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Pathogenesis of the Polycystic Ovary: Use of an Animal Model for Study

The presence of polycystic ovaries in the human was first described by Chareau in 1844 and the partial resection of the ovaries for the management of polycystic ovarian disease was reported in Europe by the year 1897. In 1935 Stein and Leventhal de­ scribed a syndrome involving large, pale polycystic ovaries, menstrual irregularities, ovulatory failure, infertility, hirsutism and obesity. In spite of extensive investigation of the polycystic ovary syndrome" its pathophysiology is still poorly understood, per­ haps because the so-called syndrome is not a dis­ tinct entity in itself. An analysis of 1079 cases pub­ lished in 1962 showed that 51% of the patients had amenorrhea, 69% had hirsutism, 41% obesity, 74% infertility, 21% virilization, and 12% had cyclic menses. Similar variations were found in the size of the ovary, whether it was enlarged or normal, and whether or not the tunica was thickened. It is obvious that the polycystic ovary syndrome as described is not a well-defined entity and a single concept of pathophysiology is therefore unlikely. THE ADRENAL AND THE OVARY AS SOURCES OF EXCESSIVE ANDROGENS IN THE POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME
Attracting Customers Interest through Celebrity Endorses for Marketplace

This study aims to determine the tendency of celebrity endorse mediated by brand awareness impact to attract buying interest from the public. This is because celebrities are people who are well known to the public and have there are charm. So that with the support of celebrities will have an impact on the sale of their products. Some marketplaces use celebrities as brand ambassadors to attract buyers, besides it will give celebrity brands that are constantly remembered by customers. In this study because the population is unknown, the sampling technique uses purposive sampling as many as 310 respondents. The analysis technique used is Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). The results show that brand awareness mediates the influence of celebrities on customer interest when a celebrity carries advertisements will give the impression to customers that the celebrity has a good reputation and attractiveness will have a good impact. Besides the marketplace in choosing a celebrity will look for those who can deliver advertisements with professionals. The implication of this research is the need for celebrity support related to the importance of attracting people’s purchasing power to the marketplace, in addition to a well-known combination of a good reputation and attractive appearance has added value that will provide reminders to customers.
Investigation of the Paediatric Tracheostomy Decannulation: Factors Affecting Outcome

Introduction: Evidence for factors determining paediatric tracheostomy decannulation vary extensively; therefore, this prospective observational study aimed to investigate these factors. Materials and Methods: In total, 67 consecutive paediatric patients (<12 years old) who referred to the Department of Otolaryngology, (Postgraduate Institute Medical Education and Research),(Chandigarh), India, for decannulation were included and evaluated for contributing factors in this study. Parental counselling was performed, and informed consents were obtained from them. The patients underwent detailed work up including X-rays of airway/soft tissue neck (STN) and endoscopic assessment under anaesthesia for evaluating airway patency. Decannulations were attempted post assessment and followed up one month to classify decannulation as success or failure regarding the removal of the tracheostomy tube. Results: Totally, 61 patients out of 67 cases were successfully decannulated, whereas six children failed the decannulation. Moreover, the duration of tracheostomy (Pearson’s Chi-square 35.330, P=0.013), indication of tracheostomy (Pearson’s Chi-square 21.211, P=0.000), STN X-Ray (Chi-square 43.249, P=0.000), and bronchoscopic findings (Chi-square 67.000, P=0.000) were significantly associated with the outcome of decannulation. However, decannulation outcome had no significant correlation with various factors, such as the duration of intubation preceding tracheostomy, duration of ventilation, tracheal swabs, and antibiotic therapy. Conclusion: The STN X-ray is an independent predictor, and it is recommended for paediatric tracheostomy decannulation. Moreover, bronchoscopic assessment should be performed in children having doubtful infra-stomal airway. Duration of tracheostomy significantly affects decannulation outcome. However, intubation duration preceding tracheostomy and duration of assistive ventilation have no direct effects on the outcome of decannulation. In children, gradual decannulation should be preferred and one month follow up is adequate for deciding decannulation outcome.
Evaluation of clinical outcome of post placental insertion of Cu T 380 A in women undergoing caesarean delivery

Background: The objective of the study was to evaluate clinical outcome of insertion of post placental Cu T 380 A in women undergoing caesarean delivery.Methods: A prospective observational study was carried out in the department of obstetrics and gynecology, Dr RPGMC Kangra at Tanda (Rural Medical College) to evaluate the clinical outcome of post placental Cu T 380 A insertion in women undergoing caesarean section after taking approval of protocol review and institutional ethics committee of the institution. A total of 104 women delivering by caesarean section and wanting post-placental intra-caesarean Cu T 380 A insertion and who were meeting WHO standard medical criteria for PPIUCD insertion and were willing to comply with the study protocol was recruited for the study.Results: The present study showed that there were no major complications and only minor side effects were like pain, fever, discharge and irregular bleeding which were observed in only 5-15% of women during hospital stay and during follow up visit up to 6 months. String became visible in 72.12% of women at the 6 weeks follow up visit. The string visibility increased with time and at 6 months follow up stings became visible in 90.81% of the cases. Continuation rate was 100% at 6 weeks post-partum follow up. After that spontaneous expulsion occurred in 4 cases (3.84%) and another 4 women (3.84%) requested removal for various reasons leading to continuation rate of 92.3% at six months post-partum follow up. There was no case of pregnancy with Cu T in situ with no failure at the end of study at six months post-partum.Conclusions: Intra caesarean insertion of PPIUCD is practical, convenient, safe, effective and acceptable contraceptive method for spacing of the birth in this rural setting.
Changes During Chilled Storage of Whole Tilapia and Short-Term Frozen Storage of Tilapia Fillets

This study evaluated the physicochemical changes in Nile tilapia (n = 82, 373.71 ± 61.91 g) refrigerated for up to 92 h and in the frozen fillets. The tilapias were captured with nets, slaughtered by ice and water shock (1:1) in a temperature of approximately 2°C for 30 min, and stored refrigerated at 4°C in polystyrene boxes containing ice. The fish were filleted, and filets were weighed and frozen. The drip loss and protein were determined after 23 days of frozen storage. After 4 h of storage, all fish were in full rigor mortis. The pH of the muscles decreased for up to 45 h of the storage period. The fillets obtained from tilapia stored for more than 72 h lost more weight and protein. Thus, the filleting or processing of tilapia should be done before 72 h of cold storage, since deterioration of the fish starts to occur after this period.
Pricing Strategies and Financial Performance: The Mediating Effect of Competitive Advantage. Empirical Evidence from Uganda, a Study of Private Primary Schools

The purpose of this study was to examine the mediating effect of Competitive advantage on the relationship between Pricing strategies and Financial performance in private primary schools of Uganda. The research adopted the Med Graph program and Sobel tests for the mediation effects so as to develop a closed loop model of financial performance of private primary schools. The study is based on a quantitative approach and cross sectional Research design. Descriptive statistics and inferential statistics were used in the analysis. The results reveal that that competitive advantage partially mediates the relationship between pricing strategies and financial performance (partial mediation). This study makes a contribution by providing information that is relevant for filling the practical gap that exists in financial performance of private primary schools in the settings of developing countries as well as contributing to the theoretical development of pricing strategies. Practical implications of this paper puts it that in order to have a meaningful interpretation of the results of the relationships between study variables, it is always vital to assess the role of the mediator in the relationship.
Environmental Control of Ovarian Diapause in Culex pipiens

Colonies of autogenous and anautogenous Culex pipiens L. established from a single location in Boston, Mass. , were used to define environmental conditions for ovarian diapause. Unrestricted ovarian development requires 15 hours or more of light per day at 18Â°C, while less than 12 hours of light stimulates the entire population to enter diapause. Higher temperatures reduce the prevalence of diapause. The photosensitive period begins on the day of the larvalpupal molt. Only inbred anautogenous mosquitoes enter ovarian diapause,. and, of these, ability to enter diapause is universal in the Boston population. When diapausing adult C. pipens are exposed to 16 hours of light per day, ovaries resume development. Primary follicles generally degenerate leaving a relic and secondary follicles develop beyond diapause, to the stage present in gonoactive non-blood-fed mosquitoes.
THE INFLUENCE OF NODULAR WORMS AND CARBOHYDRATES ON MORPHOLOGY AND PROLIFERATION OF EPITHELIAL CELLS IN THE LARGE INTESTINE OF PIGS

The influence of nodular worms Oesophagostomum dentatum infection and dietary carbohydrates on the morphology characteristics and epithelial cell proliferation in the large intestine of pigs was investigated. Thirty-two worm free weaners were randomly divided into four groups (A-D), of eight animals in each. Pigs in groups A (Control) and B (Infected) were fed Diet 1, and pigs in groups C (Control) and D (Infected) were fed Diet 2. The two diets were formulated: Diet 1 contained barley flour, oat husk meal plus soya bean meal (55% : 21% : 24%) and Diet 2 – barley flour, inulin and sugar beet fibre (SBF) (80.1% : 7% : 12.9%) plus soya bean meal (3:1). The two infected pig groups (B and D) were infected with 6000 infective larvae of O. dentatum and all 32 pigs were slaughtered 12 weeks p. i. The combination of O. dentatum infection and highly fermentable dietary carbohydrates affected the mucosal architecture, the epithelial cell proliferation and mucin secretion of the large intestine. These dietary carbohydrates in control pigs significantly influenced the tissue weight of caecum and colon. Infection with O. dentatum had significant effect on the gut wall architecture, because the changes in the affected gut sections corresponded directly to the number of worms present.
Geriatric gynecology: need and spectrum

Background: Geriatric gynaecology deals with gynaecological pathologies essential in post-menopausal women aged 65 years and above. The spectrum of geriatric gynaecological disorders in India differs from those in developed countries as there are no effective screening program for early detection of cancer and the burden of ignorance and taboos. In this study we aim to find the spectrum of gynaecological disorders in geriatric women and establish the need of dedicated geriatric unit.Methods: A cross-sectional comparative study was conducted on menopausal women of age 45 years or above who attended gynecology OPD for general counselling about menopause or treatment of menopausal problems over the period of 6 months duration. All these menopausal women attending OPD during this interval were evaluated on the basis of pretested questionnaire.Results: Out of 234 post-menopausal women who entered the study, 29% women belong to geriatric group. Post-menopausal bleeding due to both malignant and benign causes and pelvic organ prolapse are the major problems in geriatric women whereas somatic complaints like flushing, night sweats are more common in younger menopausal women.Conclusions: Where the medical science has successfully increased the life expectancy, focused approach to geriatric gynecology around us is our responsibility, where female still hesitate to come out. The need for dedicated geriatric gynecology unit in India on urgent basis is emphasized by this study wherein cancers can be screened in early stage and severe lifestyle hampering conditions like pelvic organ prolapse can be treated timely.
SLV: Spatial Likelihood Voting for Weakly Supervised Object Detection

Based on the framework of multiple instance learning (MIL), tremendous works have promoted the advances of weakly supervised object detection (WSOD). However, most MIL-based methods tend to localize instances to their discriminative parts instead of the whole content. In this paper, we propose a spatial likelihood voting (SLV) module to converge the proposal localizing process without any bounding box annotations. Specifically, all region proposals in a given image play the role of voters every iteration during training, voting for the likelihood of each category in spatial dimensions. After dilating alignment on the area with large likelihood values, the voting results are regularized as bounding boxes, being used for the final classification and localization. Based on SLV, we further propose an end-to-end training framework for multi-task learning. The classification and localization tasks promote each other, which further improves the detection performance. Extensive experiments on the PASCAL VOC 2007 and 2012 datasets demonstrate the superior performance of SLV.
Morphometric attributes of Naga local pigs

Received: 22/12/2013 Revised: 05/02/2014 Accepted: 07/02/2014 Abstracts The study was conducted to measure the phenotypic morphometric and reproductive parameters of Naga local pigs (NLP) of Nagaland. This study was conducted both in measurement and through questionnaires. The results revealed that there was no significant difference in the phenotypic morphometric parameters between male and female pigs. Moreover, the female pigs have non-significantly higher morphometric value than male animals. Some of the reproductive parameters were also studied in this precious species. These morphometric and reproductive analyses may be useful in the selection of breeding stock for future parents.
Characterization of Acid Phosphatase (AphC) from the Miso Koji Mold, Aspergillus oryzae KBN630: AphC is Mainly Responsible for Both Acid Phosphatase Activity and 5′-IMP Dephosphorylation Activity in Soybean-Koji Culture

*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: shiyouko_yasuda@pref.aichi. lg.jp Introduction Miso, fermented soybean paste, is a Japanese traditional seasoning which is indispensable for Japanese cuisine, as is soy sauce (shoyu). The taste, aroma and color are important parameters of miso quality. In order to improve the taste, miso products are often supplemented with disodium 5'-ribonucleotides such as disodium 5’-inosinate (5’-IMP) and disodium 5’-guanylate (5’-GMP). These umami flavor enhancers work synergistically with glutamic acid naturally contained in miso. The filamentous fungus Aspergillus oryzae is used for miso brewing. During preparation of its koji culture (i.e., solid starter culture), A. oryzae secretes a large variety of enzymes such as amOriginal paper
Effects of soil fertility level and cutting frequency on interference among Hieracium pilosella, H. praealtum, Rumex acetosella, and Festuca novae‐zelandiae

Abstract The role of ecological factors in the invasion of fescue tussock grassland by Hieracium species was investigated in a box experiment. Soil fertility and cutting frequency effects on interference between the introduced flat weeds Hieracium pilosella, H. praealtum, and Rumex acetosella and the native bunch grass Festuca novae‐zelandiae established on a denuded soil were examined using a model and technique involving stress and disturbance gradients. The weed species showed marked biomass and phenological responses to increased availability of mineral nutrients compared to F. novae‐zelandiae, which had reduced yield at the highest level of soil fertility. At high soil fertility, R. acetosella suppressed both Hieracium species and F. novae‐zelandiae, probably because it competed more effectively for light. Cutting frequency also influenced the pattern of interference between the species by effects on competition for light, vegetative spread, and partitioning of biomass to parts of the plants above an.
Effect of host genotype on leaf rust (Puccinia triticina) lesion development and urediniospore production in wheat seedlings

Experiments were performed in controlled conditions to compare several aggressiveness components of an isolate of Puccinia triticina on different wheat (Triticum aestivum) genotypes. Latency period, urediniospore production per lesion and per unit of sporulating surface, lesion size, and nitrogen and carbon content of the spores were measured on four host genotypes. Three of the host cultivars (Soissons, Altria and Isengrain) were susceptible and the fourth (Tremie) was resistant to the isolate used in the experiments, producing a mesothetic infection type. In all the analyses, lesion density was used as a covariable. The latent period was identical on the susceptible host cultivars, and there were no marked differences in the urediniospore production capacity when related to the sporulating surface area. In cv. Isengrain, differences in lesion size relative to the other susceptible cultivars resulted in lower urediniospore production per lesion. Urediniospore production per lesion and lesion size were density dependent and decreased exponentially with increasing lesion density. Urediniospore production per unit of sporulating surface was either independent of lesion density or marginally dependent (decreased linearly with a limited rate). On the resistant cultivar, Tremie, the latent period was longer and of a much greater variance compared with the susceptible cultivars. Urediniospore production per lesion was considerably reduced, but this reduction was fully accounted for by a reduction in lesion size, the urediniospore production capacity of the diseased tissue remaining equivalent to that observed in the susceptible cultivars. In all cultivars the C and N contents of the urediniospores were considered unchanged, even if minor differences were detected.
Effects of Artisanal Fishing on Caribbean Coral Reefs

Abstract: Although the impacts of industrial fishing are widely recognized, marine ecosystems are generally considered less threatened by artisanal fisheries. To determine how coral reef fish assemblages and benthic communities are affected by artisanal fishing, we studied six Caribbean islands on which fishing pressure ranged from virtually none in Bonaire, increasing through Saba, Puerto Rico, St Lucia, and Dominica, and reaching very high intensities in Jamaica. Using stationary‐point fish counts at 5 m and 15 m depth, we counted and estimated the lengths of all noncryptic, diurnal fish species within replicate 10‐m‐diameter areas. We estimated percent cover of coral and algae and determined reef structural complexity. From fish numbers and lengths we calculated mean fish biomass per count for the five most commercially important families. Groupers (Serranidae), snappers (Lutjanidae), parrotfish (Scaridae), and surgeonfish (Acanthuridae) showed order‐of‐magnitude differences in biomass among islands. Biomass fell as fishing pressure increased. Only grunts (Haemulidae) did not follow this pattern. Within families, larger‐bodied species decreased as fishing intensified. Coral cover and structural complexity were highest on little‐fished islands and lowest on those most fished. By contrast, algal cover was an order of magnitude higher in Jamaica than in Bonaire. These results suggest that following the Caribbean‐wide mass mortality of herbivorous sea urchins in 1983–1984 and consequent declines in grazing pressure on reefs, herbivorous fishes have not controlled algae overgrowing corals in heavily fished areas but have restricted growth in lightly fished areas. In summary, differences among islands in the structure of fish and benthic assemblages suggest that intensive artisanal fishing has transformed Caribbean reefs.
Analysing the Focus of Climate Change Researches for Addressing Agricultural Issues in The Niger Delta region of Nigeria

The study analysed the distribution of climate change researches that focused on agriculture in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. Specifically, the study determined the distribution of climate change researches and climate change variables that are influencing crop production in the region.The study adopted systematic review and had two research questions. The study relied on data from 129 studies which were purposively selected based on 5 inclusion criteria. A structured document review guide was used to collect data for the study. The instrument was divided into 2 sections (A-B); each section collected data for a specific purpose of the study andwas face validated by five experts. The internal consistency of the instrument was determined using inter-rater data agreement.The statistical tools used for data analysis were frequency counts (f) and simple percentages. Findings of the study revealed that impact studies of climate change on agriculture in Niger Delta majorly focused on farmers’ awareness (24%), adaptation strategies (21.7%) and crop production (17.8%). Findings also revealed that temperature (60%) and rainfall (60%) are the major climate change variables having considerable influences on crop production. Based on the findings of the study, it was recommended among others that empirical studies for climate change impacts on agribusinesses should focus on guiding policy formulation for addressing indigenous issues. Keywords; Climate change, Niger Delta, crop production, Variables, Empirical studies -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Date of Submission: 21-05-2020 Date of Acceptance: 13-06-2020 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------