Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
A Comparative Study for Selectivity of Micronuclei in Cervical Exfoliated Cells on Chronic Boron Effects

Background: Cervical cancer is one of the most frequent malignancies in women. Micronucleus (MN) testing has gained popularity as a biomarker in early diagnosis of many types of cancer. Aims: This study aims to investigate the role of MN testing on early detection of cervical cancer and the effect of boron exposure on cervical cells. Settings and Design: The study population comprised women who were diagnosed to be human papillomavirus (HPV)-positive and had atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance (ASCUS) as cervical cytology in a cervical screening project. A total of 15 HPV-positive and 36 ASCUS patients were identified. Randomly selected 20 women were selected from boron-rich region (n = 10) and nonboron region (n = 10). Materials and Methods: Cervical swab specimens were dyed using Papanicolaou (PAP) and May–Grünwalds–Giemsa (MGG) techniques, and MN count in 1000 cells was performed. The results were statistically evaluated. Statistical Analysis Used: Data were analyzed using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 13. Quantitative data were presented as mean ± standard deviation. MN test scoring was compared using Mann–Whitney U-test. Results: Boron content of urine was measured to be 3.02 ± 1.45 and 0.98 ± 0.42 mg/day in boron-rich and nonboron regions, respectively. When MN counts were compared according to PAP and MGG staining in HPV- and ASCUS-positive women, there was statistically no significant difference (P > 0.05). Disregarding regions, HPV/control and HPV/ASCUS cases stained with PAP and MGG had statistically significant difference in MN count (P < 0.05). Conclusion: These findings suggest that MGG and PAP staining gives similar results with regard to MN count. On the other hand, it has been shown again that HPV induces MN and causes genomic instability.
Tracing Technologies: Prisoners' Views in the Era of CSI

The contemporary media provides a plethora of images of science and scientific practice. These often revolve around forensic technologies and the potential they offer in the investigation of crime. Whereas there are numerous accounts of the perceptions of these technologies and their uses by specific interested parties, from police personnel through to juries, this book is the first of its kind to consider prisoners as stakeholders in the contemporary uses of forensic science and forensic genetics in the criminal investigative process. Taking the prisoners and their narratives seriously, Machado and Prainsack examine the understandings, histories and perspectives offered by Portuguese and Austrian prison inmates in relation to bodily traces and forensic technologies. Concentrating on their sources of forensic knowledge, including their perceptions of media representations, and understandings of forensic evidence, the authors firmly place prisoners within debates about the utility, development and deployment of forensic technologies in contemporary law enforcement. The strength of this study lies in the textured data and analysis presented. Differences in accounts are embraced and interrogated by the authors, taking us far beyond any simple or homogenous prisoners’ view to seeing these actors as active agents, making sense of their practices, the practices of others and the potential of forensic technologies in diverse and interesting ways.
UNMET SUPPORTIVE CARE NEEDS AMONG BONE SARCOMA PATIENT IN SARAWAK

Purpose: This study aimed to determine the prevalence of unmet supportive care needs among bone sarcoma patients in Kuching, Sarawak and explored the relationship between these needs with various associated factors. Methods: It was a descriptive cross-sectional study conducted among all bone sarcoma patients recruited from Sarawak General Hospital in Kuching, Sarawak. Data collection was done using an adopted questionnaire via interview assisted survey. Unmet needs were assessed using the 59-item Supportive Care Needs Survey (SCNS-SF59). Data was entered and analyzed using SPSS version 20. Results: A total of 75 respondents participated in the study. The patients were mainly above 36 years (56%), Sarawak natives (33.3%) and married (54.7%). Majority of patients were not undergoing any active treatment (52%). Nine out of 10 items with highest ‘moderate’ to ‘high’ level unmet needs were from the domain of Health system and information. Needs from Physical and daily living, and sexuality domains were found to have statistically significant associations with ethnicity, age and marital status. Conclusion: Patients who were diagnosed with bone sarcoma had substantive unmet supportive care needs in relation with their illness trajectory. It is important that such needs to be acknowledged in order to provide quality healthcare services to them. Key words : bone sarcoma, unmet needs, Malaysia, SCNS-SF59,supportive care needs
COMPARISON OF LAPAROSCOPIC AND TRANSCERVICAL INSEMINATION WITH FROZEN SEMEN IN SARDA DAIRY EWES

Laparoscopic insemination with frozen-thawed semen is currently used for planned matings in the Sarda breeding programme. In order to find a fast and less intrusive artificial insemination (AI) method that could replace laparoscopic insemination, a field comparison of laparoscopic and transcervical techniques was carried out on 200 mature Sarda ewes. After AI, ewes were assigned to teaser and fertile rams for 2 months. Return rates and cumulative (AI + natural mating) lambing rates were recorded over three subsequent 23-day periods. Lambing rates to AI were significantly different (P 0·05) and reached 82% and 74% respectively. Ewes with body condition scores at AI higher than 2·75 showed better overall reproductive performance, but not higher pregnancy rate to AI. Plasma cortisol concentrations, sampled twice, before and after AI, were higher (P < 0·01) in the last sample, suggesting a stress response to insemination. Cortisol levels after AI were lower (P < 0·01) for ewes submitted to transcervical rather than laparoscopic insemination (P < 0·01). However, cortisol levels after AI were no greater than those recorded when ewes were restrained in a milking yoke different from that usually employed. Laparoscopic AI was confirmed as the most suitable technique for insemination offrozen semen in the Sarda breeding scheme.
A mysid shrimp (Mysis mixta) is able to detect the odour of its predator (Clupea harengus)

Abstract The mysid shrimp Mysis mixta can detect the odour of herring (Clupea harengas), one of its primary predators. This was shown as significantly reduced food consumption when mysids and their prey (brine shrimps, Artemia sp.) were incubated in water where herring had been kept. This indicates that the interaction between herring and M. mixta, two dominant members of the Baltic Sea food web, may be influenced by chemical cues.
Gender Differences in the Effect of Diabetes Mellitus in Serum Lipid of Diabetics Attending Plateau State Specialist Hospital

Background: Diabetes is an increasing health concern globally with several complications (including coronary heart disease) and diverse contributing factors. Diabetes has been proven to affect both male and females nevertheless, the attendant dyslipidemia is suspected to be common among females than males. Objectives: This study is aimed at evaluating the effect of gender on the serum lipid profile of diabetics. Methods: One hundred and eighty six (186) diabetics comprising 86 males and 100 female diabetics of all groups, attending plateau state specialist hospital Jos were admitted as subjects in this study. While 50 control samples were collected from apparently healthy non-diabetics. The BMI and Blood pressure of the subjects was determined on the site of sample collection, while the blood Original Research Article Dumkat et al.; AJMAH, 14(1): 1-8, 2019; Article no.AJMAH. 45360 2 samples were analyzed in the laboratory using a fully automated biochemistry analyzer. The parameters assayed include; Total cholesterol, High density lipoproteins, Low density lipoproteins, Triglycerides and Fasting blood glucose. Results: Results generated revealed a significant (p = .05) variation in the total cholesterol, Low Density Lipoprotein and Blood pressure values of male and female diabetics while triglycerides values varied significantly (p = 0.05) between diabetics and controls subjects of both sexes accordingly. The results further revealed that female diabetics above 60 yrs had higher total cholesterol (5.5±1.5 mmol/L), Triglycerides (1.6±1.4 mmol/L), LDL (2.9±1.5 mmol/L) and Systolic blood pressure (15.58±2.19×10 mmHg) values, and the lowest HDL (1.9±0.3 mmol/L) value when compared to the values gotten from the other age groups. While those between the ages of 21-40 yrs had the lowest Total cholesterol (4.2±0.8 mmol/L), Triglycerides (1.3±0.9 mmol/L), LDL (1.5±1.0 mmol/L), BMI (25.2±5.7 Kg/m 2 ) and Systolic blood pressure (13.4±2.29×10 mmHg) values. Conclusion: This study unveils the possibility of the female diabetics being more prone to dyslipidemia than the male gender thus exposing the females to increased risk of coronary heart disease. Although, both males and females alike are exposed to the metabolic syndrome, the female diabetic is especially prone to this syndrome. This may be due to the physiologic make-up of the female and their body changes during pregnancy.
Effect of temperature and leaf wetness on Phoma tarda and phoma leaf spot in coffee seedlings

Phoma leaf spot is a major disease of coffee plants in regions with specific conditions of temperature and humidity. Despite the importance of environmental variables for disease progression, so far they have been poorly understood. Thus, we assessed the effect of different temperatures (15, 20, 25 and 30 oC) on mycelial growth, production and germination of conidia of Phoma tarda ; and the same effect of temperature (15, 20, 25 and 30 oC) and leaf wetness duration (6, 12, 24, 36 and 48 hours) on fungal infection and severity of disease over time in coffee plants. Disease assessment was integrated in the area using the disease progress curve (AUDPC) and the infection processes were observed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The optimal temperatures for fungus growth, conidial production and germination in vitro were 22.9, 29.8, and 25.1 °C, respectively. Temperatures ranging from 15-20 °C significantly increased germ tube length and provided favorable conditions for pathogen infection through observation of early events such as cuticle separation from leaf tissue. The same temperature range combined with increasing leaf wetness periods, reached the highest value of the AUDPC of phoma leaf spot. Thus, it was found that both temperature and leaf wetness duration in the variables assessed and the difference in relation to temperature for in vitro growth and sporulation for in vivo tests were important.
The Arabidopsis TUBULIN-FOLDING COFACTOR A Gene Is Involved in the Control of the α/β-Tubulin Monomer Balance Article, publication date, and citation information can be found at www.plantcell.org/cgi/doi/10.1105/tpc.003020.

The control of the stoichiometric balance of α- and β-tubulin is important during microtubule biogenesis. This process involves several tubulin-folding cofactors (TFCs), of which only TFC A is not essential in mammalian in vitro systems or in vivo in yeast. Here, we show that the TFC A gene is important in vivo in plants. The Arabidopsis gene KIESEL (KIS) shows sequence similarity to the TFC A gene. Expression of the mouse TFC A gene under the control of the 35S promoter rescues the kis mutation, indicating that KIS is the Arabidopsis ortholog of TFC A. kis plants exhibit a range of defects similar to the phenotypes associated with impaired microtubule function: plants are reduced in size and show meiotic defects, cell division is impaired, and trichomes are bulged and less branched. Microtubule density was indistinguishable from that of the wild type, but microtubule organization was affected in trichomes and hypocotyl cells of dark-grown kis plants. The kis phenotype was rescued by overexpression of an α-tubulin, indicating that KIS is involved in the control of the correct balance of α- and β-tubulin monomers.
Glyphosate-Resistant Soybean Cultivar Response to Glyphosate

Glyphosate (N-(phosphonomethyl) glycine)-resistant (GR) soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr. ] technology is gaining acceptance in U.S. cropping systems, yet potential yield suppression from either cultivar genetic differentials, the GR gene/gene insertion process, or glyphosate is a concern. Other work shows that the GR gene/gene insertion process may suppress soybean yield. No one has reported the effects of glyphosate on a diverse group of commercially available GR soybean cultivars, In this study we evaluated one of the potential sources of GR yield suppression-the effect of glyphosate on yield, growth, and development of GR cultivars. Field experiments were conducted at four Nebraska locations with12 GR cultivars in 1998 and 13 GR cultivars in 1999. Soybean response to glyphosate, ammonium sulfate (AMS), and water application at 21 and 42 d after soybean emergence was compared with control plots treated with AMS and water in 1998. An additional control, water alone, was added in 1999. Grain yield among cultivars differed as expected with a range of 3.44 to 3.96 Mg ha -1 in the 2-yr averages, Glyphosate did not affect the majority of the soybean growth and development characteristics measured. Grain yield of GR soybean was not affected by glyphosate at any location or when averaged over locations. Two-year average grain yield of cultivars treated with glyphosate, AMS, and water was 3.74 Mg ha 1 ; this was not different from 3.79 Mg ha -1 with AMS and water treatment.
MOLECULAR MECHANISMS OF AGING IN THE PERIPHERAL NOCICEPTIVE SYSTEM

MOLECULAR MECHANISMS OF AGING IN THE PERIPHERAL NOCICEPTIVE SYSTEM Shuying Wang MD, PhD University of Pittsburgh, 2006 Decreased pain sensitivity during aging is common in humans and animals and is largely due to changes in anatomical, functional and cellular properties of the peripheral nervous system (PNS). To understand the molecular mechanisms of aging in the PNS, a detailed comparative study was made of 6~8week-, 16month- and 2year-old Blk6 male mice obtained from the NIA mouse colony. Behavioral assays showed aged mice had decreased sensitivity to noxious heat and impaired inflammation-induced thermal hyperalgesia compared to young animals. To understand the basis for this change we examined expression of the growth factor artemin, its receptor GFRα3 and TRPV1, an ion channel expressed by 95~99% of GFRα3-positive sensory neurons. TRPV1 is of significance since it is required for transmission of thermal hyperalgesia following tissue inflammation. Assays showed a reduction in TRPV1 mRNA and protein in the PNS of aged mice that correlated with a decrease in expression of the artemin receptor GFRα3, CFA-induced inflammation also increased artemin expression in the skin but decreased expression of GFRα3 in the dorsal root ganglia (DRG) of both young and old mice. The decrease in GFRα3 was greater in aged mice, suggesting GFRα3 signaling following CFA is reduced in sensory ganglia of old mice and that the response properties of GFRα3-positive sensory neurons that express TRPV1 are diminished. Calcium imaging of isolated primary neurons grown with NGF was used to test the in vitro effects of artemin on TRPV1 expression and activation in young and old neurons. Artemin potentiated TRPV1 activation by capsaicin in both young and old neurons, but the amplitude of capsaicin responses in young neurons was decreased with long-term exposure to artemin. Microarray and RT-PCR studies revealed that inflammation-associated genes such as interleukin 6 (IL-6) were elevated in sensory ganglia of aged mice. This ongoing inflammatory state may increase the inflammatory tone of the system and thereby contribute to changes in response properties and sensitivity of sensory neurons in the aging PNS. Thus, the reduced sensitivity to inflammatory pain in aged animals likely reflects a combination of changes in anatomical, physiologic and immune response properties.
Tensor-Based Multiuser Detection in Cooperative Multirelay Uplink

In this paper, four tensor-based receivers for a multiuser multirelay cooperative uplink are proposed, with the relays employ the amplify-and-forward (AF) protocol and a time-spread coding. Two different scenarios are considered regarding the multiuser interference at the relays. When multiuser interference at the relays is ignored, a quadrilinear PARAFAC model is adopted for the received signals. Otherwise, a new tensor model called Nested PARAFAC-Tucker decomposition (NPT1D) is used to represent the received signals. The proposed receivers jointly estimate the transmitted symbols, channel gains and spatial signatures, two of them being based on the Alternating Least Squares (ALS) algorithm and two of them using the non-iterative Least Squares Khatri-Rao Factorization (LS-KRF) method. Uniqueness is discussed and simulation results are provided to illustrate the performance of the proposed techniques.
Autonomous Mapping of Grass-Clover Ratio Based on Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and Convolutional Neural Networks

This paper presents a method which can provide support in determining the grass-clover ratio, in grass-clover fields, based on images from an unmanned aerial vehicle. Automated estimation of the grass-clover ratio can serve as a tool for optimizing fertilization of grass-clover fields. A higher clover content gives a higher performance of the cows, when the harvested material is used for fodder, and thereby this has a direct impact on the dairy industry. An android application is implemented to make the drone fly fully autonomously and collect images at different locations within the field. In this android application it is possible to specify what location the drone should collect images from, which height, and upload the images to a server, which analyze the data based on a convolutional neural network. The convolutional neural network performs a semantic segmentation and thereby pixelwise classify the different classes: grass, clover, soil and weed. The classification of the pixels is used to determine the final grass-clover ratio. The results, presented in this paper, show that the CNN is able to segment the images into the different classes: grass, clover, soil and weed. It is possible to identify the different classes based on images captured at a height up to five meters. Thus, this paper shows a way to use UAVs to perform mapping of actual clover and grass ratio in dense grass-clover fields.
Produção de melão Cantaloupe influenciado por coberturas do solo, agrotêxtil e lâminas de irrigação

Dois experimentos foram conduzidos simultaneamente em uma mesma area, no municipio de Barauna (RN), de outubro a dezembro de 2003, com o objetivo de estudar o uso de cobertura do solo com filmes plasticos e lâminas de irrigacao, bem como o uso de agrotextil, na producao de melao Cantaloupe. Em um experimento foi utilizado o agrotextil, enquanto no outro nao. Em cada experimento estudou-se o efeito de cinco coberturas (solo descoberto, cobertura com plastico preto, prateado, amarelo e marrom) e tres lâminas de irrigacao (100%, 84% e 67% da lâmina padrao de 270 mm, L1), em esquema fatorial 5 x 3, no delineamento de blocos casualizados completos com duas repeticoes. Foram avaliados o numero, massa media e produtividade de frutos comercializaveis (mercados interno e externo), refugos e totais. O uso do agrotextil aumentou o numero de frutos e produtividade. Na ausencia do agrotextil, a cobertura do solo com plastico amarelo aumentou a produtividade comercial em relacao ao solo descoberto, enquanto que, na presenca do agrotextil o plastico preto foi superior ao marrom, mas nao diferiu do solo descoberto. A producao diminuiu com a reducao da lâmina de irrigacao. O uso do agrotextil associado ao uso de cobertura do solo com plastico preto ou solo descoberto apresentou maior viabilidade economica.
Aumento da produção de grãos de pinhão-manso pela aplicação de benziladenina

The objective of this work was to quantify the flowering and grain production of physic nut (Jatropha curcas) in response to application of benzyladenine directly on closed inflorescences. The experiment was carried out in field, with plants at productive age and high-crop density. The following variables were considered: number of female and male flowers per inflorescence, number of inflorescences and bunches per plant, number of fruit per bunch, percentage of fruit abortion, and grain yield per plant. The application of the plant regulator enhanced the number of female flowers per plant, increasing the number of fruit per bunch in 170%. Despite the lower fruit setting of treated plants, the application of benzyladenine increased grain yield in 92%.
State of forest regeneration in Southwest Nigeria

The study investigated the state of forest regeneration in southwest Nigeria forest service. Secondary data were collected from the state forestry departments in South-Western Nigeria. The information was based on the forest regeneration between 1988 and 2004 as stipulated in the national forest policy of 1988. The study revealed that there were a total of 1619.19 ha of forest regeneration between 1988 and 2004 in south-west Nigeria. The largest was in Oyo State with an area of 6745 ha, followed by Ondo State with 4910.27 ha. Others were Ogun State (2700 ha), Ekiti State (1456 ha), Lagos State (656 ha) and the least was in Osun State with 481 ha. In this regards, unless there is regeneration and sustained yield to equate harvest, the depletion rates of the forest are bound to continue with adverse consequences on the environment. Key words: Forest regeneration, forest policy, forest management.
Efficacy of Implementing Home Care Using Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing in Reducing Stress of Patients with Gastrointestinal Cancer

Background: Gastrointestinal cancer is the third most common types of cancer in the world which leads to a lot of stress among sufferers. Pharmacological and non-pharmacological approaches are used to treat stress induced by serious diseases. Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) technique is considered as one of non-pharmacological method for decreasing patient’s stress. Objective: This study was conducted to determine the effect of home care using EMDR technique on the stress of patients with gastrointestinal cancer. Materials and Methods: The current semi-experimental study was performed on patients with gastrointestinal cancer residing in Ilam, Iran. The patients were randomly divided into two groups of intervention (n=30) and control (n=30). Home care was provided for intervention group in patients’ homes which included 2 sessions (a total of 60 sessions for all patients). Each session lasted for 45 to 60 minutes according to EMDR protocol. The data were analyzed using SPSS (version 16). Results: The findings of this study showed that most of patients were male (36, 60%), had diploma degrees (44, 73.3%), had a monthly income less than 500 thousand (38, 63.3%), were married (39, 65 %). The mean age of the patients was 69.18 ± 11.58 years. No statistically significant difference was observed between two groups before the intervention in terms of patients’ perceived stress (P>0.05). However, efficacy and perceived distress of the intervention group significantly was decreased following the intervention (P<0.05). Conclusions: According to the findings regarding the impact of home care using EMDR technique on reducing stress in patients with gastrointestinal cancer, the implementation of this intervention and provision of education for patients are recommended to expand the nursing duty to community health wards as well as to improve the health status of patients.