Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
RENAL nephrometry score: Predicting perioperative outcomes following open partial nephrectomy

Background: Partial nephrectomy has emerged as a standard treatment for small renal masses offering oncologic control equivalent to radical nephrectomy, with preservation of renal function and evidence for equivalent survival. In this study, we evaluated RENAL nephrometry score (RNS) in predicting perioperative outcomes in patients with partial nephrectomy. Materials and Methods: This was a prospective observational study conducted from February 2016 to August 2017 which included patients who underwent partial nephrectomy. The patients were divided into three groups depending on the complexity scores (low, moderate, and high). Tumors were assigned RNS and tumor-node-metastasis staging of the clinically malignant tumors was done. Blood loss, warm ischemia time (WIT), and surgical complications were assessed. Results: A total of 20 patients underwent open partial nephrectomy during the study. There were 4 (20%) low, 11 (55%) moderate, and 5 (25%) high-complexity lesions. Blood loss was significantly different in three groups. All the cases in high-complexity group were performed with clamping the renal vessels with a mean WIT of 29 min. The overall complication rates were significantly different between the groups (P = 0.007); however, majority of the complications were low grade (Grades I and II) and were managed conservatively. Conclusion: In the present study, RNS was correlated with predicting surgical access route, need for clamping during partial nephrectomy, blood loss, decrease in glomerular filtration rate of operated kidneys, postoperative complications, and tumor grade.
Electrospun Polymeric Fibers Coated With Pd As A Sensitive Layer For Hydrogen Detection

Polymeric fibers can be used in several fields of research and technology depending on the type of polymer and the diameter of the fiber used. One of the most important features inherent to fibers is the large surface area that can be explored in applications like sensors. The electrospun fibers could be modified depositing metals by means of the electroless deposition technique in order to be used as sensitive layer. In this work is presented a gas sensor that has a sensitive layer made by polymeric fibers covered with palladium deposited by the electroless technique. The polymeric fibers were electrospun over a gold comb structure fabricated onto a silicon substrate with a distance between fingers of 50 μm. The fabricated sensors were reproducible with relative resistance response of 0.35% for H2 concentration of 100ppm under a controlled temperature of 25oC, which means a sensor capable of measuring residual concentrations.
E-LOYALTY IN MARKETING: IMPLICATIONS FOR E-CUSTOMER FOCUS

One of the challenges that are facing the companies today is the loyalty of the customer; how to keep the customer loyal to the company, and how to attract a new one, customer loyalty has a direct impact on revenue and profitability of the company. Loyalty has many variables or drivers, the main are; the customer satisfaction and trust. These two variables must be satisfied, in order to keep the customer loyal to the company. Managing customer trust, satisfaction and loyalty attitudes of e-commerce services is very important for the long-term growth of businesses. This paper makes a conceptual attempt to find loyalty and satisfaction of customers in organized e-commerce sites. Three fundamental aspects of loyalty were discussed, which are; concept, factors that may help in improving e-loyalty, and the identified problems that are facing e-loyalty. Finally, discussion and conclusion were included.
Distribution and ecology of Vibrio vulnificus and other lactose-fermenting marine vibrios in coastal waters of the southeastern United States

Water, sediment, plankton, and animal samples from five coastal sites from North Carolina to Georgia were sampled for their lactose-fermenting vibrio populations. Over 20% of all vibrios tested were sucrose negative and o-nitrophenyl-beta-D-galactopyranoside (ONPG) positive, suggesting identification as the human pathogen Vibrio vulnificus. These vibrios were isolated from all sample sites and sources (water, sediment, plankton, and animals). Correlations with several of 19 environmental parameters monitored at each site were found for total vibrios. The presence of ONPG-positive, sucrose-negative vibrios was correlated with hydrocarbon levels in the water and, in the case of plankton samples, with salinity. A total of 279 sucrose-negative, ONPG-positive isolates were subjected to numerical taxonomic analysis, which resulted in three major clusters. Cluster I corresponded to and included 11 reference strains of V. vulnificus. Cluster II contained the largest number (133) of isolates, of which the great majority were bioluminescent. Although having a resemblance to V. harveyi, the isolates were ONPG positive and many were H2S positive. Cluster III consisted of strains similar to the group F vibrios (V. fluvialis). Of all of the isolates, 55% were luminescent, of which over 20% were lethal when injected into mice. Problems involved in detecting lactose fermentation among marine vibrios and the potential pathogenicity of these organisms are discussed.
Killing of an encapsulated strain of Escherichia coli by human serum

Changes in cell viability and in factors affecting metabolic integrity were examined after exposure of Escherichia coli LP1092 to human serum. Antibody-dependent classical pathway activity accounted for the rapid killing of strain LP1092 by complement. Removal of serum lysozyme by bentonite absorption or by neutralization with anti-human lysozyme immunoglobulin G resulted in a reduction in the rate of killing; optimal activity could be restored by the addition of physiological amounts of egg-white lysozyme. The pattern of 86Rb+ and alkaline phosphatase release obtained after serum treatment did not support the view that complement simultaneously disrupts cytoplasmic and outer membrane integrity. Macromolecular synthesis was affected late in the reaction sequence; complete inhibition of precursor incorporation into RNA, DNA, and protein occurred only after almost total loss of bacterial colony-forming ability. Addition of chloramphenicol, an inhibitor of protein synthesis, to the bactericidal system resulted in a marked reduction in the rate of serum killing. Killing was completely inhibited by an inhibitor (KCN) and an uncoupler (2,4-dinitrophenol) of oxidative phosphorylation. Exposure of LP1092 cells to serum was followed by a rapid and large increase in intracellular ATP levels; ATP synthesis did not occur when bacteria were exposed to dialyzed serum, which killed LP1092 cells at a much reduced rate. Addition of glucose or serum ultrafiltrate to dialyzed serum restored optimal bactericidal activity. We suggest that optimal killing of gram-negative bacteria is an energy-dependent process requiring an input of bacterially generated ATP.
Somatic embryogenesis from three coffee cultivars: 'Rubi', 'Catuaí Vermelho 81', and 'IAPAR 59'

Leaf explants of Coffea arabica cv. Rubi, 'Catuai Vermelho 81ʼ, and 'IAPAR 59ʼ were placed onto MS basal medium with 4 µM of picloram for 8-12 weeks in the dark at 27 ± 2 °C (standard temperature). Explants ('Rubiʼ and 'Catuai Vermelho 81ʼ) with callus were transferred to a SP basal medium plus 0, 12, 24, and 48 µM BAP, whereas for 'IAPAR 59ʼ, only 48 µM BAP was added. After 8 weeks for 'Rubiʼ and 'Catuai Vermelho 81ʼ and after 12 weeks for 'IAPAR 59ʼ, all cultivars showed indirect embryogenesis. Embryogenic material was transferred to a SP basal medium without BAP, in light (16-hour photoperiod) and standard temperature. In a second experiment, leaf explants belonging to all three cultivars were inoculated in petri dishes with SP basal medium plus 0, 2.5 and 5 µM BAP, in the dark at standard temperature. After 8 weeks, only 'IAPAR 59ʼ produced direct embryos. These were transferred to SP basal medium. About 30% of embryos developed abnormalities. Normal embryos were successfully transferred to soil.
Bottom-Up and Top-Down: Predicting Personality with Psycholinguistic and Language Model Features

State-of-the-art personality prediction with text data mostly relies on bottom up, automated feature generation as part of the deep learning process. More traditional models rely on hand-crafted, theory-based text-feature categories. We propose a novel deep learning-based model which integrates traditional psycholinguistic features with language model embeddings to predict personality from the Essays dataset for Big-Five and Kaggle dataset for MBTI. With this approach we achieve state-of-the-art model performance. Additionally, we use interpretable machine learning to visualize and quantify the impact of various language features in the respective personality prediction models. We conclude with a discussion on the potential this work has for computational modeling and psychological science alike.11Code: https://github.com/yashsmehta/personality-prediction
Competitive Ability of Wrinkle Grass (Ischaemum rugosum Salisb.) for Utilization of Major Nutrients (NPK) in Transplanted Paddy

Nutrient mining ability of Wrinkle grass in transplanted naddy revealed that during season long competition wrinkle grass removed 74 kg N, 6 kg P and 108 kg K/ha as compared to 60 kg N, 5 kg P and 92 kg K/ha by paddy. Whereas under weed free situations paddy removed 174 kg N, 14 kg P and 238 kg K/ha. Weed free period for the first 40 to 70 days allowed no loss of nutrients. Nutrients uptake increased as the intensities of wrinkle grass increased from 20 to 140 plants/m2 and an intensity of 140 plants/m2 in paddy removed 63 kg N, 6 kg P aod 104kg K/ha. Anilofos (0.4 and 0.5 kg/ha), oxyfluorfen (0.3 and 0.5 kg/ha), piperophos (0.75 and 1.0 kg/ha). pendimethaJin (1.5 kg/ha) and oxadiazon (0.75 kg/ha) proved effective weed killer and allowed no loss of nutrients, whereas, butachlor (l.5 kg/ha) allowed 10. 1 and 13 kg/ha of N, P and K, respectively, by wrinkle grass.
Characterization of Waxy microsatellite classes that are closely linked to the rice Waxy gene and amylose content in Thai rice germplasm

Prathepha, P. Characterization of Waxy microsatellite classes that are closely linked to the rice Waxy gene and amylose content in Thai rice germplasm Songklanakarin J. Sci. Technol. , 2003, 25(1) : 1-8 Sixty-eight strains belonging to two species of Oryza were characterized by using Wx microsatellite, (CT)n repeats that are closely linked to the rice Waxy gene. These strains included high-, intermediateand low-amylose strains as well as glutinous rice. The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was used to amplify a DNA fragment including the beginning of exon 1 and the beginning of the intron 1 of the Waxy gene. The amplified DNAs were sequenced an ABI Model 377 automatic sequencer. Ten Wx microsatellite classes were identified. The popular Thai jasmine rice, KDML105, contained the (CT)17 repeats in the wx locus. Moreover, the (CT)17 repeat is the predominant class of the strains tested, whereas the (CT)11 class associated with high-amylose strains. In addition, a unique microsatellite class, (CT)18, was detected in some traditional glutinous strains and glutinous wild rice collected from the northeastern region. The restriction pattern of polymerase chain reaction-amplified Waxy DNA digested with AccI was also characterized. Polymorphism was observed between rice strains with low amylose and intermediate and high amylose content.
Survey on Social Media Analysis

: Social networking sits is an online communicating platform, large number of user to exchange their own ideas and opinions on that platform for collecting, tracking and analyzing public sentiment. Sentiment analysis can give some critical information for decision making process in different domains. In this paper presents the literature survey for referencing needs of researchers. The literature survey is based on data collected from different paper.
Iron Administration Affects Cardiac Calcium Channel Expression in Mice: The Role of Cardiac Calcium Channel Expression in The Heart of Iron Overload Mice Model

BACKGROUND: Iron-overload cardiomyopathy (IOC) is a major comorbidity in patients with chronic repetitive blood transfusion due to myocardial iron uptake that facilitated by calcium channels. As cardiac compensatory mechanism to IOC, we hypothesized the cardiac calcium channels expression would be increased and involved in cardiomyopathy progressivity. This study was aimed to investigate the gene expression of calcium channels in the heart of the iron overload mice model.METHODS: Mice were divided into three groups according to iron administration doses 0, 0.1, and 0.3 mg/day. Systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP), and mean arterial pressure (MAP) were measured for the representation of cardiovascular outcomes. The heart tissues were harvested. Further mRNA levels of L-type calcium channels (LTCCs) and T-type calcium channels (TTCCs) were examined using semi-quantitative PCR. The expressions of cardiac calcium channels and blood pressure among the three groups were compared.RESULTS: The expressions of TTCCs in the two iron-injected groups were higher than the control group (p=0.018). The expressions of LTCCs were not different (p=0.413) among groups. SBP, DBP, and MAP of the iron-injected group were lower than the control group (p=0.025, p=0.011, and p=0.008, respectively). CONCLUSION: Iron administration affects the expression of TTCCs but not the LTCCs, accompanied by decreasing of systolic and diastolic blood pressure.KEYWORDS: cardiomyopathy, iron overload, L-type calcium channel, T-type calcium channel.
Attentional Processes in Anxiety: Examining Threat-Related Attention Bias and Attentional Control in Anxious Youth

4 Introduction . 5 Method . 7 Results . 10 Discussion . 11 Abstract . 14 Introduction . 15 Method . 19 Results . 22 Discussion . 23 IV. LONG-TERM FOLLOW-UP OF ATTENTION BIAS MODIFICATION TREATMENT IN ANXIOUS YOUTH . 26 Abstract . 27 Introduction . 28 Method . 33 Results . 38 Discussion . 41 Tables and Figures . 44. 14 Introduction . 15 Method . 19 Results . 22 Discussion . 23 IV. LONG-TERM FOLLOW-UP OF ATTENTION BIAS MODIFICATION TREATMENT IN ANXIOUS YOUTH . 26 Abstract . 27 Introduction . 28 Method . 33 Results . 38 Discussion . 41 Tables and Figures . 44 V. FIELD STATEMENT . 54 REFERENCES . 56 VITA . 72 II. ATTENTIONAL CONTROL SCALE FOR CHILDREN: FACTOR STRUCTURE AND CONCURRENT VALIDITY AMONG CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS REFERRED FOR ANXIETY DISORDERS . 3 III. RELIABILITY OF THE DOT PROBE TASK TO MEASURE ATTENTIONAL THREAT BIAS AND THREAT BIAS VARIABILITY IN ANXIOUS YOUTH . 13
Tackling Illicit Financial Flows for Sustainable Development in Africa Background Paper Illicit financial flows and sustainable development: Panel- data evidence for Africa

1 Division for Africa, Least Developed Countries, and Special Programmes, UNCTAD. Corresponding author anja.slany@un.org. 2 Office of the Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary General, Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator, UN Country Team Haiti, formerly with UNCTAD. The work was conducted during time with UNCTAD. 3 Center for Law and Economics, ETH Zürich, formerly intern at UNCTAD. UNCTAD
The study of genetic and clinicopathological characterisation of Turkish bilateral breast cancer patients

Although bilateral breast cancers are a rare condition in the general population, the incidence has increased significantly in BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene carrier breast cancer patients. Besides the genetic susceptibility, many risk factors such as age, first breast cancer diagnosis age, lifestyle, and environmental factors may be effective in the development of this type of cancer. This study aimed to determine BRCA1/2 gene carriage in patients with bilateral breast cancer and to find out the risk factors that may lead to contralateral cancer formation. From 2016 to 2018, in Turkey, we grouped 31 women diagnosed with bilateral breast cancer synchronously and metasynchronously. Analysis of BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes of these women evaluated for clinical and pathological tumour characteristics was performed using the NGS technique. No significant difference was found between the metachronous (MBBC) and synchronous (SBBC) groups in terms of clinical and pathological tumour characteristics. MBBC patients’ age at first diagnosis of breast cancer was lower than SBBC. Also, there was a statistically significant relationship between chronic diseases and MBBC cancers (c2 = 11.519; p = 0.001). In our study, disease-related variants were found only in three patients, and two of these variants were identified the first time in the literature. The risk of bilateral breast cancer of BRCA1/2 carriers increases when the first breast cancer is diagnosed at a young age and there is a significant family history of cancer. MBBC is associated with chronic diseases, and large-scale research will contribute to clarifying this relationship.
Detection of natural infection by Cucumber mosaic virus in vegetable crops Natūrali Agurkų Mozaikos Viruso Infekcija Daržovėse

* Corresponding author. E-mail: irena.zitikaite@gmail.com Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) causing viral diseases in forage, fruit, ornamental and other important plants worldwide has been isolated in Lithuania from vegetable (cucumber, tomato and sweet pepper) species exhibiting mottle-mosaic and distortion of leaves and fruits, and plant stunt symptoms. Diseased vegetable samples were found in Vilnius, Kaisiadorys, Kėdainiai and Sirvintos regions. The detection of CMV was performed on the basis of determining host range, symptom expression on the test plant species, and the morphological properties of the virus particles by the methods of test plants and transmission electron microscopy and by using specific oligonucleotides in the reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). Primers complementary to conserved sequences of CMV RNA were designed, and RT-PCR was directly performed in crude sap extracts of CMV-infected cucumber, tomato and sweet pepper plants. Analysis of PCR products in acrylamide gel electrophoresis revealed amplification of about 540 base pair fragments which were in agreement with the size of the fragment expected from the sequence data. CMV detection in vegetables was confirmed by the RT-PCR technique.
Efficient and provable local capability revocation using uninitialized capabilities

Capability machines are a special form of CPUs that offer fine-grained privilege separation using a form of authority-carrying values known as capabilities. The CHERI capability machine offers local capabilities, which could be used as a cheap but restricted form of capability revocation. Unfortunately, local capability revocation is unrealistic in practice because large amounts of stack memory need to be cleared as a security precaution. In this paper, we address this shortcoming by introducing uninitialized capabilities: a new form of capabilities that represent read/write authority to a block of memory without exposing the memory’s initial contents. We provide a mechanically verified program logic for reasoning about programs on a capability machine with the new feature and we formalize and prove capability safety in the form of a universal contract for untrusted code. We use uninitialized capabilities for making a previously-proposed secure calling convention efficient and prove its security using the program logic. Finally, we report on a proof-of-concept implementation of uninitialized capabilities on the CHERI capability machine.
Endothelium-Derived Hyperpolarizing Factor (EDHF): An Endogenous Potassium-Channel Activator

Acetylcholine hyperpolarizes the membrane of vascular smooth muscles by increasing potassium permeability, the response being mediated by an endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factor (EDHF). The membrane hyperpolarization produced by EDHF is therefore one of the components contributing to endothelium-dependent relaxation of vascular smooth muscles.
Neuronal Function and Hepatic Metabolism

The autonomic regulation of hepatic metabolism offers a novel target for the treatment of 15 non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). However, the molecular characteristics of neurons that 16 regulate the brain-liver axis remain unclear. Since mice lacking neuronal lipoprotein lipase (LPL) 17 develop perturbations in neuronal lipid-sensing and systemic energy balance, we reasoned that LPL 18 might be a component of pre-autonomic neurons involved in the regulation of hepatic metabolism. 19 Here we show that despite obesity, mice with reduced neuronal LPL (NEXCreLPLflox [LPL KD]) 20 show improved glucose tolerance and reduced hepatic lipid accumulation with aging compared to 21 WT controls (LPLflox). To determine the effect of LPL deficiency on neuronal physiology, liver22 related neurons were identified in the paraventricular nucleus (PVN) of the hypothalamus using 23 the transsynaptic retrograde tracer PRV-152. Patch-clamp studies revealed reduced inhibitory post24 synaptic currents in liver-related neurons of LPL KD mice. Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging 25 Microscopy (FLIM) was used to visualize metabolic changes in LPL-depleted neurons. 26 Quantification of the free vs. bound Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide (NADH) and Flavin 27 Adenine Dinucleotide (FAD) revealed increased glucose utilization and TCA cycle flux in LPL28 depleted neurons compared to controls. Global metabolomics from hypothalamic cell lines either 29 deficient in, or over-expressing, LPL recapitulated these findings. Our data suggest that LPL is a 30 novel feature of liver-related preautonomic neurons in the PVN. Moreover, LPL loss is sufficient to 31 cause changes in neuronal substrate utilization and function, which may precede changes in hepatic 32 metabolism. 33
Metabolomics of Male Infertility: A New Tool for Diagnostic Tests

Infertility is a major health issue worldwide. Males and females contribute equally to this problem. Diagnostic semen analysis fails to identify 50% of male infertility disorders. In this regard, metabolomics as a new field of omics has been suggested to have the potential of solving and diagnosis of the male infertility problems. Metabo-lome has a history of around 20 years. However, there are only limited metabolomics studies carried out regarding male infertility. In this review, the current metabolomics researches that have been done in infertile men were reviewed. Based on our own results, using human seminal plasma for metabolomics studies is highly recommended to find potential biomarkers and developing diagnosis tests for detection of main deficiencies in infertile men.
Antioxidant and Anti-inflammatory Mechanisms of Astaxanthin in Cardiovascular Diseases

Cardiovascular disease is the most common cause of death. Oxidative stress and inflammation are pathophysiological processes involved in the development of cardiovascular diseases, so anti-inflammatory and antioxidant agents that modulate redox balance have become the targets of research to evaluate their molecular mechanisms and therapeutic properties. Astaxanthin, a carotenoid of the xanthophyll group, has potent antioxidant effects due to its molecular structure and its arrangement in the plasma membrane, factors that favor the neutralization of reactive oxygen and nitrogen species. This carotenoid also stands out for its anti-inflammatory activity, possibly interrelated with its antioxidant effect, as well as for its modulation of lipid and glucose metabolism. Considering the potential positive effects of astaxanthin on cardiovascular health evidenced by preclinical and clinical studies, this paper describes the molecular and cellular mechanisms related to the antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties of this carotenoid in cardiovascular diseases, especially atherosclerosis.