Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Evidence of West Nile Virus Circulation in Horses and Dogs in Libya

West Nile virus (WNV) is a globally significant mosquito-borne Flavivirus that causes West Nile disease (WND). In Libya, evidence of WNV circulation has been reported in humans but never in animals. The aim of this study was to determine the seroprevalence of WNV infection in horses and dogs in Libya. In total, 574 and 63 serum samples were collected from apparently healthy, unvaccinated horses and dogs, respectively, between 2016 and 2019. A commercially available competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (c-ELISA) kit was initially used to test the collected samples for the presence of WNV Ig-G antibodies. Positive and doubtful sera were also tested using a more specific virus neutralisation assay to confirm whether the ELISA-positive results were due to WNV or other Flavivirus antibodies. The seroprevalence of WNV IgG antibodies according to ELISA was 13.2% out of 574 of total horses’ samples and 30.2% out of 63 of total dogs’ samples. The virus neutralisation test (VNT) confirmed that 10.8% (62/574) and 27% (17/63) were positive for WNV-neutralising titres ranging from 1:10 to 1:640. Univariable analysis using chi-square tests was conducted to measure the statistical significance of the association between the hypothesized risk factors including city, sex, breed, and age group and were then analyzed using the subsequent multivariable logistic regression model for horse samples. Age group was found to be the only significant risk factor in this study. The results of the present study provide new evidence about WNV circulation in Libya.
Cartographie des fonctions de protection de la forêt de montagne: appréciation des potentialités d'avalanche sous couvert forestier, le département de la Savoie

EnglishThe erosion protection division of Cemagref at Grenoble has perfected a method of ranking forests in terms of their role as a protection from avalanches. This is based on risk analysis carried out by the R.T. M. services of the O.N. F. This method takes into account the importance of natural hazards (avalanches, rock falls, etc.), the structure and dendrometric parameters of the forest cover and the vulnerability of the threatened sites. It also provides the criteria by which to determine those afforested areas from which avalanches are likely to start. A statistical model to calculate the stopping distance, developed by the Norvegians and adapted to French topographical conditions by Cemagref at Grenoble, is used to determine the probable stopping zones of these phenomena. All these criteria have enabled the completion of a Map of the Probable Location of Avalanches, based exclusively on observed events. The comparison of such information with forest data shows that forest maintain these phenomena at a level of potential activity. However, understanding of the control of this hazard by the forest requires a better comprehension of the interactions between forests and snow, and forest and the snow mantle. To do this, an experimental study plan of snow in forests has been made. francaisLa division protection contre les erosions du Cemagref de Grenoble a mis au point une methode de hierarchisation des forets a role de protection derivee des analyses "enjeux- risques" des services Restauration des terrains en montagne (R.T.M.) de l'Office National des Forets (O.N.F.). Cette methode prend en compte la nature et l'importance des aleas naturels (avalanches, chute de blocs, etc.), la structure et les parametres dendrometriques des peuplements et la vulnerabilite des enjeux menaces. Elle permet aussi de donner des criteres de determination des zones de depart potentiel d'avalanche sous couvert forestier. Un modele statistique de calcul des distances d'arret, developpe par les norvegiens et adapte aux conditions topographiques francaises par la division nivologie du Cemagref de Grenoble, est utilise pour determiner les zones d'arret probable de ces phenomenes. L'ensemble de ces criteres permet de completer la carte de localisation probable des avalanches (CL. P. A.), qui ne recense que les phenomenes declares. Le croisement de ces informations avec les donnees forestieres met en evidence que les forets maintiennent ces phenomenes a un niveau d'activite potentielle. Mais la comprehension de cette maitrise de l'alea par la foret necessite une meilleure comprehension des interactions foret/neige et foret/manteau neigeux. Pour ce faire, un dispositif experimental d'etude de la neige en foret a ete realise.
ADOLESCENT’S PEER AND FAMILY INFLUENCE IN SMOKING RELAPSE

Background: Psychologically, adolescents are still in the identity-seeking phase so they often follow or imitate the people around them in order to be accepted in their environment. It is necessary to identify the influence of peers and family on adolescent smoking relapse. Objective: To identify the influence of peers and family on the incidence of relapse of adolescent smoking. Method: Quantitative with cross-sectional design. The target population is teenage respondents aged 12-15 years in classes VII, VIII, and IX at SMP X Kediri. The inclusion criteria were adolescent smokers and those who had smoked. The sample size is 45 respondents and was selected by simple random. The independent variable is the incidence of smoking among peers and family members and the dependent variable is the incidence of smoking relapse in adolescents. The instruments used were peer and family smoking questionnaires. Analysis of the data used to analyze the relationship using the Spearman correlation test with α = 0.05. Results: Selected 46 respondents participated in this study. The results of statistical tests showed that smoking relapse behavior in adolescents was not related to family interpersonal relationships (p = 0.879) or peers (p = 0.379). Conclusion: There is a shift in values in a society where interpersonal relationships with peers and family are not predictors of smoking relapse in adolescents.
Melaleuca cajuputi Powell Essential Oil: A Review of Botanical, Phytochemical and Pharmacological Properties

Melaleuca cajuputi Powell essential oil (MCEO) is widely used in Malay traditional medicine for the treatment of stomach cramps, cough, acne, insect bites, thrush problems and many more. The demand for medicinal applications of MCEO is gradually increasing among the Southeast Asian community. All information regarding MCEO was collected via internet sources such as Google Scholar, Elsevier, PubMed, Baidu Scholar, Web of Science and local books. Meta-analysis method was performed to identify all publications or relevant books regarding the MCEO range from 1998 to 2021. The main bioactive compounds of MCEO include terpenes, esters, aldehydes and alkenes. Scientific research on MCEO has revealed a wide range of pharmacological activities such as contact and fumigant toxicity, repellence, antibacterial activity and many more. The MCEO has a huge potential for pharmaceutical and nutraceutical applications, but comprehensive toxicity studies must be conducted to ensure their safety. Research on pharmacokinetics studies and potential drug interactions with standard-of-care medications is still limited, which calls for additional studies, particularly in humans. Further assessments and clinical trials should be performed before it can be integrated into medicinal practices.
Relationship Between Stance Width Variation During One Repetition Maximum Barbell Hip Thrust Performance and Kicking Speed for Young Elite Silat Athletes

Study purpose. This study aimed to determine the relationship between kicking speed performance and different stance widths during barbell hip thrust (BHT) at one repetition maximum (1RM) scores among young elite Silat athletes. Materials and methods. 15 male and 15 female Silat athletes with at least one year of resistance training experience and a mean age of 21.3 ± 1.2 years participated in this study. The load indicator performance associated with kicking performance was measured using 1RM load during BHT at varying stance widths. The data was analyzed using Pearson correlation tests through the SPSS Version 25 application. Results. A significant correlation was found between stance width, physical characteristics, and performance metrics with a low to moderate relationship. For physical features, weight (r=0.43, p<.05), height (r= 0.64, p<.05), and leg length (r= 0.44, p<.05) show positive relationship. Low to moderate significant relationships were found during WSW-RFK (r=0.39, p<.05) regarding 1RM and kicking performance. No significant correlations were found between NSW or NRW and the observed variables, except for a negative correlation between NRW and strength (r= -0.43, p < .05). There was a significant difference between males vs. females in RFK-NSW, RFK (p=0.006, p< .05), and LFK-NRW (p=0.001, p< .05) in kicking performance. Conclusions. This study revealed that stance width in barbell hip thrusts moderately correlates with physical characteristics and performance in young elite Silat athletes, where wider stances align with physical characteristics and narrower stances align with lower kicking performance. It also highlighted the importance of personalized training due to observed gender differences in kicking speed.
Two new additions to the Lycaenidae of Uttar Pradesh, India (Insecta: Lepidoptera)

The present study added two new records of Lycaenidae for the State of Uttar Pradesh, India. Both species, Rapala pheretima petosiris (Hewitson, [1863]) and Flos adriana (de Nicéville, [1884]) are new for the Uttar Pradesh.
The Activities of Students in Leisure Time in Sisak-Moslavina County (Republic of Croatia)

The aim of this paper is to explore the prevalence of activities in leisure time of the young. A survey was conducted on 1062 students in 8 primary (n=505 ; 47, 6%) and high schools (n=557 ; 52, 4%) in Sisak-Moslavina County in the Republic of Croatia. The questionnaire of spending leisure time used was made up of 30 variables on a five- degree scale of ordinal type. Descriptive values indicated a low prevalence of activities in spending leisure time. The hypothesis of the existence of statistically significant difference between the students in primary and high school was confirmed from the sample on the following variables of leisure time: electronic media, sports, going out and relaxing activities. Students in primary school spend more of their leisure time using electronic media and doing sports, while high school students spend more of their leisure time hanging out, going out and doing relaxing activities. As part of partial correlations (while controlling variables age and time of studying), correlation between school achievement and cultural (r=0, 091) and relaxing activities (r=0, 109) was found to be low and positive, while negative correlation was found with the composite variable: hanging out and going out (r=-0, 108).
Studies on Bioremediation of Lead by Lead-resistant Microorganisms

Environmental contamination by toxic metals is a serious problem worldwide due to their incremental accumulation in the food chain and continued persistence in the ecosystem. Conventional technologies, such as ion exchange or lime precipitation, are often ineffective and/or expensive, particularly for the removal of heavy metal ions. The use of microorganisms to destroy, or reduce the concentration of, hazardous waste on a contaminated site is called bioremediation. Such a biological treatment system has various applications, including, cleanup of contaminated sites such as water, soils, sludge, and waste streams. In the present study, bacteria are isolated from effluent collected from an industry located around Hyderabad. An indigenous microbial specie that have high resistance to Lead have been isolated from the wastewater sample which was characterized and identified as Staphylococcus species. Maximum Lead tolerance up to 1000mg/l was evidenced by isolated staphylococcus species, Effect of pH on Lead degradation by Staphylococcus shows the rate of Lead removal was maximum at pH 6, optimum temperature of 30°C and incubation time at 48 hours. Effect of initial metal concentration on Lead degradation by Staphylococcus shows the rate of Lead degradation was constantly high until 300 mg/l and then after it decreased. Under optimum process conditions Staphylococcus is able to degrade Lead up to 83% in 48 hours.
Numerical simulation of seismic wave field in graded geological media containing multiple cavities

In this study, we develop an efficient boundary integral equation method for estimation of seismic motion in a graded medium with multiple cavities under antiplane strain conditions. This inhomogeneous and heterogeneous medium is subjected to either time-harmonic incident shear seismic waves or to body waves radiating from a point seismic source. Three different types of soil material gradient are considered: (i) density and shear modulus vary proportionally as quadratic functions of depth, but the wave velocity remains constant; (ii) the soil material is viscoelastic, with a shear modulus and density that vary with respect to the spatial coordinates in an arbitrary fashion, so that the wave velocity is both frequency and position-dependent and (iii) the soil material has position-dependent shear modulus and constant density, yielding a linear profile for the wave velocity. Three different, frequency-dependent boundary integral equation schemes are respectively developed for the aforementioned three types of graded soil materials based on: (i) Green's function for the quadratically graded elastic half-plane; (ii) a fundamental solution for the viscoelastic full-plane with position-dependent wave speed profiles and (iii) a fundamental solution for an elastic full-plane with a linearly varying wave speed profile. Next, a number of cases involving geological media with position-dependent material properties and any number of cavities of various shapes and geometry are solved in the frequency domain. The numerical results reveal the dependency of the wave fields and zones of stress concentration on the following key factors: (i) type and properties of the soil material gradient; (ii) type and characteristics of the applied seismic load; (iii) shape, position and number of cavities and (iv) interaction phenomena between the cavities and the free surface.
Efficiency of Fig Tree (Aswad Diyala) for Peeling and Spraying with Gibberellin and Iron on the Content of the Branches of Nutrients

The experiment was conducted on fig trees, Diyala black variety, at the age of (13) years, in one of the orchards affiliated to the General Directorate of Vocational Education / Vocational Section in Diwaniyah Mixed Agricultural Preparatory School / Qadisiyah Governorate for the season 2022, 81 black Diyala fig trees, homogeneous in size, height, and growth strength as much as possible, were selected, planted at dimensions (4 x 4) meters, and irrigated by a plate method, in order to study the response of fig trees to pruning (0, 25, and 50%) and spraying with gibberellin (0, 30, and 60 mg.L -1 ) and chelated iron (0, 1, and 2 g.l -1 ) in the nutrients content of fig leaves of Black Diyala variety, the experiment was designed as a factorial according to the randomized block design (RCBD), the experiment included 27 treatments with three replications and were distributed randomly in three sectors, tree branches were pruned last season on 1/1/2022 and trees were sprayed with gibberellin and chelated iron in the early morning, starting on 3/15/2022, the spraying was repeated every 15 days three times. Chelated iron three days after spraying gibberellin. The results showed that the levels of pruning and the concentrations of spraying gibberellin and chelated iron on the trees were positive in increasing the content of the branches of the nutrients under study compared to the comparison treatments, whether single or combined. % for nitrogen, 0.198, 0.166, and 0.152% for phosphorus, 0.887, 0.782, and 0.755% for potassium, 0.541, 0.506, and 0.493% for calcium, and 0.541, 0.506, and 0.493 mg kg -1 dry matter, respectively, while recorded The overlap coefficients P 2 G 2 , P 2 F 2 , and G 2 F 2 recorded 1.49, 1.43, 1.30% nitrogen, 0.237, 0.212, 0.179% phosphorus, 0.935, 0.905, 0.794% potassium, 0.569, 0.549, 0.513% calcium, and 57.89%. And 54.78 and 47.47 mg kg -1 dry material for the element iron, respectively. As for the triple interaction between the factors, the treatment P 2 G 2 F 2 recorded the best results in these characteristics, amounting to 1.55% nitrogen, 0.267% phosphorus, 0.944% potassium, 0.577%, and 59.19 mg kg -1 dry matter for the iron element.
Financial planning time horizon and end-of-life mortality expectations

Previous studies demonstrate that individuals’ financial planning time horizons significantly impact spending, saving, charitable giving, and bequest decisions. Using longitudinal and cross-sec- tional Health and Retirement Study data, the analyses in this paper reveal that older American adults’ financial planning horizons are strongly determined by their self-perceived life expectancy. Over time, the changes in self-perceived life expectancy, marital and retirement status, health condi- tions, and wealth level will cause individuals to shift their financial planning horizons. The insight gained in this study helps financial planners to better understand the factors driving changes in client financial planning horizons and consequent financial decision-making.
Mathematical analysis of effects of morphometric attributions on body weight for Paralichthys olivaceus

The total length(X1),body length(X2),head length(X3),snout length(X4),body depth(X5),caudal peduncle length(X6),caudal peduncle depth(X7) and body weight(Y) of 2032 Paralichthys olivaceus were measured at the ages of 5 months and 8 months.The correlation coefficients among the attributions were calculated.Total length(X1) was eliminated from the variable data set because it was co-linear with body length(X2). The 6 morphometric attributions(X2-X7) were used as independent variables and body weight(Y) was used as dependent variable for path analysis.Path coefficients(Pi) and determination coefficients(di) were calculated in path analysis.The result showed that all correlation coefficients between each morphometric attributions and the weight achieved very significant difference levels(P0.01). Body length(X2),body depth(X5) and caudal peduncle depth(X7) which bared strong direct effect were very indicative of determining the body weight,head length(X3),snout length(X4) and caudal peduncle length(X6) had relatively slight direct effect and significant indirect effect on the body weight.The diversification of determination coefficients(di) is consistent with that of path coefficients(Pi). There was significant difference at different months with mathematical analysis.The multiple regression equation of the body length(X2),body depth(X5) and caudal peduncle depth(X7) to the body weight is obtained to estimate body weight.This paper provides theoretical evidence and perfect measure target for breeding of Paralichthys olivaceus in aquaculture.
Factors associated with gait efficiency in children with cerebral palsy: association between gait abnormality and balance ability

[Purpose] Children with cerebral palsy require more gait energy than healthy children. The association between gait abnormalities and gait efficiency remains unclear. We investigated the association between gait abnormalities, balance, and maximum step length to determine contributors to gait efficiency in children with cerebral palsy. [Participants and Methods] The study included 33 patients with cerebral palsy, who could walk without the use of walking aids. All participants were instructed to walk for 6 min, and the Total Heart Beat Index was calculated as a measure of walking efficiency. The Edinburgh Visual Gait Score was used to assess gait abnormalities. Additionally, the maximum step length was recorded, and all participants performed the Berg Balance Scale. Correlation analysis and stepwise multiple regression analysis were used to confirm the association between the aforementioned parameters and the Total Heart Beat Index. [Results] The Edinburgh Visual Gait Score was correlated with the heel lift during the stance, knee position during the terminal swing of gait as factors associated with the Total Heartbeat Index. The Berg Balance Scale was correlated with turning 360°, standing with feet together. [Conclusion] Our findings emphasize the need for treatment strategies focused on gait abnormalities and balance.
A New Record of Panulirus homarus homarus (Panulirus spp.) from Malaysia Waters with its Molecular Phylogeny

Spiny lobsters Panulirus spp. of the family Palinuridae Latreille, 1802 occupies the shallow tropical and subtropical waters (<100 m depth). These species are ubiquitous and abundant, yet knowledge of its range, biodiversity, and population abundance in Malaysia is limited. Panulirus homarus is listed as “Least Concern” along with other 11 species out of 21 spiny lobster species in the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) red list in 2022. A total of five species were reported from Malaysia waters. Whilst, this study reports the sixth spiny lobster species, Panulirus homarus homarus, with morphology and molecular genetic information (Cytochrome oxidase I (COI) gene) provided. The p-distance within P. h. homarus was 0.2 – 0.6%, n = 12; between P. h. homarus with P. h. rubellus and P. homarus “Brown” was 6.4 – 6.8%, n = 12 and 0.8 – 3.3%, n = 12, respectively. Intra-species p-distance within Panulirus spp. was below 3%, while inter-species was above 10%. This validates the collected specimen as P. h. homarus and P. h. rubellus is the subspecies, but leaving P. h. “Brown” taxonomic status unclear. Thus, genetic information is important in solving many of these systematic and taxonomic problems, because often these species are difficult to distinguished based on morphological criteria. A key to all Panulirus spp. identified in Malaysia waters was constructed. This study updates the marine biodiversity list in Malaysia, where the acquisition of biological knowledge is vital to the protection of the world’s natural resources as well as to the sustainable management of spiny lobster fisheries.
The Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC) β-Lactamase Has Evolved in Response to Ceftazidime Avibactam

Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase KPC is an important resistance gene that has disseminated globally in response to carbapenem use. It is now being implicated as a resistance determinant in Ceftazidime Avibactam (CAZ-AVI) resistance. Given that CAZ-AVI is a last-resort antibiotic, it is critical to understand how resistance to this drug is evolving. In particular, we were interested in determining the evolutionary response of KPC to CAZ-AVI consumption. Through phylogenetic reconstruction, we identified the variable sites under positive selection in the KPC gene that are correlated with Ceftazidime Avibactam (CAZ-AVI) resistance. Our approach was to use a phylogeny to identify multiple independent occurrences of mutations at variable sites and a literature review to correlate CAZ-AVI resistance with the mutations we identified. We found the following sites that are under positive selection: P104, W105, A120, R164, L169, A172, D179, V240, Y241, T243, Y264, and H274. The sites that correlate with CAZ-AVI resistance are R164, L169, A172, D179, V240, Y241, T243, and H274. Overall, we found that there is evidence of positive selection in KPC and that CAZ-AVI is the major selective pressure.