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PRODUCTIVITY AND COMPETITION RELATIONSHIPS OF CORIANDER AND FENUGREEK PLANTS AS AFFECTED BY INTERCROPPING SYSTEM AND BIOFERTILIZATION RATE

The present work was conducted at the Agriculture Experimental Farm, Zagazig University, Egypt for two consecutive winter seasons of 2013/2014 and 2014/2015 aiming to study the effect of using different intercropping systems between coriander and fenugreek, biofertilization rate and their interaction treatments on fruits and volatile oil yields of coriander plant, seed and fixed oil yields of fenugreek plant and total chlorophyll as well as some competitive relationships [land equivalent ratio (LER), area time equivalent ratio (ATER), land utilization efficiency (LUE), relative crowding coefficient (RCC) and aggressivity (A)] of both crops. The used intercropping system treatments were sole crop of coriander or fenugreek (control), 1:1, 1:2, 1:3, 2:1 and 2: 2 rows of coriander and fenugreek, respectively. Whereas, the used biofertilization rates were 0, 200 and 400 gram of Rhizobium per fad. The obtained results showed that, using intercropping system of one row of coriander with three rows of fenugreek increased the values of seed and oil yields per plant as well as total chlorophyll (SPAD-unit) of coriander and fenugreek plants. Furthermore, the maximum increase in this respect was obtained from the treatment of 200 and 400g/faddan of Rhizobium inoculation compared with the other ones under study in the first and second seasons, respectively. Studying competitive relationships showed that, coriander and fenugreek plants could be intercropped successfully under Sharkia Governorate conditions in order to maximize the land use efficiency. Generally, the highest values of LER (1.24 and 1.23), ATER (1.17 and 1.15) and LUE % (120.83% and 119.00%) were achieved by the interaction treatment between intercropping system of one row of coriander alternating with three rows of fenugreek (1:3 system) inoculated with 200g and 400g/faddan of Rhizobium inoculation rate in the first and second seasons, respectively.
Study of phase transitions and structural order in perturbed nematic liquid crystals Študij faznega prehoda in strukturnega reda v perturbiranemu nematičnemu tekočemu kristalu

: We studied the typical domain size and configuration character of randomly perturbed nematic liquid crystal system, or in general the system of rod-like objects which interact via a Lebwohl–Lasher-type interaction. We described their local direction with a headless unit director field. We introduced into the system the impurities of concentration p , which impose the random anisotropy field-type disorder to directors. We studied the domain-type pattern of molecules as a function of p , anchoring strength W between a neighboring director and impurity, temperature, and history of samples. In simulations, we quenched the directors either from the random or from homogeneous initial configuration. Our results show that a history of system strongly influences: i) the average domain coherence length; and ii) the range of orientational ordering in the system. In the random case, the obtained order is always short-range ( SRO ). On the contrary, in the homogeneous case, SRO is obtained only for strong enough anchoring W and large enough concentration p . In other cases, the ordering is either quasi long range ( QLRO ) or long range ( LRO ). We further studied field-induced memory effects for the random initial configuration. With increasing external ordering field, either QLRO or LRO is realized. This ordering is preserved even if the field is switched off, and its degree saturates for a large enough value of the field. Therefore, one can control the degree of global ordering and average domain coherence size by temporarily exposing the system to an external ordering field. Such systems could be exploited as soft matter based phase-memory devices.
a of A Study of the Views of and Social Decision-makers on the Role of Wellbeing in Resource Allocation Decisions in the UK .

: There has been growing international interest in the role that wellbeing measures could play within policy making in health and social care. This project explored the opinions of a sample of UK decision-makers on the relevance of wellbeing and subjective wellbeing (by which we mean good and bad feelings or overall evaluations of life, such as life satisfaction) for resource allocation decisions within health and social care. Through these discussions we draw out the perceived advantages and the potential concerns that decision-makers have about broadening out to wellbeing and subjective wellbeing rather than just measuring health. Three focus groups were conducted: with members of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) Citizen’s Council, with a Health and Wellbeing Board at a Local Authority and with Public Health England. In addition, eleven semi-structured interviews were held with staff from NHS England and members of a range of NICE committees. We identiﬁed a range of opinions about the role of wellbeing and a broadly held view that there was a need for improved consideration of broader quality of life outcomes. We also identiﬁed considerable caution in relation to the use of subjective wellbeing.
International Journal of Social Sciences & Educational Studies ISSN 2520-0968 (Online), ISSN 2409-1294 (Print), June 2022, Vol.9, No.2

Since the breakdown of the COVID-19, tertiary education in Malaysia is still using online classes. Returning to normal study routines might have some positive effects or opposite and causes anxiety for other students as with class reentry. Therefore, this study is evaluating the depression, anxiety, and stress in reentry classes of university students post covid-19 from all over Malaysia. Observational study was conducted using online questionnaire that was developed by adapting the Patient Health questionnaire (PHQ-9), Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD-7), and Perceived stress scale (PSS). The results show higher levels of anxiety and perceived stress among Malaysian university students towards class reentry which causes moderate depression. The findings revealed a significant correlation between depression, anxiety, and perceived stress. Thus, policies should be implemented by educational institutions and instructors to help understand the students’ mental strain and deal with future pandemic to overcome students’ anxiety and emotional distress.
Developing a placebo-controlled trial in surgery

Background: Surgical placebos are controversial. This in-depth study explored the design, acceptability, and feasibility issues relevant to designing a surgical placebo-controlled trial for the evaluation of the clinical and cost effectiveness of arthroscopic lavage for the management of people with osteoarthritis of the knee in the UK. Methods: Two surgeon focus groups at a UK national meeting for orthopaedic surgeons and one regional surgeon focus group (41 surgeons); plenary discussion at a UK national meeting for orthopaedic anaesthetists (130 anaesthetists); three focus groups with anaesthetists (one national, two regional; 58 anaesthetists); two focus groups with members of the patient organisation Arthritis Care (7 participants); telephone interviews with people on consultant waiting lists from two UK regional centres (15 participants); interviews with Chairs of UK ethics committees (6 individuals); postal surveys of members of the British Association of Surgeons of the Knee (382 surgeons) and members of the British Society of Orthopaedic Anaesthetists (398 anaesthetists); two centre pilot (49 patients assessed). Results: There was widespread acceptance that evaluation of arthroscopic lavage had to be conducted with a placebo control if scientific rigour was not to be compromised. The choice of placebo surgical procedure (three small incisions) proved easier than the method of anaesthesia (general anaesthesia). General anaesthesia, while an excellent mimic, was more intrusive and raised concerns among some stakeholders and caused extensive discussion with local decision-makers when seeking formal approval for the pilot. Patients were willing to participate in a pilot with a placebo arm; although some patients when allocated to surgery became apprehensive about the possibility of receiving placebo, and withdrew. Placebo surgery was undertaken successfully. Conclusions: Our study illustrated the opposing and often strongly held opinions about surgical placebos, the ethical issues underpinning this controversy, and the challenges that exist even when ethics committee approval has been granted. It showed that a placebo-controlled trial could be conducted in principle, albeit with difficulty. It also highlighted that not only does a placebo-controlled trial in surgery have to be ethically and scientifically acceptable but that it also must be a feasible course of action. The place of placebo-controlled surgical trials more generally is likely to be limited and require specific circumstances to be met. Suggested criteria are presented.
Pay Transparency and Its Effects: A Comparative Analysis of Public and Private Sector

This paper explores employee attitudes on pay communication and pay transparency and compares perceptions from private and public sector employees. Primary research was conducted among 353 employees working in the public and private sector in Croatia. Research results indicate that employees from the public sector, when compared to employees from the private sector, showed a more positive attitude towards pay transparency, higher preference for pay transparency and willingness to communicate one’s pay. Employees from the public sector perceive greater beneficial effect of pay transparency than employees from the private sector. The pay communication policy and level of pay transparency can act as additional factors that attract employees to the public or private sector and thus cause employee sorting between the two sectors.
Deletion of Serum Response Factor Rescues the Cornea Defects Caused by the Loss of Actin Depolymerizing Factor (ADF/Destrin) in Mouse

Cell hyperproliferation, inflammation, and angiogenesis are biological processes central to the pathogenesis of corneal disease, as well as other conditions including tumorigenesis and chronic inflammatory disorders. Due to the number of disease conditions that arise as a result of these abnormalities, identifying the molecular mechanisms underlying these processes is critical. The avascular and transparent cornea serves as a good in vivo model to study the pathogenesis of cell hyperproliferation, inflammation, and angiogenesis. Corneal disease 1 ( Dstn corn1 ) mice are homozygous for a spontaneous null allele of the destrin ( Dstn ) gene, which is also known as actin depolymerizing factor (ADF). These mice exhibit abnormalities in the cornea including epithelial cell hyperproliferation, and stromal inflammation and neovascularization. We previously identified that the transcription factor, serum response factor (SRF), and a number of its target genes are upregulated in the cornea of these mice. In this study, we show that conditional ablation of Srf in the corneal epithelium of a diseased Dstn corn1 cornea results in the rescue of the epithelial cell hyperproliferation, inflammation, and neovascularization phenotypes, delineating an epithelial cell specific role for SRF in the development of all of these abnormalities. Our study also demonstrates that Dstn is genetically upstream of Srf , and defines a new functional role for SRF as the master regulator of a hyperproliferative, inflammatory phenotype accompanied by neovascularization.
Androgen Deprivation Therapy and SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Patients with Prostate Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Objectives: The main treatment for metastatic prostate cancer is androgen deprivation therapy. The relationship between ADT and SARSCoV-2 virus was intensively investigated since the COVID 19 pandemic began. To perform a meta-analysis to evaluate the effect of androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) on COVID-19 in patients with prostate cancer. Methods: On January 11 th , a comprehensive literature search was conducted following PRISMA guidelines in the PubMed, Scopus, Embase, and Web of Science databases, and an update was conducted on January 24 for this search. Results: Eight papers were included for systematic review. Five studies were suitable for meta-analysis. The incidence of SARS-CoV-2 infection among patients who were receiving ADT was 3.0%. ADT was not associated with a lower incidence of SARS-CoV-2 infection (95% CI: 0.56-1.58, RR = 0.94, p=.91; I 2 = 60%, p=.03). Mortality was around 28% and there was no significant relationship between ADT use and mortality (95% CI: 0.61-1.69, RR = 1.01, p=.96). Conclusion: It is difficult to say that there is a relationship between use of ADT and the risk of death due to COVID-19 infection. But there is also no evidence to suggest that ADT causes the risk of death from COVID-19. Abstract Article: Semiz HS, Arayici ME, Ellidokuz H. Androgen Deprivation Therapy and SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Patients with Prostate Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. EJMI
Volatile Proﬁles and Lipid Oxidation of Irradiated Cooked Chicken Meat from Laying Hens Fed Diets Containing Conjugated Linoleic Acid 1

The objective of this study was to determine the inﬂuence of dietary conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) on lipid oxidation, volatile proﬁles, and sensory characteristics of irradiated cooked chicken meat. Forty-eight 27-wk-old White Leghorn hens were fed a diet containing 0, 1.25, 2.5, or 5.0% CLA. After 12 wk of feeding trial, hens were slaughtered, and boneless, skinless breast and thigh muscles were separated. Meats of three birds from a dietary treatment were pooled and ground to-gether through a 9-mm and a 3-mm plate, and patties were prepared. Patties were individually packaged and cooked in a water bath at 85 C for 15 min. After cooling to room temperature, patties were repackaged in oxygen-permeable or oxygen-impermeable bags, irradiated at 0 or 3 kiloGray (kGy) with an electron beam irradiator, and analyzed for lipid oxidation, volatile proﬁles, and sensory characteristics at 0 and 5 d of storage at 4 C.
Comparative Analysis of Reported Deaths Cases Associated with the New Coronavirus COVID-19 Pandemic in the South Caucasus Countries (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia) from March 2020 to May 2022

The results of a statistical analysis of daily, total by days of the week and monthly data on officially reported deaths cases from the new coronavirus COVID-19 in the countries of the South Caucasus (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia) from March 12, 2020 to May 31, 2022 are presented. All data are normalized per 1 million populations (mortality rate, hereinafter, this normalization is assumed everywhere). In particular, the following results were obtained. The daily mortality rate in Armenia averaged 3.591 (range: 0-23.622), in Azerbaijan - 1.184 (range: 0-10.969), in Georgia - 5.596 (range: 0-23.189). The total monthly mortality rate in Armenia averaged 107.9 (variability range: 1.01-415.4), in Azerbaijan - 35.6 (variability range: 0.39-122.9), in Georgia - 168.1 (variability range: 0-547.4). A direct linear correlation was observed between the indicated countries in cases of daily and total monthly mortality. An analysis of the intraweek course of mortality showed that in Armenia, on weekdays, the average daily mortality is 4.319, and on weekends - 3.477 (an increase compared to weekends by about 24%); in Azerbaijan, on weekdays and weekends, the average daily mortality is 1.368 and 1.421, respectively (the difference is insignificant); in Georgia on weekdays, the average daily mortality is 7.558, and on weekends - 6.855 (an increase of about 10% compared to weekends).
Self-Assembled Plasmonic Sensor Platforms: a Promising Approach for Monitoring Enzymatic Degradation of Thin Gelatin Layers

- Plasmonic sensors based on periodic hole arrays in metallic films are investigated for monitoring enzymatic degradation of extracellular matrix. Sensors are fabricated using a bottom-up strategy in which soft colloidal lithography is combined with chemical gold film deposition. The resulting plasmonic sensors show extraordinary transmission of light supported by surface plasmon polaritons. These are highly sensitive to refractive index changes in close proximity to the sensor surface and are utilized for the quantitative detection of extracellular matrix degradation.
Spatial data representations for rapid visualization and analysis

Spatial data representations help to describe the world that we live in. Inherent characteristics of spatial data--multi-dimensionality and typically large volumes--make the representation of this information an interesting problem. As spatial data play ever greater roles in time-critical applications, demands on the data representations also increase. The work described in this dissertation addresses three current problems with spatial data representations. First is the need for data representations that support multiple scales and precisions without losing critical information. Second is a requirement for spatial operations to exploit filtering techniques to improve performance. Third is a desire for merging techniques that will allow different data representations to exist separately yet work together so that different data representations may be used to their best advantage. Three triangulation methods are presented. An adaptive hierarchical triangulation algorithm generates a structure with fixed levels of detail with a specified accuracy. The tree structure of this triangulation hierarchy supports pruning and filtering, and is therefore the basis of the manipulation algorithms described in the remaining chapters. Another method, curvature equalization, improves existing triangulations by ensuring that smooth areas are represented by relatively few triangles, and rough areas are represented by many more. This method is used to produce a good initial tessellation for the adaptive hierarchical triangulation. A distinguishing characteristic of all three methods is that they attempt to generalize critical lines on the surface with the triangle edges. Algorithms for three spatial operations exploiting the adaptive hierarchical triangulation's tree structure are given. These operations--zoom, multi-resolution viewing, and line of sight calculation--represent typical time-critical visualization and analysis applications. Techniques for merging the adaptive hierarchical triangulation with other data representations are described. These, too, exploit tree structures to improve performance of the merging algorithms. A significant contribution here is the polygonal line sweep, which can find all triangles inside an area without having to examine them all.
T2 (cid:1) Imaging Within Perfusion-Restricted Tissue in High-Grade Occlusive Carotid Disease

Background and Purpose —Quantitative T2 (cid:1) imaging presumably detects regional changes in the relation of oxygenated and deoxygenated hemoglobin. Regional differences in hemoglobin oxygenation might reflect areas with increased oxygen extraction for compensation of reduced perfusion pressure. We investigated quantitative T2 (cid:1) imaging in patients with high-grade stenoses of brain-supplying arteries and hypothesized that T2 (cid:1) values are lower in perfusion-restricted areas as compared with normally perfused tissue. Methods —Eighteen patients (15 men; mean age (cid:2) SD, 54 (cid:2) 12.8 years) with unilateral symptomatic or asymptomatic high-grade extracranial or intracranial internal carotid artery or proximal middle cerebral artery stenosis/occlusion were included. MR examination included perfusion-weighted imaging and quantitative, motion-corrected mapping of T2 (cid:1) time. Time-to-peak and mean transit time maps were thresholded for different degrees of perfusion delays (eg, (cid:3) 0 seconds, (cid:1) 2 seconds) compared with the contralateral hemisphere. Mean T2 (cid:1) values in areas of impaired perfusion were compared with T2 (cid:1) values in corresponding contralateral or ipsilateral, normoperfused areas. Results —Mean size of perfusion-impaired areas in time-to-peak maps (time-to-peak delay (cid:3) 0 seconds) was 10.8 mL ( (cid:2) 6.3) and 11.5 mL ( (cid:2) 6.4) in mean transit time maps (mean transit time delay (cid:3) 0 seconds). T2 (cid:1) values were significantly ( P (cid:4) 0.01) lower in all perfusion-restricted compared with corresponding contralateral brain areas (ipsilateral versus contralateral). For time-to-peak delay (cid:3) 0 seconds, T2 (cid:1) values were 115 ms ( (cid:2) 9) versus 125 ms ( (cid:2) 12). For mean transit time delay (cid:3) 0 seconds, T2 (cid:1) values were 115 ms ( (cid:2) 9) versus 128 ms ( (cid:2) 10). Differences in T2 (cid:1) values increased with the severity of the perfusion delay. Ipsilateral T2 (cid:1) values outside the perfusion-disturbed areas did not differ from contralateral T2 (cid:1) values. Conclusions —Motion-corrected T2 (cid:1) imaging presumably detects areas with increased oxygen extraction within perfusion-restricted tissue in patients with high-grade occlusive vessel disease. ( Stroke . 2012;43:1831-1836.)
Real Time Monocular Visual Odometry Using Hybrid Features and Distance Ratio for Scale Estimation

Real time dead reckoning navigation is important for supplying information of the current position of an autonomous mobile robot to complete its task, especially in certain areas such as hazardous and GPS-denied areas. Monocular visual odometry is a good choice as it is one of the dead reckoning navigation method which only uses single camera. For real time task, visual odometry requires fast feature extraction without ignoring its accuracy. Therefore, we propose the usage of a hybrid feature, i.e. Censure feature detector and upright SURF feature descriptor, as feature extraction. Yet, the scale ambiguity for the monocular visual odometry becomes a challenging problem. Without additional information from other sensors, estimating the scale is solely the only way. In our proposed work, distance ratio is employed to tackle such problems. Experimental results show the performance of the designed algorithm. A real example of running the proposed algorithm under an embedded device is also provided for demonstrating its real time capability.
Complex Orthogonal Spreading Sequences Using Mutually Complex Orthogonal Spreading Sequences Using Mutually Orthagonal Complimentary Sets Orthagonal Complimentary Sets

: This paper presents a new family of complex spreading sequences designed using mutually orthogo-nal(MO) complementary sets. Based on the technique described in this paper, the correlation properties of sets of sequences are compared to well-known Walsh-Hadamard sequence sets. Further improvement of correlation qualities can be achieved by employing a diagonal modification method. We also present simulation results of an asynchronous multiuser CDMA system using the modified sequences. modification method to achieve good aperiodic cross-correlation characteristics. The sequences designed that way can exhibit a reasonable compromise between autocorrelation and cross-correlation characteristics, and as shown through the simulations lead to good performance when used in an asynchronous multiuser CDMA system. Further research should examine the system performance in a more realistic multipath environment, with or without RAKE receivers.