Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Enhancing Accuracy in Cross-Domain Sentiment Classification by using Discounting Factor

: Sentiment Analysis involves in building a system to collect and examine opinions about the product made in blog posts, comments, reviews or tweets. Automatic classification of sentiment is important for applications such as opinion mining, opinion summarization, contextual advertising and market analysis. Sentiment is expressed differently in different domains and it is costly to annotate data for each new domain. In Cross-Domain Sentiment Classification, the features or words that appear in the source domain do not always appear in the target domain. So a classifier trained on one domain might not perform well on a different domain because it fails to learn the sentiment of the unseen words. One solution to this issue is to use a thesaurus which groups different words that express the same sentiment. Hence, feature expansion is required to augment a feature vector with additional related features to reduce the mismatch between features. The proposed method creates a thesaurus that is sensitive to the sentiment of words expressed in different domains. It utilizes both labeled as well as unlabeled data of the source domains and unlabeled data of the target domain. It uses pointwise mutual information to compute relatedness measure which in turn used to create thesaurus. The pointwise mutual information is biased towards infrequent elements/features. So a discounting factor is multiplied to the pointwise mutual information to overcome this problem. Then the proposed method uses the created thesaurus to expand feature vectors. Using these extended vectors, a Lasso Regularized Logistic Regression based binary classifier is trained to classify sentiment of the reviews in target domain. It gives improved prediction accuracy than existing Cross-Domain Sentiment Classification system.
Association of TGF-b1 Codon 10 Gene Polymorphism with Chronic Periodontal Disease in Type 2 Diabetics Patients from Bahia-Brazil

Background: Differences in the host response may determine susceptibility or resistance to periodontal disease. Studies have linked the increased propensity of diabetic subjects to develop periodontal disease to genetic predisposition. There is growing evidence that genetic factors play a role in the onset and severity of periodontal disease, since the expression cytokines may be modulated by genetic polymorphisms. Methods: Ninety-one subjects were divided into three groups: the DP group was formed of 31 diabetic subjects with chronic periodontal disease, DSP consisted of 30 diabetic subjects without periodontitis and NDP was formed by 30 metabolically healthy patients with severe chronic periodontal disease. DNA was extracted from samples using a modified salting out technique. The concentration was determined by optical density readings. The polymorphisms studied were TNF-α (-308G/A), TGF-β1 (codon 10C/T, codon 25C/G), IL-10 (-1082A/G; -819T/C; -592A/C), IL-6 (-174G/C) and IFN-γ (+874T/A). Genotyping for cytokine polymorphism was performed by standard polymerase chain reaction using sequence-specific primers with a cytokine genotyping kit. Results: A statistically significant difference was observed in the genotype frequency of the polymorphisms of the TGF-β1 gene on codon 10 between DP and DSP patients. The proportion of subjects that exhibited the TT genotype was significantly higher in the DP group than in the DSP group. No statistically significant differences were found for allele, genotypic and phenotypic frequencies for the genes that code for IL-6, IL-10, TNF-α, IFN-γ and TGF-β1 codon 25 between the groups. Conclusions: These results demonstrate that at TGF-β1 polymorphism gene at codon 10C/T is associated with chronic periodontitis in diabetic patients in Bahia, Brazil. Further studies are warranted to determine if these polymorphisms are a risk factor for susceptibility to periodontal disease.
IN VITRO HEPATOPROTECTIVE ACTIVITY OF DRYNARIA

The present study has been carried out to evaluate the In vitro hepatoprotective activity of methanolic extract of Drynaria quercifolia L. rhizome. For cytotoxicity screening, primary hepatocytes monolayer cultures were treated with CCl4 and different concentrations of extracts of Drynaria quercifolia L. rhizome. Protection against CCl4 was determined by MTT assay. The result showed that dose dependent increase in percentage of viability at the doses of 100, 250, 500μg/ml against CCl4. In vitro hepatoprotective activity of plant extract was also evaluated by analyzed various parameters such as MDA, GSH, SGOT, SGPT and protein in carbon tetrachloride induced hepatocytes. CCl4 induced cell damage was well manifested by significant increase of MDA, SGOT, and SGPT and decrease of GSH and protein. Plant extracts (100, 250, 500μg/ml) along with CCl4 treated hepatocytes reversed all the above parameters near to normal. Result of this study demonstrates that the Drynaria quercifolia rhizome having good hepatoprotective potential which may be due to the presence of various phytochemicals.
A REVIEW ON ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITIES OF TRIPHALA AND ITS CONSTITUENTS

An infection is the detrimental colonization of a host organism by a foreign replicator. Infectious diseases remain the first cause of premature death throughout the world. Search of new natural compounds with pharmacological properties is a field of interest widely growing, especially for the management of infectious diseases such as meningitis, tuberculosis, malaria, hepatitis, AIDS etc. Dietary intake of foods or plant based extracts with antioxidant properties were shown to have beneficial effects on human health and improve immune functions against these diseases. Triphala is an Ayurvedic herbal formulation which contains equal proportion of fruits of Terminalia bellerica Roxb. (Bibhitaki), Terminalia chebula Retz. (Haritaki) and Emblica officinalis Gaertn. (Amalaki). It is a well known phytomedicine with known antioxidant, antibacterial, antifungal, antiviral, antiparasitic and anti-inflammatory activities. It has been used in the traditional medicines either alone or in combination with other plants for treatment of various health ailments. The most traditional usage of Triphala is to improve digestion, correct constipation, tone gastrointestinal tract and reduce oxidative stress. This review summarizes the current knowledge about the antimicrobial effects of Triphala and its constituents in counteracting oxidative stress as well as inflammatory mechanisms, using in vitro and in vivo models of acute and chronic infectious diseases.
Wireless Video Caching in Heterogeneous Networks: A Stackelberg Game Approach

— This paper, considers a marketed small-cell caching system comprising of a Network Service Provider (NSP), a number of Video Retailers (VR), and Mobile Users (MU). The NSP rents its SBSs to the VRs intending benefits. Stackelberg game framework is used for addressing the SBSs as a particular type of resources. The MUs and SBSs as autonomous Poisson Point Processes (PPP) are used to develop the probability of the particular event that an MU receives video of its alternative straight from the memory of an SBS through stochastic geometry theory. Furthermore, a Stackelberg game is developed to maximize the average benefit of the NSP and the VRs. We look into the Stackelberg game balance by solving a non-convex optimization job. Therefore, based on game theoretic framework, we split light on the four important factors with respect to their relationship: Optimal pricing of renting an SBS, SBSs allocation among the VRs, Caching size of the SBSs, and the quality dispersion of the VRs. Monte-Carlo simulation show that our stochastic geometry-based analytical results, nearly match the empirical results. Mathematical results are also plied for measuring the intended game-theoretic framework through demonstrating its efficiency on pricing and resource assignation.
Rapid Determination of Diuretic Resistant Ascites Using Furosemide Induced Natriuresis Test in Egyptian Cirrhotic Patients

Background: Diagnosis of refractory ascites is a challenging task for physicians. This study aimed to evaluate the value of urinary sodium measurement after a single dose of intravenous furosemide (furosemide natriuresis test) in determination of diuretic resistant ascites. Methods: forty five Egyptian cirrhotic patients with massive ascites were included in the present study. All of them were maintained on low sodium diet and were subjected to furosemide natriuresis test then they were given maximum oral diuretic therapy (160 mg furosemide and 400 mg spironolactone) for one week; the response to oral therapy was assessed by the difference in body weight before and after therapy. According to the results of oral therapy the patients were divided into two main groups: Responsive group with decrease in body weight over 4 days >800gms, Resistant group with decrease in body weight over 4 days <800gms. Results: No significant difference in liver or renal functions was found between responsive and resistant group. Comparing the results of the furosemide natriuresis test to the results obtained from response to oral diuretic therapy; It was found that all patients resistant to oral therapy (twelve patients) had 8 hours urinary sodium <90mmol/L. In the responsive group (Thirty one patients), twenty eight patients had 8 hours urinary sodium >90mmol/L, three patients had 8 hours urinary sodium <90mmol/L and were found to be responsive to oral therapy. According to these results the sensitivity of the test is 100%, the specificity is 90.3%, the positive predictive value is 80% and the negative predictive value is 100% for detection of diuretic resistant ascites. Conclusion: measurement of urinary sodium eight hours after administrating 80 mg of intravenous furosemide is helpful in detection of diuretic resistant ascites patients “[Nature and Science. 2009;7(10):62-67]. (ISSN: 1545-0740).
Extraction of Propionic Acid from Aqueous Solution Using Tributyl Phosphate IN Modified Soyabean Oil

The experimental studies for extraction of propionic acid using Tributyl Phosphate (TBP) in nontoxic diluent (modified soyabean oil) from aqueous solution have been described here. The extraction equilibrium studies for propionic acid are carried out to find the optimum time of shaking, the effect of temperature and the extraction efficiency (%E). The experimental studies show that extractant (TBP) and diluent influences the extraction of propionic acid. The effect of percentage of TBP in diluent on extraction efficiency has been investigated.
Online Search and Buying Behaviour: Malaysian Experience RECHERCHE EN LIGNE ET HABITUDES D’ACHAT:

This study examines online search pattern and buying behaviour in Malaysia. Malaysian consumers search moderately for product/service information with company websites being the most popular mode of searching. Books, airline tickets, and hotel room booking are the products and services commonly purchased to satisfy self-fulfillment and affiliation needs. Respondents who have online purchase experiences have a higher intention to make online purchase in the future. There is no gender difference in terms of the frequency of online search and purchase as well as the type of consumer needs being satisfied over the Internet. Implications of the research findings and suggestions for future research are discussed.
A randomized controlled trial evaluating resection of the primary breast tumor in women presenting with de novo stage IV breast cancer: Turkish Study (Protocol MF07-01).

1005Background: The MF07-01 trial is a multicenter phase III randomized trial of treatment naive stage IV BC patients comparing loco-regional surgery (LRS) followed by appropriate systemic therapy (ST) vs ST alone. Aims: To compare 3-year survival and loco-regional progression (LRP). Methods: At initial diagnosis patients were randomized 1:1 to LRS group or ST group. After consideration of retrospective studies, we hypothesized at 36 months a survival difference between the two groups to be 18%. Assuming a 10% drop out rate and with a one sided log-rank test with a 95% CI and a 90% power 271 patients needed to be randomized. Results: 274 patients were accrued; 138 in the LRS group and 136 in the ST group. The groups were comparable regarding age, BMI, HER2 neu, tumor type and size, histologic grade, and bone and visceral metastasis (all p > 0.05). There were 76 (55%) deaths in the LRS group and 101 (74%) in the ST group during the median 40 (20-51) months follow-up. At 36 months the survival rate was simi.
Effect of Environmental Degradation on Mechanical Properties of Natural Fiber Reinforced Polymer Based Hybrid Composites: A Review

Natural fiber reinforced composite materials have been widely used in the variety of engineering applications. Natural fiber composites may suffer when the material is exposed to adverse environmental condition for long period of time. A lot of research has been conducted and still ongoing for the possibility of the use of the combined form of natural fibers and synthetic fibers for the structural composite members under such type of conditions. The natural fiber reinforced composites have limited resistance towards the environmental effect. The idea of improving the strength is by adding the synthetic fibers along with the natural fibers in order to enhance the mechanical strength of the bulk material under the adverse conditions. Thus, the study of environmental conditions on the mechanical properties of hybrid composite is important. This review paper selectively represents all-round research carried by various researchers throughout the globe for the various natural and synthetic fiber reinforced composites subjected to different environmental conditions and their degradation of mechanical properties which is measured before and after the environmental exposer.
Nigerian Cancer Survivors' Perceptions of Care Received From Health Care Professionals

Nigerian Cancer Survivors’ Perceptions of Care Received From Health Care Professionals by Olusegun Akinsuli MPH, University of Liverpool, 2011 MB, University of Ibadan, 1989 BS, University of Ibadan, 1989 Dissertation Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy Public Health
Fiber Bragg Grating Filter for Optical Communication: Applications and Overview

Recently, optical fiber Bragg grating have attracted a great deal of attention because of their importance in designing new devices to meet a need range of optical communication systems. An intense investigation of the possibility of using this optical device for all optical ultrafast applications is achieved by allowing their dielectric characteristics to be varied in such a way that a periodic perturbation of their refractive index along the length of the optical fiber will be formed. The coupled mode method, on the other hand, has been proven to be one of the most powerful analytical techniques that are usefully applied to a wide range of optical devices. In this paper, a coupled mode equations has been solved for fiber Bragg grating to analyze the grating structures that exhibit attractive optical properties that make them suitable for optical communication system as a wavelength filter. The paper also describes a simplified theoretical model to analyze the linear reflection characteristics of uniform fiber Bragg grating at low excitation intensity. The linear coupled mode theory has been adopted to calculate the reflectivity of the grating in the linear regime. We derived the solutions for both forward and backward propagating field amplitudes considering the propagation of a CW laser beam through the grating.
SHIFT REGISTER USING CNT FET BASED ON SENSE AMPLIFIER PULSED LATCH FOR LOW POWER APPLICATION

---------------------------------------------------------------***--------------------------------------------------------------- Abstract - Recent day’s power consumption and area reduction is the major concern in circuit design. Shift register is a basic building block of memory devices. In this design reducing power in shift register using pulsed latchesinstead of flip-flops. Because shift register based flip-flops consumemore power. The pulsed latches designed by Carbon Nano Tube technology. CNTFET technology is one of the best replacement of CMOS technology because of its excellent properties such as high thermal conductivity, small atomic diameter of carbon and also high tensile strength. Here shift register based on pulsed latches using CMOS technology and CNTFETtechnology has been compared. This shift register has been implemented in 32nm CNTFET technology in HSPICE.
Toward A Paradigm Shift in Cancer Research & Innovation for Patients in France

Medical cancer research is at a new crossroads of science, technical progress, therapeutic advances, and new models of care, ethical issues and economic factors. In order to tackle these new approaches to cancer research and innovation, a series of discussions has led to our position paper which articulates a series of recommendations around three main axes: i. Switch to an open and collaborative model among public/private researchers, clinicians and manufacturers, starting at the early stage of innovation; ii. Use the power of the new technologies and tools of big data, computer and in silico modeling; iii. Support the emergence of new clinical trial designs and adapt accordingly the national policies for the faster adoption of innovations and access to patients. These three axes are closely interlinked and reflect fundamental values for the world of research: scientific cooperation, technical progress and contribution of science to a better society. Abbreviations: ANSM: Agence Nationale De Securite Du Medicament Et Des Produits De Sante; FNAMHPS: French National Agency For Medicines And Health Products Safety; BCBS: Base De Donnees Cliniques Et Biologiques; CBD: Clinical And Biological Database; CANCEROPOLES: Inter-Regional And Multidisciplinary Cancer Centres; CCTIRS: Comite Consultatif Sur Le Traitement De L’information En Matiere De Recherche; ACDPIFH: Advisory Committee On Data Processing Inrresearch In The Field Of Health; CNIL: Commission Nationale De L’informatique Et Des Libertes; FDPA: French Data Protection Authority; CTD: Common Technical Document; EMA: European Medicines Agency; FDA: Food and Drug Administration; HAS: Haute Autorité De Santé; FNAH: French National Authority For Health; HBP: High Blood Pressure; ICH: International Council For Harmonisation; IHUS: Instituts Hospitalo-Universitaires; UHI: University Hospital Institutes; INCA: Institut National Du Cancer; FNCI: French National Cancer Institute; INRIA: Institut National De Recherche En Informatique Et En Automatique; FIRCA: French Institute For Research In Computer Science And Automation; QOL: Quality Of Life; RWD: Responsive Web Design; RCT: Randomised Clinical Trial; SATT: Societes D’acceleration Du Transfert De Technologies; TFAC: Technology Transfer Accelerator Companies; SIRIC: Sites De Recherche Integree Sur Le Cancer; ICRS: Integrated Cancer Research Site J of Pharmacol & Clin Res 3(4): JPCR.MS.ID.555616 (2017) 001 How to cite this article: C.Long, P.A. Bonnet, D.Perol, M.Hebbar, P.Barthelemy et al. Toward A Paradigm Shift in Cancer Research & Innovation for Patients in France. J of Pharmacol & Clin Res. 2017; 3(4): 555616. DOI: 10.19080/JPCR.2017. 03.555616. 002 Journal of Pharmacology & Clinical Research
Factors Affecting Car Financing: A Case Study of Conventional & Islamic Banks in Hyderabad Pakistan

In present market scenario where competition forces the firms to introduce new products in order to be competitive and profitable in uncertainties, financial institutions offering car financing are facing tough competition. In order to maintain their market share they offer different options for car financing for different types of customers. This study aimed to find out factors influencing car finance behavior and investigates whether religiosity play any significant role for selecting a religion oriented financial product. Theory of planed behavior was applied to assess whether religious beliefs affect the car financing decision? Primary data of 200 walk-in customers of conventional and Islamic banks (located on different sites of Hyderabad, Pakistan) were collected through non-probability (convenience) sampling. The results showed that the intention to opt for Islamic car finance is heavily influenced by religiosity. While on the other hand perceived behavioral control strongly influences the intention to finance a car from conventional banks. This research confirmed the hypotheses where Perceived Behavioral Control (PBC) affects the intentions of customers of conventional banks while in the case of Islamic finance the hypothesis the effects of PBC on intentions of customers of Islamic Banks is rejected. Keywords: - Conventional and Islamic Banking, Customer, Religiosity Theory of Planned Behavior, Car Financing, partial least squares (PLS). DOI : 10.7176/RJFA/10-24-12 Publication date: December 31 st 2019
ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY OF ACANTHOPHORA SPICIFERA, PADINA TETRASTOMATICA AND CAULERPA SCALPELLIFORMIS AGAINST SOME FUNGAL PATHOGENS IN CRUDE AND FRACTIONATED FORM

One representative from each group of seaweeds namely Acanthophora spicifera from Rhodophyceae, Padina tetrastomatica from Phaeophyceae and Caulerpa scalpelliformis from Chlorophyceae was chosen. Crude and fractions of the seaweeds were taken using four solvents namely water, ethanol, acetone and methanol by soxhlet extraction. They were then compared for their antifungal activity by disc diffusion technique against five fungal strains, namely Aspergillus terrus, A. fumigatus, Gibberline sp. , Alternaria sp. and Ganoderma sp. A. fumigatus was the highest inhibited fungal species followed by Alternaria sp. and A. terrus. Ganoderma sp. showed the least activity against all the pathogens tested.
Rare Inguinal Hernia Cases with Minimal Dissection

Inguinal hernias are the most common type of hernia. These hernias result through a weak spot or tear in the lower abdominal wall, often in the inguinal canal. The main aim of the study is to assess the rare cases after the surgery of inguinal hernia. Data extracted from these papers included authors, country, year of publication, age and sex of patients, epidemiology, pathogenesis, risk factors for development of inguinal hernias, racial distribution, presenting symptoms, surgical treatment and unusual findings in inguinal hernia surgery were included in the study. Unusual cases of Inguinal Hernia Surgery and Risk factors for reoccurrence of Inguinal Hernia were discussed in the present study correlating it with the similar studies done in the past in various parts of the world. It may be concluded that even though hernia is a common surgical problem, up to date knowledge of herniology is important for proper repair of inguinal hernias to reduce recurrence rate, and careful handling of these unusual contents of inguinal hernias, to avoid damage to some of these structures.
On the Chromatic Spectrum of Uniform-Hypergraphs

Motivated by solving the problem proposed by Král, (Electronic J. Combin. 11#R19, 2004), we construct a family of uniform -hypergraphs whose chromatic spectrum is a linear combination of the Stirling numbers of the second kind. Keywords-hypergraph; chromatic spectrum; Stirling number of the second kind