Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Hygiene Conditions of Porridge (Hausa-Koko) Vendors in Akwapem North Municipal, Ghana

Improving the hygienic condition of “Hausa koko” is an effective means of reducing the burden of diarrheal diseases, stomach ulceration etc. among the citizenry. The study was conducted to examine the physicochemical, microbial quality of “Hausa koko” and the level of food hygiene knowledge of its vendors in the Akuapem North Municipality. Sample B recorded the highest T.S. S. value with 3.11±0.01oBrix and Sample D with least value of 1.61±0.01oBrix, Sample A recorded also recorded the highest PH value 4.17±0.00 and Sample B and Sample D recording the least also with 3.11±0.01. Also, sample D had 0.43±0.01% as the highest acidity value whiles Sample A and Sample B recording the least also with 0.27±0.01% as their respective mean values. Sample C recorded the highest Total viable count of 1.6×103 cfu/ml with sample A 2.9×101 cfu/ml. The total coliform count assay recorded results was satisfactory with some all recording no count except Sample C (1.0×101cfu/ml) and Sample E (3.9×101 cfu/ml). Analysis of Variance conducted revealed that there was significant difference (P< 0.05) in Staphylococcus. Aureus count in the samples with Sample C (1.6×102 cfu/ml) and Sample E (3.3×101cfu/ml) respectively. The yeast and mould count also ranged between 5.5×101cfu/ml, 3.8×102 cfu/ml, 3.0×102 cfu/ml, 1.1×102 cfu/ml and 6.9×103 cfu/ml in Sample A to Sample E respectively. All the samples recorded low levels of contamination within the acceptable values but more work needs to be done by Food and Drug Authority and other bodies to ensure the safety of vended food. Citation: Nartey, E. N. , Tei-Mensah, E. , Harrison, V. , and Kontor, F. O. (2021). Hygiene Conditions of Porridge (HausaKoko) Vendors in Akwapem North Municipal, Ghana. International Journal of Technology and Management Research. Vol. 6, Issue 1: 28－46.Received: January 11, 2021Accepted: March 30, 2021
Treatment of drug residues (emerging contaminants) in hospital effluent by the combination of biological and physiochemical treatment process: a review

Purpose – All those effluent streams having compromised characteristics pose negative effects on the environment either directly or indirectly. Health care facilities and hospitals also generate a large amount of effluent like other industries containing harmful and toxic pharmaceutical residual compounds due to uncontrolled use of drugs, besides others. The occurrence of antibiotic in the environment is of utmost concern due to development of resistant genes. These get mixed upwith ground and surface water due to lack of proper treatment of hospital wastewater. The effect of pharmaceutical compounds on human society and ecosystem as a whole is quite obvious. There are no strict laws regarding discharge of hospital effluent in many countries. Contrary to this, the authors do not have appropriate treatment facilities and solution to solve day by day increasing complexity of this problem. Moreover, water discharged from different health facilities having variable concentration often gets mixed with municipal sewage, thus remains partially untreated even after passing from conventional treatment plants. The purpose of this paper is to highlight the occurrences and fate of such harmful compounds, need of proper effluent management system as well as conventionally adopted treatment technologies nowadays all around the globe. This mini-review would introduce the subject, the need of the study, the motivation for the study, aim, objectives of the research and methodology to be adopted for such a study. Effluent management for hospital
Assessment of Storage Related Haematological and Biochemical Changes in Blood Units

Red blood cells are still the most widely transfused blood component worldwide and their story is intimately entwined with the history of transfusion medicine and the changes in the collection and storage of blood.1,2 At present, the most widely used protocol for the storage of red blood cells (for up to 42 days) is the collection of blood into anticoagulant solutions (typically citrate-dextrose-phosphate); red cell concentrates are prepared by the removal of plasma and, in some cases, also leukoreduction. The product is stored at 4 ± 2° C in a slightly hypertonic additive solution, generally SAGM (sodium, adenine, glucose, mannitol, 376 mOsm/L). 1 The British obstetrician, Braxton Hicks in 1868, experimented with a solution of phosphate of soda, but this also proved toxic. Richard Lewinsohn, in 1915, of the Mount Sinai Hospital in New York is credited with introducing sodium citrate into clinical practice as an anticoagulant.3In fact, a 1% solution of sodium citrate was already widely used in laboratories as an anticoagulant. This high concentration was toxic to humans but, as Lewinsohn himself recalled, `Nobody had ever followed the simple thought of carrying out experiments to ascertain whether a much smaller dose might not be sufficient' for use as an anticoagulant.
A replication of “Representative bureaucracy and the willingness to coproduce”

Research on symbolic representation suggests that citizen – state interactions might benefit from public organizations' representativeness. Recent experiments on symbolic gender representation provide contradictory findings regarding the influence on citizens' co-production intentions. This study conducts a wide replication based on new data to reexamine the positive impact of symbolic gender representation identified by Riccucci et al. (2016, Public Administration Review , 76(1), pp. 121 – 130). The applied survey experiment closely resembles the original design aspects. The experiment is set in criminal justice policy, a policy field featuring co-production of core public services such as prisoner rehabilitation. The results do not confirm a positive effect of symbolic gender representation on willingness to co-produce. Instead, several arguments point to citizens' perceptions of uncertainty related to the co-production context and procedures as a boundary condition for the effects of symbolic gender representation. female officials among the four cited individuals (all-male, mixed, all-female). Subsequently, participants indicated their willingness to co-produce with three items. Each item captured co-production activities related to the recycling initiative, such as the recycling of hard plastics. The survey experiment was administered to individuals of a research panel from the CivicPanel project, resulting in a sample of 733 participants. The statistical analysis applied ordinary least square (OLS) regression analysis to test the impact of the treatment manipulation. The results indicate a positive effect of gender representation on women's willingness to recycle hard plastics and heavy composting. There were no effects on male participants. Overall, women more willing to recycle when the announcements included female names (Riccucci et al., 2016).
ABILITY TO PAY AND WILLINGNESS TO PAY FOR COVID-19 VACCINATION: ARE WE READY?

Vaccinations were considered to be among the most effective way in preventing further COVID-19 transmission. To date, the manufactures of vaccines were in the third phase of clinical trial studies. However, the extent to which the publics are able to pay and willing to pay for this vaccine remains unclear. This study aimed to evaluate the ability to pay (ATP) and willingness to pay (WTP) for COVID-19 vaccination in Malaysia. A cross sectional study was conducted among 67 staff of a public university in Nilai, Negeri Sembilan. The ATP and WTP were obtained through an open and close-ended method via either face-to-face interview or telephone-based interview. For the open-ended method, the mean (SD) ATP and WTP values recorded were USD 52.35 (620.83) and USD 52.08 (620.82) respectively. As for the closeended, the mean (SD) ATP and WTP values recorded were USD 52.08 (620.82) and USD 32.38 (147.97) respectively. Through closed-ended method, lower ATP and WTP values were recorded compared with open-ended method, as the respondents are able to negotiate through a bidding process to get the best price of vaccine. Female, Malay, married, permanent staff and respondents with side-income respondents recorded higher ATP and WTP values in open-ended method. Nevertheless, except for the side-income, other factors in this study were not statistically significant. Findings from this study could facilitate government to set appropriate market price to ensure the affordability of COVID-19 vaccine and improve its accessibility so that a big proportion of the people will be vaccinated and protected from this
Rheological characteristics of gelatin gel for compressive stress.

限外濾過, 圧搾脱水, 酵素や菌体の固定化, ゲルクロマトグラフィーなどの技術は, ゲル状物質と深い関連をもっており, ゲルのレオロジー特性を明らかにすることが最近重要な課題となっている. 上述の技術においては, ゲル状物質は圧縮応力をうける場合が多い. したがって, 本論文においては, 圧縮応力に対するゼラチンゲルのレオロジー特性について検討した. その結果, 二要素Voigtモデルが適用できることが明らかとなった. このモデルに基づいて弾性係数および粘性係数を求め, これらのレオロジー定数に及ぼす圧縮応力, ゼラチン濃度, 温度, pHの影響について実験的に検討した.
Multi-Behavior with Bottleneck Features LSTM for Load Forecasting in Building Energy Management System

With the wide use of the Internet of Things and artificial intelligence, energy management systems play an increasingly important role in the management and control of energy consumption in modern buildings. Load forecasting for building energy management systems is one of the most challenging forecasting tasks as it requires high accuracy and stable operating conditions. In this study, we propose a novel multi-behavior with bottleneck features long short-term memory (LSTM) model that combines the predictive behavior of long-term, short-term, and weekly feature models by using the bottleneck feature technique for building energy management systems. The proposed model, along with the unique scheme, provides predictions with the accuracy of long-term memory, adapts to unexpected and unpatternizable intrinsic temporal factors through the short-term memory, and remains stable because of the weekly features of input data. To verify the accuracy and stability of the proposed model, we present and analyze several learning models and metrics for evaluation. Corresponding experiments are conducted and detailed information on data preparation and model training are provided. Relative to single-model LSTM, the proposed model achieves improved performance and displays an excellent capability to respond to unexpected situations in building energy management systems.
Sensitive Detection of Molecular Targets in Cancer by Minisequencing

Purpose: Molecular alterations leading to specific mutations are essential for tumor development and survival. Accurate analysis of these molecular targets is important for diagnosis, early detection, forecasting of prognosis and aiding in the treatment of different cancer types. Therefore, for sensitive analysis of molecular markers, we aimed to optimize and use minisequencing protocols besides Sanger sequencing. Methods and Materials: Sanger sequencing and minisequencing were performed for IDH1 R132, IDH2 R140/R172 and TERT promoter C228/C250 mutations using genomic DNA isolated from glioma samples. Minisequencing reactions were performed with detection primers using SnaPshot Multiplex Ready Reaction Mix and run on an automated capillary electrophoresis. Multiplex peaks were analyzed with GeneMapper Software. Results: In the multiplex minisequencing analyses, peaks corresponding to wild type alleles and different mutations were detected. The presence of the peaks next to the wild type peaks points to the presence of variations in that location and the nature of the mutation can be identified according to the color. Conclusions: Identification of molecular markers in cancer is very important. Minisequencing is a reliable method for the detection of molecular targets.
Toward Generalized Concern: The Development of Compassion and Links to Kind Orientations

Compassion underlies kindness and as such, is important for creating harmonious societies. We examined children and adolescents’ personal experiences of compassion and then how youth with different compassion profiles differed in their kindness (i.e., dispositional sympathy and prosocial behavior). An ethnically diverse sample of 8-, 11-, and 15-year-olds (N = 32; 66% girls) provided narratives of times they felt compassion. Next, in another diverse sample of 7-, 11-, and 15-year-olds (N = 168; 49% girls), we assessed youths’ potential for global compassion (i.e., compassion that transcends intergroup boundaries) using a novel interview procedure. We also collected self- and caregiver-reports of dispositional sympathy and prosocial behavior. Youths’ narratives revealed that youth often experienced compassion toward peers and relatives following both physical and psychological sufferance and often mentioned responding to the suffering other with helping behavior. On average, youth reported moderate levels of global compassion (i.e., compassion toward a suffering victimizer) and developmental trends revealed that 15-year-olds reported lower feelings of compassion than 11-year-olds. Next, latent profile analysis showed that compassion-oriented youth (i.e., youth who displayed moderate-high levels of global compassion) were rated as more prosocial than non-compassion-oriented youth (i.e., those who displayed low levels of global compassion). We discuss findings in relation to theory and research on the development of kindness in general and in intergroup contexts.
Análise do perfil de pacientes que sobrevivem à sepse

Objetivo: Avaliar o perfil dos pacientes sobreviventes a sepse em um hospital privado do sul catarinense. Metodos: Foi realizado uma pesquisa de abordagem quantitativa, transversal, documental, exploratoria e de campo, no qual a coleta de dados foi realizada a partir de dados secundarios oferecidos pela instituicao na qual a pesquisa foi realizada. Resultados: A maioria dos pacientes pesquisados eram mulheres, com sitio infeccioso predominantemente urinarios, gastrointestinais e respiratorios, com manifestacao da sepse em maio e agosto, com necessidade de reinternacao e desenvolvimento de choque septico. Conclusao: Observou-se que e essencial avaliar a qualidade de vida desses pacientes apos sua alta hospitalar, para ter certeza de que o tratamento foi adequado e eficiente, reduzindo, consequentemente, os danos originados por essa doenca, os quais influenciam diretamente na condicao de saude de cada individuo. Palavras-chave: Sepse, Perfil, Sobreviventes. Analysis of the profile of patients surviving sepsis ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate the profile of patients surviving sepsis in a private hospital in southern Santa Catarina. Methodology: A quantitative, transversal, documentary, exploratory and field research was carried out, in which data collection was carried out based on secondary data offered by the institution where the research was carried out. Results: Most of the patients surveyed were women, with an infectious site predominantly urinary, gastrointestinal, and respiratory, with sepsis manifestation in May and August, requiring rehospitalization and development of septic shock. Conclusion: It was observed that it is essential to assess the quality of life of these patients after their hospital discharge, to be sure that the treatment was adequate and efficient, consequently reducing the damage caused by this disease, which directly influence the condition of health of everyone. Keywords: Sepsis, Profile, Survivors.
The Effect of Radiotherapy and Chemotherapy on Some Kidney and Liver Functions in Colorectal Cancer Patients

The current study was conducted in Al-Diwania Teaching Hospital/Oncology Division and Middle FuratCenter for Cancerous Tumors in Al-Najaf, Babil Health Department/Marjan Hospital, Babil HealthDepartment/Imam Al-Sadiq Hospital and Medical City Department/Al-Amal Hospital for the treatmentof tumors and continued for the period from 2/10/2019 6/5/2020 60 samples were taken from patientsdiagnosed with colorectal cancer and 30 samples from non-infected people as a control group, with agesranging from 33 years to 80 years for both groups . The results showed an increase in the level of Creatininein the patient group compared to the control group and it was the highest in the radiotherapy group, followedby the chemotherapy group and then the control group. The results showed high significant differencesbetween the three groups (p <0.001), and there were significant differences between the radiotherapy group.And a chemotherapy group. Through the results, it was found that the average level of Creatinine increasedin the radiotherapy and chemotherapy groups compared to the control group. The results showed that themean of AST was highest in the radiotherapy group, followed by the chemotherapy group and then thecontrol group. The results showed high significant differences between the three groups (p <0.001). Throughthe results, it was found that there were no significant differences between the radiotherapy group and thechemotherapy group in the average level of the AST enzyme. It was also found that the average level ofAST enzyme was higher for the radiotherapy and chemotherapy groups compared to the control group. Theresults of the current study showed the highest mean ALT enzyme in the radiotherapy group, followed by thechemotherapy group compared to the control group. The results showed high significant differences betweenthe three groups (p<0.001) and significant differences between the radiotherapy group and the chemotherapygroup. ALT for the radiotherapy and chemotherapy groups compared to the control group.
Construcción de la identidad profesional del futuro docente de Secundaria

La identidad profesional es empleada como un recurso desde el que dar a conocer diferentes dimensiones que configuran el proceso de construcción del futuro profesorado. Este trabajo indaga en dos factores esenciales ligados a este proceso como son el perfil de los estudiantes (intereses y cualidades mostradas) y las propiedades de una formación inicial, reestructurada a modo de máster educativo adaptado al Espacio Europeo de Educación Superior (EEES) y a la que aún se le atribuyen diversas carencias. Para atender a esta realidad, se diseña un planteamiento metodológico mixto apoyado en un estudio de casos múltiples (3 Universidades de Andalucía) del que se deriva una muestra de 399 estudiantes matriculados en el máster de Enseñanza Secundaria Obligatoria y Bachillerato, Formación Profesional y Enseñanzas de Idiomas (MAES). Para la recogida de información se emplean un cuestionario y seis grupos de discusión que reportan unos datos analizados mediante los softwares SPSS y Maxqda respectivamente. Un Análisis Factorial Exploratorio (AFE) complementado con la información cualitativa permite alcanzar una visión subjetiva de un fenómeno educativo con matices difícilmente cuantificables, pero cuyos resultados dejan entrever la presencia de 3 posibles factores principales (el interés por la docencia; las cualidades personales y las propiedades de la formación inicial) que ayudan a explicar el proceso de construcción de la identidad de un futuro docente que, entiende la vocación como un elemento clave para afrontar una etapa educativa “problemática” y cuya formación inicial ha de estar orientada a las necesidades actuales de las aulas de educación secundaria.
Semrank: A Semantic Similarity-Based Tweets Ranking Approach

Popular real-world events often create huge traffic on Twitter including real-time updates of important moments, personal comments, and so on while the event is happening. Most of the users are interested to read the important tweets that possibly include important moments of that event. However, extracting the relevant tweets of any event is a challenging task due to the endless stream of noisy tweets and vocabulary variation problem of social media content. To handle these challenges, the authors introduce a new approach for computing the relative tweet importance based on the concept of the Pagerank algorithm where adjacency matrix of the graph representation of tweets contains semantic similarity matrix based on the word mover's distance measure utilizing Word2Vec word embedding model. The results show that top-ranked tweets generated by the proposed approach are more concise and news-worthy than baseline approaches.
Implementation of Multinary Łukasiewicz Logic Using Memristive Devices

In the group of emerging non-volatile storage technologies, redox-based memristive devices stand out due to their possibility for extreme dense integration, low power consumption and multilevel capabilities. The opportunity to directly perform Boolean logic operations using memristive devices opens a promising path towards Computation-in-Memory. Recently 7- state memristive devices based on TaOx were used to realize a ternary adder circuit as well as a ternary Łukasiewicz logic and fuzzy logic. Logic that uses more than two truth values promises to reduce the number of devices that are needed for a certain operation and thereby further increases the integration density. In this work, we propose a multinary logic for three, five and seven truth values based on the Łukasiewicz logic and show the performance for the implication and negation operation. We, therefore, used the physics-based compact model JART VCM v1b to describe the relation between RESET voltage and high resistive state and then performed the logic operations.
A 2nd Order Current-Mode Filter with 14dB Variable Gain and 650MHz to 1GHz Tuning-Range in 28nm CMOS

An open-loop baseband filter with bandwidth of 1GHz suitable for a receiver operated in the 5G high frequency band (above 24GHz) is presented. The filter is based on a gain boosted Common Gate topology that implements a 2nd order low-pass filter in the current domain. A frequency-dependent active negative capacitance circuit is used to boost the quality factor of the filter. This not only improves in-band flatness but also increases out-of-band selectivity. A test chip has been realized in 28nm CMOS technology. The filter bandwidth can be programmed from 650 MHz to 1 GHz and the current gain changed by 14 dB, with the power dissipation scaling from 11 mW to 5 mW. In-band IIP3 is +2 dBm and the input noise integrated from 10 MHz to 1 GHz is lower than 170 μVrms.
Increased expression of HIST1H1D in esophageal carcinoma predicts poor survival: A study base on TCGA database

Background: Expression level of HIST1H1D, a linker histone H1 gene, was reported to be associated with poor prognosis in some malignant tumors. Online database showed that HIST1H1D was increased in esophageal carcinoma. The current study aimed to evaluated the role of HIST1H1D in esophageal carcinoma using online data from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA). Methods. Wilcoxon signed-rank test, cox regression analysis and multivariant analysis were used to analyze the relationship between clinical characteristic and HIST1H1D expression level. Kaplan-Meier method was used to analyze the association of HIST1H1D and overall survival. Gene set enrichment analysis (GSEA) was used to identify HIST1H1D-related signaling pathway.Results. Compared to normal sample, HIST1H1D was significantly increased in esophageal carcinoma sample (p=0.000). High HIST1H1D expression was associated with poor survival (p=0.035). Univariate analysis showed that high HIST1H1D expression was associated with a poor overall survival (HR:1.19, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.05-1.34, p=0.01). Multivariate analysis indicated that HIST1H1D remained an independent prognostic predictor of overall survival (HR:1.18, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.02-1.36, p=0.03). GSEA revealed that alpha linolenic acid metabolism, arachidonic acid metabolism, histidine metabolism, vascular smooth muscle contraction, primary bile acid biosynthesis, phenylalanine metabolism and ether lipid metabolism were enriched in HIST1H1D high expression phenotype.Conclusions: HIST1H1D may sever as a potential prognostic predictor of poor survival in esophageal carcinoma. Lipid metabolism, histidine metabolism, vascular smooth muscle contraction, primary bile acid biosynthesis, phenylalanine metabolism and ether lipid metabolism may be the key signaling pathway regulated by HIST1H1D.