Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Medicinal effects of Propolis diet on biochemicals and histological factors in rats

Background/aim: There is increasing interest in the healing potential of natural products, such as Propolis, considering the availability and low cost of these products. The present study was conducted to evaluate biochemical and histological effects of ethanol extract of Propolis (EEP) on intestinal tissue in rats. Materials and methods: Healthy Wistar rats were indiscriminately assigned into three groups (A-C) and five rats in each. The group A were orally given 0.2 mL of dimethyl sulfoxide daily as a control, while rats in Groups B and C were administered the same 0.2 mL dimethyl sulfoxide containing 300 and 600 mg/kg body weight ethanol extract of bee Propolis for 21 days respectively. Results: It has been concluded that ethanol extract of Propolis significantly increases globulin levels in group 300 mg/kg ( p <0.05). It also, significantly increases the height of the villi, the of the mucous membrane and muscles in the group 600 mg/kg ( p <0.05). Conclusion: It could be concluded from the present investigation that the Propolis has positive effect on animal hygiene by increasing the immunity and decreasing the stress via increase the globulin level in the blood, but the beneficial effect of Propolis seems to be dose dependent.
Carbamazepine-Induced Hematological and Immunological Alterations in Egyptian Children with Idiopathic Generalized Seizures

Abstract Carbamazepine (CBZ) is one of the oldest antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) that is still used for the treatment of tonic-clonic seizures in children. Long-term use of AEDs induces potential toxic effects that may remain undetermined for a long time. Earlier studies have revealed a wide spectrum of hematological toxicities associated with CBZ. This study was conducted to unveil the toxic effects of carbamazepine as an antiepileptic monotherapy on hematological and immunological parameters in a group of Egyptian pediatric patients using it for different durations. Fifty pediatric epileptics of either sex were enrolled; 38 were taking CBZ as antiepileptic monotherapy for ≥ 6 months and 12 were newly diagnosed untreated patients. Hematological and immunological parameters studied were compared with their age and sex-matched 15 controls and among groups. CBZ was found more toxic for total leukocyte count, lymphocyte count, serum IgA and IgM levels (p < 0.001, 0.001, < 0.001, < 0.001, respectively). Hemoglobin level, platelets count, serum C4 level and IgA were negatively correlated with serum CBZ level (Spearman's rho = – 0.62, – 0.42, – 0.34, – 0.13; p < 0.001, 0.008, 0.04, 0.44, respectively). CBZ treatment duration associated inversely with platelets, lymphocyte, and eosinophil counts (p < 0.001, 0.03, 0.01, respectively). Epileptic children on CBZ monotherapy had their hematologic and immunologic systems affected, which mandates routine monitoring of these children.
Evaluation of the Biological Control Agent’s Efficiency Against the Causal Agent of Early Blight of Solanum melongena

Eggplant, an important vegetable crop in Iraq, faces yield losses due to early blight disease caused by Alternaria solani. Two antagonistic fungi (Aspergillus niger and Purpureocillium lilacinum) isolated from eggplant rhizosphere were tested in vitro (dual confrontation technique) and in vivo (preventive treatments) as potential bioagents against the most virulent A. solani isolates. A. niger and P. lilacinum at 30% conidia/ml exhibited high inhibitory rate (55.11%) against A. solani mycelial growth. Furthermore, these two antagonistic species when applied preventively at 30% of the stock conidial suspension in vivo, reduced significantly disease severity index (<28.41%). Moreover, A. niger (11.98 units/g of soluble protein) and P. lilacinum (8.11 units/g of soluble protein) enhanced the polyphenol oxidase activity. Based on the results obtained by this study, it appears that A. niger and P. lilacinum could be employed as foliar treatments against A. solani to promote eggplant growth and development and induce plant systemic resistance. To control A. solani, it is encouraged to use natural enemies as components in integrated disease management. Keywords: Alternaria solani, biological control, polyphenol oxidase, Solanum melongena, antagonistic fungi
Social Participation and Survival in Widowed Persons: Results of the Taiwan Longitudinal Study on Aging

It has been considered that widowed persons have a higher risk of death. This study intended to explore whether social participation could improve this trend. A longitudinal study database was constructed to explore the trend of survival and its change with social participation in widowed persons. The Taiwan Longitudinal Study on Aging (TLSA), based on four consecutive waves of longitudinal follow-up data in 1999, 2003, 2007, and 2011 was linked with the National Death Registry from 1999 through 2012. In total, there were 1417 widowed persons and 4500 nonwidowed persons included in this study, excluding divorced and never-married people. The survival trend analysis was carried out with social participation as the main predictive factor stratified for comparative analysis. Our results showed that the widowed were older than the nonwidowed, were female-dominant, had a lower education level, were more economically stressed, and were less likely to engage in regular exercise, and thus showed generally poorer health; for example, being more vulnerable to having chronic diseases, disability with the Activities of Daily Living (ADL), cognitive impairment with the Short Portable Mental State Questionnaire (SPMSQ), and depression with The Center for Epidemiological Studies-Depression (CES-D). The death risk of the widowed was significantly higher than that of the nonwidowed, but the death trend for those with social participation was significantly lower than that of their counterparts in both the widowed and nonwidowed. After matching with gender and age for widowed persons, the widowed with social participation had a significantly lower risk of death (adjusted hazard ratio (HR), 0.83; 95% confidence interval (CI), 0.71–0.98) compared to the widowed without social participation. It was concluded that social participation can improve the death risk for the widowed, and it is worthily included in health promotion plans and social welfare services for widowed persons.
Current Status and Future Perspectives on Therapeutic Potential of Apigenin: Focus on Metabolic-Syndrome-Dependent Organ Dysfunction

Metabolic syndrome and its associated disorders such as obesity, insulin resistance, atherosclerosis and type 2 diabetes mellitus are globally prevalent. Different molecules showing therapeutic potential are currently available for the management of metabolic syndrome, although their efficacy has often been compromised by their poor bioavailability and side effects. Studies have been carried out on medicinal plant extracts for the treatment and prevention of metabolic syndrome. In this regard, isolated pure compounds have shown promising efficacy for the management of metabolic syndrome, both in preclinical and clinical settings. Apigenin, a natural bioactive flavonoid widely present in medicinal plants, functional foods, vegetables and fruits, exerts protective effects in models of neurological disorders and cardiovascular diseases and most of these effects are attributed to its antioxidant action. Various preclinical and clinical studies carried out so far show a protective effect of apigenin against metabolic syndrome. Herein, we provide a comprehensive review on both in vitro and in vivo evidence related to the promising antioxidant role of apigenin in cardioprotection, neuroprotection and renoprotection, and to its beneficial action in metabolic-syndrome-dependent organ dysfunction. We also provide evidence on the potential of apigenin in the prevention and/or treatment of metabolic syndrome, analysing the potential and limitation of its therapeutic use.
Challenges to Shared Decision Making About Treatment of Advanced CKD: A Qualitative Study of Patients and Clinicians.

RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVE Greater understanding of the challenges to shared decision-making about treatment of advanced CKD is needed to support implementation of shared decision-making in clinical practice. STUDY DESIGN Qualitative study. SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS Patients aged ≥65 years with advanced CKD and their clinicians recruited from 3 medical centers participated in semi-structured interviews. In-depth review of patients' electronic medical records was also performed. ANALYTICAL APPROACH Interview transcripts and medical record notes were analyzed using inductive thematic analysis. RESULTS Twenty-nine patients (age 73±6 years, 66% male, 59% Caucasian) and 10 of their clinicians (age 52±12 years, 30% male, 70% Caucasian) participated in interviews. Four themes emerged from qualitative analysis: 1) Competing priorities - patients and their clinicians tended to differ on when to prioritize CKD and dialysis planning above other personal or medical problems; 2) Focusing on present or future -patients were more focused on living well now while clinicians were more focused on preparing for dialysis and future adverse events; 3) Standardized versus individualized approach to CKD - although clinicians tried to personalize care recommendations to their patients, patients perceived their clinicians as taking a monolithic approach to CKD that was predicated on clinical practice guidelines and medical literature rather than patients' lived experiences with CKD and personal values and goals; and 4) Power dynamics - while patients described cautiously navigating a power differential in their therapeutic relationship with their clinicians, clinicians seemed less attuned to these power dynamics. LIMITATIONS Thematic saturation was based on patient interviews. Themes presented might incompletely reflect clinicians' perspectives. CONCLUSIONS Efforts to improve shared decision-making for treatment of advanced CKD will likely need to explicitly address differences in approaches to decision-making about treatment of advanced CKD between patients and their clinicians and perceived power imbalances in the therapeutic relationship.
Can a Deliberative Mindset Prompt Reduce Investors’ Reliance on Fake News?

We examine if prompting investors to be in a deliberative mindset reduces their reliance on financial news when the news is later revealed to be fake. Consistent with theory, results show that investors reduce their reliance on news revealed to be fake, and that this reduction is magnified for investors who were previously prompted to be in a deliberative mindset. Importantly, results also reveal that prompting investors to be in a deliberative mindset does not affect their judgments when the news is later revealed to be true. Our study contributes to research on fake news in the financial markets and has practical implications for investors when evaluating news that may be true or fake.
Comparative seasonal influence of Kuliana lime for fruit and yield parameters under Bhubaneswar condition

Kuliana lime is an elite cultivar of Odisha. This research was conducted at Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology during 2016–17 to study the physiological and biometrical observations on fruit and yield attributes. The best season for yield has determined on the idea of seasonal performances as inter-seasonal variation has tremendous effect for yield. Spring season produced the best effect for fruit weight (32.11 g), specific gravity (1.30 g.cc-1), fruit set (91.6 per cent), fruit retention (25.18 per cent), fruit per plant (132.80), yield plant-1 (4.24 kg) and less duration for fruit maturity (113.44). Rainy season performs better with respect to fruit size (length and diameter was 4.68 cm and 4.39 cm respectively) and fruit volume (29.68 cc). Our results illustrated that the climactic condition was optimum during the spring season in fruit and yield attributes hence suggested to take up bahar treatment to induce the spring season flowering for better yield.
HERD BEHAVIOR IN USING MOBILE PAYMENT WITH UNIFIED THEORY OF ACCEPTANCE AND USE OF TECHNOLOGY (UTAUT2)

The development of information technology, followed by higher bank competition, has encouraged innovation in providing various alternatives for non-cash payments. Mobile payment services are increasingly popular with the increasing use of smartphones in the last five years in Indonesia, so that financial behavior has shifted its function towards digitalization. This study aims to discuss the financial herding behavior of using mobile payments using the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT2) approach. The data used is respondent data as many as 355 Indonesian students who use the mobile payment application on a mobile device. The results obtained by the variable performance expectance and price value have a significant effect on the behavioral intention of users of mobile payment applications in Indonesia. Then behavioral intention was proven to significantly influence usage behavior and herd behavior as a form of financial behavior deviation which was proven to affect performance expectations.
The Use of Moldavian Dragonhead Bagasse in Shaping the Thermophysical and Physicochemical Properties of Ice Cream

The aim of the study was to analyze the influence of bagasse from Moldavian dragonhead (D. moldavica L.) seeds as a source of valuable nutrients on the physicochemical properties of rice milk ice cream. The basic composition of the ice cream was modified with a varied proportion of Moldavian dragonhead bagasse (MDB) (1.0%, 1.5%, 2.0%, 2.5%, and 3.0%). The analysis of fatty acids showed a high proportion of linolenic acid (n-3) in the tested ice cream, especially with 3.0% share of bagasse. The addition of MDB increased dry matter, fat, and protein contents in the ice cream. The increasing share of this additive affected the physical properties of ice cream, increasing hardness, adhesiveness and viscosity, and reducing their melting rate. The study showed a negligible effect of the increasing share of MDB on the thermophysical properties of ice cream. Due to the high nutritional value of the bagasse (with the appropriate refinement of the recipe), it is possible to obtain rice milk ice cream with potential health-promoting properties.
The Effects of Select Hydrocolloids on the Processing of Pâté-Style Canned Pet Food

Hydrocolloids are commonly used in canned pet food. However, their functional effects have not been quantified in this food format. The objective was to determine the effects of select hydrocolloids on batter consistency, heat penetration, and texture of canned pet food. Treatments were added to the formula as 1% dextrose (D) and 0.5% guar gum with 0.5% of either dextrose (DG), kappa carrageenan (KCG), locust bean gum (LBG), or xanthan gum (XGG). Data were analyzed as a 1-way ANOVA with batch as a random effect and separated by Fisher’s LSD at p < 0.05. Batter consistency (distance traveled in 30 s) thickened with increasing levels of hydrocolloids (thinnest to thickest: 23.63 to 2.75 cm). The D treatment (12.08 min) accumulated greater lethality during the heating cycle compared to all others (average 9.09 min). The KCG treatment (27.00 N) was the firmest and D and DG (average 8.75 N) the softest with LBG and XGG (average 15.59 N) intermediate. Toughness was similar except D (67 N·mm) was less tough than DG (117 N·mm). The D treatment showed the greatest expressible moisture (49.91%), LBG and XGG the lowest (average 16.54%), and DG and KCG intermediate (average 25.26%). Hydrocolloids influenced heat penetration, likely due to differences in batter consistency, and affected finished product texture.
Can changes in ice-sheet flow be inferred from crystallographic preferred orientations?

Abstract. Creep due to ice flow is generally thought to be the main cause for the formation of crystallographic preferred orientations (CPOs) in polycrystalline anisotropic ice. However, linking the development of CPOs to the ice flow history requires a proper understanding of the ice aggregate's microstructural response to flow transitions. In this contribution the influence of ice deformation history on the CPO development is investigated by means of full-field numerical simulations at the microscale. We simulate the CPO evolution of polycrystalline ice under combinations of two consecutive deformation events up to high strain, using the code VPFFT/ELLE. A volume of ice is first deformed under co-axial boundary conditions, which results in a CPO. The sample is then subjected to different boundary conditions (co-axial or non-coaxial) in order to observe how the deformation regime switch impacts on the CPO. The model results indicate that the second flow event tends to destroy the first, inherited fabric, with a range of transitional fabrics. However, the transition is slow when crystallographic axes are critically oriented with respect to the second imposed regime. Therefore, interpretations of past deformation events from observed CPOs must be carried out with caution, particularly, in areas with complex deformation histories.
Behaviorism

Behaviorism is a learning paradigm with its roots dating back to the second half of 19th century and works of Ivan Sechenov (1829 1905) and Vladimir Bekhterev (1857 1927), and gaining a significant attention in the first decades of the 20th century. The most central premise of behaviorism is that, in order to make psychology a real science, it must be orientated on what is observable and measurable. In words of one of the key behaviorists John Watson (1878 1958),
General Public Perception Regarding Police Department and Factors That Influence Police Image in Public: A Case Study of District Kasur, Pakistan

This study was attempted to investigate the general public perception about police department and factors that influence them perception. Policing is a major controlling part of citizen and is necessary for modifiable their behavior, controlling crime and protecting the citizens. The objective of the study is to identify major factors which influence police image in the public. The study was conducted among 250 citizen of district Kasur using a five-point Likert scale structured questionnaire. The researcher used multistage simple random sampling. The respondents of the study were advocate, doctor, labour, student and businessman. Results revealed that corruption, favoritism, political interference, bad behavior of police personnel, lack of accountability and misuse of power by police department are influence public image and they considered that police department only took action when FIR was registered by economically or politically strong people of the city. Study found that police department doesn’t have any monitoring system and people can get job after giving bribe. Study concluded that there was a small number of respondents who had to pay bribe to police department for their illegal activities but majority considered that police was a major corrupt department. They study suggested that police department should be hold a meeting with public to reduce their misperception and when police went to investigation any place, it should be humble and respected. Police should took under accountability and improve recruitment system with high merit so that Pakistan can compete with international level of policing. Study also suggested that police should take action on FIR without any social status and should be write FIR without any lame excuses and bribe.
Innovation versus technology imitation development strategy: what influences government decision?

ABSTRACT This paper investigates the effect of state-business relations (SBR) and institutional settings on government decisions to foster innovation in developing countries. It differentiates between informal SBR-based cronyism and formal SBR-based lobbying and how they could influence a government’s decision to implement policies fostering innovation. After a theoretical discussion on the available literature, a theoretical model building on and complementing the Aghion and Howitt (2009) growth model with institutions is introduced. The model provides predictions on which institutional settings induce the government to support innovation, rather than technology imitation/transfer strategies. Using the random-effects regression model, the empirical results support some of the model’s predictions. This includes the negative effect of cronyism and the positive effect of public frustration from cronyism on choosing the innovation strategy. A positive effect also results from a situation where natural resources-caused economic growth is matched by institutional reform that curbs cronyism and mitigates the resource curse. A short discussion on some case studies follows before the paper ends with a conclusion.
Study on the impact of aerobic exercise on self-image in young women

We all know the importance of self-image in the management of everyday tasks arising from the dynamics of changes in modern society, which involves consistent coping skills and increased resistance to effort and stressors; thus, a strongly positive self-image enhances coping skills, and life obstacles are perceived as challenges to be overcome in order to achieve the intended goals. The purpose of our paper is to highlight the impact of aerobic exercise performed for 16 weeks on the self-image of young women aged between 19 and 24 years, students at different faculties within the “Politehnica” University of Bucharest (UPB). The research was conducted on a sample of 62 girls, of whom 31 were part of the experiment group that participated in an aerobic exercise programme performed 3 times a week, over a 16-week period; the control group was also made up of 31 girls in the final years of study at UPB, but their curriculum did not provide sports activity classes and they did not practice physical exercise independently; however, some of them used to practice sporadically different physical activities. The systematic practice of aerobic exercise had a positive impact on the self-image of the physical and mental Ego for the girls in the experimental group, with statistically significant differences, as shown by the statistical processing.
On the morphological variability and phylogenetic relationships of Crimean and Caucasian members of Lotus section Dorycnium

Аннотация. В Крыму и на Кавказе секция Dorycnium (Mill.) D. D. Sokoloff рода Lotus L. s. l. , относимая многими исследователями к роду Dorycnium Mill. , представлена таксонами родства L. graecus L. (= Dorycnium graecum) и L. dorycnium L. (= D. pentaphyllum). Для уточнения видового состава, диагностических признаков и филогенетических связей представителей секции этих географических регионов были проанализированы семь крымских и пять кавказских выборок. Проведен морфологический анализ крымского и кавказского материала с использованием методов одномерной и многомерной (метод главных координат) статистики. Молекулярно-филогенетический анализ отдельно по ITS1-5,8S-ITS2 ядерной рДНК и trnL-F хпДНК выполнен с привлечением репрезентативного набора видов рода Lotus s. l. Исследование выявило присутствие на территории Крыма и Кавказа двух видов: L. graecus и L. herbaceus (Vill.) Jauzein (представителя комплекса L. dorycnium), отличающихся по многим морфологическим признакам (размерам цветков, листьев, зубцов чашечки, характеру опушения и наличию/отсутствию корневых отпрысков). Межвидовые гибриды не выявлены. В пределах каждого вида географической дифференциации между последовательностями обоих изученных маркеров (ITS и trnL-F) не наблюдалось. Данное исследование подтвердило, что комплекс L. dorycnium (включая L. herbaceus) из секции Dorycnium по пластидным данным не отделен от L. hirsutus, вида из секции Bonjeanea (Rchb.) D. D. Sokoloff с широким средиземноморским ареалом, не доходящим до Крыма и Кавказа, что было ранее показано по другим маркерам хпДНК.