Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Stakeholders’ Perceptions of Biosecurity Implementation in Italian Poultry Farms

Simple Summary In poultry production, biosecurity is essential for preventing the entry and spread of pathogens in/within farms, with positive impacts on animal health and welfare. This becomes crucial in countries in which the production reaches high productive standards, such as Italy. Although the importance of implementing biosecurity measures (BMs) in poultry farms is well recognized, compliance may not be always optimal. According to the perceptions of interviewed Italian poultry farmers and advisors, biosecurity is implemented well, with different opinions between them. Compared to farmers, advisors claim a lower level of biosecurity implementation, probably because the former have limited outlooks focused on their own farms or consider some BMs not useful and/or effective, while advisors possess a more comprehensive picture of the implementation of biosecurity due to their involvement in multiple farms and productive categories. Stakeholders, mainly advisors, provided useful suggestions for encouraging farmers and workers at poultry farms to adopt BMs they remain reluctant to implement. Abstract The level of implementation of biosecurity measures (BMs), the reasons for not implementing BMs and the effectiveness of BMs were assessed according to the perceptions of stakeholders (i.e., farmers and advisors) in Italian poultry farms. For this purpose, data were collected using a questionnaire administered to advisors (n = 37) and farmers (n = 30) of conventional broiler (n = 13) and layer (n = 13), free-range broiler (n = 8) and layer (n = 10), turkey (n = 13), duck (n = 3) and breeder (n = 7) farms between April and September 2021. The frequency of the implementation of BMs was 66.97% and 81.14% according to the answers provided by the advisors and farmers, respectively, with the breeder sector showing the highest level of implementation (85.71%). “Not knowing advantages” (21.49% for advisors) and “other/specific reasons” (21.49% for advisors and 38.32% for farmers) were the most common answers regarding the lack of implementation of BMs for all poultry sectors. Only 31.09% of farmers acknowledged the effectiveness of not-implemented BMs in contrast to 61.02% of advisors, with the layers’ stakeholders being the most aware. The findings of this study may be useful for identifying failures in biosecurity and failures to develop intervention strategies to fulfil the biosecurity gaps still present in Italian poultry farms.
Spontaneous hemorrhage of spinal epidural capillary hemangioma resulting in hyperacute neurologic deficit: A case report

Introduction: Spinal epidural capillary hemangioma is a very rare variety of tumors, usually with a predilection for the thoracic spine. Case presentation: A 16-year-old female complained of hyperacute neurologic deficit progressed within hour, which presented by acute paraplegia, and loss of all sensations from her lower limbs up to her breasts. Neurologic exam revealed paralysis of lower limbs (0/5 on both legs) with a flaccid tone, absence of reflexes, weakness of the trunk with sensory level T4, bilateral flexion of plantar reflexes, and loss of sphincters’ controls. Emergent magnetic resonance imaging showed a dumbbell-shaped epidural mass in the posterior aspect of the spinal canal at the T1–T2 level, measuring approximately 1.1 × 4.5 × 1.5 cm in size. The lesion was isointense on T1-weighted, hyperintense on T2-weighted, and a little enhancement after gadolinium administration. The surgery was obtained nearly 16 hours after paralysis, which eradicated the lesion with good hemostasis. Histological examination showed a well-organized vascular tissue that haphazardly arranged and confirmed the diagnosis of capillary hemangioma. Neurological improvement was quickly observed within days after surgery and further complete recovery was achieved 2 months after discharge. Conclusion: We report an extremely rare case of spinal epidural capillary hemangioma, where acute spontaneous hemorrhage in the lesion resulted in the hyperacute neurologic deficit within an hour. Since these are benign lesions, the immediate surgical intervention results in a very favorable prognosis and is considered the treatment of choice. Also, this case highlighted and rose the question of a better neurologic improvement in younger age patients with spinal cord injury.
Collaborative Self-Study with Pre-Service Teachers to Improve the Use of Drawings as a Pedagogical Tool

ABSTRACT This collaborative self-study with pre-service teachers describes a process of examining the use of drawings as a pedagogical tool at a tertiary institution of learning. Hence, this research examines the question: What can I learn from my students to improve the use of drawings as a pedagogical tool and thus improve my work as a teacher educator? Eight students (also known as pre-service teachers) accepted an invitation to help me improve the use of drawings as a pedagogical tool. Four main themes emerged from three sources of information which were qualitatively analyzed. The first theme was ‘not just knowledge’. I learned that drawings don’t have to ‘come at the expense of disciplinary knowledge’ as they can actually expand it. The second theme made it clear to me that the use of drawings evoked strong, negative and positive emotions in students when using them. The third theme led me to understand that there is complexity in using drawings. Through the fourth theme I developed an understanding of how I should use drawings as a pedagogical tool in the future. Not only did the collaborative self-study help me to better understand the use of drawings, it also led me to consider the use of other creative tools as part of an ongoing pedagogical process. In addition, in the future I will create a continuous dialogue with students that will clarify the pedagogical ideas behind using drawings and other creative learning tools, thus working towards continuous improvement in my teaching practice.
Inventarisasi Parasit pada Benih Ikan Gurame dalam Kolam Terpal di Kecamatan Pengasih Kabupaten Kulon Progo Yogyakarta.

SATWIKA FAJAR ARGIONO. Parasite inventory in giant gourami fingerling in plastic lined (Terpal) Ponds at Kecamatan Pengasih, Kabupaten Kulon Progo, Yogyakarta. Supervised by Sri Nuryati and Tatag Budiardi. The objective of this research was to record the parasites (ectoparasite and endoparasite) in giant gourami which cultured in plastic lined pond system. Thirty fingerlings for each size ranges of 3-4 cm, 5-6 cm, and 10-11 cm were collected from plastic lined ponds in three different villages, Desa Mergosari, Desa Kemiri, and Desa Karang Tengah, Kecamatan Pengasih, Kabupaten Kulon Progo, Yogyakarta. The examination showed that there were 5 genera of ectoparasites found in gouramy fingerlings, namely Trichodina, Chilodonella, Dactylogyrus, Gyrodactylus, and Ichthyophthirius. The highest prevalent and parasite intensity were found in Trichodina in 5 – 6 cm sized fish which were 100% and 28 ind/fish, respectively. There was no endoparasite found in giant gouramy fingerlings during the examination period.
AN ASSESSMENT OF PATIENT SATISFACTION IN OPD SETUPS OF KHYBER TEACHING HOSPITAL MTI PESHAWAR

Objectives: To measure the frequency of satisfied patients in outpatient department of Khyber Teaching Hospital Peshawar and to assess the association of patients satisfaction by evaluating various factors affecting it. Materials and Methods: It was a cross-sectional analytical study, conducted in Khyber Teaching Hospital, Peshawar from February 2022 to August 2022. A sample of 323 patients was selected by using non-probability convenient sampling technique. A reliable and valid questionnaire was adopted as data collection tool. After acquiring their informed consent, face to face interview was maintained as data collection medium. For analysis of the data, statistical package for social sciences (SPSS) version 20 was used. Data was represented using figures and tables and described in frequencies and percentages. Chi square test was used for analysis and P value less than 0.05 was taken as significant. Results: The study included total 323 participants with mean age of 30 ±11.089 years. Our results revealed that regarding location of the healthcare facility, 95.4% patients were satisfied with location. 95.3% patients were of the view that there was adequate sitting space and seating in waiting area. 90% were satisfied with the time given to them by specialists, 92.5% were satisfied with the behavior of doctors, On evaluation of overall satisfaction, it was found that 86.69% patients were satisfied with the overall quality of healthcare they received and the Quality of care calculated was 84.06 which according to the set scale is “Best Quality of Health Care. The association of patient satisfaction level with different variables like age, gender, education level, marital status and area of living was analysed using Chi square test. None showed any significant association as P value less then 0.05 was taken as significant. Conclusion: The study highlighted a high level of satisfaction of patients with the services delivered at OPD section of Khyber Teaching Hospital, Peshawar. Altogether 86.69% of the participants were satisfied with the overall quality of received services like location of the facility, waiting area parameters, doctor-patient interaction and provision of basic facilities.No significant association of patient satisfaction level with different variables was found.
Light irradiance modifies the fatty acid composition of Amphidinium carterae (Dinophyceae)

ABSTRACT Amphidinium carterae is a dinoflagellate of increasing interest for producing bioactive compounds. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of five irradiances (50, 100, 150, 200 and 250 µmol photon m–2 s–1) on the fatty acid profile of A. carterae. The results show that high irradiances increase the lipid productivity (36.65 mg l–1 d–1 at 50 µmol photon m–2 s–1 to 90 mg l–1 d–1 at 250 µmol photon m–2 s–1). High irradiance increased the content of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) relative to the total content of fatty acids (40.0% at 50 µmol photon m–2 s–1 to 53.23% at 250 µmol photon m–2 s–1) and decreased the amount of monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFAs) (14.30% at 50 µmol photon m–2 s–1 to 6.04% at 250 µmol photon m–2 s–1). The higher PUFAs content was due to docosahexaenoic acid (DHA; 20.76% at 50 µmol photon m–2 s–1 to 30.63% at 250 µmol photon m–2 s–1) and eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA; 14.91% at 50 µmol photon m–2 s–1 to 18.96% at 250 µmol photon m–2 s–1). Palmitic acid (C16:0) had the highest content among saturated fatty acids (19.87% at 50 µmol photon m–2 s–1 to 22.29% at 250 µmol photon m–2 s–1). The proportion of neutral lipids tended to increase under high irradiances (100–250 µmol photon m–2 s–1). At the lowest irradiance (50 µmol photon m–2 s–1), the proportion of polar lipids was higher than that of neutral lipids. PUFAs had the main content within polar lipids at the five irradiances (47%–50%). The major neutral lipids were SFAs at the five irradiances (47%–51%). It was concluded that the irradiance levels influence the lipid metabolism of A. carterae. The increase in irradiance level raises the production of lipids and the content of EPA and DHA for potential utilization in the biotechnological, aquaculture and nutraceutical industries.
Sea Pens (Octocorallia: Pennatulacea) from the Late Cretaceous of Northern Germany

Abstract The Late Cretaceous white chalk of the Isle of Rügen, northeastern Germany, yields a highly diverse marine floral and faunal assemblage with more than 1,400 described species, including pennatulacean corals. All the new collected material, composed of fragments of the axial rods, belongs to ‘Graphularia’ quadrata Voigt, 1958, which was revised, and a new species, ‘Graphularia’ rugia. Analyses of the microstructure of axial rods of modern and fossil sea pens facilitate the discussion of the systematic relationships of the fossil material. ‘Graphularia’ quadrata shows an affinity to the Funiculinidae, whereas the new species ‘Graphularia’ rugia resembles the axial structure of the Pennatulidae.
Immunity Induced by Inactivated SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine: Breadth, Durability, Potency, and Specificity in a Healthcare Worker Cohort

Vaccination has proven to be highly effective against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), but the long-term immunogenicity and the functional preserved immune responses of vaccines are needed to inform evolving evidence-based guidelines for boosting schedules. We enrolled 205 healthcare workers into a cohort study; all had received three doses of BBIBP-CorV (China Sinopharm Bio-Beijing Company, Beijing, China) inactivated vaccine. We assessed SARS-CoV-2 specific binding antibodies, neutralizing antibodies, and peripheral T and B cell responses. We demonstrated that more robust antibody responses to SARS-CoV-2 were elicited by booster immunization compared with primary vaccination. Neutralizing antibody titers to SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.1 were also efficiently elevated post-homologous vaccine booster despite being in a lower titer compared with the prototype stain. In addition to S-specific humoral and cellular immunity, BBIBP-CorV also induced N-specific antibody and effector T cell responses. The third-dose vaccination led to further expansion of critical polyfunctional T cell responses, likely an essential element for vaccine protection. In particular, a functional role for Tfh cell subsets in immunity was suggested by the correlation between both CD4+ Tfh and CD8+ Tfh with total antibody, IgG, B cell responses, and neutralizing antibodies. Our study details the humoral and cellular responses generated by the BBIBP-CorV booster vaccination in a seven-month follow-up study. There is a clear immunologic boosting value of homologous inactivated SARS-CoV-2 vaccine boosters, a consideration for future vaccine strategies.
Normal Values of Echocardiographic Right Ventricular Size and Systolic Function Measurements in a Healthy Japanese Population　― Subanalysis of the WASE Study ―

Background: Although accurate assessment of right ventricular (RV) morphology and function is clinically important, data regarding reference values for echocardiographic measurements of the right ventricle in the Japanese population are limited. Methods and Results: The World Alliance Society of Echocardiography (WASE) Normal Values Study was conducted to examine normal echocardiographic values in 15 countries. Using the WASE study database, we analyzed 2-dimensional echocardiographic parameters of RV size and systolic function in 192 healthy Japanese individuals and compared them with those obtained from 153 healthy American individuals. In the Japanese population, the absolute values of RV dimensions were smaller for women than men, although the difference disappeared after the data were adjusted for body surface area. RV dimensions, RV length and RV area were smaller in the elderly, but age did not affect RV systolic function. The absolute value, but not the adjusted value, of RV size tended to be smaller in Japanese than American individuals for both sexes. For men, RV systolic function parameters were lower in the Japanese population. This trend was not seen in women. Conclusions: The present study identified normal reference values for RV size and systolic function in a healthy Japanese population. Sex, age, and race had a significant impact on RV size; however, this trend was weak for RV systolic function.
Investigating the antibiotic resistance pattern of Staphylococcus aureus isolated from clinical samples of patients hospitalized in the special care departments of Ahvaz teaching hospitals

One of the most significant harmful microorganisms is Staphylococcus aureus . Due to the rise in the resistance of this bacteria to antibiotics and the lengthening of hospitalized patients' treatments, one of the causes of infection and mortality among patients hospitalized in special care units of hospitals. In this cross-sectional descriptive study, samples of 113 S. aureus isolates were taken from patients who had spent 4 months in the special care units of Ahvaz teaching hospitals. These samples were then tested using antibiograms for oxacillin, cefoxitin, linezolid
Cretaceous fossil eggs from the Tiantai basin of Zhejiang,with a discus sion on the extinction of dinosaurs

The occurrence of fossil eggs in the Late Cretaceous of the Tiantai basin,Zhejiang,southeastern China,is reported.They include the new family Testudoolithidae fam.nov.,the new genus Tiantaioolithus gen.nov.and five new species,Dendroolithus shuangtangensis sp.nov.,Elongatoolithus chichengshanensis sp.nov.,Elongatoolithus laijiaensis sp.nov.,Spheroolithus jincunensis sp.nov.and Tiantaioolithus jiangi sp.nov.The eggs found in the Chichengshan Formation are the most varied,including Elongatoolithidae,Phaceloolithidae,Spheroolithidae and Testudoolithidae fam.nov.,while in the Laijia Formation fossil eggs are scarce and only Elongatoolithidae and Spheroolithidae are found.The fossil eggs are Late Cretaceous in age.It is inferred that the cause for the disappearance of the Tiantai eggs was due to the cooling of the cli-mate,which led to the failure of hatch the eggs normally.The lowering of the hatching rate and breakdown of the reproductive chain might be one the causes for the extinction of dinosaurs.
NORTH ATLANTIC ALBACORE CATCH-AT-AGE ESTIMATES FOR THE PERIOD 1975-1999 (UPDATED)

SUMMARY This paper documents the analysis carried out with the 1975-1999 north Atlantic albacore (Thunnus alalunga) length frequency data to compute the catch-at-age table for the 2000 assessment session . RESUME Since the utility of stochastic methods for estimating the international albacore catch at age data was probed to be valid, and after the recommendation of the Second ICCAT Albacore Workshop (Anon., 1990) for making use of these kind of methods to break down the catch by size tables into age groups, length frequency analysis package MULTIFAN (Otter Research Ltd.) has been used for this purpose (Santiago 1992, 1997, 1999). The previous works mentioned a description of past experiences in the application of this methodology to the albacore catch at age calculation, including problems related with the estimation of age 1 individuals. During the final meeting of the ICCAT Albacore Special Program (Anon., 1996) various actions were proposed by the Group, such as: to eliminate the age 1 class from the analysis because it is probably a biased group and moreover it can be easily separated by a simple visual inspection (taking into account the age 1 distribution by quarter in previous years); to consider in the analysis only those quarterly length distributions that are adequately sample d; and to introduce constrains in the analysis such as bounds for mean length at age.
A Robust Privacy-Preserving Data Aggregation Scheme for Edge-Supported IIoT

Edge-supported Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) has received remarkable attention recently since edge computing can not only reduce bandwidth consumption but also decrease the response time of industrial systems. However, the sensed data in the industrial environment is considered private. Thus, the data cannot be directly aggregated at the server due to privacy leakage. Although several privacy-preserving-aggregated schemes have been proposed, their security goals are not strong enough. Besides, most schemes are inefficient for resource-constrained devices. Aiming at solving the abovementioned problems, this article proposes a robust privacy-preserving data aggregation scheme for edge-supported IIoT. Specifically, the scheme adopts the Paillier cryptosystem to protect the privacy of users. Additionally, it utilizes ECDSA signature to support batch verification of multiple signatures from different signers, which significantly improves efficiency. Security analysis shows that the proposed scheme not only guarantees the integrity of the data and mutual authentication among entities but also realizes differential privacy protection. Extensive experiments are conducted to compare our scheme with the related work. The results show that our method outperforms most of the compared schemes with respect to communication. Moreover, compared with the related work, our scheme reduces the computational cost by an average of 6.7%, 16.9%, and 27.8% in sensor, edge server, and control center sides, respectively.
Joints-Centered Spatial-Temporal Features Fused Skeleton Convolution Network for Action Recognition

Skeleton-based action recognition is crucial for natural human-computer interaction, dynamic behavior analysis, and behavior surveillance. The key challenge is to effectively capture the intrinsic local-global clues of the activity. However, it remains challenging to efficiently leverage multidimensional information related to joints' local visual appearances, global spatial relationships, and coherent temporal cues. To address this challenge, we propose a joints-centered spatial-temporal feature-fused framework for action recognition, which exploits skeleton-based graph diffusion and convolution. Specifically, we employ Partial Differential Equation (PDE) based skeleton graph diffusion to automatically activate and diffuse the salient appearance features of joints. This approach simultaneously integrates the joints' appearance clues and their hierarchical relationships at both the super-pixel level and structure level. The diffused appearance-related features of the joints are further fused with skeleton-related spatial-temporal features, and the resulting fused features are fed into a skeleton convolution network for action recognition. Our method was extensively evaluated on two public datasets (NTU-RGBD and UWA3D), and the results demonstrate the improved accuracy and effectiveness of our approach. Our code will be public.
Current Status and Advancements in Platelet-Rich Plasma Therapy

Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) as a treatment modality has been around for the last four decades, but only truly gained popularity over the last 10 to 15 years in medicine, in a variety of fields ranging from regenerative medicine to infertility treatment. It has gained popularity, especially in treating musculoskeletal conditions where the bulk of research has been performed and published. There is level I evidence available supporting its efficacy in the treatment of osteoarthritis (OA), epicondylitis, bursitis, compressive neuropathy, plantar fasciitis, muscular injuries and osteochondral lesions. Most published research with regards to PRP has been focused on knee OA (limited research in shoulder, elbow, and foot and ankle OA), lateral epicondylitis and carpal tunnel syndrome, whereas spinal and hand conditions have limited research available. Tendinopathies and partial tendon tears have conflicting evidence available, with level I evidence supporting PRP’s use in rotator cuff tendinopathies and tears, with contradictory level I evidence discouraging its use in patella and Achilles tendinopathies and tears. The available evidence regarding the use of PRP continues to produce conflicting results, but despite this, there is an ongoing increase in the popularity and use of PRP in patients with musculoskeletal conditions.