Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
How Season of Birth Affects Health and Aging

We investigate how the season of birth affects human health and aging. For this purpose, we use five waves of the Survey of Health, Aging, and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) dataset and construct a health deficit index for 21 European countries. Results from log-linear regressions suggest that, on average, elderly European men age faster when they were born in spring and summer (compared to autumn). At given age, they have developed about 3.5 percent more health deficits. The bulk of the season effect is neither mediated through body height nor through education. In a subsample of Southern European countries, where the seasonal variation of sunlight is smaller, the season of birth plays an insignificant role for health in old age. In a subsample of Northern countries, in contrast, the season or birth effect gets larger. At given age, elderly Northern European men born in spring have developed on average 8.7 percent more health deficits than those born in autumn. In non-linear regression we find that the season effect increases with age suggesting that the speed of aging is also influenced by the season of birth.
FAKTOR-FAKTOR YANG MEMENGARUHI DUPLIKASI PENOMORAN REKAM MEDIS DI RUMAH SAKIT UMUM MADANI MEDAN

Sistem penomoran yang digunakan di RSU Madani yaitu unit numbering system dimana pasien yang berkunjung ke rumah sakit tersebut hanya memiliki satu nomor rekam medis yang digunakan untuk selamanya berobat. Tempat penerimaan pasien tidak memiliki Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) tentang sistem penomoran, sehingga masih di temukan adanya duplikasi nomor rekam medis, satu nomor rekam medis diindikasikan dimiliki oleh beberapa pasien. Diketahui juga bahwa sering terjadi penomoran ganda akibat kurang telitinya petugas rekam medis pada saat mencari dan menyimpan rekam medis pasien lama yang sudah pernah berobat, penomoran manual pada saat melakukan pendaftaran, komputerisasi yang terbatas, minimnya petugas rekam medis di bagian pendaftaran. Hal yang bisa saja terjadi seperti kesalahan dalam melakukan tindakan dikarenakan diagnosa terakhir atau tindakan terakhir yang tertera di berkas rekam medis ganda tersebut, bukan terakhir di pergunakan pada saat pasien mendapatkan pelayanan medis. Penelitian ini menggunakan penelitian deskriptif kuantitatif melalui wawancara, observasi dan studi dokumentasi. Populasi dan sampel penelitian adalah petugas rekam medis di pendaftaran sebanyak 8 orang. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa latar belakang pendidikan petugas rekam medis sebagian besar D-III kesehatan sebanyak 5 responden (41,6%), sebagian kecil berpendidikan D-III rekam medis sebanyak 1 (8,3%). Sistem penomoran menggunakan straight numbering system atau sistem penomoran secara langsung namun dalam melaksanakan pengelolaan penomorannya belum terlaksanakan dengan baik karena pada RSU Madani belum adanya penetapan tentang standar operasional prosedur di unit rekam medis untuk penomoran. Tidak tersedianya Kartu Indeks Utama Pasien (KIUP). Hal ini dikarenakana standar operasional prosedur dalam pengembangan sarana dan prasarana belum ada dan kurangnya pengetahuan petugas rekam medis tentang KIUP. Diharapkan pada pimpinan RSU Madani agar melakukan pelatihan kepada petugas rekam medis khususnya dibagian pendaftaran dan penyimpanan agar kinerjanya semakin baik.
Hot weather in a cold land : hot weather planning and vulnerable populations in Toronto, Canada

Background Climate change has resulted in changes to weather patterns and to the intensity of extreme atmospheric phenomena. One of the most significant of these changes is manifested as increased intensity and frequency of hot weather events. To mitigate the effects of extreme heat, many cities have implemented ‘hot weather’, or ‘heat wave’ response programmes. However, the effectiveness of these, and how well they protect vulnerable populations remain underresearched issues. Objective This thesis examined whether the people of Toronto who are most vulnerable to extreme heat, have been properly identified and served by Toronto’s Hot Weather Response Programme. Design This thesis utilised qualitative techniques in the form of a thematic critique of documentary sources and semi-structured interviews. Documents pertaining to Toronto’s Hot Weather Response Programme were analysed to gain an understanding of the evolution of the programme. Interviews were also conducted with vulnerable residents to understand their perceptions and experiences with hot weather and Toronto’s programme. Findings The thematic critique determined that over the time period 1999 to 2019, there were multiple changes to the criteria used for calling alerts/warnings, repeated revisions to the definition of vulnerability, shifts in communication techniques and drastic reductions in budget and services. The interviews indicated that recipients had limited knowledge of the negative consequences of hot weather, lived in conditions that were detrimental to their health, did not have mitigation plans, and the amenities that were available to them were insufficient to be protective. Discussion The findings indicate that the vulnerable populations of Toronto have been inadequately identified by health officials and the methods used to reach them have been poorly selected. These populations demonstrated a lack of knowledge of Toronto’s hot weather programme and of protective measures necessary during oppressive heat. Toronto’s once ‘cutting edge’ hot weather response program has been greatly diminished due to a lack of proper evaluations and budgetary cuts which underestimate the value of elements of the programme. Conclusions and recommendations This thesis demonstrated the benefits of proper planning and evaluation for public health programmes. It also illustrated how political or economic pressure can alter the delivery of services and can attenuate the potency of mitigation activities, such that they can instead increase vulnerability.
Influence of water status on vine vegetative growth, berry ripening, and wine characteristics in Mediterranean zone (example of Nemea, Greece, variety Saint-George, 1997)

The influence of grapevine water status on vine physiological mecanisms and vigour, as well as on berry ripening and wine characteristics, was studied during the summer of 1997 in the Nemea vine growing area (Peloponnesus, Greece). This involved three non irrigated vineyards planted with the local variety Saint-George (Agiorgitiko). These vineyards differed by their soil texture and by the presence of a water table within reach of the roots. The soil of the plot "A", located at 350 m in altitude, contained a high amount of gravel and stones between 0 and 50 cm in depth. The subsoil contained nearly 50 p. cent of clay. The plot "L" was located on a plain at 300 m in altitude. Its soil was very loamy. The plot "N" was located on a plain at 260 m in altitude. Its soil contained a high amount of clay and loam but its main caracteristic was the presence of a permanent water table within reach of the roots. Vine water status was evaluated throughout the season by measurements of leaf water potential Ψ. Additional measurements of soil water content were executed by means of a TDR moisture probe (Time Domaine Reflectometry). Water uptake of the vines showed great differences on the three plots. On the plot A, water uptake of the vines diminished brutally from June (pre-dawn Ψ= -0,2 MPa) through September (pre-dawn Ψ= -1,0 MPa); measurements of stomatal conductance in early September showed that stomata remained practically closed throughout the day. On the plot N, water was easily available to the vines throughout the summer. Pre-dawn leaf water potential remained between 0 and -0,2 MPa from June till September. Stomatal conductance, measured in early September, was high. On L, vine water status was intermediate: pre-dawn leaf water potential declined throughout the season, but not as dramatically as on A. Stomatal conductance, measured in early September, was intermediate between N and A. Water availability had a clear effect on vegetative growth. Growth slackening occured early in the season on A and late on N. On plot A, berries were smaller and showed high sugar and anthocyanin concentration and low malic acid content. Wine from A, obtained by mini-vinification (3,5 hl), was rich in alcohol, anthocyanins and tanins. On N, berries had a low sugar and anthocyanin content. Wine from grapes grown on N was poor in alcohol and polyphenolics. Berry and wine composition was intermediate on L.
A study exploring the collaborative relationships among Taiwanese fishery scientists

Background. Collaborative relationships support the progress of scientific research by providing a collaborator access to resources, skills, information, and technologies. Studies have highlighted the importance of collaborative relationships among scientists. However, less attention has been paid to the characteristics of the relationships. Objectives. This study identified two key concepts, intellectual and social, as a theoretical approach to investigate collaborative relationships among scientists. Methods. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 27 Taiwanese fishery scientists at the Taiwan Fisheries Research Institute, the Academia Sinica, the National Taiwan University, the National Taiwan Ocean University, and the National Museum of Marine Biology & Aquarium. Results. The results reveal that intellectual relationships among fishery scientists involve solving research puzzles collaboratively, giving informal comments on colleagues’ work, and seeking professional recognition. Fishery scientists shape social relationships through academic activities such as collaborating with thesis supervisors as co-authors, selecting research partners according to their professional ability, and contributing to a local or global fish database for building individual professional identity. The fishery scientists considered coauthorship as a core requirement to maintain collaborative relationships. Support from thesis supervisors is important for facilitating collaborative relationships. This support affects the selection of known people as research partners, instead of selecting partners from different countries.
Study of Earth global rheological properties through VLBI observation

Since the beginning of the 20th century, the observation of the Earth rotation variations through astro-geodetic techniques enables to investigate the global rheological properties of the Earth, in particular, the resonance parameters of the free rotation modes reflect the solid Earth anelasticity, the ocean response to an external forcing, and the properties of the fluid inner core, eventually of the solid inner core. Better constraints on these resonance parameters can be obtained by confronting the observed terrestrial motion of the rotation pole (the so-called polar motion) - including nutation as a retrograde diurnal polar motion - to the modelled excitation producing it. The more precise the modelled excitation and the observed polar motion are, the better the Earth rheological properties will be determined. For now, the best precision are reached in the nutation band. So, our work is first dedicated to a direct adjustment of the nutation components from VLBI delays, then the adjustment of the resonance parameters in the transfer function between the observed nutation terms and the corresponding rigid nutation terms that reflects the luni-solar forcing. The obtained resonance parameters confirms in particular the shortening of the polar motion resonance period of about 40 - 50 day in the retrograde diurnal band. Then, we show that the dynamical behaviour of the oceans in the diurnal band is mostly responsible for that. We also predicted a supplementary change of the resonance parameters in the vicinity of the free core nutation resonance, as expected from the solid Earth response, and confirmed by the adjustment of these parameters through the nutation terms. In addition to the nutation band, we revisit the estimation of the polar motion resonance parameters in the seasonal band, dominated by the Chandler wobble, in light of the most recent global circulation models of the hydro-atmospheric layers. Finally, we extend the investigation of polar motion resonance to the prograde diurnal polar motion, where the excitations mostly result from the ocean tides. We obtain a resonance period of about 393 days, and confirmed by our prediction based on the ocean tidal models. These results allow us to impose constraints on the frequency dependence of the body Love number and the Love number oceanic, characterizing respectively the response of the solid Earth and the oceans to an external potential of degree 2.
Identification, Characterization and Expression Patterns of Caspase-14 Gene from the Chinese Soft-Shelled Turtle Pelodiscus sinensis under Immune Challenge

A Caspase-14 gene homolog (designated as PsCaspase-14) in a reptile, the Chinese soft-shelled turtle Pelodiscus sinensis (Wiegmann, 1835), has been cloned and identified. The full-length cDNA of turtle PsCaspase-14 was consisted of 1,464 nucleotides with a 5’-terminal untranslated region (UTR) of 45 base pairs (bp), a 3’-terminal UTR of 198 bp with a canonical polyadenylation signal sequence AATAAA, and an open-reading frames of 1,068 bp, which encoding 406 amino acids (Theoretical pI/Mw: 6.77/46.24kDa) and containing PAAD-DAPIN domain (52-133) and CASc domain (170-406). Sequence alignment, phylogenetic analyses, and structure comparison revealed that PsCaspase-14 is a member of the Caspase family. The Chinese soft-shelled turtles were infected with Aeromonas hydrophila and Vibrio parahaemolyticus, and their innate immune responses were investigated from PsCaspase-14 mRNA expression levels in various tissues by using real-time PCR method. RT-qPCR analyses showed that turtles PsCaspase-14 mRNA was ubiquitously expressed in brain, liver, heart, lung, stomach, spleen, muscle, pancreas, gallbladder, kidney, and intestine tissues of control turtles, and RT-qPCR analyses further indicated that PsCaspase-14 mRNA was affected significantly in tissues of the turtles challenged by bacteria A. hydrophila and V. parahaemolyticus, suggesting that PsCaspase-14 might be involved in turtle antiviral immunity.
Translational landscape in tomato revealed by transcriptome assembly and ribosome profiling

mRNA translation is a critical step in gene expression, but our understanding of the landscape and control of translation in diverse crops remains lacking. Here, we combined de novo transcriptome assembly and ribosome profiling to study global mRNA translation in tomato roots. Taking advantage of the 3-nucleotide periodicity displayed by translating ribosomes, we identified 354 novel small ORFs (sORFs) translated from previously unannotated transcripts, as well as 1329 upstream ORFs (uORFs) translated within the 5’ UTRs of annotated protein-coding genes. Proteomic analysis confirmed that some of these novel uORFs and sORFs generate stable proteins in planta. Compared with the annotated ORFs, the uORFs use more flexible Kozak sequences around translation start sites. Interestingly, uORF-containing genes are enriched for protein phosphorylation/dephosphorylation and signaling transduction pathways, suggesting a regulatory role for uORFs in these processes. We also demonstrated that ribosome profiling is useful to facilitate the annotation of translated ORFs and noncanonical translation initiation sites. In addition to defining the translatome, our results revealed the global control of mRNA translation by uORFs and microRNAs in tomato. In summary, our approach provides a high-throughput method to discover unannotated ORFs, elucidates evolutionarily conserved translational features, and identifies new regulatory mechanisms hidden in a crop genome. Significance Several studies have shown that altering mRNA translation is a powerful way of improving crop performance. However, due to limited genomic resources and methods, translational regulation remains poorly understood in crops. By leveraging de novo transcriptome assembly and ribosome profiling, we mapped and quantified translating ribosomes across the entire transcriptome in tomato roots. This is the first experiment-based survey to systematically identify actively translated ORFs in a crop. Our results reveal numerous unannotated translation events and uncover new regulatory mechanisms of gene expression in tomato. Our approach not only facilitates our understanding of the tomato translational landscape but also provides a practical strategy to study the translatomes of other species. The raw RNA-seq and Ribo-seq data have been deposited in the Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) database under accession no. GSE124962. Proteomics raw data files and MaxQuant Search results have been deposited at the MassIVE repository with dataset identifier: MSV000083363.
Deactivation of cobalt based Fischer-Tropsch synthesis catalysts

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Seasonal dynamics of zooplankton functional group and its relationship with physico-chemical variables in high turbid nutrient-rich Small Xingkai Wetland Lake, Northeast China

Abstract In this study, the concept of functional traits was used to classify zooplankton into functional groups and their seasonal dynamics were determined in relation to physico-chemical factors in a highly turbid and nutrient-rich wetland. This study revealed a seasonal variation of both physico-chemical factors and biomass of zooplankton functional groups. Water temperature (TEP), total phosphorus (TP), ferrous ion (Fe2+) and total carbon (TC) were significantly higher in summer while water transparency (SD) was notably higher in spring. Zooplankton functional group biomass was higher in summer (5.11 mg/L) followed by winter, autumn and spring (0.91, 0.72 and 0.28 mg/L, respectively). Large copepods and cladoceran carnivore (LCC) was the dominant functional group in spring accounting for about 86.7% of the total biomass. In summer, MCF (Middle copepods and cladocerans filter feeders) was the dominant group probably because of the optimal temperature and availability of nutrients. Pearson correlation and RDA analysis results suggested that Fe2+, TP and TEP were the major factors influencing zooplankton functional groups. Notably, turbidity was not the main factor despite the fact that Small Xingkai Wetland Lake is a very turbid lake. The variation of zooplankton functional groups among seasons highlights the role of physico-chemical factors in structuring zooplankton composition.
Modélisation du transport multi-espèces dans les matériaux cimentaires saturés ou non saturés et éventuellement carbonatés

Dans le cadre du projet de recherche de l'IFSTTAR « Approche performantielle et probabiliste de la duree de vie des ouvrages en beton arme », la these porte sur la modelisation du transport couple ions-humidite au travers de betons eventuellement carbonates. Une plate-forme de modelisation multi-especes, qui est basee sur les indicateurs de durabilite et avec differents niveaux de sophistication, a ete utilisee. En condition saturee, le transport des ions a ete decrit par l'equation de Nernst-Plank et complete par des isothermes des interactions ions/matrice. En condition non saturee, l'advection des phases liquides et gazeuses a ete decrite par la loi de Darcy generalisee. L'influence de l'activite chimique sur l'equilibre entre l'eau liquide et vapeur d'eau, ainsi que la cinetique de fixation des ions chlorure ont ete prise en compte dans les modeles. La fixation des ions alcalins a ete egalement prise en compte, son influence sur le transport des ions chlorure a ete etudiee. Les indicateurs de durabilite (porosite, permeabilite intrinseque a l'eau et aux gaz) servant comme donnees d'entree des modeles ont ete determines par des mesures directes sur des betons a base de ciment ordinaire et avec des fortes teneurs en additions minerales (cendres volantes et laitiers). Une methode d'analyse inverse a ete mise en œuvre a partir d'une routine qui integre un algorithme d'optimisation qui nous a permis de determiner les proprietes des materiaux plus complexes (coefficient effectif de diffusion, parametres d'isotherme de fixation et permeabilite intrinseque a l'eau) a partir des resultats d'essais. Le modele pour des conditions saturees a ete valide par des comparaisons entre des profils de chlorure issus des essais de diffusion et des profils de simulation. Des essais de sechage-imbibition avec une solution saline ou de l'eau pure sur les betons sains et eventuellement carbonates ont ete realises pour valider le modele en condition non saturee, ainsi que pour mettre en evidence l'influence de la carbonatation sur le transport des ions et sur les transferts hydriques. Outre la comprehension des mecanismes physico-chimiques lies a la durabilite des betons et determination des indicateurs de durabilite par analyse inverse, la plate-forme nous permet de predire le transport des ions et d'humidite suivant la complexite des phenomenes et le niveau de sophistication exige. Les etudes menees ont mise en evidence la pertinence et la fiabilite de la plate-forme de modelisation physico-chimique
Foundations of chemistry

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Potential health risk of heavy metals via consumption of rice and vegetables grown in the industrial areas of Bangladesh

Abstract Heavy metals are toxic in nature, and their contamination in foodstuff is a matter of concern for human health. The present study was conducted to assess the concentrations of chromium, nickel, copper, arsenic, cadmium, and lead in rice and vegetables and their possible human health risks in Tangail district, Bangladesh. Metals were measured by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) after microwave digestion system. The average values of Cr, Ni, Cu, As, Cd, and Pb in rice and vegetables were 16.26, 16.11, 13.99, 2.28, 1.86, and 7.93 mg/kg, respectively. The average metal concentration in rice and vegetable species was in the decreasing order of okra > chili > bitter gourd > papaya > brinjal > bean > bottle gourd > rice > cucumber > sponge gourd > Indian spinach. The estimated daily intake (EDI) values of all the metals except Cu were higher than the maximum tolerable daily intake (MTDI). The target hazard quotients (THQs) values of Ni, Cu, As, Cd, and Pb exceeded the threshold value of 1 through consumption of rice and vegetables, indicating significant health risks to both adult and children. The target carcinogenic risk (TR) of As and Pb through consumption of rice and vegetables was higher than the USEPA threshold level (10−4). From the health point of view, this study clearly revealed that consumption of these contaminated rice and vegetables definitely poses carcinogenic and non-carcinogenic risks.