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HUMAN LEPTOSPIROSIS IN THE CITY OF VASSOURAS, PROVINCE OF RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL

Leptospirosis is a widespread systemic acute infectious disease caused by serovars of the bacteria of the Genus Leptospira. The etiologic agent of the disease is mainly transmitted through infected animals’ urine, being domestic and wild animals the reservoir. Humans are accidental hosts within the transmission chain. Some serovars of Leptospira can be harmful to humans. The objective of this research was to estimate the incidence of infection by serovars of the Genus Leptospira through serological analysis of individuals living in the city of Vassouras, Province of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Venous blood samples were collected from 51 volunteers inhabitants of Vassouras, and the sera were submitted to microagglutination tests for detection of specific antibodies to Leptospira serovars. Among the 51 volunteer individuals participating in the research, 13 (25.5%) were positive to Leptospira serovars. In most samples, tests reacted to multiple serovars antibodies. WORLD JOURNAL OF PHARMACY AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES SJIF Impa t Factor 7.632 Volume 9, Issue 7, 2171-2182 Research Article ISSN 2278 – 4357 Article Received on 19 May 2020, Revised on 09 June 2020, Accepted on 29 June 2020 DOI: 10.20959/wjpps20207-16659 *Corresponding Author Dr. Antonio Neres Norberg Uniabeu University Center – Belford Roxo, Brazil.
Welfare and Output with Income Effects and Taste Shocks

We provide a non-parametric characterization of how welfare responds to changes in budget and production possibility sets when preferences are non-homothetic or subject to shocks, in both partial and general equilibrium. We generalize Hulten’s theorem, which is the basis for constructing aggregate quantities, to this context. We identify a new bias in measures of real consumption. This bias depends on the covariance of price changes and expenditure changes due to income effects or preference shocks. We apply our results to long-run and short-run phenomena. In the long-run, we show that structural transformation, if caused by income effects, is roughly twice as important for welfare than what is implied by standard measures of Baumol’s cost disease. In the short-run, we show that when firms’ demand shocks are correlated with their supply shocks, industry-level price and output indices are biased, and this bias does not disappear in the aggregate. Finally, we show that correlated supply and demand shifters make real GDP and aggregate TFP unreliable metrics for measuring production and productivity, and illustrate this using the Covid-19 crisis.
Complexity of Scheduling and Predicting Round-Robin Tournaments

Tournaments are commonly used to identify winners, for example in sports. We study the computational complexity of problems re-lated to scheduling the matches in a tournament and predicting the outcome with a special focus on round-robin tournaments, which is the most prominent tournament type used in sports. Besides the general financial and intrinsically motivated interest of various agents in tournament prediction, the recently very relevant winner determination for suddenly discontinued tournaments is a strong motivation. We show the immense theoretical complexity of predicting the winners in round-robin tournaments even under the assumption that only three matchdays remain to be played. On the other hand, we present an FPT algorithm and analyze its practical complexity using experiments on real-world and generated data, showing the applicability of the algorithm in praxis. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first exact and not purely brute-force oriented approach for predicting round-robin tournaments.
Variation in Some Guar Cyamopsis tetagonoloba (L.) Parameters at Different Row Spacing under Rainfed Conditions

A field experiment was investigated to determine the Guar adaptability in rainfed areas of Lakki Marwat Pakistan. Their most appropriate row spacing in guar crop was conducted at newly established Adaptive-cum-Demonstration Research Station (PARC) Matora, Lakki Marwat, Pakistan. Two guar genotypes including one cultivar BR-99 and one local land race (LLR) were tested under 20, 30 and 40 cm row spacing in a Split Plot Design with three repeats. BR-99 and local land race belong to single and multiple branching habit respectively. The crop was maintained under rainfed conditions. Results revealed that all the parameters (except pod length and number of seed per pod) were significantly affected due to genotypes, row spacing treatment and interaction between genotypes and row spacing. The highest grain yield of 1041.70 and 417.7 kg ha -1 was produced by BR-99 and LLR at 30 and 40 cm row spacing respectively, suggesting that single stick guar should be planted at 30 cm while multiple branches variety at 40 cm row under rainfed conditions.BR-99 performed best under rainfed condition as compared with local variety so it is concluded from the study that BR-99 is consider under rainfed condition for higher yield production of Guar crop in rainfed condition.
Prediction of plant response to fertiliser by means of soil tests

Abstract Phosphate response curves were obtained on 48 soil samples belonging to the brown-grey earth and dry-subhygrous yellow-grey earth soil groups, by growing ryegrass in pots in the glasshouse. Phosphorus fractions and phosphorus extracted using modifications of several common extraction techniques were measured on the soil samples; many of the soil sets were high in apatite-type phosphate. Phosphorus uptake by control treatments and control yields as a percentage of maximum yield were used as measures of plant response for correlation with phosphorus fractions and soil test values, using linear regression for phosphorus uptake and an asymptotic regression for relative yields. The 16 h modification of the Olsen method gave the closest relationship with both uptake and relative yield. The relationship was almost as close for the 0.5 h Olsen extraction if soil volume was used rather than a weight, and there was little difference in correlation between modifications using 2.2 ml soil/100 ml solution or .
Demystify Painting with RL

Given an image of an arbitrary scene, experienced artists are skillful at accurately perceiving the visual contents within the scene, such as objects, lighting and tint, and presenting them in different painting styles. Essentially, this artistic creation procedure starts from a blank canvas and proceeds in a stroke-by-stroke manner, which could be modeled as a sequence of carefully-chosen stroke actions. Given the fact that reinforcement learning (RL) offers a principled approach to tackling sequential decision making tasks, it is natural to consider applying appropriate RL techniques to training machines to mimic the painting procedure accomplished by human artists. In this project, we aim to learn an agent capable of automatically planning a sequence of strokes that result in a painting with desired visual contents and artistic styles, just as what human painters would do during artistic creation. We perform extensive experiments under different algorithmic designs as an attempt to demystify the learning mechanism and capability of current RL-based painting agents. The corresponding video presentation can be accessed using the following link 1 .
Creativity and Innovation in the Context of Team-work: an Evaluation in the Self-management Cells and Quality Control Circles of Ambev

This paper is about changes in the business world. The main goal is to study the implications related to people’s creativity expression owing to work organization in small groups in the Ambev S.C. branch. This is a qualitative study based on a case study. 21 self-management circles and 18 quality control circles in the organization were found. The self management circles are responsible for achieving the organizational main goals and the quality control circles to bring best practices and new ideas. The result shows that quality control circles are more powerful than the self management circles as a space to develop people creativity and organizational innovation. It is relevant to stress that in the CCQs there are more multidisciplinary and common purpose guided to a collective objective desired by all the members of the team. On the other hand, in the CGA ́s there are more discipline to accept the common tactics to people reach the objectives of the group and the corporative aims. The conclusion is that the changes in the business environment make the small work group very important to a company’s creativity and a fundamental strategy differentiation in the process of work organization in the context of the business world.
Investigations into the Influence of Dimethyl Ether Micro Flame Ignition on the Combustion and Cyclic Variation Characteristics of Flame Propagation/Auto-Ignition Hybrid Combustion in an Optical Engine

ABSTRACT In order to enhance combustion phasing control and reduce cyclic variations in flame propagation/auto-ignition hybrid combustion, a concept of dimethyl ether (DME) micro flame ignition (MFI) hybrid combustion is proposed and studied in an optical engine. Three-stage heat release characteristics can be observed in its main combustion period, which are the rapid but short DME auto-ignition in the first stage, followed by slower flame propagation observed from the outer rim of the DME auto-ignition zone, and, at last, the intense heat release of the end-gas auto-ignition. The DME injection timing can be used to effectively control the combustion phasing and the early stage heat release characteristics. Compared to the spark ignition-controlled auto-ignition (SI-CAI) hybrid combustion, the DME MFI hybrid combustion shows great benefits in stabilizing combustion, which is caused by the accelerated flame formation and propagation speed due to larger area of ignition source and higher ignition energy.
A Lion’s Blues: Heroism, Heroic Self-Representations, and Emotional Distress in the Life and Character of Yonatan (Yoni) Netanyahu

The realization that heroism – representing either a trait or a value system – is potentially pernicious is important for both scientific and societal reasons. In this article, we adopt a psychobiographical perspective to analyze the character and life of one of Israel’s greatest heroes, Yonathan (“Yoni”) Netanyahu. Yoni was an illustrious military leader, as well as an outstanding intellectual and adored persona. He served as the commander of the special operation forces spearheading the famous Entebbe Operation during which Israeli commando forces rescued hostages taken captive in Uganda. Yoni was the only military causality in this operation, which was ultimately named after him. Subsequent to his death, his numerous personal letters were made public, allowing further glimpses into his heroic self-representations but also to the emotional distress he suffered. Applying our theory of heroic self-representations (HERS; Shahar, 2013), we analyze Yoni's letters. Our analyses confirm Yoni's tendency to construe himself as a savior and conqueror, and to identify with cultural heroes. The emotional distress Yoni suffered is characterized by depressed and anxious affect, masked by superb functioning. Qualitative analyses of the letters suggest two mechanisms of the effect of heroic self-representations on distress in Yoni's case: compulsive purposefulness and emotional seclusion.
Dyslipidemia in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus With Poor Glycemic Control: Prevalence, Associated Factors, and Relationship Between HbA1c and Lipid Pro�le.

Background Ccompared with HbA1c<7% ,T2DM patients with HbA1c ≥ 7% had signi�cantly higher levels of lipid pro�le, however, it is unknown whether there was a linear and signi�cant increase levels of lipid pro�le associated with HbA1c value of ≥ 7%. This study identi�ed the lipid pro�le across a full range of poor glycemic control and the association between lipid pro�les with different speci�c HbA1c cutoffs. Methods A total of 1183 type 2 diabetes patients with poor glycemic control (HbA1c>7%) selected through convenience sampling in three hospitals of Jiangsu province were surveyed. Dyslipidemia was de�ned according to criteria of the Third Report of the National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel III (NCEP ATP III). The prevalence of dyslipidemia was 55.2 % overall. Of 1183 subjects, 13.0% had high TC, 33.1% had low HDL-C, 9.9% had high LDL-C, and 28.4% had high TG concentrations. There was an increase in frequency of dyslipidemia in patients with different cutoff values of HbA1c (P<0.05). The prevalence of high TC was closely related with different cutoff values of HbA1c (adjusted OR =1.77, 2.56 3.82, respectively). Patients with HbA1c values 9% ≤ HbA1c<11% and HbA1c ≥ 13% had signi�cantly higher prevalence of dyslipidemia compared with the patients who had 7 ≤ HbA1c<9%. levels <40 mg/dL (<1.04 mmol/L). Borderline high, high, and very high LDL-C was de�ned as having LDL-C levels of 130-159 mg/dL (3.37-4.13mmol/L), 160-189 mg/dL (4.14-4.91 mmol/L), and ≥ 190mg/dL ( ≥ 4.92 mmol/L), respectively. Borderline high, high, and very high TG was de�ned as having triglyceride levels of 150-199 mg/dL (1.70-2.25 mmol/L), 200-499 mg/dL (2.26-5.64 mmol/L), and ≥ 500 mg/dL ( ≥ 5.65 mmol/L), respectively. Dyslipidemia was de�ned as any of the following: high TC, high LDL-C, low HDL-C and high TG.
Determination of Tilmicosin by Fluorescence-Based Immunochromatography

ABSTRACT Tilmicosin has been widely used in the dairy industry, but this compound is hazardous to human health. Therefore, it is urgent to develop a rapid, convenient, sensitive, cost-effective, and user-friendly method to determine tilmicosin. A fluorescent microsphere-based immunochromatographic assay was developed for this analyte. A 200-nm red fluorescent microspheres were selected to be the label, and the mass of the labeled antibody was 4.48 µg/mL. 1-Ethyl-3-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)-carbodiimide was used to catalyze carboxyl groups on the surface of the microspheres. The optimum reaction time between the antibodies and fluorescent microspheres was 30 min, and under these conditions, high coupling ratios and stable conjugations were obtained. The linear dynamic range of the developed protocol was from 0.02 to 2.10 µg/L. The half maximal inhibitory concentration was 0.19 µg/L. The recoveries were from 87 to 98% with a coefficient of variation less than 7.14%. In comparison with a colloidal gold immunochromatographic assay, the developed method offered a higher coupling rate, lower amounts of antibodies, and higher sensitivity. This approach is simple, sensitive, and suitable for on-site applications on farms for rapid screening.
COVID-19-like symptoms and their relation to SARS-CoV-2 epidemic in children and adults of an Italian birth cohort

Background A number of cases positive for SARS-CoV-2 escape surveillance systems, especially in the first epidemic waves and/or when the number of cases becomes too large to allow complete diagnostic coverage. Methods During the first SARS-CoV-2 epidemic wave hitting Italy in the spring 2020, mothers participating in an Italian NINFEA birth cohort were invited to complete an online questionnaire on COVID-19-like symptoms in the household. We estimated the population prevalence of COVID-19-like symptoms in children and adults, assessed their geographical correlation with the cumulative number of COVID-19 cases by province, analysed their clustering within families, and estimated their sensitivity, positive predictive value (PPV) and negative predictive value (NPV) for COVID-19 diagnosis in individuals tested for SARS-CoV-2.Results Information was collected on 3184 households, 6133 adults, and 5751 children. In the period March-April 2020, 55.4% of the NINFEA families had at least one member with at least one COVID-19-like symptom. There was a strong geographical correlation between the population cumulative incidence of COVID-19 and the prevalence of muscle pain, fatigue, low-grade fever, and breathing difficulties in adults (Spearman’s rho ≥0.70). Having at least one family member with a COVID-19 diagnosis, compared with none tested for SARS-CoV-2, was associated with an increased prevalence ratio (PR) of almost all COVID-19-like symptoms in adults, and only of low-grade fever (37-37.5°C; PR 5.27; 95% confidence intervals: 2.37 to 11.74) and anosmia/dysgeusia in children. Among adults with COVID-19 diagnosis, fatigue, muscle pain, and fever had a sensitivity ≥70%. In individuals tested for SARS-CoV-2, with a 16.6% prevalence of COVID-19, breathing difficulties and nausea/vomiting had the highest PPVs, with point estimates close to 60%, and with NPVs close to 90%. Conclusions The geographical prevalence of COVID-19-like symptoms in adults may inform on local disease clusters, while certain symptoms in family members of confirmed COVID-19 cases could help identify the intra-familial spread of the virus and its further propagation in the community. Low-grade fever is frequent in children with at least one household member with COVID-19 and possibly indicates child infection.
Impact of social and medical factors on routine clinical practice in prostate exams of asymptomatic males

Objectives: To examine routine clinical practice in prostate health exams in asymptomatic males, and to identify which factors inﬂuence it. Materials and methods: Multicentre cross-sectional study in 1068 asymptomatic men aged 51-72. Groups: GA (n = 518): urban areas; GB (n = 550): rural areas. GA subgroups: GA1 (n = 364): prostate speciﬁc antigen (PSA) measured; GA2 (n = 154): PSA not measured. GB subgroups: GB1 (n = 346): PSA measured; GB2 (n = 204): PSA not measured. Variables: age, body mass index (BMI), digital rectal examination (DRE), PSA, prostate diagnosis, eating habits, physical exercise, marital status, number of children, occupational status, working hours, concomitant diseases and conditions, family history, attending physician. Descriptive statistics, Student's t-test, chi-square test, Fisher's exact test, ANOVA, Pearson and Spearman correlations were used. Results: Mean age 62.3 years (standard deviation: SD 5.12). Age in GA (60.89, SD 5.53) was lower than in GB (65.10, SD 5.03); age was higher in GA1 (61.22, SD 5.49) than in GA2 (59.04, SD 5.37). There was no difference in BMI between GA and GB. DRE: No exams were performed without prior PSA. No DRE were performed in GA; 11 (3.18%) were performed in GB1. GA1: 53 had PSA > 4 ng/mL, of whom 28 had no prostate disease, 17 had benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) and 8 had prostate cancer (PCa). PCa prevalence in men with PSA > 4 ng/mL was 9.24% in GA and 5.19% in GB. GA1: higher PSA was correlated with lower BMI, lower age, higher occupational status, and morning shifts; lower PSA was correlated with higher alcohol consumption; older patients worked shifts and consumed more alcohol; men with higher occupational status consumed less alcohol; more men were married in GA1 (n = 343, [94.23%]) than in GA2 (n = 100, [64.93%]). In GA1, there were more non-smoking men (n = 291, [80.11%]) and men who smoked 4 ng/mL in 89 patients, of whom 32 had PCa; younger men had higher PSA. PSA was higher in GB1 (mean 18.95 ng/mL, SD 12.93) than in GA1 (mean 1.61, SD 1.63). Men in GB ate more fast food than GA, with no difference between GA1 and GA2, or between GB1 and GB2. In GA there was variability in approach among the attending physicians; in GB there was no variability among attending physicians. Conclusions: PSA tests are routinely given to 70.27% of asymptomatic men who consult a doctor in urban environments and to 62.09% of men in rural environments. In urban areas, the decision is affected by the preferences of the attending physician and by whether the patient is married. Occupational category, working hours and educational level have no impact. The decision to undergo a prostate health exam is associated with healthy habits such as physical exercise. No relationship was found between prostate disorders in asymptomatic men and high BMI, dyslipidemia or diet.
Flamelet perturbations and flame surface density transport in weakly turbulent premixed combustion

DNS data obtained under conditions of weak turbulence that are well associated with the flamelet combustion regime are analysed in order (i) to assess the widely-accepted linear relation between the mean mass rate of product creation and the mean Flame Surface Density (FSD) and (ii) to investigate transport of the FSD and the role played by local flamelet perturbations in the FSD transport. While, in line with common expectations, a ratio of is found to be close to the unperturbed laminar flame speed S0L within the largest part of the mean flame brush, this ratio is significantly smaller (larger) than S0L at the leading (trailing) edge of the flame brush. Nevertheless, under the conditions of the present study, this difference in and can be disregarded when computing burning velocity by integrating over the flame brush, provided that is extracted from the DNS data. Even in the case of weak turbulence addressed here, the FSD transport is substantially affected by the difference between local density-weighted displacement speed ρSd/ρu and S0L. This difference is associated with local perturbations of flamelet structure by turbulent eddies, with the local flamelet curvature (strain rate) playing a significantly more (less) important role in the FSD transport under the conditions of the present study. While the difference between ρSd/ρu and S0L in the FSD transport equation can be approximated with a linear function of the local flamelet curvature by processing the DNS data, Markstein lengths associated with such an approximation (i) are scattered, (ii) vary within the mean flame brush, and (iii) differ significantly from the counterpart laminar Markstein length.
The Effect of Financial Literacy, Financial Technology, and Digital Promotion on Online Purchasing Decisions in the Covid-19 Pandemic Era

Covid-19 pandemic has a broad impact on the habits of the community, especially for students and housewives in fulfilling their needs. Government recommendations to comply with health protocols with social restrictions cause them to prefer shopping online. Some factors that are thought to influence online shopping decisions are financial literacy, financial technology, and digital promotion. This study aims to examine the effect of financial literacy, financial technology, and digital promotion on online purchasing decisions in the co-19 era pandemic. This type of research is quantitative research. The research population is the online shopping user community in Surabaya, aged between 20-40 years. The research sample in this study were 110 people consisting of students and housewives. Data collection techniques in the form of questionnaires and tests. Data analysis techniques using multiple regression. The results showed that financial literacy has a partial effect on online purchasing decisions as evidenced by a sign value of 0.001 <0.05, financial technology has a partial effect on online purchase decisions as evidenced by a sign value of 0.013 <0.05, digital promotions have a partial effect on online purchases as evidenced by the sign value. 0.00 <0.05. Simultaneously, financial literacy, financial technology, and digital promotion influence online purchasing decisions as evidenced by a sign value of 0.00 <0.05.