Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
GLYCEROL PRODUCTION BY OSMOPHILIC/OSMOTOLERANT MYCOBIOTA ASSOCIATED WITH MOLASSES

Sugarcane molasses is a by-product of sugar production from sugarcane plants. The constituents of molasses may favor the presence of osmotolerants fungi. Twenty samples of cane molasses were collected from four sugar factories from different localities in Upper Egypt during August 2015 to February 2016. Twentytwo species of osmophilic and/or osmotolerant filamentous fungi belong to 8 genera were isolated on 30% sucrose Czapek’s agar medium. The most common species were Aspergillus fumigatus, A. flavus, Monascus ruber. A total of 55 isolates belong to 22 species of the collected isolates were screened for their ability to produce extracellular glycerol using Czapek’s medium supplemented with 10% NaCl and 3% sodium bisulfite (Cz10NaCl). All isolates could produce extracellular glycerol with variable degrees (0.03-0.55 g/L). The highest producers were A. clavatus STRI 1, A. fumigatus STRI 12, A. terreus STRI 21, A. versicolor STRI 23, STR1 25 and Penicillium duclauxii STRI 45. They produced extracellular glycerol ranging between 0.510.55 g/L (= 5.54 – 5.98 ml moles). On the other hand, the mycelium of both A. versicolor STRI 25 and A. clavatus STRI 1, the highest extracellular glycerol producers (5.98 and 5.87 ml moles), released respectively 63.84 and 28.90 ml moles of intracellular glycerol, when transferred into sterilized distilled water for 24 hours.
Randomized Trial on the Effects of a Mindfulness Intervention on Temperament, Anxiety, and Depression: A Multi-Arm Psychometric Study

Mindfulness is a mental state that can be achieved through meditation. So far, studies have shown that practicing mindfulness on a consistent and regular basis can improve attentional functions and emotional well-being. Mindfulness has recently begun to be used in the field of child development. The goal of this study is to assess if a mindfulness program may help primary school students in reducing anxiety and depression while also improving their temperamental characteristics. This multi-arm pre-post study included 41 subjects recruited in the fifth year of two primary school classes. Participants were randomly assigned to the experimental and control groups. The experimental group, but not the control group, underwent an eight-week mindfulness training. Every week, the program included 60-min group sessions. QUIT (Italian Questionnaires of Temperament) and TAD (Test for Anxiety and Depression in Childhood and Adolescence) were used to assess temperament, and anxiety and depression, respectively. Both groups were administered both instruments before and after mindfulness intervention. The mindfulness program lowered anxiety levels and was effective in changing temperament dimensions: there was an increase in social orientation (SO), positive emotionality (PE), and attention (AT), as well as a decrease in inhibition to novelty (IN) and negative emotionality. Path analysis revealed that AT may promote the improvement of both SO and IN. Similarly, PE may be promoted by the decrease of IN. Clinical implications are discussed.
Molecular characterization of an Egyptian isolate of Penicillium chrysogenum virus

The number and diversity of reported mycoviruses have significantly increased with the utilization of next generation sequencing technologies. In the present study, an Egyptian isolate of a known mycovirus was identified in Penicillium chrysogenum isolated from Damietta governorate, Egypt. The genome of the identified mycovirus is divided into four double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) segments, three of which were completely sequenced and analyzed (dsRNA1; 3562 nts, dsRNA2; 3198 nts and dsRNA4; 2902 nts). The nucleotide sequence of the fourth segment (dsRNA3) has been partially identified. DsRNAs 1 and 2 encode RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp) and capsid protein (CP), respectively. The mycovirus of the current study was identified as an isolate of Penicillium chrysogenum virus (PcV) based on the high RdRp identity (99.37%) in BLASTX searches. The identified dsRNAs have conserved untranslated regions (UTRs) that were identical to those observed in other chrysoviruses. According to the phylogenetic study, PcV belongs to family Chrysoviridae genus Alphachrysovirus.
Transformation mechanism of carbamic acid elimination and hydrolysis reaction in microbial self-healing concrete

ABSTRACT Carbamic acid (NH2COOH) plays an important role in microbial induced carbonate precipitation. However, investigations on the reaction mechanisms of NH2COOH elimination and hydrolysis are still lacking. In this work, the transformation mechanism of NH2COOH elimination and hydrolysis in neutral and basic conditions was investigated by quantum chemical calculation. The results showed that NH2COOH mainly existed in the form of trans-NH2COOH configuration in the liquid phase at room temperature. In the neutral condition, the catalysis of NH3 or H2O could reduce the reaction energy barrier of NH2COOH elimination and hydrolysis, and NH2COOH tended to carry out the elimination reaction catalysed by NH3 to generate NH3 and CO2. In the basic condition, reaction energy barriers of NH2COOH elimination and hydrolysis increased and decreased significantly, respectively, indicating that the basic condition was unfavourable for the NH2COOH elimination reaction but rather favourable for the NH2COOH hydrolysis reaction. NH2COOH in the basic condition tended to carry out the hydrolysis reaction to generate NH3 and H2CO3. The transformation mechanism of NH2COOH elimination and hydrolysis in different conditions was examined in this work, which would provide the theoretical guidance for the better healing ability of microbial self-healing concrete in practical engineering.
Behaviours of some Rice Cultivars Treated with Cycocel under Wa-ter Stress Condition

To investigate the effect of different intervals of water stress and cycocel (CCC) levels on yield and yield components of some rice cultivars (Giza179 and Sakha108), at the farm of Agricultural Research Station, Sakha, Kafrelsheikh, Egypt, during 2018 and 2019 successive rice seasons, a strip-split plot design with four replicates was used. The treatments included three irrigation intervals (I1:4, I2:8, and I3:12 days intervals and four foliar application levels of cycocel hormone (T1:control; T2:250; T3:500; and T4:750 ppm) on two rice cultivars (Giza179 and Sakha108). It was observed that during the foliar application of chlormequat chloride cycocel (CCC), leaf area index (LAI) and dry matter significantly increased by increasing cycocel levels up to 500 ppm while application of cycocel up to (C4) led to increasing chlorophyll content. Number of panicles m, number of filled grain panicle, 1000-grain weight and grain yield significantly increased up to 500 ppm as compared to control and 750 ppm (C4) treatments. At all different water intervals and cycocel interaction, data show that foliar application of cycocel up to 500 ppm may improve growth and yield characters under different irrigation intervals up to irrigation every 12-days. While there was no significant difference between rice cultivars under this study on grain yield, on the other hand, Giza 179 mark superiority at all growth and yield characters than Sakha108 which recorded positive results with cycocel as foliar application. It was concluded that cycocel maybe a good tool for improving rice yield under drought stress.
Plant Pan-genomes: A New Frontier in Understanding Genomic Diversity in Plants

The comparison of several associated species and plant genome sequencing efforts has increased in recent years. The inflated level of the genomic variety leads to the discovery that the single reference genomes may not reflect the variability in a species, resulting in the evolution of a pan-genome idea. Pan-genomes exhibit a species' genetic variability and contain mutant genes lacking in some individuals and essential genes present in all individuals. Mutant gene classifications often reveal cross-species parallels, including genes for abiotic and biotic stresses generally concentrated within mutant gene groupings. Here we discuss the history of pan-genomics in plants, investigate the causes of gene variation, deletion, and existence and demonstrate why pan-genomes might assist crop genetics and breeding research.
First observations of ovary regeneration in an amphipod, Ampelisca eschrichtii Krøyer, 1842

Background Females of the gammaridean amphipod Ampelisca eschrichtii with signs of regenerating, previously atrophied ovaries were recovered from the northeastern shelf of Sakhalin Island (Okhotsk Sea, Russia). Ovarian regeneration was previously unknown for any amphipod species. A. eschrichtii have a predominantly 2-year life cycle (from embryo to adult death) and reproduce once between late winter or early spring at the age of 2 years. Occasionally, females survive to a third year. An adaptive value of extended survival among these females is likely to require that they are also reproductive. Methods Histological sections from a second-year female with ovarian atrophy, a female with normal ovaries, a third-year female with ovarian regeneration, as well as testes of an immature and a sexually mature male were compared to determine the sources of cells of the germinal and somatic lines necessary for ovarian regeneration. Results Ovarian regeneration in the third-year female began with the formation of a new germinal zone from germ cells preserved in the atrophied ovaries and eosinophilic cells of the previously starving second-year female. Eosinophilic cells form the mesodermal component of the germinal zone. A mass of these cells appeared in the second-year female that had atrophied ovaries and in large numbers on the intestine wall of the third-year female with regenerating ovaries. These eosinophilic cells appear to migrate into the regenerating ovaries. Conclusions All germ cells of the second-year female are not lost during ovarian atrophy and can be involved in subsequent ovarian regeneration. Eosinophilic cells involved in ovarian regeneration are of mesodermal origin. The eosinophilic cell morphologies are similar to those of quiescence cells (cells in a reversible state that do not divide but retain the ability to re-enter cell division and participate in regeneration). These histological data thus indicate that eosinophilic and germ cells of third-year females can participate in the regeneration of the ovaries to reproduce a second brood. The precursors of these third-year females (a small number the second-year females with an asynchronous [summer] breeding period and ovaries that have atrophied due to seasonal starvation) appear to possess sources of somatic and germ cells that are sufficient for ovarian regeneration and that may be adaptations to starvation stress.
EFFICACY OF SOME MINERAL OIL AND BIO-ACARICIDE AGAINST TO THE SPOTTED SPIDER MITE, Tetranychus cucurbitacearum (Sayed)

Experiment were carried out at Sakha Agric. Res. Station, Kafr El-Sheikh, Egypt in 2007 season to evaluate the toxic effect of mineral oil; Capl-2 (96.62% EC) and bio-acaricide; Challenger (36% SC) on the spotted spider mite Tetranychus cucurbitacearum (Sayed). Laboratory tests indicated that LC50 values of Capl-2 (96.62% EC) were 3000 ppm and 2500 ppm against adult females and eggs, respectively, while hatchability of mites eggs treated with LC50 increased as the eggs got older, being 36.56, 61.60 and 72.53 for one, two and three-day old eggs, respectively. On the other hand duration of immature stages and total life cycle of this mite, were more prolonged when one, two and three days old eggs were treated with LC50 of Capl-2 oil compared with the untreated ones. Total mortalities of mite immatures were 46.89%, 53.33% and 57.03% when they developed from one, two and three days old eggs treated with LC50 of Capl-2 oil, respectively. Under field conditions Challenger (36% SC) with concentration 45 cc/100 L. of water was satisfactory in controlling the mite T. cucurbitacearum on soybean plants (Glycin max Merr.) variety Crowford, since it gave 91.95% reduction in population density. On the other hand, Capl-2 (96.62% EC) at the rate of 1.5 liter/100 L. water gave 73.27% reduction in mite population.
Want to improve school mental health interventions? Ask young people what they actually think

As part of the recent ‘therapeutic turn’ in education, schools are now commonly seen as a place for mental health guidance and support. This often involves interventions —special curricula of lessons or activities (e.g. counselling sessions), which aim to either prevent mental health problems or manage those that have already started. Running these interventions in schools makes good sense: rates of mental health problems in young people are rising, and large numbers can be reached in this set-ting. However, evidence for the effectiveness of such interventions has been mixed. One way to improve how helpful and useful they are, we argue here, would be to ask young people themselves what they think about these programmes. This involves collecting qualitative data: gathering in-depth information about young people’s experiences and opinions, rather than relying solely on numerical data, such as rating scales. The small number of existing published qualitative studies in this area show that many young people do find these interventions helpful, but there are issues that warrant careful attention. For example, some young people can feel worried or vulnerable duringclassroom-basedexercises,andothersdon’tseehowthe interventions are relevant for their own lives. Here, we explore ThisisanopenaccessarticleunderthetermsoftheCreativeCommonsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivsLicense,whichpermits this literature and recommend two avenues for future work: ask more young people what they think of existing interven-tions,andgettheminvolvedinthedesignofnewones.Together, this will put young people’s voices at the heart of school-based mental health interventions.
Urinary Ferritin Creatinine Ratio as a Potential Biomarker for Lupus Nephritis

Background: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) can affect multiple systems and major organs, among which lupus nephritis (LN), which is a common major organ manifestation and a main cause of the morbidity and mortality of the disease. In this regard, LN affects 40– 80% of SLE patients and result in chronic kidney disease, which sequentially increases the morbidity and mortality in SLE patients. Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the value of urinary ferritin/creatinine ratio (UFCR) in diagnosis and evaluation of lupus nephritis. Patients and Methods: This study was conducted in the Internal Medicine Department, Zagazig University Hospitals. The study included 36 patients complaining of SLE diagnosed according to the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) revised criteria for the classification of SLE. Patients were divided into two equal groups; group (I) included 18 SLE patients without LN (17 of them were females and one was male) with a mean age of 32.33 ± 6.47 years, and group (II) included 18 SLE patients with LN (18 of them were females) with a mean age of 29.28 ± 6.56 years. They were compared to 18 healthy control participants (16 of them were females and two were males) with mean age of 32.28 ± 6.03years. Urinary ferritin creatinine ratio (UFCR) was measured for all of them. Results: There was a statistical significance increase in urinary ferritin among LN group compared to other groups. UFCR was significantly higher in the LN group than control group. There was a statistically significance positive correlation between UFCR and SLEDAI score, serum ferritin, blood urea and serum creatinine among LN group. Conclusion: UFCR level can be considered as a potential biomarker for the kidney injury in LN, and it is significantly increased in LN patients.
Photochemical oxidation of an azo dye in aqueous solutions by UV/H2O2 process

Advanced oxidation process (AOP) employing hydrogen peroxide with UV light has been found to be very effective method that is capable of transformation refractory non biodegradable and/or toxic organic compounds into harmless end products such as carbon dioxide and water. The UV/H2O2 oxidation process is characterized by generation of a very powerful oxidizing species, namely hydroxyl radicals. The aim of the present work is to study of the kinetics and mechanism of the photochemical oxidation of a synthetic dye with UV/H2O2 process. Choice of the present model based on its similarity of chemical structure with commercial importance dyes. The primary analysis was performed by recording the spectral changes of aqueous solutions of the dye under the following conditions (i) direct photolysis of the dye solution with light of wave length of 298 nm. , (ii) thermal reaction between the dye and H2O2 in dark, and (iii) photolysis of the dye solution containing H2O2. The results demonstrate that, direct photolysis of the dye is not negligible but is very slow; the thermal reaction of the dye and H2O2 in dark is negligible. However the combination of both H2O2 and UV light enhanced both decolourisation and degradation processes. The effect of reaction pH, applied H2O2 dose and irradiation wavelength has been studied. The results indicate that the reaction is more efficient in alkaline medium. Also, the rate of photoreaction is inversely proportional with irradiation wavelength. Moreover the addition of potassium ferrioxalate generally enhanced the photochemical conversion. The kinetics and mechanism of investigated reaction have been postulated.
Root Illumination Promotes Seedling Growth and Inhibits Gossypol Biosynthesis in Upland Cotton

Gossypol, a terpenoid compound mainly synthesized in the cotton roots, acts as a phytoalexin in protecting the plants from biotic stress. Roots are critical for both the secondary metabolism and the growth of the plant. Light plays an important role in plant growth and material metabolism, however, the effect of root illumination (RI) on the cotton seedling growth and gossypol metabolism remains unclear. In the present study, the cotton genetic standard line TM-1 and four pairs of near-isogenic lines (NILs) were used as materials to study the impact of RI on cotton seedlings. Results showed that, compared with the cotton seedlings cultivated without RI, the photosynthetic rate, leaf area, and dry weight of roots and leaves were significantly increased, while the gossypol content in leaves and roots was significantly reduced in seedlings cultivated with RI. GO and KEGG enrichment analysis of the differentially expressed genes (DEGs) with and without RI both indicated that photosynthesis and terpenoid biosynthesis-related GO terms and pathways were significantly enriched, the expression profile confirmed that RI positively regulated the photosynthesis system and negatively affected the gossypol biosynthesis pathway in roots. This study revealed the effects of RI on seedlings’ growth and gossypol biosynthesis in upland cotton, and provided important insights for the engineering of cotton with low gossypol accumulation.
Adaptive Cooperative Control for Human-Robot Load Manipulation

In this letter, we propose a control strategy for human-robot cooperative manipulation under the ambiguous collaboration of a human agent. To cope with this uncertainty, an adaptive update law inferring the human contribution to the system dynamics from basic perception feedback through the human arm stiffness is used. Furthermore, the robustness and accuracy of the approach is enhanced by redundantly tracking the shared load references and its associated end-effector position references. To validate the control strategy, both theoretical Lyapunov stability analysis and experimental results –employing two robot manipulators with 6 degrees of freedom under external disturbances– are provided.
Academic resilience, emotional intelligence, and academic performance among undergraduate students

Academic resilience and emotional intelligence are considered important personal resources for furthering students’ academic performance. However, many educational organizations seem to trivialize the performance implications of these constructs in teachings and curriculum. Consequently, it can decrease not just their academic performance but also their employability, as they lack the generic competencies to adapt and survive in a stressful context. Even so, empirical evidence on integrating academic resilience, emotional intelligence, and academic performance remains unexplored in the Nigerian university context. Therefore, the study aimed to investigate the linkages between academic resilience, emotional intelligence, and academic performance in Nigeria. The partial least square (PLS) modeling method was utilized for testing the stated hypotheses with data collected from 179 final year undergraduate students in the regular B.Sc. Business Administration and B.Sc. Marketing program at Delta State University, Nigeria. From the PLS results, the study reported that academic resilience was positively related to emotional intelligence (β = 0.125, p = 0.007), academic resilience (β = 0.231, p = 0.000) and emotional intelligence (β = 0.260, p = 0.000) were positively related to academic performance, and emotional resilience mediated the positive relationship between academic resilience and academic performance (β = 0.057, p = 0.005). While academic resilience predicted academic performance, it also predicted emotional intelligence, which affected academic performance significantly and positively.
A Genome-Wide Association Study and Machine-Learning Algorithm Analysis on the Prediction of Facial Phenotypes by Genotypes in Korean Women

Purpose Changes in facial appearance are affected by various intrinsic and extrinsic factors, which vary from person to person. Therefore, each person needs to determine their skin condition accurately to care for their skin accordingly. Recently, genetic identification by skin-related phenotypes has become possible using genome-wide association studies (GWAS) and machine-learning algorithms. However, because most GWAS have focused on populations with American or European skin pigmentation, large-scale GWAS are needed for Asian populations. This study aimed to evaluate the correlation of facial phenotypes with candidate single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) to predict phenotype from genotype using machine learning. Materials and Methods A total of 749 Korean women aged 30–50 years were enrolled in this study and evaluated for five facial phenotypes (melanin, gloss, hydration, wrinkle, and elasticity). To find highly related SNPs with each phenotype, GWAS analysis was used. In addition, phenotype prediction was performed using three machine-learning algorithms (linear, ridge, and linear support vector regressions) using five-fold cross-validation. Results Using GWAS analysis, we found 46 novel highly associated SNPs (p < 1×10−05): 3, 20, 12, 6, and 5 SNPs for melanin, gloss, hydration, wrinkle, and elasticity, respectively. On comparing the performance of each model based on phenotypes using five-fold cross-validation, the ridge regression model showed the highest accuracy (r2 = 0.6422–0.7266) in all skin traits. Therefore, the optimal solution for personal skin diagnosis using GWAS was with the ridge regression model. Conclusion The proposed facial phenotype prediction model in this study provided the optimal solution for accurately predicting the skin condition of an individual by identifying genotype information of target characteristics and machine-learning methods. This model has potential utility for the development of customized cosmetics.