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Immunological Detection of Cytomegalovirus Infection in Pregnant Women of Al-Diwaniyah Province

: Background: Cytomegalovirus is a Herpesviridae family enveloped DNA virus. It is the most common reason for congenital infection. Cytomegalovirus infection during pregnancy can cause illness in infants. It is more common among pregnant women in undeveloped nations and among those with lower socioeconomic status. Objective: Evaluate the prevalence of CMV infection and to identify risk factors for CMV seropositivity in pregnant women of Al-Diwaniyah Province. Subject and methods: The study was carried out in Al-Diwaniayh province. The collection duration extended from August 2022 to November 2022. A 112 pregnant women were chosen as patient group from those attending Women's and Children's Teaching Hospital
Group A Streptococcus Primary Peritonitis in Children, New Zealand

Group A Streptococcus (GAS) primary peritonitis is a rare cause of pediatric acute abdomen (sudden onset of severe abdominal pain); only 26 pediatric cases have been reported in the English language literature since 1980. We discuss 20 additional cases of pediatric primary peritonitis caused by GAS among patients at Starship Children’s Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand, during 2010–2022. We compare identified cases of GAS primary peritonitis to cases described in the existing pediatric literature. As rates of rates of invasive GAS increase globally, clinicians should be aware of this cause of unexplained pediatric acute abdomen.
Atmospheric NLTE models for the spectroscopic analysis of blue stars with winds

Context. Obtaining precise stellar and wind properties and abundance patterns of massive stars is crucial to understanding their nature and interactions with their environments, as well as to constrain their evolutionary paths and end-products. Aims. To enable higher versatility and precision of the complete ultraviolet (UV) to optical range, we improve our high-performance, unified, NLTE atmosphere and spectrum synthesis code FASTWIND. Moreover, we aim to obtain an advanced description of X-ray emission from wind-embedded shocks, consistent with alternative modeling approaches. Methods. We include a detailed comoving frame radiative transfer for the essential frequency range, but still apply methods that enable low turnaround times. We compare the results of our updated computations with those from the alternative code CMFGEN, and our previous FASTWIND version, for a representative model grid. Results. In most cases, our new results agree excellently with those from CMFGEN, both regarding the total radiative acceleration, strategic optical lines, and the UV-range. Moderate differences concern He II λλ4200-4541 and N V λλ4603-4619. The agreement regarding N III λλ4634−4640−4642 has improved, though there are still certain discrepancies, mostly related to line overlap effects in the extreme ultraviolet, depending on abundances and micro-turbulence. In the UV range of our coolest models, we find differences in the predicted depression of the pseudo-continuum, which is most pronounced around Lyα. This depression is larger in CMFGEN, and related to different Fe IV atomic data. The comparison between our new and previous FASTWIND version reveals an almost perfect agreement, except again for N V λλ4603-4619. Using an improved, depth-dependent description for the filling factors of hot, X-ray emitting material, we confirm previous analytic scaling relations with our numerical models. Conclusions. We warn against uncritically relying on transitions, which are strongly affected by direct or indirect line-overlap effects. The predicted UV-continuum depression for the coolest grid-models needs to be checked, both observationally, and regarding the underlying atomic data. Wind lines from “super-ionized” ions such as O VI can, in principle, be used to constrain the distribution of wind-embedded shocks. The new FASTWIND version v11 is now ready to be used.
Atmospheric NLTE-Models for the Spectroscopic Analysis of Blue Stars with Winds. III. X-ray emission from wind-embedded shocks

X-rays/EUV radiation emitted from wind-embedded shocks in hot, massive stars can affect the ionization balance in their outer atmospheres, and can be the mechanism responsible for the production of highly ionized species. To allow for these processes in the context of spectral analysis, we have implemented such emission into our unified, NLTE model atmosphere/spectrum synthesis code FASTWIND. The shock structure and corresponding emission is calculated as a function of user-supplied parameters. We account for a temperature and density stratification inside the post-shock cooling zones, calculated for radiative and adiabatic cooling in the inner and outer wind, respectively. The high-energy absorption of the cool wind is considered by adding important K-shell opacities, and corresponding Auger ionization rates have been included into the NLTE network. We tested and verified our implementation carefully against corresponding results from various alternative model atmosphere codes, and studied the effects from shock emission for important ions from He, C, N, O, Si, and P. Surprisingly, dielectronic recombination turned out to play an essential role for the ionization balance of OIV/OV around Teff = 45,000 K. Finally, we investigated the behavior of the mass absorption coefficient, kappa_nu(r), important in the context of X-ray line formation in massive star winds. In almost all considered cases, direct ionization is of major influence, and Auger ionization significantly affects only NVI and OVI. The approximation of a radially constant kappa_nu is justified for r > 1.2 Rstar and lambda < 18 A, and also for many models at longer wavelengths. To estimate the actual value of this quantity, however, the HeII opacities need to be calculated from detailed NLTE modeling, at least for wavelengths longer than 18 to 20 A, and information on the individual CNO abundances has to be present.
Loss of exosomal miR-146a-5p from cancer-associated �broblasts after androgen deprivation therapy contributes to prostate cancer metastasis

Background: Androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) is the backbone of therapy for advanced prostate cancer (PCa). Despite the good initial response, castration resistance and metastatic progression will inevitably occur. Cancer-associated �broblasts (CAFs) may be implicated in promoting metastasis of PCa after ADT. Our aim is to investigate the role and mechanism of CAFs-derived exosomes involving in metastasis of PCa after ADT. Methods: PCa cells were co-cultured with exosomes derived from 10 nM dihydrotestosterone (DHT)-treated (simulating the high androgen level of prostate cancer microenvironment (cid:0) or ethanol (ETOH) treated (simulating the castration level of prostate cancer microenvironment after ADT) CAFs, and their migration and invasion differences under castration condition were examined both in vitro and in vivo. The miRNA pro�les of exosomes derived from DHT-treated CAFs and matched ETOH-treated CAFs were analysed via next generation sequencing. The transfer of exosomal miR-146a-5p from CAFs to PCa cells was identi�ed by �uorescent microscopy. The function and direct target gene of exosomal miR-146a-5p in PCa cells were con�rmed through Transwell assays, luciferase reporter, and western blot. Results: Compared with DHT-treated CAFs, exosomes derived from ETOH-treated CAFs dramatically increased migration and invasion of PCa cells under castration condition. MiR-146a-5p level in exosomes from ETOH-treated CAFs was signi�cantly reduced. The loss of miR-146a-5p may strengthen the epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) to accelerate cancer cells metastasis by modulating epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)/ERK pathway. Conclusions: CAFs-derived exosomal miR-146a-5p confers metastasis in PCa cells under ADT through the EGFR/ERK pathway and it may present a new treatment for PCa.
Security & Privacy Issues of Bitcoin: A Survey

— In this paper, we give a total review and examination of the huge security and assurance issues of bitcoin, the huge challenges, and openings in utilizing the advancement. Regardless, we present a total establishment of Bitcoin and the starter on security. Second, the critical security risks and countermeasures of Bitcoin are investigated. Third, we explore the essential Bitcoin circulated association security risks and Bitcoin storing security. Here in this paper, we endeavored to introduce an examination of huge attacks like pernicious attacks, more conspicuous than 52 percent of attacks, and square maintenance attacks. Bitcoin is covered in banters for giving a protected house to criminal tasks. Additionally, we present a couple of huge open investigation directions to recognize the resulting examinations around here. We present in this paper, a protected insurance preservation contrive reliant upon bilinear coordinating and other cryptographic locals. We exhibited that our proposed contrive is incredible and can be executed to save customers and trade. In the next heading we will discuss about the brief introduction related work and the previous work also and discuss some issue which we found during the review of various papers.
A STUDY OF AUTONOMIC FUNCTION TESTS IN OBESE SUBJECTS

Background: Obesity prevalence is soaring in industrialized countries and progressively increasing in the developing world. This has been called “New world syndrome” and is a reflection of massive social, economic and cultural problems currently facing the developing and developed countries. Objective: to study the autonomic function tests in obese subjects. Material & Methods: The present study was carried out in 60 obese subjects (30 males and 30 females) and 60 non-obese subjects (30 males and 30 females). The subjects were selected from the general population of town area. Results: The subjects were selected from general population of town area. 60 obese subjects (mean age 36.03 ± 6.65 years and mean BMI 32.74 ± 2.07 kg/m2) and 60 normal weight subjects (mean age 36.12 ± 6.53 years and mean BMI 22.43 ± 1.75 kg/m2) were studied. Conclusion: Obesity is associated with both sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system dysfunctions which may result in various cardiovascular complications.
Dowry and Marital Coping: Predictors of Marital Satisfaction in Pakistani Women

The purpose of the current study was to determine how dowry and marital coping affected marital satisfaction among Pakistani married women. A cross sectional survey was conducted to collect data from both working (n = 249) and non-working (n = 237) participants. Their age at marriage ranging from 16 to 38 years and the length of marriage of within or maximum 7 years and having at least one child. Dowry Scale (Sultana, 2002), Marital Coping Inventory (Bowman, 1990) and ENRICH Marital Satisfaction Scale (Fowers & Olson, 1993) were utilized. When the study variables were analyzed, signi�cant negative association between negative impact of dowry and marital satisfaction and also signi�cant relationship among dimensions of marital coping and marital satisfaction. Hierarchical Regression analyses indicated that negative impact of dowry is the stronger predictor of marital satisfaction. Step wise regression analyses indicated marital coping explained 38% variance in marital satisfaction. Initial investigations disregarded the in�uence of demographic factors (such as age at marriage, monthly income, number of children, employment status, and kind of marriage) on marital satisfaction. The present research contributes signi�cantly to the growing body of knowledge on the causes and mechanisms those are previously unconsidered determinants of marital satisfaction.
MIT Open Access Articles Network Coding Based Information Spreading in Dynamic Networks With Correlated Data

—In this work, we design and analyze information spreading algorithms for dynamic networks with correlated data. In these networks, either the data to be distributed, the data already available at the nodes, or both, are correlated. Moreover, nodes’ availability and connectivity is dynamic – a scenario typical for wireless networks. Our contribution is twofold. First, although coding schemes for correlated data have been studied extensively, the focus has been on characterizing the rate region in static networks. In an information spreading scheme, however, nodes may communicate by continuously exchanging packets according to some underlying communication model. The main ﬁgure of merit is the stopping time – the time required until nodes can successfully decode. While information spreading schemes, such as gossip, are practical, distributed and scalable, they have only been studied for uncorrelated data. We close this gap by providing techniques to analyze network-coded information spreading in dynamic networks with correlated data. Second, we give a clean framework for oblivious dynamic network models that in particular applies to a multitude of wireless network and communication scenarios. We specify a general setting for the data model, and give tight bounds on the stopping times of network coded protocols in this wide range of settings. En route, we analyze the capacities seen by nodes under a network-coded information spreading protocol, a previously unexplored question. We conclude with extensive simulations, clearly validating the key trends and phenomena predicted in the analysis.
Effect of type 1 tympanoplasty on health-related Quality of Life assessed by Chronic Otitis Media Questionnaire 12.

OBJECTIVE The aim of the study was to evaluate the changes in the quality of life of patients who underwent Type 1 tympanoplasty using the Chronic Otitis Media Questionnaire 12 (COMQ-12). SUBJECTS AND METHODS Prospectively collected data of patients aged between 18-65 years, who had undergone type 1 tympanoplasty between January 2018 to January 2019 were included in the study. The Turkish version of COMQ-12 was completed by all of the patients preoperatively as well as 12 months postoperatively. Preoperative and postoperative graft uptake outcomes, hearing assessment results, and scores of COMQ-12 were evaluated. Shapiro-Wilk test, Mann-Whitney U test, and Wilcoxon test were used. RESULTS A total of 98 patients were included. Noticeable improvement in the severity of symptoms, negative effect on daily life and work routine, health care, and general well-being was detected by subjective scores of the questionnaire. The COMQ-12 preoperative and postoperative overall average score was 25 and 7, respectively (p<0.001). Graft uptake success was found to be 85%. Hearing assessment evaluation showed a mean change in air conduction values of 8.78 (SD 1.17), and a mean change in air-bone gap values of 7 (SD 0.8), both showing statistical significance (p<0.001). CONCLUSIONS According to the COMQ-12 questionnaire data after surgery, symptom severity, lifestyle and work impact, health service impact, and general discomfort were significantly reduced.
The 22-Year Hale Cycle in cosmic ray flux: evidence for direct heliospheric modulation

The ability to predict times of greater galactic cosmic ray (GCR) ﬂuxes is important for reducing the hazards caused by these particles to satellite communications, aviation, or astronauts. The 11-year solar cycle variation in cosmic rays is highly correlated with the strength of the heliospheric magnetic ﬁeld. Diﬀerences in GCR ﬂux during alternate solar cycles yield a 22-year cycle, known as the Hale Cycle, which is thought to be due to diﬀerent particle drift patterns when the northern solar pole has predominantly positive (denoted a qA > 0 cycle) or negative (qA < 0) polarities. This results in the onset of the peak cosmic ray ﬂux at Earth occurring earlier during qA > 0 cycles than for qA < 0 cycles and hence the peak being more domed for qA > 0 and more sharply peaked for qA < 0. In this study, we demonstrate that properties of the large-scale heliospheric magnetic ﬁeld are diﬀerent during the declining phase of the qA < 0 and qA > 0 solar cycles, when the diﬀerence in GCR ﬂux is most apparent. This suggests that particle drifts may not be the sole mechanism responsible for the Hale Cycle in GCR ﬂux at Earth. However, it is also demonstrated that these polarity-dependent heliospheric diﬀerences are evident during the space-age but much less clear in earlier data: using geomagnetic reconstructions, it is shown that for the period of 1905 - 1965, alternate polarities do not give as signiﬁcant a diﬀerence during the declining phase of the solar cycle. Thus we suggest that the 22-year cycle in cosmic ray ﬂux is at least partly the result of direct modulation by the heliospheric magnetic ﬁeld and that this eﬀect may be primarily limited to the grand solar maximum of the space-age.
CorrelationPatients with AIDS: CT, Clinical, and Pathologic CytomegaliC Inclusion Virus Encephalitis in

The computed tomographic (CT) scans of 10 patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome who had central nervous system (CNS) involvement by cytomegalovirus (CMV) were retrospectively reviewed and correlated with clinical data and pathologic findings. Diagnosis was established in all 10 patients by autopsy, which showed the pathogno monic "owl's eye" intracellular inclusions of CMV. In six patients CMV caused an initial CNS infection that was directly responsible for the patient's progressive encephalopathy and death. In four patients CMV caused a superimposed nondominant CNS infection that had no clinical expression in two. Cortical atrophy and mild hydrocephalus ex vacuo were seen on CT in all 10 patients. Positive findings on CT that could be attributed to infection with CMV were present in only three of the 10 patients, and in these three symptomatic cases autopsy correlation revealed that CT underestimated the degree of CNS involvement. In the other three symptomatic patients, CT showed no parenchymal abnormalities, while autopsy demonstrated diffuse cerebral involvement. In the four patients whose CNS was secondarily involved by CMV, CT showed changes proven at autopsy to be related only to the dominant infection with Toxoplasma gondii and to postoperative hematomas. CT did not demonstrate any abnormalities at the sites of CMV involvement, which were found at autopsy in this latter group. It was concluded that CT is not very sensitive for the detection of CMV encephalitis.
Development of the Large Aperture Reflector/Boom Assembly for the SMAP Spacecraft

The Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s (JPL) Soil Moisture Active/Passive (SMAP) mission is to measure and monitor global soil moisture dynamics and freeze/thaw states. The rotating Reflector and Boom Assembly (RBA) on SMAP presents significant design and development challenges. The payload configuration utilizes a common Radiometer and Radar feedhorn and a 6-meter deployable mesh reflector all spinning at 14.6 rpm. The evolution of the RBA system solution, development of the mass properties management approach and RBA dynamics are discussed.
To teach is to learn twice, revisited: A qualitative study of how residents learn through teaching in clinical environments

Background As the saying goes, ‘to teach is to learn twice’; the teaching role contributes to one’s own learning as a professional. Near-peer teaching in clinical practice has been shown to contribute to the development of not only teaching skills but also necessary competencies for doctors. Research on how near-peer teachers learn through their teaching roles has mainly focused on classroom learning. Understanding how the phenomenon of ‘teaching is learning twice’ occurs in clinical settings and its in�uencing factors is important for the development of a quality workplace learning environment. We, therefore, investigated how residents learn through teaching in clinical practice and the factors in�uencing this process. Methods The study was conducted using a methodology based on grounded theory and from a social constructivist perspective. Several teaching hospitals in Japan were included, and the study participants were post-graduate year 2 residents (PGY2s) from these hospitals. The interviews were recorded, transcribed into text, and analysed by the �rst author.
Contribution de l'IRHO à l'étude des insectes pollinisateurs du palmier à huile en Afrique, Amérique du Sud et Indonésie

Les etudes de Syed et la recente introduction de Elaeidobius kamerunicus en Asie du Sud-Est ont donne un regain d'interet a l'etude de la pollinisation. En afrique, les quatre especes du genre Elaeidobius (kamerunicus subvittatus, plagiatus et singularis) assurent la plus grande part de la pollinisation, la premiere espece citee dans la plus active. En Amerique du Sud, la pollinisation est principalement assuree par E. subvittatus (Colombie, Bresil, Perou) et Mystrops costaricensis (Amerique Centrale, Colombie, Equateur); la pollinisation est generalement differente en raison de la mediocre efficacite de E. subvittatus. [. ]
Opleiding Informatica Gender stereotypes: an analysis of Python programming books for children in the Netherlands.

Women are underrepresented in the field of Computer Science and stereotypes are one of the most important causes. Textbooks for children include illustrations that might maintain these stereotypes, since they represent today’s society. Gender stereotypes in the illustrations can demonstrate in various forms, including role models, use of colour, and (gendered) attributes and objects. In this thesis four Python programming books targeted to Dutch children aged nine to fourteen were analysed to get an insight into the visual gender stereotypes that appear in these books. Every book was found to display different kinds of gender stereotypes. Men are displayed more often in illustrations than women and they are active more often. Furthermore, ethnicities such as black, Asian, and multiple ethnicities/other ethnicities are underrepresented. There were no clear stereotypes found in the use of colour. In addition, gendered objects in general do not have typical colours that are associated with or marketed towards boys, such as blue and other bold colours. Nevertheless, there are no male gendered objects in the colour pink in any of the books. In addition, the majority of the gendered objects and attributes has a masculine connotation. The majority of the objects and attributes, however, is not gendered.