Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Effect of Moringa oleifera Leaf Meal as Replacement for Oxytetracycline on Carcass Characteristics of the Diets of Broiler Chickens

Aims: The need to seek for a goodoption to the costly oxytetracycline necessitated the reason for conducting this study. Hence, the study was carried out to assess the effect of Moringa oleifera leaf meal as a replacement for oxytetracycline on the carcass characteristics of broiler finishers. Study Design: The design of the study was a completely randomised design. Place and Duration of Study: The experiment lasted for eight weeks. One hundred and eight one-day-old mixed-sex arbor acres birds were used for the study. The study was carried out at the Poultry Unit of the Teaching and Research Farm, University of Ibadan, Nigeria. Methodology: Previous studies used different inclusion levels of Moringa oleifera leaf meal, while graded levels, different from previously reported levels of inclusion were used in this study. Four dietary treatments were formulated and each treatment had three replicates with nine birds per replicate. The experimental diets contained 250g of oxytetracycline per 100kg of feed for treatment 1 (T1), 200g, 400g and 600g of Moringa oleifera leaf meal per 100kg of feed for treatments 2 (T2), 3 (T3) and 4 (T4) respectively. Fresh feeds and clean and cool water were served for the birds ad libitum throughout the experimental period. The birds were raised on a deep litter system. At the end of the study, Original Research Article Annual Research & Review in Biology, 4(2): 423-431, 2014 424 two birds were selected from each replicate, and slaughtered by severing the jugular veins with a sharp knife. Weights of various recognised parts and organs were taken and recorded accordingly. Proximate composition of the experimental diets and faecal samples were determined according to the standard method of (A.O.A.C.). Organoleptic test was carried out on the experimental broiler chickens to determine their quality in terms of taste, colour, and tenderness. Samples were prepared from the breast muscle of each replicate. Ten taste judges were used. After each treatment the judges were served cracker biscuit which was used to neutralize their bud before taking another treatment. Data obtained were subjected to one way of analysis of variance using SAS statistical package, while significant differences among the means were separated using Duncan Multiple range test. Results: The result revealed that the adding of Moringa oleifera leaf meal in the diets of the experimental broiler chickens had no significant effect on the carcass qualities of the birds except for breast, drumstick, spleen and heart. Higher mean values of slaughter weights were however recorded for birds fed diets containing Moringa oleifera leaf meal. Conclusion: It is thus concluded from the results of the study that feeding Moringa oleifera at the included levels in this study had no negative influence on the carcass quality but rather improved the breast and drum stick of broiler finishers. Hence, it is recommended as a good feeding ingredient for broiler birds.
Symptoms of depression are more frequent in non-surgical patients with left lateralization of Temporal Lobe Epilepsy: A systematic review

Objective: Considering that the side of epileptogenic focus is a factor that could contribute to depressive and anxiety symptoms, we propose a systematic review searching for the prevalence of depression in TLE in non-surgical patients. Methods: We performed a literature search in PubMed/Medline, Web of Science and PsycNET for data from inception until January 2019. Results: After screening titles and abstracts, only 32 articles met the inclusion criteria. DSM/SCID is the main method utilized to psychiatric diagnosis. The majority of the studies did not perform neuropsychological evaluation. From 24 studies, most clinic cases of lateralization of epileptic focus depression symptoms showed lateralization in the left hemisphere. Nine studies were evaluated for individual depressive diagnosis, therefore, the analyzed data does not present statistical significance between right and left hemispheres. Significance: This study shows mood disorders are prevalent in epileptic patients undergoing clinical treatment. However, to date there is no correlation between lateralization of epilepsy and the prevalence of mood disorders or cognitive impairment. Well-conducted studies are needed to establish the correlation between the epilepsy lateralization and mood disorders.
3D Upscaling of Fault Damage Zones for Reservoir Modelling

A016 3D UPSCALING OF FAULT DAMAGE ZONES FOR RESERVOIR MODELLING 1 ATTILA Z. VASZI SIMON D. HARRIS AND ROB J. KNIPE Rock Deformation Research School of Earth Sciences University of Leeds Leeds LS2 9JT UK Abstract The characterisation of the architecture of fault zones where a damage zone around the major slip surface is composed of a complex array of minor faults is only usually achievable via 2D maps or 1D line samples or well logs. In this paper we address issues related to generating a 3D stochastic fault damage zone (FDZ) model that creates realistic fault systems resembling those
E-learning as a factor of quality assurance of professional training of future teachers of Russian language and literature

In this article the authors consider the technologies of e-learning, in which software products are starting to get used as the basic tools, allowing to get acquainted with distance courses, webinars, media tutorials, text documents, tables, files (in pdf format), presentations etc. in the web-interface. The authors analyze the existing methods of online education: mobile learning, use of cloud services, social networks, interactive classes and podcasts, as well as various online tools for self-study.
A Multi-Agent System to Support Design Pattern Recommendation

A design pattern is a successful solution to recurring problems. It is a powerful tool to improve design quality and to reduce the time and cost of design. One of the major challenges confronting developers while using of design pattern is finding a suitable selection for them, thus it is considered as a challenging task for developers with less experience in the area of the design pattern. Therefore, the developers need a pattern recommendation to assist them by suggesting suitable design patterns. This paper presents the architecture Design Pattern Selection based on a Multi-Agent System (DPSA). The DPSA aims to obtain the appropriate recommendation to reduce development efforts, facilitate and assist the developers in selecting suitable patterns for their problems. DPSA's agents operate to support four different types of recommendations: single pattern, implement the pattern, pattern sequences, and recommending practical.
Phytochemical Screening of Some Pakistanian Medicinal Plants

3 Abstract: Phytochemicals are the dependable sources for the treatment of different health problems. The present work revels phytochemical screening of twenty different medicinal plants, which were collected from the different regions of the province Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. In most of the samples all the phytochemicals i.e reducing suger, Anthra quinones, Terpenoids, Flavonoids, Saponins, tannins, alkaloids and cardiac glycosides were present. However in some samples the educing suger and the tannins were absent.
Prosthetic Hand Controlled Via Intelligent Fuzzy Controller

During the last decades, Control Prosthetic Hand technology attracted numerous professionals and researchers. There are many R&D focused on increasing the efficiency of Prosthesis hand control by using active and passive techniques. But, the literature is still a missing ring of the information. Hence, this paper aims to respond comparison between the Proportional Integral Derivative controller (PID), Fuzzy logic controller FLC, and Genetic Algorithm Fuzzy Logic Controller (GAFLC) thoroughly the information regarding the parameters. Using artificial intelligence (AI) and intelligent control techniques. The output response with the PID controller was able to meet the requirements during the design, but; The PID system performance time was increased without a significant increase compared with the FLC system. A sudden reaction was produced when the PID controller is used in the industrial hand system. In theory, a high altitude time may be extremely harmful to the patient's finger MP=42.1%. Large overrun is another undesirable control phenomenon in any engineering application, especially when the application is required to apply it to human objects. Therefore, further R&D on these issues has been essential at using FLC and GAFLC, MP=6.4%, MP=4.7%. The outcomes of the study are highlighted in the lessons learned section.
An Evaluation of the Attitudes of Healthcare Nurses Towards New Technologies

Nurses are considered a large and important part of healthcare staff, their acceptance of new technologies for use in their field is hence important. The aim of the study reported in this research was to evaluate nurses' attitudes towards the use of information technology in their daily nursing practice. The research held was a quantitative/descriptive study, a questionnaire was obtained and edited to evaluate the acceptance of new technologies by nurses of numerous healthcare facilities, a hundred copies were distributed among nurses of multiple healthcare facilities. The results of this study indicate that nurses in Benghazi city regardless of their limited background on the new technologies have positive views on the use of information technology in their field of work and they show great acceptance to these technologies.
Temporal variation in growth and reproduction of Enhalus acoroides (L.f.) Royle in a monospecific meadow in Haad Chao Mai National Park, Trang Province, Thailand

Abstract Enhalus acoroides is the largest tropical seagrass species. It is common and highly productive in coastal ecosystems. The objective of this study was to investigate temporal growth and reproduction of E. acoroides in Haad Chao Mai National Park, Thailand, which is located on the eastern shore of the Indian Ocean. Growth of E. acoroides was significantly different among months. Average leaf elongation rate was 2.07±0.04 cm day-1 and the average leaf plastrochrone interval was 26.1±0.6 days. New leaf production, leaf elongation rate and leaf surface area tracked definite patterns of seasonal change. There were two peaks of growth during the transitional season. All growth variables correlated with water temperature. Recruitment rate of new shoots was low from January to March (0.009–0.007 shoots shoot-1 day-1). Flower production was low, with male and female flowers occurring at densities of 0.10±0.05 m-2 and 0.13±0.10 m-2, respectively. No fruits were found in experimental plots throughout the study.
Experts Opinion on the IT Skills Training Needs Among Healthcare Workers

Healthcare workers' training needs in IT skills vary in different contexts and countries. The aim of this study is to identify training priorities as perceived by healthcare experts (> ten-year experience) using an anonymous questionnaire and to compare the resultant priorities with those of the European Union. Participants were asked to evaluate 23 training actions using the likelihood of feasibility, effectiveness, deliverability and maximum impact as evaluation criteria. Statistical analysis, using SPSS included frequency distributions and correlations, is used for data analysis. Fifty respondents, out of 187 distributed forms, were eligible to be considered as experts, whereas 15 out of 23 training actions received a mean score of ≥85. The results show that helping to recognize e-Health (i.e., health IT) as a specialty and increasing worker confidence through exposure to relevant IT solutions and medical technologies has scored more than 90. However, supporting the training of students of secondary schools who like to work in healthcare sectors has been scored the lowest. Training priorities as reported by Libyan experts were different from those of European experts. However, there is a need to consider the locally prioritized actions when considering the training of healthcare workers of health institutions in Libya.
Impact of Release Intervals and Densities of Trichogramma chilonis (Ishii) (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) Against the Sugarcane Stem Borer, Chilo infuscatellus (Lepidoptera; Pyralidae) under Field Conditions

The parasitization of Trichogramma chilonis parasitoids was found higher in the blocks where parasitoids were released to control Chilo infuscatellus at weekly interval (52.4 %) as compared to fortnight (40.9%) and monthly intervals (32.7%). Mean parasitization was (42.7%) when 80,000 thousand parasitoids were released on monthly basis followed by 41.4% (40,000), 37.8% (20,000) and 34.0% (10,000). However the mean infestation was below economic threshold levels ranging from 5.3 to 6.5 % in all the blocks where the parasitoids were released in variable numbers.
A study of meiosis and B-chromosomes in Southern African Gastrimargus species (Acridinae: Orthoptera)

SUMMARYFour Gastrimargus species, namely G. africanus, G. crassicollis, G. vitripennis and G. wahlbergi were cytogenetically studied. The male chromosome complement is 2n(♂) = 23 (XO) with all chromosomes acrocentric. One G. wahlbergi and three G. vitripennis males were carriers of a large, mitotically stable B-chromosome, three quarters the size of the X-chromosome. The chiasma frequencies of non-B males (group mean = 14.83) versus B-containing males (group mean = 13.64) of G. vitripennis were highly significant. The frequencies of the proximally located chiasmata are significantly different in the two groups. It seems as if the presence of these B-chromosomes causes a decrease in the total chiasma frequency. Three individuals have elastic constrictions in one of the larger chromosome pairs. Two in the homozygous and one in the heterozygous condition.
Partial characterization of a putative transcriptional regulator of the 4CL1 gene

This thesis is intended to further our understanding of the mechanisms by which expression of phenylpropanoid genes, specifically parsley 4-coumarate : CoA ligase (4CL1), are developmental̂ regulated. The 4CL enzyme is the third and final step in the core phenylpropanoid metabolic pathway. 4CL1-GUS fusions are specifically expressed in the xylem and floral organs in transgenic tobacco. In-vivo footprinting and sitedirected mutagenesis revealed a region spanning -78 to -120, known as footprint 56, of the 4CL1 promoter which is critical for 4CL expression. DNasel footprinting and gel shift assays using tobacco nuclear extracts indicated that a nuclear factor or complex of factors bind to this cis-element on the 4CL1 promoter in vitro. A putative transcription factor which binds to this footprint 56, termed 56BF, was isolated by using a footprint 56 oligonucleotide as a probe to screen a tobacco cDNA expression library. To test whether 56BF is involved in regulating expression of the 4CL1 gene, transgenic tobacco plants that over-expressed or were suppressed for its' accumulation were generated. 56BF recombinant protein was expressed in E. Coli to test the DNA-binding specificity of the protein. Results discussed in this thesis strongly suggest that 56BF does not regulate the 4CL1 gene in vivo.
Effects of Early Temperature Exposure on Diapause Development of Spruce Budworm (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)

Diapausing larvae of spruce budworm, Chotistoneura fumiferana (Clemens), were exposed in their early stage of development to different temperatures for various durations with or without subsequent cold storage periods at 2°C. The results suggest there exists an early developmental window or a phase, during which a diapausing larvae requires moderate temperatures to fulfill its development. Both degree and duration of temperature exposures during the early diapause stage had significant effects on diapause intensity and proportion of larvae capable of accomplishing diapause development under certain conditions. In general, longer duration of exposure to higher temperatures increases diapause intensity and reduces larval survival. Subsequent temperature treatment with the cold storage makes this phenomenon more obvious. Variation in emergence time was reduced substantially by a prolonged cold storage period. The implication of the results for the overwintering process of the species was discussed.
Small-scale fire temperature patterns in upland Quercus communities

Two upland Quercus sites were burned during the dormant season to assess small-scale spatial effects of fire on forest community structure. Fuel data were obtained prior to burning, fire temperatures at three heights were taken during the fire, and microtopographic and vegetation data were collected following the burn. Spatial analysis and pattern analysis were employed to examine fire temperature patterns in relation to microtopography and fuels, and fire temperature effects on vegetation. Fire temperatures at the surface, 33 cm above surface, and 75 cm above surface were light to moderate ranging from 52 to 260°C. These light temperature fires probably have no adverse effect on nitrogen in the system, but also have little effect on vegetation composition. Fire temperature patterns were affected by litter/duff biomass when slope steepness was low (i.e. slope 20°. In addition, independent samples must be further apart to assess accurately the effects of fire at varying distances above the soil surface, in comparison to distances between samples assessing surface fire effects.
Effects of essential oil compounds addition on ryegrass silage protein degradation

Abstract: Five essential oil compounds in four doses (0, 50, 500, and 2000 mg kg-1 of fresh forage) were sprayed on ryegrass forage before ensiling. Thymol, eugenol, and cinnamaldehyde at 2000 mg and carvacrol at 500 and 2000 mg inhibited deamination. Cinnamaldehyde at 2000 mg resulted in silages with 9.8% higher true protein.
DIEL ACTIVITY OF FEMALE DESERT BIGHORN SHEEP IN WESTERN ARIZONA

We studied diel activity of female desert bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis mexicana) in the Little Harquahala Mountains, Arizona, from 1 July 1985 through 30 June 1986. The Little Harquahala Mountains did not contain free-standing water so we measured diel moisture content of key forage species each season to determine if bighorn sheep activity was related to plant moisture. Activity of bighorn sheep was divided into 4 behavior classes (bedding, standing, moving, and foraging) for diurnal hours, and 2 classes (active and nonactive) for nocturnal hours. Diurnal activity patterns were similar throughout the year. Nocturnal activity patterns were similar for all seasons except spring, when activity decreased (P = 0.003). Bighorn sheep were active a mean of 39 and 33% of any given hour during the day and night, respectively. Diurnal ambient temperatures and relative humidity were correlated (P 32% for each hour of the day for each season; we did not detect relationships between activity patterns of desert bighorn sheep and moisture content of plants. J. WILDL. MANAGE. 53(1):264-271 Animals in deserts are exposed to at least 2 major interrelated physiological problems: maintenance of an adequate water balance and suitable body temperature (Bradley 1963). Water is available to animals from metabolic water formed during oxidative metabolism, preformed water in food, and surface water (Turner and Weaver 1980). Turner (1973) stated that water requirements for bighorn sheep were equivalent to 4% of their body weight/day and this amount could not be obtained solely from forage during hot, dry periods. However, 15-20 bighorn sheep inhabit the Little Harquahala Mountains, where permanent free-standing water is not available during the summer dry season (Krausman et al. 1985). Neither of 2 female bighorn sheep observed by Krausman et al. (1985) drank water during 10 days of observation even though they were active 21% of nocturnal hours. Therefore, it appears that during long periods with little or no rainfall some bighorn sheep can survive on preformed or metabolic sources of water, or possibly by foraging at night when temperatures are cooler and forage moisture may be higher. We were interested in determining the relation hip between daily activity patterns of bighorn sheep and patterns of moisture in plants sheep consume. Our objectives were to monitor diel activity of female desert bighorn sheep and describe the effect of time of day, season, group size, temperature, and relative humidity on acivi y; determine if there are seasonal patterns in the moisture content of key forage species used by bighorn sheep; and describe any relati nships that exist between forage moisture and bighorn sheep activity. We thank M. T. Brown, T. Kerpez, T. L. Steel, and G. D. Warrick for their field assistance. D. M. Leslie, Jr., R. W. Mannan, W. J. Matter, T. R. McCabe, and K. R. Rautenstrauch critically reviewed the manuscript. Funding for this project was provided by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Two distinct roles for predators in freshwater assemblages

Disagreements over the importance of predation in affecting freshwater community structure seem partially attributable to differences in use of essential terms and to a failure to distinguish between the roles of predators in causing and maintaining structure. From analysis of 18 predator-prey, community experiments, I have drawn the following conclusions. Most field experiments show, at best, that predators may depress community density but none demonstrate that these reductions are non-transitory (e.g., evident in the following year). Furthermore, relatively few studies report effects of freshwater predators on species richness or evenness. There is no compelling evidence that predators are the dominant factor in maintaining community structure (i.e., density-dependent regulation of diversity through reduced competitive exclusion). However, it does appear that they contribute to community regulation and may sometimes be an important factor. In contrast, it seems certain that some predators have a role in the causation of diversity through coevolution, size-selective predation, and restrictions on species distributions and community composition. Often these effects are only evident when predators are introduced into systems where they have not coevolved or at least co-occurred with prey for many prey generations.
S-Thiolation Targets Albumin in Heart Failure

Human serum albumin (HSA) is associated with several physiological functions, such as maintaining oncotic pressure and microvascular integrity, among others. It also represents the major and predominant antioxidant in plasma due to the presence of the Cys34 sulfhydryl group. In this study, we assessed qualitative and quantitative changes in HSA in patients with heart failure (HF) and their relationship with the severity of the disease. We detected by means of mass spectrometry a global decrease of the HSA content in the plasma of HF patients in respect to control subjects, a significant increase of thio-HSA with a concomitant decrease in the reduced form of albumin. Cysteine and, at a lesser extent, homocysteine represent the most abundant thiol bound to HSA. A strong inverse correlation was also observed between cysteine-HSA and peak VO2/kg, an index of oxygen consumption associated with HF severity. Moreover, in HL-1 cardiomyocytes incubated with H2O2, we showed a significant decrease of cell viability in cells treated with thio-HSA in respect to restored native-HSA. In conclusion, we found for the first time that S-thiolation of albumin is increased in the plasma of HF patients and induced changes in the structure and antioxidant function of HSA, likely contributing to HF progression.