Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Comparative study on proximate composition and amino acids of probiotics treated and nontreated cage reared monosex tilapia Oreochromis niloticus in Dekar haor, Sunamganj district, Bangladesh

The study was carried out to identify the impact of probiotics on proximate composition and amino acids of cage reared tilapia Oreochromis niloticus for 120 days. Cage farming was done under four treatments as T1 (biozyme), T2 (rapid grow), T3 (miracure probiotics) and T4 (control), and each having three replicates. Proximate compositions and amino acids of fish were determined. Proximate composition and amino acid profiles varied significantly (p<0.05) between probiotic treated and nontreated fish. Higher amount of moisture and ash content observed in nontreated tilapia whereas comparatively higher protein and lipid content found in treated than nontreated. Among 14 recorded amino acids, essential amino acids were threonine, methionine, isoleucine, leucine, histidine, lysine, arginine and valine. Nonessential amino acids were aspertic, serine, glutamic, glycine, alanine and tyrosine. Comparatively higher amount of essential and nonessential acids secured in treated tilapia than nontreated tilapia. Therefore, results of the study imply that probiotics may use in tilapia farming to enhance protein and lipid content, which help to increase taste and good smell of fishes.
Evolving Treatment Strategies for the Ablation of Chronic Atrial Fibrillation

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained arrhythmia and is associated with an increased risk of morbidity and mortality. A subanalysis of the Atrial Fibrillation Follow-up Investigation of Rhythm Management (AFFIRM) suggests that there is a significant survival benefit in the maintenance of sinus rhythm (SR), if it can be achieved without the potential adverse effects associated with antiarrhythmic drugs. The limitations associated with traditional AF therapies have fostered an interest in developing effective ablation strategies.
Sustained Competitive Advantage In Industry 4.0 Addressed By An MNE A Resource Based View Master’s degree Project in International Business and Trade

The emergence of Industry 4.0 is changing the competitive landscape, thus presumably changing the resources commenced by Multinational Enterprises to sustain competitive advantage. By reason of the Resource Based View, prior research has stressed the importance of resources controlled by the firm as producers of sustained competitive advantage, which are consequently assumed heterogenous (not available to competitors) and immobile (nontransferable). However, additional stream of the Resource Based View recognize resources that are not exclusively controlled by the firm. Through a holistic perspective, this research study has evaluated a case study population in order to find eminent Industry 4.0 trends addressed by Swedish Multinational Enterprises. Consequently, a multiple case study has been chosen including Volvo, Ericsson, and H&M, where identified trends have been crossreferenced to find shared meaning. The findings suggest that, beside internal resources, Multinational Enterprises recognizes external resources and/or resources that do not entirely satisfy the criteria of heterogeneity and immobility as producers of sustained competitive advantage alike. The identified resources include Partnerships & collaborations, Synergies, Employees, the Internet of Things, Big Data, and Artificial Intelligence. Likewise, variations within the case study population suggest Multinational Enterprises address sustained competitive advantage in Industry 4.0 by virtue of their technological density. Conclusively, the purpose of this research study is to enhance the knowledge about MNE sustained competitive advantage in the fourth industrial revolution, thus, yield contribution to Resource Based View literature.
A seroepidemiological survey of the frequency of Toxoplasma gondii in corneal donors from Volta Redonda eye bank*

Seabra M.G. , Aleixo A.L. Q. do C. , Pereira P.F. , Pinheiro J. & Amendoeira M.R. R. A seroepidemiological survey of the frequency of Toxoplasma gondii in corneal donors from Volta Redonda eye bank. [Levantamento soroepidemiológico da frequência de Toxoplasma gondii em doadores de córnea do Banco de Olhos de Volta Redonda, RJ, Brasil. ] Revista Brasileira de Medicina Veterinária, 38(supl. 3):188-194, 2016. Programa de Pós-graduação em Ciências Veterinárias, Instituto de Veterinária, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, BR 465, km 7, Campus Seropédica 23897-970, Seropédica, RJ, Brazil. E-mail: jairopinheirodasilva@gmail.com Toxoplasma gondii is a protozoan parasite that infects up to a third of the world’s population. Infection is mainly acquired by ingestion of food or water that is contaminated with oocysts shed by cats or by eating undercooked or raw meat containing tissue cysts and by blood transfusion or organ transplantation. Primary infection is usually subclinical but in some patients cervical lymphadenopathy or ocular disease can be present. Infection acquired during pregnancy may cause severe damage to the fetus. In immunocompromised patients, reactivation of latent disease can cause life-threatening encephalitis. Diagnosis of toxoplasmosis can be established by direct detection of the parasite or by serological techniques. The aim of the present study was verify the seroprevalence of toxoplasmosis in cornea donors of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. IgM and IgG anti-T. gondii antibodies were investigated in 426 sera of corneal donors by using the indirect fluorescent antibody test (IFAT) and immunoenzymatic assay (ELISA) techniques. The participants were selected by convenience sampling. Demographic information of study subjects including their gender, age, cause of death and home region were recorded. Out of 426 serum samples, 338 (79.34%) and 17 (3.99%) were positive regarding anti-T. gondii IgG and IgM antibodies ELISA and/or IFAT, respectively. These data demonstrate the importance of regional and national seroepidemiological inquiries to define public health strategies that can revert and reduce the serological toxoplasmosis prevalence in Brazil.
Brief Original Contribution Cardiorespiratory Capacity and Leukocyte Telomere Length Among Adults in the United States

Short leukocyte telomere length (LTL) has become a hallmark characteristic of aging and is associated with higher morbidity and mortality. Physical activity (PA) has been implicated in attenuating age-induced diseases by, for example, preserving LTL. Results from studies of the relationship between PA and LTL have been mixed, which might be because PA was assessed over a short period of time. There have been few studies in which investigators have examined the association between LTL and cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF), an enduring trait influenced by chronic habituation of PA that takes place over months or years. The purpose of the present study was to examine the association between CRF and LTL in a national sample of US adults who were 20–49 years of age from the 1999–2002 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (n = 1,764). LTL was assessed using quantitative polymerase chain reaction, and CRF assessed using a treadmill-based exercise test. After adjustments, compared with subjects in the lowest CRF tertile, those in the middle tertile (β = 0.03, 95% confidence interval: 0.005, 0.06; P = 0.02) and upper tertile (β = 0.05, 95% confidence interval: 0.004, 0.09; P = 0.04) had longer LTL. These findings suggest that higher CRF is associated with longer LTL.
Unlocking the synergies between Corporate Sustainability and Employee Engagement

Two of the 21st centuries emerging business trends are the concepts of “employee engagement” and corporate sustainability. Previous research has discovered how corporate sustainability positively influences employee’s emotions and behaviours, but few have established how firms should operate to attain these benefits. Therefore, the study’s purpose is to understand how corporate sustainability could be incorporated into engagement strategies. However, the concept of employee engagement is highly disputed within academia. The authors address this deficiency by developing a general engagement model by establishing the two ascendants of engagement (appraisal and involvement) followed by two moderating factors prominent in a multinational company (MNC) (organisational structure and institutional differences). By synthesising the fundamental model with corporate sustainability, created six hypotheses. Through a quantitative case study, an online survey was sent to Scandinavian and Central West African employees within the same MNC. By applying a stepwise OLS regression, the analysis shows (1) employee’s appraisal of the firm’s corporate sustainability and involvement in sustainability initiatives predicts engagement; (2) the relationship is not affected by the individuals institutional belonging; (3) the position held within the MNC will affect the employee’s appraisals in relation to their engagement. The study contributes to theory by establishing how sustainability can be utilised as a catalyst to engagement, unbounded of institutional settings. It indicates how an MNC can apply a centralised engagement strategy when incorporating sustainability. For managers, findings emphasise the need for creating a two-way communication channel to aid employees’ appraisal and involvement.
ESTIMATION OF FETAL WEIGHT WITH THE USE OF HEAD, BODY AND FEMUR MEASUREMENTS – A PROSPECTIVE STUDY

In utero estimates of fetal weight were evaluated prospectively in 109 fetuses with the use of ultrasonography models developed in a previous study. This report confirms that the best in utero weight estimates result from the use of models based on measurements of head size, abdominal size, and femur length. Since the accuracy of these models (1 SD = 7.5%) is significantly better than those based on measurements of head and body (e.g., biparietal diameter, abdominal circumference), we recommend routine use of such models in obstetric ultrasonography.
1 TITLE : Changes in Lung Volume and Diaphragm Muscle 1 Activity at Sleep Onset in Obese Obstructive Sleep 2 Apnea Patients versus Healthy-Weight Controls 3 4

26 Obese obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) patients potentially defend end-expiratory 27 lung volume (EELV) during wakefulness via increased expiratory diaphragmatic 28 activity (eEMGDI). A reduction in eEMGDI and EELV at sleep onset could therefore 29 increase upper airway collapsibility via reduced tracheal traction. The aim of this 30 study was to establish if eEMGDI is greater in obese OSA patients versus healthy31 weight controls during wakefulness, and to compare eEMGDI and EELV changes at 32 sleep onset between groups as a function of stable breathing, hypopnea versus 33 apnea events developing within the first few breaths after sleep onset. Eight obese 34 males with OSA and eight healthy-weight males without OSA were studied in the 35 supine position while instrumented with an intra-esophageal catheter to measure 36 eEMGDI and magnetometer coils to assess changes in EELV. While eEMGDI 37 expressed as %maximal activity was not significantly different between groups 38 during wakefulness, OSA patients experienced a greater fall in eEMGDI following 39 sleep onset (group x breath p<0.001) and a greater decrease when respiratory 40 events accompanied sleep onsets (category x breath p<0.001). The decrease in 41 EELV by the third post sleep onset breath was small (OSA, 61.4 ± 8.0 ml, p<0.001; 42 controls, 34.0 ± 4.2 ml, p<0.001), with the decrease significantly greater in OSA 43 patients over time (group x breath, p=0.007). There was a greater decrease with 44 more severe events (category x breath, p<0.001), with EELV decreasing by 89.6 ± 45 14.2 ml (p<0.001) at the onset of apneas in the OSA group. These data support 46 that diaphragm tone and EELV frequently decrease following sleep onset, with 47 greater falls at transitions accompanied by respiratory events. In addition to 48 decrements in upper airway dilator muscle activity, decreasing lung volume 49 by 10.2. 32.247 on A uust 9, 2017 http://jaysiology.org/ D ow nladed fom
DNA Synthesis and Neoplastic Transformation in Rat Liver Parenchyma1

Summary The incoiporation of tritiated thymidine into the DNA of preneoplastic liver parenchyma (hypobasophilic, basophilic, and hyperbasophilic populations), as well as in normal liver and hepatomas, was investigated by radioautographic methods in rats fed the azo dye 4-dimethylaminoazobenzene (DAB). Quantitative determinations of the incidence of radioactive nuclei revealed that the number of radioactive nuclei in the basophilic population was higher than in normal liver. The formation of hyperbasophilic regions was accompanied by a significant increase in the number of labeled nuclei and a still higher value was obtained for the incidence of radioactive nuclei in hepatomas. The increase in DNA synthesis occurring in preneoplastic liver was found to follow closely the phenomenon of hyperbasophilia which appears as a turning point in the carcinogenic process.
Soil properties and yield as influenced by bulky manures and chemical fertilizers in French bean

The field experiment was carried out during the Rabi season of 2018-19 at Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology (OUAT), Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India. The experiment was laid out in Randomized Block Design (RBD) with eight treatments replicated thrice. The eight treatment schedules were T1 (100% NPK through inorganic source), T2 (75% NPK through inorganic source + 25% N through FYM), T3 (75% NPK through inorganic source + 25% N through vermicompost), T4 (50% NPK through inorganic source + 50% N through FYM), T5 (50% NPK through inorganic source + 50% N through vermicompost), T6 (25% NPK through inorganic source + 75% N through FYM), T7 (25% NPK through inorganic source + 75% N through vermicompost) and T8 (control, no fertilizer). All the recommended package of practices except nutrient management was given uniformly to all the treatments to raise a good crop. In this investigation, the results revealed that application of 75% NPK through inorganic source along with 25% N through vermicompost (T3) recorded significantly higher pod yield (0.207 kg plant, 7.93 kg plot and 97.89 q ha). The initial and post-harvest soils were analysed for their physico-chemical properties by adopting standard procedures. Hence, from this course of investigation it can be concluded that for getting, higher yield and available soil nutrients in french bean, the crop should be supplied with 75% NPK through inorganic source along with 25% N through vermicompost.
Delineating the Barotropic and Baroclinic Mechanisms in the Midlatitude Eddy-Driven Jet Response to Lower-Tropospheric Thermal Forcing

Observations and climate models have shown that the midlatitude eddy-driven jet can exhibit an evident latitudinal shift in response to lower-tropospheric thermal forcing (e.g., the tropical SST warming during El Niño or extratropical SST anomalies associated with the atmosphere–ocean–sea ice coupling). In addition to the direct thermal wind response, the eddy feedbacks—including baroclinic mechanisms, such as lower-level baroclinic eddy generation, and barotropicmechanisms, such as upper-level wave propagation and breaking—can all contribute to the atmospheric circulation response to lower-level thermal forcing, but their individual roles have not been well explained. In this study, using a nonlinear b-plane multilevel quasigeostrophic channel model, the mechanisms throughwhich the lower-level thermal forcing induces the jet shift are investigated. By diagnosing the finite-amplitude wave activity budget, the baroclinic and barotropic eddy feedbacks to the lower-level thermal forcing are delineated. Particularly, by examining the transient circulation response after thermal forcing is switched on, it is shown that the lower-level thermal forcing affects the eddy-driven jet rapidly by modifying the upper-level zonal thermal wind distribution and the associated meridional wave propagation and breaking. The anomalous baroclinic eddy generation, however, acts to enhance the latitudinal shift of the eddy-driven jet only in the later stage of transient response. Furthermore, the barotropic mechanism is explicated by overriding experiments in which the barotropic flow in the vorticity advection is prescribed. Unlike the conventional baroclinic view, the barotropic eddy feedback, particularly the irreversible PVmixing through barotropic vorticity advection and deformation, plays a major role in the atmospheric circulation response to the lower-level thermal forcing.
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1HLA Laboratory, Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias Ismael Cosío Villegas, Mexico City, Mexico; 2Centro de Estudios Antropológicos Facultad de Ciencias Políticas y Sociales, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico; 3Coordinación de Vigilancia Epidemiológica, Jurisdicción 06 Sierra, Tlacolula de Matamoros Oaxaca, Servicios de Salud de Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico; 4Hospital Civil Aurelio Valdivieso, Servicios de Salud de Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico; 5Epidemiological Surveillance Unit, Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias Ismael Cosío Villegas, Mexico City, Mexico; 6Department of Neuropathology, Instituto Nacional de Neurología y Neurocirugía Manuel Velasco Suárez, Mexico City, Mexico; 7Tobacco Smoking and COPD Research Department, Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias Ismael Cosio Villegas, Mexico City, Mexico Purpose: The protease inhibitor S (PiS) and Z (PiZ) variants have been stated as the only
Lyα in emission as an empirically calibrated star formation rate indicator

Lyman-α (Lyα) is intrinsically the brightest line emitted from active galaxies. While it originates from many physical processes, for star-forming galaxies the intrinsic Lyα luminosity is a direct tracer of the Lyman-continuum (LyC) radiation produced by the most massive Oand early-type B-stars (M? > ∼ 10 M ) with lifetimes of a few Myrs. As such, Lyα luminosity should be an excellent instantaneous star formation rate (SFR) indicator. However, its resonant nature and susceptibility to dust as a rest-frame UV photon makes Lyα very hard to interpret due to the uncertain Lyα escape fraction, fesc,Lyα. Here we explore results from the CAlibrating LYMan-α with Hα (CALYMHA) survey at z = 2.2, follow-up of Lyα emitters (LAEs) at z = 2.2 − 2.6 and a z ∼ 0 − 0.3 compilation of LAEs to directly measure fesc,Lyα with Hα. We derive a simple empirical relation that robustly retrieves fesc,Lyα as a function of Lyα rest-frame EW (EW0): fesc,Lyα = 0.0048 EW0[Å] ± 0.05 and we show that it constrains a well-defined anti-correlation between ionisation efficiency (ξion) and dust extinction in LAEs. Observed Lyα luminosities and EW0 are easy measurable quantities at high redshift, thus making our relation a practical tool to estimate intrinsic Lyα and LyC luminosities under well controlled and simple assumptions. Our results allow observed Lyα luminosities to be used to compute SFRs for LAEs at z ∼ 0 − 2.6 within ±0.2 dex of the Hα dust corrected SFRs. We apply our empirical SFR(Lyα,EW0) calibration to several sources at z ≥ 2.6 to find that star-forming LAEs have SFRs typically ranging from 0.1 to 20 M yr−1 and that our calibration might be even applicable for the most luminous LAEs within the epoch of re-ionisation. Our results imply high ionisation efficiencies (log10[ξion/Hz erg −1] = 25.4 − 25.6) and low dust content in LAEs across cosmic time, and will be easily tested with future observations with JWST which can obtain Hα and Hβ measurements for high-redshift LAEs.
Experimental And Numerical Investigation Of The Behavior Of Castellated Steel Beam-Columns

Experimental investigation has been performed on twelve short and long castellated beam-column elements. The castellation process effectively increases the section resistance because of increasing the depth of the section without any additional weight. By increasing the depth of the beam, major axis bending resistance and stiffness are improved as the major axis moment of inertia (Ix) and the section modulus (Sx) are increased. It has been noticed that, researches that considered castellated elements subjected to axial and bending moment are limited compared to those considered elements subjected to bending moment only. In this research castellated beam-columns are studied under different load eccentricity to investigate the effect of castellation on beam-column strength. Behavior and strength of castellated beam-column are also investigated using the finite element analysis utilizing ANSYS software. The finite element results are found to be in a good agreement with their experimental counterparts.
A Computational Approach using Surface-Based Cohesive Behavior to Study Tissue Cutting with Rotation in Vacuum-Assisted Biopsy

Vacuum-assisted biopsy (VAB) is a widely used technology to sample lesion tissue for breast cancer diagnosis. The technology is designed to retrieve tougher and larger breast tissue samples. The majority of VAB tools utilize a so-called rotational cutting method, in which the cutting needle simultaneously rotates and translates to produce both tangential and normal forces at the cutting surface of the tissue. The introduction of the tangential force can significantly reduce the cutting force measured in the axial direction. As a result, higher quality of tissue samples can be obtained as the samples are less deformed while being removed. The slice-push ratio, i.e. the ratio of the speed component parallel to the cutting edge to the speed component perpendicular to the cutting edge, was previously found to be the most important factor to influence the cutting force [1]. However, these studies only investigated the cases in low translational cutting speeds in a small-scale experiment. In this paper, we present a finite element (FE) model based on surface-based cohesive behavior, which simulates the rotational cutting method used in VAB to predict the progressive damage and the cutting force of soft tissue phantoms. The model is validated using the experimental data provided in the previous study [1]. The validated model will allow us to explore more cutting conditions, such as higher translational speeds, larger range of slice-push ratio, and tissue properties. The model can also be used to optimize design parameters of current VAB needles and to evaluate new VAB needle designs.
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Homeoproteins of the Engrailed family are involved in the patterning of mesencephalic boundaries through a mechanism classically ascribed to their transcriptional functions. In light of recent reports on the paracrine activity of homeoproteins, including Engrailed, we asked whether Engrailed intercellular transfer was also involved in brain patterning and boundary formation. Using time-controlled activation of Engrailed combined with tools that block its transfer, we show that the positioning of the diencephalic-mesencephalic boundary (DMB) requires Engrailed paracrine activity. Both zebrafish Eng2a andEng2b are competent for intercellular transfer in vivo, but only extracellular endogenous Eng2b, and not Eng2a, participates in DMB positioning. In addition, disruption of the Pbx-interacting motif in Engrailed, known to strongly reduce the gain-of-function phenotype, also downregulates Engrailed transfer, thus revealing an unsuspected participation of the Pbx interaction domain in this pathway.