Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Observed and expected changes in wildfire-conducive weather and fire events in peri-urban zones and key nature reserves of the Czech Republic

Recent drought and a surge in days with weather conditions conducive to wildfire occurrence during 2015−2019 reminded the Czech Republic that it is not immune to this type of natural hazard. Although Central Europe has not been at the center of such events, observed climate data and climate projections suggest a tendency toward more years with wet and mild winters and dry and hot summers. To fill the existing knowledge gap, we used an ensemble of 9 fuel aridity metrics, including 3 dedicated fire weather indices, and evaluated their level of agreement with actual fire occurrence and their temporal trends. The analysis included periurban zones of the 36 largest cities and towns in the Czech Republic (home of 3.8 million inhabitants) and the 29 largest protected areas (covering 13.7% of the territory). Fire weather climato logy, based on both the Fire Weather Index and the Forest Fire Danger Index, agreed well with the long-term frequency of fires both in peri-urban zones and within protected areas. Future projections based on regional and global model ensembles indicated a significant increase in fuel aridity and an increase in the area affected by fire-conducive conditions both around urban areas and within protected regions. In particular, the area affected by days with very high risk fire weather conditions is likely to increase significantly relative to the past 60 yr. However, the magnitude of the projected change depends to a large degree on the selected fire weather metric and whether RCMor GCM-based scenarios are used.
Circadian variations in foraging and resting/standing activity patterns of stray street cattle of urban Sambalpur, Odisha, India

ABSTRACT In Indian cities, you are likely to find cows/cattle on the streets eating castoffs from kitchens, restaurants and vegetable markets. They contribute to strewn trash, spread of disease, traffic congestion, and occurrence of road accidents. In this study, we examined circadian variations in foraging and resting/standing activities of stray cattle on the streets. We also estimated the population of these cattle, using the Lincoln index. We used single Cosinor rhythmometry to analyze time series data on different variables. It was discovered that the maximum number of street cattle rested on the streets around 21.7 h with a spread of about 9 h starting at 17.2 h in the evening. These cattle were found to be engaged in foraging activities with a peak located at 9.4 h in the late morning hours. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report on circadian rhythms in the foraging, and resting/standing behavior of stray street cattle. We recommend that more intensive investigation should be carried out to understand the underlying causes of this problem and to find out an effective solution, which would be beneficial both to the street cattle and the citizens of cities inflicted with cattle menace.
Effect of lactation stage and milking frequency on milk yield from udder quarters of cows

The aim of the study was to analyse daily milk yield from udder quarters of automatically milked primiparous and multiparous cows during lactation and with changing milking frequency. The daily milk yield of udder quarters was higher in multiparous than in primiparous cows. At the same time, differences were observed, especially in front and rear quarters, and also in left and right quarters. The front quarters (LF and RF) of primiparous cows produced an average of 6.75 and 6.71 kg milk, and those of multiparous cows by 0.78 and 0.51 kg milk more, respectively. Higher daily milk yield was characteristic of rear quarters: 8.22 kg (left) and 7.71 kg (right) in primiparous cows, and 10.06 and 10.47 kg in multiparous cows, respectively. With advancing lactation (from ≤100 to >300 days), the milk yield of all quarters was found to decrease. The lowest decrease was in left front quarters (by 3.40 kg) and the highest in right rear quarters (by 4.35 kg). This relationship was most evident in cows entering lactation (in the first lactation period of ≤100 days). As milking frequency increased, the milk yield of individual quarters increased markedly. In front quarters, left and right quarters showed similar milk yields for milking frequency of less than 2.50 times/day and more than 2.80 times/day. A similar relationship was observed for rear quarters. The contribution of front and rear quarters to daily production was 45.8–54.2% in primiparous cows and 41.8–58.2% in multiparous cows. Keywords : Milk, multiparous, primiparous, quarter milking
A Novel QTL Conferring Fusarium Crown Rot Resistance Located on Chromosome Arm 6HL in Barley

Fusarium crown rot (FCR), caused primarily by Fusarium pseudograminearum, is a devastating disease for cereal production in semi-arid regions worldwide. To identify and characterize loci conferring FCR resistance, we assessed a landrace AWCS799 which is among the top lines identified from a screening. Genetic control of its resistance was investigated by generating and analysing two populations of recombinant inbred lines. One of the populations was used for QTL detection and the other for validation. A novel QTL, located on the long arm of chromosome 6H (designated as Qcrs.caf-6H), was consistently detected in each of the four trials conducted against the mapping population. The QTL explained up to 29.1% of the phenotypic variance and its effect was confirmed in the validation population. Significant interactions between this resistance locus and either plant height or heading date were not detected, further facilitating its manipulation in breeding programs. Key Message This study identified and validated a novel and large-effect QTL conferring Fusarium crown rot resistance on the long arm of chromosome 6HL in barley.
Gene expression noise randomizes the adaptive response to DNA alkylation damage in E. coli

DNA damage caused by alkylating chemicals induces an adaptive response in Escherichia coli cells that increases their tolerance to further damage. Signalling of the response occurs through methylation of the Ada protein which acts as a damage sensor and induces its own gene expression through a positive feedback loop. However, random fluctuations in the abundance of Ada jeopardize the reliability of the induction signal. I developed a quantitative model to test how gene expression noise and feedback amplification affect the fidelity of the adaptive response. A remarkably simple model accurately reproduced experimental observations from single-cell measurements of gene expression dynamics in a microfluidic device. Stochastic simulations showed that delays in the adaptive response are a direct consequence of the very low number of Ada molecules present to signal DNA damage. For cells that have zero copies of Ada, response activation becomes a memoryless process that is dictated by an exponential waiting time distribution between basal Ada expression events. Experiments also confirmed the model prediction that the strength of the adaptive response drops with increasing growth rate of cells.
Meat production characteristics of Turkish native breeds: II. meat quality, fatty acid, and cholesterol profile of lambs

Abstract The study conducted a comparison of meat quality, fatty acid profile, and cholesterol amounts of longissimus dorsi (LD) and semitendinosus (ST) muscles of male lambs born to Turkish indigenous sheep breeds raised under intensive conditions. A total of 36 singleton male lambs were used as experimental animals of the Akkaraman (A), Morkaraman (M), Awassi (IW), Karayaka (KR), Kıvırcık (KV), and Middle Anatolian Merino (MAM) pure breeds. All lambs were fed the same diet until they reached a target weight of 40 kg weight. After the feeding period, all lambs were slaughtered and LD and ST muscle samples were collected to determine meat quality traits, fatty acid profile, and cholesterol amounts. Although there were no significant differences between lambs in terms of the fatty acid profile of LD and ST muscles, KR lambs had a higher cholesterol content in both muscles in comparison with the lambs born to other breeds (p<0.05). While water-holding capacity, dripping loss, pH, color, dry matter, ash, and intramuscular fat values of ST muscles showed differences among breeds (p<0.05), dripping loss, pH, cooking loss, color, dry matter, ash, protein, and intramuscular fat values of LD muscles differed between breeds (p<0.05). The data of the current study indicated that meat quality characteristics and cholesterol contents of Turkish indigenous breeds showed differences, and these differences may be used for alternative lamb meat production for the consumer.
ADMM-Based Coordination of Electric Vehicles in Constrained Distribution Networks Considering Fast Charging and Degradation

Acting as a key to future environmentally friendly transportation systems, electric vehicles (EVs) have attached importance to develop fast charging technologies to accomplish the requirement of vehicle users. However, fast charging behaviors would cause degradations in EVs’ batteries, as well as negative effects like new demand peak and feeder overloads to the connected distribution network, especially when plugging in large scale EVs. Decentralized coordination is encouraged and our goal is to achieve an optimal strategy profile for EVs in a decentralized way considering both the need of fast charging and reducing degradations in batteries and the distribution network. In this article, we innovatively model the EV fast charging problem as an optimization coordination problem subject to the coupled feeder capacity constraints in the distribution network. The need of fast charging is expressed by the total charging time, and the relative tendency to fully charge within the desired time period. We introduce a $\ell _{0}$ -norm of the charging strategy which is non-convex to represent the total charging time, and apply the $\ell _{1}$ -norm minimization to approximate the sparse solution of $\ell _{0}$ -norm minimization. The shorter the charging horizon is the stronger willing of fast charging the user has. The objective of the optimization problem tradeoffs the EVs’ battery degradation cost, the load regulation in the distribution network, the satisfaction of charging and the total charging time, which is non-separable among individual charging behaviors. Even though alternating direction method of multipliers (ADMM) has been widely applied in distributed optimization with separable objective and coupled constraints, its decentralized scheme cannot be applied directly to the underlying non-separable EV charging coordination problem. Hence, a hierarchical algorithm based on ADMM is proposed such that the convergence to the optimal strategies is guaranteed under certain step-size parameter. Furthermore, a receding horizon based algorithm is proposed considering the forecast errors on the base demand and the EV arrival distribution. The results are demonstrated via some simulation results.
Breast Carcinoma in Axillary Tail of Spence: A Rare Case Report

Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences, Wardha-442001; Professor and HOD Dept. of Surgery, Datta Meghe Medical College Nagpur, Shalinitai Meghe Hospital and Research Centre, Nagpur-441110; Assistant Professor Dept. of Surgery, Datta Meghe Medical College Nagpur, Shalinitai Meghe Hospital and Research Centre, Nagpur-441110; Dean & Professor Dept. of Surgery, Datta Meghe Medical College Nagpur, Shalinitai Meghe Hospital and Research Centre, Nagpur-441110
Are patients diagnosed with chronic hepatitis B aware of their disease?

©Copyright 2020 by Anatolian Journal of Family Medicine Available online at www.anatoljfm. org INTRODUCTION Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is a worldwide public health problem, with an estimated 350 million HBV-infected people and approximately 600.000 deaths from HBV annually. [1, 2] The number of cases infected with HBV continues to increase, especially in sub-Saharan Africa, Tropical and Central Latin America, Southeast Asia and Eastern Europe. Despite the massive vaccination programs, the disease cannot be eradicated. [2-4] The prevalence of HBV surface antigen positivity in Turkey varies by region, with an average of 4%. Turkey is a country of intermediate endemicity. [5, 6]
Identifying disruptions to the ecological balance of nature: a foraminiferal example across the initiation of the Paleocene–Eocene thermal maximum

Abstract. Deriving ecological and evolutionary descriptions of, and implications from, faunal assemblage patterns is commonly addressed by observation and a variety of exploratory techniques (scaling and clustering), along with qualitative evaluations of species occurrences and relative abundances. We argue that interpretations of faunal patterns, especially those documented by the fossil record, should be based upon the composition and structure of entire communities to provide strong conclusions and replicable results. As an example, we use benthic foraminiferal data at high resolution (1–2 cm, corresponding to 300–1400 yr) over a section corresponding to about 20 kyr across the beginning of the Paleocene–Eocene thermal maximum (PETM). The PETM was an episode of rapid global warming about 55.5 Ma, associated with ocean acidification and lowered open oceanic productivity and deoxygenation and marked by severe turnover in benthic foraminiferal assemblages. Here we provide a stand-alone approach applicable to any dynamic faunal system, perturbation detection analysis (PDA), to recognize and identify community disruption evidenced as either positive growth or negative decline, and we use this methodical approach to obtain new information on foraminiferal communities before, during, and after the initiation of the PETM. We conclude that the late Paleocene benthic foraminiferal community (FCOM1) was in a growth stage of positive increasing diversity, suggestive of favorable environmental conditions. This stage continued through the initial changes at the onset of the PETM, when disruption through environmental stress led to this community's termination. A second community (FCOM2) formed with declining diversity and high variability, showing a lack of adaptation to changing conditions. Knowledge of total assemblage status under both adverse and advantageous conditions is necessary, but not recognized by methods that rely upon analysis of single samples only: individual samples cannot be used to recognize disruptive changes in a community's structure, but these are easily identified using PDA.
Time-Periodic Solutions to Bidomain, Chemotaxis-Fluid, and Q-Tensor Models

The main objective of this thesis is the investigation of different models arising from mathematical biology and fluid mechanics in the time-periodic setting. We consider the classical Keller-Segel model for chemotaxis as well as its coupling to a fluid whose motion is described by the Navier-Stokes equations. The second model we investigate is the bidomain system which describes the propagation of electrophysiological waves in the heart. The last model considered is the Beris-Edwards model of nematic liquid crystals.
Topical treatment of ointment containing ethanol extract of Archidendron pauciflorum fruit peel on the wound healing in streptozotocin-induced diabetic mice

Malini DM, Madihah, Kamilawati F, Ratningsih N, Alipin K, Iskandar J. 2017. Topical treatment of ointment containing ethanol extract of Archidendron pauciflorum fruit peel on the wound healing in streptozotocin-induced diabetic mice. Nusantara Bioscience 9: 306-311. Diabetic wounds lead to severe tissue damage and are difficult to cure. One alternative medicine known well by local Indonesian communities to treat diabetic wounds is the fruit peel of djengkol. This study aimed to evaluate the ointment containing ethanol extract of djengkol fruit peel to accelerate wound healing process in the skin of streptozotocin-induced diabetic mice. The method was experimental using completely randomized design with six treatments and four replications. Diabetes was induced by intraperitoneal injection of streptozotocin 180 mg/kg BW. Mice with blood glucose level ≥150 mg/dL were used for diabetic mice models. The incision wound created at dorsolateral region of shaven skin at ±1 cm using sterile scissors. The ointment containing extract was applied topically to the diabetic mice wounds at concentration of 5%, 10% and 15%, as well as Betadine® as the reference group. The ointment basis was applied to the wound of diabetic mice as a positive control and to the wound of non-diabetic mice as a negative control. The treatment was done twice a day for 14 days. The results showed that topical application of ointment containing ethanol extract of djengkol fruit peel at concentration of 10% gave significant recovery (p<0.05) on the wounded skin by the enhancement of re-epithelization and granulation tissue, as well as the increase of capillary number and collagen density which were higher than other treatments and comparable to negative control group. It was concluded that the topical application of ointment containing ethanol extract of djengkol fruit peel can support the healing of diabetic wounds.
Spatial Pattern of Coast Redwood in Three Alluvial Flat Old-Growth Forests in Northern California

The spatial patterns of trees were investigated in old-growth redwood (Sequoia sempervirens [D. Don] End! .) forests located in northern California to guide the design of restoration prescriptions. All stems ^! 15 cm dbh were mapped and measured on three 1.5-ha plots. Patterns for trees in different size classes were analyzed separately with Ripley's K(d) function. Results revealed two patterns. At two sites, trees were randomly distributed throughout the stand and size classes were spatially independent of each other at scales of 0-50 m. At one site, a clumped spatial pattern was revealed for smalland medium-sized tree groups at small scales, whereas a random spatial pattern was detected for large trees at scales of 0-50 m, In addition, significant positive deviation from spatial independence at small scales suggested an attraction between tree groups. The spatial pattern of regeneration (trees <15 cm dbh) was described using quadrat-based analyses. Regeneration was clumped at all three sites. Results indicate that old-growth redwood forests occurring on alluvial flats have different spatial patterns for similar size classes of trees despite the similarities in topography and stand structural characteristics. For land managers interested in restoration, these results suggest that past thinning guides that emphasized uniform spacing may not be appropriate in restoration efforts. Instead, trees should be retained in clumps or in random spatial patterns. FOR. SCI. 54(3):294-302.
Morphometric Analysis of Skin in Different Body Regions of Young and Adult Red Sindhi Cattle Bos indicus

Imran Tarique1*, Muhammad Ghiasuddin Shah1, Illahi Bux Kalhoro1, Zaheer Ahmed Nizamani2, Mansoor Tariq 2, Jamil Ahmed Gandahi1, Saqib Ali Fazlani3 and Benazir Sahito3 1Department of Anatomy and Histology, Faculty of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Sciences, Sindh Agriculture University, Tandojam, Sindh 70060 2Department of Veterinary Pathology, Faculty of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Sciences, Sindh Agriculture University, Tandojam, Sindh 70060 3Department of Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Sciences, Sindh Agriculture University, Tandojam, Sindh 70060 Article Information Received 20 October 2019 Revised 02 January 2020 Accepted 14 January 2020 Available online 11 September 2020
Mental Status and Psychological Needs of Chinese Police Officers in a Highly Impacted City during the COVID-19 Pandemic

The purpose of the study was to investigate the mental status and psychological needs of police officers during the COVID-19 outbreak in China The Anti-Pandemic Public Mental Status Scale and self-administered Psychological Needs Scale were administered online to police officers in Y city, a significant sub-central city of Hubei Province, where was affected by the pandemic the most seriously A total of 5,467 valid questionnaires were collected, of which female police accounted for 17 7% Compared with the national public and Y city public data previously measured using the Anti-Pandemic Public Mental Status Scale, this study found that 24 6% of the Y city police suffered maladaptive problems The mental status of the national public was the best, followed by the Y city police The mental status of the Y city public was the worst Moreover, there was a significant interaction between gender and unit type of Y city police (p = 0 02) The mental status of female police working in prisons was worse than their male counterparts (p = 0 01) Furthermore, psychological needs survey results showed that the police most wanted to learn the topics of self-adjustment and family relations The most desired psychological assistances were relaxation and stress reduction, while the percentage of willingness to choose psychological counseling was low During the pandemic, some police officers showed obvious psychological symptoms and the mental health services could be provided according to their psychological needs
Corporate Social Responsibility, Intellectual Capital and Firm Value

The lack of a firm’s awareness of corporate social responsibility became a major issue in this study. Companies that use resources for CSR activities will improve the company's personal branding in the public view, hence will increase the company’s financial performance (CFP). Finding empirical evidence on the role of CSR and intellectual capital to improve financial performance is the aim of this study. Banking companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) over the period 2014-2017 used as the research samples. The information presented in the annual report is the secondary data used in this study. Structural equation modeling (SEM) with Warp PLS 3.0. is a data analysis technique used. The result of research shows that CSR has a positive effect on financial performance, CSR has a positive effect on intellectual capital and intellectual capital has positive effect on financial. Keywords—CSR, intellectual, capital, CFP
The Beginning of Pharmacovigilance in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Aims: The aims of this article are to present the impact of the pharmacovigilance performance improvement in Bosnia and Herzegovina on the reporting results gathered at the national pharmacovigilance database. Subjects and methods: Bosnia and Herzegovina is a country in Europe with a complicated political structure, the highest rate of unemployment and a low Gross Domestic Product. Although the Agency for Medicinal Products and Medical Devices of Bosnia and Herzegovina was established in 2009, with the Main Office for Pharmacovigilance as the national pharmacovigilance center, there were no activities and work in the field of pharmacovigilance. In 2017 several changes were made in the work of the Main Office such as: employment of an external expert for the work of pharmacovigilance, holding lectures and workshops, collecting and analyzing adverse drug reactions, signing various co-operations with professional chambers and health institutions forwarding reports to the World Health Organization and writing annual reports. Results: These changes showed an increase in the collected adverse drug reactions by 130% and 28% on an annual level for 2017 and 2018, respectively. Bosnia and Herzegovina became a full member of the Uppsala Monitoring Center, a global office for drug monitoring by the World Health Organization. Conclusion: Bosnia and Herzegovina can be used as an example for developing a sustainable pharmacovigilance system in countries with low economical standards.