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Evaluation of Short Postharvest Gaseous Treatments for Inhibition of Alternaria Black Spot of Persimmon cv. ‘Rojo Brillante’

Persimmon (Diospyros kaki Thunb.) is an expanding crop in Spain. The most important production area is València (about 90% of total planted area) and astringent ‘Rojo Brillante’ is by far the most planted cultivar. An increasingly important factor limiting storability of persimmon is postharvest decay due to Alternaria black spot (ABS) caused by the pathogen Alternaria alternata. As in other EU countries, no chemical fungicides are currently approved in Spain for postharvest treatment of persimmon and alternative antifungal treatments are required. The availability of commercial facilities in persimmon packinghouses for fruit deastringency through CO2 treatments opens the door for potential application of antifungal gaseous treatments. ‘Rojo Brillante’ persimmons were artificially woundinoculated with A. alternata and exposed 24 h later for 48 h to air at 20oC (ambient atmosphere, control), air at 35oC, 95 kPa CO2 at 20 or 35oC, or 30 kPa O2 + 70 kPa CO2 at 20 or 35oC, all at 90% RH. Incidence (% of infected wounds) and severity (lesion size) of ABS were evaluated after 3, 5, and 10 days of incubation at 20oC and 80% RH. Another lot of treated fruit was cold-stored at 1oC and 90% RH for up to 82 days and fruit quality attributes such as weight loss (WL), firmness, maturity index (MI), and peel color index (CI) were also determined on non-inoculated but treated fruit. After 10 days of incubation at 20oC, none of the gaseous treatments applied at 20 or 35oC significantly reduced ABS incidence and ABS severity was even higher on some gastreated persimmons than on control fruit. After 40 days at 1oC, ABS incidence was reduced by 30 to 40% on fruit treated with 95 kPa CO2 at both temperatures, but these reductions were not significant after 82 days. ABS severity on cold-stored fruit was also greater on gas-treated persimmons than on control fruit. In general, gastreated and cold-stored persimmons, especially those treated with 95 kPa CO2, showed lower CI, higher MI and greater firmness than control fruit.
Regulation of follistatin-like 3 expression by miR-486-5p modulates gastric cancer cell proliferation, migration and tumor progression

Cancer development and progression can be regulated by the levels of endogenous factors. Gastric cancer is an aggressive disease state with poor patient prognosis, needing the development of new diagnostics and therapeutic strategies. We investigated the close association between follistatin-like 3 (FSTL3) and different cancers, and focused on its role in gastric cancer cell function. Using cancer bioinformatics, we found that FSTL3 expression is elevated in a large majority of the 33 cancers we analyzed in publicly available cancer databases. Elevated levels of FSTL3 is associated with poor patient prognosis in gastric cancer. In a comparison of normal gastric epithelial cells and gastric cancer cell lines, FSTL3 expression was consistently elevated in gastric cancer cells. Overexpression of FSTL3 promoted gastric cancer cell viability, proliferation and migration. Conversely, FSTL3 knockdown inhibits these cellular processes. Using bioinformatics, we found that the FSTL3 mRNA has a potential binding site in the 3’-UTR for a small microRNA, miR-486-5p. Further bioinformatics revealed significant negative correlation between FSTL3 and miR-486-5p levels. Using luciferase reporter constructs, we provide evidence that the 3’UTR from the FSTL3 mRNA can confer downregulation in the presence of miR-486-5p. These studies lead us to conclude that FSTL3 has oncogenic properties and increased expression of this gene product promotes gastric cancer development and progression.
Investigation of patients with temporal lobe epilepsy using quantitative electroencephalography and magnetic resonance spectroscopy

Mustafa Çam1, Yılmaz Kıroğlu2, Eylem Değirmenci3 1Department of Neurology, Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University School of Medicine, Çanakkale 2Department of Radiology, BSK Denizli Cerrahi Hospital, Denizli 3Department of Neurology, Pamukkale University School of Medicine, Denizli, Turkey Temporal lobe epilepsy using qEEG and MRS Investigation of patients with temporal lobe epilepsy using quantitative electroencephalography and magnetic resonance spectroscopy
Innovation and ultimate controlling shareholders in China: Should the state shrink itself to residuals?

This paper examines the effects of ownership structure reform on corporate innovation performance in a transition economy. Specifically, we highlight the importance of identifying the ultimate controlling shareholders in investigating the ownership-innovation nexus. We argue that non-state ownership of listed firms is not necessarily superior to certain types of state ownership because different types of ultimate controlling shareholders possess various objectives, motivations, resources, and capabilities that will influence how they exercise their control rights over the firms they invest in. Drawing on data from 2,739 listed firms in China between 2007 and 2015, we find that R&D intensity is most strongly associated with non-state controlling ownership, whereas the ―national champions‖, state-owned enterprises (SOEs) controlled by the central government, show the strongest performance in innovation outputs. Local-government controlling ownership appears to be the weakest link in terms of both innovation inputs and outputs. These findings contribute to the policy-making debate by lending support to the Chinese government’s selective privatization strategy. That is, instead of shrinking itself to residuals, the state should build up the ―national champions‖, which can team up with the vigorous non-state sector to be key enablers in China’s plan to encourage indigenous innovation. JEL classification: O31; O38; G32; G34
Prevalence of Antimicrobial Resistance Pattern in Tertiary Care Hospital: A Prospective Observational Study

To check the prevalence of Antimicrobial Resistance Pattern in Tertiary Care Hospital. It was a single centric prospective observational study. This study collected the data of 250 samples, in patients who were admitted to in-patient department and in whom at least one antibiotic was prescribed. The data such as patient demographics, diagnosis, the laboratory data such as count of White Blood Cells (WBC), CReactive Protein (CRP) and Procalcitonin (PCT). The culture sensitivity reports were collected from the Microbiology Department of the hospital. The positive samples were further evaluated for the study. Statistical analysis is done by using Microsoft Excel 2007. In this present study, out of 250 samples, 87 (35%) samples were positive. The most common specimen which had shown highest growth was Tracheal (38%), followed by Blood sample (21%) and third was Urine (15%). The most common organisms which were found to be resistant included Klebsiella Pneumoniae (24%), Acienobacter Baumanii (21%), Pseudomonas Aeruginosa (18.39%) and E Coli (11.50%). The maximum resistance was shown by five groups viz, carbapenem (54%), fluoroquinolones (46%), penicillins (45.51%), cephalosporin (37.12%) and aminoglysocides (33.51%). According to antibiogram, all of these four bacteria had shown highest resistance against fluoroquinolones. The results obtained from this study can guide rationale use of antibiotics which can contribute to effective application of Antimicrobial Stewardship Program. Antimicrobial resistance, Tertiary care hospital, sample, bacteria, Antimicrobial Stewardship Program.
Evidence of Leptospira spp. in blood of dogs in a rural community in Yucatan, Mexico

Objective. To evidence the frequency of Leptospira spp. in blood of dogs in a rural community in the state of Yucatan, Mexico. Materials and methods. Blood samples were collected from 120 dogs from Maxcanu, Yucatan. Characteristics such as sex, age, and breed were recorded, and owners were asked about the vaccination history. The samples were transported to the laboratory and a polymerase chain reaction diagnostic test was conducted to amplify two fragments of the 16S ribosomal gene belonging to Leptospira spp. Results. The frequency of Leptospira spp. was 1.7% (2/120; 95%CI= 0.2–5.9%). Both positive dogs were male mongrel puppies (mix of breeds) with no vaccination history. Conclusions. There was a low frequency of Leptospira spp. in the blood of the studied dogs. More epidemiological research is needed to identify the Leptospira species involved in the infection and the risk of transmission to the inhabitants or other domestic animals at the study site.
Pterosaurs, by Mark P. Witton. Princeton University Press, Princeton and Oxford, 2013, 291 pp., ISBN 978-0-691-15061-1

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Physiologically Attentive User Interface for Robot Teleoperation

The management of user attention is becoming a crucial challenge in the development of modern user interfaces, both in the Human-Computer Interaction and Human-Robot Interaction ﬁelds. User interfaces are shifting from being information-hungry devices to being attentive systems that consider their user’s needs upon interaction. The interfaces developed for robot teleoperation can be particularly complex, often displaying very high amounts of information on their screens, which can induce a great deal of cognitive overload on the operators during life-critical missions. In this dissertation, a prototype for a Physiologically Attentive User Interface is presented, which is applied to an Urban Search and Rescue robot that provides a complex user interface. The system analyses physiological data, facial expressions, and eye movements to classify three emotional states (rest, stress, and workload) during robot teleoperation tasks. An attentive user interface is then assembled, which is modiﬁed dynamically according to the predicted emotional state in order to manage the user’s focus during mentally demanding situations. This work contributes with the design of a user experiment, comprising emotion induction tasks that successfully trigger high and low cognitive overload states, along with eﬀective strategies of managing user attention. Results from a user evaluation revealed no statistically signiﬁcant diﬀerences in terms of the task performance and usability achieved when comparing this system to a classic user interface. The results were limited by the small number of subjects available for the study and the poor performance of the emotional state classiﬁer.
Effect of aerobic exercises on the thyroid hormones in treated hypothyroid pregnant women

Assistant lecturer of Physical Therapy for Women’s Health. Faculty of Physical Therapy, October 6 University, Giza, Egypt. Professor of Physical Therapy for Women’s Health, Faculty of Physical Therapy, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt. Assistant Professor of Physical Therapy for Women’s Health, Faculty of Physical Therapy, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt. Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt.
Reproducibility report: Towards Visually Explaining Variational Autoencoders

The paper by Liu et al. [7] claims to develop a new technique that is capable of visually explaining Variational Autoen3 coders (VAEs). Additionally, these explanation maps can support simple models to get state-of-the-art performance 4 in anomaly detection and localization tasks. Another claim they make is that using these attention maps as trainable 5 constraints leads to improved latent space disentanglement [7]. The validity of these claims will be tested by reproducing 6 the reported experiments and comparing the outcomes with the ones of Liu et al [7]. 7
Undernutrition among Bhumij preschool children of West Bengal, India

Poor nutritional status among tribal preschool children observed in different regions of West Bengal as well as India. Nutritional status of tribal preschool children especially Bhumij children of West Bengal has not been investigated adequately. The present community based cross-sectional study was undertaken to determine the prevalence of undernutrition using stunting, underweight and wasting among Bhumij preschool children of West Bengal, India. A total of 245 (129 boys; 116 girls) Bhumij children aged from 1 to 5 years were studied from eleven villages of Keshiary, Dantan-I and Nayagram block of Paschim Medinipur and Jhargram district of West Bengal. Length/height and weight of children was measured according to standard procedures. Date of birth was collected from birth certificates or health immunization cards of children. WHO Child Growth Standards (2006) was used to evaluate the nutritional status of Bhumij preschool children. Results revealed that there were no significant sex differences in mean height. Only 5 years (t=2.26 and p<0.05) Bhumij boys were significantly heavier than girls counterpart. Significant age differences in mean height [Height: F=213.66, p<0.001 (boys) and F=223.0, p<0.001 (girls)] and weight [Weight: F=116.95, p<0.001 (boys) and F=88.77, p<0.001 (girls)] was observed for both sexes. Overall prevalence of stunting, underweight and wasting were 45.7%, 24.9% and 9.8%, respectively. The age combined prevalence of undernutrition among boys were higher than girls (stunting: 51.2% vs 39.7%; underweight: 27.9% vs 21.6% and wasting: 14.0% vs 5.2%). Very high prevalence of stunting indicates critical situation of these communities. There is an urgent need to improve health care services to the tribal population and tribal children. Short Running Title: Prevalence of undernutrition among Bhumij preschool children.
Perceived value of the online environment of tourism agencies and its impacts on the purchase decision: the mediating role of attitude

This article aims to understand how perceived value in an online tourism setting influences the purchase intention indirectly, given that consumers’ trust and attitude impact on their online behavior. The theoretical model used was inspired by the background of trust by Beldad, De Jong and Steehouder (2010a), in the trust model in online travel agencies (Agag & El-Masry, 2017), in the technological acceptance model (TAM) and in the rational action theory (RAT), applied to the retail context of tourism services. The results confirm the mediation of attitude in the relationship between trust and purchase intention, consistent with the numbers of markets in countries with low education for Internet use and security problems for online transactions. The results also made it possible to propose the measurement of perceived value that considers dimensions of technological acceptance, which is convenient when dealing with consumers' online behavior. Thus, the impact of the trust construct on the purchase intention is best explained by the indirect path via attitude. Therefore, individuals who trust the website of online travel agencies have greater intentions to hire services in this virtual store environment when they have positive attitudes towards the aforementioned retail context.
Factors of influence on performance of countermovement jump

Countermovement jump is an exercise that develops leg muscle power, the efficiency of using the stretch-shortening cycle, and the jump height. Numerous factors influence countermovement jump height. This paper analyses the most important external and internal factors. The aim of this paper was to describe and explain the influence of external factors on countermovement jump height. A comparative analytical method is used to compare and comment on the results of scientific research. The following external factors are considered in this paper: type of training, performance technique, and instructions, and internal factors: age, sex, body composition. The results of the paper showed that among external factors, the greatest influence is noted in the performance technique factor, while among internal factors there is a contingent influence of age, sex, and body composition factors on countermovement jump height. The results of the paper contribute to the understanding of the nature of the influence of external and internal factors that affect countermovement jump height, which can improve scientific - professional work in sports.
Chemical control of blackgram whitefly, Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) with newer insecticidal molecules

During kharif 2016 and rabi 2016-17, two field trials were conducted at National Pulses Research Centre, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Vamban to evaluate some newer insecticidal molecules against whitefly, Bemisia tabaci in blackgram. The treatments included seed treatment with imidacloprid 600 FS @ 5 g/kg seed, thiamethoxam 25 WG @ 0.2 g/lit, thiamethoxam 25 WG @ 0.3 g/lit, acetamiprid 20 SP @ 0.2 g/lit, acetamiprid 20 SP @ 0.3 g/lit, clothionidin 50 WDG @ 0.05 g/lit, clothionidin 50 WDG @ 0.1 g/lit, triazophos 40 EC @ 1 lit/ha, novaluron 10 EC @ 1 ml/ lit, buprofezin 25 SC @1 ml/ lit and untreated control. In blackgram, whitefly population will be more during the vegetative stage so, a spray was given with the test insecticides at 20 days after sowing and pretreatment and post treatment counts were taken. The results of the two season trials concluded that clothionidin 50 WDG @ 0.1 g/l was effective in reducing the population of whiteflies in blackgram followed by thiamethoxam 25 WG @ 0.2 g/l.
Collembola (Arthropoda: Hexapoda) Assemblages in the Canopy and Forest Floor along an Elevational Gradient at Mt. Makiling, Philippines

Patterns of distribution and diversity of springtails along an elevational gradient in the canopy and forest floor of Mt. Makiling, Philippines were determined, this being the first study conducted on springtail diversity along an elevational gradient and also the first published report of canopy arthropods in the Philippines. Springtails were extracted from soil samples from the floor and those suspended in the canopy of three natural forests at different elevations (tropical lowland evergreen rainforest, lower montane rainforest, and tropical upper montane forest). We predict that elevation and forest strata will have significant effects on the springtail assemblages. A total of 2,287 springtails representing 31 morpho-species and eight families were collected from the study. Across the elevation gradient, mean species richness and mean abundance consistently decrease as elevation increases, but only the mean abundance of the lowland forest is significantly different from that of the lower and upper montane forests. Diversity t-test (p-values less than 0.05) revealed significant differences between different sites and strata. Clustering analysis using the Bray-Curtis similarity index revealed separate groupings of the lowland forests to those of the montane forests. Lastly, the results of PERMANOVA showed that both elevation and strata were found to have significant effects on the overall assemblage of springtails. This study suggests that forest floor species assemblages are closely related to each other unlike those of the canopy, where only the upper montane and lower montane are similar. The results of this study affirm our main hypothesis that springtails (as a group) respond significantly to both elevation and strata in a tropical forest in the Philippines.
Histomorphometric Alterations in Hepatic Tissue from Malathion-Induced Toxicity: An Experimental Animal Study

Background: Malathion, a widely used insecticide readily absorbed through skin and seriously affects different tissues and organs of the body. The main objective of this study was to compare the histomorphometric alterations resulting from hazardous effects of different doses of Malathion on hepatic tissue of male albino Wistar rats. Material and Methods: This animal experimental study was conducted at the Department of Anatomy and Postgraduate Research Laboratory at the Isra University, Hyderabad, Sindh Pakistan from February to July 2019. Th irty male albino Wistar rats between 250-300 grams weight were distributed equally into group A (control), group B (lowdose Malathion group; 27mg/kg 1/50 of LD50), and group C (high-dose Malathion group; 50mg/kg). Bodyweight of all rats was taken twice, before and after the experiment. The liver was dissected out, washed and weighed. Histopathological examination was done under the light microscope. Grading was done for severity in histopathological changes in each group. Data was analyzed using one-way ANOVA and Post-hoc Tukey test for comparison with the level of significance set at P-value ≤ . 05. Results: Statistically significant (P < .05) decline in body weight was observed in groups B and C in comparison with group A. The relative weight of the liver was increased significantly (P < .05) in the experimental groups, when compared with the control group. Mild-to-moderate histopathological changes were observed in the low-dose Malathion group (Group B) while moderate-to-severe histopathological changes were demonstrated in the high-dose group (Group C). Conclusions: Malathion is a potent toxic pesticide and its exposure can exhibit damage to the hepatic tissues in a dose dependent manner.
When Citizens met Politicians: The Process and Effects of Mixed Deliberation According to Status and Gender

With deliberative democracy becoming increasingly incorporated into political institutions and processes, the instances of citizens and politicians meeting in deliberation, so called mixed deliberations, is steadily increasing too. While these are important steps towards more deliberative systems, the mixed deliberation setting nonetheless introduces certain risks regarding equality. This study focuses on a series of mixed deliberations about a proposed municipal merger in Finland in 2018. Using content analysis of speech acts (N=3,404) and preand post-deliberation surveys (N=225), we analyze patterns according to participant status and gender regarding dominance, deliberative discussion quality and impact on internal and external efficacy. The findings show that politicians dominated the discussions and achieved a higher deliberative quality than citizens. There are no patterns in gender dominance but women achieved higher deliberative quality in their speech acts. Both men and women slightly increased their feeling of internal and external efficacy during the mixed deliberation.