Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Evaluation of antibody titers of Noiler chickens fed with different biotic additive against Newcastle disease

Immunity plays a key role in maintaining animal health, and thereby helps to enhance performance in livestock. The focus of alternative antibiotic growth promoters (prebiotic, probiotic, and symbiotic) strategies has been to prevent proliferation of pathogenic pathogen and to improve the immune status and performance of livestock. Atotal of 360, day old Noiler chickens were randomly distributed into 12 treatments with 3 replicates of 10 birds each. Experimental treatments consisted of 4 different growth promoters (probiotic, prebiotic, symbiotic and antibiotic) at 3 inclusion rates (0, 0.5 and 1g) into kg of feed respectively. The chickens were reared for a period of 42 days to evaluate the titer value of the bird fed with different growth promoters (prebiotic, probiotic, symbiotic and oxytetracycline antibiotic). The results obtained revealed significant differences in (P<0.05) in the Newcastle disease titer value of birds fed with different growth promoters with prebiotic having the best value (4.67), followed by symbiotic (4.55) and the inclusion of growth promoters at 1g into a kg of feed were significantly improved for prebiotic (6.00) and symbiotic (5.60) as compared to 0.5 and 0 g level of inclusion across the biotic additives. Hence it could be concluded that inclusion of prebiotic improved the Newcastle disease titer value of Noiler chicken at 1g/kg of feed.
INVESTIGATION OF THE EFFECT OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE RISK FACTORS ON NERVE CONDUCTION VELOCITIES

Neuropathy is general term which refers to nerve damage due to various conditions. Peripheral neuropathy is a common condition in which nerves of peripheral nervous system are affected. Patients usually complain of tingling, numbness, burning, pain, particularly in the hands and feet. Symptoms usually depend on type of the nerve involved (sensory, motor, and autonomic). Prevalence of peripheral neuropathy has been reported as 2.4% in general population (1). Its prevalence raises to 8% in diabetic patients (2, 3). Despite thorough diagnostic evaluation, the cause of neuropathy cannot be found in about 10-18% of cases (4, 5).
ENERGY AND EFFICIENT DEEP PACKET INSPECTION FOR ADVANCED CLOUD OUTSOURCED MIDDLEBOX

: Many cloud outsourced middleboxes perform deep packet inspection (DPI), a lot of helpful assignments which analyze packet payloads. Broadly utilized over the Internet to encode traffic, HTTPS gives secure and private information correspondence among customers and servers. Be that as it may, to adapt to quickly changing and refined security assaults, organize administrators frequently convey middleboxes to perform DPI to identify assaults and potential security breaks, utilizing methods extending from straightforward catchphrase coordinating to further developed AI examination. They may contain delicate data of undertakings, and therefore need solid insurance while designing middleboxes in untrusted outsourced situations. In this paper, we propose advanced framework engineering for outsourced middleboxes as MBOX to perform deep packet inspection over encoded traffic, without uncovering either packet payloads or inspection rules. Our first structure is a scrambled elite standard channel that takes randomized tokens from packet payloads for encoded inspection. We at that point expound through deliberately custom-made strategies how to exhaustively bolster open-source genuine rulesets. We officially examine the security quality. Usage at genuine Cloud show that our framework presents approximately 100 millisecond idleness in every association introduction, with singular preparing throughput more than 3500 packets/second for 500 simultaneous associations.
EFFECT of SHORT-TERM DIVERGENT SELECTION for BODY WEIGHT AT 4 Week OF AGE IN JAPANESE QUAIL UNDER NORTH- SINAI CONDITIONS A- EFFECT ON BODY WEIGHT AT 4 WK OF AGE

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S PARTA : S PATIALLY A TTENTIVE AND A DVERSARIALLY R OBUST A CTIVATION

Adversarial training has been demonstrated to be useful for improving the robustness of deep neural networks (DNNs). However, the impacts of basic network components (e.g., ReLU, the widely used activation function for DNNs) to adversarial training effectiveness received less attention and has not been comprehensively investigated so far. To fill this gap, in this paper, we argue that the spatially-shared and input-independent activating properties of the ReLU make the DNNs under both standard training and adversarial training less robust to white-box adversarial attacks. To address such challenges, we design a novel activation function, i.e., SPARTA: Spatially Attentive and Adversarially Robust Activation, which enables DNNs to achieve higher robustness (i.e., lower error rate on adversarial examples) and accuracy (i.e., lower error rate on clean examples) than the DNNs based on the state-of-the-art activation functions. We further investigate the relationships between our SPARTA and the state-of-the-art searchbased activation function, i.e., Swish, and feature denoising method, providing insights about the advantages of our method. Moreover, comprehensive evaluation has demonstrated two important properties of our method: First, superior transferability across DNNs. Our adversarially trained SPARTA function for one DNN (e.g., ResNet-18) can be fixed to train another adversarially robust DNN (e.g., ResNet-34), achieving higher robustness than the one using vanilla ReLU as activation. Second, superior transferability across datasets. The SPARTA function trained on one dataset (e.g., CIFAR-10) can be employed to train adversarially robust DNNs on another dataset (e.g., SVHN) and helps achieve higher robustness than DNNs with vanilla ReLU as activation. These properties have highlighted the flexibility and versatility of SPARTA. Accompanying code is also submitted in the supplementary material.
UTILIZATION OF SESAME PROCESSING BYPRODUCTS IN PREPARING SOME FUNCTIONAL BAKERY PRODUCTS

his study aimed to utilize defatted sesame oil cake (DSC) and sieved sesame waste from tahini processing (SSWPT) to improve the nutritional value of two types of crackers, wheat crackers and corn crackers (free gluten) for celiac disease patient. The sesame processing wastes were evaluated for their safety by aflatoxin determination. Also these products were tested for water holding capacity and oil holding capacity for evaluation of their suitability to produce crackers. Chemical, physical and sensory evaluation to assess the nutritional and technological qualities of produced crackers were conducted. The results showed that sesame processing by products were safe, they had not aflatoxin, also they had good water holding capacity and oil holding capacity. The DSC and SSWPT contain high considerable amount of protein (30.3 and 29.5%), crud fiber (11.54 and12 %), ash (10.53 and 5.67%) and phenolic compounds (432 and (975 mg gallic/100g on dry matter respectively. The DSC and SSWPT showing high antioxidant activity.The results of the nutritional quality of wheat crackers and corn crackers indicated that significant increase in protein, crude fiber and minerals while the supplementation caused a decrease in total carbohydrates and caloric value comparing to the control. The acceptance rating score of crackers samples were highly accepted by panelists without significant difference with the control for two types of crackers. Wheat and corn crackers samples containing 20 % sesame sieved waste exhibited the best nutritional and technological qualities were highly ranked for overall liking of panelists. Peroxide value measurements indicated that the supplemented wheat crackers and supplemented corn crackers were lower in peroxide value compared to the control samples, so that we predicted the stability and keeping safety and quality of crackers. It could be concluded that using the sesame processing by products in wheat crackers and free gluten crackers as a valuable food addition enriched nutritional qualities of these products.
Digital Storytelling In Mathematical Teaching For Higher Education

: Teaching mathematics is a challenge for a teacher, mathematics being considered as a difficult stream of science to be taught in an interesting way. Storytelling is a very popular tool that has been well developed and investigated by the researchers to get its impact on students. The objective of this project is to present an innovative proposal to teach mathematics through digital storytelling in higher education. This proposal is based on the heuristic design of emergent models about the value of storytelling in the construction of mathematical concepts. The intention of this proposal is to use digital storytelling as a tool to introduce mathematical concepts at the university level
PICTORIZE: TRANSFORMING IMAGE REGION LUMINOSITY TO SOUND BRIGHTNESS FOR MONITORING LOCATION

A novel algorithm for transforming static and moving images into sound is presented. The algorithm turns image areas into a sound whose brightness depends on image area luminocity. Subjective evaluation investigated the extent to which listeners could identify if a moving target entered an image area based on the timbre of the sound produced from a soniﬁed camera stream, while engaging with a parallel transcribing task. Results show that listeners identi-ﬁed target entries well above threshold, however, false detections increased for image regions of similar luminosity. Although providing visual feedback improved monitoring performance signiﬁcantly, it increased dual-task cost when both displays were not accessible by peripheral vision.
Direct and Indirect Effects of Forest Harvesting on Sediment Yield in Forested Watersheds of the United States

Managed forests generally produce high water quality, but degradation is possible via sedimentation if proper management is not implemented during forest harvesting. To mitigate harvesting effects on total watershed sediment yield, it is necessary to understand all processes that contribute to these effects. Forest harvesting best management practices (BMPs) focus almost exclusively on overland sediment sources, whereas in‐and‐near stream sources go unaddressed although they can contribute substantially to sediment yield. Thus, we propose a new framework to classify forest harvesting effects on stream sediment yield according to their direct and indirect processes. Direct effects are those caused by erosion and sediment delivery to surface water from overland sources (e.g., forest roads). Indirect effects are those caused by a shift in hydrologic processes due to tree removal that accounts for increases in subsurface and surface flows to the stream such that alterations in water quality are not predicated upon overland sediment delivery to the stream, but rather in‐stream processes. Although the direct/indirect distinction is often implicit in forest hydrology studies, we have formalized it as a conceptual model to help identify primary drivers of sediment yield after forest harvesting in different landscapes. Based on a literature review, we identify drivers of these effects in five regions of the United States, discuss current forest management BMPs, and identify research needs.
“Hostile architecture” and its confederates: A conceptual framework for how we should perceive our cities and the objects in them

In recent years “hostile architecture” or designs (also called “disciplinary architecture” and “defensive architecture”) has become an ever more common feature of our cities. Examples of these designs are benches you cannot sleep on, spikes you cannot stand on, and metal plugs you cannot skate on. These designs have created an outrage among activists and the general population since they have largely been conceived as an attack on the worst-off and there is an increasing academic body of work mostly looking into their design features, the motivations behind them, but also whether and under what condition they should be used. Although progress has been made on the issue of these forms of architecture/designs, no clear definitions currently exist for “hostile architecture,” (etc.) and their related concepts, which are especially concerned with their respective environments, such as a “hostile environment. ” As a result, there has been no clear discussion of how these concepts relate to each other and also to morally permissible and impermissible actions, which many times lead the discussion astray. In this paper I try to amend this by defining the central concepts, as well as showing how they relate to each other and morally permissible and impermissible actions.
Lead abundances in bony fish from the world oceans: significance for contaminated marine habitats and environmental policies

This manuscript presents the largest review of lead (Pb) content in bony fish collected worldwide. Lead analyses are assigned to specific species and localized using the Food and Agricultural Organization geographical fishing zones. The data set is expanded according to the number of analyses in each cohort leading to a record of 22190 and 5954 Pb concentrations for muscle and liver, respectively. Descriptive and comparative statistics demonstrate the usefulness of this chronicle to examine Pb content differences in bony fish from the Atlantic, Indian, Pacific oceans, and basins of the Mediterranean Sea. Investigation of distinct tissues are indicative of contaminated habitat imprints on metabolic Pb accumulation at global and regional scales. Muscle and liver Pb content from all mixed species are significantly correlated above 0.1 ppm (wet weight) suggesting a threshold above which liver metabolism may not efficiently balance uptake and excretion of Pb that accumulates more readily in both tissues. This review constitutes a prerequisite to monitor the effect of environmental policies on fish bioindicators, and to examine interand intraspecies responses to environmental Pb insult according to various habitats and biological factors.
Comparative evaluation of functional outcome of discectomy and posterior lumbar interbody fusion for treatment of prolapse intervertebral disc

Background: Lumbar disc herniation is the most common cause of low back pain and significant disability with economic impact too. Management of disc herniation is challenging, often confusing when surgical treatment is considered, because of frequent failures after surgery in many patients to relieve symptoms. In the current study, we aimed to compare the functional outcomes of treating PIVD with discectomy alone and discectomy associated with posterior lumbar interbody fusion (PLIF). Materials and Methods: This study is randomised control study was conducted over 36 patients diagnosed with PIVD and operated for Discectomy (18 patients) or PLIF (18 patients) in Orthopaedic department, Geetanjali Medical College, Udaipur, Rajasthan between January 2019 to June 2020 and randomly allotted in two groups.To evaluate Functional outcomes using Japanese orthopedic score (JOA) and kirkaldy-willis criteria in every follow up at 2 week, 6 week, 3 month and 6 month.Results: Calculating the functional outcome by both the criteria in all follow ups, we concluded that in early follow up that is of second post op week, discectomy shows satisfactory outcome then that of PLIF group. In 6 month last follow up, PLIF group show satisfactory outcome then that of Discectomy patients groups and p value was 0.0042 which was significant. Out of 36 patients, one patient had dura rupture intraoperatively which was repaired simultaneously and one patient had surgical site infection which resolved later on, both patients were in discectomy group. Conclusions: Although both discectomy alone and discectomy with PLIF were associated with favorable mid-term results in treating patients with PIVD, however, we recommend using discectomy with PLIF for lower radicular pain for better long term results.
Pattern of usage of psychotropic agents in geriatric patients in a teritiary care hospital

Psychotropic medications are used in the treatment of chronic psychotic disorders like anxiety, depression, insomnia, bipolar disorders, cognitive impairment, seizure, loss of consciousness, altered sensorium, delirium etc. The objective of this study is to describe the pattern of use of psychotropic medications in patients presenting to geriatrics department, to compare the pattern of usage of psychotropic medication at the time of admission versus at the time of discharge and to find out the dose optimization pattern in elderly patients. Observational retrospective study, conducted in the department of geriatrics. The sample size calculated for the study was 35. The study was carried out through AHIS and by reviewing case files. The data were collected on specially designed data collection forms. Consumption of the psychotropic drugs was the highest within 71-80 years of age group, of which 49.15% of patients fall in this age group. All of the patients prescribed with psychotropic medications had insomnia (26.70%), followed by anxiety (20.30%), seizure (20.30%) and depression (16.90%). Among the 2nd generation anti psychotropics, quetiapine was the most frequently prescribed drug (54.24%). Benzodiazepines were the preferred antidepressants (36%) followed by SSRIs. Sixty two percent of the patients continued the same dose prescribed from the outside hospital and a dose increment was done for 37.5% of the patients. The incidence of usage of psychotropic medications were found to be more with females. Atypical antipsychotic drugs were the most commonly used ones. Current evidence shows no superiority for atypical antipsychotics over haloperidol.
Electric Storage Participation in Markets Operated by Regional Transmission Organizations and Independent System Operators

1 We define an electric storage resource as a resource capable of receiving electric energy from the grid and storing it for later injection of electricity back to the grid regardless of where the resource is located on the electrical system. These resources include all types of electric storage technologies, regardless of their size, storage medium (e.g., batteries, flywheels, compressed air, pumped-hydro, etc.), or whether located on the interstate grid or on a distribution system. 2 We define distributed energy resources as a source or sink of power that is located on the distribution system, any subsystem thereof, or behind a customer meter. These resources may include, but are not limited to, electric storage resources, distributed generation, thermal storage, and electric vehicles and their supply equipment. 3 We define, for present purposes, organized wholesale electric markets as the capacity, energy, and ancillary service markets operated by regional transmission organizations (RTO) and independent system operators (ISO). 4 16 U.S.C. 824e (2012). 5 We define a participation model as a set of tariff provisions that accommodate the participation of resources with particular physical and operational characteristics in the organized wholesale electric markets of the RTOs and ISOs. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Pharmacological properties of rutin and its potential uses for Alzheimer’s disease

Rutin, a flavonoid with a wide range of biological activities, has a long history of use in nutritional supplements owing to its action against oxidative stress, inflammation, and hyperglycemia. Because of its pharmacological properties such as antioxidant, antiapoptosis, antiinflammation, rutin is proposed to treat Alzheimer’s disease (AD). AD is a complex, multi-factorial neurodegenerative disease, and is characterized by neuronal atrophy of brain tissue. One of the pathological hallmarks of AD is the aggregation of soluble β amyloid (Aβ) into fibrillary deposits. Aβ aggregation induces neurotoxicity, oxidative stress and neuro-inflammation. In this review, we discussed the preclinical evidence on the antioxidant, antiapoptosis and anti-inflammatory proprieties of rutin, and the application of rutin in AD preclinical models. Rutin, delivered via oral and intraperitoneal routes, has been shown to functionally modify the cognitive and behavioural symptoms of AD in vivo due to its ability to cross the blood-brain barrier and act as both an antioxidant and an anti-inflammatory agent in the brain. Rutin attenuates oxidative stress, decreases the production of nitric oxide (NO) and proinflammatory cytokine and inhibits Aβ aggregation and cytotoxicity. Further studies to improve its bioavailability and investigations into its protective activities in AD would provide a concrete foundation for the use of rutin in clinical trials.
Improving Cassava Productivity by Soil Bioaugmentation with Phosphate-Solubilizing Actinomycetes and Fungi

Cassava is one of the most important food commodities, but its cultivation technique must be improved, especially the technology in increasing soil fertility. Lack of phosphate (P), one of the major biological nutrients in soil, can reduce agricultural production. Some P-solubilizing microbes can play an important role in increasing the availability of P for plants. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the ability of P-solubilizing microbes isolated from cassava rhizosphere in improving the growth of cassava after soil bioaugmentation with the formula of selected microbes. A total of 50 isolates were successfully isolated from cassava plant rhizosphere collected from several locations in South Sulawesi. In vitro screening on Pikovskaya agar media resulted in six Actinomycetes and six fungal isolates with the best P hydrolysis capacity. One Actinomycetes isolate (Streptomyces sp. A-SDR01) and one fungal isolate (Penicillium sp. F-SKG17) with nonantagonistic effect to each other based on in vitro test were able to improve the vegetative growth of cassava under in planta test. Combination of both isolates in a gum arabic formulation increased plant height and productivity compared to untreated plants when applied as soil bioaugmentation in limited field trials at four locations in South Sulawesi. Therefore, application of P-solubilizing microbes that possess soil bioaugmentation properties is recommended for increasing the growth of cassava plants and their use as microbial biofertilizers should be extended to wider areas.