Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Coherence, space non-locality and lacunarity in a cascade model of turbulence

We use multiscale-multispace correlations and Fourier transform techniques, to study some intermittent random field properties, which escape analysis by structure function scaling. These properties are parametrized in terms of a set of scale ratios, giving the typical interaction distances in space and scale of the random field fluctuations, and the characteristic lengths over which these fluctuations act coherently to generate intermittency. The relevance of these techniques in turbulence theory is discussed.
Numerical and Experimental Study of Convective Heat Exchanges on a Rotating Disk with an Eccentric Impinging Jet

This article presents an experimental and numerical study of the heat transfers in rotating disk with an impinging jet. The disk is cooled using the impingement of an eccentric air jet. Local Nusselt numbers are experimentally determined on the entire surface the rotating disk using infrared thermography. A numerical study is carried out with ANSYS-Fluent computation code and based on a k-  RNG numerical turbulence model. the obtained result was compared in term convective heat transfer with numerical and experimental data for rotational Reynolds number between 𝑅𝑒 ω =2.38× 10 5 and 5.44 × × 10 5 . A good agreement between the two approaches has been reached. This agreement validates a numerical model for calculating the convective heat transfer in a rotating disk.
Pacient ų nuomon ė apie stacionarin ė s sveikatos prie ž i ū ros paslaug ų kokyb ę

Santrauka. Tyrimo tikslas. Įvertinti stacionarinėse gydymo įstaigose gydytų pacientų nuomonę apie sveikatos priežiūros paslaugų kokybę bei identifikuoti paslaugų teikimo kokybės problemiškas sritis. Tyrimo medžiaga ir metodai. Daugiapakopė tikimybinė pacientų atranka atlikta dvidešimt dviejose Lietuvos asmens sveikatos priežiūros stacionarinėse gydymo įstaigose. 2006 m. lapkričio – 2007 m. vasario mėnesiais išdalyta 2060 anketų, atsako dažnumas – 97,38 proc. Analizei tinkamos buvo 1917 anketų (93,06 proc.). Naudotas Europos Picker instituto modifikuotas klausimynas stacionare gydytiems pacientams. Apklausos būdas: kiekvienas išvykstantis iš ligoninės pacientas užpildo klausimyną. Sveikatos priežiūros paslaugų kokybė buvo vertinama šiais aspektais: paciento ir personalo bendravimo, priežiūros organizavimo ir koordinavimo, pacientų galimybe dalyvauti priimant sprendimus dėl jų sveikatos priežiūros ar gydymo, fizinės aplinkos, paslaugų prieinamumo bei pacientų saugumo. Rezultatai. Faktorinės analizės metodu išskirtos šešios paslaugų kokybės matavimo dimensijos (veiksniai), kurios paaiškina 51,48 proc. bendrosios kintamųjų dispersijos. Bendras visų dimensijų Cronbach’s alpha – 0,793. Dauguma respondentų (91,9 proc.) suteiktų sveikatos priežiūros paslaugų kokybę vertino labai gerai arba gerai. Geriausiai pacientai įvertino bendravimą su gydytojais. Net 91,5 proc. respondentų pažymėjo, kad jiems buvo suteikta pakankamai informacijos apie jų sveikatos būklę ir gydymą. Dauguma pacientų labai gerai įvertino jiems parodytą pagarbą ir jautė pasitikėjimą gydžiusiais gydytojais. Pagarba pacientams ir pasitikėjimas gydytojais daugiausia turėjo įtakos apskritai geram suteiktos priežiūros vertinimui ir pacientų norui rekomenduoti gydymo įstaigą artimiesiems. Problemiška sritis – pacientų autonomija, apimanti ligoninės pasirinkimo galimybę, privatumą bei dalyvavimą priimant sprendimus. Net 42,3 proc. pacientų pažymėjo, kad negalėjo dalyvauti priimant sprendimus dėl jų sveikatos būklės ar gydymo tiek, kiek jie norėtų. Išvados. Stacionare gydyti pacientai gerai įvertino jiems suteiktos sveikatos priežiūros kokybę. Prioritetinė sveikatos priežiūros paslaugų kokybės tobulintina sritis – pacientų dalyvavimas priimant sprendimus dėl jų sveikatos būklės ir gydymo. Tikslingos tolesnės šių sričių studijos, nes pastaruoju metu vyksta svarbūs dinaminiai pokyčiai.
Dynamics of T-Cell Responses and Memory T Cells during Primary Simian Immunodeﬁciency Virus Infection in Cynomolgus Macaques (cid:1)

Cellular immune responses make an important contribution to both the control of human immunodeﬁciency virus (HIV) replication and disease progression. We used a pathogenic model of SIVmac251 infection of cynomolgus macaques to longitudinally evaluate cellular immune responses in association with various rates of disease progression. We found an inverse relationship between plasma viral load and the simian immunodeﬁciency virus (SIV)-speciﬁc T cells responses in peripheral blood and lymph nodes. SIV-speciﬁc T-cell responses in peripheral blood were transient during primary infection, with the highest responses detected around 3 months after infection. There was also a transient increase of central memory CD8 (cid:1) T cells in peripheral blood during primary infection, and effector memory T-cell counts in peripheral lymph nodes were increased. This study emphasizes the importance of the early virus-speciﬁc immune responses in the outcome of HIV/SIV disease and provides details about the changes of virus-speciﬁc immune responses over time. The cellular immune response is an important element in the control of viral infections (30), including human immunodeﬁciency virus (HIV) infections (39); indeed, both CD4 (cid:1) and CD8 (cid:1) T-cell responses responses in peripheral lymph nodes. Central and effector memory CD8 T-cell numbers in peripheral lymph nodes increased during SIV infection. The proliferative SIV-speciﬁc response in lymph nodes was lower and increased later than that in blood and was inversely correlated to plasma viral load. (cid:1) (cid:4) T cells. The samples considered positive were in which the of cytokine-stained cells were at least double those of the background and in which there was a distinct population of cytokine-positive cells. Samples not (cid:1) TcellsweredeﬁnedasCD3 (cid:1) (cid:4) within the lymphocyte gate. Control experiments indicated that CD3 (cid:1) CD4 (cid:4) and CD3 (cid:1) CD8 (cid:1) gave results similar to those of double-positive (CD4 (cid:1) and double-negative up
Oral Microbiology in Periodontal Health and Disease Oral Microbiology in Periodontal Health and Disease

Oral microbial community is one of the most complex bacterial florae associated with human body. Up to now, more than 700 different bacterial species have been identified from human oral cavity. Oral bacteria form communities on distinctly different surfaces, such as hard enamel and cementum, as well as on soft epithelial cells. These communities are biofilms, which are characterized by their species composition, their surface or sub- stratum composition, and the conditioning films coating the surfaces on which they form. The composition of the resident oral microflora shows local variations in composition on distinct surfaces (e.g., tongue, cheek, teeth) due to differences in key environmental conditions. Many studies have found that certain microbial flora may be compatible with a state of periodontal health and variations in oral flora is associated with varying degrees of periodontal disease. Information about the composition and the assembly processes of oral microbiota could be used to develop effective strategy and monitoring protocols for periodontal therapy.
Road Surface Characterization using Crowdsourcing Vehicles

The contact between vehicle's tires and the road surface is one of the crucial elements for driving safety and efficiency. The contact's quality depends on several factors, some of them relate to the vehicle itself and some relate to the surface conditions. Generally, these parameters change gradually with time and need to be monitored. Therefore, efforts are made to map road surfaces and analyze the collected data. A traditional way of detecting and mapping road surface is by using dedicated survey vehicles. In recent years, smart vehicles are becoming more and more ubiquitous. Such vehicles are generally equipped with a multitude of sensors, from wheel speed to camera and LiDAR in addition to providing internet connectivity. Thus, the use of crowd-sourcing techniques for mapping road and vehicle characteristics is becoming more practical. However, on-board vehicle sensors are normally inaccurate and are influenced by vehicle and weather conditions. MobiWize Solutions has developed a novel approach for road surface characteristics mapping, using crowd sourcing and sharing and demonstrated correlation with survey data provided by the Israel National Transport Infrastructure Company. This paper describes the challenges and limitations of existing characterization solutions, methods to overcome them and finally provides field tests results.
Magnetic field evolution of accreting neutron stars

We discuss the effect of accretion on the evolution of the magnetic field of a neutron star and highlight the main unresolved issues. Charged, accreted matter is funneled towards the magnetic poles where it heats the stellar surface and alters its magnetic structure resulting in an overall reduction of the magnetic dipole moment. Mechanisms for accretion‐induced field reduction include accelerated Ohmic decay, vortex‐fluxoid interactions, and magnetic burial or screening. We discuss how these can be integrated into a global model and detail recent self‐consistent, three‐dimensional, magneto‐hydrodynamic, calculations (using analytic Grad‐Shafranov methods and the numerical solver ZEUS‐MP) which incorporate global resistive instabilities. These models can explain why neutron stars in binaries have systematically lower magnetic dipole moments than isolated neutron stars. Finally we discuss applications including the evolution of accreting millisecond pulsars and type‐I X‐ray bursts, magnetars, and gravitati.
Ergastic Crystal Studies for Raw Drug Analysis Ergastic Crystal Studies for Raw Drug Analysis

Phytochemical constituents are distributed in various parts of plants and their localiza- tion is indicative of their therapeutic properties. Ergastic crystals such as calcium oxalate crystals are also found in almost all plant parts, which is an anti–nutrient as the dietary oxalates contributes to human ailments. Several of the medicinally useful plants contain these crystals and consumption of such plant materials in raw form can cause health problems in humans. Ergastic crystals can be an important diagnostic tool for the identification of raw drug as in Costus pictus a medicinal spiral ginger commonly called Insulin plant is devoid of cuboidal crystal but its related Costus speciosus leaves possess characteristic cuboidal shaped crystal in its leaf mesophyll. Gene manipulation technology may be promising in removing such deleterious genes or introduction of altered bio-chemicals to nullify such effects for the future generation.
Circles of Care: Development and Initial Evaluation of a Peer Support Model for African Americans With Advanced Cancer

Peer support interventions extend care and health information to underserved populations yet rarely address serious illness. Investigators from a well-defined academic–community partnership developed and evaluated a peer support intervention for African Americans facing advanced cancer. Evaluation methods used the Reach, Efficacy, Adoption, Implementation, Maintenance (RE-AIM) framework. Investigators initially recruited and trained 24 lay health advisors who shared information or support with 210 individuals. However, lay advisors reported barriers of medical privacy and lack of confidence working alone with people with cancer. Training was modified to match the support team model for peer support; training reached 193 volunteers, 104 of whom formed support teams for 47 persons with serious illness. Support teams were adopted by 23 community organizations, including 11 African American churches. Volunteers in teams felt prepared to implement many aspects of supportive care such as practical support (32%) or help with cancer or palliative care resources (43%). People with serious illness requested help with practical, emotional, spiritual, and quality of life needs; however, they rarely wanted advocacy (3%) or cancer or palliative care resources (5%) from support teams. Volunteers had difficulty limiting outreach to people with advanced cancer due to medical privacy concerns and awareness that others could benefit. Support teams are a promising model of peer support for African Americans facing advanced cancer and serious illness, with reach, adoption, and implementation superior to the lay advisor model. This formative initial evaluation provides evidence for feasibility and acceptance. Further research should examine the efficacy and potential for maintenance of this intervention.
Effects of Dietary Inclusion of Ground Pits of Date Palm ( Phoenix dactylifera ) Supplemented With Enzyme on Productive Performance, Egg Quality Traits and Blood Parameters of Laying Hens

Aims: This study was carried out to evaluate effects of dietary inclusion of ground pits of date palm (DP) ( Phoenix dactylifera ) supplemented with a bacterial endo-xylanase (Nutrase®) on performance of laying hens, egg quality traits and blood parameters. Study Design: Data were analyzed based on completely randomized design using GLM procedure of SAS (SAS Institute, 2003). Place and Duration of Study: All procedures used in this seven-week experiment were approved by the "Animal Ethics Committee of Razi University" and complied with the "Guidelines for the Care and Use of Animals in Research". Methodology: A total number of 144 Lohmann LSL-Lite hens were randomly divided in 24 cages. Based on a 3×2 factorial arrangement of treatments six iso-caloric and iso-nitrogenous experimental diets (ME =2720 Kcal/Kg and CP=15 g/Kg) including: I-corn-soybean meal-based control-1(C1), (EP), egg mass (EM) were daily collected, and feed conversion ratio (FCR) was calculated weekly. Egg quality traits were evaluated twice on weeks 3 and 7 of trial. Blood parameters were analyzed on week7 of trial. Results: Dietary treatments did not have significant effect on EP; EM. Dietary inclusion of DP had significant effect on FI and FCR. Among blood parameters only heterophil percentage was affected by dietary inclusion of DP. Conclusion: Ground pits of date palm can be included in laying hens' diets up to 24% with no adverse effect on EP; however, in terms of feed efficiency, egg shell weight and shell thickness and yolk color more studies in the future are appreciated.
Production and the characterization of avian crypt-villus enteroids and the effect of chemicals CURRENT STATUS: UNDER REVIEW

Background: Three-dimensional models of cell culture such as organoids and mini organs accord better advantage over regular cell culture because of their ability to simulate organ functions hence, used for disease modeling, metabolic research, and the development of therapeutics strategies. However, most advances in this area are limited to mammalian species with little progress in others such as poultry where it can be deployed to study problems of agricultural importance. In the course of enterocyte culture in chicken, we observed that intestinal mucosal villus-crypts self-repair and form spheroid-like structures which appear to be useful as ex vivo models to study enteric physiology and diseases. Results: The villus-crypts harvested from chicken intestinal mucosa were cultured to generate enteroids, purified by filtration then re cultured with different chemicals and growth factors to assess their response based on their morphological dispositions. Histochemical analyses using marker antibodies and probes showed the enteroids consisting different cell types such as epithelial, goblet, and enteroendocrine cells typical to villi and retain functional characteristics of intestinal mucosa. Conclusions: We present a simple procedure to generate avian crypt-villous enteroids containing different cell types. Because the absorptive cells are functionally positioned outwards, similar to the luminal enterocytes, the cells have better advantages to interact with the factors present in the culture medium. Thus, the enteroids have the potential to study the physiology, metabolism, and pathology of the intestinal villi and can be useful for preliminary screenings of the factors that may affect gut health in a cost-effective manner and reduce the use of live animals.
The horoboundary of outer space, and growth under random automorphisms

We show that the horoboundary of outer space for the Lipschitz metric is a quotient of Culler and Morgan's classical boundary, two trees being identified whenever their translation length functions are homothetic in restriction to the set of primitive elements of $F_N$. We identify the set of Busemann points with the set of trees with dense orbits. We also investigate a few properties of the horoboundary of outer space for the backward Lipschitz metric, and show in particular that it is infinite-dimensional when $N\ge 3$. We then use our description of the horoboundary of outer space to derive an analogue of a theorem of Furstenberg--Kifer and Hennion for random products of outer automorphisms of $F_N$, that estimates possible growth rates of conjugacy classes of elements of $F_N$ under such products.
Optimal Reconfiguration of Intelligent Distribution Networks in the Presence of DGs using TLBO Algorithm

(DG) is a better alternative to meet power demand near the load centers than centralized power generation. Optimal placement and sizing of DGs plays a crucial role in improving the performance of distribution systems in terms of network loss reduction, voltage profile improvement, reliability of power supply and stability issues. In this paper, a new method is proposed to solve intelligent distribution network reconfiguration in the presence of DGs aiming to minimize active power loss and improve voltage profile. Meta-heuristic optimization algorithm based on training-learning (TLBO) is used to reconfigure distribution network. In order to investigate different operational conditions of distribution systems and efficiency of the proposed method, different scenarios of network reconfiguration are simulated and studied. In order to illustrate performance and effectiveness of the proposed method, IEEE-33 bus radial distribution network is simulated at three different levels. In the proposed scenarios, presence or absence of DGs in different buses and effect of capacity of these sources is studied and simulated.
Log-Modulus for Knowledge Discovery in Databases of Financial Reports

—An alternative is proposed to the use of ra-tios in ﬁnancial predictive modelling. Such alternative, the “log-modulus”, overcomes limitations, which have hitherto thwarted most of the previous attempts to predict ﬁnancial attributes from data. Moreover, the use of log-modulus opens-up the prospect of performing Knowledge Discovery in Databases (KDD) of ﬁnancial reports. Using controlled experiments, the paper shows that models using log-modulus are accurate, robust and balanced in cases where ratios fail to deliver feasible results. The paper also provides a theoretical basis supporting the observed ability of log-modulus to allow knowledge discovery of ﬁnancial statements.
ONE HEALTH, INTEGRATIVE COMMUNITY THERAPY AND COVID-19: A FRATERNAL IMMERSION IN “ONE WORLD, ONE HEALTH”

: In an attempt to verify the points of convergence between One Health, Integrative Community Therapy (ICT) and aspects of the COVID-19 Pandemic, a critical essay was proposed, through a qualitative approach that aimed to bring an interdisciplinary, interprofessional and intersectoral reading on the subject. To better understand the concepts and practical aspects of One Health and ICT, it was proposed the adaptation of One Health Umbrella’s figure, with elements of the ICT. The approach of One Health and ICT in face of globalization, the aspects of its complexity and the individual and collective empowerment to reach the administrative spheres, both in the elaboration of the planning and in the definition of the protocols that, as a rule, touch the citizen's skin. Therefore, One Health and ICT are articulated around a unique and fraternal vision of life.
A Model of Low-risk Piracy A Model of Low-risk Piracy

Heterogeneous consumers make the decision to buy a durable good or to download a replica, and a monopolist chooses to price and protect their intellectual property in the form of an authentication cost. An optimal price and authentication cost is derived, and shown to be higher than the efficient outcome for a uniform distribution of consumers. The optimal selection of price and protection are shown to be commensurate with his authenticating technology, and the searching ability of consumers. As an extension, a layout for a monopolist problem where consumers have different searching abilities is shown to be indistinct from a homogeneous case when consumers are uniformly distributed.
and Backward Classes

Background: Caste, tribal and religious associations, which are perhaps the most important aspects of personal and social lives in India, have been neglected in the Indian suicide research Aim: To investigate suicide rates in India by religion, caste, tribe and other backward classes over the period of 2014-2015 Method: This study acquired unpublished suicide data from the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) for 2014 and 2015 with caste, tribal and religious associations of suicide cases. National and state-specific suicide rates (2014-2015) were then calculated for Hindus, Muslims, Christians, Sikhs and other religious groups and for Schedule Caste (SC), Schedule Tribe (ST) and Other Backward Classes (OBC) Results: The findings show higher suicide rates among Christian and Other religious groups compared to Hindus and higher suicide rates among general populations compared to SC, ST and OBC populations. However, the results varied among different regions highlighting substantial geographical heterogeneity of suicide rates across India by caste and religion Limitations: Suicide rates presented might be an under-estimation of the true rates Conclusion: Given the heterogeneity of minority/majority status by religion, caste, tribes and OBC in different states, further investigation between minority status and suicide is warranted
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1Department of Breast and Thyroid Surgery, Shandong Provincial Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Endocrinology, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of Vascular Surgery, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan, People’s Republic of China
Topics in Stochastic Control Theory Identification in Control and Econometrics: Similarities and Differences

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