Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Effects of quercetin on exercise potential and exercise-induced cytokines in the horse

The goal of this experiment was to test the hypothesis that quercetin would alter markers of athletic performance as well as markers of exercise-induced inflammation. Six healthy, unfit Standardbred mares (∼500 kg, age 4-5 years) were assigned to one of two treatments (quercetin or water) in an experiment conducted in a crossover fashion. The horses were dosed via a nasogastric tube twice a day (08:00 and 20:00) with either 6 g of quercetin in 2 l tap water or 2 l water for 3.5 d. Two hours after the seventh and final dose, a graded exercise test (GXT) was run. During the test the treadmill remained at a fixed 6% grade. At t=0 the treadmill was started at a speed of 4 m/s. Each following minute the treadmill speed was increased by 1 m/s, up to a maximum speed of 11 m/s. Blood and muscle samples were collected before the initial dosing, before exercise and after the GXT to measure markers of inflammation. There was a significant (P<0.10) increase in run time to fatigue when the horses were dosed with querc.
Towards Human-Friendly Referring Expression Generation

This paper addresses the generation of referring expressions that not only refer to objects correctly but also ease human comprehension. As the composition of an image becomes more complicated and a target becomes relatively less salient, identifying referred objects comes more difficult. However, the existing studies regarded all sentences that refer to objects correctly as equally good, ignoring whether they are easily understood by humans. If the target is not salient, humans utilize relationships with the salient contexts around it to help listeners to comprehend it better. To derive these information from human annotations, our model is designed to extract information from the inside and outside of the target. Moreover, we regard that sentences that are easily understood are those that are comprehended correctly and quickly by humans. We optimized it by using the time required to locate the referred objects by humans and their accuracies. To evaluate our system, we created a new referring expression dataset whose images were acquired from Grand Theft Auto V (GTA V), limiting targets to persons. Our proposed method outperformed previous methods both on machine evaluation and on crowd-sourced human evaluation. Our code and dataset are available at this https URL.
Introducing an Automated Technique for Bilingual Plagiarism detection of English-Persian Documents

Easy access that Internet has provided to vast quantities of electronic data, textual plagiarism has become a major concern especially in academic documents and research and scientific institutions. So with increasing rate of amount of information on the Internet, the problems and disorders resulting from bilingual plagiarism have resulted in solutions that they can be detected with auto-detection methods. The recommended detection methods are mostly used for bilingual plagiarism in EnglishSpanish, Bengali, German, French, and Vietnamese etc. In this paper, a method has been proposed that based on overall reliance of textual contents provides and using vector space model (VSM) can automatically detect bilingual plagiarism English-Persian. Method after implementation assessed using test texts through accuracy and recalling standards and F-criterion reliability and the results showed that the proposed method can detect English Persian bilingual plagiarism with accuracy criteria of 0.88 and a reliability of 0.91. Keyword — Plagiarism, bilingual plagiarism detection, similarity analysis, morphological analysis, vector
Trading Volume and Stock Returns: Evidence from Pakistan's Stock Market

This paper investigates empirical contemporaneous and causal relationships between stock returns, trading volume and volatility of stock index in Pakistan’s stock market. The data relates to Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE-100 Index) and cover the period from Jan 2001 to May 2007. Granger Causality tests were employed to test whether trading volume precedes stock returns, or vice versa. GARCH (1,1) model was employed to test whether the positive contemporaneous relationship between trading volume and stock returns still exists after controlling for non-normality of error distribution. The study finds positive contemporaneous relationship between trading volume and return preserves after taking heteroskedasticity in to account. Moreover, VAR finds a feedback relationship between stock returns and trading volume, i.e., returns cause volume and volume causes returns which is consistent with the theoretical models that imply information content of volume affects future stock returns.
Establishing isolated microspore culture to produce doubled haploid plants in Brazilian wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)

The objective of this study was to establish an isolated microspore culture (IMC) protocol in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) for use in genetic studies and to evaluate its potential for routine use in the Brazilian Wheat Breeding Program at Embrapa Wheat. Important steps of the method were identified and plant physiology of microspore mother plants and ovary co-culture were considered as key factors for effective establishment. Three Brazilian wheat genotypes were tested (Toropi, BRS 194 and F1 wheat cross 020037 x 020062), and two other genotypes were used as controls (Bobwhite and Fielder). Spikes containing uninucleated microspores were subjected to cold pretreatment (4 degrees C) for 21 days in the dark. Number of embryos, green and albino plants were recorded for each genotype. The method was successfully established, and several fertile green plants were produced by using tissue culture and responsive controls. However, the results greatly differed among Brazilian wheat genotypes, suggesting a strong genotype-dependent effect. Microspore induction medium alone did not promote embryogenesis; ovary co-culture was a necessary step for embryo development and green plant formation, for all genotypes. The F1 wheat cross (020037 x 020062) produced a total of 85 green plants (out of 108 spikes), 64% of which were spontaneous diploids. BRS 194 produced many embryos, exhibiting a good androgenic response, but only a few grew into green plants. Toropi behaved as a recalcitrant genotype, and zero plants were produced. To our knowledge, this is the first report on wheat IMC from Brazilian genotypes resulting in androgenic embryogenesis and plant regeneration.
Telepsychiatry: Technology Progress, Challenges, and Language and Transcultural Issues

Patients with psychiatric disorders or problems need specialists to correctly diagnose and treat their psychiatric issues. However, a lot of psychiatric patients, especially the patients living rural and remote communities, cannot get timely effective treatment or they lack appropriate care because they cannot access to quality mental health treatment. Telepsychiatry is an effective means of delivering quality psychiatric care and services. Telepsychiatry patients benefit from reduced travel, less lost work time, shorter waiting time for specialist referrals, and reduced costs. Telepsychiatry has gained high levels of satisfaction in all age groups, including the elderly. It is especially useful in rural areas where access to quality psychiatric care is limited or non-existent. Telepsychiatry often uses two-way, real time, interactive and video based services on the network to deliver psychiatric care. This paper introduces several telepsychiatry service delivery models, advantages and applications of telepsychiatry, and the technology such as videoconferencing and variables such as bandwidth used in telepsychiatry treatment sessions. Some technology progress such as mobile telepsychiatry, telepsychiatry based on cloud computing, and telepsychiatry information security based on cryptographic technology or biometrics is presented in this paper. Issues about cultures and languages in telepsychiatry, and limitations and challenges of telepsychiatry in technology and services, ethical and legal considerations of the telepsychiatry, syndromes and patients groups at significantly increased risk in telepsychiatry, patient-psychiatrist relationship in telepsychiatry, and future or further research in telepsychiatry are also discussed.
Estimating reflectivity values from wind turbines for analyzing the potential impact on weather radar services

Abstract. The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has repeatedly expressed concern over the increasing number of impact cases of wind turbine farms on weather radars. Current signal processing techniques to mitigate wind turbine clutter (WTC) are scarce, so the most practical approach to this issue is the assessment of the potential interference from a wind farm before it is installed. To do so, and in order to obtain a WTC reflectivity model, it is crucial to estimate the radar cross section (RCS) of the wind turbines to be built, which represents the power percentage of the radar signal that is backscattered to the radar receiver. For the proposed model, a representative scenario has been chosen in which both the weather radar and the wind farm are placed on clear areas; i.e., wind turbines are supposed to be illuminated only by the lowest elevation angles of the radar beam. This paper first characterizes the RCS of wind turbines in the weather radar frequency bands by means of computer simulations based on the physical optics theory and then proposes a simplified model to estimate wind turbine RCS values. This model is of great help in the evaluation of the potential impact of a certain wind farm on the weather radar operation.
Knowledge Level and Adoption of The Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Techniques: A Study Among the Vegetable Growers of Katwa Sub-Division, Bardhaman District

In this paper, the authors tried to locate the factors that affected the knowledge level as well as the level of adoption of the Integrated Pest Management (IPM) techniques by the selected vegetable growers. All the farmers who had grown the four major vegetables viz. Brinjal, Pointed Gourd, Cauliflower and Cabbage commercially in more than 0.33 acre of farm land within the 5 km. radius of Katwa town in Katwa Sub-Division of Bardhaman District were selected for the present study. The present investigator found out from the present study that (1) a majority of the respondents had low knowledge index and low level of adoption of the IPM techniques, (2) age, caste, educational status, total monthly income of the family of the respondent, material possession, type of farm power used in vegetable cultivation, experience of respondent in vegetable cultivation, social participation, respondent's family contact with extension agencies and exposure of the respondent to mass media sources were significantly and positively correlated with Knowledge Index of the vegetable growers, (3) caste, educational status, total monthly income, type of dwelling and experience of respondent in vegetable cultivation were significantly and positively correlated with the adoption level of the respondents and (4) the knowledge index and adoption level of the respondents regarding the IPM techniques in the selected vegetable cultivation were highly and positively correlated.
Weathering of coil-coatings: UV radiation and thermal effects

The effect of heat and of QUV ageing on coil coatings was tested by electrochemical impedance, and the results compared with surface analysis of the polymers by FTIR and XPS. It was shown that UV radiation is more relevant than heat to chemical degradation. A different correlation between water permeation and chemical degradation was observed depending on the coating thickness: for the thinner coatings, the higher UV degradation has corresponded to increased water absorption, whereas in the thicker coating, the bulk effect of heat was more relevant to water permeation.
Sport-for-Development Events and Social Capital Building: A Critical Analysis of Experiences from Sri Lanka

Most of the ‘evidence’ that sport and event projects contribute to positive social development in divided societies remains anecdotal. In answering the call for empirical evaluations, this paper investigated the role of a sport-for-development project in contributing to intergroup development and social capital building between disparate communities in ethnically divided Sri Lanka. Thirty-one semi-structured interviews were conducted with various stakeholders after the weekend-long Intercultural Sports Meeting (ISM) project in rural Sri Lanka, assessing participant experiences, behaviour, and attitudinal changes. Findings suggest that socially focused short-term initiatives have the potential to be a source and a vehicle for intercommunity development; they can provide much needed excitement, animation and vibrancy. However, to contribute to sustainable social benefits sport events ought to be used to grow and leverage a nested sport-for-development program instead of being featured as a stand-alone exercise. In fact, the ability of short-term interventions to create social capital needs to be critically assessed and claims about events’ lasting contributions to social capital should be treated with caution.
Diaphragm contractile activity during mechanical ventilation

ii Opsomming.iii Dedication.iv Acknowledgements.v List of Tables.ix List of Figures.x List of Images.x List of Addenda.x Definition of Terms.xi CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION . 1 1.1 Mechanical ventilation and the diaphragm . 1 1.2 Monitoring Diaphragm function . 2 1.3 Significance of the study . 2 1.4 Thesis outline . 3 CHAPTER 2: SCOPING REVIEW . 4 2.1 OBJECTIVE . 4 2.1.1 QUESTION . 4 2.1.2
The Effects of Leadership Style and Employee’s Participation on Perceived Justice

The present study proposes and tests a model that examines the relationship between leadership style, employee’s participation, and justice perceptions. Results indicate that transactional, transformational, and dynamic leadership have positive impact on distributive, procedural, and interactional justice. Moreover, the effect of leadership style on organizational justice was indirect through employee’s participation. There are also some interesting differences across different types of leadership style and justice.
Spectatorship and visual evidence of violence in Mexico: When the right to information becomes exploitation

This work reviews the availability of information and visual material depicting episodes of violence in Mexico published in the media and on the Internet. The discussion addresses the publication of explicit images in some Mexican and international newspapers. At the same time, the informative duty of some websites dedicated to publishing news and explicit visual material about the ongoing drug trafficking conflict is also questioned. The issue of exploitation and right to information is raised through the examples of newspapers and websites. It is argued that by reporting the conflict explicitly, media and audiences engage in a commodification of news and images, and consequently, in an exploitation practice. The constant availability of news and visual material transformed the drug conflict and associated issues into mediated entertainment. The conflict has reached a rationalization in different segments of Mexican society, while other forms of social aggression and exclusion are overshadowed. The article also deals with the ways a spectator may respond and the opposing forces at work when viewing visual material portraying events of violence.
Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation and Its Effects on Upper Extremity Neurorehabilitative Training in Stroke: A Meta-Analysis

Objectives: To evaluate the efficacy of tDCS as an adjuvant to neuro-rehabilitative training in stroke patients with motor deficits by a meta-analysis and discuss the results critically in the view of the current literature. Methods: In the current analyses, we included randomized controlled trials applying tDCS to primary motor areas (anodal, cathodal, bihemispheric) combined with motor training to improve upper extremity deficits in stroke patients. Two pooled effect size meta-analyses were performed to address immediate and longer-lasting effects of tDCS. A meta-regression model was performed to evaluate tDCS dose-response relationships and the influence of various moderator factors. Results: A total of 35 studies were included. For both, the immediate and longer-lasting analyses, tDCS respectively demonstrated a significant impact on rehabilitative training with a moderate effect size of +0.52 (p <0.001) and +0.69 (p < 0.001). A negative direct linear relationship was found between tDCS efficacy and the number of stimulation sessions. No significant relationships were found between tDCS efficacy and other moderator factors such as charge density, stimulation type, phase after stroke, time point of assessment, training type. Conclusions: The current results support the therapeutic potential of tDCS as an adjuvant treatment strategy to enhance neurorehabilitative training in stroke patients with upper extremity deficits. Treatment effects are mixed between studies, which might be explained by a considerable amount of heterogeneity due to moderator factors that have to be identified in more detail. Understanding such moderator factors and their impact on the treatment effect will pave the way to precision medicine approaches for motor recovery based on tDCS to maximize the magnitude of neuro-rehabilitation in patients suffering from stroke.
Determining factors for the success of trade show websites

Determining Factors for the Success of Trade Show Websites by Jumyong Lee Dr. Curtis Love, Examination Committee Chair Associate Professor o f Hotel Administration University o f Nevada, Las Vegas The main purpose of this study is to evaluate appropriate quality factors of trade show websites as a marketing communication tool. These factors will be compared by measuring the impact on user satisfaction in the specific view o f trade show attendees. This study also investigates what content items are effective in trade show websites. An online survey was designed and distributed via email in March 2006. In total, 369 responses were collected from the attendees o f the World Tea Expo. The data was analyzed using multiple regression analysis. The findings indicated that the four proposed website quality factors were significantly related to the overall user satisfaction. The data further indicated which content items were important to their satisfaction about the website.
Regulation of anti‐herbivore defence by Fucus vesiculosus in response to various cues

1 We examined whether the marine macroalga Fucus vesiculosus induces defences against herbivory and, if so, which factors trigger this induction. In addition, we assessed whether induced defences are reduced after consumption stops. 2 Induced effects were measured as changes in palatability rather than changes in the chemistry of the algae. We also tested for reductions in growth rate to determine whether induced defence incurs metabolic costs. 3 We tested whether direct grazing, feeding on neighbouring plants, clipping and presence of a non‐grazing herbivore could trigger induction. The isopod Idotea baltica and the gastropod Littorina littorea were used as herbivores. 4 Both direct feeding of I. baltica and feeding on neighbouring plants induced chemical defence in F. vesiculosus, whereas the snail L. littorea only induced defence by direct grazing. Simulated herbivory (clipping), or the presence of herbivores without grazing, did not lead to defence induction. All induced defences were reversed within 2 weeks of consumption ending. 5 Thus, F. vesiculosus differentiates between physical damage and natural herbivory. Furthermore, feeding by I. baltica on F. vesiculosus releases signals that trigger neighbouring Fucus individuals to induce defence. 6 We found no evidence that metabolic costs incurred as a consequence of induced defence were sufficient to lead to growth reduction. 7 This algal species demonstrates defence plasticity (i.e. induction and reduction of anti‐herbivore defences ‘on demand’), with the response depending on both grazer identity and grazing pattern matter.
Simple Spec-Based Modeling of Lithium-Ion Batteries

Lithium-ion battery models that estimate their energy content after a series of charge and discharge operations are essential in the optimal design, analysis, and operation of battery-based systems. We focus on the class of battery models that can be calibrated entirely from the batteries manufacturer-provided specifications (spec). Such models are simple to calibrate and are therefore widely used in practice. The best-known model in this category was proposed by Tremblay et al. in 2007. This model, however, has several shortcomings, including low fidelity at high C-rates, and the fact that it does not model the battery management system. We propose an alternative, called the Power-based Integrated model that is also completely spec-based, yet has much higher fidelity. We perform two types of validation, the first one uses the voltage profiles in the spec while the other is based on laboratory experiments. Both validations confirm that our model, which we have publicly released as a Simulink system block, has a mean absolute voltage error of less than 0.1 V across a wide range of C-rates.
Conciliación de la medicación al alta hospitalaria en farmacia comunitaria: a propósito de un caso

An 86-year-old female (itinerant between two autonomous regions) with persistent atrial fibrillation (AF) with controlled ventricular fibrillation (VF) with oral anticoagulation, dysthymia, anxiety disorder, essential tremor and chronic venous insufficiency arrives to the community pharmacy after visiting her primary care physician (PCP). She has been diagnosed at hospital discharge (in another region) with ischemic parietal cardioembolic ictus. No reconciliation was made to the discharge and when dispensing the prescriptions of the MAP we detected that there are some duplicities, there are prescriptions that are not in the discharge report and there are no prescriptions for many others according to what appears in the discharge report. PALABRAS CLAVE Conciliación de la medicación, farmacia comunitaria, error de medicación, servicios profesionales farmacéuticos Financiación: ninguna. Conflicto de intereses: ninguno. Contribución a la autoría: las dos autoras contribuyeron por igual al diseño del estudio, el desarrollo de la investigación, el análisis de los resultados, la redacción del manuscrito y la revisión del contenido final. Cite este artículo como: Molinero A, Escribano-Molinero R. Conciliación de la medicación al alta hospitalaria en farmacia comunitaria: a propósito de un caso. Farmacéuticos Comunitarios. 2017 Sep 30; 9(3):13-17. doi:10.5672/FC.2173-9218. (2017/
Stability of D-shaped tunnels in a Mohr-Coulomb material under anisotropic stress conditions

The near-face stability of D-shaped tunnels excavated in a Mohr-Coulomb material subjected to anisotropic in situ stress conditions is investigated in the present study. The construction of the intake tunnel of the Darlington Nu- clear Generating Station is analyzed using three-dimensional elasto-plastic finite element analysis. The induced dis- placement and stresses around the tunnel opening as the face advances are compared to the field measurements recorded during the tunnel excavation. The effect of rock mass strength reduction on the tunnel deformation, face sta- bility, and distribution of stresses at the tunnel circumference is investigated for different in situ stress conditions. When the ratio of rock mass strength to overburden pressure falls below 0.5, excessive deformation occurrs and squeezing of the rock mass becomes a problem that can cause instability of both the tunnel circumference and the face.