Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
EVALUATION OF THE PROGENY TEST OF SOME PRODUCTIVE AND REPRODUCTIVE TRAITS OF THE BLACK AUSTRALORP CHICKEN STRAIN UNDER CONDITIONS OF SEMI-INTENSIVE HOUSING

The present study was carried out in order to investigate the genetic preference of some sires of black australorp chicken strain and to estimate their breeding values for some of reproductive and productive traits of their daughters by using contemporary comparison method under semi -intensive housing management. The data included records of 100 chicken daughter resulting from the mating of 5 sires (A, B, C, D and E) with 15 dams. breeding values were estimated for traits of fertility of set eggs, hatchability of fertile and set eggs, hatched chick, egg weight, chick weight and chick length. Results showed that daughters of sire C achieved the highest values of least means squares (P<0.05) in the all previous traits studied (92.83, 94.96, 88.15, 86.99%, 64.9 g, 46.80g and 179.90mm respectively). Also, sire C achieved the highest breeding values across its daughters' group in all the previous traits studied (5.09, 2.81, 6, 6.12%, 3.53, 1.38 g and 1.36 mm respectively). A remarkable increase was observed in the estimated heritability coefficient (h) values of the sires for traits of fertility of set eggs, hatchability of fertile and set eggs and hatched chick (0.57, 0.53, 0.48 and 0.45 respectively). Genetic correlation coefficients were characterized by high values among most of the traits studied and ranged between 0.49 and 0.99, while the values of phenotypic correlation coefficients among most of the traits decreased and ranged between 0.02 and 0.90. Within the conditions of semi-intensive housing of the black Australorp chicken strain and through the using of the contemporary companions evaluative method, it is concluded that there are differences in the breeding values of the various reproductive and productive traits of parent sires indicating an additive genetic effect that can be exploited in the processes of selection and different breeding purposes.
Prevalent intron retention fine‐tunes gene expression and contributes to cellular senescence

Intron retention (IR) is the least well‐understood alternative splicing type in animals, and its prevalence and function in physiological and pathological processes have long been underestimated. Cellular senescence contributes to individual aging and age‐related diseases and can also serve as an important cancer prevention mechanism. Dynamic IR events have been observed in senescence models and aged tissues; however, whether and how IR impacts senescence remain unclear. Through analyzing polyA+ RNA‐seq data from human replicative senescence models, we found IR was prevalent and dynamically regulated during senescence and IR changes negatively correlated with expression alteration of corresponding genes. We discovered that knocking down (KD) splicing factor U2AF1, which showed higher binding density to retained introns and decreased expression during senescence, led to senescence‐associated phenotypes and global IR changes. Intriguingly, U2AF1‐KD‐induced IR changes also negatively correlated with gene expression. Furthermore, we demonstrated that U2AF1‐mediated IR of specific gene (CPNE1 as an example) contributed to cellular senescence. Decreased expression of U2AF1, higher IR of CPNE1, and reduced expression of CPNE1 were also discovered in dermal fibroblasts with age. We discovered prevalent IR could fine‐tune gene expression and contribute to senescence‐associated phenotypes, largely extending the biological significance of IR.
A unified neurocomputational bilateral model of spoken language production in healthy participants and recovery in poststroke aphasia

Understanding the processes underlying normal, impaired and recovered language performance has been a long-standing goal for cognitive and clinical neuroscience. Many verbally-described hypotheses about language lateralisation and recovery have been generated. However, they have not been considered within a single, unified and implemented computational framework, and the literatures on healthy participants and patients are largely separated. These investigations also span different types of data, including behavioural results and fMRI brain activations, which augment the challenge for any unified theory. Consequently, many key issues, apparent contradictions and puzzles remain to be solved. We developed a neurocomputational, bilateral pathway model of spoken language production, designed to provide a unified framework to simulate different types of data from healthy participants and aphasic patients. The model encapsulates key computational principles (differential computational capacity, emergent division of labour across pathways, experience-dependent plasticity-related recovery) and provides an explanation for the bilateral yet asymmetric lateralisation of language in healthy participants, chronic aphasia after left rather than right hemisphere lesions, and the basis of partial recovery in patients. The model provides a formal basis for understanding the relationship between behavioural performance and brain activation. The unified model is consistent with the degeneracy and variable neuro-displacement theories of language recovery, and adds computational insights to these hypotheses regarding the neural machinery underlying language processing and plasticity-related recovery following damage. Significance Statement Studies of healthy and impaired language have generated many verbally-described hypotheses. Whilst these verbal descriptions have advanced our understanding of language processing, some explanations are mutually incompatible and it is unclear how they work mechanistically. We constructed a neurocomputational bilateral model of spoken language production to simulate a range of phenomena in healthy participants and patients with aphasia simultaneously, including language lateralisation, impaired performance after left but not right damage, and hemispheric involvement in plasticity-dependent recovery. The model demonstrates how seemly contradictory findings can be simulated within a single framework. To our knowledge, this provides the first coherent mechanistic account of language lateralisation and recovery from post-stroke aphasia.
Superolateral Dislocation of Bilateral Mandibular Condyles With a Mandibular Body and Condyle Fracture

Abstract An 82-year-old man fell from a motorcycle and was admitted with superolateral dislocation of the bilateral mandibular condyles. The displaced condyles on the right and left were hooked in the posterior root of the zygomatic arch and in the temporal fossa beyond the zygomatic arch, respectively. There was a sagittal split fracture on the medial side of the right mandibular condyle and a right mandibular body fracture. Under general anesthesia, manual reduction of the dislocation was successfully performed the day after the injury. Bilateral superolateral dislocations hooked to the temporal fossa or zygomatic arch are very rare, as they may require multiple strong impacts to occur. Open reduction and closed reduction are possible treatment modalities, and the period from trauma to treatment is relevant for the choice of treatment.
PROXIMATE AND FUNCTIONAL PROPERTIES OF ORANGE-FLESHED SWEET POTATO/PIGEON PEA FLOUR BLENDS AND EXTRUDATES

This study evaluated the proximate and functional properties of the flour blends of orange fleshed sweet potato (OFSP) and pigeon pea and their extrudates. Flours from two varieties [TIS 8164 (OFSPF1) and NRS P/05/022 (OFSPF2)] were individually substituted with pigeon pea flour (PPF) at 0%, 10%, 20%, 30%, 40% and 50% levels. The flour blends, adjusted to moisture content of about 55%, were extruded using a single screw laboratory extruder o at 110 rpm and 100 C. The flour blends and extruded products were analysed for proximate composition and functional properties. There were significant (p < 0.05) differences in the proximate composition of the flour blends with 50% PPF-substituted flour having the highest contents of protein, fat, crude fibre and swelling power (at 70 o C)for both OFSPF1 and OFSPF2. OFSPF2 recorded higher values for protein, fat, ash, and crude fibre than OFSPF1. There were significant (p < 0.05) differences in the functional properties of the flour blends and extrudates. o Swelling power (at 70 C)of the flour blends increased as the level of PPF increased for both varieties of OFSP. o Swelling index (at 90 C), water absorption index and bulk density of extrudates decreased as PPF increased for both varieties. Flour blends and extrudates from OFSPF1 had higher values for moisture, carbohydrates and wettability than OFSP2. Variety of OFSP influenced the proximate composition and functional properties of the OFSPF-PPF flour blends and extrudates.
Sorption of. cap alpha. -naphthol: implications concerning the limits of hydrophobic sorption

The effect of soil and sediment properties on sorption of . cap alpha. -naphthol was examined. Batch equilibrium sorption isotherms were determined for sorption of . cap alpha. -naphthol by soil and sediment samples collected from the Ohio, Missouri, Mississippi, and Illinois rivers and their watersheds. The sorption isotherms were represented by the Freundlich equation, Soil thin-layer chromatography was used in combination with the sorption studies to examine the role of both sorbate and sorbent properties as well as the solute-solvent interaction in determining the degree of hydrophobic or nonpolar sorption.
Biotechnological Utilization of Agriculture Residues for Sustainable Development

Lignocellulosic biomass is the most abundant organic raw material in the world. Lignocelluloses constitute a major portion of agricultural and forest wastes. They are the most promising feed stock for the production of enzymes. The bioconversion of agro wastes into xylanase has received considerable interest during the recent years, because the production process is eco-friendly and use cheap biomass resources as substrates, which help to reduce enzyme prices. To investigate the production of xylanase from Bacillus species isolated from the soil sample collected from the vicinity of paper industry, submerged fermentation was performed, using wheat straw, wheat bran, rice straw, rice bran and bagasse as substrates. Wheat bran supported xylanase production with maximum activity (0.196 units/mL) in the medium with 1% wheat bran on 3rd day of fermentation. Optimum temperature and pH for maximum xylanase production reported were 37o C and 7, respectively. Further, the inoculum size, 0.4% v/v, gave the maximum yield. L.B. plot for reaction of xylanase revealed that Vmax of the reaction was 3.1 µmoles/min. and M.M. constant (Km) was 0.0028 µg/mL. In addition, it was observed that activity of xylanase produced was 0.32 units/mL at pH 7 and temperature 50o C.
Suspended Sediment Concentration Profiles under Non-Breaking and Breaking Waves

Simple formulas to predict time-averaged suspended sediment concentration are formulated using steady diffusion equation. Empirical formulas are developed to compute reference concentration (boundary condition) and diffusion coefficient. For suspended sediment concentration in the field, the same formulas with regular wave condition can be applied by using root mean square wave height and average wave period. Total 139 data sets are used for calibration of empirical formulas and 175 data sets are used for verification.
Transforming Growth Factor-β1 Circulates in Normal Human Plasma and is Unchanged in Advanced Metastatic Breast Cancer

A method has been developed to determine true plasma transforming growth factor beta (TGF-beta) levels by using the platelet alpha granule-specific marker, platelet factor 4, to correct for the TGF-beta contributed by platelets degranulated ex vivo. TGF-beta levels were measured on acid-ethanol extracts of human plasma using isoform-specific sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays. Normal human subjects had 4.1 +/- 2.0 ng/ml TGF-beta1 (range, 2.0-12.0; n = 42), <0.2 ng/ml TGF-beta2, and <0.1 ng/ml TGF-beta3 in their plasma. There were no significant changes with age or with hormonal status, but any given individual showed fluctuations of up to 3-fold in measured plasma TGF-beta levels due to unknown factors. Of 28 patients with advanced metastatic breast cancer, 2 had greatly elevated TGF-beta1 levels, while the rest were in the normal range. The presence of physiologically significant levels of TGF-beta1 in the plasmas of normal human subjects may indicate previously unsuspected endocrine roles for this peptide, while TGF-beta2 and TGF-beta3 appear to act only in a local autocrine/paracrine fashion.
Theoretical constraints on pure vapor‐pressure driven condensation of organics to ultrafine particles

Organic condensation to freshly nucleated particles contributes substantially to their growth. Here we explore a range of constraints on this process, under the assumption that gas‐phase oxidation of organic vapors by hydroxy radical is forming organics with a sufficiently low volatility to condense onto particles in the 2–20 nm size range. To condense but not homogeneously nucleate, vapors need to have saturation concentrations (C*) in the 10−3 − 10−2μg m−3 range, and this is exactly the range that gas‐phase chemistry is likely to produce. At least half of the observed growth rate of ultrafine particles can be explained by these simple considerations and constraints.
Sentential Context and On-Line Lexical Decision

J. L. Nicol and D. Swinney (1989) reported that lexical decision response times to a test word that was related to the implicit object of a verb were faster, when tested immediately after the verb, than response times to a control test word. They concluded from this result that the relation between the implicit object and the verb was understood during comprehension. In G. McKoon, R. Ratcliff, and G. Ward (1994), another interpretation was suggested, that the faster lexical decision response times were due to the better semantic-pragmatic fit of the related test words to the sentential contexts, and experimental data were presented to support this interpretation. In response, J.L. Nicol, J. D. Fodor, and D. Swinney (1994) pointed out some possible problems with these experiments. The experiment presented in this article undermines their arguments. By using sentences in which there was no implicit object, exactly the same pattern of results was found as originally reported by J. L. Nicol and D. Swinney, thereby implicating some factor other than syntactic processing of an implicit object as an explanation of their finding.
The Kupffer cell in endotoxin tolerance: mechanisms of protection against lethal endotoxemia.

Kupffer cells (KC) of the hepatic sinusoid respond to endotoxemia by producing mediators which promote or inhibit systemic inflammatory responses. Sublethal lipopolysaccharide (LPS) pretreatment confers tolerance to the lethality of a subsequent LPS exposure. However, the precise role of the KC in endotoxin tolerance (ET) remains unclear. This study evaluated the effect of ET induction upon the rat KC production of the mediators tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha), prostaglandin E2 (PGE2), and interleukin-6 (IL-6), and upon the in vivo phagocytic capacity of the KCs. 3 days prior to KC isolation, age-matched rats received either 5 mg/kg LPS (ET) or normal saline (nontolerant, NT), which protected 100% of the ET rats against an LPS dose 3 days later which was lethal in 72% of NT rats. On an in vitro LPS rechallenge, ET KC produced significantly lower amounts of TNF than NT KC (p < .01). In contrast, the ET KC produced significantly more PGE2 (p < .05) and IL-6 (p < .001) than the NT KC. The percentage of KC phagocytosing fluorescent latex spheres in vivo was increased 7-fold in the ET rats. Thus, ET induction, which protects rats against subsequent lethal endotoxemia, selectively alters KC mediator production and phagocytic capacity. These findings strongly implicate the KC in the mediation of early endotoxin tolerance.
Spatial aspects of the large-scale fate and transport of semivolatile organic chemicals

The fate and transport of organic pollutants in the environment is usually assessed with the help of multimedia models. A target variable calculated with these models is the environmental exposure to a substance. It indicates that part of the potential hazard of a chemical that is caused solely by the chemical’s fate and transport behaviour, regardless of toxicological substance properties. So far, pulse-emissions are usually assumed in order to arrive at an easy to compute expression for exposure. Here, we show that exposure does not depend on the shape of the emission function. Exposure calculated for the pulse release of a particular mass of contaminant is equal to exposure calculated for any arbitrary dynamic release of the same mass. This result extends the meaning of model evaluations at steady-state. It also allows for a more general interpretation of the persistence and the spatial range of a chemical, as well as of the toxicity potential used in life cycle impact assessment.
Contents of zinc, cadmium and lead in rice plants in soils incubated with slag.

Os efeitos da aplicacao de residuo siderurgico, proveniente da concentracao de Zn em lama de altos fornos siderurgicos, como fonte de Zn as plantas de arroz e a toxicidade de Cd e Pb no residuo, foram avaliados em experimento. O material de solo usado proveio do horizonte superficial dos solos Latossolo Vermelho Amarelo (LVA); Neossolo Fluvico (RU) e Argissolo Vermelho Amarelo (PVA), coletados no municipio de Pinheiral, Estado do Rio de Janeiro; utilizou se a variedade de arroz (Oryza sativa L.) BRS Curinga. As plantas foram coletadas aos 145 dias apos a semeadura; aquelas crescidas no Neossolo Fluvico apresentaram a maior producao de materia seca e a maior acumulacao de zinco, mas a menor de cadmio, enquanto as desenvolvidas no Argissolo Vermelho Amarelo indicaram a menor producao de materia seca, menor acumulacao de zinco, mas maior de chumbo e de cadmio. O extrator DTPA foi alvo de correlacoes elevadas e significativas com as concentracoes de chumbo, cadmio e zinco, nas raizes e na parte aerea e, com a quantidade acumulada nas plantas, mostrando se bom indicador da biodisponibilidade desses tres metais. Pelas caracteristicas apresentadas nos solos estudados e pelas concentracoes fitotoxicas do chumbo e do cadmio encontradas nas plantas desenvolvidas no PVA, nao e recomendavel a utilizacao desse residuo como fonte de zinco para a cultura do arroz.
Infrared Photometry of Metal Rich Galactic Globular Clusters

We describe the results of a program of infrared photometry using an array detector carried out at the Las Campanas Observatory on a sample of very metal rich galactic globular clusters. We have found that the giant branches of most of these clusters show a spread in various colors which is due to patchy interstellar absorption. Strong limits can be derived on the metallicity spread within these clusters by analyzing the spread of the giant branch at a given K magnitude as a function of color used.
The Role of Physical Contact and Association in Early Contamination Sensitivity.

Although young children believe that contaminated substances contain imperceptible substrates, they may assume that the mere presence of a contaminant guarantes the presence of its substrates in a physically removed substance (associational contamination). In this study, the proximity of a contaminant (bug) to a beverage (juice) was systematically manipulated, and children were asked whether someone would get sick from drinking the beverage. Some preschoolers, and most 7- and 8-years-olds, recognized the need for physical contact between the bug and juice to make the juice noxious
Bardet-Biedl Syndrome Overview

The purpose of this overview is to increase the awareness of clinicians regarding the causes of Bardet-Biedl syndrome and related genetic counseling issues.The following are the goals of this overview: Goal 1 Describe the clinical characteristics of Bardet-Biedl syndrome. Goal 2 Review the genetic causes of Bardet-Biedl syndrome. Goal 3 Provide an evaluation strategy to identify the genetic cause of Bardet-Biedl syndrome in a proband (when possible). Goal 4 Review management of Bardet-Biedl syndrome. Goal 5 Inform genetic counseling of family members of an individual with Bardet-Biedl syndrome.
Catalytic Wet Oxidation of Phenol by Hydrogen Peroxide over Pillared Clay Catalyst

Extrudates of Al−Fe pillared clay catalyst suitable for packed-bed operations are evaluated for wastewater treatment via a wet oxidation process employing hydrogen peroxide as the oxidant. The reaction was carried out in a semibatch basket reactor under rather mild conditions. Operational parameters were studied under the following conditions: temperature from 25 to 90 °C, atmospheric pressure, initial phenol concentration from 100 to 2000 ppm of the liquid phase, catalyst loading from 0 to 10 g/L, and input H2O2 concentration from 0.15 to 0.6 mol/L. Under these conditions, the Al−Fe pillared clay catalyst achieves a total elimination of phenol and significant total organic carbon (TOC) removal. This catalyst can be used several times without any change in its catalytic properties, and hence, it would be a promising catalyst for industrial wastewater treatment. The reaction takes place to a significant extent both in the liquid phase and on the catalyst surface. Hence, apparent kinetic models were develo.
Concentration of free radicals in faba bean seeds after the pre-sowing treatment of the seeds with laser light

Experiments were conducted at the Institute of Soil Science and Plant Cultivation in Pu³awy, the Agricultural University and University of Maria Curie-Sk³odowska in Lublin. The first row factor were three morphologically differentiated white lupine varieties: Nadwiœlanski (traditional form) and Tim (determinated form), and the second one - doses of laser irradia- tion: D0 - without irradiation, D1 - single fold irradiation, D 2- double irradiation, D3 - three fold irradiation, D4 - four fold irradiation, D5 - five fold irradiation. Single exposition was equal to 4·10 -3 Jc m -2 s -1 . Irradiation of double have been carried out at the Physics Department of the Agricultural University in Lublin, using a device for the laser irradiation of seed prior to sowing. The irradiated seeds of both faba bean forms gave a faster uptake of water and achieved a larger mass during seed imbibing in com- parison to seeds without irradiation. It was found that the earlier and steadier emergence of these plants was a consequence of this process. Faba bean seedlings which were grown from irradiated seeds achieved, in the succeeding measurement dates, significantly larger coleoptile and root length in comparison to those seedlings which had not been so irradiated by laser light. A significant incre- ase was observed in the concentration of free radicals in those seeds which were treated, before sowing, with laser light. The largest increase in the number of free radicals in the seed of both faba bean varieties was found after three and four fold seed irradiation. There was no significant effect of examined varieties in seed irradiation on free radical concentration in the young faba bean plant organs. The number of free radicals in the leaves, stems and roots did not differ significantly from that found in the particular organs of plant grown from non-irradiated seeds. Laboratory research did not show any increase in the number of free radicals in seeds harvested from plants grown from irradiated seeds.
METAL-INSULATOR PHASE TRANSITION IN VO2

The effects of doping and uniaxial stress on the structural and magnetic properties of VO2 are reviewed. Important electron-electron correlation effects are deduced : (i) in the metallic phase from the results obtained V1-xNbxO2 alloys, (ii) in the insulating phases of pure VO2 at ambiant pressure (M1), under uniaxial stress or in the presence of Cr impurities (T and M2).