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Identifying Life-History Traits That Promote Occurrence for Four Minnow (Leuciscidae) Species in Intermittent Gulf Coastal Plain Streams

Abstract Life-history traits of stream fishes partly reflect adaptations to disturbance regimes, which in turn shape assemblage composition via environmental filters. In this study, we focused on life-history traits of 4 morphologically similar leuciscid species in coastal plain streams of southwestern GA that are shifting from historically perennial to intermittent flow. We evaluated the following traits hypothesized to influence species persistence in intermittent streams: differences in reproductive timing, sex ratio, body size at maturity, reproductive investment, and diet. First, we ordinated published species occurrence data for samples of fish communities in perennial and intermittent streams in the study region, and identified 4 focal taxa as differing in their associations with intermittency. We then periodically sampled individuals of the focal taxa in 14 streams over a year (May 2016–April 2017). We found that for Pteronotropis harperi (Redeye Chub), a species strongly associated with intermittent streams, reproductive timing did not overlap with typical seasonal stream drying. Redeye Chub also had the significantly smallest minimum length at maturation and the greatest reproductive investment. Fishes associated with perennial streams (Pteronotropis grandipinnis [Apalachee Shiner] and Notropis texanus [Weed Shiner]), or not associated with either stream type (Notropis petersoni [Coastal Shiner]), had at least a portion of their reproductive timing overlapping with times when streams were likely to dry, and had similar and significantly lower reproductive investment than Redeye Chub. Redeye Chub displayed no shift in diet when streams ceased flowing, while Apalachee Shiner showed decreases in terrestrial prey. Our results suggest that size at maturity, reproductive timing, and reproductive investment may promote persistence by the Redeye Chub given projections of more frequent and intense periods of stream intermittency.
Low-Complexity Nonlinear Self-Inverse Permutation for Creating Physically Clone-Resistant Identities

New large classes of permutations over ℤ 2 n based on T-Functions as Self-Inverting Permutation Functions (SIPFs) are presented. The presented classes exhibit negligible or low complexity when implemented in emerging FPGA technologies. The target use of such functions is in creating the so called Secret Unknown Ciphers (SUC) to serve as resilient Clone-Resistant structures in smart non-volatile Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA) devices. SUCs concepts were proposed a decade ago as digital consistent alternatives to the conventional analog inconsistent Physical Unclonable Functions PUFs. The proposed permutation classes are designed and optimized particularly to use non-consumed Mathblock cores in programmable System-on-Chip (SoC) FPGA devices. Hardware and software complexities for realizing such structures are optimized and evaluated for a sample expected target FPGA technology. The attained security levels of the resulting SUCs are evaluated and shown to be scalable and usable even for post-quantum crypto systems.
An Environment-Wide Study of Adult Cognitive Performance in the 23andMe Cohort

With the emergence of web-based data collection methods, large digital health cohorts offer the opportunity to conduct behavioral and epidemiologic research at an unprecedented scale. The size and breadth of such data sets enable discovery of novel associations across the phenotypic spectrum.We deployed the digital symbol substitution test (DSST) online to consented 23andMe research participants 50-85 years of age. We tested cross-sectional associations between DSST performance and 824 phenotypes using linear regression models adjusted for age, sex, age*sex interaction, device, time of cohort entry, and ancestry, separately among discovery (n=144,786) and replication (n=93,428) samples; additional analyses further adjusted for education. We post-stratified association estimates on age, sex, and education to adjust for discrepancies across subsamples. Leveraging the rich genetic and phenotypic data available at 23andMe, we also estimated genetic and environmental correlations between DSST and its top correlates using linkage disequilibrium score regression.97 phenotypes were significantly (false discovery rate < 0.05) and strongly (standardized effect size > |0.5|) associated with DSST performance in the discovery phase. Of those, 60 (38 with additional adjustment for education) demonstrated both statistical significance and consistent direction of association in the replication sample. The significantly associated phenotypes largely clustered into the following categories: psychiatric traits (e.g. anxiety, β per 1 SD = −0.74, P-value=3.9×10−169), education (e.g. highest math class completed, β per 1 SD = 2.11, P-value<1 × 10−300), leisure activities (e.g. solitary activities like puzzles, β per 1 SD = 1.85, P-value<1.0×10−300), social determinants (e.g. household income, β per 1 SD = 1.20, P-value= 8.9×10−245, and lifestyle (e.g. years smoked, β per 1 SD = −0.98, P-value= 2.2×10−78). We identified several reproducible genetic correlations between DSST and its top associated exposures (e.g. 0.48 for leisure activities like puzzles, 0.28 for years of education, and −0.24 for anxiety; all P ≤ 7.9×10−26). For almost all exposures, genetic correlations with DSST were considerably stronger than environmental correlations.We have conducted the largest study of cognitive performance to date, building evidence supporting its correlations with many social, lifestyle, and clinical exposures. We established that the observed associations are in part underpinned by shared genetic architecture. Our study illustrates the potential of large-scale digital cohorts to contribute to epidemiologic discovery.
STUDY OF HISTOMORPHOLOGY AND IMMUNOHISTOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS IN BREAST NEOPLASM

1Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, MGMMC and MY Hospital, Indore, Madhya Pradesh. 2Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, MGMMC and MY Hospital, Indore, Madhya Pradesh. 3Junior Resident, Department of Surgery, MGMMC and MY Hospital, Indore, Madhya Pradesh. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND Carcinoma of the breast is the most common malignant tumour and the most common cause of death from carcinoma in females all over the world. (1) The important pathological prognostic factors in invasive breast carcinoma include patient ’s age, tumour size, lymph node metastasis, nuclear grade, histological grade, histological type, hormone receptor status and HER-2/neu. (2) A single parameter with the strongest prognostic significance is hormone receptor status. Aims and Objectives1. Occurrence of ER, PR and HER-2/neu in post-surgical histological specimen. 2. Expression of ER, PR and HER-2/neu receptors as per staging in carcinoma breast. 3. To co-relate histomorphological variants with immunohistochemistry.
Technical viewpoint on polystyrene/graphene nanocomposite

This review presents state-of-the-art progress in the field of polystyrene (PS)/graphene nanocomposite. Graphene is a monoatomic thick nanoallotrope of carbon. It has attracted tremendous research consideration owing to chemical functionalization aptitude and remarkable physical properties. Graphene has been used as a potential nanofiller to dramatically improve the performance of polymeric nanocomposite. PS is an important synthetic aromatic thermoplastic polymer. Graphene has been used to enhance the mechanical strength, thermal stability, electrical conductivity, and thermal conductivity of PS/graphene nanocomposite. Dispersion routes and synthetic methods of graphene and PS/graphene nanocomposite have also been reviewed. PS/graphene nanocomposites have been explored for anticorrosion, electromagnetic interference shielding, batteries, electrocatalysis, and microextraction applications. In spite of interesting developments, a lot remains to be done with regard to fundamental understanding of structure–property relationship and designing materials to operate for advanced high performance applications. This review is also concluded listing current challenges associated with processing and future perspectives of nanocomposite.
3.3V DC output at -16dBm sensitivity and 77% PCE rectifier for RF energy harvesting

This paper presents a high voltage conversion at high sensitivity RF energy harvesting system for IoT applications. The harvesting system comprises bulk-to-source (BTMOS) differential-drive based rectifier to produce a high efficiency RF energy harvesting system. Low-pass upward impedance matching network is applied at the rectifier input to increase the sensitivity and output voltage. Dual-oxide-thickness transistors are used in the rectifier circuit to maintain the power efficiency at each stage of the rectifier. The system is designed using 0. 18µm Silterra RF in deep n-well process technology and achieves 4.07V output at -16dBm sensitivity without the need of complex auxiliary control circuit and DC-DC charge-pump circuit. The system is targeted for urban environment.
Channel Estimation of DWT Based MIMO-OFDM System in Wireless Communication

Objectives: The study is to analyse the 5×5 wavelet based Multiple Inputs Multiple Outputs (MIMO)-Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) system, considered to observe the system BER performance and system capacity for higher count of transmitter/receiver compared to conventional systems (i.e. 2×2). Methods analysis: This study basically involves the Least Square channel estimation method which helps to easily equate the higher number of transmitter and receiver. With the FFT Tool being used in OFDM systems, the problem of the higher bit error rate was still the matter of concern. To further avoid this problem, researcher’s has adopted a better method called as Wavelet Transform Tool. The results have been discussed by using BER versus SNR graph. The simulation results are being performed on MATLAB platform of R2016a version. Findings: The simulation results, have the wavelet based MIMO-OFDM system with and without channel coding, which shows that a system with channel coding has better BER performance than system without channel coding because it helps to detect and correct the errors. The simulation results for throughput performance of the system with different modulation order/schemes, and code rate shows that there is a trade-off between the BER performance and code rate of the system. When the code rate and modulation order of a system increases, there is an increase in capacity to carry more information at a time along with the tendency of occurring error too. The proposed work is being compared with the conventional system (2×2) showing use of higher count of transmitter/receiver helps in transmitting more bits at a time but with a drawback of higher BER. It can further be the area of research of transmitting data by multiple users simultaneously, using most appropriate tool/methods that cause better system performance. Application: This study results can be used for further analysis in the wireless communication field and for achieving higher data rate for multiple users.
P2_8 Charybdis Vs. The Argonauts

The Greek Hero Jason, while sailing on the Argo to fetch the Golden Fleece, encounters a sea creature which sucks in the ocean, creating a huge whirlpool. This paper ﬁnds the intital buoyancy force of the Argo and compares this to the centripetal force exerted on the Argo by the whirlpool, which were found to be 5690000 N and 101000 N respectively. We also calculated the pressure gradient throughout the radius of the whirlpool to be 12100 Pa, and its rotational velocity to be 0.61 rad s-1.
GENDER DIFFERENCE IN OCCUPATIONAL PERFORMANCE, QUALITY OF LIFE AND TRUNK MUSCLE ENDURANCE IN PHYSICAL THERAPISTS WITH LOW BACK PAIN

Background: Low back pain has a profound impact on work ability and quality of life. Reduced trunk muscle endurance can be a cause or a consequence of low back pain. Objective: the purpose of this study was to examine the effect of gender on trunk muscle endurance, occupational performance, and quality of life in physical therapists with non-specific low back pain. Study Design: descriptive, cross-sectional study in a clinical setting. Methods: researchers recruited ninety-seven (F= 55, M= 42) physical therapists with non-specific low back pain for this study. Population’s mean ±SD age and body mass index were 25.04 ± 2 years, and 24.57 ± kg/m² respectively. Researchers assessed trunk muscle endurance using McGill and Biering-Sørensen endurance testing. They conducted a self-reported Occupational Role Performance questionnaire to assess occupational performance. Researchers used the 36-Item Short Form Health Survey to assess quality of life. They used T-test and Mann-Whitney U test to evaluate difference between genders. Results: Trunk endurance times were significantly lower in females than in males (p = 0.0001). Scores of Occupational Role Performance questionnaire were significantly higher in females (p = 0.001), while there was a significant decrease in quality of life scores of females compared with that of males (p = 0.001). Conclusion: Female Physical Therapists with non-specific low back pain have lower scores of trunk muscle endurance, occupational performance, and quality of life. Results should be considered in assessment and management approaches to improve functional ability and quality of life.
Ice Hydrometeor Shape Estimations Using Polarimetric Operational and Research Radar Measurements

A polarimetric radar method to estimate mean shapes of ice hydrometeors was applied to several snowfall and ice cloud events observed by operational and research weather radars. The hydrometeor shape information is described in terms of their aspect ratios, r, which represent the ratio of particle minor and major dimensions. The method is based on the relations between depolarization ratio (DR) estimates and aspect ratios. DR values, which are a proxy for circular depolarization ratio, were reconstructed from radar variables of reflectivity factor, Ze, differential reflectivity, ZDR, and copolar correlation coefficient ρhv, which are available from radar systems operating in either simultaneous or alternate transmutation of horizontally and vertically polarized signals. DR-r relations were developed for retrieving aspect ratios and their sensitivity to different assumptions and model uncertainties were discussed. To account for changing particle bulk density, which is a major contributor to the retrieval uncertainty, an approach is suggested to tune the DR-r relations using reflectivity-based estimates of characteristic hydrometeor size. The analyzed events include moderate snowfall observed by an operational S-band weather radar and a precipitating ice cloud observed by a scanning Ka-band cloud radar at an Arctic location. Uncertainties of the retrievals are discussed.
Nutritional best-practices among child care providers in Washington State

Nutritional best-practices among child care providers in Washington State Victoria A. Bradford Chair of the Supervisory Committee: Associate Professor Margaret Hannon Health Services Objective: Explore knowledge and concerns around the Let’s Move! Child Care nutritional bestpractices among child care providers in Washington. Methods: Data was collected from an online professional training module for child care providers. We examined providers’ knowledge of and behaviors they are willing to do to meet the bestpractices by program type and size, provider experience, and written nutrition policy status. Concerns for implementation were analyzed through qualitative thematic analysis. Results: The final sample included 668 providers. Providers knew most best-practices (88.2%98.8%), but had lower levels of knowledge about sugary drinks (47.6%) and milk type (65.7%). Concerns for implementation included practical concerns, dealing with picky eaters, and parents not supporting child care nutrition efforts. Conclusions and Implications: Sugary drinks and milk type recommendations are target areas for future interventions and research among child care providers. More research is needed about how to best integrate parents with child care nutrition efforts.
Study Of Dementia With Particular Reference To Mini Mental State Examination And Geriatric Depression Scale In Diabetic Patients

To detect the effect of dementia related problems on a person's cognitive functions, especially memory and the occurrence of depression like symptoms by using Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) and Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS). The subjects were divided into three, one as general group who are non- diabetic, second as control group who are diabetic and non- neuropathic and the third as test group, who are diabetic as well as neuropathic. The six parameters analyzed were age, gender, duration of diabetes, family history of diabetes, Body Mass Index (BMI) and food habits. The scores were then statistically analyzed using SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Sciences, 12.0.1). The results in the present study reveal that there is a decline in the cognitive performance in MMSE based on gender, but in the case of age and duration of diabetes, the test group subjects showed a poorer performance. A decline in MMSE score shows greater risk for cognitive impairment. Similarly GDS scores also support this result.Diabetic neuropathic patients poorly performed in MMSE and GDS when compared to non- neuropathic patients. Diabetes has a significant role in the deterioration of cognitive function. Females showed poor performance than males. As age and duration of diabetes progresses, the chance for memory loss and depression increases. Food habits have no significant role as per this study.
Co-morbidity of depression and disability in patients with alcohol dependence syndrome

Introduction: Alcohol Use Disorders and Depression are among the leading causes of disability in the world according to WHO. But there are limited studies assessing comorbidity of depression and disability in Alcohol dependence syndrome and whether disability in alcohol dependant patients is due to depression or Alcohol Dependence Syndrome alone in this part of the country. Materials and Methods: This is a cross-sectional observational study conducted in Dr. PSIMS and RF. 50 patients were included in the study and assessed for depression and disability. Results: Prevalence of depression in alcohol dependence patients is found to be 84%. Disability is present in 94.98%. Significant correlation is observed when disability was compared with ‘ADS with depression’ (P-value Conclusion: Three fourths of the patients with ADS are suffering from depression. ADS is also associated with greater levels of disability, irrespective of the presence or absence of depression. Keywords: Alcohol dependence syndrome, Depression, Disability.
Role of hepatoprotective drugs in the management of skin disorders with special reference to Kitibha (psoriasis): A case study

Psoriasis is fundamentally an inflammatory skin condition with reactive abnormal epidermal differentiation and hyper-proliferation affecting 2-3% of world’s population. Pathophysiology of the disease includes mainly the activation and migration of T cells to the dermis triggering the release of cytokines (tumor necrosis factor-alpha TNF-alpha, in particular) which lead to the inflammation and the rapid production of skin cells. Considering the morbidity in psoriasis & loss of effectiveness of present treatment, psoriasis is screened in light of Kitibha disease (Kushtha) as mentioned by Acharya Charaka. The etiological factors, symptomatology, and complications of Kitibha compared with that of psoriasis, grand similarity was revealed. A preliminary randomized single blinded controlled clinical trial of drugs in 46 cases of psoriasis was conducted, to prove the practical approach of management of psoriasis. For this clinical study divided into following groups viz. Group A (10 cases were given 3 gm Daruharidra per day in 3 divided doses), group B (10 cases were provided 3 gm Kalmeg per day in 3 divided doses) and Group C (10 cases were given combination of both i.e.1g each per day in 3 divided doses), Group D (Placebo control group consisting of 8 patients were given wheat flour as 6 capsules in 3 divided doses) and Group E (Standard Controlled Group, having 8 patients who were administered with Methotrexate 7.5 mg once a week). The trial drugs were given for a period of three months to each patient. Controlled group was more effective (75%) as compared to combine group but reoccurrence was frequent in controlled group. Combined Group (A+ B) reveal 51% and Daruharidra reveals (40%) relief. When Daruharidra and Kalmeg are given alone give better result but when adding together has shown additive effect similar to standard control group Methotrexate.
Nanomechanics of cell membrane and cellular contacts in control and failing hearts

1 Manuscripts in revision and preparation . 3 Attended conferences, meetings and workshops . 4 Received grants and awards . 6 Declaration of Originality . 7 Copyright Declaration . 7 Acknowledgements . 8 Table of contents . 10 List of figures . 16 List of tables . 19 Abbreviation and acronym list . 20 Chapter 1 . 22 1.Introduction . 23 1.1 Mechanical forces in biology . 23 1.2 Mechanical regulation in the cell . 23 1.3 Techniques used to measure cell YM . 26 1.3. 1 Micropipette aspiration . 27 1.3. 2 Optical tweezers . 27 1.3. 3 Atomic Force Microscopy . 28 1.4 Mechanical properties in the cardiovascular system . 28 1.5 Cell mechanics in a single-cell cardiomyocyte model . 30 1.5. 1 Cell membrane . 31 1.5. 2 Membrane channels . 32 1.5. 3 Integrins as the cell-ECM linker . 33 1.5. 4 Intercalated discs . 34 1.5. 5 Mitochondria . 34 1.5. 6 Nucleus . 35 1.5. 7 Cardiac-specific cytoskeleton . 36 1.5. 8 Generic cytoskeleton . 37 1.6 Cardiomyocyte mechanical properties in disease . 40 1.6. 1 Left Ventricular Assist Device . 42 1.7 Mechanical properties of cell-cell contacts . 43 1.8 Junction between cardiomyocytes . 44 1.8. 1 Adherens junctions . 45
RNA Interference and its Application Crop Protection

The effective control of plant pathogens on economically important crop species is the major challenges for sustainable agricultural production. Although plant breeding has been the traditional method of manipulating the plant genome to develop resistant cultivar for controlling plants diseases, the introduction of genetic engineering technology provides an entirely new approach. Presently, the cultivated area of genetically modified crops that are resistant to disease is less compared with that of crops for tolerance to herbicide, or resistant to insects. Various strategies have been put forward to render plants resistant to fungi, bacteria, viruses and nematodes. Recently, RNA interference (RNAi) International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences ISSN: 2319-7706 Volume 8 Number 11 (2019) Journal homepage: http://www.ijcmas. com