Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Influence of chemotherapy on development and production of virus free in vitro strawberry plants

The objective of the study was to determine effects of ribavirin on development and health status of in vitro grown strawberry cultivars ‘Honeoye’ and ‘Elkat’ infected with viruses Strawberry mild yellow-edge virus (SMYEV), Tomato ringspot virus (ToRSV) and Arabis mosaic virus (ArMV). Antiviral compound ribavirin was added in concentrations 20, 40, 80 and 160 mg/l to the same MS medium as for multiplication. Growth reduction was noted on medium with 160 mg/l ribavirin and to a lesser degree in the 40 and 80 mg/l treatments. At the end of chemotherapy, in vitro clones free of viruses detected previously in the initial plants were obtained for both selected cultivars across all ribavirin concentrations. The highest number of plants (94) with negative results of ELISA testing was noted on medium with the highest ribavirin concentration 160 mg/l and the lowest (73) on medium with the lowest concentration 20 mg/l of ribavirin. The treated plants look symptomless and appear morphologically equal to the untreated control plants. Results indicate that ribavirin treatment of in vitro plants is a suitable method for eliminating SMYEV, ToRSV and ArMV from strawberry.
From research to practice : Adapting low intensity ( LI ) interventions for individuals with common mental health problems and a co-morbid physical health long-term condition ( LTC )

People with a long term physical health condition (LTC) are two to three times more likely to experience a common mental health problem such as anxiety or depression. This pilot study investigated a collaborative care approach to delivering a low intensity psychological intervention to this population. Six Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners (PWP) received referrals for 161 people, of whom 81 people engaged in between two to seven sessions of guided self-help and achieved a recovery rate of 59%. A case study is presented to illustrate how the collaborative approach worked in practice. The study demonstrated that low intensity psychological intervention with additional practitioner training can be effective with this population.
Impact of meteorological factors on active layer development in Central Spitsbergen

The active layer thickness and soil temperature were measured at two sites during 2000 and 2001, one in Adventdalen (10 m asl.) and one at Sukkertoppen (373 m asl.), in central Spitsbergen, Svalbard. The active layer depth in Adventdalen varied from 95 to 99 cm, and was mainly controlled by the air temperature. On Sukkertoppen a snowpatch was present until 26th of August 2000, while in 2001 the snowpatch melted by the 1st of July. On Sukkertoppen the active layer depth varied from 77 to 80 cm, and was controlled by air temperature and soil moisture. Variations in the soil moisture content were a result of precipitation during the thawing season and meltwater from the snowpatch. The release of sensible and latent heat in combination with air temperature increased the soil temperature up to 17°C. Permafrost, Phillips, Springman & Arenson (eds) © 2003 Swets & Zeitlinger, Lisse, ISBN 90 5809 582 7
Synthesizing plausible futures for biodiversity and ecosystem services in Europe and Central Asia using scenario archetypes

Scenarios are a useful tool to explore possible futures of social-ecological systems. The number of scenarios has increased dramatically over recent decades, with a large diversity in temporal and spatial scales, purposes, themes, development methods, and content. Scenario archetypes generically describe future developments and can be useful in meaningfully classifying scenarios, structuring and summarizing the overwhelming amount of information, and enabling scientific outputs to more effectively interface with decision-making frameworks. The Intergovernmental Platform for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) faced this challenge and used scenario archetypes in its assessment of future interactions between nature and society. We describe the use of scenario archetypes in the IPBES Regional Assessment of Europe and Central Asia. Six scenario archetypes for the region are described in terms of their driver assumptions and impacts on nature (including biodiversity) and its contributions to people (including ecosystem services): business-as-usual, economic optimism, regional competition, regional sustainability, global sustainable development, and inequality. The analysis shows that trade-offs between nature’s contributions to people are projected under different scenario archetypes. However, the means of resolving these trade-offs depend on differing political and societal value judgements within each scenario archetype. Scenarios that include proactive decision making on environmental issues, environmental management approaches that support multifunctionality, and mainstreaming environmental issues across sectors, are generally more successful in mitigating trade-offs than isolated environmental policies. Furthermore, those scenario archetypes that focus on achieving a balanced supply of nature’s contributions to people and that incorporate a diversity of values are estimated to achieve more policy goals and targets, such as the UN Sustainable Development Goals and the Convention on Biological Diversity Aichi targets. The scenario archetypes approach is shown to be helpful in supporting science-policy dialogue for proactive decision making that anticipates change, mitigates undesirable trade-offs, and fosters societal transformation in pursuit of sustainable development.
Rhinitis During Pregnancy : Risk Factors And Management

Qat chewing is a long standing social-cultural habit in Yemen and East Africa. It has multiple adverse health effects including liver injury. We reported three male patients from Yemen with autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) associated with qat chewing. Two of them had advanced cirrhosis at diagnosis and all of them had positive immune profile for type1 AIH. Treatment with Prednisolone and Azathioprine results in remission in the three patients. In conclusion: Qat chewing may be a risk factor for AIH that responds well to treatment, but more data is needed for understanding this association. Introduction Qat is a medium size tree known in Yemen as Gat or Khat. It is named scientifically as Cathaedlius (cathinone). Cathinone is a psycho stimulant substance which causes euophoria. (1) Qat chewing is a socio-cultural habit widely practiced in East Africa and Yemen,(2) but its practice in Yemen is more than other countries. (2,3) It has been estimated that up to 80% of Yemenis between 16-80 years have chewed qat on at least one occasion. (1) Qat chewing has been reported by both men and women of different age groups. (2) Recently because of increased immigration from Yemen and Africa to North America and Europe, qat chewing is increasingly recognized especially in the United Kingdom (UK). (3,4) The qat chewing habit in Yemen has great potential social and economic burdens. 40% of the country’s water is used for its irrigation and money spent on Qat has doubled 280% from 19901995. (1,3) In addition to its socio-economic burden Cathinone can cause multiple health problems. (1) It is similar in structure and pharmacological activity to amphetamine. (5,6) . It can cause CNS, gastrointestinal, renal, genitourinary, cardiovascular , and hepatic toxicity. It also causes oral ulceration and increased risk of oral cancers. (1,2,3,7) Damphetamine is known to exert different forms of hepatotoxicity in-vivo and in-vitro when tested on hepatocytes. (8,9) Because of structural similarity qat is expected to cause similar toxic effects on the liver but the available data on this issue are few and sporadic. In this article we reported three patients from Yemen with autoimmune hepatitis possibly related to qat chewing habits. MIDDLE EAST JOURNAL OF FAMILY MEDICINE VOLUME 8 ISSUE 6
Enhancing untrained science teachers ’ pedagogical content knowledge ( PCK ) in developing countries through teachers ’ professional learning communities ( PLCs )

This paper reports on the findings of a study that can inform new approaches to solving the worldwide problem of teachers in current practice who are unqualified and/or underprepared for classroom teaching. The study approached the problem by focusing on ways to strengthen the pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) of unqualified licensed science teachers in the Tanzanian context. The findings indicated that the intervention strengthened generic aspects of the licensed science teachers’ PCK for inquiry learning, notably their increased use of learner-centred pedagogical practices, with the potential for roll out to the wider educational community.
Elmtown's youth—the impact of social classes on adolescents

With million-volt x-rays on Kodak Industrial X-ray Film, Type M, the base of this dense casting shows fine structures that add up to a gross defect. The high contrast and low graininess of this film show clearly the character of the defect. At250 kv, aradiograph on Kodak Industrial X-ray Film, Type M, shows a threadlike structure extending from a cavity near the end of the vane. Here, too, high contrast and low graininess are essential,yetthefilmhasadequatespeed for reasonably short exposure.
Prophylactic Cerclage in ICSI Twins : To Do or Not to Do ? A Randomized Controlled Study

Objective: To study the effect of prophylactic cerclage in ICSI twin pregnancies with normal cervical measurements on pregnancy outcome. Design: a randomized controlled prospective study. Setting: at Tanta university hospitals and outpatient clinics. Patients: 120 selected cases of ICSI twin pregnancy were recruited and classified into 2 groups randomly, cerclage group (n=80cases) and control group without cerclage (n=40). Interventions: Transvaginal ultrasound was done for number of fetuses, viability, cervical length and diameter and applying Mc Donald cerclage at 14-16weeks for cerclage group. Main Outcome Measures: Occurrence of abortion, Preterm labour, premature rupture of membranes, the time of stitch removal, gestational age at delivery, mode of delivery, neonatal complications. Results: The mean age (29.09 ± 3.26 years) and (28.36 ± 3.24 years) in cerclage group and control group respectively. Most patients were suffering primary infertility 68.75%. The mean gestational age for preterm labour was (32.50 ± 2.04 weeks) in cerclage group versus (30.53 ± 2.44 weeks) in control group. The mean gestational age for PROM was (32.70 ± 2.41 weeks) in cerclage group versus (29.00 ± 2.52 weeks) in control group. The mean gestational age at delivery was (34.84 ± 1.71 weeks) and (32.65 ± 2.56 weeks) in cerclage and control groups respectively . Neonatal assessment revealed that birth weight was higher in cerclage group than in control groups with mean of birth weight was (2313.13 ± 419.81 gm) in cerclage group versus (1828.25 ± 603.23 gm) in control group. Respiratory distress syndrome occurred (48.8%) in cerclage group versus (82.5%) in control group, with the need of NICU and mechanical ventilation for (10%) incerclage group versus (52.5%) in control group. Conclusion: Prophylactic cerclage was effective in reducing preterm delivery in ICSI twins and minimized neonatal morbidity and mortality.
Targeted Delivery of Insulin-Like Growth Factor-1 Improves Stem Cell Therapy in A Rat Myocardial Infarction Model Article Information

Background: Stem cell therapy for treating myocardial infarction (MI) has been widely studied but the clinical applications of these studies have been disappointing due to poor stem cell engraftment and survival in the diseased tissue. In this study, insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) was selectively delivered to the infarcted myocardium prior to stem cell transplantation to improve the local microenvironment.
FACTORS AFFECTING CUSTOMER REPURCHASE INTENTION OF THE LOWCOST AIRLINES IN THAILAND

This research is to address the deficiencies in predicting customer repurchase intention. With regard to determinants of customer repurchase intention that have found a very strong relationship between customer satisfactions and repurchase intention as the most important factor leading to repurchase intent. It is in this context that switching barrier was proposed as a moderating variable, which may have effects in between the two constructs. Switching barrier is defined as any factor that makes it difficult or costly for customers to change providers on the satisfaction and repurchase intentions relationship. The characteristic of Low Fare service which possibly presents ample opportunities for customers to easily switch their purchase intention to others. Therefore, it is important for the service provider to learn how to retain or to prevent their existing customers from switching their purchase to other service providers in the highly competitive area. Survey data were collected: six hundred sets of completed questionnaire were collected by means of random face-to-face interview with passengers waiting for their flights at two major airports of Thailand. A confirmatory factor analysis was conducted with two independent constructs, satisfaction and switching barriers, showed that two constructs fitted well with the empirical data. And, a structural equation model utilizing the data as observed variables and the constructs as latent variables produced a model that showed the impact of switching barriers on the relationship between customer satisfaction and repurchase intention. The major hypothesis, customer satisfaction was found to have a strong influence on repurchase intentions. Respondents who report high levels of satisfaction with the airlines were likely to have high repurchase intentions. The major hypothesis, customer satisfaction was found to have a strong influence on repurchase intentions. In other words, when satisfaction levels are high, three types of switching barriers (interpersonal relationships, attractiveness of alternatives, and service recovery) have practically no influence on repurchase intentions. However, when satisfaction levels are low, one of the switching barriers “switching costs have a positive influence on repurchase intentions.
FATTY ACID COMPOSITION OF L-DORSI MUSCIE OF INTACT AND CASTRATED KIDS INDUCED BY ZERANOL IMPLANTATION

To investigate the influence of zeranol administration by implantation and castration on fatty acids composition, 20 weaned kids (3-4 month old) with an average live weight of 17.3±0.23 kg were divided randomly into two equal main groups, the first was left intact as a control and the 2 nd group was castrated. Each main group was then blocked randomly into two sub groups, the 1 st was left as control and the 2 nd implanted with Ralgro (12mg zeranol). Kids were fed a concentrate adlib and slaughtered after 70 days of fattening. After chilling for 24 hours, a homogenous samples of meat from L.dorsi muscle was blended for analysis of fatty acid composition. Results revealed that mono unsaturated fatty acid have the highest contribution towards fatty acid of goat meat, followed by saturated fatty acids and poly unsaturated fatty acids. Among individual fatty acids C18:1 contributed highest followed by C16:0, C18:0 and C18:3 Neither implanting kids with zeranol nor castration alter significantly the fatty acid profile or PUSF to SFA ratio or the proportion of C18+C18:1/C16.
Private animal husbandry, technology of production of livestock products USING MILK UREA CONCENTRATION AS STRATEGY TO IMPROVE THE EFFICIENCY OF NITROGEN USE AND REDUCING NITROGEN LOSSES IN COMMERCIAL DAIRY HERDS

Перспективное исследование было проведено на 10 коммерческих молочных стадах в течение одного года по мониторингу мочевины в молоке, определению влияния характеристик рациона на концентрацию и оценке мочевины в молоке, как уменьшить ее в молоке и увеличить выделение азота с мочой. Пробы молока собирали два раза в месяц и анализировали на концентрацию мочевины, используя колориметрическую процедуру. Репрезентативные образцы кормов были также собраны в тот же день сбора молока. В образцах корма была определенны концентрации белка, усваиваемого в кишечнике, и чистая энергия для лактации. Расчеты проводили по французской методике, а также определили концентрацию РРБ. Средний диапазон концентраций мочевины в молоке составляет 25,0 32,0 мг / дл. Наблюдалась значительная положительная связь (р <0,01) между концентрацией мочевины в молоке и содержанием сырого белка (СБ) в корме. Установлено, что концентрации мочевины в молоке (мг / дл) отрицательно связана (р <0,05) с эффективностью утилизации азота. Была обнаружена тесная положительная корреляция между средними значениями молочной мочевины (р <0,01) и выделения азота с мочой. Отмечена отрицательная связь (p <0,01) между уровнем молочной продуктивности и эффективностью утилизации азота в молочных стадах. Вывод, что количество азота в рационах является наиболее важным фактором питания, влияющим на концентрацию мочевины в молоке. Также коммерческим молочным фермерам может быть полезно отслеживать концентрацию мочевины в молоке, так как это может помочь повысить эффективность использования кормов и минимизировать потери азота в окружающей среде UDC 612.461. 23:636.2. 034
THE ROLE OF INFORMATION STRUCTURE IN INTERPRETIVE ASYMMETRIES

This paper analyses one aspect of the so-called two-pronoun puzzle (or Dahl’s puzzle). I argue that the two-pronoun puzzle hides a double puzzle; I call them Puzzle A and Puzzl e B. Puzzle A is why one logically possible interpretation disappea rs in certain cases of ellipsis of pronominal dependencies; and the other way around, Puzzle B is why this reading is still possible when ellipsis doesn’t apply. Puzzle A can be accounted for in terms of conditions on parallelism and semantic binding (cf. Fox 2000, Reinhart 2000, Büring 2005). Puzzle B has not yet been resolved in the same terms. In this paper I pr opose an explanation that is compatible with the analysis in Fox (2000). First, based on Basque data I show that the twopronoun puzzle phenomenon is not restricted to VP ellipsis: it al so concerns silent arguments. Then, I show how this Basque data help understanding better wha is under Puzzle B: the facts appear to be less uniform once information str ucture is taken into account, and focus is shown to play a central role in the derivat ion that allows the crucial data. 1. The interpretive asymmetries of the two-pronoun puzzle The two-pronoun puzzle, or Dahl’s puzzle, is the name given to the i n erpretive asymmetries displayed in cases of ellipsis of pronominal depend ncies (cf. Dahl 1974, Fiengo & May 1994, Fox 2000 a.o.). In the conversation in (1)-(2) for instance, the sentence in ( 1), with all the pronouns with value ‘Max’ (indices are used just as shorthand to indica te the intended reading), can serve as an antecedent for the optional VP ellipsis in (2b) (th e elided constituent is represented between brackets). In principle, the ‘answers’ to (1) in (2a) and (2b) are equivalent; they differ in that VP ellipsis is applied in the latter but not in the former. Depending on the reading each pronoun can get (strict ‘Max’ or sloppy ‘O scar’), the four interpretations in (3) are logically possible for the sente nces in (2). However, since the first description of the data in Dahl (1974), it is considered that wh ereas (2a) allows these four interpretations, (2b) only allows (3a-b-c), excluding the inte rpretation in (3d), the ‘ strict + sloppy’ (henceforth ST-SL) reading. This asymmetry is the essence of the so-called twopronoun puzzle. (1) Maxi said hei saw hisi mother. 1 This research was supported by the grants BFF200204238-C02-01 of MCYT-FEDER, UPV-EHU 9 UPV 00114.130-160.09-2004 U of EHU-U. Basque Coun try and a Ph.D. research grant by EHU-U. Basque Country. I want to thank Aritz Irurtzun for comments and helpful discussion, and also Brendan Costello, Scott Fults and Heather Taylor, m y informants of English. Ambiguity in Anaphora Workshop Proceedings, pages 41–48 ESSLLI 2006, Málaga, Spain, 7–11 August 2006 Edited by Ron Artstein and Massimo Poesio http://cswww.essex. ac.uk/anaphora/
Land Use in the SubCarpathian Area of the Cricovul Sărat River Basin . Environmental Impact Assessment

The aim of the study is to perform a diachronic analysis (between 1990 and 2012) of the agricultural land (arable land, pastures and hayfields, vineyards, orchards) included in the territorial administrative units of the Sub-Carpathian Basin of the Cricovul Sărat River. The rural landscape has suffered changes over time through the intensification of agricultural and forest exploitation activities, with repercussion on the environment [1]. Thus, to reveal the ecological status of the territory studied, a number of indicators were analyzed: human pressure indexes through human population dynamics (population density), the human pressure through the use and occupation of the agricultural land, the naturality index, the environmental transformation index. These indicators are called elementary indicators of the landscape evaluation [2]. The human pressure expressed by the land use and the degree of occupation of agricultural lands was computed either at national level [3] or separately, for various regions of Romania: the Romanian Plain at large [4], the Mostiştea Plain [5], the Oltenia Plain [6], the Târgovişte Plain [7]; the SubCarpathians between the Râmnicu Sărat and Buzău rivers [8], [9], the Oltenia Sub-Carpathians [10]; the Getic Piedmont [11]; the Iron Gates Natural Park [12], the Bran-Rucăr-Dragoslavele Corridor [2], the Almăj Land [1]. Likewise, the naturalness index was computed for plain areas [6], hills [10], [11], [13], and highlands [12], [2], [1], etc. The last analyzed, namely the environmental transformation index, mirrors the Centre for Research on Settlements and Urbanism
J Functional Electrical Stimulation with Augmented Feedback Training Improves Gait and Functional Performance in Individuals with Chronic Stroke : A Randomized Controlled Trial

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to compare the effects of the FES-gait with augmented feedback training to the FES alone on the gait and functional performance in individuals with chronic stroke. Methods: This study used a pretest and posttest randomized control design. The subjects who signed the agreement were randomly divided into 12 experimental groups and 12 control groups. The experimental groups performed two types of augmented feedback training (knowledge of performance and knowledge of results) together with FES, and the control group performed FES on the TA and GM without augmented feedback and then walked for 30 minutes for 40 meters. Both the experimental groups and the control groups received training five times a week for four weeks. Results: The groups that received the FES with augmented feedback training significantly showed a greater improvement in single limb support (SLS) and gait velocity than the groups that received FES alone. In addition, timed up and go (TUG) test and six minute walk test (6MWT) showed a significant improvement in the groups that received FES with augmented feedback compared to the groups that received FES alone. Conclusion: Compared with the existing FES gait training, augmented feedback showed improvements in gait parameters, walking ability, and dynamic balance. The augmented feedback will be an important method that can provide motivation for motor learning to stroke patients.