Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Assessment of heavy metal residues in Brazilian poultry and swine tissue

The aim of this study was to investigate the presence of arsenic, lead and cadmium residues in samples of liver, kidney and muscle of poultry and swine during the years from 2002 to 2008. A total of 1978 samples were analyzed: 1031 of poultry and 947 of swine from Brazilian slaughterhouses. The samples were analyzed at the National Agricultural Laboratory using the atomic absorption spectrometry technique. In poultry, the arsenic residues were detected in 53.6% of liver samples, although no results have exceeded the MRL. In kidneys, 39.7% of the samples showed measurable residues and there was no violation of the limits. Regarding lead, there were 5 contaminated liver samples and 24 contaminated kidney samples (1.5 and 3.6% respectively). In muscle tissue there was only one sample with residues. For cadmium, 3.8% of the samples were found below MRL. Cadmium residues were found in 110 kidney samples (16.3% of tested), but only one exceeded the legislation limits. In swine, arsenic residues were detected in 15.3% of liver samples, although no results exceeded the MRL. In kidneys, 14.2% of samples showed measurable residues. However, there was no violation of limits. Regarding lead levels, 7 liver samples and 18 kidney samples were contaminated (2.6 and 2.7% respectively). Cadmium was found below MRL in 14.9% of the analyzed samples. In kidneys, 448 samples (67.8% of the total tested) had cadmium residues and 4 samples exceeded the legislation limits. During the seven years of study (20022008), only 5 (0.25%) out of 1978 tested samples violated the Brazilian law. However, even with low levels of violation, monitoring is essential, since the number of samples with residues was often greater than the number of violations, and in some cases, such as cadmium in the kidneys, the majority of samples contained quantifiable residues and with levels often near the limits.
Cooperative adaptation to therapy (CAT) confers resistance in heterogeneous non-small cell lung cancer

Understanding intrinsic and acquired resistance is crucial to overcoming cancer chemotherapy failure. While it is well-established that intratumor, subclonal genetic and phenotypic heterogeneity significantly contribute to resistance, it is not fully understood how tumor sub-clones interact with each other to withstand therapy pressure. Here, we report a previously unrecognized behavior in heterogeneous tumors: cooperative adaptation to therapy (CAT), in which cancer cells induce co-resistant phenotypes in neighboring cancer cells when exposed to cancer therapy. Using a CRISPR/Cas9 toolkit we engineered phenotypically diverse non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) cells by conferring mutations in Dicer1, a type III cytoplasmic endoribonuclease involved in small non-coding RNA genesis. We monitored three-dimensional growth dynamics of fluorescently-labeled mutant and/or wild-type cells individually or in co-culture using a substrate-free NanoCulture system under unstimulated or drug pressure conditions. By integrating mathematical modeling with flow cytometry, we characterized the growth patterns of mono- and co-cultures using a mathematical model of intra- and interspecies competition. Leveraging the flow cytometry data, we estimated the model’s parameters to reveal that the combination of WT and mutants in co-cultures allowed for beneficial growth in previously drug sensitive cells despite drug pressure via induction of cell state transitions described by a cooperative game theoretic change in the fitness values. Finally, we used an ex vivo human tumor model that predicts clinical response through drug sensitivity analyses and determined that cellular and morphologic heterogeneity correlates to prognostic failure of multiple clinically-approved and off-label drugs in individual NSCLC patient samples. Together, these findings present a new paradox in drug resistance implicating non-genetic cooperation among tumor cells to thwart drug pressure, suggesting that profiling for druggable targets (i.e. mutations) alone may be insufficient to assign effective therapy.
The usefulness of a 1 D hydrodynamic model for the detonation structure for predicting detonation dynamic parameters

Numerical prediction of detonation phenomena is currently very difficult. This is primarily due to the highly transient cellular structure, where the scales controlling the chemical evolution and the coupled gas dynamics are too small to be resolved in practical calculations. The smallest scales of the hydrodynamics and of chemical evolutions are a few orders of magnitude smaller than the global reaction thickness of the front, dubbed the ”hydrodynamic thickness” [1]. While recent efforts have been devoted to resolve these transient phenomena in direct numerical simulations [2] and large eddy simulations at the meso-scale [3], such simulations are not of practical use, where typical length scales of interest are 103 to 109 larger than the ”hydrodynamic thickness”.
Oral mucositis and microbial colonization in oral cancer patients undergoing radiotherapy and chemotherapy: A prospective analysis in a tertiary care dental hospital.

AIM The ulcerative phase of oral mucositis following radiotherapy/chemotherapy for oral cancer colonizes bacteria, fungi and viruses. The role of a microbiota, specifically bacterial colonization in oral mucositis, is still unclear, and there is no existing data that correlates the shift in the bacterial colonization with mucositis severity. The aim of this study was to assess the bacterial colonization and study the MCR-1 (mobilized colistin resistance), VIM2 (β-lactam resistance), TET(K) (tetracycline resistance) and blaKPC (carbapenem resistance) genes' expression in isolated facultative anaerobes at 3 time points in oral mucositis patients undergoing radiotherapy and concomitant radiochemotherapy. METHODS A total of 24 oral cancer patients were divided into 2 groups: A (N = 12) undergoing radiotherapy; and B (N = 12) undergoing radiochemotherapy. Saliva was collected from all patients at 3 time intervals during the treatment. The isolated bacterial colonies were subjected to gene expression and analysis. RESULTS Staphylococcus aureus (22%), Staphylococcus epidermidis (29%), Pseudomonas aeruginosa (28%), Escherichia coli (25%) and Klebsiella pneumoniae (26%) are the facultative anaerobes isolated from saliva. The bacterial isolates obtained during and at the end of therapy appeared to express a higher level of antibiotic-resistance genes (VIM2, MCR-1, TET[K], blaKPC ) than those isolated at the onset of therapy. CONCLUSION Bacterial colonization and gene expression varied during different stages of mucositis.
Tacit Subjects

Conventional views of coming out in contemporary queer communities celebrate the individual, the visible, and the proud. Given the growing legitimacy of predominantly white and middle-class lesbians and gay men in the United States and of models that presume and uphold individual decision making, negotiations of the closet that refuse speech, visibility, and pride have been generally viewed as suspect, as evidence of denial and internalized homophobia, or as outright pathology. During my field research, I encountered characterizations of Dominican immigrant gay men in New York as “in the closet” that are consistent with existing views about how Latinos and other populations of color in the United States deal with their sexual identities.1 Cast at best as indifferent to the development of a gay Dominican community, these men were seen at worst as immigrants whose physical displacement had not helped them overcome the internalized homophobia that supposedly characterized their lives in the Dominican Republic.2 Taking for granted that all LGBTQ people should come out of the closet is consistent with a neoliberal interpretation of coming out characteristic of the current political climate in the United States. Instead of being the beginning of a project of social transformation — as coming out was understood in the early days of gay liberation — individual self-realization through speech has been severed from collective social change. Today, one comes out not to be radical or change the world but to be a “normal” gay subject.3 From this perspective, some queers of color have an uneasy relationship with the closet because they resist the depoliticized “liberation” that coming out promises, which currently resides in a gay identity as a social-cultural formation and as a niche market. Critiques of coming out in its current form have and continue to be made partly because of the persistence of this way of thinking about gay subject formation and the racial and class biases obscured by this dominant model.4
INVESTIGATION OF BIODIESEL ( POME AND COME ) AND ACETONE BLEND FUELS PROPERTIES

The properties like viscosity and acid value are to be mainly considered to use biodiesel as fuel in internal combustion engines. In the present work these properties were compared for two biodiesels (POME and COME) and their blends with acetone at different percentages. The variation in properties were observed by adding acetone at 5%, 15%, 25%, and 35% to biodiesels and also at 35°C, 40°C, 45°C, 50°C, 55°C temperature. The property values obtained for biodiesels and their blends with acetone by increasing the temperature were decreasing and are compared with diesel fuel. At 55°C temperature both the blend fuels are with very less viscosity and acid value than diesel fuel to use in I C engine. Acetone in the blend fuel improves the ability to vaporize completely which increases the output of engine. Keywords—Biodiesel, Properties, Viscosity, Acetone, transesterification, temperature, Blend Fuel.
Evaluation of Tomato ( Lycopersicon e sculentum Mill . ) Genotypes for Yield and Yield Components

Owing to the limited availability of improved cultivars that are suitable for different purposes, the yield of tomato in Ethiopia is far below the world’s average. The world’s average was 34.84 tones/ha and the average productivity of Ethiopian was 7.57 tones/ha (FAO 2009). Hence, identification of improved tomato varieties that are adaptable, high yielding and disease resistant are necessary. Therefore, an experiment was conducted at Jimma University College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine (JUCAVM) to evaluate nine tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) varieties for their fruit yield using a Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) with three replications under field conditions. Data were collected on growth parameters and yield components, including plant height, primary branch, number of flowers and fruit per cluster, number of fruit clusters per plant, days to first harvest, fruit set percentage, polar and equatorial diameter, number and yield of fruit per plant, marketable, unmarketable and total fruit yield per hectare. The study indicated that yield per plant was higher for ‘H-1350’, ‘Eshet’, ‘Metadel’, ‘Marglobe’ and ‘Moneymaker’ than the rest of the varieties. Total yield was highest for ‘H-1350’, ‘Eshet’, ‘Metadel’, ‘Marglobe’ and ‘Moneymaker’ whereas it was lowest for ‘Fetan’, ‘Miya’ and ‘Jimma local’. Considering yield and yield components, variety ‘H-1350’ was found to be better than the rest of the varieties, while ‘Eshet’, ‘Marglobe’ and ‘Jimma local’ were the poorest performers for almost all parameters. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Oxidation of Citalopram with Sodium Hypochlorite and Chlorine Dioxide: Influencing Factors and NDMA Formation Kinetics

The highly prescribed antidepressant, citalopram, as one of newly emerging pollutants, has been frequently detected in the aquatic environment. Citalopram oxidation was examined during sodium hypochlorite (NaOCl) and chlorine dioxide (ClO2) chlorination processes since conventional wastewater treatment plants cannot remove citalopram effectively. Citalopram has been demonstrated to form N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) during chlorination in our previous study. Further investigation on NDMA formation kinetics was conducted in the present study. Influences of operational variables (disinfectant dose, pH value) and water matrix on citalopram degradation, as well as NDMA generation, were evaluated. The results indicated high reactivity of citalopram with NaOCl and ClO2. NDMA formation included two stages during CIT oxidation, which were linear related with reaction time. NaOCl was more beneficial to remove CIT, but it caused more NDMA formation. Increasing disinfectant dosage promoted citalopram removal and NDMA formation. However, no consistent correlation was found between citalopram removal and pH. Contrary to the situation of citalopram removal, NDMA generation was enhanced when citalopram was present in actual water matrices, especially in secondary effluent. DMA, as an intermediate of citalopram chlorination, contributed to NDMA formation, but not the only way.
EXISTENCE OF MOMENTS OF EMPIRICAL VERSIONS OF HSU—ROBBINS—BAUM—KATZ SERIES

Background. We study the so called empirical versions of Hsu—Robbins and Baum—Katz series that are the basic notion of the classical theory of complete convergence. Objective. The aim of the paper is to find necessary and sufficient conditions for the almost sure convergence of empirical Baum—Katz series. These conditions are expressed in terms of the existence of certain moments of the underlying random variables. Methods. For proving our results we develop some new technique based on truncation and studying the truncated random variables. A sufficient ingredient of our approach is to show that the behavior of the truncated versions and the original ones is the same. Despite some similarity between the original series and its empirical version, the methods for achieving the results are quite different. Results. We find necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of higher moments of empirical versions. A special attention is paid to the case of multi-indexed sums. The latter case differs essentially from the one-dimensional case, since the space of indices is not completely ordered and thus any approach based on the first hitting moment does not work here. Conclusions. The results obtained in the paper may serve as a base for further studies of empirical versions that could be used in statistical procedures of estimating an unknown variance.
Inspection time and intelligence : further attempts to eliminate the apparent movement strategy

While the inspection time (IT) paradigm has proved itself as one of our best candidates for a reductive measure of general ability, some unsolved problems impede interpretation of the correlation between IQ scores and IT. Foremost among these are concerns that stimulus artifacts may reduce the validity of IT as a measure of processing speed. Attempts to use meta-contrast masks to eliminate apparent movement strategy have proven unsuccessful [Am J Psychol 106 (1993) 191. ]. This paper reports on the effectiveness of three backward masks to reduce apparent motion strategies in the IT paradigm as well as assessing putative personality effects on masking and IT. The ability of subjects to use apparent motion was investigated using the traditional IT mask, and two new masks: flash and lines. Apparent motion was most frequently reported by subjects under the traditional masking condition. IQ scores based on a test of figural manipulation (Alice Heim 5 figural) were significantly negatively correlated with reported perception and use of apparent motion cues in the standard IT mask condition, but not in the new mask conditions. Significant negative correlations between IT and IQ were obtained in all masking conditions, suggesting that the use of apparent motion cues does not determine the significant and negative correlation between IT and IQ. Results suggested that future research should employ masks of the type tested here. D 2001 Elsevier Science Inc. All rights reserved.
Prediction of spatial distribution of debris-flow hit probability considering the source-location uncertainty

Prediction of the extent and probability of debris flow under rainfall conditions can contribute to precautionary activities through risk quantification. To this end, quantifying the debris-flow risk against rainfall involves three components: predicting the debris-flow initiation locations under rainfall conditions, setting appropriate physical parameters related to debris-flow transportation, and evaluating the affected area using numerical simulation. In this study, we developed a logistic regression method that includes rainfall and topographic parameters as explanatory variables to quantify the probability of debris-flow initiation in an actual area with disaster record. Moreover, an objective parameter-set selection was introduced by evaluating the agreement between the simulation results with multiple parameters and the erosion/deposition area determined using the aerial light detection and ranging difference data after debris flow. Finally, by combining these results, we conducted a predictive debris-flow transport simulation using the initiation datasets generated by the logistic model. Therefore, the spatial distribution using the probability of the effects of debris-flow, which can be applied for risk quantification and evacuation optimization, was successfully obtained at 1-m resolution. Furthermore, a real-time hazard probability prediction system could be developed based on the presented simulation cost.
INVESTIGATION OF THE FLOW PATTERNS ON A SOUNDING ROCKET FORE-BODY SECTION

An investigation of flow patterns in the forebody section of a sounding rocket is presented. Wind tunnel tests on a 1:34 scaled model were carried out for Mach numbers varying from 0.4 to 1.1 using the techniques of Pressure Sensitive Paint (PSP), Schlieren and Pressure Taps. Additionally, a numerical analysis was carried out, using a commercial package, in the same range of Mach numbers. All measurements and simulations were carried out for zero angle of attack. The results obtained allowed the identification of complex physical phenomena as shock waves, boundary layer detachment, and expansion waves. Good agreements between numerical and experimental results were observed and the flow fields obtained with PSP, Schlieren and CFD were reasonably coherent.
Response of Mungbean ( Vigna radiata ) To Different levels of density and weed management in Lorestan Province

Optimum crop density plays an important role to enhance crop productivity. Crop density in mung bean (Vigna radiata) planting as one of the most important cultural factors have effective role in the distribution of weed plants and also intraspecific competition. This research was aimed to evaluate the effect of mung bean density on competitiveness of mung bean weeds during 2014 in Khorramabad. The experimental design was a randomized complete block with 3 replications. Treatments were crop density at 4 levels (25, 50, 75 and 100 kg ha -1 ) and weed treatments at 2 levels (weeding and no weeding). The maximum yield (2011 kg ha -1 ) was achieved for weed control treatment with crop density of 25 kg ha -1 , while, the lowest yield (672.7 kg ha -1 ) was related to weedy plots with crop density of 100 kg ha -1 . The study revealed that crop density of 25 kg ha -1 is optimum to obtain maximum mungbean yield. Results also indicated mung bean yield increased by 82.68 by weed control, highlighting the importance of weed interference in reducing mung bean yield and necessity of weed control to achieve higher yields.
Structure of Achievement Motivation Dispositions in Elite and Non-Elite Track and Field Athletes

Abstract Achievement motivation is a distinguishing disposition in elite and non-elite athletes. Implicit theories and competence perception influence the types of achievement goals and constitute separate achievement motivation dispositions. The context of sport promotes various achievement goals and implicit theories about athletic competence. For this reason, scientific research should focus on the intrapersonal profiles of achievement motivation dispositions (achievement goals, implicit theories, and competence perception) instead of specifying only one of them. This study explores differences between elite and non-elite athletes in terms of intrapersonal profiles of achievement motivation dispositions. 54 elite and 50 non-elite track and field athletes took part in the study. The results suggest that athletes tend to perceive their competence accurately. Cluster analysis of the studied dispositions was conducted. The clusters present sets of achievement dispositions that vary in intensity. Moreover, the results present trends of the differences between elite and non-elite athletes in two of the three clusters obtained in the study.
Isozymes and ISSR markers as a tool for the assessment of genetic diversity in Phleum spp.

A total of 10 Phleum spp. populations, mainly of Lithuanian origin, were investigated at the Lithuanian Institute of Agriculture during 2007–2009 with three isozymes and five ISSR primers to assess genetic variation and relationships among three Phleum species: Phleum pratense L. , Phleum bertolonii DC, and Phleum phleoides (L.) H. Karst. Isozymes and ISSR primers revealed 47.7 and 57.3% polymorphism, respectively, from 100 individuals. The Shanon index content varied from 0.124 to 0.303 for isozymes and from 0.248 to 0.326 for ISSRs. Genetic distance in the computed matrix between Phleum spp. populations ranged from 0.089 to 0.784 for isozyme analysis and from 0.123 to 0.667 for ISSR analysis. Dendrograms constructed from isozymes and ISSR data showed overall similar topologies. The ISSR data precisely organized ten populations into three clusters corresponding to the species and the isozyme data grouped into two clusters. The study demonstrated that isozymes and ISSR methods are an efficient approach for genotyping Phleum species. These results provide important baseline for future improvement of grass breeding programs.
COMPARISON OF ORAL AND INJECTABLE VITAMIN D ON BONE MINERAL DENSITY IN PERI AND POSTMENOPAUSAL WOMEN WITH HYPOVITAMINOSIS D

Background: Vitamin D deficiency in peri and postmenopausal women is associated with poor bone health and may lead to osteoporotic fractures. Supplimentation with Calcium and vitamin D by both oral and intramuscular routes improves serum vitamin D levels and bone mineral density (BMD) in postmenopausal women with hypovitaminosis D. Material & Methods: Women between 45 to 65 years were enrolled over a period of 6 months. Serum 25(OH)D levels were determined and women with vitamin D levels below <30 ng/ml were given vitamin D by either oral or intramuscular route along with oral calcium 1000 mg per day for 1 year. Baseline serum calcium and BMD at femur neck and lumber spine were done. The women were followed at 3, 6, 9 and 12 months after starting treatment with oral or intramuscular vitamin D. Serum 25(OH)D and calcium levels were done at each visit and BMD at femur neck and lumber spine were done at 6 and 12 months. Results: A total of 100 women were tested for vitamin D levels, 70% of these women had vitamin D levels <30 ng/ml. The response of both oral and intramuscular vitamin D on serum 25(OH)D levels was good, but after intramuscular vitamin D levels were sustained in WORLD JOURNAL OF PHARMACY AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES SJIF Impact Factor 5.210 Volume 4, Issue 11, 1692-1701 Research Article ISSN 2278 – 4357 Article Received on 14 Sept 2015, Revised on 05 Oct 2015, Accepted on 27 Oct 2015
PROPOSAL FOR INCLUSION OF THE WHALE SHARK ( Rhincodon typus ) ON THE APPENDIX I OF THE CONVENTION ON THE CONSERVATION OF MIGRATORY SPECIES OF WILD ANIMALS

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