Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Pre-operative magnetic resonance imaging as a predictor of success in lumbar disc herniation patients undergoing laminectomy

Introduction. Lumbar disc herniation is a condition in which annulus fibrosus in the lumbar area is herniated with numerous etiologies, such as degenerative. One of the mainstay treatment for lumbar disc herniation is decompressive laminectomy. Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) with the diagnostic accuracy of 97% also has an excellent resolution for soft tissue. The aim of this study is whether pre-operative MRI may be a predictor of successful clinical outcome in lumbar disc herniation patients undergoing laminectomy surgery. Methods. In this cross-sectional study, we consecutively collected all patients in Radiology Department “Prof. Dr. IGNG Ngoerah” Hospital, Denpasar Bali between January 2021 to December 2022. We enrolled patients with older than 18 years old who had undergone pre-operative lumbosacral MRI and had laminectomy surgery within the sampling time period. The following variables were recorded from each patient: age, gender, Body mass index (BMI), history of diabetes mellitus, hypertension, number of herniated discs, herniation grade, spinal canal stenosis grade, neural foramen stenosis grade, lateral recess stenosis grade, annular tear, disc degeneration, facet disc degeneration, thickening of ligamentum flavum, modic changes, cerebrospinal liquor obstruction, and clinical outcome. Outcomes. We collected 30 patients who underwent laminectomy surgery and had their pre-operative MRI. Patients’ mean age ± SD was 57.7±10.9 years old with 20 male (66.7%) and 10 female (33.3%). There was no significant association between gender, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, body mass index, number of disc herniation, spinal canal stenosis, lateral recess stenosis, neural foramen stenosis, disc degeneration, facet joint degeneration, ligamentum flavum hypertrophy, Modic changes and cerebrospinal liquor obstruction with clinical outcome post laminectomy patients. Conclusion. Pre-operative MRI can reliably diagnose lumbar disc herniation but are not a predictive tool in assessing the clinical outcome of post-laminectomy patients. Laminectomy has an excellent management value for lumbar disc herniation patients especially in reducing the pain, and for them to have better quality of life.
Temperature Changes of Indoor and Outdoor by Grass Planting Block in Planting of Roof Area

The purpose of this study is to analyzes the effects on planting of roof with planting block and grass in a school building where users actually spend daily life to measure indoor and outdoor temperature changes with existing roof. In case of planting of roof with a summer season, the highest temperature was shown lower about in the outdoor compared to the case of not performing it. On the other hand the lowest temperature was shown higher about and the highest temperature lower about in the indoor. In case of planting of roof with a winter season, the lowest temperature was shown higher about compared to the case of not performing it. On the other hand, it was shown higher about in the indoor. The results of this study, effects of temperature control was confirmed in the indoor where planting of roof was performed higher about for winter season and lower about for summer season compared to the case of indoor with existing roof.
Triboelectric nanogenerator-integrated symmetric supercapacitor based on TiO2 encrusted MXene nanosheets for energy harvesting and storage applications

With the rapid advances in the Internet of Things, it is possible to construct a self-charging power system integrating a triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) and supercapacitor (SC), which represents an excellent tool for simultaneous conversion and storage of distributed environmental energy. In particular, the well-researched Ti3C2T x MXene materials for triboelectric nanogeneration lack high and stable power density, mainly due to the charge dissipation effect on their surface. Herein, the effectiveness of MXenes is enhanced by encrusting TiO2 on the inner and outer surfaces via a hydrothermal method. TiO2, which has inherent dielectric properties, could serve the dual function of electron trapping/blocking and surface polarization, mitigating the diffusion and drifting of surficial tribo-charges and thus increasing output TENG performance. An integrated TENG based on MXene/TiO2 composites with a TiO2 concentration of 3 mM has a higher output voltage than a pristine MXene-based TENG (110 V, a 1.83-fold increase) and achieves a maximum instantaneous power density of ∼1440 mW m−2. TiO2 is also conductive to pseudo-faradaic reactions, and the integrated MXene/TiO2 based symmetric SC exhibits an enhanced specific capacitance of 231.08 F g−1 at 1 A g−1, which is 4.52 times that of pristine MXene, with a maximum energy density of 12.74 W h kg−1 at a power density of 483.06 W kg−1. Finally, utilizing polyimide sheets as substrates, the flexible self-charging power system was integrated: the TENG charges the SC up to 0.8 V with a charging/discharging time of 37 s/40 s, showing great promise for the demands of flexible and self-powered electronics.
Photo-bioelectrochemical cell anodes enhanced with titanium oxide, carbon nanotubes and chlorophyll-based catalyst on different supporting materials

An important part of a photo-bioelectrochemical cell (PBEC) is the photo-biocatalyst substrate taken as anode. This study aims to explain the effect of CNT/TiO2/chlorophyll photocatalyst coated on the cellulose nanopaper (CNP) substrate on the PBEC performance and to compare the results with those obtained for the commercial indium tin oxide (ITO) glass and flexible ITO as substrates. The results showed high sheet resistance of CNP, which is 61182 Ω sq-1, which is reduced by 80 % in the presence of CNT/TiO2/Chl biocatalyst. The highest output voltage of 0.95 to 1 V was produced by coating CNT/TiO2/Chl on the flexible ITO. The maximum current density (Jmax) of 3726 mA m-2 and the highest maximum power density value of around 574 mW m-2 were obtained for illuminated CNT/TiO2/Chl on the rigid ITO anode. In dark conditions, the highest power density was observed for CNP as the supporting substrate. The photo-bioelectrochemical cell adopting CNT/TiO2/Chl and CNP as the supporting substrate material has great potential for a variety of applications, such as wearable electronics, environmental monitoring, remote or off-grid energy supply, and renewable energy systems, thereby contributing to the advancement of sustainable energy technologies.
Effects of Semi-Impoundment on Fish and Crustacean Nursery Use: Evaluation of a Solution

Semi-impoundment of the marsh is one of the primary 'solutions' currently recommended to combat coastal marsh erosion, and also to improve habitat for waterfowl, alligators and furbearers. A 70-hectare marsh pond was leveed to create two nearly identical 35-hectare ponds. A fixed-crest weir was placed in the outlet of only one of the ponds. All fishes and crustaceans emigrating from the two ponds were trapped continuously and the traps were emptied daily. The trapping continued for 2 years, with the weir being switched to the outlet of the other pond after the first year. Comparisons of catches from the weired and non-weired ponds showed that the weir caused substantial reductions in both the number and total weight of most of the important estuarine-dependent fishes and crustaceans migrating back toward the Gulf. A subsequent test indicated semi-impoundment by a vertically slotted weir would allow more fisheries export.
SHORT COMMUNICATION Phytochemical screening, total phenolic content and antioxidant activity of Byrsonima species

The species of the Byrsonima genus (Malpighiaceae) have been used in folk medicine to treat gastrointestinal disorders, asthma and skin infections. In this study, the total phenolic content, antioxidant activity and phytochemical screening were carried out in polar extracts of Byrsonima coccolobifolia, Byrsonima verbascifolia and Byrsonima intermedia. The presence of tannins and flavonoids in the samples and high phenols content was observed. B. coccolobifolia and B. intermedia species showed the best results of antioxidant action. It was analysed the correlation between the methods, and there was a great correlation between phenolic content and antioxidant assay, showing that the phenolic substances contribute to the antioxidant activities of these plants.
Machine learning-based prediction of depression severity among medical students

Depression is a significant global cause of disability, yet it often remains undetected and untreated. Medical students have a higher likelihood of experiencing depression compared to many other age-matched groups. Previous studies have shed light on factors contributing to depression among college students. However, medical students face understudied unique experiences and demands. This gap hinders the ability to apply previously developed models to predict depression in medical students, limiting the effectiveness of mental health interventions in this population. Our study addresses this gap by presenting a machine learning model that captures the complex interplay of factors influencing the severity of depression in this population. Using data from the Healthy Minds Study, we found that a sequence of binary XGBoost models performed best at predicting the severity of depression as recorded through the Patient Health Questionnaire-9. Our modeling approach identified that prior diagnosis of depression and eating disorder, current financial stress, and younger age had the highest influence on predicted depression severity. The findings of this study hold great promise for enhancing medical education by more effectively addressing students' depression. Our predictive model may enable educators and administrators to identify students at higher risk, facilitating timely interventions and support.
The Effect of Adding Xylanase Enzyme to Diets of Broilers Containing De-Hulled Sunflower Meal as a Substitute for Soybean Meal on Growth, Gastrointestinal Mass, Biology, and Intestinal Morphology, Blood Serum Biochemical Traits

This study was conducted in the Poultry Research Hall of the Department of Animal Production/College of Agriculture and Forestry/University of Mosul, with the aim of studying the effect of adding xylanase enzyme to broiler rations containing de-hulled sunflower meal instead of soybean meal on digestive mass, biology and morphology of the intestines, and serum biochemicals Traits. It used 360 non-sexed broiler chicks (Ross-308), with an average hatching weight of 41.50 grams. the chicks were randomly distributed in a factorial experiment with two factors (4×2) to eight feeding treatments, with three replicates for each treatment and 15 chicks for each replicate, homogeneous in their weights. And for a period of 42 days of age. The results indicated that the substitution of de-hulled sunflower meal by 33% did not have a significant effect on live body weight, feed consumption, intestinal morphology and biology, and blood serum biochemistry compared with the control treatment. While it was observed that a significant deterioration (P≤0.05) occurred in all of these characteristics when the substitution level was increased to 66 and 100%, these two treatments also caused an increase in the relative weight of the gizzard and small intestine and in the number of pathogenic bacteria (E. coli) compared with the control treatment. The results of the statistical analysis of the interference case showed a significant decrease (p≤ 0.05) for the partial and total substitution treatments (66 and 100% Dh-SFM with or without xylanase enzyme) in the live body weight, with a deterioration in the morphological characteristics of the jejunum segment and an increase in the relative weight of the gizzard. And small intestine compared with the negative and positive control treatments.
Transmission Line Fault Diagnosis Method Based on SDA-ISSA-XGBoost under Meteorological Factors

Transmission lines are directly exposed to the natural environment and are prone to failure due to meteorological factors. A novel approach for diagnosing transmission line faults under various meteorological conditions has been introduced. This method, known as SDA-ISSA-XGBoost, combines the power of Stacked Denoising Autoencoder (SDA), an improved Sparrow Search Algorithm (ISSA) enhanced with chaotic mapping sequences, adaptive weights, improved iterative local search, and a random differential mutation strategy, and eXtreme Gradient Boosting (XGBoost). The process begins with SDA, which extracts essential features from the initial meteorological data. Subsequently, ISSA is applied to optimize the parameters of the XGBoost model. This results in the ISSA-XGBoost fault diagnosis model. The performance of this model is compared to PSO-XGBoost and SSA-XGBoost. The experimental findings demonstrate that the ISSA-XGBoost model achieves an impressive fault diagnosis accuracy of 94.39%, surpassing both PSO-XGBoost and SSA-XGBoost by 6.54% and 3.74%, respectively.
Effect of Adding L-Arginine to Broiler Diets on Physiological Performance

This research was conducted in the poultry sector of the Department of Animal Production, College of Agriculture, University of Anbar, from October 26, 2022, to December 7, 2022 (42 days). The objective was to compare the effects of incorporating different levels of L-Arginine and vitamin C on the productive and physiological performance of broiler chickens. One hundred and fifty Ross 308 strain broiler chicks, aged one day and of unspecified sex, were utilized in the study. The chicks were individually weighed and randomly assigned to five experimental groups, each consisting of three replicates with ten birds per replicate. The treatments consisted of the following: First treatment Control group (no additives), Second treatment: Addition of arginine at a rate of 1 g/kg of feed, Third treatment: Addition of arginine at a rate of 1.5 g/kg of feed, Fourth treatment: Addition of arginine at a rate of 2 g/kg of feed and Fifth treatment: Addition of vitamin C at a rate of 300 mg/kg of feed The results of the study revealed that utilizing the specified levels of arginine and vitamin C in the diets did not lead to any significant impact on the physiological performance, chemical, and biochemical blood parameters of the broiler chickens. These parameters included Glutathione, Malondialdehyde (MDA), Very Low-Density Lipoprotein (VLDL), Low-Density Lipoprotein (LDL), High-Density Lipoprotein (HDL), Triglycerides, Cholesterol, Creatinine, Uric Acid, AST (Aspartate Aminotransferase), ALT (Alanine Aminotransferase), Ceruloplasmin, Albumin, Protein, Glucose, H/L Ratio (Heterophil to Lymphocyte Ratio), Lymphocytes, and Monocytes. In conclusion, the utilization of the specified levels of arginine and vitamin C in the diets did not result in any significant effects on the studied parameters in the broiler chickens.
Biochemical Blood Plasma Changes of Awassi Sheep Using Different Levels of Olive Pulp

16 male Awassi lambs were used, four months age weaning was diagnosed bythe teeth, it was placed in the animal field and left to acclimate for 14 days, then the actual experiment was introduced for a period of three months. The lambs were reared in four standard barns with a stage containing feeders and water troughs, it was divided from the inside by iron partitions into three sections. Four lambs, each treated under hygienic conditions, were placed in each section, underwent a treatment and vaccination program that supported to ensure her safety and that she was free from diseases. The animals were divided into four groups were T1: was fed on a diet devoid of olive pulp (control group). And fed on a diet containing 5, 10 and 15% olive pulp were T2, T3 and T4 respectively. fed on a diet containing 15% olive pulp. The results indicated that all olive pulp treatments led to a significant decrease in LDL cholesterol, triglycerides, glucose, uric acid, ALP and ALT, with a significant increase in HDL, total protein, albumin, globulin, phosphorus and calcium compared to the control treatment. The addition of 15% olive pulp in the diets of Awassi lambs gave the best results compared to a concentration of 5 and 10% olive pulp.
Phylogenetic Analysis of Biofilm Association Protein (BapA) Amplicons in Salmonella spp. Isolated from Broiler (Ross 308) in Thi-Qar Province/Iraq

This study was conducted to isolate Salmonella bacteria from broiler (Ross 308). A total of 184 fecal samples were collected from birds, showing symptoms of salmonella infection, from two different fields in Thi Qar Governorate in Al-Islah and Al-Fadhlia Districts. 30 isolates infected with Salmonella were diagnosed, by biochemical tests, API 20 E test and molecularly INVA gene. In this study, the BapA gene responsible for biofilm production was studied. Ensure its presence in isolates of broiler feces, the target piece has been amplified, to determine the effect of variations in the BapA gene on the weights and performance of the study birds, and knowing the extent to which the gene is related to the production of biofilms. The result of the nitrogen base sequencing was to obtain nine genetic mutations in the target segment of the gene, 7 of these mutations were silent mutations, it has no effect on study birds and two mutations are of the type of missense mutation, their effect was to change the amino acid code, where the first boom was in the site 130, changed the nitrogenous base from A to C, changed the amino acid from isoleucine to arginine, and change the code from ATA > CTA, led to a change in the genotype with the mutation, the birds with the CC mutant genotype, suffers from a lack of weight and weak immunity, as for the second boom in the site 571, it changed the nitrogenous base from T to C. The amino acid changes from valine to alanine, change the code from GTG > GCG, thus, mutations led to a change in genotypes, the birds with the mutant genotype were also CC, their weights were somewhat similar to the weights of the uninjured birds, the bacteria were weak or non-producing biofilms.
Some Chemical Properties of Wastewater from the Pharmaceutical Production Processes in the State Company for Drug and Medical Appliances Samarra

The study was conducted during six months, from September 2022 to February 2023, in the General Company for the Industry of Medicines and Medical Supplies in Samarra, one of the companies affiliated to the Ministry of Industry and Minerals. For the purpose of evaluating the efficiency of the biological treatment units for the liquid waste disposed by the company, the water discharged to the treatment units was divided into four sampling stations. : Primary collection basin water or equalization basin (water resulting from industrial processes), aeration basin water (water treated in the treatment unit), sedimentation basin water (water leaving the treatment plant) and liquefaction water (water entering the company). The study includes two aspects: the first is related to the measurement of the chemical properties of the water of the four stations, while the second aspect is that some water determinants were studied and local and international standards and classifications were adopted to compare them. The chemical parameters included pH, dissolved oxygen, biological oxygen requirement, total alkalinity, total hardness, and chloride. The results showed that the pH values tended to be low alkaline with a limited range of variation, as it ranged between 7.1-8.3, while the dissolved oxygen value ranged between 7.0-4.0 mg/l, and the biological oxygen requirement ranged between 1.0-95 mg/l. The results indicate that the values of BOD5 increased in the stations (St.1, St.2, and St.3), in contrast to the station (St.4) for the liquefied water, as it recorded very low values, with significant temporal and spatial differences in most stations within months. the study. As for the total alkalinity, it ranged between 110-200 mg/l in terms of CaCO3 and showed significant temporal and spatial differences in most stations during the months of the study. While the chloride values ranged between 38-255 mg/l. The results of the current study showed a significant variation in the chloride values from one month to the next. The study also confirmed that the chloride values increased during the winter compared to the summer.
Effect of Partial Substitution of some Vegetable Sources for Animal Fats in the Manufacture of Low-Calorie Beef Burger and Evaluation of its Qualitative Characteristics

this study aimed to find out the effect of partial replacement of some vegetable sources, namely oat flour and chia flour, instead of beef fat to manufacture a low-fat, low-calorie burger, to Preserving the burger patties by freezing at a temperature of (-18 ± 2 C) for a period of 60 days and following up on their characteristics during the storage period by (1, 30, 60) days, and following up on their characteristics during the storage period (1, 30, 60) days, The study also included identifying the characteristics of the beef burger in terms of (calories-physical characteristics - qualitative characteristics) and a comparison of the factory-controlled burger with the commercial burger available in the market. The beef burger was made from 80% lean veal and 20% beef fat, which is the standard treatment. The fat was replaced with 50% oat flour and 50% chia flour to make the beef burger. The results showed that all the quality active at has improved in a clear and noticeable way. Therefore, the study recommends the use of oatmeal and chia flour as a substitute for beef fat in the manufacture of burgers.
Genotype × Environment Interaction for Grazing vs. Confinement. II. Health and Reproduction Traits*

Continual selection for increased milk yield for more than 40 yr, combined with the antagonistic relationship between increasing yield, somatic cell count, and fertility, have resulted in sires that may not be optimal for producing daughters for grazing systems where seasonal calving is very important. The objective of this study was to investigate the possible existence of a genotype x environment interaction (G x E) in grazing vs. confinement herds within the United States for lactation average somatic cell score (LSCS), days open (DO), days to first service (DFS), and number of services per conception (SPC). Grazing herds were defined as those that utilized grazing for at least 6 mo each year and were enrolled in Dairy Herd Improvement (DHI). Control herds were confinement DHI herds of similar size in the same states. For LSCS, the performance of daughters in grazing and control herds was examined using linear regression of LSCS on the November 2000 USDA-DHIA sire predicted transmitting abilities (PTA) for SCS. Genetic parameters for all traits were estimated using REML in a bivariate animal model that treated the same trait in different environments as different traits. Rank correlations were calculated between sires' estimated breeding values for LSCS, calculated separately for sires in both environments. The coefficient of regression of daughter LSCS on sire PTA was less in grazing herds than in control herds. The coefficient of regression for control herds was closer to expectation. Estimates of heritability were approximately 0.12 for LSCS, and less than 0.05 for the reproduction traits. Heritabilities for DO, DFS, and SPC were slightly higher for control herds. Estimates of genetic correlation for each reproductive trait between the 2 environments were high and not significantly different from unity. Generally, these traits appear to be under similar genetic control, but a lower coefficient of regression of LSCS on sire PTA for SCS in grazing herds suggests differences in daughter performance in grazing herds may be overstated based on current PTA for SCS.