Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Sig nif i cance of Car diac Troponin I and Creatine Kinase Re lease af ter Cor o nary In ter ven tion

Back ground. Car diac troponin I is a highly sen si tive and spe cific mark er for early de tec tion of myo car dial in jury. Whether it can be used to mon i tor myo car dial in jury af ter cor o nary in ter ven tion is un cer tain. This study was de signed to mea sure the car diac troponin I and creatine kinase (CK) af ter cor o nary in ter ven tion and in ves ti gate their clin i cal sig nif i cance. Methods. We mea sured car diac troponin I and CK lev els be fore in ter ven tion and 4 hours, 8 hours, 12 hours and 24 hours af ter ap par ently suc cess ful cor o nary in ter ven tion in 106 el i gi ble pa tients. Nine pa tients were ex cluded due to miss ing data. We also fol lowed up the clin i cal out come to re cord ma jor car diac events (MACE). Re sults. The fre quency of car diac troponin I in crease af ter cor o nary in ter ven tion was higher than that of CK in crease (40.2% vs 8.2%). The fre quency of car diac troponin I in crease in the stent group was sig nif i cantly higher than that in the PTCA group (49.2% vs 21.9%, p < 0.001). The fre quency of car diac troponin I in crease was also higher than that of CK in crease in pa tients with in-hospital events (58.8% vs 14.7%). Con clu sions. Car diac troponin I is more sen si tive than creatine kinase in de tect ing myo car dial in jury af ter cor o nary in ter ven tion. The in ci dence of car diac troponin I in crease is sig nif i cantly higher in pa tients un der go ing stenting than in pa tients treated with bal loon angioplasty only. The car diac troponin I in crease is more highly cor re lated with inhospital events than is creatine kinase. [Chin Med J (Tai pei) 2001;64:343-350]
A Study on the Influence of Structural Model Food Safety Issues on the Athletes

Food safety is the goal of service-oriented government, which is to achieve one of the main functions. Food safety is not only a political issue related to national security and social stability, but also an economic problem. This study makes the general theories analysis for the food safety to the athletes by describing the various factors affecting food security and builds interpretive structural model to analyze the relationship between various factors. Meanwhile, it is to identify measures to address food safety issues.
Composition of root‐colonizing arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities in different ecosystems around the globe

1 Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi are obligate root symbionts that are present in most terrestrial ecosystems and have roles in plant mineral nutrition, carbon cycling and biotic interactions. In this work, 26 publications were surveyed that report on the occurrence of natural root‐colonizing AM fungi identified using rDNA region sequences. A total of 52 host plant species were investigated. Sixteen publications provided data enabling a comparison to be made of AM fungal taxon richness and community composition across 36 host plant species and 25 locations. Ninety‐five fungal taxa (small subunit rRNA gene sequence types) were involved, 49 of which were recorded from at least two study sites, and 65 from more than one host plant species. 2 The number of AM fungal taxa per host plant species differed between habitat types: a significantly higher richness was found in tropical forests (18.2 fungal taxa per plant species), followed by grasslands (8.3), temperate forests (5.6) and habitats under anthropogenic influence (arable fields and polluted sites, 5.2). 3 AM fungal communities exhibit differing compositions in broadly defined habitat types: tropical forests, temperate forests and habitats under anthropogenic influence. Grassland locations around the world host heterogeneous AM fungal communities. 4 A number of AM fungi had a global distribution, including sequence types related to the Glomus intraradices/fasciculatum group, G. mosseae, G. sp. UY1225 and G. hoi, as well as the Glomus and Scutellospora types of unknown taxonomic affiliation. Widespread taxa occur in both natural and anthropogenic (disturbed) habitats, and may show high local abundance. However, about 50% of taxa have been recorded from only a single site. 5 The current global analysis of AM fungal communities suggests that soil micro‐organisms may exhibit different distribution patterns, resulting in a high variability of taxon richness and composition between particular ecosystems.
Leaf polarity establishment and the two sets of regulators

Proper leaf morphogenesis is evolutionarily important for higher plants in enabling them the maximum photosynthesis capacity. This complex developmental process comprises of several stages. The establishment of leaf polarity along the adaxial (doral)-abaxial (ventral) axis occurs in young leaf primordia and is critically required for subsequent leaf blade expansion. This polar patterning results in distinct anatomical and morphological structures between the upper and the lower sides of the leaf. The first recognition of leaf polarity began with a classical microsurgical study on potato shoot tips over 50 years ago. Subsequently, important leaf polarity regulators have been identified through genetic and molecular studies. This review is mainly focused on characterization of Arabidopsis key determinants that regulate leaf polarity establishment at various levels including transcription, post-transcription, translation and post-translation. Recent development in leaf polarity study is also provided.
On discontinuous Galerkin discretizations of second-order derivatives

Some properties of a Local discontinuous Galerkin (LDG) algorithm are demonstrated for the problem of evaluting a second derivativeg = fxx for a givenf . (This is a somewhat unusual problem, but it is useful for understanding the initial transient response of an algorithm for diffusion equations.) LDG uses an auxiliary variable to break this up into two first order equations and then applies techniques by analogy to DG algorithms for advection algorithms. This introduces an asymmetry into the solution that depends on the choice of upwind directions for these two first order equations. When using piecewise linear basis functions, this LDG solutiongh is shown not to converge in anL2 norm because the slopes in each cell diverge. However, when LDG is used in a time-dependent diffusion problem, this error in the second derivative term is transient and rapidly decays away, so that the overall error is bounded. I.e., the LDG approximation fh(x;t) for a diffusion equation @f=@t = fxx converges to the proper solution (as has been shown before), even though the initial rate of change @fh=@t does not converge. We also show results from the Recovery discontinuous Galerkin (RDG) approach, which gives symmetric solutions that can have higher rates of convergence for a stencil that couples the same number of cells.
BIOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT OF EXPOSURE TO BENZENE AMONG PETROL STATIONS’ WORKERS IN ZAGAZIG CITY BY USING TRANS,TRANS-MUCONIC ACID AS URINARY INDICATOR

Introduction: Benzene is an important raw material for the manufacture of synthetic rubbers, gums, lubricants, dyes, pharmaceutics and agriculture chemicals. Occupational exposure to Benzene may induce some adverse health effects. Aim of the work: This study aimed to the evaluation of Benzene exposure among petrol Stations workers byassessment of some symptomatic, hematological and immunological changes by using trans- trans muconic acid (t, t MA) as a urinary indicator. Subjects and Methods: A comparative cross – sectional study was conducted on five petrol stations. The study sample was 32 workers, they were classified as 12 exposed to benzene and 20 non-exposed control group. All subjects were interviewed and subjected to a structured questionnaire. They were asked to pass urine at the end of theshift to determine trans, trans muconic acid using high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). Blood samples had obtained from all volunteers to detect peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) also serum concentrations of IgG and IgM were determined by suitable method. Results: A statistically significant higher prevalence of adverse symptoms among exposed workers compared to control group. In addition, there were significantly higher values of trans, trans muconic acid among exposed group compared to control group with significant correlation (P< 0.01) between t, t MA level and duration of exposure. Conclusion: Exposure to benzene in Petrol stations workers induces significant reduction in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC), immunological changes, and adverse symptomatic effects. Recommendations: More studies are needed to explore the details of occupational exposure to benzene for purposes of prevention and control.
No downregulation of immune function during breeding in two year‐round breeding bird species in an equatorial East African environment

Some equatorial environments exhibit substantial within-location variation in environmental conditions throughout the year and yet have year-round breeding birds. This implies that breeding in such systems are potentially unrelated to the variable environmental conditions. By breeding not being influenced by environmental conditions, we become sure that any differences in immune function between breeding and non-breeding birds do not result from environmental variation, therefore allowing for exclusion of the confounding effect of variation in environmental conditions. This create a unique opportunity to test if immune function is down-regulated during reproduction compared to non-breeding periods. We compared the immune function of sympatric male and female chick-feeding and non-breeding red-capped Calandrella cinerea and rufous-naped larks Mirafra africana in equatorial East Africa. These closely-related species occupy different niches and have different breeding strategies in the same grassland habitat. Red-capped larks prefer areas with short grass or almost bare ground, and breed during low rainfall periods. Rufous-naped larks prefer areas of tall grass and scattered shrubs and breed during high rainfall. We measured the following immune indices: nitric oxide, haptoglobin, agglutination and lysis, and measured total monthly rain, monthly average minimum (T-min) and maximum (T-max) temperatures. Contrary to our predictions, we found no down-regulation of immune function during breeding; breeding birds had higher nitric oxide than non-breeding ones in both species, while the other three immune indices did not differ between breeding phases. Red-capped larks had higher nitric oxide concentrations than Rufous-naped larks, which in turn had higher haptoglobin levels than red-capped larks. T-max was higher during breeding than during non-breeding for red-capped larks only, suggesting potential confounding effect of T-max on the comparison of immune function between breeding and non-breeding birds for this species. Overall, we conclude that in the two year-round breeding equatorial larks, immune function is not down-regulated during breeding.
Neutrophilic Granule Protein Is a Novel Murine LPS Antagonist

NGP was previously reported as a granular protein of neutrophils in mouse but the function has not been known clearly. We found the presence of the possible signal peptide in NGP and we hypothesized this protein is being secreted to the blood stream. Since this protein has sequence similarity with an antimicrobial protein cathelicidin, we observed the aspect of inflammation of NGP. Interestingly, NGP interacts with the complex of LPS and LBP and blocked the inflammatory function of NGP. This inhibitory effect of NGP was through the inhibition of LPS-LBP complex to interact with TLR4 molecule. Furthermore, the inhibitory function of NGP could be repeated on the inflammatory effect of LPS in both in vitro and in vivo. With these findings, we report NGP is a novel secretory protein to mask LPS and inhibits its function.
Malaysian Gastronomic Tourism Products: Assessing the Level of their Acceptance among the Western Tourists

Tourism activities and products are not only seen related to accommodation, leisure, recreation, sports, culture, transportation, business but it goes beyond that. Efforts are continually being made by international organizations to discover new tourism products and activities that would provide a great market opportunity to be promoted as excitement and motivation factors to encourage tourists to come to a particular destination. Of the many new tourism products identified gastronomy is the most relevant to the Malaysian context. These tourism products are now seen as valuable means of attracting tourists from all over the world to visit that particular country. This study empirically investigates the Malaysian gastronomy tourism products and their acceptance among western tourists. The western tourists' perceptions, levels of consumption and experience of the local food, beverages and food cultures were examined. Results revealed that the majority of the respondents perceived that Malaysia offers great choices of food, snacks and beverages of good taste and freshly prepared. Similarly to the food and beverages, the majority of the respondents perceived Malaysia as having a unique food culture and identity. This was further supported by their high levels of consumption and experience, as the majority of them enjoyed and spent a lot on money on those products during their vacation. In sum, these research findings clearly showed that these products can be used in addition to other tourism products as a catalyst to generate business and boost the local economy.
Effect of Nanoscale Silicate Platelets on Azoxystrobin-resistant Isolates of Botrytis cinerea from Strawberry In Vitro and In Vivo

The inhibitory effect of nanoscale silicate platelets modified with different surfactants, i.e., NSS1450 and NSS3150 was evaluated for spore germination and mycelial growth of azoxystrobin-resistant (AR) and -sensitive (AS) Botrytis cinerea isolates from strawberry. The treatments with NSS1450 at the concentration of more than 50 mg/L significantly reduced spore germination by 99.2-100.0% for AR isolates and by 100.0% for AS isolates. In contrast, NSS3150 failed to show an inhibition for the spore germination of AR B. cinerea isolates. In another test, NSS1450 at concentrations higher than 500 mg/L could reduce mycelial growth by 60.2-100.0% and 93.8- 100.0% for AR and AS isolates, respectively, while NSS3150 showed similar inhibition on the spore germination. Further, NSS1450 at the concentrations between 500 to 1000 mg/L and accompanied with a fungicide, azoxystrobin, demonstrated high inhibitory rate 93.8 to 100.0% inhibition) in AR and AS isolates of B. cinerea. Under scanning electron microscope, the NSS1450 at the concentration of 1000 mg/L affected the morphologies of spores and mycelia in shrinking. The disease severity on strawberry leaves was 8.3% after 13 days incubation when treated with NSS1450 at 24 h after the pathogen inoculation. Moreover, spraying the mixture solution of 100 mg/L NSS1450 and 100 mg a.i./L azoxystrobin at 24 h after or before pathogen inoculation showed significantly efficacy compared with inoculation pathogen only. The results indicated that the silicate nanoplatelets after modification by a proper surfactant or NSS1450 had the potentials for treating gray mold disease although further studies are still needed under greenhouse and field conditions.
Inferring putative ancient whole-genome duplications in the 1000 Plants (1KP) initiative: access to gene family phylogenies and age distributions

Polyploidy or whole genome duplications (WGDs) repeatedly occurred during green plant evolution. To examine the evolutionary history of green plants in a phylogenomic framework, the 1KP project sequenced over 1000 transcriptomes across the Viridiplantae. The 1KP project provided a unique opportunity to study the distribution and occurrence of WGDs across the green plants. In the 1KP capstone analyses, we used a total evidence approach that combined inferences of WGDs from Ks and phylogenomic methods to infer and place ancient WGDs. Overall, 244 putative ancient WGDs were inferred across the Viridiplantae. Here, we describe these analyses and evaluate the consistency of the WGD inferences by comparing them to evidence from published syntenic analyses of plant genome assemblies. We find that our inferences are consistent with whole genome synteny analyses and our total evidence approach may minimize the false positive rate throughout the data set. Given these resources will be useful for many future analyses on gene and genome evolution in green plants, we release 383,679 nuclear gene family phylogenies and 2,306 gene age distribution (Ks) plots from the 1KP capstone paper.
Do separated taxa react differently to a long-term salinity increase? The meiobenthos changes in Bay Sivash, largest hypersaline lagoon worldwide

In the world's largest hypersaline lagoon Bay Sivash, its ecosystem twice transformed from a previous state to a new one due to human intervention. Before the North Crimean Canal construction, it was hypersaline (average salinity of 140 g l−1). The canal was built between 1963 and 1975, which resulted in intensive development of irrigated agriculture discharging drainage water into the bay. Between 1988 and 2013, salinity gradually dropped to average of 18–23 g l−1; a new ecosystem with a different biotic composition formed. In April 2014, the supply of Dnieper water into the North Crimean Canal ceased. This resulted in a gradual salinity increase in the bay to an average of 52 g l−1in 2015. The start of second ecosystem shift was observed in 2015. In 2018, TSS, DOM and meiobenthos were studied in a salinity gradient from 30 to 88 g l−1. There was an increase in TSS and DOM with increasing salinity. The meiobenthos structure was significantly different in the bottom community and floating mats of filamentous green algae. No correlation was recorded between the number of meiobenthic macrotaxa in the sample and salinity. From 2013 to 2018, changes were seen in the taxocene structure of Nematoda and Harpacticoida. Changes in Nematoda were more dramatic and prolonged than in Harpacticoida. The structure of the Harpacticoida and Ostracoda taxocenes are less variable and more stable than that of the Nematoda taxocene. One of the reasons may be more mobility of Harpacticoida/Ostracoda than Nematoda and/or better osmoadaptation mechanisms.
Generation of Crz-MCD8-GFP Transgenic Fly Strain for the Use of Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP) as a Reporter Protein in the Analysis of Corazonin-Expressing Neurons (Crz)

Corazonin (Crz) is a neuropeptide composed of eleven amino acid residues and is expressed in many insects. It has been shown to have different functions and effects in various insects, and not one consensus function has been displayed. Corazonin as a neuropeptide family appears to have evolved alongside adipokinetic hormones (AKH), and its function and structure depend on exactly what ligand is needed for its energy needs. Corazonin is expressed in Drosophila melanogaster although its exact function is not known. It, however, can be inferred that it acts as both a neurohormone and a neuromodulator based on the expression patterns ofneurons expression corazonin. In order to shed more light on the function of corazonin, a transgenic fly line was established Crz-GFP. Corazonin was directly coupled with green fluorescent protein (GFP) using mouse lymphocyte marker CD8 (mCD8) as a fusion protein. GFP being directly fused to the membrane of corazonin neurons has many advantages, including easier staining protocols, better visualization in neural regions, and greater ability to directly study mutations. Through microinjections of the DNA construct pCrz-mCD8­ GFP-pCasper4, at least two transgenic fly lines have been established in which Crz is
Allergenic invasive plant Ambrosia artemisiifolia L. in Poland: threat and selected aspects of biology

Allergenic invasive plant Ambrosia artemisiifolia L. in Poland: threat and selected aspects of biology The study presents the current state of research on Ambrosia artemisiifolia in Poland within its wider scientific background and gives the results of some field and laboratory investigations. This annual plant is characterised by a high level of production of seeds, easily dispersed by different vectors. Ragweed pollen is a strong allergen considered to be one of the most dangerous pollen allergens in the world. Being a serious hazard to human health, it is also considered as an "environmental weed" causing economic threat. The main aim of the study is to verify the status of the species in the flora of Poland, to assess the threat and discuss possibilities to prevent its future spread.
Influence of somatic cell count and body condition score on reproductiontraits and milk composition of Czech Holstein cows

The objective of the present study was to investigate the effects of somatic cell count (SCC) and body condition score (BCS) on reproduction and milk composition characteristics in Czech Holstein cows. A total of 275 records of chosen cows was evaluated by milk composition, SCC, BCS and fertility traits. Infrared spectroscopic method was used for SCC test and an automatic device was used for milk composition analysis. Before statistical test, SCC data were transformed to log10 for normality and homogeneity of variances. BCS was performed using a 1-5 point scale and days from calving to first insemination (ICF), number of inseminations per conceptions (NIC) and days open (DO) were assessed as fertility parameters. To evaluate days in milk (DIM) on SCC and BCS, two groups were designed (group 1: cows in 1-69th day DIM and group 2: cows in 70-119th DIM). For testing BCS on chosen traits; cows with 2.50 £ BCS and cows with BCS ³ 2.75 were tested in two groups. All statistical work was applied by SPSS 17.0 at the 0.05 significance level. It was found that SCC elevated with high parities and cows with lower BCS had lower milk protein percentage. Cows with lower BCS had lower reproduction traits than those with higher BCS. Correlation coefficient between two markers was estimated as r= -0.181. Calculated means for the parameters could be assessed in reasonable thresholds. The study revealed that SCC played a marked role on protein percentage of milk, and BCS affected important reproductive characteristics of Czech Holstein cows.