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Endocarditis Caused by Abiotrophia and Granulicatella Species

Endocarditis caused by Abiotrophia and Granulicatella species, formerly known as nutritionally variant streptococci (NVS) is rare. It is associated with increased complications such as heart failure, systemic emboli, valve replacement surgery, treatment failures and mortality. The diagnosis of these infections is challenging due to specific nutritional growth requirements although modern techniques such as 16S rRNA sequence analysis and Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) are particularly useful. Penicillin resistance among these organisms is a growing problem. Penicillin and gentamicin combination or alternatively Vancomycin alone are the recommended treatment options, however there is increasing data regarding susceptibilities to other antibiotics. Varying susceptibilities to antibiotics among different species of NVS needs to be studied further.
LONG-DISTANCE CHIRAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE KL-KS MASS DIFFERENCE

We discuss the chiral corrections to f B and B B with particular emphasis on determining the portion of the correction that arises from long distance physics. For very small pion and kaon masses all of the usual corrections are truly long distance, while for larger masses the long distance portion decreases. These chiral corrections have been used to extrapolate lattice calculations towards the physical region of lighter masses. We show in particular that the chiral extrapolation is better behaved if only the long distance portion of the correction is used.
The effects of job satisfaction and organizational commitment on organizational citizenship behavior

The service quality is always the main factor for organization which focuses on the customer satisfaction to enhance their business and their performance. In order to have the great quality, they depend on their human resources. They need human resources who perform well. The employee who shows strong Organizational Citizenship Behavior believed can be performs better. That is why it is important for the organization to create employee with the strong OCB. OCB influenced by various factors. Job satisfaction and organization commitment are two important factors among them, which can predict the OCB. Organization should maintain the level of their employee’s satisfaction and commitment in order to develop the strong OCB. The research analyzed the effect of the job satisfaction and organization commitment on OCB at the PLN Distribution Office for Wet Java and Banten. Research conducted towards 100 participants using the multiple regression and descriptive analysis method. Through the analysis we found that job satisfaction and organization commitment has significance relation toward OCB (0.516). This finding is in line with previous research which promotes positive relation between these variables, eventhough only a mild percentage (0.266). The organization should place detail attention when applying the treatment. We suggest that the both job satisfaction and organization commitment should apply simultaneously in order to get better result. Further research needed to identify others factor which might be important to enhance the OCB.
Dependent Hepatocarcinogenesis −-Catenin β Promotes EZH 2-Mediated Concordant Repression of Wnt Antagonists

Enhancer of zeste homolog 2 (EZH2) is the catalytic subunit of the Polycomb-repressive complex 2 (PRC2) that represses gene transcription through histone H3 lysine 27 trimethylation (H3K27me3). Although EZH2 is abundantly present in various cancers, the molecular consequences leading to oncogenesis remain unclear. Here, we show that EZH2 concordantly silences the Wnt pathway antagonists operating at several subcellular compartments, which in turn activate Wnt/b-catenin signaling in hepatocellular carcinomas (HCC). Chromatin immunoprecipitation promoter array and gene expression analyses in HCCs revealed EZH2 occupancy and reduced expression of Wnt antagonists, including the growth-suppressive AXIN2, NKD1, PPP2R2B, PRICKLE1, and SFRP5. Knockdown of EZH2 reduced the promoter occupancy of PRC2, histone deacetylase 1 (HDAC1), and H3K27me3, whereas the activating histone marks were increased, leading to the transcriptional upregulation of the Wnt antagonists. Combinatorial EZH2 and HDAC inhibition dramatically reduced the levels of nuclear b-catenin, T-cell factor–dependent transcriptional activity, and downstream pro-proliferative targets CCND1 and EGFR. Functional analysis revealed that downregulation of EZH2 reduced HCC cell growth, partially through the inhibition of b-catenin signaling. Conversely, ectopic overexpression of EZH2 in immortalized hepatocytes activated Wnt/b-catenin signaling to promote cellular proliferation. In human HCCs, concomitant overexpression of EZH2 and b-catenin was observed in one-third (61/179) of cases and significantly correlated with tumor progression. Our data indicate that EZH2-mediated epigenetic silencing contributes to constitutive activation of Wnt/b-catenin signaling and consequential proliferation of HCC cells, thus representing a novel therapeutic target for this highly malignant tumor. Cancer Res; 71(11); 4028–39. 2011 AACR.
An analysis of complex electromagnetic radiation signals induced by fracture

As shown at the Laboratory of Rock Mechanics, electromagnetic radiation (EMR) emitted by propagating fractures provides relatively accurate information on the dimensions of the cracks emitting it. In this paper we demonstrate that this method (i.e. EMR analysis) can also be advantageously used for obtaining the exact time sequence of double or triple pulses when they appear simultaneously and, hence, the sequence of the relevant cracks. The method is first used to analyse the time sequence of a triple fracture during failure and for a double fracture in relaxation of a glass ceramic sample. The analysis is in good agreement with the actual fractography of the sample. A similar procedure applied to fracture of chalk enabled us to show that most large fractures are, in fact, double, and to find the specific time sequences involved.
Deviation from Normality and Sharpe Ratio Behavior: A Brief Simulation Study

Sharpe ratio has been widely used in the portfolio management industry as well as fund industry (Robertson, 2001; Scholz and Wilkens, 2005). Users often forget the main core assumption describing the appropriateness of such a riskadjusted performance measure, namely asset return normality. This concern is of huge significance insofar as performanceindicators drive the asset allocation policy, performance forecasts and cost of capital assessment among others (Farinelli et al., 2008; Lien, 2002; Christensen and Platen, 2007). We employ a brief simulation study to assess the impact of deviations from normality on the performance measures and rankings inferred from Sharpe ratio's estimates. Our analysis allows for assessing the possible bias in both performance measurement and ranking, which results from the existence and the magnitude of skewness and kurtosis patterns in asset returns. This study proposes a method to extract an unbiased performance measure (i.e. unbiased Sharpe ratios) from observed classic Sharpe ratios after accounting for the returns' skewness bias. The resulting unbiased Sharpe ratio outperforms its classic counterpart at the stock picking level.
A comparative study of parasympathetic function tests during different phases of menstrual cycle in young healthy females

DOI: 10.21276/sjams.2018. 6.6. 53 Abstract: Autonomic nerve function status may be changed during different phases of menstrual cycle due to fluctuations of serum gonadal hormones level. This alteration in autonomic nerve functions may affect cardiovagal control. To study the variation of Sympathetic function tests during different Phases of menstrual cycle in young healthy females. The present study was carried out on 50 healthy female subjects with normal menstrual cycles between the ages of 18 to 25 years. Various non-invasive Sympathetic function tests during different phases of menstrual cycle were performed that include isometric handgrip exercise test and postural challenge test including resting blood pressure. The results were analysed using ANOVA and student’s paired-t test. During the menstrual cycle, we found that there is a significant increase in the resting systolic and diastolic blood pressure in the luteal phase as compared to menstrual and follicular phase. The statistically significant differences in the blood pressure parameters like blood pressure response to isometric handgrip test and postural variation in blood pressure were found between all the phases, with higher values towards the luteal phase. The study concludes that sympathetic activity is highest during luteal phase and lowest in the follicular phase as compared to menstrual phase. This higher sympathetic activity may be correlated with higher estrogen and progesterone levels during the luteal phase of menstrual cycle.
An optimal anisotropic Poincaré inequality for convex domains

In this paper, we prove a sharp lower bound of the first (nonzero) eigenvalue of the anisotropic Laplacian with the Neumann boundary condition. Equivalently, we prove an optimal anisotropic Poincare inequality for convex domains, which generalizes the classical result of Payne and Weinberger. A lower bound of the first (nonzero) eigenvalue of the anisotropic Laplacian with the Dirichlet boundary condition is also proved.
Forest habitat use and home-range size in radio-collared fallow deer

mature forests and young plantations were least utilised. Diurnal and nocturnal habitat selection patterns differed significantly. The primary difference was the use of mead ows, which was higher at night than during the day. Results on the representativeness of diurnal habitat use to 24-hour data were equivocal. Although daytime and 24-hour habitat use patterns were similar, day vs. night and night vs. 24-hour habitat use patterns differed significantly. Our results suggest that when open habitats are involved, the representativeness of daytime data to 24-hour habitat use may be less than complete. This study also indicates that calculations of habitat use by fallow deer based on direct observations are likely to underestimate the use of closed habitats.
A new species of cryptically coloured day gecko ( Phelsuma ) from the Tsingy de Bemaraha National Park in western Madagascar

Phelsuma borai sp. nov. (Squamata: Gekkonidae) is described from the Tsingy de Bemaraha National Park, a deciduous dry forest on a karstic limestone massif in western Madagascar. The new species, known from a single specimen only, has a greyish-brown ground colouration and the ability of remarkable colour change. In terms of colouration and morphology it most closely resembles Phelsuma mutabilis, which might occur in sympatry, but differs by scalation, colouration and strong genetic divergence.
Employee involvement climate and climate strength:a study of employee attitudes and organizational effectiveness in UKhospitals

Purpose – Addressing the continuing productivity challenge the purpose of this paper is to analyze data from the National Health Service (NHS) on employee involvement (EI) in order to gain critical insights into how employees’ shared perception of employee involvement in organizational decision-making (labelled EI climate) might address two persistent issues: how to enhance positive staff attitudes and improve organizational performance. In doing so we respond to recent calls for more multilevel research and extend previous research on EI climate by attending to both EI climate level and EI climate strength. Design/methodology/approach – Data from 4702 employees nested in 33 UK hospitals was used to test the moderating role of EI climate strength in the (a) crosslevel EI climate level-employee attitudes relationship and in the (b) organizationallevel EI climate-organizational effectiveness relationship. Findings – The results of the multilevel analyses showed that EI climate level was positively associated with individual-level employee attitudes (i.e. job satisfaction, affective commitment). Further the results of the hierarchical regression analysis and the ordinal logistic regression analysis showed that EI climate level was also related to organizational effectiveness (i.e. lower outpatient waiting times; higher performance quality). In addition, both analyses demonstrated the moderating role of EI climate strength, in that the positive impact of EI climate level on employee attitudes and organizational effectiveness was more marked in the presence of a strong compared to a weak EI climate. Practical implications – By creating and maintaining a positive and strong climate for involvement hospital managers can tackle the productivity challenge that UK hospitals and health care institutions more generally are currently facing while improving the attitudes of their employees who are critical in the transformative process and ultimately underpin organizational success. Originality/value – This is the first study which provides evidence that favorable and consistent collective recognition of EI opportunities by staff contributes to enhance both employee attitudes and hospital performance. Results highlight the role of EI climate strength and underscore its importance in future research and practice.
The Prostate 68 : 563 ^ 570 ( 2008 ) ProstateCancer inMexican-Americans : Identificationof Risk Factors

BACKGROUND. There is a paucity of information regarding prostate cancer (PCa) risk factors among Hispanics, the fastest-growing ethnic group in the United States. METHODS. This population-based case-control study included 176 Texas men of Mexican descent with PCa and 174 ageand ethnicity-matched controls. Demographic, lifetime occupational history, family history of cancer, lifestyle (e.g., smoking, alcohol, diet, and recreational physical activity) and anthropometric information were collected by personal interviews. Chemical exposure and physical activity were determined using job-exposure matrices for each reported job. RESULTS. Logistic regression models adjusted for relevant covariates were used to evaluate their independent effects. Compared to controls, cases were three times more likely to work in jobs with high agrichemical exposure (OR1⁄4 3.44, 95% CI 1.84–6.44), and 54% less likely to work in jobs with moderate/high occupational physical activity (OR1⁄4 0.46, 95% CI 0.28–0.77). In analyses stratified by stage, cases with organ-confined PCa were three times more likely to have high agrichemical exposure (OR1⁄4 3.39, 9%CI 1.68–6.84), and 56% less likely to have moderate/ high levels of occupational physical activity (OR1⁄4 0.44, 95% CI 0.26–0.76). Increased risk of being diagnosed with advanced PCa was associated with obesity at time of diagnosis (OR1⁄4 2.50, 95% CI 1.20–5.20) and high levels of agrichemical exposure (OR1⁄4 4.65, 95% CI 1.97– 10.97), but not with occupational physical activity. CONCLUSIONS. This case-control study, the first conducted in a homogeneous Hispanic population, identified modifiable PCa risk factors, such as physical activity and agrichemical exposure, which may be useful in developing interventions for this understudied population. Prostate 68: 563–570, 2008. # 2008 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
THE SUPPLEMENTARY EFFECT OF BLACK AND GREEN TEA INFUSION ON ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITIES OF KEFIR

The influence of supplementation with green and black tea on microbiological properties and antimicrobial activities of kefir was investigated during 21 days of storage. The samples supplemented with 2% either green or black tea had higher viable counts of both kefir cultures than those of supplemented with the ratio of 4%. Both green and black tea extracts showed antimicrobial activity on Esch­erichia coli, Bacillus cereus, Staphylococcus aureus, Candida albicans however this effect was detected higher in samples containing
Inflammation Oxidative Stress Cardiovascular Impact Erythropoietic Impact NO , Endothelial Injury and Dysfunction + Oxidized Lipoproteins + Chemokines , Cytokines & Adhesion Molecules + Leukocyte Adhesion / Migration + Foam Cell Formation VSMC Migration / Transformation Atherosclerosis / Plaque Form

Advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD, stages 3–5) is almost invariably associated with anemia that is primarily caused by depressed production of erythropoietin (EPO), oxidative stress and inflammation [1,2]. This can be compounded by iron deficiency that is caused by loss of blood from repetitive laboratory tests, residual blood remaining in the hemodialysis circuits, fistula puncture site bleeding and uremic platelet dysfunction. In addition, when present, hemolytic disorders, bone marrow suppression, nutritional deficiencies, drug toxicities and hereditary diseases exacerbate the CKD-associated anemia. The EPO-deficiency and iron-deficiency components of anemia are routinely corrected with the use of recombinant human EPO and iron preparations. However, presence of severe oxidative stress and inflammation hampers efficacy of EPO and iron in promoting erythropoiesis. In this context, severe persistent anemia despite high doses of EPO and iron is commonly due to oxidative stress and inflammation that may actually be intensified by intravenous iron and EPO administration [3–5]. Observational studies have revealed a strong association between severity of anemia and risk of morbidity and mortality from cardiovascular disease and other causes in CKD patients [6–10]. These findings have been widely interpreted as evidence for the causal role of anemia in the pathogenesis of adverse outcomes in this population. Contrary to expectations, randomized clinical trials of anemia correction revealed either no effect or increased morbidity and mortality in patients assigned to normal hemoglobin (Hb) targets [11–13]. In fact, meta-
Full Length Article Response of soilless grown Basella alba L. inoculated With AM Fungi- A Strategy for Mass Multiplication

Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi are obligate symbioants, generally multiply in association of other living host plants. Therefore, its multiplication status in roots is extremely varied and different with different plants. A low cost, low maintenance system for soilless production of AM fungal spores and inoculum was developed and adapted for production of Basella albaL. Plants. Preliminary experiments were undertaken on seven plants. An ideal soil less mixture could hold sufficient water for plant grown and simultaneously permit good aeration. Earthen pots had a porous texture with numerous air spaces into which the mycorrhiza lpropagules fit well. A greenhouse study was conducted under nursery conditions to study the responses of soilless grown Basella alba L. plant. The seedlings raised in presence of AM fungi (Glomus faciculatum) with vermiculite and perlite significantly showed an increased in dry weight of shoot and root and phosphours uptake in shoots over the control (non-inoculated plants).
1 An estuarine tuned Quasi-Analytical Algorithm for VIIRS ( QAA-V ) : assessment and application to satellite estimates of SPM in Galveston Bay following Hurricane Harvey

The standard quasi-analytical algorithm (Lee et al., 2002) was tuned as QAA-V using a suite of synthetic data and in-situ measurements to improve its performance in optically complex and shallow estuarine waters. Two modifications were applied to the standard QAA: 1) a semi-analytical relationship for obtaining 10 remote sensing reflectance just below water-surface as a function of absorption and backscattering coefficients was updated using Hydrolight simulations, and 2) an empirical model of the total non-water absorption coefficient was proposed using a ratio of the green (Rrs551) to red (Rrs671) bands of VIIRS sensor, which is known to work well in various inland and estuarine environments. The QAA-V derived total absorption and backscattering coefficients, which were evaluated in a variety of waters ranging from the highly absorbing and 15 turbid to relatively clear shelf waters, showed satisfactory performance on Hydrolight-simulated synthetic dataset (R>0.87, MRE<17 %), in-situ estuarine & near-shore dataset (R>0.70, MRE<35 %), and the NOMAD dataset (R>0.90, MRE<30 %), respectively. When compared to the standard QAA (QAA-v6), the QAA-V showed an obvious improvement with ~30–40 % reduction in absolute mean relative error for Hydrolightsimulated synthetic and in-situ estuarine & near-shore datasets, respectively. The algorithm was assessed on 20 VIIRS imagery using a regional relationship between suspended particulate matter (SPM) and particulate backscattering coefficient at 532nm (bbtnw532) (R=0.89, N=33). As a case-study, the QAA-V processing chain and VIIRS imagery were used to generate a sequence of SPM maps of Galveston Bay, Texas following the unprecedented flooding of Houston and surrounding regions due to Hurricane Harvey in August 2017. The record discharge of flood waters through two major rivers into the bay resulted in very high SPM concentrations over 25 several days throughout the bay, with wind forcing additionally influencing its distribution into the coastal waters of the northern Gulf of Mexico. The promising results of this study suggest that QAA-V could be used to extend ocean color applications to a variety of shallow-water systems around the world. [
Title : TENS and Heat Therapy for Pain Relief and Quality of Life Improvement in Individuals with Primary Dysmenorrhea : A Systematic Review Short title : Effect of Manual Therapy on Primary Dysmenorrhea

The present systematic review aimed to synthesize evidence for the effectiveness of TENS and heat therapy interventions from randomized trials. Six relevant databases were searched for studies on TENS and heat therapy for primary dysmenorrhea. Menstrual pain intensity and quality of life were the primary and secondary outcomes respectively. The search yielded 46 citations from which six studies on TENS and three studies on heat therapy were systematically reviewed. On the PEDRO quality scale, the trials methodological quality was 4.8 out of 10 for TENS and 6.3 out of 10 for heat therapy. TENS and heat therapy both showed evidence of pain reduction, but no study included quality of life as an outcome. Meta-analysis was not possible due to substantial heterogeneity in included studies. TENS and heat therapy show potential as adjunct remedies in the management of primary dysmenorrhea, but rigorous high quality trials are still needed to made conclusive recommendation.