Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
THE REPRODUCTIVE EFFECT OF LIPOSOMAL CIMETIDINE ON MALE MICE

The experiment conducted to reformulation of cimetidine antacid into Nano-liposome form for the reduction of worsening effect on the male reproductive system. Nano Liposome encapsulated cimetidine was formulated according to Bangham thin-film, in vivo challenge of ordinary and Nanoliopsome formulated form, the forty male mice distributed into 4 groups ten for each according to treatment Control mice: Negative control: Pro liposome dosed mice (Esome): Positive control empty liposome 1% 0.1mg/10g body weight daily orally Cimetidine dosed mice (CIM): 20mg/Kg body weight daily orally Liposome Cimetidine dosed mice (CIMsome): 20 mg/Kg body weight daily orally for 38 days. the liposome cimetidine standardization outcome was driven multi-lamellar;1-3, multi-vesicles type, size ranged 21.6-213.3 nm. The loading efficiency and entrapment percentage of cimetidine liposome 76.13 ± 6.91% and 80.06 ± 5.76 % respectively. The results of body condition of in cimetidine liposome treated group did not affect significantly the animals performances. Hormonal level of cimetidine liposome dosed group produce improvement. The endpoint of cimetidine liposome dosed group was recovered values and corrected modification in the morphometric indices (testicular weight to body weight ratio, testicular volume) and stereometric analysis of testicular tissue;(quantitation of spermatogenic cells and Leydig cells indices). The turbidimetric analysis that associated with a recovered in the sperm viability and lessening in sperm abnormalities in the cimetidine liposome dosed compared with ordinary cimetidine dosed group The antioxidant activity of liposome cimetidine clearly appear on the genetic material, reducing DNA abnormalities. The Liposome Cimetidine was partial protected the tissue of post testicular blood testes barrier from cimetidine direct effect.
THE EFFECT OF PANGIUM SP. AND TITHONIA DIVERSIFOLIA LEAVES EXTRACT AS VEGETABLE PESTICIDES TO CROCIDOLOMIA PAVONANA (LEPIDOPTERA; PYRALIDAE) LARVA MORTALITY

Pangium sp. and Tithonia diversifolia have the potential to become vegetable pesticides due to the content of secondary metabolites, such as alkaloids, tannins, flavonoids, terpenoids and saponins in their leaves, which are plant protection agents. This study aims to determine the mortality of Crocidolomia pavonana larvae after application of Pangium sp. and Tithonia diversifolia. C. pavonana is one of the main pests affecting cabbage production in North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Pangium sp. and T. diversifolia leaf extraction separately were carried out by immersion method using methanol (CH3OH) solvent and followed by current-current distribution method. The result of crude extract was partitioned in a 95% mixture of hexane methanol (C6H14 - CH3OH). Then, the 95% methanol fraction (CH3OH) was further partitioned with a mixture of ethyl acetate and water (EtOAc - H2O), and the extract from the ethyl acetate fraction (EtOAc) was then used in testing as a vegetable pesticide. This study used a completely randomized design (CRD) with six treatments, namely 0% (control), 0.1%, 0.2%, 0.3%, 0.4%, 0.5% and carried out three replications, where each treatment used 10 larvae. Larval mortality observations were carried out at 24, 48, 72, 96, 120 HAA (hours after application). The results indicated that there was a mortality rate of C. pavonana larvae, so that the Pangium sp. and T. diversifolia have the ability to act as botanical insecticides, although T. diversifolia extract treatment showed a higher mortality rate, compared to Pangium sp. Larval mortality above 50% (LC 50) was found in P3 (0.3%) treatment after 72 HAA, is of 53.33% (Pangium sp. extract) and 63.33% (T. diversifolia extract), successively. Then, at 120 HAA, the same larval mortality rate from both extractions in P3 treatment, increased to 76.67% using Pangium sp. extract, while the same mortality rate (76.67%) using T. diversifolia extract occurred in 96 HAA observations. ANOVA test showed significantly different results for the two extraction uses of Pangium sp. and T. diversifolia. LC 50 in Pangium sp. extract, at a concentration of 0.136% or 1360 ppm and in T. diversifolia extract of 0.1103% or 1103 ppm.
Equilibrium and thermodynamic studies for adsorption of methylene blue dye onto raw cassava peel (RCP)

Colour removal from wastewater has been a matter of concern, both in the aesthetic sense and health point of view. Colour removal from textile effluents on a continuous industrial scale has been given much attention in the last few years, not only because of its potential toxicity, but also mainly due to its visibility problem. There have been various promising techniques for the removal of dyes from wastewater. However, the effectiveness of adsorption for dye removal from wastewater has made it an ideal alternative to other expensive treatment methods. The potential of using raw cassava peel (RCP) as adsorbent for the removal of methylene blue (MB) dye from aqueous solution was investigated. The adsorbent was characterized by Fourier transformer infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) techniques. The effect of experimental parameters such as pH, contact time, initial concentration of adsorbate and amount of adsorbent dosage was evaluated. The maximum adsorption capacity of RCP for MB was found to be 32.26mg/g at 343k and pH 8.0 and 90 mins contact time for 100mg/l initial MB dye concentration. Adsorption isotherms were developed and equilibrium data fitted well to Langmuir, Freundlich, and Temkin isotherm models. Kinetic studies showed the adsorption process followed pseudo second-order kinetic model. Adsorption mechanism was investigated with intra-particle diffusion model to get a better understanding of the adsorption process and it indicated that intra-particle diffusion is not the rate determining step. Thermodynamic quantities (∆G0, ∆H0 and ∆S0) were evaluated and the negative ∆G values obtained indicate a spontaneous adsorption process, positive ∆H value obtained indicate the endothermic nature of the adsorption process and positive ∆S value obtained indicate increased randomness during the adsorption process. Based on the results obtained such as good uptake capacity, rapid kinetics, and its low cost, RCP appears to be a promising adsorbent material for the removal of MB dye stuff from aqueous media.
An Overview of Extended Spectrum Beta Lactamases and Metallo Beta Lactamases

Antibiotic resistant β-lactamases are diverse and complex enzymes produced by most of the Gram-negative bacteria that are mediated by number of plasmids. The impact of these enzymes has posed a major threat to the health sectors and has challenged the available treatment options for both community and hospital acquired infections. These include the uncomplicated most severe life-threatening infections. Moreover, with resistance to the cephalosporin drugs these MDR strains exhibit co-resistance patterns with different class of antibiotics which is a cause of concern that leads to narrow the limited treatment options. It is alarming situation since there is a steep rise in MDR—Beta lactamase pathogens mainly in Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Acinetobacter baumanii and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Currently, the clinical detection of Extended Spectrum of β-Lactamases (ESβL) and MβL producing pathogens are carried out by antibiotic sensitivity test on the guidelines of Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (formerly the National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards) since, the other methods being too expensive. The choice of antimicrobial treatment for infections should rely on the clinical data and the tests (AST) in asymptomatic and mild cases. However, this does not imply for critical infections. The last resorts of treatment for ESβL pathogens are carbapenem and nevertheless, resistances have also been reported for the same. With increasing resistance rate to the antibiotics, it’s very essential to follow the guidelines for detection, implementation of antibiotic rotation to reduce these pathogens, followed by the efficient infection control practices and strategies to avoid such outbreaks.
GPS-PWV jumps before intense rain events

Abstract. A rapid increase in atmospheric water vapor is a fundamental ingredient for many intense rainfall events. High-frequency precipitable water vapor (PWV) estimates from a Global Positioning System meteorological site (GPS) are evaluated here for intense rainfall events during the CHUVA Vale field campaign in Brazil (November–December 2011), in which precipitation events of differing intensities and spatial dimensions, as observed by an X-band radar, have been explored. A wavelet cross-correlation analysis shows that there are important spikes in the PWV that precede the more intense rainfall events on a timescale from 30 to 60 minutes. The correlation and lags between the GPS-PWV and rainfall events are evaluated, and a sharp increase in the GPS-PWV prior to the more intense events has been found and termed GPS-PWV "jumps". These jumps are associated with water vapor convergence and the continued formation of cloud condensate and precipitation particles. The GPS-PWV time-derivative histogram for the period of 60 minutes before the rainfall event reveals different distributions for higher intensity events. This feature could indicate the occurrence of severe precipitation and consequently has the potential for application in nowcasting activities.
BIODEGRADATION OF TOLUENE HYDROCARBON BY A PSEUDOMONAS SP. ISOLATEDFROM GASOLINE CONTAMINATED SOIL

In the present study efforts were made to isolate and characterize bacteria capable of aerobic biodegradation of toluene hydrocarbon from gasoline polluted soil. After initial screening, 28 different strains were isolated from soil samples and the most promising strain was selected for toluene degradation study. Biochemical and morphological characterization classified the bacterial strains selected as Pseudomonas sp. and was designated Pseudomonas sp. SBCT-17. The spectrophotometric determination of toluene monoxygenase activity, using horseradish preoxydase (HRP) assay showed 0.248 U/ml enzyme activity at 420 nm. The results obtained from enzyme assay and FT-IR degradation analysis in this study confirms that the Pseudomonas sp. SBCT-17 is an efficient strain capable of biodegrading toluene hydrocarbon.
Preemptive Mobile Computation Offloading With Hard Deadlines and Concurrent Local Execution

This paper considers Preemptive Mobile Computation Offloading when concurrent local execution (CLE) is used to guarantee task execution time constraints. By allowing simultaneous local and remote execution, CLE ensures that job deadlines are always satisfied in the face of unforeseen wireless channel conditions. In the preemptive offloading case, at the start of each time slot, a decision is made to either continue or temporarily interrupt the offload. This mechanism allows the system to adapt when channel conditions change. The paper considers the case for homogeneous Markovian wireless channels. Using Markovian decision process stopping theory, an online energy-optimal computation offloading algorithm is formulated for preemptive offloading, referred to as Optimal Preemptive Offloading (OPO). Since the computational complexity of OPO can be prohibitive, the paper introduces three computationally efficient techniques motivated by OPO: 1) water-filling; 2) water-filling with scheduling; and 3) generalized water-filling. For each method, two variations are considered. The first (Equ) uses the equilibrium channel state probabilities in offloading decision calculations, and the second (Exp) uses Markovian transition matrix exponentiation. This results in six algorithms with a wide variety of energy performance and computational complexity. Performance of the algorithms is compared that shows the tradeoffs between complexity and mobile energy saving performance.
Elite Company: Sourcing Trends in 2014–2017 Prestige Press Climate Change Editorials

ABSTRACT This manuscript examines the sourcing practices of climate change editorials published in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today between 2014 and 2017. Utilizing a critical political economic approach, we found that despite the ideological differences between the newspapers, each relied on sourcing practices that emphasized the views of elite political and economic actors with often no scientific training. Furthermore, our examination indicates a shared interest in politicizing scientific debates through weaponized sourcing practices that undermine science in favor of partisanship.
Online Test Application during COVID-19 Pandemic: Academic Impact on Medical Students of the biggest School of Medicine in Mexico

Introduction : Online assessment is an educational alternative in this health emergency generated by COVID-19. To meet the educational demands of the School of Medicine of the UNAM, we implemented the evaluation of their subjects of the Medical Bachelor online, avoiding the delay of the school career of their students. Methods : A quantitative analysis was conducted to evaluate the academic performance of students enrolled in the ﬁrst and second year of the degree of Medical Bachelor, being the school years with the highest percentage of failure. Two cohorts of students (2019 vs 2020) in the ﬁrst and second year of the degree (4,737 students) were analyzed. We compared their school performance in the exams taken in those years (2019 on School premises and 2020 online due to the COVID-19 pandemic) to observe if there was a signiﬁcant diﬀerence through statistical tests according to the distribution of the cohorts. Results : A signiﬁcant diﬀerence was obtained in subjects of both school years according to their school performance. Besides, the percentage of the passing of the 16 subjects in their two evaluations was evaluated, observing that the students of the year 2020 had a higher rate of passing compared to the year 2019, even in those
Intermittent fasting - a potential approach to modulate the gut microbiota in humans? A systematic review

Research on gut microbiota has increased in popularity over the past decade, with evidence associating different dietary habits with changes in the makeup of the rich ecosystem of microorganisms that performs a variety of functions and induces a range of health effects, within and well beyond the gastrointestinal tract. Similarly, intermittent fasting (IF), an umbrella term describing various regimens of periods of voluntary abstinence from food and drink, has classically been associated with favourable impacts on cardiovascular risk factors, body weight, circadian biology, and, more recently, the gut health.The objective of this PRISMA systematic review was to summarize the peer-reviewed literature of clinical trials related to the impact of IF regimens on the gut microbiota. A MEDLINE search was conducted using PubMed and the keywords “intermittent fasting”, “gut microbiota”, “microbes”, and others. Whilst the field is still in its infancy, an emerging body of evidence suggests beneficial effects of IF on the health of the gut through increasing the microbial diversity and abundance, with possible clinical implications related to improving the immune function and ameliorating the metabolic status. Further research in larger clinical trials is warranted before practical recommendations for the public health can be made.
Unifying Theory and Research on Intimate Partner Violence: A Feminist Perspective

This paper shows how theorizing gender as a social system and a situational accomplishment provides a broad perspective that helps to synthesize many strands of theoretical and empirical research on IPV. We first address generalist claims that gendered explanations of IPV are not necessary. We next present a unifying feminist theoretical framework to explain IPV experiences and discuss how this framework can be extended to consider how gender and race systems intersect to influence IPV. We call for future theoretical development and empirical research that takes seriously a variety of intersecting systems and dimensions of oppression.
Perinatal Factors of Developmental Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in Children

Background: Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is a common pediatric neurobehavioral disorder often treated in the primary care setting. It shows a high and chronic level of inattention, impulsivity/hyperactivity and/or both, and can affect more than 2 million school-age children. The researchers are not sure about the exact causes of the disorder, but it seems that apart from genetic factors, perinatal factors seem to dynamically contribute to the development of the disorder. Purpose: The aim of this review was to investigate the perinatal and obstetric factors related to the development of the attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in childhood. Method: An online review of English language studies published from 2002 to 2020, using the Embase, PsychINFO, PubMed and Google Scholar databases. From 1100 studies only 17 were included in the review since they met the inclusion criteria. Conclusions: The results of the review showed that apart from heredity and genetic factors, various conditions in pregnancy or the mother’s way of life in pregnancy, adverse conditions in labor and infancy can contribute on their own or in combination to the development of the attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in childhood. Obstetric vigilance to detect risk factors in pregnancy in combination with the prevention of obstetric complications is the key in preventing attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
Decisions, decisions: variations in decision-making for access-based consumption

ABSTRACT Consumer decision-making is a focal interest of consumer research and will remain important as marketplace trends, such as the growing prevalence of access-based consumption, continue to evolve. Access-based consumption provides market-mediated transactions where no transfer of ownership takes place. First, a qualitative study explores the differences that arise from viewing decision-making from the perspective of access rather than ownership. Additionally, a multi-group structural model seeks to provide further insights into the variations in decision-making for product access versus purchase. Findings of this research suggest access-based consumption decisions differ from ownership decisions based on choice strategy, choice commitment, ownership commitment, valuation of choice and post-purchase evaluation.
Heterosis and Genetic Parameters for Yield and its Attributes of some Bread Wheat Varietal Crosses at High-N and Low-N Environments

Six wheat varieties were single crossed at 2017/18. Six parents and its 15 F1 single-crosses were cultivated under N-normal and N-stress at 2018/19, to study heterosis and the genetic parameters for yield and its components under normal and N-stress. Mean squares of wheat-gentypes, parent, F1-crosses and parent versus cross were highly significant or significant for most of traits under both conditions. The highest desirable heterosis and heterobeltiosis were detected by crosses No. 7 and No.8 for earliness; No.14, No.8 and No.3 for 100-Grain weight; crosses No.8 and No.13 for number of spikelets/spike; crosses No.9, No.7 and No.13 for number of grains per spike; cross No.4 for number of spikes/plant; crosses No.3, No.12 and No.10 for grain yield per plant, therefore, it might be decided that these crosses may be beneficial for enhancing wheat grain-yield programs under low or high N conditions. The median grade of dominance was greater than one for all characters under both conditions, suggesting the importance of over dominance gene effects in the genetics of these traits. Heritability in broad sense (hb.s.) had high values for all traits under both conditions. Lower heritability estimates in narrow sense (hn.s.) were detected for all the studied traits under both conditions, except each of spikes number /plant, weight of 100-grain and protein % at both conditions which had moderate values of narrow sense heritability, reflecting the part of environmental factors and dominance genes in heirloom scheme of these characters.
Assessment of the factorial and criterion validity of the General Charisma Inventory in a Spanish-speaking sample

BACKGROUND Charisma can be understood as a personality trait that allows one to influence other people. Research on charisma has predominately focused on leadership, but it can also be successfully studied in the general population. The General Charisma Inventory (GCI) has not yet been analysed in different cultures. The current study represents the first attempt to examine and validate this instrument in a Spanish-speaking population. PARTICIPANTS AND PROCEDURE The GCI was administered in a series of three studies to a large adult community sample (N1 = 756, N2 = 96, N3 = 149). A multigroup confirmatory factor analysis was conducted to verify the structure of the GCI. Factorial and criterion validity was examined in the context of well-being and the Dark Triad traits. Measurement invariance across age and gender of the GCI in a Spanish-speaking sample was also analysed. RESULTS The results confirmed the hypothesised two-factorial structure and therefore the Spanish version of the GCI is a structurally valid and reliable measure, and its dimensions relate to different outcomes such as well-being and the Dark Triad. CONCLUSIONS The Spanish GCI could be used in general research on charisma and applied to a wide range of age groups within the Spanish-speaking context, providing economic screening for research and practice.
Pre-service teachers’ sentiments, attitudes and concerns about inclusive education in Turkey

ABSTRACT This investigation focused on pre-service teachers’ sentiments, attitudes, and concerns regarding inclusive practices in Turkey. A total of 406 students from different departments of a university school of education participated in this study. The Sentiments, Attitudes and Concerns about Inclusive Education Revised (SACIE-R) scale was used as a data collection tool to measure pre-service teachers’ engagement with and perceptions of inclusion and assess the rationales underlying their beliefs about and support for the practice. The findings indicated that there is a significant difference in terms of pre-service teachers’ attitudes, concerns, and sentiments regarding inclusion among departments and according to respondents’ levels of confidence in teaching students with disabilities. The pre-school education teacher candidates had more positive attitudes towards inclusion. The findings revealed that pre-service teachers need more opportunities to interact with and teach students with special needs during their school practicums. They also revealed that pre-service teachers need to have experience and confidence as well as knowledge about legislation and policies related to inclusion.