Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Correlates of suicidality in men with psychogenic sexual dysfunction

Background: Psychogenic sexual disorders in men, such as erectile dysfunction and premature ejaculation, are often associated with anxiety and depression. However, no study has systematically examined the link between these disorders and suicidality. Aim: To assess the frequency and correlates of suicidal ideas and behaviour in men with a primary diagnosis of psychogenic sexual dysfunction. Method: The current study is a retrospective chart review of 64 Indian men with psychogenic sexual dysfunction, presenting to our clinic in the period 2013-14. Demographic and clinical variables associated with the presence of suicidal ideation or attempts in these patients were examined. Results: Nine (14.1%) patients experienced suicidal ideation related to their disorder, and four (6.3%) had made a suicide attempt. Depression, childhood adversity, and a family history of alcoholism were associated with suicidal ideation, while ongoing stressful life events were associated with suicide attempts. Conclusions: Assessment of suicidality should be part of the routine evaluation of men with sexual dysfunction, particularly when other risk factors are present.
Prevalence and vector distributions of bovine trypanosomosis in control (Sibu Sire) and noncontrol (Guto Gida) districts bordering upper Anger valley of East Wollega Zone, Western Ethiopia

A cross-sectional study was conducted from December 2008 to March 2009 in two districts where tsetse control implemented (Sibu Sire district) and non-control implemented (Guto Gida district) bordering Anger river valley in East Wollega Zone, Western Ethiopia. The objectives of the study were to determine the prevalence of bovine trypanosomosis and to assess the distribution and apparent densities of vectors of the trypanosomosis. A parasitological study using buffy coat technique was employed for the determination of prevalence of trypanosomosis while monoconical traps were used for the vector studies. A total of 368 cattle randomly selected from the study population (166 in Sibu Sire and 202 in Guto Gida) districts were examined for the parasitological study. The result of parasitological study revealed that the prevalence of trypanosomosis was found to be 5.42% and 11.88% in Sibu Sire and Guto Gida districts, respectively. There was statistically significant difference in the prevalence of trypanosomosis between tsetse control implemented and non-control implemented districts (p<0.05). The overall trypanosome prevalence for both districts was found to be 9% (33/368). From the infected animals the prevalence for trypanosome species was 63.6% and 36% for T. vivax and T. congolense, respectively. The mean PCV values of parasitaemic and aparasitaemic animals were 23%+3.7SD and 26+3.9SD, respectively with a statistical significant difference (P<0.05). About 28 monoconical traps, 12 in Sibu Sire and 16 in Guto Gida districts were deployed for 72 hours with odour attractants for the vector studies. A total of 1478 flies were collected from both sites of which the highest fly density was Glossina tachinoides (6.8 fly/trap/day) and followed by Stomoxys (5.8 fly/trap/day) and others (0.8 fly/trap/day). There was significantly higher density of tsetse 8.4 fly/trap/day in non-control (Guto Gida) district than the control (Sibu Sire) district 0.2 fly/trap/day (P<0.05). Therefore implementing control of trypanosomosis with an integrated approach have paramount importance in non control areas of the study site.
Factors Affecting the Relationship Between Electronic and Microscopic Cell Counts in Bovine Milk

Four hundred and seventy samples of milk were examined to determine the influence of filtration, agitation, cooling, and storage on the relationship of the microscopic to the electronic count, and on the concentration of the somatic cells. Counts ranged from 73,000 to five million per milliliter. Neither the somatic cell concentration nor the regression of microscopic on electronic cell counts was significantly influenced by the aforementioned factors. Variation in the regression of microscopic on electronic cell counts was due to differences in the somatic cell concentration of the sample. The regression coefficient in 388 samples with mean cells greater than 300,000 per milliliter was 1.45 and 0.98 in 82 samples with lower cell counts.
Immunohistochemical Localization of Cytochrome P450 Enzymes in the Rat Brain, Considering the Steroid-Synthesis in the Neurons

To elucidate the steroid-synthesis in the mammalian brain (i. e., neurosteroid), we immunohistochemically studied various kinds of steroidogenic cytochrome P450 enzymes in the rat brain. The primary antibodies used in this study were rabbit polyclonal antibodies to cholesterol side-chain cleavage (SCC), C21-hydroxylase (C21), 11β-hydroxylase (11β), 17α-hydroxylase/C17-20 lyase (17α) and aromatase (AROM). The immunoreactivities for the microsome enzymes, C21 and 17α were located in the neuronal cell-bodies and proximal parts of their fibers, while mitochondria enzymes, SCC and 11β were located in the cell-bodies and their fibers and terminals. These immunoreactivities were distributed in the limbic structures of prosencephalon including hippocampus and amygdaloid complex, the hypothalamus including preoptic area, the cerebellar cortex, and some of other regions. All the sets of these enzymes did not always coexist in the identical cells, however, in the hypothalamus and cerebellum these enzymes are thought to work one after another in adjacent cells, forming the “steroidogenic cellular circuits”. These findings strongly suggest that the steroidsynthesis occurs in the neurons; and the neurosteroids exist in the mammalian brain.
Rheological Properties of Sago Starch

The swelling characteristics and rheological properties of 11 sago starches have been studied and compared to a number of commonly used starches. The swelling power of the sago starches were all very similar except for two samples which were known to contain a lower molecular mass amylose component. The swelling and solubility for these two samples were higher than the rest. The values for sago starches were similar to that for potato and tapioca starch, but higher than maize and pea starch. The storage modulus, G‘, of the sago starches as studied by small deformation oscillation measurements showed a rapid initial increase in G‘ followed by the development of a pseudoplateau. The dependence of G‘ on the molecular mass of the amylose followed the relationship G‘ ∝ M-0.4. Gels were formed only at sago starch concentrations of >3.5%, corresponding to an amylose concentration of ∼ 1.0% and varied with concentration according to the relationship G‘ ∝ C1.8 and G‘ ∝ C2.5 for high and low amylose molecular mass .
Adriel García Hernández Coreference resolution for the English language

García Hernández, Adriel; Milidiú, Ruy Luiz (Advisor). Coreference resolution for the English language. Rio de Janeiro, 2017. 62p. Dissertação de Mestrado Departamento de Informática, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro. One of the problems found in natural language processing systems, is the difficulty to identify textual elements referring to the same entity, this task is called coreference. Solving this problem is an integral part of discourse comprehension since it allows language users to connect the pieces of speech information concerning to the same entity. Consequently, coreference resolution is a key task in natural language processing. Despite the large efforts of existing research, the current performance of coreference resolution systems has not reached a satisfactory level yet. In this work, we describe a structure learning system for unrestricted coreference resolution that explores two techniques: latent coreference trees and automatic entropy-guided feature induction. The latent tree modeling makes the learning problem computationally feasible, since it incorporates a relevant hidden structure. Additionally, using an automatic feature induction method, we can efciently build enhanced non-linear models using linear model learning algorithms, namely, the structured and sparse perceptron algorithm. We evaluate the system on the CoNLL-2012 Shared Task closed track data set, for the English portion. The proposed system obtains a 62.24% value on the competition’s official score. This result is below the 65.73%, the stateof-the-art performance for this task. Nevertheless, our solution significantly reduces the time to obtain the clusters of a document, since, our system takes 0.35 seconds per document in the testing set, while in the state-ofthe-art, it takes 5 seconds for each one.
Degradation characteristics of shrubs and the effect of supplementation with urea or protein on microbial production using a continuous‐culture system

Zusammenfassung Der Abbau von Strauchern und der Effekt von zusatzlichem Harnstoff oder Protein auf die Produktion mikrobieller Proteine in kontinuierlicher Kultur Der Abbau und die Verfugbarkeit von Nahrstoffen aus Strauchern (Anthyllis cytisoides, Rosmarinus officinalis und Ulex parviflorus) und Sonnenblumen-Schrot in Pansen und Darm wurden mit in vitro und in sacco Methoden analysiert. Die Fermentation von Ulex parviflorus und der Effekt von zusatlichem Harnstoff oder Sonnenblumen-Schrot wurden auch in kontinuierlicher Kultur untersucht. Konzentration und Produktion der gesamten und einzelnen fluchtigen Fettsauren wurden gemessen. Die Produktion mikrobieller Proteine wurde mit Diaminopimelinsaure als Marker bestimmt. Die Aminosaure-und Fettsaure-Zusammensetzung der Bakterien im Fermentor und der Bakterien in der festen und flussigen Fraktion wurden bestimmt. Es wurde festgestellt, das die Straucher eine potentielle Nahrstoff- Quelle fur Wiederkauer sind, und das der Zusatz von Sonnenblumen-Schrot die mikrobielle Proteinsynthese erhoht.
Collection and marketing of non-timber forest products in the far western hills of Nepal

Non–timber forest product (NTFP) use is an integral part of the rural economy of Nepal, but little is known about NTFP collection and marketing dynamics. This study investigated the intensity of NTFP collection, the financial benefits gained through the collection of a representative species, and the contextual factors influencing NTFP collection and sale in 12 villages of the Baitadi district of far western Nepal. Thirty-nine per cent of the economically active population collected a total of 24 NTFPs from 23 species, which contributed 0–90% of the total household income. A marketing chain and financial analysis of Valeriana jatamansi (sugandhwal) revealed that various trading and marketing channels existed from the village to district-level NTFP outlets. The price received by the collector depended on the length of the market chain and the political context of the market. Political instability resulting from the Maoist insurgency reduced profits from sugandhwal sale by 23–25%. The number of NTFP-selling outlets accessed by collectors was the most important variable determining the number of NTFPs collected and the overall contribution of NTFPs to the household. Physical accessibility of the village did not impact the contribution of NTFPs to the household livelihood. The strength of NTFP-related institutions (both government and non-governmental organizations) decreased the total NTFP contribution to livelihoods because at the time of the study the villages were in transition to domestication of NTFPs. In the future, the contribution of domesticated NTFPs to households in villages with strong NTFP-related institutions should be much greater than at present. Increasing access to NTFP-selling outlets may be achieved through information dissemination, empowerment of collectors and establishment of linkages between collectors and traders. In general, domestication is an important strategy to ensure a continuous supply of NTFPs. Middlemen traders are seen as important stabilizers of prices as long as fair trading practices are followed. Monitoring of these villages over time will also provide important new quantitative information on the process of transition in rural villages changing from a forest-collection NTFP procurement strategy to a domestication procurement strategy.
Flavor Compounds in Straw Mushrooms Volvariella volvacea Harvested at Different Stages of Maturity

Straw mushrooms were harvested at different stages of maturity. The volatile flavor compounds found in straw mushrooms were limonene, octa-1,5-dien-3-ol, 3-octanol, 1-octen-3-ol, 1-octanol, and 2-octen-1-ol, in which the major compound was 1-octen-3-ol, accounting for 71.6−83.1% of the total volatiles. More mature straw mushrooms possessed the most aroma. Straw mushrooms were high in trehalose (349.0−457.6 mg/g dry weight) and low in mannitol (0−25.5 mg/g). During the development of fruiting bodies, the contents of total free amino acids and monosodium glutamate components, including aspartic and glutamic acids, increased remarkably from 36.11 and 11.20 mg/g dry weight at stage 1 to 60.18 and 26.21 mg/g at stage 5, respectively, in which glutamic acid was the most significant, increasing from 7.72 at stage 1 to 21.00 mg/g dry weight at stage 5. The content of total 5‘-nucleotides and flavor 5‘-nucleotides (5‘-IMP and 5‘-GMP) accumulated steadily with maturation. In this study, more flavor compounds, inclu.
Substrate inhibition kinetics: Phenol degradation by Pseudomonas putida

A pure culture of Pseudoinonas putida was grown in both a batch and continuous culture using phenol as the limiting substrate. Of two substrate inhibition models examined, the Haldane function was found to statistically best describe the kinetics. The applicable kinetic constants were either measured (μM, KI) or estimated (KS) from the experimental data. Particularly in the continuous culture, wall growth was found to exert significant effects on the broth biomass concentration and phenol conversion, both of which decreased with increasing amounts of wall growth. These effects are opposite to those predicted by wall growth models and to experimental results of others using mixed culture (activated sludge) systems.
Vocal coordination of troop movement among white‐faced capuchin monkeys, Cebus capucinus

Coordinated travel by social groups is well documented, often with evidence that cognitive spatial maps are employed. Yet the mechanisms by which movement decisions are made and implemented within social groups are poorly known. In a field study of white‐faced capuchin monkeys in Costa Rica it was demonstrated that a specific call, the “trill,” is used by adults in the initiation and directing of troop movement. The trills of subadults were restricted to vocal exchanges with other subadults. Continuous vocal recordings were collected of the vocalizations of the 14 members of the study troop. A cumulative 33.7 h of continuous samples and 1,892 sonagrams were analyzed. In addition to vocalizations clearly associated with alarm, distress, or agonistic contexts, two distinct call types were identified, trills and huhs. Age‐sex classes differed in the rate at which both types of calls were produced in different spatial positions within the troop. Adult females and males produced higher rates of trills when in the leading edge compared to all other spatial positions in a traveling troop. Trills at the edge of a stationary troop represented 36 “successful” and 3 “unsuccessful” start attempts; the troop usually moved in the trajectory predicted by a trilling adult's location on the troop periphery within 10 min of the initiation of trilling. Adults also altered the trajectory of traveling troops by trilling at the side and back of the troop (10 “successful” and 4 “unsuccessful” attempts). Huh vocalizations were most predictably produced when a capuchin is in a dense fruit patch. These results emphasize the role vocalizations serve in the coordination and trajectory of group movement in nonhuman primates, especially those populations that are arboreal or in which visual contact is otherwise impeded. © 1993 Wiley‐Liss, Inc. This article is a US Government work and, as such, is in the public domain in the United States of America.
Phenological growth stages of Camelina sativa according to the extended BBCH scale

Camelina sativa is an alternative oilseed crop that is shown to be adaptable to marginal areas and suitable for low-input cultivation. Moreover, the species shows a good productivity and interesting agronomic features. As a result of particular characteristics, the oil produced by this species has been shown to be suitable for many food and non-food applications. Despite the interesting characteristics of this plant, a detailed description of the phenological growth stages of C. sativa has never been performed. A precise and univocal description of the different growth stages of this crop will provide a useful tool for several agronomic and research activities. In this article, the description of the phenological development of C. sativa is proposed utilising the extended BBCH (Biologische Bundesantalt, Bundessortenamt and Chemische Industrie) scale (Meier et al., 2009). The different phenological growth stages are described, utilising both the two- and three-digit BBCH coding system. This article is supplemented by drawings of the most representative stages.
Adjusting for allometric scaling in ABIDE I challenges subcortical volume differences in autism spectrum disorder

Inconsistencies across studies investigating subcortical correlates of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) may stem from small sample size, sample heterogeneity, and omitting or linearly adjusting for total brain volume (TBV). To properly adjust for TBV, brain allometry—the nonlinear scaling relationship between regional volumes and TBV—was considered when examining subcortical volumetric differences between typically developing (TD) and ASD individuals. Autism Brain Imaging Data Exchange I (ABIDE I; N = 654) data was analyzed with two methodological approaches: univariate linear mixed effects models and multivariate multiple group confirmatory factor analyses. Analyses were conducted on the entire sample and in subsamples based on age, sex, and full scale intelligence quotient (FSIQ). A similar ABIDE I study was replicated and the impact of different TBV adjustments on neuroanatomical group differences was investigated. No robust subcortical allometric or volumetric group differences were observed in the entire sample across methods. Exploratory analyses suggested that allometric scaling and volume group differences may exist in certain subgroups defined by age, sex, and/or FSIQ. The type of TBV adjustment influenced some reported volumetric and scaling group differences. This study supports the absence of robust volumetric differences between ASD and TD individuals in the investigated volumes when adjusting for brain allometry, expands the literature by finding no group difference in allometric scaling, and further suggests that differing TBV adjustments contribute to the variability of reported neuroanatomical differences in ASD.
INCREASED REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS AT HIGH DENSITIES AND PREDATOR SATIATION FOR PERIODICAL CICADAS

The reproductive success of periodical cicadas, measured as the number of offspring produced per adult, is found to increase as adult density increases. The inverse density-dependent pattern at the adult stage occurred over the entire range of adult densities encountered. This result could have been caused by (1) predator satiation, (2) increased fecundity at higher densities, (3) more efficient mating at higher densities, and (4) movement of adults from sites of low initial densities to sites of high densities. The hypothesis of predator satiation was explored in depth. Predation at each site was crudely estimated by collecting cicada wings, which are discarded by avian predators. If predator satiation accounts for the inverse density-dependent mortality, then each cicada's risk of capture will decrease as cicada density increases. The data suggest that this prediction is true; predation did not increase as cicada density increased so that the probability of escaping predation is greater at high-density sites. Estimated predator densities are independent of cicada densities. which indicates that predators cannot respond numerically to the cicada emergence. As cicada density increases, the number of cicada wings recovered per bird does not significantly increase, suggesting that birds are satiated. Significantly more cicada wings were recovered at sites with more birds. Total cicada predation was independent of cicada density but dependent on the density of predators. Some evolutionary conse- quences of these results are discussed.
Intraspecific variation of shape and size in subtidal populations of two Recent New Zealand articulate brachiopods

Abstract Statistical analysis of shelil. length, width, and depth shows that in subtidal populations of Terebratella sanguinea shape differs between three geographic arelas and two habits (freelying and attached), but size differs only with habit. Simil1ar studies on subtida:l populations of T. inconspicua 1;how significant Shape and Size variation influenced by local environmental conditions, rather than geographic location or habit.
Brain network connectivity in major depression: extending findings from a large public data set by meta-analysis across sites

In this short communication, we test whether patients with major depression and healthy individuals have different functional connectivity within established brain networks. To this end, we leverage a very large multi-site data set of resting state fMRI data (1,300 depressed patients and 1,128 controls) collected by 25 groups. A previous study conducted on this data set compared functional connectivity of the default mode network between the two groups. In our investigation, we performed a meta-analysis across sites quantifying the effects of depression and symptom severity on connectivity of several brain-wide networks beyond the default mode. Running a meta-analysis instead of a mega-analysis also allowed us to calculate effect sizes, heterogeneity and prediction intervals that will be valuable to inform future studies wishing to investigate network functional connectivity in depression. Our results indicate that network connectivity differences between depressed and healthy subjects are consistently small, with confidence intervals almost always encompassing zero, in line with the mixed findings from previous research. Default mode network connectivity differences between depressed patients and controls were exceptionally heterogeneous across sites, suggesting the existence of depression sub-types with normo- and hypo-connected default mode network or a strong impact of clinical confounds on default mode network connectivity. The only networks for which connectivity in depressed individuals was consistently lower than in controls were the somato-motor and visual networks, which could be promising understudied targets for future investigation. Overall, we highlight the need of minimizing heterogeneity in future multi-site studies on functional connectivity in depression and the need for more research on novel taxonomies of mental illness that are robustly anchored in brain function.