Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Sodyum azid (NaN3) ile muamele edilen arpa mutantlarının genetik çeşitliliğinin ISSR markörler ile belirlenmesi

Sodyum azid (NaN3) ozellikle nokta mutasyon calismalarinda yogun olarak kullanilan kimyasal bir mutajendir. Bu calismada, Finola alti sirali arpa cesidi, kimyasal bir mutajen olan sodyum azid ile muamele edilerek 14 adet mutant arpa hatti elde edilmistir. Elde edilen hatlar arasindaki genetik farklilik, 5 adet basit tekrarli diziler arasi polimorfizm (Inter Simple Sequence Repeat, ISSR) markoru yardimiyla belirlenmistir. Elde edilen sonuclara gore 5 ISSR markorunden 24 adet bant elde edilmis ve bu bantlardan 18 adet polimorfik allel belirlenmis ve ortalama polimorfizm orani %76.33 olarak saptanmistir. Ortalama allel sayisi 4.8 olup, 6 bant ile UBC-808 en fazla bant ureten primer olurken, en az bant ureten primerler ise 4’er bant ile UBC-820 ve UBC-825 primerleri olmustur. Kullanilan markorlere ait ortalama polimorfizm bilgi icerigi (PIC) 0.83 olarak hesaplanmis ve PIC degeri 0.78 ile 0.86 araliginda degismistir. Markor verileri dendrogramda 2 ana grup olusturmustur. Birinci kumede Fnl-4, Fnl-8, Fnl-10, Fnl-11 ve Fnl-12 mutantlari yer alirken, ikinci kumede ise Finola cesidi ile birlikte diger mutant hatlar yer almaktadir. Temel bilesenler analizi, Finola cesidi ve mutant hatlardan Fnl-5, Fnl-13 ve Fnl-14 hatlarinin birbirine benzemekle birlikte, bazi alleller bakimindan farkli olduklarini ortaya koymustur.
List of non‐EU phytoplasmas of Cydonia Mill., Fragaria L., Malus Mill., Prunus L., Pyrus L., Ribes L., Rubus L. and Vitis L.

Abstract Following a request from the European Commission, the EFSA Panel on Plant Health prepared a list of non‐EU phytoplasmas of Cydonia Mill. , Fragaria L. , Malus Mill. , Prunus L. , Pyrus L. , Ribes L. , Rubus L. and Vitis L. A systematic literature review and search of databases identified 27 phytoplasmas infecting one or more of the host genera under consideration. These phytoplasmas were assigned to three categories. The first group (a) consists of 10 non‐EU phytoplasmas, known to occur only outside the EU (‘Candidatus Phytoplasma australiense’, ‘Ca. P. hispanicum’, ‘Ca. P. pruni’‐related strain (NAGYIII), ‘Ca. P. pyri’‐related strain (PYLR) and Buckland valley grapevine yellows phytoplasma) or having only limited presence in the EU (‘Ca. P. aurantifolia’‐related strains, ‘Ca. P. fraxini’, ‘Ca. P. phoenicium’, ‘Ca. P. trifolii’ and ‘Ca. P. ziziphi’). The second group (b) consists of three non‐EU phytoplasmas, whose presence in the target plant species is not fully supported by the available literature. The third group (c) consists of 14 phytoplasmas with substantial presence in the EU (i.e. they are originally described or reported from the EU or known to occur or be widespread in some EU Member States or frequently reported in the EU). Phytoplasmas of categories (b) and (c) were excluded at this stage from further categorisation efforts. One phytoplasma from category (a) (‘Ca. P. phoenicium’) was excluded from further categorisation, as a pest risk assessment has been performed by EPPO. Comments provided by the EU Member States were integrated in the opinion. The main uncertainties of this listing concern: the geographic distribution and prevalence, the taxonomy, biology and host range. The phytoplasmas considered as non‐EU and whose presence in target plant species is fully supported by literature (category (a)) are categorised by the Panel in a separate opinion.
An RF-Energy Harvester and IR-UWB Transmitter for Ultra-Low-Power Battery-Less Biosensors

A fully integrated 802.15. 4a-LRP-UWB-PHY- and ETSI-compliant impulse-radio ultra-wide-band (IR-UWB) transmitter (TX) front-end, powered by an RF-energy-harvester in 180 nm CMOS technology, is presented. The TX is working in the 7 GHz band transmitting with −42 dBm at 5.12 kbps data rate, consuming 1.89 <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\mu \text{W}$ </tex-math></inline-formula>. Two circuit implementations of RF-energy-harvesters are presented and, based on measurements, a combined and optimized structure is proposed which is capable of generating 5 <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\mu \text{W}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> dc-power at −13.3 dBm RF input power at a frequency of 868MHz. According to the overall SoC power budget, this amount of harvested energy is sufficient to power the IR-UWB-TX front-end, an ADC with pre-amplifier and the digital core logic for a wireless bio-sensing chip. Furthermore, improvements of the presented IR-UWB TX circuitry are discussed.
The clinical outcome of three procedures for extraarticular stabilization of cranial cruciate ligament injuries in dogs

The objective of this study was to evaluate the long-term outcomes in dogs with cranial cruciate ligament injury in which the stifle was stabilized with lateral suture stabilization, lateral suture stabilization-modified, or Securos lateral bone anchor tibial suture and monofilament nylon sutures placed at quasi-isometric points of the stifle. It is a retrospective study comprising a sample population of 49 client-owned dogs. Medical records from 2014? 2016 were reviewed to identify dogs that had a cranial cruciate ligament rupture in which the stifle was stabilized using one of the aforementioned methods. The overall complication rate was 16.3% and the documented complication rate requiring implant removal was 0%. Owners reported full or acceptable function in 96% of cases. There were no significant statistical differences between the 3 techniques. Stabilization of cranial cruciate ligament-deficient stifles in dogs with lateral suture stabilization, lateral suture stabilization-modified, or Securos lateral bone anchor tibial suture is reliable with acceptable complication rates. The 3 procedures tested may be appropriate in medium-sized nonathletic dogs whose owners have limited budgets.
A Study on Eating-Out Style and Acceptance Intention of Artificial Seasoning: The Moderating Role of Consumers’ Psychological Value

This study aims to investigate the effect of eating-out types on the acceptance intention of artificial seasoning when consumers eat out at restaurants. Eating-out types considered to be typical when customers visit restaurants, such as the food-exploratory type, healthoriented type, and convenience-seeking type, were studied. Based on the research of previous studies, three eating-out types were selected for the study, which were “food-exploratory”, “convenience-seeking”, “health-oriented”. This study was conducted by AMOS 22.0 with 300 questionnaires, and the Structural Equation Model (SEM) was used for examining the hypotheses as statistical method in this study. As a result, eating-out types such as “food-exploratory” and “convenience-seeking” were found to significantly affect the acceptance intention of artificial seasoning. However, consumers’ acceptance intention of artificial seasoning differed depending on their consumption value. The path coefficients from food-exploratory type and health-oriented type to acceptance intention were more significant in the hedonic-oriented group than the utilitarian-oriented group. The results of this study suggest eating-out types relate to acceptance intention of artificial seasoning and provide meaningful implications for consumers’ psychological consumption value when they consider artificial seasoning.
Predicting Collective Synchronous State of Sentiments for Users in Social Media

The increasing use of social media offers researchers with an opportunity to apply the sentiment analysis techniques over the data collected from social media websites. These techniques promise to provide an insight into the users’ perspectives on many areas. In this research, a sentiment analysis model is proposed based on HMC (Hidden Markov Chains) and K-Means algorithm to predict the collective synchronous state of sentiments for users on social media. HMC are used to find the converged state while K-Means is used to find the representative group of users. For this purpose, we have used data from a well-known social media site, Twitter, which consists of the tweets about a famous political party in Pakistan. The time series sequences of sentiments, of each user are passed on to the system to perform temporal analysis. The clustering with three and four number of clusters are found to be significant giving the representative groups. With three clusters, the representative group constitute of 82% of users and with four clusters, two representative groups are found having 45 and 36% of users. Analyzing these groups helps in finding the most popular behavior of users towards the concerned political party. Moreover, the groups perhaps tend to influence the opinion of other users in the network causing changes in their sentiments towards this party. The experimental results show that the proposed model has the power to distinguish behavior patterns of different individuals in a network.
On nonparametric conditional independence tests for continuous variables

Testing conditional independence (CI) for continuous variables is a fundamental but challenging task in statistics. Many tests for this task are developed and used increasingly widely by data analysts. This article reviews the current status of the nonparametric part of these tests, which assumes no parametric form for the joint continuous density function. The different ways to approach the CI are summarized. Tests are also grouped according to their data assumptions and method types. A numerical comparison is also conducted for representative tests.
Determinants of placenta previa: a case-control study

Background: The risk factors of placenta previa differ around the world. This study evaluated risk factors of pregnancies complicated with placenta previa during a 5-year period in a referral center in Hamadan, Iran. Methods: This case control study was conducted in Hamadan city (Hamadan Province of Iran) from April 2013 to March 2017. The cases were women whose deliveries were complicated by placenta previa and the controls were those who delivered without placenta previa. We recruited 130 cases and 130 controls. Multivariate unconditional logistic regression analysis was conducted, and odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated. Results: The OR of placenta previa was 4.08 (95% CI= 1.44, 11.58) by maternal age, 4.08 (95% CI =1.44, 11.58) by preterm labor, and 6.64 (95% CI =1.09, 40.45) by prior operations of the uterine cavity, compared to normal deliveries and after adjusting for other variables. Multiparity, prior spontaneous abortions, and prior cesarean sections were not statistically significant risk factors for placenta previa, when adjusted for other variables. Conclusion: Our study suggests that high maternal age and prior operations of the uterine cavity are risk factors for placenta previa.
Facilitating the Postsecondary Transitions of Youth with Moderate Intellectual Disability: A Set of Guidelines for Occupational Therapy Practice

Abstract This paper presents a set of occupational therapy practice guidelines that addresses postsecondary transitions for youth with moderate intellectual disability. The transition to adulthood often poses significant challenges for such youth due to marked deficits in general mental abilities and adaptive functioning, including academic, social, and practical skills. These impairments typically lead to poor outcomes related to postsecondary education, employment, and independent living. These practice guidelines describe how occupational therapists can contribute to the transition process for youth with moderate intellectual disability. Additionally, a case study of evaluation and intervention methods for a transition-aged youth with moderate intellectual disability is presented.
Measuring the impact of renewable energy, public health expenditure, logistics, and environmental performance on sustainable economic growth

The study aims to examine the potential relationship between public health expenditures, logistics performance indices, renewable energy, and ecological sustainability in Association of Southeast Asian Nations member countries. The study used secondary data, which downloaded from the World Bank website and tested for hypotheses using the structural equation modeling. The results show that the use of renewable energy in logistics operations will improve environmental and economic performance to reduce emissions, whereas environmental performance is negatively correlated with public health expenditures, indicating that greater environmental sustainability can improve human health and economic growth. The results also show that increased public health spending and poor environmental performance undermine economic growth in low efficiency and low labor productivity, thus reducing the speed of economic activity. On the other hand, the use of renewable energy in logistics cannot only improve the sustainability of the environment but also create a better national image and provide better export opportunities in environmentally friendly countries to promote sustainable economic growth. The outcomes of this study will
Axillary surgical approach in metastatic breast cancer patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis

A systematic review and meta-analysis were conducted to evaluate the benefit of an axillary surgical approach on overall survival and secondarily of breast surgery amongst patients with metastatic breast cancer which is considered to be an incurable disease. However, an axillary surgical approach showed no association with overall survival in patients with metastatic breast cancer. The true impact of locoregional therapies on long-term outcomes remains unknown, and randomised clinical trials are needed.
Reprogramming of human cells to pluripotency induces CENP-A chromatin depletion

Pluripotent stem cells (PSCs) are central to development as they are the precursors of all cell types in the embryo. Therefore, maintaining a stable karyotype is essential, both for their physiological role as well as for use in regenerative medicine. In culture, an estimated 10-30% of PSC lines present karyotypic abnormalities, but the underlying causes remain unknown. To gain insight into the mitotic capacity of human embryonic stem cells and induced pluripotent stem cells, we explore the structure of the centromere and kinetochore. Centromere function depends on CENP-A nucleosome-defined chromatin. We show that while PSCs maintain abundant pools of CENP-A, CENP-C and CENP-T, these essential centromere components are strongly reduced at stem cell centromeres. Outer kinetochore recruitment is also impaired to a lesser extent, indicating an overall weaker kinetochore. This impairment is specific for the kinetochore forming centromere complex while the inner centromere protein Aurora B remains unaffected. We further show that, similar to differentiated human cells, CENP-A chromatin assembly in PSCs requires transition into G1 phase. Finally, reprogramming experiments indicate that reduction of centromeric CENP-A levels is an early event during dedifferentiation, coinciding with global chromatin remodelling. Our characterisation of centromeres in human stem cells drives new hypotheses including a possible link between impaired centromere function and stem cell aneuploidies.
Adverse Effect of Mixture of Food Additives on Some Biochemical Parameters in Male Albino Rats

The present study investigated the unsafe impacts of sodium nitrite, sodium benzoate and their mixture which is utilized in fabricating of the food on some biochemical parameters in male albino rats. Rats (40) were divided into four groups as follows: group 1 used as the control, group II and III were treated orally with sodium nitrite nano2 (80 mg/kg BW) and sodium benzoate (SB) (200 mg/kg BW), respectively. Group IV was treated orally with a mixture of sodium nitrite and sodium benzoate. Rats took their respective doses every day for 8 weeks. The obtained results showed that sodium nitrite, sodium benzoate and their mixture (nano2 and SB) initiated a diminished within in the activity of antioxidant enzymes (SOD, CAT, and GSH) within the kidney, while, MDA recorded a highly significant activity level within experimental groups. Urea and creatinine mean levels were were expanded within plasma of the experimental rats. In the histology of the kidney, sections appeared edema with few mononuclear leukocyte cellular infiltrations, shrinkage of glomeruli. The severity of these changes increased in the experimental group which treated by the mixture of sodium nitrite and sodium benzoate. Overexpression in p53 occurred in experimental groups that were treated by nano2, SB and their mixture. The present study concluded that the mixture of food additives can induce toxicity in the kidney of rats. It is obvious that food additives induced nephrotoxicity within the kidney. It decreased the antioxidant enzymes (GSH, CAT, and SOD) and increased MDA. Increase tumor suppressor gene p53 in kidney tissue. Food added substances caused changes in biochemical parameters as in creatinine and urea. The utilization of food additives must be decreased. The presence of more than one type of food additives on our food and the usage of the mixture of sodium nitrite and sodium benzoate initiated changes in biochemical parameters and immune-histopathological changes.
The Accessibility of Digital Banking Services to 18-26-Year-Olds

Author(s) AALTOLA, MAX VAHERI, SATU Type of publication Bachelor’s thesis Published Autumn 2019 Number of pages 49 pages, 4 pages of appendices Title of publication The Accessibility of Digital Banking Services to 18-26-year-olds Case: Päijät-Hämeen Osuuspankki Name of Degree Bachelor of Business and Hospitality Management Abstract Through new regulatory changes like PSD2-directive, the competition in financial sectors is rapidly increasing. The competition forces banks to fulfill the needs of their current customers. In order to sustain competitiveness in the current situation digitalization, customer-oriented views and reaching out to the young customers are at key. The aim of this study is to find out the best channel for the case company to market their digital banking services to 18-26-year-old customers. The thesis is conducted deductively using both qualitative and quantitative research approaches. Primary data for the research was collected with an online survey shared online and to the researchers’ relatives and friends. Secondary data that was collected from various types of sources, including books, online sources and news media supports the primary data. Theories used in the thesis include the 4P’s and 4C’s of marketing and marketing mix to gain a deeper understanding of the current marketing views. Also, basic functions of the financial sector and digitalization of the banking field are presented. Since the topic is broad, it has been limited to focus on younger customers. The results of the research show that the best channels for banks to contact younger customers are digital ones, especially mobile and online banking. Social media with friends and family also show great potential and are valued as the most trustworthy channels. Young customers do not seem to show interest in traditional media, such as television, radio or outdoor marketing. Traditional marketing is seen as easily ignorable.
Tectonic and Anthropogenic Microseismic Activity While Drilling Toward Supercritical Conditions in the Larderello‐Travale Geothermal Field, Italy

This study investigates the seismic activity occurring at the Larderello‐Travale geothermal field, central Italy, from June 2017 to January 2018. We deployed a network composed of nine broadband stations around the Venelle 2 well drilling for supercritical fluids. During the experiment, we recognize two types of seismic events (type 1 and type 2). Type‐1 events have clear P and S wave arrivals and occur in clusters both above and below the K‐horizon, which is a seismic reflector marking a debated transition zone at depth. The distribution and evolution of the seismic sequences suggest that the K‐horizon could be interpreted as a fluid‐rich region at near‐lithostatic pressures. Type‐2 events usually occur in swarms and show a periodic pattern, a narrow frequency band, and almost identical waveforms. Their source is estimated to be located near the well, and their occurrence ceases after about 3 weeks from the conclusion of the drilling. We propose a causal link with the drilling operations where pressure fronts inside the well may promote phase changes and fluid flow across the drilled formations. Our study sheds light on the fluid‐driven tectonic and anthropogenic seismic activity at the Larderello‐Travale geothermal field. More generally, we show that microseismic activity occurring during drilling in high‐pressure and high‐temperature conditions can remain at low magnitudes and that geothermal wells targeting geothermal fluids in such systems may be handled safely despite the critical conditions encountered at depth. The drilling of the Venelle 2 well is an encouraging example for the development of geothermal energy in critical conditions.
Seaweed Biodiversity of India: Reviewing Current Knowledge to Identify Gaps, Challenges, and Opportunities

Seaweeds are a renewable marine resources and have not yet received considerable attention in the field of taxonomy in India as compared to their terrestrial counterparts, essentially due to the lack of awareness of their economic potential. Although the recent inventory from the Indian region documented the presence of approximately 865 seaweed taxa, of which only a few are taxonomically well characterized, more precise information still awaits with respect to microscopic and molecular examinations of many. Thus far, in terms of spatial extent, probably only a few of the total hospitable seaweed habitats have been explored, and large portions, including island territories and subtidal waters, remain virtually untouched. Surveying those may lead to the reporting of several taxa new to science. Furthermore, more focused efforts are required to understand the endemic and endangered taxa which have high conservation implications. Considering the unprecedented pressures seaweeds are facing, including coastal pollution and human-induced global warming, it is critical to reinforce our knowledge of seaweed biodiversity. In the present communication, we intended to address the status of seaweed biodiversity in India along with the gaps, challenges, and opportunities.
From theory to experiment: BaFe0.125Co0.125Zr0.75O3−δ, a highly promising cathode for intermediate temperature SOFCs

BaFe0.125Co0. 125Zr0.75O3−δ perovskite is a novel and efficient MIEC electrode for IT-SOFCs. Symmetrical cells with an area-specific resistance of 0.13 Ω cm2 at 700 °C and 0.05 Ω cm2 at 800 °C have been prepared.