Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Effects of Vitamin and Trace Element Supplementation on Weight Gain and Health of Calves Fed Raw or Pasteurized Waste Milk

The aim of the presented study is to investigate the effects of vitamin-mineral supplement on weight gain and health of dairy calves fed raw or pasteurized milk. The study was conducted on 40 calves from two different herds. Ten calves from herd A, received raw milk and 7.5 g of supplement twice daily (15g/calf/day) for 60 days (AM group); 10 other calves did not receive any supplement and were fed raw milk for 60 days (AC group). Ten calves from herd B (BM group), received 7.5 g of supplement twice daily (15g/calf/day) for 60 days mixed with pasteurized milk (72°C for 15 s). Calves in BC group (n:10) did not receive any supplement and calves in this group were fed with pasteurized milk for 60 days. Body weight of all calves were measured just after birth and on day 60 of the study when calves were weaned. Birth weights (kg±SEM) of groups AM, AC and BM, BC were 34.6±1.59, 34.6±1.68 and 36.4±2.51, 36.8±1.40 respectively. Weaning weights (kg±SEM) of groups AM, AC and BM, BC were 68.2±2.15, 65.9±1.89 and 81.5±3.21, 72.8±2.38 respectively. ADG (g±SEM) of groups AM, AC and BM, BC were calculated as 560±35, 522±25 and 768±30, 600±19 respectively. ADG and weaning weight of AM and AC was similar; however, ADG and weaning weight of BM was significantly higher (P<0.05) than ADG and weaning weight of BC. In conclusion, vitamin and trace element supplementation has beneficial effects on weight gain and health of dairy calves fed pasteurized waste milk.
Anti-ischemic effects of the potassium channel activators pinacidil and cromakalim and the reversal of these effects with the potassium channel blocker glyburide.

The direct cardioprotective efficacy of the potassium channel activators pinacidil and cromakalim was determined in isolated globally ischemic rat hearts. Isolated buffer-perfused rat hearts were subjected to 25 min of ischemia followed by 30 min of reperfusion. These hearts were pretreated with 1 to 100 microM pinacidil, 1 to 7 microM cromakalim or vehicle. Pinacidil resulted in significant improvements in reperfusion function and cardiac compliance, though it did not significantly reduce lactate dehydrogenase release at any concentration. The protective effects of pinacidil were greatest at a 10 microns concentration and were slightly diminished at higher concentrations (30 and 100 microns). Although not affecting the severity of ischemia alone, 10 microM glyburide (potassium channel blocker) completely reversed the protective effects of pinacidil on reperfusion function and compliance. Cromakalim (7 microM) resulted in a greater than 50% improvement in reperfusion function and compliance and unlike pinacidil significantly reduced lactate dehydrogenase release by approximately 50%. At 1 microM, glyburide alone did not significantly affect the severity of ischemia but reversed the protective effects of cromakalim. Not only did glyburide reverse the protective effects of cromakalim, it resulted in a worsening of ischemia compared to vehicle, an effect not seen with glyburide alone. Thus, both pinacidil and cromakalim appear to have direct cardioprotective efficacy, though some differences between them may be possible. The mechanism of their protective effects appears to be via potassium channel opening as the potassium channel blocker glyburide reverses the protective effect of these compounds. Intracellular electrophysiological studies showed that ischemia-induced depolarization was reversed with cromakalim, which increased the resting potential nearly back to preischemic levels. (ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
Major Numerical Forecast Failures over the Northeast Pacific

Abstract Strong North Pacific storms that impact the North American west coast are sometimes poorly predicted in the short term (up to 48 h) by operational models, with cyclone position errors of hundreds of kilometers and central pressure errors of tens of millibars. These major numerical forecast failures still occur despite continuing improvements in modeling and data assimilation. In this paper, the frequency and intensity of sea level pressure errors at buoy and coastal locations are documented by comparing the National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) Eta Model forecasts to observations and through case studies of two poorly forecast cyclones from the 2001/02 winter season. Using data from October 1999 through March 2003 at coastal and offshore sites along the west coast of North America, it was found that large forecast errors (48-h sea level pressure errors greater than 10 mb) by the Eta Model occur 10–15 times each winter, and extremely large errors (48-h errors greater than 15 mb) occ.
LucidiTEE : Policy-Compliant Fair Computing at Scale

We seek a system that provides transparency and control to users by 1) enforcing agreed-upon policies on what functions can be evaluated over private data (even when the users are offline), and 2) enforcing the set of parties with whom the results are shared. For this level of control, the system must ensure policy compliance, and we demonstrate, using modern applications, the need for history-based policies, where any decision to compute on users’ data depends on prior use of that data. Moreover, the system must algorithmically ensure fairness: if any party gets the output, then so do all honest parties. It is an open research challenge to construct a system that ensures these properties in a malicious setting. While trusted execution environments (TEEs), such as Intel SGX and Sanctum enclaves, offer partial solutions, they are at the mercy of an untrusted host software for storage and network I/O, and are therefore incapable of enforcing history-dependent policies or fairness. This paper presents LucidiTEE, the first system to enable multiple parties to jointly compute on large-scale private data, while guaranteeing policy-compliance even when the input providers are offline, and fairness to all output recipients. A key contribution is our protocol (with a formal proof of security) for fair n-party information exchange, which tolerates an arbitrary corruption threshold t < n, and requires only t parties to possess a TEE node (an improvement over prior result that requires TEEs from alln parties) — in our case studies, this result provides a practical benefit as end users on commodity devices can enjoy fairness when engaging with service providers. We define an ideal functionality for policy-compliant fair computing, FPCFC , which is the first to study history-based policies, and we develop novel protocols based on a network of TEEs and a shared ledger to enforce history-based policies. LucidiTEE realizes FPCFC with a heavy focus on efficiency. It uses the ledger only to enforce policies; i.e., it does not store inputs, outputs, or state on the ledger, which allows it to scale to large data and large number of parties. We demonstrate several policy-based applications including a personal finance app, federated machine learning, and policy-based surveys amongst unknown participants.
Line Probe Assay in Southern provinces, Zimbabwe

Objectives: To determine the proportion of rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis (RR-TB) patients who accessed second-line drug susceptibility testing (SL-DST) results following introduction of the Hain technology in southern provinces, Zimbabwe. Design: Cohort study using secondary data. Results: Xpert MTB/RIF results were used to identify 133 RR-TB patients for this study. Their mean age (SD) was 37.9 (11.1) years, 83 (62%) were males and 106 (80%) were HIV-infected. There were 6 (5%) participants who had pre-treatment attrition. Of the 133 pulmonary TB (PTB) patients, 117 (80%) had additional sputum specimens collected; 96 (72%) specimens reached the National TB Reference Laboratory (NTBRL); 95 (71%) were processed; 68 (51%) had SL-DST results. Only 53 (40%) SL-DST results reached the peripheral facilities. Median time from specimen reception at the NTBRL to SL-DSTs was 40 days, interquartile range (IQR: 28–67). Median time from presumptive diagn7osis of RR-TB by health care worker to SL-DST results was 50 days (IQR: 39–80), and increased to 79 days (IQR: 39–101) in facilities >250 km from the NTBRL. The proportion with any fluoroquinolone resistance was 9 (13.2%). Conclusion: Although RR-TB patients with PTB were initiated timely on treatment, access to SL-DSTs by facilities needs improvement. Health inequities exist as remote areas are less likely to get SL-DST results in time. © 2019 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of International Society for Infectious Diseases. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/bync-nd/4.0/).
False air-bone gaps at 4 kHz in listeners with normal hearing and sensorineural hearing loss

Abstract Objective: This report presents data from four studies to examine standard bone-conduction reference equivalent threshold force levels (RETFL), especially at 4 kHz where anomalous air-bone gaps are common. Design: Data were mined from studies that obtained air- and bone-conduction thresholds from normal-hearing and sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) participants, using commercial audiometers and standard audiometric transducers. Study sample: There were 249 normal-hearing and 188 SNHL participants. Results: (1) Normal-hearing participants had small air-bone gaps at 0.5, 1.0, and 2.0 kHz (‐1.7 to 0.3 dB) and larger air-bone gaps at 4 kHz (10.6 dB). (2) SNHL participants had small air-bone gaps at 0.5, 1.0, and 2.0 kHz (‐0.7 to 1.7 dB) and a larger air-bone gap at 4 kHz (14.1 dB). (3) The 4-kHz air-bone gap grew with air-conduction threshold from 10.1 dB when the air-conduction threshold was 5–10 dB HL to 21.1 dB when the air-conduction threshold was greater than 60 dB. (4) With the 4-kHz RETFL corrected by the average SNHL air-bone gap, the relationship between RETFL and frequency is linear with a slope of − 12 dB per octave. Conclusions: The 4-kHz air-bone gaps for listeners with SNHL could be avoided by adjusting the 4-kHz RETFL by − 14.1 dB.
Effect of Dried Blood-Rumen Content Mixture ( DBRCM ) on feed intake , body weight gain , feed conversion ratio and mortality rate of SASSO C 44 broiler chicks

The objective of this experiment was to determine the effect of dried bloodrumen content mixtures (DBRCM) on the performance of SASSO C44 broiler chicks. A total of 225 unsexed day old broiler chicks (SASSO C44) were randomly distributed to five dietary treatment groups in a completely randomized design and replicated thrice with 15 birds per replicate. The experimental diets were formulated to contain 100%Soyabean meal(SBM)+0%DBRCM (T1), 80%SBM+20% DBRCM (T2),60%SBM+ 40% DBRCM (T3), 40%SBM+60% DBRCM(T4) and 20%SBM+80% DBRCM (T5) in 56 days of age. Both starter and finisher diets were formulated to be iso-caloric and iso-nitrogenous. Data were collected on average feed intake, body weight gain (BWG), feed conversion ratio (FCR) and mortality rate. The result revealed that the daily dry matter intake was ranged from 75.8 to 80.4g/day/bird in the entire experimental period of growth. Birds fed on T5 (75.8) was lower (P<0.05) DMI compared with T1 (79.0g), T2 (78.9g), T3 (80.4g). The mean daily body weight gain of birds ranged from 26.4g to 31.6g and no marked significant difference (P>0.05) among each treatment groups. The feed conversion ratio(FCR) ranged from 2.5-2.9 and there was no statistical marked difference (P>0.05) among treatment groups. Also there was no statistical difference (P>0.05) in mortality rate. Based on the present result, it could be concluded that dried blood rumen content mixture can be included up to 60% inclusion level for starter phases and up to 80% for finisher phases of growth to replace soybean meal without any adverse effect on bodyweight gain, FCR, and mortality rate of birds.
Multiple Comparisons among Mean Vectors when the Dimension is Larger than the Total Sample Size

Sho [Ibkahashi; Masashi Hyodo' and [[bkahiro Nishiyamai Abstract We eonsider muttiple comparisons among mean vectors for high-dimensional data under the multivariate normality. The statistic based on Dempster trace criterion is given, and also its approximate upper percentile is derived by using Bonferreni's inequality; Finall" the accuracy of its approxirnate value is evaluated by Monte Carlo simulation.
Effect of Vitamins on In Vitro Organogenesis of Plant

Vitamins are necessary compounds synthesized and utilized in plants. In tissue culture media, vitamin addition is not always common; since the amount needed by plants is relatively unknown and varies. Vitamins, in combination with other media constituents, have been shown to have direct and indirect effects on callus growth, somatic growth, rooting, and embryonic development. For example, different studies have shown that thiamine is associated with cytokinin and has a role in inducing callus growth and rooting. Moreover, thiamine was essential in facilitating the production of more secondary metabolites such as proteases in pineapple. Both biotin and riboflavin play a role in callus development as well. Specifically, riboflavin exerts different effects on plant rooting either positively and negatively. Vitamin D known to cause uptake of calcium in animal tissue, exerts a similar effect in plants. In addition, vitamin D causes cell elongation and meristematic cell division. Vitamin C, known for its anti-oxidative properties, has also enhanced shoot growth and rooting.
Phytosociology and life syndromes of bryophyte communities from Sicilian caves , a clear example of relationship between bryophytes and environment

A phytosociological study on the bryophytes found in many lava and karst caves of Sicily was carried out. The surveyed communities, recognized at the entrance, in the liminar and subliminar zones of the caves, include the Rhabdoweisietum fugacis, Pohlietum crudae subass. timmietosum bavaricae, Bartramietum ithyphyllae, Pohlio crudae-Amphidietum mougeotii and Pohlio annotinae-Brachythecietum velutini (class Cladonio digitatae-Lepidozietea reptantis), Rhynchostegielletum algirianae (class Ctenidietea mollusci), Scorpiurietum circinati (class Pleurochaeto squarrosae-Abietinelletea abietinae), Riccio glaucae-Anthocerotetum crispuli and Plagiochasmo rupestris-Targionietum hypophyllae (class Barbuletea unguiculatae), found in the lava caves. By contrast, the Selaginello denticulatae-Timmielletum barbuloidis (class Pleurochaeto squarrosae-Abietinelletea abietinae), Weissietum tortilis (class Barbuletea unguiculatae), Eucladio verticillati-Adiantetum capilli-veneris and Thamnobryo alopecuriPhyllitidetum scolopendrii (class Adiantetea capilli-veneris), were found in the karst caves. Among these, Pohlio crudae-Amphidietum mougeotii and Rhynchostegielletum algirianae are the only associations with a troglophile character, which survive in the semi-darkness of the subliminar zone. The associations were examined from a synecological, synhierarchical and chorological point of view. A life form and life strategy analysis of all communities reflect the response of plant functional types towards the environmental demands. Most communities are characterized by only few but specific life syndromes, which can be seen as an ecological expression of the growing sites, the diverse characters and requirements of the various species and populations. Especially the prevailing life forms perfectly reflect the light conditions, one of the key stone factors of plants of cave communities.
Specific heat investigation for line nodes in heavily overdoped Ba1−xKxFe2As2

Previous research has found that the pairing symmetry in the iron-based superconductor Ba1-xKxFe2As2 changes from nodeless s-wave near optimally doped, x≈0.4-0.55 and Tc>30 K, to nodal (either d-wave or s-wave) at the pure endpoint, x=1 and Tc<4 K. Intense theoretical interest has been focused on this possibility of changing pairing symmetry, where in the transition region both order parameters would be present and time reversal symmetry would be broken. Here we report specific heat measurements in zero and applied magnetic fields down to 0.4 K of three individual single crystals, free of low temperature magnetic anomalies, of heavily overdoped Ba1-xKxFe2As2, x= 0.91, 0.88, and 0.81. The values for Tcmid are 5.6, 7.2 and 13 K and for Hc2≈ 4.5, 6, and 20 T respectively. Furthermore, the data can be analyzed in a two gap scenario, Δ2/Δ1 ≈ 4, with the magnetic field dependence of γ (=C/T as T→0) showing an anisotropic ‘S-shaped’ behavior vs H, with the suppression of the lower gap by 1 T and γ ≈ H1/2 overall. Although such a non-linear γ vs H is consistent with deep minima or nodes in the gap structure, it is not clear evidence for one, or both, of the gapsmore » being nodal in these overdoped samples. Thus, following the established theoretical analysis of the specific heat of d-wave cuprate superconductors containing line nodes, we present the specific heat normalized by H1/2 plotted vs T/H1/2 of these heavily overdoped Ba1-xKxFe2As2 samples which – thanks to the absence of magnetic impurities in our sample - convincingly shows the expected scaling for line node behavior for the larger gap for all three compositions. There is however no clear observation of the nodal behavior C ∝ αT2 in zero field at low temperatures, with α ≤ 2 mJ/molK3 being consistent with the data. Together with the scaling, this leaves open the possibility of extreme anisotropy in a nodeless larger gap, Δ2, such that the scaling works for fields above 0.25 – 0.5 T (0.2 – 0.4 K in temperature units), where this an estimate for the size of the deep minima in the Δ2 ~ 20-25 K gap. Furthermore, the location of the change from nodeless→nodal gaps between optimally doped and heavily overdoped Ba1-xKxFe2As2 based on the present work may be closer to the KFe2As2 endpoint than x=0.91. « less
The Use of Indigenous Medicine Among Women During Pregnancy and Labour in Rural Ghana

The increasing use of herbal medicine and related products in pregnancy has been noticed all over the world, however, the safety of these medicines becomes particularly important among pregnant women and children. In spite of the insufficient data to justify herbal use during pregnancy, exposure to herbal products in unspecified quantities among pregnant women is of great concern. This study assessed the determinants of herbal use (Kaligu-tim), a known local oxytocin and its impact on the maternal birth outcomes in a rural district in Ghana. Descriptive cross-sectional study design was used. It consisted of 339 women attending postnatal care and child welfare clinics across the district. Data collection was done using a structured questionnaire. The selection of respondents was done using a systematic sampling technique. The data were coded and entered into SPSS version 22.0 for analysis. From the study, 64.9% and 45.4% of respondents had used local oxytocin in their previous and current pregnancies respectively; 5.5% did so during the first trimester, 26.8% in the second trimester and 67.7% in the third trimester. The study found a significant relationship between the use of herbal medicine and health service-related challenges, maternal age, the gestational term at delivery, parity of the respondents and mothers’ ethnicity. Previous and current use of Kaligu-tim reduced birth weight by 26g and 34.3g respectively, though these were not statistically significant. However, the previous history of Kaligu-tim was significantly associated with perinatal asphyxia, postpartum haemorrhage, obstructed labour and foetal distress in their subsequent deliveries. It can be concluded that the use of this Kaligu-tim possesses a greater long term health challenge for mothers and their babies.
Detection of Simkania negevensis by culture, PCR, and serology in respiratory tract infection in Cornwall, UK

Respiratory tract infections are often treated empirically without investigation to detect the aetiological agent, which may be a virus or a bacterium, including atypical pathogens such as Chlamydophila pneumoniae or Mycoplasma pneumoniae. Recently, several types Chlamydia-like intracellular bacteria have been detected in environmental samples and clinical specimens. Little is known of their geographical distribution and potential pathogenicity. We describe the detection, by PCR and isolation in cell culture, of Simkania negevensis in nasopharyngeal aspirates of paediatric patients with bronchiolitis in Cornwall, UK. We also present serological evidence of exposure to the organism in 62% of adult patients and 46% of a sample of pregnant women. Empirical treatment of serious respiratory tract infection should consider the possible contribution of these organisms.
XUV diagnostics of colliding laser-produced magnesium plasmas

Charge exchange collisions between highly charged Mg ions in colliding laserproduced magnesium plasmas are studied. Pinhole photography and XUV spectroscopy are used as diagnostic tools. XUV pinhole pictures taken at early stages give more insight into the expansion dynamics of the colliding magnesium plasmas. Spectroscopic studies show selective population of the n = 3 levels of Mg IX ions which results in enhancement of respective line intensities. Theoretical calculations also give large cross section as high as 10 −15 cm 2 for these charge exchange collisions when the relative velocities of the colliding ions are of the order of 10 7 cm s −1 .
FIRST DESCRIPTION OF THE NEST AND EGGS OF THE GREEN-CROWNED BRILLIANT ( HELIODOXA JACULA ) , WITH SOME BEHAVIORAL NOTES

A nest of the Green-crowned Brilliant (Heliodoxa jacula), previously undescribed, was found on 20 January 1999 along a tributary of Río Grande de Orosí on the Caribbean side of the northern Cordillera de Talamanca of Costa Rica. The bulky, cup-shaped nest was constructed from fibers and scales of tree ferns and covered outside with liverworts and a few mosses and lichens. It was saddled on a thin, slightly downsloping branch and had two “tails” of hanging liverworts, longer than the height of the nest cup, draped beneath the nest on each side of the supporting branch. It eventually contained two whitish eggs that were long elliptical in shape, measuring roughly 16.5 mm by 11 mm. Two other nests of the species discovered subsequently were very similar in construction and/or placement to the first. Brief observations of nestbuilding and incubation behavior at the first nest were generally consistent with descriptions for various other hummingbird species. Accepted 25 February 2000. Resumen. Un nido del colibrí Brillante Frentiverde (Heliodoxa jacula) fue encontrado el 20 de Enero de 1999 cerca de un tributario del Río Grande de Orosi, vertiente Caribe, extremo norte de la Cordillera de Talamanca, Costa Rica. El nido de esta especie no había sido descrito anteriormente. Este nido es compacto, en forma de taza, construido con fibras y escamas de helecho arborescente y cubierto externamente con hepáticas, pocos musgos y líquenes. Estaba sostenido en una ramita ligeramente inclinada hacia abajo y tenía dos “colas” de hepáticas colgando, más largas que la altura del nido. Este contenía eventualmente dos huevos de forma elíptica alargada, midiendo aproximadamente 16.5 x 11 mm. Otros dos nidos de la misma especie descubiertos posteriormente fueron muy similares en su construcción y/o localización respecto al primero. Las breves observaciones del comportamiento de construcción e incubación del primer nido fueron coincidentes con las de otras especies de colibríes.