Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Uterine Cooling During Cesarean Section an Attempt to Reduce Blood Loss and Atonic Post-Partum Hemorrhage

Objective: Evaluation of the effect of uterine cooling during caesarean section on both, amount of blood loss and incidence of uterine atony. Method: This prospective randomized controlled study was conducted at Mansoura University Hospital, Obstetrics and Gynecology Department in the period from June 2017 to June 2018, included 220 patients who underwent delivery by caesarean section. All women included in the study were randomized into two equal groups; half of these patients were randomly assigned to uterine cooling after delivery of the fetus and placenta using cold saline. The other half of these patients, caesarean section was done in the usual manner. The amounts of blood loss were calculated for all patients during and after caesarean section. Also the occurrences of uterine atony were noticed on both groups. Data was regestrated for statistical analyses. Results: There were no significant difference between both groups as regard of age, gravidity, parity, gestational age, no of previous caesarean section, preoperative hemoglobin level and hematocrit values . The total amounts of blood loss during and after caesarean section was significantly low in cooling group P value (<0.001). Although atonic postpartum hemorrhage was lower in cooling group (3 cases 2.7 %) versus (10 cases 9.1%) in non-cooling group, it was not statistically significant P value (0.53). Conclusions: Uterine cooling by iced saline decrease total blood loss and decrease incidence of atonic PPH.
Effects of Sous-Vide on Quality, Structure and Flavor Characteristics of Tilapia Fillets

To investigate the effects of traditional high-temperature cooking and sous-vide cooking on the quality of tilapia fillets, muscle microstructure, texture, lipid oxidation, protein structure, and volatile compounds were analyzed. In comparison with samples subjected to traditional high-temperature cooking, sous-vide-treated samples exhibited less protein denaturation, a secondary structure dominated by α-helices, a stable and compact structure, a significantly higher moisture content, and fewer gaps in muscle fibers. The hardness of the sous-vide-treated samples was higher than that of control samples, and the extent of lipid oxidation was significantly reduced. The sous-vide cooking technique resulted in notable changes in the composition and relative content of volatile compounds, notably leading to an increase in the presence of 1-octen-3-ol, α-pinene, and dimethyl sulfide, and a decrease in the levels of hexanal, D-limonene, and methanethiol. Sous-vide treatment significantly enhanced the structural stability, hardness, and springiness of muscle fibers in tilapia fillets and reduced nutrient loss, enriched flavor, and mitigated effects on taste and fishy odor.
Short vs long segment fixation of dorsolumbar burst fracture

The thoracic and lumbar areas account for over 90% of all traumatic spine injuries. The thoracolumbar region, located between the more stiff thoracic and the more flexible lumbar spines, is especially vulnerable to injury.o injury. The purpose of this research was to foresee the long-term effects of these fixations on patients in terms of pain, deformity, motor deficit, and handicap, as well as to identify the functional stability of the vertebral column following fixation. Twenty people participated in our research. Patients had their histories taken, were examined physically and neurologically, and had imaging studies such x-rays and CT scans of the spine and MRIs of the spine performed if needed. What we learn from the research is, Group A had a mean age of 34.8 while Group B had a mean age of 30.10. Males were impacted more severely than females. The thoracolumbar spine is the most often broken in falls from height, followed by car accidents (RTA). Most patients just had thoracolumbar fractures and no other concomitant injuries. On admission, L1 and L3 levels were the most prevalent neurological findings (30%), followed by L2 levels (50%). (25 percent ). Clinically stable thoracolumbar spine fractures often presented with back discomfort at first. No neurological deficit was reported in group A compared to 30% in group B. The median cobb's angle in group A was 9, ranging from 4 to 18, while in group B, the median cob's angle was 12, ranging from 2 to 35. About 85% of patients had minimal disability during follow up. The long segment and short segment fixation of thoracolumbar burst fractures are both applicable, reproducible techniques of surgical management with similar comparable results regarding postoperative pain rehabilitation, spinal mobility and cobbs angle. But long segment fixation gives more stability specially in multilevel fractures with minimal acceptable sacrifice of spine mobility.
Determining the optimal application rate of chicken manure for agricultural land through Phosphorus sorption-desorption analyses in Andisols of Wonokitri, East Java, Indonesia

Phosphorus (P) is a macro-essential element extensively used in agricultural production. Andisols, commonly found in Indonesia, serve as agricultural areas with high, excessive, and continuous organic matter input. However, the propensity of the soil for P leaching poses a potential risk of water pollution and eutrophication in the watershed area. This study aimed to evaluate the impact of the application rate of organic matter, specifically chicken manure, often employed in agricultural activities related to Andisols. The experiment involved observing P sorption, P desorption, P sorption kinetics, and P uptake by wheat (Triticum aestivum) in soil incubated with chicken manure added at various rates of 0, 10, 20, 30, and 40 t ha-1. The incubation stages were conducted for 14 days at room temperature (27°C) and soil moisture was maintained within field capacity. The data collected were analyzed using Langmuir isotherm for P sorption and desorption, and first-order kinetics for P sorption kinetics. The results showed that the chicken manure addition at 10-40 t ha-1 significantly reduced P bonding energy in Andisols, but failed to decrease the sorption maxima value due to accumulated P from previous applications performed. The application of 20 t ha-1 (CM20) of chicken manure was found to be the optimal rate, displaying high P uptake and reduced bonding energy, while rates above 20 t ha-1 showed no significant difference in P uptake and bonding energy levels. Therefore, CM20 was recommended to increase P availability and prevent P movement into water bodies, promoting sustainable agricultural practices.
Data Report: Late Pleistocene Terrigenous Input to Shatsky Rise, Site 1208

Ocean Drilling Program Leg 198 Site 1208 is located on the Central High of Shatsky Rise (36°7.6301′ N, 158°12.0952′ E) in the North Pacific Ocean at a water depth of 3346 m. A total of 345.9 m of sediment was recovered from Hole 1208A. The sediment was divided into two major stratigraphic units: Holocene–Paleocene alternating nannofossil clay and nannofossil ooze with diatoms and radiolarians (Unit I, Subunits IA, IB, and IC) and Campanian–Albian nannofossil ooze with minor chert (Unit II). This study reports the terrigenous contribution to Site 1208 for the upper 24 m of Subunit IA, corresponding to ~560 k.y.
Low Vitamin D Levels Are Associated with Increased Cardiac Iron Uptake in Beta-Thalassemia Major

We evaluated the association of vitamin D and parathormone (PTH) levels with cardiac iron and function in beta-thalassemia major (β-TM) patients. Two-hundred and seventy-eight TM patients (39.04 ± 8.58 years, 56.8% females) underwent magnetic resonance imaging for the assessment of iron overload (T2* technique), biventricular function parameters (cine images), and replacement myocardial fibrosis (late gadolinium enhancement technique). Vitamin D levels were deficient (<20 ng/dL) in 107 (38.5%) patients, insufficient (20–30 ng/dL) in 96 (34.5%) patients, and sufficient (≥30 ng/dL) in 75 (27.0%) patients. Deficient vitamin D patients had a significantly higher frequency of myocardial iron overload (MIO; global heart T2* < 20 ms) than patients with sufficient and insufficient vitamin D levels and a significantly higher left ventricular end-diastolic volume index and mass index than patients with sufficient vitamin D levels. PTH was not associated with cardiac iron, function, or fibrosis. In the multivariate regression analysis, vitamin D, serum ferritin, and pancreatic iron levels were the strongest predictors of global heart T2* values. In receiver operating characteristic curve analysis, a vitamin D level ≤ 17.3 ng/dL predicted MIO with a sensitivity of 81.5% and a specificity of 75.3% (p < 0.0001). In TM, the periodic and regular assessment of vitamin D levels can be beneficial for the prevention of cardiac iron accumulation and subsequent overt dysfunction.
Lumbricus Extract Prevents LPS-Induced Inflammatory Activation of BV2 Microglia and Glutamate-Induced Hippocampal HT22 Cell Death by Suppressing MAPK/NF-κB/NLRP3 Signaling and Oxidative Stress

Microglia-induced inflammatory signaling and neuronal oxidative stress are mutually reinforcing processes central to the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative diseases. Recent studies have shown that extracts of dried Pheretima aspergillum (Lumbricus) can inhibit tissue fibrosis, mitochondrial damage, and asthma. However, the effects of Lumbricus extracts on neuroinflammation and neuronal damage have not been previously studied. Therefore, to evaluate the therapeutic potential of Lumbricus extract for neurodegenerative diseases, the current study assessed the extract’s anti-inflammatory and antioxidant activities in BV2 microglial cultures stimulated with lipopolysaccharide (LPS) along with its neuroprotective efficacy in mouse hippocampal HT22 cell cultures treated with excess glutamate. Lumbricus extract dose-dependently inhibited the LPS-induced production of multiple proinflammatory cytokines (tumor necrosis factor-α, interleukin (IL)-6, and IL-1β) and reversed the upregulation of proinflammatory enzymes (inducible nitric oxide synthase and cyclooxygenase-2). Lumbricus also activated the antioxidative nuclear factor erythroid 2-relayed factor 2/heme oxygenase-1 pathway and inhibited LPS-induced activation of the nuclear factor-κB/mitogen-activated protein kinases/NOD-like receptor family pyrin domain containing 3 inflammatory pathway. In addition, Lumbricus extract suppressed the glutamate-induced necrotic and apoptotic death of HT22 cells, effects associated with upregulated expression of antiapoptotic proteins, downregulation of pro-apoptotic proteins, and reduced accumulation of reactive oxygen species. Chromatography revealed that the Lumbricus extract contained uracil, hypoxanthine, uridine, xanthine, adenosine, inosine, and guanosine. Its effects against microglial activation and excitotoxic neuronal death reported herein support the therapeutic potential of Lumbricus for neurodegenerative diseases.
A versatile and high-load soft gripper enabled by vacuum-assisted bio-inspired interfacial adhesion

Soft robotic grippers have gained considerable attention owing to their highly compliant, adaptive, and safe characteristics in a large variety of scenes, especially involving human-machine interactions. However, the low-stiffness nature of the soft material and the multi-finger gripping mechanism make soft grasping systems suffer in applications requiring relatively high load capacity and broad grasping adaptability. Despite extensive efforts to develop soft grippers with tunable stiffness by constructing smart materials and structures, the resultant load capacity is often compromised by sacrificing working efficiency or surface adaptability. In this work, we report a paradigm to design a versatile, high-load (>2 kg), and fast-response (<1 s) pneumatic soft gripper by strengthening the contact interface via bio-inspired controllable adhesion. A mushroom-shaped micropatterned dry adhesive surface is integrated with a soft pneumatic bidirectionally bendable actuator via a vacuum-assisted equal load-sharing design. This gripper extends the adaptable object diameter from 15 mm to infinity and significantly increases the load capacity to over 2 kg without compromising the original compliance. The multifunctional grasping modes and high load capacity are successfully demonstrated by grasping objects with diverse material components, various surface shapes.
Retrospective evaluation of Corps aquatic ecosystem restoration projects protocol part 1 : Project overview

PURPOSE: Despite substantial national investments in aquatic ecosystem restoration, there is little or no quantitative monitoring of ecological response, and little or no basis upon which to assess project and program success. Moreover, few national databases have been developed for ecosystem restoration projects. Monitoring and assessment efforts within the US Army Corps of Engineers (“the Corps”) largely reflect this pattern. Better data and information are needed by the Corps and others to ensure that restoration investments maximize environmental benefits to the Nation.
Adaptive Guided Convolution Generated With Spatial Relationships for Point Clouds Analysis

Representing valuable semantics in irregular 3-D point clouds with spatial-variant relationships is challenging. Current shared/weighted point convolution methods have limited efficiency and struggle to represent distinctive weight matrices precisely. In thisarticle, we present guided convolution (GuidedConv) operation, a plug-and-play point convolution operator for 3-D point cloud analysis. Compared to existing point convolution methods, GuidedConv implements a guided-share method for the weight matrices, which dynamically assigns corresponding weight matrices to points depending on their local spatial relationships without increasing the kernels in a brute-force way or equipping sophisticated auxiliary networks. The key of GuidedConv is to dynamically assigns weight matrices generated by kernel base to the points according to a guided mask, which is learned adaptively from the spatial relationships of 3-D point clouds in a data-driven manner. Guided masks establish a one-of-a-kind correspondence between the weight matrices and the points. In this way, GuidedConv possesses powerful capabilities to characterize different semantics and is more efficient and precise than current point convolution operators. Extensive qualitative and quantitative evaluations clearly show integrating GuidedConv into several relatively typical networks without modifying configurations to achieve on-par or better performances than state-of-the-art point cloud classification and segmentation methods on several benchmark datasets. Thorough ablation studies and visualizations demonstrate the flexibility and effectiveness of GuidedConv.
EFFICACY OF VARIOUS FUNGICIDES IN CONTROLLING BROWN LEAF SPOT AND ENHANCING RICE YIELD

Rice is very important crop in Pakistan. It is largely affected by brown leaf spot of rice in all localities. Its major impact is on grain yield. In order to assess its impact on yield and evaluate various fungicides on number of grains, 1000 grain weight, grain yield (t/h) and cost benefit ratio and their percent increase/decrease over control were recorded. A farmer field with natural disease occurrence was selected at Garhi Awan district Hafizabad, Punjab. The design applied was RCBD (Randomized Complete Block Design) . There were 6 treatments (Difenoconazole 25 EC @ 308ml/h, Azoxystrobin + Difenoconazole 325 SC @ 500ml/h, Trifloxystrobin + Tebuconazole 75WG @ 160gm/h, Thiophanate Methyl 70WP @ 750gm/h, Bismerthiazol 20WP @ 300gm/h and control) and each treatment was replicated 3 times. The fungicide combination of Azoxystrobin and Difenoconazole was found to be the most effective in yield parameters while in terms of cost benefit ratio. Thiophanate Methyl was found to be the most effective followed by the combination of Azoxystrobin + Difenoconazole.
The Role of the Port of San Pedro in Promoting Port Sustainability: An Institutional Perspective

Increasingly, ports are shifting towards environmental protection to acquire or maintain their competitive advantages. While they contribute to global economic development, port activities can have negative effects on coastal areas and marine biodiversity. The Port of San Pedro is undertaking several actions in favor of sustainable development, which has enabled it to obtain multiple certifications and ISO standards. This article presents the role it has played in acquiring these certifications. Institutional theory has been mobilized to demonstrate how the Port of San Pedro engages stakeholders in the port area towards port sustainability. Qualitative methodology was used to conduct interviews with the Director of Quality, Health, Safety, and Environment Services at this port. The results highlight the coercive policy deployed by the Port to engage port stakeholders in achieving sustainable development goals and make the Port of San Pedro a sustainable port.
Estimation of genetic parameters and single-step genome-wide association studies for eating time and rumination time in Holstein dairy cows.

The aims of this study were to estimate genetic parameters and to identify genomic regions associated with eating time (EAT) and rumination time (RUT) in Holstein dairy cows. Genetic correlations among EAT, RUT and milk yield traits were also estimated. The data were collected from 2019 to 2022 in 6 dairy herds located in the Walloon Region of Belgium. The data set consisted of daily EAT and RUT records on 284 Holstein cows, from which 41 cows had records only for the first parity, 101 cows had both first and second parities records, and 142 cows had records only for the second parity. The number of daily EAT and RUT records in the first-parity (P1) and second-parity (P2) cows were 18,569 (on 142 cows) and 34,464 (on 243 cows), respectively. Data on 28,994 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) located on 29 Bos taurus autosomes (BTA) of 747 animals (435 males) were used. Random regression test-day models were used to estimate genetic parameters through the Bayesian Gibbs sampling method. The SNP solutions were estimated using a single-step genomic best linear unbiased prediction approach. The proportion of genetic variance explained by each 20-SNP sliding window (with an average size of 1.52 Mb) was calculated, and regions accounting for at least 1.0% of the total additive genetic variance were used to search for candidate genes. Mean (standard deviation (SD)) averaged daily EAT and RUT were 327.0 (85.66) and 559.4 (77.69) min/d for cows in P1 and 316.0 (82.24) and 574.2 (75.42) min/d for cows in P2, respectively. Means (standard deviation; SD) heritability (h2) estimates for daily EAT and RUT were 0.42 (0.09) and 0.45 (0.06) for cows in P1 and 0.45 (0.04) and 0.43 (0.02) for cows in P2, respectively. Mean (SD) daily genetic correlations between daily EAT and RUT were 0.27 (0.07) for P1 and 0.34 (0.08) for P2. Genome-wide association analyses identified 6 genomic regions distributed over 5 chromosomes (BTA1, BTA4, BTA11, BTA14 (2 regions), and BTA17) associated with EAT or RUT. The findings of this study increase our preliminary understanding of the genetic background of feeding behavior in dairy cows; however, larger data sets are needed to determine whether EAT and RUT might have the potential to be used in selection programs.
Spatialization of the SNOWPACK snow model for the Canadian Arctic to assess Peary caribou winter grazing conditions

Abstract Peary caribou is the northernmost designatable unit for caribou species, and its population has declined by about 70% over the last three generations. The Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada identified difficult grazing conditions through the snow cover as being the most significant factor contributing to this decline. This study focuses on a spatially explicit assessment tool using snow model simulations (Swiss SNOWPACK model driven in an off-line mode by spatialized meteorological forcing data generated by the Canadian Regional Climate Model) to characterize snow conditions for Peary caribou grazing in the Canadian Arctic. The life cycle of Peary caribou has been subdivided into three critical periods: summer foraging and fall breeding (July–October), winter foraging (November–March), and spring calving (April–June). Winter snow conditions are analyzed and snow simulations compared to Peary caribou island counts to identify a snow parameter that could potentially act as a proxy for grazing conditions and explain fluctuations in Peary caribou numbers. This analysis concludes that caribou counts are affected by simulated snow density values >300 kg m−3. A software tool mapping possibly favorable and unfavorable grazing conditions based on snow is proposed at a regional scale across the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Specific output examples are given to show the utility of the tool, mapping pixels with cumulative snow thickness above densities of 300 kg m−3, where cumulative seasonal thicknesses >7000 cm are considered unfavorable.
Thai veterinarians' perceptions of cannabidiol products for dogs with osteoarthritis: a qualitative interview study

Introduction The global popularity of cannabidiol (CBD) led to its approval for human use in Thailand and potential use in animals. Many studies revealed CBD's efficacy in treating chronic osteoarthritis (OA) in dogs. To facilitate tailored CBD product development for canine OA and ensure market success, this study explores Thai veterinarians' perception of CBD for canine OA. Methods In-depth interviews were conducted with experienced veterinarians who treated OA in ≥25% of their canine patients. Interview questions covered treatment, CBD perception, and adoption. Interviews were held from January to March 2023. Results Eleven out of twenty invited veterinarians participated in the study. Though all favored non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) for OA in dogs, concerns about adverse reactions, including ulcers and renal failure, emerged. CBD was widely known and was perceived positively for pain, inflammation, cancer, and epilepsy. However, half distinguished CBD from marijuana and tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). Ten expressed willingness to prescribe CBD for OA upon robust clinical evidence. Worries centered on product consistency and impurities. Many suggested CBD should be under veterinarians' supervision at first, but this can be relaxing once safety and efficacy are established. CBD products should be chewable tablets, oils, or gelatin capsules with flavors like beef, liver, pork, fish, or seafood. Conclusion Though CBD benefits were recognized, knowledge gaps among the participants persisted, warranting robust CBD safety, efficacy, and quality evidence to ensure Thai market success. Comprehensive education, including continuing education for those in practice and incorporating CBD-related topics into the Schools of Veterinary's curriculum, is recommended.