Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Effect of potassium fertilizers associated with cold storage on peach (Prunus persica L.) quality

Potassium (K) fertilization may affect peach quality and preservation. This study aimed at evaluating the effect of doses of K on physico-chemical and functional characteristics of "Sensacao" peaches in the postharvest period. Mass loss, pulp color, total solublesolids, titratable acidity, pH, pulp and skin firmness, total concentrations of phenolic compounds and carotenoids and antioxidant activity were evaluated in fruits. The experiment was a randomized block design in a 5x3 factorial scheme, five doses of fertilizers (0, 40, 80, 120 and 160 Kg ha-1K2O) and three storage periods (harvest day, 10 days and 20 days in cold storage at 1±1oC, followed by a day of simulated commercialization at 20±1oC). Mass loss, pulp firmness, phenolic compounds, antioxidant activity and carotenoids decreased when fruit underwent cold storage, independent of the dosage of K fertilization. Doses of40 and160 kg ha-1K2O applied to the soil lead to a larger number of phenolic compoundsand higher antioxidant activity in fruits at harvest time. After cold storage, fertilization with160 kg ha-1K2O exhibited the highest antioxidant activity and the lowest mass loss in fruits. Increase in doses of K strengthened the color of peach pulp.
Near‐surface‐temperature lapse rates on the Prince of Wales Icefield, Ellesmere Island, Canada: implications for regional downscaling of temperature

Screen temperatures were monitored from May 2001 to April 2003 in an array of 25 sites on the Prince of Wales Icefield, Ellesmere Island, Canada. The observational network covered an area of ca 15 650 km2 and spanned an altitude ranging from 130 to 2010 m above sea level. The spatial array provides a record of near‐surface‐temperature lapse rates and mesoscale temperature variability on the icefield. The mean daily lapse rate in the 2‐year record is − 4.1° C km−1, with an average summer lapse rate of − 4.3° C km−1. Surface‐temperature lapse rates in the region are therefore systematically less than the free‐air lapse rates that are typically adopted for extrapolations of sea‐level temperature to higher altitudes. Steep lapse rates, resembling moist adiabatic rates in the free air (−6 to − 7° C km−1), are more common in summer at our site and are associated with enhanced cyclonic activity (low‐pressure and high relative vorticity) and southerly flow aloft. In contrast, northerly, anticyclonic flow prevails when summer lapse rates are weak (above − 2° C km−1). The low surface‐temperature lapse rates and their systematic synoptic variability have important implications for applications that require downscaling or extrapolation of surface‐ or boundary‐layer temperatures, such as modelling of glacier mass balance. We illustrate this in an analysis of observed versus modelled snowmelt on the icefield. Copyright © 2006 Royal Meteorological Society.
Relationship between painless delivery and postpartum depression: The Japan Environment and Children’s Study (JECS)

Background Postpartum depression is one of the most commonly experienced psychological disorders for women after childbirth, usually occurring within one year. This study aimed to clarify whether women with painless delivery, including epidural analgesia, spinal-epidural analgesia, and paracervical block, had a decreased risk of postpartum depression after giving birth in Japan. Methods The Japan Environment and Children’s Study (JECS) was a prospective cohort study that enrolled registered fetal records (n = 104,065) in 15 regions nationwide in Japan. Binomial logistic regression analyses were performed to calculate the adjusted odd ratios (aORs) for the association between mode of delivery with or without analgesia and postpartum depression at one-, six- and twelve-months after childbirth. Results At six months after childbirth, painless vaginal delivery was associated with a higher risk of postpartum depression (aOR: 1.218, 95% confidence interval: 1.067–1.391), compared with vaginal delivery without analgesia or cesarean section. Nevertheless, the risk disappeared one year after delivery. Among the pregnant women who requested painless delivery, 5.1% had a positive Kessler-6 scale (K6) score for depression before the first trimester (p < 0.0001), which was significantly higher than the proportions in the vaginal delivery without analgesia (3.5%) and cesarean delivery (3.5%) groups. Conclusions Our data suggested that the risk of postpartum depression at six months after childbirth tended to be increased after painless vaginal delivery, compared with vaginal delivery without analgesia or cesarean section. Requests for painless delivery continue to be relatively uncommon in Japan, and women who make such requests might be more likely to experience postpartum depressive symptoms because of underlying personality characteristics, including a tendency to worry.
Relationship of obesity with exercise capacity, quality of life and fatigue level in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

This study was planned to investigate the relationship of obesity with exercise capacity, quality of life, and fatigue level in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). 109 individuals with COPD were included in the study. Individuals were stratified into three groups as normal (18.5≤, ≤24.9 kg/m2, n=34), overweight (25≤, ≤29.9 kg/m2, n=43) and obese (>30 kg/m2, n=32). After taking socio-demographic information of the individuals, The Shuttle Walking Test was used to measure exercise capacity, St. George Respiratory Questionnaire to measure quality of life, and the Fatigue Severity Scale to measure fatigue levels. The average age and BMI of normal, overweight and obese individuals participating in the study were 60.58±13.21 years, 21.48±1.83 kg/m2; 61.83±11.33 years, 26.98±1.50 kg/m2 and 57.55±12.85 years, 33.46±3.93 kg/m2 respectively with age being similar between the groups (p>0.05). In the correlation analysis, there was a significant relationship between exercise capacity and fatigue severity (r= -0.532, p= 0.007), SGRQ activity parameter (r= -0.508, p= 0.011) in individuals with obesity (p<0.05). No relation was observed in these parameters in the normal and overweight COPD group (p> 0.05). There was a relationship between fatigue severity and all sub-parameters of SGRQ in all 3 groups (p<0.05). In obese individuals with COPD, BMI was found to be related to the individual's exercise capacity. It was found that exercise capacity in individuals with obesity is related to fatigue severity and quality of life. For this reason, it was thought that rehabilitation approaches to control weight and increase exercise capacity may positively affect individuals' fatigue status and quality of life.
Using Praat to Teach Intonation to ESL Students

This paper explores whether using Praat, computer software for phonetic analysis, can rapidly improve pronunciation skills for ESL students. We report on a pilot study in which six ESL students used Praat for phonetic stress pattern analyses and sound manipulation, particularly with yes/no and wh-questions. The results showed that Praat could enable students to refine their pronunciation. By having instant visual feedback, students were able to actually observe the errors that they might not otherwise notice through listening alone. This pilot study also demonstrates that the training from Praat transferred to sound production as the students were able to produce these question forms more clearly and naturally in a subsequent dialog reading task. Through the results of this pilot study, this paper shows how ESL/EFL teachers and students can benefit greatly from this free and readily available open-source educational software.
Parents' Rights in Special Education: The Readability of Procedural Safeguards

To make informed educational decisions, parents must be able to read and comprehend the information that is given to them by their school. The purpose of the current study was to examine the readability of Parents' Rights documents of all states. Results indicated that only 4% to 8% of Parents' Rights documents were written at the recommended reading level. To the contrary, 20% to 50% of the documents were written at a college reading level or higher, and other text characteristics may have added to their difficulty. These findings suggest that parents of students with special needs are likely to find Parents' Rights documents very difficult to read and understand. Parents' Rights documents should be rewritten to make them accessible to more parents.
Nonlinear Biasing and Redshift-Space Distortions in Lagrangian Resummation Theory and N-body Simulations

Understanding a behavior of galaxy biasing is crucial for future galaxy redshift surveys. One aim is to measure the baryon acoustic oscillations (BAOs) within the precision of a few percent level. Using 30 large cosmological N-body simulations for a standard LCDM cosmology, we study the halo biasing over a wide redshift range. We compare the simulation results with theoretical predictions proposed by Matsubara (2008) which naturally incorporate the halo bias and redshift-space distortions into their formalism of perturbation theory with a resummation technique via the Lagrangian picture. The power spectrum and correlation function of halos obtained from Lagrangian resummation theory (LRT) well agree with N-body simulation results on scales of BAOs. Especially nonlinear effects on the baryon acoustic peak of the halo correlation function are accurately explained both in real and redshift space. We find that nonlinearity and scale dependence of bias are fairly well reproduced by 1-loop LRT up to k=0.35hMpc^{-1} (z=2 and 3) within a few percent level in real space and up to k=0.1hMpc^{-1} (z=2) and 0.15hMpc^{-1} (z=3) in redshift space. Thus, the LRT is very powerful for accurately extracting cosmological information in upcoming high redshift BAO surveys.
Stress Relaxation Under Various Stress and Drainage Conditions

This paper presents predictions made for stress relaxation tests carried out by Garcia (1996) in the edometric apparatus in a soft organic clay from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The predictions were made based on the framework of the model developed by Martins (1992), as modified by Alexandre (2006), and in agreement with concepts and ideas developed by Terzaghi (1941), Taylor (1942) and others. The differential equation of the stress relaxation test, its solution, the assessment of the parameters of the model as well as predictions made for all tests are shown in this paper. It is shown that satisfactory agreement between predictions and tests results were obtained for the soft clay tested by Garcia (1996). In addition, discussions about stress relaxation tests carried out under different conditions (triaxial and hydrostatic) and about the variation of K0 during stress relaxation and secondary consolidation are also presented in this paper.
Biochemical and Molecular Action of Nutrients Stimulation of In Vitro Rat Muscle Protein Synthesis by Leucine Decreases with Age 1

Aging is characterized by a decrease of muscle mass associated with a decrease in postprandial anabolism. This study was performed to gain a better understanding of the intracellular mechanisms involved in the stimulation of muscle protein synthesis by amino acids and their role in the decrease of muscle sensitivity to food intake during aging. The effects of amino acids or leucine alone were assessed in vitro on epitrochlearis muscle from young, adult and old rats. Protein synthesis was assessed by incorporation of radiolabeled phenylalanine into protein and p70 S6 kinase activity by incorporation of P into a synthetic substrate. Amino acids, at physiologic concentrations, stimulated muscle protein synthesis (P , 0.05) and leucine reproduced this effect. The intracellular targets of amino acids were phosphatidylinositol 39 kinase and the rapamycin-sensitive pathways mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR)/p70 S6 kinase. In old rats, the sensitivity of muscle protein synthesis to leucine was lower than in adults (P , 0.05) and this paralleled the lesser ability of leucine to stimulate the rapamycin-sensitive pathways (P , 0.05). We demonstrated that amino acids and leucine stimulate muscle protein synthesis and that aging is associated with a decrease in this effect. However, because aged rats are still able to respond normally to high leucine concentrations, we hypothesize that a nutritional manipulation increasing the availability of this amino acid to muscle could be beneficial in maintaining the postprandial stimulation of protein synthesis. J. Nutr. 130: 2630–2635, 2000.
Technostress among marketing employee during the COVID-19 pandemic: Exploring the role of technology usability and presenteeism

The COVID-19 pandemic is profoundly affecting the way of consumer buying. Firms are therefore challenged to be more reliant on technology as many consumers have turned into protection mode and do anything remotely. While the usage of technology has offered flexibility and simplicity, it has also exacerbated the technostress issue. This study was conducted to understand and examine technology usability and presenteeism that influence technostress during the COVID-19 pandemic situations. A five-point Likert scale questionnaire survey was used to evaluate the perceptions of technology characteristics and techno-stress among marketing employees. A total of 262 respondents that classified as marketing employees that are experienced “working from home” during the pandemic, were collected and analyzed by using Covariance Based Structural Equation Modeling (CB-SEM). The results suggest that technology usability has positive influences on techno-complexity and techno-insecurity. Moreover, the negative influences of presenteeism on technooverload and techno-insecurity were also proved in this study. Interestingly, marketing employees do not see their hyper-connectivity with technology implemented by the company impact their workloads and worries as they consider the current radical changes only temporary and will only last during the pandemic.
Communication Evaluations Across the Life Span

In this study, 490 community adults aged 20 to 59 evaluated their experiences with non-family members aged 13 to 16 years, 65 to 85 years, and their own age, in terms of their perceptions of both the others’ and their own communicative behavior. As well as validating previous research that suggested that nonaccommodation, accommodation, and respect/obligation are important evaluative dimensions for communication between younger and older people, these results revealed two relatively new evaluative dimensions—noncommunication and self-promotion—which seem particularly relevant for perceptions of communication with 13- to 16-year-olds. Overall, although elders are perceived as more nonaccommodative, 13- to 16-year-olds were viewed as more noncommunicative, less accommodative, and more self-promotional. Findings also suggest changes in evaluations across the lifespan. For example, the older respondents tended to view elders more favorably. Results are discussed in the context of a plea for more research taking a developmental lifespan perspective on intergenerational communication.
Temporomandibular Disorders and Fibromyalgia: A Narrative Review

Temporomandibular disorder (TMD) and fibromyalgia (FM) have some clinical characteristics in common, for instance the chronic evolution, the pathophysiology incompletely understood and a multifactorial genesis. The incidence and the relationship between TMD and FM patients are the aims of this review. A MEDLINE and Pubmed search was performed for the key words “temporomandibular disorder” AND “fibromyalgia” from 2000 to present. A total of 19 papers were included in our review, accounting for 5449 patients. Ten studies, reporting a total of 4945 patients with TMD, showed that only 16.5% of these patients had diagnosis of FM, whereas 12 studies, reporting a total of 504 patients with FM, demonstrated that 77.0% of these patients had diagnosis of TMD. A comorbid relationship exists between TMD and FM. The complexity of both diseases shows the importance of a multimodal and interdisciplinary.
Sarcoptes scabiei dermatitis in adult sheep: an immunohistochemical study of 34 chronic cases with extensive lesions

Ovine sarcoptic mange is a contagious ectoparasitic skin disease, seen in many countries with sheep production. Although several studies concerning dermatopathology have been published, the local cutaneous immune response to Sarcoptes scabiei has not been studied by immunohistochemistry. The present study aims to evaluate immunohistochemically the adaptive cellular immune response in chronic natural cases with extensive gross lesions. Facial and foot skin biopsies of 32 ewes and 2 rams were obtained, and moreover from the scrotal scabietic lesions of the 2 rams. Each biopsy was bisected and processed for paraffin and cryostat sections. Mites were not observed in the vast majority of skin histology sections. Epidermal hyperplasia and chronic inflammation were the main histopathologic features. The dermal inflammatory infiltrate was mixed, dominated by eosinophils and lymphocytes equally. Tissue sections immunostained with a panel of monoclonal antibodies showed among lymphocytes an almost exclusively T-cell population (CD3+), while CD79a + cells were sparse. T-helper cells (CD4+) were predominant versus T-cytotoxic cells (CD8+) in 4:1 to 5:1 ratios. The mixed inflammatory infiltrate combined with the immunohistochemical findings suggest both a type-I and type-IV hypersensitivity reactions during the chronic course of the disease. Moreover, all these chronic cases in adult sheep are recorded into the hypersensitivity form of sarcoptic mange (“classical or ordinary” scabies) and no cases of the hyperkeratotic form of the disease (“Norwegian or crusted” scabies) were found.
The Left Atrial Function as a Marker for the Severity of Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction

Background: Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) is a complex syndrome characterized by heart failure symptoms and signs, but normal or near-normal left ventricular ejection fraction (LV-EF). There are objective evidences of left ventricular systolic/diastolic dysfunctions and alteration of left atrial (LA) structure and functions. However, limited data are available on the association of LA functions with the severity of HFpEF. Methods: We assessed and analyzed LA/LV structure and functions in 61 patients with HFpEF with 2D echocardiography and two-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiographic technology (2D-STE). LA triphasic functions in subgroups with different classification of cardiac functions (NYHA II – IV) were compared. The correlation analysis of LA triphasic functions with LV systolic/diastolic functions was made with Pearson test. Results: Patients with HFpEF had impaired LV systolic/diastolic functions, and impaired LA triphasic functions compared with control subjects. LA global longitudinal strain (LA-GLS) and the left atrial systolic strain rate (LA-mSRs, reflecting LA reservoir function) were positively correlated with global LV longitudinal strain (LV-GLS) and E/e’; the longitudinal strain rate of the left atrium at the early diastole (LA-mSRe, reflecting LA conduit function) and the longitudinal strain rate of the left atrium at the late diastole (LA-mSRa, reflecting LA pump function) were inversely correlated with the LV-GLS and E/e’. The LA function is closely related with the NYHA classification in patients with HFpEF. Conclusion: LA phasic functions were significantly impaired in patients with HFpEF. It can be used as a marker for scaling the severity of HFpEF.
Layer-averaged Euler and Navier-Stokes equations

In this paper we propose a strategy to approximate incompressible free surface Euler and Navier-Stokes models. The main advantage of the proposed models is that the water depth is a dynamical variable of the system and hence the model is formulated over a fixed domain. The proposed strategy extends previous works approximating the Euler and Navier-Stokes systems using a multilayer description. Here, the needed closure relations are obtained using an energy-based optimality criterion instead of an asymptotic expansion. Moreover, the layer-averaged description is successfully applied to the Navier-Stokes system with a general form of the Cauchy stress tensor.
Cosmic Galaxy-IGM H i Relation at z ∼ 2–3 Probed in the COSMOS/UltraVISTA 1.6 Deg2 Field

We present spatial correlations of galaxies and IGM neutral hydrogen H i in the COSMOS/UltraVISTA 1.62 deg2 field. Our data consist of 13,415 photo-z galaxies at z ∼ 2–3 with and the Lyα forest absorption lines in the background quasar spectra selected from SDSS data with no signature of damped Lyα system contamination. We estimate a galaxy overdensity δgal in an impact parameter of 2.5 (proper) Mpc, and calculate the Lyα forest fluctuations whose negative values correspond to the strong Lyα forest absorption lines. We identify weak evidence of an anti-correlation between δgal and with a Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient of −0.39 suggesting that the galaxy overdensities and the Lyα forest absorption lines positively correlate in space at the ∼90% confidence level. This positive correlation indicates that high-z galaxies exist around an excess of H i gas in the Lyα forest. We find four cosmic volumes, dubbed Aobs, Bobs, Cobs, and Dobs, that have extremely large (small) values of δgal ≃ 0.8 (−1) and , three of which, Bobs–Dobs, significantly depart from the δgal– correlation, and weaken the correlation signal. We perform cosmological hydrodynamical simulations and compare with our observational results. Our simulations reproduce the δgal– correlation, agreeing with the observational results. Moreover, our simulations have model counterparts of Aobs–Dobs, and suggest that the observations pinpoint, by chance, a galaxy overdensity like a proto-cluster, gas filaments lying on the quasar sightline, a large void, and orthogonal low-density filaments. Our simulations indicate that the significant departures of Bobs–Dobs are produced by the filamentary large-scale structures and the observation sightline effects.
Title Nanoparticle labeling identifies slow cycling human endometrialstromal cells

Introduction: Evidence suggests that the human endometrium contains stem or progenitor cells that are responsible for its remarkable regenerative capability. A common property of somatic stem cells is their quiescent state. It remains unclear whether slow-cycling cells exist in the human endometrium. We hypothesized that the human endometrium contains a subset of slow-cycling cells with somatic stem cell properties. Here, we established an in vitro stem cell assay to isolate human endometrial-derived mesenchymal stem-like cells (eMSC). Methods: Single-cell stromal cultures were initially labeled with fluorescent nanoparticles and a small population of fluorescent persistent cells (FPC) remained after culture of 21 days. Two populations of stromal cells, namely FPC and non-FPC were sorted. Results: Quantitative analysis of functional assays demonstrated that the FPC had higher colony forming ability, underwent more rounds of self-renewal and had greater enrichment of phenotypically defined prospective eMSC markers: CD146/CD140b and W5C5 than the non-FPC. They also differentiate into multiple mesenchymal lineages and the expression of lineage specific markers was lower than that of non-FPC. The FPC exhibit low proliferation activities. A proliferation dynamics study revealed that more FPC had a prolonged G1 phase. Conclusions: With this study we present an efficient method to label and isolate slow-proliferating cells obtained from human endometrial stromal cultures without genetic modifications. The FPC population could be easily maintained in vitro and are of interest for tissue-repair and engineering perspectives. In summary, nanoparticle labeling is a promising tool for the identification of putative somatic stem or progenitor cells when their surface markers are undefined.