Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Contemplating Sleep and its Related Disorders in the Perspective of Unani Tib

Sleep has been a daily part of our life; we spent almost third of our life sleeping. Even with the growth of scientific understanding about sleep, ideas about it have varied from time to time. Unani Tib which is one of the ancient traditional systems of Medicine, whose roots can be traced back to Hippocrates, affirms the restorative theory of sleep. Balanced sleep and wakefulness is regarded as essential factors for maintenance of our health and well being. Hippocrates advocates the presence of an innate wisdom or self healing mechanism of body called Tabiat / Physis, which is responsible for bringing sleep, as during sleep body repairs and rejuvenate itself. Physis regulates the sleep in the same way as it regulates eating, drinking and breathing. Theories put forward by Unani Tib are very much in tune with present scientific findings. In state of wakefulness the vital force of the body is busy serving the Quva Nafsania / nervous faculty, but during sleep when it is at rest, it serves Quva tabia / metabolic and Quva Haiwania / vital faculty. Hence functions like protein synthesis, muscle growth, tissue repair, and growth hormone release occur mostly during sleep. Sleep exerts cooling and moistening effect on body and vital force which gets heated and dry owing to activity and movement during wakefulness, cools down and regains moisture after sleep. Tib recognizes two types of sleep disorders i.e kasrate naum / excessive sleep and the other one is kasrate bedari / excessive wakefulness. The former occurs due to excessive coldness and accumulation of moisture in the body where as latter occurs due to overheating and drying. This paper explores sleep and its effects on our body from perspective of Unani Tib as understanding these theories help deepen our appreciation of the functions of sleep for our life.
Evaluating the impact of reordering unstructured meshes on the performance of finite volume GPU solvers

In this work, we study the impact of renumbering the cells of unstructured triangular finite volume meshes on the performance of CUDA implementations of several finite volume schemes to simulate two-layer shallow water systems. We have used several numerical schemes with different demands of computational power whose CUDA implementations exploit the texture and L1 cache units of the GPU multiprocessors. Two different reordering schemes based on reducing the bandwidth of the adjacency matrix for the volume mesh have been used. Several numerical experiments performed on a Fermi-class GPU show that enforcing an ordering which enhances the data locality can have a significant impact on the runtime, and this impact is higher when the numerical scheme is computationally expensive.
An empirical study of stressors that impinge on teachers in secondary schools in Swaziland

This study employed the descriptive-correlation research design to determine whether secondary school teachers experience work-related stress. Participants included 239 teachers selected from schools in the Hhohho region of Swaziland. A questionnaire was used as the instrument to determine the level of work-related stress experienced by these teachers. Findings showed that teachers were moderately stressed by their work. Contractual problems and the nature of their work were two aspects that were reported to be the main stressors for the sample, while the work environment and work relationships were only mildly stressful. There was a weak relationship between the level of work-related stress and the demographic variables of gender, marital status, and qualifications. Age had a moderate significant relationship with the level of work-related stress for the sample. The study recommends that stress management programmes for teachers are imperative to deal with the consequences of stress. Keywords: descriptive study; job performance; strain; stress; stress management; stressors; teacher stress; teacher welfare policy; work environment; work relationship
Telomere Regeneration in Spermatogenesis and During Early Embryogenesis

Summary Telomeres, replicated by telomerase, protect the ends of chromosomes from degradation and fusions that normal DNA replication cannot avoid. The regeneration of telomeres in mammals occurs in several phases throughout spermatogenesis and embryogenesis. During sperm formation, telomerase activity resides primarily in the � 6+SP stem cells, and is most active during this early undifferentiated state of development, yet reach a maximum length during the elongated spermatid phase. The drop in telomerase activity during spermatogenesis is achieved by a decrease in TERT expression. Telomeres undergo further lengthening during embryogenesis, especially between the morula and blastocyst stages of development, where telomeres reach a predefined length regardless of initial length.
Urban Form and Travel Behaviour: Micro-level Household Attributes and Residential Context

Many countries now have policies to reduce distances travelled by private car and to favour the use of public transport, cycling and walking. The development of compact urban forms and the design of urban communities which favour walking are seen as particularly effective strategies for reducing car dependency. The factors which determine travel behaviour are not fully understood, so that effective policies influencing travel patterns are difficult to formulate. Apart from urban form and design, personal attributes and circumstances have an impact on modal choice and distances travelled. People with higher incomes are more likely to own and use a private car than low-income households. Families with children use cars more often than one-person households. The purpose of a trip-work, shopping and leisure—also influences travel mode and distance. We used the Netherlands National Travel Survey (OVG) to explore some of these relationships in more depth. The relative importance of personal attributes and the characteristics of residential environments as determinants of modal choice and travel distance were explored. Both sets of factors maintain a clear, strong relationship with travel behaviour in multivariate models of travel behaviour.
Chronic plaque psoriasis and plaque-induced chronic periodontitis; is there any association: a cross-sectional study

Abstract Background and aims. Psoriasis and periodontitis are characterized by an exaggerated host immune response to epithelial cell surface microbiota. Thus, mediators produced as part of host response orchestrate the inflammatory cascade and cause tissue destruction. The aim this study was to investigate the prevalence of periodontitis in psoriasis patients, and to find whether any correlation exists between them. Materials and methods. This hospital-based cross-sectional study included 100 age- and gender-matched subjects divided into two groups: group 1: psoriasis (test) and group 2: chronic periodontitis (CP) (control). Both groups were evaluated for periodontal clinical parameters (gingival index (GI), plaque index (PI), probing depth (PD), periodontal attachment level (PAL) and tooth loss (1-3 or ≥4). Furthermore, subgingival microbial analysis of dental plaque was carried out to estimate the levels of periodontopathic organisms, using polymerase chain reaction (PCR). ANOVA, independent sample t-test and chi-squared test were used for statistical analysis. Results. Psoriasis patients showed significantly higher GI, PI, PD, PAL and tooth loss (≥4) compared to controls. Further-more, their microbiological analysis showed significantly greater number of Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans and Porphyromonas gingivalis positive samples. However, no difference was found in Tannerella forsythia positive samples. Conclusions. The prevalence of periodontitis is higher in psoriasis subjects as compared to age- and gender-matched peri-odontitis controls. We hypothesized that this assumption is valid as periodontitis shares several important common pathways with psoriasis. Further studies with larger sample sizes are warranted to substantiate this association.
Zeros of first derivatives of Bessel functions of the first kind, j'n(x), 21

are frequently required for the solution of problems in mathematical physics and engineering. Typical problems of this kind occur in the theory of heat conduction [1],1 hydrodynamics, finite Hankel transforms, Fourier-Bessel expansions, etc. In conjunction with a heat transfer problem [2], the authors conducted a literature search in the spring of 1961 to find a table of zeros of J~(x). No adequate tables were found at that time, and a table of such zeros for 0 ~ n ~ 51, 0 ~ x ~ 100 was generated. It was subsequently learned that the new Royal Society Tables [3], published in 1960 and available in 1961, contained zeros of J;,(x ) for orders 0 ~ n ~ 20. For this reason the present table is given for orders 21 ~ n ~ 51 and 0 ~ x ~ 100. A thorough summary of existing tables is given on page 411 of volume I [4].
Hidden Costs of Offshore Outsourcing: an Analysis of Offshoring Decisions

Offshore outsourcing has grown as a form of industrial organisation to increase profitability of firms. However, offshoring may be less lucrative than envisaged, due to the presence of hidden costs. We study the strategic interaction amongst onshore Cournot firms in the decision to offshore when they receive signals about offshore hidden costs. The analysis helps suggest policy implications for countries which are potential offshoring locations. We find the precision of signals and the range of possible hidden costs to be crucial in determining offshoring destinations. Updating of information about hidden costs leads to different equilibria including herding in offshoring.
Regulation of Ribulose Bisphosphate Carboxylase Gene Expression in Natural Phytoplankton Communities .1. Diel Rhythms

Marine phytoplankton fix carbon dloxide primarily through the action of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (RubisCO), the first enzyme in the Calvin Cycle. Although the regulation of this enzyme has been studied in algal cultures and higher plants, little is known regarding RubisCO regulation in natural phytoplankton populations. To determine if natural communities of phytoplankton utilize transcriptional regulation to control RubisCO expression, we investigated the diel relationship between '" carbon fixation and RublsCO large subunit (rbcL) transcript levels, rbcL DNA, chlorophyll a, autofluorescent cell counts and bacterial direct counts for natural communities of the southeastern Gulf of Mexico. Studies were performed with natural phytoplankton populations in Lagrangian studies or deck-top incubators as well as with a Prochlorococcus isolate in culture from the North Pacific Ocean. rbcL mRNA and DNA were detected by stringent hybridization using an antisense rbcL RNA gene probe originating from Synechococcus sp. PCC 6301. For natural communities, carbon fixation maxima (-0.1 to 0.7 pg C 1-' h-') occurred from early morning to mld afternoon, with minimal values at nlght. Peak levels of rbcL mRNA (3.6 to 22.2 ng 1-') almost always coincided with the time of maxlmum carbon fixation and were positively correlated. When natural phytoplankton popula t ion~ or the Prochlorococcus culture were maintained in continuous illuminat~on for 24 h, the same die1 pattern of RubisCO regulation was observed, implying that diel entra~ned rhythms in rbcL transcription occurred. The results thus indicate that natural phytoplankton communrties appear to regulate carbon fixatlon at least in part by transcriptional control of RubisCO synthesis and that such patterns appear to be rhythmlc in nature.
Usage of ICT for instructional, managerial and personal purposes by science, technology and mathematics lecturers in the colleges of education in South-West Nigeria

The study examined the use of ICT for instructional, managerial and personal purposes by science, technology and mathematics lecturers in the colleges of education in South-West Nigeria. Also effects of the lecturers’ years of experience, educational levels, age, opportunities of access to ICT and ways of learning to use ICT on purposes of ICT usage were determined. A survey design was adopted. The respondents for the study consisted of two hundred and fifty nine (259) lecturers. A questionnaire was used to collect data. Mean, standard deviation, analysis of variance and partial eta were used to analyze the data collected. Results indicate that the purpose which ICT is most frequently deployed by the lecturers is for personal purpose while the least use is for instructional purpose. Years of experience, educational levels, age, opportunities of access to ICT have effects on the lecturers’ usage of ICT for instructional and managerial purposes; while ways of learning to use ICT has effect on the lecturers’ usage of ICT for instructional, managerial and personal purposes. Lecturers who have access to ICT both at home and at school use ICT for instructional and managerial purposes than those who rarely or do not have access to ICT and the lecturers who learn to use ICT at the university use ICT for instructional and managerial purposes than those who learn to use ICT through in-service training or through their own efforts. Consequently, the study recommended among others that science, technology and mathematics lecturers need to be re-sensitized on the use of ICT for instructional and managerial purposes; government and administrators of colleges of education should ensure that the content of in-service training programme on ICT usage should be re-designed and packaged to focus on training the lecturers for instructional and managerial purposes and ensure that the lecturers have access to ICT in the colleges of education
CONFIRMATION OF THE PLANETARY MICROLENSING SIGNAL AND STAR AND PLANET MASS DETERMINATIONS FOR EVENT OGLE-2005-BLG-169

We present Hubble Space Telescope (HST) Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) observations of the source and lens stars for planetary microlensing event OGLE-2005-BLG-169, which confirm the relative proper motion prediction due to the planetary light curve signal observed for this event. This (and the companion Keck result) provide the first confirmation of a planetary microlensing signal, for which the deviation was only 2%. The follow-up observations determine the flux of the planetary host star in multiple passbands and remove light curve model ambiguity caused by sparse sampling of part of the light curve. This leads to a precise determination of the properties of the OGLE-2005-BLG-169Lb planetary system. Combining the constraints from the microlensing light curve with the photometry and astrometry of the HST/WFC3 data, we find star and planet masses of M * = 0.69 ± 0.02 M ⊙ ? > and m p = 14.1 ± 0.9 M ⨁ ? > . The planetary microlens system is located toward the Galactic bulge at a distance of D L = 4.1 ± 0.4 ? > kpc and the projected star–planet separation is a ⊥ = 3.5 ± 0.3 ? > AU, corresponding to a semimajor axis of a = 4.0 − 0.6 + 2.2 ? > AU.
The regularity of solutions in degenerate geometric problems

We discuss the optimal regularity of solutions to degenerate elliptic and parabolic fully nonlinear partial differential equations, in particular the evolution of a hypersurface M t in R by powers of its Gaussian curvature and other nonlinear functions of its principal curvatures. We will also discuss the regularity question related to the Weyl problem with nonnegative curvature, which involves a fully-nonlinear degenerate elliptic equation of Monge-Ampère type.
The Effective and Efficient of AODV Routing protocol for Minimized End-to-End Delay in MANET

Ad-Hoc networking has become a primary concern in order to provide an effective communication between each other without any form of centralized administration. This kind of networking would go-ahead with dynamic asymmetric topologies caused by natural disaster and bears from inherent limitations such as limited bandwidth and power. To overcome this concern a routing protocol is needed. Reactive Routing Protocols is a bandwidth efficient on-demand routing protocol, which means that the originator node initiates the process of route search for a destination node only when it needs to communicate with the destination node. The popular reactive routing protocols are Ad hoc On Demand Distance Vector (AODV) and Dynamic Source Routing (DSR). In this paper, the investigations are done on the efficiency of AODV routing protocol in a bandwidth constrained network by toggling the destination only flag in the AODV header. The throughput is studied and evaluated. Keywords-component; Ad hoc network, AODV, routing
Exploring the Associations between Instagram Use and Depressive Symptoms: A Replication with Extension

Today, social media platforms continue to grow. Users of these platforms are also spending extended periods of time on them. Researchers in the literature are finding that social media use can have detrimental effects on a user’s wellbeing. This study is a replication with extension of a 2015 study by Lup, Trub, and Rosenthal. This study uses a moderated mediation model to explore the association between Instagram use and depressive symptoms through negative social comparison and moderated by amount of strangers followed and type of Instagram use. One hundred and forty two participants between the ages of 18-29 completed anonymous online questionnaires. This questionnaire measured demographic information, frequency of Instagram use, amount of strangers followed, social comparison, depression symptomology, and type of use. Instagram use mediated by social comparison and moderated by type of Instagram use was a significant indicator of depressive symptoms.
The lack of adjustment for the US current account after steady depreciation of the US dollar in the second half of the 1980s has re-motivated research examining the relationship between exchange

[Abstracts] We examine the effects of foreign direct investment on exchange rate pass-through. By distinguishing the purpose of foreign direct investment, different hypothesis for production subsidiary and distribution subsidiary can be tested. We are able to find a clear evidence of “power-shift” effect and “elimination” effect of distribution subsidiary, with foreign direct investment data properly constructed to capture the timing of establishment. We also obtained significant downward effect of local production, conforming to the previous research.
EVALUATION OF RGB-BASED VEGETATION INDICES FROM UAV IMAGERY TO ESTIMATE FORAGE YIELD IN GRASSLAND

Abstract. Monitoring forage yield throughout the growing season is of key importance to support management decisions on grasslands/pastures. Especially on intensely managed grasslands, where nitrogen fertilizer and/or manure are applied regularly, precision agriculture applications are beneficial to support sustainable, site-specific management decisions on fertilizer treatment, grazing management and yield forecasting to mitigate potential negative impacts. To support these management decisions, timely and accurate information is needed on plant parameters (e.g. forage yield) with a high spatial and temporal resolution. However, in highly heterogeneous plant communities such as grasslands, assessing their in-field variability non-destructively to determine e.g. adequate fertilizer application still remains challenging. Especially biomass/yield estimation, as an important parameter in assessing grassland quality and quantity, is rather laborious. Forage yield (dry or fresh matter) is mostly measured manually with rising plate meters (RPM) or ultrasonic sensors (handheld or mounted on vehicles). Thus the in-field variability cannot be assessed for the entire field or only with potential disturbances. Using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) equipped with consumer grade RGB cameras in-field variability can be assessed by computing RGB-based vegetation indices. In this contribution we want to test and evaluate the robustness of RGB-based vegetation indices to estimate dry matter forage yield on a recently established experimental grassland site in Germany. Furthermore, the RGB-based VIs are compared to indices computed from the Yara N-Sensor. The results show a good correlation of forage yield with RGB-based VIs such as the NGRDI with R2 values of 0.62.
Preparation and Electrochemical Performance of Plasma Pretreating Multi- Walled Carbon Nanotubes/Polyaniline Nanocomposites

F-MWCNT/PANI nanocomposites was synthesized through the in-situ polymerization method in the presence of the functionized multi-walled carbon nanotubes (F-MWCNT) by though plasma treatment, and its electrochemical properties were evaluated for potential applications in supercapacitors. The results revealed that the F-MWCNT/PANI nanocomposites displays the specific capacitance as high as 546 F/g at 1.0 A/g, which is higher than MWCNT/PANI (451 F/g) and PANI (356 F/g). It also shows the good cycle stability of 76.9% capacitance retention after 1000 times cycle.
Typology for the Principals of Learning Organizations Committed to Reframing Work Cultures.

The leadership task for a new age of schools is to stimulate continuous innovation, rather than to manage for compliance using outdated standards of work. This paper presents a typology of work cultures--the varying work conditions of schools and the challenges they present to principals in developing high-performance work cultures. Data were collected in 28 elementary, middle, and high schools in Florida, Virginia, and Minnesota. Methodology involved interviews with 28 principals, a work-culture survey of 1,235 professional staff at 25 schools, and a survey of 1,235 teachers at 25 schools. Three conceptual models were compared: (1) the Managing Productive Schools (MPS) Model; (2) the Change Process Model; and (3) the Qual:ty Performance Model. Findings indicate that the highest performing schools had developed interdependent planning, staff development, program development, and assessment functions. Teachers in the more mature cultures tended to see priorities and challenges in similar ways and were involved in shaping new programs and services. Principals who understand the change process as developmental tended to be successful in engineering school development. Finally, the typology for principals is built on visionary leadership, strategic planning, and systems thinking and acting. Five tables and three figures are included. Contains 25 references. (MI) *********************************************************************** Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made * from the original document. *********************************************************************** TYPOLOGY FOR THE PRINCIPALS OF LEARNING ORGANIZATIONS COMMITTED TO REFRAMING WORK CULTURES Karolyn J. Snyder Director of Research on Productive Schooling U S DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 00.ce Os EducaI.Onal OasearCh and ImoOvemen. ED CATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER IERICI Trus dOCument has Deers teptodtn ed as reCened from he person n, organqam.on or.gmat. ng 7 A.A. niar changes ha,. e Oeen made to reproduct,on QuIttty Po6nts 01 view Ot OCa.OnS Slated fh.5 doc, Mehl do nOt neCESSaf,ly teoresent otitc,a1 OEM pos.hon pobcy Michele Acker-Hocevar Research Associate Kristen M. Snyder Research Associate David C. Anchin Center University of South Florida