Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Evaluation of the Split-crest Technique with SimultaneousImplant Placement in Atrophic Edentulous Maxillary and Mandibular Bone: A 5-Year Follow-up Study

Aim: To evaluate the behavior of the alveolar ridge split technique in a series of surgical cases. Materials and Methods: One hundred and fifty implants were included in this study for a total of 60 patients. The surgeries consisted of a mid-crestal incision and subsequent bone management with a piezoelectric system. The implants were placed after the alveolar bone was expanded by about 3mm and present bony defects were filled by a mixture of 50% autogenous bone and a xenograft (Bio-Oss®). Bone fracture of the buccal alveolar plate occurred in 8 cases, and those were stabilized with osteosynthesis screws. Implants were simultaneously placed in 140 cases, out of them 4 failures occurred due to membrane exposition. Results: The osseointegration success was estimated to be 97.5%. Conclusion: This study concluded that the bone splitting/expansion seem to be a reliable, Case Study Hamdan et al.; JAMMR, 33(11): 31-37, 2021; Article no.JAMMR. 68539 32 predictable, relatively noninvasive technique with limited intraoperative complications. Clinical significance: The study revealed that the alveolar ridge split can be used as an effective technique for atrophic edentulous maxillary and mandibular bone
Central nodes of the Chinese syntactic networks

Based on two syntactic dependency treebanks built with two different styles of Chinese, a statistical study is conducted regarding word-frequency and distributions. We extracted three grammatical words as the research objects and analyzed their network features, including all degree, out-degree, in-degree, all closeness, in-closeness, out-closeness and betweenness. Then these three nodes were removed from the networks. We recorded and compared the network features of the two original networks and the three networks from which one node is respectively removed, including the number of vertices, average degree, average path length, diameter, the number of isolated vertices, domain and density. The results show that all three function words are central nodes of the Chinese syntactic networks but have different status. Their influence to the overall structure is also quite different. The research not only provides a new method for the study about Chinese grammatical words but also provides a new way of thinking the node characteristics in the complex network.
Not a Country or a Stereotype: Latina LDS Experiences of Ethnic Homogenization and Racial Tokenism in the American West

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (LDS), also called Mormonism, has experienced rapid changes in its US demographics due to an influx of Latinx membership. The most recent growth in the US church body has been within Spanish-speaking congregations, and many of these congregant members are first or 1.5-generation immigrant Latinas. Using ethnographic data from 27 interviews with immigrant members living in Utah, Nevada, and California, LDS Latinas reported that while US Anglo members did seem to appreciate certain aspects of their cultural customs or practices, they also reported frequently experiencing ethnic homogenization or racial tokenization within US Church spaces and with White family members. Our findings indicate that the contemporary LDS church, despite some progressive policy implementations within its doctrinal parameters, still struggles in its ever-globalizing state to prioritize exposing White US members to the cultural heterogeneity of non-White, global LDS identities and perspectives. Latina LDS experiences and their religious adjacency to Whiteness provide a useful lens by which researchers can better understand the ways in which ethnic identity, gender, legal status, and language create both opportunities and challenges for immigrant incorporation and inclusion within US religious spaces and add to the existing body of scholarship on migration and religion.
Effects of thermal treatments on ascorbic acid content of leafy vegetables: An in vitro analysis

The green leafy vegetables are packaged with nutritional and medicinal benefits for holistic wellbeing which can be contributed to presence of phytochemicals and micronutrients. Processing of food, affects the nutritional value, concentration, and biological activities of all components to different extent. In this perspective, the content of antioxidant activity in unprocessed food in relation to that in processed foods requires attention and has emerged as an important parameter to assess product quality. Further, most vegetables are consumed post cooking, though a few like green leafy ones are consumed raw, as in salads. This study aims to evaluate the effect of different cooking methods on the content of vitamin C in five most commonly used green leafy vegetables, viz . , Spinacia oleracea L. or palak, Raphanus sativus L. or radish, Trigonella foenum-graecum L or fenugreek or methi, Coriandrum sativum L. or coriander or dhaniya and Anethum graveolens L.or shepu or sooa. Domestic heating methods used were blanching, steaming, and microwaving. Vitamin C was estimated through titrimetry and the results suggest that different methods of cooking result in significant reduction in ascorbic content in all five leafy vegetables with microwaving cooking accounting to maximum loss for all five samples. Highest vitamin C loss on blanching was in fenugreek (51.04 %), followed by shepu leaves (45.35%), coriander (44.64%), radish leaves (16.67%) and spinach (15.68%) while on steaming, highest loss of vitamin C amongst selected vegetable occurred in fenugreek leaves (35.77%), followed by radish leaves (33.34%), coriander leaves (25.67%), shepu (22.74%), spinach leaves (17.58 %). It, thus could be concluded that cooking by boiling with microwaving, steaming and blanching decreases the vitamin C contents in green leafy vegetables, and needs to be considered, so as to make available ascorbic acid, maximally.
Amino Acid Supplementation Does Not Alter Whole-Body Phenylalanine Kinetics in Arabian Geldings 1 – 3

Stable isotope infusion methods have not been extensively used in horses to study protein metabolism. The objectives were to develop infusion and sampling methodologies for [1-C] phenylalanine and apply these methods to determine whether the addition of supplemental amino acids to a control diet affected whole-body phenylalanine kinetics in mature horses. Arabian geldings were studied using a 6-h primed (9 mmol/kg), constant (6 mmol × kg × h) i.v. infusion of L-[1-C] phenylalanine, with blood and breath sampled every 30 min, to measure whole-body phenylalanine kinetics in response to receiving the control diet (n = 12) or the control diet supplemented with equimolar amounts of glutamate (+Glu; 55 mg × kg × d; n = 5), leucine (+Leu; 49 mg × kg × d; n = 5), lysine (+Lys; 55 mg × kg × d; n = 5), or phenylalanine (+Phe; 62 mg × kg × d; n = 6). The plasma concentrations of the supplemented amino acid in horses receiving the +Leu, +Lys, and +Phe diets were 58, 53, and 36% greater, respectively, than for the control treatment (P, 0.05). Isotopic plateau was attained in blood [1-C] phenylalanine and breath CO2 enrichments by 60 and 270 min, respectively. Phenylalanine flux (+20%) and oxidation (+110%) were greater (P , 0.05) in horses receiving the +Phe treatment than in those fed the control diet. There was no effect of treatment diet on nonoxidative phenylalanine disposal or phenylalanine release from protein breakdown. The developedmethods are a valuable way to study protein metabolism and assess dietary amino acid adequacy in horses andwill provide a useful tool for studying amino acid requirements in the future. J. Nutr. 142: 461–469, 2012.
Gridded climate data products are an alternative to instrumental measurements as inputs to rainfall–runoff models

Rainfall–runoff models are widely used to predict flows using observed (instrumental) time series of air temperature and precipitation as inputs. Poor model performance is often associated with difficulties in estimating catchment‐scale meteorological variables from point observations. Readily available gridded climate products are an underutilized source of temperature and precipitation time series for rainfall–runoff modelling, which may overcome some of the performance issues associated with poor‐quality instrumental data in small headwater monitoring catchments. Here we compare the performance of instrumental measured and E‐OBS gridded temperature and precipitation time series as inputs in the rainfall–runoff models “PERSiST” and “HBV” for flow prediction in six small Swedish catchments. For both models and most catchments, the gridded data produced statistically better simulations than did those obtained using instrumental measurements. Despite the high correspondence between instrumental and gridded temperature, both temperature and precipitation were responsible for the difference. We conclude that (a) gridded climate products such as the E‐OBS dataset could be more widely used as alternative input to rainfall–runoff models, even when instrumental measurements are available, and (b) the processing applied to gridded climate products appears to provide a more realistic approximation of small catchment‐scale temperature and precipitation patterns needed for flow simulations. Further research on this issue is needed and encouraged.
Utilization of Waste Plastic Materials as Bitumen-Blends for Road Construction in Oman

Studies are reported in the present work to focus on blending of waste plastic materials (in the form of shredded polyethylene bags) being used as a binding agent in asphalt for road construction. This study compared the results with the standards set by Oman as per MOTC (Ministry of Transportation & Communications) guidelines for asphalt as a road laying material. Polyethylene was used as a binding agent along with bitumen (60/70) grade and dolerite as the aggregate material. The studies showed that not only did the road become a receptacle for plastic waste, but it also had a better strength and durability which were verified by determining the bulk density, stability test, flow test and the density and voids analysis. The experiments have showed that 9 % of low density polyethylene to be an effective binder proportion of polyethylene by weight of bitumen which were in agreement with previous studies. With a stability value of 1590.2 kg, it was 32.5% greater than the standard of a minimum 1200kg; and a flow value of 2.9-3.0 mm was well within the required range. The specific gravity of the material was 2.446. The VMA (voids in mineral aggregate) was 5% while the given range was 4-7%, and the air voids were up to 66.7% showing that it was well within the standard range of 50-70% as per MOTC standards.
Mechanisms and Evolution of Geoeffective Large-Scale Plasma Jets in the Magnetosheath

Geoeffective magnetosheath plasma jets (those that interact with the magnetopause) are an important area of research and technology, since they affect the “space-weather” around the Earth. We identified such large-scale magnetosheath plasma jets with a duration of >30 s using plasma and magnetic data acquired from the Time History of Events and Macroscale Interactions during Substorms (THEMIS) multi-spacecraft experiment during the years 2007 to 2009. We present a statistical survey of 554 of such geoeffective jets and elaborate on four mechanisms for the generation of these jets as the upstream solar wind structures of tangential discontinuities (TDs), rotational discontinuities (RDs), the quasi-radial interplanetary magnetic field (rIMF) and the collapsing foreshock (CFS) interrupting the rIMF intervals. We found that 69% of the jets are generated due to the interaction between interplanetary discontinuities (TD: 24%, RD: 25%, CFS: 20%) with the bow shock. Slow and weak jets due to the rIMF contributed to 31% of these jets. The CFS and rIMF were found to be similar in their characteristics. TDs and RDs contributed to most of the fast and powerful jets, with large spatial scales, which might be attributed to transient effects in the travelling foreshock.
Influence of Gender on Occurrence of Aseptic Loosening and Recurrent PJI after Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty

Background: Periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) is a common yet severe complication after total knee arthroplasty (TKA). Surgical intervention and antibiotic therapy are obligatory to achieve successful, infection-free outcome. Compared to the outcomes after primary TKA, prosthesis failure rates are drastically increased after PJI-dependent revision surgery. Recurrent PJI and aseptic loosening are the most common reasons for prosthesis failure after revision TKA. An open question is the influence of the patients’ gender on long-term prosthesis survival after revision surgery. Additionally, it is unknown whether gender-related parameters and risk factors or differences in treatment are responsible for potential differences in outcome after revision arthroplasty. Patients and Methods: In this report, 109 patients that received TKA revision surgery due to PJI were retrospectively analyzed. We used clinical, paraclinical and radiological examinations to study the influence of gender on the long-term complications aseptic loosening and recurrent PJI after PJI-dependent revision arthroplasty. Results: While overall prosthesis failure rates and risk of recurrent PJI did not differ between genders, the long-term risk of aseptic loosening was significantly elevated in female patients. Postoperative coronal alignment was significantly more varus for women later diagnosed with aseptic loosening. Besides coronal alignment, no gender-dependent differences in clinical presentation or treatment were observed. Conclusions: Female patients displayed a significantly increased risk for aseptic loosening after PJI-dependent revision TKA. The observed gender-dependent differences in long-term outcome in our study support theories surrounding the role of bone metabolism in the development of aseptic loosening. Our data suggest that further research on a female design for PJI-dependent revision prostheses is warranted.
A Comparative Evaluation of the Hemodynamic Response and Ease of Intubation with King Vision Video Laryngoscope and Mccoy Laryngoscope in Patients Posted For Cervical Spine Surgery, Undergoing Tracheal Intubation for General Anaesthesia

DOI: 10.21276/sjams.2018. 6.3. 89 Abstract: Fiber optic bronchoscope, Airwayscope, Glidescope, C-mac video laryngoscope, Airtraq have been shown effective in intubating patients with cervical spine injury. Though McCoy laryngoscope has been proved useful in these patients for intubation, but the recently added King's Vision video laryngoscope has limited data in such scenario. 60 ASA physical statuses I and I, non obese patients of either sex (1860 yrs age) of all Mallampati classes, undergoing general anaesthesia for elective cervical spine surgery were included. Cervical immobilisation maintained using manual inline stabilisation with the anterior part of the cervical collar removed. The two laryngoscopes, the King Vision [KV] and McCoy [MC] were compared with each other with respect to the laryngoscopy and intubation time, POGO score, number of attempts taken, incidence of successful intubation, ease of intubation, changes hemodynamics during laryngoscopy and intubation, and incidence of complications like blood staining of laryngoscope blade during laryngoscopy and sore throat. The mean intubation time was significantly faster with the King vision (22.64 ±2.63 s) compared to the McCoy laryngoscope (24.98 ±2.84 s, p=0.0016). King Vision provided a better glottis visualization with a mean POGO score of 95.53± 17% as compared to the 79.9±31.23% with McCoy laryngoscope (p=0.019). First attempt success was noted in 93.3% (28/30) and 70% (21/30) of the patients using King Vision and McCoy laryngoscopes respectively. The ease of intubation was thus significantly better with the King vision as compared to the McCoy laryngoscope (p=0.042). The haemodynamic stress response to laryngoscopy and intubation was found to be less with King vision laryngoscope as compared to the McCoy.
In search of a consensus definition of innovation: a qualitative synthesis of 208 definitions using grounded theory approach

We offer a qualitative synthesis of 208 definitions of innovation using a grounded theory approach to arrive at a unified definition of innovation. The data analysis provided seven broad themes underlying the definitions of innovations, i.e., creative potential, motivation, action, psychological processes, ecological processes, newness, and outcomes in the form of value creation, competitive advantage, harnessing of technology or invention, and economic growth. A code co-occurrence analysis suggests newness as the most commonly occurring and consistently connected theme across sample definitions. We analyze the association between derived themes within the broad relational framework of input, intervening processes, and output to derive an integrative definition. We define innovation as the operationalization of creative potential with a commercial and/or social motive by implementing new adaptive solutions that create value, harness new technology or invention, contribute to competitive advantage and economic growth. The present research contributes toward a unified definition of innovation.
Report 2020 on plant biodiversity in Italy: native and alien vascular flora

This paper provides an updated overview, based on nomenclatural, taxonomical and distribution data, on the native and alien vascular flora of Italy, with details on the occurrence at national and regional administrative level. Recently described taxa occurring in Italy, which were not included in the checklists published in 2018, are listed. The list of extinct or possibly extinct native taxa and that of alien taxa of EU concern are updated.
Experimental study of ignition behaviors of pyrolysis gas of kerosene‐based endothermic hydrocarbon fuel

The pyrolysis gas consisting of 29.4% CH4, 21.3% C2H4, 30.8% C2H6, and 18.5% C3H6 in mole fraction is presented, as the surrogate of the actual gaseous pyrolysis products. At the conditions of TC = 877.7‐963 K, PC = 3.22‐4.37 MPa, φ = 0.5 and 1.0, the ignition delays of pyrolysis gas/air (diluted with 52% Ar) have been measured. With TC or PC increasing, the ignition delay time decreases. The auto‐ignition of φ = 1.0 is faster than that of φ = 0.5. Furthermore, two widely used small hydrocarbons chemical mechanisms are validated with the measured results. The USC‐II mechanism can well predict experimental results at high‐T regimes, but fails at low‐T regimes. By sensitivity analysis of temperature, the two elementary reactions C2H6 + OH = C2H5 + H2O (negative sensitivity coefficient) and C3H6 + OH = aC3H5 + H2O (positive sensitivity coefficient) have been identified, which have higher reactivity at low‐T and lower reactivity at high‐T. Considering the extreme uncertainty of rate constants of C3H6 + OH = aC3H5 + H2O, the kinetic parameters have been modified for improving the predictions. The validated results indicate that the optimized mechanism improves predictions of the auto‐ignition behavior at low temperature regimes.
The Feasibility of Reducing andMeasuring Sedentary Time among Overweight , Non-Exercising OfficeWorkers

This study examined the feasibility of reducing free-living sedentary time (ST) and the convergent validity of various tools to measure ST. Twenty overweight/obese participants wore the activPAL (AP) (criterion measure) and ActiGraph (AG; 100 and 150 count/minute cut-points) for a 7-day baseline period. Next, they received a simple intervention targeting free-living ST reductions (7-day intervention period). ST was measured using two questionnaires following each period. ST significantly decreased from 67% of wear time (baseline period) to 62.7% of wear time (intervention period) according to AP (n = 14, P < 0.01). No other measurement tool detected a reduction in ST. The AG measures were more accurate (lower bias) and more precise (smaller confidence intervals) than the questionnaires. Participants reduced ST by ∼5%, which is equivalent to a 48 min reduction over a 16-hour waking day. These data describe ST measurement properties from wearable monitors and self-report tools to inform sample-size estimates for future ST interventions.
Russia’s Architecture of Hegemony: Christian Orthodox Subordination Strategies in Russia’s Peripheral Zone

Abstract Russia has enlisted the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) and instrumentalised it as part of what can be described as a dynamic ‘soft-power offensive’. Its aim is to consolidate hierarchical power as a means to insulate an emerging Kremlin-centric political order and, subsequently, reassert its hegemonic influence over its periphery. This article argues that a strategy of using the Orthodox Church as a means of soft power is being deployed to bolster the realisation of this hegemony and, where possible, it aims to align potential subordinates’ interests with those of Moscow via the Christian Orthodox Church. More specifically, this article addresses the deployment of a Christian Orthodox Subordination Strategy (COSS) and its effects in Moldova and Ukraine.
Genome-wide identification of citrus calmodulin-like genes and their expression in response to arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi colonization and drought

Abstract: Calmodulin-like (CML) proteins represent a diverse family of protein in plants, and play significant roles in biotic and abiotic stress responses. However, the involvement of citrus CMLs in plant responses to drought stress (abiotic stress) and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) colonization remain relatively unknown. We characterized the citrus CML genes by analyzing the EF-hand domains and a genome-wide search, and identified a total of 38 such genes, distributed across at least nine chromosomes. Six tandem duplication clusters were observed in the CsCMLs, and 12 CsCMLs exhibited syntenic relationships with Arabidopsis thaliana CMLs. Gene expression analysis showed that 29 CsCMLs were expressed in the roots, and exhibited differential expression patterns. The regulation of CsCMLs expression was not consistent with the cis-elements identified in their promoters. CsCML2, 3, and 5 were upregulated in response to drought stress, and AMF colonization repressed the expression of CsCML7, 9, 12, 13,20, 27, 28, and 35,and induced that of CsCML1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 18, 25, 30, 33, and 37. Furthermore, AMF colonization and drought stress exerted a synergistic effect, evident from the enhanced repression of CsCML7, 9, 12, 13, 27, 28, and 35 and enhanced expression of CsCML2, 3, and 5 under AMF colonization and drought stress. The present study provides valuable insights into the CsCML gene family and its responses to AMF colonization and drought stress.
Investigating Factors Related to Easy of Doing Business Score in Asian Countries

The objective of this study is to investigate the relationship between ease of doing business score (EDBS) and cost of business start-up procedures (CBS), age dependency ratio (ADR), strength of legal rights index (SLRI), time required to get electricity (TRGE), domestic credit to private sector (DCPS), and start-up procedures to register a business (SPRB). Since 2004, the World Bank evaluates 190 economies based on business regulatory indicators ignoring other factors that may be related to business environment. This paper investigates new factors related to EDBS ignored by the World Bank since 2004. The results of correlation analysis show a negative and significant correlation between EDB and CBS, ADR, TRGE, and SPRB. Nevertheless, a positive and significant correlation was found between EDB and SLRI and DCPS. The linear regression model finds that SLRI and DGPS affected EDB positively and significantly. However, TRGE and SPRB affected negatively to EDB. Asian policymakers should reinforce SLRI and increase DCPS. However, they should also reduce TRGE and SPRB to improve EDB. Further research should be conducted on other regions and test also other factors.