Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Acne Treatment by Nanomedicine Approach

Acne is one of the most common disorders that dermatologists and other health care providers treat. Although it most often affects adolescents, it is not uncommon in adults and can also be seen in children.Acne is a tenacious incendiary human skin syndrome, mainly defined at particular areas of skin characterized by microcomedones, comedones, nodules, pustules, itchiness, as well as invasive scar mainly on different parts of the body. Acne is a chronic inflammatory disorder of pilosebaceous unit that occurs for chronic periodas a result of increased sebum production induced by androgen, altered keratinisation, inflammation, and bacterial colonisation of hair follicles on the face, neck, chest, and back by Propionibacterium acnes. Different nano-advancement techniques like vesicular, colloidal drug delivery system have been discussed. These systems can be useful in scheming a novel delivery with low dose treatment for the cure of acne vulgaris. The current review focused on the better nanotechnological system that can be used in future for better and effective treatment of acne.
Spatial Structure Analysis of Leisure Agriculture in Suzhou

Based on the analysis of the basic connotation of leisure agriculture, this paper takes the Suzhou city leisure agriculture as the research object to summarize the current situation of leisure agriculture development in Suzhou, the selection of the Suzhou city rural tourism planning (2016-2020) in the key construction project for the leisure agriculture point sample data, analyzes its spatial structure by means of geographic concentration index and Gini coefficient. Through the geographic concentration index is calculated . G is a little less than G optimal at 44.721. Gini=0.371, C=0.629. According to the research results, leisure agriculture points in Suzhou show a moderate distribution trend, and the leisure agriculture is distributed in various administrative regions of Suzhou city with a high degree of equilibrium, which is conducive to the development of leisure in agriculture. Pertinent suggestions are appropriate to the optimal development path of leisure agriculture in Suzhou.
MASTERARBEIT / MASTER’S THESIS

We propose a stochastic primal-dual forward-backward-forward algorithm for solving monotone inclusion problems involving maximally monotone operators, linear compositions of parallel sums of maximally monotone operators and single-valued Lipschitzian monotone operators. The stochastic algorithm is expected to converge faster than its deterministic counterpart, since every iteration computational effort is saved by using a random sweeping strategy. Based on the concept of quasi-Fejér monotonicity, we prove the almost sure convergence of the algorithm. In the second half of this thesis, we discuss the employment of the proposed algorithm in context of solving convex minimization problems, arising in the field of Kernel based Machine Learning. We use a pool of hand-written images showing the numbers four or five in order to train a Support Vector Machine, which aims to classify the images correctly. This issue is equivalent to solving a convex minimization problem. By means of this application we test several types of the stochastic algorithm, assess their performances and compare them to the performance of its deterministic counterpart. Finally, we present the according MATLAB-codes.
variables correlating with mental adjustment to neoplastic disease in women with breast cancer – preliminary report

1 Zakład Rehabilitacji Psychospołecznej UM w Łodzi. Kierownik Zakładu: prof. dr hab. n. med. Józef Kocur 2 Zakład Psychopatologii i Psychologii Klinicznej Instytutu Psychologii UŁ. Kierownik Zakładu: prof. dr hab. n. med. Józef Kocur Correspondence to: Joanna Kot, Zakład Rehabilitacji Psychospołecznej UM w Łodzi, pl. Hallera 1, 90-647 Łódź, tel. : 042 639 33 24, e-mail: joanna_grzyb@o2.pl Source of financing: Department own sources
Breeding Systems of Clarkia sect. Phaeostoma (Onagraceae): I. Pollen-Ovule Ratios

Six annual, self-compatible species of section Phaeostoma fall into two breeding system groups: one of outcrossers and the other of selfers. The outcrossers, including Clarkia unguiculata, C. springvillensis, and most populations of C. tembloriensis and C. xantiana, are both protandrous and herkogamous, and have large flowers which require pollen vectors for successful pollination. The selfers, including Clarkia calientensis, C. exilis, and some populations of C. xantiana and C. tembloriensis, are homogamous and autogamous, and have small flowers capable of unaided self pollination. Both groups include species with mixed mating systems and, hence, they are interpreted to be facultative outcrossers and facultative selfers. On average, the outcrossers produce about 12,000 to 14,500 pollen grains and 90 to 95 ovules per flower, with mean pollen/ovule ratios (P/0) ranging from about 127 to 159. The selfers produce about 4000 to 6000 pollen grains and 67 to 116 ovules per flower, with mean P/O's ranging from 38 to 62. Population to population differences are significant within species of the outcrossing group, but interspecific differences are not significant. Similarly, inter- populational differences are significant within species of the selfing group, but interspecific differ- ences are not significant. Therefore, P/O's in Clarkia are useful in determining the general breeding system type, but cannot readily resolve differences in the degree of outcrossing or the degree of selfing within those types. Seeds and pollen grains are generally larger in outcrossers than in selfers, but vary extensively in both groups and, therefore, are not reliable indicators of sex allocation.
Features of Personality and Burnout Syndrome of Medical Practitioners

This observational study was ordered by the Medical Practitioners’ Chamber in Warsaw. The objective of the study was to evaluate the health status of physicians in relation to their occupational duties. Professional burnout was considered relative to different features of personality. This study was initially carried out from 2005–2008, but further analysis of burnout and personality was carried out from 2017–2018. The research tools were anonymous, validated questionnaires. The sample size was based on the size of the population— the registry of the Regional Chamber of Medical Practitioners— and literature on burnout prevalence. The respondents’ work places were randomly selected from the Mazovian District register. The test on burnout was completed by 378 respondents, while 62 subjects completed a personality test. Results showed that burnout syndrome was an occupational problem for healthcare workers. Professional burnout affected as many as 42% of respondents(n = 158). It affected two age groups in particular: physicians up to 31 years old and individuals aged 41-50. Moreover, neuroticism was found to be significantly related to burnout syndrome. In conclusion, burnout syndrome is common among medical practitioners, and neuroticism may be correlated with burnout syndrome.
Essential Oils Chemical Variability of Seven Populations of Salvia Officinalis L. In North of Albania

Essential oils from seven populations of Dalmatian sage from the North of Albania were extracted and analyzed according European Pharmacopeia 7.0. The yield differed from 1.95 to 2.75% v/w. The GC-FID-MS analysis of the sage oil revealed 42 constituents. Camphor (20.50-29.74%), followed by α-thujone (19.87-24.29%), 1,8-cineole (6.88-12.64%) and β-thujone (4.00-9.14%) were predominant constituents in all analyzed populations, representing 55.70-68.00% of the total components. All of the analyzed sage populations from northern Albania comply with ISO 6571/2008 standard and European Pharmacopeia 7.0. for Dalmatian sage essential oil content, while only four populations met the requirements of the ISO 9909/1997 standard for Dalmatian sage essential oil’s composition.
USING GROWTH-BASED MODELS TO STUDY BEHAVIORAL FACTORS AFFECTING SEXUAL SIZE DIMORPHISM

In animals with asymptotic growth after maturity, a variety of factors can lead to inter- and intraspecific variation in sexual size dimorphism (SSD). Growth-based models tailored for a particular taxon provide a useful framework for analyzing questions about the proximate bases, adaptive significance, and evolution of SSD. This paper shows how growth-based models designed for Anolis lizards have been used to study the effects of male territorial and competitive behavior on SSD and adult size distributions. In a comparative study of different species of anoles, indices of SSD based on male and female asymptotic snout-vent length (SVL) have been used to confirm a prediction from territorial theory that SSD should be related to inter-female distance. Within populations of Anolis sagrei and Anolis limifrons, adult size distributions were sometimes skewed in favor of larger males than predicted by null growth-based models, as a result of the underrepresentation of small, young males in samples containing females of the same age. A relative shortage of newly mature males in adult size distributions is consistent with behavioral studies suggesting that young, small males may bear the brunt of aggression from larger territorial males. Hence, growth-based models can be used to suggest and test behavioral and other hypotheses about the factors affecting SSD.
Attenuated Isolates of Cucumber Mosaic Virus Produced by Satellite RNA and Cross Protection between Attenuated Isolates and Virulent Ones

Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) has four major RNA segments, which are named RNA 1, 2, 3 and 4 in order of decreasing molecular weight. The largest three RNAs are essential for the manifestation of the infectivity of the virus, and RNA 4 is a subgenomic fragment of RNA 3. Recently, the existence of another low molecular weight satellite RNA, i.e. the fifth RNA, associated with the replication of CMV has been reported1-8). Kaper and Waterworth4) showed that CMV-S containing the satellite RNA (CARNA 5) induced lethal necrotic symptoms on tomato, and Takanami7) also reported striking changes in the symptoms on CMV-infected plants by the addition of the satellite RNA. Mossop and Francki6) showed that Sat-RNA attenuated symptoms of CMV on Rutgers tomato plants. In 1982, necrotic disease of tomato plants (Fig. 1) was observed in Ohno and Nanae, southern Hokkaido, and an isolate of CMV, designated as CMV-P(n), was found to be the causal agent of the disease9). A small RNA was detected among the RNAs of CMVP(n)10), and it had a satellite nature similar to that of CARNA 54) or satellite RNA7) previously reported. This satellite RNA which was isolated from CMV-P(n), and designated as (n)RNA 5, caused necrosis on tomato plants only when it was simultaneouly inoculated with satellite-free CMV. Another satellite RNA, designated (fl)RNA 5, was obtained from CMV-PF(fl) which induced fern-leaf symptoms on tomato plants10) (Fig. 2). In this case, however, the satellite RNA caused an attenuation of the symptoms on tomato plants induced by CMV when it was simultaneously inoculated with satellite-free CMV. The present paper dealt with the cross protection between the attenuated isolates containing (fl)RNA 5 and the virulent ones in order to determine whether the attenuated isolates can be used for controlling CMV on tomato plants.
Proteomic analysis of sex differences in hyperoxic lung injury in neonatal mice

Sex-specific differences in the severity of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) are due to different susceptibility to hyperoxic lung injury, but the mechanism is unclear. In this study, neonatal male and female mouse pups (C57BL/6J) were exposed to hyperoxia and lung tissues were excised on postnatal day 7 for histological analysis and tandem mass tags proteomic analysis. We found that the lung sections from the male mice following postnatal hyperoxia exposure had increased alveolar simplification, significant aberrant pulmonary vascularization and arrest in angiogenesis compared with females. Comparison of differentially expressed proteins revealed 377 proteins unique to female and 425 unique to male as well as 750 proteins in both male and female. Bioinformatics analysis suggested that several differentially expressed proteins could contribute to the differences in sex-specific susceptibility to hyperoxic lung injury. Our results may help identify sex-specific biomarkers and therapeutic targets of BPD.
Opportunities and Challenges for Deploying Relays in the Fifth Generation (5G) Network Wireless

: 5G mobile communications is a paradigm shift in communication and internet technology. It aims to enable the networked society so that users, device, and machine can connect to high speed internet at anytime from anywhere. Nevertheless, the full description of the 5G is still emerging and issues related to the challenges that might face or confronting the 5G is still under research . Most of previous studies investigated the radio technology that makes the 5G a reality. However, few have focused on understanding the opportunities and challenges that can face deploying relays on the 5G network wireless. In this study, a review of existing literature is conducted to understand the opportunities and challenges that will face deploying relays on the 5G network wireless. The findings indicate that there are several challenges in achieving the maximum performance in the context of cooperative communication. These challenges are to find the optimal rely node (RN) from various prevailing RN. While there are also several opportunities and these include the enhancement in performance of the network and the reduction of the overhead triggered by RNs. This can be achieved by choosing from various communications metrics such as the signal to noise ratio (SNR), bit error rate (BER) and channel state information (CSI). and also include higher peak and user data rates,, enhanced coverage, improved energy efficiency.
The Narrow-Path Elevated Maze for Studying Rats.

Students of animal behavior concern themselves much with the problem of “learning,” and the influence that various factors may have upon it. The devices commonly employed in working this field are problem boxes and mazes. A very unique maze was employed by Vincent 1 in a study on the use made of the vibrissae by the rat. The runways in this case were raised 2 feet above the laboratory floor, the paths were 4 inches wide and the walls which should have enclosed the runways were hinged at the lower edges so that they dropped below. This system of raised paths (not alleys) covered an area 54 × 54 inches and the open space separating adjoining parallel runways was 6 inches. The food box except where it connected with the maze was surrounded with 4 inch walls. Vincent reports that fewer errors were made on the “sideless maze” than when it was converted into an alley maze by turning up the hinged sides and hooking them together. The use of nose, vibrissae, feet and apparently eyes was easily noted with this elevated maze, but Vincent's study probably has not been widely or carefully read, otherwise many would have been prompted to try this type of device. The narrow-path elevated maze illustrated in Fig. 1 differs in several respects from the Vincent “sideless maze”. It is an assembly of straight units which are stood up adjoining each other, and hence may be placed in many different combinations. There are 19 of these units in the pattern illustrated. The rat is started at S and in the illustration (see below the arrow at F) is shown eating at the “food-box”.
Quintessenz Journals

Purpose: Periodontal ligament and cementum are important parts of the tooth-supporting apparatus. However, the mechanism behind the ability of the periodontal ligament to produce cementum and to maintain a non-calcified fibrous tissue between the root of a tooth and the alveolar bone is not fully understood. A part of the calvarial periosteum seems to share developmental similarities with the periodontal ligament with regard to cell types and morphology. The aim of this study was to compare the ability of two types of allogeneic periosteum to form a periodontal ligament-like structure around allogeneic transplanted teeth in alveolar bone.
Digital Transformation Trend in Vietnam Higher Education: Blended Learning Model

In the era of digital technology, higher education in Vietnam should plan strategies for developing a blended learning model, in which, besides improving face-to-face learning activities, investing in online learning activities is a strategic goal not only to expand the learners’s market share but also to transform the training model to use technology for modifying and improving the quality of education. The paper focuses on the study of forms and levels of combined learning models, discussing the situation and solutions for applying blended learning models to higher education institutions in Vietnam.
Response of Laying Hens to Omega-3 Fatty Acids for Performance and Egg Quality

With the growing awareness among the general public, the demand for food products rich in omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (n-3 PUFA) has increased over the years. Hen eggs enriched with n-3 PUFA are serving this purpose. Several earlier trials indicated that the addition of n-3 PUFA-enriched feed stuffs in laying hen rations readily promoted the n-3 PUFA contents of egg yolks. A major increase was noticed for linolenic acid content in the egg yolk and also for long chain n-3 PUFA. The egg cholesterol was also decreased to some extent by feeding n-3 PUFA-enriched diets to laying hens. However, the production performance and egg characteristics have been questioned in some of the studies conducted on n-3 PUFA feeding to laying hens. The major problem mentioned was a decrease in the egg weight and egg-yolk weight. It is suggested that more consideration should be given to the performance and egg characteristics in future studies on feeding n-3 PUFA to laying hens.
A Rent Seeking Model of China’s Township-Village Enterprises

I present a study of ownership of firms under government rent seeking. Using its control of regulated inputs, a government agency extracts rents from a manager who undertakes an investment. Such a government rent seeking activity leads to a typical hold-up problem. Government ownership is shown to serve as a second best commitment mechanism through which the government agency will restrain itself from the rent seeking activity and even offer the manager support and favor such as tax breaks and subsidies. This mechanism works at a cost as government ownership compromises ex post managerial incentives and creates distortion in resource allocation. Nevertheless, government ownership may Pareto dominate private ownership under certain conditions. These conditions correspond to a host of stylized empirical observations concerning local government-owned firms (township-village enterprises) during China’s transition to a market economy.
XXI ICTAM, 15–21 August 2004, Warsaw, Poland TRANSVERSE FLOWS IN RAPIDLY OSCILLATING CYLINDRICAL TUBES

Motivated by the problem of flow in collapsible tubes, we analyse the flows that develop in the cross sections of fluidconveying pipes whose walls perform high-frequency oscillations. Using numerical and asymptotic methods, we show that the velocity perturbations induced by the wall oscillation are dominated by their transverse components. The transverse velocity field consists of an inviscid core flow and thin Stokes layers near the wall. The total viscous dissipation is shown to depend sensitively on the mode shapes of the wall oscillation.
The Economic Impact of Central Bank Transparency: A Survey

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A real-time unscented Kalman filter on manifolds for challenging AUV navigation

We consider the problem of localization and navigation of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUV) in the context of high performance subsea asset inspection missions in deep water. We propose a solution based on the recently introduced Unscented Kalman Filter on Manifolds (UKF-M) for onboard navigation to estimate the robot’s location, attitude and velocity, using a precise round and rotating Earth navigation model. Our algorithm has the merit of seamlessly handling nonlinearity of attitude, and is far simpler to implement than the extended Kalman filter (EKF), which is widely used in the navigation industry. The unscented transform notably spares the user the computation of Jacobians and lends itself well to fast prototyping in the context of multi-sensor data fusion. Besides, we provide the community with feedback about implementation, and execution time is shown to be compatible with real-time. Realistic extensive Monte-Carlo simulations prove uncertainty is estimated with accuracy by the filter, and illustrate its convergence ability. Real experiments in the context of a 900m deep dive near Marseille (France) illustrate the relevance of the method.
Corpus-Based Prediction of Coordination Ambiguity in Arabic

ABSTRACT: Syntactic ambiguity is a common problem in Arabic language. We are exploring the possibility of using corpusbased word collocation data to predict different interpretations of a potentially ambiguous sentence in Arabic. As a case study, we address the problem of disambiguating coordination structures in Arabic to determine how the external modifier (adjective) applies to the coordinated words (nouns) like (black cats and dogs). In this paper, we report on an empirical study in which participants were presented with a sequence of trials, each of which consists of potentially ambiguous sentence followed by a comprehension question that relates to the preceding sentence. The study reveals that lexical co-occurrence information, derived using Kilgarriff ’s Sketch Engine operated on a ca. 1.7 millions words Arabic Web Corpus, can be used to predict the most likely interpretation of a potentially ambiguous sentence.
ANTI-INFLAMMATORY EFFECT OF THE HYDROALCOHOLIC EXTRACT OF Muehlenbeckia tamnifolia (Kunth) Meins LEAVES IN A RAT PAW MODEL

Inflammation is the local or systemic process by which a vascularized tissue defends itself against different situations through cellular and molecular mediators (references of molecules and inflammatory cells) that play a primordial role in the maintenance of the organism homeostasis. Classically its treatment has required the intervention of different agents like Anti-inflammatory Non-Steroidal (NSAIDs), Corticosteroids and biological therapy; these drugs, despite being effective, have many side effects. The purpose of this research is to evaluate the anti-inflammatory activity of the hydroalcoholic extract of leaves of the plant species Muehlembeckia tamnifolia (Kunth) Meins in a rat model. 20 female Wistar rats were randomly distributed in 4 groups of 5 animals each; inflammation was induced by the injection of 0.1 ml of a 1% lambda-carrageenan solution into the plantar aponeurosis of the right paw of the rats. Group I and II were treated with the complete Muehlembeckia, at different doses, Group III was positive control (Diclofenac) and Group IV was negative control (water). With the lowest dose of the extract had a lower net volume of inflammation as with diclofenac; same result was observed with the percentage inhibition of inflammation.