Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Impact of probiotics in preserving the microbiological property and nutritional quality in carrots

A study was carried out to determine the beneficial effects of probiotic culture in preserving the nutritional properties and extending the shelf life of carrots. The microbial and physiochemical attributes of carrots was tested by washing in water treated with probiotic culture L. plantarum 020 and Lactobacillus acidophilus 016. The probiotic cultureL. plantarum 020 and Lactobacillus acidophilus 016 were found to be viable during storage under room temperature. The total bacterial count after probiotic treatment reduced to 2 log cycles on carrots. A reduced fungal growth was noticed on carrots during storage after probiotic treatments. The carotene content and weight loss in carrots were maintained after treatments. The carrots treated with L. plantarum 020 were able to maintain the quality up to 8 days of storage whereas carrots treated with L. acidophilus 016 maintained its quality up to 6 day with initiation of spoilage. Thereafter untreated carrots started to spoil by the 4 day when stored under room temperature.
Microfinancing and Home-purchase Restrictions: Evidence from the Online “Peer-to-Peer” Lending in China

This paper uses a quasi-natural experiment to study how houseowners’ borrowing costs were affected by the housing value fluctuation in China using a novel micro-level data from an online peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platform. The impacts on other equilibrium loan variables such as borrowing duration and numbers of lenders are also examined. By taking the housing purchase restriction policy shock as an exogenous event, we employ a difference-in-differences (DD) identification strategy. It is found that the equilibrium interest rate decreased, the growth rate of the deal completion time reduced and the number of investors went up for borrowers with house properties from the cities implementing the restriction policy. It echoes from a further triple differences (DDD) when considering city-specific effect based on samples with houseowners and nonhouseowners. In addition, we estimate the heterogeneous effect for both household and city-level characteristics. Our dynamic analysis indicates that effects on houseowners’ P2P borrowing activities persist for 9 months. The channel of the effect was from the collateral effect rather than the pure wealth effect.
Reversed size dimorphism is raptors: can we tell which sex changed size?

In looking at various reproductive parameters for Falconiformes we (Pleasants and Pleasants 1988) discovered three patterns related to the degree of dimorphism: 1) more dimorphic species had smaller eggs than would be expected based on female body size, 2) more dimorphic species had eggs that were no different from the expected size based on male body weight, and 3) more dimorphic species had a larger clutch size than would be expected based on female body size. We argued that patterns 1 and 2 provided a clue as to how reversed size dimorphism (RSD) in Falconiformis evolved, namely by females becoming larger while retaining their ancestral (male-sized) egg, and we indicated that pattern 3 must be taken into account in any explanation of why RSD evolved.
On characteristic cones of scalar autonomous nD systems, with general n

In this paper, we give an algebraic condition that is equivalent to a given cone being a characteristic cone for a scalar autonomous nD system, for a general n. The nD systems that we consider are described by linear partial difference equations with real constant coefficients. We obtain this result by exploring the fact that cones in the domain (the nD integer grid) have a rich algebraic structure – that of an affine semigroup. The need for a novel algebraic characterization arises because the method used for 2D systems does not extend for n > 3; we show this by an example. The necessary and sufficient condition that we derive can be used to check whether a given cone is a characteristic cone for a scalar autonomous nD system by standard computer algebra packages.
Assessment of cold tolerance in chickpea accessions in North-Western Himalayas of Jammu and Kashmir, India

Cold stress is one of the important factors limiting chickpea production even in the countries with the high risk of drought/heat stress. This study was aimed to characterize a set of 30 chickpea accessions for cold tolerance and identify most promising cold tolerant accessions of Cicer species in the north western Himalayas of state Jammu and Kashmir, India. We analyzed chilling induced responses of 30 chickpea accessions under field and controlled conditions using phenotypic (field screening under cold stress) and physiological method (electrolyte leakage test), for chilling tolerance. Chickpea accessions were screened for cold tolerance using a rating scale of 1–9 and cell membrane stability under cold stress was tested through electrolyte leakage tests from the damaged leaves. Wild Cicer species Ortan-066 (C. echinospermum) was identified as the most cold tolerant source (showing least score for cold tolerance rating i.e., CTR= 2 and electrolyte leakage index of 11.1%). Whereas, three Cicer reticulatum species viz., Bari-2-072, Bari-3-106D, and Cudi-1-022 and two Cicer arietinum species viz., ICC 13090 and AGBL-G-170004 were found tolerant to cold with CTR=3. The identified accessions could be exploited in future breeding programs aimed at improving cold tolerance trait in modern chickpea varieties which are otherwise susceptible to cold.
Changes in muscle biochemical composition of Labeo rohita (Ham.) in relation to season

Seasonal changes in the muscle biochemical composition of Labeo rohita (Ham.) were examined. Protein, carbohydrate and total ash content were higher in summer season, whereas moisture content was low. Fat and cholesterol content were also higher in summer in comparison to winter. Amino acids (lysine, methionine and tryptophan) content were higher in summer season. The highest value of calcium and phosphorus were also observed in summer.
Online Proofing

Scientific evidence suggests that measurement of otoacoustic emissions (OAE) (OAEs) is a reliable tool to detect the early onset of noise induced hearing loss. Nevertheless, the individual field measurement of otoacoustic emissions on industrial workers is very challenging in practice because the high level of ambient noise usually disturbs the OAE measurement. The use of OAE measurement probes with high passive noise isolation allows the attenuation of most of the high frequency ambient noise, but it is often insufficient for the low frequency content of the ambient noise. In the described research, a new type of OAE system, suitable for the continuous monitoring of OAE levels on an individual worker, has been designed as a pair of earpieces each featuring an external microphone, an internal microphone and a pair of miniature receivers. Adaptive noise reduction Noise Reduction (ANR) processing the measured distortion product Distortion Product OAE (DPOAE) is used to further improve the Signal-to-Noise signal-to-noise ratio in frequencies mostly where passive isolation remains insufficient. The ANR technique relies on a Normalized Least-Mean-Square (NLMS) algorithm that uses the ipsilateral external microphone and the contralateral internal microphone to denoise the measured DPOAE signals for each in-ear OAE probe. A side-by-side comparison with commercially available clinical OAE equipment on 8 test-subjects successfully confirmed that the developed OAE system would be suitable for the continuous monitoring of workers’ hearing capabilities in industrial noise environments with levels up to 75 dB(A).
Biological implications of PTEN upregulation and altered sodium/iodide symporter intracellular distribution in resveratrol-suppressed anaplastic thyroid cancer cells

Objective: Anaplastic thyroid cancer/ATC is a highly aggressive malignancy with extremely poor prognosis. Resveratrol/Res promotes re-differentiation of cancer cells and exerts inhibitory effects on ATC cells. Sodium/iodide symporter/NIS and phosphate and tension homology deleted on chromsome ten/PTEN levels are positively correlated with the grade of thyroid cancer differentiation, while the impact of Res on them remain unknown. Materials and Methods: The patterns of NIS and PTEN expression and intracellular distribution in THJ-16T and THJ-21T ATC and Nthy-ori 3-1 normal thyroid cells and their relevance with Res-caused ATC suppression were investigated via multiple experimental methods. E-cadherin was cited as a re-differentiation biomarker of ATC cells. Results: MTT and EdU cell proliferation assays showed distinct growth suppression in ATC cells after Res treatment. TUNEL staining revealed extensive apoptosis of Res-treated THJ-16T and THJ-21T rather than Nthy-ori 3-1 cells. Western blotting, immunocytochemical/ICC and double-labeled immunofluorescent/IF staining showed increased PTEN levels accompanied with distinct NIS and PTEN nuclear co-translocation in Res-treated THJ-16T and THJ-21T cells. E-cadherin but not NIS appeared on the outer membrane. Conclusion: PTEN upregulation and the concurrent NIS and PTEN nuclear translocation in Res-suppressed ATC cells may indicate the better therapeutic outcome and would be a group of beneficial prognostic factors of ATCs.
Instability and Nonlinearity in the Euro Area

This paper provides a comprehensive analysis of the functional form of the euro area Phillips curve over the past three decades. In particular, compared to previous literature we analyse the stability of the relationship in detail, especially as regards the possibility of a time-varying mean of inflation. Moreover, we conduct a sensitivity analysis across different measures of economic slack. Our main findings are two. First, there is strong evidence of time variation in the mean and slope of the Phillips curve occurring in the early to mid 1980s, but not in inflation persistence once the mean shift is allowed for. As a result of the structural change, the Phillips curve became flatter around a lower mean of inflation. Second, we find no significant evidence of non-linearity, in particular in relation to the output gap.
Pathophysiology , diagnosis and management of no reflow

Pathophysiology, diagnosis and management of no reflow Joseph Allencherril, M.D., Mahboob Alam, M.D., Glenn Levine, M.D., Hani Jneid, M.D., Dan Atar, M.D., Robert A. Kloner, M.D., Yochai Birnbaum, M.D. Section of Cardiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA 77030 2 Department of Cardiology B, Oslo University Hospital, and Institute of Clinical Sciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway 3 Huntington Medical Research Institute, Pasadena, California; Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California. Corresponding author: Joseph Allencherril, M.D. (corresponding author) Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA; One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX, 77030; Phone: (281) 854-8919; Email: jallencherril@gmail.com
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Staphylococcusaureusnecrotizingpneumonia is recognizedasatoxinmediated disease, yet the tissue-destructive events remain elusive, partly as a result of lack of mechanistic studies in human lung tissue. In this study, a three-dimensional (3D) tissue model composed of human lung epithelial cells and fibroblasts was used to delineate the role of specific staphylococcal exotoxins in tissue pathology associated with severepneumonia.To thisend, themodelswereexposed to themixture of exotoxins produced by S. aureus strains isolated from patients with varying severityof lung infection, namely necrotizing pneumoniaor lung empyema, or to purified toxins. The necrotizing pneumonia strains secreted high levels of α-toxin and Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL), and triggered high cytotoxicity, inflammation, necrosis and loss of E-cadherin from the lung epithelium. In contrast, the lung empyema strain produced moderate levels of PVL, but negligible amounts of α-toxin, and triggered limited tissue damage. α-toxin had a direct damaging effect on the epithelium, as verified using toxin-deficient mutants and pure α-toxin. Moreover, PVL contributed to pathology through the lysis of neutrophils. A combination of α-toxin and PVL resulted in the most severe epithelial injury. In addition, toxin-induced release of pro-inflammatorymediators from lung tissuemodels resulted in enhanced neutrophil migration. Using a collection of 31 strains from patientswith staphylococcal pneumonia revealed that strains producing high levels of α-toxin and PVL were cytotoxic and associated with fatal outcome.Also, thestrainsthat produced thehighest toxin levels induced significantly greater epithelial disruption. Of importance, toxin-mediated lung epithelium destruction could be inhibited by polyspecific intravenous immunoglobulin containing antibodies against α-toxin and PVL. This study introduces a novel model system for study of staphylococcal pneumonia in a human setting. The results reveal that the combination and levels of α-toxin and PVL correlate with tissue pathology and clinical outcome associated with pneumonia.
Effects of 24-Epibrassinolide on the Antioxidant System and Osmotic Adjustment Substance in Grape Seedlings (V.vinifera L.) Under Chilling Stress

【Objective】 This study was conducted to determine the influence of the exogenous EBR(24-Epibrassinolide) on the antioxidant system and osmotic adjustment substance of the grape seedlings under chilling stress. 【Method】 With table grape cultivar ‘Zicuiwuhe’(Vitis vinifera L.) as experimental material and were grown in nutrition bags,0.1 mg.L-1 EBR was sprayed on grape seedling leaves,the effects of the exogenous EBR on four antioxidant enzyme activities(CAT,SOD,POD and APX),superoxide anion(),malondialdehyde(MDA) content,free proline,soluble sugar and the soluble protein content of grape seedling under low temperature of 4℃ and 0℃ were compared with water(control). 【Result】 Under the condition of two low temperature stress,grape seedling leaves,treated with exogenous EBR,the activities of antioxidative enzymes such as ascorbate peroxidase(APX),catalase(CAT),peroxidase(POD) and superoxide dismutase(SOD) increased compared with the control,and had significant differences between the EBR treatment and control.The EBR treatment also greatly enhanced the contents of ascorbic acid(AsA) and glutathione(GSH) during chilling stress,compared to the control,the average content of GSH and AsA increased by 5.4% and 7.8%,8.8% and 13.0% under 4℃ and 0℃ conditions,respectively.However the content of and MDA decreased by 28.5% and 17.3%,6.8% and 7.5%,respectively.The leaves of grape seedlings which were treated with EBR improved the contents of free proline,soluble sugar and soluble protein,as a result,the average content of them increased by 8.4% and 59.1%,3.5% and 5.2%,18.6% and 25.0% under 4℃ and 0℃,respectively. 【Conclusion】 Exogenous EBR reduced the accumulation of reactive oxygen species(ROS) and the content of MDA,and could play positive roles in the alleviation of oxidative damage caused by ROS overproduction through enhancing antioxidant defense system,meanwhile enhanced the grape seedlings osmotic adjustment substance,resulting in improving the tolerance of grape seedlings to chilling stress.
Gyrfalcon Home Ranges and Movements on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska

Areas de Campeo y Movimientos de Falco rusticolus en el Delta de Yukon-Kuskokwim, Alaska Los individuos adultos de Falco rusticolus no han sido seguidos con telemetria satelital en America del Norte continental, dejando un vacio substancial en nuestro conocimiento de la biologia de esta especie. Marcamos dos adultos y dos volantones hembra de F. rusticolus con transmisores satelitales en sus sitios de nidificacion en el Delta de Yukon-Kuskokwim, Alaska, entre 2004 y 2006. Generamos estimados de areas de campeo de kernel fijo de 95% y 50% para las epocas reproductivas y no reproductivas de los adultos y describimos los movimientos de los volantones al dejar el nido utilizando Sistemas de Informacion Geografica. Los estimados promedios de las areas de campeo de kernel fijo de 95% para individuos adultos en la epoca reproductiva y no reproductiva fueron de 521 km2 y 330 km2, respectivamente, aunque hubo una variacion substancial y superposicion entre individuos. Nuestros estimados del tamano del area de camp.
Effect of foliar and soil application of different agrochemicals on phenology, physiological parameters and productivity of rice (Oryza sativa L.)

The experiment was carried out to study the influence of different agrochemicals on yield and yield components of rice variety GNV10-89 at Agricultural Research Station, Gangavati, UAS, Raichur, Karnataka. The experiment was laid out in a randomized complete block design with three replications during kharif 2017. The experiment consisting of 10 treatment along with control i.e., T1: 25 % extra nitrogen (N) soil application, T2: NPK (19:19:19) @ 1.0 %, T3: triacontanol (2.0 ml l-1), T4: GA3 (50 ppm), T5: nitrobenzene (20 ppm), T6: salicylic acid (500 ppm), T7: 6-BAP (20 ppm), T8: borax (0.2 %), T9: T3 + T8 foliar applications and T10: control. The results revealed that the yield and yield attributes of rice was differed significantly by foliar as well as soil application of different agrochemicals at 65 (10 days before panicle initiation) and 85 days after transplanting (10 days after panicle initiation). Foliar spray ofT2 (NPK- 19:19:19 @ 1.0 %) recorded the significantly higher Phenology and physiological parameters, number of filled spikelets per panicle (232.9), percent increase of filled spikelet’s over control (33.6), least number of unfilled spikelets per panicle (61.3), less per cent of chaffyness (20.9 %), 1000 grain weight (23.6 g), the highest grain yield (8709.8 kg ha-1) and percent increase of grain yield over T10 (control) (22.9 %) as compared to rest of the treatments. Soil application of T1 (N- 25 % extra) was the third highest among 10 different treatments.
δ − δ ′ generalized Robin boundary conditions and quantum vacuum fluctuations

The effects induced by the quantum vacuum fluctuations of one massless real scalar field on a configuration of two partially transparent plates are investigated. The physical properties of the infinitely thin plates are simulated by means of Dirac-δ− δ′ point interactions. It is shown that the distortion caused on the fluctuations by this external background gives rise to a generalization of Robin boundary conditions. The T -operator for potentials concentrated on points with non defined parity is evaluated with total generality. The quantum vacuum interaction energy between the two plates is computed in several dimensions using the TGTG formula to find positive, negative, and zero Casimir energies. The parity properties of the δ− δ′ potential demands to distinguish between opposite and identical objects. It is shown that between identical sets of δ − δ′ plates repulsive, attractive, or null quantum vacuum forces arise. However there is always attraction between a pair of opposite δ − δ′ plates.
Effect of enriched phosphatic sludge application on soil microbial population under field capacity ( Maize ) and flooded condition ( Rice ) of soil

The field experiment was conducted during the kharif of 2016 at “B” block, Zonal Agricultural research Station, V. C. Farm, Mandya, Karnataka to evaluate the effect of enriched phosphatic sludge (EPS) application on soil microbial population under maize and rice crops. Experiments were laid out in Randomized Complete Block Design with twelve treatments and replicate trice. The results revealed that application of enriched phosphatic sludge at 1000 kg ha + RDF recorded higher microbial population viz., bacteria, fungi and actinomycetes in maize soil than the rice soil. Significantly higher bacteria (25.30 and 8.32 X 10 cfu g soil, respectively), fungi (12.30 and 6.25 X 10 cfu g soil, respectively) and actinomycetes (7.00 and 2.51 X 10 cfu g soil, respectively) were recorded in maize and paddy soils in treatment T7 which received 1000 kg ha + RDF. Based on present investigation it can be concluded that optimum aerobic condition with good amount of organic matter are suitable for faster growth of microorganisms.
Winners and Losers of Immigration

We aim to identify winners and losers of a sudden inflow of low-skilled immigrants using a general equilibrium search and matching model in which employees, either native or nonnative, are heterogeneous with respect to their skill level and produce different types of goods. We estimate the short-term impact of this shock for Italy in the period 2008-2017 to be sizeable and highly asymmetric. In 2017, the real wages of low-skilled and high-skilled employees were 8% lower and 4% higher, respectively, compared to a counter-factual scenario with no non-natives. Similarly, employers working in the low-skilled market experienced a drop in profits of comparable magnitude, while the opposite happened to employers operating in the high-skilled market. Finally, the presence of non-natives led to a 10% increase in GDP and to an increment of approximately 70 billions € in Government revenues and 18 billions € in social security contributions. We argue that these results help rationalise the recent surge of anti-immigrant sentiments among the low-income segment of the Italian population.
l-conformal Galilei superalgebra

Dynamical systems which are invariant under N = 1 supersymmetric extension of the l-conformal Galilei algebra are constructed. These include a free N = 1 superparticle which is governed by higher derivative equations of motion and an N = 1 supersymmetric Pais-Uhlenbeck oscillator for a particular choice of its frequencies. A Niederer-like transformation which links the models is proposed. PACS numbers: 11.30. -j, 11.25. Hf, 02.20. Sv
Combined Winds and Turbulence Prediction System for Automated Air-Traffic Management Applications

A time-lagged ensemble of energy dissipation rate (EDR)-scale turbulence metrics is evaluated against in situ EDR observations from commercial aircraft over the contiguous United States and applied to air-traffic management (ATM) route planning. This method uses the Graphic Turbulence Guidance forecast methodology with three modifications. First, it uses the convection-permitting-scale (Dx 5 3 km) Advanced Research version of the Weather Research and Forecasting Model (ARW) to capture cloud-resolving-scale weather phenomena. Second, turbulence metrics are computed for multiple ARW forecasts that are combined at the same forecast valid time, resulting in a time-lagged ensemble of multiple turbulence metrics. Third, probabilistic turbulence forecasts are provided on the basis of the ensemble results, which are applied to the ATM route planning. Results show that the ARW forecasts match well with observed weather patterns and the overall performance skill of the ensemble turbulence forecast when compared with the observed data is superior to any single turbulence metric. An example wind-optimal route (WOR) is computed using areas experiencing $10% probability of encountering severe-or-greater turbulence. Using these turbulence data, lateral turbulence avoidance routes starting from three different waypoints along theWOR fromLosAngeles International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport are calculated. The examples illustrate the trade-off between flight time/fuel used and turbulence avoidance maneuvers.