Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Effect of Yucca Schidigera Addition to Ducks Diet on Productive Characteristics and Economical Evaluation Through Summer Conditions

The current research assessed for dietary desiccated Yucca Schidigera (YS) addition effects on ducks productivity features as well as economical evaluation at summer time. Used 300 Domyati ducks, 26-weeksold (240 females and 60 drakes), that split to egalitarian three empirical groups at random in a completely randomized design. The first one was considered as control and consumed the basal diet; while the second and third empirical groups were consumed the basal diet after adding 150 and 300 mg YS/kg respectively, through 26-37 weeks of age. The results summarized that, ducks fed on both YS levels had superior (p < 0.001) values of egg number and mass, and feed conversion ratio as well as low feed consumed amount compared with those fed the basal diet without any addition through the entire tested period. Spermatozoa concentration and live spermatozoa (%) were (p < 0.001) elevated for drakes fed on 300 mg YS/kg diet, in addition to lower dead sperms (%) than those fed the basal diet. Females fed diet added with YS produced eggs that (p < 0.001) higher in hatching features compared to the control. Adding YS to ducks diet caused a greater haemoglobin, RBC,. Serum total cholesterol, liver ALT and AST enzymes and MDA were significantly attenuated by dietary 300 mg YS/kg. Conclusively, adding 300 mg YS / kg diet produced an advantageous effects of ducks productivity characteristics as well as economical evaluation through summer conditions.
EFFECT OF NITROGEN, PHOSPHORUS AND SEEDING RATES ON WHEAT PRODUCTION AND WEED CONTROL IN SIWA OASIS

Two field experiments were carried out in Tegzerte Research Station; Desert Research Center, Tegzerte, Siwa Oasis during winter seasons of 2002/2003 and 2004/2004 years to study the effect of nitrogen fertilization levels as (0, 80 and 100 Kg N. fed-1) and phosphorus fertilization levels (0, 15 and 31Kg P205 fed) and wheat seeding rates (70, 80 or 90 kg. fed) on wheat production and weed control. Results indicated that increasing phosphorus and nitrogen fertilization levels as well as seeding rates led to increase significantly wheat growth, yield and its components i.e (plant height, spike length, number of spiklets per spike, seed index as 1000 grain weight, number of spikes/m, grain, straw and biological yields), while fresh and dry weights of associated weeds were reduced as a result of applying the treatments. On the other hand, number of tillers /plant showed significant increase as a result of elevating both nitrogen and phosphorus fertilization, while it demonstrated significant reduction by increasing seeding rates. Number of tillers per plant was significantly increased as a result of applying the following first order interactions (31 kg P205 fed × 0 kg N.fed), (0 kg N.fed × 90 kg grains .fed) and (31 kg P205 fed × 90 kg grains.fed). All the first order interactions i.e (phosphorus × nitrogen fertilization levels), (nitrogen fertilization levels × seeding rates) and (phosphorus fertilization levels × seeding rates), increased significantly all the studied characters. Regarding the second order interaction, higher values of wheat yields and its attributes, as well as higher reduction of fresh and dry weights of associated weeds were obtained from the interaction between (31 kg P.fed × 100 kg N.fed ×90 kg grains.fed). While higher number of tillers per plant was obtained from the interaction between (31 kg P205 fed × 100 kg N.fed ×70 kg grains.fed).
A New Topology and Modulation Strategy to Suppress the Leakage Current in Transformerless Cascaded H-Bridge Inverters in PV Application

The use of transformerless inverters is common due to the lower cost, lighter weight, and higher efficiency. The lack of the transformer leads to the leakage current circulation through the parasitic capacitors, which increases the power losses, electromagnetic interferences, and safety issues. In this article, first, the proposed cascaded H-bridge (CHB) -based inverter’s equivalent common-mode (CM) model is determined. Then, a new multicarrier pulsewidth modulation strategy is proposed to suppress the leakage current. In the presented method, new redundancy states are provided due to the use of just one blocking switch. These extra redundancy states and the proposed modulation strategy help to keep the CM voltage (CMV) constant and suppress the leakage current. The validity of the proposed solution is verified by simulation in the MATLAB/Simulink environment. In addition, a universal prototype with a power rating of 600 W is built and tested, and the experimental results are presented to confirm the theoretical and simulation results. The experimental results show a maximum efficiency of 98.5% and a European efficiency of 98.3%. The proposed topology is also compared to the existing transformerless topologies to show its effectiveness.
Exploring the Work Engagement as Mediator in finding Impact of Job Insecurity on Job Performance

The performance is the most significant phenomenon that can influence the entire working format of the organizations in productive or adverse manners based on the effectiveness of performance management system. Similarly, job insecurity is the phenomenon wherein the individuals are worried about their professional affiliations with undesired possibility of losing their jobs. Likewise, work engagement denotes the degree of individual’s engagement in assigned responsibilities. This study examined the role of work engagement as mediator in connecting the job insecurity and job performance. The data was collected (employees from NGOs) through questionnaire adapted from existing studies with the aim to measure the research issues and their interrelationships. The data was analyzed by using different statistical procedures like correlation, regression and mediation to find answers of research hypotheses about the relationships among research variables as developed from theoretical framework to reach the conclusion comprehensively. The results show positive association, significant impact and partial mediation. Some recommendations are offered to policy-makers and future researchers as extracted from the results of the study.
Ruminal Microbial Degradation of Individual Amino Acids from Heat-Treated Soyabean Meal and Corn Gluten Meal in Continuous Culture

Simple Summary Dietary rumen undegradable protein provides almost half of the amino acids available for absorption. Current feeding systems assume that the amino acid profile of a protein reaching the small intestine is similar to that of the original protein. However, the results from the present experiment confirm that the degradability of individual amino acids from heat-processed soybean meal and corn gluten meal was different between protein sources and among amino acids within each protein source. The degradability of essential amino acids in general, and that of lysine in particular, was higher in both protein supplements, and the degradability of methionine was also higher in corn gluten meal compared with the average degradability of amino acids. Therefore, the flow of essential amino acids, lysin and methionine may be overestimated. Therefore, the results suggest the need to include the degradability of individual amino acids in precision feeding strategies. Abstract Eight dual-flow continuous culture fermenters were used in three periods to study the effects of diets containing heat-treated soyabean meal (HSBM) or corn gluten meal (CGM) on ruminal microbial fermentation and the degradation of individual amino acids (AA). Treatments were a mix of non-protein nitrogen (N; urea and tryptone) that were progressively substituted (0, 33, 67 and 100%) for HSBM or CGM. Ruminal escape of AA was calculated with the slope ratio technique. Total volatile fatty acids (95.0 mM) and molar proportions (mol/100 mol) of acetate (59.3), propionate (21.8) and butyrate (10.5) were not affected by the treatments. As the level of HSBM or CGM increased, the concentration of ammonia-N and the degradation of protein decreased (p < 0.01), and the flows of nonammonia and dietary N increased (p < 0.01) quadratically. Compared with HSBM, CGM provided the highest flow (g/d) of total (20.6 vs. 18.3, p < 0.01), essential (9.04 vs. 8.25, p < 0.04) and nonessential (11.5 vs. 10.0, p < 0.01) AA, and increased linearly (p < 0.01) as the level of supplemental protein increased. Ruminal degradation of essential AA was higher (p < 0.04) than nonessential AA in CGM, but not in HSBM. Degradation of lysine was higher (p < 0.01) in both proteins, and degradation of methionine was higher in CGM. Ruminal degradation of individual AAs differ within and between protein sources and needs to be considered in precision feeding models.
The Neuroimmune Interplay in Joint Pain: The Role of Macrophages

Chronic pain associated with joint disorders, such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA), osteoarthritis (OA) and implant aseptic loosening (AL), is a highly debilitating symptom that impacts mobility and quality of life in affected patients. The neuroimmune crosstalk has been demonstrated to play a critical role in the onset and establishment of chronic pain conditions. Immune cells release cytokines and immune mediators that can activate and sensitize nociceptors evoking pain, through interaction with receptors in the sensory nerve terminals. On the other hand, sensory and sympathetic nerve fibers release neurotransmitters that bind to their specific receptor expressed on surface of immune cells, initiating an immunomodulatory role. Macrophages have been shown to be key players in the neuroimmune crosstalk. Moreover, macrophages constitute the dominant immune cell population in RA, OA and AL. Importantly, the targeting of macrophages can result in anti-nociceptive effects in chronic pain conditions. Therefore, the aim of this review is to discuss the nature and impact of the interaction between the inflammatory response and nerve fibers in these joint disorders regarding the genesis and maintenance of pain. The role of macrophages is highlighted. The alteration in the joint innervation pattern and the inflammatory response are also described. Additionally, the immunomodulatory role of sensory and sympathetic neurotransmitters is revised.
BhBF: A Bloom Filter Using Bh Sequences for Multi-set Membership Query

Multi-set membership query is a fundamental issue for network functions such as packet processing and state machines monitoring. Given the rigid query speed and memory requirements, it would be promising if a multi-set query algorithm can be designed based on Bloom filter (BF), a space-efficient probabilistic data structure. However, existing efforts on multi-set query based on BF suffer from at least one of the following drawbacks: low query speed, low query accuracy, limitation in only supporting insertion and query operations, or limitation in the set size. To address the issues, we design a novel Bh sequence-based Bloom filter (BhBF) for multi-set query, which supports four operations: insertion, query, deletion, and update. In BhBF, the set ID is encoded as a code in a Bh sequence. Exploiting good properties of Bh sequences, we can correctly decode the BF cells to obtain the set IDs even when the number of hash collisions is high, which brings high query accuracy. In BhBF, we propose two strategies to further speed up the query speed and increase the query accuracy. On the theoretical side, we analyze the false positive and classification failure rate of our BhBF. Our results from extensive experiments over two real datasets demonstrate that BhBF significantly advances state-of-the-art multi-set query algorithms.
Serum Copeptin Level in Children with Febrile Seizures

Introduction: Febrile seizures occur in 2-5% of children between six months and five years of age and represent the most common convulsive event in childhood. There is a hormone released by the pituitary gland, arginin-vasopressin (AVP), has been shown to be involved in the thermoregulatory response to fever and convulsions. The C-terminal portion of the AVP precursor, copeptin, has been recognized as a robust marker of AVP secretion. Aim of the work: to evaluate the role of serum copeptin in differentiation of febrile seizures from other seizures. Patients and methods: The study was a prospectivecross-sectional study, conducted on 20 patients presented with febrile seizures , 20 with epileptic seizures and 2.0 patients with febrile illness without seizure. Results: Our study was carried on 80 children who were classified into 4 groups; Group I: included 20 patients with FS. Group II: included 20 patients with febrile illness without seizure. Group III: included 20 patients with epileptic seizures. Group IV: included 20 apparently healthy, age and sex matched children as a normal control. They were randomly selected during the period from January 2016 to July 2016. Informed written consents were obtained from the patient's legalguardians before enrollment in the study. Discussion : Copeptin is a 39-amino acid, glycosylated peptide, and the C-terminal part of provasopressin, the precursor of arginine vasopressin (AVP), which is an antidiuretic hormone from the hypothalamus. Copeptin is secreted from pituitary gland together with AVP after hemodynamic and osmotic stimuli. Since AVP is unstable and unfit to be used as a biomarker, copeptin instead used in the place of AVP because of its molecular stability, easier testing methods and faster results. Recommendation: The measurement of serum copeptin is better suited for the diagnosis of FS. Future studies.
The Effectiveness of National Early Warning Score, Quick Sequential Organ Failure Assessment, Charlson Comorbidity Index, and Elixhauser Comorbidity Index Scores in Predicting Mortality Due to COVID-19 in Elderly Patients

Introduction: As the mortality rate in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients older than 65 years is considerable, evaluation of in-hospital mortality is crucial. This study aimed to evaluate in-hospital mortality in COVID-19 patients older than 65 years using the National Early Warning Score (NEWS), Quick Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (q-SOFA), Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI), and Elixhauser Comorbidity Index (ECI). Methods: This retrospective study included data from 480 patients with confirmed COVID-19 and age over 65 years who were evaluated in a university emergency department in Turkey. Data from eligible but deceased COVID-19 patients was also included. NEWS, q-SOFA, CCI, and ECI scores were retrospectively calculated. All clinical data was accessed from the information management system of the hospital, retrieved, and analyzed. Results: In-hospital mortality was seen in 169 patients (169/480). Low oxygen saturation, high C-reactive protein (CRP) and urea levels, and high q-SOFA and ECI scores helped us identify mortality in high-risk patients. A statistically significant difference was found in mortality estimation between q-SOFA and ECI (p <0.001), respectively. Conclusion: Q-SOFA and ECI can be used both easily and practically in the early diagnosis of in-hospital mortality in COVID-19 positive patients over 65 years of age admitted to the emergency department. Low oxygen saturation, high CRP and urea levels, and high q-SOFA and ECI scores are helpful in identifying high-risk patients.
DNMTs Are Involved in TGF-β1-Induced Epithelial–Mesenchymal Transitions in Airway Epithelial Cells

Chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) pathogenesis is closely related to tissue remodeling, including epithelial–mesenchymal transition (EMT). Epigenetic mechanisms play key roles in EMT. DNA methylation, mediated by DNA methyltransferases (DNMTs), is an epigenetic marker that is critical to EMT. The goal of this study was to determine whether DNMTs were involved in TGF-β1-induced EMT and elucidate the underlying mechanisms in nasal epithelial cells and air–liquid interface cultures. Global DNA methylation and DNMT activity were quantified. DNMT expression was measured using real-time PCR (qRT–PCR) in human CRS tissues. mRNA and protein levels of DNMTs, E-cadherin, vimentin, α-SMA, and fibronectin were determined using RT–PCR and Western blotting, respectively. DNMT1, DNMT3A, and DNMT3B gene expression were knocked down using siRNA transfection. MAPK phosphorylation and EMT-related transcription factor levels were determined using Western blotting. Signaling pathways were analyzed using specific inhibitors of MAPK. We demonstrated these data in primary nasal epithelial cells and air–liquid interface cultures. Global DNA methylation, DNMT activity, and DNMT expression increased in CRS tissues. DNMT expression was positively correlated with Lund–McKay CT scores. TGF-β1 dose-dependently induced DNMT expression. Further, 5-Aza inhibited TGF-β1-induced DNMT, Snail, and Slug expression related to EMT, as well as p38 and JNK phosphorylation in A549 cells and TGF-β1-induced DNMT expression and EMT in primary nasal epithelial cells and air–liquid interface cultures. TGF-β1-induced DNMT expression leads to DNA methylation and EMT via p38, JNK, Snail, and Slug signaling pathways. Inhibition of DNMT suppressed the EMT process and therefore is potentially a CRS therapeutic strategy.
A Panorama of the Israeli Software Startup Ecosystem

Startups are an effective way of promoting innovation in the software industry. This article intends to improve the theoretical and practical understanding of the key elements and factors that promote the growth of a successful ecosystem by exploring the case of Israel, which hosts one of the most fruitful software startup ecosystems in the world. Data collection was based on semi-structured interviews, observations, and a questionnaire. The data analysis led to answers to research questions related to sociocultural, institutional, technological, methodological, and educational aspects of entrepreneurship, startups, and their ecosystem. The article also introduces a conceptual framework of the Israeli startup ecosystem and presents lessons for entrepreneurs and policy makers. Finally, it proposes a generalized version of the framework that can be used as a basis for future research in the field.
New Material and Diagnosis of a New Taxon of Alvarezsaurid (Dinosauria, Theropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous Bissekty Formation of Uzbekistan

ABSTRACT A new alvarezsaurid theropod, Dzharaonyx eski, gen. et sp. nov., is documented by a variety of dissociated but well-preserved postcranial bones from the Upper Cretaceous (Turonian) Bissekty Formation at Dzharakuduk, Uzbekistan. It has opisthocoelous posterior dorsal vertebrae lacking infrapostzygapophyseal fossae. The posterior caudal vertebrae are procoelous and have a longitudinal canal within the neural arch. The humerus is intermediate in structure between those of the Argentinian alvarezsaurid Patagonykus and the Mongolian parvicursorine Mononykus in having a small internal tuberosity, similar-sized radial and ulnar condyles, a distally protruding radial condyle, and a greatly reduced entepicondyle. The ulna has a hypertrophied olecranon process, a globular carpal trochlea, and a facet for the aponeurosis tubercle of the radius. On the carpometacarpus, the articular surface of metacarpal III is in line with the distal articular joint of metacarpal II. On manual phalanx II-1, the flexor ridges are similarly developed and the dorsolateral process and the ‘hook-like’ ventrolateral process are absent. The collateral grooves on manual ungual phalanx II-2 are either partially open or completely enclosed to form ventral foramina. The pubis bears a preacetabular tubercle. The pes is arctometatarsalian. Metatarsal II forms a posterolateral flange. Pedal phalanx IV-1 has a protruding proximomedial process, a proximoventral notch, and asymmetrical distal condyles. The flexor tubercles on the pedal ungual phalanges are small. Phylogenetic analysis found Dzharaonyx within Parvicursorinae in a polytomy with other Asiatic taxa. Dzharaonyx is the most plesiomorphic and geologically oldest member of Parvicursorinae known to date.
Effect of different salt concentrations on the gamma‐aminobutyric‐acid content and glutamate decarboxylase activity in germinated sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench) grain

Abstract This study aimed to estimate the γ‐aminobutyric acid (GABA) content and glutamate decarboxylase activity (GAD) in germinated sorghum grain as affected by different concentrations of NaCl, pyridoxal 5‐phosphate (PLP), and CaCl2. In general, the obtained results revealed that the addition of low doses of NaCl (40 mmol/L), PLP (90 mmol/L), and CaCl2 (0.5 mmol/L) to the germination culture significantly (p < .05) enhanced the GABA content and subsequently improved the GAD activity in sorghum grains. Moreover, CaCl2 played a dominant role in the extent of enzymolysis, followed by NaCl and PLP. Regarding the GABA content, the optimal concentration of the NaCl, PLP, and CaCl2 was estimated as 41.07 mmol/L, 82.62 μmol/L, and 0.40 mmol/L, respectively. Under this optimal culture medium, the maximum GABA content was 0.336 mg/g. In conclusion, the findings of this work would provide a scientific basis for the industrialized production of GABA‐enriched sorghum foods.
The linear feedback precipitation model (LFPM 1.0) – a simple and efficient model for orographic precipitation in the context of landform evolution modeling

Abstract. The influence of climate on landform evolution has attracted great interest over the past decades. While many studies aim at determining erosion rates or parameters of erosion models, feedbacks between tectonics, climate, and landform evolution have been discussed but addressed quantitatively only in a few modeling studies. One of the problems in this field is that coupling a large-scale landform evolution model with a regional climate model would dramatically increase the theoretical and numerical complexity. Only a few simple models have been made available so far that allow efficient numerical coupling between topography-controlled precipitation and erosion. This paper fills this gap by introducing a quite simple approach involving two vertically integrated moisture components (vapor and cloud water). The interaction between the two components is linear and depends on altitude. This model structure is in principle the simplest approach that is able to predict both orographic precipitation at small scales and a large-scale decrease in precipitation over continental areas without introducing additional assumptions. Even in combination with transversal dispersion and elevation-dependent evapotranspiration, the model is of linear time complexity and increases the computing effort of efficient large-scale landform evolution models only moderately. Simple numerical experiments applying such a coupled landform evolution model show the strong impact of spatial precipitation gradients on mountain range geometry including steepness and peak elevation, position of the principal drainage divide, and drainage network properties.