Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Economic Evaluation of Using Dried Brewer's yeast as Feed Additives for two Broiler Breeds

The effect of feeding different levels of yeast on growth performance, blood constituents, and economic efficiency was studied. An experiment was conducted on 300 one day old chicks. There were 3 dietary treatments each consisting of 5 replicates with 10 chicks in each replicates. The treatments were 0% control, 0.2 and 0.4% Brewer's yeast respectively. The data were obtained for body weight, daily gain, feed intake feed conversion ratio during the experimental period. At the end of experiment concentration of protein, glucose, cholesterol, total lipids, phospholipid in serum and haemoglobin were evaluated. Also different dressing percentages were evaluated. results showed that chicks fed 0.4% yeast had higher body weight gain (BWG), feed intake (FI)and better of feed conversion ratio(FCR). Chicks fed ration containing 0.2 and 0.4 % of yeast increase in serum phospholipidand total protein of their concentration. Also total variable cost, total costs and total returns (LE/bird) were high in groups feeding 0.2 and 0.4% brewer’s yeast Finally we may concluded that from blood concentration parameters that feeding brewer’s yeast had low percentages for total lipids, cholesterol and high concentration of total protein and glucose. Economic parameters showed that high net profit was in 0.4% than those of 0.2 of brewer’s yeasts. Cobb breeds was preferred than Hubbard breeds from measures of blood parameters and economic efficiency.
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*These authors contributed equally to this work Purpose: Isoborneol has been used in the treatment of cardiovascular disease for several years in China. However, the mechanism is still unclear. The aim of this study was to identify the novel mechanism of isoborneol for its application in atherosclerotic disease. Materials and Methods: The whole-genome gene expression profiles of MCF-7 cells treated with/or without isoborneol were detected by mRNA microarray analysis. The degree of similarity between the gene expression profiles was compared with the Connectivity Map (CMAP) database. An MTT assay was used to assess the toxicity of isoborneol on RAW 264.7 cells. Oil red O staining and a Dil-ox-LDL uptake assay in RAW 264.7 cells were also used to detect the accumulation of lipids in the macrophages and the uptake of oxidized lowdensity lipoprotein (ox-LDL). Results: Isoborneol was proved to have mRNA expression profiles similar to that of ikarugamycin which can inhibit the uptake of ox-LDL. This process has proved to be an important cause of foam cell formation and early atherosclerotic lesions. It is speculated, therefore, that isoborneol may show similar activity to that shown by ikarugamycin. Subsequently, it was shown that RAW 264.7 cells reduced the absorption of ox-LDL and the accumulation of intracellular lipids after treatment with different concentrations of isoborneol. Conclusion: The results indicate that isoborneol inhibits macrophage consumption of oxLDL, thereby preventing the accumulation of lipids in the macrophages. These results provide evidence for the application of isoborneol in atherosclerotic disease.
Participatory Action Research for Learning Chemistry: A Case of Public Schools in Nepal

The present study reconnoiters the application of participatory action research (PAR) in improving the performance of students in chemistry sections. A mixed method research is employed focusing PAR as qualitative and experimental as a quantitative with equivalent groups. Two schools were purposively selected (one leader and one leader) in Chitwan and Nawalparasi districts. All the students in the leader school are given intervention. Thirty students from the feeder school are in control group. Intervention was done by laboratory activities in chemistry teaching. PAR approach is used in the leader school during intervention. Pre-test and post-test were used to collect the data. Data are analyzed using inferential statistics: independent student t-test and analysis of covariance (ANCOVA). The result shows that the experimental group outperformed to control group suggesting that PAR approach enhanced performance of lower and high achievers more than the lecture method of teaching.
cT colonoscopy for colorectal cancer screening in indian population-An elusive alternative

Journal of medical and scientific research Abstract Cancer as a cause of death is missed mostly in many parts of India. Mortality continues to rise from colorectal cancers that could well be prevented. Genetic, familial and dietary factors significantly account for increased risk of colorectal cancers. More so, large bowel origin of cancer, as a primary lesion or a source of distant metastases is undetected in a large number of patients in the absence of a complete work up. Even with metastatic disease, patients with colorectal cancer survive for many years unlike those having upper gastrointestinal cancers. Colorectal malignancy is potentially curable if detected early by several established screening methods. Today there is a range of options for CRC screening in the average-risk population, with current technology falling into 2 general categories: stool tests, which include tests for occult blood or exfoliated DNA; and structural exams, which include flexible sigmoidoscopy (FSIG), colonoscopy, double-contrast barium enema (DCBE) and computed tomographic colonography (CTC). Any one of these options applied in a systematic program of regular screening has the potential to significantly reduce deaths from CRC. Computerized tomographic scanning colonoscopy (CTC) is the least invasive outpatient procedure and not well recognized in India as a screening tool. CTC is a minimally invasive imaging examination of the entire colon and rectum and uses Multi detector CT scanner to acquire images and advanced 2-dimensional (2D) and 3-dimensional (3D)-image display techniques for interpretation. Clinical trials including large cohorts studies of CTC yielded promising results and paved the way for larger multicenter screening trials. CTC sensitivity and specificity for large (10 mm) polyps was found to be as high as 85% to 93% and 97% respectively. The majority of studies assessing the relative acceptability of CTC and conventional colonoscopy in patients who have undergone both tests on the same day have demonstrated a preference for CTC. Screening of average-risk adults with CTC should commence at age 50 years though the interval for repeat examination after a negative CTC has not been studied. However, screening may be limited to select groups in India because of our own limitations.
EFFECT OF SUCCESSFUL PSYCHOPATHY ON REWARD-BASED DECISION-MAKING

Effect of Successful Psychopathy on Reward-Based Decision-Making. (May 2015) Samantha Darling Department of Psychology Texas A&M University Research Advisor: Dr. Darrell Worthy Department of Psychology Previous research suggests that psychopathy may be correlated with decision-making impairments in reward processing. Explanations for such a relationship may be a result of enhanced reward sensitivity, or reduced sensitivity to losses. Striatal dopamine is critical for reward-based decision-making and may be a mechanism for differential sensitivity to gains versus losses in individuals high in psychopathy. This research addressed whether psychopathy is indeed associated with deficits in decision-making due to hypersensitivity to reward, or if, instead, such deficits result from hyposensitivity to losses, and whether dopamine influences this sensitivity. Participants completed the Iowa Gambling Task (IGT) and dopamine levels were measured indirectly using spontaneous eyeblink rate. Here we show that striatal dopamine moderates the effects psychopathy on decision-making. Individuals who had higher levels of dopamine, and also reported more antisocial behavior, chose more advantageous decks. Likewise, more manipulative individuals chose more advantageous decks than less manipulative individuals. However, more manipulative individuals with higher striatal dopamine levels chose less advantageous decks on the IGT. Striatal dopamine appears to function as a buffer among individuals who engage in antisocial behavior more often, resulting in better decision-making,
A Joint Input-Output Approach to Closed-loop Identification of Hammerstein-Wiener Systems

This paper deals with a joint input-output method of identifying a closed-loop Hammerstein-Wiener system, where a linear plant in the forward loop may be unstable. A model that simulates the closed-loop system is derived using basis function expansions of nonlinearities. First, a linear state-space model of the forward loop is identified using Two-stage ORT method [12]1. Then, initialized by the identified state-space model and linear approximations of nonlinearities, the joint input-output mean square error (MSE) is optimized by using the robust gradient method [20]; the identification algorithm yields good numerical results within moderate computation time.
Decolorization of Reactive Blue 19 Dye by Bacillus megaterium Isolated from Soil Reaktif Blue 19 Boyasının Topraktan İzole Edilen Bacillus megaterium Tarafından

The principle aim of this study was to decolorize Reactive Blue 19 dye with Bacillus megaterium (B. megaterium) and to determine the effect of some parameters such as pH, temperature, initial dye concentration, nitrogen and carbon sources on decolorization. With this purpose, a new isolate identified as B. megaterium by genotypic (16S rRNA sequence) characterization, was found effective on Reactive Blue 19 decolorization. Glucose (20g/L) was found as the most suitable carbon source for Reactive Blue 19 decolorization with a yield of 92%. When the effect of nitrogen sources on decolorization was investigated, the highest dye removal rate was found as 91% which was obtained in shake flask containing yeast extract (10 g/L). In trials determining pH effect on dye removal; it was found that B. megaterium enables decolorization of Reactive Blue 19 at neutral pHs with a high percentage of 91%. P values were calculated for all parameters and found as p<0.05. Results of FTIR analysis showed that decolorization of Reactive Blue 19 by B. megaterium occurred via biodegradation. When chemical and physical wastewater treatment methods were compared to the biological methods, usage of microbial sources such as B. megaterium is considered as an efficient and economical alternative.
Immigrants’ contribution and share: multilevel analysis of migrant labour contribution to productivity, welfare and income in Finland

DOI: 10.14254/2071789X.2019/12-4/1 ABSTRACT. In this paper we investigate how economic growth and productivity, when adjusted for the influence of welfare state institutions, affects the redistribution of incomes for employed immigrants and natives in Finland. We used the European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC) cross-sectional data for the period from 2004 to 2016 selected for Finland. Based on multilevel modelling and an aggregate production function approach, we calculate the elasticity estimates for incomes as adjusted for the influence of education, occupation and industry and social benefits. The results indicate high differentiation of incomes between immigrants and natives, while showing lower incomes for immigrants. Social benefits slightly decrease incomes, while for immigrants this negative effect is even more pronounced than it is for natives. Economic growth and increase in productivity is associated with an increase in the incomes of both immigrants and natives with low and medium education and of clerical and manual labour occupations among immigrants. Despite the widespread perception that ‘immigrant hordes’ have an adverse effect on the employment opportunities of natives and their incomes, the research concludes that welfare state benefits in combination with the influence from macroeconomic regulators and productivity increase incomes for immigrants.
Short communication: Anatomical changes in the roots, rhizomes and leaves of seagrass (Cymodocea serrulata) in response to lead

Abstract. Rosalina D, Herawati EY, Musa M, Sofarini D, Risjani Y. 2019. Short communication: Anatomical changes in the roots, rhizomes, and leaves of seagrass (Cymodocea serrulata) in response to lead. Biodiversitas 20: 2583-2588. Runoff of heavy metals as a result of urban and industrial development is a potential threat for seagrass populations in the coast. The objectives of this study were to study the anatomical changes in the tissues of roots, rhizomes, and leaves of seagrass Cymodocea serrulata in response to treatment with different concentrations of lead (Pb) for different time durations. This experiment used heavy metal Pb from a solution of Pb (NO3)2-with a concentration of 0 ppm, 5 ppm, 10 ppm, and 15 ppm and the treatment period extended up to 4 weeks with 3 replications. Analysis of changes in anatomical features showed that exodermis and endodermis cells in the roots thickened as lead concentration increased. The air spaces in the root cortex and rhizome also widened. Thickening of cell walls occurred in the epidermis and endodermis of rhizome. Likewise, in the leaves, thickening occurred in the upper and lower cuticle and also the upper and lower epidermis. In general, changes in anatomical features of root, rhizome, and leaves were observed in response to increasing lead concentrations. The results showed that C. serrulata developed some level of tolerance to heavy metals, especially lead.
Demonstrating the utility of machine learning innovations in address matching to spatial socio-economic applications

The last decade has heralded an unprecedented rise in the number, frequency and availability of data sources. Yet they are often incomplete, meaning data fusion is required to enhance their quality and scope. In the context of spatial analysis, address matching is critical to enhancing household socio-economic and demographic characteristics. Matching administrative, commercial, or lifestyle data sources to items such as household surveys has the potential benefits of improving data quality, enabling spatial data visualisation, and the lowering of respondent burden in household surveys. Typically when a practitioner has high quality data, unique identifiers are used to facilitate a direct linkage between household addresses. However, real-world databases are often absent of unique identifiers to enable a one-to-one match. Moreover, irregularities between the text representations of potential matches mean extensive cleaning of the data is often required as a pre-processing step. For this reason, practitioners have traditionally relied on two linkage techniques for facilitating matches between the text representations of addresses that are broadly divided into deterministic or mathematical approaches. Deterministic matching consists of constructing hand-crafted rules that classify address matches and non-matches based on specialist domain knowledge, while mathematical approaches have increasingly adopted machine learning techniques for resolving pairs of addresses to a match. In this notebook we demonstrate methods of the latter by demonstrating the utility of machine learning approaches to the address matching work flow. To achieve this, we construct a predictive model that resolves matches between two small datasets of restaurant addresses in the US. While the problem case may seem trivial, the intention of the notebook is to demonstrate an approach that is reproducible and extensible to larger data challenges. Thus, in the present notebook, we document an end-to-end pipeline that is replicable and instructive towards assisting future address matching problem cases faced by the regional scientist.
Analytical Method Development and Validation for the Estimation of Sugammadex

A simple, precise, accurate, specific RP-HPLC method developed for sugammadex in bulk and simulated mixture. Chromatographic separation is achieved by C18 column (250 x 4.6 mm, 5μ) in isocratic mode. The optimized mobile phase consists of acetonitrile and double d istilled water in ratio of 20:80%v/v at a flow rate of 0.5mL/min and sugammadex was monitored at 210nm. Retention time of the drug was found to be 3.39min. The linearity obtained in range of 50 – 250 μg/mL. %RSD mean for precision and %Recovery mean of the sugammadex were found to be 0.63 and 99.04% 99.84% respectively. Stability indicating nature of RP-HPLC method was established by applying the degradation condition. The results indicate that developed RP-HPLC method would be suitable for estimation of drug in presence of degradant product. The above developed method was validated according to ICH guideline.
Wikidata's Linked Data for Cultural Heritage Digital Resources: An Evaluation Based on the Europeana Data Model

Wikidata is an open data source with many potential applications. Our study aims to evaluate the usability of Wikidata as a linked data source for acquiring richer descriptions of digital objects within the context of Europeana, a data aggregator from the cultural heritage domain. Specifically, we aim to crawl and convert Wikidata using the standard approaches and operations developed for the (Semantic) Web of Data, i.e. using technologies like linked data consumption and RDF(S)/OWL ontology expression and reasoning. We also seek to re-use existing "semantic" specifications, such as conversions to and from generic data models like Schema.org and SKOS. We have developed an experimental set-up and accompanying software to test the feasibility of this approach. We conclude that Wikidata’s linked data is able to express an interesting level of semantics for cultural heritage, but quality can still be improved and a human operator still must assist linked data applications to interpret Wikidata’s RDF.
Preparation of mesoporous activated carbon from defective coffee beans for adsorption of fresh whey proteins

Whey protein has high biological value and functional properties. Therefore, it is necessary to develop methods to recover this valuable protein and minimize the environmental impacts. Adsorptive processes using alternative adsorbents from agroindustrial waste increase the number of alternatives for adequate final disposal of the waste and add value. The aim of this study was to develop a mesoporous activated carbon (AC) from defective coffee beans (DCB) for the adsorption of fresh whey protein. The morphological structure of the adsorbent produced was characterized, and both Raman spectroscopy, FTIR and thermal analyses were performed; and the effect of pH on the adsorption capacity (q, mg g-1) was evaluated. The characterization showed that: the AC exhibited a porous size between 33 and 43 Å, corresponding to mesoporous materials; the crystallite size (La) of AC was estimated at 9.31 ± 0.14 nm; the highest adsorption capacity value (239.1781 mg g-1) was achieved at pH 2.5 and 25oC; and the point of zero charge of the adsorbent was at pH 2.0. The pseudo first-order model fit best to the experimental results (R2 > 0.99) of whey protein adsorption onto activated carbon, and the Langmuir model was the most appropriate to represent the experimental data, with a maximum adsorption capacity of 378.4380 mg g-1, demonstrating the potential of AC obtained from DCB to adsorb fresh whey protein.
Mathematical and numerical modeling of a drop-shaped microcavity laser

This paper studies electromagnetic fields, frequencies of lasing, and emission thresholds of a drop-shaped microcavity laser. From the mathematical point of view, the original problem is a nonstandard two-parametric eigenvalue problem for the Helmholtz equation on the whole plane. The desired positive parameters are the lasing frequency and the threshold gain, the corresponding eigenfunctions are the amplitudes of the lasing modes. This problem is usually referred to as the lasing eigenvalue problem. In this study, spectral characteristics are calculated numerically, by solving the lasing eigenvalue problem on the basis of the set of Muller boundary integral equations, which is approximated by the Nyström method. The Muller equations have weakly singular kernels, hence the corresponding operator is Fredholm with zero index. The Nyström method is a special modification of the polynomial quadrature method for boundary integral equations with weakly singular kernels. This algorithm is accurate for functions that are well approximated by trigonometric polynomials, for example, for eigenmodes of resonators with smooth boundaries. This approach leads to a characteristic equation for mode frequencies and lasing thresholds. It is a nonlinear algebraic eigenvalue problem, which is solved numerically by the residual inverse iteration method. In this paper, this technique is extended to the numerical modeling of microcavity lasers having a more complicated form. In contrast to the microcavity lasers with smooth contours, which were previously investigated by the Nyström method, the drop has a corner. We propose a special modification of the Nyström method for contours with corners, which takes also the symmetry of the resonator into account. The results of numerical experiments presented in the paper demonstrate the practical effectiveness of the proposed algorithm.
ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT Review of Geometries and Coating Materials in Solid Phase Microextraction: Opportunities, Limitations, and Future Perspectives

The development of new support and geometries of solid phase microextraction (SPME), including metal fiber assemblies, coated-tip, and thin film microextraction (TFME) (i.e. selfsupported, fabric and blade supported), as well as their effects on diffusion and extraction rate of the analytes were discussed in the current review. Application of main techniques widely used for preparation of a variety of coating materials of SPME, including sol-gel technique, electrochemical and electrospinning methods as well as the available commercial coatings, were presented. Advantages and limitations of each technique from several aspects, such as range of application, biocompatibility, availability in different geometrical configurations, method of preparation, incorporation of various materials to tune materials to desired properties, and thermal and physical stability, were also investigated. Future perspectives of each technique to improve the efficiency and stability of the coatings were also summarized. Some interesting coatings including ionic liquids (ILs), metal organic frameworks (MOFs) and particle loaded coating were briefly presented.
Voltage-Induced Friction with Application to Electrovibration

Due to the growing interest in robotic and haptic applications, voltage-induced friction has rapidly gained in importance in recent years. However, despite extensive experimental investigations, the underlying principles are still not sufficiently understood, which complicates reliable modeling. We present a macroscopic model for solving electroadhesive frictional contacts which exploits the close analogy to classical adhesion theories, like Johnson-Kendall-Roberts (JKR) and Maugis, valid for electrically neutral bodies. For this purpose, we recalculate the adhesion force per unit area and the relative surface energy from electrostatics. Under the assumption of Coulomb friction in the contact interface, a closed form equation for the friction force is derived. As an application, we consider the frictional contact between the fingertip and touchscreen under electrovibration in more detail. The results obtained with the new model agree well with available experimental data of the recent literature. The strengths and limitations of the model are clearly discussed.