Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Associations between major depression, health-risk behaviors, and medication adherence among HIV-positive adults receiving medical care in Georgia

Background: There are approximately 1.2 million people in the United States living with HIV, and 25.6% of HIV-positive adults suffer from depression. The purpose of this study is to examine the contribution of depression to substance use and medication adherence among HIV-positive adults receiving medical care for HIV in Georgia. Methods: Secondary data with a probability sample of 775 HIV-positive adults who took part in the 20092013 Georgia Medical Monitoring Project (MMP) were analyzed. Descriptive analyses and multivariate logistic regressions were conducted to assess relationships between depression and current cigarette smoking, injection drug use, other non-injection drug use, and medication adherence, adjusting for sociodemographic covariates (age, gender, race, and education). All analyses accounted for non-response and complex sampling design. Results: Among HIV-positive adults in Georgia, 8.5% met the criteria for major depression, including 13.7% of women and 6.5% of men. Heterosexual adults had a higher percentage of major depression (10.7%) compared to adults who identified as bisexual (7.4%) or homosexual (5.8%). Major depression was also higher among adults with a high school diploma or GED (12.7%) compared to adults with a higher level of education (5.2%). Major depression was associated with a greater odds of current cigarette smoking (AOR 2.7; 95% CI: 1.5, 5.2) and other non-injection drug use (2.5; 95% CI: 1.4, 4.4), after adjusting for sociodemographic variables. The three measures of medication adherence were not statistically significantly associated with major depression. Conclusions: As previously observed for the general population, we found, among HIV-positive adults, significant associations between depression and smoking and other non-injection drug use. Because HIVpositive adults have ongoing encounters with healthcare providers, screening and treatment for depression and other co-morbid substance use is needed to reduce an additional health burden in this population.
High Map Shape Estimation from Gray Real Images based on Integrability Condition and Fourier Descriptor

-Shape is one of the most important features in Content Based Image Retrieval. Recovery of High Map Shape (HMS) is important for applications like robot navigation and human computer interaction. Shape-from-Shading, photometric stereo and shape from contour are three fundamental problems in Computer Vision aimed at reconstructing surface depth given either a single image taken under a known light source or multiple images taken under different illuminations, respectively. Recently there are a several development techniques for reconstruction surface from shading medical images information. This paper presents a new approach for estimating the shape of high map object from its two dimension 2-D shade image in terms of a approximating the height map by a second order of homogenous polynomial. The proposed approach satisfies the integrability condition and does not need any boundary condition assumptions; in this paper, we build a Mabel retrieval framework to evaluation the proposed approach. The experiments on real images show the approaches ability to reconstruction the surface from similarity.
Estimating the channel uplink capacity of a CR based central access MIMO Network

The major objective of this paper is to study the performance analysis of CR-MIMO (Cognitive Radio-Multiple Input Multiple Output) networks with various fading channels. Specifically, the research objectives are modeling and evaluation of outage probability in CR-MIMO network in both faded and non-faded environment & modeling and evaluation of uplink ergodic MIMO channel capacity in CR based central access network in different fading channel techniques.
ADAPTATION STUDY OF IMPROVED FODDER TREE (SESBANIA SESBAN (L.) MERRIL) AT HARO SABU, KELEM WOLLEGA, OROMIA, ETHIOPIA

The experiment was conducted at Haro Sabu Agricultural Research Center, Western Oromia for two consecutive years, with the objective to identify adaptive, high yielding and disease/pest resistance varieties. Seven varieties were grown as experimental treatments in a randomized complete block design (RBCD) with three replications. Analysis revealed that DZ-96 and DZ-123 had maximum percentage of survival rate at one year age 0092 and 0347completely died obtained from in one and two years age. Days of 50% flowering showed statistically highly significant and Mean performance of plant height trait at different ages and seed yield were also significant (p<0.05). Mean green forage yield and Dry matter yield was not significantly (p<0.05) among treatments. But numerically difference was observed among treatments. Maximum fresh weight and sun-dried dry matter yield (DMY) were 84.43 t ha-1 & 27.64 t ha-1 recorded from DZ- 96 followed by DZ-89 and DZ-123 with 18.91 & 18.36 ton ha-1 of sun dried DMY respectively. The best average seed yielders among the tested varieties were recorded from DZ-96 with 47.25 q ha-1 followed by DZ-89 with 46.84 q ha-1. It is concluded that DZ- 96 and DZ- 89 were better performance varieties which are suitable for use as animal feeds.
Improvement of Seed Germination Performance of Stored Commercial Pepper Seed Lots with Chlorophyll Fluorescence Sorting Method

This work was conducted to investigate whether Chlorophyll Fluorescence (CF) sorting method enhanced the seed germination and vigor (mean germination time) of stored (aged) commercial seed lots of four different pepper cultivars. Seeds were stored hermetically for 6 and 12 months at 18, 5 and 25°C with 8.0±0.2% of seed moisture. Labor atory germination and mean germination time were determined on stored and CF-sorted and unsorted seed subsamples. Results indicated that CF-sorting significantly increased laboratory germination (p<0.05), and reduced mean germination time (p<0.05). CF-sorted seeds from fractions with low CF had higher germination performance than unsorted ones. It can be concluded that CF as a non-destructive sorting technology has the potential to upgrade the quality of stored, aged pepper seed lots. Original Research Article Kenanoglu et al.; AJEA, 10(4): 1-6, 2016; Article no.AJEA. 20467 2
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Background: This study was conducted in the Department of Pathology, GMC Patiala on 100 patients over period of three years with the objective to study the comparison of the bone marrow aspiration and bone marrow trephine biopsy in haematological and non-haematological disorders in elderly age patients. (Age >50years). Methods: 100 cases with different hematological and non-hematological problems were taken up for the present study with age >50 years. Salah”s bone marrow aspiration needle and Jamshidi’s bone marrow biopsy needle were used to collect the samples. For staining Leishmann’s and H&E stains were used. Results: Majority of the cases were in the age of 50-60. Majority of haematological disorders comprised of anaemia (62%), leukemia(17.7%), multiple myeloma (7.5%), primary myelofibrosis(2.5%), myeloproliferative disorders(2.5%), hypocellular marrow (2.5%), increased eoisinophils and precurcors(1.2%), NHL (1.2%) lymphocytosis(1.2%) and plasmacytosis (1.2%). Both of the 2 cases of nonhaematological disorders were of metastatic carcinomatous deposists. Conclusion: The bone marrow aspiration and trephine biopsy were comparative in most of the haematological disorders except in primary and secondary myelofibrosis where biopsy provided clue to the diagnosis. Non-haematological disorders showed the same findings.
Physiological age structures of female anopheline and culicine mosquito populations (Diptera: Culicidae) in Makurdi, North Central Nigeria

Physiological ages of mosquitoes were determined from four localities in Makurdi between July, 2011 and June, 2012. A total of 4,320 adult female Anopheline and Culicine mosquitoes were dissected using standard procedures. Their order of abundance was: Culex quinquefasciatus 2,418 (56.0%) > Anopheles gambiae s.l. 1,040 (24.1%) >Anopheles funestus 641 (14.8%) > ‘unidentified’ Anopheles species 221 (5.1%) respectively. There was a significant difference (P < 0.05) between the mosquito species and their abundance. 92.3% of the mosquitoes were parous and varied significantly (P < 0.05) across the four localities. The ages were determined using the number of dilatations along the length of an ovariole of each female mosquito dissected. The age groups were: 1-parous, 2-parous and 3-parous respectively. There were significant differences (P < 0.05) between the 1-parous and 2-parous age groups, unlike the 3-parous group across the localities and seasons,. These findings indicated that Makurdi is potentially endemic for both malaria and lymphatic filariasis since the physiological ages showed that the mosquito vectors were old enough for the parasites to complete their extrinsic incubation periods within them. This work provides entomological baseline data on mosquito longevity required for implementation and evaluation of vector control interventions in the study area.
Relevance of Non-HLA Antibodies in Transplantation

Antibodies that are specific to organ donor HLA have been involved in the majority of cases of antibody-mediated rejection in solid organ transplant recipients. However, recent data show that production of non-HLA auto antibodies can occur before transplant in the form of natural autoantibodies. In contrast to HLAs, which are constitutively expressed on the cell surface of the allograft endothelium, auto antigens are usually cryptic. Tissue damage associated with ischemia-reperfusion, vascular injury and/or rejection creates permissive conditions for the expression of cryptic auto antigens, allowing these auto antibodies to bind antigenic targets and further enhance vascular inflammation and renal dysfunction. Antiperlecan/LG3 antibodies and angiotensin II type 1 receptor antibodies have been found before transplant in patients with de novo transplants and portend negative long-term outcome in patients with renal transplants. Other auto antibodies documented to have negative effect over the outcome of heart transplant. In addition to the already cited antibodies anti angiotensin II type 1 receptor, these include antibodies against endothelin type A receptor, antibodies anti vimentin and anti myosin. Antibodies against collagen V and Ka1tubulin are associated with the development of bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome. Recently, thanks to new techniques, new non-HLA antibodies have been found whose relevance in transplantation still need to be clarified. Finally, natural antibodies, previously thought to be protective, if present before transplantation in the IgG form have been documented to have a negative effect over the long-term survival of the transplanted organs.
Inclination of the Lumbosacral angle in normal individuals: An MRI study

Back ground The Lumbosacral angle is the angle between the long axis of the lumbar part of the vertebral column and that of the sacrum. Materials and method The subject of this study was the measurement of the inclination of the lumbosacral angle (LSI), by using lumbosacral MRI studies of 50 apperantly normal MRI lms (25 males and 25 females) in order to estimate from the pure anatomic point of view if there is a gender difference in different age groups. Electronic Goniometer was used. Results and discussion: The ages of male group was ranged from 17-75 years old (mean 43.6), while the females group was from 18-70 years old (mean 43.48). The LSI angle mean for males was 138.56 and that of females group was 141.08. Although the angles measurements were bigger for females than males, the P value = 0.278 (>0.05) indicates that there was no statistical signi cant difference between the two means Conclusion: The lumbosacral angle is simple to be measured radiologically especially by MRI and the results obtained from our population is comparable to those published by other foreign researchers with comparable means, the females have larger angles than males but with no signi cant statistical difference.
A Pediatric Case Series of Distal Ureteral Stones Clearance after Tamsulosin Treatment

In adults treatment with an alpha-1-adrenergic antagonist reduces the frequency and intensity of peristalsis of the ureter, increasing the chance of stone expulsion [3,4,6-9]. Based on this efficacy, tamsulosin has been used to test ureteral stone expulsion in children showing to be a safe and effective treatment option [5,10]. No major pharmacokinetic differences were found between pediatrics and adults when the effect of body weight was taken into consideration when tamsulosin was used [10].
reddish-brown plumage with brown egg shell color; Mushki from Khushab, Bhakkar and Fatehjang owning black plumage; Peshawari (peela) from Peshawar and Mardan regions having wheaten colored plumage and Mianwali variety from regions of Mianwali and Sargodha having dark-

In total, 240 three-weeks-old sexed birds (191.06±6.01g), 120 + 120 from Lakha, Mushki, Peshaweri and Mianwali varieties of local Aseel were used to determine the influence of selenium forms on growth during three growth phases. Birds were divided into four equal groups, 60 birds/variety (30 + 30 ), further subdivided into A, B and C treatment groups, 10 bids/ treatment. Each group was allocated starter, grower and finisher diets. Group A was offered the diet supplemented with 0.3 ppm Se-enriched yeast and the diet of group B included 0.3 ppm sodium selenite, while group C was fed with un-supplemented control diet. Birds were maintained individually for 18 weeks. Feed intake was decreased, while, body weight gain, feed conversion ratio (FCR) and body weight gain were improved in males and females of Lakha, while best results detected in males during all growth phases in Se-enriched yeast fed groups. In conclusion, Se-enriched yeast had the positive effect in improving growth parameters of native Aseel.
Hemorrhagic Complications after Pancreatic Surgery: A Comprehensive Review of Literature

Hemorrhage after pancreatic surgery is a common occurrence, accounting for 5-12% of post-pancreatectomy complications. Major risk factors for hemorrhage can be classified temporally as pre-operative, intra-operative, and post-operative, and include perioperative coagulopathy, technical failure of hemostasis at suture line, post-operative pancreatic fistulas grades B and C, biliary leakage, localized or intra-abdominal sepsis, higher age and Body Mass Index, and intraoperative transfusions, among others. Post-pancreatectomy hemorrhage can be mild or severe, with grading from A to C, and timing from early (within 24 hours) to late (after 24 hours): diagnostic and therapeutic modalities vary widely based on the grading and location of post-pancreatectomy hemorrhage, while non-operative management is sufficient for mild grade. A post-pancreatectomy hemorrhage, interventions such as angiography for extra-luminal and endoscopy for intraluminal hemorrhage are required for late grade B or C hemorrhage. Re-exploration to secure hemostasis is preferred in hemodynamically unstable patients, and is only used for late post-pancreatectomy hemorrhage after failure of less invasive modalities. Late post-pancreatectomy hemorrhage is associated with a poor prognosis, especially in low-flow centers. Careful monitoring for sentinel bleeding, as well as control over modifiable risk factors can help decrease the incident burden of post-pancreatectomy hemorrhage, thereby reducing long-term morbidity and mortality after pancreatic surgery.
Nectar-feeding bat, Cynopterus sphinx pollinate Parkia speciosa flowers and increase fruit production

A study was carried out to establish the relationship between Parkia speciosa (local name Ṭah-lim) and nectar-feeding bat, Cynopterus sphinx with respect to pollination, and effects on fruit production. Eight flowering trees of P. speciosa from Lengteng Wildlife Sanctuary were selected for experimentation. During the flowering season of stink bean from August to November, 2013 visual observations were made twice a week during the night at 18:00 to 05:00 h. C. sphinx visits the capitulum and collects the nectar by landing on the capitulum. Duration of nectar collection by bat is around one second, and then visited the next flower to collect nectar simultaneously. To ascertain the pollination by bats, we captured the bats using mist nets. The yellow cream colour pollen was attached on their facial, neck region, abdomen and wings. This reveals that this bat provides a vital reciprocal service to P. speciosa flowers in terms of pollination. The present study also revealed that seasonality and availability of flowers influenced the frequency of bats. Also compared the average number of fruit production between frequently and randomly visit of P. speciosa trees by bats and observed that frequently visited trees by bats produced more fruits than randomly visited trees (P > 0.05).
Discrimination of Beta-lactam Resistant Escherichia coli isolated from Poultry and Poultry Farm Workers using (GTG) 5-Rep-PCR

The study was aimed at examining the discrimination of beta-lactam resistant E. coli isolated from poultry and poultry farm workers in Andhra Pradesh (India). Faecal swabs from different poultry species (n=150) and poultry farm workers (n=15) were analyzed for E. coli and screened for beta-lactam resistance phenotypically, by disc diffusion method and genotypically, by PCR targeting blaCTX-M group-1 and 2 beta-lactamase genes. Beta-lactam resistant E. coli were serotyped based on their ‘O” antigen and then genotyped using (GTG) 5 repetitive sequence based PCR (Rep-PCR). Out of 134 E. coli isolates (122/150 from poultry and 12/15 from farm workers) recovered, 12 isolates were found to be beta-lactam resistant, of which seven carried extendedspectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) phenotype. All the phenotypically resistant isolates carried multiple beta-lactamase genes. Serological typing of the 12 resistant E. coli revealed nine different serotypes (O2, O49, O60, O63, O83, O101, O120, UT and Rough). Rep-PCR fingerprinting allowed the discrimination of 12 resistant E. coli isolates into 11 Rep-PCR genotypes. The numerical index of discrimination was 0.999. Present findings enabled the observation of genetic diversity between beta-lactam resistant E. coli isolated from healthy poultry and poultry farm workers in Andhra Pradesh (India) based on their Rep-PCR genotype.
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Background: Intrathecal opioids when added to local anaesthetics decrease their dosage and provide haemodynamic stability. Subarachnoid block is a common anesthesia procedure for lower abdominal or lower limb surgeries including perineal surgeries. Objectives: To assess the efficacy of anesthesia and analgesia between intrathecal fentanyl and butorphanol with bupivacaine heavy 0.5% for lower limb orthopaedic surgery. Methods: About 120 patients, aged 18-75 years, belonging to American society of anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status 1 or 2 and scheduled for elective, lower limb orthopedic surgeries was randomized into two groups. Group A received 2.5ml of 0.5% hyperbaric bupivacaine with 0.5ml (25μg fentanyl) a total volume of 3ml intrathecally. The Butorphanol was diluted using distilled sterile water to obtain 25μg in 0.5ml. This was then added to 2.5ml of 0.5% hyperbaric bupivacaine to make a total volume of 3ml which was given to group B. Results: The times required for onset of sensory and motor blockade were comparable among the two groups. Significantly slower block regression to S2 level was observed in the group receiving intrathecal butorphanol as compared to intrathecal fentanyl (P<.001). A higher number of patients in group A requested for rescue analgesia during the postoperative period than in group B (11 versus 3; P=0.0326). The average times to first request for rescue analgesia were 254.47±9.31 minutes and 291±8.45 minutes in group A and B, respectively (P<0.001). Conclusion: Both 25μg fentanyl and 25μg butorphanol given intrathecally along with 12.5 mg of hyperbaric bupivacaine provide effective anesthesia for lower limb surgeries. Intrathecal bupivacaine-butorphanol mixture provides longer duration of sensory blockade and superior analgesia than intrathecal fentanyl-bupivacaine mixture.
Production and Optimization of Lipase Enzyme from Mesophiles and Thermophiles

Lipases are enzymes which catalyze the hydrolysis of triacylglycerol to free fatty acids and glycerol. In the present study bacterial cultures were isolated from industrial and oil spilled areas and was screened for Lipase production and activity. Seven bacterial strains were found to have lipolytic ability. These bacterial strains were grown in production media and the lipase enzyme produced was estimated. After optimization of factors like pH, temperature, carbon source, nitrogen and incubation time etc. a maximum lipase enzyme activity of 8U was obtained in the mesophilic bacteria: P. mirabilis when sunflower oil was used as a substrate, pH was 6 and temperature was 37°C. B. coagulans, another mesophile produced 7.5U of lipase enzyme. Thermophiles: P. stutzeri, G. stearothermophilus and B. sporothermodurans which were isolated, screened for lipase activity and characterized, showed highest lipase activity of 7U at 50°C. *Corresponding author: Tripti B, Codon Biotech Pvt. Ltd., India, Tel: 01204311464; E-mail: tripti.codonbt@gmail.com Received November 30, 2016; Accepted June 06, 2017; Published June 13, 2017 Citation: Jaiswal A, Preet M, Tripti B (2017) Production and Optimization of Lipase Enzyme from Mesophiles and Thermophiles. J Microb Biochem Technol 9:126-131. doi: 10.4172/1948-5948.1000355 Copyright: © 2017 Jaiswal A, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
MoveAE: Modifying Affective Robot Movements Using Classifying Variational Autoencoders

We propose a method for modifying affective robot movements using neural networks. Social robots use gestures and other movements to express their internal states. However, a robot’s interactive capabilities are hindered by the predominant use of a limited set of preprogrammed or hand-animated behaviors, which can be repetitive and predictable, making sustained human-robot interactions difficult to maintain. To address this, we developed a method for modifying existing emotive robot movements by using neural networks. We use hand-crafted movement samples and a classifying variational autoencoder trained on these samples. Our method then allows for adjustment of affective movement features by using simple arithmetic in the network’s latent embedding space. We present the implementation and evaluation of this approach and show that editing in the latent space can modify the emotive quality of the movements while preserving recognizability and legibility in many cases. This supports neural networks as viable tools for creating and modifying expressive robot behaviors. CCS CONCEPTS • Artificial intelligence→Cognitive robotics; • Machine learning→ neural networks; • Human-centered computing→HCI theory, concepts and models. ACM Reference Format: Michael Suguitan, Randy Gomez, and Guy Hoffman. 2020. MoveAE: Modifying Affective Robot Movements Using Classifying Variational Autoencoders. In Proceedings of the 2020 ACM/IEEE International Conference on HumanRobot Interaction (HRI’20), March 23-26, 2020, Cambridge, United Kingdom. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 9 pages. https://doi.org/10.1145/3319502.3374807