Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
A Randomized Controlled Study to Assess the Effect of Doxycycline on IL-6 and TNF Levels among the Patients of Dengue

Objective: To evaluate the ability of doxycycline to modulate cytokines in patients with DF or DHF. Methods: This was a randomized controlled trial conducted in a tertiary care hospital in north India. A total of 36 patients of DF or DHF were included in the study and randomized into 2 groups (18 in each group) by using computer generated random number table. Blood samples were obtained from hospitalized patients 18–55 years of age presenting with symptoms characteristic of DF or DHF. In group A, for patients 18–55 years of age, an initial oral dose of 200 mg was followed by 100 mg administered at 12 hour intervals for 10 days. Patients of Group B were untreated. Cytokine levels were assessed at 0 day and 7 days by standard methods. Results: All patients demonstrated elevated IL-6 and TNF levels at day 0 evidenced by higher mean levels in both the groups. Over the 7-day observation period, IL-6 and TNF remained elevated in the control group (Group B). Treatment with doxycycline resulted in statistically (p=0.0001) lower levels of IL-6 and TNF by day 7, both when compared to that seen at day 0 (intragroup analysis) and when compared to day 0 values in the control group. Decreases in Il-6 and TNF between day 0 and day 7 values were modest in the control group than treated with doxycycline (Group A). Treatment with doxycycline resulted in IL-6 and TNF levels being significantly (p=0.0001) lower than control group by day 7. Conclusions: The findings from the current study indicate that doxycycline could be an effective treatment for dengue patients with high risk of complications.
PRIVACY PRESERVING OF UNREALIZED DATA SETS USING CLASSIFICATION

: In this paper we proposed an efficient privacy preservation technique in classification. Classification is a mechanism for classifying testing data with the training data. This paper introduces a privacy preserving approach that can be applied to decision tree learning, without concomitant loss of accuracy. It describes an approach to the preservation of the privacy of collected data samples in cases where information from the sample database has been partially lost. This approach converts the original sample data sets into a group of unreal data sets, from which the original samples cannot be reconstructed without the entire group of unreal data sets. Meanwhile, an accurate decision tree can be built directly from those unreal data sets. Finally the results yield accurate results even though additional samples added to the original data sets. Previous work in privacy-preserving data mining has addressed two issues. In one, the aim is to preserve customer privacy by perturbing the data values. In this scheme random noise data is introduced to distort sensitive values, and the distribution of the random data is used to generate a new data distribution which is close to the original data Distribution without revealing the original data values.
SUPPLY CHAIN PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM OF LOGISTICS SERVICE PROVIDERS. A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK AND RESEARCH AGENDA

Currently, intensified globalization and consequent competitive pressures have reemphasized the importance of logistics service providers (LSPs) in managing logistics processes as well as customer and supplier relationships within the supply chain management. This requires them to develop their business performance measurement systems (BPMSs) towards supply chain performance measurement systems (SCPMSs) a scope of which depends on the LSP advancement thus whether it operates as a third-party logistics (3PL) provider, a lead logistics provider (LLP) or a fourth party logistics (4PL) provider. However research on the topic of LSP SCPMSs remains scarce as it usually concentrates on SCPMSs of the focal companies orchestrating the whole supply chain (SC). At the same time LSPs have an exceptional impact on SC performance as the operators connecting the SC links, and since they operate within a portion of or the whole supply chains of the sectors they serve, they need to develop not only the internal BPMSs, but also the external SCPMSs. The present paper aims to consolidate knowledge on supply chain performance measurement systems perceived and developed from the perspective of LSPs and makes a three-fold contribution to the discussion. First, it proposes the LSP SCPMS definition. Second, it develops a research framework that distinguishes key issues which need consideration when examining the LSP SCPMSs, namely the LSP advancement, the LSP SCPMS components such as applied subsystems, approaches, ICT technologies and metrics including methods for metric selection followed by the LSP SCPMS adoption consequences, characteristics and life cycle and finally contextual factors constituting stimuli and barriers for the LSP SCPMS development. Then a research agenda is presented to guide future research on the LSP SCPMSs. This work is designed to inspire researchers to continue expanding the knowledge about how to develop high-performing SCPMSs for different supply chain players
The Impact of State and Trait Anxiety on Performance in a Source Monitoring Task

The Impact of State and Trait Anxiety on Performance in a Source Monitoring Task Kristina M. Kania This study examined the impact of state anxiety (current emotional state) and trait anxiety (predisposition) on a source monitoring task. The unique question asked in this study was whether highly anxious people who are distressed following a stressful to-be-remembered event are better at source monitoring. Seventy-two undergraduates completed a measure of anxiety and then either received an anxious mood (n = 36) or mood stabilizing (n = 36) induction before viewing to-be-source monitored material. Participants then completed a source identification task in which they were asked to identify the source of the to-be-source monitored information. Participants high in state anxiety were more accurate on the source identification task. The main effect of trait anxiety and the state-trait anxiety interaction were nonsignificant. Neither state nor trait anxiety impacted accuracy on misleading information items presented within the source identification task.
The effect of peer education on the mental aspect of quality of life of elderly patients with hypertension

Background & Objectives: With the increasing elderly population, the importance of quality of life in this group of people is becoming more important. This study analyzes the impact of peer education on the mental aspect of quality of life in 1393 was carried out. Material & Methods: This is quasi-experimental study. 40 subjects were randomly assigned to two groups. After the preparation of the peer group, 4 sessions held by the peer intervention group during 4 weeks. To assess the quality of life questionnaire SF36 quality of life before and 1 month after intervention in both groups were completed. The analysis was performed using SPSS v18. Results: Mean scores of psychological quality of life between the two groups before the intervention showed no significant difference. However, following the intervention of the difference in mean scores between the two groups were significant psychological dimension Conclusion:Peer education, improve the quality of life of elderly patients with hypertension were mental. The use of this educational approach to improving the mental aspects of quality of life in the elderly is recommended.
A Portable and Wide Banded High-Speed ADPLL Using Novel Compensation Technique

Designing of a fast locking ADPLL is proposed in this thesis. Main intention in this project is to reduce Locking time in ADPLL by using feed-forward compensation algorithm. Frequency divider is fully reused and further predicted error due to the estimation errors and the stabilities of the proposed ADPLL during the frequency acquisition mode and phase acquisition modes are implemented with more stability.
Trade ‘outside the law’: Uzbek and Afghan transnational merchants between Yiwu and South-Central Asia

ABSTRACT This article analyses the trajectories of two transnational networks present in the Chinese city of Yiwu: Afghan merchants who trade goods in and out Afghanistan, Tajikistan and Pakistan; and Uzbek traders (citizens of either Tajikistan or Uzbekistan) who commercialize their merchandise in and out Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Russia. Our aim is to capture an ethnographically grounded understanding of informal markets and economies by analysing the notion of trade ‘outside the law’, including the contested yet widely used category of the ‘smuggler’. By paying attention to the fluidity of trading practices ‘outside the law’, we also address the uses and limitations of metaphors widely used in scholarly analysis of informal markets: notably those of ‘lower’ and ‘higher’ forms of globalization, and the transposition of formal-legal and informal-illegal exchanges onto the notions of economic ‘centres’ and ‘peripheries’.
Does Smartphone Use Drive our Emotions or vice versa? A Causal Analysis

In this paper, we demonstrate the existence of a bidirectional causal relationship between smartphone application use and user emotions. In a two-week long in-the-wild study with 30 participants we captured 502,851 instances of smartphone application use in tandem with corresponding emotional data from facial expressions. Our analysis shows that while in most cases application use drives user emotions, multiple application categories exist for which the causal effect is in the opposite direction. Our findings shed light on the relationship between smartphone use and emotional states. We furthermore discuss the opportunities for research and practice that arise from our findings and their potential to support emotional well-being.
Biometric Patterns in Long-Evans Rats for Automatic Behavior Analysis

—Consistently detecting individuals is a key technical component of observing both wild and laboratory animal behavior. We present a dataset of hood patterns for Long-Evans laboratory rats in order to assess how well these patterns can be used as biometric markers to determine a rat’s unique identity from video data. The database consists of 60 individual rats taken from 100 videos of pairwise interaction. The data is analyzed with several standard pattern recognition tools to test if building a recognition database based on hood pattern is feasible. Preliminary results are encouraging but leave room for obvious improvement. A reliable recognition module based on hood patterns would be an extremely useful tool in automation, since it can run in parallel to other approaches to tracking and identity maintenance and either increase accuracy or provide an independent ID check for automatic quality control in fully automated systems.
Food Choice Reform: Shifting American Culture Toward Sustainable Diets

Excessive meat consumption is associated with a wide range of environmental problems. Reducing meat consumption has been recognized as one of the most efficient ways to decrease one’s ecological footprint, yet meat consumption is still on the rise and many are not willing to make changes to their diets to include less meat. This paper discusses the problem of America’s continued and rising overconsumption of meat, with the end goal of developing and concluding which strategies are most effective at motivating consumers toward a more sustainable diet. Chapter 1 gives an overview of why a reduction in meat consumption is necessary by discussing quantitative data from the Food and Agriculture Organization showing the environmental implications of meat consumption and the relationship between industrialized animal agriculture and environmental issues such as climate change. Chapter 2 delves into the history and development of the American food system and how different dominant food systems affect our diets. It explains the different cultural, economic, and technological factors that influence our food choices. Chapter 3 defines what a sustainable diet is, what it means for the environment, and what it means for our health. It gives examples of and guidelines of diets that are considered sustainable. It concludes that the two most important things to do when trying to eat more sustainably is to eat more plants, and eat less meat. Chapter 4 discusses the various psychological, sociological, cultural, and economic internal and external barriers that exist that prevent consumers from making the switch to a more sustainable diet. Chapter 5 is primarily concerned with combating these barriers, and coming up with solutions on how to best motivate consumers to make more sustainable food choices with both bottom up and top down efforts.
The complete chloroplast genomes of seventeen Aegilops tauschii: genome comparative analysis and phylogenetic inference

The D genome progenitor of bread wheat, Aegilops tauschii Cosson (DD, 2n = 2x = 14), which is naturally distributed in Central Eurasia, ranging from northern Syria and Turkey to western China, is considered a potential genetic resource for improving bread wheat. In this study, the chloroplast (cp) genomes of 17 Ae. tauschii accessions were reconstructed. The cp genome sizes ranged from 135,551 bp to 136,009 bp and contained a typical quadripartite structure of angiosperms. Within these genomes, we identified a total of 124 functional genes, including 82 protein-coding genes, 34 transfer RNA genes and eight ribosomal RNA genes, with 17 duplicated genes in the IRs. Although the comparative analysis revealed that the genomic structure (gene order, gene number and IR/SC boundary regions) is conserved, a few variant loci were detected, predominantly in the non-coding regions (intergenic spacer regions). The phylogenetic relationships determined based on the complete genome sequences were consistent with the hypothesis that Ae. tauschii populations in the Yellow River region of China originated in South Asia not Xinjiang province or Iran, which could contribute to more effective utilization of wild germplasm resources. Furthermore, we confirmed that Ae. tauschii was derived from monophyletic speciation rather than hybrid speciation at the cp genome level. We also identified four variable genomic regions, rpl32-trnL-UAG, ccsA-ndhD, rbcL-psaI and rps18-rpl20, showing high levels of nucleotide polymorphisms, which may accordingly prove useful as cpDNA markers in studying the intraspecific genetic structure and diversity of Ae. tauschii.
Hyperprolactinemia: An Unfamiliar Acquired Cause of Pulmonary Embolism

Despite our knowledge of congenital and acquired hypercoagulable states, many unprovoked venous thromboemboli remain idiopathic. High prolactin levels may add diagnostic differential to these unexplained thrombi. We report a case of prolactinemia as a potential cause of a pulmonary embolus (PE) and review the literature to elucidate the connection between high prolactin levels and thrombosis. A 68-year-old female presented with dyspnea and frontal headaches. Exam showed tachycardia, tachypnea, and hypoxemia with an oxygen saturation of 91% on room air. Labs were positive for an elevated troponin. Imaging with a computed tomography (CT) angiogram of the chest and an echocardiogram confirmed a diagnosis of sub-massive PE. A CT of the head showed a mass lesion in the pituitary fossa. A hypercoagulable workup was negative and pituitary hormone levels were within normal limits aside from a high prolactin of 270.9 ng/mL. In our patient, high prolactin secondary to a prolactinoma remained the main culprit in her venous thromboembolism given a thorough negative history and workup for other etiologies. Literature investigating prolactin’s effect on adenosine diphosphate-mediated platelet aggregation along with clinical scenarios in which elevated prolactin is the only sound explanation for a venous thrombosis may make it a risk factor which should be checked following a patient history indicative of a prolactin derangement. J Med Cases. 2016;7(11):491-492 doi: http://dx.doi. org/10.14740/jmc2651w
Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C

The purpose of the study was to examine the clinical and epidemiological data in patients with chronic hepatitis C (CHC) and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) before they sought specialized medical care. The study included 92 patients with CHC. All patients were divided into 2 groups: Group 1 consisted of CHC patients with HCC (n=45), and Group 2 (n=47) consisted of CHC patients without HCC. With the development of HCC in CHC patients, clinical manifestations were absent only in 2.2% of patients. Determining factors in HCC development are male sex, mature age, the maintained HCV replication, moderate and severe fibrosis, disease duration of more than 10 years, and the lack of effect of antiviral treatment. Int J Biomed. 2016;6(3):195-198. ).
Changes in Soil with SalineSalinity

The effects of irrigation ver a two-year period with shallow greundwater were evaluated for two typical areas of the Great Hungarian Plain, The site at Kunmadaras has light-textured soil, and the site at Karcag has heavy-textured soil. No adverse effects of irrigation with groundwater were evident at the Kunmadaras site with light-textured soil. An increase in subsoil alkalinity but not soil salinity was found at the Karcag site with heavy-textured soil.
Leptin status and some biochemical parameters in germ cell aplasia among infertile men in Gaza Strip

Background: Germ cell aplasia is a type of azoospermia which contains only Sertoli cells and no other cells involved in spermatogenesis. Recently leptin has been suggested to be linked to regulation of reproduction including spermatogenesis, controlling gonadotropins, testosterone secretion and directing the spermatocytes to full development to spermatids. Objective: To assess leptin status and some biochemical parameters in germ cell aplasia among infertile men in Gaza Strip. Design: Case control study. Setting: Specialized Medical Centers in Gaza Strip. Study Subjects: A total of 78 infertile men with germ cell aplasia were interviewed to fill a questionnaire. Hormonal analysis (serum leptin, LH, FSH and testosterone) and biochemical analysis (serum cholesterol, triglyceride, HDL-C and LDL-C) were analyzed. Data analyzed using SPSS statistical package version 18. Seventy eight apparently healthy fertile men were served as controls. Results: The mean ages of controls and patients were 31.7 ± 3.9 and 32.8 ± 6.4 years old, respectively. Sexual history showed that problems with erection and ejaculation, and gonadal infection were significantly associated with infertility (P=0.000). Medical history revealed that Orchitis, trauma, cryptorchidism, varicocele and hormonal problems are associated with male infertility (P=0.000). In addition, exposure to thermal and chemical conditions were significantly related to infertiliy (P=0.000 and P=0.003, respectively). treatment of the antifungal Ketoconazole and the steroid were also significantly associated with infertility (P=0.000). The number of obese patients were 28 (35.9) whereas for controls were 6 (7.7%) with =19.338, P=0.000 indicating there was strong association between infertility and obesity. Serum leptin was significantly increased in patients compared to controls with percentage difference of 52.4% (21.2 ± 26.1 vs. 12.4 ± 7.6 ng/ml, t=2.019, P=0.047). In contrast, testosterone was significantly
Health literacy: How nurses can make a difference

Objective: To be a call to action to nurses and all health professionals to implement proven effective evidence based strategies that can decrease health literacy demands on health consumers, and improve health outcomes and the provision of safe person centred health care. Primary argument: Health professionals, specifically nurses, are important providers of health information to health consumers. They influence the health literacy demands placed on health consumers through the way they organise, present and communicate information (Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, 2014). All health professionals need to be cognisant of the range of effective strategies they can implement to reduce the health literacy demands on health consumers through effective interpersonal communication, health materials in the written and visual formats and the creation of health literate environments to improve health outcomes and the provision of safe care. Population measurements of functional health literacy levels (Australian Bureau of Statistics 2008) indicate that 59 per cent of the Australian population aged 15 to 74 years did not achieve an adequate health literacy skill level to meet the complex demands of everyday life and work in a knowledge based economy. Conclusion: An understanding by all health professionals of the concept of health literacy, and the evidence based strategies they can implement to decrease health literacy demands on health consumers is imperative to enhancing the involvement of health consumers in their care, improving health outcomes and in the provision of safe health care.
Functional analysis of MIG-10: a cytoplasmic adaptor protein important in neuronal migration and process outgrowth in C. elegans

1 Acknowledgments! 2 Introduction! 3 Background! 4 Terms & Abbreviations! 4 C. elegans as genetic model system! 5 Axon guidance! 5 MIG-10: cytoplasmic signaling protein, ortholog of Lamellipodin! 7 Function of MIG-10 and a proposed model of the mechanism! 9 ABI-1! 11 Project Goal A: Test whether different isoforms of MIG-10 rescue different aspects of mig-10 mutant phenotype! 12 Project Goal B: Preparation of Co-immunoprecipitation to test MIG-10/ABI-1 interaction in insect system! 12 Materials & Methods! 13 Transformation of competent cells! 13 Isolation of plasmid DNA! 13 Gel Electrophoresis! 14
Time Trends in the Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori Infection and Future Directions in Korea

Helicobacter pylori is one of the most common pathogens in human and it is closely related to gastrointestinal diseases. The cross-sectional nationwide multicenter study in 2011 reported the seroprevalence of H. pylori in Korea as 54.4% and there is de-creasing trend in the prevalence of H. pylori with economic growth and improved hygiene. Person-to-person transmission, espe-cially intrafamilial transmission, is the main route of transmission of H. pylori , and H. pylori infection is acquired during early childhood. Infection is often associated with poor sanitation, low educational status, and living in rural area. For the control of H. pylori infection, systematic approach is needed including cost-effective eradication strategy with the control of transmission route and risk factors. (Korean J Helicobacter Up Gastrointest Res 2016;16:123-128)
Una función de Lyapunov suave para el algoritmo Super–Twisting ?

Resumen: Como principal contribución de este art́ıculo, se presenta una función de Lyapunov para el algoritmo por Modos Deslizantes Super–Twisting. Sin embargo, la mayor relevancia del trabajo es que por primera vez en la literatura se introduce una función una vez diferenciable con continuidad para el algoritmo Super–Twisting. Tal caracteŕıstica de suavidad, permite que la función sea utilizada para aplicar fácilmente los teoremas clásicos para análisis de sistemas no lineales, tales como, los de estabilidad de Lyapunov, Estabilidad Entrada–Estado y de Pasividad.
Interactive Assistance for Scientic Workflow Modeling by Case-Based Reasoning

Developing scientific workflows is a demanding task that can be supported in various ways. The range of approaches covers know-ledge-intensive planning approaches to statistical approaches. Some of the key challenges are knowledge engineering and elicitation of the target problem to provide specific assistance. The presented research addresses these challenges with a case-based approach. The goal is to provide an interactive and self-improving assistant that collaborates with the developer not only to learn from newly created workflows but also to improve the underlying domain model.