Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
The Physiotherapy work with Hansen’s Disease Patients

Introduction: Hansen’s disease is an infectious and contagious disease than can affect both men and women, with wide incidence in Brazil. Such illness attacks mainly the skin, the peripheral nerves of the musculoskeletal system and the mucous membranes of the upper respiratory tract. Despite its wide incidence, there are not many papers in literature that cover the role of physiotherapy regarding Hansen’s disease patients, and it is possible to notice a lack of pattern in the techniques and resources that shall be used during the treatment. Objective: Define the physiotherapy performance in Hansen’s disease patients using a quantitative approach, with applied word and investigatory goals, having field research and survey as procedures. Methodology: Carried out in Dona Libânia Dermatological center, with patients of both genders diagnosed with leprosy received physiotherapy for a month at least and physiotherapists who work with cancer patients for six months at least. Results: The survey results were catalogued and transformed into charts and tables. Conclusion: There is a need for a greater performance of motor physiotherapy, therapeutic touch and mostly for an education concerning primary attention, with lectures or activities that address this population. Keywords: Hansen’s Disease; Physiotherapy; Health Prevention and Promotion
Structure and Variability of the Antilles Current at 26.5°N

Observations from five different systems provide a robust picture of the structure and variability of the Antilles Current, an important contributor to the oceanic flux budget, at 26.5°N during 2005–2015. The analysis includes three direct measurement technologies (current meters, shipboard acoustic Doppler current profilers, and lowered acoustic Doppler current profilers) and two geostrophy‐basedmeasurement technologies (conductivity‐temperature‐depth profilers and pressure‐equipped inverted echo sounders). The direct systems are shown to produce weaker, and less variable, Antilles Current transport estimates than the geostrophy‐based systems. The record‐length‐mean geostrophic estimate for theAntilles Current is 4.7 Sverdrups (Sv; 1 Sv= 10m/s), and the daily temporal standard deviation is 7.5 Sv. The variations of the Antilles Current transport exceed those of the entire basin‐wide meridional overturning circulation, illustrating the impact of this unusual current. Seasonal variability shows a maximum northward transport in August–September; however, the seasonal component of the variability is weak, and aliasing of higher frequencies is still a problem even with 10.5 years of data. The dominant time scales of variability in the spectra are at 70 and 180 days, and there is indication of westward propagation of Rossby Wave‐like features into the region at a speed of 9 cm/s. There is no significant correlation between the Antilles Current transport variations and those of the Florida Current at 27°N, in phase or at lags/leads of up to 5 years, likely reflecting the varying coastal wave/wall jet time scales for information to pass from the basin interior through the Bahamas Islands. Plain Language Summary The Antilles Current carries waters northward and northwestward around the Bahamas Islands. While scientists have known that the Antilles Current existed for decades, it has not been studied nearly as much as the stronger Florida Current to the west, even though studies have suggested that the Antilles Current plays a significant role in the north‐south exchange of heat and salt within the North Atlantic. This study uses five different types of measurement systems to quantify how much water is being carried by the Antilles Current every day, how variable that flow is over a 10.5‐year time period, and what typical salinity, temperature, and dissolved oxygen contents are for the waters carried by the flow. The study finds that on average, this current is carrying 4.7 ×10 m of water per second northward and that this flow can vary by more than 100% from day to day (i.e., some days the flow can actually reverse and go southward). The study reveals the time scales on which the current tends to vary, and it also provides some tantalizing evidence that the physics of the current may not be as simple as has been previously thought.
Biochemical and clinical studies in a case of contact urticaria to potato

Contact urticaria to potato was confirmed by skin testing in a 26–year‐old male with atopic dermatitis, birch‐pollen rhinoconjunctivitis and a history of immediate finger itching upon handling raw potato. The potato peel was non‐reactive. The urticarial reactivity to potato could be transferred by the patient's serum in a Prausnitz‐Küstner test, indicating an immunological etiology. Electrophoretic and chromatographic examination of extracts from homogenized potatoes (unexposed to synthetic fertilizers and insecticides) revealed allergenic activity in a heat‐labile macromolecular fraction with a mass of 20‐30 kdalton migrating towards the anode during agarose gel electrophoresis at pH 8.6 with a mobility similar to that of human α1‐antitrypsin. The technique used for preliminary fractionation of the allergenic activity in a potato extract, similar to crossed immunoelectrophoresis, appears to be a simple and widely applicable technique for the characterization of proteins with this biological activity. A partially purified fraction with allergenic activity, seemingly more stable than the activity in crude homogenates, was obtained by gel filtration and preparative agarose gel electrophoresis. When an antihistamine was also injected, the urticarial reaction to the protein fraction was less pronounced. Pretreatment of the skin with compound 48/80, a histamine releaser, blocked the reaction. Histamine thus seems 10 be the major vasoactive substance mediating the contact urticarial response to potato antigen in this patient.
Is Private Equity Good for Consumers

We investigate the effects of private equity on consumers using detailed price and sales data for an extensive number of consumer products. We find that firms acquired by private equity raise prices marginally—less than 1%—on existing products relative to matched control firms. Overall industry prices rise after buyouts, but again the price increase is on average very modest. More notably, target firms significantly increase sales due to more product additions and greater availability within and across cities. These results are stronger for private firm targets, suggesting that private equity could ease financial constraints and provide the expertise to manage growth. Contrary to the common view that private equity leads to substantial price increases, this evidence suggests that consumers could benefit from private equity deals through an increase in product variety.
Rainfall as a significant contributing factor to butterfly seasonality along a climatic gradient in the neotropics

We analyzed the dynamics of multi-species butterfly communities along a climatic gradient with varying precipitation regimes for three consecutive years, and determine how climatic variables associate with observed butterfly seasonality. To provide a baseline for future studies of how climate change might affect these butterfly populations, we additionally explored the role of butterfly seasonality as a potential contributing factor for their susceptibility to climate variation. As far as we know, this represents the first study that simultaneously sampled and described seasonality patterns of tropical butterfly communities across ecosystems with varying climatic seasonality. A 3-year survey was carried out at three sites (i.e., wet, transition and dry forests) across a climatic gradient in western Ecuador. Butterflies were sampled using traps baited with rotting banana and prawn every two months from Nov 2010 to Sep 2013. Traps were set up at two heights, in the understory and canopy. In total, 7046 individuals of 212 species were sampled over 180 sampling days. Butterfly communities exhibited conspicuous intra and inter-annual variation in temporal dynamics with certain elements (e.g., maximum abundance recorded) of seasonality patterns likely synchronized in seasonal forests (i.e., transition and dry forest) across years but not in aseasonal forests (i.e., wet forest). In addition, the highest numbers of species and individuals occurred during the wet season across all study sites and years; indeed, rainfall was significantly positively associated with temporal abundance. Likewise, butterfly species displaying stronger seasonality were significantly associated with higher rainfall periods in seasonal forests. Variation in precipitation regimes might significantly affect more seasonal species.
The solar wind composition throughout the solar cycle: A continuum of dynamic states

Variations in the speed and elemental and ionic charge composition of the solar wind are reported throughout the solar cycle, as observed by the SWICS instrument on Ulysses. The apparent bimodal nature of the solar wind during the solar minimum does not persist throughout the solar cycle. Rather, with increasing solar activity, a continuum of solar wind speeds and charge states is observed. The exception is the elemental composition which is noticeably less enhanced in elements with low first ionization potential (FIP) in material from coronal holes throughout the solar cycle. These observations are consistent with theories in which the solar wind originates from coronal loops that reconnect with open magnetic field lines.
Predicting electronic service continuance with a decomposed theory of planned behaviour

Previous research suggests that an eventual information technology (IT) success depends on both its initial adoption (acceptance) and subsequent continued usage (continuance). Theory of planned behaviour (TPB) has been successfully used to predict users' acceptance of IT. Yet, this theory has not been applied to the context of continuance of IT. This paper examines post-adoption cognitive beliefs and factors influencing one's intention to continue using (continuance) electronic services (e-services). Decomposed theory of planned behaviour (DTPB) is adapted from social psychology and integrated with theoretical and empirical findings from prior information systems (IS) usage research to theorize a model of e-service continuance. Specifically, the research model decomposes the perceived behavioural control components of TPB into Internet self-efficacy and perceived controllability, the subjective norm component into social influences and interpersonal influence, and the attitude component into perceived usefulness, perceived playfulness, and perceived risk. Nine research hypotheses derived from this model are empirically validated using a field survey of Web-based tax filing service users. The results suggest that users' continuance intention is determined by Internet self-efficacy and satisfaction. Satisfaction, in turn, is jointly determined by interpersonal influence, perceived usefulness, and perceived playfulness.
Recovery of hyperphosphatoninism and renal phosphorus wasting one year after successful renal transplantation.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES In the first months after successful kidney transplantation, hypophosphatemia and renal phosphorus wasting are common and related to inappropriately high parathyroid hormone (PTH) and fibroblast growth factor-23 (FGF-23) levels. Little is known about the long-term natural history of renal phosphorus homeostasis in renal transplant recipients. DESIGN, SETTING, PARTICIPANTS We prospectively followed parameters of mineral metabolism (including full-length PTH and FGF-23) in 50 renal transplant recipients at the time of transplantation (Tx), at month 3 (M3) and at month 12 (M12). Transplant recipients were (1:1) matched for estimated GFR with chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients. RESULTS FGF-23 levels (Tx: 2816 [641 to 10665] versus M3: 73 [43 to 111] versus M12: 56 [34 to 78] ng/L, median [interquartile range]) and fractional phosphorus excretion (FE(phos); M3: 45 +/- 19% versus M12: 37 +/- 13%) significantly declined over time after renal transplantation. Levels 1 yr after transplantation were similar to those in CKD patients (FGF-23: 47 [34 to 77] ng/L; FE(phos) 35 +/- 16%). Calcium (9.1 +/- 0.5 versus 8.9 +/- 0.3 mg/dl) and PTH (27.2 [17.0 to 46.0] versus 17.5 [11.7 to 24.4] ng/L) levels were significantly higher, whereas phosphorus (3.0 +/- 0.6 versus 3.3 +/- 0.6 mg/dl) levels were significantly lower 1 yr after renal transplantation as compared with CKD patients. CONCLUSIONS Data indicate that hyperphosphatoninism and renal phosphorus wasting regress by 1 yr after successful renal transplantation.
The Freshman 15: Is it Real?

Objective: The belief that college students gain 15 Ibs during freshman year is widespread, yet the evidence for this is limited. The authors aimed to determine whether college students gain weight during freshman year. Participants: The authors studied unmarried freshmen living on-campus at a private university in the northeastern United States. Methods: The authors used an online survey to collect information about social behaviors and weight. Results: The authors observed an average weight gain of 2.7 Ibs. About half of the students gained weight, and 15% lost weight. Men gained more weight than did women. Conclusions: Freshman weight gain was 5.5 times greater than that experienced by the general population.
Effect of pesticides on microbial diversity and urease in groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) soil.

The influence of four pesticides viz., profenofos, deltamethrin, thiram and difenoconazole and two insecticide combinations viz., profenofos + cypermethrin and deltamethrin + endosulfan at 0.0, 1.0, 2.5, 5.0, 7.5 and 10.0 kg ha were assessed for their effects on the activity of urease (measured in terms of hydrolysis of urea by sodium hypochlorite method) and microbial populations like bacteria, fungi and actinomycetes in two agricultural soils, collected from a fallow groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) fields of Anantapur district. The effects of selected pesticides profenofos, deltamethrin, thiram and difenoconazole and profenofos + cypermethrin and deltamethrin + endosulfan on microbial population and urease activity were dose dependent. Urease activity and microbial populations increased with increasing concentrations of the pesticides up to 5.0 kg ha. Higher rates (7.5, 10.0 kg ha) of these pesticides were either toxic or innocuous to the urease activity and microbial population. The significant stimulation in the activity of urease was associated with 2.5 kg ha of pesticides in black soil, where as in red soil it was 5.0 kg ha of profenofos, 2.5 kg ha of deltamethrin, thiram, difeneconozole. In the insecticide combinations urease activity was 5.0 kg ha profenofos + cypermethrin, 5.0 kg ha of deltamethrin + endosulfan in black clay soils whereas in red sandy clay soils, population of microorganisms increased with 2.5 to 5.0 kg ha of pesticides. With further incubation the activity of urease was significantly more at day 20 and enzyme activity decreased progressively with increasing incubation period. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Long-term ototoxic effects of neomycin applied topically in the middle ear: A morphological study in the guinea pig

Neomycin was instilled daily, uni-or bilaterally, into the middle ear of guinea pigs for three months. The cochleae were examined, by light and electron microscopy, six months after the end of treatment. The organs of Corti of the treated ears were completely destroyed, and in the most advanced lesions, were substituted by a single layer of very thin flat cells. In the spiral ganglion only some glial cells and a few neurons could be observed. All surviving neurons were myelinated, and their ultrastructure was greatly altered, with disappeared, losing it amorphous and filamentous components. The spiral limbus and the stria vascularis were atrophic and were also covered, in the final stages, by flat elongated cells. In view of its morphological characteristics, this epithelium may arise from the displacement of the interdental cells and perhaps from the cochlear surface of Reissner's membrane.
Gate oxide integrity (GOI) of MOS transistors with W/TiN stacked gate

With W/TiN stack gate deposited at high temperature, excellent time-dependent dielectric breakdown (TDDB) characteristics of the gate oxide were obtained in MOS capacitors. In the case of negative gate bias where thin oxide reliability becomes critical, the TiN gate provides a much longer time to breakdown than that of n/sup +/-poly gate due to a larger barrier height and less F-N tunneling current. In spite of skipping the conventional reoxidation process, a breakdown field larger than 10 MV/cm could be obtained in MOS transistors by undercutting TiN with boiling H/sub 2/SO/sub 4/. With a double spacer and undercutting scheme, the short channel effect of NMOS and PMOS transistors could be suppressed up to L/sub gate//spl sim/0.3 /spl mu/m.
Can Previous Pro-Environmental Behaviours Influence Subsequent Environmental Behaviours? The Licensing Effect of Pro-Environmental Behaviours

Methods for promoting individuals’ pro-environmental behaviours are becoming very important. Besides traditional factors relevant to pro-environmental actions, few studies have examined the licensing effect within this domain. Across three studies we have explored whether the licensing effect really exists in pro-environmental behaviours, how this effect actually works, and how to inhibit or even avoid this effect. Results have revealed that previous pro-environmental behaviours lead to a decrease in subsequent pro-environmental behaviours, indicating a licensing effect. Also, the licensing effect in pro-environmental behaviours can be explained by having individuals focus on goal progress and reduced by focusing on goal commitment. Furthermore, attributional recall could be an intervention for mitigating the licensing effect.
Polyphenols in Raw and Cooked Cereals/Pseudocereals/Legume Pasta and Couscous

Pasta and couscous are popular foods manufactured (in their traditional form) from durum wheat semolina. In recent years, the consumers’ quest for novel, functional, gluten-free, wholegrain foods has prompted the industry to manufacture new pasta and couscous products in which durum wheat has been partially or totally replaced by other vegetable flours. Besides dietary fibre, these raw materials might be an interesting source of phytochemicals. In this work, 16 commercial samples of pasta and four samples of couscous representative of the new products and made of refined and wholegrain flours of different species of cereals, pseudocereals and legumes were analysed for free, hydrolysable bound and total polyphenol content by means of the Folin-Ciocalteu procedure. Analyses were repeated on cooked samples to assess the quantity of polyphenols ingested by the consumers. The raw legume and pseudocereal products had a total polyphenol content higher than most cereal products (up to 1743.4 mg of Gallic Acid Equivalent (GAE) per 100 g dry weight). Wholegrain products had higher contents than refined products. The free fraction underwent up to 46% loss with cooking, probably because of solubility in water. The water absorption of pasta and couscous during cooking was in a ratio of 2:3, resulting in higher dilution of polyphenols in the cooked couscous.
Modification of Isoleucine-16 of Acetylated s-Chymotrypsin

Activation of acetylated chymotrypsinogen with trypsin leads to catalytically active acetylated &chymotrypsin containing NH,-terminal isoleucine. The importance of the cationic terminus to the control of the active conformation of acetylated d-chymotrypsin has been demonstrated (Oppenheimer, H. L., Labouesse, B., and Hess, G. P. (1966) J. Biol. Chem. 241,272O). Later studies appeared to suggest that the modification of isoleucine-16 of &chymotrypsin is not accompanied by the loss of catalytic activity as measured by the hydrolysis of N-acetyl-L-tyrosine ethyl ester (Agarwal, S. P., Martin, C. J., Blair, T. T., and Marini, M. A. (1971) Biochem. Biojhys. Res. Commun. 43, 510; Blair, T. T. , Marini, M. A. , Agarwal, S. P., and Martin, C. J. (1971) FEBS Left. 14, 86) or by the loss of active site content (Ghelis, C., Garel, J. R., and Labouesse, J. (1970) Biochemisfry 9, 3902). In the present studies, controlled acetylation of the terminal a-amino group of acetylated d-chymotrypsin with acetic anhydride led to a progressive loss of active sites of the enzyme. Determination of the catalytic and kinetic properties of the modified enzyme with the specific ester substrate N-acetyl-L-tyrosine ethyl ester or the nonspecific substrates p-nitrophenyl acetate and cinnamoyl imidazole gave nearly identical results. With N-acetyl-L-tyrosine ethyl ester as substrate, the K, (app) values for acetylated &chymotrypsin (1.0 f 0.1 mM) and the modified enzyme (0.67 f 0.05 mM) are nearly identical and the kcet value is reduced to about 25% in the latter enzyme species. This value correlates well with about 20% of the active sites in this enzyme as measured by the rapid initial liberation of p-nitrophenol. With j-nitrophenyl acetate as substrate, the acylation rate constants (0.13 & 0.04 s-l at pH 6.0, 25”, in 3.3% acetonitrile) and the deacylation rate constants (0.01 s-l at pH 8.5, 25”, in 3.3% acetonitrile) are identical for the acetyl isoleucine-16 and the isoleucine-16 enzymes. Furthermore, the residual enzyme activity could be correlated well with the residual NH,-terminal isoleucine content and with the moles of [l-14C]acetyl groups incorporated per mol of the enzyme. The activity associated with the modified enzyme can be attributed to the enzyme species in which isoleucine-16 of acetylated d-chymotrypsin is not
Use of Carbonized Fallen Leaves of Jatropha Curcas L. as a Soil Conditioner for Acidic and Undernourished Soil

Jatropha (Jatropha curcas L.) represents a renewable bioenergy source in arid regions, where it is used to produce not only biodiesel from the seed oil, but also various non-oil biomass products, such as fertilizer, from the seed cake following oil extraction from the seeds. Jatropha plants also generate large amounts of fallen leaves during the cold or drought season, but few studies have examined the utilization of this litter biomass. Therefore, in this study, we produced biochar from the fallen leaves of jatropha using a simple and economical carbonizer that was constructed from a standard 200 L oil drum, which would be suitable for use in rural communities, and evaluated the use of the generated biochar as a soil conditioner for the cultivation of Swiss chard (Beta vulgaris subsp. cicla “Fordhook Giant”) as a model vegetable in an acidic and undernourished soil in Botswana. Biochar application improved several growth parameters of Swiss chard, such as the total leaf area. In addition, the dry weights of the harvested shoots were 1.57, 1.88, and 2.32 fold higher in plants grown in soils containing 3%, 5%, and 10% biochar, respectively, compared with non-applied soil, suggesting that the amount of biochar applied to the soil was positively correlated with yield. Together, these observations suggest that jatropha fallen leaf biochar could function as a soil conditioner to enhance crop productivity.
Prevalence of ST9 Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus among Pigs and Pig Handlers in Malaysia

ABSTRACT Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) of sequence type 398 (ST398) has frequently been detected in pigs and pig handlers. However, in Malaysia, sampling 360 pigs and 90 pig handlers from 30 farms identified novel ST9-spa type t4358-staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec type V MRSA strains that were found to transiently colonize more than 1% of pigs and 5.5% of pig handlers.