Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Efficacy and tolerability of milnacipran and escitalopram: a comparative study among patients of depression

Depression is designated as the “common cold” of psychiatric illness as it is frequently encountered in clinical practice. But unlike common cold, the outcome of untreated depression is grave, ranging from economic losses due to work impairment to increased suicidality. According to WHO, depression is one of the world’s most disabling diseases, affecting nearly 340 million people worldwide. The incidence of depression has risen every year since the early 20 century and it is estimated to become the second largest cause of disease or disability worldwide by the year 2020. Timely recognition of symptoms of depression and its treatment is very important as it is associated with the risk of suicide.
Baseline Radionuclide Distribution Patterns in Soil and Radiation Hazard Indices for Abak, Nigeria

A gamma spectroscopy analysis for the naturally occurring radionuclides 226 Ra, 232 Th and 40 K has been carried out for soil samples collected from communities in Abak Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State to determine the concentration and distribution patterns of these radionuclides in the study area and to assess the possible radiological risks from the soil. The activity concentration of the samples range from 14.80±1.16Bq/kg to 150.20±11.47Bq/kg with a mean value of 98.709±7.693Bq/kg for 40 K; from 14.52±3.49Bq/kg to 42.04±8.59Bq/kg for 238 U with a mean of 24.826±5.425Bq/kg and from 3.05±0.27Bq/kg to 7.00±0.58Bq/kg with a mean of 5.172±0.31Bq/kg for 232 Th. These values are within international regulatory standards. Assessment of the radiation hazard levels for the area gave values of 18.789±3.102nGy/h for absorbed dose, 0.3±0.05Bq/kg for representative level index, 39.82±6.65Bq/kg for radium equivalent, 0.11±0.02 for external hazard index, 0.18±0.032 for internal hazard index and 0.023±0.004mS/yr for effective dose rate. These indices are much lower than the ICRP permissible limits for soil showing that the soil of the study area poses no radiological threats to the public. Keywords : Radionuclide concentration, radiation hazard index, radium equivalent, internal hazard index
Factors Influencing the Evolution of Vocational Teachers' Beliefs and Practices Related to Classroom Management during Teacher Education.

Two studies were conducted to investigate the evolution of 71 Swiss vocational teachers' classroom management as a result of the inputs of a teacher education program, and to identify the factors that encouraged or impeded teacher change. Study 1 consisted of a longitudinal survey, and Study 2 of interviews. Longitudinal analyses were performed using a multilevel approach. This mixed-method study revealed that vocational teachers' classroom management evolved towards the beliefs and practices encouraged by the teacher education program. Years of prior teaching experience and motivations for choosing teaching were found to moderate teachers' evolutions. Moreover, influential people, providing alternative strategies for teachers to try in their classrooms, and questioning teaching practices, were found to influence teachers' change. Finally, this study emphasizes the importance of the congruence between teacher education and the teaching context as well as the influence of school norms on teacher change.
Sliding Mode Output Feedback Control of a Flexible Rotor Supported by Magnetic Bearings

A new sliding mode feedback algorithm is applied to control the vibration of a flexible rotor supported by magnetic bearings. It is assumed that the number of states is greater than the number of sensors. A mathematical model of the rotor]magnetic bearing system is presented in terms of partial differential equations. These equations are then discretized into a finite number of ordinary differential equations through Galerkin’s method. The sliding mode control law is designed to be robust to rotor unbalance and transient disturbances. A boundary layer is introduced around each sliding hyperplane to eliminate the chattering phenomenon. The results from numerical simulations are presented that not only corroborate the validity of the proposed controller, but also show the effects of various control parameters as a function of the angular speed of the rotor. In addition, results are presented that indicate how the current required by the magnetic bearings is affected by control parameters and the angular speed of the rotor.
When Time is of the Essence: A Rationale for ‘Earlier’ Early Intervention

Retrospective reports have consistently demonstrated that many psychiatric disorders have their onset in childhood and adolescence. Childhood onset symptomology typically exhibits a chronic, unremitting course and is related to adverse social, psychological and physical health outcomes. Whilst treatment programs in adulthood aim to reconstruct dysfunctional patterns of behaviors established and maintained over years of experience, early childhood interventions promote healthy beliefs at an age where individuals are more adaptable. This article will provide a rationale for the development and promotion of prevention programs for preschool-aged children by reviewing the prevalence and outcomes of early onset symptomology. This will be followed by an overview of the factors required to develop a framework for prevention programs including risk factors and strengths of preschool-aged children, levels of prevention, and intervention settings. Three commonly utilized treatment approaches will be reviewed prior to the introduction of a proposed model of prevention for working with preschool-aged children. The article concludes with discussion of challenges in prevention research and future directions.
Tvocs Concentration Status and its Correlation with Ozone Concentration in different seasons at GGU campus, Bilaspur (C.G.) India

It is well documented that Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are determined to be a risk factor in different environments, with the largest source of its emission being the vehicles. This study represents the temporal variability of Total Volatile Organic Compounds Concentration (TVOC) and Ozone at the different locations of the Guru Ghasidas University, Bilaspur (C.G.) India. Eight locations having different vehicular load in the university campus were selected to generate a database of TVOCs and Ozone concentration in different seasons respectively. The TVOC and Ozone concentration were measured by Phocheck Tiger and Multi Gas Monitor. The obtained data shows that the concentration of TVOC and ozone were found maximum in the summer season and lowest in the winter season at all sites. The site with higher vehicular load (Site-1) record a high concentration of TVOC and Ozone in all the seasons. In contrast, tree cover and vegetation directly reduces the TVOC concentration by lowering the atmospheric temperature and consequently lowers the ozone concentration. The overall data depicts a strong positive significant correlation between TVOC and Ozone. More attention needs to be paid to the places I urban areas where the vehicular load is high, for general welfare of the people, and these sensitive places should be brought under green cover to reduce risk factor caused by TVOCs
The epistemological nature of archaeological units

Understanding the epistemological nature of archaeological units, or types, is critical to archaeological research. Two aspects of units underpin the issue. First, ideational units must not be conflated with empirical units. Ideational units are units of measurement; empirical units are the things being measured. Ideational units can be either theoretical or descriptional. Theoretical units, as their name implies, are derived from a theoretical basis, and their utility for a specific analytical purpose must be tested. Descriptional units are not derived from theory and are not attached to an analytical purpose, although they may serve the purpose of communication. Second, theoretical units must be defined intensionally, through explicit listing of their diagnostic attributes. Most extant archaeological units have been extensionally derived from the specimens included in a unit, and often comprise descriptive as well as definitive attributes, without distinction between the two. The conflation of theoretical and empirical units remains a serious problem in archaeology.
General Bound on the Rate of Decoherence

We establish the necessary and sufficient conditions for a quantum system to be stable under any general system-environment interaction. Quantum systems are stable when the time-derivative of their purity is zero. This stability provides a dynamical explanation of the classicality of measurement apparatus. We also propose a protocol to detect global quantum correlations using only local dynamical information. We show how quantum correlations to the environment provide bounds to the purity rate, which in turn can be used to estimate dissipation rates for general non-Markovian open quantum systems.
WSD Implementation for Processing Improvement of Structured Documents

The term of word sense disambiguation, WSD, is introduced in the context of text document processing. A knowledge based approach is conducted using WordNet lexical ontology, describing its structure and components used for the process of identification of context related senses of each polysemy words. The principal distance measures using the graph associated to WordNet are presented, analyzing their advantages and disadvantages. A general model for aggregation of distances and probabilities is proposed and implemented in an application in order to detect the context senses of each word. For the non-existing words from WordNet, a similarity measure is used based on probabilities of co-occurrences.
A markerless augmented reality system using one-shot structured light

Bingyao Huang A MARKERLESS AUGMENTED REALITY SYSTEM USING ONE-SHOT STRUCTURED LIGHT 2014-2015 Ying Tang, Ph.D. Master of Science in Electrical & Computer Engineering Augmented reality (AR) is a technology that superimposes computer-generated 3D and/or 2D information on the user’s view of a surrounding environment in real-time, enhancing the user’s perception of the real world. Regardless of the field for which the application is applied, or its primary purpose in the scene, many AR pipelines share what might be thinned down to two specific goals, the first being range-finding the environment (whether this be in knowing a depth, precise 3D coordinates, or a camera pose estimation), and the second being registration and tracking of the 3D environment, such that an environment moving with respect to the camera can be followed. Both range-finding and tracking can be done using a black and white fiducial marker (i.e., marker-based AR) or some known parameters about the scene (i.e., markerless AR) in order to triangulate corresponding points. To meet users’ needs and demand, range-finding, registration and tracking must follow certain standards in terms of speed, flexibility, robustness and portability. In the past few decades, AR has been well studied and developed to be robust and fast enough for realtime applications. However, most of them are limited to certain environment or require a complicated offline training. With the advancement of mobile technology, users expect AR to be more flexible and portable that can be applied in any uncertain environment. Based on these remarks, this study focuses on markerless AR in mobile applications and proposes an AR system using one-shot structured light (SL). The markerless AR system is validated
Protective Effect of Dealcoholized Persimmonwine on H2O2 - Induced Oxidative Injury in H9c2 Cardiomyocytes

In this study, we investigated the antioxidant capacity of persimmon wine (PW) and dealcoholized persimmon wine (DPW). Both PW and DPW showed radical scavenging activity in the DPPH (1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl) assay. We next analyzed the phenolic content and major compounds present in PW using high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). Phenolic compounds, including gallic acid, catechin, and epicatechin, were found in PW. Gallic acid was the most abundant phenolic compound (157.5 µg/ml) in PW. In addition, the protective effects of DPW and gallic acid against H 2 O 2 -induced cell injury in H9c2 cardiomyocytes were investigated. Pretreatment with DPW or gallic acid strongly inhibited H 2 O 2 -induced cell death in a dose-dependent manner. These results suggested that PW and its major phenolic component, gallic acid, were effective inhibitors of oxidative stress and oxidative stress-induced cardiomyocyte injury.
Mn-bearing “oxy-rossmanite” with tetrahedrally coordinated Al and B from Austria: Structure, chemistry, and infrared and optical spectroscopic study

Abstract Pink, Mn-bearing “oxy-rossmanite” from a pegmatite in a quarry near Eibenstein an der Thaya, Lower Austria, has been characterized by crystal structure determination, chemical analyses (EMPA, SIMS), and optical absorption and infrared spectroscopy. Crystal structure refinements in combination with the chemical analyses give the optimized formulae X(⃞ 0.53Na0.46Ca0.01) Y(Al2.37Li0.33Mn2+0.25Fe2+0.04Ti4+0.01) ZAl6T(Si5.47Al0.28B0.25)O18 (BO3)3 V[(OH)2.85O0. 15] W[O0.86(OH)0.10F0. 04], with a = 15.8031(3), c = 7.0877(3) Å, and R = 0.017 for the sample with 2.05 wt% MnO, and X(⃞0.53Na0.46Ca0.01) Y(Al2.35Li0.32Mn2+0.28 Fe2+0.04Ti4+0.01) ZAl6T(Si5.51Al0.25B0.24)O18 (BO3)3V[(OH)2.80O0. 20] W[O0.86(OH)0.10F0. 04] for a sample with a = 15.8171(3), c = 7.0935(2) Å, R = 0.017, and 2.19 wt% MnO. Although the structure refinements show significant amounts of [4]B, the bond-lengths (~1.620 Å) mask the incorporation of [4]B because of the incorporation of [4]Al. The distances, calculated using the optimized T site occupancies, are consistent with the measured distances. This “oxy-rossmanite” shows that it is possible to have significant amounts of [4]B and [4]Al in an Al-rich tourmaline. The “oxy-rossmanite” from Eibenstein has the highest known Al content of all natural tourmalines (~47 wt% Al2O3; ~8.6 apfu Al). The nearinfrared spectrum confirms both that hydroxyl groups are present in the Eibenstein tourmaline and that they are present at a lower concentration than commonly found in other lithian tourmalines. The integrated intensity (850 cm-2) of the OH bands in the single-crystal spectrum of “oxy-rossmanite” from Eibenstein is distinctly lower than for other Li-bearing tourmaline samples (970-1260 cm-2) with OH contents >3.0 pfu. These samples fall on the V site = 3 (OH) line in the figure defining covariance of the relationship between the bond-angle distortion (σoct2) of the ZO6 octahedron and the distance. On a bond-angle distortion- distance diagram “oxy-rossmanite” from Eibenstein lies between the tourmalines that contain 3 (OH) at the V site, and natural buergerite, which contains 0.3 (OH) and 2.7 O at the V site. No H could be found at the O1 site by refinement, and the spherical electron density in the difference-Fourier map around the O1 site supports the conclusion that this site is mainly occupied by O. The pink color comes from the band at 555 nm that is associated with Mn3+ produced by natural irradiation of Mn2+. This is the first time a tourmaline is described that has a composition that falls in the field of the previously proposed hypothetical species “oxy-rossmanite”.
Modelling interactions and feedback mechanisms in land use systems

Land use change (LUC) is often a complex process. In such a process land use systems can show non-linear behaviours caused by mechanisms such as interactions between agents and feedbacks from higher system level. Land use systems might be very sensitive to such non-linearity, for instance in the form of tipping points, which lead them to a different land use regime. Many models deal with the causes and consequences of LUC but few focus on the non-linear process in land use systems. Thus there is a need for an explicit treatment of interactions and feedback mechanisms in LUC models to better understand the behaviour of land use systems. Two primary mechanisms are implemented with an agent-based model (ABM) to capture 1) the social interaction between land use decision makers (farmers) and 2) the positive feedback mechanism in agricultural production, with each applied to a case study showing how such mechanism can give rise to non-linear changes in land use systems. Due to a lack of focus on feedbacks in LUC-ABMs, we propose a framework to approach feedback mechanisms in land use systems in a structured way.
Taxonomy of platform envelopment: A case- study of Apple and Samsung

The increasing prominence of platform products is a novel phenomenon impacting most industries. Consequently, several industries, such as IT, have become platform battlegrounds. These battles largely unfold through what is known as platform envelopment. This paper creates a distinction between two alternative approaches to platform envelopment in relation to strategy, through a case-study of Apple and Samsung, which is conducted by examining various sets of press releases and blog posts regarding the product introductions between 2006 and 2011. The results will provide an insight into how envelopment actually occurs and apply a strategic perspective into this, thus contributing to the platform literature.
Probiotic to the Broiler ’ s Diet on Performance ,

Antibiotics have been used in poultry nutrition for improving growth performance, preventing some specific pathogenic microorganism and increasing some useful microorganism in intestinal microflora over the years. However, antibiotics used as growth promoters in animal feeds have been banned recently due to potential development of antibiotic resistant human pathogenic bacteria. Nowadays, the possibility of using new natural alternative additives instead of antibiotics in animal diets is being researched (Weber et al. 2012). Probiotics as alternatives of antibiotics are live microbial feed supplements which beneficially affect the host by imThis study was carried out to determine the effect of different levels of clove essential oil, as a natural growth promoter and probiotic on performance, carcass traits and serum components of broiler chickens. A total of 240 straight run day-old commercial broiler chicks (Cobb 500) were distributed randomly into five groups. Each group was subdivided into four replicates with 12 chicks each. The control diet, diet with probiotic protexin®, and diets supplemented with 150, 300 and 450 ppm clove essential oil were fed to the chickens. The results showed that from 11-22 days, feed intake (FI), and body weight gain (BWG) were increased significantly in control group compared to the other groups. However, from 23-42 d and 0-42 days of the experiment, feed intake (FI) and body weight gain (BWG) were increased significantly in broilers fed 450 ppm clove essential oil compare to those of control group (P<0.05). Also, clove essential oil at the level of 450 ppm increased feed intake (FI), body weight gain (BWG) and improved feed conversion ratio (FCR) in finisher period (P<0.05). Results show that different levels of clove essential oil and probiotic had not any significant effect on dressing percentage, abdominal fat and internal organs percentage (liver, heart and gizzard) (P>0.05). The results revealed significant decrease in total cholesterol concentration in diets supplemented with probiotic and 450 ppm clove essential oil at 21 day of age (P<0.05). Total cholesterol concentration, low density lipoprotein (LDL), and cholesterol / high density lipoprotein (HDL) ratio at 42 day of age were significantly improved in probiotic protexin® group compare to those of other groups (P<0.05). In conclusion, dietary supplementation with 450 ppm clove essential oil improved feed intake (FI), body weight gain (BWG), feed conversion ratio (FCR) and decreased total cholesterol concentration (P<0.05). Probiotic could decrease serum cholesterol, low density lipoprotein (LDL), cholesterol / high density lipoprotein (HDL) and improve HDL / LDL at day 42 broiler chickens (P<0.05).
An exact solution for geophysical trapped waves in the presence of an underlying current

In this paper we propose an exact and explicit nonlinear solution to the governing equations which retains all the Coriolis terms. In the presence of an underlying current, we seek the trapped waves induced by these solutions in Northern and Southern hemisphere respectively, showing that the retention of the Coriolis force in the governing equations affects significantly the range of the admissible following and adverse currents.
On federated single sign-on in e-government interoperability frameworks

We consider the problem of handling digital identities within service-oriented architecture (SOA) architectures. We explore federated, single sign-on (SSO) solutions based on identity managers and service providers. After an overview of the different standards and protocols, we introduce a middleware-based architecture to simplify the integration of legacy systems within such platforms. Our solution is based on a middleware module that decouples the legacy system from the identity-management modules. We consider both standard point-to-point service architectures, and complex government interoperability frameworks, and report experiments to show that our solution provides clear advantages both in terms of effectiveness and performance.
Architecture of Server Virtualization Technique Based on VMware ESXI server in the Private Cloud for an Organization

The recurring theme of server virtualization being a bundled single virtual machine file – consisting of the operating system, applications and settings – easily stored, deployable or transportable within the bounds of its operating parameters, the Achilles heel of such a VM (virtual machine) file is the likelihood of its getting corrupt or irrecoverably lost. Such disastrous occurrences are not unheard of, and are regularly tackled using a system of data backups to extenuate loss or corruption of entire VM files. However, the backing up process of VM files itself can compound recurring costs at an unexpected rate in the form of frequent acquisition of storage hardware in which to store the VM files. In this paper first we shows, a detailed cost comparison that based on power and cooling has been drawn in a table format between physical server and VMware server [VMware esx], secondly we analyze the role that the Billboard Manager has to play in shuttling the VM files in a secure and encrypted manner so as to extract the maximum operating potential of server virtualization and virtualization storage system in a private cloud domain.
Buccoadhesive Dosage Form Containing Antifungal Agent for Treating Oropharyngeal Candidiasis: A Review

Oral candidiasis is a common fungal infection in patients with an impaired immune system, such as those undergoing chemotherapy for cancer and patients with AIDS (Acquired immune deficiency syndrome). The majority of infections are due to Candida albicans although other species such as Candida glabrata, Candida tropicalis, Candida krusei and Candida parapsilosis are increasingly isolated. The objective of this article is to review candidiasis, types of candidiasis, discussing the structure and environment and permeability of the oral mucosa. Buccoadhesive drug delivery will also be reviewed with an emphasis on Bioadhesion, theories of Bioadhesion, investigated mucoadhesive polymer's and Buccoadhesive tablet/film containing antifungal agent for treating oropharyngeal candidiasis.