Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Application of Fluorescence in situ hybridization-Flow cytometry (FISH-FCM) technique to detect and quantify Vibrio cholerae population from different geographic regions

Rapid and species-specific detection, and quantification of pathogenic bacteria are fundamental for monitoring and assessment of the risk they pose to any ecosystem. The study employed Vibrio cholerae, a human pathogen responsible for the life-threatening diarrhoeal disease, cholera and one among the most unwanted from marine bioinvasion point of view. The present study coupled fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) technique, a powerful tool in molecular phylogenetic discrimination, with flow cytometry (FCM), a technique used for rapid and accurate quantification of both viable but non-cultivable and non-viable microorganisms. The FISH-FCM technique was used for the first time to quantify V. cholerae (includes cultivable and non-cultivable) from different geographic regions of Southeast Asia (Brunei, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam) and India (Goa, west coast of India). The data acquired from the analyses provides a snap shot view of the total bacterial abundance with special reference to V. cholerae. As the method developed, it was evaluated with bacterial samples collected from different sites in Southeast Asia and India, and the application of this technique to different geographical regions appears feasible. Considering that the continuous growth of the shipping industry and ballast water as one of the primary vectors responsible for the global transport of pathogenic microorganisms, the risk they present needs immediate attention. This technique will be useful in the quick and accurate detection of specific pathogens. It may also provide significant insights to quarantine measures for Ballast Water Management.
Environmental Worry of River State Residents in the Niger Delta Region, Nigeria

Human-made cataclysmic events from over 50 years of oil production, gas explosions, and oil spillages soak the Niger Delta pose psychological challenges to the people in the environment. Thus this study examined environmental worry of Rivers State residents of Niger Delta, Nigeria. Data collected were analysed using independent t-test and one-way ANOVA. The findings of the FGD revealed that there is an awareness of loss of land, loss of control of technical networks in oil production and experience of environmental degradation. Additionally, the survey results showed a significant difference on environmental worry based on sex and age. However, nativity, employment status and educational status did not significantly differentiate between groups on environmental worry. The implication of the results of the study is discussed in line with relevance of residents’ expectations, prospects and choice of enduring lifestyle, living and survival.
An alternative safer and cost effective surface sterilization method for sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum L.) explants

Regardless of its serious health effect, mercury chloride is frequently utilized for surface sterilization to mitigate microbial contamination in sugarcane tissue culture. The current study aimed at finding an alternative safer and cost effective sterilization method to substitute mercury chloride. In the study, sugarcane shoot tip blocks were treated with three concentrations (1, 3, and 5% active ingredient of chlorine) of local bleach (Berekina) for varying exposure time (10, 15, 20, 25 and 30 min). Surface sterilization with 0.1% mercury chloride for 10 min was used as standard check. Combinations of the surface sterilization treatments were applied to explants of two sugarcane genotypes in completely randomized design. Data were collected on contamination and survival percentage of explants after 15 days of in vitro culturing on Murashige and Skoog (MS) medium supplemented with 2 mg l-1 6benzylamino purine + 0.5 mg l-1 indole-3- butyric acid. Data were subjected to three way analysis of variance. The study verified that surface sterilization with Berekina 5% ingredients of chlorine for 25 min exposure time is optimal for sugarcane shoot tip decontamination and this treatment combination can replace sterilization with 0.1% mercury chloride for 10 min.
The impact of Eco-driving on the operation of vehicles

The article presents the results of the assessment of the impact of Eco-driving on the operation of vehicles. In the first part of the work, Eco-driving was characterized, then the results of the analysis and experimental studies of the discussed system were presented. Volvo v 70 and Renault Scenic were used for the tests. The article ends with a summary and the wording of the conclusions
1 THE MEDIATOR EFFECT OF ETHICAL CLIMATE ON THE RELATION BETWEEN ORGANIZATIONAL JUSTICE AND ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT 1

Organizational justice refers to how an employee perceives the decisions and the behaviors of the managers. Organizational justice consists of how to regulate the wages, punishments and promotions and how these decisions are made or how these decisions are told to employees. This research aims to contribute to the literature by emphasizing the importance of the organizational justice and ethical climate concepts in the perspective of the internal environment of an organization. For this purpose, a detailed definition of organizational justice, we investigated the effects of organizational justice and ethical climate on organizational commitment. In this paper, the mediator effect of ethical climate on the relation between organizational justice and organizational commitment analyzed. The hierarchical regression analysis method has been used to determine the mediator effect. As per the analysis results, the partial mediator role of ethical climate on the relation between organizational justice and organizational commitment is statistically significant.
Time-Delay Observables for Koopman: Theory and Applications

Nonlinear dynamical systems are ubiquitous in science and engineering, yet analysis and prediction of these systems remains a challenge. Koopman operator theory circumvents some of these issues by considering the dynamics in the space of observable functions on the state, in which the dynamics are intrinsically linear and thus amenable to standard techniques from numerical analysis and linear algebra. However, practical issues remain with this approach, as the space of observables is infinite-dimensional and selecting a subspace of functions in which to accurately represent the system is a nontrivial task. In this work we consider time-delay observables to represent nonlinear dynamics in the Koopman operator framework. We prove the surprising result that Koopman operators for different systems admit universal (system-independent) representations in these coordinates, and give analytic expressions for these representations. In addition, we show that for certain systems a restricted class of these observables form an optimal finite-dimensional basis for representing the Koopman operator, and that the analytic representation of the Koopman operator in these coordinates coincides with results computed by the dynamic mode decomposition. We provide numerical examples to complement our results. In addition to being theoretically interesting, these results have implications for a number of linearization algorithms for dynamical systems.
Reduced-Order Filter Design for a Class of Discrete-Time Nonlinear Systems with Multiple Sensor Faults

The reduced-order filtering problem for a class of discrete-time smooth nonlinear systems subject to multiple sensor faults is studied. It is well known that a smooth complex nonlinear system can be approximated by a Takagi-Sugeno fuzzy linear system with finite number of subsystems. In this work, firstly, the discrete-time smooth nonlinear system is transferred into a Takagi-Sugeno fuzzy linear system with finite number of subsystems. Secondly, a filter with the reduced order of the original system is proposed to be designed. Different from the traditional assumption in which the measurement of the output is ideal, the measurement of the output is subject to sensor faults which are described via Bernoulli processes. By using the augmentation technique, a stochastic Takagi-Sugeno filtering error system is obtained. For the stochastic filtering error system, the exponential stability and the energy-to-peak performance are investigated. Sufficient conditions which can guarantee the exponential stability and the performance are obtained. Then, with the proposed conditions, the design procedure of the filter for the nonlinear system is proposed. Finally, a numerical example is used to show the effectiveness of the proposed design methodology.
Drug-Related Problems in Hypertensive Patients with Multiple Comorbidities

Hypertensive patients with multiple comorbidities often received multiple medications to achieve target blood pressure and to treat other comorbidities which can lead to the occurrence of drug-related problems (DRP). The objectives of this study were to identify the DRPs and the most common drugs associated with DRPs in this population. The study was conducted prospectively involving hypertensive patients with multiple comorbidities at a tertiary care centre. Data were obtained from bed head tickets and from the interview with eligible patients. The assessment of DRPs was based on Pharmaceutical Care Network Europe Foundation (PCNE) Classification of DRP tools version 5.01. From the total of 80 patients, 88.8% of the patients had at least one DRP. A total number of 172 DRPs were identified with an average of 2.15 ± 1.5 DRPs per patient. The most frequent category of DRP was interactions (33.7%), followed by adverse reactions (23.9%), drug choice problems (14.5%), dosing problems (13.4%), others (8.1%) and drug use problems (6.4%). Antihypertensive agents were the most common drugs associated with DRPs in this population. Significant associations were found between elderly and the occurrence of adverse reactions, and between renal impairment with the occurrence of drug choice problems and over dosage problems. This study demonstrates that DRPs were frequently observed in hypertensive patients with multiple comorbidities. Thus interventions to resolve these problems are important to ensure the effectiveness and safety of the prescribed medications.
Implementing a search for aligned-spin neutron star - black hole systems with advanced ground based gravitational wave detectors

detectors, and an estimate of the rate of background events. We restrict attention to neutron star{black hole (NS-BH) binary systems, and we compare a search using non-spinning templates to one using templates that include spins aligned with the orbital angular momentum. To run the searches we implement the binary inspiral matched-lter computation in PyCBC, a new software toolkit for gravitational-wave data analysis. We nd that the inclusion of aligned-spin eects signicantly increases the astrophysical reach of the search. Considering astrophysical NS-BH systems with non-precessing black hole spins, for dimensionless spin components along the orbital angular momentum uniformly distributed in ( 1; 1), the sensitive volume of the search with aligned-spin templates is increased by 50% compared to the non-spinning search; for signals with aligned spins uniformly distributed in the range (0:7; 1), the increase in sensitive volume is a factor of 10.
Detecting Learning Strategies with Analytics: Links with Self-reported Measures and Academic Performance

The use of analytic methods for extracting learning strategies from trace data has attracted considerable attention in the literature. However, there is a paucity of research examining any association between learning strategies extracted from trace data and responses to well-established self-report instruments and performance scores. This paper focuses on the link between the learning strategies identified in the trace data and student reported approaches to learning. The paper reports on the findings of a study conducted in the scope of an undergraduate engineering course (N=144) that followed a flipped classroom design. The study found that learning strategies extracted from trace data can be interpreted in terms of deep and surface approaches to learning. The detected significant links with self-report measures are with small effect sizes for both the overall deep approach to learning scale and the deep strategy scale. However, there was no observed significance linking the surface approach to learning and surface strategy nor were there significant associations with motivation scales of approaches to learning. The significant effects on academic performance were found, and consistent with the literature that used self-report instruments showing that students who followed a deep approach to learning had a significantly higher performance.
Formation of molecular hydrogen on analogues of interstellar dust grains: experiments and modelling

Molecular hydrogen has an important role in the early stages of star formation as well as in the production of many other molecules that have been detected in the interstellar medium. In this review we show that it is now possible to study the formation of molecular hydrogen in simulated astrophysical environments. Since the formation of molecular hydrogen is believed to take place on dust grains, we show that surface science techniques such as thermal desorption and time-of-flight can be used to measure the recombination efficiency, the kinetics of reaction and the dynamics of desorption. The analysis of the experimental results using rate equations gives useful insight on the mechanisms of reaction and yields values of parameters that are used in theoretical models of interstellar cloud chemistry.
Effectiveness of the Institutional and Technical Planning Frameworks in Jos Metropolis, Nigeria

Most planning authorities in developing economies are not effective due to poor urban and regional planning systems making it almost impossible to control urban development and management of urban areas, leading to the haphazard urban development and poor management bringing about disproportionate distribution of resources in terms of basic infrastructure. It is against this backdrop that this paper seeks to examine the effectiveness of the institutional and technical planning frameworks in terms of Urban Development and Management (UDM) in Jos metropolis Nigeriaby identifying the factors that determines the effectiveness of the urban governance and management as well as identify and examining the urban planning system towards ensuring an effective urban controlled development and management in Jos metropolis Nigeria. The research approach adopted is qualitative and quantitative with deductive-inductive reasoning. The strategy used is “mixed method” and the instruments employed were questionnaires, face-to-face interviews, case studies documents reviewed with planning authorities in Jos Metropolis, Nigeria. The quantitative data sets obtained were analysed using Spearman ranks correlation coefficient (rho) and the qualitative data were analysed using thematic and content analysis. Statistically, the results showed that the components of the institutions (UG) and technical (UM) all have very strong statistical correlation. Based on the study results recommendations are proffered to practitioners, academia and policy makers.
of Iasi , Romania REMOVAL OF CADMIUM ( II ) FROM AQUEOUS MEDIA USING COOH / TUD-1 MESOPOROUS SOLID . KINETIC AND THERMODYNAMIC STUDIES

The adsorption potential of 10 wt. % COOH/TUD-1 material for removing Cd from aqueous solutions was investigated via the batch technique, and the effects of pH, temperature and contact time were studied. Experimental data showed that the maximum Cd adsorption, 90%, occurred at pH 6. The adsorption equilibrium was reached within 35 min for 10 wt. % COOH/TUD-1. The adsorption mechanism was investigated in terms of its thermodynamics and kinetics. The adsorption data were fitted using the Langmuir and Freundlich isotherms, and the obtained modeling equilibrium adsorption data suggested that the 10 wt. % COOH/TUD-1 sample contained homogeneous adsorption sites that fit the Langmuir adsorption model well. The pseudo-secondorder model described well the 10 wt. % COOH/TUD-1 adsorption process. The positive values of both ∆H° and ∆S° suggest, respectively, an endothermic reaction and an increase in randomness at the solid-liquid interface during the adsorption of Cd onto the COOH/TUD-1 adsorbents. And, ∆G° values obtained were all negative, indicating a spontaneous adsorption process. Desorption and regeneration experiments indicated that ≈ 98% of the metals were desorbed. COOH/TUD-1 samples were characterized using N2 adsorption-desorption isotherms, powder X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier-transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy and Transmission electron microscopy (TEM).
Relational and Identity-Making Capabilities in the Internationalization Process: The Case of US Food Service Sector

This paper aims at exploring the link between internationalization strategies and local identity. More precisely, this study analyzes how firms manage this relationship, understanding if a firm can express the local identity and to what extent this latter can be extended through without jeopardizing the essential soul of its products/services. The analysis is developed according to a double level that includes the recognition of both distinctive resources and competences and the specific relational capabilities necessary in the internationalization process. Furthermore, the strength of this paper is represented by the examination of different types of firms (single location full-service restaurants, chain restaurants and fast food restaurants) operating in the food service sector.
Source-Scaling Relationship for M 4.6-8.9 Earthquakes, Specifically for Earthquakes in the Collision Zone of Taiwan

We investigated the source scaling of earthquakes (Mw 4.6-8.9), mostly from the Taiwan orogenic belt, and made a global compilation of source parameters to examine the scaling self-similarity. Finite-fault slip models (12 dip-slip and 7 strike-slip) using mainly dense strong-motion data and teleseismic data from Taiwan were utilized. Seven additional earthquakes ( M> 7) were included for further ex- amination of scaling of large events. We determined the effective length and width for the scaling study was M0 ∼ L 2 and M0 ∼ L 3 for the events less than and larger than the seismic moment of 10 20 Nm, respectively, regardless of the fault types, suggesting a nonself-similar scaling for small to moderate events and a self-similar scaling for large events. Although the events showed variation in stress drops, with the exception of three events with high stress drops, most of the events had stress drops of 10-100 bars. The observed bilinear relation is well explained by the derived magnitude-area equation of Shaw (2009) when we considered only events with stress drops of 10-100 bars and a seismogenic thickness of 35 km. The bilinear feature of the regressed magnitude-area scaling holds for ruptured areas up to about 1000 km 2 for our seismogenic thickness of 35 km. For the events having rupture areas larger than that, the average slip becomes proportional to the rupture length. The distinct high stress drop events from blind faults in the western foothill of Taiwan yield local high peak ground accelerations (PGAs) when compared to the Next Generation Attenuation model. Regardless of the relative small magnitudes of these events, the high PGAs give the region higher seismic hazard potential and thus require special attention for seismic hazard mitigation.
Fault Analysis Method Considering Dual-Sequence Current Control of VSCs under Unbalanced Faults

Voltage source converters (VSCs) are able to provide both positive- and negative-sequence short circuit currents under unbalanced faults. Their short circuit responses can be significantly different from those of conventional synchronous generators. This paper developed a static fault analysis method by considering dual-sequence current control of VSCs under unbalanced faults where VSCs are treated as voltage-dependent current sources in both positive- and negative-sequence networks. Since the control strategy of VSCs varies, flexible parameters are included in the model to reflect their diverse short circuit behaviours. The proposed method is verified through a modified IEEE 9-bus system and a simplified western Danish power system with real time simulations. This analytical method can be used to help understand and evaluate the impact of dual-sequence current control of VSCs on future converter-dominated power systems.
Does Memory Predict Decline in Activities of Daily Living in Older Adults with Alzheimer's Disease?

As the prevalence of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) increases, neuropsychologists will need to make accurate recommendations regarding cognitive and functional decline in these individuals. Since memory impairment is the hallmark of AD, this study examined whether auditory and visual memory could significantly predict deficits in self-care activities. Participants were older adults diagnosed with AD, who received a neuropsychological battery assessing their functional decline and memory. Of auditory memory measures, immediate auditory memory was significantly correlated with declines financial and medication management; none of the auditory memory measures were significantly correlated with declines in driving, dressing, grooming, or feeding abilities. Of the visual-spatial memory measures, the Rey Complex Figure Test (RCFT) was significantly correlated with declines in financial management, and RCFT and immediate visual memory were significantly correlated with declines in medication management. The RCFT and delayed visual memory were significantly correlated with declines in driving and dressing abilities. None of visual-spatial measures were significantly correlated with declines in grooming or feeding. The results indicated that different patterns in memory impairments can be used to predict declines in different self care activities.
Therapeutic Drug Monitoring of Carbamazepine and Phenytoin: Monotherapy versus Combination Therapy

Objectives: To study serum concentration of carbamazepine and phenytoin, when given singly and together. Method: This is a non-interventional, cross-sectional, analytical study done in a tertiary care hospital. Consenting epileptics on stable antiepileptic regime for at least past 2 weeks and taking carbamazepine 200mg BD (group I) or phenytoin 100mg BD (group II) or carbamazepine (200)+phenytoin (100)mg BD (group III) were included. There were 20 patients in each group. Blood samples were collected 12 hours after the last dose and serum was analyzed for carbamazepine, phenytoin concentrations using HPLC method and data was compared using unpaired t-test. Results: Mean serum carbamazepine concentration in group I was (7.37±3.67)mcg/ml and in group III (5.65±2.37) mcg /ml (p=0.09). Mean serum phenytoin in group II was (15.16±6.48) mcg /ml and in group III (12.66±5.5) mcg/ml (p=0.2). When used singly carbamazepine showed 30% subtherapeutic and 20 % toxic concentrations. Whereas in combination group the plasma concentrations of carbamazepine were found to be therapeutic, subtherapeutic and toxic ranges in 55%, 40% and 5% patients, respectively. In phenytoin monotherapy group the concentrations were subtherapeutic in 15%, therapeutic in 65% and in toxic range in 20% patients, whilst in combination group the concentrations obtained were 50%, 40 and 10% respectively. Conclusion: Co-administration of carbamazepine and phenytoin do not affect the serum concentrations of either group significantly. It’s possible that Indian population has different therapeutic range of antiepileptic drugs from that given in standard literature. But larger study needs to be done to confirm the results.