Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
CHANGES IN CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF THE LEAVES AND ROOTS OF RED KIDNEY BEAN PLANTS TREATED WITH 2, 4-DICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID.

Introduction Investigators (2, 6, 7, 11) have shown that there is a depletion of carbohydrates and an accumulation of nitrogen in plants treated with 2, 4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2, 4-D). SELL et al. (10) have observed similar trends in the abnormally proliferated stem tissue of red kidney bean plants treated with 2, 4-D. Recently, LUECKE et at. (4) have reported that there are also pronounced changes in the content of some members of the vitanlin B complex and carotene in the leaf and stem tissue of red kidney bean plants treated with 2, 4-D. In view of these observations analyses were made to determine whether the leaf and root tissues of plants treated with 2, 4-D showed the marked differences in amino acids, ether extract, carbohydrates, ash and crude fiber content observed in the abnormally proliferated stem tissue of the treated plants (10). The results of these analyses are presented in this report. Materials and methods SAMPLES OF LEAF AND ROOT TISSUES Seeds of the red kidney bean were selected for uniformity of size and planted in 4-inch pots in the greenhouse. Each pot contained two plants which were treated when the first trifoliate leaves were expanding. Two replications of 200 plants each were used as a source of both treated and non-treated (control) plant material. One drop (.05 ml.) of a 0.1% solution of 2, 4-D was applied to the base of the blade of a primary leaf of each treated plant (6). The plants were harvested six days after treatment. At this time the stem tissue had proliferated considerably but there were no signs of necrosis. The material was dried according to the procedure given by LINK (3) and then segregated into the various parts, the hypocotyl, first internode and leaf petioles being grouped together as stem tissue. Analyses were made of leaves and roots separately.
ects of ozone concentrations on biogenic volatile organic compounds emission in the Mediterranean region

Measurements of air volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and ozone concentrations in dierent rural sites of Catalonia (NE Spain) were conducted during 1995 and 1996, and the eects of ozone concentrations on biogenic emissions of Mediterranean plants were studied in open top chambers. A signi®cant positive relationship was found between tropospheric ozone and VOC concentrations, which followed seasonal (maximum in early summer and minimum in early winter) and geographical (slightly larger concentrations in interior than in coastal sites) patterns. Results in the open top chambers fumigation experiments showed speciesspeci®c responses. There was no signi®cant eect of ozone on VOCs and terpene emission by Aleppo pines, Pinus halepensis L. , but there was an order of magnitude increase in VOC emission with increasing tropospheric ozone concentrations (plus 40 nl Lÿ1) in tomatoes, Solanum lycopersicum L. var. Tiny Tim. This response of tomato plants thus opens the possibility of a positive feedback for tropospheric ozone formation. # 1999 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
System-Level Design and Simulation of Nanomemoriesand Nanoprocessors

This paper describes in detail system designs and system simulations for electronic nanocomputers that are integrated on the molecular scale. These systems are considered here as consisting primarily of the combination of two component subsystems, nanomemories and nanoprocessors. Challenges are enumerated for the design and development of both of these ultra-densely integrated components. Various systemlevel designs or architectures are presented that have been proposed to meet these challenges. Detailed consideration is given for both nanomemories and nanoprocessors to system designs that are based upon arrays of crossed nanowires. In each case, a system simulation is performed to assess and to help optimize the prospective performance of the system component in advance of its fabrication. In the ongoing development of crossbar nanocomputer systems, these simulations have been integral to the refinement of designs because they assist in reducing the time and cost of such development.
Experimental Investigation of Cross-Flow Geothermal Water Cooling Tower Used for Agriculture Purposes in the South Tunisia

In Tunisia, geothermal water constitutes the main water resources potential for agriculture use in the south. However, vulnerability of crops to damage by high temperatures has driven the use of cooling towers for dropping temperature to an appropriate level for crop irrigation. Cross flow mechanical cooling towers widely spreads all over the south region of the country. These towers are sized empirically and present several problems in regard to operation and electrical energy consumption. This paper presents experimental results of tests performed on geothermal water cross-flow cooling tower in the south of Tunisia. The aim of the work has been to determine experimentally the governing parameters, their effects on cooling performances and the cooling tower characteristics. The obtained results are very important since they will contribute to design cooling towers with high efficiency, energy saving and adapted to the climate conditions of the south of Tunisia.
Effect of Feed Additives in Growing Lambs Fed Diets Containing Wet Brewers Grains

The study was conducted to evaluate and compare the effects of feed additives on ruminal fermentation, nutrient digestibility and performance of lambs fed diets containing 60% wet brewers grains (WBG). In Experiment 1, two simultaneous trials were conducted. Fifty intact (20.2±0.8 kg BW) lambs were used in a feedlot trial and 10 (rumen cannulated; 32±1 kg BW) in a digestion trial. The pH, volatile fatty acids (VFA) and ammonia-N in lambs were also estimated. Lambs were randomly assigned to one of five diets: i) without additives (Con), ii) with 1% bicarbonate (Bic), iii) with 1% bentonite (Ben), iv) with 33 mg/kg monensin (Mon) and v) with 200 mg/kg fibrolityc enzymes (Enz). In Experiment 2, 120 Rambouillet×Pelibuey intact male lambs (19.5±1.5 kg BW) were used in a feedlot trial and randomly assigned to four diets: i) without additives (control), ii) with 1% Bic, iii) with 33 mg/kg Mon and iv) with 1% Bic and 33 mg/kg Mon. In Experiment 1, lambs fed diets containing Bic or Mon had significantly higher final weight, DMI, ADG than other lambs. However, apparent DM, OM, CP, NDF and ADF digestibilities and ruminal individual VFA content were similar (p>0.05) among treatments. Conversely, treatment×collection period interaction was significant for ruminal pH and NH3. In Experiment 2, lambs fed diets containing a Bic and Mon combination had significantly higher final weight, DMI and ADG. It is concluded lambs fed
Vertebral Artery Involvement by Tympanojugular Paragangliomas: Management and Outcomes with a Proposed Addition to the Fisch Classification

Objectives: To present the management and outcomes of cases of tympanojugular paraganglioma (TJP) with vertebral artery (VA) involvement, and to propose the addition of the new ‘V’ category to the Fisch classification. Materials and Methods: Retrospective analysis of data from a quaternary neuro-otologic and skull base referral center. We studied 230 TJP patients to identify the cases with VA involvement and present their management, surgical findings and outcome. Results: Out of 230 patients, 8 patients were found to have VA involvement by TJP. The extradural artery was involved in 1 patient and the intradural VA was involved in 6 patients. The intradural and extradural VA were simultaneously involved in 1 patient. Seven of the 8 patients underwent surgery. In 2 patients, preoperative occlusion was performed (1 with balloon, 1 with coils). In 5 of these 7 patients, the tumor was successfully separated from the VA by microdissection with or without endovascular intervention. In another patient, the tumor together with the involved VA was removed. Of 7 patients who had surgery, 1 patient did not undergo endovascular intervention and had subtotal tumor removal from the VA. There were no serious complications in removing the tumor from around the VA. Conclusion: Although uncommon, the intradural or extradural VA can be involved by TJP. To avoid vascular accidents, the VA should be thoroughly evaluated at the planning stage. We advocate that the addition of a ‘V’ category would help to identify patients who need individualized VA management as part of a complete surgical evaluation.
Synergistic Effect of Azadirachtin and Bacillus thuringiensis against Bihar Hairy Caterpillar , Spilarctia obliqua

The commercial formulation Delfin® containing Bacillus thuringiensis var. kurstaki (Btk) serotype 3A, 3B, SA11 (WG) and Margo EconeemTM Plus (EC) based botanical insecticide containing azadirachtin 1% (10,000 ppm) were evaluated alone and in different sublethal combinations against 3rd instars of Spilarctia obliqua Walker (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae) under laboratory conditions. Leaf dip method was used for Btk whereas topical application for azadirachtin. The studies revealed that the LC 50 value of azadirachtin after 72 h post-treatment was 0.153% whereas, for Btk it was 0.145%. No synergistic effect was observed when treatment was given at LC20 level of Btk (0.021%) and LC30 level of azadirachtin (0.06%) up to 72 h post-treatment. However, synergistic effect was evident from the combinations at LC 25 level of Btk (0.003%) + LC25 level of a zadirachtin (0.004%) and LC30 treatment level of Btk (0.044%) + LC20 level of azadirachtin (0.031%) after 72 h. The studies suggest that combination of botanicals with microbes could be strategized for utilization in integrated management of S. obliqua.
Single‐Colony Derived Strains of Human Marrow Stromal Fibroblasts Form Bone After Transplantation In Vivo

Populations of marrow stromal fibroblasts (MSFs) can differentiate into functional osteoblasts and form bone in vivo. It is not known, however, what proportion of MSF precursor cells, colony forming units‐fibroblast (CFU‐Fs), have osteogenic potential. In the present study, analysis of bone formation in vivo by single‐colony derived strains of human marrow stromal fibroblasts (HMSFs) has been performed for the first time. Each strain originated from an individual CFU‐F and underwent four passages in vitro prior to subcutaneous implantation into immunodeficient mice within vehicles containing hydroxyapatite‐tricalcium phosphate ceramic. Multicolony derived HMSF strains were also transplanted to serve as positive controls. After 8 weeks, abundant bone formation was found in the transplants of all multicolony derived HMSF strains, whereas 20 out of 34 (58.8%) single‐colony derived strains from four donors formed bone. Immunostaining with antibody directed against human osteonectin and in situ hybridization for human‐specific alu sequences demonstrated that cells forming new bone were of human origin and were vital for at least 45 weeks post‐transplantation. Both the incidence of bone‐forming colonies and the extent of bone formation by single‐colony derived HMSF strains were increased by cultivation with dexamethasone and ascorbic acid phosphate. Other factors, including type of transplantation vehicle, morphology, size, and structure of the original HMSF colonies showed no obvious correlation with the incidence or extent of bone formation. Hematopoietic tissue within the newly formed bone was developed in the transplants exhibiting exuberant bone formation. These results provide evidence that individual human CFU‐Fs have osteogenic potential and yet differ from each other with respect to their osteogenic capacity.
Is B-type natriuretic peptide clinically useful after pediatric heart transplantation?

The evidence for BNP-guided management of pediatric heart transplant recipients is scarce. A search in PubMed with no date or language restriction resulted in 8 studies reporting relation between BNP and rejection, 2 studies on the time course of BNP levels after heart transplantation, one study each reporting relationship of BNP with cardiac allograft vasculopathy and post-transplant mortality. So far, the data available can only support BNP as an adjunctive marker, not a stand-alone test, in the screening of hemodynamically significant cardiac pathology in pediatric heart transplant recipients. A serial intraindividual measurements of BNP level rather than an absolute cut-off value, can be useful in combination with the patient’s clinical condition to facilitate management of post-heart transplant care in children. *Correspondence to: Bibhuti B. Das, MD, FAAP, FACC, Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital Heart Institute Memorial Health Care, 1150 North 35 Avenue, Hollywood, FL 33021, USA, E-mail: bdas99@hotmail.com Received: January 09, 2019; Accepted: January 18, 2019; Published: January 24, 2019 Abbreviations: BNP: Brian type natriuretic peptide; HT: heart transplant; CAV: cardiac allograft vasculopathy; EMB: endomyocardial biopsy
Efficacy and Safety of Atorvastatin in the Prevention of Cardiovascular End Points in Subjects With Type 2 Diabetes: The Atorvastatin Study for Prevention of Coronary Heart Disease Endpoints in Non-Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus (ASPEN)

From theAutoimmunity and Transplantation Division, The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, Victoria, Australia; and the Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia. Address correspondence to Spiros Fourlanos, Division of Autoimmunity and Transplantation, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, 1G Royal Parade Melbourne, Victoria VIC 3050, Australia. E-mail: fourlanos@wehi.edu. au. DOI: 10.2337/dc-06-1565 © 2006 by the American Diabetes Association.
Text Summarization for Chatbots

Recent advances in speech recognition and natural language understanding have brought an edge to the communication between humans and computers. With personal assistants and chatbots slowly becoming parts of our lives, we implement a conversational platform built on Amazon Alexa Skills, providing a user with summarized content of a Wikipedia website. A comprehensive overview of the state of the art in dialogue systems and unstructured text summarization areas is provided, and an extractive latent semantic analysis and abstractive discourse-aware attention model are evaluated on publicly available datasets. Word2vec word embeddings are further proposed and validated as a possible improvement. The selected approach is implemented into the chatbot providing a practical use case.
VIRULENCE OF WILT PATHOGENS AGAINST PEPPER CULTIVARS IN EGYPT

Pepper is considered one of the most important vegetable crops in Egypt. Wilt is a serious disease attacking pepper plants causing considerable loss of pepper productivity. One hundred and thirty-nine isolates related to 4 genera and 7 species were recovered from 40 wilted pepper plant samples (from each of the root and stem) collected from 15 localities in Assiut and Behera Governorates in Egypt . These species were encountered in the following order of number of isolates: Fusarium solani > F. oxysporum > Alternaria alternata > Macrophomina phaseolina > F. verticillioides > F. subglutinans > Acremonium strictum. Sixty isolates were tested for their pathogenicity and aggressiveness under greenhouse conditions. The highest pathogenic strains were related to Fusarium oxysporum, Macrophomina phaseolina and F. solani. The pathogenicity of these 3 species was tested against 4 cultivars of pepper (sweat balady, hot balady, sweat hybrid and hot hybrid) and the results revealed that Fusarium oxysporum (AUMC11424) showed the highest severity for all cultivars tested. On the other hand, sweat balady was the most susceptible cultivar to the pathogens while hot hybrid was the most resistant.
Situational Context : A Core Leadership Dimension

It is important for leaders to know what is going on around them. Understanding and managing situations is a core dimension of leadership and a key area of accountability for leaders. After reviewing some relevant literature, a practice oriented framework is offered which focuses on four spheres of influence and is operationalized through a management cycle. A review of the application value, implications and challenges of this approach is provided. With increasing accountability for organizational outcomes, such as stakeholder well-being and ethical conduct, this approach gives practitioners a way to understand and manage the dynamics associated with situational context.
Is knee joint proprioception worse in the arthritic knee versus the unaffected knee in unilateral knee osteoarthritis?

OBJECTIVE Neuromuscular joint protection requires proprioceptive input and motor output. Impairment of proprioception in knee osteoarthritis (OA) may contribute to, and/or result from, the disease. If this impairment was exclusively a local result of OA, a between-knee difference would be expected in patients with unilateral OA (UOA). To explore causal directions, 2 hypotheses were tested: 1) proprioception is worse in UOA patients versus elderly controls; 2) proprioception is worse in the arthritic knee versus the unaffected knee in UOA patients. METHODS Twenty-eight UOA patients (Kellgren-Lawrence grade > or =2 in 1 knee and <2 in the other knee) and 29 elderly controls were enrolled. The unaffected knee of each UOA patient and both knees of the elderly controls were required to meet symptom, examination, and radiographic criteria. Proprioception (detection threshold of joint displacement after slow, passive, automated knee motion), body mass index, pain, functional status, range of motion, and laxity were measured. RESULTS UOA patients had worse proprioception than did elderly controls, in either knee. A between-knee difference was not found in UOA patients. CONCLUSION Impaired proprioception is not exclusively a local result of disease in knee OA. The relative importance of impaired proprioception in the development and progression of knee OA will require longitudinal study.
An impacted oesophageal foreign body in a physically abused child

Physicians under-report cases of child abuse or child maltreatment. We present a case of an impacted oesophageal foreign body in a physically abused child. S.H. is a 7-year-old male child who accidentally ingested metal clip while being assaulted by his paternal uncle whom he resides with. He presented with dysphagia, odynophagia and drooling of saliva and urgent x-ray soft tissue neck revealing the presence of the metallic foreign body in the prevertebral region. He had emergency oesophagoscopy with the removal of foreign body, did well and was discharged home 4th day postoperatively after parental counselling. It remains the responsibility of paediatric healthcare providers to consider child maltreatment as a differential diagnosis of any unexplained injury or medical problems, including oesophageal foreign body impaction.
Work engagement in Europe : Relations with national economy , governance and culture

This paper is the first to analyze differences in work engagement across countries using a well-validated measure and representative samples from thirty-five European countries. Rather than individual levels of work engagement, mean levels of work engagement of the country's workforce are analyzed. So far, only international consultancy firms performed such national comparisons. However, these comparisons are either based on proprietary measures of engagement with unknown reliability and validity or on nonrepresentative national samples, and mostly on both. Yet there is a great need for such cross-national comparisons since employee engagement is a priority in many internationally operating businesses. A deeper insight into crossnational differences in work engagement is therefore conducive for establishing and evaluating corporate engagement policies. The current paper uses work engagement data from the 6th European Working Conditions Survey (EWCS) — 2015. The EWCS assesses and quantifies the working conditions of workers and the self-employed, analyses relationships between different aspects of working conditions, identifies groups at risk and issues of concern, and monitors progress and trends. A European agency called Eurofound carries out the EWCS and a market research company did the fieldwork between February and December 2015. In total 43,850 workers were interviewed in thirty-five countries, which include the twenty-eight member-states of the European Union, the five candidate countries for EU membership — Albania, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Turkey — as well as Norway and Switzerland. The target population for the EWCS consists of all residents from these countries aged above 15 or older and in employment at the
Haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis in association with granular lymphocyte proliferative disorders in early childhood: characteristic bone marrow morphology

Five paediatric cases of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) which showed proliferation of granular atypical lymphocytoid cells in bone marrow are reported. All cases were girls aged 8 months to 4 years who had marked hepatosplenomegaly. Marker analysis on peripheral blood mononuclear cells revealed an increase in the CD3+HLADR+ subset in three cases and the CD3−CD56+ subset in one case. An Epstein‐Barr virus genome was detected in three cases, and monoclonality was confirmed in two cases. A characteristic morphology of large granular lymphocytes (LGL) was identified, with elongated bizarre features that resembled horsetail‐, tadpole‐, cucumber‐ or shooting star‐type configurations on the bone marrow smear. Serum concentrations of soluble interleukin‐2 receptor and interferon‐gamma were elevated in all cases. All five cases required multi‐agent chemotherapy which resulted in two complete remissions, two partial remissions and one no response. Refinement of treatment is required for these paediatric GLPD cases which probably comprise a specific high‐risk subgroup among secondary HLH patients which had previously escaped notice.
Flexible ureterorenoscopy versus percutaneous nephrolithotomy in the semisupine-lithotomy position for treatment of lower pole renal stones of 10-20 mm

Purpose: The aim of this study was to compare the clinical therapeutic effects of flexible ureteroscope lithotripsy (FUL) and percutaneous nephrolithotripsy (PCNL) in the semisupine-lithotomy position for unilateral lower pole calculi with a diameter of 10-20 mm. Patients and methods: A total of 83 patients with unilateral lower pole calculi with a diameter of 10-20 mm were prospectively analyzed from January 2016 to April 2018. A total of 38 cases were treated with PCNL in the semisupine-lithotomy position (PCNL group), while 45 cases were treated with FUL (FUL group). Operative time, hospitalization time, hemoglobin decrease after the operation, success rate of lithotomy, complications, and economical costs were compared between the 2 groups. Results: Treatment was completed successfully in the 2 groups. No serious complications (Clavien III-V) occurred in either group. Stone-free rate of FUL was 88.1%, while that of the PCNL group was 93.8. There were no statistically significant differences (P = 0.07). Operative times and economical costs in the FUL group were significantly higher than those in the PCNL group: (107.8 ± 28.74) min vs. (67.7 ± 20.42) min and (14,605 ± 1,754) yuan vs. (20,142 ± 2,759) yuan. Hemoglobin decreased after the operation and postoperative hospital stay times were significantly lower than those in the PCNL group: (0.65 ± 0.39) g/L vs. (6.12 ± 3.94) g/L and (4.92 ± 0.68) days versus (6.84 ± 1.48) days. There were statistically significant differences (P < 0.001). Conclusion: Implementation of PCNL in the semisupine-lithotomy position and FUL for treatment of lower pole renal calculi 10-20 mm is feasible and safe. Success rates of lithotripsy of the two groups are similar. FUL has less trauma and economical costs, with shorter hospitalization times.