Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Anatomy of the alimentary canal of Parandania boecki (Stebbing, 1888) (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Stegocephalidae) from the Antarctic Ocean

The alimentary canal of Parandania boecki (Stebbing, 1888) has been investigated. Examination of gut contents shows that this species feeds on Cnidaria. The oesophagus, stomach and midgut are adapted to ingest and store large masses of soft food. The opening of the oesophagus is closed by a labral operculum and ‘double gate’ — like narrowings at the stomach entrance. The foregut is extremely enlarged and the funnel region is reduced. The midgut very probably is not connected to the foregut, and the resorption of food takes place only in the midgut caeca. The midgut forms a shallow, crescentic cavity over the midgut caeca.
Optimization conditions of extracellular proteases production from a newly isolated streptomyces pseudogrisiolus NRC-15

Microbial protease represents the most important industrial enzymes, which have an active role in biotechnological processes. The objective of this study was to isolate new strain of Streptomyces that produce proteolytic enzymes with novel properties and the development of the low-cost medium. An alkaline protease producer strain NRC-15 was isolated from Egyptian soil sample. The cultural, morphological, physiological characters and chemotaxonomic evidence strongly indicated that the NRC-15 strain represents a novel species of the genus Streptomyces, hence the name Strptomyces pseudogrisiolus NRC-15. The culture conditions for higher protease production by NRC-15 were optimized with respect to carbon and nitrogen sources, metal ions, pH and temperature. Maximum protease production was obtained in the medium supplemented with 1% glucose, 1% yeast extract, 6% NaCl and 100 μmol/L of Tween 20, initial pH 9.0 at 50 °C for 96 h. The current results confirm that for this strain, a great ability to produce alkaline proteases, which supports the use of applications in industry.
Predicting species distributions from herbarium collections: does climate bias in collection sampling influence model outcomes?

Aim Species distribution models and geographical information system (GIS) technologies are becoming increasingly important tools in conservation planning and decision‐making. Often the rich data bases of museums and herbaria serve as the primary data for predicting species distributions. Yet key assumptions about the primary data often are untested, and violation of such assumptions may have consequences for model predictions. For example, users of primary data assume that sampling has been random with respect to geography and environmental gradients. Here we evaluate the assumption that plant voucher specimens adequately sample the climatic gradient and test whether violation of this assumption influences model predictions.
Biosafety and biosecurity approaches to restrain/contain and counter SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 pandemic: a rapid-review

Emergence and reemergence of infectious diseases pose significant public health risks that are continuously haunting human civilization in the past several decades. Such emerging pathogens should be considered as a high threat to humans, animals, and environmental health. The year 2020 was welcomed by another significant virus from family Coronaviridae called severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) that caused the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The disease was first reported in the city of Wuhan, Hubei province, China. Within a short time, this disease attained the status of the Public Health Emergency of International Concern. Presently, COVID-19 has spread to more than 150 countries, therefore, the World Health Organization (WHO) called it a pandemic. The Chinese government, along with WHO, other health agencies, and many nations, are monitoring the current situation closely to analyze the impact of SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 on humans, animals, and environmental health. In the context of the current situation, biosafety and biosecurity measure that focus on One Health aspects of the disease outbreaks and the SARS-CoV-2 spread are of great importance to restrain this pathogen. Along with these efforts, standard precaution and control measures should also be taken at personal and community level to prevent the spreading of any contagion diseases, including COVID-19. Researchers are putting their very high efforts to develop suitable vaccines and therapeutics/drugs to combat COVID-19. This review aims to highlight the importance of biosafety, biosecurity, One Health approach, and focusing on recent developments and the ways forward to prevent and control COVID-19 in a useful way.
Acanthamoeba Keratitis and Acanthamoeba Conjunctivitis: A Case Report

Acanthamoeba species are vision-threatening agents by causing cornea infections known as Acanthamoeba keratitis. A 5 year-old kid with the complaints of erythema, eyelid edema, inflammation, limitation of eye movements in the right eye, and having no history of wearing contact lenses or trauma, was diagnosed of Acanthamoeba conjunctivitis through laboratory examinations in the Ophthalmology clinic. The visual sharpness of the patient improved after the treatment. A 44 year-old female patient suffering from pain, stinging, irritation, and inability to see in the left eye with the history of wearing contact lenses or trauma was diagnosed of Acanthamoeba keratitis through laboratory examinations. The agent was isolated and identified as “A. castellani” in the Genotype “T2”. Examination of the left eye on the 15th day of treatment indicated that all complaints disappeared except for the cataract originated visual loss. However, the first diagnosis of Acanthamoeba keratitis appeared in the literature on a case with no history of wearing contact lenses and trauma it is found to be attention grabbing. We think that Acanthamoeba should not be ignored among microbial agents that cause eye infection with or without trauma and contact lens usage history.
Effects of dietary lysine on broiler performance and carcass yield - meta-analysis

There has been a great evolution and improvement in the nutrition of poultry and lysine has been used the reference amino acid to increase animal protein deposition. Therefore, a meta-analysis was performed with the objective of studying the effect of different dietary lysine levels on the performance and carcass yield of broiler chickens. In total, 21 studies published in Brazil since 1999 were included. Bird performance considered daily weight gain (178 observations) and feed conversion ratio (188 observations) results. Carcass quality was evaluated relative to carcass yield (24 observations), abdominal fat (24 observations) and breast meat yield (30 observations). Data were checked for normality and were submitted to analysis of variance. Weight gain and carcass yield increased with the addition of 1.05% of lysine to the diet, whereas feed conversion ratio and abdominal fat were reduced as dietary lysine concentration increased. The results, therefore, indicate that lysine is essential in bird nutrition and significantly affects bird performance and carcass yield.
Alveolar soft-part sarcoma (ASPS) resembles a mesenchymal stromal progenitor: evidence from meta-analysis of transcriptomic data

Alveolar soft-part sarcoma (ASPS) is an extremely rare malignancy characterized by the unbalanced translocation der(17)t(X;17)(p11;q25). This translocation generates a fusion protein, ASPL-TFE3, that drives pathogenesis through aberrant transcriptional activity. Although considerable progress has been made in identifying ASPS therapeutic vulnerabilities (e.g., MET inhibitors), basic research efforts are hampered by the lack of appropriate in vitro reagents with which to study the disease. In this report, previously unmined microarray data for the ASPS cell line, ASPS-1, was analyzed relative to the NCI sarcoma cell line panel. These data were combined with meta-analysis of pre-existing ASPS patient microarray and RNA-seq data to derive a platform-independent ASPS transcriptome. Results demonstrated that ASPS-1, in the context of the NCI sarcoma cell panel, had some similarities to normal mesenchymal cells and connective tissue sarcomas. The cell line was characterized by high relative expression of transcripts such as CRYAB, MT1G, GCSAML, and SV2B. Notably, ASPS-1 lacked mRNA expression of myogenesis-related factors MYF5, MYF6, MYOD1, MYOG, PAX3, and PAX7. Furthermore, ASPS-1 had a predicted mRNA surfaceome resembling an undifferentiated mesenchymal stromal cell through expression of GPNMB, CD9 (TSPAN29), CD26 (DPP4), CD49C (ITGA3), CD54 (ICAM1), CD63 (TSPAN30), CD68 (SCARD1), CD130 (IL6ST), CD146 (MCAM), CD147 (BSG), CD151 (SFA-1), CD166 (ALCAM), CD222 (IGF2R), CD230 (PRP), CD236 (GPC), CD243 (ABCB1), and CD325 (CDHN). Subsequent re-analysis of ASPS patient data generated a consensus expression profile with considerable overlap between studies. In common with ASPS-1, elevated expression was noted for CTSK, DPP4, GPNMB, INHBE, LOXL4, PSG9, SLC20A1, STS, SULT1C2, SV2B, and UPP1. Transcripts over-expressed only in ASPS patient samples included ABCB5, CYP17A1, HIF1A, MDK, P4HB, PRL, and PSAP. These observations are consistent with that expected for a mesenchymal progenitor cell with adipogenic, osteogenic, or chondrogenic potential. In summary, the consensus data generated in this study highlight the unique and highly conserved nature of the ASPS transcriptome. Although the ability of the ASPL-TFE3 fusion to perturb mRNA expression must be acknowledged, the prevailing ASPS transcriptome resembles that of a mesenchymal stromal progenitor.
Bacterial Diversity of Freshwater Alpine Lake Puma Yumco on the Tibetan Plateau

Bacterial community in the water of Lake Puma Yumco, a freshwater alpine lake on the Tibetan Plateau was studied for the first time using an integrated approach including water chemistry and culture-dependent and -independent methods. Microbial abundance in the lake water was from 1.59 × 105 to 3.37 × 105 cells mL− 1, and bacteria were evenly distributed in the lake due to its uniform water physical-chemistry. Obtained isolates were affiliated with α-, β- and γ-Proteobacteria, Actinobacteria and Bacteroidetes, among which γ-Proteobacteria isolates were dominant. Retrieved bacterial 16S rRNA gene clones fell into α-, β- and γ-Proteobacteria, Actinobacteria, Bacteroidetes, Cyanobacteria, Planctomycetes, Verrucomicrobia and Chloroflexi. Bacterial diversity in Lake Puma Yumco was higher than that in other Tibetan lakes at levels of both phyla and clusters. A half of total clones in Lake Puma Yumco were members of the widespread typical freshwater bacterial clusters. The low temperature of Lake Puma Yumco also made it possess unique freshwater bacteria members.
Nutritive evaluation of some native range plants and their nutritional and anti-nutritional components

Nutritive values of some native drought-tolerant range perennial shrubs (Artemisia herba-alba, Noaea mucronata, Lavandula officialis, Astragalus spinosus, Capparis spinosa) grown naturally on the south-eastern semi-desert of Syria were evaluated by determination of the in vitro digestible organic matter (IVDOM), metabolizable energy (ME) and net energy lactation (NEL) and the presence of nutritional and anti-nutritional components. The highest concentrations of crude protein and buffer soluble nitrogen (BS-N) were in C. spinosa (229 and 19 g/kg DM, respectively), whereas the lowest concentrations were in other experimental plant species (97–104 and 6–8 g/kg DM, respectively). A. herba-alba had high concentrations of total phenols (TP) and hydrolysable tannins (HT; 45 and 23 g/kg DM, respectively). The range plants had low concentrations of condensed tannins (0.4–1.1 g/kg DM). The IVDOM, ME and NEL values of the evaluated species amounted to 481–702 g/kg DM, 6.25–9.08 MJ/kg DM and 3.03–4.54 MJ/kg DM, respectively. The descending order (P <0.05) of the plant species on the basis of their content of IVDOM, ME and NEL was C. spinosa>A. spinosus>L. officialis>A. herba-alba>N. mucronata. The addition of polyethylene glycol (PEG, 6000) to the plant samples incubated with rumen fluid at a ratio of (2:1 PEG:substrate) did not increase the values of IVDOM, ME and NEL. IVDOM, ME and NEL were negatively correlated with crude fibre and cell wall constituents but positively correlated with crude protein and BS-N. The TP and HT concentrations were negatively correlated with BS-N, but positively correlated with lignin. On the basis of protein and energy, the evaluated species were nutritionally well suited as dietary supplements for ruminants in arid regions.
CRC 675—Current Trends in Phytosynthesis of Metal Nanoparticles

Nanotechnology is emerging as a field of applied science and technology. Synthesis of nanoparticles is done by various physical and chemical methods but the biological system is gaining attention as an eco-friendly technique. The biosynthetic method employing plant parts is proving as a simple and cost-effective method for the synthesis of nanoparticles. The present mini review focuses on the different systems utilized for the synthesis of nanoparticles with special emphasis on the use of plants for the synthesis process, its applications and future directions.
Effectiveness of Group CBT with Memory Specificity Training and Self-Distancing in Moderately Depressed Adults

Memory specificity training (MEST) alone can improve mood associated with depression as found in previous studies. The aim was to build upon and expand on previous MEST and self-distancing (SD) studies by testing the effectiveness and feasibility of seven treatment sessions with a three month follow up of group CBT with MEST and SD in moderately depressed adults in two London Boroughs. Method was to recruit 60 participants from advertisements and a screening process that included administration of questionnaires, the autobiographical memory test (AMT) and Beck depression inventory (BDI-II) and interviewed to confirm they met the inclusion and exclusion criteria, and met symptoms for depression as listed in the DSM-5. Consent was obtained and then block randomising done to ensure a balanced group. There were 55 participants who completed the treatment at all time points and their data and scores on the AMT and BDI-II was used when running a one way repeated ANOVA as this was a within group design with repeated measures, using SPSS 22. The results showed improvements occurred at post-treatment and three month follow up for AMS and BDI-II scores that was statistically significant with large effect sizes at posttreatment and three month follow up. Discussion, the null hypothesis was rejected and the alternative hypothesis was accepted. MEST with self-distancing is an effective and feasible adjunct with CBT in improving memory specificity and mood. Limitations included; the study was not fully blind, no independent therapist, low frequency of supervision for checking manual adherence, no SCID, short follow up period and reduced generalisability. Future research could repeat this study using group CBT as a control, participants recruited from out-patient departments, larger sample size, improve blinding before random allocation, using SCID, frequent supervision and use of an independent therapist.
A genetic analysis of populations of Galaxias maculatus from the Bay of Plenty: Implications for natal river return

Abstract An electrophoretic analysis of four diadromous populations of Galaxias maculatus (Jenyns) from rivers within the Bay of Plenty region was conducted to determine evidence for genetic structuring. Permanent genetic divergence might be expected if individuals consistently returned to their natal rivers. A contingency χ2 analysis of five of the eleven presumptive loci revealed significant differences among the four populations for two loci. Two loci also exhibited significant differences from expected frequencies of genotypes for pooled data, indicating possible divergence from random mating. However, the level of genetic differentiation, as measured by Wright's F coefficient, is low (FST = 0.055). We suggest that the degree of differentiation recorded is a likely result of high mortality at the larval stage, but that temporal sampling should conclusively distinguish between temporal differentiation and differentiation resulting from a structured population.
Analysis of the Polarization of a Single-Mode VCSEL Subject to Parallel Optical Injection

Dyfyniad o'r fersiwn a gyhoeddwyd / Citation for published version (APA): Quirce, A. , Popp, A. , Denis-Le Coarer, F. , Perez, P., Valle, A. , Pesquera, L. , Hong, Y. , Thienpont, H. , Panajotov, K. , & Sciamanna, M. (2017). Analysis of the Polarization of a SingleMode VCSEL Subject to Parallel Optical Injection. Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics, 34(2), 447-455. https://doi.org/10.1364/JOSAB.34. 000447
Validating the Developmental and Well-Being Assessment

With increasing numbers of referrals to health services for Background: assessment of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), the Developmental and Well-Being Assessment (DAWBA) has been suggested as a useful screening instrument to assist in prioritising patients for review. It is an online interview for parents that has been previously validated for ASD in a non-clinical community sample of twins. Our study aimed to evaluate its predictive validity in a complex clinically-referred sample of children with suspected high-functioning autism. The sample comprised 136 children (females = 53; males = 83) Methods: who were referred for ASD assessment at the Social Communication Disorder Clinic (SCDC) at Great Ormond Street Hospital. Parents completed the DAWBA online prior to undergoing a multi-disciplinary team (MDT) assessment. This included completing the Developmental, Dimensional and Diagnostic Interview (3di) and the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS). Two clinicians independently rated the DAWBA using DSM-5 diagnostic criteria and compared results to the MDT outcome, which was considered gold standard. Compared with an MDT assessment, the DAWBA interview Results: demonstrated good sensitivity (0.91) but poor specificity (0.12). Overall, 64% of cases were accurately assigned as case/non-case. Estimates of positive (0.66) and negative (0.43) predictive validity were influenced by the relatively high prevalence of ASD in the study sample (65%). The DAWBA online interview has excellent sensitivity in a Conclusion: clinical population of complex neurodevelopmental disorders, containing a high prevalence of ASD, but specificity was poor. As the SCDC offers tertiary opinions on disputed cases of suspected ASD, the population cohort limits the generalisability of these results. Further evaluation is required in community child mental health or paediatric services.
A Generic Querying Algorithm for Greedy Sets of Existential Rules

Answering queries in information systems that allow for expressive inferencing is currently a field of intense research. This problem is often referred to as ontology-based data access (OBDA). We focus on conjunctive query entailment under logical rules known as tuple-generating dependencies, existential rules or Datalog+/-. One of the most expressive decidable classes of existential rules known today is that of greedy bounded treewidth sets (gbts). We propose an algorithm for this class, which is worst-case optimal for data and combined complexities, with or without bound on the predicate arity. A beneficial feature of this algorithm is that it allows for separation between offline and online processing steps: the knowledge base can be compiled independently from queries, which are evaluated against the compiled form. Moreover, very simple adaptations of the algorithm lead to worst-case-optimal complexities for specific subclasses of gbts which have lower complexities, such as guarded rules.
EnGInEERInG-GEoLoGICAL And nUMERICAL ModELInG foR thE EvALUAtIon of thE vIbRAtIonAL IntERACtIon bEtWEEn thE CIty AGGLoMERAtE And hEtERoGEnEoUS GEoLoGICAL SyStEM:

EnGInEERInG-GEoLoGICAL And nUMERICAL ModELInG foR thE EvALUAtIon of thE vIbRAtIonAL IntERACtIon bEtWEEn thE CIty AGGLoMERAtE And hEtERoGEnEoUS GEoLoGICAL SyStEM: PRELIMInARy RESULtS C. Varone1, L. Lenti2, S. Martino1 1 Department of Earth Sciences and Research Center for the Geological Risks (CERI), University «Sapienza», Rome, Italy 2 Université Paris-Est, Institut Français des Sciences et Technologies des Transports, de l’Aménagement et des Réseaux, Champs sur Marne, France
Unsteady MHD Second Grade Fluids Flow in a Porous Medium with Ramped Wall Temperature

In this paper, the unsteady MHD flow of second grade fluids in a porous medium are analyzed. It is assumed that the bounding infinite inclined plate has a ramped wall temperature with the presence of heat and mass diffusion. Closed-form solutions in a general form are obtained by using the Laplace transform technique. The obtained results for velocity is found to satisfy all the imposed initial and boundary conditions. It can be reduced to known solutions from the literature as limiting cases. Key–Words: Double diffusion, MHD, Porous medium, Inclined plate, Second grade fluids, Laplace transform
Study of Demographic Characteristics of Adult Patients with Positive Urine Culture in Tehran, Iran

Materials & Methods: Data of patients (gender, age, kind of admission and isolated bacteria) with bacterial positive urine culture during three months in 2013 at Pars Hospital, Tehran, Iran, were studied and analyzed by SPSS software. Antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of isolates to cotrimoxazole, ampicillin, ciprofloxacin, gentamicin, amikacin and nitrofurantoin, were also determined by the standard disk diffusion method according to CLSI recommendation.
The effect endometrial scratching done during diagnostic hysteroscopy on improving the pregnancy rates in women with recurrent Intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) failure – El-Minia experience

Objectives :Hysteroscopic endometrial scratching is a simple, minimally invasive, low cost procedure that may enhance biochemical and molecular changes that increase pregnancy rates specially cases of recurrent ICSI failure. Methodology:40 patients of recurrent ICSI failure for variable time interval and variable number of failed ICSI cycles were randomly divided into two groups for the study groups, 20 patient for each group. Hysteroscopic endometrial scratching done in cases of group I the (intervention group) during diagnostic hysteroscopy before ICSI cycle at day 21 (the time of starting pituitary down regulation). Cases of group II (controlled group) will do diagnostic hysteroscopy before ICSI cycle without endometrial scratching, then the cases followed to asses implantation rate, biochemical serum pregnancy test, pregnancy rate, abortion rate and incidence of multiple pregnancy in both groups. Results:Hysteroscopic endometrial scratching increased pregnancy rate in cases of recurrent ICSI failure during routine diagnostic hysteroscopy by 15 % in group I than group II and not affecting abortion rate . Conclusion :Hysteroscopic endometrial scratching could be used in all cases of recurrent ICSI failure during routine diagnostic hysteroscopy as it increase pregnancy rate without increase the abortion rate.