Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Documentation of the Major Insect Pest of Cabbage and Their Associated Natural Enemies in Bihar, North-eastern India

The present investigation was conducted at farm of ICAR-Research Centre for Eastern Region (ICAR-RCER), Patna, Bihar during 2020-21.Geographically, ICAR-RCER, Patna is located at 25o35`30`` N latitude, 85o05`03`` E longitude, at an altitude 52m above mean sea level. The climate of the region is warm and temperate which is characterized by extremes of the temperature both during summer and winter. During summer, temperature may rise as high as 390C and in winter it may fall as low as 2-30C.The total annual average rain fall is 1130mm. This region provides a safe long growing season for most of the crops. Diamond back moth was found to be the most serious insect pest of cabbage. The infestation appeared during first week of January (SMW1) at vegetative stage and remained present up to the harvesting of the crop i.e. 11th SMW. Among the natural enemies, two species of coccinellids (Coccinella septempunctata, C. transversalis), one larval parasitoid (Cotesia plutellae) and one Syrphid fly (Toxomerus geminatus) and one unidentified spider was observed during crop period.
Asset Growth and Future Stock Returns: Insight from International Equity Markets

The main purpose of this research is to examine the cross-sectional connection between asset growth and stock returns in the international equity market during 2016-2020. Firms in international equity markets, subsequently experience lower stock returns with higher asset growth rates, consistent with the United States evidence. If capital markets are well-developed stocks efficiently priced then the negative AG effect on returns is likely to be stronger, but different to country characteristics representing accounting quality, investor protection, and limits to arbitrage. The research is to examine the cross-sectional connection between the asset growth and stock return in the international equity market is likely due to optimal investment effect than due to market timing, overinvestment, or other forms of mispricing. The evidence suggests that the cross-sectional association between the AG effect and stock return is more likely due to an optimal investment effect than due to overinvestment, mispricing or market timing. The findings of the research support Copper et al (2008) however, the weakening of the accounting quality decreases the AG effect magnitude which contradicts the mispricing-based arguments.
The caridean shrimps of the genus Lysmata Risso, 1816 (Decapoda: Lysmatidae) from Madagascar collected during the Atimo-Vatae expedition: a new species and two new records

The present study focuses on shrimps belonging to the genus Lysmata Risso, 1816, collected from Madagascar during the Atimo Vatae expedition carried out in 2010. Lysmata malagasy sp. nov. is a new species belonging to the clade named “long accessory ramous” or “cosmopolitan” in previous phylogenetic studies. The new species can be distinguished from the only two other representatives of this group in the Indo-west Pacific, L. ternatensis De Man, 1902, and L. trisetacea (Heller, 1861), by the accessory ramus of the lateral antennular flagellum consisting of four elongated articles. Lysmata lipkei Okuno & Fiedler, 2010 is reported here from Madagascar with a remarkable extension of its known range after its original description from Japan. This species has also been reported from Singapore and, as alien species, from Brazil. Lastly, L. kuekenthali De Man, 1902 known from numerous localities in the Indo-West Pacific biogeographic area, is reported for the first time from Madagascar. Results of the present morphological and molecular analyses suggest that L. hochi Baeza & Anker, 2008 from the Caribbean Sea is a synonym of the Indo-West Pacific L. kuekenthali, and thus the latter species is alien in the western Atlantic.
Occurrence and transition probabilities of omega and high-over-low blocking in the Euro-Atlantic region

Abstract. Stationary, long-lasting blocked weather patterns can lead to extreme conditions such as anomalously high temperatures or heavy rainfall. The exact locations of such extremes depend on the location of the vortices that form the block. There are two main types of blocking: (i) a high-over-low block with a high located poleward of an isolated low and (ii) an omega block with two lows that lie southeast and southwest of the blocking high in the Northern Hemisphere. In this work, we refine a novel method based on the kinematic vorticity number and the point vortex theory that allows us to distinguish between these two blocking types. Based on the National Centers for Environmental Prediction–Department of Energy (NCEP–DOE) Reanalysis 2 data, we study the trends of the occurrence probability and the onset (formation), decay (offset) and transition probabilities of high-over-low and omega blocking in the 30-year period from 1990 to 2019 in the Northern Hemisphere (90∘ W–90∘ E) and in the Euro-Atlantic sector (40∘ W–30∘ E). First, we use logistic regression to investigate long-term changes in blocking probabilities for full years, seasons and months. While trends are small for annual values, changes in occurrence probability are more visible and also more diverse when broken down to seasonal and monthly resolution, showing a prominent increase in February and March and a decrease in December. A three-state multinomial regression describing the occurrence of omega and high-over-low blocking reveals different trends for both types. Particularly the February and December changes are dominated by the omega blocking type. Additionally, we use Markov models to describe transition probabilities for a two-state (unblocked, blocked) and a three-state (unblocked, omega block, high-over-low block) Markov model. We find the largest changes in transition probabilities in the summer season, where the transition probabilities towards omega blocks significantly increase, while the unblocked state becomes less probable. Prominent in winter are decreasing probabilities for transitions from omega to high-over-low and persistence of the latter. Moreover, we show that omega blocking is more likely to occur and to be more persistent than the high-over-low blocking pattern.
The Effect of Supplementation of Betaine on Performance, Carcass Yield and Some Blood Parameters in Broilers*

This study aims to investigate the effects of betaine, added to broiler rations at different levels, on fattening performance, carcass, some internal organs weights, and serum parameters. 192 mixed-sex one-day-old broiler chicks were used during the experiment. The experiment was conducted with four groups in total, including one control and three experimental groups. All the groups were divided into four sub-groups, each consisting of 12 chicks, and the total number of chicks in each group was determined to be 48. No additives were added to the feeds of the control group throughout the research. 0.3 g/kg (Bet-0.3), 0.5 g/kg (Bet-0.5) and 0.8 g/kg (Bet-0.8) betaine (Betamar®) were added to the rations of the experimental groups, respectively. Rations were prepared as isocaloric and isonitrogenic. The animals were given feed and water ad-libitum. In the study, The rations containing crude protein (CP) of 23% and3000 kcal/kg metabolic energy (ME)until the day 1-21 and CP of 20% and3224 kcal/kg ME until the day 22-42 days were given in the treatment groups. At the end of the study, statistically significant differences were observed in the experimental groups in terms of body weight (BW) and body weight gain (BWG) when compared with the control group. The highest BW and the highest BWG were observed in the Bet-0.8 experimental group. No statistically significant difference was found in terms of feed consumption, feed conversion ratio, carcass characteristics, weights of some internal organs, and serum blood parameters (P>0.05). It was concluded that adding 0.8 g/kg betaine to broiler rations increase fattening performance and can be used safely.
The Elaboration Likelihood Model of Persuasion: Thoughtful and Non-Thoughtful Social Influence

Despite the fact that persuasion has been the subject of philosophical and academic inquiry since at least the time of Aristotle, the scientific study of persuasion did not begin until the early post–World War II period. During this time, researchers were guided largely by the notion that persuasion depended upon factors influencing people’s ability to successfully learn the information contained in a persuasive communication (Hovland et al., 1953). Not surprisingly, researchers spent a great deal of time investigating source, recipient, message, and contextual factors that were believed to contribute to attention, comprehension, and retention of message information (see Briñol & Petty, 2012, for a history of persuasion research). As research findings accumulated, however, it soon became clear that the story was not so simple. Published studies conflicted with one another. One study would show that using an expert source enhanced persuasion while another would show that source expertise had no impact or, worse, was detrimental. Sometimes good mood would lead to more agreement with the message, while other times bad moods seemed to enhance persuasion. Additionally, some researchers (e.g., Wicker, 1969) noted that attitudes often did not predict behavior, questioning the very utility of the attitude construct for social scientists. In order to resolve these fundamental questions, the Elaboration Likelihood Model of persuasion (ELM) was developed (see Petty & Briñol, 2012; Petty & Cacioppo, 1986a). As we shall see, this model has made three main contributions to the literature on attitude change and the attitude-to-behavior relationship. Namely, the ELM (a) suggests that attitude change can result from relatively highor low-thinking processes; (b) postulates that attitudes that are formed or changed can be more or less consequential (e.g., impact behavior more or less) as a function of the extent of thinking involved; and (c) specifies a small number of ways in which any one variable (e.g., source credibility, mood) can influence attitudes. In this chapter, we will identify the major concepts contained within the
A Review of Multi-Channel Medium Access Control Protocols for Wireless Sensor Networks

Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) are witnessing a momentum spread especially with the growth of the Internet of Things (IoT) paradigm. Indeed, WSNs are considered as the main enabling infrastructure for IoT networks. Nowadays, the emerging WSNs applications require not only long network lifespan but also considerably high data rate. Consequently, conceiving Multichannel MAC protocols that save the scarceenergy budget of sensor nodes while providing high network throughput is crucial for the emerging WSNs applications. In this paper, a thorough review of recent multichannel MAC protocols is provided along with a classification framework to deeply understand the design aspects for each protocol.
Burnout Syndrome and Stress Coping in Healthcare Workers in COVID-19 Era

The COVID-19 pandemic has generated a high percentage of mental problems in health workers community. We describe the different strategies for stress coping and their relationship with the prevalence of burnout syndrome in healthcare workers. An electronic survey was done by using the brief COPE 28 and the Malasch Burnout Inventory (MBI) used by health workers. 197 workers were surveyed, the majority were women (80.6%) between 30 and 39 years old (27.2%), 88.6% had direct contact with COVID-19 patients. 39.1% had high emotional exhaustion, 23.4% high depersonalization and 34.0% low personal accomplishment; 9.6% had burnout syndrome. Workers older than 30, had lower prevalence of burnout than those between 20 and 29 years old. Workers with burnout presented less coping focused on problems (0.8 ± 0.4) and more focused on J Psychiatry Psychiatric Disord 2021; 5 (5): 140-152 DOI: 10.26502/jppd.2572-519X0140 Journal of Psychiatry and Psychiatric Disorders 141 emotion (1.2 ± 0.3). Active coping, positive reframing and acceptance, were associated with a lower prevalence of burnout.
Hemodialysis Patient with Diffuse Liver Calcification After Septic Shock

Patient: Female, 82-year-old Final Diagnosis: Diffuse liver calcification Symptoms: Shock Medication:— Clinical Procedure: — Specialty: Nephrology Objective: Rare coexistence of disease or pathology Background: Calcification in arteries is sometimes observed in patients undergoing hemodialysis; however, ectopic calcification in other organs is uncommon. In particular, diffuse liver calcification is very rare. We report a case of rapidly developing diffuse liver calcification in a patient undergoing hemodialysis. Case Report: An 82-year-old woman started hemodialysis because of diabetic nephropathy, and her renal function worsened due to acute coronary syndrome. Percutaneous coronary intervention was conducted, and she was referred to our hospital. However, she subsequently contracted various infections, including a urinary tract infection and pneumonia. On day 43 of hospitalization, she developed septic shock and liver dysfunction due to catheter-induced infection. Although she did not have any medical history of liver disease, hypoperfusion of the liver resulted in liver dysfunction, and a computed tomography scan conducted 3 months later showed diffuse calcification in her liver. Despite recovering from septic shock, she ultimately died of multiple organ failure 21 months after admission to our hospital. Conclusions: Diffuse liver calcification is extremely rare; however, it can be observed in patients undergoing hemodialysis who experience liver hypoperfusion. The precise mechanisms underlying this disorder remain unknown, but a critically ill status and specific characteristics of hemodialysis patients may play important roles in liver calcification.
Comparisonofprocedural efficacy, balloonnadir temperature, and incidenceofphrenicnervepalsybetween twocryoballoon technologies forpulmonaryvein isolation:Asystematic review and meta‐analysis

Disclosures: Sing‐Chien Yap is a consultant for Boston Scientific and has received a research grant from Medtronic. Other authors: No disclosures. Abstract Introduction: In May 2020, a novel cryoballoon system (POLARx; Boston Scientific) became available for catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation (AF). The design of the cryoballoon is comparable to the Arctic Front Advance Pro (AFA‐Pro; Medtronic), but it is more compliant during freezing. We compared the procedural efficacy, biophysical parameters, and risk of phrenic nerve palsy (PNP) between the two cryoballoons. Methods: Embase, MEDLINE, Web of Science, Cochrane, and Google Scholar databases were searched until June 1, 2021 for relevant studies comparing POLARx versus AFA‐Pro in patients undergoing pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) for AF. Results: A total of four studies, involving 310 patients were included. There was no difference between the two groups for outcomes regarding procedural efficacy: acute PVI (odds ratio [OR]: 0.43; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.06 to 3.03; p = .40), procedure time (mean difference [MD]: 8.15min; 95% CI: −8.09 to 24.39; p = .33), fluoroscopy time (MD: 1.32min; 95% CI: −1.61 to 4.25; p = .38) and ablation time (MD: 1.00min; 95% CI: −0.20 to 2.20; p = .10). The balloon nadir temperature was lower for all individual pulmonary veins (PV) in POLARx compared with AFA‐Pro (MD: −9.74°C, −9.98°C, −6.72°C, −7.76°C, for left superior PV, left inferior PV, right superior PV, and right inferior PV, respectively; all p < .001). The incidence of PNP was similar between groups (OR: 0.79; 95% CI: 0.22 to 2.85; p = .72). Conclusion: In AF patients undergoing PVI, POLARx and AFA‐Pro had a similar procedural efficacy. Balloon nadir temperatures were lower with POLARx, however, the incidence of PNP was similar.
On the usefulness of four in vitro 1 methods in assessing the intraluminal 2 performance of poorly soluble , ionisable 3 compounds in the fasted state 4 5

On the usefulness of four in vitro 1 methods in assessing the intraluminal 2 performance of poorly soluble, ionisable 3 compounds in the fasted state 4 5 Patrick J. O’Dwyer, Karl J. Box, Georgios Imanidis, Maria Vertzoni, Christos Reppas 6 7 a) Pion Inc. (UK) Ltd., Forest Row, East Sussex, UK 8 b) Department of Pharmacy, School of Health Sciences, National and Kapodistrian University of 9 Athens, Zografou, Greece 10 c) School of Pharmacy, University College Cork, College Road, Cork, Ireland 11 d) University of Applied Sciences Northwest. Switzerland. School of Life Sciences, Institute of 12 Pharma Technology, Hofackerstrasse 30, 4132 Muttenz, Switzerland 13 e) University of Basel, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Basel, Switzerland 14 15 16 17 *To whom correspondence should be addressed: 18 Christos Reppas PhD, Department of Pharmacy, School of Health Sciences, National and 19 Kapodistrian University of Athens, Panepistimiopolis, 157 71 Zografou, Greece 20
Identi cation of enterotoxigenic Bacteroides fragilis in patients with diarrhea: a study targeting 16S rRNA, gyrB and nanH genes

Rosa Amiri Tehran University of Medical Sciences Zahra Norouzbabaei Tehran University of Medical Sciences Naeemeh Kalali Tehran University of Medical Sciences Sedighe Ghourchian Tehran University of Medical Sciences Mehdi Yaseri Tehran University of Medical Sciences Alireza Abdollahi Tehran University of Medical Sciences Masoumeh Douraghi (  mdouraghi@tums.ac.ir ) Tehran University of Medical Sciences https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5861-3182
Journal of Business Strategies AN EXPLORATORY STUDY OF INFORMATION USE BY NON- SURGICAL COSMETIC PROCEDURES CONSUMERS

This exploratory study investigated the amount of information used by consumers when engaging in non-surgical cosmetic procedures. Moreover, the primary purpose of the research is to investigate the linkage between non-surgical cosmetic procedures and the constructs associated with the “self,” such as attitude toward social media advertising, attitude toward traditional (mass media) advertising, cognitive age, risk aversion, satisfaction, and self-image or self-concept. T-tests of the data yielded significant results for most of the variables. This research will hopefully aid marketers to better focus on important areas of information use by non-surgical cosmetic procedures consumers. These results are discussed, along with managerial implications, limitations and directions for future research.
Comparison of post-operative C-reactive protein levels between
 elective general and orthopedic surgery in dogs

C-reactive protein (CRP) is an acute-phase protein produced by hepatocytes. The plasma concentration of CRP peaks around 48 hours following stimulation. A rapid decrease in CRP levels is observed when the stimuli end. Considering these characteristics of CRP, it is used to evaluate acute inflammatory responses in clinics. In addition, as it reflects the degree of surgical trauma, measuring the CRP concentration is an effective method of evaluating tissue damage depending upon the surgical method. As CRP is also an acute-phase protein in dogs, the purpose of the present study was to compare the factors related to acute inflammatory responses between dogs undergoing elective general surgery (GS) and orthopedic surgery (OS). A total of 44 healthy dogs were included in this study. The sex ratio of dogs that underwent OS was similar. Both groups showed increased CRP levels and white blood cell (WBC) counts on post-operative day (POD) 1-2. The CRP level in the OS group on POD 1-2 was significantly higher than that of the GS group and it was increased about 16-fold compared to the pre-operative value. No significant difference in WBC counts was observed between the two groups. Although a slight increase in the WBC count was observed on POD 1-2 in both groups, it was near the reference range during follow-up. Thus, measuring CRP levels can be more effective in evaluating acute inflammatory responses than WBC counts. Although a high level of post-operative serum CRP concentrations was observed in the OS group, it rapidly decreased to a level similar to the pre-operative value if there were no post-operative complications.
The Relationship Between Leisure Activities and Well-being During Social Isolation

Leisure activities are effective ways to cope with stressful life events; however, more research is needed to understand its effects in social isolation. In the current study, we explored whether university students’ participation in leisure activities (such as baking, running, and yoga) has helped protect against some of the negative effects of social isolation due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Specifically, this correlational study aimed to discover (a) the relationship between leisure activity participation and psychological well-being and resilience during periods of social isolation; (b) the type of leisure activity (i.e., physical or nonphysical) that has the most positive effect on overall well-being; and (c) precisely why particular leisure activities were positively associated with well-being and resilience (e.g., do they increase social affiliation, self-efficacy, personal control, flow, and sense of meaning? ). To answer these questions, 200 university students completed an online survey asking them about the frequency and type of their participation in leisure activities. Participant’s coronavirus anxiety, sense of well-being, and resiliency were the outcome variables. Results indicated a significant, positive association between leisure activity participation and overall well-being, demonstrated by a decrease in anxiety and an increase in well-being. Contrary to the literature, engagement in more non-physical leisure activities was associated with greater resiliency compared to physical activities. The mechanisms for the positive association were not clear. In sum, this study supports participation in leisure activities as a possible way to cope with social isolation and the negative effects of the current pandemic.
Hydrostatic pressure mimicking diurnal spinal movements maintains anabolic turnover in bovine nucleus pulposus cells in vitro.

Osteomyelitis associated with periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) signals a chronic infection and the need for revision surgery. An osteomyelitic bone exhibits distinct morphological features, including evidence for osteolysis and an accelerated bone remodelling into poorly organised, poor-quality bone. In addition to immune cells, various bone cell-types have been implicated in the pathology. The present study sought to determine the types of bone-cell activities in human PJI bones. Acetabular biopsies from peri-implant bone from patients undergoing revision total hip replacement (THR) for chronic PJI (with several identified pathogens) as well as control bone from the same patients and from patients undergoing primary THR were analysed. Histological analysis confirmed that PJI bone presented increased osteoclastic activity compared to control bone. Analysis of osteocyte parameters showed no differences in osteocyte lacunar area between the acetabular bone taken from PJI patients or primary THR controls. Analysis of bone matrix composition using Masson's trichrome staining and second-harmonic generation microscopy revealed widespread lack of mature collagen, commonly surrounding osteocytes, in PJI bone. Increased expression of known collagenases, such as matrix metallopeptidase (MMP) 13, MMP1 and cathepsin K (CTSK), was measured in infected bone compared to non-infected bone. Human bone and cultured osteocyte-like cells experimentally exposed to Staphylococcus aureus exhibited strongly upregulated expression of MMP1, MMP3 and MMP13 compared to non-exposed controls. In conclusion, the study identified previously unrecognised bone-matrix changes in PJI caused by multiple organisms deriving from osteocytes. Histological examination of bone collagen composition may provide a useful adjunct diagnostic measure of PJI.