Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Effect of Health Education on Malaria Control Practices among Mothers of Under-Five Children in a Rural Nigerian Community

Background/Purpose: Malaria is an established health challenge and a major cause of mortality and morbidity among under-five children in Nigeria. This community-based study was designed to assess the effect of health education packages on the malaria control practices of mothers of under-five children in Ibeagwa Nike Enugu State. Original Research Article Ilo et al.; JAMMR, 32(15): 57-67, 2020; Article no.JAMMR. 58719 58 Methods: The study utilized a quasi-experimental study design with a sample size of 124 mothers that attended the infant welfare clinic at the community health center and those that received treatment of minor childhood illnesses for six months. A multistage random sampling technique was used in choosing the required samples. The instrument for the collection of data was a selfadapted and validated questionnaire. Reliability was assessed and yielded a Cronbach’s correlation coefficient of 0.823. Data generated were summarized using simple descriptive statistics of frequencies and percentages and analyzed using Fishers’ exact test and Chi-square. Results: Findings of the study showed that: the practice of malaria control practices was very low below 40% before health education intervention; malaria control practices increased significantly above 40% after the health education intervention; hindrances to the practice of malaria control measures reduced after the health education intervention; there is poor awareness of environmental hygiene as a method of malaria control measure before health education. Conclusion: Periodic health education on the importance of malaria control practices should be conducted in the community regularly, to promote control of malaria.
Polysaccharide and protein-based functional wound dressing materials and applications

Abstract In chronic wounds area, there is an abnormally low amount of extracellular matrix, which urges for the extra new biomimetic material to promote proper wound healing. Because of their unique characteristics such as inherent bioactivity, biocompatibility, biodegradability and mimicking the natural ECM, natural polymer and their derivative are widely explored as the functional active wound dressing and carrier of antimicrobial agents or growth factors to enhance wound healing. In this review, the wound healing application of polysaccharides, proteins and their derivatives as the active wound dressing and as the carriers of pharmaceutical agents was briefly reviewed. Graphical Abstract
ACDtool: a web-server extending the original Audic-Claverie statistical test to the comparison of large data sets of counts

Motivation More than 20 years ago, our laboratory published an original statistical test (referred to as the Audic-Claverie (AC) test in the literature) to identify differentially expressed genes from the pairwise comparison of counts of cognate RNA-seq reads (then called “expressed sequence tags”) determined in different conditions. Despite its antiquity and the publications of more sophisticated software packages, this original article continued to gather more than 200 citations per year, indicating the persistent usefulness of the simple AC test for the community. This prompted us to propose a fully revamped version of the AC test with a user interface adapted to the diverse and much larger datasets produced by contemporary omics techniques. Results We implemented ACDtool as an interactive, freely accessible web service proposing 3 types of analyses: 1) the pairwise comparison of individual counts, 2) pairwise comparisons of arbitrary large lists of counts, 3) the all-at-once pairwise comparisons of multiple datasets. Statistical computations are implemented using standard R functions and mathematically reformulated as to accommodate all practical ranges of count values. ACDtool can thus analyze datasets from transcriptomic, proteomic, metagenomics, barcoding, ChlP'seq, population genetics, etc, using the same mathematical approach. ACDtool is particularly well suited for comparisons of large datasets without replicates. Availability ACDtool is at URL: www.igs. cnrs-mrs.fr/acdtool/ Contact Jean-Michel.Claverie@univ-amu.fr Supplementary information none.
Adolescent Social Isolation Increases Vulnerability to Cocaine

Childhood and adolescent adversity is associated with a wide range of psychiatric disorders, including an increased risk for substance abuse. Despite this, the molecular mechanisms underlying how chronic stress during adolescence alters reward signaling remains largely unexplored. Understanding how adolescent stress increases addiction-like phenotypes could inform the development of targeted interventions both before and after drug use. The current study examined how adolescent-onset isolation stress affected behavioral, molecular, and physiological responses to cocaine in male and female mice. Adolescent-onset social isolation did not alter the ability of mice to learn an operant response for food, nor influence food self-administration or motivation for food on a progressive ratio schedule. However, male and female socially stressed mice exhibited an increase in motivation for cocaine and cocaine seeking during a cue-induced reinstatement session. Additionally, we demonstrated that adolescent-onset social isolation increased cocaine-induced neuronal activation, as assessed by Fos expression, within the nucleus accumbens core and shell, ventral pallidum, dorsal bed nucleus of the stria terminalis, lateral septum and basolateral amygdala. Taken together, the present studies demonstrate that social stress during adolescence augments the behavioral responses to cocaine during adulthood and alters the responsiveness of reward-related brain circuitry.
Twin plots – appropriate method to assess the impact of alien tree on understory?

Abstract Replacing native forests by alien tree plantations can lead to changes in the species composition of the understory. However, differences in the understory species spectrum can also be a part of the natural variability of forest stands. We have tested the suitability of the twin plots method for an evaluation of the impact of alien trees on the species composition of the understory. This research was conducted on an alluvial plain (SW Slovakia) that was originally covered by a hardwood floodplain forest. The study was based on 7 twin plots of black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia) and native forest plots, with a maximum distance of 100 meters between the members of the twins. The dissimilarity of the plots within the black locust forest was significantly lower than the dissimilarity between the twin plots. In addition, the dissimilarity of the plots within the hardwood floodplain forest was also significantly lower than the dissimilarity between the twin plots. Under the same environmental conditions, the higher dissimilarity of the twin plots was caused by major edificators and their impact on the understory vegetation. The twin plots method proved to be a suitable tool for analyses of the impact of alien trees on understory vegetation.
A new cryptic species of Neanthes (Annelida: Phyllodocida: Nereididae) from Singapore confused with Neanthes glandicincta Southern, 1921 and Ceratonereis (Composetia) burmensis (Monro, 1937)

A new cryptic species of Neanthes (Nereididae), N. wilsonchani, new species, is described from intertidal mudflats of eastern Singapore. The new species was confused with both Ceratonereis (Composetia) burmensis (Monro, 1937) and Neanthes glandicincta Southern, 1921, which were found to be conspecific with the latter name having priority. Neanthes glandicincta is newly recorded from Singapore, its reproductive forms (epitokes) are redescribed, and Singapore specimens are compared with topotype material from India. The new species can be distinguished from N. glandicincta by slight body colour differences and by having fewer pharyngeal paragnaths in Areas II (4–8 vs 7–21), III (11–28 vs 30–63) and IV (1–9 vs 7–20), and in the total number of paragnaths for all Areas (16–41 vs 70–113). No significant differences were found in the morphology of the epitokes between the two species. The two species have largely non-overlapping distributions in Singapore; the new species is restricted to Pleistocene coastal alluvium in eastern Singapore, while N. glandicinta occurs in western Singapore as well as in Malaysia and westward to India.
Publication or pregnancy? Employment contracts and childbearing of women academics in China

ABSTRACT The ‘publish or perish’ system has been widespread in the global higher education sector to incentivize academic performance. How the system affects academics in non-western countries has received scant attention. This research studies the relationship between different types of employment contracts, work pressure and the childbearing decisions of women academics in China. The data were collected in 2019 through a survey of 453 women academics working in universities in China. The research establishes a significant correlation between the types of contracts and the reproductive practices of women academics of childbearing age. In order to obtain more detailed information on the underlying consequences of the new system and the respondents’ coping strategies, interviews were conducted with women academics across different stages of their career. We found that the respondents who had not signed a fixed-term contract on average had higher reproductive intentions than those who had signed the contract. They have adapted their reproductive behaviour according to work pressure. The universities adopting such an evaluation system need to adjust the contract terms to allow women academics to be able to balance work and life. The findings contribute to the understanding of the impact of this global trend.
The complete mitochondrial genome of Semilabeo notabilis (Cyprinidae: Labeoninae) and phylogenetic implications

Abstract Semilabeo notabilis is an Endangered cyprinid fish species in China. In this study, the complete mitochondrial genome of S. notabilis was firstly determined and described. It was 16,599 bp in length and composed by 13 protein-coding genes, 22 tRNA genes, 2 rRNA genes, and a control region (D-loop). The overall nucleotide composition was 31.9% of A, 15.7% of G, 25.4% of T, and 27.0% of C, with a total of 57.3% A + T content. Phylogenetic analysis suggested that S. notabilis had the closest evolutionary relationship with S. obscurus. The availability of the S. notabilis mitogenome would contribute to further molecular systematics and conservation genetics studies of this species.
GEOGRAPHICALLY WEIGHTED REGRESSION APPROACH FOR SHALLOW WATER DEPTH ESTIMATION USING MULTISPECTRAL SATELLITE IMAGERIES

Abstract. Shallow water depth is essential for coastal planning, monitoring, and research. Bathymetry data is mostly produced from hydrographic survey using echosounder. The generic result from those measurements is discrete values while the desired output is a continuous depth model. To fill the gaps in the sounding data, we use Satellite Derived Bathymetry (SDB) approach with Geographically Weighted Regression (GWR). This study aims to investigate the feasibility of GWR to model bathymetry of shallow water in the eastern part of Indonesia. We explore the correlation between the number of training data and the predicted result. Two different satellites images are used, namely: Sentinel-2A and Landsat 8 OLI/TIRS with 10 and 30 m resolutions respectively. For the experiment, in-situ data are set into training and validation in three different ratios. The model is developed using adaptive GWR approach in which the parameter of regression would adapt the local data set within different kernel sizes. Finally, we compute RMSE (Root Mean Square Error), R2, and TVU (Total Vertical Uncertainty) to assess the quality of our model. In general, Sentinel-2A produces more detailed information due to higher resolution than Landsat 8 OLI/TIRS. Sentinel-2A also obtains more accurate results based on RMSE values. The percentage number of the estimated depth that fulfils TVU requirements is up to 83%. These assessment quality results give us an insight that the SDB approach using GWR is promising. Thus, the GWR method may be able to provide an estimate of bathymetry for many coastal areas in Indonesia.
Realistic heat pulses protect frogs from disease under simulated rainforest frog thermal regimes

Recent emergences of fungal diseases have caused catastrophic global losses of biodiversity. Temperature is one of the most important factors influencing host–fungus associations but the effects of temperature variability on disease development are rarely examined. The chytrid pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) has had severe effects on populations of hundreds of rainforest-endemic amphibian species but we know little about the effects of rainforest-specific host body temperature cycles on infection patterns. To address this challenge, we used body temperature regimes experienced in nature by frogs in the Australian Wet Tropics to guide a controlled experiment investigating the effects of body temperature fluctuations on infection patterns in a model host (Litoria spenceri), with emphasis on exposing frogs to realistic “heat pulses” that only marginally exceed the thermal optimum of the fungus. We then exposed cultured Bd to an expanded array of heat pulse treatments and measured parameters of population growth to help resolve the role of host immunity in our in vivo results. Infections developed more slowly in frogs exposed to daily 4-hr heat pulses of 26°C or 29°C than in frogs in constant temperature treatments without heat pulses (control). Frogs that experienced heat pulses were also less likely to exceed infection intensities at which morbidity and mortality become likely. Ten of 11 (91%) frogs from the daily 29°C heat pulse treatment even cleared their infections after approximately 9 weeks. Cultured Bd also grew more slowly when exposed to heat pulses than in constant-temperature control treatments, suggesting that mild heat pulses have direct negative effects on Bd growth in nature, but precluding us from determining whether there was a concurrent benefit of heat pulses to host immunity. Our results suggest that even in habitats where average temperatures may be suitable for fungal growth and reproduction, infection risk or the outcome of existing infections may be heavily influenced by short but frequent exposures to temperatures that only slightly exceed the optimum for the fungus. Our findings provide support for management interventions that promote warm microenvironments for hosts, such as small-scale removal of branches overhanging critical habitat or provision of artificial heat sources.
Real Capital Stock Estimation for Industries Using Perpetual Inventory Method: A Methodological Exploration

A study of industrial structure and growth, in terms of capital intensity and capital productivity of industries, inevitably encapsulates the requirement and associated challenges of estimation of capital stock time series in real terms. An incorrect (under- or over-) estimation of real capital stock leads to dubious conclusion and, thus, ill-informed policy implications derived from the analysis. The industrial survey database–ASI–reports the time series of capital stocks for industries in nominal (at current prices) terms instead of in real (at constant prices) terms which is more meaningful for the analysis. The choice of correct deflator, consideration of suitable depreciation, discard and revaluation of capital stocks, make real capital stock estimation a matter of disquisition. A plethora of studies addresses these challenges of capital estimation deploying perpetual inventory method. However, the approaches used in the previous studies pose limitations in terms of price deflator selection, consideration of benchmark period for initial capital and choice of depreciation rates and methods. The present study addresses these limitations for the registered Indian manufacturing industries. The result of the present study exhibits a robust approach of real capital stock estimate and an advancement from the existing approaches.
Penggunaan Indikator Kubis Ungu Pada Analisis Asam Lemak Bebas dengan Metode Titrasi

Penggunaan indikator alami dalam titrasi asam-basa dapat dijadikan salah satu materi pengenalan senyawa kimia bahan alam dalam metode analisis kimia. Kubis ungu ( Brassica oleracea ) merupakan salah satu alternatif bahan pembuatan indikator asam basa alami karena memiliki senyawa antosianin yang memberikan warna berbeda pada derajat keasaman (pH) yang berbeda. Tujuan penelitian ini untuk mengekstrak antosianin yang terdapat dalam kubis ungu selanjutnya diaplikasikan sebagai indikator titrasi asam-basa. Penelitian diawali dengan preparasi bahan baku kubis ungu, dilanjutkan dengan ekstraksi metode sokletasi menggunakan pelarut metanol. Ekstrak yang didapat didistilasi pada suhu titik didih pelarutnya hingga kepekatan ekstrak 50%. Ekstrak kubis ungu selanjutnya diaplikasikan sebagai indikator dalam menentukan asam lemak bebas menggunakan sampel asam oleat. Sebagai standar pembanding indikator digunakan indikator fenolphtalein. Perubahan warna indikator kubis ungu dari merah muda ke hijau toska dengan kisaran pH 6 – 9. Penggunaan indikator kubis ungu dengan pelarut metanol dalam penentuan asam oleat menunjukkan hasil yang mendekati indikator fenolphtalein, yaitu nilai koefisien korelasi (R) adalah 0,9996. Pengujian % recovery menggunakan indikator ekstrak kubis ungu dapat diterima, yaitu 100,47%. Dengan demikian indikator ini layak digunakan sebagai indikator asam-basa pada analisa asam lemak bebas seperti halnya indikator fenolftalein sintetik yang biasa digunakan.
ISODATA Classification using Fuzzy Logic

: In current days remote sensing is mainly recent application in many sectors. Remote Sensing (RS) refers to the science of identification of earth surface facet and analysis of their geo-biophysical property via electromagnetic emission as a model for interaction. Spectral, spatial, temporal and polarization signatures are key features of the sensor/target, which make easy target bias. Earth surface data seen by the sensors in altered wavelengths (reflected, scattered and/or emitted) is radio metrically and geometrically right by extraction of spectral data. RS data is a synoptic read, pedestrian exposure with calibrate sensors to work out changes, observations at various resolutions, deals with a alternative for normal resources management as compare to standard methods. This remote sensing utilizes dissimilar images like multispectral, hyper spectral or ultra-spectral. The remote sensing image classification is being of the significant methods to sort image. In order to state we classify the ISODATA classification amid fuzzy logic. In this we experimenting fuzzy logic be affectionate of spatial, spectral texture methods in that dissimilar sub methods to be worn for image classification.
Interactive Control of Carbon Assimilation, Redox Balance, CBB Expression, Nitrogenase Complex Biosynthesis, Hydrogen Production, and Sulfur Metabolism in RubisCO Compromised Mutant Strains of Nonsulfur Purple Bacteria

II ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS . V VITA . VI LIST OF TABLES . VIII LIST OF FIGURES . IX LIST OF ABBREVATIONS. XI INTRODUCTION . 1 CHAPTER 1. CELLULAR REDOX BALANCE AND CARBON ASSIMILATION IN RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES AND RHODOPSEUDOMONAS PALUSTRIS. 4 INTRODUCTION . 4 MATERIALS AND METHODS . 6 DISCUSSION . 17 CHAPTER 2. NIFA AND OTHER MUTATIONS AND THEIR INFLUENCE ON HYDROGEN PRODUCTION IN RUBISCO COMPROMISED MUTANT STRAINS OF NONSULFUR PURPLE BACTERIA. 18 INTRODUCTION . 18 MATERIALS AND METHODS . 23 RESULTS.28 DISCUSSION . 41 CHAPTER 3. TRANSCRIPTOME ANALYSIS OF RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES RUBSICO COMPROMISED MUTANT STRAINS . 45 INTRODUCTION . 45 RESULTS.50 CONCLUSION . 61 CHAPTER 4. PRELIMINARY CHARACTERIZATION OF AN ALTERNATIVE REDOX SINK IN RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES RUBISCO DELETION MUTANT STRAIN 16PHG . 64 INTRODUCTION . 64 RESULTS.70 DISCUSSION . 74 CHAPTER 5. SUMMARY . 77 REFERENCES . 83
Validation Repertories of Media Audiences in the Digital Age: Examining the Legitimate Authority of Cultural Mediators

This article contributes to the study of legitimate authority and symbolic power in the media field by analyzing what I call the “validation repertoires” of audiences, that is, the various ways individuals combine in a single set of beliefs separate judgments of how valid or worthwhile they regard the opinions of a media worker with a specific institutionalized background. The empirical analysis focuses on cultural mediators and has three aspects: (a) mapping repertoires via latent class analysis, (b) explaining adherence to repertoires by links to positions in the field, and (c) predicting how repertoires affect the concrete use of recommendation systems. The results show that, currently, validation repertoires are mainly organized according to the degree of validation, not the degree of institutionalization; the validation of mediators appears to be multifaceted, influenced by cultural and media-related resources and generalized institutional trust; and repertoires have an impact on choice behavior.
Calcium Phosphate Based Bioactive Ceramic Layers on Implant Materials Preparation, Properties, and Biological Performance

Calcium phosphate based bioactive ceramics (CPCs) can be successfully applied as implant coatings since they are chemically similar to the inorganic constituent of hard tissues (bones, teeth). Nowadays, in orthopedic surgeries, it is still common to use metallic implants. However, the biological response of the human body to these foreign materials can be adverse, causing the failure of implant materials. This disadvantage can be avoided by bioactive coatings on the surface of implants. CPCs can be prepared by different routes that provide coatings of different quality and properties. In our paper, we compared the morphological, chemical, and biological properties of CPC coatings prepared by the pulse current electrochemical method. The size and thickness of the pulse current deposited platelets largely depended on the applied parameters such as the length of ton and the current density. The decrease in the ton/toff ratio resulted in thinner, more oriented platelets, while the increase in current density caused a significant decrease in grain size. The higher pH value and the heat treatment favored the phase transformation of CPCs from monetite to hydroxyapatite. The contact angle measurements showed increased hydrophilicity of the CPC sample as well as better biocompatibility compared to the uncoated implant material.
Impact of Microbial Cultures on Soil Biological Quality and Growth of Spinach Grown in Polluted Soils

In this present studied poly bag experiment was conducted following complete randomized block design with 12 treatments and three replications. Polluted Soil with supply of fresh water, Unpolluted soil with supply of fresh water, Unpolluted soil with supply of polluted water. The results of pot culture were reveals that the Influence of microbial cultures on biological quality and microbial population of polluted soil and spinach yield at 30 and 60 DAS was estimated. Significantly highest bacterial population was recorded in treatments T12 (124.21 ×10 7 CFU g-1 soil) at 30 DAS and treatment T8 (88.68 ×107 CFU g-1 soil) at 60 DAS. The highest molds population was observed in treatment T3 (17.91, 11.32 ×103 CFU g-1 soil) at 30 and 60 DAS respectively. The treatment T6 showed significantly highest rhizobial population at 30 and 60 DAS (29.23, 20.71 ×103CFU g-1 soil) respectively. The VAM population was highest in the treatment T7 (24.13 ×10 g -1 soil) at 30 DAS and T12 (9.0) at 60 DAS. The highest leaf fresh weight was recorded in T8 (41.63 g plant-1) at 30 DAS and (70.03 g plant-1) at 60 DAS and the lowest fresh weight was recorded in T3, T9 at 30, 60 DAS respectively. The highest leaf dry weight was recorded in T8 (6.62 g plant -1), (4.17 g plant-1) at 30 and 60 DAS respectively and the lowest values were found in T3 at 30 and 60 DAS.