Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Molecular identification and chromosomal localization of new powdery mildew resistance gene Pm11 in oat

Aims The paper presents results from plot experiments aimed at the development of an ecological strategy for soil contaminated with mercury. Meadow grass (Poa pratensis) was tested on mercury contaminated soil in a former chlor-alkali plant (CAP) in southern Poland for its phytoremediation potential. Methods The stabilisation potential of the plants was investigated on plots without additives and after the addition of granular sulphur. Biomass production, uptake and distribution of mercury by plants, as well as leachates and rhizosphere microorganisms were investigated, along with the growth and vitality of plants during one growing season. Results The analysed plants grew easily on mercury contaminated soil, accumulating lower amounts of mercury, especially in the roots, from soil with additive of granular sulphur (0.5 % w/w) and sustained a rich microbial population in the rhizosphere. After amendment application the reduction of Hg evaporation was observed. Conclusions The obtained results demonstrate the potential of using Poa pratensis and sulphur for remediation of mercury contaminated soil and reduction of the Hg evaporation from soil. In the presented study, methods of Hg reduction on Bhot spots^ were proposed, with a special focus on environmental protection. This approach provides a simple remediation tool for large areas heavily contaminated with mercury.
Air quality and environmental justice: An analysis of county-level data in the United States

This paper analyzes the relationship between air pollution and poverty and race/ethnicity at the county level in the United States. Using air pollution data from the Environmental Protection Agency and population characteristics data from the Census Bureau to model relationships in RStudio, results show that race/ethnicity, population, and median value of owner-occupied housing units are the most statistically significant variables associated with air quality. AIR QUALITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE 3
Father’s alcohol incidence and its effects on behavioral health of children: evidence from Attappady, India

This paper studies about the incidence and intensity of alcohol consumption among the Scheduled Tribe men belonging to the Attappady block and analyses whether the prevalence of alcohol consumption affects the behavioural health of their children. A clustered survey was adopted across 37 hamlets of 192 in Attappady for the period of July 2019 to September 2019. A sample of 492 men were obtained in studying the alcohol prevalence issue and from this sample, men who had children within the age of 3-12 were chosen for examining the second research question. From 298 households, 474 children were considered for analyzing the second research objective. An alcohol supplement and a Child behaviour supplement: Behavioural Problem Index, was used for the household survey. Qualitative information through Key Informant Interviews and Focus Group Discussion was gathered to get more clarity on the issue. The main results indicates that the incidence of alcohol consumption in Attappady is higher (75%) compared to the incidence rate all over the state of Kerala. However, the factors predicting the incidence come from outside the model. The magnitude of pure alcohol consumption was above the State average and was within the range of 4.9 litres to 7.4 litres. The results on paternal alcohol use and its effect on child behaviour health show that an increase in alcohol use by the father has resulted in an increased behavioural health issues among their children by 0.63 points. In addition, the regression results show that with increased paternal alcohol incidence, the internalizing score which speaks of a withdrawn behaviour of the child increased by 0.56 points. For other input variables, when physical violence endured by the mother was brought to picture, this variable captured the effects of alcohol consumption by the father. Results on physical violence show that, when the mother of the child was physically abused, the child behavioural health issues increased by 0.62 points. Witnessing these kinds of events made them vulnerable to internalizing behaviour. The overall results indicates that there is alcohol prevalence in Attappady and father’s alcohol consumption affects the child behavioural health.
A phenomenological study of military retirees: Reasons for retirement and post-retirement employment in Turkish military staff

Recently, an increasing number of retired individuals decide to return to work and seek for post-retirement employment. Although research has already focused on individual and organizational based factors in retirement and post-retirement, the works are limited in some observable settings and well-known professions. The purpose of this study is to delve into the reasons for retirement and post-retirement employment and describe how human capital and social capital takes role in post-retirement employment. A qualitative approach was used with a descriptive phenomenological research design. Ten volunteer military retirees constitute the participants; indepth semi-structured interviews were conducted for data collection. Findings indicate that social and human capital heavily affect the retirement process, and trigger the return to work. The higher the hierarchy of the military staff, the more the social factors are motivating them to post-retirement employment, contrarily. For lower hierarchy, financial issues are more dominant for returning to work. Additionally, the effect of social capital on the post-retirement employment varies according to individual differences such as dependents, beliefs, and passions. The study contributes to theoretical discussions related to retirement and post-retirement employment reasons that can be linked to existing explanations.
Shell Shock and the Legacy of the Victorian Past in the Present: Remembering WWI in Pat Barker’s Another World

In her 1998 novel Another World, Pat Barker draws from a topic on which she has written previously with great success—the First World War and the experiences of its combatants—and yet approaches that topic from a completely different perspective. The novel returns to the Great War to consider notions of ‘shell shock’, attitudes towards WWI veterans, and the problems surrounding remembering past violence, but what is perhaps surprising about Another World is that it uses a Victorian storyline to address these concerns, and presents the First World War through the means of references to nineteenth-century culture.
Let-7c-3p Regulates Autophagy under Oxidative Stress by Targeting ATG3 in Lens Epithelial Cells

Background Oxidative stress is an important factor during age-related cataract formation. Apoptosis and autophagy induced by oxidative stress have been reported as key factors in age-related cataract. In our research, we investigated the role of let-7c-3p in the regulation of autophagy and apoptosis during the formation of age-related cataract. Material and Methods. Real-time PCR and western blot were employed to detect the expression of let-7c-3p in the tissues of age-related cataract. Human lens epithelial cells (LECs) were treated with H2O2 as an age-related cataract model. The extent of apoptosis was measured by flow cytometry and western blot. To detect autophagy, immunofluorescence was used to analyze the spot number of LC3, and western blot was used to detect the expression of LC3-II/I and ATG3. The molecular mechanisms of let-7c-3p regulating autophagy via ATG3 under oxidative stress were performed by a luciferase report gene assay and rescue experiment. Results Downregulation of let-7c-3p was found in the age-related cataract group aged >65 years relative to the age-related cataract group aged ≤65 years. Consistently, the expression of let-7c-3p was also lower under oxidative stress. The activities of LEC apoptosis and autophagy induced by oxidative stress were inhibited by let-7c-3p. By the bioinformatics database and the luciferase reporter assay, ATG3 was found to be a direct target of let-7c-3p. Let-7c-3p reduced the ATG3-mediated autophagy level, which was induced by oxidative stress in LECs. Conclusion Let-7c-3p inhibits autophagy by targeting ATG3 in LECs in age-related cataract.
Birth and Survival of Regional Ventures: Comparison of Regional and Industrial Characteristics

In 1997, the Korean government enacted the Venture Special Act to designate ventures and to provide various supports in finance, tax, human resources and R&D. As a result, the number of ventures reached 31,260 as of the end of 2015. Although ventures are still concentrated in the Seoul, the capital city metropolitan area, the growth of regional ventures is significant, and thus it is forecasted that their share in regional economies will increase. Therefore, the purpose of this research is to identify the differences of the birth and survival of ventures in each region and industry, and to identify the characteristics that affect those differences. According to the analytical results, Korean government should make policies to encourage each megacity, province and metropolitan economic block to have variety of industries, rather than having them specialize in a particular sector.
First-line vs Second-line Antibiotics for Treatment of Sinusitis

To the Editor: Dr Piccirillo and colleagues found that secondline antibiotics were no more effective than first-line antibiotics in the treatment of acute rhinosinusitis, although they were associated with significantly higher costs. However, we believe that these conclusions are not justified due to inadequate study design. First, this was a retrospective study of adults in a proprietary database with a diagnosis code of acute rhinosinusitis and a concurrent prescription for antibiotics. No diagnostic standard or chart review was used. Other studies of similar unselected patient populations have shown that 50% or more of patients with a presumed diagnosis of bacterial sinusitis actually have a viral infection and should not be treated with antibiotics. Second, the authors defined therapeutic success as the absence of a claim for a second antibiotic within 28 days. Appropriate antibiotic therapy has been shown to provide quicker resolution of symptoms than placebo in bacterial rhinosinusitis. Time to resolution of symptoms, however, was not determined in this study. Third, the results could be biased if patients with more severe symptoms received broader-spectrum antibiotics. The authors attempted to adjust for such bias with propensity scores. This showed that the data had no ability to detect any treatment bias between groups prescribed first-line vs second-line antibiotics, as evidenced by a c statistic of 0.552. This means that there was either no bias or that the data needed to account for bias was not used. The data needed could be symptom severity or reclassification of antibiotics assigned to each treatment group. Finally, the authors developed an arbitrary antibiotic classification system, based mainly on cost without regard to spectrum of activity or incidence of antimicrobial resistance. This is inconsistent with current clinical rhinosinusitis guidelines developed by academic and professional medical organizations. By grouping together drugs with vastly different spectra, the analysis of outcomes becomes meaningless. If the authors’ conclusions were followed, many secondline antibiotics that are highly effective in this era of bacterial resistance would be underused, resulting in higher failure rates in true cases of bacterial rhinosinusitis. We believe that a better approach would be to prescribe effective antibiotics to patients meeting defined clinical criteria. Studies that examine cost-effectiveness and therapeutic equivalency in the treatment of acute bacterial rhinosinusitis are urgently needed.
Hodgkin’s Lymphoma: An Epidemiological Study in the Iraqi Patients

INTRODUCTION: Hodgkin's disease is a malignant lymphoma with a characteristic epidemiology (1) . The distinguishing epidemiologic feature of HD is its bimodal age distribution curve (2) . In the United States and other economically advantaged countries, there are two incidence peaks one in young adults and one in older age (3) . Nodular sclerosis (NS) is the predominant histologic subtype in developed countries, and accounts for most of the peak in young adults, moreover there is a male predominance, especially in children and in middle and older adulthood (2) . Approximately 7500 new cases of HD and about
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In the 1990s we witnessed wars via the mass media; death of thousands in several warring states and millions in others. We also witnessed numerous acts of terrorism for instance 9/11 in America, the 7/7 bomb blast in the British capital and several bomb blast in Malaysian neighboring country, Indonesia. In the midst of these happenings, are the media, both local and global, doing their best to cover the news for the benefits of their audiences locally or worldwide. As for the local media, and in this case the news broadcast, one may ask how does a country such as Malaysia, that does not experience war, report other peoples’ war? With Malaysia’s over dependence of war news from the international news agencies and global media, will the news by Malaysian broadcast media differ from those that are covered by the global media, due to news slant and editors’ preferences? Moreover with the potential of the mass media to provide neutral and objective reporting of war and peace, one may ask, how do these local and global media propagate peace? For that matter, is peace journalism an option for these media. This study engages in a comparative study on the coverage of war and peace news between two Malaysian television stations, TV3 and RTM with two global television networks, CNN and Al-Jazeera. Using a quantitative content analysis study with Smetko and Valkenburg’s framing theory as the theoretical platform, the study hopes to identify to what extent these four selected media are involved in propagating world peace.
Post-operative Paediatric Pain Assessment and Management at a Tertiary Health Facility, Southern Nigeria: Surgeons’ Perspectives and Practice

Introduction: Whereas advances in perioperative care of children continue to be made with increasing evidence-based practice for postoperative analgesia, inadequate relief of postoperative pain resulting in significant morbidity and mortality is still being reported. Objective: To appraise surgeons' perspectives and practice of paediatric post-operative pain assessment and management at a tertiary health facility in southern Nigeria. Methods: In this cross-sectional survey carried out between September and December 2019, a semi-structured and self-administered questionnaire was distributed to surgeons/trainees in departments/units where paediatric patients undergo both major and minor surgeries. Their perspectives and practice of postoperative pain assessment and management were analysed using SPSS version 20.0. Results: Seventy-nine respondents completed the survey, including 19(24%) consultants, 32(40.5%) senior registrars, and 22(27.9%) junior registrars. Two-third of respondents (n=51, 64.6%) had more than 10 years working experience post-graduation. Involving parents/caregivers Original Research Article Eke and Okoro; JAMMR, 32(3): 35-42, 2020; Article no.JAMMR. 55371 36 to assess postoperative pain was the most common strategy used by respondents (n=69, 87.3%), and most of them (n=67, 84.8%) do not make use of any pain assessment tools. Non-pharmacologic strategies for postoperative pain management were applied/prescribed sometimes (n=20, 25%) or rarely (n=20, 25%). Paracetamol and NSAIDs were the commonest non-opioid analgesics used while pentazocine was the commonly used opioid. Many respondents (n=66, 83.5%) had never prescribed morphine for postoperative analgesia in children. Seventeen percent of respondents do not prescribe postoperative analgesia to newborns. Conclusion: Findings of this study show that the practice in our institution falls short of the recommended multimodal approach to paediatric postoperative pain care. Development of standard protocols and training of providers of postoperative care are recommended.
Evaluation of International Endometrial Tumor Analysis Sonographic Criteria in diagnosis of Endometrial Carcinoma

Postmenopausal vaginal bleeding is a sign that should not be Ultrasound imaging has become an effective diagnostic tool of gynecological practice throughout the years. Endometrial diagnosis typically involves invasive investigational approaches. Today, however, with the advent of high-resolution transvaginal ultrasound and Doppler ultrasonography (non-invasive diagnostic tool), is an alternative candidate to replace invasive approaches. The aim of this study is to evaluate the contribution of the terms and definitions described by the IETA group when designing a malignancy model for better diagnosis of malignancy in cases with postmenopausal uterine bleeding. In the present study 120 patients with postmenopausal bleeding were included in the study.The study was conducted from April 2017 to April 2019 at Tanta University hospitals, Obstetrics & Gynecology and Diagnostic Radiology departments. Both patients were subjected to the following: full history taking, general examination, local examination, 2D transvaginal ultrasonography, Doppler study, hysteroscopy examination, endometrial biopsy. Symptomatic postmenopausal women with endometrial thickness > 5 mm have been chosen because women with a lower endometrial thickness have a very low incidence of cancer and a prospective evaluation.
Low Birth Weight, and Low Ponderal Index Mediates the Association between Preeclampsia, Placenta Previa, and Neonatal Mortality

Background: A retrospective study was conducted to assess the mediation role of low birth weight, and low ponderal index between the preeclampsia, placenta previa, and neonatal mortality in the tertiary hospital of Hubei Province, China. Methods: A total of 12772 neonatal births were included for data analysis. Birth weight, birth length, and neonatal mortality were recorded after birth. Sobel test based on mediation regression was used to evaluate the effect of mediator variables. Results: Approximately, 383 (3%) and 409 (3.2%) women experienced preeclampsia and placenta previa respectively. After adjusting for covariates, the indirect effect of preeclampsia on neonatal mortality mediated by low birth weight and low ponderal index was [β 2.59 (95% CI: 0.74 – 4.44)], and [β 3.94 (95% CI: 1.50 – 6.38)] respectively. Moreover, the indirect effect of placenta previa on neonatal mortality mediated by the low birth weight was [β 1.74 (95% CI: 0.16 – 3.31)], and low ponderal index was [β 3.21 (95% CI: 0.95 – 5.48)]. The estimated mediation proportion between the preeclampsia and neonatal mortality accounting for possible mediation by low birth weight and low ponderal index was 44.5% and 34.5% respectively. Furthermore, 47.9% by low birth weight and 33.2% by low ponderal index mediate the association between placenta previa and neonatal mortality. Conclusion: Low birth weight, and low ponderal index partially mediates the association between preeclampsia, placenta previa and neonatal mortality.
Design of mini plant for soya milk production and pasteurization

A soya milk production and pasteurization plant was designed, fabricated and tested. The machine processed soaked soya milk to milk and also pasteurized it. Its major component parts include blending chamber, blending blade, furnace, boiler, temperature gauge and pasteurization chamber. The blending of soya beans, mixing the slurry and extracting the milk from the paste takes place in the milling chamber. The burning of biomass (briquette) takes place in the furnace and heating of water at the boiler. The pasteurization takes place in the pasteurizer. The machine capacity is 750 liters in 8 hours operational time per day. The results of testing of the machine revealed that blending efficiency and yield of milk were 88.16%, 98.52% respectively. The selected pasteurization temperature and time used were 84°C and 30 seconds. The machine was able to increase shelf life of raw soya milk from 24 (1 day) to 48 hours (2 day) when stored under room temperature and to 144 hours (6 day) when stored at temperature of 4C (refrigerated).
Presence of Aflatoxin M1 in Cube Cheeses Produced in Sivas Region

In this study, the presence and residue levels of aflatoxin M1 (AFM1) were investigated in traditionally produced cube cheeses in Sivas and its region. For this purpose, 90 pieces of cube cheese were used as a material. Cheese samples were collected periodically in November and December 2016 from central sales location and surrounding villages. ELISA technique was applied in aflatoxin analyses. According to the analysis results, AFM1 was detected in total of the cube cheeses. The lowest level of AFM1 was found to be 2.16 ng/kg, the highest was 53.94 ng/kg and the mean was 6.36±0.87 ng/kg. AFM1 level vas determined one cheese sample above to the limit set by European Union.
Risk Factors Associated with Traveler’s Diarrhea Among Foreign Travelers in Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Traveler’s diarrhea (TD) is one of the most common health problem encountered by travelers. TD incidence increases annually especially in developing countries with an average incidence around 20-60% every month. This study was conducted in Yogyakarta because this region's tourism has been growing rapidly, and the information related to TD among foreign travelers in Yogyakarta is still limited. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of TD and factor associated with TD. This cross-sectional study was conducted among 150 foreign travelers in March 2018. A selfadministrated questionnaire was used to assess characteristics and risk behaviors of participants. The association were determined using chi square test. The result showed that the prevalence of TD among foreign travelers was 20%. The bivariate analysis results were age (OR = 2.45, 95%CI 0.916.58, p-value = 0.09), length of stay (OR = 1.44; 95%CI: 0.385.42, p-value = 0.737), and risk behaviors consisting of not washing hands before eating food (OR = 1.54; 95%CI: 0.723.31, p-value = 0.375), drinking iced beverage (OR = 1.21; 95%CI: 0.64-2.31, p-value = 0.706), and buying food from street vendor (OR = 0.79; 95%CI: 0.40-1.57, p-value = 0.645) respectively. No significant association were noted with any of the variables. The prevalence of TD was slightly high among foreign travelers in Yogyakarta, and despite the evidence from literature, no association between age, length of stay, and risk behavior was found. There is, therefore, a need to provide intervention programs such as health promotion to foreign travelers in order to raise the awareness of TD and to provide hygiene sanitation facilities in tourism place.
Influencing Factors Analysis on Land-Lost Farmers’ Happiness Based on the Rough DEMATEL Method

In this paper, fifteen indicators from four dimensions are selected to construct an evaluation system for the happiness of land-lost farmers. The factors affecting the happiness of land-lost farmers are analyzed using the rough DEMATEL method. The results show that land expropriation compensation (F6) and job stability (F7) are the driving factors for improving the happiness of land-lost farmers. The government can improve the social environment policies, such as land acquisition, social security, and employment to influence other factors and improve the level of happiness of land-losing farmers. This study has important guiding significance and reference value for the reform of China’s land expropriation, the protection of land-lost farmers’ rights and interests and the improvement of their happiness, and the maintenance of social harmony and stability.