Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
ASCORBIC AND SALICYLIC ACIDS AS WELL AS SEAWEED AND YEAST EXTRACTS ALTERED STRESS-RELATED METABOLITES AND ENHANCED YIELD AND ITS QUALITY OF SALT- STRESSED SOYBEAN ( GLYCINE MAX ]L.[ MERRILL ).

The alleviation effects of ascorbic (AsA) and salicylic (SA) acids as well as seaweed (SWE) and yeast (YE) extracts against salinity stress on soybean plant were evaluated. Two experiments were conducted at the greenhouse and labs. of the Agric. Bot. Dept., Fac. of Agric. , Mansoura Univ., and Seed Technology Research Unit, Field Crops Research Institute, Agric. Research Center, during the two growing Seasons 2010 and 2011. Salt stress was imposed by dissolving natural salt crust in tap water to obtain saline irrigation water at 5000,6000,7000,8000 and 9000 mgL -1 . Results indicated that all tested substances partially restored the salinity induced decrease in seed yield, with AsA and YE were the most effective in this respect. Total phenols, proline and endogenous ascorbic acid contents were increased in response to either salinity stress , stress alleviators or their interaction. The ratio between Na and K in both shoots and roots was decreased in response to stress alleviators. In addition, seed oil and protein contents were increased in salt– stressed , stress alleviatorstreated plants compared with salt-stressed only plants. In addition, results indicated that the alleviative effect of the applied stress mitigators was evident not only on salt-stressed plants but also on their descendant seeds where their germination, vigour, and seedling establishment were enhanced. It is concluded that AsA, SA, SWE and YE, preferably the first and the latter, could be used to maintain yield of soybean growing in salt-affected soils.
Study of awareness of Human Papiloma Virus and HPV vaccine among medical students

Cervical cancer is the second most common cancer among women worldwide. Cancer cervix is caused by Human papilloma virus. Despite high prevalence, awareness of HPV is generally poor in most of the countries. This study was to assess HPV and HPV vaccine awareness, HPV-related knowledge, and attitudes towards HPV vaccination among medical students. A cross-sectional study was conducted from August to November 2013 to assess the level of awareness about various aspects of HPV infection and vaccine among medical students. According to 109 (69.4%) students carcinoma cervix was the most common cancer in women in India. Almost 137(87.3%) of the students knew HPV was the causative agent for ca cervix but only 115 (73.2%) answered common strains of HPV in causation of ca cervix. Almost 97(61.8%) students knew that HPV vaccine prevents carcinoma cervix. Almost 81 (97.6%) of the girls opined that they would like to get vaccinated while 137 (87.3%) students agreed that they will advice vaccination to others. Low level of awareness was observed among the students.
PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE OF MAIZE HYBRIDS TO NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS FERTILIZATION

Two field experiments were conducted at the Experimental Farm, Gemmeiza Agriculture Research station, Agricultural Research Center white maize (ARC), Egypt during two growing seasons (2014 and 2015), to study the response of two maize hybrids i.e., white maize single cross 128 and yellow maize single cross 176 to four nitrogen fertilizer levels i.e. 0, 45, 90 and 135 kg N/fad. , and three phosphorus fertilizer levels i.e. 0, 15.5 and 31 kg P2O5/fad. Concerning the obtained results, SC 128 outyielded SC 176 in grain and biological yields (combined data) due to superiority in days to 50% tassiling and silking, leaf chlorophyll content, ear leaf area, leaf area index, relative photosynthetic potential for stover yield/plant, ear length and diameter, stem diameter, number of grains/row, hundred grain weight as well as grain and stover yields/plant, while SC. 176 gave the highest mean for each of plant height and relative photosynthetic potential for grain yield/plant. No significant differences among maize hybrid could be detected in relative photosynthetic potential for biological yield/plant, number of rows/ear, ear leaf efficiency and migration coefficient. Data of combined analysis revealed that addition of nitrogen (N) fertilizer and raising its rate up to 135 kg N/fad. , was accompanied by asignificant increase in each of leaf chlorophyll content (mg m), plant height, leaf area index (LAI), ear length and diameter, stem diameter, number of rows/ear, number of grains/row, hundred grain weight, grain and stover yields/plant, ear leaf efficacy and migration coefficient, but relative photosynthetic potential for both stover and biological yields/plant were decreased. Increase of phosphorus (P) level up to 31 kg P2O5/fad. , was followed by a significant increase in grain yield/fad. , and almost all their attributes, but relative photosynthetic potential for both stover and biological yields/plant were decreased. Meantime, ear diameter responded to phosphorus addition up to 15.5 kg P2O5/fad. , however, days to 50% tassling and silking were not significantly affected by varying phosphorus levels according to combined analysis. In almost cases, maize hybrid SC. 128 was more efficient and more responsive than SC. 176, where the former was is need to 135 kg N/fad. , and 31 kg P2O5/fad. , in order to maximize the grain yield to only 42.8 ardab/fad.
Emergency management in bacterial meningitis and sepsis: application of real time-polymerase chain reaction and FilmArray technology performed directly on cerebrospinal fluid and blood samples

Background and Aims . Bacterial meningitis and sepsis are medical emergencies where tests with a high sensitivity and short turn around time (TAT) are crucial for an early targeted therapy. Aim of this study was the evaluation of an optimal diagnostic strategy for infectious meningitis/sepsis management, assessing seven methods: cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) physical-chemical examination, CSF cultural tests (CCT), Gram stained smears (GSS), CSF latex agglutination test (CLAT), blood culture (BC), Real-Time (RT)-PCR and FilmArray Technology (FAT) performed directly on CSF/blood. Materials and Methods . Samples of CSF (240), blood (180) and cavitary fluids (9) were tested by commercial RT-PCR (Eurospital and Liferiver kits) and traditional methods. Positive samples (BC and RT-PCR) were tested by FAT (Blood Culture Identification Panel, Biofire, Salt Lake City, UT, USA) performed directly on CSF, blood and cavitary fluids. Results . In CSF, GSS, CLAT, CCT, RT-PCR and FAT sensitivity was 41%, 35%, 41%, 100% and 62,5%, respectively. In blood, BC, RT-PCR and FAT sensitivity was 96%, 70% and 44%, respectively. TAT was 48-96 hrs, 3 hrs and 1 hr and NPV was 98%, 89% and 57%, respectively. Conclusions . For sepsis management, RT-PCR is faster than BC (3 hrs vs 24-72 hrs), but limited by a low overall sensitivity (70%), due to the low number of detectable pathogens; FAT, performed directly on positive BC should replace biochemical identification (Vitek 2, Biomerieux Marcy-l’Etoile, France) reducing TAT (1 hr vs 12 hrs). For meningitis management, RT-PCR is the most sensitive and rapid method used in routine and emergency regimen. It is cost effective and it represents the gold standard for diagnosis and follow-up of patients under treatment. For meningitis management, FAT, with a higher sensitivity and rapidity and an easier and objective interpretation, should replace CLAT and GSS in emergency regimen.
EFFECT OF STORAGE ON SOME PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF IRAKY BREAD

Four types of Iraky bread were processed namely Rustic loaf, Stony Alsamun, Circulate Alsamun and Baguette, using wheat flour extraction 72% and rustic loaf processed with wheat flour extraction 82% and stored at room temperature for 72 hours. Some physical, chemical and sensory characteristics of bread were performed to determine staling prepares namely, dissolved starch in crumb, the strength of absorption in the crumb, crumbliness, moisture in crumb and crust and pH. Obtained results showed observed decrease in the values of dissolved starch, the strength of absorption in the crumb, moisture in crumb while an observed increase in crumbliness and moisture in crust.The results also showed a little changes in the processed bread (stony and circulate Alsamun) during the first 8 hours of storage, while an observed changes in all processed bread up to 48 hours of storage. The sensory evaluation showed no significant changes in all prepared bread samples. Results also indicated that all breads samples were no acceptable after 72 hours of storage.
Linear Precoding for Orthogonal Space-Time Block Coded MIMO-OFDM Cognitive Radio

The paper presents design of a linear precoder for orthogonal space-time block coded orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM)-based multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) antenna cognitive radio (CR) when operating in correlated Rayleigh fading channels. Unlike previous studies on precoder design for CR, this proposed linear precoder is capable of handling both transmit and receive correlation in a multi-carrier based CR system. The linear precoder is designed to minimize an upper bound on the average pairwise error probability, constrained to a set of per subcarrier transmit power constraints at the CR transmitter and a set of interference power thresholds at primary user receivers. The CR transmitter exploits the knowledge of transmit and receive correlation matrices while designing the precoder. It is shown that the linear precoder design problem is convex with these constraints, and convex optimization techniques are exploited to derive an efficient algorithm to obtain the optimal precoder matrices. Computer simulations are performed to investigate the performance of the proposed linear precoder in a CR system.
Functional impact of the long non-coding RNA MEG3 deletion by CRISPR/Cas9 in the human triple negative metastatic Hs578T cancer cell line

Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) serve critical roles in regulating cellular homeostasis, and their deregulated expression/activity is associated with neoplastic transformation. The maternally expressed gene 3 (MEG3) has been extensively described as a tumor suppressor gene in different types of cancer, including breast cancer. Interestingly, using a panel of seven different breast cancer cell lines, the present study revealed that MEG3 is highly expressed in the triple negative metastatic human Hs578T breast cancer cell line, which is refractory to different therapeutic approaches. Therefore, the present study aimed to investigate the phenotypic impact of MEG3 deletion in this cell line. Using the CRISPR/Cas9 system, complete knockout (KO) of MEG3 was achieved. Deletion was confirmed by genomic PCR and reverse transcription-quantitative PCR. The MEG3_KO cell population displaying the highest efficiency of genomic editing was selected for phenotypic in vitro assays, including wound scratch and Transwell assays, flow cytometry and immunofluorescence. The results demonstrated that MEG3 deletion increased cell proliferation, anchorage-independent cell growth and cell motility, which was consistent with its well-known tumor suppressor function. However, the present study revealed that MEG3_KO also lead to decreased cell invasiveness ability, supporting previous evidence that MEG3 modulates epithelial-to-mesenchymal inducing factors. The present study demonstrated that deletion of MEG3 promoted an increase in transforming growth factor β and N-cadherin protein levels and significant reduction in matrix metallopeptidase 2, zinc-finger E-box binding homeobox 1 and collagen type III α1 chain gene expression levels. Additionally, MEG3_KO cells displayed significant resistance to doxorubicin treatment, demonstrating the role of this lncRNA in cancer cell survival by regulating apoptosis. The present study highlighted the utility of CRISPR/Cas9 for anticancer studies of intergenic lncRNAs and demonstrated that, although Hs578T cells express MEG3 at high levels, these cells display mechanisms to escape the growth suppression effects of this lncRNA. Notably, the detailed pathological mechanisms of MEG3 concerning tumor metastasis remain to be elucidated prior to applying MEG3 expression/activation in future therapeutic approaches for breast cancer treatment.
Bank of Finland Discussion Paper 24/2019

In this paper we challenge the conventional view that increasing working time flexibility limits the amplitude of unemployment fluctuations. We start by showing that hours per worker in European countries are much less procyclical than in the US, and in some economies even co-move negatively with output. This is confirmed by the results from a structural VAR model for the euro area, in which working hours increase after a contractionary monetary shock, exacerbating the upward pressure on unemployment. To understand these counterintuitive results, we develop a structural search and matching macroeconomic model with endogenous job separation. We show that this feature is key to generate countercyclical adjustments in working hours. When we augment the model with frictions in working hours adjustment and estimate it using euro area time series, we find that increasing flexibility of working time amplifies cyclical movements in unemployment.
Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine Among People With Cardiovascular Diseases in Southeast Georgia

Background: Heart disease is a leading cause of death in the United States. Proper treatment of patients with cardiovascular disease is essential and can be challenged by non-disclosed use of complementary or alternative treatments. The objective of this study was to assess which demographics were associated with complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use and if education affects the use of CAM. Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted among a stratified random sample of residents of Southeastern Georgia. Sampling was stratified by urban/rural residence in order to reach sufficient rural residents. Participants that indicated they had been diagnosed with hypertension or heart disease were included in this analysis. Participants also self-reported if they used CAM, their reasons for CAM use, frequency of CAM use, source of knowledge and level of satisfaction with CAM. Results: Among the 50 respondents with cardiovascular disease, 17 (34%) reported using CAM. The most commonly used type of CAM was vitamins and minerals (used by 26% or participants) followed by massage (19%) and relaxation/breathing (17%). CAM use was not associated with race, education, income, rural residence, smoking or quality of life, controlling for age and sex. Conclusions: Although there were no associations of socio-demographic characteristics and CAM use, this study highlights the prevalence of CAM use among individuals with heart disease and types of CAM frequently used. These findings should drive future, larger studies to further understand treatment decisions of rural patients with cardiovascular disease.
NEWGOV New Modes of Governance Integrated Project Priority 7 – Citizens and Governance in the Knowledge-based Society Is Ethical Money Financially Smart ? reference

Little is known about how investors select socially responsible investment (SRI) funds. Investors in SRI funds may care more about social or ethical issues in their investment decisions than about fund performance. This paper studies the money-flows into and out of the SRI funds around the world. We find that ethical money chases past returns. In contrast to conventional funds’ investors, SRI investors care less about the funds’ fees. Funds characterized by shareholder activism and by in-house SRI research attract more stable investors. Membership of a large SRI fund family creates higher flow volatility due to the lower fees to reallocate money within the fund family. SRI funds receiving most of the money-inflows perform worse in the future, which is consistent with theories of decreasing returns to scale in the mutual fund industry. Finally, funds employing a higher number of SRI screens to model their investment universe receive larger money-inflows and perform better in the future than funds with few screens.
Endoskopi yapilan hastalarda Helicobacter pylori sikliği ve yerleşim yerinin yaş ve cinsiyete göre dağilimi Distribution of the incidence and location of the Helicobacter pylori according to age and gender in patients who undergone endoscopy

Objective: The aim of this study was to define the distribu tion of the incidence and location of Helicobacter pylori in terms of the age and gender in the gastritis patients undergone endoscopy. Methods: Endoscopy and pathology reports of 1,405 patients who undergone biopsy of upper gastrointestinal system endoscopy were retrospectively examined. The frequency and location of Helicobacter pylori infection were evaluated according to the locations, gender and age groups. Based on the Sydney classification, the patients were scored as none (-), low (+), medium (++) and high (+++). Results: A total of 1405 patients (58.6% females, 41.4% males) who had both antrum and corpus biopsies were included. Mean age was 48.58±16.96 (15-94) years. The Helicobacter pylori positivity was significantly higher in males than in the female patients (p=0.012). Helicobacter pylori positivity both in corpus and antrum was 1,101 (78.4%), Helicobacter pylori was negative in 304 (21.6%) patients. Although, females had higher positivity rate, no significant difference was found between the age and gender groups. In 1,064 patients (75.7%) Helicobacter pylori was positive while it was found as negative in 341 (24.3%) biopsies taken from the antrum. While in 572 (40.7%) of the biopsy outcomes taken from the corpus Helicobacter pylori was found as positive, it was found as negative in 833 (59.3%). No statistically significant differences were found between the age groups in terms of the positivity of Helicobacter pylori both in antrum and in corpus. Conclusion: In our study, the frequency of the Helicobacter pylori positivity was 78.4%. This can be accepted as a serious public health problem in terms of the associated diseases.
The Generalized Projective Riccati Equations Method and its Applications to Nonlinear PDEs Describing Nonlinear Transmission Lines

In this article, we apply the generalized projective Riccati equations method with the aid of symbolic computation to construct new exact traveling wave solutions with parameters for two nonlinear PDEs describing nonlinear transmission lines (NLTL). The first equation describes the model of governing wave propagation in the NLTL as nonlinear low-pass electrical lines. The second equation describes pulse narrowing nonlinear transmission lines. The obtained solutions include, kink and anti-kink solitons, bell (bright) and anti-bell (dark) solitary wave solutions, hyperbolic solutions and trigonometric solutions. Based on Kirchhoff’s current law and Kirchhoff’s voltage law, the given nonlinear PDEs have been derived and can be reduced to nonlinear ordinary differential equations (ODEs) using a simple transformation. The given method in this article is straightforward and concise, and it can also be applied to other nonlinear PDEs in mathematical physics.
Photocatalytic properties of nanosilver-doped TiO2 powders

The article presents the impact of adding nanocolloidal silver to titanium dioxide (TiO2) on the photocatalytic properties of the resulting mixture. Titanium dioxide layers, being the mixture of rutile and anatase, were obtained using the sol-gel method. The sol-gel method employed is relatively simple and inexpensive. What is more, it enables to modify properties and phase composition of the material obtained. The photocatalytic properties of the obtained samples were tested by measuring the absorbance of active substance solutions in the form of Methyl Orange (MO) and a steroid hormone, i.e. β-estradiol. It was proved TiO2 powders with colloidal silver admixture had a higher catalytic efficiency.
Ice sheet flow with thermally activated sliding. Part 2: the stability of subtemperate regions

The onset of sliding in ice sheets may not take the form of a sharp boundary between regions at the melting point, in which sliding is permitted, and regions below that temperature, in which there is no slip. Such a hard switch leads to the paradox of the bed naturally wanting to refreeze as soon as sliding has commenced. A potential alternative structure is a region of subtemperate sliding. Here temperatures are marginally below the melting point and sliding velocities slower than they would if the bed was fully temperate. Rather than being controlled by a standard sliding law, sliding velocities are then constrained by the need to maintain energy balance. This thermal structure arises in temperature-dependent sliding laws in the limit of strong sensitivity to temperature. Here, we analyse the stability of such subtemperate regions, showing that they are subject to a set of instabilities that occur at all length scales between ice thickness and ice sheet length. The fate of these instabilities is to cause the formation of patches of frozen bed, raising the possibility of highly complicated cold-to-temperate transitions with spatial structures at short length scales that cannot be resolved in large-scale ice sheet simulation codes.
Improvement of the learning process of the automated speaker recognition system for critical use with HMM-DNN component

The article presents the results of the adaptation of the hybrid HMM-DNN speech synthesis model for use in automated speaker recognition system for critical use (ASRSCU). In particular, the process of learning the HMM-DNN speech synthesis model with the estimation of the difference between the posterior probability distributions of all HMM states and the actual a posteriori probability distribution, calculated by DNN, and the use of semantic information in the speaker recognition process, has been improved. The features that are observed in the sequence of frames to which the input phonogram is divided describe this information. The obtained results allowed improving the efficiency of the textdependent speaker recognition when using ASRSCU in a noisy acoustic environment. The article formulated measures for the structural integration of the HMM-DNN component in ASRSCU and describes the practical aspects of this process. In particular, the choice of the type and the method of normalization of the vectors of basic informative features at the frame level was substantiated, the number of HMM states and GMM parameters were determined depending on the parameters of the chosen formation model, and the procedure for interpreting the recognition results was described. The paper formulates measures to optimize the learning process of the ASRSCU with the HMM-DNN component, which will be exploited in noisy environments.
Morphine Withdrawal Enhances HIV Infection of Macrophages

Opioid withdrawal recurs at high rates in opioid use disorder and compromises the immune system. In general, there are two types of opioid withdrawal: abrupt withdrawal (AW) and precipitated withdrawal (PW). In this study, we examined the effect of morphine AW or morphine PW on HIV infection of human blood monocyte-derived macrophages. We observed that both morphine AW and PW enhanced the susceptibility of macrophages to HIV infection. In addition, both AW and PW activated HIV replication in the latently infected myeloid cells (U1 and OM10.1). Investigation of mechanisms responsible for these observations showed that both AW and PW could inhibit the expression of multiple intracellular HIV inhibitory factors, including APOBE3G/F, SAMHD1, MX2, and HIV restriction microRNAs (miR-28, miR-125b, and miR-150) in macrophages. These findings provide additional evidence to support the notion that opioid use compromises the intracellular anti-HIV immunity and facilitates HIV infection and persistence in macrophages.