Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Pre-harvest and pulse treatments of spermine, γ- and β-aminobutyric acid increased antioxidant activities and extended the vase life of gerbera cut flowers ‘Stanza’

Abstract Capitulum wilting and neck bending are the two important complications that impair the post-harvest quality and vase life of the gerbera cut flowers. The present study investigates the effects of pre- and post-harvest treatments of spermine (SPER), γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) and β-aminobutyric acid (BABA) on the vase life, qualitative features and enzyme activity of gerbera cut flowers ‘Stanza’. The pre-harvest treatments (1 mM doses) were applied by foliar spraying, and the post-harvest were by pulse treatment (5 mM doses). The flowers kept their quality longer in pre and post SPER and GABA treatments. The longest vase life was recorded in pre-SPER (14 days) and pre-GABA (13 days) compared to BABA treatments and controls (9 days). Neck bending was observed more frequently in controls whereas SPER and GABA showed a lower neck bending rate at 9 days after harvest. The highest vase solution uptake, total soluble solids, total flavonoid, total protein, the activities of catalase, peroxidase, superoxide dismutase, phenylalanine ammonia-lyase, and ascorbate peroxidase, besides the lowest neck bending, electrolyte leakage, malondialdehyde, H2O2 and polyphenol oxidase activity were observed in pre-SPER treatment and subsequently in pre-GABA. Pre- and post-harvest treatments with β-Aminobutyric acid (BABA) had no significant effects on cut flowers compared to SPER and GABA, although showed slightly better effects than water control. It is therefore suggested that pre-harvest treatment using SPER and GABA can improve the vase life and quality of gerbera cut flowers.
Comparison of High Dose Ondansetron versus Low Dose Ondansetron for Prevention from Postansthesia Shivering

Background: Postanesthesia shivering (PAS) is a very common anesthesia-related complication the not only is a discomfortable phenomenon for that patients, but can cause undesirable events and affect the patient’s prognosis negatively. This study compares the high dose ondansetron versus low dose of this agent for PAS control. Methods: In this clinical trial 101 patients under general anesthesia for elective surgeries in three groups of premedication with high dose ondansetron (8mg) (n=33), low dose ondansetron (4mg) (n=34) and placebo (normal saline) (n=34) were evaluated. The agents were injected immediately before anesthesia induction, and hemodynamic data, nausea and vomiting incidence and shivering severity were compared. Results: Mean arterial pressure and pulse rate significantly decreased within the time (P-value<0.05), while oxygen saturation, peripheral and central body temperature did not have statistically significant alterations (P-value>0.05). The duration of recovery room stays and use of meperidine for shivering control were not different in the three groups (P-value>0.05), while incidence of nausea and vomiting and shivering intensity in placebo treated group was worse than ondansetron treated groups regardless of the dose (P-value<0.05). Comparison of two ondansetron treated groups represented insignificant difference considering nausea and vomiting and shivering intensity (P-value>0.05). Conclusion: Ondansetron use regardless of the dose was superior to placebo in terms of PAS intensity and nausea and vomiting prevention. Low dose of ondansetron (4mg) was superior to high dose (8 mg) considering the hemodynamic stability, while the two doses were similar in terms of PAS intensity, nausea and vomiting occurrence, duration of recovery room stay and meperidine requirement for shivering control.
Effect of FYM, vermicompost and poultry manure on vegetative growth, spike quality and flower yield of gladiolus (Gladiolus grandiflora L)

The present experiment was carried out during October 2018 to February 2019 in Research Field of Department of Horticulture, SHUATS, Prayagraj. The experiment was conducted in Randomized Block Design (RBD), with ten treatments, replicated thrice. the treatments were T1 (100% RDF), T2 (80%RDF+V.C 20%), T3 (60%RDF+V.C 40%), T4 (40%RDF+ V.C 60%), T5 (80%RDF+ Poultry manure 20%), T6 (60%RDF+ Poultry manure 40%), T7 (40%RDF+ Poultry manure 60%), T8 (80%RDF+ FYM 20%), T9 (60%RDF+ FYM 40%) and T10 (40%RDF+ FYM60%). From the present experiment it is found that treatment Combination T10 (40% RDF+ FYM 60%) was found to be the best treatment in terms of Plant growth, Yield and Quality of Gladiolus as compared to others and significantly gave higher Cost Benefit Ratio and minimum was recorded in treatment T1 (100%RDF) in all the parameters.
Comparative assessment of Legionella pneumophila prevalence among hospitals and hotels water systems

Legionella pneumophila (L. pneumophila) is an opportunistic waterborne pathogen which can be transmitted to humans. Transmission to humans mainly happens through the inhalation of contaminated aerosols which can cause Legionellosis and public health concerns. The present cross-sectional study provides the first L. pneumophila contamination assessment in Jordan, aimed at estimating the presence as well as the extension of L. pneumophila contamination levels using a culturing method. In which, 183 samples of drinking water were collected from four hospitals and five hotels in Jordan. Statistical comparative assessment between the two sectors, tourism and healthcare, was conducted. L. pneumophila was detected in 64% of the collected water samples, of which the greatest level detected reached 1.26 × 105 colony forming units per liter (cfu/L). The contamination rate and concentration of L. pneumophila among the hotels sampled were significantly higher than the samples taken from the hospitals sector, 85% and 50%, respectively. The mean of colony-forming units among the samples that tested positive from hotels was 9.0 × 103 cfu/L where in hospitals – 6.5 × 103 cfu/L. Fifty-one percent of samples that tested positive also exceeded 1,000 cfu/L, the level conducive to infection. The seasonal effect on contamination level and frequency were found to be the strongest during spring, followed by autumn, 76% and 73%, respectively. The findings of the present study provided significant data to the water safety stakeholders, and confirmed the need to undertake microbiological surveillance of water systems in hospitals and hotels on regular basis.
Effect of Glucose Induction on Biofilm Density in Clinical Isolate Acinetobacter baumannii Patients in Intensive Care Unit of Dr. Soetomo Hospital, Surabaya

This study aimed to analyze the effect of glucose induction on the clinical isolate biofilm density of Acinetobacter baumannii. Thirteen clinical isolates of A. baumannii non biofilm forming were collected from non-DM patients who were treated at the ICU of Dr. Soetomo Hospital, Surabaya, was treated with the addition of 0.08% glucose, 0.15% glucose, 0.2% glucose, and 0.4% glucose in TSB growth media, followed by biofilm density examination with Tissue Culture Plate Method (TCPM) using 96 wells flatbottomed polyesterene tissue culture plate and read by autoreader ELISA with a wavelength of 630 nm (OD630). Biofilm density obtained was analyzed using ANOVA statistical analysis. The results of OD630 showed that the biofilm density increased significantly at the addition of 0.2% and 0.4% glucose. There was a significant increase in biofilm density at the addition of 0.2% and 0.4% glucose so that the management of blood sugar levels in ICU patients was needed before and when medical devices were installed.
Assessment of Factors Influencing Retention of Teachers in Private Secondary Schools in Nakuru Sub County, Kenya

The purpose of the study was to assess the factors influencing teacher turnover in private secondary schools in Nakuru Sub County. The objectives of this study were to assess the extent to which remuneration and Organizational culture contribute to teacher turnover in Private secondary schools in Nakuru Sub County. The study was guided by the Herzberg’s motivation theory and Vroom’s Expectancy theory. Descriptive survey research design was used. Stratified sampling was used to select a total of 18 private secondary schools and purposive sampling was used to pick 116 teachers out of a total population of 19 schools and 238 teachers. Primary data was collected by administering pretested structured questionnaires to respondents and analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistical techniques. The findings indicate that organizational culture has no significant influence on turnover of teachers in private secondary schools in Nakuru Sub County ( -0.137). Remuneration was found to have significant influence on teacher turnover in private secondary schools in Nakuru Sub County (0.442**). The study recommended that Turnover rate should be monitored and considered important in policy formulation regarding Human Resource factors and organizational factors since it will help management in retaining their teachers. Rewards and any benefits should be awarded on merit and experience in order to help in retention. The salaries of teachers need to be increased, which will not only retain the present teachers but also attract teachers from other schools as well. Schools should identify those benefits which have more influence on teacher retention. Furthermore, Schools need to revisit their present benefits package to identify those benefits which are not useful in order to replace them. Schools must conduct “stay” and “exit” interviews to understand as to why teachers choose to leave. This information will help in understanding the reasons why teachers leave and mitigate on them. Proceedings of the Kabarak University International Research Conference on Business and Economics Kabarak University, Nakuru, Kenya. 24 th 25 th October 2018 Page| 2
Effects of Maternal Immune System Status on Neonate’s Immune System

Background: This study evaluated the effects of the maternal immune system stimulation or suppression during the pregnancy on the development of the neonate’s immune system.Methods: A total of 20 female rats were divided into four groups. The groups were treated using Leishmania major, Salmonella typhimurium, Tacrolimus, and sterilized normal saline. The animals were mated after 3-time treatments. The neonate’s humoral immune response, total body, thymus, liver, spleen weight, and histology were determined in this study.Results: The spleen’s mean weight of the two-month-old samples showed a significant reduction in the Salmonella group; in addition, the Tacrolimus group had a significant reduction in liver mean weight. The Salmonella and Tacrolimus groups showed a significant reduction (P≤0.05) in the anti-sheep red blood cells antibody titer.Conclusion: Stimulation or suppression of the immune responses during the pregnancy has significant effects on the neonate’s immune responses, spleen, liver, and thymus development.
Responses of African yam bean (Sphenostylis stenocarpa [Hochst. Ex A. Rich]) accessions to viral diseases and serological identification of the associated viruses

African yam bean (Sphenostylis stenocarpa) is an orphan crop with lofty nutraceutical benefits grown in Africa. However, pests and diseases often hinder its productivity. Twenty accessions of African yam bean (AYB) were screened for resistance to viral diseases and symptomatic leaves were indexed for the presence of viruses. The Field experiments were conducted during the 2015/2016 cropping seasons (wet and dry seasons). The twenty accessions were grown in triplicates in a randomized complete block design (RCBD) on the field under natural infection and the resistance or susceptibility responses were recorded using visual symptom expression. The characteristic symptoms that were highly prevalent were leaf mosaic and leaf distortion. In both seasons, there were significant (P< 0.05) differences in the severity of these viral symptoms. Also, based on the severity of the symptoms observed in this study, 2 accessions were classified as resistant, 16 as susceptible and 2 accessions as highly susceptible. Two viruses were identified serologically namely Cowpea Mild Mottle Virus (CPMMV) and Blackeye Cowpea Mosaic Virus (BlCMV). The sources of resistance identified in this study would be useful for breeders in developing virus resistant varieties for African yam bean improvement. Keywords: African yam bean, Virus, Symptoms, ACP-Elisa, Screening.
Evaluation of outcomes of total knee replacement using forgotten joint score

Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is one of the commonly performed procedure for osteoarthritis knee, rheumatoid arthritis, post traumatic arthritis etc. with a main goal of providing a pain free, stable and functional joint. Assessment of clinical outcomes should be done by both objective findings and by taking into account the patients point of view and his/her own evaluation of the functional trends of the treated joint. Forgotten Joint Score (FJS) is one such recently developed patient reported outcome measure (PRO), with better discriminatory power. The main aim of our study was to evaluate the patient reported outcomes in our patients who underwent TKA for osteoarthritis knee using FJS system and to analyse the temporal relationship of the outcomes of the time since surgery. Though there are various scoring systems, the “forgotten joint score” system is a disease specific and joint specific scoring system . We concluded that the best scores among our patients was obtained in patients operated 12months and 24months before the conduct of study. Therefore we can conclude that the maximum improvement in functional status of patients can be expected between 6months to 12months after sugery. Age, gender had no affects on the outcomes and the FJS score. Patients with unilateral TKR as well as bilateral TKR both had equally better functional outcomes and FJS scores.
The Influence of Scoring Parameters on Precision-Based AdaBoost

Many problems in data science involve classification, i.e., dividing a dataset into different predefined classes. Such classification problems are often solved with machine learning techniques. Using a combination of classifiers in an ensemble is an effective method to improve the accuracy of the individual classifiers’ predictions. AdaBoost, a popular ensemble-based approach, combines the votes of classifiers by assigning weights to their predictions based on the classifiers’ overall accuracy. A modification of AdaBoost’s weighting scheme is precision-based AdaBoost, which scores the classifiers based on their accuracy in predicting specific classes, rather than their total accuracy. Even though this method appears to be performing well in practice, there is no known theoretical justification or formal derivation of the scoring parameters chosen. No formal guarantees exist on the performance of those parameters either. Furthermore, the precision-based approach so far merely focuses on two-class classification problems. This thesis proposes a theoretical justification to support the precision-based idea with a provably effective choice of scoring parameter, as well as providing a guarantee about their performance. A modified algorithm, called PrAdaBoost, is then presented using our formally derived class-specific weight coefficients. An empirical evaluation on 23 UCI datasets confirms the effectiveness of PrAdaBoost compared to the well-known and popular AdaBoost.M1 method and compared to the most successful previously proposed precision-based variant. We also extend the precision-
Observation as a professional tool in Norwegian kindergartens and kindergarten teacher education

Abstract Observation is one of the central elements of kindergarten teachers’ education and the profession. Through a survey in Norway, in which 1311 in-service teachers, kindergarten managers, and pedagogy teachers participated (response rate 39.9%), this study examines how the use of and rationale for observation in kindergarten practice and kindergarten teacher training are characterized, as well as which methods are deemed relevant. The results show that the respondents consider observation important, and participatory observation and narrative methodology appear to be the most used and profession-relevant. However, there is a gap between intention and practice in terms of observation, and systematic observation appears to be infrequent. This finding raises the issue of whether teachers in preschools truly execute observation as a method. Differences between the professions in terms of their focus area in observation were revealed, and, surprisingly, children’s learning, as a focus, was the least emphasized.
Implications of COVID-19 in Neurological Disorders

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic affected healthcare at different levels and almost all medical specialties are impacted one way or the other. In this review we try to discuss the impact of COVID-19 on neurology in particular and suggest changes that can be adopted in different neurologic diseases for navigating this pandemic without compromising the healthcare delivery to this specific patient population.
Proposal of accuracy analysis of indoor tracking systems in basketball

The development of tracking technology caused a exponentially grow-up of research into this topic. The use of standardized methodologies is useful to contrast data of different studies. On the other hand, a low-cost reference system is needed. For this reason, the main aim of the present research is the description of a specific protocol to accuracy assessment of tracking location in indoor conditions in basketball. It can resume in three steps with detailed and easily procedures in the method section. The accuracy analysis method presented can report the centimeter of accuracy in each coordinate that the tracking system measure. A standardized protocol to evaluate the location on indoor conditions in basketball will provide to the sport science professionals a useful tool to analyze the accuracy and reliability of all tracking system, being the results can compare both within and between-court.
Intra-articular replacement of a ruptured cranial cruciate ligament using the Mini-TightRope in the dog: a preliminary study

Background The TightRope System is a device developed to provide extracapsular stabilization of the cranial cruciate ligament (CCL) rupture in canine stifles. I was then also employed for the extra-articular treatment of shoulder instability and for the intra-articular treatment of hip luxation in dogs and cats. Objectives To evaluate the feasibility of the Mini-TightRope (mTR) System for the intra-articular treatment of CCL rupture in small breed dogs. Methods A cadaveric canine model was used to record the steps of the surgical procedure. Five client owned dogs weighing from 8 to 10 kg and from 2 to 12 years of age were enrolled in the prospective study in which the mTR device was implanted in the stifle joint to replace the ruptured CCL. The dogs were graded using the Bologna Healing Stifle Injury Index (BHSII) and radiographic osteoarthritis (OA) scores. Results The outcomes obtained at the time of the surgery (T0) and for the following 12 months (T12) showed an improvement in the functional parameters (BHSII from a median of 74.3 [range, 58.1–82.4] at T0 to 95.6 [range, 94.1–99.3] at T12]). The OA did not change in 3 dogs and increased by only 1 point in 2 dogs. Conclusions In this preliminary study, the mTR was a successful and repeatable intra-articular surgical procedure for all dogs. Additional studies related to the clinical application of the technique in medium-large dogs should be encouraged.
Evaluation of storage methods of beef by microbiological and chemical indicators

Meat and meat products are a major part of a person's ration. However, due to their high nutritional value, they are a favorable environment for the development of microorganisms and require refrigerated storage. The purpose of this work was to evaluate the storage methods for refrigerated and frozen beef by microbiological and chemical parameters and to suggest criteria for evaluating beef by the content of psychrotrophic microorganisms. It was found out that the storage of beef meat with an initial mesophilic bacterial content of about 4.88 log CFU.cm-2 of surface and psychrotrophic bacteria 3.79 log CFU.cm-2 at temperature 0 °C is only possible for 8 days, further, the microbiological indices exceed the acceptable standards. Investigation of the dynamics of microflora reproduction during the storage of beef in the frozen state at temperature -2 to -3 °C for 20 days established a decrease in 1.3 times the number of mesophilic bacteria in 10 days of storage. At the same time, the number of psychrotrophic microorganisms during this storage time was increased in 4.5 times, and 20 days in 7.9 times and amounted to 5.3 log CFU.cm-2 of surface area. This indicates that the storage of meat in the frozen state inhibits or completely stops the development of mesophilic microorganisms for 20 days. It was found out that storing of beef in the cooled state at a temperature of 0 ±0.5 °C for more than eight days is impractical, as its biochemical indices are worsening and signs of spoilage are appearing. At the same time, storing of beef in the frozen state at a temperature of -2 to -3 °C for 20 days does not cause such significant biochemical changes as in beef stored in the cooled state at a temperature of 0 ±0.5 °C for 16 days. Therefore, we have experimentally substantiated the quantitative indicators of the content of psychrotrophic microorganisms on the surface of beef intended for storage in a cooled or frozen state. The proposed microbiological criteria will improve the safety of beef.
Volatility clustering in data breach counts

Insurers face increasing demands for cyber liability; entailed in part by a variety of new forms of risk of data breaches. As data breach occurrences develop, our understanding of the volatility in data breach counts has also become important as well as its expected occurrences. Volatility clustering, the tendency of large changes in a random variable to cluster together in time, are frequently observed in many ﬁnancial asset prices, asset returns, and it is questioned whether the volatility of data breach occurrences are also clustered in time. We now present volatility analysis based on INGARCH models, i.e., integer-valued generalized autoregressive conditional heteroskedasticity time series model for frequency counts due to data breaches. Using the INGARCH(1 , 1) model with data breach samples, we show evidence of temporal volatility clustering for data breaches. In addition, we present that the ﬁrms’ volatilities are correlated between some they belong to and that such a clustering e ﬀ ect remains even after excluding the e ﬀ ect of ﬁnancial covariates such as the VIX and the stock return of S&P500 that have their own volatility clustering.
Tuberculosis in an Immunocompetent Immigrant Patient

Peritoneal tuberculosis (TB) is a rare medical condition in developed nations like the United States, and it is uncommon to observe this condition in patients without underlying immunosuppression. This report describes a patient who developed abdominal pain, constipation, and ascites. And later on, he was diagnosed with peritoneal TB following laparoscopy with peritoneal biopsy. The patient was an immigrant from a high TB burden country but had no other common risk factors for the development of peritoneal TB. Treatment with anti-TB therapy resulted in significant clinical improvement.