Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Maternal brucellosis and human pregnancy.

: Brucellosis is a worldwide zoonotic gram-negative bacterium of worldwide distribution. Its role in causing miscarriage in animals is well documented. Data on its role in human abortion are very few. This paper was carried out on selected women with abortion or history of abortion to clarify the role of brucellosis in human abortion. A total of 129 women were selected from Al-Zahraa University Hospital and other obstetric and gynecological hospitals in the vicinity of Greater Cairo. The patients were subjected to clinical, gynecological, and serodiagnosis (STAT and ELISA) of brucellosis. Also, routine urine (Nuclepore technique) and stool (Kato thick smear) was done as well as skin tests and ELISA for common hepatic parasites. The results showed that 59 had brucellosis, 27 had toxoplasmosis, 15 had fascioliasis and 29 had other cause(s) of abortion. Meanwhile, none had visceral leishmaniasis or schistosomiasis mansoni. the signs and symptoms of all patients were hepatosplenomegaly (31.1%), lower back abdominal pain (23.13%), lassitude, headache (each, 21.7%), lymphadenopathy (20.1%), vomiting (17.1%), loss of appetite, myalgia or diarrhea or constipation (each, 15.42 %), weight loss (14.6%), chest pain (13.9%), night sweating or dizziness (11.65%), fever or right sided abdominal pain (each, 10.7%), chills (7.71%), urticaria or monoarthralgia (each, 3.85%). These signs and symptoms were confusing for specific clinical picture of brucellosis. Brucellosis patients were successfully treated with a combination of Rifampicin 600 mg. once daily and Septrin 800 mg twice daily for 6 weeks. Cure was achieved clinically and serologically. Patients with toxoplasmosis or fascioliasis were also treated with Fasinex and Mirazid respectively. Other parasites were also treated.
Assessment and Prioritization of Urban Tourist Attractions in Kota Lama Tourism Area Surabaya, Indonesia

This research was conducted to analyze and select priority model of development attraction in Kota Lama Tourism Area (KLTA). The method used in this study was Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP). This research used five criteria and four alternatives based on the evaluation by ten experts. The results show that model of heritage tourism center is the priority model to development KLTA. Efforts develop tourism at KLTA in Surabaya is expected to be successful if the center of heritage tourism is developed. The center of heritage tourism can be functioned as center point and starting point for visitors in KLTA. For this reason, collaboration of stakeholders is needed to improve the quality of attractions, traffic arrangement, and re-used historic building in order to make KLTA an attractive destination.
Forest Fire Susceptibility and Risk Mapping Using Social/Infrastructural Vulnerability and Environmental Variables

Forests fires in northern Iran have always been common, but the number of forest fires has been growing over the last decade. It is believed, but not proven, that this growth can be attributed to the increasing temperatures and droughts. In general, the vulnerability to forest fire depends on infrastructural and social factors whereby the latter determine where and to what extent people and their properties are affected. In this paper, a forest fire susceptibility index and a social/infrastructural vulnerability index were developed using a machine learning (ML) method and a geographic information system multi-criteria decision making (GIS-MCDM), respectively. First, a forest fire inventory database was created from an extensive field survey and the moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer (MODIS) thermal anomalies product for 2012 to 2017. A forest fire susceptibility map was generated using 16 environmental variables and a k-fold cross-validation (CV) approach. The infrastructural vulnerability index was derived with emphasis on different types of construction and land use, such as residential, industrial, and recreation areas. This dataset also incorporated social vulnerability indicators, e.g., population, age, gender, and family information. Then, GIS-MCDM was used to assess risk areas considering the forest fire susceptibility and the social/infrastructural vulnerability maps. As a result, most high fire susceptibility areas exhibit minor social/infrastructural vulnerability. The resulting forest fire risk map reveals that 729.61 ha, which is almost 1.14% of the study areas, is categorized in the high forest fire risk class. The methodology is transferable to other regions by localisation of the input data and the social indicators and contributes to forest fire mitigation and prevention planning.
Promoting Resilience in Youth with Chronic Conditions & Their Families.

This monograph for health care professionals considers the impact that chronic illness and disability have on youth and their families and provides information on adapting principles of family-centered care to promote resilience in adolescents and their families. The monograph stresses the need for community systems of comprehensive services integrated with education, social services, mental health, and family support programs. The eight principles of family-centered care include: (1) recognizing that the family is the constant in an adolescent's life, while service systems and support personnel fluctuate; (2) facilitating adolescent, family, and professional collaboration at all levels of health care; (3) sharing unbiased and complete information among adolescents, families, and professionals in a supportive manner; (4) recognizing strengths and individuality while respecting different methods of coping and honoring cultural diversity; (5) implementing appropriate policies and programs that are comprehensive in therms of providing emotional and financial support to meet the needs of adolescents and their families; (6) understanding and incorporating the developmental needs of adolescents and their families into health care; (7) encouraging and facilitating peer and family-to-family support and networking; and (8) assuring that the design of health care delivery systems is responsive to adolescent and family needs. Family assessment is explained with a sample family genogram illustrated. Strategies that promote the healthy functioning of adolescents with chronic illness and disability and their families are addressed. Collaboration between adolescents, families, and providers during the process of transition is emphasized. (Contains 24 references, and a list of 17 resources whose programs provide direct services to youth and their families, or to individuals, families, and providers. (CR) U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Office of Educational Research and Improvement EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) Vl'e his document has been reproduced as received from the person or organization originating it. Minor changes have been made to improve reproduction quality. o Points of view or opinions stated in this document do not necessarily represent official OERI position or policy.
A review of soil water monitoring and modelling across spatial scales in the watershed

: Soil water controls the basic spatial patterns and processes in earth ’ s surface system. As an important connection and driving force, it regulates a series of hydrological, ecological, climate and geological processes. In this review paper, we first introduced the advantages and disadvantages of different monitoring approaches (direct measurement, geophysical detection and remote sensing) for static soil water processes (soil water content and matric potential); and then introduced the research progress in measuring (runoff plot, tracer and geophysical detection) and modelling (dynamic wave, water balance and hydrodynamic models) dynamics soil water processes (soil water movement). Based on these, we proposed that the future researches should: 1 ) integrate the soil water monitoring techniques across spatial scales, 2) enhance the investigation in quantification and reduction of uncertainties in soil water modelling, and 3) coupling soil water processes with carbon and nitrogen transport and transformation. This review paper provides the new perspectives for researches and applications in acquiring high spatio- temporal resolution and accurate soil water data, and in revealing the processes and mechanisms and improving the modelling of soil water, carbon and nitrogen cycles.
Managing the impacts of habitat loss and invasive mammals on New Zealand forest birds

Predicting and managing the impacts of habitat loss on biodiversity requires an understanding of the factors that alter the strength of its effects. Here, we test whether increasing land cover of exotic pine plantations mitigates the effects of native forest loss on bird diversity in New Zealand. Using a recently‐compiled atlas of bird distribution, we modelled the diversity of native forest birds as a function of native forest cover, pine cover, and their interaction in 1071 10 × 10 km grid squares nationwide. Model‐predicted values indicated a non‐linear relationship between species richness and native forest cover, with richness declining rapidly below c. 10‐20% cover. However, this relationship was strongly influenced by levels of pine cover, with grid squares containing the lowest measured levels of native forest cover predicted to have 128% more species when all matrix was composed of pine than when there was no pine in the matrix. Moreover, this effect was still strong at much lower levels of pine cover, with grid squares in which only 5% of matrix was pine predicted to have 43% more species than those in which pine was absent. The effect of pine appeared to be consistent across feeding guilds. Our results suggest that plantation forests may play an important role in predicting and managing the impacts of habitat loss on native birds in forest biomes. Increasing plantation forest cover
Applications of non-ergodic site response in ground motion modeling

Author(s): Stewart, Jonathan; Wang, Pengfei; Teague, David P; Vecchietti, Alessia | Abstract: Site-specific (non-ergodic) seismic hazard analysis is increasingly being employed as part of ground motion hazard characterization for critical projects. Non-ergodic site response can be evaluated from the interpretation of ground motions recorded at (or near) the site or from simu-lations. The simulation method that is most frequently employed is ground response analysis, which can capture impedance, resonance, and nonlinear effects for vertically propagating shear waves. Such effects are often large contributors to site response, but are not sole contributors, as other effects related to basin geometry can also be influential, particularly at long oscillator periods. We review procedures for conducting ground motion hazard analysis using non-ergodic site response models, including aleatory variability and epistemic uncertainty. We de-scribe preliminary new work related to spatial correlation of site response that is important for some applications. The challenges and benefits of applying these procedures are illustrated through case histories in California, Italy, and Japan.
PRE-COLUMBIAN LITHIC OBJECTS IN THE GRAND CUL-DE-SAC MARIN (GUADELOUPE): LOSSES AND SHIPWRECKS? OR SUBMERGED REMAINS OF ANCIENT TERRESTRIAL SETTLEMENTS?

In the Caribbean archipelago, the rare pre-Columbian underwater remains identified to date are generally located at shallow depths on coastal margins such as the Los Buchillones site in Cuba, the Ilet Colas or the Ilet Chasse site in Guadeloupe. The new discoveries in the Grand Cul-de-Sac Marin are of a completely different nature. Following reports in 2012, surveys were organized: a sample of 160 lithic pieces scattered on the seabed between 2.50 m and 4 m deep was taken more than 1 km offshore. It is macrolithic tools in andesite. The most spectacular are axes blades and abrasive tools such as grinding stones, grinders, mortars and circular polishers. There are also elongated pebbles bearing percussion marks attesting to their use as hammers. The status of this vast deposit is still undetermined. It could result from the repetition over the centuries of marine accidents leading to cargo losses. Another hypothesis supposes that these artefacts come from camps or pre-Columbian villages installed on a paleo-littoral and whose vestiges were submerged by the sea following the post-glacial rise of the sea level, or because of great storms causing the erosion of the substrate. The hypothesis of submergence of pre-ceramic sites by rising sea level is reinforced by the discovery of a layer of peat around 5 m deep dated around 4000-5000 BC and containing remains of freshwater trees reflecting a terrestrial environment.
Assessment of Browse Availability and Suitability for Black Rhino’s Re-Introduction in Northern Gonarezhou National Park, Southeastern Zimbabwe

Wildlife reintroduction regulations require feasibility assessment to inform planning. The study aims to contribute to the existing knowledge on northern Gonarezhou National Park (GNP), southeastern Zimbabwe, prior to the black rhino re-introduction project. The study objective was to assess browse availability and suitability for black rhino re-introduction in northern GNP. We stratified the study area into two strata, i.e. north and south of Runde River in GNP. A total of 96 sample plots measuring 20 m × 30 m (i.e., 48 plots in each study stratum) were randomly placed across the study strata, between March and April 2011. Woody plant variables recorded are: shrub height, shrub canopy diameters, evidence of browsing on woody plants, number of shrubs and woody species. Principal browse frequency of occurrence and proportional quality of woody species were categorized and analyzed in combination with knowledge on the woody species’ value to black rhino diet. Preferred woody species were determined using browse suitability/electivity index. A total of 3201 woody plants were recorded across the study strata. Woody species diversity and black rhino’s browse suitability/electivity value significantly (p = 0.001) differed across the study strata. However, there were no significant differences in shrub density, shrub canopy volume and density of browsed plants. Common principal forages were recorded and included: knob thorn Acacia (Acacia nigrescens), small-leaved sickle-bush (Dichrostachys cineria) and tamboti (Spirostachys africana). The study suggested that black rhino’s browse suitability, preferred browse woody species, woody species diversity and proportional browse availability, as selected attributes are favorably more pronounced in the northern side of the Runde River in GNP, suggesting it is more suitable as a sanctuary for the black rhino re-introduction programme. It was recommended that black rhinos could be re-introduced in the northern GNP area provided other important factors such as law enforcement are taken into consideration.
Reactive Transport in Evolving Porous Media

Reactive transport modeling is a process-based approach that accounts for advection, diffusion, dispersion and a multitude of biogeochemical reactions. The occurrence of these reactions, by nature, tends to affect the properties of porous media in many ways (Tenthorey and Gerald 2006). If these alteration reactions are significant, then feedback mechanisms could occur that influence the flow of groundwater as well as the migration of solutes and gases through porous media (Le Gallo et al. 1998; Kaszuba et al. 2005; Jin et al. 2013). In addition, changes induced by the reactions on the solid grains can also affect the rates of the reactions themselves (Hao et al. 2012; Harrison et al. 2017). A prime example for reactive transport in evolving porous media is the dissolution of mineral phases. If dissolution reactions are substantial, the porosity, i.e., the void space between grains or apertures of fractures in jointed rocks, will increase. Such an increase in porosity commonly has secondary effects, by altering the connectivity or larger scale pores in the porous medium under consideration (Navarre-Sitchler et al. 2009). Together, these changes in porosity and connectivity can substantially affect flow and transport processes by modifying the key transport parameters such as the medium’s permeability and tortuosity, leading to alteration of the groundwater flow regime and modification of transport pathways. The impact of these changes can affect transport in the water phase as well as in the gas phase. In addition, because mineral dissolution reshapes the surface of the dissolving phases or leads to the complete dissolution of smaller particles, the system’s reactivity can be affected as well, leading to a direct feedback on reaction progress and rates (Noiriel et al. 2009).
Informal savings strategies among farm headed households in Ohafia Local Government Area Of Abia State, Nigeria: A gender situation analyses

This study comparatively analyzed informal saving strategies of male and female headed farm households in Ohafia Local Government Area of Abia State, Nigeria. Multistage random sampling technique was employed in selecting 54 male headed and 54 female headed farm households from whom data were collected using semi-structured questionnaire. Data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistics and Ordinary Least Square (OLS) multiple regression technique. Results showed that mean farm size of the male and female headed farm households were 1.63 hectares and 0.72 hectares respectively, while, mean farm income of the male and female headed farm households were N214,560 and N146,807 respectively. Results also showed that 66.67% and 46.30% of the male and female household heads respectively had access to credit, and saved a mean amount of N162,089 and N95,340 per annum respectively. Results further showed that 77.78% of the male headed households and 51.85% of the female headed households saved in form of cash at home. The OLS multiple regression results revealed that age, household size, distance to savings centre, income, farm size and amount of credit received were significant determinants of amount saved in informal forms by male headed farm households, while, age, educational level, income and distance to savings centre were significant determinants of amount saved in informal forms by female headed farm households. The study therefore calls for policies aimed at addressing these factors to help improve savings of farm households in the area. Keywords : Farm households, household heads, and informal savings
Experimental Investigations of Combined Flow Sediment Transport

In shallow marine environments gravity-driven currents (e.g., hyperpycnal flows) often traverse surface wave fields, and the resulting complex flows are key mechanisms for offshore sediment transport. Our laboratory experiments illustrate how surface waves alter sediment transport in gravity-driven density currents. The addition of a wave field to a gravity-driven current resulted in a 7–8.5% increase in the downslope transport of the deposit volume. Additionally, oscillatory velocities recorded at downslope locations in surface-wave-altered turbidity currents were larger than wave-field velocities measured at the same location without a turbidity current. These observations indicate that surface waves alter turbidity currents in a longitudinally complex manner whereby the influence of oscillatory currents is transported downslope within the body of the turbidity current. These effects were observed in a conservative case: the maximum orbital velocities of the wave field were an order of magnitude less than the maximum unidirectional velocities of the current. We predict that if the velocities of the wave field and the current were sub-equal, a plausible scenario for hyperpycnal flows in near-shore, deltaic, and proximal shelf environments, these effects would be substantially more effective. This work has significant implications for modeling offshore sediment transport in shallow marine environments and for interpreting the deposits of such flows, most notably that the presence or absence of combined-flow ripples might not indicate whether the current was deposited above or beneath wave base.
The Sky Is Not the Limit

Spend your few moment to read a book even only few pages. Reading book is not obligation and force for everybody. When you don't want to read, you can get punishment from the publisher. Read a book becomes a choice of your different characteristics. Many people with reading habit will always be enjoyable to read, or on the contrary. For some reasons, this the sky is not the limit tends to be the representative book in this website.
Avifauna Species Diversity and Abundance in Kainji Lake National Park, Niger State, Nigeria

The dearth of understanding the importance of bird species diversity and abundance contributes to the low rate of conservation and distribution of wildlife species in the ecosystem. Diversity and abundance are equally important factors for improving the ecological system. This study examined bird species diversity and abundance in Borgu Sector of Kainji Lake National Park, Niger State, Nigeria. Line transect method was used to carry out birds’ survey at five different tracks, namely: Hussaini Mashi, Gilbert Child, Bukar Shuaib, Shehu Shagari and Mahmud Lapai Tracks. Data were obtained on birds’ species and abundance through the use of point count for bird survey. Frequency counts, percentages, means, Shannon-Weiner diversity Index, Simpson’s Diversity Index, Analysis of variance (ANOVA) were used to analyse data. A total number of 70 bird species in 31 families were recorded during the survey. Shannon-Weiner diversity Index results showed that Mahmud Lapai track had the highest diversity (4.185) compared to Hussaini Mashi (3.726), Gilbert Child (3.928), Shehu Shagari (4.106) and Bukar Shuaib (4.135) tracks respectively. The results also indicated that bird species diversity was not equally distributed in the tracks. ANOVA showed that bird species abundance was normally distributed and varied significantly (p < 0.05) among the study sites. The study concluded that bird species diversity and abundance are key contributors to a healthy ecological system. Birds are good indicators of the biological network thereby revealing the status of the park environmental degradation. The study recommended that stakeholders should improve on the enactment, legislation and enforcement of laws that will safeguard areas where fauna and flora are effectively conserved.
Fire Exclusion Destroys Habitats for At-Risk Species in a British Columbia Protected Area

Fire exclusion and suppression has altered the composition and structure of Garry oak and associated ecosystems in British Columbia. The absence of frequent low severity ground fires has been one of the main contributors to dense patches of non-native grasses, shrubs, and encroaching Douglas-fir trees in historical Garry oak dominated meadows. This case study uses remote sensing and dendrochronology to reconstruct the stand dynamics and long-term fire history of a Garry oak meadow situated within Helliwell Provincial Park located on Hornby Island, British Columbia. The Garry oak habitat in Helliwell Park has decreased by 50% since 1950 due to conifer encroachment. Lower densities and mortalities of Garry oak trees were associated with the presence of overstory Douglas-fir trees. To slow conifer encroachment into the remaining Garry oak meadows, we recommend that mechanical thinning of Douglas-fir be followed by a prescribed burning program. Reintroducing fire to Garry oak ecosystems can restore and maintain populations of plants, mammals, and insects that rely on these fire resilient habitats.