Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Occurrence of gastrointestinal (GI) parasites in Bengal Tiger and African Lion of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Safari Park, Gazipur, Dhaka

Forty-two fresh fecal samples from the Bengal tigers (n=30) and African lions (n=12) were collected during March 2018 to July 2018 from Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Safari Park, Gazipur, Dhaka. The fecal samples were processed using formol-ether concentration technique. A total of six types of parasites (egg/ cyst) were observed viz.; one protozoan (Coccidia spp.), two cestodes (Hymenolepis spp., and Diphyllobothrium spp.) and three nematodes (Ascaris spp., Toxocara spp. and hookworms). No trematodes were found during the study. Occurrence of gastrointestinal (hereafter GI) parasites recorded in tigers was 90% (n=27/30) and lions was 100% (n=12/12). The highest prevalence was of Coccidia spp. (85.71%) followed by Diphyllobothrium spp. (42.86%), Hymenolepis spp. (28.57%), Ascaris spp. (21.43%), Toxocara spp. (14.29%) and hookworms (14.29%). The prevalence of protozoans (85.71%) was higher than that of helminths (78.57%) in the hosts. On the basis of intensity of parasites, male carnivores were more susceptible to infection than females. The intensity of infection was higher in young ones as compared to adults.
Effect of Cardiopulmonary Bypass Machine on the Platelet Function Testing.

Background: Bleeding during coronary artery bypass surgery is a leading cause of mortality. Several factors have been associated with bleeding, platelet dysfunction being the most significant.Objective: to assess the effect of cardiopulmonary bypass machine (CPB) during cardiac surgery on platelet function using Platelet Function Analyzers (PFA-100), and Multiplate Electrode Aggregometry (MEA), and correlating that with a drop in Hemoglobin (Hb). Methods: Whole blood samples were collected preoperative and sixty minutes intraoperatively of different cardiac procedures utilizing (CPB) and tested for platelet function by PFA-100 and MEA. Complete blood count was measured using an automated hematology analyzer.Results: A significant difference was found between pre- and intraoperative ADP and EPI measurement in PFA-100, where preoperative PFA-ADP values displayed the ability to predict the intra-op drop in Hb (P–value 0.01, correlation coefficient 0.4699). At the same time, pre-op MEA- Ristocetin and TRAP showed an inverse correlation with an intra-op drop in Hb (-0.31 and -0.36). Conclusion: The current study reported significant changes in platelet dysfunction in cardiac surgeries with CPB, measured by two modalities PFA-100, and MEA. While PFA-100 and MEA both detected the changes in platelet dysfunction due to CPB, PFA-100 results were sensitive and positively predicted intra-op Hb drop as compared to MEA. There was a significant change in Hb one hour into the CPB, indicating that platelet transfusion might help decrease Intra- and postoperative bleeding independent of the platelet count as they are dysfunctional. PFA-100 results can be relied upon for distinction of high-risk cardiac surgery patients for bleeding and can be used for clinical decision making to improve patient outcome.
Synthesis and Characterization of New Silicone Hydrogels Contact lenses Based on TRIS-DMA-AA-NVP Via Photo Polymerization for Biomedical Application

The purpose of the present work is to designate the synthesis of innovative soft silicone hydrogel contact lenses founded on Acrylic acid (AA) ,N,N dimethylacrylic amide (DMA),and 1-vinyl 2- pyrolidone(NVP) was polymerized via free fundamental polymerization in the existence of 1,6 hexandioldiacrylate (HDODA) as a crosslinker and 1-hydroxycyclohexyl phenyl ketone as photoinitiator. The polymerized materials were characterized fully for its use fullness as an intraocular lens by various techniques. FTIR was implemented to discover the whole conversion of3-(methacryloyloxy) propyl TRIS (trimethylsiloxy) silane monomer into silicone hydrogels contact lens. The silicon hydrogels contact lenses were manufactured from silicon and different hydrophilic monomers, copolymerization of 3-(methacryloyloxy) propyl( TRIS) (trimethylsiloxy) silane with acrylic acid ,N,N-dimethylacrylamide, and N-Vinylpyrrolidone(NVP) with different ratio (70,80,90)%. To explore three sequences of silicone hydrogel ingredients for their classification, water component, transmittance, mechanical feature , oxygen penetrability) Dk), protein adsorption and bacterial connection as potential contact lens materials as well as tackles the connections between water kinship and optical, mechanical, oxygen permeable with biological features.The outcomes displayed that the water affinity might be moderated through the hydrophilic monomers. The Equilibrium Water Component (EWC) rose with increasing hydrophilic monomer value. Generally, the outcomes revealed that visible light transmittance inclines to increase as well as tensile mechanical features obtained in decreasing trend relying on the growing EWC. The Dk worth declined firstly then was rose once the EWC was from 25 to 75%. The sum of Staphylococcus aurous close to the silicone hydrogels surface of the was fell by61 to 140.This work may provide information on preparing functional silicone hydrogels for contact lenses application.
Teachers' participation in school decision-making and Its relationship to the leadership style of the school leader: درجة مشاركة المعلمين في صنع القرارات المدرسية وعلاقتها بالنمط القيادي لقائد المدرسة

The study aimed to participate in school decision-making among secondary school teachers in Riyadh from their point of view, and identify the leadership patterns prevailing among the leaders of secondary schools in Riyadh according to the theory of the administrative network of teachers' opinion. The relationship between the leadership style of the school leader according to the administrative network theory and the participation of teachers in school decision-making, the study used the descriptive survey style ology. The study population consisted of teachers of public secondary schools in Riyadh city. (325) teachers answered the sample of the study which was randomly selected, The results of the study found that the participation in school decision-making (high) among teachers of their opinion and the overall average (3.85), The dominant leadership style among high school leaders in Riyadh is from the teachers' minds to lead the team with an arithmetic mean (3.91), the second style is halfway leadership with an arithmetic mean (3.76), the third style is social leadership with an arithmetic average (3.64), and the fourth style is the dominated leadership with an average Arithmetic (3.29), in the last order the negative driving style came with an arithmetic average (3.18),There was a positive correlation between teachers' participation in decision making and each of the following leadership styles: Team Leadership, Social Leadership, Midway Leadership at Significance Level (0.01), and Negative Correlation between Participation in Teachers Decision Making The significance (0.01), the absence of a significant correlation between the participation in decision-making among teachers and the pattern of negative leadership, and in the light of the findings of the study, a number of recommendations and suggestions were made.
Exploring Heterogeneity in Moral Terminology in Palliative Care Consultations

Background High quality serious illness communication requires good understanding of patients' values and beliefs for their treatment at end of life. Natural Language Processing (NLP) offers a reliable and scalable method for measuring and analyzing value- and belief-related features of conversations in the natural clinical setting. We use a validated NLP corpus and a series of statistical analyses to capture and explain conversation features that characterize the complex domain of moral values and beliefs. The objective of this study was to examine the frequency, distribution and clustering of morality lexicon expressed by patients during palliative care consultation using the Moral Foundations NLP Dictionary.Methods We used text data from 231 audio-recorded and transcribed inpatient PC consultations and data from baseline and follow-up patient questionnaires at two large academic medical centers in the United States. With these data, we identified different moral expressions in patients using text mining techniques. We used latent class analysis to explore if there were qualitatively different underlying patterns in the PC patient population. We used Poisson regressions to analyze if individual patient characteristics, EOL preferences, religion and spiritual beliefs were associated with use of moral terminology.Results We found two latent classes: a class in which patients did not use many expressions of morality in their PC consultations and one in which patients did. Age, race (white), education, spiritual needs, and whether a patient was affiliated with Christianity or another religion were all associated with membership of the first class. Gender, financial security and preference for longevity-focused over comfort focused treatment near EOL did not affect class membership.Conclusions This study is among the first to use text data from a real-world situation to extract information regarding individual foundations of morality. It is the first to test empirically if individual moral expressions are associated with individual characteristics, attitudes and emotions.
Memantine for prophylaxis of episodic migraine: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Background Migraine is a common debilitating primary headache. Memantine is a non-competitive N-methyl D-aspartate (NMDA) antagonist that lowers neuronal excitability that could prevent migraine attacks.Objectives This study aimed to determine the efficacy and safety of memantine in patients experiencing episodic migraine attacks using a systematic review and meta-analysis.Methods We searched CENTRAL, MEDLINE, Scopus, Cochrane, LILACS, ClinicalTrials.gov, HERDIN and Google Scholar for relevant studies. Prespecified screening and eligibility criteria for inclusion were applied. Included studies underwent methodological quality assessment. Study design, patient characteristics, interventions given, and relevant outcomes were extracted and synthesized.Results This review included five relevant articles – 2 randomized controlled trials (RCT) and 3 observational studies (1 retrospective case-series, 2 prospective non-randomized open-label single arm trials). There were 109 patients included in the RCTs and 197 patients reported in the observational studies. Pooled data from the 2 RCTs showed that Memantine at 10mg/day decreased the monthly migraine days at 12 weeks compared to placebo with a mean difference of -1.58 [95% confidence interval (CI) -1.84, -1.32]. Observational studies also showed a decrease in migraine days per month with Memantine (5-20mg/day) after 12 weeks [95% CI]: -9.1 [-11, -7.23], -7.2 [-8.85, -5.55], and -4.9 [-6.29, -3.51]. There were no statistically significant adverse drug events (ADE) noted in patients treated with Memantine compared to placebo.Conclusion Memantine may be effective and well-tolerated as prophylaxis for episodic migraine.
Gas Purification and Quality Control of the End Gas Product

One of the main problems in the flow-through gas purification technologies is related with continuous control of the outlet gas purity. The information concerning purity of the produced gas is on high demand, e.g., for processing systems integrated with gas purifiers. The positive solution of this problem has become possible only now due to the appearance of reactive getters (reactants) that serve as highly efficient sinks for gas impurities and our sorption model of the processes, which take place in gas purifiers with these reactants. According to the given model the appearance of a single valued functional connection between the purity of the gas product and the duration of the treatment of the gas flow by the sorbing powder is typical for any system Me -Y, where Me is a powder reactant and Y is an impurity gas. This strict correlation provides the mathematical justification to a simple method of determining the concentration of the impurity in the gas flow at the exit from the gas purifier. This method comes down to measuring of the quantity of the purified gas by a gas flow meter, the readings of which are graduated in the units of gas concentration.
User-centered design stories : real-world UCD case files

Intended for both the student and the practitioner, this is the first user-centered design casebook. It follows the Harvard Case study method, where the reader is placed in the role of the decision-maker in a real-life professional situation. In this book, the reader is asked to perform analysis of dozens of UCD work situations and propose solutions for the problem set. The problems posed in the cases cover a wide variety of key tasks and issues facing practitioners today, including those that are related to organizational/managerial topics, UCD methods and processes, and technical/ project issues. The benefit of the casebook and its organization is that it offers the new practitioner (as well as experienced practitioners working in new settings) the valuable practice in decision-making that one cannot get by reading a book or attending a seminar. This is the first User-Centered Design Casebook, with cases covering the key tasks and issues facing UCD practitioners today. Each chapter is based on real world cases with complex problems, giving readers as close to a real-world experience as possible. It offers the things you don't learn in school, such as innovative and hybrid solutions that were actually used on the problems discussed.
miR-148a-3p inhibits DNMT1-mediated methylation of VEGF and promotes proliferation and invasion in glioma cells via the PI3K/Akt/eNOS signaling pathway

Background: Abnormal DNA methylation in the promoter region of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) has been observed in multiple types of cancer. Increasing evidence shows that miR-148a-3p is involved in the regulation of methylation. However, it is unclear how miR-148a-3p regulates VEGF methylation.Methods: Methylation-specific polymerase chain reaction (MSP) and bisulfate-sequencing PCR (BSP) were performed to detect the methylation level of the VEGF promoter region in glioma tissues and cell lines. Then, we used RT-qPCR to detect the expression of miR-148a-3p and VEGF in glioma tissues and cell lines. Human glioma U87 cells were transfected with miR-148a-3p mimic or a pcDNA3.1 overexpression vector of VEGF, and then, the proliferation, invasion and apoptosis of U87 cells were examined with cell counting kit-8 (CCK-8), Transwell assay and Flow cytometry, respectively. We next examined the relationship between DNA methyltransferase 1 (DNMT1) and miR-148a-3p with online prediction and luciferase reporter gene experiments. Furthermore, we also used Western blotting to detect the protein levels of VEGF, DNMT1, PI3K, Akt and eNOS.Results: Both miR-148a-3p and VEGF were significantly up-regulated, and the promoter methylation of VEGF was hypomethylation in glioma. Overexpression miR-148a-3p or VEGF promoted the proliferation and invasion of U87 cells and inhibited the apoptosis. Silencing VEGF inhibited U87 cells proliferation and invasion and induced the apoptosis. Furthermore, miR-148a-3p regulated DNMT1 at the post-transcriptional. Overexpression of DNMT1 mediated an increase in the methylation level of VEGF, which reduced the expression of VEGF in U87 cells. The opposite was exact when DNMT1 was silenced. We also observed that silencing VEGF inhibited the activation of the PI3K/Akt/eNOS pathway and induced U87 cell apoptosis.Conclusion: These results indicated that miR-148a-3p down-regulates VEGF methylation by targeting DNMT1 and promotes the proliferation, invasion of the glioma cell through the PI3K/Akt/eNOS pathway.
Mindfulness Enhances Cognitive Functioning: A Meta-Analysis of 100 Randomized Controlled Trials

Background: Several theories propose that habitually exercising mindfulness skills can improve cognitive abilities, but no comprehensive quantitative reviews of the effect of MBIs on global and unique cognitive domains exist to date. Method: This meta-analysis examined the effects of MBIs on global cognition and 16 specific accuracy and latency cognitive functioning domains. Inclusion criteria: participants were meditation naïve; studies randomly assigned participants to MBI or no-treatment, waitlist, or active control; outcome measures included at least one behavioral cognitive assessment or subjective attentional control measure; teaching mindfulness skills was the primary focus of treatment. Exclusion criteria: data was inadequate to calculate effect sizes; MBI included only one session; control condition that contained any form of MBI. Robust variance estimation and moderator analyses were conducted. All analyses controlled for presence of reported treatment fidelity. Results: One-hundred RCTs (n = 7,342) met eligibility criteria. MBIs had small-to-moderate significant effects on global cognition, executive attention, WM accuracy, inhibition accuracy, shifting accuracy, sustained attention, and subjective attentional control (average g = 0.228–0.675 compared to waitlist or no-treatment; average g = 0.192–0.370 versus active controls). Overall, treatment effects were stronger for those with elevated medical or psychiatric symptoms compared to healthy controls, studies with completer (vs. intent-to-treat) analysis, in-person (vs. app-based) delivery, presence (vs. absence) of reported fidelity checks and use of standard mindfulness-based stress reduction or mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (vs. non-standard MBI). Conclusion: MBIs confer notable neuropsychological benefits on some, but not all cognitive domains. Limitations, theoretical, and applied implications are discussed.
Pengaruh Usia Dan Religiusitas Terhadap Keyakinan Etis Pada Akuntan

This research aims to determine the effect of age and religiosity on accounting student this study also one to prove the differences the ethical beliefs between the beginning level of student. The sample selection in this study used a purposive sampling method. The population this study are where the accounting student all the university in Padang with is consisted of 3249 population. Respondents in this study consisted of 356 respondents obtained using the Slovin formula from the total population. Data collection techniques used in this study were questionnaires. The result should that age also proves effect on ethical beliefs in accountants with a tcount of 3.739 ttable 1,960 so it can be said that the second hypothesis is rejected. From the result of data processing it is also known that there are differences in ethical beliefs between beginning level students and final level students. This research also proves the concept theory moral cognitive Kohlberg
The Study Degree of Saturation on Toll Road Access Based on Changes in Urban Settlement Land

Changes in land use that are not in harmony with the growth in the number of vehicles cause congestion and decrease in the speed of travel. Toll road access is one of the important ways to decrease traffic jams in cities that require smooth traffic flow. The purpose of this study is to analyze the level of service level of toll road access to land use changes from residential environments to commercial areas. The analytical method was used to use multiple regression analysis to estimate traffic generation from changes in commercial land use. The degree of saturation of road toll access before land use change shows DS values of 0.56 to 0.65 which were analyzed at peak morning hours. This was an indication of the smooth flow of traffic. After there was a change in land use shown from the trip generation from the commercial area with the equation Y = 2.554 + 1.143 X3 + 1.041 X4 + 1.011 X5 +1.256 X6 + 1.2045 X7 with the significance of the model R2 = 0.91. So that due to changes in land use, the toll access point was higher with changes in the degree of saturation 0.6 to 1.2.
İş Yükü Fazlalığı Algısının Çalışan Performansı Üzerindeki Etkisinde İş Tatmininin Aracı Rolü: Sağlık Sektöründe Bir Uygulama

Saglik calisanlari uzun sureli calisma, asiri is yuku, zaman baskisi, zor veya karmasik gorevler, yetersiz dinlenme aralari ve fiziksel olarak kotu is kosullari ile karsilasmaktadirlar. Bu nedenle Saglik calisanlarinin is tatminini artirmak ve performanslarini yuksek seviyede tutmak zor olabilmektedir. Bu arastirmada is yuku fazlaligi algisinin calisan performansi uzerindeki etkisinde is tatmininin araci rolunu arastirmak amaclanmistir. Veri toplamada Is Yuku Fazlaligi Olcegi, Calisan Performansi Olcegi ve Is Tatmini Olceginden yararlanilmistir. Arastirma bir kamu hastanesinde calisan 324 saglik calisanina uygulanmistir. Arastirmada elde edilen verilerin analizinde AMOS ve SPSS istatistik programlarindan yararlanilmistir. Arastirma sonucunda is yuku fazlaligi algisinin calisan performansi uzerine etkisinde is tatmininin aracilik rolunun oldugu gorulmustur. Ayrica calisanlarin is yuku fazlaligi, calisan performansi ve is tatminine iliskin algilarinin sosyo-demografik degiskenine gore farklilik gosterip gostermedigi test edilmistir. Yapilan analizlerde calisanlarin yuku fazlaligi, calisan performansi ve is tatminine iliskin algilarinin sosyo-demografik degiskenlere gore farklilik gosterdigi tespit edilmistir. Elde edilen bulgular dogrultusunda; isletme sahipleri ve yoneticilerin, calisanlarinin performansini ve is tatminini yukseltmek icin calisanlara makul bir is yuku tahsis etmeleri gerekmektedir.
Dynamic (S, s) economies

In this paper, the authors provide a framework to study the aggregate dynamic behavior of an economy where individual units follow (S, s) policies and are subject to aggregate and idiosyncratic shocks. They characterize structural and stochastic heterogeneities that ensure convergence of the economy's aggregate to that of its (stochastic) frictionless counterpart, determine the speed at which convergence takes place, and describe the transitional dynamics of this economy. They study the evolution of the economy's aggregate and the evolution of the difference between this aggregate and that of the difference between this aggregate and that of an economy without microeconomic friction, where the latter pertains to a situation where individual units adjust with no delay to all shocks. Copyright 1991 by The Econometric Society.
PENGARUH E-SERVICE QUALITY DAN KEPERCAYAAN TERHADAP LOYALITAS PELANGGAN E-COMMERCE PADA SISWA/SISWI DI SEKOLAH MENENGAH KEJURUAN

This research provides several important implications, especially for owners / managers of e-commerce websites in order to increase their understanding in dealing with online consumer tastes. One of them is by improving the quality of the website that is presented, so that user confidence increases with the quality of the e-commerce website that is presented. The implications of this study indicate that e-service quality or which is more directed to the quality of services on e-commerce websites is very important for website users, especially students. With the quality of services on the website that is presented, it will certainly be able to increase user confidence. Especially with the type of goods that are often bought by students and students who are known to have quality products such as clothes, airplane tickets, books, and other things. To create high loyalty, online business people who manage e-commerce websites should be able to improve the quality of services on their websites, so that later trust will be higher in using e-commerce websites.