Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Sustainable Management of Olive Orchard Nutrition: A Review

Intensification of olive orchard management entails increased use of fertilizers, especially nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium. In this review, plant responses to nutritional aspects, as well as environmental considerations, are discussed. Nutrient deficiency impairs production, whereas over-fertilization may reduce yields and oil quality, and increase environmental hazards and production costs. The effect of irrigation on nutrient availability and uptake is very significant. Application of organic matter (e.g., manure, compost) and cover crops can serve as substitutes for mineral fertilization with additional benefits to soil properties. Recycling of the pruned orchard material, olive pomace and olive mill wastewater, as well as the use of recycled wastewater for irrigation, are all potentially beneficial to olive orchard sustainability, but present the risk of environmental pollution. Some considerations regarding optimization of olive orchard nutrition are discussed.
Health Literacy and Screening for Chronic Diseases in African Communities in the District of Columbia Metropolitan Area

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, more than two-thirds of African immigrants in the Washington metro area arrived since 1990 and more than one-third arrived just between 2000 and 2005. The health status and needs of this diverse population remain largely unexamined, unlike for many other immigrant groups. Hence, there is a clear and unmet need to determine the risks and prevalence for chronic diseases such as Hypertension, Diabetes, etc. The project capitalized on key areas of core competencies, blood pressure, blood sugar, cancer screenings and educational outreach. Culturally, relevant educational outreach, referrals and screening services were provided to participants with consented survey tool. Two phases were involved in the project. The sample size had more college graduates than other levels of education. More of the participants acknowledged that they had knowledge of healthy blood pressure and knew what to do in case of heart attack. However, it is important to note that only 41% of the participants had knowledge of fruits and vegetable, 24% of sodium and 35% of cholesterol content of food, the rationale for our educational outreach, screening and referral initiation. The authors are calling for more engagement in outreach education for sustainability, especially on relationship between lifestyle (diet, smoking, etc) and heart disease, in order to build capacity and prevent the most deadly diseases in the African immigrant community.
Development of wireless vertical bar spinner combat robot

Recently, combat robot competition has become one of the most famous engineering competitions among schools and universities. The robots are usually built with a destructive weapon, which can immobilize or disable opponent’s robot and win the match. Despite the variety of robot design and concept, the trend has shown that most of the local contestant tend to design a horizontal axis weapon type. In this project, a wireless vertical axis bar spinner combat robot is designed and developed for the 3rd Malaysia Combat Robot Competition which was held at National Science Centre (PSN) in 2017. The robot is controlled using radio control (RC) and powered by a highly discharge 22.2V Lithium Polymer (LiPo) chemical battery. Furthermore, related analysis has been conducted to meet the design and performance requirement of the competition. With the DC brush motor and thick metal bar rotating in vertical axis, the robot has proven to produce high power, torque and speed during the competition.
Downregulation of MMP-9 Level and GCS Score Improvement in Severe Traumatic Brain Injury Due to the Mild Hypothermia Therapy

We recently investigated the effect of the mild hypothermia therapy towards alteration of matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) and outcome of severe traumatic brain injury (TBI). The neurologic outcome was assessed by applying with GCS (Glasgow Coma Scale) score. Twenty patients with severe TBI whose the GCS score ≤ 8 between June 2015 and June 2016 were enrolled in RD Kandou Hospital, Manado, Indonesia. Patients were randomized into two groups, with and without the mild hypothermia therapy (34-36°C) which was investigated within 24 and 72 h. The MMP-9 level was estimated using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). The assessments of outcomes were determined using the GCS score within 24 and 72 h during the mild hypothermia therapy. Our results showed that the level of serum MMP-9 was decreased significantly within 72 h in the mild hypothermia therapy group. The effects of the mild hypothermia therapy toward to the GCS score alteration were noticeable increased and differences were significant in the two groups within 72 h. We concluded that the mild hypothermia therapy diminished MMP-9 protein level and improvement of the GCS score in severe TBI patients within 72 h.
The Modifying Impact of Long-Term Endurance Training on Inflammatory Cytokine IL-1B Level and VO 2max in Premenopausal Women with Abdominal Obesity

Background: A growing body of literature suggests that obesity is associated with low-grade inflammation and is regarded as a major risk factor for chronic diseases, such as diabetes and metabolic syndrome. Objectives: The purpose of this study was to examine whether an endurance training program can affect the inflammatory cytokine, interleukin-1β (IL-1β), in sedentary obese women. Methods: Thirty sedentary obese women (30 ≤ BMI ≤ 36), aged 30 40 years, were selected through convenience and purposive sampling. They were then divided into exercise (n, 15) and control (n, 30) groups, based on random sampling using a table of random numbers. The exercise group received 3 months of supervised endurance training. Blood samples were obtained before and at the end of the program for measuring serum IL-1β level in the groups. Preand posttraining anthropometric indices, as well as maximal oxygen consumption (VO2max) as an index of cardiovascular fitness, were also measured in the groups. Data were compared using independent paired t test. Results: The endurance training program resulted in a significant decline in body weight, abdominal obesity, and other anthropometric indices (P < 0.001). The exercise group demonstrated a significant reduction in serum IL-1β level after 3 months of endurance training, compared with the baseline (2.44 ± 0.57 vs. 1.87 ± 0.29 pg/mL; P = 0.001). VO2max improved significantly after the training program in comparison to the baseline (34.51 ± 5.44 vs. 39.53 ± 7.63 mL/kg/min; P = 0.001). There were no significant changes in these variables in the control group (P > 0.05). Conclusions: The increased level of serum IL-1β, as an inflammatory cytokine, could be attributed to weight loss or cardiovascular fitness due to endurance training in obese women.
Education, educational services and students’ satisfaction - comparative study between Romanian and Iraqi universities

Abstract Studying students’ satisfaction within the modern context aims to develop the higher education institutions; students’ satisfaction has become one of the most important factors in the process of developing the educational process. Thus, the purpose was to analyze data collected from a sample of 800 students divided equally between Romania and Iraq to measure their satisfaction with educational services delivered by the two countries’ universities. The study concluded that the level of the students’ satisfaction in Romanian universities is higher than that of their Iraqi counterparts. The researcher recommend that the Romanian universities should continue with the development of the educational plans, and with the enhancement of the programs adopted by the universities to increase the level of quality in their educational processes. For the Iraqi universities, the study recommends that Iraqi universities should give a much more important role to students’ satisfaction as one of the most important factors for measuring the quality of their educational services, the administrative staffs in the Iraqi universities should work harder to meet the expectations and needs of their students.
A Construção das Capacidades Tecnológicas da WEG em Geradores Elétricos

O objetivo da pesquisa foi compreender a influência do processo de aprendizagem e da consequente acumulação de competência tecnológica da WEG em geradores elétricos para a área de P&D em eficiência energética e materiais em produto. O método utilizado foi a pesquisa de campo por meio de entrevistas semiestruturadas com pesquisadores familiarizados com o estudo de campo em uma construção de níveis de capacidades tecnológicas bem como com engenheiros e técnicos da UFSC e funcionários da empresa. A combinação dos mecanismos de aprendizagem externos e internos que a empresa realizou resultou, em termos de níveis de acumulação de capacidades tecnológicas, de um início em capacidade de produção no início da década de 1980 para capacidade tecnológica incremental intermediária ao final da década. Em 1995 a empresa adquiriu nível de capacidade incremental avançada, e em 2011 a empresa passou a ser capaz de inovar pela mudança nos elementos envolvidos.
Pilot study of comparison of therapeutic effect of decompressive craniectomy vs conservative treatment in patients with large hemispheric infarction

Objective To compare the results of decompressive craniectomy and conservative treatment in patients with massive hemispheric infarction. Methods According to treatment methods, 69 patients with massive hemispheric infarction, admitted during Aug. 2010 to Oct. 2013, were divided into two groups: general medical conservative treatment (group 1) and surgery (group 2). The mortality rate of the both groups was analyzed, and neurological deficits was evaluated in survivors by NIHSS criteria. Results The mortality rate was significantly lower in group 2 than in group 1 (12.5% vs 39.6%, P<0.05). For survivors, the NIHSS score was reduced significantly after treatment in all the two groups, and there was a significant difference between the two groups (P<0.05). As improvement in neurological function was compared, the result in surgical treatment group was much better than that in medical conservative treatment group. Conclusion Decompressive surgery can reduce the mortality rate in patients with massive hemispheric infarction, and it improves their quality of life, therefore surgery should be done for the patients with surgical indications as soon as possible. DOI: 10.11855/j.issn. 0577-7402.2015. 07.03
Microbially Induced Carbonate Precipitation Using Microorganisms Enriched from Calcareous Materials in Marine Environments and Their Metabolites

Microbially induced Ca-carbonate precipitation (MICP) in general, refers to a process in which the urease secreted by microbes hydrolyzes urea to ammonium and carbon dioxide. The main objectives of this study were to identify the environmental factors (e.g., microbial growth, cell/metabolite presences, and calcium sources) that control Ca-carbonate formation and to investigate the mineralogical characteristics of the Ca-carbonate precipitated using ureolytic microorganisms cultured in marine environments. The two types of carbonate-forming microorganisms (CFMs), mixed cultures hydrolyzing urea, were enriched from calcareous materials in marine environments. The experiments using a CFM, Sporosarcina pasteurii, was also used for comparison. All the microbes were cultured aerobically in D-1 growth media that included urea. To investigate the effect of microbial growth states on Ca-carbonate precipitation, Ca-acetate was injected into the media before (i.e., lag phase) and after (i.e., stationary phase) microbial growth, and into the soluble microbial products (SMP) solution, respectively. XRD, FT-IR, and SEM-EDS analyses were used for mineralogical characterization of the precipitated Ca-carbonates. Results indicated that the Ca-carbonates, vaterite and/or calcite, precipitated under all the experimental conditions. The fastest precipitation of Ca-carbonates occurred in the SMP solution and formed calcite (size = 5–15 μm). When the concentrations of added Ca-acetate were varied from 0 to 0.5 M, the highest amounts of calcite, 22.8 g/L, were produced when 0.3 M Ca-acetate was injected. Therefore, the environmental factors (e.g., microbial growth, cell/metabolite presences, and calcium sources) could have an effect the rate of formation of Ca-carbonate and the types of carbonate minerals formed. Moreover, the use of cell-free SMP solution is expected to be applicable to Ca-carbonate precipitation in an environment where microbial growth is unfavorable.
Counselling intern self-awareness and readiness for practice: reports from a mindfulness challenge

ABSTRACT Mindfulness can support clients and can support trainee counsellors in dealing with internship anxiety. Since the personal development of a counsellor is core to therapy outcomes, the positive impact of mindfulness practice on therapeutic presence validates mindfulness programs within counsellor education. This qualitative study applied thematic analysis to written reports from 53 post-graduate counselling interns who participated in piloting an eight-week mindfulness challenge. Six major themes emerged: the variety of mindfulness activities, observations of self, insights about self and mindfulness, hindrances to practice, outcomes from participation, and advice for others. Intern reports indicated that mindfulness was not easy to learn, could be explored through a range of activities, and for most the practice contributed to growth in self-awareness.
What Makes a Difference in Patient Safety when Designing, Implementing and Evaluating Clinical Decision Support Systems?

Clinical decision support (CDS) has become an important component of all health settings. Despite a long history of research on their design and implementation, their use is still suboptimal. Unique characteristics of specific settings can require highlighting different features and design recommendations for CDS. This panel will focus on various pitfalls in designing and implementing CDS in various clinical settings and strategies to overcome these pitfalls. Each panelist will introduce their work by discussing the design and implementation challenges that prevent achieving the targeted patient and organizational outcomes. Panelists will also discuss potential approaches with their strengths and limitations to address these challenges. The panelists will then interact with audience members to solicit users’ (e.g. clinicians, patients) unfulfilled needs and limitations of existing approaches to create a broad future research agenda at the intersection of human factors approaches and theories, and CDS systems.
INNOVATION IN EMERGING MARKETS: THE ROLE OF ABSORPTIVE CAPACITY AND OF THE INSERTION IN THE LOCAL AND GLOBAL VALUE CHAINS

ABSTRACT Objective: The objective of this study is to identify the effects of the insertion in local and global value chains as a determinant of company innovation, identifying the main characteristics of the nature of the interactions that arise in the value chain, as well as the relationship between innovation, internal resources to the company and their insertion in value chains. Originality/value: This paper combines insights from different streams of literature to develop a more comprehensive framework for the analysis of firms’ innovation in emerging countries. We consider relationships among partners in the local and global value chain and the influence of the internal resources as crucially important for the access to external knowledge. Design/methodology/approach: Econometric analysis were performed using generalized linear models (GLM). The period of analysis covers the years 1998 to 2011. We investigate our hypotheses using different models to relate firms’ innovation capacity to local and global value chains and the ownership of internal and external resources. Findings: Using data from Brazilian firms from 1998 to 2011, we found that the relationship with all partners in global value chain contributed to the increase of the Brazilian firm’s innovation. The internal resources had a positive influence in firm’s innovation, suggesting that the firm’s internal resources are crucially important in the access to external knowledge, which means that the ability of firms to make use of this knowledge depends, in turn, on their absorptive capacity.
Depression as A Mediator Between Social Anxiety and Social Networking Addiction

According to the transactional model of stress and coping, socially anxious individuals may rely on online social networking sites (SNS) to avoid challenges and demands of “real life” social situation, leading to their addictive use of SNS. This study examined whether the association between social anxiety and SNS addiction would be mediated by depression symptoms. A total of 1015 university students in Japan completed self-administered questionnaires. Results of bivariate correlation analyses showed that social anxiety, depression, and SNS addiction were significantly related to each other. Relative to men, women reported higher levels of depression and addictive use of SNS. Results of a moderated mediation analysis showed that depression was a significant mediator between social anxiety and SNS addiction, and this mediation effect was moderated by gender. For women, social anxiety exerted an indirect effect on SNS addiction through depression. For men, social anxiety exerted both a direct effect as well as an indirect effect via depression on SNS addiction. Findings suggest that intervention programs that aim to reduce SNS addiction among young adults should include mood management as a core component, and this is particularly relevant for women. Prevention strategies for SNS addiction should also include early detection and identification of depression and social anxiety.
An evaluation of the effect of Pranayamas and Transcendental meditation on high blood pressure subjects: A non-blinded randomized controlled trial

Objective: To evaluate the effect of Pranayamas and Transcendental Meditation on high blood pressure among the patients of eastern part of Uttar Pradesh. Materials and Method: This was a non-blinded randomized controlled study. The subjects received training thrice a week. A total of 51 subjects completed the training (Group A-17, Group B-17, Group C-17). The subjects of Group A received Pranayamas programme, Group B received the Transcendental Meditation programme and Group C (Control group) received no training. Blood pressure, heart rate and respiratory rate were taken in the beginning and at the end of the training (at 12 weeks). Results: There was significant effect of both Pranayamas and meditation in cardiovascular parameters. No significant difference was observed in the cardiovascular parameters between Group A and Group B at 12 weeks. Conclusion: The practice of Pranayamas and meditation revealed a significant change among high blood pressure subjects. However, the studies on larger sample size are required.
Framework Index security information to support evaluation, adoption and improvement of methods in developing variables

The governance of information security in the Indonesian Government has not been completely improved. Many related variables components are not measured. This study aims to observe an evaluation for application of information security index framework in Indonesian government institutions as the implementation of electronic government. The analysis is carried out by adopting an information security index framework produced in the rank of e-government. The study uses a triangulation approach within a mixed method. This study results in a novel adoption model of information security index framework equipped by two new variables. Therefore, a proper policy of the Indonesian government is required for its implementation.
Demonstration of soft X-ray 3D scanning and modeling with a glass gas electron multiplier

A new detector, based on an optical-readout glass gas electron multiplier was developed for a soft X-ray CT scanner. Soft X-ray imaging (<20 keV) provides high-contrast images of low-Z elements, such as soft tissues. We model a three-dimensional (3D) copy of a low-Z object with a high-resolution gaseous detector and a 3D printer. The detector was used to acquire high-resolution images to reconstruct a 3D computed tomography (CT) image. As an example, a fine 3D X-ray CT image of a hornet was reconstructed with high contrast. The 3D CT data were converted into 3D computer-automated design data, and a copy of the scanned object was printed with a commercial 3D printer. Overall, this work demonstrates a new use of gaseous detectors, rapid and precise soft X-ray 3D scanning, and modeling of soft tissues.
Prevalence of Depression and its Associated Factos in Adults with Diabetes Mellitus : A Cross - Sectional Study in a Teritary Care Centre

The prevalence of Diabetes Mellitus has been rising steadily owing to several factors such as sedentary lifestyle, obesity and an aging population. The prevalence of diabetes is predicted to double globally from 171 million in 2000 to 366 million in 2030 with a maximum increase in India with up to 79.4 million individuals in India. Depression occurs frequently with diabetes but there are not many studies in India to estimate its prevalence and associated factors. This study was done with the aim of estimating the prevalence of depression among diabetes patients using the validated Patient Health Questionnaire-9 and also its associated factors. A cross sectional study was done on 100 consecutive patients with Diabetes Mellitus (both type 1&2) attending the Outpatient Endocrinology clinic from September 2015 to November 2015. The Patient Health Questionnaire diagnostic algorithm was used to identify major depression. The covariates studied were age, gender, duration of diabetes, presence of hypertension and glycaemic control. Chi-square test was done to find the association of demographic and clinical characteristics of depression. Multiple logistic regressional analysis was done to identify the statistically significant variables. The prevalence of major depression was found to be 35%. People with hypertension were found to have a significantly higher prevalence of depression (adjusted odds ratio=3.02, 95% CI: 1.17 to 7.7, P=0.022). Also, employed people were at a lower risk for depression when compared to the unemployed /retired population (adjusted odds ratio=0.319, 95% CI: 0.11-0.85, P=0.023). Interestingly age, duration of diabetes and glycaemic control were not significantly associated with depression. Over one-third of the patients with diabetes mellitus had depressive symptoms. The prevalence varied by demographic and clinical characteristics.
Early respiratory outcomes of late preterm infants

Late preterm infants (LPI) are defined as delivery between 340/7 â€“ 366/7 weeks of gestational age. In recent years, the number of LPI has risen according to preterm births especially in developed countries. Even though the LPI are premature, they have been considered as mature infants. Respiratory problems are the most common consequences of LPI. Therefore it is important to understand respiratory problems of LPI clearly. This review presents the updated data of early respiratory problems of LPI.