Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
GENETIC CONTROL FOR MATURITY AND YIELD TRAITS IN MAIZE

An understanding of the genetic control of a trait is very important for the efficient implementation of a breeding program. This study aimed to obtain information about the genetic control of male and female flowering and crop humidity, related to the maturation and grain yield and mass attributes of a thousand seeds, through diallel analysis. Thirteen elite lines of the Coodetec breeding program were selected and seventy-eight hybrids were synthesized as a half table diallel. The hybrids and parentals were evaluated in Palotina, Mariluz and São Pedro do Iguaçu, in a 10x10 square lattice experimental design, with three replications. Male and female flowering, crop humidity, thousand seed weight and grain yield were evaluated. Analyses of individual and joint variance and of diallel analysis were performed using the Hayman methodology. Analyzes of individual variance reveal variability in all the traits studied. The genetic model was observed in at least two tests of significance of the dominant additive model. The genetic information showed that dominant alleles are found more frequently in the genitors, except for yield, which is predominantly recessive. Dominant gene effects are predominant in the control of the variables studied with an overdominance interaction between the alleles. The CD069 line shows a higher number of dominant genes for maturation and the CD038 line had a higher number of dominant genes for yield. It is possible to have greater selection gains for male and female flowering and one thousand seed weight in the Palotina environment. For crop humidity greater gains are possible in the Mariluz and Palotina environments.
Development Of Human-Robot Interaction System (HRIS) Using Autonomous Programmable Humanoid Robot And Motion Sensing Input Device

— This paper presents the development process of Human-Robot Interaction System (HRIS) based on movement imitation using autonomous programmable Humanoid Robot NAO and Microsoft Kinect Motion Sensor. This interactive platform enables autistic children and Humanoid Robot NAO to imitate each other in real time aided by Microsoft Kinect Sensor for skeletal tracking movement. Then, all the required information is uploaded to online server fo r therapists’ evaluation. Pilot test has been performed to evaluate the performance of HRIS in imitation therapy session. The session has been tested with normal healthy children where they imitate Humanoid Robot NAO movement with reference to several different upper body posture.
Perceptions, Generalized Anxiety and Fears of Pregnant women about Corona Virus infection in the heart of Pandemic

Background: The current uncertainties and alarming situation of COVID-19 pandemic may cause anxiety, mental distress and fears among pregnant women, who otherwise may have been progressing well. Till date, there is no robust empirical evidence, how the COVID-19 pandemic might have influenced the generalized anxiety and fears among pregnant women.Objective: To determine the perceptions, anxiety and fears of current COVID-19 pandemic among pregnant women during antenatal and immediate postpartum period.Setting: Pregnant women attending antenatal outpatient department, or women who recently delivered at the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology Unit II, Ruth Pfau KM Civil Hospital and Holy Family Hospital, Karachi were included in the study.Methods: A pre-designed, validated questionnaire was used by medical doctors through a face-to-face interview to collect the desired information. Associations were determined using parametric tests and a p-value ≤ 0.05 was considered as statistically significant.Results: A total of 286 pregnant women with a mean age of 26.47 ± 4.81 years were enrolled in the study. The mean gestational age of women was 33.04 ± 7.54 weeks. Majority of women 67.8% (n=194) perceived that COVID-19 can affect the pregnancy, it can be transmitted to newborn baby 83.2% (n=238), and can affect the child if mother has infected with this virus 84.6% (n=242). Most of the women 84.6% (n=242) were afraid of COVID-19 infection, and reported mean fear level of 5.86 ± 3.12 on a scale of 1 to 10. Women who perceived that COVID-19 can affect the child had significantly higher level of GAD scores (n=37, 15.3%, p-value 0.042). Similarly, women who were afraid of COVID-19 infection had significantly higher (n=40, 16.5%, p-value 0.046) GAD score. Women who had high GAD score (≥7) also had significantly higher (p-value 0.020) fear score (6.90 ± 3.23 vs 5.68 ± 3.07) compared with women who had normal GAD score (<7). Conclusion: High proportion of women had stronger belief that if mother have infection, child will also have it and it’s likely to be transmitted from mother to child. Although there is not enough evidence to support vertical transmission of infection as yet but it is still appearing as a major stressor among pregnant women.
Clinical Characteristics of COVID-19 and the Value of Mulbsta Scoring System in Prognosis Evaluation

BackgroundCOVID-19, a worldwideinfectious disease, has killed more than 420000 people, whichis extremely harmful.MethodsIn this single-center retrospective study, we included the novel coronavirus pneumonia confirmed in our hospital. This study collected the basic information andclinical examination features.ResultsThe enrolled 704 patients were affirmed infected with 2019-nCoV by the test of throat swabs. There are 334 men and 369 women, and gender, age, combined with basic diseasesare distinct in diverse disease classification (p<0.05). From the symptom analysis, the proportion of fever over 38 degrees, dyspnea, fatigue, poor appetite and other symptoms is diverse in different types of diseases (p<0.05). As the severity of the disease increases, the median lymphocyte count decreases, C-reactive protein increase, erythrocyte sedimentation rateincrease, albumin decrease, pleural effusion increase, D-Dimer and NT-proBNP increase significantly (p<0.05). As the disease severity increases, the average value of MuLBSTA score obviously ascend (p<0.05), MuLBSTA scoring system predicts novel coronavirus pneumonia patients' prognosis is still insufficient, and may require additional indicators including anorexia, fatigue, C reactive protein, etc (p<0.05). ConclusionThe MuLBSTA evaluation system has certain value for the evaluation of the disease, but it needs to be improved.
Formulasi Masker Gel Peel-Off Kulit Buah Manggis (Garcinia mangostana Linn.)

Kulit buah manggis ( Garcinia mangostana Linn.) mengandung senyawa xanton yang diketahui memiliki aktivitas antioksidan yang tinggi. Penelitian sebelumnya menunjukkan bahwa Fraksi Etil Asetat Kulit Buah Manggis (FEAKBM) memiliki aktivitas antioksidan paling tinggi dibandingkan fraksi air dan n-heksan. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk membuat formulasi dan mengarakterisasi sediaan masker gel peel-off mengandung FEAKBM. Masker gel peel-off diformulasi menggunakan Polivinil Alkohol (PVA) dan Hidroksi Propil Metil Selulosa (HPMC) sebagai gelling agent . Uji aktivitas antioksidan dari fraksi dan sediaan dilakukan secara in- vitro dengan uji peredaman DPPH. Terhadap sediaan dilakukan evaluasi pH, viskositas, daya sebar, dan waktu mengering. Fraksi etil asetat kulit buah manggis memiliki aktivitas antioksidan sangat tinggi dengan nilai IC 50 19,240 µg/mL. Formula optimum basis masker gel mengandung PVA 14% dan HPMC 1%. Sediaan masker gel peel-off stabil berdasarkan uji stabilitas fisik pada suhu 40 o C selama 28 hari penyimpanan. Sediaan masker gel peel-off mengandung FEAKBM 1% memiliki aktivitas antioksidan dengan nilai persen inhibisi 53,57±0,591. Kata kunci : Fraksi etil asetat, kulit buah manggis, masker gel peel-off
Molluscicidal Assessment of Aqueous Extract of Moringa oleifera Lam Seed on Bulinus Snail for the Control of Schistosomiasis

Aims: This research is essentially on the Molluscicidal assessment of Aqueous extract of Moringa oleifera Lam seed on Bulinus Snail for the control of Schistosomiasis. Study Design: This is a controlled study where a total of 810 Bulinus snails were collected from three different streams with each stream representing a community from each of the three senatorial zones of Anambra state where schistosomiasis was endemic. Aqueous extract of Moringa oleifera (Lam) seed at different concentrations were used on the Bulinus snails to determine their molluscidal properties. Original Research Article Umetiti et al.; SAJRM, 7(1): 30-39, 2020; Article no.SAJRM. 58268 31 Place and Duration of Study: Two hundred and Seventy (270) Bulinus snails were collected from streams representing each of the three senatorial zones of Anambra state viz; Obutu Lake, Omogho town, Orumba North Local Government Area (Anambra South), Agulu Lake, Agulu town, Aniocha Local Government Area (Anambra Central) and Omambra River, Omor town, Ayamelum Local Government Area (Anambra North) This research was carried out between November 2018 to April 2019. Methodology: Aqueous dilutions of the grinded Moringa oleifera (Lam) seed were exposed to the Bulinus snails from the various streams for 24 hours, after which the snails were removed from the experimental test solution and washed thoroughly with dechlorinated tap water and transferred to containers with fresh dechlorinated tap water for another 24 hours of recovery. The snails were incubated at 28 ± 5°C and fed with lettuce leaves. Results: Aqueous Moringa oleifera Lam seed extract was toxic to Bulinus adult snails in a dose dependent manner and the total Lethal Concentration (LC50 and LC90) values determined after 24 hours exposure from the whole streams were 468 ppm and 813 ppm respectively. Conclusion: Aqueous seed extract of Moringa oleifera Lam was toxic to Bulinus snail even at low concentrations.
The optimization of donor-to-acceptor feed ratios with the aim of obtaining black-to-transmissive switching polymers based on isoindigo as the electron-deficient moiety

Isoindigo (iI)-containing donor (D)–acceptor (A)-type polymers have rarely been used as electrochromic materials although their applications in the field of organic photoelectric devices have achieved significant progress in only a few years. Three conjugated polymers, namely, P1–P3, were synthesized via the random copolymerization of three units, including thiophene and 3,3-bis-decyl-3,4-dihydro-2H-thieno[3,4-b][1,4]dioxepine (ProDOT-decyl2) as the D units, and alkyl-substituted isoindigo as the A unit, and the reactions were conducted by the Stille polymerization method. The results showed that the feed ratio of the D units to the A unit had a substantial effect on the electrochemical properties, optical band gap, color presentation, and electrochromic parameters (changes in transmittance, response time, coloration efficiency and persistence of optical contrasts for a long period) of the conjugated polymers. Polymers were easily obtained with the feed ratios (thiophene:iI:ProDOT) of 2:1:1, 4:1:3, and 5:1:4 for P1, P2 and P3, respectively. P1 exhibits a cyan color in the neutral state and a transmissive grey color in the oxidized state. Both P2 and P3 display a change from black to transmissive on conversion from the neutral to the oxidized state. An increase in the ProDOT content was helpful for enabling the extension of the absorption peak of the polymers across the entire spectrum and also improving the switching property of the polymers. In general, the introduction of iI as the A unit for the construction of D–A-type polymers provides the field of electrochromic devices with verifiable performance and deserves further investigation to obtain more promising electrochromic materials.
ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY FROM TEN SPECIES OF MYRTACEAE

Objective: Antioxidants are compounds that can inhibit free radical reactivity. They become very interesting to be observed because they can prevent some diseases like goat arthritis, cancer, cardiovascular disease, Alzheimer’s disease, macular degeneration etc. Since Indonesia is rich for its biodiversity, there are a lot of plants that have potential to be developed as new alternative antioxidants. The aim of this research was to evaluate antioxidant activity from ten species of myrtaceae ( Syzygium cumini , S . samarangense, S. aqueum, S. aromaticum, S. polyantum, S. jambos, S. malaccense, Psidium guajava , Eucalyptus deglupta and Melaleuca leucadendra ). Methods :Continuous extraction with Soxhlet apparatus was selected as extraction method. Three solvents (n-hexane, ethyl acetate and methanol) with different polarity were used in this process. DPPH (2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl) radical scavenging activity were used to evaluate antioxidant activity with ascorbic acid as a standard drug. Results: Based on the experiments, methanol extracts showed higher activity than other extracts with their IC 50 was below than 25 µg/ml.The lowest IC 50 was exhibited by methanol extract of S. jambos , which was 7.8 µg/ml. Conclusion: It can be concluded that S. jambos is potential to be developed as a new alternative antioxidant.
Health-Related Quality of Life Among Rural Chinese Patients With Upper Gastrointestinal Diseases at Different Pathological Stages: A Cross-Sectional Study

Objective: The aim of this study was to compare the health-related quality of life (HR-QoL) among rural Chinese patients with upper gastrointestinal (GI) diseases at different pathological stages and to determine the factors influencing HR-QoL in this population.Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted in two counties in Shandong province in China from July to September 2018. Demographic and clinical characteristics were collected, and HR-QoL of patients was assessed using a set of questionnaires, including the EORTC QLQ-C30 (V3.0), the QLQ-OES18 and the QLQ-STO22. Multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) and Kruskal–Wallis test were used to compare the HR-QoL of patients of different pathological stage subgroups, and multivariate regression analyses were used to determine influencing factors.Results: A total of 406 patients were included in this study. The mean scores for patients with upper GI diseases were 74.88 (SD=19.15), 8.04 (SD=16.17) and 8.64 (SD=16.96) for the global QoL scale of EORTC QLQ-C30, QLQ-OES18 and QLQ-STO22, respectively. There was no significant difference in most of the scales between the precancerous and early stage groups, but a significant difference in HR-QoL between the precancerous and advanced groups as well as between early and advanced groups. Residence area, age, education level and pathological stage were the significant factors influencing HR-QoL scores, controlling for other variables.Conclusions: The overall HR-QoL of patients with advanced upper GI cancer needs to be managed as a component of cancer care. Measures should be taken to routinely identify patient symptoms so that follow-up care can alleviate patient symptom burden. Tailored treatment and care for patients with upper GI diseases of different age, educational level and pathological stage may be needed to help improve HR-QoL.
Aroma Impact Compounds of Red Wines from La Mancha Region

The aroma of six young red wines from minority grape varieties cultivated in La Mancha region has been studied by gas chromatography-olfactometry (GC-O). The GC-O study revealed the presence of 102 aromatic notes in which 88 has been identified. Aroma compounds were classified according to their aroma descriptor similarity and summed in seven distinct aromatic series consisting on fruity, floral, sweet/toasted/caramel, spice, green/fresh/herbaceous, pungent/ acid/chemical/dry and others (liquorice, leather, tobacco and cooked vegetable). Although there were distinct quantitative differences among the wines relative aromatic series profile of the six wines were similar. Forty-five compounds of the components identified in the olfactometric analysis were quantified, 19 of which were found at concentrations higher than their corresponding odour thresholds. The strongest odorants in the CG-O experiments were similar in all cases, although significant differences in the intensity between the samples were noted. The components with the greatest capacity to introduce differences between these wines were beta -damascenone, ethyl dihydrocinnamate, gamma -butyrolactone, 4-ethyl guaiacol, 4-vinylguaiacol, isoeugenol, syringol, guaiacol, ethyl caprate and eugenol. The correlation between the olfactometric intensities and the quantitative data is, in general, satisfactory if the olfactometric differences between the samples are high.
Textural, chemical and sensorial properties of maize tortillas fortified with nontoxic Jatropha curcas L. flour

ABSTRACT Hunger and malnutrition still affecting part of the Mexican population, for whom the tortilla is a staple food. However, maize tortillas are high in calories but deficient in proteins; therefore, studies have been conducted to fortify tortillas, with protein-rich nonconventional sources. This study examines the physicochemical and rheological characteristics of dough and maize tortillas fortified with nontoxic Jatropha curcas flour. Fortified maize doughs were prepared with 0%, 5%, 10%, 15% and 20% J. curcas nontoxic flour, which contains 55% protein. Tortillas were made and their chemical profile and tortilla quality were quantified and subjected to sensorial analysis. Rheological characteristics of dough were slightly modified but the protein in the tortillas increased 10.8% with treatment T20. They did not change in color, were soft, and consumer acceptance was not affected. It is concluded that nontoxic J. curcas flour is an excellent option for increasing the protein value of tortillas.
ISOLATION AND PRELIMINARY SCREENING OF ENDOPHYTIC FUNGI FROM Ficus carica FOR BIOCONTROL AND PHOSPHATE SOLUBILIZATION

Fungal endophytes are a special group of symbionts that invade the internal environment of the host organism without causing any pathogenic symptoms. They increase the vigor of the plant while protecting them from several biotic and abiotic stress conditions such as herbivory, disease, and drought. In this study, endophytic fungi were isolated from fig (Ficus carica), a beneficial plant belongs to the family of Moraceae. This study was conducted to determine the potential of fungal endophytes of F.carica as biocontrol agents against selected phytopathogens Ganoderma boninense, Magnaporthe oryzae, and Fusarium verticillioides. Besides, endophytic fungi isolates were also screened to assess their ability as a phosphate-solubilizing agent. Results obtained revealed that a total of 11 fungal endophytes was successfully isolated from leaf, root, and stem samples of F.carica. The cultural-morphological identifications were carried out on the unknown fungal isolates. For the antagonistic test, S2-1 and R3-4 show a promising potential against those phytopathogens with more than 20% Percentage Inhibition Radial Growth (PIRG). Endophyte S2-1 exhibits the competition mechanism, while R3-4 expresses the antibiosis mechanism in suppressing the mycelium growth of phytopathogens. As for phosphate solubilization, 8 of 10 isolates show positive results as phosphate solubilizer with the highest PSI value 3.02±0.05 (S2-4).
Volatility Spillovers between Major International Financial Markets During the COVID-19 Pandemic

This paper studies the dynamic change of volatility spillovers between several major international financial markets during the global COVID-19 pandemic using Diebold and Yilmaz’s connectedness index. We found that the total volatility spillover in this March reached its highest level of recent ten years, while the pandemic developed to its worst stage in this April. Results of total directional spillover show that American and British stock markets are main spillover transmitters during the pandemic, while Chinese and Japanese stock markets, as well as GBP/USD exchange rate are spillover recipients. The pairwise directional spillover between American and British stock markets is larger than other pairs. GBP/USD exchange rate and WTI crude oil futures market mainly receive spillovers from American stock market. Results show that the COVID-19 pandemic has caused huge shocks to international financial markets, especially of those countries with severe pandemics, and the pandemic led to increased spillovers between financial markets.
Testing pipelines for genome-wide SNP calling from Genotyping-By-Sequencing (GBS) data for Pinus ponderosa

Background Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP) markers have rapidly gained popularity due to their abundance in most genomes and their amenability to high-throughput genotyping techniques. Reduced-representation restriction-enzyme-based sequencing methods (GBS or RADseq) have been demonstrated to be robust and cost-effective genotyping methods. While previous studies have shown that alignment of the short-read fragments to a genome sequence results in better SNP calling than de novo approaches, only a few tree species - and few conifers in particular - have an annotated sequence. While these could be used to align sequence fragments from related species, sequence divergence might result in SNPs being missed if they are in fragments that don't align properly. Producing a new annotated genome sequence for every conifer species before SNP analyses are conducted is still prohibitive, as many conifer genomes are huge (> 19 GB) and include a large proportion of repeat sequences, making assembly difficult. Here we compare four bioinformatics pipelines, two of which require a reference genome (TASSEL-GBS V2 and Stacks), two of which are de novo pipelines (UNEAK and Stacks). We used Illumina sequence data from 94 ponderosa pines, with loblolly pine as the reference genome. Results The number of SNPs called was much lower without a reference genome (62–196 thousand vs. 2.1–2.7 million SNPs). UNEAK was the fastest overall and identified more SNPs than Stacks de novo. Stacks with a reference genome produced the highest number of SNPs with lowest proportion of paralogs, while SNPs identified by TASSEL-GBS V2 exhibited the highest heterozygosity, minor allele frequency, and proportion of paralogs. More SNPs were uniquely identified by Stacks than TASSEL, though there was high overlap between methods. Conclusion The present case study provides a comprehensive comparison between four commonly-used SNP calling pipelines, and identifies the Stacks reference-based approach as the best overall for conifers (or other species with large repetitive genomes) that do not have a published reference genome for the same species. However, all four pipelines had distinct benefits and limitations, with Stacks for instance being less user-friendly than some of the other pipelines. In addition, researchers studying other conifer species using similar approaches should be prepared to analyze very large numbers of SNPs.