Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Radiation protection by 2-mercaptopropionylglycine in mice.

A new sulfhydryl compound, 2-mercaptopropionylglycine, which is commercially available in Japan as a detoxicating agent, has been shown to be protective in mice against lethal doses of ionizing radiation at a very low dose of 20 mg/kg, far below its toxic dose of more than 2, 000 mg/kg. The drug has an optimum dose for protection, 20 mg/kg, and its protection continues more than 3 hours, though with a less extent after 1 hour than within 1 hour. The results suggest a clue on the mechanism of sulfhydryl radioprotectors and give promise of clinical application.
EFFECT OF Mg DOPING ON DIELECTRIC AND MAGNETIC PROPERTIES OF Co-Zn NANO FERRITES

In this paper, we report on the preparation and study of Mg doped Co-Zn Nano-ferrites. Properties of nano ferrites strongly depend upon synthesis methods and conditions. To get better properties of prepared samples, Co-Zn ferrite nano particles having composition Co0.5Zn0.5-xMgxFe2O4 (with x= 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5) were prepared by using simplified sol-gel process. The cations in synthesized composition of spinel ferrites occupy appropriate lattice sites and results in exchange coupling. The crystallite size of the specimen increased by sintering the samples at 700 o C for 3 hours. The dielectric loss and dielectric constant of sintered samples were increased with the Mg doping concentration. Saturation magnetization was decreased while coercivity increased with Mg doping concentration.
Lipoid Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (CAH): Patient Report and a Mini-Review

Cnongenital lipoid adrenal hyperplasia (lipoid CAH) is the most severe of the CAH syndromes, preventing synthesis of almost all adrenal and gonadal steroid hormones.1 Although there is substantial variability in the clinical presentation, the typical patient has adrenocortical insufficiency within the first 2 weeks of life with poor feeding, lethargy, dehydration, hyponatremia, hyperkalemia, hypoglycemia, and acidosis. Patients have female external genitalia regardless of chromosomal sex. This condition has received greater attention since the discovery that lipoid CAH is caused by mutations in the gene for the steroidogenic acute regulatory protein (StAR)2 and the demonstration that the disease is com-
Toxoplasmosis and infectious mononucleosis.

Judging from the prevalence of antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii in the serum, toxoplasmosis is a highly prevalent infection in the United States. 1 However, surprisingly little is known concerning the extent and types of clinically definable illness this parasite causes. 2 Several factors have contributed to this lack of knowledge, the major one being the difficulty in establishing the diagnosis. The small number of laboratories where reliable serological tests and proper interpretation of results are available for the diagnosis of toxoplasmosis contributes to this difficulty. An ideal study to define the nature of toxoplasmosis in a human population should be prospective and should involve attempts to isolate and identify the parasite from suspected and accessible sources and the collec tion and testing of sera for Toxoplasma antibodies at frequent intervals, particularly during the acute and convalescent stage of each manifest illness. Data thus obtained should make it possible to determine
MONITORING THE PERFORMANCE OF TWO MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE MECHANICAL AND BIOLOGICAL PRETREATMENT FACILITIES IN GREECE

Despite the numerous laboratory or pilot scale experiments on MSW treatment processes, measurements from field scale MSW treatment facilities have major practical merit. Objective of the work was to monitor the performance of two new large scale commingled Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) mechanical and biological pretreatment (MBT) facilities in Greece, namely: i) an aerobic biological pretreatment (composting) facility (PLANT A) located in Kefallonia, and ii) a biodrying facility (PLANT B) located in Heraklion, Crete. Monitoring data from a 1.5-years sampling period are presented for both plants. Both facilities started operation on 2009 in Greece. Plant A accepts 13000 t/y of commingled MSW, which are shredded, screened and then directed to four (4) aeration cells (biocells). A 28-d active aeration retention time per cell is achieved followed by a 4 week curing period in open piles. The pretreated end product is currently discarded to the local landfill. Plant B accepts approximately 75000 t/y of commingled MSW which are first shredded and are then placed in 24 15-day retention time aeration beds. Material is not wetted during the process and negative aeration (sucking) is applied to dry the wastes. Magnetic separation of ferrous material is applied at the end of the process. Then, wastes are baled with wires prior to their disposal to the local landfill. A future goal is the incineration of the end product. Sampling of wastes at plant A was performed on the raw refuse, on the product exiting the biocells and at 4 stages during the curing period. Material characterization comprised: moisture (M) content, organic matter (OM) content, total organic carbon content, total nitrogen content, and microbial respiration activity (MRA) as this was measured via the oxygen consumption and the C-CO2 generation after 7 days. Results show that OM started from around 68% to 75% dw and reduced to around 61% to 64% dw after 8 weeks of combined composting/curing. Material exiting the biocells had a moisture content of less than 30% indicating a moisture limitation during the active composting process. The static respiration indexes indicated that some stabilization occurred during the process, but the final material cannot be characterized as stable compost. The performance of plant B was studied through measurements of moisture, organic matter, total organic carbon, total nitrogen, higher calorific value and MRA indexes at the inlet and outlet of the facility. Results show that initial and final moisture contents were approximately 50% and less than 20% ww, respectively. Lower heating values at the inlet and outlet were approximately 5.5 and 10 MJ/wet kg, respectively. The OM content significantly reduced during the process from a range of 63%-77% dw (inlet) to a range of 61%-70% dw. Stabilization took place for some samples within the biodrying facility.
A Conservation Law Method in Optimization

We propose some algorithms to find local minima in nonconvex optimization and to obtain global minima in some degree from the Newton Second Law without friction. With the key observation of the velocity observable and controllable in the motion, the algorithms simulate the Newton Second Law without friction based on symplectic Euler scheme. From the intuitive analysis of analytical solution, we give a theoretical analysis for the high-speed convergence in the algorithm proposed. Finally, we propose the experiments for strongly convex function, non-strongly convex function and nonconvex function in high-dimension.
NFAT isoforms control activity-dependent muscle fiber type specification

The intracellular signals that convert fast and slow motor neuron activity into muscle fiber type specific transcriptional programs have only been partially defined. The calcium/calmodulin-dependent phosphatase calcineurin (Cn) has been shown to mediate the transcriptional effects of motor neuron activity, but precisely how 4 distinct muscle fiber types are composed and maintained in response to activity is largely unknown. Here, we show that 4 nuclear factor of activated T cell (NFAT) family members act coordinately downstream of Cn in the specification of muscle fiber types. We analyzed the role of NFAT family members in vivo by transient transfection in skeletal muscle using a loss-of-function approach by RNAi. Our results show that, depending on the applied activity pattern, different combinations of NFAT family members translocate to the nucleus contributing to the transcription of fiber type specific genes. We provide evidence that the transcription of slow and fast myosin heavy chain (MyHC) genes uses different combinations of NFAT family members, ranging from MyHC-slow, which uses all 4 NFAT isoforms, to MyHC-2B, which only uses NFATc4. Our data contribute to the elucidation of the mechanisms whereby activity can modulate the phenotype and performance of skeletal muscle.
Light propagation in 2 PN approximation in the field of one moving monopole II . Boundary value problem

In this investigation the boundary value problem of light propagation in the gravitational field of one arbitrarily moving body with monopole structure is considered in the second post-Newtonian approximation. The solution of the boundary value problem comprises a set of altogether three transformations: k → σ, σ → n, and k → n. Analytical solutions of these transformations are given and the upper limit of each individual term is determined. Based on these results, simplified transformations are obtained by keeping only those terms relevant for the given goal accuracy of 1 nano-arcsecond in light deflection. Like in case of light propagation in the gravitational field of one body at rest, there are socalled enhanced terms which are of second post-Newtonian order but contain one and the same typical large numerical factor. Finally, the impact of enhanced terms beyond 2PN approximation is considered. It is found that enhanced 3PN terms are relevant for astrometry on the level of 1 nano-arcsecond in light deflection, while enhanced 4PN terms are negligible, except for grazing rays at the Sun. PACS numbers: 95.10. Jk, 95.10. Ce, 95.30. Sf, 04.25. Nx, 04.80. Cc
Remote Magnetic Catheter Mapping and Ablation of Permanent Junctional Reciprocating Tachycardia in a Seven‐Year‐Old Child

Background: Mapping and catheter ablation of permanent junctional reciprocating tachycardia (PJRT) in children can be challenging. Remote magnetic navigation may improve precise mapping and catheter stability during ablation, as well as reduce fluoroscopy time, especially in conjunction with a non‐fluoroscopic mapping system.
Trimethylation enhancement using diazomethane (TrEnDi) II: rapid in-solution concomitant quaternization of glycerophospholipid amino groups and methylation of phosphate groups via reaction with diazomethane significantly enhances sensitivity in mass spectrometry analyses via a fixed, permanent posit

A novel mass spectrometry (MS)-based lipidomics strategy that exposes glycerophospholipids to an ethereal solution of diazomethane and acid, derivatizing them to contain a net fixed, permanent positive charge, is described. The sensitivity of modified lipids to MS detection is enhanced via improved ionization characteristics as well as consolidation of ion dissociation to form one or two strong, characteristic polar headgroup fragments. Our strategy has been optimized to enable a priori prediction of ion fragmentation patterns for four subclasses of modified glycerophospholipid species. Our method enables analyte ionization regardless of proton affinity, thereby decreasing ion suppression and permitting predictable precursor ion-based quantitation with improved sensitivity in comparison to MS-based methods that are currently used on unmodified lipid precursors.
The use of naropin with promedol for caudal anesthesia in new-born

Introduction Optimization of anesthesia in newborns during surgical interventions of the anorectal and pelvic organs. Material and methods The study was conducted in 21 neonates operated on for atresia of the anus and Hirschsprung's disease. Depending on the methods of anesthesia, patients are divided into three groups. Patients of group I underwent general anesthesia with caudal administration of narupin, and in patients of group II, narupin 3 mg / kg in a volume of 1.0 ml / kg and promedol 0.2 mg / kg. A multicomponent general anesthesia was performed in group III patients. Induction anesthesia was carried out using O2: Air 1: 1 in combination with sevorane 6-8% and fentanyl 3 μg / kg and esmerona 0.1 mg / kg. Results At the first stage of the study, the indices of central hemodynamics in all the study groups were stable. At the second stage of the study, patients of groups I and II experienced a reduction in the heart rate by 12% and 15%, respectively, which was due to adequate anesthesia due to the caudal block. In children of group III, who underwent multicomponent general anesthesia with high doses of narcotic analgesic fentanyl, there was a significant increase in the heart rate by 29% and mean arterial pressure by 27% in the first stage of the study. At the third stage of the study, patients of Groups I and III showed a significant increase in the indices of both central hemodynamics and stress markers, which was associated with the appearance of pain. In Group II patients, 24 hours after the operation, the stability of anesthesia adequacy indicators was observed, which was associated with the prolongation of the action of the caudal Conclusions 1. The combination of a caudal block with general anesthesia helps to reduce the consumption of both narcotic analgesics and the concentration of inhalational anesthetics and muscle relaxants. 2. The introduction of promedol with naropin in the caudal canal has prolonged the analgesic effect up to 24 hours.
Agris category code : Q 01 EFFECT OF HIGH-OXYGEN MODIFIED ATMOSPHERE PACKAGING ON SOME QUALITY TRAITS OF MEAT FROM IBERIAN PIGS REARED UNDER “ MONTANERA ” SYSTEM

1 Research Centre “Finca La Orden-Valdesequera”. Animal Production Department. 06187-Guadajira (Badajoz), Spain 2 Corresponding author, e-mail: tejerinabarrado@yahoo.es AbStrAct The Iberian pig is the most important autochthonous pig breed in the Mediterranean, both in population and economic importance. In addition there is an increasing demand for quality fresh meat from Iberian pigs reared under “Montantera” system, not only for the restaurants, also by gourmet consumers. So, the main aim of this work was to study the influence of high-oxygen modified atmosphere packaging during storage time (0, 6, 12, 18 and 24 days) on parameters related to meat quality of Longissimus dorsi muscle from Iberian pigs reared under “Montanera”. Results showed that during refrigerated storage time under high-oxygen , the lipid oxidation, yellowness, water loss and pH had increased while redness index and water holding capacity (WHC) had decreased. As a consequence, the sensorial characteristics were significantly affected by refrigerated storage time under high-oxygen modified atmosphere packaging.
B Boron Stable Isotopes

Gavin L. Foster, Christophe Lécuyer and Horst R. Marschall Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre Southampton, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK Laboratoire de Géologie de Lyon, LGL-TPE, CNRS UMR 5276, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 & Institut Universitaire de France, Lyon, France Department of Geology & Geophysics, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Wood Hole, MA, USA Institut für Geowissenschaften, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
ON DIFFERENTIAL PREDICTION-TYPE GRADIENT METHODS FOR COMPUTING FIXED POINTS OF EXTREMAL MAPPINGS

Consider the problem of computing a xed point of the extremal mapping v∗ ∈ Argmin{Φ(v∗, w) | w ∈ Ω}, v∗ ∈ Ω∗, (1.1) where the function Φ(v, w) is de ned on the product R × R and Ω ⊂ R. We assume that Φ(v, w) is convex with respect to the variable w ∈ Ω for each chosen v ∈ Ω, the extremal (marginal) mapping G(v) ≡ argmin{Φ(v, w) | w ∈ Ω} is de ned for all v ∈ Ω, and the set Ω∗ ⊂ Ω of solutions to the original problem is nonempty. By (1.1), each point of Ω∗ satis es the inequality Φ(v∗, v∗) ≤ Φ(v∗, w) ∀w ∈ Ω, v∗ ∈ Ω∗. (1.2)
Anti-idiotype antibodies can induce long-term complete remissions in non-Hodgkin's lymphoma without eradicating the malignant clone.

The immunoglobulin on the surface of B-cell lymphomas can be a tumor-specific target for monoclonal antibody therapy. Between 1981 and 1993, 45 individuals with low grade B-cell lymphoma were treated with 52 courses of custom-made anti-idiotype antibodies. The antibodies were used either alone or in combination with alpha-interferon, chlorambucil, or interleukin-2 (IL-2). The majority of these patients responded to treatment, with a 66% overall and 18% complete response rate. Six patients (13%) experienced prolonged complete remissions, five of which are ongoing from 4 to 10 years after therapy and are the subject of this report. We asked whether residual lymphoma could be found in these patients with prolonged remissions. We performed enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) assays for idiotype protein or anti-idiotype antibodies in serum. Blood and bone marrow samples were examined by flow cytometry for idiotype positive cells, and by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for clonal gene rearrangements of immunoglobulin CDR3 sequences or t(14;18) translocations. Using these sensitive and specific tests it was possible to detect very low levels of residual lymphoma in five of these patients who had been in clinical remission for 3 to 8 years before this evaluation. These five have continued without recurrence for up to 3 years since. Thus, we have found a pattern of residual inactive disease in patients treated with anti-idiotype antibodies. The biology of follicular lymphoma evidently includes the potential for tumor dormancy after therapies with varied mechanisms of action, resulting in clinical inactivity for many years. Thus, long-term control of the disease is possible at a clinical level despite persistence of the malignant clone.
Strong controllability of continuous multidimensional behaviors

In [5, 6], two concepts of controllability of two-dimensional discrete behaviors were introduced and characterized: the first one amounts to the possibility of concatenating (by another system trajectory) any two restrictions of trajectories, given on any two (sufficiently distant) subsets of the domain Z. This is the classical behavioral controllability paradigm, and it has been successfully generalized, by various authors, e.g. [1, 3], to higher dimensions, and also to continuous behaviors. The second, stronger, controllability notion resulted from dropping the assumption that the two pieces of information to be concatenated should be restrictions of trajectories. Instead, they were admitted to be arbitrary sequences that do not contradict the system laws locally. The characterization of the second definition failed to generalize in a straightforward manner to higher dimensions, and to continuous behaviors. Only recently, the study of extendibility of behaviors [4, 9] has lead to a deeper understanding of the underlying problem. This made it possible to eventually generalize “strong controllability” to continuous behaviors of arbitrary dimension, and this is the topic of the present paper. The discrete case requires more attention and is treated in [7].
Effect of different levels of energy and protein with constant ratio on performance and carcass characteristics in broiler chickens

The aim of this study was to determine the effect of different levels of energy and protein with constant ratio on performance and carcass characteristics in broiler chickens. Three experimental diets were formulated to have 3 levels of ME and CP, respectively in each phase 23 , 21% and 20% CP with 3031 6, 2768 and 2636 kcal kg in the starter phase; 22 , 20% and 19% CP with 3174 3, 2886 and 2742 kcal kg in the grower phase; and 20 , 18% and 17% CP with 3224, 3063 and 2902 kcal kg in the finisher phase; The ratio between CP and ME was maintained at 131 8, 144 3 and 161 2 in the starter, grower and finisher respectively A total of 360 ROSS 308 strain reared for 42 days and were randomly divided into 30 experimental pens, 12 chickens in each pen, and each diet was offered to 10 replicates at random Wight gain was linearly decreased (p<0.05), whereas the feed intake and feed conversation ratio were increased (p</0.05), linearly as dietary protein and energy decreased in grower, finisher and overall experimental periods. Protein efficiency ratio and Energy efficiency ratio were decreased (p<0/05), when protein and energy reduced in grower, finisher and whole of experimental diets. But Use of different levels of energy and protein with constant ratio on carcass weight (CW), percentage of carcass, breast and thigh and other parameters of carcass such as liver, heart weight and abdominal fat had no significant effect (p>0.05). Feeding broiler chickens low ME and low CP with ME:CP ratio has adversely affected the growth performance, but carcass parameter not affected without any increase in liver weights and abdominal fat content.
ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF PROBIOTIC ( LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS ) USING IN DIFFERENT BROILER BREEDS WITHIN EGYPT

This study aimed to evaluate economic effect of Probiotic (L. acidophilus) for different breeds of broiler in Egypt. This work was conducted at special poultry farm in Shrakia Governorate, during period extended from 11th of October 2013 till 23th of December 2013 to investigate the effect of dietary supplementation of some Probiotic (L. acidophilus) (Probax®) on economic and productive efficiency of broilers. A total number of 450 bird, consists of three breeds (Hubbard, Ross and Cobb) of boilers were used in this research (150 bird for each breed). Two groups of each breed (75) were used, where one treated with Probiotic (L. acidophilus, 1gm/kg ration) and control not treated. All groups feeds with standard starter and finisher rations. The different productive and economic measures are applied. The results showed significant effect (P <0.05) of Probiotic (L. acidophilus) on the final body weight where the highest body weight was Ross treated group and lowest was the cobb control groups. In addition, there was no significant difference (P > 0.05) among all groups of breeds in dressing percentage, abdominal fat percent and gizzard fat percent. The results indicated that addition of Probiotic (L. acidophilus) to broilers diet caused a higher improvement in broilers net profit than control which given diet without any feed additives. The Probiotic (L. acidophilus) treated groups in both Ross and Hubbard given the highest value in net profit compared with Cobb. Finally, we concluded that the Probiotic (L. acidophilus) play important role in improving the economic and productive efficiency of poultry farm although it constitutes small cost portion from the total or variable costs of poultry production. Also, indicated that using 1gm/kg ration of probiotic L. acidophilus was better for Ross breed than that of Hubbard and cobb breed.
Analysis of Performance of Bowlers using Combined Bowling Rate

Bowling and batting have always been the most important aspects of the game of cricket. But with advent of the newest version of cricket with twenty overs-a-side the task of the bowlers are believed to have become difficult. This paper attempts to use the combined bowling rate to quantify the performance of a sample of bowlers who participated in the fourth season of the Indian Premier League. Based on relevant literature a set of predictors that can influence the performance of the bowlers were determined. Multiple linear regression technique was then used to identify the reasons that are empirically responsible for the performance of the bowlers. It was also observed that experience of the bowler and combined bowling rate at Tewnty20 internationals are the most significant predictors that are responsible for the performance of bowlers in IPL IV.