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Storage study and textural profile analysis of paneer at different temperature

Paneer is an Indian traditional milk product which occupies an important place as a base product for the production of various culinary preparations. The shelf life of paneer is a major constraint in its utilization. The results obtained for sensory evaluation of fresh and stored samples of paneer are presented below. The data obtained for changes in sensory score of paneer during storage at refrigerated temperature (4±1 0 C). The data obtained for changes in sensory score of paneer during storage at room temperature (27±1 °C). The storage period had significant effect on the sensorial attributes of the paneer. During this period of storage different tests, such as sensory evaluation, texture profile analysis, safety study and microbial analysis were conducted. Up to 9 days at refrigeration temperature.
Bathymetry retrieval from optical images with spatially distributed support vector machines

This paper presents a spatially distributed support vector machine (SVM) system for estimating shallow water bathymetry from optical satellite images. Unlike the traditional global models that make predictions from a unified global model for the entire study area, our system uses locally trained SVMs and spatially weighted votes to make predictions. By using IKONOS-2 multi-spectral image and airborne bathymetric LiDAR water depth samples, we developed a spatially distributed SVM system for bathymetry estimates. The distributed model outperformed the global SVM model in predicting bathymetry from optical satellite images, and it worked well at the scenarios with a low number of training data samples. The experiments showed the localized model reduced the bathymetry estimation error by 60% from RMSE of 1.23 m to 0.48 m. Different from the traditional global model that underestimates water depth near shore and overestimates water depth offshore, the spatially distributed SVM system did not produce regional prediction bias and its prediction residual exhibited a random pattern. Our model worked well even if the sample density was much lower: The model trained with 10% of the samples was still able to obtain similar prediction accuracy as the global SVM model with the full training set.
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Studies have shown that perceiving a given property of a wielded object requires task - specific sensitivity to the patterns of mechanical stimulation that support perceiving that property. The same is true for perceiving properties of the environment by means of a wielded object. Recently, studies using the Enactive Torch—a novel vibrotactile sensory-substitution device— have shown that these mechanical stimulation patterns are invariant across medium (Favela et al., 2018; 2021). The current study used a transfer of recalibration paradigm to the invariant patterns of mechanical stimulation that support perceiving surface distance by means of a wooden rod and by means of the Enactive Torch. In a pretest and posttest, participants used each of these modalities to explore an occluded surface and reported the perceived distance of that surface. In the practice session, we manipulated which modality participants used to perform this task and whether feedback about performance was provided. We found that transfer of recalibration occurred with feedback regardless of practice modality. Results are discussed in the context of the invariant stimulation patterns that support perceiving and acting.
Lormetazepam addiction: data analysis from an Italian medical unit for addiction

Background: The purpose of this study was to determine, in the context of a hospital addiction unit, which benzodiazepines were abused and to look for correlations with the characteristics of detoxified patients. Methods: A retrospective study was carried out using the database of hospital admissions to the addiction unit for detoxification from 2003 to 2010. Results: Of 879 admissions to the addiction unit during the seven-year period, 281 were for benzodiazepines. The percentage of patients addicted only to benzodiazepines was higher among females than males. Benzodiazepine consumption had started as a drug addiction behavior in only 10% of cases. The main sources of prescription identified were general practitioners (52% of cases) or compliant pharmacists (25%). Overall, 15 different benzodiazepines were abused, with lormetazepam being the most commonly used (by 123 patients, 43.8% of the total). Conclusion: Our data show that, outside the population of multidrug addicts, there is an underestimated group of chronic benzodiazepine consumers who are often not referred to medical institutions for treatment. Even in the group of patients addicted to one substance only, we observed an abnormal number of requests for detoxification from lormetazepam, which appears to be more “popular” than other benzodiazepines. This drug should be prescribed according to stricter criteria and submitted to closer control. were abused, and to look for correlations with the characteristics of detoxified patients.
Influence of soil tillage on oats yield in Central Bohemia Region

The paper describes results of the field experiment with two technologies of oats crop stand establishment. First technology is conventional technology and second is no - tillage technology. The arti cle describes an experiment which was conducted in years 2013 – 2017. The experiments were located in Nesperska Lhota at Central Bohemia region. Altitude of selected field is 460 m. The experimental field is covered by a light cambi - soil. The differences bet ween the two technologies stand establishment are discussed. Statistical evaluation was performed on both methods in the parameter number of tillers per m 2 and yield. Crop yield is the basic indicator of agricultural production and usually affected by qual ity of soil tillage. One of the parameters affecting the yield is tillage (technology, working tools, depth, turning of soil etc.). Tillage depends mainly on the depth of processing and other quality parameters. An examination of the crop yield is necessar y in terms of sensitivity, depending on agro - technical conditions. Among those can be included processing plant soil nutrition and plant protection. It's always necessary commemorate, in these experiments can't be excluded some parameters like locality or meteorological parameter influences. Field trial was conceived as multi - year experiment with minimal changes of agro - technical conditions. During the experiment, the positive effect of conventional technology on crop yields was found. This difference was r eflected in the number of tillers and in total yield. The measurement shows the beneficial effect of the loosening of soil on the state of the oat crops. The results of experiment show that, the average yield in 5 years observation was 2.11 t ha - 1 for no - t ill technology and 4.22 t ha - 1 for conv entional technology of tillage.
Comments on: Testing hypotheses of element loss and instability in the apparatus composition of complex conodonts (Zhang et al.)

COMMENTS ON: TESTING HYPOTHESES OF ELEMENT LOSS AND INSTABILITY IN THE APPARATUS COMPOSITION OF COMPLEX CONODONTS (ZHANG ET AL.) by SACHIKO AGEMATSU , MARTYN L. GOLDING and MICHAEL J. ORCHARD Faculty of Life & Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8572, Japan; agematsu@geol.tsukuba. ac.jp Geological Survey of Canada, 1500-605 Robson Street, Vancouver, BC Canada; martyn.golding@canada.ca, mike.orchard@canada.ca
Ef ﬁ cient Multistage License Plate Detection and Recognition Using YOLOv8 and CNN for Smart Parking Systems

Smart parking systems play a vital role in enhancing the ef ﬁ ciency and sustainability of smart cities. However, most existing systems depend on sensors to monitor the occupancy of parking spaces, which entail high installation and maintenance costs and limited functionality in tracking vehicle movement within the car park. To address these challenges, we propose a multistage learning-based approach that leverages existing surveillance cameras within the car park and a self-collected dataset of Saudi license plates. The approach combines YOLOv5 for license plate detection, YOLOv8 for character detection, and a new convolutional neural network architecture for improved character recognition. We show that our approach outperforms the single-stage approach, achieving an overall accuracy of 96.1 % versus 83.9 % of the single-stage approach. The approach is also integrated into a web-based dashboard for real-time visualization and statistical analysis of car park occupancy and vehicle movement with an acceptable time ef ﬁ ciency. Our work demonstrates how existing technology can be leveraged to improve the ef ﬁ ciency and sustainability of smart cities.
Ameliorative effects of the hydromethanol leaf extract of C raterispermum schweinfurthi on phenyl hydrazine induced anemia in male wistar rats

: Introduction: Anaemia is a clinical condition characterized by a reduction in the normal values of haemoglobin concentration, circulating erythrocytes and other erythrocyte indices per unit of blood. Aim: The present study evaluates the potential ameliorative effects of the hydromethanol extract of the leaves of C raterispermum schweinfurthi following phenyl hydrazine induced anemia in male wistar rats. Methodology: A total of 40 male wistar rats weighing between 100-250 g were randomly divided into 8 groups of 5 rats each. Phenyl hydrazine was administered in 3 separate doses: 9am on day 0; 9am and 6pm on day 1 to all rat groups except groups 1 and 8. The rat groups were subsequently treated as follows: Group 1 (negative control) received extract vehicle only; Group 2 received 40 mg/kgbw of phenyl hydrazine only; Groups 3-5 received 250, 500 and 750 mg/kgbw respectively of hydromethanol leaves extract of C raterispermum schweinfurthi ; Group 6 received 0.23ml/kgbw of Bioferon®; both Groups 7 and 8 received 2000mg/kgbw of phytosterol. The extract, Bioferon and phytosterol were administered once daily using oro-gastric cannula for 14 days. On day 15, the rats were placed under chloroform anaesthesia and blood samples collected by direct cardiac puncture into appropriate sample tubes for estimation of erythrocyte count, haemoglobin concentration, haematocrit, platelet count, total white blood cell count and differential counts using automated methods. Results: Amongst Group 2 rats, values of erythrocyte, platelet and leucocyte indices were significantly reduced (p<0.05) following phenyl hydrazine administration compared to Group 1 rats. However, administration of the extract, significantly increased (p<0.05) these parameters in a dose dependent manner amongst Groups 3, 4 and 5 rats. A similar increase was observed amongst Groups 6 and 7 rats administered Bioferon® and phytosterol respectively: suggesting a potential ameliorative effects of the extract comparable to the effects of Bioferon®. Conclusion: Apparently the hydromethanol leaf extract of C raterispermum schweinfurthi exhibits potential beneficial dose dependent effects on haematopoiesis in experimental animals. These validates the use of the leaves of the plant in our environment as a tonic. Our findings are preliminary requiring further investigations.
Collagen and skin: from the structure to scientific evidence of oral supplementation

A BSTRACT In the aging process, the intracellular routes that regulate collagen homeostasis are inﬂuenced by the exposome, resulting in its degradation and decreased synthesis, leading to sagging skin. Current evidence indicates that oral collagen supplementation may promote wrinkles reduction in the eye area, wound healing, skin elasticity and hydration improvement, enhancement of cellulite, some dermatitis, and nails fragility. Large-scale and methodologically more robust studies are still needed to consider the use of oral collagen as an effective adjuvant treatment to different dermatological conditions.
Optimization of Passenger and Freight Collaborative Transportation for Urban Rail Transit under Virtual Coupling Condition

— Urban rail transit has the potential to utilize surplus capacity to carry out urban freight transportation during off-peak periods. Based on the characteristics of virtual coupling operation and organization mode, this paper comprehensively considers the competition between passenger flow and freight flow, takes the train stopping plan and train carriage allocation as the main decision variables, and takes the minimization of passenger waiting time and the maximization of average full load rate as dual objectives to construct a multi-objective optimization model of passenger-freight collaborative transport scheme of urban rail transit under virtual coupling conditions. The multi-objective optimization model is developed to obtain the system optimization of the train stopping plan, running plan, carriage allocation plan, and passenger-freight collaborative transport plan. Numerical experiments are designed to verify the model's validity, using Wuxi Metro Line 3 as an example, and the NSGA-II algorithm solves all experiments. The results of the algorithm show that, compared to the traditional single passenger transport with a fixed large coupling, the scheme in this paper can simultaneously improve the average full capacity of the whole line by about 38.5% during the study period with only 0.65 minutes increase in the average passenger waiting time for the same number of rolling stocks, which can effectively shorten passenger travel time and improve the quality of passenger service in urban rail transit while ensuring transport efficiency.
Potentials of Phyllanthus amarus, Viscum album and Moringa oleifera
 supplements to mitigate heat stress in female rabbits in humid
 tropics

Global warming is a key challenge subjecting animals to heat stress conditions resulting in multiple physiological alterations in tropical climate. Dietary approach seems to be the more friendly approach to curb the adverse effects of heat stress in rabbits. Some herbs have been categorized to have high potential for promotion of immune responses for amelioration of heat stress. Thus, this research aims to evaluate the potential of Mistletoe ( Viscum album ), Moringa ( Moringa oleifera ) and Phyllanthus ( Phyllanthus amarus ) leaf meal as herbal supplements for the alleviation of heat stress in female rabbits by measuring improvement in sex and stress hormonal responses in serum biochemistry. 80 Rabbit does were exposed to 4 dietary groups supplemented with each of Mistletoe, Moringa, Phyllanthus and a control in an 84-day trial at the summit of thermal stress in South west Nigeria. Growth indices were monitored throughout the study, blood samples were compiled at the end of the trial to assess serum biochemistry, stress and sex hormonal responses of the Does using standard protocols. The results revealed that final weight and weight gain of Does fed on Phyllanthus were significantly ( p < 0.05) higher (11.46% and 14.25%, respectively) than Does on con-trol. The herbal supplements enhance glucose, protein, albumin and globulin, reduced cholesterol, and creatinine of Does under heat stress conditions. Among the herbal treatment groups, mistletoe, moringa and phyllanthus had 12.42%, 18.39% and 16.90%, respectively, lower corticosterone than control groups which had 39.76ng/ml. Triiodothyronine of Does fed control were significantly ( p < 0.05) lower than Does on Moringa oleifera and Phyllanthus amarus supplements. Estradiol and Follicle stimulating hormone of rabbit Does fed on mor-inga supplement were significantly ( p < 0.05) higher than other treatments. In conclusion, the herbal supplements tend to mitigate the detrimental outcome of thermal stress on Does by suppressing stress hormones. Moringa oleifera and Phyllanthus amarus enhanced sex hormones while Phyllanthus amarus confered growth promoting effects on the Does.
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Honeycomb structures are widely used in applications that require excellent strain energy mitigation at low structural weights. The load-bearing and energy absorption capacity of honeycomb structures strongly depend on their cell wall thickness to edge ratios. This work studies the mechanical response and strain energy absorption characteristics of hexagonal honeycomb structures with various cell wall thicknesses in response to out-of-plane loading conditions. Honeycomb structures with various nominal densities are first additively manufactured from flexible thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU). A comprehensive experimental study characterized the mechanical strength, energy absorption performance
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Using simple running models, researchers have argued that swing-leg retraction can improve running robot performance. In this paper, we investigate whether this holds for a more realistic simulation model validated against a physical running robot. We ﬁnd that swing-leg retraction can improve stability and disturbance rejection. Al-ternatively, swing-leg retraction can simultaneously reduce touchdown forces, slipping likelihood, and impact energy losses. Surprisingly, swing-leg retraction barely aﬀected net energetic eﬃciency. The retraction rates at which these eﬀects are greatest are strongly model dependent, suggesting that robot designers cannot always rely on sim-pliﬁed models to accurately predict such complex behaviors
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The current study examines a multidimensional set of outcome variables to understand whether different pre-reading scaffolds influence students’ text comprehension, diagram analysis, text integration, and interest; and investigates these constructs cross-sectionally to identify any progression as students move across grades. One-hundred fifty-six 3rd through 6th grade students enrolled in a public laboratory school were randomly assigned to one of three pre-reading conditions intended to activate or build students’ topic knowledge. Students completed a series of before, during, and after reading activities while engaging with grade appropriate texts about the topics of ecosystems and living things. Results indicate that there were no significant differences between the three pre-reading conditions on any of the four constructs of interest. Students across grade levels performed well on multiple-choice comprehension questions, but not as well on diagram analysis questions or an open-ended integration task. Implications and future directions are discussed.
communication preferences in patients with fibromyalgia syndrome: descriptive results and patient characteristics as predictors

Background: Communication with patients with fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) is often considered difficult. The primary objective of this explorative study was to describe the communication preferences of FMS patients in comparison with other chronic diseases, and the secondary objective was to identify patient-related predictors of those communication preferences. Methods: A total of 256 FMS patients were asked to fill out the KOPRA [(Kommunikationspraef-erenzen), communication preferences of patients with chronic illness] questionnaire at the beginning of their rehabilitation, answering questions about their communication preferences. The KOPRA’s descriptive parameters were calculated and compared with other diagnosis groups. In order to include as many influencing factors as possible, data on patient-related sociodemographic, medical, pain impact and psychologic variables were gathered. A hierarchical regression analysis with four steps was performed to identify patient-related predictors of patients’ communication preferences. Results: FMS patients consider an open and patient-centered communication style to be espe-cially important. Emotionally supportive communication and communication about personal circumstances are important for FMS patients, but the preferences of individual patients vary widely. FMS patients reveal higher values in all the subdimensions of communication preferences compared with patients with low back pain or chronic ischemic heart disease. Only a few variables appear to predict patient communication preferences. The explained variance ranged from 3.1% to 9.7%. Psychologic variables have been identified as predictors in conjunction with all communication preferences. Conclusion: Health care providers who communicate with FMS patients should employ an open and patient-centered communication style, and affective communication components should be adapted to accommodate each patient.
Coral disease prevalence in the Palk Bay, Southeastern India – with special emphasis to black band

Present study consists the details related to the nature of coral disease in nine locations from Vethalai to Rameswaram north in the Palk Bay. Among the overall corals 21% were affected by disease. Six disease types were documented. Black Band Disease (BBD) is high with 9.8% followed by white band (5.5%), white spot (2.2%), pink spot (1.9%), white plague (1.1%) and yellow band (0.6%). Eight coral genera were found to be affected wherein Acropora and Porites showed severe damage and the high prevalence of diseases. The coral genus, Porites was found to be affected by four different types of diseases. BBD affected colonies were tagged and photographed at regular intervals to quantify the progression rate in two coral genera, Acropora and Platygyra and the disease progression rate was 3 cm per month. White band disease was widespread and was found to affect exclusively Acropora sp. Corals like Symphylia sp. and Cyphastrea sp. in the Palk Bay were comparatively not affected by diseases. Total heterotrophic bacteria and pathogenic microbial forms in the reef environment were also examined in the present study.
An Analysis of Figurative Language Used in Nine Track Mind Album by Charlie Puth

In writing songs, songwriters often use figurative language. This study analyzed the figurative language contained in the album Nine Track Mind by Charlie Puth. The purpose of this study was to determine the type of figurative language used and the meaning shown by figurative language in the songs on the album. This research is a descriptive research with qualitative and quantitative approaches. The data found on this research were analyzed by theory of Knickerbocker and Reninger (1963) and supported by the theory of Wellen and Warren (1984). The results of this study showed that there were ten figurative languages used by songwriters, namely 60% hyperbole, 10% allusion, 10% repetition, 20% metaphor. In addition, the songwriter also uses connotative and denotative meanings in the album
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Recent advancements in robotics and human–machine interfaces enable new collaborative procedures that combine the strengths of machines and humans. Compared to existing automation technologies in the timber prefabrication industry, human–robot collaboration (HRC) offers new possibilities for increased flexibility and productivity. This paper aims to map out the challenges and opportunities for HRC within the context of timber prefabrication by constructing a conceptual framework. The framework is based on three pillars: (1) existing HRC theories and frameworks, (2) a literature review of HRC research in robotic timber fabrication, and (3) perspectives of human labour in the timber construction industry. The relevant topics among these three areas are triangulated to construct a conceptual framework that bridges the system, design, and human-centred considerations. The framework serves as an organising device to support future explorations and research on human–robot collaboration in robotic timber construction.