Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
687-693 Nik Him NAII.pmd

An investigation was undertaken for screening and isolating nematophagous-fungi from the faecal samples of various grazing animals and soils in Malaysia. Total of 111 faeces and 50 soil samples were collected and the samples were cultured on 2% water agar plates. The growth of nematophagous-fungi was stimulated by sprinkling-baiting technique. The conidia of suspected nematophagous-fungi were inoculated on 2% water agar plates. All isolated were maintained on 2% cornmeal agar plates. Verticillium spp. , Fusarium spp. and Arthrobotrys spp. were identified from the faecal and soil samples. 62.5% of the faecal samples and 100% of the soil samples were shown to be positive with nematophagous-fungi. This study highlights the present of nematophagous-fungi population in faecal and soil samples. Much study remains to be done to better understanding some fungi especially their mode of action and their predatory behaviour against parasitic nematodes.
Immediate and Long-Term Follow-Up of Percutaneous Mitral Commisurotomy in Pregnant Women with Rheumatic Mitral Stenosis: About 246 Cases

Mitral Balloon Valvuloplasty has been established as an alternative to surgical mitral commissurotomy in the treatment of most patients with symptomatic rheumatic mitral stenosis. [1] Previous reports have demonstrated that MBV can be performed safely during pregnancy in patients with severe mitral stenosis without significant maternal risk or fetal morbidity or mortality. [2] However, at the present time, there are few data on long-term follow-up results after MBV in larger patient populations of pregnant women. [3] The aim of this study was to report immediate and longAbstract
SOUNDS IN THE CITY: IMPROVING THE SOUNDSCAPE OF A PUBLIC SQUARE THROUGH SOUND ART

Urban sound management often relies on a reduction in sound level to improve sound quality in urban spaces. Beside noise masking used in some indoor contexts, the role of added sound and particularly sound art in the public domain is less understood. Over the course of the summer and early fall of 2018, Montreal carried out a public space-making project in three consecutive configurations of 30 or more days each. During 2 of these configurations, a custom audio installation involving 4 outdoor, public speakers was installed by Audiotopie, a local audio design collective that specializes in sound installations. Each audio installation was on site for a minimum of 10 days. We measured the effect of the sound installation on users’ experience using questionnaires that included the Swedish Soundscape Quality Protocol, person-related (e.g. personality) and situation-related (e.g. activity) variables (N = 329). We observed changes in soundscape evaluations when the sound installations were in place compared to the baseline condition. Specifically, for Configuration 1, the sound installation increased calmness and the capacity for respite and reduced the perceived overall sound level in the proximity of the sound installation, where the audio content was clearly audible. For Configuration 2, the installation increased pleasantness and calmness over the whole site, while again reducing the perceived sound level. The results suggest implications for urban design and planning in that sound design can improve perceived sound character, but more importantly for traditional planning purposes, perceived sound level.
Joystick Keyboard: Physically Integrated Typing and Pointing

This paper presents the Joystick Keyboard, a multi-finger input device. The Joystick Keyboard has the same shape and layout as a regular keyboard and can perform all the usual functions. In addition, each key has a joystick underneath enabling the user to control two degrees of freedom. With the Joystick Keyboard, the data entry and mouse movement can be both accomplished, eliminating the need for a dedicated pointing device. In this paper, we describe our design in detail as an enabling technology. We then present several multi-finger interaction techniques that exploit the affordance of the device. Finally, we present initial usability testing results, and user reactions to these techniques.
Automated generation of question paper for online MCQ test by using Shuffling algorithm

Online MCQ test plays important task in today’s educational world. Now a day’s there are many systems are exist in the market which conduct the online examination of multiple choice questions. As these systems conduct the demo test and final test for student but while conducting demo test student doesn’t confirm their answers are right or wrong. Also for demo test question is not disable after submitting the answer of that question. Also the overall performance of students and teachers doesn’t show and result of test is demonstrated to the students after the specific time period by this systems. In education system examinations play a essential role in testing student’s performance and they want to see their result immediately after completion of exam and want to check their answers right or wrong in the demo test. So there is an need to have such a neat system to develop online MCQ test question paper which used to develop the students knowledge as well as to test their learning skills by checking their performance. In this paper shuffling technique is use to generate automatic question paper for online MCQ test. By using this technique we can able to set question paper and conduct the demo as well as final test. Students performance get improved by providing correct answer during the conduction of demo test. Admin able to approve respective subject teacher and teacher has authority to cancel the test. Notification about cancelation of test is given to student also result of student and teacher is shown to admin.
The 1600-M Run and Multistage 20-M Shuttle Run as Predictive Tests of Aerobic Capacity in Children

The purpose of this study was to determine the validity of using the 1600-m distance run (DR) and the maximal multistage 20-m shuttle run (SR) as predictors of aerobic capacity in active boys 10 to 12 years of age. The influence of weight and maximal sprint running speed on test performance scores were also investigated. Both the DR and SR were found to have concurrent validity in the group studied, correlated to a directly measured VO2max (ml kg−1·min−1) determined through a progressive bicycle ergometer test. However, predicted VO2max values using SR results differed significantly from measured values. Weight was not found to be significantly correlated with either of the predictive methods, whereas maximal sprint running speed, as measured through a 40-m dash, was found to correlate significantly with the results of both the DR and SR. These results suggest that the combined influence of running efficiency and anaerobic energy production significantly influence the performance of both predictive methods.
Quantum experiment preludes the endgame for local realism – photonic Bell violation closes the fair-sampling loophole

“Local realism” is a world view in which the properties of physical objects exist independent of whether or not they are observed (realism), and in which no physical influence can propagate faster than the speed of light (locality). In 1964, in one of the most important works in the history of the foundations of quantum theory [1], the Irish physicist John Bell proved theoretically that local realism is in contradiction with the predictions of quantum mechanics. With his now famous “Bell inequality”, he showed that it is possible to determine experimentally which of the two radically different world views actually governs reality. The terms in the inequality are the correlations of measurement results. Bell’s inequality is satisfied by the predictions of any local realistic theory, whereas quantum mechanics predicts measurement outcomes that can violate it.
Challenges and Prospects of Good Governance in Ethiopia: the Case of Kemisie Town, Ethiopia

This paper discusses about the prevalence of good governance in some selected public institutions of Kemisie town, Amhara region, Ethiopia. To do this the researcher used pragmatic paradigm, mixed research approach. Both primary and secondary sources of data were used. To collect primary information interviews, FGD and questionnaires were employed. As well 206 sample populations were participated. Using five core elements of good governance the researcher reach upon the following conclusions; the general assessment of performance of good governance in Kemisie town shows that there are some progresses in establishing legal and institutional base for good governance but in terms of practices the study come across mixed results. The town achieved some progress in enhancing popular participation, government offices transparency and government accountability with some limitation. However, the government performance in terms of effectiveness and efficiency and combating corruption is not satisfactory. The practices of good governance in the town is challenged by harmful traditional practices, human trafficking, inter-house hold killing, religious fundamentalism, land related conflicts, petty corruption, partisanship and bureaucrats skills and ethical problems. Hence, the study implies that there is the need for national attention to control illegal immigrationhuman trafficking, which is the ongoing humiliating activity in the area. In addition, it needs comprehensive attitudinal change works on revenge, which is the major problematic cause of killing and harmful traditional practices in the area.
Prevalence of Inappropriate Antibiotic Prescriptions Among US Ambulatory Care Visits, 2010-2011.

IMPORTANCE The National Action Plan for Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria set a goal of reducing inappropriate outpatient antibiotic use by 50% by 2020, but the extent of inappropriate outpatient antibiotic use is unknown. OBJECTIVE To estimate the rates of outpatient oral antibiotic prescribing by age and diagnosis, and the estimated portions of antibiotic use that may be inappropriate in adults and children in the United States. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS Using the 2010-2011 National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey and National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, annual numbers and population-adjusted rates with 95% confidence intervals of ambulatory visits with oral antibiotic prescriptions by age, region, and diagnosis in the United States were estimated. EXPOSURES Ambulatory care visits. MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES Based on national guidelines and regional variation in prescribing, diagnosis-specific prevalence and rates of total and appropriate antibiotic prescriptions were determined. These rates were combined to calculate an estimate of the appropriate annual rate of antibiotic prescriptions per 1000 population. RESULTS Of the 184,032 sampled visits, 12.6% of visits (95% CI, 12.0%-13.3%) resulted in antibiotic prescriptions. Sinusitis was the single diagnosis associated with the most antibiotic prescriptions per 1000 population (56 antibiotic prescriptions [95% CI, 48-64]), followed by suppurative otitis media (47 antibiotic prescriptions [95% CI, 41-54]), and pharyngitis (43 antibiotic prescriptions [95% CI, 38-49]). Collectively, acute respiratory conditions per 1000 population led to 221 antibiotic prescriptions (95% CI, 198-245) annually, but only 111 antibiotic prescriptions were estimated to be appropriate for these conditions. Per 1000 population, among all conditions and ages combined in 2010-2011, an estimated 506 antibiotic prescriptions (95% CI, 458-554) were written annually, and, of these, 353 antibiotic prescriptions were estimated to be appropriate antibiotic prescriptions. CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE In the United States in 2010-2011, there was an estimated annual antibiotic prescription rate per 1000 population of 506, but only an estimated 353 antibiotic prescriptions were likely appropriate, supporting the need for establishing a goal for outpatient antibiotic stewardship.
Correlation between Neck Circumference and Pulse Wave Velocity: A Population-based Study

Background: Cardiovascular diseases are the main cause of death worldwide. In this setting, Neck Circumference (NC) and Pulse Wave Velocity (PWV) are simple and valuable tools for an early evaluation of cardiovascular risk through the assessment of upper body obesity and arterial stiffness. However, the associations between both measurements have not been systematically explored. Methods: A population-based cross-sectional study representative of a neighborhood of Salvador-BA, Brazil. Data were
Is vaccination good value for money? A review of cost-utility analyses of vaccination strategies in eight European countries

Objective: The objective of this study is to review published cost-utility analyses of vaccination strategies in eight European countries and to assess whether there are differences in cost-effectiveness terms among countries and vaccinations. Methods: A systematic search of the literature was conducted using the National Health Service Economic Evaluation Database and the PubMed database. Cost-utility analyses of any type of vaccination that used quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) as measure of benefit and conducted in Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Sweden, the Netherlands or the UK were included. Results: A total of 94 studies were identified. As a result of our search methodology, the vast majority of studies were conducted in the Netherlands or UK (33 and 30 studies, respectively). The most frequent vaccination types were against Human papillomavirus (HPV) with 23 studies, followed by vaccination against pneumococcal infections (19 studies). The analysed vaccinations were generally cost-effective but with high variability. Considering an incremental cost effectiveness ratio (ICER) of 40,000€/QALY, we noticed that the following vaccinations studies are below this threshold, i.e. all varicella and influenza (with one outlier) studies, 90% of the studies for HPV and 75% of the studies for pneumococcal vaccinations. Rotavirus vaccination was considered as not cost-effective, with only 30% of studies below the threshold of 40,000€/QALY. There was no clear trend for vaccinations being more cost-effective in some countries. Conclusions: The published literature has shown that vaccination strategies are generally cost-effective in European countries. High heterogeneity in the results among studies and countries was found.
Bacterial Ecology of Peritonitis in a Sub-Saharan Peritoneal Dialysis Unit

Peritonitis is a common and serious complication of Peritoneal Dialysis (PD). Peritonitis is the direct or major contributing cause of death in around 16% of PD patients [1, 2]. In addition, severe or prolonged peritonitis leads to structural and functional alterations of the peritoneal membrane, eventually leading to membrane failure. Peritonitis is a major cause of PD technique failure and conversion to long-term hemodialysis. The most commonly encountered bacteria are staphylococcus and Gram-negative bacilli [3]. Difficulties in the treatment of bacterial infections with PD are related to the frequency of multidrug resistance of the causal agent. Identification of the organism and subsequent antibiotic sensitivities help in guiding the choice of antibiotic, and the type of organism often indicates the possible source of infection. After 10 years of experience with this complication, this study was conducted to shed light on the bacterial ecology profile of peritoneal infections in Dakar. Patients and Methods
Efficient Mining of User-Aware Sequential Topic and Event Patterns in Time Series Data

Recently, micro-blogs such as Twitter are attracting more and more attentions all over the world. Micro blog messages are real-time, spontaneous reports of what the users are feeling, thinking and doing, so reflect users’ characteristics and statuses. However, the real intentions of users for publishing these messages are hard to reveal directly from individual messages but both content information and temporal relations of messages are required for analysis, especially for abnormal behaviors without prior knowledge. If illegal behaviors are involved, detecting and monitoring them is particularly significant for social security surveillance. We can verify the activities of students to analyze the growth and the economy level to understand the behavior of student. For example, a student may opt for part time while studying to manage his economy needs this prevent the students financial problems and helps for better studies. Below are the various activities of student those are used for analysis.
Multivariate Analysis of Genetic Divergent of Ethiopian Mustard (Brasica carinata A. Braun) Land races in Seed Yield and Its Related Component Traits

The study was executed to assess the extent and pattern of genetic variability of Ethiopian mustard genotypes with respect to seed yield and its related traits in 49 Ethiopian mustard land races at Holetta Agricultural Research Center, Ethiopia. The experiment was carried out in a simple lattice design. Univariate analysis has shown that there was significant different variation among genotypes in all traits compared. The significant difference indicates that the existence of genetic variability among the accessions that is important for selection program and breeding. Multivariate analyses resulted in the formation of four clusters and have shown the presence of substantial genetic diversity among the genotypes. The present study also showed that geographical diversity could not necessarily be an index of variation and the factors other than geographic diversity such as genetic drift, selection pressure, closeness in pedigree and environment may be responsible for differential grouping of genotypes. The present study revealed the presence of considerable variability among genotypes for all traits. The presences of substantial genetic diversity among genotypes tested indicate that there is good opportunity to improve seed yield and its related component traits using the tested genotypes.
Effective Uses of Forest-Derived Products to Reduce Carbon Emissions1

Introduction This updated research on the uses of forest-derived products summarizes the impacts of forests, forest products, and biofuels on carbon mitigation based on 22 years of research by CORRIM (The Consortium for Research on Renewable Industrial Materials (www.corrim.org)). CORRIM is comprised of 22 university and research associations. Since 1998, CORRIM has developed a data base from primary surveys of representative industries that manage forests and produce wood products, and secondary data on forest inventories from the USFS Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) program.
Assessing the Procyclicality of Expected Credit Loss Provisions∗

The Global Financial Crisis has pushed accounting standards to shift from an incurred loss approach to an expected credit loss approach (ECL) to loan loss provisions. The ECL approach adopted by IFRS 9 and the incoming update of US GAAP implies a more timely recognition of credit losses but also a greater responsiveness to changes in aggregate conditions, which raises procyclicality concerns. This paper develops a recursive model for the assessment of the implications of different provisioning approaches for banks’ profits and regulatory capital. Its application to a portfolio of European corporate loans suggests that the new standards will sizably increase the deterioration of profits and regulatory capital at the beginning of downturns, potentially contributing to a contraction in credit supply at that point in time.
Differences between grammatical gender and semantic gender in pronominal antecedent retrieval in Brazilian Portuguese

Coreference is a syntactic dependency in which pronouns are bound to previous referents in discourse. Granted that antecedents of anaphors must be retrieved from memory in coreference, the aim of this research is to provide more information on how pronominal antecedents are retrieved, and more precisely to clarify the role of gender cues in pronominal antecedent retrieval when gender morphology is overt. Since Portuguese is a language with visible morphology, speakers of this language are used to rely on agreement cues to process language. The results of two eye-tracking experiments conducted with native speakers of Brazilian Portuguese demonstrated that both binding structural constraints and gender morphological cues are equally important in antecedent retrieval in memory throughout processing. In addition, the results indicated that semantic gender seemed to weigh more in memory than grammatical gender since structurally unacceptable candidates carrying semantic gender caused more interference effects than grammatical gender.
REAL-TIME SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION OF AIRCRAFT DYNAMICS USING TIME-FREQUENCY WAVELET ANALYSIS

In this paper, a new analytical method for system identification is proposed. This method is intended for real-time monitoring of the flight characteristic of aircraft and especially considers robustness against the flight condition compared to other existing methods. This method is characterized by the use of time-frequency information, which is provided by wavelet transform. The time-frequency information is used to cut off noisy data in terms of both time and frequency. The performance of the proposed method is validated by applying it to two targets: simulated mass-spring-damper system, and a small uninhabited aerial vehicle (UAV). The results show that the proposed method works well even in difficult conditions, and performs sufficiently accurate identification.
Analyzing Political Advertisers’ Use of Facebook’s Targeting Features

The popularity of online advertising—now with aggregate revenues in the hundreds of billions of dollars each year— is strongly driven by targeting, or the ability of an advertising platform to help an advertiser select exactly which users should see their ad. To enable such targeting, advertising platforms routinely collect detailed data on users, a practice which has led to a raucous debate over privacy. Unfortunately, regulators and the public at large often have little visibility into how these advertising platforms implement their targeting features or how they are being used. Recent events, however, have caused platforms to start offering limited transparency for political ads. In this paper, we focus on Facebook and collect data from Facebook’s Political Ad Archive on all political ads from a large list of political advertisers. We then cross-reference this data set with the crowdsourced ProPublica Political Ad Database (which contains information about ads’ targeting parameters), allowing us to have ground truth data on advertising campaigns’ impressions, money spent, and use of targeting features. Analyzing the resulting data set, we find that well-funded advertisers tend to use privacy-sensitive targeting features more frequently and that less-well-funded advertisers tend to more narrowly target their audiences geographically. We make the resulting data sets available to the community to enable further study.