Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Comparison of Documentation Quality using Electronic Nutrition Care Process (NUCAPRO) and Manual System

Hospital nutritional care requires a timely, accurate and complete information delivery to the patients. Some barriers found in the documentation process include incomplete documentation and errors in calculating patient’s nutritional needs. We developed NUCAPRO (NCP Electronic), a computer-based system, to document the nutritional care process and help dietitians in calculating a patient’s nutritional needs. This computer system was compared with a manual system to find out which of the two provided more accurate and complete documentation. This pre-experimental study used a pre–post-test design. Eight dietitians were recruited from the Internal Medicine Department Hospital in Malang to perform the documentation of the nutritional care of 40 diabetes mellitus patients. The documentation was performed using a manual system and NUCAPRO. The completeness and accuracy of documentation were compared between the two systems. Statistical analysis was done using McNemar. The results showed no difference in terms of completeness and accuracy of documentation between the two systems (p < 0.05). However, the error in calculation using NCP Electronic was found to be lower than the manual system. We suggest developing an alert feature for the system so that the process is more efficient. Keywords: dietetics, documentation, medical informatic application, completeness, accurate, error
EFFECT OF LICORICE EXTRACT AND POTASSIUM ON GROWTH, PRODUCTION, AND STORAGE CAPABILITY OF SWEET POTATO (Ipomoea batatas L.)

This study was undertaken to evaluate the performance of cut Dendrobium pink sunshine under various holding solutions at post graduate lab Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, Annamalai University, Tamil Nadu, India, during February 2016. The treatments with three replications were carried out in completely randomized design with 3 spikes in each replication. Nine chemical preservative solutions were used for extending the vase life and the treatments are T1 8-HQC (200-ppm), T2 Citric Acid (200-ppm), T3 STS (200-ppm), T4 GA (200-ppm), T5 Al2 (SO4)3 (10-ppm), T6 8-HQC (200-ppm) + 5% sucrose, T7 Citric Acid (200ppm + 5% sucrose, T8 STS (200-ppm) + 5% sucrose, T9 GA (200-ppm) + 5% sucrose,T10 Al2(SO4)3 (200-ppm) + 5% sucrose and T11 Distilled water. Postharvest observations including bud open (%), flower drop (%), flower colour retention (days), flower diameter (cm), vase life and water uptake (ml). Among the treatments (T10) Al2(SO4)3 (200-ppm) + 5% sucrose recorded maximum performances in the postharvest studies followed by (T8) STS (200-ppm) + 5% sucrose. This experiment was carried out at University of Baghdad – College of agricultural engineering sciences – Research station A, during the growth season of 2019 in order to evaluate the effect of the foliar application of different levels of licorice extract and potassium chloride solution on growth, production and the storage capability of sweet potato cv. (Beauregard). A field experiment according to randomized complete block design (RCBD) was applied (4*4) with three replicates and means were compared according to LSD test at a probability level of 0.05. The experiment was included two factors; the first was the foliar application of licorice extract at four concentrations (0%, 5%, 10%, and 20%), and the second factor was the foliar application of potassium chloride solution at three concentrations (1%, 0.5%, 0%); the foliar applications were applied twice at the same concentrations. The results were as follows: The foliar application of licorice under the concentration of 20% gave the highest values of leaves area reached 26.52 m. Plant, and vegetative growth weight reached 13.71 kg. Plant, while the concentration of 10% gave the highest values of branches number (11.56 branch .plant-1), and carbohydrates percent in roots (22.5), and total yield (64.51 ton. Ha). The foliar application of potassium chloride at the concentration of 0.5% gave the highest values of vegetative growth weight (13.56 kg. plant), plant yield (65.03), Total soluble solids TSS in roots before storage (15.54), percent of water loss in the roots (11.42%), carbohydrates percent in roots (26.28%), and TSS in roots before and after storage. The interaction between study factors at the treatment of K0.5%+ S10% gave the highest values of branches number (12.67 branch. Plant), leaves area 31.44, total yield (84.32 tons. Ha), and vegetative growth yield (14.57 kg. plant).
Comparative Study Regarding Thermal Behaviour of Mixtures Based on Hydroxyapatite and Methacrylate for Dental Use

Theobromine (Th) was documented during the last decades for its important role in the prevention of dental caries, having this role due to its antibacterial action against the Streptococcus mutants and S. sanguinis, thus reducing the formation of dental biofilm on the teeth surface. Thermally induced interactions of theobromine in 1:1 mass ration binary mixture with different types of Poly(methyl methacrylate) based materials and the induced interactions between Poly(methyl methacrylate) based materials and HA were performed using thermal analysis and FTIR spectroscopy. This study aims to be a preliminary study for various mixtures of HA/methacrylate-based materials and Th with usage in dental applications. The instrumental techniques used can be successfully applied in the characterization of dental materials and can lead to conclusions on how to use them.Studies have led to the conclusion that Th can be used for the treatment of early decay by incorporation into the polymer material. It is recommended to use these materials as successive layers (Th with HA and after that dental material).
New Era of Insulin Preparation for Once Weekly Administration

Diabetes has become a major medical, social and economic impact in any country across the world [1]. Among them, Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) can be found as the development of diagnostic technology [2]. As a diet, attempts have been made from calorie restriction (CR) to low carbohydrate diet (LCD) [3]. Furthermore, DPP-4 inhibitors and SGLT2 inhibitors have been prevalent as oral hypoglycemic agents (OHAs) [4]. GLP-1 receptor agonists have appeared as injectable agent, and drugs that can be administered once a day to once a week have appeared [5]. With regard to insulin, insulin administered once a day has appeared as a long-acting type [6]. A combination of both of GLP-1 receptor agonist and insulin (Xultophy), which is administered once daily, has already been clinically applied [7,8].
Microbial Enzymes Based Technologies for Bioremediation of Pollutions

Environmental pollution comes from a variety of sources. With the development of human civilization, the development of technology, and the increasing population, the world is now facing environmental pollution. Since environmental health has a direct effect on human health, therefore environmental protection is one of the most essential human problems. Removal of pollutants is a significant issue that, if not paid enough attention to, the next generation will face serious problems. Chemical and biological methods can be used to remove contaminants, but since the use of chemical methods will result in wastes that can cause contamination, the use of biological treatment methods such as bioremediation is a better and less dangerous to remove contaminants. In the bioremediation process, fungi or bacteria and their enzymes are used to clean and purify pollution. In this waste management technique living organisms or their enzymes uses to remove or neutralize contaminants. Mechanisms of enzymes that related bioremediation such as hydrolases and oxidoreductases have been widely studied. This chapter investigates information on the microbial enzymes from different microorganisms involved in the biodegradation of a broad range of pollutants.
A theoretical analysis of stochastic epidemiological models under delay and fractional brownian motion

This study examined selected nonlinear Stochastic Differential Equations arising in disease modeling. The main objective of this study was to include randomness into the dynamics of tuberculosis and HIV. Stochasticity to the models was introduced through perturbation of parameters which is a standard method in stochastic population modeling. The well-posedness analysis of SDEs included the existence of non-negative solutions as required in the dynamics of population modeling. A detailed stability analysis of results, analytical properties and asymptotical behavior of solutions was also done. The mean reverting process was approximated for one of the variables in the TB and HIV models and the mean and variance of the process was found.
Prediction Model for Specific Cutting Energy of Pick Cutters Based on Gene Expression Programming and Particle Swarm Optimization

Received: December 4, 2018 Revised: December 26, 2018 Accepted: December 26, 2018 This study suggests the prediction model to estimate the specific energy of a pick cutter using a gene expression programming (GEP) and particle swarm optimization (PSO). Estimating the performance of mechanical excavators is of crucial importance in early design stage of tunnelling projects, and the specific energy (SE) based approach serves as a standard performance prediction procedure that is applicable to all excavation machines. The purpose of this research, is to investigate the relationship between UCS and BTS, penetration depth, cut spacing, and SE. A total of 46 full-scale linear cutting test results using pick cutters and different values of depth of cut and cut spacing on various rock types was collected from the previous study for the analysis. The Mean Squared Error (MSE) associated with the conventional Multiple Linear Regression (MLR) method is more than two times larger than the MSE generated by GEP-PSO algorithm. The R value associated with the GEP-PSO algorithm, is about 0.13 higher than the R associated with MLR.
ASSESSING THE RELATIVE INFLUENCE OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENTS IN GEOMETRY, TRIGONOMETRY AND ALGEBRA ASPECTS OF MATHEMATICS ON THEIR ACHIEVEMENT IN PHYSICS

The study was carried out to enable the physics teachers whose students are not performing well in calculation aspect of physics know the aspects of mathematics to be revised or taught in order to enhance the students’ performance in physics. The sample consisted of 200 students randomly selected from the ten schools in Katsina metropolis, Nigeria. Two instruments were used: Mathematics Achievement Test (MAT) and Physics Achievement Test (PAT). Students’ achievement in geometry accounted for 41.9% of the total variance in students’ achievement in physics. Students’ achievement in trigonometry accounted for 29.2% of the total variance in students’ achievement in physics. Students’ achievement in algebra accounted for 31.1% of the total variance in students’ achievement in physics. There is a significant positive relationship between students’ achievement in geometry and physics (r = +0.647, p˂0.05), between trigonometry and physics (r =+0.540, p˂0.05), and between algebra and physics (r =+0.558, p˂0.05). Thus, the higher the students’ achievement in each of the concepts of mathematics (geometry, trigonometry and algebra), the higher the achievement in physics. It is recommended that physics teachers whose students are not performing well in calculation aspects of physics should emphasized more on geometry, followed by algebra and lastly trigonometry.
Prevalence and Predictors of Obesity among 7- to 17-Year-Old Schoolchildren in Urban Arusha, Tanzania

In African savannas and many other rangelands around the world, wildlife presently find themselves interacting with livestock. Many studies have been conducted on vigilance behaviour in response to presence of predators but few scientists have included the presence of livestock and how this affects vigilance when foraging together with wild herbivores. As the Ngorongoro Conservation Area (NCA) is an important example for wildlife grazing together with livestock this phenomenon must be understood to achieve a sustainable land use management plan. Behavioral observations of wildlife and livestock species were conducted from a vehicle driving along transects within NCA. Four wild herbivore species including plains Zebra (Equus burchelli), Thomson’s gazelle (Gazella thomsonii), Grant’s gazelle (Gazella granti) and Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus). We assessed behavior classified as feeding, grooming, laying down, ruminating, grooming, moving, and looking with head up (vigilance) with the use of the focal animal sampling method. Wild herbivores were observed either with or without livestock species, i.e., cattle (Bos taurus), goats (Capra aegagrus hircus) and sheep (Ovis aries), over two different seasons. Out of 158 groups in total, 47/49 non –mixed groups (without livestock) and 30/32 mixed groups (with livestock) were recorded during the dry/wet season, respectively. Results shows that wildlife decreased their foraging time while they increased vigilance behavior when livestock were present in unprotected land with presence of herder unlike in protected land. Therefore, we conclude that the presence of livestock does not seem to be beneficial for wild herbivores and that protected areas where pastoralists cannot access are important.
On the evolutionary feedback between genes and their extended effects in dispersal-limited groups where ecological (or cultural) inheritance is non-random within groups

Organisms continuously modify their living conditions via extended genetic effects on their environment, microbiome, and in some species culture. These effects can impact the fitness of current but also future conspecifics due to non-genetic transmission via ecological or cultural inheritance. In this case, selection on a gene with extended effects depends on the degree to which current and future genetic relatives are exposed to modified conditions. Here, we detail the selection gradient on a quantitative trait with extended effects in a patch-structured population, when gene flow between patches is limited and ecological inheritance within patches can be biased towards offspring. Such a situation is relevant to understand evolutionary driven changes in individual condition that can be preferentially transmitted from parent to offspring, such as micro-environments (e.g., nests), pathogens or microbiome, and culture. Our analysis quantifies how the interaction between limited gene flow and biased ecological inheritance influences the joint evolutionary dynamics of traits together with the conditions they modify, helping understand adaptation via non-genetic modifications. As an illustration, we apply our analysis to a gene-culture coevolution scenario in which genetically-determined learning strategies coevolve with adaptive knowledge. In particular, we show that when social learning is synergistic, selection can favour strategies that generate remarkable levels of knowledge under intermediate levels of both vertical cultural transmission and limited dispersal. More broadly, our theory yields insights into the interplay between genetic and non-genetic inheritance, with implications for how organisms evolve to transform their environments.
Effect of Different Low‐Molar Mass Electrolytes on the Viscometric Behaviour of Sodium Polystyrenesulfonate in Methanol–Water Mixed Solvent Media

Summary Precise measurements on the viscosities of sodium polystyrenesulfonate (NaPSS) in water as well as in methanol–water mixed solvent media have been reported in presence of NaCl, KCl, NaBr and KBr having concentrations of 0.1 and 0.5 mol.L−1 at 308.15 K with the polyelectrolyte concentrations in the range ∼ 0.001 to ∼ 0.012 eqv L−1. The reduced viscosities of the polyelectrolyte solutions vary linearly with polymer concentration for all the systems investigated which enabled us to determine the intrinsic viscosities of sodium polystyrenesulfonate in methanol–water mixtures using the Huggins equation. The coiling of the polyion chains are found to increase in the order: NaPSS-NaCl < NaPSS-NaBr < NaPSS-KCl < NaPSS-KBr. The solvodynamic dimensions of the polyion coils are found to be reduced as the relative permittivity of the medium decreases. The present study also indicates that the polyion structures become more compact with increasing salt concentration in the medium.
Identification of Metabolites of Aurantio-Obtusin in Rats Using Ultra-High-Performance Liquid Chromatography-Q-Exactive Orbitrap Mass Spectrometry with Parallel Reaction Monitoring

Aurantio-obtusin (AO) is a major anthraquinone compound isolated from Cassiae Semen or Duhaldea nervosa, which possesses diverse pharmacological effects. Previous studies have shown that it has a good effect on lowering blood lipids and treating various diseases. A few studies have also reported about its metabolites. A rapid and reliable method using ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography-Q-Exactive Orbitrap mass spectrometry and multiple data-processing technologies was established to investigate the metabolites of AO in the plasma and various tissues of rats, including the heart, liver, spleen, lung, kidneys, and brain. Finally, a total of 36 metabolites were identified in the plasma of rats, which could be very beneficial for understanding the effective form of AO metabolites leading to new drug discovery. The result demonstrated that this strategy, especially parallel reaction monitoring, has shown a wide range of applications in the identification of metabolites.
Effect of application stage of panicle fertilizer on rice grain yield and the utilization of nitrogen

Effect of application stage of panicle fertilizer on the rice grain yield and quality was studied with two Japonica rice(Koshihikari and Wuxiangjing 9). The results were showed as follows:panicle fertilizer was applied at 1.5 leaves from top(LFT),2.5 and 0.5 LFT,and 3.5,2.5 and 1.5 LFT could increase the chlorophyll and nitrogen content of higher effective leaves,and thus increased the rice yield.The yield increment for Koshihikari mainly resulted from the percentage of ripen grain,as a contrast,Wuxiangjing 9 resulted from the increment of the grain number per panicle.Panicle fertilizer was applied at 3.5,2.5 and 1.5 LFT,3.5 and 1.5 LFT, and 2.5 LFT could increase the rate of panicle fertilizer utilization, the productivity of panicle fertilizer in two varieties.Nitrogen use efficiency of panicle fertilizer of Koshihikari was lower than that of Wuxingjing 9.
Immunoinformatics Identification of B- and T-Cell Epitopes in the RNA-Dependent RNA Polymerase of SARS-CoV-2

SARS-CoV-2 (Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2) is a newly emerged beta coronavirus and etiolating agent of COVID-19. Considering the unprecedented increasing number of COVID-19 cases, the World Health Organization declared a public health emergency internationally on 11th March 2020. However, existing drugs are insufficient in dealing with this contagious virus infection; therefore, a vaccine is exigent to curb this pandemic disease. In the present study, B- and T-cell immune epitopes were identified for RdRp (RNA-dependent RNA polymerase) protein using immunoinformatic techniques, which is proved to be a rapid and efficient method to explore the candidate peptide vaccine. Subsequently, antigenicity and interactions with HLA (human leukocyte antigen) alleles were estimated. Further, physicochemical properties, allergenicity, toxicity, and stability of RdRp protein were evaluated to demonstrate the specificity of the epitope candidates. Interestingly, we identified a total of 36 B-cell and 16 T-cell epitopes using epitopes predictive tools. Among the predicted epitopes, 26 B-cell and 9 T-cell epitopes showed non-allergenic, non-toxic, and highly antigenic properties. Altogether, our study revealed that RdRp of SARS-CoV-2 (an epitope-based peptide fragment) can be a potentially good candidate for the development of a vaccine against SARS-CoV-2.
Health and safety risks affecting part-time nursing students

Background Professional nurses who are employed full-time can study their postgraduate programmes part-time to add to the basic qualification they obtained through relevant institutions of higher education like universities or colleges. Although there are advantages for part-time study such as improvement of qualifications, enhancement of personal development and increased chance of promotion, there are disadvantages as well, which includes keeping a job, attending to family and social responsibilities, time management to ensure that studying is done after work or in-between work and other activities, attending to assignments and complying with the requirements to acquire the qualification. Aim This study aimed to explore health and safety risks faced by nurses who work and study part-time. Setting The study was conducted at a university in Gauteng province, South Africa. Nurses who undertake part-time studies at this university were the focus of study. Method The research design used in the study was an exploratory, quantitative method that was contextual in nature. Data were collected using a self-administered questionnaire that comprised of demographical and health and safety aspects. Data were analysed by means of descriptive statistics using the Statistics package for Social Sciences version 26. Results Research findings indicated that students who study part-time experience health and safety risks such as fatigue (n = 86; 49%), stress (n = 95; 54%), sleep disorders (n = 60; 34%), poor eating habits (n = 123; 70%), abuse of caffeine (n = 91; 52%) and are prone to road accidents (n = 54; 31%). Conclusion Nurses who work and study part-time need support from their employers and families. Employers should grant study leave as a way of support.
Clinical presentation, diagnosis and management of aerodigestive tract foreign bodies in the adult population: Part 1

In the adult population, foreign bodies may be accidentally or intentionally ingested or even inserted into a body cavity. The majority of accidentally ingested foreign bodies pass through the alimentary tract without any complications and rarely require intervention. Accidentally ingested foreign bodies are usually fish bones, bones of other animals, and dentures. Oesophageal food impaction is the commonest cause of oesophageal foreign bodies in the Western hemisphere. Intentionally ingested foreign bodies may be organic or inorganic, and often require intervention; these patients have either underlying psychological or mental disease or are involved in illegal activities such as body packing, which involves trafficking narcotics. Imaging plays a crucial role in not only identifying the type, number and location of the foreign body but also in excluding any complications. In this comprehensive pictorial review, we provide an overview of the spectrum of foreign bodies ingested in adults, emphasising the role of various imaging modalities, their limitations and common foreign body mimickers on imaging.