Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Dose-dependent Pupicidal, Adulticidal and Ovicidal activities of leaf extracts of Tiliacora acuminata on Japanese encephalitis vector Culex vishnui group

Vector of Japanese encephalitis is Culex vishnui group of mosquito and control of that mosquito is facing threat due to emergence of resistance to synthetic insecticides. Insecticides of plant origin now act as suitable alternate for control of JE vector. To investigate dose-dependent pupicidal, adulticidal and ovicidal activities, crude and acetone extracts of leaf of Tiliacora acuminata were used against Cx. vishnui group of mosquito. In case of dose-dependent pupicidal activity, highest mortality observed at 1.5% concentration of crude extract and 75 ppm of acetone extract with 45.67% and 67.67% mortality respectively after 36 h of exposure followed by 24h and 12h. In case of adulticidal activity, highest mortality in crude extract was observed at 2.5% concentration with 73% of adult mosquitoes were dead, but in acetone extract at 120 ppm concentration shows nearly about 67% mortality of adult mosquitoes after 24 h of exposure. While in ovicidal activity at 0.5% crude extract have 11.67% egg hatching so nearly about 88.33% ovicidal activity takes place at this concentration. In acetone extract, there was nearly about 93.33% ovicidal activities at 55 ppm concentration. So leaf extracts of T. acuminata may be used as better pupicidal, adulticidal and ovicidal plant origin insecticide for control of Cx. vishnui group of mosquito. Further research is required to isolate and characterize the active principle of T. acuminata plant leaf extract.
The Impact of Financial Problems Related to Investment Projects in Iraq

This paper investigates the problems that face the process of investment financially in Iraq. The decision to finance and search for the appropriate sources of funding for the project is one of the most important topics facing the path of projects and investors in light of the limited alternatives available and this decision will ultimately affect the success of the project in the future and continuity. The investment process in Iraq in the current time suffers from a list of problems (Lack of specialized investment banks to finance investment projects, the Weak role of financial institutions in providing banking facilities, Suspension of funding of projects by their financiers, Austerity due to the financial crisis has adversely affected the financial allocations of bodies, Lack of stability in the price of construction materials; and government delays in paying dues to private sector companies). It has been found that (37%) of the investment projects in Iraq have been stopped in the period from (2008-2017). The accumulation of financial benefits on loans taken by the private sector and its companies from banks and public and financial institutions due to delay in repaying these loans (4.6), and government delays in paying dues to private sector companies (4.5), which means that these two problems are affecting highly and negatively on the investment process. Several solutions are discussed to be benefit in solving the investment financial problems in Iraq.
CORPORATE BANKRUPTCY PREDICTION MODEL IN MONGOLIA

A prediction of bankruptcy is the important tool for financiers, shareholders, investors and for any other decision makers. And its importance is now urges the Mongolian economic agents to keep up the present economic situation. Therefore, this study has attempted to propose a bankruptcy prediction model for Mongolian case using the 331 (of which 128 failed and 203 nonfailed) companies’ financial statement sample from the Ministry of Finance database covering from 2003 to 2014. Our findings show that the proposing M-Score model has achieved the best performing prediction among the comparison models.
Standardized Patient Encounter: An Innovative Curricular Design to Enhance Fieldwork Readiness

Date Presented 03/31/2022 The impact of a standardized patient encounter experience on student performance skills and perceptions of fieldwork readiness was examined. Results indicated that students performed assessment, intervention, and documentation skills above targeted expectations, and student perceptions of fieldwork readiness improved. This curricular design may serve as a model for other OT educators in implementing effective instructional strategies to enhance fieldwork readiness. Primary Author and Speaker: Lisa Sakemiller Additional Authors and Speakers: Susan Toth-Cohen
Effects of Gamified Learning Activities in Enhancing Junior High School Students’ English Vocabulary Retention

The Gamified Learning Activities (GLA) is a modification of different word games adherence to the theories of second language acquisition, second language learning, cooperative learning, and collaborative learning. The purpose of this experimental study is to assess the effects of gamified learning activities in enhancing the English vocabulary retention of junior high school students using T-test. The vocabulary pre-test results of both groups obtained a poor performance in which the control group had a higher score than the experimental group. However, in the post-test, the experimental group scored above average while the control group scored below average. Thus, the findings indicated the success of the vocabulary intervention program.
The syntax and compositional semantics of English ONE

In this paper, I analyse the syntax and compositional semantics of the unity cardinal one in English. I argue that the three different uses of one, namely as a determiner, as a DP pronoun and as a prosortal can be accounted for with a single, monosemic analysis. It will be argued that an NP-ellipsis account is not able to provide a unified account of the major uses. However, it will be argued that anaphoric uses of one always involve predicate anaphora. Therefore, a variable-free semantics will be adopted, and it will be shown that in such a framework, one can indeed provide a uniform account for all three uses, using type-shifting operations and Skolem-functions.
Instagram Addiction among Students Pursuing Medical and Dental Courses: A Comparative Study

Instagram is reported one of the most fast growing social networking application, which is widely used by a majority of students pursuing various professional and non-professional courses. In the present study an attempt is made to compare the extent of Instagram addiction among students pursuing medical and dental courses. The sample consisted of 220 students (123 medical and 97 dental) aged between 17-25 years were selected randomly from medical and dental colleges from Mysuru and Mandya districts of Karnataka state. Students pursuing medical and dental courses completed the Test for Instagram addiction (TIA) developed by D’Souza, Samyukta and Bivera (2018). Test for Instagram addiction measured addiction in 6 factors– Lack of control, Disengagement, Escapism, Health and interpersonal troubles, Excessive use and Obsession. Two-way ANOVA was employed to find out the difference between course, gender and interaction effects. Results revealed that students pursuing medical courses had higher scores in two of the components-lack of control, health and interpersonal troubles and in total Instagram addiction than students pursuing dental courses. Male and female students did not differ significantly in their addiction towards Instagram. The interaction effects between type of course and gender were found to be non-significant for Instagram addiction.
Caractérisation de la polarisation des macrophages pulmonaires humains et voies de régulation

Les macrophages jouent un role dans l'inflammation de certaines pathologies pulmonaires comme l'asthme et la broncho pneumopathie chronique obstructive. Selon la dichotomie Th1 et Th2, les macrophages s'activent en phenotype M1/M2 en fonction du microenvironnement. Sous l'influence du lipopolysaccharide (LPS) les macrophages s'activent en phenotype M1. A l'inverse, l'exposition aux cytokines Th2 (interleukine (IL)-4/IL-13) induit un phenotype M2 des macrophages. Nous avons realise une etude transcriptomique des marqueurs de la polarisation M1/M2 des macrophages pulmonaires humains. La polarisation M1 induite par le LPS augmente la production des cytokines (TNF-α, IL-1β, CCL2, 3, 4, 5, CXCL1, 8, 10), de la PGE2 et l'expression du CD38 et CD197. La polarisation M2 induite par l'IL-4/IL-13 augmente l'expression des cytokines (CCL13, 17, 22, 26), de la 15-lipoxygenase (15-LOX) et du CD206. Nous avons evalue l'expression des 15-LOX-1 et 15-LOX-2 et leur role dans la regulation de la polarisation des macrophages pulmonaires. Le LPS augmente l'expression de la 15-LOX-2 alors que l'IL-4/IL-13 augmente l'expression de la 15-LOX-1. L'inhibition des 15-lipoxygenases diminue la production des cytokines M1/M2. Enfin, nous avons etudie l'expression et le role du recepteur nicotinique α7 dans la polarisation des macrophages pulmonaires humains. Ces derniers expriment les recepteurs nicotiniques α7 dont la stimulation par des agonistes nicotiniques α7 diminue la production des cytokines M1/M2. Ce travail apporte de nouvelles connaissances sur la polarisation des macrophages, dont certaines voies de regulation peuvent etre impliquees dans les pathologies inflammatoire pulmonaires
LEADERSHIP, PERCEIVED ORGANIZATIONAL SUPPORT, AND ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE AFFECTING ON JOB EFFICIENCY THROUGH ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT: A CASE STUDY OF EMPLOYEES OF MASS RAPID TRANSIT AUTHORITY OF THAILAND

The purposes of the research were to study; 1) The effects of leadership on organizational commitment, 2) The effects of perceived organizational support on organizational commitment, 3) The effects of organizational culture on organizational commitment, and 4) The effects of organizational commitment on job efficiency. This research study was a quantitative research method. The sample of this research was employees of Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand with the simples of 220 respondents determined by using simple random sampling. The instrument used within the study was a questionnaire. The statistical tools used included frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, Pearson’s Correlation, and Multiple Regression Analysis.The hypothesis testing found that transformation leadership wasn't influence on continuance commitment, affective commitment, and normative commitment; transaction leadership was statistically significant positive influence on affective commitment by the standardized coefficients (β) was . 208; laissez-fair leadership wasn't influence on continuance commitment, affective commitment, and normative commitment; perceived organizational support was statistically significant positive influence on affective commitment by the standardized coefficients (β) was . 236 and normative commitment by the standardized coefficients (β) was . 480; organizational culture was statistically significant positive influence on continuance commitment by the standardized coefficients (β) was . 465 and affective commitment by the standardized coefficients (β) was . 446; affective commitment was statistically significant positive influence on job efficiency by the standardized coefficients (β) was . 265 and normative commitment was statistically significant positive influence on job efficiency by the standardized coefficients (β) was . 439.In conclusion, leadership is partially supported on the hypotheses, perceived organizational support is partially supported on the hypotheses, organizational culture s partially supported on the hypotheses, and organizational commitment is partially supported on the hypotheses.
Heart Failure Patients and reproducibility of the Heart Rate Turbulence Indexes

Although cardiac automaticity is intrinsic to various pacemaker tissues, heart rate and rhythm are largely under the control of the autonomic nervous system. Cardiovascular oscillations following spontaneous ventricular premature complexes (VPC) are characterized by a short-term heart rate fluctuation known as heart rate turbulence described by the so-called turbulence onset (TO) and slope (TS). Despite a recent written consensus on the standard of heart rate turbulence measurement, reproducibility data are lacking. Aim of the paper was a reproducibility study of heart rate turbulence indexes in heart failure patients. Eleven heart failure patients underwent two 24h ECG Holter recordings, spaced 7±5 days. A paired t test was used to assess the clinical stability of patients during the study period and the number of PVC in Holter recordings’ couples. Both TO and TS indexes were calculated for each isolated VPC, and due to their skewed distribution, reproducibility of median and mean TO and TS was studied by Bland-Altman technique. Results showed that median heart rate turbulence indexes might be preferred to commonly suggested mean values and that, although TO showed lower bias value than TS, TS can be considered much more reproducible than TO, comparing limits of agreements with normal values. This preliminary results suggest the use of medians instead of mean heart rate turbulence indexes values and a reliability of the turbulence slope greater than the turbulence onset index. Keywords— Turbulence, Heart failure, heart rate variability
Role of sodium nitrate concentration in BG-11 medium used for autotrophic growth of Anabaena vaginicola cyanobacterium

Because of its multiple applications in biotechnology, in recent years, there has been a considerable focus on cyanobacteria as a nitrogen fixer prokaryote capable of carrying out photosynthesis. Due to the high lipid content present in their thylakoid membranes, cyanobacteria have a considerable potential to be used as a source of raw material in third generation biofuels. The present study was undertaken to characterize the autotrophic growth of Anabaena vaginicola (A. vaginicola) as the cyanobacterium under different concentrations of sodium nitrate. NaNO3 is the main source of nitrogen in BG-11 medium for autotrophic growth of cyanobacteria. By changing the concentration of NaNO3 in the formulation of BG-11 medium, it was found that growth rate constants of the cultures with different initial concentrations of NaNO3 differed significantly from each other, suggesting that the initial NaNO3 concentrations in BG-11 medium can have considerable effects on the growth of A. vaginicola. Absorbance readings for A. vaginicola culture grown in BG-11 media containing 1.875 and 2.25 g/L NaNO3 were highest among seven groups of cultures and expressed highest specific growth rate (0.386 and 0.408 day, respectively). BG-11 medium prepared with NaNO3 at the lower level than the original amount of this inorganic salt (25% of 1.5 g/L) was not able to fully support the growth of A. vaginicola culture and the longer exponential phase of growth was with the lower rate constant (0.191 day). This growth rate in comparison with the growth in the nitrate-free BG-11 medium (BG-110) was also lower.
Nanofluids: Science and Technology

1. Introduction (S. K. Das, S. U. S. Choi, W. Yu, and T. Pradeep). 2. Synthesis of Nanofluids (S. K. Das). 3. Conduction Heat Transfer in Nano-Fluids (S. K. Das). 4. Part 2: Theoretical Modeling of Thermal Conductivity of Nanofluids (S. K. Das, S. U. S. Choi, W. Yu, and T. Pradeep). 5. Convection in Nanofluids (S. K. Das). 6. Boiling of Nano-Fluids (S. K. Das). 7. Applications and Future Directions (S. K. Das, S. U. S. Choi, W. Yu, and T. Pradeep).
HTA in CEE Countries: A Bibliometric Analysis of Research

Background: Health Technology Assessment (HTA) is an impartial old medical technology assessment tool used by health policymakers to aid in reimbursement decisions. Although HTA is usually adopted by wealthy countries given the surplus in financial and human capital, yet, nowadays, more and more low and middle income (LMIC) countries are realizing the value of HTA in the long run and are starting to adopt this tool for healthcare reimbursement decisions. Aim: This study aims to provide a summary of the existing academic research related to the field of HTA in nine Central and East European Countries (CEE), namely; Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Slovenia, Slovakia, Croatia, and Serbia. Materials and methods: A Scoping literature review was done by the authors for the published journal articles in “Scopus” database to date. The search criteria were set for academic articles written in the English language with full text available. The resulting articles were further skimmed to include only those articles from such journals which were indexed in the “Scimago” ranking system. Extracted articles were analyzed quantitatively using Excel 365, SPSS, and R studio software. Results: 94 full-text academic articles were finally extracted for the analysis. 47% of HTA related literature was published in Q1 journals, 38% in Q2 journals, 11% in Q3 journals, and less than 1% in Q4 journals. 67% of the papers were published in the past 4 years (2016-2019). “International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care”, “Value in Health: Regional Issues” and “Health Policy” were the top three journals with the highest number of publications in the field. Leading articles, countries, and authors in the field were identified based on the number of papers generated and citation scores. Conclusion: The scoping review methodology seems to be an excellent tool to investigate emerging topics such as HTA. To the authors’ knowledge, no previous researchers have recorded the entirety of scholarly conversation in this field. Regional research progression in the field has started to gain attraction in the past 4 years indicated by the number of publications. Further directions were suggested to help field researchers in building their research framework.
Cryptosystem Using Key Aggregate for Scalable Data Sharing In Secure Cloud Storage

: Data sharing is a critical usefulness in distributed storage. In this article, we demonstrate too safely, proficiently, and adaptable impart information to others in distributed storage. We depict new open key cryptosystems which deliver consistent size ciphertexts such that productive designation of unscrambling rights for any arrangement of ciphertexts are conceivable. The oddity is that one can total any arrangement of mystery keys and make them as reduced as a solitary key, however incorporating the force of the considerable number of keys being collected. At the end of the day, the mystery key holder can discharge a steady size total key for adaptable decisions of ciphertext set in distributed storage, however the other scrambled records outside the set stay classified. This minimal total key can be helpfully sent to others or be put away in a keen card with exceptionally restricted secure stockpiling. We give formal security examination of our plans in the standard model. We likewise portray other use of our plans. Specifically, our plans give the first open key patient-controlled encryption for adaptable pecking order, which was yet to be known.
Instabilité et entrainement à l'interface d'une couche de mélange liquide-gaz

Le present travail concerne l'etude d'une couche de melange entre une phase liquide lente et une phase gazeuse rapide. Cette etude s'inscrit dans le cadre des recherches sur les mecanismes de brisure primaire appliquees au probleme de combustion dans les moteurs fusee. Nous nous sommes interesses a determiner experimentalement des grandeurs globales caracteristiques de l'entrainement comme la longueur de dard liquide, c'est a dire la longueur de coherence du jet liquide, et l'angle d'ouverture du spray, ainsi que les mecanismes fins de l'instabilite de cet ecoulement cisaille. La modification de la tension de surface et de la viscosite du liquide a permis de montrer que la longueur de dard n'est correlee ni par le nombre de weber ni par le nombre de reynolds liquide. On montre que le parametre principal qui quantifie l'entrainement de liquide, et qui donc fixe cette longueur, est le rapport des flux de quantite de mouvement. Une correlation impliquant ce parametre et le nombre de reynolds de l'ecoulement de gaz est proposee. L'angle d'ejection est quant a lui essentiellement constant si l'on se place dans le referentiel lie a l'interface, il vaut alors approximativement 50 degres. Ces deux resultats experimentaux sont confortes par des modeles simples. La destabilisation de l'interface et sa dependance sur les conditions initiales sont bien predites par une analyse de stabilite lineaire de l'ecoulement liquide-gaz. Il s'avere que la longueur et la vitesse caracteristiques du probleme sont respectivement fixees par l'epaisseur de vorticite du profil de vitesse du gaz et par la moyenne des vitesses des courants ponderees par la racine de leur densite. Ce resultat est obtenu quelque soit la nature des ecoulements (laminaires ou turbulents) en sortie d'injecteurs. Enfin, les mecanismes possibles gouvernant la formation des gouttes a partir des perturbations de surface sont discutes.
“Sometimes it goes wrong!” – Teachers’ beliefs concerning experiments in mathematics

In didactic literature there are many practical materials to use experiments in mathematics classroom. Even though, experiments seem to be beneficial in mathematics education, little is known about what teachers think concerning this method. In this explorative study we want to examine the teachers’ beliefs about experiments and which relations they see between experiments and mathematics. We asked teachers from various school types in Germany, with an open-ended questionnaire. Our results indicate that most teachers see experiments either as controlled and planful procedure or as “trial and error”. Furthermore, teachers state mainly two relations between experiments and mathematics.
Bacteriological and molecular studies on Salmonella species isolated from poultry farms

This study comprise the examination of 100 samples of feed( 40), water (36) and litter (24) collected randomly from different chicken shops, houses and farms in Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate. Results of this survey revealed isolation of 14/100(14%) Salmonella species (3)(12.5%) isolates from litter, (5)(13.8%) isolates from water and (6)(25%) isolates from farms . The prevalence rate to Salmonella was (14%) Sensitivity test was made and isolates exhibit resistance against ciprofloxacin and cefotaxime with (89%) and highly sensitivity to amikacin with (100%) so amikacin is the first drug choice for treatment of Salmonella infection. A PCR based assay was developed to developed to detect the prevalence of Salmonella in samples and to evaluate plasmid and chromosome-borne virulence genes (stn-invA) which considered as a target genes for the detection of Salmonella The results of detection of resistance genes (qnr S-blaTEM) as a resistance genes in all isolates of Salmonella.
Drum Therapy: A Holistic Approach for Fighting Disabilities

This paper indicates that drumming accelerates physical healing, boost the immune system, and produces feelings of well-being through the release of emotional trauma. Holistic drumming approaches have been proven to be very successful in helping people with major medical issues. The initial investigations of 3 studies evaluated the methods of Drum Therapy in order to examine the effects of Drum Therapy on development of coordination,retention, social skills, and physical and cognitive functioning. Dyslexic individuals may also find improvisation difficult, especially when learning an instrument like the drums. For this reason, the Specific Isolated Instruction teaching method is so important. The results of this study concluded that Drum Therapy helps participants to learn problem-solving strategies, improve patience and perseverance, to develop coordination and retention.