Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Tribulus terrestris fruit extract improves antioxidant defense in female reproductive tract : A comprehensive study in diabetic rats

Objectives: The role of reactive oxygen species (ROS) within female reproductive system is complex and oxidative stress can contribute to infertility, given the fact that diabetes mellitus strongly affects fallopian tubes, ovaries and uterus. Tribulus terrestris (family-Zygophyllaceae) is known for medicinal value and fruit is rich in saponins, flavonoids and antioxidants. In this study the antioxidant potential of Tribulus terrestris fruit (TTF) on diabetic female reproductive tract is assessed. Material and methods: Wistar strain, female rats were induced diabetes by STZ (45 mg/kgbw) and supplemented with graded doses of TTF ethanolic extract (50-250 mg/kgbw) for 30-days to measure the counter effects. Studies were directed to evaluate diabetes caused changes in blood glucose, body weight and antioxidant enzyme activities in female reproductive tract upon exposure of phytoextracts. Results and Conclusions: Normalcy in body weight and blood glucose levels was evident upon TTF supplementation on and beyond 19th-day of extract exposure and among supplemented doses 200 mg/kgbw found to be efficient to quench the free radicals and ameliorated the status of antioxidant enzymes viz., SOD, CAT, GPx, GST and GSH. TTF extract in 200 mg/kgbw dose improves endogenous antioxidant defense system, thereby recommended for therapeutic use as an alternative to current modalities for the management of diabetes.
- The Effects of Enteral Feeding Improvement Massage ( EFIM )-The Effects of Enteral Feeding Improvement Massage ( EFIM ) on Premature Infants : A randomized controlled trial

The Effects of Enteral Feeding Improvement Massage (EFIM) For Premature InfantsRandomized control trial Aims and objectives. This study was conducted to prove the effects of an enteral feeding improvement massage (EFIM) for premature infants with regard to their feeding, growing, and superior mesenteric blood flow (SMA) blood flow aspect by a randomized control trial.
cell phone users and musicians ) or by direct trauma to the ulnar nerve along its superficial path in the elbow as with excessive leaning on the elbows among office workers and drivers [

Background There are no population-based studies of return to work after ulnar neuropathy at the elbow (UNE). We examine the predictors of return to work following a diagnosis of work-related UNE. Methods Workers diagnosed with work-related UNE between 1995 and 2000 were identified from the administrative records of the Washington State workers’ compensation system (n1⁄4 2,863). The medical records of 250 randomly selected surgical cases were reviewed. The end of wage replacement, our primary outcome, is a surrogate marker of the potential ability to return to work. Cox proportional hazards regression analyses were used to model duration of wage replacement as a function of select sociodemographic, clinical, electrodiagnostic, and disability predictors. Results The mean wage replacement and medical benefits paid per case were $19,100 and $15,200, respectively. Older age, concomitant carpal tunnel syndrome, receipt of wage replacement benefits prior to diagnosis, and longer diagnostic delays were associated with lower return to work potential after injury. Type of treatment (surgical or conservative care) was not associated with return to work. Among surgically treated workers, receipt of wage replacement before establishing a diagnosis was inversely associated with return to work in multivariate models that included clinical severity and electrodiagnostic criteria. Conclusion Work-related UNE is a common and costly occupational health challenge. Efforts to accurately diagnose UNE and maximize functional recovery should start in the first medical encounter. Older workers, those who have concomitant carpal tunnel syndrome, or who are already receiving wage replacement benefits at the time of diagnosis deserve special attention. Am. J. Ind. Med. 53:1242–1251, 2010. 2010 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
Resistance Training Fibril Morphology and Tendon Mechanical Properties in Patellar Tendinopathy : Effects of Heavy Slow

http://ajs.sagepub. com/content/38/4/749 The online version of this article can be found at: DOI: 10.1177/0363546509350915 2010 38: 749 originally published online February 12, 2010 Am J Sports Med Peter Magnusson Mads Kongsgaard, Klaus Qvortrup, Jytte Larsen, Per Aagaard, Simon Doessing, Philip Hansen, Michael Kjaer and S. Resistance Training Fibril Morphology and Tendon Mechanical Properties in Patellar Tendinopathy: Effects of Heavy Slow
Regulatory federalism in network industries

This article starts by surveying the literature on economic federalism and relating it to network industries. Some new developments (which focus on the role of inter-jurisdictional externalities and multiple objectives) are then added and used to analyze regulatory arrangements in telecommunications and energy in the EU and the US. Although central or federal policy making is more focused and specialized and makes it difficult for more interest groups to organize, it is not clear that under all conditions central powers will not be associated with underinvestment. When technology makes the introduction of competition in some segments possible, the possibilities for organizing the institutional architecture of regulation expand.
Quantifying the role of atmospheric rivers in the interior western United States

Atmospheric rivers (ARs) have increasingly been recognized for their contribution to high‐impact weather and climate variability. A recent investigation based on observations located primarily in lowland valleys and basins of the western United States suggests that 10–50% of the total cool season (November to April) precipitation between water years 1998 and 2008 occurred on the day of and day following AR landfall (hereafter the AR fraction), as identified using Special Sensor Microwave Imager data. However, these results are based only on ARs crossing the North American west coast between 32.5°N and 52.5°N, which excludes those crossing the west coast of the Baja Peninsula. Here, we identify ARs in the ERA‐Interim reanalysis and examine the AR fraction at high‐elevation observational sites and in the NOAA/CPC Unified Daily Precipitation Analysis. At high‐elevation snowpack telemetry sites, we find good agreement with the AR fraction obtained previously for valley and basin locations. We also show that including ARs crossing the west coast of the Baja Peninsula (as far south as 24°N) substantially increases the AR fraction over the southwestern United States. Copyright © 2012 Royal Meteorological Society
Enhanced expr ssion of Rhizobium etli cbb 3 oxidase i proves drought toler nce of common bean symbiotic nitrogen fixation

In mammals, cadmium is widely considered as a non-genotoxic carcinogen acting through a methylation-dependent epigenetic mechanism. Here, the effects of Cd treatment on the DNA methylation patten are examined together with its effect on chromatin reconfiguration in Posidonia oceanica. DNA methylation level and pattern were analysed in actively growing organs, under short(6 h) and long(2 d or 4 d) term and low (10 mM) and high (50 mM) doses of Cd, through a Methylation-Sensitive Amplification Polymorphism technique and an immunocytological approach, respectively. The expression of one member of the CHROMOMETHYLASE (CMT) family, a DNA methyltransferase, was also assessed by qRT-PCR. Nuclear chromatin ultrastructure was investigated by transmission electron microscopy. Cd treatment induced a DNA hypermethylation, as well as an up-regulation of CMT, indicating that de novo methylation did indeed occur. Moreover, a high dose of Cd led to a progressive heterochromatinization of interphase nuclei and apoptotic figures were also observed after long-term treatment. The data demonstrate that Cd perturbs the DNA methylation status through the involvement of a specific methyltransferase. Such changes are linked to nuclear chromatin reconfiguration likely to establish a new balance of expressed/repressed chromatin. Overall, the data show an epigenetic basis to the mechanism underlying Cd toxicity in plants.
L-space knots are fibered and strongly quasipositive

We give a new, conceptually simpler proof of the fact that knots in $S^3$ with positive L-space surgeries are fibered and strongly quasipositive. Our motivation for doing so is that this new proof uses comparatively little Heegaard Floer-specific machinery and can thus be translated to other forms of Floer homology. We carried this out for instanton Floer homology in our recent article "Instantons and L-space surgeries", and used it to generalize Kronheimer and Mrowka's results on $SU(2)$ representations of fundamental groups of Dehn surgeries.
Finite Temperature Drude Weight of the One-Dimensional Spin- 1 / 2 Heisenberg Model

Using the Bethe ansatz method, the zero frequency contribution (Drude weight) to the spin current correlations is analyzed for the easy plane antiferromagnetic Heisenberg model. The Drude weight is a monotonically decreasing function of temperature for all 0<Delta< 1, it approaches the zero temperature value with a power law and it appears to vanish for all finite temperatures at the isotropic Delta=1 point.
Computational Complexity of Probabilistic Disambiguation by means of Tree-Grammars

This paper studies the computational complexity of disambiguation under probabilistic tree-grammars and context-free grammars. It presents a proof that the following problems are NP-hard: computing the Most Probable Parse (MPP) from a sentence or from a word-graph, and computing the Most Probable Sentence (MPS) from a word-graph. The NP-hardness of computing the MPS from a word-graph also holds for Stochastic Context-Free Grammars. Consequently, the existence of deterministic polynomial-time algorithms for solving these disambiguation problems is a highly improbable event.
EFFECTS OF CORE STABILITY ON JUNIOR MALE SOCCER PLAYERS’ BALANCE: RANDOMIZED CONTROL TRIAL

Despite the widespread popularity of the Core Stability Trainings (CST), research has not yet to establish specific guidelines that provide the most beneficial and deliberate protocols for young athletes. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of 8-week Stable Surface Core Stability Training Program on static and dynamic balance tasks with dominant and non-dominant foot stance among twelve-year-old soccer players. Fifteen of the soccer players were in the experimental group (age=148.67 ±3.37 months, Height= 154.19±9.43 cm., Weight= 45.52±7.91kg.), 11 of them were (age=145.73 ±3.84 months, Height= 152.36±6.05 cm., Weight=45.19±7.85kg.) in the control group. Participants completed 16 CST sessions over 8 weeks. Protocol was progressive as from static stable surface movements to dynamic movements. Static and dynamic balance measured by Force Platform (Bertec, Custom Made). Participants performed time-to-stabilization test for dynamic balance task. Averaged mean sway value in Anterio-Posterior and Medio-Lateral direction was used to evaluate unilateral static balance task. The effect of CST program on dynamic balance performance was assessed by 2 x 2 (Group x Time) univariate analysis of variance with repeated measures and effect on static balance with univariate analysis of variance (2 x 2). Participating in soccer exercises improved dynamic balance for both dominant and non-dominant foot (p .05). Significant effect was observed for implementation in Medio-Lateral direction for dominant foot (p< .05). Eight week stable surface CST improved stabilization time and static balance in Medio-Lateral direction for dominant foot, but not for non-dominant among participants
Among Healthy Adults Insulin Sensitivity Following Exercise Interventions : Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Outcomes-Jun

Objective: Although exercise can improve insulin sensitivity, no adequate synthesis exists of exercise intervention studies with regard to their effect on insulin sensitivity. This comprehensive meta-analysis synthesized the insulin sensitivity outcomes of supervised exercise interventions. Method: Extensive literature searching located published and unpublished intervention studies that measured insulin sensitivity outcomes. Eligible studies tested supervised exercise interventions among healthy adults. Primary study characteristics and results were coded. Random-effects meta-analyses of standardized mean differences included moderator analyses. Results: Data were synthesized across 2509 subjects (115 samples, 78 reports). The overall mean effect size for 2-group postintervention comparisons was 0.38 (95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.25-0.51, I = 0%) and for 2-group pre–post comparisons was 0.43 (95% CI = 0.30-0.56, I = 52%; higher mean insulin sensitivity for treatment than control subjects). The postintervention mean of 0.38 is consistent with treatment subjects ending studies with a mean fasting insulin of 6.8 mU/L if control participants’ mean fasting insulin were 7.9 mU/L. Exploratory moderator analyses did not document different insulin sensitivity effect sizes across intervention characteristics or sample attributes. Conclusion: This study documented that exercise is a valuable primary care and community health strategy for healthy adults to improve insulin sensitivity and lower the risk for diabetes conferred by insulin resistance.
Subjective Knee Form : Validity and Reproducibility Translation and Cross-Cultural Adaptation of the Brazilian Version of the International Knee

http://ajs.sagepub. com/content/38/9/1894 The online version of this article can be found at: DOI: 10.1177/0363546510365314 2010 38: 1894 originally published online May 14, 2010 Am J Sports Med Leonardo Metsavaht, Gustavo Leporace, Marcelo Riberto, Maria Matilde de Mello Sposito and Luiz Alberto Batista Documentation Committee Subjective Knee Form: Validity and Reproducibility Translation and Cross-Cultural Adaptation of the Brazilian Version of the International Knee
Determinant Factors of The Performance Indicator of Local Government (Study towards Performance Indicator of Economic Growth and Open Unemployment Rate in Sidoarjo Regency)

Indicator of performance is an aspect to evaluate how successful local government is in carrying out development plan that had been established previously. The indicator is frequently referred to as Key Performance Indicator ( Indikator Kerja Utama / IKU ) stated in Medium-Term Development Planning of Local Government ( Rencana Pembangunan Jangka Menengah Daerah/RPJMD ), a document elaborating 5-year development planning. Implementation of development programs and activities by local government is an effort to achieve the targeted performance. Various, different factors affect successful achievement of the indicators of performance. The objective of the study was to describe several factors that affected the achievement of the development performance indicator, more particularly one for economic growth ( Pertumbuhan Ekonomi/ PE ) and open unemployment rate ( Tingkat Pengangguran Terbuka/ TPT ). The descriptive quantitative study analyzed quantitative indicators to describe specific dimension of the economic growth and open unemployment rate. Based on the analysis, the determinant factors for the economic growth in Sidoarjo were financial services and insurance sector, as well as unemployment variable, while those of the open unemployment rate were number of unemployment supported by inflation rate, economic growth and education level. In other words, local governments should focus on the most determinant factors to get priority for intervention programs and local government activities.
SWEDISH MEN AND WOMEN'S MOBILITY PATTERNS: ISSUES OF SOCIAL EQUITY AND ECOLOGICAL SUSTAINABILITY

If it is assumed that all individuals in Sweden are socially and legally equal and that this results in similar mobility needs in order to fulfill the demands of modern lifestyles, then similar travel patters between men and women should be implied. However, in travel studies and studies about automobility from the US, Scandinavia and England the car is explicitly or strongly implicitly discussed as a male form of transportation. The first aim of this paper is to describe some of the difference between men and women's use of the car in Sweden and secondly to explore how these differences can be understood, and discussed in terms of social equity and ecological sustainability.
Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries Shallow Medial Tibial Plateau and Steep Medial and Lateral Tibial Slopes : New Risk Factors for

http://ajs.sagepub. com/content/38/1/54 The online version of this article can be found at: DOI: 10.1177/0363546509349055 2010 38: 54 originally published online October 21, 2009 Am J Sports Med Eugene Dabezies and Bruce D. Beynnon Javad Hashemi, Naveen Chandrashekar, Hossein Mansouri, Brian Gill, James R. Slauterbeck, Robert C. Schutt, Jr, Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries Shallow Medial Tibial Plateau and Steep Medial and Lateral Tibial Slopes : New Risk Factors for
Serum hepcidin level and rheumatoid arthritis disease activity

Objective The present study aimed to determine the relationship between the serum hepcidin level and disease activity in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Methods This study was conducted on 80 patients with RA (36 cases with anemia of chronic disease [ACD] and 44 patients without ACD). Disease activity was measured by the 28-joint Disease Activity Score based on the erythrocyte sedimentation rate (DAS28-ESR). According to the DAS28-ESR score, 52 and 28 cases were categorized as inactive to moderately active RA (DAS28-ESR≤5.1) and highly active RA (DAS28-ESR>5.1), respectively. In addition, the serum hepcidin level was evaluated in all patients to determine its correlation with the DAS28-ESR score. Results There was no significant difference between the RA with ACD and RA without ACD groups in terms of the median (interquartile range) hepcidin level (1207 [985.2] vs. 923.8 [677.3] ng/mL; P=0.57). Likewise, no significant difference was observed between the active RA and inactive to moderately active RA groups in this regard (1131.8 [991.3] vs. 1090.9 [631.4] ng/mL; P=0.53). Conclusion Hepcidin has no association with disease activity in RA. Therefore, it is not necessary to measure hepcidin to determine the RA activity.
Broilers Welfare and Economics under Two Management Alternatives on Commercial Scale

An experiment was conducted to clarify the effect of two management systems (cages Vs floor system) on welfare status and economics of broiler chicks. Two commercial flocks each of about 12375 day old Hubbard broiler chicks of mixed sex were housed in two fully environmentally controlled pens (cage and floor pens) from 0-6 weeks of age. Welfare was assessed through bird's performance, behavior, fearfulness and Heterophil: lymphocyte ratio (HLR). Compared to cage reared group, floor reared broilers recorded significantly heavier final body weight, body weight gain, better feed conversion and lower mortalities throughout the whole rearing period (0-6 weeks). Behavioral data showed that, caged birds were more often standing and stereotyped drinking, however floor reared group showed more walking, feeding and pecking. Total prevalence of gait problems and (HLR) were significantly higher in cage than floor group. Economic analysis revealed that, rearing broilers on floor was more profitable than cage rearing system. Data obtained in this experiment suggested that the welfare status of broilers was compromised under cage conditions as indicated by impaired performance, increased mortalities, higher prevalence of leg problems, stereotyped behavior and higher (HLR). In conclusion, cages are not recommended as a management system for rearing broilers from both the economic and welfare points of view.
The role of pre‐existing structures during rifting, continental breakup and transform system development, offshore West Greenland

Continental breakup between Greenland and North America produced the small oceanic basins of the Labrador Sea and Baffin Bay, which are connected via the Davis Strait, a region mostly comprised of continental crust. This study contributes to the debate regarding the role of pre‐existing structures on rift development in this region using seismic reflection data from the Davis Strait data to produce a series of seismic surfaces, isochrons and a new offshore fault map from which three normal fault sets were identified as (i) NE‐SW, (ii) NNW‐SSE and (iii) NW‐SE. These results were then integrated with plate reconstructions and onshore structural data allowing us to build a two‐stage conceptual model for the offshore fault evolution in which basin formation was primarily controlled by rejuvenation of various types of pre‐existing structures. During the first phase of rifting between at least Chron 27 (ca. 62 Ma; Palaeocene), but potentially earlier, and Chron 24 (ca. 54 Ma; Eocene) faulting was primarily controlled by pre‐existing structures with oblique normal reactivation of both the NE‐SW and NW‐SE structural sets in addition to possible normal reactivation of the NNW‐SSE structural set. In the second rifting stage between Chron 24 (ca. 54 Ma; Eocene) and Chron 13 (ca. 35 Ma; Oligocene), the sinistral Ungava transform fault system developed due to the lateral offset between the Labrador Sea and Baffin Bay. This lateral offset was established in the first rift stage possibly due to the presence of the Nagssugtoqidian and Torngat terranes being less susceptible to rift propagation. Without the influence of pre‐existing structures the manifestation of deformation cannot be easily explained during either of the rifting phases. Although basement control diminished into the post‐rift, the syn‐rift basins from both rift stages continued to influence the location of sedimentation possibly due to differential compaction effects. Variable lithospheric strength through the rifting cycle may provide an explanation for the observed diminishing role of basement structures through time.
ffects of land use and insecticides on natural enemies of aphids in otton : First evidence from smallholder agriculture in the orth China Plain

Studies conducted in the USA and Europe have shown that diverse landscapes in general support greater natural enemy abundance. No quantitative evidence on the relationship between land use diversity and natural enemies has been reported from developing countries, where fields and farms are much smaller than in modernized agriculture in the west, and where insecticide use is often high and indiscriminate. This paper examines the effects of land use and farmers’ insecticide application on natural enemies of aphids in cotton production, based on a unique dataset that links household and cotton field surveys to a detailed assessment of land uses in the landscapes surrounding the cotton fields in the North China Plain (NCP), a major grain and cotton production region in China. Our results show that, in the NCP where farms are small and landscape is dominated by a few crops, Shannon or Simpson land use diversity index otton cosystem services is not a good indicator for explaining the relationship between land use and densities of aphid natural enemies. Instead, the types and proportions of cropland habitat mattered. Landscapes with more maize and grassland have higher ladybeetle populations in cotton fields. Farmers’ pest management practices such as the amount and timing of insecticide use significantly affect ladybeetle densities. These results imply that there is a need to recognize the potential positive role of cropland use in pest management s ins and call for more judiciou