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Path analysis for yield and its attributes in garden pea (Pisum sativum L. sub sp. hortense Asch and Graebn)

Thirty genotypes of garden pea were studied for genotypic and phenotypic correlations and path-coefficient analysis. Pod yield per plant had a strong and positive correlation with seed yield per plant, number of pods per plant and length of pod. Path-coefficient analysis at genotypic level revealed that days to 50% flowering, number of pods per plant, length of pod and plant height had a high positive direct effect on pod yield. Therefore, a selection index comprising of the characters like days to 50% flowering, number of pods per plant, length of pod, plant height and seed yield per plant can-be considered highly dependable and reliable characters for selection to improve green pod yield in garden pea.
Signal transduction mechanisms and nuclear effectors in gene expression during hypertrophy of cardiac myocytes

During cardiac hypertrophy individual cardiac myocytes increase in size, which is accompanied by augmented protein synthesis and selective induction of a subset of genes. These phenotypic changes of myocytes are a result from altered intracellular signaling mechanisms and molecules. B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) gene was selected as a target gene for the study of cardiac signaling mechanisms, since it is activated by mechanical, neural and humoral stimuli during myocyte
High-Resolution Numerical Simulation of Surface Wave Development under the Action of Wind

The paper describes the numerical experiments with a three-dimensional phase-resolving model based on the initial potential equation of motion with free surface at deep water in the periodic domain written in the surface-following nonstationary curvilinear nonorthogonal coordinate system. The numerical scheme is based on Fourier-transform method. The vertical velocity on surface is calculated by solving the three-dimensional Poisson equation for the velocity potential. The velocity potential is represented as a sum of linear and nonlinear components. The linear component is described by Laplace equation. The nonlinear component is calculated by solution of the three-dimensional Poisson equation with the iterated right-hand side. The model includes some algorithms for calculation of the energy input from wind as well as for calculation of breaking and high-frequency dissipation. Initially, the conditions are assigned as a set of small waves corresponding to JONSWAP spectrum at high wave number. In response to waves’ growth, the spectrum shifts to lower wave numbers. The evolution of spectrum is generally in an agreement with the observed data. The wave spectrum and the spectra of different rates of energy transformation as well as the statistical characteristics of wave field for different stages of development are described.
The effects of arbuscular mycorrhiza and nitrogen nutrition on growth of chickpea and barley Einflüsse von arbuskulärer Mykorrhiza und Stickstoff-Ernährung auf das Wachstum von Kichererbsen und Gerste

Summary There is increasing evidence for the promoting effects of arbuscular mycorrhiza fungi (AMF) on the growth of practically important crops. The present study evaluates the effects of inoculating AMF on growth of chickpea and barley based on a series of pot experiments during 2 years. A range of soil biological and chemical conditions was used to test the AMF treatment in interaction with indigenous microbes (sterilized vs. non-sterilized soil), application of additional fertilizer N or co-inoculation of chickpea with nitrogen-fixing rhizobia. The effect of treatments on colonization by AMF, rhizobial nodule number and weight, plant dry matter and soil mineral N were determined in randomized complete block designs with five replications using a chernozem topsoil of silty loam in a 1:1 mixture with sand as basic substrate. Inoculated plants were effectively colonized by AMF and attained more dry matter than control plants in both sterilized and non-sterilized soil, but colonization levels varied substantially between years. Both, chickpea and barley showed similar growth enhancement, though the AMF colonization level was lower with barley than with chickpea. The non-sterilized soil contained no natural rhizobia strains suitable for chickpea infection, but with rhizobia inoculation nodules developed. However, no growth effect was obtained. The level of soil mineral N did not affect AMF performance. Presumably nitrogen was no growth limiting factor in our experiments. Our study confirms the growth enhancing potential of AMF inoculation on both chickpea and barley.
A Review of the Relation between Household Indoor Temperature and Health Outcomes

This paper provides a review of research that addresses the relationship between indoor temperatures and health outcomes, taking into consideration studies that focus heat or cold exposure within the household context. It aims to extend previous research by considering both indoor temperatures from existing housing, and empirical studies that focus on energy efficiency measures and subsequent health impacts. To achieve this aim, a literature review was undertaken, combining engineering and health databases. The review established that, overall, inadequate indoor temperatures are associated with poor health status, whereas energy efficiency measures have been associated to improved indoor temperatures and occupant’s health namely regarding cardiovascular, respiratory and mental health disorders. These health conditions are among the most prevalent non-communicable diseases (NCD). The review also highlighted the need for more empirical studies with an extended timeframe to deal with climate change challenges. It underlined the potential advantages of the convergence between health and energy efficiency studies, for better modelling and planning.
INSECT AND NON-INSECT PESTS INFESTING POINTED GOURD (TRICHOSANTHES DIOICA ROXB.) IN WEST BENGAL

Pointed gourd (Trichosanthes dioica Roxb.) was found to be infested by seven insect and non-insect pests viz. Epilachna dodecastigma (Wied.), Aulacophora foveicollis (Lucas),Diaphania indica(Saunders), Bactrocera cucurbitae (Coquillett), Bemisia tabaci (Gennandius), Tetranychus urticae (Koch) and Meloidogyne incognita (Kofoid and White). Peak incidences of mite in last week of April to first fortnight of May, of leaf roller in third week of January, first to second week of March, first to second week of April, first fortnight of May, first week of June, second week of July, of fruit fly usually, in third week of May to first week of June and that of epilachna beetle in March, first fortnight of April, May, third week of July were obtained. Maximum temperature, morning and evening RH% and bright sun shine hour (BSS) had significant association on the mite population. Max temp. , min temp. , morning RH%, evening RH%, rainfall, soil temperature and BSS had significant association with leaf roller population. Max temp. , min temp. , morning RH% and soil temperature had significant association with fruit fly population. Max temp. , morning RH%, evening RH%, rainfall and BSS had significant association with epilachna population.
Clinical Patterns and Outcome of Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Patients with Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

Background Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) may develop into liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The aim of this study was to compare the clinical patterns and survival outcomes of NAFLD-related HCC patients and those of alcoholic liver disease (ALD)-related or hepatitis B virus (HBV)-related HCC patients. Methods A total of 622 HCC patients with associated NAFLD (n = 56), ALD (n = 173), or HBV infection (n = 393) were enrolled. The clinical characteristics and survival were analyzed according to the underlying liver diseases. Results NAFLD-related HCC patients were more commonly older women and had more metabolic risk factors but were less likely to have cirrhosis and ascites, compared to ALD-related or HBV-related HCC patients. NAFLD-related HCC more often had an infiltrative pattern (P=0.047), a larger tumor (P=0.001), more macrovascular invasion (P=0.022), and exceeded the Milan criteria (P=0.001), but was less frequently diagnosed during tumor surveillance (P=0.025). Survival analysis did not show any difference among NAFLD-related, ALD-related, and HBV-related HCC patients. Furthermore, propensity score matching analysis did not reveal a significant difference in the median survival between the different groups (NAFLD vs. ALD, 14.0 months [95% confidence interval (CI), 2.0–26.0] vs. 13.0 months [95% CI, 0–26.3]; P=0.667, NAFLD vs. HBV, 14.0 months [95% CI, 2.0–26.0] vs. 12.0 months [95% CI, 4.3–17.8]; P=0.573). Conclusions NAFLD-related HCCs were more often detected at an advanced stage with infiltrative patterns, although they showed no significant difference in survival compared to ALD-related or HBV-related HCCs. A future prospective research should be focused on identifying NAFLD patients who require strict surveillance in order to early detect and timely treat HCC.
OSMOTIC AND IONIC REGULATION IN THE HORSESHOE CRAB LIMULUS POLYPHEMUS (LINNAEUS)

Liinulus polyphensus is one of the four living species of horseshoe . crabs, a. group with a geological history which can be traced back to the Silurian (Neolimu lus) and even to the Cambrian ( StA˜rmer, 1952) . The Mesozoic species originally referred to the genus Liniulus are closely related and similar to present-day forms and Mesolinzulus walchi of the Jurassic Solnhofen lagoons co-existed with a fauna which included jelly-fishes, swimming crinoids and ammonites (Abel, 1927). During the intervening 135 million years (Howarth, 1964) the xiphosurans of the lagoons and seas covering parts of Germany, France, England, Sweden and N. Africa have disappeared leaving three living genera, one on the east coast of North America (Liniulus) , and the other two on the south-east and east coasts of Asia
A Three Year Retrospective Analysis Of Anti-Tnf Treatment Outcomes In Rheumatoid Arthritis And Ankylosing Spondylitis Patients

Abstract Background/Aims: T o investigate the effectiveness and reliability of anti-TNF treatment in Ankylosing Spondylitis-Rheumatoid arthritis patients. Methods: 180 patients ( 110 Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients diagnosed according to 1987 American Rheumatism Association criteria, 70 Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS) patients diagnosed according to Modified NewYork Criteria) admitted to the hospital for arthritis and related compliants who were followed up and treated with anti-TNF treatment in the department of RheumatologyI and laboratory measurements of erytrocyte sedimentation rate, C-reactive protein levels of rheumatoid arthritis and ankylosing spondylitis before and six months after the treatment. Results: After the six months of anti Tnf treatment , BASDAI score for AS, DAS28 score for RA, VAS, ESR and CRP levels for both diseases showed a statistically significant improvement, moreover it was determined that demographic variations did not affect these values. Conclusions: Our results demonstrated that anti-TNF treatment is safe and effective treatment modality in patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis and Rheumatoid arthritis. These findings are short-term results of a study, and therefore future studies with larger patient series and long term follow-up are needed to look at outcomes of long term therapies.
Tobacco/nicotine and marijuana co-use motives in young adults: Associations with substance use behaviors one year later.

Co-administration of tobacco/nicotine and marijuana (e.g., using both products on the same occasion by mixing them in the same delivery device) is a risky, yet common, form of co-use among young adults. Understanding motivations for co-administration co-use, and how these are associated with subsequent use and related problems, is needed to inform policy, prevention, and intervention efforts. We conducted a latent class analysis on 342 young adults with past-year co-administration of tobacco/nicotine and marijuana to determine how emergent classes of 16 co-use motives were associated with use and co-administration co-use of tobacco/nicotine and marijuana one year later. Four classes emerged: (1) a high all class that reported high endorsement of all motives, (2) a high coping class that reported high endorsement of co-use due to coping with stress and bad moods, (3) a high social/physiological reinforcement class that reported low endorsement of coping but high probability of social and relaxation motives and motives to even out effects of each substance, and (4) a low all class that reported low endorsement of all motives. The high all and high coping classes reported greater frequency and quantity of single substance use and co-administration. The high coping class reported more marijuana consequences than the low all class. The high all and high coping classes reported younger age of initiation of each individual substance and co-administration. Considering co-use motives may be useful in identifying those at highest risk for future use and consequences and tailoring interventions to the distinct needs of co-use subgroups. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).
Syntactic abilities in Malay adult speakers with aphasia: a study on passive sentences and argument structures

ABSTRACT Background Within the last four decades, individuals with aphasia have been observed to face difficulties in understanding complex sentences despite having good understanding of single words. The difficulties observed have been proposed to follow a pattern predicted by the theory of grammar, making the deficit a special case of an underspecified language competence. Aims The purpose of this study is to examine sentence types – reversible actives and passives and argument complexity among Malay speakers with aphasia, looking at sources of difficulties with non-canonical sentences in a language with free word order. Methods & Procedures A group of five non-brain-damaged (NBD) adults and five adults with aphasia matched with age, education, and language were recruited. Subjects were tested in their sentence comprehension abilities via two picture matching tasks: a reversibility active/passive and an argument complexity task based on the number of arguments. Outcomes & Results Generally, the control adults had better sentence comprehension than the group of adults with aphasia, with significant differences in the mean scores of both active and passive reversible sentences. The analysis of the argument complexity task showed that the comprehension level in adults with aphasia was preserved although lower compared to their normal counterparts. Finally, an error analysis of the responses showed that individuals with aphasia had different sources of difficulties: with thematic roles in passive sentences based on syntactic similarities and with active sentences based on semantic similarities. Conclusions Individuals with aphasia, speakers of a free word order language demonstrated lower understanding of both reversible active and passive sentences with no apparent signs of canonicity patterns. A more detailed error analysis disentangled the source of difficulties with reversible errors for passives based on grammatical order and semantic-based errors for agent-driven sentences based on semantic preferences.
Analysis of Renal and Cardiac Outcomes in Male Participants in the Fabry Outcome Survey Starting Agalsidase Alfa Enzyme Replacement Therapy Before and After 18 Years of Age

Purpose To determine the impact of initiating enzyme replacement therapy (ERT) with agalsidase alfa early in the course of Fabry disease, we evaluated renal and cardiac outcomes for ≤10 years after ERT initiation in males from the Fabry Outcome Survey (FOS). Patients and Methods Male patients from FOS were stratified into three cohorts by age at ERT initiation: ≤18 years (cohort 1), >18 and ≤30 years (cohort 2), and >30 years (cohort 3). Analysis included age at symptom onset, diagnosis, and ERT initiation; ERT duration; FOS-Mainz Severity Score Index (FOS-MSSI); estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR); proteinuria level; and left ventricular mass indexed to height (LVMI). Mixed-effect models estimated renal and cardiac outcomes during follow-up between and within cohorts. Findings The analysis included 560 male patients: 151 (27.0%) in cohort 1, 155 (27.7%) in cohort 2, and 254 (45.4%) in cohort 3. Mean±SD duration of ERT for cohorts 1, 2, and 3 was 6.3±4.3, 8.6±4.9, and 7.9±4.9 years, respectively. Mean±SD baseline FOS-MSSI scores increased with age from 9.8±7.2 in cohort 1 to 24.7±11.4 in cohort 3. Cohort 3 showed the lowest baseline mean±SD value for eGFR (87.1±29.0 mL/min/1.73m2) and highest baseline mean±SD values for proteinuria (801.9±952.6 mg/day) and LVMI (56.7±16.0 g/m2.7) among the three cohorts. Evaluation of mean annual rates of change in eGFR, proteinuria, and LVMI revealed no significant differences in any parameter for cohort 1. For cohort 2, proteinuria and LVMI remained stable, whereas eGFR significantly deteriorated annually (–1.12 mL/min/1.73m2; P<0.001). Cohort 3 demonstrated significant annual deteriorations in eGFR (–2.60 mL/min/1.73m2; P<0.001), proteinuria (+34.10 mg/day; P<0.001), and LVMI (+0.59 g/m2.7; P=0.001). Implications Renal and/or cardiac disease progression appears attenuated in patients starting ERT in childhood or early adulthood versus patients starting ERT in later adulthood. These findings support early ERT initiation in Fabry disease. ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT03289065.
Understanding entrepreneurial academics ‐ how they perceive their environment differently

Academic entrepreneurship is seen as a pathway for universities to create value from their knowledge. However, there has been a lack of clarity about what activities constitute academic entrepreneurship, the different type of entrepreneurial academics and how their perceptions of their environment relate to their engagement. ,Drawing on a large data set of 10,836 responses across 33 countries, the empirical study investigates European academics who undertake four academic entrepreneurship activities (spin-out creation, commercialisation of RD however, the majority also engage in other entrepreneurial activities such as joint R&D and consulting and even other education and management engagement activities with industry. In addition, entrepreneurial academics in Europe perceive significantly higher motivators and more developed supporting mechanisms for academic entrepreneurship. However, their perceptions of barriers are similar. ,At a managerial and policy level, the study results call into question universities prioritising a narrow view of academic entrepreneurship which focusses only on spin-offs creation and R&D commercialisation. Instead, a broader view of academic entrepreneurship is recommended and appropriate mechanisms in place to enable academics to achieve research outcomes from their entrepreneurial activity. ,This paper offers an important contribution on how the perception of the environment contributes to the development of entrepreneurial behaviour in individual academics.
Evaluation of Morgan’s pocket technique in the treatment of nictitans gland prolapse in dogs

Nictitans gland prolapse NGP , also known as third eyelid gland prolapse or cherry eye disease, is an important eye problem that should be treated as soon as possible in dogs. Although many surgical methods have been described, there is no consensus on the most effective technique. In this study, it was aimed to evaluate the characteristics of cases and clinical outcomes of Morgan's pocket technique in the treatment of dogs with NGP. In this context, the characteristics of the cases were examined in 25 dogs diagnosed 29 eyes with NGP. Clinical results, recurrence, and complications were evaluated in 17 dogs 20 eyes who underwent surgical treatment with Morgan's pocket technique. The most common breeds were Terrier 28% with 7 cases and Cane corso 20% with 5 cases. Most of the patients were male 56% by sex and less than 1 year 66% by age. The disease was diagnosed in the acute stage in 9 cases 36% and in the chronic stage of 16 cases 64% . The success rate of 17 patients 20 eyes without recurrence was 94.12% 16 cases . The recurrence rate was 5.88% and the complication rate was 5.88%. In conclusion, it is advantageous to use Morgan? s pocket technique in NGP cases in dogs because of its easy applicability and high success rate. Due to the low recurrence and complication rates, its reliability is high.
Mutual information guided 3D ResNet for self-supervised video representation learning

In this work, the authors propose a novel self-supervised learning method based on mutual information to learn representations from the videos without manual annotation. Different video clips sampled from the same video usually have coherence in the temporal domain. To guide the network to learn such temporal coherence, they maximise the mutual information between global features extracted from different clips sampled from the same video (Global-MI). However, maximising the Global-MI leads the network to seek shared content from different video clips and may make the network degenerate to focus on the background of the video. Considering the structure of the video, they further maximise the average mutual information between the global feature and local patches of multiple regions of the video clip (multi-region Local-MI). Their approach, which is called Max-GL, learns the temporal coherence by jointly maximising the Global-MI and multi-region Local-MI. Experiments are conducted to validate the effectiveness of the proposed Max-GL. Experimental results show that the Max-GL can serve as an effective pre-training method for the task of action recognition in videos. Additional experiments for the task of action similarity labelling and dynamic scene recognition also validate the generalisation of the learned representations of the Max-GL.
COPING STRATEGIES AND LIFE EXPECTANCY OF PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) IN BAMENDA MEZAM DIVISION NORTH WEST REGION OF CAMEROON: A PEDAGOGIC PERSPECTIVE

The life expectancy of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) who attend the treatment center of the Bamenda Regional Hospital has been of interest to many educationists. Coping strategies can have a relationship with their lifestyle. The argument for the study anchored on the attribution theory (Bernard Weiner, 1990), Lazarus’ Cognitive Theory of Stress (1966), the human ecological theory (1979). A cross-sectional descriptive survey research design with a mixed approach was used with a sample of 165 PLWHA who attend the treatment center of the Bamenda Regional Hospital. Data obtained were analyzed descriptively and inferentially. Findings showed that there is a very significant and positive relationship between emotional approach coping and life expectancy of people living with HIV/AIDS (P<0.001). Similarly, findings on hypothesis two showed that there is a very significant and positive relationship between problem focus coping and life expectancy of people living with HIV/AIDS (P<0.001). Again, findings on hypothesis three showed that there is a very significant and positive relationship between engagement and disengagement coping and life expectancy of people living with HIV/AIDS (P<0.001). Lastly, findings on hypothesis four showed that that there is a very significant and positive relationship between meaning focus coping and life expectancy of people living with HIV/AIDS (P<0.001). The study concludes that coping strategies have positive effects on people living with HIV/AIDS. The findings recommend that, people living with HIV/AIDS should be encouraged to be resilient and agentic. This will help them to live well and increase life expectancy rate. Article visualizations: