Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Improving preconception care for women with diabetes : development and feasibility study of a mobile application

Introduction Women with diabetes are at increased risk of adverse maternal and fetal outcomes. Preconception care can minimise risk of complications and improve outcomes, but current provision is inadequate. Mobile technology, particularly smartphone apps, could improve preconception care provision but research is lacking in this area. Aim The study aimed to critically appraise the literature with respect to PCC educational interventions and highlight limitations of current interventions, and to develop a Preconception and Diabetes Information (PADI) app for women with type 1 or 2 diabetes and explore the system’s feasibility and acceptability. Methods A systematic review of the literature and a 2-phase mixed methods study design, (1) development and (2) feasibility and acceptability, were used. The app was developed via a co-design approach with women with diabetes, healthcare professionals and an app development company. A 3-month pre- and post-intervention study assessed preliminary outcome estimates (preconception care knowledge, attitudes and behaviours), user acceptability was also explored. Data collection methods included focus groups, semi-structured interviews and questionnaires. Results The systematic review showed that PCC educational interventions had a positive effect on patient and behavioural outcomes, however, PCC uptake was low and the use of eHealth for PCC of women with DM was still in its infancy. The 2-phase mixed methods study design indicated a high level of enthusiasm and interest towards a preconception care app that could overcome shortfalls in current preconception care service provision. Improvements were recorded in knowledge of pregnancy planning and pregnancy-related risks, perceived benefits and self-efficacy to seek preconception care, and patient activation measure, following the 3-month app usage. Participants found the PADI app acceptable (satisfaction rating was 72%), useful and informative. Usage was episodic and influenced by functionality (manual data input) and personal factors (pregnancy intention, time/memory and conflicting priorities) that participants felt could be overcome via personalisation, automation, improved interactivity and daily reminders. Conclusion This is the first study to explore the acceptability and feasibility of a preconception care app for women with diabetes. It has positive implications in terms of overcoming barriers to preconception care provision and uptake, and changing preconception behaviours. In order that the contribution of the PADI app can be fully realised, further evaluation is required.
Double Jeopardy: Preponderance of Impaired Glucose Homeostasis and Overweight/Obesity Among Adult Females in Ikwo, Ebonyi State

The nutrition transition being faced by most economically developing countries has resulted in changes in chronic diseases patterns in such countries, yet such diseases are rarely studied in rural areas, where the majority of the population live. The prevalence of diabetes/impaired fasting glucose (IFG) and overweight/obesity was therefore studied in a population of adults in Ikwo LGA, Ebonyi State, Nigeria. Standard internationally accepted methods were used for this cross-sectional population study. A total of 720 subjects (53.1% females) were recruited and studied. Diabetes was found in 4.0% of the subjects (3.0% for males and 5.0% for females) while 7.1% of the population (6.5% for males and 7.6% for females) had IFG. About 20% of the entire population (and a quarter of the females) were overweight/obese yet, 11.7% of them (10.7% males, 12.6% females) were underweight. The modal age range for those who were diabetic or overweight/obese was 26-40 years irrespective of sex. Blood glucose concentration was found to be significantly correlated only with BMI (r = +0.116; P < 0.01). The preponderance of both diabetes/IFG and overweight/obesity in women as seen in this study is indeed a double jeopardy, requiring urgent interventions.
Performance evaluation of different growth regulators on propagation of Eranthemum (Eranthemum bicolor and Eranthemum tricolor)

The present investigation was carried out to study the effect of different growth regulators on propagation of Eranthemum (Eranthemum bicolor and Eranthemum tricolor) in subtropical zone of West Bengal under naturally ventilated polyhouse equipped with foggers at Instructional Farm, Jaguli, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, West Bengal. Significant differences among the treatments (IAA @1000ppm, IAA@2000ppm, IAA @3000ppm, IBA @1000ppm, IBA @2000ppm, IBA @3000ppm, NAA @1000ppm, NAA @2000ppm, NAA @3000ppm, locally available rooting hormone and Control) on root emergence and proliferation were noticed. After two consecutive years of studied, Eranthemum bicolor can successfully propagated by tip cutting with the treatment of IAA @ 2000 ppm and IBA @ 3000ppm, whereas Eranthemum tricolor responded well in all growth regulators of higher concentration (3000ppm) for rapid multiplication of this plant in sub-tropical zone of West Bengal.
Control Efficacy of Transgenic Cotton Expressing Bt & CpTI Genes to Helicoverpa armigera

The inhibition and insecticidal activity of transgenic cotton expressing both modified Cry1A gene from Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) and cowpea trypsin inhibitor (CpTI) insecticidal protein gene were evaluated using Cry1Ac resistant and the homologous susceptible populations of Helicoverpa armigera Hubner. Insecticidal activity of the transgenic two genes cotton was significantly higher than that of the transgenic cotton expressing one modified Bt gene, and the highest one was observed at late June among the growth season. Mortality of larvae from 2nd to 5th instar was significantly higher, and the weight of survival larvae, pupation rate and eclosion rate were significantly lower fed on transgenic two genes cotton compared with that fed on transgenic Bt gene cotton. The 2nd instar larvae of the resistant population successively fed on one gene cotton leaf can partly developed to pupae stage and partly eclosion, but larvae of the same population successively fed on two genes cotton leaf can't survive to pupae stage until the 5th instar. The results showed that transgenic cotton expressing pyramiding insecticidal protein genes has higher resistance to Cry1Ac resistant population of H.armigera.
Role of Nano-curcumin on carbon tetrachloride (CCl4) induced hepatotoxicity in rats

To investigate the hepatoprotective effect of nanocurcumin on carbon tetrachloride induced hepatotoxicity, 48 rats were divided into eight groups consisting six animals each. Hepato-toxicity was induced using CCl4 at the dose of 2 ml/kg body weight intraperitoneally twice weekly. Nanocurcumin prepared by evaporative-precipitation of nanosuspension was administered at the dose of 40, 80 and 160 mg/kg body weight orally daily for 28 days. The protective effect of nanocurcumin was compared with curcumin and turmeric (160 mg/kg body weight). Silymarin was used as standard. Results revealed that CCl4 elevated LDH and liver enzymes (AST, ALT, ALP) activities, bilirubin and uric acid blood levels, and decreased total protein, albumin, and globulin. Nanocurcumin significantly decreased liver enzymes (AST, ALT, ALP) and LDH activities, bilirubin and uric acid, and increased levels of total protein, albumin, and globulin in a dose-dependent manner. It elucidated the hepatoprotective effect of nanocurcumin on carbon tetrachloride induced hepatic-toxicity.
Floral biology and pollination behaviour of Gloriosa rothschildiana

The flowers of Gloriosa rothschildiana were borne on a short pedicel (7.73 cm) and were solitary. The flower size was small (1.60 g). There were six small crimson colored tepals (3.60 x 1.45 cm) with short stamen (3.34 cm) and pistil (3.39 cm). The stamen displayed profuse orange-yellow pollen. The pistil possessed three celled ovary which formed an ellipsoidal capsule. The mean number of days taken for completion of flowering phases was 20.70 days for G. rothschildiana. The percentage of bud opening and anther dehiscence in G. rothschildiana was maximum at 9.30 am. The percentage of stigma receptivity, pollen viability and fertility were maximum on the day of anthesis. Pollens were oval shaped and the pollen output was minimum in G. rothschildiana. The highest pod set was observed under artificial cross pollination followed by self-pollination and natural open pollination.
Importance of FYM and vermicompost on NPK content and uptake by rice (Oryza sativa) in chromium contaminated soil

Chromium is a serious heavy metal and it is considered as an environmental hazard. The contamination of the soil environment with chromium compounds is more and more frequently occurring problem throughout the world. Chromium (Cr) contamination in soil is a growing concern in sustainable agriculture production and food safety. Keeping these points in view pot experiment was conducted in net house of Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi during 2016-17 to study the effect of FYM and vermicompost on nutrients content and uptake by Rice (oryza sativa) in chromium contaminated soil. Five levels of chromium viz. 0, 20, 40, 60 and 80 ppm with and without vermicompost @ 5 ton ha and farm yard manure @ 10 ton ha were taken. The NPK content of rice straw and grain decreased with increase in the levels of chromium i.e., maximum decrease was observed in treatment Cr80. However, the treatment of Cr20 and Cr 40 were found statistically at par with treatment Cr0. Increasing chromium levels resulted in significant increase in NPK content of the rice straw up to the treatment Cr20 tested in the experiment and then reduced with an increase in chromium concentration. NPK content in grain and straw was found significantly higher under use of organic sources. The highest NPK content found in vermicompost treated pots followed by FYM treated pots. Our results confirm that the rice can play an effective role in bioremediation of soils polluted with chromium, particularly in supplementation with organic amendments such as farm yard manure and VC.
The hydrostatic effects on the phase equilibria involving liquid on Titan

Liquid bodies in Titan’s lakes/seas are subject to hydrostatic effects that in turn introduce a pressure gradient from the surface to the bottom of the bodies. Incorporating the effects makes the thermodynamic modeling more realistic and tells whether another phase may appear at some depth, thus explain phenomena such as the transient features, also known as “magic islands”, observed in Cassini’s flybys.
Decomposable-Net: Scalable Low-Rank Compression for Neural Networks

Compressing DNNs is important for the real-world applications operating on resource-constrained devices. However, we typically observe drastic performance deterioration when changing model size after training is completed. Therefore, retraining is required to resume the performance of the compressed models suitable for different devices. In this paper, we propose Decomposable-Net (the network decomposable in any size), which allows flexible changes to model size without retraining. We decompose weight matrices in the DNNs via singular value decomposition and adjust ranks according to the target model size. Unlike the existing low-rank compression methods that specialize the model to a fixed size, we propose a novel backpropagation scheme that jointly minimizes losses for both of full- and low-rank networks. This enables not only to maintain the performance of a full-rank network {\it without retraining} but also to improve low-rank networks in multiple sizes. Additionally, we introduce a simple criterion for rank selection that effectively suppresses approximation error. In experiments on the ImageNet classification task, Decomposable-Net yields superior accuracy in a wide range of model sizes. In particular, Decomposable-Net achieves the top-1 accuracy of 73.2% with 0.27xMACs with ResNet-50, compared to Tucker decomposition (67.4% / 0.30x), Trained Rank Pruning (70.6% / 0.28x), and universally slimmable networks (71.4% / 0.26x).
On non-admissible irreducible modulo p representations of GL2(Qp2)

We use a Diamond diagram attached to a 2-dimensional reducible split mod p Galois representation of Gal(Qp /Qp2 ) to construct a non-admissible smooth irreducible mod p representation of GL2(Qp2 ) following the approach of Daniel Le. Résumé. Nous utilisons un diagramme de Diamond attaché à une représentation galoisienne mod p semisimple réductible de dimension 2 de Gal(Qp /Qp2 ) pour construire une représentation mod p non-admissible irréductible lisse de GL2(Qp2 ) en suivant l’approche de Daniel Le. 2020 Mathematics Subject Classification. 22E50, 11S37. Funding. The authors acknowledge support of the Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India, under project number 12-R&D-TFR-5.01-0500. Manuscript received 12th March 2020, accepted 9th June 2020.
Analysis of pollution haven hypothesis (PHH) and environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) in selected Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries

a Economics Department, Government Sadiq College Women University Bahawalpur, Pakistan, Email: fozialatifgill@gmail.com b Economics Department, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Pakistan, Email: abid.rashid@iub.edu. pk c Othman Yeop Abdullah Graduate School of Business, University Utara Malaysia, Malaysia, Email: kuperan@uum.edu. my d Othman Yeop Abdullah Graduate School of Business, University Utara Malaysia, Malaysia, Email: zaini500@uum.edu. my
3D modeling of tsunami-induced seawater intrusion and aquifer recovery in Niijima Island, Japan, under the future tsunami scenario

A 3D numerical model was developed to simulate seawater intrusion and aquifer recovery in Niijima Island under the future Nankai earthquake and tsunami scenario. The FEFLOW code was used to solve density-dependent groundwater flow and mass transport in unsaturated-saturated porous media. The simulations indicated that the maximum amount of seawater intrusion during the tsunami was controlled by the total unsaturated void space of the soil beneath the inundation area. After the tsunami, directions of seawater movement and flushing time depended on the pre-tsunami groundwater flow conditions and bedrock structures. Some groundwater was found to be survived from salinization, and showed the potential to provide water supply in an equivalent amount of the pre-tsunami level without worsening the recovery process. The simulated attempt to remove the intruded seawater from a polluted well could accelerate aquifer recovery but might not be practical due to the cost of maintaining intensive pumping over years.
Developmental response of Spodoptera exigua (Noctuidae: lepidoptera) on chickpea under elevated co2 and constant temperatures based on two - sex life table

The objective of this study was to examine the direct effects of two different CO2 concentrations (380 ppm and 550 ppm) on the life table parameters of Spodoptera exigua at six temperatures (20, 25, 27, 30, 33 and 35 °C) fed on chickpea foliage. The life history and fitness of S. exigua was analyzed using two-sex life table. Our results showed significantly the development time (days) of S. exigua (egg to adult) declined with increase in temperature and was more evident under elevated CO2 conditions. Additionally, the fecundity of S. exigua was lower under elevated CO2 than ambient CO2 conditions across the temperatures. Finite (l) and intrinsic rates of increase (rm), net reproductive rate (Ro), gross reproductive rate (GRR), mean generation time (T) and doubling time (DT) of S. exigua varied significantly with temperature and CO2 and were found to have quadratic relationships with temperature. The reduction of ‘T’ was noticed from a maximum of 49.52 days at 20 °C to minimum of 20.20 days at 35 °C under elevated CO2 conditions. According to population projections, a much smaller total population size would be expected in an elevated CO2 atmosphere due to lower fecundity and higher mortality compared with ambient CO2 conditions.
Characterization and variability of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. melongenae (Schlecht) Mutuo and Ishigami from wilting eggplants in Marathwada region of Maharashtra

Identification and characterization of fungal pathogens associated with wilting of eggplants (Solanum spp.) is a necessary precondition for efficient disease management and for the development of durable host resistance in eggplant cultivars. A study was carried out to identify and differentiate Fusarium isolates from eggplant fields in Marathwada region of Maharashtra. Twenty four isolates of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. melonagenae (Schlecht) Mutuo and Ishigami. , incitant of wilt of eggplants were studied for its Pathogenic, cultural and morphological variability and characterization. The radial growth of isolates viz FOM A3, FOM B5, FOM H7, FOM J10, FOM L14, FOM N16, FOM O20 and FOM P22 were more than 70 mm after 6 days of inoculation and considered as fast growing category. Among all the isolates of FOM P22 isolate showed significant variation in radial growth (85 mm) on PDA medium at 6 DAI. In present study, cultural and morphological variability of the entire 8 highly pathogenic test isolates viz., FOM A3, FOM B5, FOM H7, FOM J10, FOM L14, FOM N16, FOM O20 and FOM P22 of F. O. melongenae were attempted. The isolates have shown mycelium color ranging from Milk White (FOM A3), Purple (FOM B5), Pink (FOM H7), Light Purple (FOM J10), Classy Pink (FOM L14), Buff (FOM N16), Brown (FOM O20) and Baby Pink (FOM P22). The size of macro conidia ranged from 22.40 31.83 x 3.89-5. 52μm and the size of micro conidia ranged from 5.92 9.34 × 2.614. 15μm. The number of septa in macro conidia and in micro conidia is 2-5 and 0-1, respectively and conidia are hyaline. The macro conidia is sickle shaped with blunt end and micro conidia is round to oval shaped. Intercalary and terminal chlamydospores were observed in all the FOM. Isolates and significant variation was noticed in cultural characters of eight different isolates with respective mycelium colour, substrate colour, sporulation etc.
Analysis of the performance of Genetic Programming on the Blood Glucose Level Prediction Challenge 2020

In this paper we present results for the Blood Glucose Level Prediction Challenge for the Ohio2020 dataset. We have used four variants of genetic programming to build white-box models for predicting 30 minutes and 60 minutes ahead. The results are compared to classical methods including multi-variate linear regression, random forests, as well as two types of ARIMA models. Notably, we have included future values of bolus and basal into some of the models because we assume that these values can be controlled. Additionally, we have used a convolution ﬁlter to smooth the information in the bolus volume feature. We ﬁnd that overall tree-based GP performs well and better than multi-variate linear regression and random forest, while ARIMA models performed worst on the here analyzed data.
Evaluation of indeterminate tomato hybrids (Solanum lycopersicum. L) for fruit quality and biochemical traits under polyhouse condition

Protected cultivation offers higher production and productivity per unit area and better-quality products for year-round production gaining importance among the growers. The present investigation on evaluation of five promising indeterminate tomato hybrids and their parents with check hybrids namely Naveen and Savannah under polyhouse condition was undertaken during 2018 – 2019 at Department of Vegetable Crops, Horticultural College and Research Institute, TNAU, Coimbatore. The results reported that the hybrids Punjab Sartaj X EC163605 and Punjab Sartaj X IIVR BT-10 were recorded the highest values for fruit quality and biochemical traits viz., pericarp thickness (5.69 and 5.76 mm), fruit firmness (3.00 and 3.04 kgf/cm2), shelf life (45 and 40.8 days), ascorbic acid (14.75 and 13.90 mg/100g), titrable acidity (0.46 and 0.38 %), lycopene content (0.32 and 0.36 mg/100g) and β carotene content (0.44 and 0.46 mg/100g) compared to the check hybrids. This can be recommended for cultivation under polyhouse condition for fruit yield and quality.
Comparative assessment of different dose of probiotics on growth performance and economics of broiler chicken

An experiment was conducted to study the effect of probiotics supplementation on growth performance and economics of feeding in broilers. A total of 1000, day old broiler chickens were randomly assigned into four groups as T0, T1, T2 and T3 group. Group T0 was considered as control fed with commercial ration while T1, T2 and T3 group fed with commercial ration with the addition of 1gm, 2gm and 3gm probiotics/10 liters drinking water respectively upto 35 days of age. On day 35 (28 day of experiment) was observed that the body weight in the control group T0 was 1279.31±39.14, in the treatment group T1was 1346.52±39.58, in the treatment group T2was 1602.48±45.08 and in the treatment group T3was1386.12±39.91. All the data was statistically significant at 1% (P<0.05) level. The highest body weight was recorded in the treatment group T2 and lowest in the control group T0.Weekly body weight gain in 2, 3, 4 and5 weeks of experiment shows the weight increased significantly at 1% (P<0.01) level of significance. Birds in the treatment group T2 consumed significantly more feed than control group as well as the other groups T1and T3. Whereas, the birds feed probiotics level 3gm/L in group T3 consumed significantly less feed than the other probiotics treatment groups and the control group. At 3, 4 and 5weeks of age there were significant differences in the daily feed consumption among the probiotics treatment groups and also between the probiotics groups and the control group. The daily profit was estimated as Rs. 16.25, 20.61, 41.04 and 28.74 per bird in T0, T1, T2 and T3 group bird where as the cost-benefit ratio was 1:1.15, 1:1.18, 1:1.35 and 1:1.26 respectively. It signifies that the body weight gain of broiler chickens was improved which provided more earning to the farmer.
Large herbivorous mammals: exotic species in northern Australia.

Northern Australia lacks an extant, diverse fauna independent, or regulated by a mechanism of food limitaof native, large herbivorous mammals. The native large tion unlikely to occur among species in their native habimammal fauna became extinct during the Pleistocene, and tats. Control of these populations is central to the has been replaced by introduced ungulates during the past conservation of northern Australian savannas, and may be 150 years. The introduced fauna is as species rich as many best achieved by the introduction of pathogens. native tropical savanna megafaunas. Carrying capacities for the introduced species are greater than would be expected from their body sizes, and greater than the species achieve
One-Shot Hybrid State Redistribution

We consider state redistribution of a "hybrid" information source that has both classical and quantum components. The sender transmits classical and quantum information at the same time to the receiver, in the presence of classical and quantum side information both at the sender and at the decoder. The available resources are shared entanglement, and noiseless classical and quantum communication channels. We derive one-shot direct and converse bounds for these three resources, represented in terms of the smooth conditional entropies of the source state. Various coding theorems for two-party source coding problems are systematically obtained by reduction from our results, including the ones that have not been addressed in previous literature.