Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Emerging and re ‐ emerging zoonotic buffalopox infection : a severe outbreak in

Buffalopox is an emerging and re‐emerging zoonotic viral infection. The authors investigated an extensive zoonotic outbreak of buffalopox involving many human cases. High morbidity and significant productivity losses were recorded among domestic buffalo in Kolhapur (Maharashtra), India, between February and March 2009. The outbreak involved a total of 4 000 buffalo from 21 villages in which over 10 000 buffalo were herded. The outbreak also involved 125 humans who were mostly animal handlers and milkers of all age groups. The disease inflicted a loss of approximately 40% in terms of reduced milk production and a decline in animal trade. Although pox lesions were observed on all parts of the body, the most severe were found on the inner ear. This led to otitis and pyrexia in most of the affected animals. Milkers developed pox‐like lesions on the skin of their fingers, hands, forearms, forehead, ears and face, along with pyrexia, malaise and axillary lymphadenitis and lymphadenopathy. The causal agent, buffalopox virus, was confirmed using counter‐immuno‐electrophoresis, the serum neutralisation test, virus isolation and buffalopox virus‐specific ankyrin repeat protein (C18L) gene‐based polymerase chain reaction. Considering the emergence and re‐ emergence of buffalopox virus in buffalo, cows and humans, not only in India but also in other buffalo rearing countries, regular monitoring of outbreaks and control measures are necessary to curb economic losses and also to reduce the public health impact of the disease.
Selection in Base Population of Ornamental Peppers (Capsicum annuum L.)

Aims: The aim of this study was to characterize and select plants with ornamental potential and resistant to pathogens in generation F2. Study Design: For genetic divergence analysis, Tocher's grouping method was used, based on the standardized Euclidean distance. Analyses were carried out for the quantitative and qualitative data separately and also for the data together. In addition, the relative importance of the characteristics evaluated for genetic divergence was calculated using SINGH's Methodology (1981). All analyses were performed using the computational Genes program. Place and Duration of Study: The experiment was conducted in a greenhouse of the Plant Biotechnology Laboratory of the Center of Agrarian Sciences (CCA) of the Federal University of Paraíba (UFPB). The treatments consisted of 354 progenies, an F2 generation of ornamental peppers (Capsicum annuum L), belonging to the Germplasm Bank of UFPB, derived from the controlled self-fertilization of F1 and obtained from the crossing between the parents UFPB390 X UFPB137. Plants grown in vessels of 900 mL filled with commercial substrate. There was variability among genotypes for the evaluated characters. Methodology: Genotypes were characterized according to the descriptors for Capsicum suggested by IPGRI. 20 quantitative characters and 4 qualitative in ornamental peppers were evaluated. Leaves identified from an optical microscope using the illustrated descriptor of imperfect fungus. Results: The variability between genotypes was higher for qualitative characters related to disease resistance. It is possible to select individual plants for opening lines in Generation F3. 7 plants; 7; 15; 50; 69; 120; 155; 157; 196; 314; 326; 331; 347 should be selected for not presenting symptoms of fungi diseases. Conclusion: Greater diversity among genotypes was detected when the incidence of diseases in the plants was evaluated. The plants 7; 15; 50; 69; 120; 155; 157; 196; 314; 326; 331; 347 should be selected because they do not present symptoms of fungal diseases.
THE COMPENSATION MANAGEMENT PRACTICES: A CASE STUDY OF SELECTED PRIVATE SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA

Most of the private secondary schools in recent years are facing the challenges of high employee turnover due to lack of properly compensation management practices and competitive compensation packages. That`s why this study has been conducted over a period of six months from January to June 2018 on compensation management practices: a case study of selected private secondary school in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The objectives were to: study the current and desirable states of compensation management practices, determine the challenges compensation management practices, and recommend strategies that can be used to manage compensation for effective practices at the private secondary school. Primary and secondary data were used for the study, which was generated through the use of questionnaires. The study took a sample of 67 respondents from a target of 90 respondents of the six private secondary schools in Phnom Penh used as a case study. The sample random technique was used to select the respondents. Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) was used to analyze quantitative data into descriptive statistics such as means, standard deviation, frequencies, and percentages. From the results of the study, it can be concluded that there were efficient and effective of compensation management practices, but there were some challenges of compensation management that the schools are facing: Compensation structures, and policies and procedures need to be more strength in order to attract and retain employees. In addition, the study recommended considering to develop compensation management strategies in paying structure, rewarding system and incentive method should be developed for effective implementation to ensure the improvement of performance and competitive advantage, reducing employee turnover that will benefit both parties, employee and employer. Finally, the study also recommended to further comprehensive study, the researchers should investigate the compensation management strategies on improving employee performance. This study would be an important academic source for principals and HR professionals both public and private, and educational institutions over Cambodia and global perspective to improve upon compensation management strategies for effective practices.
Nutritional value and health-promoting properties of Agaricus bisporus (Lange) Imbach

Summary The white button mushroom Agaricus bisporus (Lange) Imbach is an edible mushroom of top economic significance. In recent years the consumption of fruiting bodies of this species has been increasing in Poland. The article characterises the chemical composition and health-promoting properties of white button mushrooms. The latest scientific research confirms that the fruiting bodies of white button mushroom have high nutritional value. They contain good quality proteins, necessary unsaturated fatty acids, fibre, some vitamins and numerous minerals. Apart from that, white button mushroom fruiting bodies contain a wide range of bioactive substances, which have a positive influence on health, such as polysaccharides, glyco-proteins, tocopherols, polyphenols and other antioxidants, e.g. ergothioneine. Apart from the antioxidant properties, the white button mushroom also has anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, antifungal, anticancer, immunomodulatory, hepatoprotective and anti-atherosclerotic activities.
Population Structure of Leishmania using POPSICLE reveals extensive dichotomy in zygosity and discloses the role of sex in diversity of the parasite

Mosaic aneuploidy prevalent in organisms such as Leishmania and Fungi and in genomes of some neurological disorders and cancers manifest as non-integer haplotypes due to heterogeneity in somy across a population of cells. Thus, the tools designed for strictly haploid or diploid genomes are insufficient to study them. We addressed this issue by upgrading our population genetics tool POPSICLE for aneuploid genomes and studied the population structure of 50 strains of Leishmania to understand genetic diversity and the sexual strategies that predispose to that diversity. Leishmania showed enormous diversity but a dichotomic nature of extreme zygosities. To understand this dichotomy, we specifically studied two species, L. tropica that contained strains with both hetero and homozygosities and L. major that were mainly homozygous. The homozygosity in L. tropica was a consequence of extreme inbreeding while heterozygosity was due to recent hybridizations involving two different genotypes. In contrast, L. major also contained two different genotypes and products of extreme inbreeding but no recent hybridizations. The heterozygous strains of L. tropica that were geographically isolated from the homozygous strains were F1 hybrids that appeared sterile to each other while those in proximity to the homozygous strains were outcrosses involving multiple cycles of hybridization indicating their mating preference with homozygous strains. Development of POPSICLE for aneuploid genomes offers a unique tool for determining the shared ancestries and in reinforcing sex as one of the driving mechanisms for speciation as demonstrated for Leishmania. POPSICLE is a Java based utility available for free download at https://popsicle-admixture.sourceforge. io/
Expression patterns of mesenchymal stem cell-specific proteins in adipose tissue-derived cells: possible immunosuppressing agent in partial allograft for restoring the urinary bladder in rabbits

ABSTRACT: Adipose tissue-derived stem cells (ADSCs) are an attractive source of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) for use in tissue engineering and clinical applications. This paper focuses on the characterization of ADSCs used as immunosuppressive agent in rabbits undergoing partial allograft for urine bladder restorage. For this study highlighted the characterization of the ADSCs used as immunosuppressive agents in rabbits submitted to partial allograft for restoration of the urinary vesicle, using 25 animals, six months old, New Zealand. ADSCs at the third peal were characterized by the MSC-specific CD105, CD73 and CD90 expression and by the absence of the hematopoietic marker CD45, as revealed by flow cytometry analysis. Moreover, ADSCs were efficient in preventing allograft rejection from the urinary bladder, as judged by biochemical, clinical and ultrasonography analysis. Together, these results compose characterization of protein expression profiles and immunosuppressive functionality of ADSCs in rabbits, which had undergone partial allografts of the urinary bladder, foreseeing future applications in clinical practice.
The prevalence of dysmenorrhea and its effects on female university students’ quality of life: what can we do in primary care?

This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of dysmenorrhea among Turkish university students studying in the field of health sciences and to evaluate the effects of the students’ socio-demographic characteristics on the condition. A cross-sectional survey of 658 students was conducted by questionnaire at a health sciences university in Turkey. A structured questionnaire was used to collect data on dysmenorrhea. Health related quality of life (HRQoL) was assessed using the generic 36-Item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36), and depressive symptoms were assessed with the BDI included in the survey. A visual analogue scale was used to assess the severity of dysmenorrhea. Data were analyzed using chi-square tests and logistic regression analysis. The prevalence of dysmenorrhea was 79.7% (524 out of 658 students). Age of menarche (P = 0.001), menstrual flow (P = 0.000), drinking coffee (P = 0.001) and having a family history of dysmenorrhea were significantly associated with dysmenorrhea in a multivariable analysis. Furthermore, 42.7% of the students with dysmenorrhea missed at least one day of school and 5.3% missed at least one exam. The high prevalence of dysmenorrhea among Turkish university students is a significant health problem requiring attention, and the need for on-the-job training of primary care physicians on the management of primary dysmenorrhea should be considered.
Effects of combination treatment with amlodipine and telmisartan on blood pressure and inflammatory endothelial factors in patients with primary hypertension

Hypertension is defined as a common clinical disease in which the circulating load in the cardiac blood vessels is persistently elevated. The aim of this study is to explore the effects of combination treatment with amlodipine and telmisartan on the blood pressure and inflammatory endothelial factors of patients with primary hypertension. Patients (n = 106) admitted to our hospital for primary hypertension treatment were selected as the observation subjects and were equally divided into a control group (n = 53) and an observation group (n = 53) using the method of a Random Number Table. The control group was treated with amlodipine tablets + compound amiloride hydrochloride tablets, while the observation group received treatment with amlodipine tablets + telmisartan. Following treatment, both groups showed a dramatic elevation in the levels of NO and serum adiponectin, but compared with the control group, the observation group had significantly higher levels of NO and serum adiponectin but lower intima-media thickness (P < 0.05). There was no significant difference between the two groups in terms of incidence of adverse reactions (P > 0.05). The efficacy of combination treatment with amlodipine and telmisartan for primary hypertension has been established, and its mechanism is thought to be related to the inhibition of intravascular inflammatory reactions and platelet activation, improvement of vascular endothelial functions, and up-regulation of serum adiponectin level. Meanwhile, combination treatment can also inhibit the progression of atherosclerosis with less adverse reactions.
Light Ears

Modern Internet-enabled smart lights promise energy efficiency and many additional capabilities over traditional lamps. However, these connected lights also create a new attack surface, which can be maliciously used to violate users' privacy and security. In this paper, we design and evaluate novel attacks that take advantage of light emitted by modern smart bulbs, in order to infer users' private data and preferences. The first two attacks are designed to infer users' audio and video playback by a systematic observation and analysis of the multimedia-visualization functionality of smart light bulbs. The third attack utilizes the infrared capabilities of such smart light bulbs to create a covert-channel, which can be used as a gateway to exfiltrate user's private data out of their secured home or office network. A comprehensive evaluation of these attacks in various real-life settings confirms their feasibility and affirms the need for new privacy protection mechanisms.
Study of Key Enablers of Industry 4.0 Practices Implementation Using ISM-Fuzzy MICMAC Approach

I ndustry 4.0 (I4) has rapidly gained its importance across manufacturing industries over the globe. It can be seen as the fourth up-gradation of the Industry sector, which is competent to influencing entire business processes mainly at the designing, production and delivery stages. Accordingly, the key objective of this research is to identify the key enablers of I4 practices that facilitate its adoption across the Indian manufacturing industries. This study captures a unique set of ten key enablers with the help of existing literature. Further, Interpretive Structural Modeling (ISM)-fuzzy MICMAC was used to assess the interrelationship among key enablers and also compute a structural hierarchy. The primary result indicates that ‘Supportive government policies’ have a critical impact in implementing I4 practices from Indian perspective. This study may help policymakers and practitioners in the implementation of I4 practices in the Indian perspective for sustainable business development
850-854 Mansharan Kaur CS.pmd

Tuberculosis (TB) is a highly infectious disease on the rise caused by the organism Mycobacterium tuberculosis and health care workers working in emergency departments, medical wards and autopsy rooms are in danger of contacting this disease. We present a case of a 42 year old man found dead under a pedestrian bridge with no medical history available. Post mortem computed tomography showed multiple cavities involving upper lobes of both lungs and areas of consolidation in both lung fields raising the suspicion of pulmonary tuberculosis. This was followed by a computed tomography guided lung biopsy and a limited conventional autopsy done in situ in a special high risk autopsy suite with appropriate ventilation. This case highlights the importance of cross sectional imaging which can be coupled with image guided biopsy in cases of infectious disease to reduce the risk of transmission to health care workers.
Experimental design techniques applied to treatment of Big Data

The focus of this presentation is on the analysis of data with a very large number of cases, n , and a modest number of variables, p . The size of n , or the lack of access to a suﬃciently powerful computing platform, might necessitate or suggest the use of subdata, which consists of only some of the cases. How should one select such subdata? In the linear regression context, several subsampling methods have been proposed (Ma, Mahoney and Yu, 2015) to obtain such subdata, along with appropriate estimation methods. Such methods have been referred to as algorithmic leveraging methods.
An Extended Composite Load Model Taking Account of Distribution Network

Loads are indirectly connected to the HV buses of substations through the HV network of a distribution network. However, existing composite load models used in measurement-based load modeling studies are not able to reflect these load situations. This letter proposes an extended composite load model that is suitable for measurement-based load modeling. The proposed load model consists of the equivalent model of an HV network and a traditional composite load model, having an upgraded performance in wider ranges of voltage.
Matrix Completion Based Aeroengine Analytical Redundancy

Analytical redundancy can be realized by parameter estimation. If historical data are reliable and available at the moment, the parameter estimation problem can be solved as a matrix completion problem. An improved matrix completion algorithm is proposed in the paper, which is based on GROUSE (Grassmannian Rank-One Update Subspace Estimation) algorithm and is modified by adding weight factors to the optimization function. In the improved algorithm, a time dimensional subspace is used to analyze the whole data space and is updated by historical data of the recent few periods. Simulations using actual engine data proves that the approach is feasible for aeroengine analytical redundancy construction.
Effect of flaxseed supplementation on PGF 2a secretion and conception rate in buffaloes

The present study was conducted on 37 Murrah buffaloes to assess the effect of flaxseed supplementation (300g/100kg bwt/day for 60 days) on luteolytic signal, luteal function and conception rate. In experiment-1, six buffaloes were used as self-control. These buffaloes during pre-supplementation period were synchronized using Ovsynch+CIDR protocol. On day 15 of synchronized estrous cycle, blood samples were collected at 15 min interval starting 1 hour before till 4 hours after oxytocin challenge. Thereafter, same buffaloes were supplemented with flaxseed. After 35 days of supplementation, buffaloes were again synchronized using same protocol and were again blood sampled on day 15 of synchronized cycle. Mean plasma PGF2α-metabolites were lower (p<0.05) during supplementation period compared to pre-supplementation period. Flaxseed had no toxic impact on body functions as indicated by absence of alterations between presupplementation and supplementation period in majority of plasma metabolic parameters viz., fatty acids, glucose, total protein, triglycerides, BUN, creatinine, AST and GGT, except plasma cholesterol and ALT. In experiment-2, 31 recently calved buffaloes were categorized to flaxseed group (n=15) and control group (n=16). Supplemented buffaloes were fed flaxseed starting 15 days postpartum. After 35 day supplementation, buffaloes were subjected to estrous synchronization as in experiment-1 followed by AI. Plasma progesterone was high (p<0.05) in supplemented buffaloes on days 12-63 post-insemination compared to controls. Conception rate on day 63 post-insemination was 66.67% in supplemented and 31.25% in controls (p<0.05). Thus, flaxseed was able to attenuate luteolytic signal and improve post-insemination luteal profile, thus resulting in higher conception rate.
Women Officers, Gender Violence and Human Capital: Evidence from Women's Justice Centers in Peru

Many developing countries have unequal access to justice, especially for women. What are the implications for gender-based violence, intra-household bargaining and investments in children? This paper provides quasi-experimental evidence on all-women's justice centers (WJCs) a community based approach aimed at reducing violence against women in Peru. WJCs are specialized institutions that mostly employ female officers and whose main purpose is to reduce gender-based violence by providing police and legal services. We examine the gradual rollout of these centers and using complaint police data we find that as victims trust women officers more, they increase the reporting of gender-specific crimes by 40%. We also find evidence that this led to the deterrence of gender-based violence: using administrative non-reported data from health providers and district attorney offices, we find a 10% reduction in domestic violence, female deaths due to aggression, femicides and mental health problems with no effects for men and non-gender specific crimes. We argue that these results are driven by an increase in women representation in law and enforcement at the WJCs. Moreover, we find inter-generational effects: WJCs substantially increase human capital investments in children, increasing enrollment, attendance, test scores, while decreasing child labor. These results are consistent with a bargaining model in which the threat point is determined by women representation in law and enforcement. In sum, the evidence in this paper implies that providing access to justice for women is not only important for addressing gender-based violence, but also generates inter-generational benefits.
A Grid Projection Method Based on Ultrasonic Sensor for Parking Space Detection

In this paper a parking space detection method is proposed. It is based on the grid map projection and utilizes the ultrasonic sensors. Firstly, it applies a virtual grid map to quantify the observing target space and build a coordinate system. Then the probable outline of the targets can be deduced from the ultrasonic wave echo signal and projected into the grid map. The boundary of the object can be obtained by comparing the overlap number of the outline in the grid with a threshold. In this way, the size of the target space can be calculated and determined whether it is proper for parking a vehicle. The method is simple while remaining effective. It can be well validated by the experimental results and the accuracy is better than 0.2m.
Labor market trends in a low and heterogeneous productivity country. Evidence from Argentina’s manufacturing

ABSTRACT During Substitution Industrialization (1930-1975), wages rose, and unemployment and poverty were low. During the “neoliberal process” (1976-2002) the liberalization of the goods and financial markets resulted in the regression of the productive structure, high unemployment and the decline of real wages. Finally, since the collapse of 2002, Argentina has had enormous success in terms of unemployment, with limited achievements in wages or poverty. This paper tries to answer why Argentina faces difficulties to return to past labor market figures highlighting the process of capital differentiation and the new international division of labor.