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Antimicrobial resistance profile among bacteria isolated from patients presenting with wounds at Kabale Regional Referral Hospital, South western Uganda

Background Bacterial Wound infection and antimicrobial resistance remains a public health challenge. The challenge remains worse due to nosocomial bacterial infection often characterized by multidrug resistance. Infected wounds are often associated with delayed epidermal maturation resulting into prolonged hospitalization. Data on profile of clinical significant bacteria and their respective antibiotic drug resistance in Uganda is still limited. In this study we emphasized on phenotypic characterization of bacteria that cause wound infections at Kabale Regional Hospital (KRRH) and determining the respective antimicrobial susceptibility profiles.Methods Between June 2016 – to June 2017 a total of 276 Pus specimens were collected from patients at KRRH and analyzed for bacterial infection by standard bacterial cultures techniques. Pus specimens were all from wounds (surgical and non-surgical). Antibiotic susceptibility testing was performed and reported based on CLSI guidelines.Results One-hundred and ninety-five specimens were positive following bacterial culture (70.7%). Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli were the most frequently isolated bacteria. Antibiotic drug resistance testing revealed that 68% of S. aureus isolates were Methicillin resistant. For Escherichia coli isolates, 73% were ciprofloxacin and levofloxacin resistant while resistance to Imipenem was common among Klebsiella sp.Conclusions Wound infection is mainly caused by gram negative bacteria particularly, Escherichia coli , Klebsiella spp. , Proteus spp. , and Pseudomonas spp. G positive cocci particularly S. aureus is also an important pathogen among other implicated gram positive cocci. There are high levels of multi - antimicrobial resistance among both Gram negative and Gram positive bacteria.
Preregistration: Open Science and the Public's Trust in Science

Study Description Research questions Do open scientific practices increase the public’s trust in science? May the negative effects of private funding on trust in science be buffered by open scientific practices? Is the public interested in public communication of scientific findings? What does the public expect from scientists on how they share their scientific findings? Do the answers to the above-mentioned research questions depend on the domain (e.g., psychological vs. medical research)?
The rate-limiting step for photosynthetic CO2 utilization under varying atmospheric evaporative demand in Solanum lycopersicum (tomato)

Background: Despite atmospheric vapour pressure deficit (VPD) was demonstrated as significant environmental factors affecting plant photosynthesis and productivity, the regulating mechanism under varying atmospheric evaporative demand was still unclarified. The contribution of stomatal, mesophyll resistance and biochemical limitation imposed on photosynthesis in tomato under varying evaporative demand was highlighted in the present study. Quantitative photosynthetic limitation analysis across a series of VPD was performed in well-watered tomato, by combining gas exchange and chlorophyll fluorescence. Results: Photosynthetic performance in tomato was gradually depressed with increasing in VPD. Under low VPD condition, stomatal and mesophyll conductance were sufficiently high for CO2 transport, which facilitated high chloroplast CO2 concentration for carbon fixation. Stomatal and mesophyll limitation accounted a low fraction, and photosynthetic potential was mostly constrained by biochemical limitation inside chloroplasts under low VPD condition. With increasing in VPD, plant water stress was gradually pronounced and triggered declines in stomatal and mesophyll conductance. Contribution of stomatal and mesophyll limitation on photosynthesis increased gradually with rise in VPD. Consequently, the low CO2 availability inside chloroplast substantially constrained photosynthesis under high VPD condition. Conclusion: Photosynthetic potential in tomato was mostly constrained by biochemical limitation inside chloroplasts under low VPD condition. CO2 diffusion limitation in series of stomatal and mesophyll resistance was the key rate-limiting step for photosynthesis under high VPD condition.
Comparison of the clinical outcomes and cement distribution patterns after percutaneous vertebroplasty in the treatment of thoracolumbar Kümmell’s disease and OVCFs

Background The purpose of this study is to investigate and compare the therapeutic effect and distribution characteristics of bone cement in the PVP treatment for thoracolumbar Kümmell's diseases and OVCFs. Methods A prospective analysis of 35 patients with Kümmell ’s disease (K group) and 35 patients with OVCFs (O group) who underwent PVP treatment from February 2016 to February 2018 was conducted. The vertebral compression rate and degree of osteoporosis were more serious in the K group than in the O group ( P <0.05, respectively). Distribution pattern, volume and leakage rate of bone cement, operation time, VAS score, ODI, correction rates of vertebral compression and kyphosis, re-fracture rate of adjacent vertebrae in 2 years between the two groups were compared to assess clinical effect. Results The follow-up time of the two groups was 24-48 months. The amount of intraoperative bone cement injection was significantly higher in the K group than in the O group ( P =0.025). The cement distribution pattern of local solid lump was dominant in the K group (65.71%), while intercalation with trabeculae was dominant in the O group (74.29%) ( P <0.001). VAS score and ODI were significantly lower both in the two groups at 1 day, 1 year and 2 years after surgery than before surgery (all P <0.05), but significantly lower in the K group than in the O group at each time point after surgery (all P <0.05). The correction rates of kyphosis and vertebral compression in both groups was significantly corrected ( P <0.05, respectively) and gradually lost with time ( P <0.05, respectively). The correction rates of kyphosis and vertebral compression were significantly higher in the K group than in the O group at each time point after surgery (all P <0.05). Conclusions PVP has the advantages of simple operation, short operation time, small trauma and quick recovery in treating both Kümmell's disease and OVCFs. However, PVP can better restore partial vertebral height and correct kyphosis in the treatment of Kümmell's disease, while can better alleviate pain and improve ODI in the treatment of OVCFs.
Women and Girls Safety and Security in Public Transport

Women and girls are among the commuters for different purposes. Commuting has been shown to have negative consequences like violence on travelers particularly for women and girls. Violence against women and girls is a major public health problem globally, particularly in developing countries including Ethiopia. The current study was conducted with the aim of assessing the women’s and girls’ safety and security in public transport services and to identify factors that contribute to violence against women and girls. For this purpose, multistage sampling techniques were employed. Using the probability sampling technique, 199 respondents were selected. Interview schedule, key informant interviews, and focus group discussions were used as data collection instruments. Data analysis was done using both descriptive and inferential statistics. The major finding of the study shows that 50.8% of women and girls have experienced at least one type of violence while using public transport. The results of the binary logistic model indicated that six variables were found significantly contribute to violence against women and girls in public transport. Therefore, cities have to focus on developing gender-sensitive public transport service plans and policies that consider the special needs of women and girls in public transportation service systems.
CORRELATION STUDY OF ACNE VULGARIS AND SERUM VITAMIN D LEVELS IN ADOLESCENTS

Objective: Approximately 9.4% of the world population is affected by acne during adolescence. Several previous studies have shown a significant relationship between acne vulgaris (AV) and serum vitamin D levels. The purpose of this study was to determine the correlation between AV and serum vitamin D levels in adolescents. Methods: This cross-sectional study included 60 healthy students with AV aged 15-18 y from three high schools in Depok, which were selected via simple random selection, and the selection of participants was based on consecutive sampling selection after screening with the inclusion criteria. Serum vitamin D levels were evaluated using a direct Chemiluminescence immunoassay (CLIA) method. The lesions of AV were counted by a dermatologist. Dietary vitamin D and fat intake were assessed using a semiquantitative Food Frequency Questionnaire and 24-hour dietary recall. The data were processed using SPSS Statistics 20.0 and analyzed using Pearson or Spearman correlation tests. Results: The mean serum vitamin D level was 17.29±6.77 ng/ml. The mean number of non-inflammatory lesions was 20.5±12.08, and the median number of inflammatory lesions was 6 (range 0-28). The correlation between the number of non-inflammatory lesion and serum vitamin D levels was r = 0.25 (p = 0.052) and the correlation between the number of inflammatory lesions and serum vitamin D levels was r = 0.047 (p = 0.72). Conclusion: Serum vitamin D levels are not significantly correlated with AV despite whether the lesions are inflammatory or non-inflammatory.
Quantifying temperature effects in controlled environment agriculture leafy greens and culinary herbs

Controlled environment agriculture (CEA) is a fast-growing sector of the horticultural marketplace in mid-western states like Iowa. Supporting this expanding industry necessitates empirically supported management strategies for the input-intensive nature of its production systems. One of the most significant opportunities for improving production efficiency is optimizing energy consumption. This thesis aims to accomplish that goal through two overarching objectives: (1) improving the corpus of temperature physiology for specialty leafy green crops; and (2) creating a new experimental framework and a decision support tool for the production of commonly grown leafy greens and culinary herbs. These objectives were furthered over the course of two experiments. In our first experiment, changes to specialty leafy green growth, development, and gas exchange were modeled against average daily temperature (ADT). The results provided evidence for the establishment of cardinal temperatures and temperature classifications for arugula, kale, swiss chard, and pac choi. The statistical analysis of fresh mass and node appearance indicated that these responses followed an asymmetrical parabolic trend from which a linear range of effective production temperatures could be formed. These linear ranges are the values of ADT within which the commercial production of these species should be maintained. The second experiment explored the manipulation of diurnal temperature difference (DIF) on lettuce and basil. Plants were grown between -10 and 15 °C of DIF at 20 and 25 °C ADT. The resulting values for yield were incorporated into greenhouse heating simulation software, forming the season-specific temperature recommendations and fuel consumption estimates. Almost universally, maintaining a 5 °C DIF resulted in optimized heating efficiency.
Novel Applications, Sensory and Sensor Techniques in Beverage and Food Fragrance Biotechnology

Fragrances are important for the beverage and food industries and the search for new compounds is challenging for academic and industrial investigation. Fragrance and flavor compounds present many different chemical structures and can be obtained by biosynthesis (de novo synthesis), or extraction, or using enzymatic precursor. Recent innovations have been made concerning ―fragrances construction‖ as also in their application products. Moreover, novel sensory and sensor methodologies, primarily used for fragrances quality evaluation have been developed, as also statistical techniques for sensory and sensors data treatments, allowing a rapid and objective analysis. This overview aims to present the current state of the art of beverage fragrance and flavor biotechnology, including the latest advances Advances in Food Science 3 www.videleaf. com in sensory methodologies and sensor techniques , and also, statistical techniques for data analysis.
Impacts of Climate Variability on Pastoralists and Their Adaptation/Coping Strategies in Fentale District of Oromia Region, Ethiopia

Background: Recently, more emphasis has been given to preparing and adapting communities to the adverse impacts of climate change than mitigating its risks. The present study was conducted in Fentale district, Central Ethiopia to determine the perceived adverse impacts of climate change and variability, the perception of pastoral households on the patterns of climate change and variability, and identify the adaptation /coping strategies of pastoralists to climate change impacts. A household questionnaire survey and focus group discussion were employed to collect primary data at a household level. A total of 130 pastoral households were sampled using random sampling. The collected data were analyzed using descriptive statistics. Results: The findings revealed that the perception of pastoral households on rainfall and temperature patterns was in line with the results of the recorded meteorological data analysis of the present study except the Kiremt rainfall and the long-term annual rainfall trends. The results indicated that pasture and water availability became scarce and livestock assets and productivity were highly reduced, due to adverse impacts of climate change and variability. The most important strategies deployed by the local people included (i) integrating livestock with crop production, (ii) livestock mobility, (iii) livestock diversification and herd composition change, (iv) decreased consumption, (v) remittance, (vi) cash for work and (vii) food aid. Conclusion: Therefore, the decision-makers should support and enhance household’s indigenous adaptation strategies through the provision of market access, early warning information, affordable credit access, and development of water points.
Synthesis and characterization of cyclo-tetrakis(μ-oxo-dimethylaminoethanolato-κN:κO)tetrakis(iodozinc) toluene solvate and Bis(dimethylaminoethanol)cadmium(II)iodide

Abstract Two new metal(II) complexes formulated as [ZnI(dmae)]4·2(C7H8) 1 and CdI2(Hdmae)2 2 have been synthesized by using N,N-dimethylaminoethanol, a N,O donor ligand and characterized by melting point, elemental analysis, FT-IR spectroscopy, mass spectrometry and single crystal X-ray diffraction analysis. Complex 1 crystallizes in tetragonal I4(1)/a space group with μ2–O bridge between zinc atoms. The zinc atom is four coordinated with Zn–O 1.9315(13) and 1.9606(14) Å. The complex 2 is mononuclear with distorted octahedral geometry around the Cd(II) and contains two bidentate chelating Hdmae ligands and two iodine atoms, with Cd–O and Cd–N distances of 2.498(2) and 2.400(2) Å, respectively, and the weak O–H···I hydrogen bonds like interactions link the molecules to generate a 1D supramolecular structure.
Chemical and Physicochemical Characteristics of Dissolved Organic Carbon Circulating in Harmonic Lake Biwa, Japan.

琵琶湖水中の溶存有機炭素(DOC)の分布には次のような特徴がある。 琵琶湖全体にわたって,また,季節を問わず,約1mgCl-1程度の安定したDOC濃度が認められ,この定常的なDOC濃度に対して,表層部には暖期(6～9月)に0～0.6mg Cl-1程度のDOCが付加され,底層部では時折0～0.8mg Cl-1のDOCが付加される。 以上の観測と並んで,DOCを化学的及び物理化学的手法で分画し,それらの分布と由来を考察した。 すなわち,湖水中のDOCに対して,それが水酸化鉄吸着剤(HIO)に吸着する(act-DOC)か否(int-DOC)か,加えて,それが過マンガン酸カリウム酸化剤(KMnO4)で容易に酸化される(DOC[ox])か否(DOC[un])かを調べた。 その結果,HIOに吸着するがKMnO4で酸化されにくい分画(act-DOC[un])は約0. 51mg Cl-1,吸着性も易酸化性も示さない分画(int-DOC[un])は約0. 4mgCl-1であって,この両者の合量がいわゆる難分解性DOCとして,琵琶湖全体に年間を通してほぼ一定した濃度で存在すること,また,吸着性を示しかつ易酸化性の分画(act-DOC[ox])は,表層部で季節に応じて0～0.6mgCl-1で変動,底層部で不規則に0～0.8mgCl-1で変動すること,int-DOC[ox]に相当する分画は目立って存在しないことが分かった。
Heterosis and Combining ability Estimates using Line x Tester Analysis to Develop Wide Compatibility and Restorer Lines in Rice

This investigation was conducted at Agriculture Research Station, Sakha, Kafr El-Sheikh, Egypt, during 2017 and 2018 rice seasons to study combining ability, gene action, heterosis, and degree of dominance for grain yield and its contributing traits in some wide compatibility lines. Eight genotypes included the three lines; O2428-P-7-7; Norti and Gz 5121-5-2 as female parents with five testers Dular; Nekken 1; Giza 178; Gz 5934-7-2-3 and IR 25571-31-1, are used in a line X testers cross. The analysis of variance revealed significant differences among parents, crosses and line x tester interaction for all studied traits except panicle weight in parents. The ratio of K GCA / K SCA was more than unity for all studied traits except for panicle weight indicated preponderance of additive gene effects in the expression of these traits. Rice varieties; Dular and Nekken 1 can be identified as wide compatible lines. Most of F1 crosses showed significant values in the heterosis for the studied traits. The crosses Norti X Nekken 1 and Norti X Giza 178 showed the highest values for mean performance and the three types of heterosis for grain yield. In addition, the highest significant positive values of specific combining ability were shown in the four cross combinations O2428-P-7-7 X IR25571-31-1; Gz 5121-5-2 X Gz 5934-7-2-3; Gz 5121-5-2 X Dular and Norti X Giza 178. The results of this study indicate that the parental lines can be used for improvement and utilized in hybrid rice breeding program.
Cellulose nanocrystals induce a dose-dependent effect on cytotoxicity and proliferative activity of human peripheral blood mononuclear cells

Introduction. Cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) as attractive natural materials,have numerous applications in the biomedical field. Their unique biomechanicalcharacteristics, surface chemistry, low cost and sustainable naturemake them an engaging alternative to conventional materials and potentiatetheir use as progressive material. Therefore, it is critical to evaluate thecytocompatibility and immunomodulatory properties of nCNCs, which havenot been completely explored. The objective of this study was to examinea dose-dependent effect of native (n)CNCs on cytotoxicity and proliferativeactivity of human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMNCs) in vitro.Methods. PBMNCs, obtained from the healthy blood donors, were cultivatedwith nCNCs. Cell viability was analyzed by flow cytometry assay, whileproliferative activity was determined by MTT, [3H]-thymidine uptake assayand detection of IL-2 production.Results. The cytotoxicity results suggested that no concentration of nCNCs(50-400 μg/ml) affected necrosis of PBMNCs, whereas apoptosis was inducedby the highest concentration of nCNCs compared to control (p<0.05). Unexpectedly, the highest concentration of nCNCs increased the metabolicactivity of PHA-stimulated cells compared to control (p<0.05). In contrastto these findings, lower concentrations of nCNCs (50 μg/ml and 100 μg/ml)stimulated proliferation of PBMNCs (p<0.05 and p<0.001). It was followedby increased production of IL-2 (100 μg/ml) (p<0.001). Conclusion. The results suggest that non-cytotoxic concentrations of nCNCsmodulate the proliferative activity of human PBMNCs, a phenomenon whichhas not been published up to now and which is relevant for further studies.
Strict Gluten-Restricted Diet Reduces Disease Activity of Rheumatoid Arthritis with Low Anti-Cyclic Citrullinated Peptide Antibodies

Objective: To investigate the efficacy of gluten-restricted diet for the disease activity of Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) and clinical factors corresponding to the response. Methods: Sixty three patients with active RA were included in this study. At baseline, we gave the patients the information about gluten-free and-contained foods, and asked them to refrain from the daily gluten consumption during the experimental period. Results: The 16-week gluten-restricted diet significantly improved DAS28-CRP and CDAI scores. The percentages of patients achieving DAS28-CRP- and CDAI-defined remission or LDA were significantly increased at Week 16. When the self-reported levels about adherence to the gluten-restricted diet were divided into two categories, a significant improvement in DAS28- CRP, CDAI, and EULAR treatment response after 16 weeks was detected only in the patient group with the strict adherence to gluten-restriction. Significantly lower levels of Anti-Cyclic Citrullinated Peptide Antibodies (ACPA) were detected in responders to the gluten-restriction than in non-responders. Conclusion: This study demonstrates that strict adherence to gluten-restricted diet results in decreased disease activity of RA patients with low ACPA.
A Hex Itoh-Tsujii inversion algorithm for FPGA platforms

The Itoh-Tsujii inversion algorithm forms a major contribution in ﬁnding the inverse in cryptographic applications such as Elliptic Curve Cryptography. In this paper, a new Hex Itoh-Tsujii inversion al-gorithm is proposed to compute the multiplicative inverse eﬃciently on Field-Programmable Gate-arrays (FPGA) platforms for binary ﬁelds generated by NIST recommended irreducible trinomials. The Hex Itoh Tsujii inversion Algorithm based proposed architecture is constructed with hex circuits and quad addition chain. This combination improves the resource utilization. The experimental results shows that the proposed work has better Area-Time Performance compared with the existing implementation.
A Study on the Influence of Mobile Phone Addiction on Academic Burnout in Postgraduate Students with Mediating Effect of Sleep Quality

In order to understand the current situation of postgraduates’ sleep quality, mobile phone addiction and learning burnout, and at the same time explore the mechanism of the influence of mobile phone addiction and sleep quality on academic burnout. The study used the “Mobile Phone Addiction Index Scale”, “Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index Scale”, and “Graduate Academic Burnout Scale”. A total of 673 graduate students were surveyed. There are significant differences in mobile phone addiction among graduate students in different genders, majors, grades and family economic conditions. The sleep quality of postgraduate students will be different due to different grade and family economic conditions. The academic burnout level of postgraduate students will be different due to different genders, majors, grades, family economics, and whether they have work experience. The sleep quality of graduate students plays a partly mediating effect between mobile phone addiction and academic burnout.