Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Protective effect of anti-abortive herbal medicine on embryo implantation and the changes of serum progesterone, IFN-γ and IL-4 in cows after artificial insemination

Early embryo death is a serious problem in most mammals including cows. To investigate the protective effect of Chinese herbal medicine against embryo loss during implantation, 100 healthy multiparious cows were divided randomly into five groups: Control (CO) group, Taishan Panshi (TP) powder group, Baotai Wuyou (BW) powder group, Huangqin (HQ) group and baicalin (BC) group. The cows in the control group were fed routinely, each cow in the other four groups was given TP, BW, HQ or BC powder respectively into their ration daily from day 7 to day 14 after artificial insemination (AI), then blood serum was collected on days 7, 14, 24 and 54 after AI. The contents of progesterone and Th2/Th1 cytokines, interleukin-4 (IL-4) and interferon-γ (IFN-γ) were detected with commercial kits. Results showed that with increasing days after AI, the levels of progesterone and IL-4 increased steadily, while the contents of IFN-γ increased first but decreased afterwards in all the five groups. Among the five groups, treatment with TP and BW powder significantly increased the number of pregnant cows and elevated the levels of progesterone, IL-4 and the ratio of Th2/Th1. The results indicate that TP and BW powder, which represent two formulas, would exert their effect at the maternal fetal interface in pregnant cows by elevating the levels of progesterone and regulating the secretion balance of Th2/Th1 cytokines, these effects, in other words, would be beneficial to a successful embryo implantation and survival. Key words: Herbal medicine, progesterone interferon-γ (IFN-γ), interleukin-4 (IL-4), cow, implantation.
Some Recent Approaches to Control Tuta absoluta in Tomato Under Greenhouse Conditions

Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) is considered the major pest that attacks tomato in many countries. Some insecticides (indoxacarb, imidacloprid) and non-traditional methods (culture filtrate of Bacillus thuringiensis, Artemisia cina extract, clove oil and nanosilica) were evaluated against T. absoluta in tomato under greenhouse conditions. Furthermore, GC-MS analysis was carried out to identify the chemical components of B. thuringiensis culture filtrate as well as A. cina and clove oil extracts. Nanosilica was the most effective treatment against T. absoluta followed by A. cina, imidacloprid + A. cina, indoxacarb, filtrate of B. thuringiensis, imidacloprid, indoxacarb + A. cina and clove oil treatments, respectively. The mixing of the tested insecticides with A. cina improved the efficiency against the tested insect relative to using insecticides alone. The results suggest possible use of the tested natural products and nanosilica as alternatives for T. absoluta control. Also, this study suggests the possible mixing of the A. cina extract with the tested insecticides to minimize health risk and environmental pollution.
Patient Satisfaction with Services in King Abdulaziz University Dental Hospital

Patient satisfaction levels in any health institute are a key performance indicator of quality health care. We constructed a 36-item questionnaire and distributed it over a three-month period (from February to April 2014) to 301 patients treated in various departmental clinics at King Abdulaziz University Dental Hospital. The survey addressed satisfaction with facilities, helpfulness of the staff, progress of treatment, quality of care and treatment with dignity and compassion. Patients were overall satisfied with the treatment received (84.1%), with particular satisfaction for doctors and faculty supervisors being courteous (73.4%, and 61.0%, respectively), and addressing their concern (54.3% and 60.0%, respectively). Dissatisfaction was found with the patient relations’ attitude (48.2%) and professionalism (49.6%), and the majority of patients claimed to be very unsatisfied with the referral system (69.0%) and the difficulty in contacting the clinics (72.0%). The results of the present study revealed that King Abdulaziz University Dental Hospital provides quality dental services to its patients and there is an overall high rate of patient satisfaction for the treatment and services rendered by the institute. However there are still issues and some concerns such as patient relation communication skills and referral system professionalism that have to be addressed in order to improve the patient experience.
Growth and mortality in high and low light: trends among 15 shade‐tolerant tropical rain forest tree species

1 Past work on tropical rain forest tree seedlings has been dominated by contrasts between strongly light‐demanding and strongly shade‐tolerant species. We examined patterns of growth and mortality among shade‐tolerant tree seedlings in response to light, and investigated the morphological and physiological correlates of high seedling growth and survival rates across species. 2 Seedlings of 15 tree species from Australian tropical lowland forest were grown for up to 1 year in neutral‐density shadehouses at three light levels (10%, 0.8% and 0.2% full daylight). All species showed negligible mortality in the 10% and 0.8% shadehouses, but survival was significantly reduced in 0.2% daylight. 3 Seedling survival rate in 0.2% daylight showed no significant relationship with either the dry mass of seed reserves (embryo plus endosperm), or relative growth rates in dry mass (RGRM) in 0.8% and 10% light. 4 The RGRM values in 0.8% and 10% daylight were strongly positively correlated, and showed a strong negative correlation with the dry mass of seed reserves. Interspecific variation in low‐light RGRM was driven by unit leaf rate (rate of accumulation of dry mass per unit area of leaf), whereas interspecific variation in high‐light RGRM was most closely correlated with leaf area ratio (leaf area per total plant dry mass). 5 Variation in seedling characters in response to light may have important implications for the coexistence of shade‐tolerant tropical tree species.
Influence of silicon fertilizer grades on blast and brown spot development and on rice yields

Calcium silicate slag, applied as a source of plant-available silicon on silicon-deficient soils, reduces plant disease and increases yields of rice. The purpose of this experiment was to evaluate performance of three forms of slag and three rates of application on disease and yield. Calcium silicate slag was applied at 0, 2.5, and 5.0 Mg/ha as a fine-grade material (100% 1 mm and <3.35 mm) made from the fine-grade material (.)
Automation Tool Development to Improve Machine Results using Data Analysis

- The volume of data generated by different organizations has increased consistently in the past few years. Hence, it is necessary to analyze this voluminous data to produce profitable results. This paper presents a way of analyzing merchant datasets using the confusion matrix concept to attain the maximum precision, recall and accuracy for the given merchants. Moreover, various python libraries have led to a better automation tool algorithm for analysis.
The Changes of Heart miR-1 and miR-133 Expressions following Physiological Hypertrophy Due to Endurance Training

Objective MicroRNAs (miRNAs) play a key role in the development of the heart. Recent studies have shown that miR- 1 and miR-133 are key regulators of cardiac hypertrophy. Therefore, we aimed to evaluate the effect of an endurance training (ET) program on the expressions of these miRNAs and their transcriptional network. Materials and Methods In this experimental study, cardiac hypertrophy was induced by 14 weeks of ET for 1 hour per day, 6 days per week at 75% VO2 max). The rats (221 ± 23 g) in the experimental (n=7) and control (n=7) groups were anesthetized to evaluate heart morphology changes by echocardiography. Next, we evaluated expressions of miR-1 and miR-133, and heart and neural crest derivatives express 2 (Hand2), Mef2c, histone deacetylase 4 (Hdac4) and serum response factor (Srf) gene expressions by real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Finally, the collected data were evaluated by the independent t test to determine differences between the groups Results The echocardiography result confirmed physiological hypertrophy in the experimental group that underwent ET as shown by the increased left ventricular weight/body surface area (LVW/BSA) (P=0.004), LVW/body weight (BW) (P=0.011), left ventricular diameter end-diastolic (LVDd) (P=0.003), and improvements in heart functional indexes such as fractional shortness (FS) (P=0.036) and stroke volume (SV) (P=0.002). There were significant increases in the expressions of miR-1 (P=0.001) and miR-133 (P=0.004). The expressions of Srf, Hdac4, and Hand2 genes significantly increased (P<0.001) in the experimental group Compared with the control group. The expression of Mef2c did not significantly change. Conclusion The expressions of miR-1 and miR-133 and their target genes appeared to be involved in physiological hypertrophy induced by ET in these rats.
Executive’s former banking experience, entertainment expenditures and bank lending decisions: Evidence from China’s non-SOE firms

This paper examines whether firm executives who are former bankers provide benefits to their firms through better access to bank loans and more favourable terms of their loans, using data of Chinese non-SOEs from 2003 to 2010. We find that having former bankers as executives enables these non-SOEs to (1) increase the likelihood of receiving bank loans and obtaining a greater amount of bank loans and (2) lower the collateral requirement for their bank loans, and result in more efficient lending by banks. We further find that these effects become more pronounced as firms increase their spending in entertainment and travel costs (ETCs). Overall, our results support the view that in the context of China, private sector growth is supported by external financing and unconventional governance methods based on relationships.
Morphological convergence of the prey-killing arsenal of sabertooth predators

Abstract Sabertooth members of the Felidae, Nimravidae, and Barbourofelidae are well-known for their elongated saber-shaped canines. However, within these groups, there is a wide range of independently derived tooth shapes and lengths, including dirk-tooth and scimitar-tooth morphs. In conjunction with the saberteeth, forelimbs were also used to subdue prey. Thus, there may be a functional link between canine shape and forelimb morphology. Because there are no living sabertooth forms for comparison, extant felids make a good proxy for examining the morphology of these extinct organisms. Here, I examine the forelimb morphology of different sabertooth groups from across North America; I address whether forelimb morphologies are associated with tooth morphologies, and whether these associated tooth and forelimb morphologies are convergent among different families. To answer these questions, I analyzed six functional indices of the forelimbs and two canine characters for 13 species of sabertooth predators and 15 extant felid species. Results indicate that sabertooth morphs with longer, thinner canines show more robust limb proportions. These patterns were convergent among sabertooth felids, nimravids, and barbourofelids, and indicate a positive functional relationship between saber elongation and increased forelimb robustness. This suggests that sabertooth carnivorans demonstrated niche partitioning of predation strategies according to canine shape and corresponding forelimb morphology.
Higher trait mindfulness is associated with empathy but not with emotion recognition abilities

Mindfulness involves an intentional and non-judgemental attention or awareness of present-moment experiences. It can be cultivated by meditation practice or present as an inherent disposition or trait. Higher trait mindfulness has been associated with improved emotional skills, but evidence comes primarily from studies on emotion regulation. It remains unclear whether improvements extend to other aspects of emotional processing, namely the ability to recognize emotions in others. In the current study, 107 participants (Mage = 25.48 years) completed a measure of trait mindfulness, the Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire, and two emotion recognition tasks. These tasks required participants to categorize emotions in facial expressions and in speech prosody (modulations of the tone of voice). They also completed an empathy questionnaire and attention tasks. We found that higher trait mindfulness was associated positively with cognitive empathy, but not with the ability to recognize emotions. In fact, Bayesian analyses provided substantial evidence for the null hypothesis, both for emotion recognition in faces and in speech. Moreover, no associations were observed between mindfulness and attention performance. These findings suggest that the positive effects of trait mindfulness on emotional processing do not extend to emotion recognition abilities.
Association Studies in Yield and Grain Quality Traits in Aromatic and Non Aromatic Families of Rice

Rice is one of the pivotal stable food and primary food source for most of the world population. Breed a variety with high yield and good grain quality characters is an important goal of breeders. The international rice market is highly segmented because consumer preference is highly heterogeneous, not only across countries but also within countries. The rice grain quality traits generally include milling quality, appearance quality, and nutritional quality in terms of cooking and eating quality which are most important for the consumers. Hence selection for improved milling, cooking, eating and processing qualities is crucial to meet consumers’ preference and industry standards. International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences ISSN: 2319-7706 Volume 9 Number 5 (2020) Journal homepage: http://www.ijcmas. com
Functional Domains of α-Catenin Required for the Strong State of Cadherin-based Cell Adhesion

The interaction of cadherin–catenin complex with the actin-based cytoskeleton through α-catenin is indispensable for cadherin-based cell adhesion activity. We reported previously that E-cadherin–α-catenin fusion molecules showed cell adhesion and cytoskeleton binding activities when expressed in nonepithelial L cells. Here, we constructed deletion mutants of E-cadherin–α-catenin fusion molecules lacking various domains of α-catenin and introduced them into L cells. Detailed analysis identified three distinct functional domains of α-catenin: a vinculin/α-actinin-binding domain, a ZO-1-binding domain, and an adhesion-modulation domain. Furthermore, cell dissociation assay revealed that the fusion molecules containing the ZO-1-binding domain in addition to the adhesion-modulation domain conferred the strong state of cell adhesion activity on transfectants, although those lacking the ZO-1-binding domain conferred only the weak state. The disorganization of actin-based cytoskeleton by cytochalasin D treatment shifted the cadherin-based cell adhesion from the strong to the weak state. In the epithelial cells, where α-catenin was not precisely colocalized with ZO-1, the ZO-1-binding domain did not completely support the strong state of cell adhesion activity. Our studies showed that the interaction of α-catenin with the actin-based cytoskeleton through the ZO-1-binding domain is required for the strong state of E-cadherin–based cell adhesion activity.
Acute Respiratory Tract Infections and Vitamin D: Neonatal vitamin D levels and acute respiratory tract infections in the first year of life

ii Dedication . iv Acknowledgments . v List of Figures . xiii List of Tables . xv List of Abbreviations . xvii Co-Authorship Form . xix Chapter 1: Introduction . 1 Chapter 2: Literature Review – Part 1: An Introduction to Vitamin D . 3 2.
Childhood tuberculosis at Laayoune, Morocco: Report of 16 cases

The aim of this work was to describe the epidemiology of TB among children under 15 years, at Laayoune, from January 2017 to May 2018. Retrospective analysis of risk factors and clinical presentation for disease among children was conducted. 16 children had tuberculosis. They were 9 girls and 7 boys. The main age was 8.4 years (4 months-15 years). 4 patients had definite familial history of TBC contact. Pulmonary tuberculosis occurred in 8, and 8 patients had extra-pulmonary tuberculosis. The most common sites of extrapulmonary involvement were the lymph nodes. Our study highlighted the gap in knowledge surrounding childhood tuberculosis in Morocco, thus, further studies are needed to clarify the epidemiology, etiology, antimicrobial susceptibility patterns. Keywords—tuberculosis; children; Morocco; epidemiological profile; pulmonary; extrapulmonary
A few comments and some new results on JU-algebras

I n 1966, Imai and Iseki [1] introduced a notion of BCK-algebras. The concept of BE-algebra as a generalization of BCK-algebra was introduced in 2006 by Kim and Kum in [2]. The concept of KU-algebras was introduced and analyzed in 2009 in [3,4]. KU-algebras are closely related to BE-algebras. Specifically, in the article [5], the authors have shown that KU-algebra is equivalent to a commutative self-distributive BE-algebra. (A BE-algebra A is a self-distributive if x · (y · z) = (z · y) · (x · z) for all x, y, z ∈ A). Additionally, they have shown that every KU-algebra is a BE-algebra [5]. The concept of UP-algebras as a generalization of KU-algebras was introduced by Iampan in [6]. The concept of JU-algebras, as a generalization of KU-algebras, was introduced and analyzed in [7,8]. However, this concept was introduced in [9] by Leerawat and Prabpayak under the name ’pseudo KU-algebra. In doing so, they used the PKU designation for this class of algebra. Since then, this type of generalization of KU-algebra has been in the focus of interest of the academic community (for example see [10,11]). We are more inclined to refer this concept as ’weak KU-algebra’ in the same way as weak BCC-algebra [12]. However, due to the tight connection of this paper to the article [8], we will use the name ’JU-algebra’ in what follows. In this article, we revisit the axioms of JU-algebras and definitions of their substructures. We also link this class of algebras with the classes BE-algebras and UP-algebras. In addition, we introduce and analyze some new classes of ideals in this class of algebra such as closed ideal, ag-ideal, t-ideal, (? )-ideal and associative ideal.
Detection of congenital anomalies in Mus musculus induced by crude leaf extracts of Goniothalamus amuyon (Blanco) Merr. and Alstonia macrophylla Wall. Ex G. Don

A significant portion of congenital malformations in newborn infants is caused by teratogenic exposure. By gaining information on the teratogenicity of a substance, it can be avoided especially during the crucial stages of pregnancy and by knowing the antiteratogenic effects of a substance; it can be used to counteract the effects of known teratogens. The objective of this study is to evaluate the teratogenic activities or antiteratogenic capabilities of the crude extracts of two plants, Goniothalamus amuyon and Alstonia macrophylla, which are widely used by the indigenous Aetas of Morong, Bataan, Philippines for various ailments from colds to cholera. Inbred strain of ICR mice were treated with varying concentrations of the plant extract, with and without the supplementation of vitamin A, an established teratogen in excessive doses, to test for antiteratogenicity or teratogenicity of the extract. Reproductive performances and morphological malformations were assessed. From the results, mainly from the presence of a high frequency of morphological abnormalities in the extract-treated foetuses, it can be said that the two plant extracts have a potential for teratogenicity, though the dose dependency of the teratogenic ability of the extract was not established. Further studies are needed to elucidate the exact compound in the crude extract involved in the teratogenic activity and the specific mechanism of action employed. Key words: Antiteratogenic, hypervitaminosis A, Goniothalamus amuyon,Alstonia macrophylla.
Is fecundity in plaice (Pleuronectes platessa L.) down‐regulated in response to reduced food intake during autumn?

The effect of controlling food intake during the autumn, which is the time of late vitellogenesis, on fecundity, atresia and follicle and ovary growth was examined for plaice Pleuronectes platessa. Eighteen fish were kept in individual pens and either fed on a high or low ration diet. Fish which increased in whole body condition exhibited an increase in carcass condition which means that when food intake is sufficient to maintain whole body condition some resources are used as storage. Follicle growth rate was positively correlated with change in Fulton’s condition and total atresia was negatively correlated with change in Fulton’s condition. Thus, the rate of vitellogenesis was dependent on the availability of an exogenous food source. Fecundity at the end of the experiment was positively correlated with mass and total length. Food intake had no effect on relative fecundity; however, fish which had a lower food intake lost mass and had a greater intensity of atresia, lowering their absolute fecundity. One fish in a very low condition at the start of the experiment skipped spawning and one fish exhibited a decrease in average follicle diameter during the experiment which is hypothesized to be a prelude to mass atresia.
Efficient Bilingual Generalization from Neural Transduction Grammar Induction

We introduce (1) a novel neural network structure for bilingual modeling of sentence pairs that allows efficient capturing of bilingual relationship via biconstituent composition, (2) the concept of neural network biparsing, which applies to not only machine translation (MT) but also to a variety of other bilingual research areas, and (3) the concept of a biparsing-backpropagation training loop, which we hypothesize that can efficiently learn complex biparse tree patterns. Our work distinguishes from sequential attention-based models, which are more traditionally found in neural machine translation (NMT) in three aspects. First, our model enforces compositional constraints. Second, our model has a smaller search space in terms of discovering bilingual relationships from bilingual sentence pairs. Third, our model produces explicit biparse trees, which enable transparent error analysis during evaluation and external tree constraints during training.
On the development of imaginal buds in normal and mutant Drosophila melanogaster

Definite information concerning the time of development and location of the different imaginal discs of Drosophila melanogaster was needed in order to interpret especially the gynandromorphs, mosaics, and intersexes that have been extensively reported in cultures of this fly. This information was also desirable for many of the mutant types. It was not known, for example, when an organ was reduced or absent, whether its imaginal disc showed a corresponding reduction, or whether it was full size in the larvae and pupae, and failed to carry through to the later stages.
CSR and Performance of Family Businesses: A Systematic Review

There have been numerous studies on the relationship between CSR and performance of family businesses. However, academia have yet to come to a consensus regarding the sign and size of the relationship. Neither was there any consistent evidence on the boundary conditions for the relationship between CSR and performance in family businesses. Based on a review of Agency Theory, Stakeholder Theory, Stewardship Theory, Utilitarian Theory and Social Emotional Wealth Theory, this paper addresses the aforementioned research gap based on a systematic review. The study synthesised the literature on performance which is measured in three aspects by the existing literature, namely financial performance, social performance, and innovation. Moreover, the study assessed the empirical literature on the relationship between CSR and the aforementioned three performance measures. The study contributes to the literature by establishing the conceptual foundation for future empirical research.