Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Review of Incidence of Postoperative Events after Muscle Paralysis Reversal Utilizing Sugammadex (Bridion) In Comparison to Anticholinesterase and Anticholinergic Combination Therapy

Sugammadex was critiqued over multiple postoperative outcomes and the results from the studies listed showed that sugammadex resulted in improved outcomes in most studies when compared to neostigmine. In all of the studies assessed and the multiple outcomes assessed within each, there was no outcome that showed neostigmine to be superior to sugammadex with statistical significance. The results on PONV showed in multiple studies that sugammadex decreases PONV in the first hours postoperatively[1,2]. Multiple studies looked at the reversal time from neuromuscular blockade and showed substantial decrease in recovery time from neostigmine groups[3,4]. These same results ultimately led to other studies on discharge times. The results on discharge times showed improved discharge and discharge readiness times compared to neostigmine[5]. Results on postoperative pulmonary complications showed that residual curarisation was the greatest outcome decreased[6,3]. With the decrease in residual curarisation this led to results of decreased complications associated with residual curarisation such as postoperative desaturations and mechanical ventilation[7,8]. The conclusion of this study resulted in an understanding that sugammadex has a greater efficacy with more rapid and complete reversal of neuromuscular blockade and decrease in side effects and complications related to the side effects predominantly seen with the use of neostigmine.
Bayesian Synthetic Control Methods

The authors propose a new Bayesian synthetic control framework to overcome limitations of extant synthetic control methods (SCMs). The proposed Bayesian synthetic control methods (BSCMs) do not impose any restrictive constraints on the parameter space a priori. Moreover, they provide statistical inference in a straightforward manner as well as a natural mechanism to deal with the “large p, small n” and sparsity problems through Markov chain Monte Carlo procedures. Using simulations, the authors find that for a variety of data-generating processes, the proposed BSCMs almost always provide better predictive accuracy and parameter precision than extant SCMs. They demonstrate an application of the proposed BSCMs to a real-world context of a tax imposed on soda sales in Washington state in 2010. As in the simulations, the proposed models outperform extant models, as measured by predictive accuracy in the posttreatment periods. The authors find that the tax led to an increase of 5.7% in retail price and a decrease of 5.5%∼5.8% in sales. They also find that retailers in Washington overshifted the tax to consumers, leading to a pass-through rate of approximately 121%.
Distribution and Accumulation of Heavy Metals in Surface Sediment of Lake Junín National Reserve, Peru

The distribution and accumulation of heavy metals in the surface sediment of Lake Junin National Reserve was evaluated using the pollution factor (CF), pollution load index (PLI) and geoaccumulation index (Igeo), during 2018. Surface sediment samples were collected from 10 sampling sites, with three repetitions, during the rainy and dry seasons. The heavy metals determined were Fe, Cu, Cr, Cd, Pb and Zn; As, was also determined. The results revealed the descending order of Fe > Cu > Zn > As > Pb > Cd > Cr concentrations recorded in the three sampling sectors. The values of the CF obtained for the metals qualified as low CF, in times of rain and low water. The CF values of Cd were qualified as moderate contamination factors at all sampling sites, except at LJ1 where it qualified as CF considerable. The PLI for Lake Junin ranged from 0.0721 to 0.3260. The Igeo obtained indicated that the sampling sites are not contaminated by the heavy metals under study. Therefore, the mean values for heavy metals and As did not exceed the reference values and sediment quality guidelines. In general terms, CF, PLI and Igeo indicate that there is no appreciable contamination by these metals in Lake Junin; except for Cd.
Effects of Roundup on Behavior, Growth, and Mortality of Larval Blue Dashers, Pachydiplax longipennis

The objective of this study was to determine if Roundup® (active ingredient: glyphosate) causes negative effects on behavior, growth, and mortality of larval Pachydiplax longipennis, since other agrochemicals have been shown to cause drastic changes in aquatic environments and harm non-target organisms. In 2017, larvae were captured from rainwater-filled mesocosms at Hancock Biological Station in Murray, KY. Larvae were exposed to one of four concentrations of Roundup® (0mg/L, 2.5mg/L, 5mg/L, or 10mg/L). Daphnia consumption, seek refuge, and anti-predator trials were conducted at 7 and 14 days post-exposure. Growth and survival trials were carried out for eight weeks using different larvae. There were no significant differences among treatments for whether or not larvae ate offered Daphnia for Day 7 ( =1.915, df =3, P=0.5902) or Day 14 ( =1.283, df =3, P=0.7331). Latency for strike time and strike number were analyzed for the first Daphnia consumed. For strike time, the interaction between concentration and trial day (P=0.001) and body length (P<0.001) were significant. There was a significant difference between Day 7 and Day 14 for the control (P=0.011) and between the control and 5 mg/L for the Day 14 (P=0.005). For strike number, there were no significant differences. For the trials on Day 7, Roundup® concentration did not have a significant effect on the time the larvae took to consume 1 (P=0.130) or 4 (P=0.169) Daphnia. For the trials on Day 14, concentration did not have a significant effect on the time the larvae took to consume 1 (P=0.246) Daphnia; however, Roundup® significantly affected the time the larvae took to consume 4 Daphnia (P=0.029). In the seek refuge trials, there were no significant differences among treatments for the number of pokes required to elicit a behavioral response to hide during
Luminescence properties of Ce3+ and Eu2+ in fluorites and apatites

Luminescence properties of Ce3+ and Eu2+ in fluorites and apatites Natural samples of fluorite and apatite from granites, pegmatites, carbonatites and andesitic tuffs were investigated by steady-time spectroscopy to characterize the luminescence properties of Ce3+ and Eu2+. The luminescence of Ce3+ has been clearly seen in fluorite as 320 and 337 or 343 nm bands. In apatites, two distinct bands for two different Ca crystal sites were obtained: 340-380 nm for Ca(1) and 420-450 nm for Ca(2). The luminescence spectra of Eu2+ in the fluorite crystals were measured even at for low concentration of this element (0.11 ppm). For Ce3+, it has been showed that the crystal field strength depends more on the nature of the ligand than on the Me-ligand distances.
Transformational Leadership, Job Satisfaction, Organizational Commitment, and Turnover Intentions: The Direct Effects among Bank Representatives

Transformational leadership is the current design for numerous financial institutions which manifests how bank executives could impact psychological as well as behavioral repercussions of their bank representatives. The ultimate intention of this descriptive research study is to identify the connection between transformational leadership, job satisfaction and organizational commitment of workforces operating in the financial market of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. A five-point Likert-scale questionnaire, containing 38 survey items, separated right into four components which developed and reviewed. Four financial institutions were sorted out on a straightforward and unique testing principle. An overall of 300 questionnaires apportioned in four banks from which 181 questionnaires reciprocated with 60.33 percent response rate. For the objective of manipulation and analysis, useable data grasped to a software package called SPSS. The integrity of the questionnaire was examined and found to be 0.85. The research outcomes unveiled a robust assistance for the proposed significant and positive connection between transformational leadership, job satisfaction, and organizational commitment of bank representatives. The outcomes additionally suggested the inverted relationship among personnel’s job satisfaction as well as for purposes to abdicate from their financial institutions.
Beyond Point Clouds: Fisher Information Field for Active Visual Localization

For mobile robots to localize robustly, actively considering the perception requirement at the planning stage is essential. In this paper, we propose a novel representation for active visual localization. By formulating the Fisher information and sensor visibility carefully, we are able to summarize the localization information into a discrete grid, namely the Fisher information field. The information for arbitrary poses can then be computed from the field in constant time, without the need of costly iterating all the 3D landmarks. Experimental results on simulated and real-world data show the great potential of our method in efficient active localization and perception-aware planning. To benefit related research, we release our implementation of the information field to the public.
Trans-HHS Workshop : Diet , DNA Methylation Processes and Health Elevation in S-Adenosylhomocysteine and DNA Hypomethylation : Potential Epigenetic Mechanism for Homocysteine-Related Pathology 1

Chronic nutritional deficiencies in folate, choline, methionine, vitamin B-6 and/or vitamin B-12 can perturb the complex regulatory network that maintains normal one-carbon metabolism and homocysteine homeostasis. Genetic polymorphisms in these pathways can act synergistically with nutritional deficiencies to accelerate metabolic pathology associated with occlusive heart disease, birth defects and dementia. A major unanswered question is whether homocysteine is causally involved in disease pathogenesis or whether homocysteinemia is simply a passive and indirect indicator of a more complex mechanism. S-Adenosylmethionine and S-adenosylhomocysteine (SAH), as the substrate and product of methyltransferase reactions, are important metabolic indicators of cellular methylation status. Chronic elevation in homocysteine levels results in parallel increases in intracellular SAH and potent product inhibition of DNA methyltransferases. SAH-mediated DNA hypomethylation and associated alterations in gene expression and chromatin structure may provide new hypotheses for pathogenesis of diseases related to homocysteinemia. J. Nutr. 132: 2361S–2366S, 2002.
A high bit rate free space optics based ring topology having carrierâ•’less nodes

Funding information Deanship of Scientific Research (DSR), King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Grant/Award Number: KEP-6-135-41 Abstract A free space optics based ring topology that transmits full-duplex data to four different nodes in the ring is proposed. The link is designed such that the four nodes do not require a local optical source to transmit the uplink data. A wavelength division multiplexed signal composed of four different wavelengths each modulated by the downlink baseband data using differential phase shift keying is transmitted towards the nodes. At each node, the downlink baseband data is extracted and the received optical pulses are remodulated by the uplink baseband data using on-off keying modulation format. Each node has a data rate of 10 Gbps and is at a distance of 400 m from the consecutive node. The free space optical link is modelled on the basis of Gamma-Gamma channel model under different turbulence conditions by considering the refractive index structure parameter values of 5 × 10−15, 5 × 10−13 and 5 × 10−12 m−2∕3. Bit error rate results are obtained for both the downlink and uplink channels. Finally, power budget analysis is presented to demonstrate the robustness of the link under different weather conditions.
Medicinal uses of Onion ( Allium cepa L . ) : An Overview

Medicinal value of onion is known since ancient civilizations. Onion is the part of our daily diet and it holds many properties that can help with numerous health issues because it is anti-allergenic, anti-inflammatory, cardio-protective, vasodilatory, anti-carcenogenic, antioxidant, antibacterial and antifungal. Quercetin is main element that gives onion these properties. The extracts of onion are seen to resist the growth of many microbes and are more effective against gram positive bacteria. The ethanolic and essential oil extracts of onion are able to fight pathogens more effectively than aqueous extracts. There are no drug interactions known with onion consumption that’s why its usage is safe. [Sijjil Shafiq, Mehak Shakir and Qurban Ali. Medicinal uses of Onion (Allium cepa L.): An Overview. Life Sci J 2017;14(6):100-107]. ISSN: 1097-8135 (Print) / ISSN: 2372-613X (Online). http://www.lifesciencesite. com. 15. doi:10.7537/marslsj140617.15.
Multi Objective for PMU Placement in Compressed Distribution Network Considering Cost and Accuracy of State Estimation

A phasor measurement unit (PMU) can provide phasor measurements to the distribution network to improve observability. Based on pre-configuration and existing measurements, a network compression method is proposed to reduce PMU candidate locations. Taking the minimum number of PMUs and the lowest state estimation error as the objective functions and taking full observability of distribution network as the constraint, a multi objective model of optimal PMU placement (OPP) is proposed. A hybrid state estimator based on supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) and PMU measurements is proposed. To reduce the number of PMUs required for full observability, SCADA measurement data are also considered into the constraint by update and equivalent. In addition, a non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm-II (NSGA-II) is applied to solve the model to get the Pareto set. Finally, the optimal solution is selected from the Pareto set by the technique for order preference by similarity to ideal solution (TOPSIS). The effectiveness of the proposed method is verified by IEEE standard bus systems.
1 THREE SIDES SUPPORTED UNREINFORCED MASONRY 1 WALLS UNDER MULTI-DIRECTIONAL LOADING 2

4 Interaction curves for masonry walls supported on all four edges subject to multi-directional 5 loading has recently been reported by the authors (Noor-E-Khuda, S., Dhanasekar, M. Masonry 6 walls under combined in-plane and out-of-plane loadings. Journal of Structural Engineering, 7 ASCE. 144 (02) (2018) 04017186). Load bearing URM walls are generally detailed with 8 vertical control joints (which are structural end where the normal stress vanishes), and non9 load bearing walls are likely to have unsupported top horizontal edge. Therefore, three sides 10 supported URM walls are examined in this study. An explicit finite element macro model based 11 on a layered shell element is used in the investigation. A series of interaction curves 12 approximately resembling bilinear domain is developed to represent the response of the one 13 vertical edge unsupported URM walls under multi-directional loading. The interaction curves 14 for the top horizontal edge free walls showed a trilinear approximation. Influence of the 15 boundary conditions and the level of out-of-plane loading to the shape of the interaction curve 16 have been examined. It is shown that the in-plane capacity reduces rapidly beyond a critical 17 out-of-plane load level; therefore, disregarding the multi-directional loading interaction could 18 be unsafe. A simplified non-dimensional expression proposed by the authors for the interaction 19 curves of four sides supported walls is extended for the three sides supported walls in this 20 paper. 21 22
Climate Change Effects on Long-term World-crop Production: Incorporating a Crop Model into Long-term Yield Estimates

Annual crop yield forecasts are necessary for analysis because evaluating climate–change impacts on world food markets requires supply–response functions, including output prices of the prior year. This research was undertaken to develop yield–response functions of the world food model to evaluate climate–change effects by incorporating a crop model into the yield–trend function. Yield–trend functions of rice, wheat, maize, and soybeans were obtained by estimating logistic functions or linear functions with a logarithmic time–trend term and climate variables. Furthermore, temperature and solar–radiation elasticities of yields were calculated using a crop model of the FAO and IIASA. The functions of the maximum rate of gross biomass production and the maximum net rate of CO2 exchange of leaves in the crop model were modified by introducing cubic spline interpolation and logistic functions. Smoothing these two functions alleviates drastic changes, but reveals small changes in the elasticities of crop yields compared to the kinked functions and these more realistic elasticities can improve the evaluation accuracy of climate–change impacts on crop supply and demand. These variable elasticities of temperature and solar–radiation were inserted into the yield–trend functions, whereupon the global effects of changes in climate variables, including rainfall, were analyzed. The changes in yields obtained using climate variables of two of the four RCP scenarios were compared with the baseline, for which climate variables were fixed. Results of trend analyses show that yields of rice, wheat, maize, and soybeans under RCP8.5 are lower than those under RCP2.6, except for wheat in China. Results of geographical analysis show that climate change can be expected to affect wheat and maize productions in low–latitude countries. Furthermore, results suggest that climate change will depress rice production in sub–Saharan African countries in the 2040s.
Narratives of belonging in a suburb of change

The aim of this study is to explore how middle class residents construct narratives of belonging. The study was conducted in a suburban area in the southern part of Stockholm. This is a neighborhood that undergoes a renewal and status increase. I used a method consisting of auto-photography and subsequent interviews to explore resident’s narratives of belonging. The sampled group was residents with academic exams. Participants were instructed to take five photos of their everyday life in the area and reflect upon these in the interviews. The result was analyzed within a constructive grounded theory frame. The theoretical concepts used take inspiration from Bourdieu’s cultural capital, field and social class. The results are divided into three main cores. The results suggest that a core narrative of constructive affiliation was a useful tool to understand how residents construct a sense of belonging. Residents in this study affiliated with other groups and social classes in the area, through a heightened sense of reflection on their own social position. Residents subscribed to an inclusive version of elective belonging. Second the construction of a sense of locally based authenticity was a narrative process were they deployed a sense of belonging to the “local” and the small scale community. Third, a sense of rootless territorialism was reflected on in their sense of belonging. This was a process were residents narrative mediated between a stable and a fluid place attachment.
Extraction and Physicochemical Characterization of Oil from Maringa Stenopetala Seeds Meta Memo

The moringa stenopetala seed used for extraction of oil were collected from Arbaminch town in southern and south western of Ethiopia. The seed were prepared for use by removing the pods, drying with oven and milled to flour. A soxhlet extraction was used for extraction of the oil with petroleum; the oil was recovered by simple distillation using Rota evaporater. The residual oil obtained was characterized by investigating physico-chemical parameters and result shows that the extracted oils were liquid at room temperature, pale yellow colour and odorless.the results were average Seed Weight (g) (0.42), moisture content (5.7%), average density (0.907), fibre (7.50), protein (30.90), viscosity (10%), PH (7.53), acid value (1.68), saponification value (178), iodine value (70.2), peroxide value (9.45), yield of oil (47.8 %). This result of analysis confirms the standard specification and reveals that the extracted oil has good quality and food additives as well as industrial purposes and commercial applications.
Developments in the Design of Centrifugal Pendulum Vibration Absorbers

For over 60 years, the torsional vibration of reciprocating aircraft engines has been controlled by centrifugal pendulum vibration absorbers. Loose weights attached to an engine’s crankshaft act as tuned-mass absorbers by oscillating at a frequency in proportion to rotational speed. More recently, similar loose masses have been attached to the flywheels of automobile engines. The need to achieve increased power from fewer cylinders, while reducing weight and improving economy, has exacerbated torsional vibration of the drive train. The dynamics of a wheel carrying many centrifugal pendulums of bifilar design has been the subject of a growing literature, but much less has been written about roller-type pendulums and about overall system performance. This paper is a new analysis of bifilar and roller systems and their design requirements. The current state of knowledge about practical design limitations is explained and the need for further research discussed.
Biological Control of Collar Rot on Passion Fruits Via Induction of Apoptosis in the Collar Rot Pathogen by Bacillus subtilis

The seedlings and fresh fruits of passion fruits are of high value in local and global trade. Fusarium solani is a main disease-causing agent affecting passion fruits. The objectives of this study were to develop Bacillus -based biocontrol agents for the management of Fusarium diseases on passion fruits and to investigate their putative control mechanisms. Our studies indicated that B. subtilis YBC and 151B1 show antagonistic activity to F. solani PF7 from passion fruits and inhibited the conidial germination of strain PF7. The application of broth cultures from B. subtilis 151B1 and YBC in SYB medium reduced disease severity of Fusarium wilt on the leaves of passion fruits and enhanced the survival rates of passion fruit seedlings challenged with F. solani PF7. With regard to the putative mechanisms of disease control, the results indicated that treatments consisting of the respective culture filtrates from B. subtilis 151B1 and YBC broths caused aberrant conidial morphology and loss of cell membrane integrity. Additionally, the treatments caused reductions in mitochondrial membrane potential and interfered with the energy metabolism of F. solani PF7. The treatments also enhanced reactive oxygen species accumulation and resulted in the externalization of phosphatidylserine, chromatin condensation, and DNA fragmentation, suggesting their function in triggering apoptotic-like cell death. In conclusion, B. subtilis 151B1 and YBC are potential biocontrol agents for passion fruit disease caused by F. solani . Their control efficacy may result from the surfactins produced to trigger apoptotic-like cell death, reducing mitochondrial membrane potential and interfering with the energy metabolism of the pathogen.