Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
A DIP OF TOMATO SAUCE - NUTRACEUTICAL

Tomato sauce is one of the most sought after food product across the globe. Though tomato is a rich source of anti-oxidant it is not available fully in the tomato sauce due to the presence of wide range of food additives viz., sodium benzoate, pimaricin, as preservatives; Sulphites and allura red and erythrosine as colorants ; Sodium diacetate as stabilizer and flavour enhancer ; formic acid as oxidisable substance.So the present study was undertaken with an objective to increase the nutritional content and eliminate the artificial additives by natural additives like spices and herbs. In the following study we prepared four combinations of tomato sauce. Protein and thiamine content was estimated by analytical methods. Besides sensory analysis was done by IBM SPSS statistics software 19. The result showed that the protein and thiamine content was highest in sample 3 (sauce prepared with carrot (Daucus carota ) along with Tomato( Solanum lycopersicum)) followed by sample 4 (sauce prepared with bottlegourd (Lagenaria Siceraria) along with Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) ). After the statistical analysis, it was found that a combination of bottle gourd and tomato was most favoured .
Stochastic Soliton Solutions of the High-Order Nonlinear Schrödinger Equation in the Optical Fiber with Stochastic Dispersion and Nonlinearity

In this paper, the high-order nonlinear Schrödinger (HNLS) equation driven by the Gaussian white noise, which describes the wave propagation in the optical fiber with stochastic dispersion and nonlinearity, is studied. With the white noise functional approach and symbolic computation, stochastic one- and two-soliton solutions for the stochastic HNLS equation are obtained. For the stochastic one soliton, the energy and shape keep unchanged along the soliton propagation, but the velocity and phase shift change randomly because of the effects of Gaussian white noise. Ranges of the changes increase with the increase in the intensity of Gaussian white noise, and the direction of velocity is inverted along the soliton propagation. For the stochastic two solitons, the effects of Gaussian white noise on the interactions in the bound and unbound states are discussed: In the bound state, periodic oscillation of the two solitons is broken because of the existence of the Gaussian white noise, and the oscillation of stochastic two solitons forms randomly. In the unbound state, interaction of the stochastic two solitons happens twice because of the Gaussian white noise. With the increase in the intensity of Gaussian white noise, the region of the interaction enlarges.
Substrate specificity of human apurinic/apyrimidinic endonuclease APE1 in the nucleotide incision repair pathway

Abstract Human apurinic/apyrimidinic (AP) endonuclease APE1 catalyses the hydrolysis of phosphodiester bonds on the 5′ side of an AP-site (in the base excision repair pathway) and of some damaged nucleotides (in the nucleotide incision repair pathway). The range of substrate specificity includes structurally unrelated damaged nucleotides. Here, to examine the mechanism of broad substrate specificity of APE1, we performed pulsed electron–electron double resonance (PELDOR) spectroscopy and pre-steady-state kinetic analysis with Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) detection of DNA conformational changes during DNA binding and lesion recognition. Equilibrium PELDOR and kinetic FRET data revealed that DNA binding by APE1 leads to noticeable damage-dependent bending of a DNA duplex. Molecular dynamics simulations showed that the damaged nucleotide is everted from the DNA helix and placed into the enzyme’s binding pocket, which is formed by Asn-174, Asn-212, Asn-229, Ala-230, Phe-266 and Trp-280. Nevertheless, no damage-specific contacts were detected between these amino acid residues in the active site of the enzyme and model damaged substrates containing 1,N6-ethenoadenosine, α-adenosine, 5,6-dihydrouridine or F-site. These data suggest that the substrate specificity of APE1 is controlled by the ability of a damaged nucleotide to flip out from the DNA duplex in response to an enzyme-induced DNA distortion.
A novel method of controlling a dengue mosquito vector, Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) using an aquatic mosquito predator, Diplonychus indicus (Hemiptera: Belostomatidae) in tyres

An investigation was undertaken to evaluate the biocontrol potential of a mosquito predator, Diplonychus indicus, against the immatures of dengue vectors breeding in used tyres. Two gardens were selected and ten tyres each filled with water were kept in different sites of both gardens. One was considered as “control” where no predator was used, whereas in the tyres kept in the “experimental” garden, two second instars of D. indicus were released into each tyre. The absolute density of larvae, pupae and man-landing rate of dengue vector were monitored at weekly intervals. After one year, the predators released in the tyres in the experimental garden were removed and it became the control garden whereas two second instars predators were released into the tyres kept in the control garden which then became the experimental garden. When D. indicus was introduced into the tyres kept in the experimental garden, a drastic reduction of 95% and 98% respectively of late instars and pupae of Ae. aegypti was observed. But there was no reduction in the tyres kept in the control garden. The density of early instars of Ae. aegypti fluctuated in the tyres kept in both the gardens during different months of the year. There were significant differences between the densities of early, late instars and pupae of Ae. aegypti in experimental and control gardens (early: p<0.0001; late: p<0.0001; pupae: p<0.0001; df=47). A similar trend was observed even when experimental and control gardens were interchanged during the second round (early: p<0.1; late: p<0.0001; pupae: p<0.0001; df=47). This field trial indicated that D. indicus can be used successfully in reducing the immature stages of Ae. aegypti followed by suppression in adult emergence. This is the first report on the utility of this mosquito predator against dengue vectors in the field.
Hip Abductors and Lumbar Lateral Flexors act as Energy Generators in Running Single-leg Jumps

Abstract In humans, hip abductor and lumbar lateral flexor muscles are well-developed as side-to-side lumbopelvic stabilizers. We hypothesized that the hip abductors and lumbar lateral flexors act as energy generators during a running single-leg jump, although they are generally recognized as stabilizers. We collected kinematics and ground reaction force data in running single-leg jumps by 13 male high jumpers and calculated three-dimensional kinetic variables. Hip abduction and lumbosacral lateral flexion towards free leg side torques were exerted during almost the entire take-off phase, exerting positive power during the terminal 2/3 of the phase. The positive work of the hip abductors (1.08±0.30 J/kg) was as large as that of the ankle plantar-flexors, suggesting that the energy-generating potential of the hip abductors compares with that of the extensors of the stance-leg joints. The lumbosacral lateral flexors also performed positive work (0.36±0.18 J/kg), which was 47±25% of the knee extensors, albeit less than the extensors of the stance leg joints. The results implied that the hip abductors and lumbar lateral flexors have substantial potentials not only as stabilizers but also as energy generators and that they act as substantial energy generators during running single-leg jumps.
Ten key features of the future medical school—not an impossible dream

Abstract Significant developments in medical education are necessary if medical schools are to respond to the pressures from advances in medicine, changes in health care delivery, and patient and public expectations. This article describes 10 key features of the medical school of the future: the move from the ivory tower to the real world, from just-in-case learning to just-in-time learning, from the basic science clinical divide to full integration, from undervalued teaching and the teacher to recognition of their importance, from the student as a client to the student as partner, from a mystery tour to a mapped journey, from standard uniform practice to an adaptive curriculum, from a failure to exploit learning technology to its effective and creative use, from assessment of learning to assessment for learning, and from working in isolation to greater collaboration. A move in the directions specified is necessary and possible. With some of the changes proposed already happening, it is not an impossible dream.
Effects of The Practice of Experiential Education on Employee Self-Efficacy and Organizational Commitment in Catering Industry

Under the social pattern with gradual increase in consuming ability and the enhancement of the citizens’ emphasis on leisure travel, the rapidly increasing outside dining has catering businesses move toward diversified brand management. The ratio of labor force employed in the relevant industries and catering industry in Taiwan in total labor force employed and the employment population are increasing. It becomes critical to promote the competitiveness of catering businesses through complete educational training systems. Aiming at the supervisors and employees of Wowprime Corp., total 500 copies of questionnaire are distributed and 384 valid copies are retrieved, with the retrieval rate 77%. The research results show significant correlations between 1.experiential education and elf-efficacy, 2.self-efficacy and organizational commitment, and 3.experiential education and organizational commitment. Eventually, suggestions are proposed, expecting to assist catering businesses in educating the employees, reducing costs for the enterprises, and enhancing the competitiveness.
Do Metaphors Move From Mind to Mouth? Evidence From a New System of Linguistic Metaphors for Time

Languages around the world use a recurring strategy to discuss abstract concepts: describe them metaphorically, borrowing language from more concrete domains. We "plan ahead" to the future, "count up" to higher numbers, and "warm" to new friends. Past work has found that these ways of talking have implications for how we think, so that shared systems of linguistic metaphors can produce shared conceptualizations. On the other hand, these systematic linguistic metaphors might not just be the cause but also the effect of shared, non-linguistic ways of thinking. Here, we present a case study of a variety of American English in which a shared, non-linguistic conceptualization of time has become crystallized as a new system of linguistic metaphors. Speakers of various languages, including English, conceptualize time as a lateral timeline, with the past leftward and the future rightward. Until now, this conceptualization has not been documented in the speech of any language. In two studies, we document how members of the U.S. military, but not U.S. civilians, talk about time using conventionalized lateral metaphors (e.g., "move the meeting right" to mean "move the meeting later"). We argue that, under the right cultural circumstances, implicit mental representations become conventionalized metaphors in language.
Forecasting Drought Using Modified Empirical Wavelet Transform-ARIMA with Fuzzy C-Means Clustering

Drought forecasting is important in preparing for drought and its mitigation plan. This study focuses on the investigating the performance of Auto Regressive Integrated Moving Average (ARIMA) and Empirical Wavelet Transform (EWT)-ARIMA based on clustering analysis in forecasting drought using Standard Precipitation Index (SPI). Daily rainfall data from Arau, Perlis from 1956 to 2008 was used in this study. SPI data of 3, 6, 9, 12 and 24 months were then calculated using the rainfall data. EWT is employed to decompose the time series into several finite modes. The EWT is used to create Intrinsic Mode Functions (IMF) which are used to create ARIMA models. Fuzzy c-means clustering is used on the instantaneous frequency given by Hilbert Transform of the IMF to create several clusters. The objective of this study is to compare the effectiveness of the methods in accurately forecasting drought in Arau, Malaysia. It was found that the proposed model performed better compared to ARIMA and EWT-ARIMA.
A Capillary-Pressure-Based Air Pump for Nanoliter Liquid Handling in Microfluidic Devices

In this work, we show how to design a novel capillary-pressure-based air pump (CAP) for nanoliter fluidic handling. The CAP is designed to have the smallest channel height in the whole device and is linked with a deeper injection channel by a connection chamber. The connection chamber is deepest and acts as an isolation structure and stop valve. Due to a high capillary pressure produced by the liquid meniscus in a shallow microchannel network, the wetted CAP compresses the air confined in it and creates driving pressure for pumping and metering liquid in the injection channel.
Comparative Analysis of Two Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion Techniques: Open TLIF Versus Wiltse MIS TLIF

Study Design. A retrospective cohort study at a single institution. Objective. The aim of this study was to analyze the perioperative and postoperative outcomes of patients who underwent open transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (O-TLIF) and bilateral minimally invasive surgery (MIS) Wiltse approach TLIF (Wil-TLIF). Summary of Background Data. Several studies have compared open TLIF to MIS TLIF; however, comparing the techniques using a large cohort of one-level TLIFs has not been fully explored. Methods. We reviewed the charts of patients undergoing a single-level primary posterior lumbar interbody fusion between 2012 and 2017. The cases were categorized as Open TLIF (traditional midline exposure including lateral exposure of transverse processes) or bilateral paramedian Wiltse TLIF approach. Differences between groups were assessed by t tests. Results. Two hundred twenty-seven patients underwent one-level primary TLIF (116 O-TLIF, 111 Wil-TLIF). There was no difference in age, gender, American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA), or body mass index (BMI) between groups. Wil-TLIF had the lowest estimated blood loss (EBL; 197 vs. 499 mL O-TLIF, P ⩽ 0.001), length of stay (LOS; 2.7 vs. 3.6 days O-TLIF, P ⩽ 0.001), overall complication rate (12% vs. 24% O-TLIF, P = 0.015), minor complication rate (7% vs. 16% O-TLIF, P = 0.049), and 90-day readmission rate (1% vs. 8% O-TLIF, P = 0.012). Wil-TLIF was associated with the higher fluoroscopy time (83 vs. 24 seconds O-TLIF, P ⩽ 0.001). There was not a significant difference in operative time, intraoperative or neurological complications, extubation time, reoperation rate, or infection rate. Conclusion. In comparing Wiltse MIS TLIF to Open TLIF, the minimally invasive paramedian Wiltse approach demonstrated the lowest EBL, LOS, readmission rates, and complications, but longer fluoroscopy times when compared with the traditional open approach. Level of Evidence: 3
Presence of Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) in Croatia and Evaluation of Its Genotoxicity

The DDT was one of the most commonly used pesticide in mid 20th century and even though its use is banned it is detectible in water, soil, fish, meat and milk products. Using comet assay and micronucleus test we have managed to detect genotoxic properties of this pesticide on human peripheral blood lymphocytes. Results obtained in this research indicate the need for further environmental and food monitoring, and cytogenetic research using sensitive methods in detection of primary genome damage after exposure to DDT to establish the impact of such chemicals on human genome and health.
The Effect of Lego Mindstrom Eve 3 Based Design Activities on Students' Attitudes towards Learning Computer Programming, Self-efficacy Beliefs and Levels of Academic Achievement

The aim of the study was to present the effect of Lego Mindstorms Ev3 based design activities on students’ attitudes towards learning computer programming, self-efficacy beliefs and levels of academic achievement. The research is a pretest-posttest with control group semiexperimental study. The study group of the research consisted of 53 students attending the faculty of engineering. The experimental group was administered a teaching method with Lego Mindstorms Ev3 based design activities. On the other hand, in the control group C++ topics were directly taught via editor. Research data were collected via the implementing academic achievement test (Kr-20= 0.71), attitude towards learning programming scale (Cronbach’s Alpha =0.84) and computer programming self-efficacy scale (Cronbach’s Alpha= 0.966). Obtained findings were: The education using Lego Mindstorms Ev3 design activities contributed more meaningfully to the academic success of the students in terms of C++ programming language compared to the traditional method.
Whole mouse brain connectomics

Methods have been developed to allow quantitative connectivity of the whole fixed mouse brain by means of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). We have translated what we have learned in clinical imaging to the very special domain of the mouse brain. Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) of perfusion fixed specimens can now be performed with spatial resolution of 45 μm3, that is, voxels that are 21,000 times smaller than the human connectome protocol. Specimen preparation has been optimized through an active staining protocol using a Gd chelate. Compressed sensing has been integrated into high performance reconstruction and post processing pipelines allowing acquisition of a whole mouse brain connectome in <12 hr. The methods have been validated against retroviral tracer studies. False positive tracts, which are especially problematic in clinical studies, have been reduced substantially to ~28%. The methods have been streamlined to provide high‐fidelity, whole mouse brain connectomes as a routine study. The data package provides holistic insight into the mouse brain with anatomic definition at the meso‐scale, quantitative volumes of subfields, scalar DTI metrics, and quantitative tractography.
Mobile Ions in Amorphous Solids

Mobile ions in amorphous solids are interesting from both academic and practical perspectives. They are of academic interest, because of the challenge to explain how the structures of a wide variety of liquids can change during cooling so as to permit truly enormous differences in their particle mobilities (up to factors of 1014) to develop. In the fluid states of most nonpolymeric fast ion glass-forming liquids, the time scales for electrical relaxation (by the most mobile species) and mechanical relaxation (by the least mobile species) are within an order of magnitude ( 1 , 2). They are of practical interest, because these materials may serve as the solid electrolyte in a wide variety of electrical devices, such as primary and secondary batteries, sensors, and electro chromic displays. The field of high conductivity amorphous solids has been very active during the past two decades, as it has become an increasingly important part of the broader field of solid state ionics. With the urgent societal need for nonpolluting vehicle power sources now being a subject of legislation in many states, the importance of this subject area is destined to grow considerably. The amorphous solid conductor field comprises two important subfields and shares a further subfield with the crystalline branch of the su bject. The subfields referred to are, respectively, fast ion-conducting ("superionic") glasses and salt-in-solvating-polymer solutions. The shared subfield is that of rotator phases and certain other highly disordered crystals that obey the Vogel-Tammann Fulcher (VTF) equation and show glass transitions.
Effect Of A Robot's Geometrical Parameters On Its Optimal Dynamic Performance

This paper presents a study that was conducted at Monash University College Gippsland on the effect of a robot’s geometrical parameters on its dynamic performance. This research was undertaken in pursuit of an optimal dynamic performance of industrial robots. In this study an indicator was established to quantitatively measure the dynamic performance of a robot arm with respect to changes in the geometrical parameters. Since the dynamic behaviour of a robot’s arm is largely dependent on its inertia terms; the performance indicator was based on the Logarithmic function of the sensitivity of the inertia matrix’s eigenvalues to changes in a robot’s geometrical parameters. Also, since the inertia matrix is a function of the joint displacement; the performance was examined for a particular parameter over a range of joint angles. The sensitivity of the inertia matrix’s eigenvalues to changes in the non-zero parameters of an articulated robot (PUMA 560)l was examined in the course of this research. This paper presents cases related to the effect of changing the twist angles on the dynamic performance. The results of this study, which are illustrated by 3-dimensional surface plots, are discussed and analysed in this paper. All the simulation software was written in extended ANSI FORTRAN 77 and run on an HP 9000/550 computer using the UNIX operating system.
Mapping of molecular gas inflow towards the Seyfert nucleus of NGC 4051 using Gemini NIFS

We present 2D stellar and gaseous kinematics of the inner ∼130× 180 pc 2 of the Narrow-Line Seyfert 1 galaxy NGC 4051 at a sampling of 4.5 pc, from near-infrared K-band spectroscopic observations obtained with the Gemini's Near-infrared Integral Field Spectrograph (NIFS) operating with the ALTAIR adaptive optics module. We have used the CO absorption band heads around 2.3 μm to obtain the stellar kinematics which show the turnover of the rotation curve at only ≈55 pc from the nucleus, revealing a highly concentrated gravitational potential. The stellar velocity dispersion of the bulge is ≈60 km s -1 - implying on a nuclear black hole mass of ≈10 6 M ⊙ - within which patches of lower velocity dispersion suggest the presence of regions of more recent star formation. From measurements of the emission-line profiles we have constructed 2D maps for the flux distributions, line ratios, radial velocities and gas velocity dispersions for the H 2 , H II and [Ca VIII] emitting gas. Each emission-line samples a distinct kinematics. The Bry emission-line shows no rotation as well as no blueshifts or redshifts in excess of 30 km s -1 , and is thus not restricted to the galaxy plane. The [Ca VIII] coronal region is compact but resolved, extending over the inner 75 pc. It shows the highest blueshifts - of up to -250 km s -1 , and the highest velocity dispersions, interpreted as due to outflows from the active nucleus, supporting an origin close to the nucleus. Subtraction of the stellar velocity field from the gaseous velocity field has allowed us to isolate non-circular motions observed in the H 2 emitting gas. The most conspicuous kinematic structures are two nuclear spiral arms - one observed in blueshift in the far side of the galaxy (to the north-east), and the other observed in redshift in the near side of the galaxy (to the south-west). We interpret these structures as inflows towards the nucleus, a result similar to those of previous studies in which we have found streaming motions along nuclear spirals in ionized gas using optical Integral Filed Unit (IFU) observations. We have calculated the mass inflow rate along the nuclear spiral arms, obtaining M H2 ≈ 4 x 10 -5 M ⊙ yr -1 , a value ∼100 times smaller than the accretion rate necessary to power the active nucleus. This can be understood as due to the fact that we are only seeing the hot 'skin' (the H 2 emitting gas) of the total mass inflow rate, which is probably dominated by cold molecular gas. From the H 2 emission-line ratios we conclude that X-ray heating can account for the observed emission, but the H 2 λ2. 1218 μm/Br y line ratio suggests some contribution from shocks in localized regions close to the compact radio jet.