Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Effect of dietary organic acids on nutrient digestibility, faecal moisture, digesta pH and viscosity of broiler chickens

Finishing broiler chickens at a reasonable period of time will guarantee profit maximization which is the target of poultry farmers. According to Ndelekwute et al.1 provision of both quality and adequate feed to broiler chickens is essential for optimum performance. They maintained that quality feed is one which supplies all the nutrients required for productivity while adequate feeding means provision of the daily feed requirement free choice. It has been suggested that access to quality feed and attainment of daily requirement was better ways to achieve faster growth in broilers.2 The quality and quantity of feed cannot guarantee optimum productivity if the feed so supplied is not well utilized by the animal.3 Digestion plays a significant role in nutrient utilization. All the nutrients which are contained in the feed must be broken down into simpler forms so that the gut can absorb them for metabolic processes.
Molecular diagnosis of scrub typhus: A preliminary report from Pondicherry

1 PhD scholar, Department of Microbiology, Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, 2 Senior Research fellow, ICMR, Department of Microbiology, Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research. *Senior Professor and Head, Department of Microbiology, Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, Gorimedu, Puducherry -605006, India. Email: drbnharish@gmail.com
INVESTIGATION OF AERIAL POLLEN DIVERSITY IN SANTINIKETAN, WEST BENGAL AND PREDICTION OF POLLEN CONCENTRATION: A NEW STATISTICAL APPROACH FOR FORECASTING OF POLLEN SEASON

: The present study deals with the investigation of diversity of airborne pollen in the atmosphere of Santiniketan, West Bengal (Eastern part of India) using a Burkard personal volumetric sampler for the two-years period 2014–2015. A total of 66 pollen taxa belonging to 37 angiosperm families and one gymnosperm have been identified. Grass pollen alone dominated the airborn pollen assemblage followed by Cassia sp. , Acacia sp. , Solanaceae, Asteraceae and Cyperaceae. Pollen grains of Cycas sp. , Lagerstroemia sp. , Spathodea campanulata, Lantana camara, Eucalyptus sp. , Malvaceae, Liliaceae, Parthenium hysterophorus, Carica papaya, Peltophorum pterocarpum, Areca catechu, and Catharanthus roseus were also predominant in the air of Santiniketan. The annual pollen index (API) was 77,272 (pollen/m 3 of air) in Santiniketan which reflects the rich pollen diversity of this famous sub-urban tourist spot of West Bengal. The place has the highest annual concentrations of pollen in April (13024/m 3 in 2014 and 12160/m 3 in 2015) in both of the study years. The studies carried out established the association between aero pollen concentration, meteorological factors and air quality data (pollutants). Yearly variations of pollen seasons could be related to the influence of meteorological factors such as temperature, rainfall, relative humidity and wind speed which have been proven statistically by correlation analysis. PM10 and PM 2.5 were found to be statistically significant with total pollen count. We have made a statistical approach using the multivariate regression analysis and Generalized Linear Model to predict onset, duration and peak pollen season to evaluate the threat imposed by the presence of pollen allergens in the air. For this statistical approach, we have considered the influencing meteorological factors and air pollution data as predictive variables and pollen counts as response variable for 2014 and 2015. The fitted regression equation showed goodness of fit of the proposed model with such an adjusted R 2 value (0.8281) which explaining almost 82.81% of the variability for prediction of weekly pollen counts for future years. This aeropalynological survey may serve as guide for allergologiests to predict and manage the source and the incidence of allergic diseases among local inhabitants.
Photocatalytic Activity of Zinc Sulphate Nano Material on Phytopathogens

Phytopathogens cause both qualitative and quantitative loss in all areas of agricultural practices. Phytopathogens are controll ed by pesticides but it is associated with side effects. Most organisms develop resistance to pesticides and high concentration of pesticide is phyto toxic. Hence the present study is aimed to assess the potential application of nano dimensional zinc sulphat e as a photo catalyst to control Xanthomonas campestris, X.malvacearum, Pseudomonas solanacearum and P.syringae. Nano material of zinc sulphate was produced by ball milling method. It was characterized by SEM and XRD. Antimicrobial activity of Zinc sulphate was evaluated by well diffusion method. 0.01%, 0.05%, 0.1% and 1.0% of zinc sulphate nano material was used to study its influence on growth and death kinetics of all phytopathogens. Size of zinc sulphatenano material was 100 nm and it showed sharp peaks in XRDcorresponding to zinc sulphate. Zinc sulphate at a concentration of 100 μg/100 μl exhibited microbicid al activity with an inhibition zone of 18mm, 14mm, 12mm, 10 mm against P.solanacearum, P.syringae, X.malvacearum and X.campestris respectively.In growth kinetics study, P.solanacearum without any photocatalyst had a lag phase up to 30 minutes and the presence of photocatalyst extended it upto 90 minutes. At 90min the cfu/ml was 38.5 x 10 , 11.7 x 10, 10.73 x 10,10.22 x 10 ,1.93 x 10 in control,0.01%,0.05%,0.1% and 1.0 % respectively.1% of Zinc sulphatenano material was very effective in controlling and destroying all phytopathogens from one hour onwards. Hence the present study explores the possibility of applying zinc nano material as a photo catalyst to control phytopathogens.
Efficiency of Currency Recognition System using SURF Features

— Paper currency plays a vital role in almost all domains requiring financial transactions. Paper currencies are of different for different nations and form the backbone of international trade and commerce and thus require proper and efficient management. Currency recognition has been always of great interest to researchers. The primary objective of this work is mainly focused on automatic detection different paper currencies on the basis of their respective nationalities to ensure proper management of economic resources. Furthermore studies about the detection process under unfavorable conditions have also been included. This robustness study constitutes the secondary objective.
Diagnostic utility of fine needle aspiration cytology in paediatric lesions

Introduction: Fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) is well accepted as a useful diagnostic technique in the management of adult patients with swellings. Until recently the application of FNAC to the pediatric population was largely ignored in the Indian and American pediatric literature. There are only few Indian studies of FNAC in pediatric population. Previous reports have studied its utility mainly in head and neck lesions, lymphadenopathy, malignant neoplasms of a particular organ in pediatric population. Materials and Method: The present study was carried out in a rural tertiary care hospital over a period of 30 months in patients attending the out-patient departments of the hospital presenting with masses and or associated symptoms. It comprises of 148 fine needle aspiration cytology smears aspirated from children of age group 1-14years. Conclusion: Even though childhood tumors share common cytological features, the diagnosis can be narrowed down to particular type with the help of clinical and radiological features. FNAC can be recommended as a first line investigation in diagnosis of pediatric lesions and is also an effective method for evaluation and primary diagnosis of lesions in pediatric population.
SYSTEM OF REARING AND ITS EFFECT ON FERTILITY AND HATCHABILITY OF WHITE BREASTED PEARL GUINEA FOWL

Two hundred and eighty eight Guinea fowls were reared in three types of rearing systems. Ninety six Guinea fowls each were housed in well ventilated cage, wire and deep litter respectively, with a sex ratio of 1:3. Both males and females belonged to the same hatch. Each treatment was divided into four replicates of 24 birds in each replicate; they were provided feed and water ad libitum. Hatching eggs from three different rearing systems (cage, wire floor and deep litter) were collected twice a day in separate filler flats identified by varying colours for each treatment and kept apart after initial fumigation. The eggs were later incubated in a forced draft automatic chicken incubator. After 24 days of incubation, the eggs were transferred from setter to hatcher and eggs were placed in pedigree boxes in replicate and treatment wise, to record the respective fertility and hatchability. Birds reared on deep litter system of management recorded significantly (P<0.01) maximum fertility (70.68% ±0.12). Deep litter system of rearing recorded highest fertility (70.68% ±0.02) followed by birds reared in cages and wire floor respectively. Early embryonic mortality percent was significantly (P<0.01) low in birds reared on deep litter, while late embryonic mortality was significantly (P<0.01) low in cage reared Guinea fowl. Late embryonic mortality was lower in cage reared birds and also the percent weak chicks were lower.
Effectiveness of Group Psychotherapy by Cognitive-Behavior Therapy on Depression Treatment, Life Quality and Happiness among the Dialysis-Afflicted Women

This study aimed at investigating the effectiveness of psychotherapy in cognitive-behavioral therapy on depression treatment, life quality and happiness among the dialysis-afflicted women. Research sample was selected in accessible method, in such a way that by attending Bushehr Kidney Patients Association, all dialysis-afflicted women who had high school and higher education were invited and then asked to complete the 13-item Beck depression Inventory. Then those with score higher than 5 were selected and were interviewed in the structured clinical form. After interviewing, 35 out of 70 women had the depression diagnosis criteria from among them 1, 3 and 1 persons were excluded from the study due to travel, lack of coordination between the meetings hours and their working hours and reluctance to continue the cooperation, respectively. At the end, 30 depression-afflicted persons were remained. These 30 women were divided into two control and experiment groups. Only experiment group was intervened. Finally, after applying the intervention on the experiment group, both groups passed post-test in research variables. at the end, data obtained from the research was analyzed by Multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA) method. findings indicated that research intervention had been effective in reducing the depression sings, increasing the quality life and happiness.
A Model For Secure Data Sharing Using Attribute Based Encryption

The data security concerns and requirements are very essential for social networks or for cloud computing where individuals, organizations, and businesses may outsource their various types of data, including highly sensitive data into the cloud. Always people would like to make their sensitive or private data only accessible to authorized people having some access policies. So in order to share sensitive or private data securely attribute-based encryption technique is used. Attribute-based encryption provides a way of defining access policies based on different attributes of the requester, environment or the data object. In this approach we have proposed an attribute based encryption technique which is different from previously proposed encryption techniques. Many of the previously proposed encryption techniques which are used in data sharing scenario have some issues like varying size of ciphertext, user revocation which are resolved in this model. Also in this model for attribute based encryption we are applying an algorithm which enhances security. In this approach we focus on securely sharing of files using attribute based encryption technique.
Spouse Opinion about Contraceptive Methods: An Evidence from Tehsil Samundri

Contraceptive methods are use used to stop the unwanted pregnancies. In Pakistan contraceptive acceptance rate is low as compare to other Asian countries. Objective of the study: major objective of our study was to investigate the spouse opinion about the contraceptive methods. Study Design: our study was quantitative in nature. Settings: Our study was carries out in Tehsil Samundri, which is situated in district Faisalabad. Period: December 2013 to September 2014. Material and method: For the collection of data, a sample of 208 married segments was selected from Tehsil Samundri by using the multistage sampling technique. The opinion of the spouse was challenged through the respondents’ qualification, marital time period and number of children. Results: Our study revealed that there was a significant association between the number of children and discussion with the spouse on preferred contraceptive methods. Furthermore, the findings of the one way analysis of variance (ANOVA) revealed that, there was a significant mean difference in spouse opinion about contraceptive methods on the basis of, respondents’ qualification and marital time period. It was also evident that spouse of the respondents had same opinion about the contraceptive methods on the basis of their number of children. Conclusion: Our study concluded that qualification, marital time period and number of children is major factors which may shape the spouse opinion about contraceptive methods.
Effect of low level laser (LLL) on cochlear and vestibular inner ear including tinnitus

Objectives: 1. To investigate preventive effect of LLL on gentamicin-induced vestibular ototoxicity. 2. To evaluate the effectiveness of lower level laser (LLL) in the treatment of tinnitus. Methods: 1. Twenty guinea pigs were divided into control and laser groups. Vestibular ototoxicity was induced by intratympanic injection of gentamicin into left ear. LLL was irradiated into left ear canal of animals in laser group. Vestibular function of the animals was evaluated with vertical and off-vertical axis rotation testing. 2. Forty patients with tinnitus were treated with ginkgo biloba orally and randomly divided into control and laser groups. The 20 patients of laser group received 80.4 J/cm2 of 830 nm laser, 3 times per week for 4 weeks, via transmeatal irradiation. Tinnitus was evaluated by visual analogue scale (VAS) and tinnitus handicap inventory (THI). Results: 1. Preventive effect of LLL to gentamicin induced vestibular ototoxicity was demonstrated by preventing reduction of gain in slow harmonic acceleration test and modulation in the off-vertical axis rotation test. 2. Eleven of 20 laser group patients have shown significant improvement in VAS and THI compared to those of the control group. Conclusions: 1. LLL therapy may have preventive effect to vestibular ototoxicity. 2. LLL therapy in combination with ginkgo biloba seems to be worth trying on patients with tinnitus.
Updated Genes, Lifestyles, and their Interactions for Human Longevity

Healthy aging is the prolonging of optimal wellbeing during the progressive decline in physiological functions that are necessary for survival. Two important components of aging include an individual’s genetic makeup and lifestyle choices such as diet and exercise. Genetic factors are responsible for the functional physiology of the body including cell maintenance, metabolism and apoptosis. The individual effects of genes and lifestyle choices on aging are reported mainly in Caucasian populations, with very limited studies in minority populations. In this review, we included the effects of genes and environment and the interaction between them on aging in Hispanic population in addition to other populations. Our systematic review focuses on exploring present findings that assess the involvement of genes and lifestyles with healthy aging, as well as the interactions between the two. The purpose of the review is to update current findings of longevity as it pertains to the genetic composition of humans and the lifestyle choices people make. We were specifically looking for research conducted in the US Hispanic population and/or other minority populations. We searched through PubMed to identify reliable and relevant research articles involving ‘genes’, ‘lifestyle’, ‘longevity’, and ‘healthy aging’. We filtered the articles for those that pertain towards humans and are in the English language. We searched most updated top longevity-associated genes, lifestyles, and their interactions. We found that the biological and environmental factors (e.g., lifestyle) involved in aging are important factors that attribute towards attainment of longevity. The individual’s genetic composition and lifestyle choices significantly impact the aging process and longevity.
Exercise Benefits and Considerations for Individuals With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

ABSTRACT SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS (SLE) IS AN AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE AFFECTING MORE THAN 1 MILLION AMERICANS. ALTHOUGH THERE IS NO CURE, EXERCISE INTERVENTIONS CAN IMPROVE AEROBIC FITNESS AND QUALITY OF LIFE WHILE MITIGATING SOME SLE SYMPTOMS. THE LITERATURE LACKS COMPREHENSIVE EXERCISE GUIDELINES AND SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR SLE PATIENTS. HERE, WE PRESENT THE BENEFITS OF EXERCISE AND PROVIDE PRACTITIONERS AND CLINICIANS WITH EXERCISE RECOMMENDATIONS/CONSIDERATIONS FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH SLE. MOST SLE PATIENTS CAN SAFELY ENGAGE IN EXERCISE TRAINING WITH PHYSICIAN CLEARANCE, BUT CONSIDERATIONS SHOULD BE TAKEN FOR THOSE (A) WITH CARDIOPULMONARY INVOLVEMENT, (B) TAKING ANALGESICS OR CORTICOSTEROIDS, OR (C) WHO EXPERIENCE ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT EXPOSURE.
EVALUATION OF THE POTENTIAL APHRODIAC ACTIVITY OF P- VIRIL®, A PHYTOMEDICINE BASED LYOPHILIZED AQUEOUS EXTRACT OF THE ROOT BARK OF PENIANTHUS LONGIFOLIA MIERS (MENISPERMACEAE) IN MALE WISTAR RATS AND ITS ACUTE TOXICITY

In the present study, it was examined the aphrodisiac activity of PVIRIL® ® , a phytomedicine based lyophilized aqueous extract (LAE) from Penianthus longifolia or P. longifolius root bark on sexual behaviors in male Wistar rats. Results showed that the extract possesses aphrodisiac properties by its oral administration at respective doses of 100, 200 and 400 mg/kg body weight characterized by significant increase of mount frequency, intromission frequency, ejaculation frequency, copulatory efficiency, number of intromission and penile trusting, and serum testosterone as well as significant decrease of of mount frequency, intromission latency, ejaculation latency, mount latency and inter-intromission interval. In addition, the extract provoked the increase of the number of spermatozoa and their mobility, the level of testosterone and spontaneous penile erection at all administered oral doses at different extents. LAE extract of P -VIRIL ® also showed good increase in potency parameters such as WORLD JOURNAL OF PHARMACY AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES SJIF Impact Factor 6.041 Volume 5, Issue 9, 278-298 Research Article ISSN 2278 – 4357 *Corresponding Author
The Effect of Combination Exercise Training on Cardiovascular Risk Factors (adiponectin, interleukin-6 and homocysteine) in Sedentary Middle aged Men

Purpose: Cardiovascular diseases are the major cause of mortality in all over the world. We evaluated the effect of eight weeks combined training on some cardiovascular risk factors in sedentary healthy middle aged men. Methods: 24 sedentary healthy, middle aged male subjects (age: 63.4±2.1 years, BMI: 23.1±2.5 kg/m2) participated in this study. Subject were randomly assigned to training (T, n=12) and control (C, n=12) groups. T group, underwent one training session per day, 3 days/week, for 8 weeks. Training program included both aerobic and resistance exercise. Aerobic training consisted in 20 min running on a treadmill at 60-70% HRR for each session. Resistance training consisted in 10 movement stations e.g., leg flex-extension-press, squat, lat pull, chest press, cross arm, biceps-triceps with halter and sit up in 2 sets with 10 repetitions that performed at 70% 1RM. Before and after combined aerobic/resistance training, all subject underwent body fat assessment and cardiopulmonary exercise test (CPX). Venous blood samples were also drawn for determination of plasma levels of adiponectin, interleukin-6 (IL-6) and homocysteine. Data were analyzed using repeated measure test (ANOVA). P<0.05 was considered statistically significant. Result: Plasma levels of IL-6, homocysteine and body fat were significantly reduced and adiponectine was significantly increased in T, whereas all the variables did not change significantly in C. Vo2max increase significantly only in T group (20.41±2.93 vs 23.25±2.00) and in control group (19.91±2.84 vs 20.08±3.20). Conclusion: Combined aerobic/resistance exercise training program by reducing plasma levels of IL-6 and homocysteine and increasing adiponectin levels might result in an improvement cardiovascular risk in middle-aged healthy subject
Flow Forming Of Tubes-A Review

Flow forming technology has emerged as the most advanced metal forming technique due to its manifold advantages over conventional metal forming techniques such as extrusion and tube drawing. It offers remarkable utilization of metal, high strength high precision rotationally symmetric components with very high specific strength, excellent surface finish and close dimensional tolerances within the envelope of reasonable economics. With the introduction of heavy-duty CNC flow forming machines hard to work materials can be formed easily and deformation above 95% has become possible even for metals like maraging steel. In the last three decades flowforming technique has undergone several remarkable advancements. The process is quite versatile in view of the fact that a great variety of tubular parts, flexibility provided for complicated parts nearer to net shape, can be manufactured with basically the same tooling, enabling customers to optimise designs and reduce weight and cost, all of which are vital. The ever-increasing strength demands of automotive industries, defense and aerospace sectors have given considerable impetus to research work in this area. In this paper, process details of flow forming, the major experimental studies reported in literature have been reviewed. The study brings out the potential and the ever increasing applications of this manufacturing technique in defense, automotive and aerospace sectors.
Association of Low Maternal Serum Zinc with Second Trimester Induced Abortion of Fetus with Neural Tube Defect (NTD)

Background: The pathogenesis of neural tube defects (NTD) is till now unknown and literatures blame some nutrient deficiency like folic acid as a risk factor. Zinc deficiency has been proposed to play a role in the pathogenesis of NTD; however, enough controversy in published articles is present to permit the conduction of the current study. Aim: To evaluate the association between maternal zinc and occurrence of NTD. Patients and methods: Current case control study enrolled 27 women who underwent induced second trimester abortion for diagnosed NTD and 53 women with normal pregnancies. Serum zinc was estimated and correlated with rate of NTD. The study was carried in Al-Diwanyia teaching hospital, it is conduct from January 2016 till February 2017. Results: Low zinc was highly significantly associated with higher rate of neural tube defect in comparison with normal zinc level (P=0.006). The risk of low zinc in association with neural tube outcome was evaluated using odds ratio which was 3.99 and a 95% confidence interval of 1.44-11.09; the etiologic fraction of zinc in predisposing to neural tube defect was 0.424. Conclusion: Low maternal zinc is significantly associated with higher rate of NTD.