Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Ascorbic Acid (Asa) improves Salinity Tolerance in Wheat (Triticum Aestivum L.) by Modulating Growth and Physiological Attributes.

Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) is one of the most important staple foods. High concentration of sodium chloride severely affects plants in general and wheat in specific. In this study the ameliorative effects of ascorbic acid (AsA) against sodium chloride stress were investigated in two commercial wheat cultivars (Galaxy 2013 and Akbar 2019). Experiments were conducted in three replicates. Two levels of salt (0, 150 mM) along with exogenous application of ascorbic acid (0, 30 mM, 60 mM) were applied at three leaves seedling stage. At the establishment of treatments, data regarding physiological, biochemical and yield attributes were recorded and subjected to statistical analysis. The application of AsA significantly (p≤0.05) improved growth, yield and key physiological attributes in tested wheat varieties under salinity stress. Overall wheat genotype Akbar 2019 showed better growth under salt stress. It is concluded from this study that AsA may be used to mitigate salinity effects in wheat.
Evidence for a Role of the Genomic Region of the Gene Encoding for the 1 Chain of Type IX Collagen (COL9A1) in Hip Osteoarthritis

Objective. Type IX collagen proteoglycan is an important protein in collagen networks and has been implicated in hip osteoarthritis (OA). We studied 2 COL9A1 markers (509-8B2 and 509-12B1) in relation to radiographic OA, within the framework of the Rotterdam Study, a population-based study of 7,983 subjects ages 55 years and older. Methods. We used 2 different designs, as follows: 1) a linkage study of 83 probands with multiple joints affected with radiographic OA and their 221 siblings, yielding 445 sibpairs who participated in the study, and 2) an association study in a series of 71 patients with radiographic hip OA and 269 controls without radiographic OA. All subjects were characterized for the 2 COL9A1 markers, 509-8B2 and 509-12B1. The mean test was used to assess the proportion of alleles shared in concordantly affected and unaffected sibpairs. The chisquare test was used to compare the allele distributions in patients and controls. Results. Affected sibpairs with radiographic hip OA shared alleles identical by descent at markers 8B2 and 12B1 significantly more often than expected (mean SD 0.66 0.07 and 0.65 0.08, respectively; P < 0.05). No excess sharing for radiographic OA was observed at other joint sites. When comparing the frequency of marker 8B2 and 12B1 alleles in subjects with radiographic OA and controls, the frequency of 8B2 alleles in subjects with radiographic OA differed significantly(P 0.01) from that in controls. Conclusion. Our data suggest that susceptibility for hip OA is conferred within or close to the COL9A1 gene in linkage disequilibrium with the COL9A1 5098B2 marker.
In vitro evaluation of nutritional quality of ensiled rice offal enhanced with nonprotein nitrogen sources and soybean meal residue

An experiment was conducted to assess the appearance, smell, texture, pH, temperature, chemical composition and energy content of ensiled Rice offal (RO) treated with non-protein nitrogen sources and soybean meal residue in a completely randomized design. Rice offal was treated with different proportions of Urea, Poultry litter (PL) and Soybean meal residue (SBMR) and ensiled. The treatment combinations were; A (100%RO), B (100%RO + Urea), C (75%RO + 25%PL), D (50%RO + 50%PL), E (75%RO + 25%SBMR) and F (50%RO + 50%SBMR). The treatments were ensiled for 21 days in triplicates. The results showed that silages were adequately fermented with sweet aroma. The silages were acidic (4.70 – 5.80) except for treatments C and D which had pH of 7.20 and 7.00, respectively. The temperatures of the silages were significantly (P<0.05) different. The proximate composition of silages differed significantly (P<0.05), being highest for %CP, %EE and ash in treatment B. Dry matter contents were also significantly different (P<0.05) with treatment A having the highest (90.25%). Rice offal and Urea mixtures resulted in silages with highest NDF, HEM and Energy. Lowest NDF was obtained in treatment without additive (Treatment A) compared to all other treatments. Least ADF was obtained in Treatment E (75% RO + 25% SBMR). Enhancement of rice offal with urea, poultry litter and soybean meal residue has shown improvement in the silage physiochemical quality
An Analysis of Media Resources during Typhoon Hagibis

Background: The passage of typhoon Hagibis over Izunokuni City, where our hospital is located, resulted in the city essentially becoming an island due to flooding and landslides. Objectives: To examine the sources used to obtain information on typhoon Hagibis with respect to the storm itself, safety, and health issues and to present data resources that can be used for disaster emergency mitigation among health workers. Methods: The survey inquired about respondents’ age, sex, and occupation and asked the media to receive information about typhoon Hagibis and on damage induced by the typhoon in Izunokuni City. Results: The age of respondents ranged from 20 to 65 years old and the number of males was 97 and females 160. The number of clerks was 198, doctors 49, and nurses 10. The most frequently reported medium for obtaining information on the typhoon and damage induced by the typhoon in Izunokuni City were the television, followed by the internet (search engines like Yahoo or Google) and social networking services (SNSs). Conclusion: Television remains an important tool, but the internet and SNSs, have become similarly useful for obtaining information on disasters provided electric power is still available. One key point to consider in the future might be inter-connection through certain services between classic media and internet-based media for distributing information on disasters.
Features Selection for Entity Resolution in Prostitution on Twitter

Received Feb 11, 2021 Revised Mar 23, 2021 Accepted Apr 03, 2021 Entity resolution is the process of determining whether two references to real-world objects refer to the same or different purposes. This study applies entity resolution on Twitter prostitution dataset based on features with the Regularized Logistic Regression training and determination of Active Learning on Dedupe and based on graphs using Neo4j and Node2Vec. This study found that maximum similarity is 1 when the number of features (personal, location and bio specifications) is complete. The minimum similarity is 0.025662627 when the amount of harmful training data. The most influencing similarity feature is the cellphone number with the lowest starting range from 0.997678459 to 0.999993523. The parameter length of walk per source has the effect of achieving the best similarity accuracy reaching 71.4% (prediction 14 and yield 10).
Neonatal sepsis due to non-albicans Candida species and their susceptibility to antifungal agents: first report from Bangladesh

Background and objectives: Frequency of neonatal sepsis in Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICU) has been increasing worldwide over the last decades. The emergence of non-albicans Candida (NAC) species and their resistance to common antifungal agents become an important preventive and therapeutic issue. The present study was undertaken to find out the role of NAC species in neonatal sepsis/candidemia in the NICUs of hospitals of Dhaka city. The susceptibility pattern of NAC species to antifungal agents was also determined. Materials and methods: Suspected cases of neonatal sepsis admitted in NICU of four tertiary care hospitals of Dhaka city, from March to December 2018 were enrolled. In this cross sectional study, blood samples were collected from neonates with suspected sepsis for culture. Identification of Candida species was done by carbohydrate (CHO) assimilation tests using swab auxanographic technique, CHO impregnated yeast nitrogen base plate method (YNB), microtiter plate based miniaturized method and by HiCrome TM Candida Differential Media. Susceptibility of the isolated Candida species to antifungal agents was determined by disk diffusion (DD) and by minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) methods. MIC was determined by broth microdilution method using RPMI 1640 and trypticase soy broth (TSB). Results: In the present study, NAC species were isolated from 39.7% neonates. C. tropicalis was the predominant species (81.0%) followed by C. parapsilosis (12.1%), C. auris (5.2%) and C. dubliniensis (1.7%). Isolated NAC species were 98.3% sensitive to voriconazole. Sensitivity to fluconazole, ketoconazole, itraconazole, and clotrimazole was 3.5%, 15.5%, 86.2% and 56.9% respectively by DD method. All the isolates (100%) were sensitive to miconazole and nystatin. All the C. tropicalis, C. auris and C. dubliniensis were sensitive to amphotericin B and anidulafungin. One and four C. parapsilosis were found resistant to amphotericin B and anidulafungin respectively. The MIC results obtained by using RPMI 1640 and TSB as growth medium were concordant suggesting that TSB media was a good alternative to expensive RPMI 1640. Conclusion: The advent of NAC species merits attention as they are highly resistant to most of the azoles. Therefore, speciation of Candida in neonatal candidemia is essential to institute appropriate antifungal therapy. IMC J Med Sci 2020; 14(2): 005. EPub date: 13 January 2021
Comparative transcriptomics of sclerotia and mycelia of Rhizoctonia solani AG2-2IIIB

genes (DEGs) were identified between sclerotia and mycelia stage. Among the highly upregulated genes that encode enzymes or proteins were included cytochrome c oxidase, cytochrome c peroxidase, superoxide dismutase (SOD), cytochrome P450, oxidoreductase, signal peptidase complex, apoptosis-inducing factors, NADPH oxidase, chitinases, serine/threonine kinases, programmed cell death proteins, Transcription elongation factor 1-beta, subtilisin-like protease 8, poly-ubiquitin-A, glutathione peroxidase, phosphatidylserine decarboxylases, and hypothetical proteins identified in the transcriptome of sclerotia and mycelia. Moreover, gene ontology (GO) and kyoto encyclopedia of genes and genomes (KEGG) analyses showed that these DEGs were enriched in diverse categories, including oxidoreductase activity, carbohydrate metabolic process, and oxidation-reduction processes.
A Case Study on Pre-stimulus Effect on Face Processing in an Individual with Autism

Face perception recruits different neural mechanisms in comparison to other objects and individuals with autism show disruptions in facial processing in comparison to other objects. Scientists have reported multiple abnormalities in both early and late stages of face processing in people who suffer from autism. On the other hand, pre-stimulus oscillation could impact the perception of the incoming stimulus in healthy participants. Yet, the effect of pre-stimulus oscillations on post-stimulus activities in individuals with autism has rarely been investigated. Here we acquired magnetoencephalography (MEG) to explore the role of pre-stimulus alpha oscillations on the face and non-face perception in an autistic participant. Our results showed that the pre-stimulus alpha power in the lateral occipital cortex yielded to significant separation of post-stimulus activities in the fusiform face area as well as the intra-parietal sulcus in response to human face stimulus.
Ensemble of deep masked language models for effective named entity recognition in multi-domain corpora

The health and life science domains are well-known for their wealth of entities. These entities are presented as free text in large corpora, such as biomedical scientific and electronic health records. To enable the secondary use of these corpora and unlock their value, named entity recognition (NER) methods are proposed. Inspired by the success of deep masked language models, we present an ensemble approach for NER using these models. Results show statistically significant improvement of the ensemble models over baselines based on individual models in multiple domains - chemical, clinical and wet lab - and languages - English and French. The ensemble model achieves an overall performance of 79.2% macro F1-score, a 4.6 percentage point increase upon the baseline in multiple domains and languages. These results suggests that ensembles are a more effective strategy for tackling NER. We further perform a detailed analysis of their performance based on a set of entity properties.
Evaluation of Alfalfa (Medicago Sativa) Cultivars at Highland and Midland of Guji Zone of Oromia

The study was conducted with the objective to identify adaptable, high biomass yield, leaf to steam ratio and good quality yield of Alfalfa cultivars at Bore Agricultural research center. Eight Alfalfa cultivars; Hunter river, Magna-801-FG, Pioneer (1995) DZF-406, Segule1396 (408), Peruvian DZF (406), F-G-9-09, F-L-L-77-(406) and Hunter river (4010) were tested in RCBD with three replications. Plant height was significantly (P 0.05) different among treatments. Chemical compositions of NDF, ADL and CP were significantly (P<0.05) different among treatments. The superior ADL was obtained from Segule (1396)-408 cultivar (32.5%) while, low was obtained from F-L-L-77 (406) cultivar. The superior NDF was obtained from Poineer (1995) DZF-406 cultivar (70.7%) whereas; the low was from Peruvien- DZF- 406 cultivar (45.9%). The CP yield showed significant (P<0.05) difference among cultivars. Magna- 801-FG cultivar had the superior (26.3%) CP while, Segule (1396)-408 cultivar (11.3%) had the inferior CP content. Cultivar F-G-9-09 was produce superior in DM (91.8%) and less in ADL (9.3%) while Segule 1396 (1396)-408 cultivar produce (91.3%) DM and lower in TASH (10.8%). superior OM was obtained from Segule 1396 (408) cultivar (80.4%) compared to others. Based on its yield, plant height, biomass yield and chemical compositions, good DM and OM Peruvien- DZF- 406, F-L-L-77 (406,) Segule-1396 (408) and F-G-9-09 is recommended for further promotion in the highland and midland of Guji and similar agro-ecologies.
12_8_Ank_2 Issue Sept to Nov 2020 (172-176)

3 Agriculture and Forestry University (AFU), Rampur, Chitwan, Nepal Department of Plant Pathology, Agriculture and Forestry University (AFU), Rampur, Chitwan, Nepal Department of Agronomy, Agriculture and Forestry University (AFU), Rampur, Chitwan, Nepal *Corresponding author email : pandeyprem73@gmail.com Nine isolates of Trichoderma spp. were isolated from different agroecological regions of Nepal viz; Jumla, Palpa, Chitwan, Tarahara, Banke, Illam and Salyan and screened against Sclerotium rolfsii Sacc. Adreded soil borne phytopathogen causing collar rot of chickpea in chickpea; In-vitro efficacy of nine fungal antagonist (Trichoderma spp.) against Sclerotium rolfsii were screened. Pot experiment was done to find out the effective management of S. rolfsi through Tricoderma using different methods i.e. Seed treatment, soil drenching and soil application. All the tested isolates of Trichoderma spp. were found effective on mycelial growth inhibition and sclerotial parasitization of S. rolfsii. Trichoderma isolated from Palpa district showed maximum growth inhibition (%) of pathogen periodically after 48(93.78%), 72(96.00%), 96(97.96%) and 120(100.00%) hours of inoculation. Parasitized sclerotium showed minimum sclerotial germination on agar plates. Moreover, Trichoderma species isolated from Palpa districts showed second best percent mycelial growth inhibition periodically at 72(25.00%), 120(29.16%), 168(29.16%) and 216(29.16%). In pot experiment at 40 days after sowing, Seedling height was maximum in soil drenching with 30g per 100ml of water (22.27cm) and Mortality percentage of seedlings was least or highest disease control
Window Optimisation of Power Quality Signal Detection using Gabor Transform

This paper presents power quality analysis on different signal characteristics, namely instantaneous sag, momentary sag, temporary sag, instantaneous swell, momentary swell, and temporary swell. Power quality signals were analyzed using linear time-frequency distribution (TFD) namely short-time Fourier transform (STFT) and proposed Gabor transform (GT), and the best technique for power quality detection was determined based on the performance analysis of varied window length. Optimum window length for different signal characteristics which are effective and reliable for developing real-time monitoring system was employed using MATLAB. From a time-frequency representation (TFR) results based on STFT and GT, parameters such as instantaneous RMS voltage, VRMS(t) and instantaneous total waveform distortion, VTWD(t) had been extracted. In finding the best technique for power quality, the TFDs had been compared in terms of accuracy, memory and computational complexity of the analysis. Based on the performance analysis conducted, GT was able to compute with high accuracy with 94% averagely as well as low memory size by 6% compared to STFT. Hence, GT is considered as the best TFD, and recommended for low cost PQ monitoring system.
Characterization and Modification of Pectin Extracted from Orange Peel

In the present study pectin was extracted from orange peel and its purification, modification and characterization was done. Pectin was extracted with an acid i.e. EDTA (ethylene diaminetetracetic acid) by using microwave method at 460W, for 15 mins. and pH (2-3). Purification of pectin was done by using partial oxidation with iodine solution and modification of pectin was done by using base hydrolysis. Yield of extracted pectin, purified pectin and modified pectin were 34.02, 38.88, 83.33% respectively. Pectin was identified with the help of stiff gel test, test with iodine solution. Extracted pectin contains many phytochemicals which were identified chemically. The characterization of pectin was done through TLC data and FTIR analysis. The FTIR spectra of extracted pectin, purified pectin, modified pectin samples were determined using a computerized FTIR spectrometer in the range of 44000-400 cm-1 by KBr pellet technique. Three outstanding features of infrared spectra of of pectin band were at 16001680 cm-1( for C=O ), 3700 cm-1 (for -O-H ) and 1000 cm-1 above ( for –C-O-R ).
Diuretic efficacy of Prosopis farcta in hypertensive rats

226 Diuretic Effect of Prosopis farcta in Comparison with Spironolactone and Hydrochlorothiazide in Hypertensive Rats Zana M.Raoof *,1 and Kawa F. Dizaye Sulaimani Polytechnic University ** Hawler Medical University. Abstract Prosopis farcta has been used traditionally for several diseases as cardiovascular, kidney, diabetes, bacterial infection and it has diuretic activity. This study was designed to evaluate the diuretic effects of P. farcta extract in comparison with spironolactone and hydrochlorothiazide in normal and hypertensive rats.Forty eight rats, were divided into Two groups. The First group was consist of Twelve normotensive rats, to represent the control group and normal treated group receiving 50 mg/Kg of P. farcta extract; Six rats in each group. The Second group involved 36 hypertensive rats, were divided into six subgroups, each of six rats. The First subgroups served as a positive control, the Second, Third and Fourth sub-groups were received 25, 50, 100 mg/Kg of P. farcta fruit extract respectively. The Fifth and Sixth subgroups were received 5 mg/kg spironolactone, and 25 mg/Kg thiazide orally for a week. P. farcta extract produced a significant increase in urine flow, Sodium excretion rate, eGFR and urinary creatinine level. In addition there were significant reduction in heart rate, and serum creatinine and blood urea. Conclusion: P. farcta fruit extract has mild diuretic activity in normal and hypertensive rats that resemble the potassium sparing diuretics.
Protective Effect of Rasayana Herbs on Lead Acetate-induced Testicular Toxicity in Wistar Rats

Correspondence: Prof. Vinod Kumar Dixit, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Dr. Harisingh Gour Vishwavidyalaya, Sagar-470003, Madhya Pradesh, INDIA. Phone No: +91 7582264582; E-mail: vkdixit2011@rediffmail.com ABSTRACT In recent years, the use of the herbs in reducing heavy metal toxicities has increased worldwide. Rasayana drugs have been reported to have improved reproductive activity. In this study, we investigated the protective effects of Anacyclus pyrethrum, Spilanthes acmella and Pedalium murex on lead acetate-induced testicular damage in rats. The sample used 30 male rats divided into 5 groups: negative control (rats were given daily with 1% sodium CMC solution were given daily with lead acetate in mineral water at 250mg/l (1ml mineral water poisoned); positive control (rats /day/ rat) orally once in a day for 90 days); and the treatment group (rats were given the Anacyclus pyrethrum 150 mg/kg, Spilanthes acmella 150 mg/kg and Pedalium murex 150 mg/kg BW orally once in day for 90 days. After 90 days testicular tissue and sperm count, motility and viability in the epididymis were measured in rats. Testis samples were also collected for histopathological studies. Results showed that Lead acetate decreased the sperm count, motility, viability and altered histopathological testis compared to the negative control. However, administration of Rasayana drugs significantly improved the histopathological in testis, increased the sperm count, motility, viability and also significantly increased the testosterone level in drug treated rats. From the results of this study we concluded that the Rasayana drugs could be a potent natural product provides a promising protective effect against lead acetate induced testicular toxicity in rats.
Modified Likelihood Ratio Test for Sub-mean Vectors with Two-step Monotone Missing Data in Two-sample Problem

This article deals with the problem of testing for two normal sub-mean vectors when the data set have two-step monotone missing observations. Under the assumptions that the population covariance matrices are equal, we obtain the likelihood ratio test (LRT) statistic. Furthermore, an asymptotic expansion for the null distribution of the LRT statistic is derived under the two-step monotone missing data by the perturbation method. Using the result, we propose two improved statistics with good chi-squared approximation. One is the modified LRT statistic by Bartlett correction, and the other is the modified LRT statistic using the modification coefficient by linear interpolation. The accuracy of the approximations are investigated by using a Monte Carlo simulation. The proposed methods are illustrated using an example.