Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Navigating Women’s Low Desire: Sexual Growth and Destiny Beliefs and Couples’ Well-Being

ABSTRACT People’s beliefs about how to maintain sexual satisfaction have been associated with how they navigate sexual differences, but research has yet to explore the consequences of these beliefs for couples facing a distressing sexual issue. The current research extends past work on sexual growth beliefs (i.e., the view that sexual satisfaction requires continuous effort to maintain) and sexual destiny beliefs (i.e., the view that sexual satisfaction is the result of natural sexual compatibility with a partner) to couples for whom these beliefs might be especially consequential – those coping with sexual dysfunction. In a dyadic longitudinal study of 97 couples coping with women’s clinically significant low desire and arousal, we tested how sexual growth and destiny beliefs are associated with sexual, relationship, and personal well-being. We found that endorsing greater sexual growth beliefs was associated with higher sexual desire for both partners, whereas, with some exceptions, endorsing greater sexual destiny beliefs was linked to lower sexual desire and relationship satisfaction, more conflict, and more depressive and anxious symptoms. However, these effects did not persist one year later. Our findings highlight the implications of sexual growth and destiny beliefs for both couple members when navigating a chronic sexual difficulty.
The role of trans-thoracic echocardiography in the assessment of aortic annular diameter

Abstract We aimed to compare two-dimension transthoracic echocardiogram (2D-TTE) and three-dimension transthoracic echocardiogram (3D-TTE) measurements of the aortic annular diameter using multi-detector CT (MDCT) as a gold standard. This prospective observational study included 50 consecutive patients who came to the cardiology department, Al-Azhar University Hospital, New Damietta, for MDCT coronary angiography. The study was carried out in the period from July 2016 until February 2017. All patients were subjected to informed consent, clinical history, physical examination, transthoracic echocardiography 2D and 3D, and MDCT. The aortic annular areas measured by MDCT and 3D-TTE were significantly larger than areas by 2D-TTE. A good correlation (r = 0.82) was observed between the areas obtained by 3D-TTE and MDCT; however, the correlation between the values by 2D-TTE and MDCT was rough (r = 0.30). Eccentricity Index (EI) values in 28% of the patients were greater than 0.1, that is, the aortic annulus was elliptical. Accuracy of aortic annular diameter measurement by 3D-TTE was superior to that by 2D-TTE. Three-D TTE and MDCT revealed that the shape of the aortic annulus was elliptical in 28% to 30% respectively of study subjects. There is a strong concordance between the minimum and the maximum diameter determine by 3D-TTE and MDCT.
Inactivation of Bacteria in an Aqueous Environment by a Direct-Current, Cold-Atmospheric-Pressure Air Plasma Microjet

A direct-current, cold-atmospheric-pressure air plasma microjet (PMJ) sustained in a quasi-steady gas cavity in a liquid medium is used to inactivate Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) suspended in the liquid. The temperature and the pH value of the liquid change to steady-state values of about 40 °C and 3.0–4.5, respectively, after 10 min of plasma treatment. The decrease in the pH is attributed to the reaction of NOx produced in the air plasma with water at the gas–liquid interface. The concentrations of NO and NO are measured to be 37 mg · L−1 and 21 mg · L−1, respectively, after a 20 min of plasma treatment. Effective inactivation of S. aureus is found to start after the pH values decreases to about 4.5. This is attributed to the high oxidizing potential of the perhydroxyl radical (HOO•) on the fatty acid in the cell membranes of the microorganisms in the liquid.
Effects of weed control methods on yield and yield components of Iranian rice

In order to study the effects of several weed control methods on yield and yield components of rice, a field experiment was carried out in Northern part of Iran during 2011. The experiments were set up as randomized complete block design with three replications and seven treatments including hand weeding twice (T1), powered weeding twice (T2), powered weeding + hand weeding once (T3), cono-weeder weeding twice (T4), herbicide application + hand weeding once (T5), control treatment (T6) and herbicide application once (T7). Results showed that all the treatments had significant effect (P<0.01) on the grain yield, biological yield, fertile tillers, panicle number per square meter, grain number per panicle, filled grain number per panicle and unfilled grain number per panicle, while the treatments effect on weight of thousand seeds was not significant. In general, among treatments, herbicide application + hand weeding once (T5) had the highest grain yield (4584 kg ha -1 ), while control treatment (T6) because of the high unfilled grain per panicle and less panicle number per square meter had the lowest grain yield (2505 kg ha -1 ). Among the mentioned traits, unfilled grain number per panicle had negative and significant correlation (-0.47*) with grain yield. Panicle number per square meter had very high and positive correlation (0.94**) with grain and biological yield. As a result, panicle number per square meter is considered as the most important and the most effective trait in increasing grain yield.
The relationship between onset of workplace violence and onset of sleep disturbances in the Swedish working population

The study investigated the association between onset of workplace violence and onset of sleep disturbances. We used self‐reported data from the Swedish Longitudinal Occupational Survey of Health (SLOSH) collected in 2014, 2016, and 2018. A two‐wave design was based on participants who had no exposure to workplace violence or sleep disturbances at baseline (n = 6,928). A three‐wave design was based on participants who in addition were unexposed to sleep disturbances in the second wave (n = 6,150). Four items of the Karolinska Sleep Questionnaire were used to measure sleep disturbances and one question was used to measure the occurrence of workplace violence or threats of violence. Multivariate logistic regression analyses were performed. In the two‐wave approach, onset of workplace violence was associated with onset of sleep disturbances after adjustment for sex, age, occupational position, education, and civil status (adjusted odds ratio 1.41, 95% confidence interval 1.02–1.96). The association was no longer statistically significant after further adjustment for night/evening work, demands, control, and social support at work. In the three‐wave approach, results were only suggestive of an association between onset of workplace violence and subsequent onset of sleep disturbances after adjustment for sex, age, occupational position, education, and civil status. Onset of frequent exposure to workplace violence was associated with subsequent onset of sleep disturbances in the adjusted analyses, but these analyses were based on few individuals (13 exposed versus 5,907 unexposed). The results did not conclusively demonstrate that onset of workplace violence predicts development of sleep disturbances. Further research could elucidate the role of other working conditions.
Prospective Analyses of Lifestyle Factors Related to Energy Balance and Ovarian Cancer Risk by Infiltration of Tumor-Associated Macrophages

Background: Lifestyle factors related to energy balance have been associated with ovarian cancer risk and influence the tumor immune microenvironment, including tumor-associated macrophages (TAM). However, no studies have assessed whether these factors differentially impact ovarian cancer risk by TAM densities. Methods: We conducted a prospective analysis in the Nurses' Health Studies to examine the associations of physical activity, sitting time, and a food-based empirical dietary inflammatory pattern (EDIP) score with invasive epithelial ovarian cancer risk by TAM density assessed by immunohistochemistry. We considered density of CD68 (marker of total TAMs) and CD163 (marker of pro-carcinogenic M2-type TAMs), and their ratios. We used multivariable Cox proportional hazards regression to calculate hazard ratios (HR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) of exposures with risk of ovarian tumors with high versus low TAMs, including analyses stratified by body mass index. Results: Analyses included 312 incident ovarian cancer cases with TAM measurements. Physical activity, sitting time, and EDIP score were not differentially associated with ovarian cancer risk by TAM densities (Pheterogeneity > 0.05). Among overweight and obese women, higher EDIP score was associated with increased risk of CD163 low-density tumors (HR comparing extreme tertiles, 1.57; 95% CI, 0.88–2.80; Ptrend = 0.01), but not CD163 high-density tumors (comparable HR, 1.16; 95% CI, 0.73–1.86; Ptrend = 0.24), though this difference was not statistically significant (Pheterogeneity = 0.22). Conclusions: We did not observe differential associations between lifestyle factors and ovarian cancer risk by TAM densities. Impact: Future investigations examining the interplay between other ovarian cancer risk factors and the tumor immune microenvironment may help provide insight into ovarian cancer etiology.
Abdominal visceral adipose tissue over the menopause transition and carotid atherosclerosis: the SWAN heart study

Supplemental Digital Content is available in the text Abstract Objectives: To characterize abdominal visceral adipose tissue (VAT) trajectory relative to the final menstrual period (FMP), and to test whether menopause-related VAT accumulation is associated with greater average, common carotid artery intima-media thickness (cIMT) and/or internal carotid artery intima-media thickness (ICA-IMT). Methods: Participants were 362 women (at baseline: age was (mean ± SD) 51.1 ± 2.8 y; 61% White, 39% Black) with no cardiovascular disease from the Study of Women's Health Across the Nation Heart study. Women had up to two measurements of VAT and cIMT over time. Splines revealed a nonlinear trajectory of VAT with two inflection points demarcating three time segments: segment 1: >2 years before FMP; segment 2: 2 years before FMP to FMP; and segment 3: after FMP. Piecewise-linear random-effects models estimated changes in VAT. Random-effects models tested associations of menopause-related VAT with each cIMT measure separately. Estimates were adjusted for age at FMP, body mass index, and sociodemographic, lifestyle, and cardiovascular disease risk factors. Results: VAT increased significantly by 8.2% (95% CI: 4.1%-12.5%) and 5.8% (3.7%-7.9%) per year in segments 2 and 3, respectively, with no significant change in VAT within segment 1. VAT predicted greater ICA-IMT in segment 2, such that a 20% greater VAT was associated with a 2.0% (0.8%-3.1%) greater ICA-IMT. VAT was not an independent predictor of ICA-IMT in the other segments or of the other cIMT measures after adjusting for covariates. Conclusions: Women experience an accelerated increase in VAT starting 2 years before menopause. This menopause-related increase in VAT is associated with greater risk of subclinical atherosclerosis in the internal carotid artery. Video Summary:http://links.lww. com/MENO/A722.
The essential oil composition of Salvia argentea L.

The essential oil of Salvia argentea L. , collected from south-eastern Serbia, was analysed by GC–MS. Forty-seven constituents were identified. The oil was characterized by a high content of sesquiterpenes. The major constituents were viridiflorol (32.4%), manool (14.6%) and α-humulene (10.7%). Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Whole‐slide margin control through deep learning in Mohs micrographic surgery for basal cell carcinoma

Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is the most common type of skin cancer with incidence rates rising each year. Mohs micrographic surgery (MMS) is most often chosen as treatment for BCC on the face for which each frozen section has to be histologically analysed to ensure complete tumor removal. This causes a heavy burden on health economics.
School nurses’ engagement and care ethics in promoting adolescent health

Background: The school is a key environment for establishing good health habits among pupils. School nurses play a prominent role in health promotion, since they meet with every single adolescent. Research aim: To describe care ethics in the context of school nurses’ health-promoting activities among adolescents in secondary schools. Research design: An explorative descriptive methodology in which semi-structured interviews were used to collect data and content analysis was performed. Participants and research context: Data were collected from eight school nurses in a municipality in Western Sweden. Ethical considerations: This study was conducted according to the ethical principles of the Swedish Research Council (2011), and the written informed consent of the participants was obtained. Findings/discussion: A caring relation, based on care ethics, is the basis for successful health-promoting activities among adolescents. The school nurses show strong engagement in and commitment to caring for and caring about adolescents by being attentive and listening to their expressed feelings and needs, both spoken and unspoken. Furthermore, the school nurses have a deep sense of responsibility in supporting and empowering adolescents to trust their own capabilities. To enhance health and well-being, school nurses emphasize low-threshold counselling, flexibility, openness, early intervention and continuity, as well as good collaboration with the health team at school and with parents. Conclusion: Strengthening person-centred healthcare can provide adolescents with the recognition and support they need to grow into healthy adults. For successful health promotion, all aspects of the ethics of care should be considered as part of an integrated whole based on the integrity of care.
Cytochrome c Deficiency Differentially Affects the In Vivo Mitochondrial Electron Partitioning and Primary Metabolism Depending on the Photoperiod

Plant respiration provides metabolic flexibility under changing environmental conditions by modulating the activity of the nonphosphorylating alternative pathways from the mitochondrial electron transport chain, which bypass the main energy-producing components of the cytochrome oxidase pathway (COP). While adjustments in leaf primary metabolism induced by changes in day length are well studied, possible differences in the in vivo contribution of the COP and the alternative oxidase pathway (AOP) between different photoperiods remain unknown. In our study, in vivo electron partitioning between AOP and COP and expression analysis of respiratory components, photosynthesis, and the levels of primary metabolites were studied in leaves of wild-type (WT) plants and cytochrome c (CYTc) mutants, with reduced levels of COP components, under short- and long-day photoperiods. Our results clearly show that differences in AOP and COP in vivo activities between WT and cytc mutants depend on the photoperiod likely due to energy and stress signaling constraints. Parallel responses observed between in vivo respiratory activities, TCA cycle intermediates, amino acids, and stress signaling metabolites indicate the coordination of different pathways of primary metabolism to support growth adaptation under different photoperiods.
Towards Automatic Indexing of the Laue Diffraction Pattern

A method is presented for the semi-automatic indexing of the Laue diffraction pattern. The method is based on the recognition of conics in the Laue pattern by a plane-search algorithm in reciprocal space, after which possible cells are constructed in direct space and relative cell parameters and crystal orientation are obtained. These cells, scaled to an arbitrary volume, are refined, reduced and grouped in order of frequency of occurrence. Usually, the cell that occurs most frequently is the correct one. Other cells found have one or more axes doubled. Such cells are easily discriminated by comparison of the corresponding simulated Laue pattern with the measured one. The method is tested with different data sets of an organic and an organometallic compound collected with an image plate using white radiation of a molybdenum sealed tube. For each pattern, the correct cell was found. Further refinement of the relative cell parameters by matching of the calculated and observed positions of the Laue spots showed good agreement with the relative cell parameters obtained from monochromatic data. To scale the cells, additional information is needed. This paper demonstrates the use of the Mo emission line Kβ 1 to determine the cell volume within 1.2%.
Cell-based analytic statistical model with correlated parameters for intrinsic breakdown of ultrathin oxides

The cell-based analytic statistical model, with the cell area A/sub O/ and the critical trap number per cell n/sub BD/ both as parameters, is one of the widely cited literature models in calculating the critical density of neutral electron traps that trigger the intrinsic breakdown of ultrathin oxides. This letter reports a new correlation between A/sub O/ and n/sub BD/, which can effectively reduce the cell-based model to one with the only fitting parameter n/sub BD/. Reproduction of charge-to-breakdown data has shown that (1) n/sub BD/ decreases for reduced oxide thicknesses and (2) the range of intrinsic breakdown is relatively narrowed for increasing areas. The work also addresses the ultimate thickness limit for breakdown, as set critically at n/sub BD/=1.
Investigating cow−calf contact in cow-driven systems: behaviour of the dairy cow and calf

Abstract Research is needed on how technology can facilitate cow−calf contact (CCC). This research communication describes the behaviour of dairy cow−calf pairs in two cow-driven CCC-systems differing in cows' access to the calves through computer-controlled access gates (smart gates, SG). Specifically, cow traffic through SG when visiting their calves, allogrooming, suckling and cross-suckling, cows' eating and resting behaviour and finally vocal response to separation were assessed. After 3 d in an individual calving pen, pairs (n = 8) were moved to the CCC compartment with a cow area, a calf creep and a meeting area. During the next 31 d calves could suckle the cows whenever they visited the meeting area (suckling phase). Cows had free (group 1, n = 4 pairs) or restricted access to the calves based on previous activity in the automatic milking system (group 2, n = 4 pairs). SG's controlled cow traffic between the meeting area and the cow area, in which the cows could access resources such as feed, cubicles, and the automatic milking system. Following the suckling phase cow access into the meeting area was gradually decreased over 9 d (separation phase). During the suckling phase, cows paid frequent and short visits to their calves. Pairs spent in total approximately one h/d suckling and allogrooming. However, the duration and frequencies of these events varied among pairs and groups, as did the vocal response to separation. Restricted access − cows performed more (unrewarded) attempts to visit the calves who cross-suckled more. Collectively, free access to the calves may have been more intuitive and welfare friendly. Although a low sample size limits interpretation beyond description and enabling hypothesis formulation for future research, the results indicate that the cow is motivated to visit her calf, albeit through a SG, thus facilitating particular behaviours for which cow-calf pairs are highly motivated.
Comparison of the treatment results of knee osteoarthritis using adipose tissue mesenchymal stromal cells derived through enzymatic digestion and mechanically fragmented adipose tissue

Abstract Introduction: Knee osteoarthritis is a common condition that affects daily functioning and decreases the quality of life. There are many ways of treatment depending on the stage of the disease. Advanced cases are qualified for arthroplasty, which is an extensive and demanding surgical procedure. Less advanced stages are treated in various ways: from rehabilitation, through oral and intra-articular pharmacotherapy, to surgical treatment (arthroscopy, osteotomy). Because surgical treatment is risky, scientists focus on less invasive therapeutic methods. The most valuable management is based on regeneration. Mesenchymal stromal cells (MSC) derived from the adipose tissue have a great regenerative and anti-inflammatory potential, therefore an attempt is being made to take advantage of them in knee osteoarthritis treatment. The study aims to compare the clinical effects of treatment of knee osteoarthritis using adipose tissue MSC obtained by an enzymatic method with the outcomes of the therapy with the mechanically fragmented adipose tissue. Methods: One hundred adults with primary knee osteoarthritis will undergo lipoaspiration under sterile conditions. The collected lipoaspirates will be further processed, depending on the randomly assigned group-enzymatically with the use of collagenase or mechanically using the Lipogems system. The preparations will be administered to the patients’ knee joints in the operating room under ultrasound control. The results of treatment will be assessed using Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score, measuring the flexibility of the knee joint, evaluating joint gap in X-ray and the quality of cartilage in magnetic resonance T2-mapping during 1 year after treatment. Discussion/conclusion: Identification and functional analysis of the regenerative capacity of adipose-derived MSC depending on three variables (body weight, sex, and age) will help to develop a targeted therapy for different groups of patients and will determine the effectiveness of both methods of treatment. An attempt will be made to identify groups of patients with the greatest regenerative potential of the adipose tissue, and thus indicate those with the most probable improvement of the joint condition. Trial registration: This study protocol has been approved by the Ethics Committee of Medical University of Warsaw and registered on www.clinicaltrials. gov: NCT04675359 (06 Jan 2021)
Factors Predicting the Success of Adhesiolysis Using a Steerable Catheter in Lumbar Failed Back Surgery Syndrome: A Retrospective Study

Failed back surgery syndrome (FBSS) is a commonly encountered disease after lumbar surgery. There are many cases where it is difficult to choose a treatment because no specific cause can be found. Nevertheless, according to recent reports, adhesiolysis has shown reasonable evidence. However, considering its poor cost-effectiveness, adhesiolysis cannot be used as the first line of treatment. FBSS patients often suffer from chronic pain; accordingly, they become frustrated when this treatment produces a poor response. Therefore, before the procedure, the target group must be selected carefully. We sought to identify the pre-procedure factors predicting the effect of adhesiolysis in FBSS. A total of 150 patients were evaluated and analyzed retrospectively. Of these 150 patients, 69 were classified as responders three months after the procedure (46%). The outer diameter of the catheter during the procedure and grade of foraminal stenosis were correlated with the procedure effect. In conclusion, of the 2.1 mm diameter of the catheter, 1.7 mm of it was used during the procedure, and the milder the foraminal stenosis, the greater the pain reduction effect was three months after the procedure.