discontinuation at Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital Zaria, Northern Nigeria

Background: Despite the low uptake of contraceptive methods in Nigeria and the associated obstetric and medical complications of high birth rate, some of the clients still find reason to discontinue the methods. To determine the reasons for discontinuation of contraceptive methods among clients at the Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Shika-Zaria. Patients and Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study of clients attending the reproductive health clinic of Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Zaria, from January to June 2013. Structured questionnaires were administered to consented clients. Information obtained included the following: sociodemographic data, gynecological history, history of contraception, and reasons for discontinuing a contraceptive method. Data were analyzed using Minitab version 15. Results: Majority of the respondents were multiparous, within the age group of 20–29 years, with tertiary education and civil servants. Most of the respondents, 161 (53.3%), had used a contraceptive method before, mostly injectables 64 (40%). In total, 100 clients (62.5%) were still on their methods of choice, whereas 61 (37.8%) had discontinued, giving a discontinuation rate of 37.9%. Majority, 26 (42.6%) discontinued due to reduced need for the method (mostly to conceive), whereas 22 (36.1%) discontinued due to method problems (mostly menstrual problems). Others had no known reason 6 (9.8%), not interested 6 (9.8), and 1 (1.6%) had failure of the method. Clients aged 30–34 years and only Quranic education were more likely to have unmet need for contraceptive use. Conclusion: There is need for effective counseling, education on side effects, and health concerns regarding modern contraceptive methods.
Assessment of knowledge regarding self-management of bronchial asthma among patients attending the outpatient department of a North Zone tertiary care center

Background: Bronchial asthma is a well-known chronic illness with a significant burden. The chronic nature of the disease demands time to time management. Knowledge about the disease condition is essential to understand the dynamic nature of the symptoms. Therefore, it is important to assess the knowledge of the patients related to disease, so that further teaching can be planned to educate them about their disease condition and self-management measures. Objective: The objective of this study was to assess the knowledge of patients regarding self-management of bronchial asthma. Materials and Methods: One hundred and thirty-five participants with varying asthma severity were enrolled in the study group. Each participant was interviewed using a prevalidated questionnaire consisting of 19 items. The items were divided into three subcategory questions related to disease condition, triggering factors and symptoms, and correct inhalation device use and acute management. The scores were categorized into three categories, namely poor (0–6), moderate (7–12), and good (13–19) knowledge score. Results: Poor knowledge has been seen in 10.37%. The mean knowledge score of the participants was 10.24 ± 3.11 and ranged from 4 to 17. There was a negative linear correlation between duration of diagnosis and knowledge score (r = −0.16, P > 0.05). A slight positive linear correlation was seen in age and knowledge score (r = 0.2, P < 0.05), and a negative linear correlation was spotted in educational status and knowledge score (r = −0.24, P < 0.05). Conclusion: Written educational material should be routinely provided to patients to enhance their understanding and knowledge about disease condition and its proper management.
Impact of mood on endothelial function and arterial stiffness in bipolar disorder

Background: Previous research on bipolar disorder demonstrates greater-than-expected vascular dysfunction later in the course of illness, proportionate to the cumulative burden of mood symptoms. However, little is known about the effect of acute mood states on vascular function. Here, we examine the relation between vascular function and mood state in individuals with bipolar disorder. Materials and Methods: This prospective study followed forty individuals with bipolar disorder for up to 6 months. The participants were assessed for mood state and vascular function at baseline, 2 weeks, and 6 months. Mood state was determined using the clinician-administered Montgomery–Šsberg Depression Rating Scale and Young Mania Rating Scale. Vascular function was assessed by flow-mediated dilation (FMD) of the brachial artery, forearm vascular resistance (FVR), and arterial stiffness. Results: The participants had a mean age of 30.1 years, and 75% were male. Primary outcome measures such as FMD and nitroglycerine-mediated dilation were not found to have statistically significant associations with depressive or manic symptoms. In unadjusted models, higher manic symptoms were significantly associated with increased FVR nitroprusside-mediated dilation and diastolic blood pressure. In adjusted models, higher depressive symptoms were significantly associated with increases in augmentation index adjusted for heart rate of 75 bpm, and higher manic symptoms remained associated with increases in diastolic blood pressure. Conclusion: FMD may have limited sensitivity as a biomarker for measuring short-term effects of mood state. Long-term prospective studies are needed to clarify the temporal relation between chronic mood symptoms and vascular function in bipolar disorder.
Porphyria: An Uncommon Cause of Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome

Acute intermittent porphyria (AIP) is rare and the diagnosis is often delayed. It usually presents with abdominal symptoms, behavioural changes, seizures, tachycardia, and hypertension. MRI findings are usually normal or few contrast enhancing lesions may be present. Rarely , reversible vasogenic edema is seen on MRI as T2 weighted and FLAIR hyper intensity without diffusion restriction suggestive of posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES). Review of literature suggests that there are only few case reports of AIP associated with PRES. Because diffusion-weighted MRI is normal, the lesions are likely caused by reversible vasogenic edema and transient breakdown of the blood-brain barrier. Treatment of porphyria consists of a high carbohydrate diet supplemented with the use of intravenous glucose and haematin infusions during acute attacks. Management of seizures with commonly used anti-epileptics including phenytoin, valproic acid, carbamazepine and barbiturates can worsen symptoms or precipitate acute attacks because of their enzyme inducing activity. Levetiracetam is the preferred choice these cases. Porphyria is an important differential diagnosis in patients with unexplained abdominal pain along with neuro-psychiatric manifestations. This case report adds to a handful of cases worldwide associating AIP with radiological findings of PRES.
Clinical experience with hair transplantation for secondary cicatricial alopecias

Background: Hair transplantation for the treatment of secondary cicatricial alopecia has recently become a more widely used technique. Objective: The aims of this study were to evaluate the results of use of hair transplantation surgery in patients with secondary cicatricial alopecia, to compare the results of the procedure with regard to different etiologies and to evaluate patient satisfaction. Patients and Methods: Forty-five patients with a definitive clinical diagnosis of secondary cicatricial alopecia were included in this retrospective study. Patients' characteristics were obtained retrospectively from medical records. The percentage of amelioration of cicatricial alopecia and patient satisfaction was obtained by interviewing patients. Results: Thirty-nine patients (86.7%) were satisfied and very satisfied with the procedure. While all patients who underwent hair transplantation for the treatment of facial cicatricial alopecic areas were satisfied, patients with hypertrophic scars were not satisfied significantly. Patient satisfaction was correlated to the percentage of amelioration of cicatricial alopecia. While patients with permanent alopecia as a result of developmental defects were satisfied the most, patients with postoperative and posttraumatic scars were satisfied the least. There was no difference between two different hair transplantation methods with regard to patient satisfaction. Conclusion: Hair transplantation done directly into scar tissue could be the first line treatment in selected cases with secondary cicatricial alopecia as this method is less traumatic and easier to perform in comparison with other surgical treatment methods.