Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
CHANGES IN SOME MORPHOLOGICAL, PHYSIOLOGICAL, BIOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS AND GENE EXPRESSION IN SORGHUM UNDER SALT STRESS CONDITIONS

Knowledge of salt tolerant cultivars and understanding defense mechanism of this plant is more essential to solve the problem. Therefore, six sorghum cultivars were subjected to different concentration of NaCl for two weeks and changes in fresh and dry weight, shoot height and root length, Relative water content, Osmotic potential and osmotic adjustment and free proline contents was determined. The results showed that reduction in morphological and physiological parameters with the increasing of saline conditions. In contrast, osmotic adjustment and proline content increased in the salt-tolerant cultivars (Maka-244 and Horas). Verification of morphological and physiological parameters results was done by quantitative real-time PCR (QRT-PCR). Betaine aldehyde dehydrogenase L. and Glutathione S-transferase are an important target genes in understanding the regulation of sorghum responses to salt stress. The expression pattern revealed up-regulation of both genes in Maka-244 and Horas cultivars particularly at 150 and 300 mM NaCl. While, PM cultivar showed down-regulation at the same concentration for both genes. The all data supported that Maka-244 and Horas are salt-tolerant cultivars and Giza-420 is moderate salt-tolerant cultivar, while, PM, Special-85 and Special-90 are salt-sensitive cultivars. These findings could be a good indicator of the salt tolerance mechanism present in the studied sorghum cultivars.
Synthesis and characterization of novel polyamides containing dibenzobarrelene pendant groups

The 5-(9,10-dihydro-9,10-ethanoanthracene-11,12-dicarboximido) isophthalic acid (DEAIA) monomer, containing a dibenzobarrelene pendant group, was synthesized by the condensation of 5-aminoisophthalic acid and 9,10-dihydroanthracene-9,10-α,β-succinic anhydride (DASA). The DEAIA monomer was reacted with four structurally different aromatic diamines to synthesize four novel polyamides. All aromatic polyamide based in the DEAIA monomer showed very good solubility in aprotic polar solvents and excellent thermal stability with onset of decomposition at 430 °C. They readily form membrane by the casting method. Moreover, the most interesting polyamide was DEAIA-6F that showed high thermal stability, good film formation, and the largest gas permeability coefficients in comparison with a reported polyhexafluoroisophthalamide, HFAISO; this confirms the advantage of inserting a dibenzobarrelene pendant group.
Control of ultrashort pulses in nonlinear dispersive media

Control of ultrashort light pulses in nonlinear dispersive media The properties of laser light can be controlled and manipulated when an optical pulse is induced to interact with matter. This thesis discusses the generation and control of ultrashort pulses by propagation e ects in nonlinear optical bers and during plasma lamentation. The particular focus of this work is on propagation dynamics related to properties of localized structures that are described by the nonlinear Schrödinger equation and result in supercontinuum generation. Firstly, the interaction of solitons with group-velocity-matched dispersive waves was investigated and shown to allow the development of an innovative method for all-optical control in nonlinear dispersive media. The underlying mechanism shows intriguing analogies to other phenomena in physics, such as rogue waves in oceanography or event horizons in cosmology. Exploitation of this completely new concept may enable to overcome signi cant limitations in generating highly coherent supercontinua and in single-cycle pulse compression. Moreover, the ber-optical event horizon concept allows building an alloptical transistor, which represents a long-sought goal in optical technologies. Speci cally, the discussed optical transistor enables switching of a strong pulse by a much weaker one and ful lls a series of other requirements for a practical transistor. Finally, the mechanism behind lament self-compression is described in detail, revealing a dominance of intertwined spatial e ects during plasma propagation. The resulting interplay of refractive index e ects involves plasma contributions as well as instantaneous Kerr contributions. The latter may show a saturation behavior, the origin of which is discussed in a non-standard theoretical description, implying the possibility of dissipation-less lament formation without requiring ionization e ects.
The effects of standard channel and micro-channel percutaneous nephrolithotomy on the L-6, TNF-α, CRP, and PCT levels and renal function in patients with kidney stones

Objective: This study analyzed the effects of standard channel and micro-channel percutaneous nephrolithotomy on the levels of tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), interleukin-6 (IL-6), C-reactive protein (CRP), procalcitonin (PCT), and renal function. Methods: The clinical records of 103 patients with kidney stones were retrospectively collected and divided into two groups based on the treatment: group A (n=52, standard channel percutaneous nephrolithotomy (SCPN)), and group B (n=51, micro-channel percutaneous nephrolithotomy (MCPN)). The two groups were compared in terms of their surgical indicators, stone clearance rates, the TNF-α, IL-6, CRP, PCT, serum creatinine (Scr), and blood urea nitrogen (BUN) levels, and complications. Results: The two groups showed no differences in their stone clearance rates (SCR), Scr and BUN levels, or the complication rates. However, group A exhibited lower intraoperative blood losses and intraoperative fluid infusions, longer hospital stays, shorter durations of surgery, and lower serum inflammatory factor indexes such as TNF-α, IL-6, CRP, and PCT. Group A also showed more cases of hemorrhage and fewer cases of fever than group B. Conclusion: MCPN is as effective as SCPN in treating kidney stones. SCPN can effectively reduce the serum levels of the inflammatory factors, but with more intraoperative blood loss.
Influence of the Silver Content on Mechanical Properties of Ti-Cu-Ag Thin Films

In this work, the ternary titanium, copper, and silver (Ti-Cu-Ag) system is investigated as a potential candidate for the production of mechanically robust biomedical thin films. The coatings are produced by physical vapor deposition—magnetron sputtering (MS-PVD). The composite thin films are deposited on a silicon (100) substrate. The ratio between Ti and Cu was approximately kept one, with the variation of the Ag content between 10 and 35 at. %, while the power on the targets is changed during each deposition to get the desired Ag content. Thin film characterization is performed by X-ray diffraction (XRD), nanoindentation (modulus and hardness), to quantitatively evaluate the scratch adhesion, and atomic force microscopy to determine the surface topography. The residual stresses are measured by focused ion beam and digital image correlation method (FIB-DIC). The produced Ti-Cu-Ag thin films appear to be smooth, uniformly thick, and exhibit amorphous structure for the Ag contents lower than 25 at. %, with a transition to partially crystalline structure for higher Ag concentrations. The Ti-Cu control film shows higher values of 124.5 GPa and 7.85 GPa for modulus and hardness, respectively. There is a clear trend of continuous decrease in the modulus and hardness with the increase of Ag content, as lowest value of 105.5 GPa and 6 GPa for 35 at. % Ag containing thin films. In particular, a transition from the compressive (−36.5 MPa) to tensile residual stresses between 229 MPa and 288 MPa are observed with an increasing Ag content. The obtained results suggest that the Ag concentration should not exceed 25 at. %, in order to avoid an excessive reduction of the modulus and hardness with maintaining (at the same time) the potential for an increase of the antibacterial properties. In summary, Ti-Cu-Ag thin films shows characteristic mechanical properties that can be used to improve the properties of biomedical implants such as Ti-alloys and stainless steel.
Infrared Absorption Bands of Enamel and Dentin Tissues from Human and Bovine Teeth

Abstract The chemical components present in the hard tissue such as water, phosphate, carbonate and organic material strongly absorb infrared radiation. The research in dentistry area has a fundamental interest in identifying the chemical origin of all the bands present in the infrared region to study the chemical and thermal action on the hard dental tissues. To improve this technique it is important to identify chemical alterations in the tissues and characterize their properties in a more natural form. Transmission and reflection spectra in the infrared range from 2.5 µm to 25 µm of the enamel and dentin tissues from human and bovine teeth were acquired. Sliced samples were used for the transmission spectra, polished blocks and natural surfaces for the reflection spectra. Tissue spectra were registered between 4000 and 400 cm−1 in a FTIR Spectrometer. No differences were found between the mineral matrix of human and bovine tissues, only differences in intensity among bands were observed. Regarding the organic matrix, the bands observed in the dentin were not observed in the enamel tissue and, as the same, the bands observed in the enamel tissue were not observed in the dentin tissue with a significant intensity. Using infrared spectroscopy of sliced samples or blocks forms it is possible to characterize the chemical and optical alterations produced in the dental hard tissues by either thermal or chemical treatment, or an association of the two treatments, Therefore this technique can be used in dental research that study the effect of laser irradiation on hard tissues and the acid attack produced by intraoral bacteria.
Characterization of the upper respiratory tract microbiome of turkeys

Background: The respiratory tracts of turkeys are the main route of infection therefore plays important roles in the overall health and performance of the birds. Understanding the poultry microbiome has the potential to offer better diagnosis and rational management of many poultry diseases. Characterization of microbial communities in the upper respiratory tract of turkeys could help better understand the role of pathogenic bacteria and other commensal or symbiotic microorganisms in the infection. The aim of this study was microbiome characterization of upper respiratory tracks of commercial turkeys using next-generation sequencing technologies. Results: The microbiome from samples collected from commercial turkey flocks was determined using 16S rRNA metagenomic approach. Taxonomic analysis of the microbiome was done by of the V3 and V4 regions of 16S rRNA gene (MiSeq, Illumina) amplification. The phylogenetic analysis identified the 10 bacterial phyla in turkey, the most abundant were phyla Firmicutes and Proteobacteria, accounting for >99% of all the sequences. The turkey sequences represent 144 established bacterial genera. Differences between bacterial abundances were found at the family and genus level. Several defining markers of microbiome succession were identified, including the presence of Ornithobacterium and Mycoplasma. Conclusions: Understanding the turkey’s respiratory microbiome is very important. Unique informations about microbiome representing members of the four major phyla of the respiratory tract in turkeys was assembled. These results obtained in this study supply information about turkey microbiome and can be useful in controlling, diagnosing and treating commercial turkey flocks. Our study significantly broaden the knowledge of the upper respiratory tract microbiome of turkeys.
Emerging Potential Role of Autophagy to Modulate Aggresome Formation: Insights Molecular Treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease

Center for Neuroscience, Brain Science Institute, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Seoul 02792, Republic of Korea. Global Biotechnology & Biomedical Research Network (GBBRN), Department of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Islamic University, Kushtia 7003, Bangladesh. Department of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Science and Technology University, Gopalganj-8100, Bangladesh. Anti-Aging Medical Research Center and Glycation Stress Research Center, Graduate School of Life and Medical Sciences, Doshisha University, Kyoto 602-8566, Japan. Division of Bio-Medical Science and Technology, KIST School, Korea University of Science and Technology (UST), Seoul 02792, Republic of Korea.
Innovative food products as a basis for the development of rural tourism in Vojvodina

The subject of the review article is the development of rural tourism based on innovative food products. The aim of this paper is to identify key forms of rural entrepreneurial tourism in Vojvodina. Gastronomy plays a significant role in presenting the culture and way of life of a certain area and reflects new trends in tourism-related to authenticity, sustainability, healthy lifestyle, and revival of tradition. The development of rural tourism should be based on efficient investment in the tourist offer through entrepreneurial projects that are in line with modern demand trends, including the production of food products that are gradually appearing on the market. Investing in the tourist offer in rural tourist destinations would affect the growth of income from rural tourism, and thus the economic development of rural areas and the state itself. © 2020 EA. All rights reserved.
Land-Use Changes in Distant Places: Implementationof a TelecoupledAgent-Based Model

International agricultural trade has changed land uses in trading countries, altering global food security and environmental sustainability. Studies have concluded that local land-use drivers are largely from global sources (e.g., trade increases deforestation in exporting countries). However, little is known about how these local land-use changes a ect distant locations, namely the feedback between them. Yet these distant impacts and feedbacks can be significant for governing local land systems. The framework of telecoupling (i.e., socioeconomic-environmental interactions between distant places) has been shown to be an e ective conceptual tool to study international trade and the associated socio-economic and environmental impacts. However, a systems simulation tool to quantify the telecoupled causes and e ects is still lacking. Here, we construct a new type of agent-based model (ABM) that can simulate land-use changes at multiple distant places (namely TeleABM, telecoupled agent-based model). We use soybean trade between Brazil and China as an example, where Brazil is the sending system and China is the receiving system because they are the world’s largest soybean exporter and importer respectively. We select one representative county in each country to calibrate and validate the model with spatio-temporal analysis of historical land-use changes and the empirical analysis of household survey data. We describe the model following the ODD+D protocol, and validate the model results in each location respectively. We then illustrate how the aggregated farmer agents’ land-use behaviors in the sending system result in land-use changes in the receiving system, and vice versa. One scenario example (i.e., a high-tari scenario) is given to demonstrate the results of TeleABM. Such a model allows us to advance the understanding of telecoupling features and the influence on land system science, and to test hypotheses about complex coupled human-natural systems (e.g., cascading e ect).
BURDEN, SEASONALITY, SEX RATIO AND PREFERRED SITES OF TICKS OF PUBLIC HEALTH IMPORTANCE ON CATTLE FOUND AT AMANSEA, ANAMBRA STATE NIGERIA SEX RATIO AND PREFERRED SITES OF TICKS OF PUBLIC HEALTH IMPORTANCE ON CATTLE FOUND AT ANAMBRA STATE

Cattle from arid north which graze at Amansea in southern Nigeria were thought to introduceticks in the new area. Burden, seasonality, sex ratio and preferred sites of ticks on cattle were studied in late wet season of 2012 and early dry season of 2013 at Amansea. Cattle (n=200) were randomly selected and examined both visually and manualy for tick infestation. Genera Amblyomma, Boophilus, Hyalomma and Rhipicephalus species constituted 69.6; 11.9; 13.8 and 7 percentagesof all ticks encountered, at 2.87 ticks per infested cattle. Wet and dry seasons accounted for 68% and 32% of the ticks, generally in ratio of 1.9♂:1♀. Preferred sites were in descending order of magnitude; scrotum\udder, tail, back, fore leg, neck, ear, dewlap, groin, head (face), brisket, belly, shoulder, side, hind leg and escutcheon (χ2=175.8472, df =42, P<0.01). Potential tick-bites areas which abound in Amansea are risk factors fortick-borne diseases (TBD) known to be transmitted by ticks in West Africa. Results from this study will create public awareness on TBD and may be useful in evidence-based policy decisions on restriction of cattle movement, tick control and surveillance of TBD in the area.
Attraction Effects of LED Trap to Spodoptera exigua Adults in the Greenhouse

The attraction effects of light emitting diode (LED) trap to Spodoptera exigua adults were evaluated in greenhouse and compared with those of no light trap and black-light trap, which is typical used in commercial trap. 7 days later, white LED trap (83.0±0.7) was 2.4 times more attractive than black-light trap (34.0±2.6), whereas the no light trap was little attractive to S. exigua. These results suggest that white LED traps could be used for environmental insect control.
Millimeter-wave Antenna Selection Switch using Advanced CMOS Technologies

Intended to be the on-chip CMOS-based switching circuit for the fifth generation (5G) mobile communication equipment. The proposed switches were fabricated using GlobalFoundries 45nm SOI CMOS (45RFSOI) process. The two single-pole double-throw (SPDT) switches are designed and optimized with asymmetric structure in order to reduce the insertion loss on the transmitter side while maintain high isolation on the receiver side. The first SPDT is controlled by +/- 1V when the second SPDT with cross-biasing technique using 0 and 1V for the voltage control. The measured performance of both designs indicates that the chip can achieve the insertion loss lower than 1dB and the isolation higher 20dB at 28GHz.
THE EFFECT OF ADDING NANO CONCENTRATIONS OF HYDROGEN PEROXIDE TO THE DILUTED SEMEN OF IRAQI LOCAL ROOSTERS ON SOME LABORATORY CHARACTERISTICS AFTER COOLING AND CRYOPRESERVATION

This study was conducted at the poultry farm located in the College of Agricultural Engineering Sciences, University of Baghdad, Abu Gharib (the old site), and laboratories of the Animal Production Department, Jadriya, to investigate the effect of adding hydrogen peroxide H2O2 at nanoscale levels to semen diluents of local roosters sperm in a number of semen characteristics. In this study, 80 roosters local Iraqi chickens were used, the roosters were trained three times a week, to collect semen, until the largest number of them responded. Then the best 40 of the roosters were elected for the purpose of collecting the semen with a pooled sample, and then the samples were diluted and divided equally into four parts. The concentrations of 0, 1, 10, 100, nM of H2O2 were added to each part of the diluted semen, then kept cool until the temperature reached 5 °C for three periods (0, 24, 48 hours), and cryopreservation (48 hours) for all four addition levels. A number of laboratory characteristics were studied including percentages of individual motility, dead sperm, mitochondrial efficacy, and DNA Fragmentation at the end of each repetition (10 repetitions). A variation based on the concentration was observed in the results of hydrogen peroxide, as it ranged from the non-affectivity of the two treatments 1, 10 nM H2O2, to the deterioration in some laboratory characteristics for the treatment of 100 nM H2O2, and according to the interactions between the addition concentrations and the cooling and cryopreservation periods. From this experiment, it can be concluded the inefficiency of the hydrogen peroxide concentrations used to semen
Smartphone Addiction and Life Satisfaction: Mediating Effects of Sleep Quality and Self-Health

As the popularity of smartphones grows, so does the number of people who are addicted to them. Although many studies have indicated that the various problems associated with smartphone addiction can negatively affect life satisfaction, this result is not absolute. This study surveyed 114 Chinese alumni of a Japanese university and analyzed the mediating effects of sleep quality and self-health on the relationship between smartphone addiction and life satisfaction. Results indicated that smartphone addiction did not affect life satisfaction, neither directly nor indirectly through sleep quality and self-health. This finding was different from those of previous studies. In addition, the results indicated that smartphone addiction directly affects sleep quality, and that smartphone addiction can affect self-health either directly or indirectly through sleep quality. Based on this finding, we believe that intervention in the excessive use of smartphones is an effective means to improve the physical fitness of people.
Aus dem Max-Delbrück-Centrum für Molekulare Medizin sowie der Abteilung für Nephrologie der Feinberg School of Medicine der Northwestern University DISSERTATION Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2- and Prolyl Carboxypeptidase-Independent Conversion of Angiotensin II to Angiotensin-(1-7) in Circulatio

s:  Gulua G, Serfozo P, Wysocki J, Ye M, Liu P, Jin J, Bader M, Myöhänen T, GarciaHorsman JA, Batlle D. Abstract P2014: Prolyl Endopeptidase (PEP) is the Main Angiotensin (1-7) Forming Enzyme From Angiotensin II (1-8) in the Circulation: Implications for Hypertension. Hypertension 2019;74:AP2014-AP  Serfözö PD, Wysocki J, Liu P, Ye M, Müller T, Jin J, Batlle D. MP490FORMATION OF ANG(1−7) FROM ANGII(1−8) IS LARGELY INDEPENDENT OF ACE2 AND PRCP. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation 2017;32:iii608-iii9.
MALAT1 promotes migration and proliferation of colorectal cancer cells through targeted regulation of miR-205 expression

Objective: To understand the mechanism of metastasis-associated lung adenocarcinoma transcript 1 (MALAT1) in colorectal cancer (CRC). Methods: qRT-PCR was applied to determine the expression of MALAT1 and microRNA-205 (miR-205) in CRC cells (DLD-1, SW480, HCT116, and SW620) and normal colon colonic epithelial cell (FHC). Stable MALAT1 inhibition vectors and miR-205 overexpression vectors were established and transfected into CRC cells (SW480 and HCT116), and then the cell counting kit-8 (CCK8), transwell assay, and flow cytometry were adopted to analyze the migration, proliferation, and apoptosis of the transfected cells, and the dual luciferase reporter assay was adopted to find out the correlation of MALAT1 with miR-205. Results: MALAT1 was up-regulated in the four kinds of purchased CRC cells, while the situation of miR-205 was opposite. Both inhibiting the expression of MALAT1 and up-regulating the expression of miR-205 could weaken the proliferation and migration abilities of SW480 and HCT116 cells and promote apoptosis of them. The dual luciferase reporter assay revealed targeted binding between MALAT1 and miR-205, and the rescue experiment revealed that inhibiting the miR-205 expression could prevent cell invasion, proliferation, and apoptosis caused by inhibiting MALAT1. Conclusion: MALAT1 could promote the development of CRC by inhibiting the expression of miR-205, and inhibition of MALAT1 is expected to be the treatment direction of CRC.