Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Removal of Antibacterial Agents by Advanced Membrane Technology and ODTMA- Micelle-Clay Comlex

The efficiency of sequential advanced membrane technology wastewater treatment plant towards removal of amoxicillin and cefuroxime axetil from wastewater was investigated. The sequential system included activated sludge, ultrafiltration (hollow fiber membranes with 100 kDa cutoff, and spiral wound membranes with 20 kDa cutoff), activated carbon column and reverse osmosis (RO). The overall performance of the integrated plant showed complete removal of amoxicillin and cefuroxime axetil from spiked wastewater samples. The adsorption isotherms for these compounds have been studied using both activated carbon adsorbent and newly developed adsorbent named micelle-clay complex (octadecyltrimethylammonium (ODTMA)–clay (montmorillonite)). The results revealed that both isotherms adsorption fit the Langmuir equation with Qmax of 100 mg/g and 90.91 mg/g, and with K values 0.229 L/mg and 0.158 L/mg for amoxicillin using activated carbon and micelle-clay complex, respectively, and with Qmax of 26.31 mg/g and 31.25 mg/g and with K values 0.271 L/mg and 0.122 L/mg for cefuroxime axetil using activated charcoal and micelle-clay complex, respectively. Removal of amoxicillin and Cefuroxime axetil from polluted water in high concentrations (100 ppm) by column filter including a mixture of micelle-clay or activated charcoal composite with sand indicated an efficient removal of both pharmaceuticals.
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Wenchao Xie Ying Luo Xiangwen Liang Zhihai Lin Zhengdong Wang Ming Liu 1Department of Cardiology, Sixth Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Yulin, Guangxi 537000, People’s Republic of China; 2Graduate School, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi 530021, People’s Republic of China Purpose: Information regarding the use of aspirin for patients with no known cardiovascular disease remains conflicting. We performed an updated meta-analysis to evaluate the efficacy and safety of aspirin for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease. Patients and methods: PubMed, MEDLINE, and Cochrane library databases were searched for randomized controlled trials comparing aspirin with placebos or no treatment published up until November 1, 2018. The primary efficacy endpoint was all-cause death. The secondary endpoints included cardiovascular death, myocardial infarction, and stroke. The safety endpoints included major bleeding, gastrointestinal bleeding, and hemorrhagic stroke. Results: Fourteen studies were included. Aspirin use was associated with a lower risk of myocardial infarction than placebo use or no treatment (risk ratio [RR], 0.83, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.73–0.95, P = 0.005). Additionally, compared with the control groups, aspirin use was not associated with a lower risk of all-cause mortality or cardiovascular mortality. In terms of safety, aspirin use was associated with a higher risk of major bleeding (RR, 1.40, 95% CI: 1.25–1.57, P = 0.000), gastrointestinal bleeding (RR, 1.58, 95% CI: 1.25–1.99, P = 0.000), and hemorrhagic stroke (RR, 1.30, 95% CI: 1.06–1.60, P = 0.011). Furthermore, the treatment effect was not significantly modified by patients’ clinical characteristics. No publication bias was present. Conclusion: Aspirin use reduced the myocardial infarction risk in patients without known cardiovascular disease, but had no effect in terms of reducing the risk of all-cause death, cardiovascular death, and stroke, and increased the risk of major bleeding, gastrointestinal bleeding, and hemorrhagic stroke.
Sidon Sets, Difference Sets, and Codes in $ A_n $ Lattices

This chapter investigates the properties of (linear) codes in An lattices, the practical motivation for which is found in several communication scenarios, such as asymmetric channels, sticky-insertion channels, bit-shift channels, and permutation channels. In particular, a connection between these codes and notions of difference sets and Sidon sets in Abelian groups is demonstrated. It is shown that the An lattice admits a linear perfect code of radius 1 if and only if there exists an Abelian planar difference set of cardinality n+1. Similarly, a direct link is given between linear codes of radius r in the An lattice and Sidon sets of order 2r and cardinality n+1. Sidon sets of order 2r−1 are also represented geometrically in a similar way. Apart from providing geometric intuition about Sidon sets, this interpretation enables simple derivations of bounds on their parameters, which are either equivalent to, or improve upon the known bounds. In connection to the above, more general (non-planar) Abelian difference sets and perfect codes of radius r are also discussed.
Temporal-Numeric Planning with Infinite Domain Action Parameters

A limitation of task planning as a search problem is that action parameters are restricted to take their values from a ﬁnite collection of objects deﬁned in a problem instance. In real-world, there are parameters that have freedom of taking their values from inﬁnite domains, which we call control parameters . Planning with control parameters are deemed to be more than just a modelling choice; but it is a modelling requirement in real-world applications. POPCORN is a partially-ordered forward state space search planner that can reason with multiple typed control parameters declared in action schemes. In this paper, we brieﬂy introduce the planning with control parameters paradigm.
Between Aastha and Zee: Mystery of the Missing Market for a Weather Channel

Until a few decades ago, Doordarshan was the only channel which would broadcast TV programmes in black-&-white and that too for a few hours. It was a pure public good then, offered free of cost by the government. Today, however, from Aastha to Zee there are hundreds of dedicated private channels competing to offer news, sports, entertainment, and spirituality for a price. And still, there is not a single channel which is dedicated to 24-hour weather forecast. This is a clear case of market failure of the free enterprise system. The missing market for an exclusive weather channel is the result of perceived marginal private benefit to millions of individual farmers and other stakeholders being much less than the marginal social benefit accruing to the nation as a whole. Every year unanticipated weather patterns cause huge economic losses to food and agriculture and other industries and cause a great number of fatalities too. If IMD gives quick alerts to pilots and airports, and some private forecasters plan to give medium to long-term forecast to cricketing and other events, the same can be done for millions of farmers and other stakeholders of the economy. Therefore, government and the corporate sector may offer a 24-hour TV channel for weather forecast in the form of public private partnership (PPP). The weather forecasting infrastructure and data may come from 1 Professor and graduate student; respectively, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA) government institutions such as IMD, C-DAC, and ISRO; professional content delivery and services of weathermen who deliver the content may come from TV media firms; and the break- even revenue may come through CSR activities of the corporate sector.
University of Southern Denmark An analysis of national and cross-national consumer segments using the food-related lifestyle instrument in Denmark, France, Germany and Great Britain Brunsø,

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The detection of Chlamydia Trachomatis Antigen in cervical secretions and serum antibodies in infertile females undergoing ICSI and its impact on pregnancy success

Background: Chlamydia vaginosis is a commonly reported bacterial infection, with an incidence that varies according to population. Some researchers have studied the association of such condition and infertility. In our study we aimed at evaluation of the incidence of cervical Chlamydia trachomatis infection in infertile women undergoing assisted reproductive techniques & its impact on its success to achieve pregnancy. Methods: A study group of 150 infertile females attending infertility centers for ICSI and a control group of 150 multiparus females attending outpatient clinics for IUD introduction have been included. Endocervical swabs from cases and controls have been examined for chlamydial antigen using immunochromatography. Also sera were examined for IgG and IgM for Chlamydia trachomatis in both groups. Results: 12 positive cases for serum Ig G in study group (8.0%) and 16 in controls (10.67%) has been revealed. While serum IgM was found in 4 study cases (2.7%), with no positives in the controls. Regarding chlamydia antigen detection in endocervical swab, there was 6 positive study group cases (4.2%), while no cases were positive in controls. Conclusion: our study reports a very low prevalence rate of Chlamydia trachomatis infection in Egyptian females, which minimizes its role as cause of infertility in Egyptian population and subsequently its impact on success of ICSI is not much expressed. Cultural impact on sexual life style in Egyptian population could justify our findings. [Salah AbdRaboh, Hesham Ali Saleh, Nesrine Fathi Hanafi, Huda Basiony Darwish. The detection of Chlamydia Trachomatis Antigen in cervical secretions and serum antibodies in infertile females undergoing ICSI and its impact on pregnancy success. Life Science Journal. 2011;8(2):259-263] (ISSN:1097-8135). http://www.lifesciencesite. com.
The Effect of Assertive Training towards Self-assertiveness among Female Adolescent of Bullying in Junior High School

In Indonesia, children victims of bullying incidence always increase every year. 10-60 % Indonesian students reported experience of bullying. These problems need to get special handling to prevent unexpected impacts on students. The results of several studies suggest that the main characteristics of bullying victims are students who have low assertiveness levels, and to build these skills need to provide an assertiveness intervention. Objective: This study aims to determine the effect of assertiveness training on self-assertiveness assessment of early adolescent female bullying victims at SMP 52 Bandung. This study used quasi-experimental research with pre-test and post-test control group. This study conducted in 50 female students at 7
Combating resistance to epidermal growth factor receptor inhibitors in triple negative breast cancer

COMBATING RESISTANCE TO EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR INHIBITORS IN TRIPLE NEGATIVE BREAST CANCER by JULIE M MADDEN August 2014 Advisor: Dr. Julie L Boerner Co-Advisor: Dr. Raymond R Mattingly Major: Cancer Biology Degree: Doctor of Philosophy Triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) patients suffer from a highly malignant and aggressive cancer that lacks an effective targeted therapeutic. Although many TNBCs, both in vitro and in vivo, have increased expression of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), EGFR targeted inhibitors, such as gefitinib (GEF), have yet to demonstrate efficacy. Using mass spectrometry to identify pathways that remain activated in the presence of GEF, we found that components of the mTOR signaling pathway remain phosphorylated. While inhibiting mTOR with temsirolimus (TEM) decreased mTOR signaling, EGFR signaling pathways remained activated and the TNBC cell lines continued to proliferate. However, dual treatment with TEM and GEF synergistically decreased cell viability in TNBC cells. Interestingly, abrogation of both EGFR and mTOR signaling did not alter the phosphorylation of key growth signaling molecules including MAPK and AKT. Instead, our data have identified the translational control pathway, specifically, eIF4B as a potentially key regulatory point in EGFR and mTOR inhibitor synergy. Further, we have also identified the transcription factor, STAT3 as
Implementing Self-determination Theory in Mobile Applications

Noncommunicable diseases are the leading cause of global deaths. Many of these deaths could be avoided if people altered some of their habits, in regards to exercise and diet. For people to make changes, their motivation has to be changed. With smartphones becoming more widespread this seems to be a great tool to help people make positive changes in their life and reduce the impact of noncommunicable diseases. Self-determination theory, a theory for explaining motivation, splits motivation into three groups amotivation, extrinsic motivation and intrinsic motivation. Intrinsic, the personal desire for doing a task being the most effective of the three. When explaining how motivation for a task can be measured, self-determination theory introduce the terms autonomy, competence and relatedness. Autonomy is the feeling of being in charge. Competence is described as the feeling of learning and progression, while relatedness is the need for belonging and being part of a group. The research topic for the thesis is how one can use principles from self-determination theory to affect a users intrinsic motivation to make them take steps in a positive direction to change their lives and move away from habits making the contraction of noncommunicable disease more likely. For this thesis there was conducted a systematic literature review to gather the information on the current state of affairs in the field of mobile motivational applications in relation to self-determination theory and noncommunicable diseases. The findings of the review include a list of proposed techniques to implement in applications to help increase a users motivation by utilising the concepts of autonomy, competence and relatedness. Some of the proposed techniques are, goal-setting, motivational messaging and social networking functions. Other findings from the research are the need for customisation of the application to fit the needs of the users, and the various difficulties related to this.
Spatial-temporal Changes in Land Use Land Cover and its Impacts on Wildlife Conservation in Meru Conservation Area, Kenya

Habitat conversion can be a major threat to biodiversity. Recent and current levels of human activities on landscapes appear to be overriding the natural changes to ecosystems brought about by climate variations in the past millennia. The impact of anthropogenic activities on wildlife habitat and species vary depending on the spatial and temporal scales considered and the persistence of the activities in the landscape. This study was carried out in Meru Conservation Area (MCA) to examine land use and land cover changes (LULC) that have taken place within and around the Protected Area (PA) from 1985 with an emphasis of anthropogenic activities which have altered wildlife habitat and species. The distribution of land use types within and around MCA has produced land use patterns which this study seeks to establish the extent and effects in relation to wildlife conservation. To establish the LULC, Landsat satellite images of medium resolution were acquired and interpretation done using ArchGIS. Four satellite images with a span of three decades from 1985 to 2015 were acquired for analysis. The results revealed significant changes in MCA ecosystem over the study period, accounting for 9.9% and 6.1% increase in grassland and bareland respectively. This means that agricultural activities are encroaching towards the protected areas in the land that was formerly used as wildlife corridors and dispersal areas. It is also an indication that there is a significant change in the forestland and shrubland which has reduced by 2.3% and 15.7% respectively resulting to bareland and grassland. The results of the study provide an insight on the threat to the future survival of wildlife in their ecosystems due to declining ecosystems productivity as well as socioeconomic livelihood of communities living around the MCA. The results of this study therefore call for an integrated planning approach towards management of protected areas in order to meet wildlife and human needs in view of the changing climate regimes.
Continuing professional development for teachers in Thailand

Continuing Professional Development (CPD) of teachers has been seen as one of a key element to improve teacher quality and the quality of education in many countries, as well as in Thailand. The current Thai education reforms have recognized the importance of CPD for teachers to maintain and update their knowledge and skills to be able to teach students effectively. They also recognized the need of effective leadership in schools to lead, manage, and support teachers in order to achieve such change. The purpose of this study is to support CPD experiences for teachers to enhance teaching practice and improve student achievement. It was undertaken using a combined methods investigations of both quantitative and qualitative data to understand the current situation of CPD experiences for teachers in Thailand, and extend the knowledge of effective CPD. The study covered respondents from a survey of teachers, and the interviews of headteachers and teachers from selected schools in Chiang Mai, which is located in the North of the country. It was concluded in the study that most respondents were appreciated opportunities for CPD and valued the benefits of CPD to teachers, students, and the schools as a whole. With the increased expectations for highly qualified teachers, all schools need to provide the necessary support for teachers through a range of CPD experiences to enable them to teach to high standards. CPD must be of the highest quality to be effective in order to enhance the teaching practice and student achievement. The study hope that the results and information provided here would be valuable for anyone who are interested in, as well as those who are responsible for an improvement and implementation of CPD.
OSCILLATORY INTEGRAL OPERATORS AND THEIR COMMUTATORS IN MODIFIED WEIGHTED MORREY SPACES WITH VARIABLE EXPONENT

In this paper first we prove Calderón-Zygmund-type integral inequalities for oscillatory integral operators and their commutators in the modified weighted Morrey spaces with variable exponent L̃ p(·),λ ω (Ω), where Ω ⊂ R are unbounded sets. After that we prove the boundedness of these operators on the spaces L̃ p(·),λ ω (Ω). AMS Subject Classification: 42B20, 42B25, 42B35
Peer Support in Adolescents Hospitalized for Sickle Cell Pain Crises

Sickle cell disease (SCD) is an inherited blood disorder, which has a range of symptoms including pain, fatigue, organ damage, and immunodeficiency. Patients are commonly hospitalized for SCD-related difficulties, most frequently for vaso-occlusive pain crises. In other illness populations, social support has served as a protective factor and aspects of social support (e.g., type of peers and communication) may have differential benefits. The overall aim of this study was to examine pain, social support, type of friend communication, similarity of friends, perceived stigma, quality of life, and loneliness in adolescents admitted to the hospital for SCD pain crises. Perceived social support predicted decreased loneliness in the hospital but did not mediate the relation between pain and loneliness or pain and quality of life. Stigma emerged as a consistent predictor of negative outcomes in terms of quality of life, loneliness, and reduction of pain in the hospital. Qualitative data revealed that hospitalization may have neutral, beneficial and negative effects on friendships and these effects may be dependent on how friends react during pediatric patients’ hospitalizations. INDEX WORDS: Adolescents, Pain, Sickle Cell Disease, Social Support PEER SUPPORT IN ADOLESCENTS HOSPITALIZED FOR SICKLE CELL PAIN CRISES
C A ] 6 A pr 2 01 9 AN IMPROVEMENT ON THE RELATIVELY COMPACTNESS CRITERIA WEICHAO

Here, τy denotes the translation operator: τyf(x) = f(x− y). From then on, the compactness criteria were studied by many authors in various settings. Meanwhile, it has played an important role in the compactness results of certain bounded operators in the field of harmonic analysis. Among numerous of articles, we would like to mention some of them from the following two perspectives: (1) Extension to general settings. First, the Lebesgue metric measure space (R, |·|, m) in the classical case, with Euclidean metric |·| and Lebesgue measure m, can be generalized to the metric measure space (X, ρ, μ) with metric ρ and measure μ. More precisely, one can study the relatively compactness property
Principles and practice of burn surgery

This book encompasses all of the state-of-the-art techniques currently available for the care of burn patients. Prepared with a focus on education and training, this outstanding guide presents the latest strategies and breakthroughs for the care of burn patients in outpatient, operating room, and intensive care unit settings and introduces all the relevant information required to apply the latest technologies to the care of burn patients using a hands-on approach. Principles And Practice of Burn Surgery covers advancements in resuscitation, operative techniques, infection control, and nutritional/metabolic support and demonstrates key principles in the surgical treatment of burn injuries.
Glycaemia but not the metabolic syndrome is associated with cognitive 2 decline : Findings from the European Male Ageing Study 3

75 Objectives: Previous research has indicated that components of the metabolic syndrome (MetS), such 76 as hyperglycaemia and hypertension, are negatively associated with cognition. However, evidence that 77 MetS itself is related to cognitive performance has been inconsistent. In this longitudinal study, we 78 aimed to investigate whether MetS or its components affect cognitive decline in ageing men and whether 79 any interaction with inflammation existed. 80 Design: Longitudinal study over a mean of 4.4 (SD ± 0.3) years. 81 Setting: Multi-centre European male Ageing Study (EMAS). 82 Participants: Men aged 40-79 years. 83 Measurements: Cognitive functioning was assessed using the Rey-Osterrieth Complex Figure (ROCF), 84 the Camden Topographical Recognition Memory (CTRM) task, and the Digit Symbol Substitution Test 85 (DSST). High-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) levels were measured using a chemiluminescent 86 immunometric assay. 87 Results: Overall, 1,913 participants contributed data to the ROCF analyses and 1,965 subjects 88 contributed to the CTRM and DSST analyses. In multiple regression models, the presence of baseline 89 MetS was not associated with cognitive decline over time (p>0.05). However, logistic ordinal 90 regressions indicated that high glucose levels were related to a greater risk of decline on the ROCF Copy 91 (β=-0.42, p<0.05) and the DSST (β=-0.39, p<0.001). There was neither a main effect of hs-CRP levels 92 nor an interaction effect of hs-CRP and MetS at baseline on cognitive decline. 93 Conclusions: We found no evidence for a relationship between MetS or inflammation and cognitive 94 decline in this sample of ageing men. However, glycaemia was negatively associated with visuo95 constructional abilities and processing speed. 96
Критерии оценки медико-экологической ситуации на основе метода сигмальных отклонений

Comparative analysis of the existing criteria for assessment of health and environmental situation was produced. The approach to health assessment of the environmental situation, where sigma intervals are used as criteria of belonging population morbidity in certain administrative areas in the region to the background incidence rate was proposed. The suggested criteria will increase the objectivity of the assessment of environmental health situation in the environment and health monitoring and implementation of epidemiological research.