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The Assessment of Androgenic Response of Two Nematode Resistant Pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) Genotypes

Pepper is one of the most cultivated vegetables worldwide and also consumed substantially as a flavouring ingredient in different culinary traditions. Therefore, many researchers have focused on its breeding to develop new varieties. One of plant breeding aims is to attain disease and pest resistance. The use of tissue culture methods in plant breeding has many advantages. The response of two nematode resistant pepper genotypes to the anther culture and the effect of cold pre-treatment to the floral buds have been investigated in this study. Alata 2095 and Alata 2096 both specified as resistant to the nematode by Alata Horticultural Research Institute (Alata, Mersin, Turkey) were used as plant material. Two pre-treatments were used in this study: cold and no cold. In cold treatment, flower buds were kept in fridge at 4°C for 24 hours prior to the anther culture. Murashige and Skoog medium contained 0.25% activated charcoal, 6.5 g L-1 agar, 0.5 mg L-1 6-benzyl-amino-purine (BAP), 4 mg L-1 naphthalene-acetic-acid (NAA), 15 mg L-1 silver nitrate (AgNO3), and 30 g L-1 sucrose was used. After assessment, the highest mean of plant number was 39.08 per 100 anthers for Alata 2095 genotype. It was 46.61 and 31.56 in cold and no cold treatment, respectively. For Alata 2096 genotype, the mean was 1.96 per 100 anthers (1.68 and 2.25 in cold and no cold treatment, respectively). Statistical analyses confirmed that there was significant difference between treatments, genotypes and also significant interaction between those factors. At the end of the study, we can say that Alata 2095 genotype has a good androgenic response and it can be beneficial in further pepper breeding studies.
Multi Biometric Thermal Face Recognition Using FWT and LDA Feature Extraction Methods with RBM DBN and FFNN Classifier Algorithms

Person recognition using thermal imaging, multi-biometric traits, with groups of feature filters and classifiers, is the subject of this paper. These were used to tackle the problems of biometric systems, such as a change in illumination and spoof attacks. Using a combination of, hard and soft-biometric, attributes in thermal facial images. The hard-biometric trait, of the shape of a head, was combined with soft-biometric traits such as the face wearing glasses, face wearing a cap/headgear, face with facial hairs, plain face, female face, and male face. These were experimented with, using images from Carl's database and Terravic Facial Infrared Database, and used to train clusters of neural network algorithms for each biometric trait. These comprised Restricted Boltzmann Machines (RBM), Deep Belief Networks (DBN), and Feed Forward Neural Networks (FFNN). After feature extraction, using Fast Wavelet Transform (FWT), and Linear Discriminant Analysis (LDA). A classification error of 0.02887, 0.038695, 0.02381, 0.024629, 0.0268, 0.02369 and 0.03 was achieved for each biometric trait, respectively. Showing that they had each been learned, and could be used through a fusion method, to improve recognition. This was demonstrated using a test image, as the user, having four of the character traits (countenance, glasses, facial hair, and gender). Then attempting to recognize each trait, one after the other, using a cross-verification method. The algorithm was seen to return test values, close to those received during the training test, for each biometric trait.
The Effect of Body Composition on Cycling Power During an Incremental Test in Young Athletes

Abstract Schomöller, A, Schugardt, M, Kotsch, P, and Mayer, F. The effect of body composition on cycling power during an incremental test in young athletes. J Strength Cond Res 35(11): 3225–3231, 2021—As body composition (BC) is a modifiable factor influencing sports performance, it is of interest for athletes and coaches to optimize BC to fulfill the specific physical demands of one sport discipline. The purpose of this study is to test the impact of body fat (BF) and fat-free mass (FFM) on aerobic performance in young athletes. Body composition parameters were evaluated among gender and age groups of young athletes undergoing their mandatory health examination. The maximal power (in Watts per kilogram body mass) of a stepwise incremental ergometer test was compared between 6 BC types: high BF, high FFM, high BF and high FFM, normal BC values, low BF, and low FFM. With increasing age (11–13 vs. 14–16 years) BF decreased and FFM increased in both genders. Both BC parameters, as well as body mass, correlated moderately with performance output (r = 0.36–0.6). Subjects with high BF or high FFM or both had significantly lower ergometer test results compared with those with low BF and FFM in all age and gender groups (p < 0.05). The finding that high levels of BF and FFM are detrimental for cycle power output is important to consider in disciplines that demand high levels of aerobic and anaerobic performance.
Effects of Principals’ Leadership Styles on Teachers’ Performance at Secondary Schools in Dera Ismail Khan

This learning was directed acts discover the effect of Principals leadership strategies on teachers act of secondary school in D.I. Khan. The research was cross sectional and parametric in nature. The record was collected by both from principals and teachers of secondary school located in the district. The outcomes were fascinatingly opposing to the assumed statements i.e in this broadsheet the impact of transactional and transformational guidance style has been found contrary on teachers enactment. The reason for such phenomena has been deliberated in this broadsheet. The study concluded that both leadership styles i.e transformational and transactional styles of principles of the school understudy have been found not supporting in improvement in teachers performance
HIV treatment non-adherence is associated with ICU mortality in HIV-positive critically ill patients

Introduction Combined antiretroviral therapy has led to significant decreases in morbidity and mortality in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome patients. Survival among these patients admitted to intensive care units has also improved in the last years. However, the prognostic predictors of human immunodeficiency vírus patients in intensive care units have not been adequately studied. The main objective of this study was to evaluate if non-adherence to antiretroviral therapy is a predictor of hospital mortality. Methods A unicentric, retrospective, cohort study composed of patients admitted to a 59-bed mixed intensive care unit including all patients with human immunodeficiency vírus infection. Patients were excluded if exclusive palliative care was established before completing 48 h of intensive care unit admission. Clinical and treatment data were obtained, including demographic records, underlying diseases, Simplified Acute Physiology III score at the time of intensive care unit admission, CD4 lymphocyte count, antiretroviral therapy adherence, admission diagnosis, human immunodeficiency vírus-related diseases, sepsis and use of mechanical ventilation and hemodialysis. The outcome analyzed was hospital mortality. Results Overall, 167 patients were included in the study, and intensive care unit mortality was 34.7%. Multivariate analysis indicated that antiretroviral therapy adherence and the Simplified Acute Physiology 3 score were independently related to hospital mortality. antiretroviral therapy adherence was a protective factor (OR 0.2; 95% CI 0.05–0.71; P = 0.01), and Simplified Acute Physiology 3 (OR 1.04; 95% CI 1.01–1.08; P < 0.01) was associated with increased hospital mortality. Conclusion Non-adherence to antiretroviral therapy is associated with hospital mortality in this population. Highly active antiretroviral therapy non-adherence may be associated with other comorbidities that may be associated with a worst prognosis in this scenario.
Dilatação mediada por fluxo no diagnóstico diferencial da síndrome de pré-eclâmpsia

FUNDAMENTO: El sindrome de preeclampsia se asocia con la disfuncion endotelial y el diagnostico diferencial entre preeclampsia pura (PE) y sobreagregada (PES) solo puede realizarse 12 semanas despues del parto. OBJETIVO: Comparar la evaluacion de la funcion endotelial a traves de dilatacion mediada por flujo en gestantes con preeclampsia pura y sobreagregada. METODOS: La dilatacion mediada por flujo de la arteria braquial se realizo utilizando las recomendaciones de la International Brachial Artery Reactivity Task Force en gestantes con Sindrome de Preeclampsia. La Preeclampsia (n = 14) y preeclampsia sobreagregada (n = 13) fueron diagnosticadas en el posparto segun las definiciones del National High Blood Pressure Education Program Working Group on High Blood Pressure in Pregnancy. RESULTADOS: El promedio de la dilatacion mediada por flujo (DMF) en la PES (6,0%; 1,9-10,3) fue reducido en comparacion con la PE (13,6%; 4,4-17,1), una disparidad aparentemente relevante, pero sin diferencia estadisticamente significativa (p = 0,08). Una DMF inferior al 10% se detecto en el 30,8% de las PE y en el 69,2% de las PES (p = 0,057). No aparecieron diferencias significativas en la comparacion entre la morfologia de las arterias uterinas de PE y PES a traves del espectro del Doppler. CONCLUSION: La DMF de la arteria braquial de pacientes con Sindrome de Preeclampsia no demostro ser un metodo capaz de diferenciar PE de PES. No obstante, los datos sugieren que la PES se asocia a una peor funcion endotelial en comparacion con la PE.
Modelling the Evolution of Flowering Time in Perennial Plants

The onset of flowering time in a plant is extremely significant when evaluating population success. Floral growth, seed production, and dispersal are all dependent upon flowering time. Flowering early (and hence longer) increases the prospect of pollination but typically reduces vegetative growth and yields fewer/smaller flowers. Flowering late (and hence shorter) guarantees more/bigger flowers but carries the risk of insufficient pollination. This fundamental trade-off between growth and flowering time suggests that there may be an optimal time to initiate flowering. In this thesis, we consider a deterministic hybrid integrodifferential model where we represent the growing season in continuous time and the time between seasons as a discrete map. We track the evolution of flowering time, as a phenotype, by explicitly considering it as a variable in our model. The model is analyzed from two different viewpoints: (1) by mutual invasion analysis in the sense of adaptive dynamics; and (2) by deriving equations for the mean trait value and total population density when flowering time is considered to be Gamma-distributed. In both cases evolution to an intermediary flowering time was observed.
EFFECTS OF BACTERIAL ENDOTOXINS ON METABOLISM

Cortisone is known to protect mice against the lethal effects of endotoxin. It also elevates liver tryptophan pyrrolase (TP) activity, an enzyme that converts tryptophan into an intermediate which, in turn, is transformed in a series of reactions into nicotinamide, a component of the pyridine nucleotides. In the present report, results of experiments attempting to link the prophylactic action of cortisone in endointoxication to metabolism of tryptophan are described. It was shown first that both nicotinamide and diphosphopyridine nucleotide (DPN), compounds along the pathway initiated by TP, are each as effective as cortisone in protecting mice against lethality of different amounts of endotoxin. L-Tryptophan, which alone results in an increase in liver TP, fails to protect against endotoxin when it is given either 4 hours before or concurrently with the toxin while it potentiates the toxin when administered 4 hours later. Cortisone, nicotinamide, and DPN all fail to protect mice against lethality when given 4 hours after endotoxin but they do not potentiate it as does tryptophan. Additional evidence linking tryptophan metabolism to endotoxin poisoning was derived from assays for TP. Activity of the enzyme in livers of mice 17 hours after injecting an LD50 of endotoxin is less than one-half the control value. It remains below normal for 48 hours. In adrenalectomized mice, TP activity is about the same as in mice 17 hours after endotoxin. Animals protected against lethality of endotoxin by cortisone have normal levels of TP but if the cortisone is given 4 hours after the toxin, TP activity is the same as in mice given endotoxin alone. Tryptophan is unable to maintain a normal level of TP when it is given concurrently with endotoxin. TP activity is not depressed when mice made tolerant to endotoxin are given an injection of endotoxin at the LD50 level for normal animals. Normal activity of the enzyme was always observed in livers of mice protected against endotoxin but not in those where protection failed. The total amount of oxidized pyridine nucleotides (PN+) in livers of mice 17 hours after an LD60 of endotoxin is about two-thirds the normal level. Animals injected with either cortisone or nicotinamide at the same time as endotoxin maintain the PN+ level in liver. Mice exposed to 5°C during the postinjection period can be protected with cortisone or nicotinamide against lethality of endotoxin but not with DPN. Changes in TP activity do not parallel those found in mice kept at 25°C. The toxic manifestations of endotoxin appear to be different, therefore, in animals stressed by cold.
Using advanced PPG analysis to study sleep architecture in insomnia

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Comparison of psychological distress and its associated factors among chronic disease and healthy subjects in rural Puducherry, India

Context: There is paucity of data on the comparison of psychological distress among chronic noncommunicable disease (NCD) and healthy subjects in developing countries such as India. Objective: To assess and compare psychological distress and its associated factors among chronic disease and healthy subjects. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in a rural field practice area attached to a tertiary care medical institution in Puducherry, India. Data were collected from the chronic disease subjects which included those with diabetes and or hypertension registered in the rural health center. Healthy subjects residing nearest to the corresponding case from the respective village were taken as controls. Psychological distress was assessed by General Health Questionnaire 12 (GHQ 12). Results: There were 260 subjects with 130 in each group. Subjects with chronic disease had significantly higher proportion of psychological distress (50.8%) compared to healthy subjects (35.4%). The mean ± standard deviation GHQ 12 score of those with chronic disease is also significantly higher than that of healthy subjects (13.35 ± 4.89 vs. 11.15 ± 4.43, P< 0.001). Binary logistic regression analysis showed that subjects with diabetes and/or hypertension had higher psychological distress (adjusted odds ratio = 1.9, 95% confidence interval: 1.1–3.5) compared to healthy subjects. Conclusion: Subjects with diabetes and/or hypertension have higher proportion of psychological distress compared to healthy subjects. Screening subjects with chronic NCD for psychological distress may help to take appropriate measures.
CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF PROCALCITONIN AND C-REACTIVE PROTEIN IN THE PREDICTION OF CARDIOVASCULAR COMPLICATIONS IN PATIENTS WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS

Objective: This work was delineated to assess procalcitonin (PCT) and C-reactive protein (CRP) as prognostic markers for cardiovascular complication in type 2 diabetic patients. Methods: Forty diabetic patients without cardiovascular disease (CVD), 40 diabetic patients with CVD , and 20 healthy control counterparts were participated in this study. Serum PCT and CRP levels were assayed and correlated with metabolic parameters. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis was done for each biochemical marker. Results: The mean level of PCT was 707.17±99.19 ng / l in diabetic patients versus 881.30±123.56 ng/l for the cardio-diabetic patients (p<0.0001). The mean value of CRP was 34.43±17.27 mg / l in diabetic patients versus 50.32±20.19 mg / l for the cardio-diabetic patients (p=0.0003). PCT levels were significantly amplified in the cardio-diabetic patients with increasing CRP, triglycerides (TG), fasting blood glucose (FBG), and cholesterol (p=0.004, 0.0005, 0.002 , and 0.01 , respectively). CRP levels were significantly enhanced in the cardio-diabetic patients with increasing TG, FBG, cholesterol, and microalbumin (p=0.002, 0.047, 0.003 , and 0.001 respectively). ROC curve analysis for PCT and CRP revealed that the area under curve (AUC) was 0.878 and 0.727, respectively. These findings indicate the good validity of the above biomarkers especially PCT as a prognostic marker for cardiovascular complication in type 2 diabetic patients. Conclusion: This study evidences the usefulness of measuring serum levels of PCT and CRP in diagnosis of cardiovascular complication in type 2 diabetic patients.
Assessment of Liver Transplant Grafts on Gadoxetic Acid Enhanced-MRI in Pediatric Patients

A wide spectrum of neonatal and pediatric liver diseases can be successfully treated by liver Transplantation (LT). During the last sixty years, refined diagnostic and surgical techniques, improvements in perioperative care, and the advent of better immunosuppressive medications have established LT as a viable treatment option for acute and chronic liver failure in children. As clinical and laboratory findings of LT complications are often nonspecific, imaging tests play a major role in both diagnosis and guidance of therapeutic interventions. In this article, we wanted to emphasize the potential role of gadoxetic acid-enhanced MRI in the evaluation of liver transplant grafts in the pediatric population.We included seven pediatric patients who underwent gadotexic acid-enhanced MRI with different operative procedures. Our series suggests potentially added value of gadoxetic acid for the evaluation of morphologic LT complications, i.e., vascular, biliary, or anastomotic obstruction, as well as parenchymal disorders, including global or segmental (for example, auxiliary LT) hepatobiliary dysfunction. Gadoxetic acid-enhanced MRI showed its ability to depict morphological or anatomical postoperative complications, including vascular occlusion or biliary strictures. Contrary to the conventional imaging modalities or nuclear medicine exams, gadoxetic acid-enhanced MRI can also provide us simultaneously with global and segmental functional information, with high spatial resolution and no radiation exposure. In this article, we show our imaging experience using gadoxetic acidenhanced MRI in the evaluation of LT in children, and its superiority to US, CT, and conventional MRI, by providing anatomic and functional data about the graft.
A NOVEL LUMPED LC RESONATOR ANTENNA WITH AIR-SUBSTRATE FOR 5G MOBILE TERMINALS

The extending applications for mobile computing have experienced immense progress over the previous decade. However, this has ultimately influenced the shortage of bandwidth. Therefore, to fulfill the consumers’ demand, inexpensive antennas need to be uniquely designed for the next/fifth generation (5G) frequency spectrum. Consequently, this paper presents a novel antenna composed of inductors (L) or capacitors (C) on an air-substrate. Zinc (Zn) and copper (Cu) materials are utilized to fabricate the lumped LC resonator prototype. The effects of antenna’s and substrate’s thickness on resonant frequency or bandwidth have been studied. The finalized configuration engaged 1113 sq. mm area and operated at 28 GHz with approximately 3 GHz bandwidth. At resonant frequency, the system demonstrates peak gain and efficiency values of 10.6 dBi and 91%, respectively. The core objective of this paper is to report an antenna featuring simple and economical design along with premium results for 5G mobile terminals.
Laparoscopic proximal gastrectomy for upper third early gastric cancer

Laparoscopic proximal gastrectomy is theoretically superior to total gastrectomy in the treatment of upper third early gastric cancer, as the former is less invasive and better preserves function. Three major issues have limited the more widespread use of proximal gastrectomy: its oncologic safety, functional benefits, and risk of reflux esophagitis. Many recent studies suggest that the oncologic safety of laparoscopic proximal and total gastrectomy is similar, with proximal gastrectomy resulting in improved functional outcomes. To date, however, no standard reconstruction method has been developed to effectively prevent reflux esophagitis after proximal gastrectomy. Our recent retrospective study found that no patient who underwent laparoscopic proximal gastrectomy with double tract reconstruction experienced severe reflux esophagitis and that this method was superior to laparoscopic total gastrectomy in preventing anemia and vitamin B12 deficiency. This result led to the design of a randomized controlled trial, the Korean Laparoendoscopic Gastrointestinal Surgery Study (KLASS) 05 (ClinicalTrials.gov; identifier: NCT02892643), which is currently comparing laparoscopic proximal gastrectomy with double tract reconstruction with laparoscopic total gastrectomy. This trial may help surgeons choose the optimal surgical approach and strategy for patients with proximal early gastric cancer.
Cleavage of a pathogen apoplastic protein by plant subtilases activates immunity

The plant apoplast is a harsh environment in which hydrolytic enzymes, especially proteases, accumulate during pathogen infection. However, the defense functions of most apoplastic proteases remains largely elusive. Here, we show that a newly identified small cysteine-rich secreted protein PC2 from the potato late blight pathogen Phytophthora infestans induces immunity in Solanum plant species only after cleavage by plant apoplastic subtilisin-like proteases, such as tomato P69B. A minimal 61-amino-acid core peptide carrying two key cysteines and widely conserved among most oomycete species is sufficient for PC2 activity. Kazal-like protease inhibitors, such as EPI1 produced by P. infestans can prevent PC2 cleavage and dampen PC2 elicited host immunity. This study reveals that cleavage of pathogen proteins to release immunogenic peptides is an important function of apoplastic proteases but that pathogens interfere with these functions using protease inhibitor effectors.