Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Pharmacologyonline 2: 551-558 (2010) Vinothapooshan and Sundar 551 HEPATOPROTECTIVE ACTIVITY OF ADHATODA VASICA LEAVES AGAI ST CARBO TETRACHLORIDE I DUCED TOXICITY G.Vinothapooshan

The methanolic, chloroform, and diethyl ether extracts of leaves of Adhatoda vasica at the dose of 200mg/kg body weight per oral was studied for the hepatoprotective effect using Carbontetrachloride induced liver damage in wistar albino rats. Methanolic extract showed significant (p<0.05) hepatoprotective effect when compare to other two extracts by lowering the serum levels of various biochemical parameters such as serum glutamic oxaloacetate transaminase (SGOT), serum glutamic pyruvates transaminase (SGPT), alkaline phospatase (ALP), total bilirubin (TBL), in the selected model. These biochemical observations were in turn confirmed by histopathological examinations of liver sections and are comparable with the standard hepatoprotective drug Silymarin (100mg/kg body weight i.p.) which served as a positive control. The overall experimental results suggests that the biologically active phytoconstituents such as AlkaloidsQuinazoline, Flavonoids, Tannins, Vasicinone, Essential oil present in the various extracts of Adhatoda vasica plant may be responsible for the significant hepatoprotective activity and the results justify the use of Adhatoda vasica as a hepatoprotective agent.
Graph theory of tower tasks1

The appropriate mathematical model for the problem space of tower transformation tasks is the state graph representing positions of discs or balls and their moves. Graph theoretical quantities like distance, eccentricities or degrees of vertices and symmetries of graphs support the choice of problems, the selection of tasks and the analysis of performance of subjects whose solution paths can be projected onto the graph. The mathematical model is also at the base of a computerized test tool to administer various types of tower tasks.
Illness perception in treatment seeking OCD patients 3

Objective: The literature is inconclusive regarding predictors of treatment outcome in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Illness perception (IP) has been identified as an important predictor of treatment outcome in somatic and mental health, but has not previously been investigated in OCD patients. The aims of the present study were to investigate variables related to IP pre-treatment and to explore whether IP could predict treatment outcome. Method: A total of 76 patients were assessed with the Brief Illness Perception Questionnaire (B-IPQ), Y-BOCS and BDI. The OCD patients` IP was compared to reference-groups of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and bipolar disorder (BD). Results: The OCD-sample expressed generally severe illness perceptions, and in some aspects more severe compared to patients with RA and BD. OCD severity explained 18 % of pre-treatment IP variance. After treatment, significant positive changes in IP was seen. The B-IPQ dimension coherence explained 6 % of OCD severity post-treatment. Conclusion: The results indicate that B-IPQ is a useful instrument for capturing OCD patients` perceptions of disorder-specific symptoms, as well as a sensitive instrument for relatively rapid changes in OCD symptoms. However, only the perceptual dimension coherence was related to treatment outcome. Clinical and research implications are discussed.
The Effects of a Psychosocial Behavioural Intervention on Arterial Health in Children

This study evaluated the effects of a Leisure and Well-Being Model (LWM) psychosocial intervention on arterial health, measured by arterial stiffness and thickness, in 82 children aged 10-13 (n=41; intervention, n=41; control) over one year. The intervention was to provide children with the awareness, skill development, and application of positive emotion, personal strengths, coping, and free-time vitality. Results showed no change in arterial health for children exposed to the intervention compared to controls. However, a significant systolic blood pressure decrease was found in children exposed to the intervention and increased in those of the control group (F (1, 73) = 4.085, p = 0.047). This is the first study to show that a psychosocial intervention has a positive effect on childhood cardiovascular health within one year. Hence, if exposed for-or followed fora longer period of time, it may be possible to see further improvements in arterial health.
Modified Method of Characteristics for Transient Radiative Transfer

This paper presents the modified method of characteristics for simulating multidimensional transient radiative heat transfer in emitting, absorbing and scattering media. The method is based on the method of characteristics that follows photons along their pathlines. It makes use of a fixed set of points, and unlike the conventional method of characteristics, it follows the photons backward in space. Test problems involving diffuse irradiation in 1-D and 3-D participating media and collimated irradiation in 1-D participating media were considered. The results show good agreement with analytical and numerical solutions reported in literature. The scheme is fast and was able to capture the sharp discontinuities associated with the propagation of a radiation front in transient radiation transport.
Title Links between Human LINE-1 Retrotransposons and Hepatitis Virus-Related Hepatocellular Carcinoma

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Development of tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) transgenic plants overexpressing ferriitn for oxidative stress tolerance

Transgenic tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum cv FCV) special plants expressing a ferritin gene (pFer/Rok2 and pFlagfer/Rok2) from alfalfa were obtained through Agrobacterium tumefaciens mediated transformation. Primary transformants over expressing the ferritin pFer/Rok2 gene products localized into chloroplast and pFlagFer/Rok2 gene product localized into cytoplasm were confirmed by PCR and Southern analysis. Transgenic plants were evaluated by exposing the leaf discs to high light intensity to induce oxidative stress and then the membrane damage is measured by electrical conductivity test. Ferritin transgenic plants showed less damage as compared to control plants which signifies the relevance of ferritin in protecting the plant under oxidative stress.
erioperative Complications of Robot-assisted aparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy

BJECTIVES To analyze and classified our single-institution experience with the perioperative complications associated with robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (RALRP). ETHODS A total of 239 patients with a mean age of 60.6 years were evaluated (January 2007 to June 2008). Data were collected through an institutional review board–approved blinded prospective database by an independent third party committee. The data-points accrued were set forth by a 5-member panel including 3 robotic urological surgeons (J. R., G. H., G. P.), the chief of general surgery (H. S.), and a member of the hospital’s outcomes committee. The Modified Clavien system was used to grade complications, with grade I and II representing minor and grade III, IV, and V major complications. ESULTS Of our 239 patients, 198 (82.9%) had an uneventful postoperative course, defined as discharged home from the hospital within 2 days postoperatively with no unscheduled procedures/studies/ hospital admissions or emergency room visits. On review of the remaining 41 patients, 55 complications were found. Of these, 24 were grade I, 17 grade II, 7 grade IIIa, 5 grade IIIb, 1 grade IVa, and 1 grade V complications. There was 1 perioperative mortality (0.4%) attributed to a pulmonary embolism on autopsy. Blood loss data revealed 1 (0.4%) intraoperative transfusion and 9 (3.8%) postoperative transfusions. ONCLUSIONS RALRP is associated with major and minor complication rates of 5.0% and 14.6%, respectively. Prospective and blinded data on complications associated with RALRP are lacking in the published data. Our prospective, unbiased data provide an important tool to help counsel patients on complications associated with robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy. UROLOGY 75: 1083–1091, 2010. © 2010 Elsevier Inc.
AtFH16, an Arabidopsis Type II Formin, Binds and Bundles both Microfilaments and Microtubules, and Preferentially Binds to Microtubules

Formins are well‐known regulators that participate in the organization of the actin cytoskeleton in organisms. TheArabidopsis thaliana L. genome encodes 21 formins, which can bedivided into twodistinct subfamilies. However, type II formins have to date been less well characterized. Here, we cloned a type II formin, AtFH16, and characterized its biochemical activities on actin and microtubule dynamics. The results show that the FH1FH2 structure of AtFH16 cannot nucleate actin polymerization efficiently, but can bind and bundle microfilaments. AtFH16 FH1FH2 is also able to bind and bundle microtubules, and preferentially binds microtubules over microfilaments in vitro. In addition, AtFH16 FH1FH2 co‐localizes with microtubules in onion epidermal cells, indicating a higher binding affinity of AtFH16 FH1FH2 for microtubules rather than microfilaments in vivo. In conclusion, AtFH16 is able to interact with both microfilaments and microtubules, suggesting that AtFH16 probably functions as a bifunctional protein, and may thus participate in plant cellular processes.
Semantic Lexical Alignment for Domain-specific Ontologies

Domain-specific ontologies encode reusable domain vocabulary and represent established domain semantics. The alignment of such ontologies requires an approach based on a semantic analysis of its components. This paper presents SLADO, Semantic Lexical Alignment for Domain-specific Ontologies. The proposed approach aims to use the available dictionaries and lexical resources in the underlying domain and to mine the ontology information to extract words from the string features of the input ontologies. The string features are processed as word wrappers, where every string is assumed to contain some word(s). The architecture of SLADO uses a mixture of lexical and knowledge-based methods in a semantic approach. It first identifies the semantic words from the ontology labels, and then determines the output by comparing the extracted words and their synonyms using lexical resources such as WordNet. Keywords-component; Domain-specific ontologies, ontology alignment, lexical resources, word-based alignment
Child care in the Netherlands between government, firms and parents. Is the deadweight loss smaller than in the public daycare system of Sweden?

The Dutch labor force participation of women with young children has increased very rapidly in the 1990s, when the Dutch economy has shown a remarkably good economic performance (often attributed to the ‘Polder’model). This rapid increase has put child care at the forefront of political discussion. Dutch politicians have deliberately pushed forward parttime work as a good solution to the combination of work and family and have created policy incentives for this outcome. In this paper we analyze the recent developments in female labor supply and the Dutch market for child care. The Netherlands has chosen for subsidized child care but a much lower subsidy rate than is the case for Sweden. The Swedish child care system has been critized for causing large dead weight losses. In this paper we estimate the determinants of Dutch women’s decisions to participate in the labor market and use paid care. Further we analyze whether the route which is taken by the Netherlands leads to smaller dead weight losses. April 2000 Please do not quote without authors’ permission a NWO Program Scholar; University of Amsterdam b Department of Economics, University of Amsterdam c Organization for Applied Scientific Research (TNO) Strategy, Technology and Policy; Department of Economics, University of Amsterdam All correspondence to wetzels@stb.tno. nl
Multiobjective shape optimization of selected coupled problems by using evolutionary algorithms

In this paper an improved multiobjective evolutionary algorithm is used for Pareto optimization of selected coupled problems. The proposed algorithm is compared with the Non-Dominated Sorting Genetic Algorithm (NSGA-II) for several test benchmark problems of unconstrained and constrained optimization. The results of the tests show its usefulness as an optimization tool, which is used for shape optimization of different structures modelled as coupled field problems. Coupling of the mechanical, electrical and thermal fields is considered in the paper. Boundary-value problems of the thermo-elasticity piezoelectricity and electro-thermoelasticity are solved by means of finite element method. Different types of functionals are formulated on the basis of results obtained from coupled field analysis. Numerical examples for exemplary twoor three-objective optimization are presented.
Novel Buccoadhesive Polymers: A Review

Buccal drug delivery system has emerged as the system which avoids the first pass metabolism and increases the absorption of the drug molecule in recent years. Many researchers have shown interest in developing various forms of buccal drug delivery systems. These dosage forms include Buccal tablet, Buccal patches, gels and Buccal films. In preparing this dosage form the primary requirement is that the buccal dosage form should be adhered to the buccal mucosa; for this purpose various buccoadhesive polymers are used. This article deals with the detailed information and classification as well as various uses of the buccoadhesive polymers.
Physicochemical Characteristics of the water of Thengapattinam estuary in Kanniyakumari districts-Tamil Nadu India P.M UTHUKRISHNAN AND V. UMAYORU BHAGAN

Study of coastal water quality plays important role in evaluating and determining the pollution status and health of the water. Thengapattinam estuary is one of the important water bodies in Kanniyakumari district. Entire stretch of estuary was arbitrarily divided into four stations. The concentrations of the water quality parameters like temperature, pH, electrical conductivity, salinity, dissolved oxygen, nitrite, nitrate, silicate, phosphate, carbonate, bicarbonate, calcium and magnesium were monitored month wise for a period of twelve months. Atmospheric and surface water varied from 25.1 to 34.8 0 C. The electrical conductivity, water pH, salinity and dissolved oxygen ranges were 3.0 to 71dscm -1 , 6.6 to 8.5, 0.5 to 36.20 %0 and 4.12 to 7.82 ml l -1 respectively. Nutrient concentration also varied considerably between the ranges of 0.21 to 71.95 μM. The dissolved inorganic salts ranges were 3.74 to 721 mg l -1 . Nutrients concentrations were higher during monsoon season and lower during nonmonsoon seasons.
Stable Matching with Incomplete Information∗,†

We formulate a notion of stable outcomes in matching problems with one-sided asymmetric information. The key conceptual problem is to formulate a notion of a blocking pair that takes account of the inferences that the uninformed agent might make from the hypothesis that the current allocation is stable. We show that the set of stable outcomes is nonempty in incomplete information environments, and is a superset of the set of complete-information stable outcomes. We then provide sufficient conditions for incomplete-information stable matchings to be efficient. Lastly, we define a notion of price sustainable allocations and show that the set of incompleteinformation stable matchings is a subset of the set of such allocations. ∗For helpful comments and suggestions, we thank Yeon-Koo Che, Prajit Dutta, Nicole Immorlica, Fuhito Kojima, Dilip Mookherjee, Andrea Prat, Bernard Salanie, Roberto Serrano, and Rajiv Vohra. This is a revision of Liu, Mailath, Postlewaite, and Samuelson (2012). †We thank the National Science Foundation (grants SES-0961540 and SES-1153893) for financial support.
On the development of a drill-borer for sampling tropical supra-hardwoods; a review of drill- an example using the Borneo Ironwood Eusideroxylon zwageri

One of the greatest challenges to developing time series from non-annual ring forming tropical trees arises before a sampling campaign can begin. Tropical trees can be exceptionally hard, often containing chemicals and minerals which make the wood near nonbiodegradable. Such trees have considerable palaeoclimatic potential due to their longevity and landscape survival times, but are challenging to sample non-destructively. The hardest of these trees, the Ironwoods, are often the target of sampling campaigns as their properties are associated with longevity. Our objective was to develop a low-technology drill-borer capable of extracting cores from the Borneo Ironwood (Eusideroxylon zwageri Teijsm. and Binn) of a suitable diameter for carrying out stable isotopic analysis and radiocarbon analysis (necessary for chronology development in non-annual ring forming trees). Due to the inaccessibility of tropical sampling field sites our criteria for development included: construction to be from readily available and replaceable parts; power to be derived from batteries; the main body [drill] to be of a weight and size appropriate to sampling in remote locations; a system operable with minimal training by a non-expert. The cores produced by our drill system were of high quality, and samples could successfully be taken from extremely hard trees without charring. The biggest limitation to the operation of our system was that core segments snapped and had to be sequentially removed from the tree and stored separately. This trial is the first successful non-destructive sampling of living E. zwageri, a species which has considerable palaeoclimatic potential.
Characterization of calpain 3 transcripts in mammalian cells : expression of alternatively-spliced variants in non-muscle cell types

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R T ] 4 O ct 2 01 6 A QUANTUM SUBGROUP DEPTH

The Green ring of the half quantum group H = Un(q) is computed in [9]. The tensor product formulas between indecomposables may be used for a generalized subgroup depth computation in the setting of quantum groups – to compute depth of the Hopf subalgebra H in its Drinfeld double D(H). In this paper the Hopf subalgebra quotient module Q (a generalization of the permutation module of cosets for a group extension) is computed and, as H-modules, Q and its second tensor power are decomposed into a direct sum of indecomposables. We note that the least power n, referred to as depth, for which Q has the same indecomposable constituents as Q is n = 2, since Q contains all H-module indecomposables, which determines the minimum even depth dev(H,D(H)) = 6.
Mapping the mantle lithosphere for diamond potential using teleseismic methods

Recent developments in seismic, magnetotelluric and geochemical analytical techniques have significantly increased our capacity to explore the mantle lithosphere to depths of several hundred kilometres, to map its structures, and through geological interpretations, to assess its potential as a diamond reservoir. Several independent teleseismic techniques provide a synergistic approach in which one technique compensates for inadequacies in another. Shear wave anisotropy and discontinuity studies using single seismic stations define vertical mantle stratigraphic columns. For example, beneath the central Slave craton seismic discontinuities at depths of 38, 110, 140 and 190 km appear to bound two distinct anisotropic layers. Tomographic (3-D) inversions of seismic wave travel-times and 2-D inversions of surface or scattered waves use arrays of stations and provide lateral coverage. In combination, and by correlation with electrical conductivity and xenolith petrology studies, these techniques provide maps of key physical properties within parts of the cratons known to host diamonds. Beneath the Slave craton, the discontinuity at 38 km is the base of the crust; the boundaries at 110 and 140 km appear to bound a layer of depleted harzburgite that is interpreted to contain graphite. To date, only some of these techniques have been applied to the Slave and Kaapvaal cratons so that the origin and geological history of the currently mapped mantle structures are not, as yet, generally agreed. D 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Ownership and Upgrading in Joint Ventures LRH :

In a model of a joint venture between a local and a foreign firm who provide complementary inputs, this paper derives optimal ownership structures under different sharing rules. The local firm’s profits may be maximized by assigning a majority share to the foreign firm. Efficiency (i.e. the minimization of double moral hazard) requires that the firm with the more productive input should get majority ownership. When only the foreign firm can upgrade its input, it should receive a larger share than what it receives in the absence of upgrading. The analysis implies that a blanket policy of prohibiting majority foreign ownership is theoretically unfounded. *Lin: Department of Economics, Lingnan University, Hong Kong. Phone: (852) 2616 7203; fax: (852) 2891 7940; e-mail: plin@ln.edu. hk. Saggi: Department of Economics, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas 75275-0496. Phone: 214-768-3274; fax: 214-768-1821; e-mail: ksaggi@mail.smu. edu. We thank two anonymous referees and Associate Editor Elias Dinopoulos for helpful comments, and the Center for Public Policy Studies of Lingnan University for financial support. All errors are our own. JEL Classification Numbers: F13, F23, O19 Abbreviations: WTO, DMH Number of Figures: 0 Number of Tables: 0 Date: February 5, 2002
Selection of surrogate models for evolutionary black-box optimization in noisy environment

This diploma thesis draws on the research by L. Bajer, Z. Pitra, J. Repický and M. Holeňa, which deals with the surrogate modeling in the CMA-ES algorithm. The aim of this work was to verify the quality of the current design and then to propose the variants with testing of multiple models. The main contribution of this thesis is the proposal of the evolution of surrogate models in the CMA-ES algorithm, which has a great improvement potential. *.