Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Toxic effects of the herbicide glyphosate on enzymes activities and histopathological changes in gill and liver tissue of freshwater fish, Silver barb (Barbonymus gonionotus)

In this study, the Silver barb was exposed glyphosate to lethal concentration (10 mg/L) as the commercial formulation Roundup ® for 4, 6, and 8 days, in order to examine the biochemical analysis. The activity of the biotransformation enzyme in the liver for 4, 6, and 8 exposure days was measured as follows: Cytochrome P450 (CYP) and glutathione S transferase (GST). The aminotransferase enzymes in the serum were: Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and Aspartate aminotransferase (AST). Compared with the duration times, there was found to be a significant difference in the enzymes activities with CYP, ALT, and AST (P<0.05), the highest induction was for the treated group at 8 days. Histo pathological alterations were observed in the liver and gills of fish after exposure to pesticides. In the liver, cloudy swelling, hyperplasia and hypertrophy, the congregation in central vein and sinusoid, atrophy and degeneration of the vacuoles, the severe degeneration of the vacuoles, and cell necrosis were all found. In the gills, lamellae cell edema, hyperplasia and hypertrophy, thickened epithelial cells coating the gill lamellae and congregating in the afferent and efferent arteries, degeneration of the vacuoles, and cell necrosis were found. These changes had predominantly occurred within 8 days. These results revealed that Glyphosate was able to induce the activities of CYP, GST, ALT and AST. Furthermore, this was found to be related to the histo pathological alterations of liver and the gills. The information presented in this study may be helpful in understanding the biotransformation mechanism in Silver barb.
Title New Pneumatic Artificial Muscle Realizing Giacometti Robotics and Soft Robotics

Two concepts of new robotics—Giacometti robotics and soft robotics—are proposed in this paper towards robotics at the next stage. A key element realizing them is a new pneumatic artificial muscle. This paper presents a thin pneumatic artificial muscle developed by the author and its applications to Giacometti robots and soft robots, which are still at the very early development stage but have a considerable potential in new robotics.
effectsize: Estimation of Effect Size Indices and Standardized Parameters

In both theoretical and applied research, it is often of interest to assess the strength of an observed association. This is typically done to allow the judgment of the magnitude of an effect (especially when units of measurement are not meaningful, e.g., in the use of estimated latent variables; Bollen, 1989), to facilitate comparing between predictors’ importance within a given model, or both. Though some indices of effect size, such as the correlation coefficient (itself a standardized covariance coefficient) are readily available, other measures are often harder to obtain. effectsize is an R package (R Core Team, 2020) that fills this important gap, providing utilities for easily estimating a wide variety of standardized effect sizes (i.e., effect sizes that are not tied to the units of measurement of the variables of interest) and their confidence intervals (CIs), from a variety of statistical models. effectsize provides easy-to-use functions, with full documentation and explanation of the various effect sizes offered, and is also used by developers of other R packages as the back-end for effect size computation, such as parameters (Lüdecke et al., 2020), ggstatsplot (Patil, 2018), gtsummary (Sjoberg et al., 2020) and more.
FROM ECONOMIC STRUCTURE TO POWER STRUCTURE : A STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS

Power is absent in many economic studies, though everyone knows that social and economic agents often look to increase their own influence on the behaviour of others. In this paper, a power structure is associated to an economic structure, the power resulting from the influence transmitted and received by the agents. It is assumed that the agents have an initial measurable opinion that will change over time as a result of influence transmitted through the power structure induced by the economic structure. A power structure implies the existence of one or more equilibrium opinions, which constitute the unanimous compromise between the totality or a part of the agents. A classification of power structure would appear to be linked to the nature of the equilibrium opinion. The stationary case is when a compromise is reached immediately, as in terror equilibrium or price equilibrium in oligopoly. In most cases, a compromise requires several stages of negotiation. Due to the nature of the power structure, a unanimous compromise would take into consideration all initial opinions, while in a dictatorial structure, only those of a dominating agent subset would be considered. These results illustrate the logic of economic globalisation. Moreover, if agents do not manifest resistance to the influence of others, they are considered as versatile; thus several compromises are possible with the cyclical adherence of subgroups of agents. 1 We would like to thank Mrs Phyllis Smith (Institut Supérieur des Langues Vivantes, University of Liege) for her English language assistance in the preparation of this manuscript.
Research on Ship Detection in Visible Remote Sensing Images

With the continuous development of remote sensing technology and satellite communication technology, the higher is the resolution of remote sensing images, and the richer is information contained in the image. How to obtain information from remote sensing images quickly and accurately is the key problem in the application of remote sensing technology. This paper introduces the automatic detection of ship targets in visible light remote sensing images, analyzes the methods and problems of target detection and semantic segmentation based on deep learning, which improves the accuracy of ship detection. Finally, this paper summarizes the short comings of the existing methods and prospects of the future research trend.
Leptospira interrogans infection in tegu lizard (Tupinambis merianae), Brazil

We used 12 tegu lizards (Tupinambis merianae) from northeastern Brazil, and we reported nine (75%) Leptospira sp. PCRpositive animals and six (50%) seropositive. Leptospira sp. DNA sequencing revealed 99% similarity with L. interrogans. Our findings indicated that this species may play a role in the transmission of human leptospirosis.
Sodium butyrate induced regulatory bone marrow-derived dendritic cells through up-regulation of indoleamine 2,3-dioxygense

Dendritic cells (DCs) are potent antigen-presenting cells, and play an important role in immune rejection, thus suppression of DC maturation and activation become a useful strategy in overcoming immune rejection after organ transplantation. In this study, we explored a novel approach in inducing regulatory DCs by stimulation of bone marrow-derived dendritic cells (BMDCs) with sodium butyrate (NaB), a short chain fatty acid metabolite from bacteria. BMDCs were stimulated with 0.5, 0.75 and 1 mmol/L NaB for 24 and 48 hours. 1 μg/ml lipopolysaccharide (LPS) was added alone to induce DC maturation. The cells co-stimulated with 1 mmol/L NaB and 1 μg/ml LPS were used to determine whether NaB is able to suppress LPS-induced DC maturation. Our results indicated that NaB effectively suppressed DC maturation and promoted differentiation of type 2 regulatory DCs (DC2), in which CD80, CD83 and CD86 were greatly suppressed, accompanied with decreased release of pro-inflammatory cytokines IL-12 and IFN-γ, but increased release of anti-inflammatory cytokine IL-10. Further investigation revealed that NaB also suppressed toll-like receptor 3 and programmed death 1 ligand 2 (B7-DC), but promoted expression of indoleamine 2,3-dioxygense (IDO), suppressors of cytokine signaling 2 and 3 (SOCS2 and SOCS3) after NaB treatment for 24 and 48 hours. We conclude that NaB suppressed DC maturation possibly through up-regulation of intracellular regulatory molecules IDO, SOCS2 and SOCS3. This observation provided an important information for the role and underlying molecular mechanisms of NaB in DCs-mediated immune tolerance.
Analyzing Result on Consistency as a Service: Auditing Cloud Consistency (CAAS Model)

— In day to day life cloud is most essential part. Now cloud storage are use for business purpose the cloud is popular due to their huge amount of advantages the cloud is portable we can able to access the cloud anywhere globally. A cloud service provider maintains much duplication and each piece of data are globally distributed on servers. The main problem of cloud is to handle duplication of data which is too costly to achieve powerful consistency on world wide . In this paper we present a novel consistency service model which contain a large amount of data cloud and multiple audit clouds In The Consistency Service model . a data cloud is maintain by Cloud service Provider (CSP) and the number of user constitute group and that group of user can constitute an audit cloud Which can check whether the data cloud provides the valid level of consistency or not we suggest the 2 level auditing architecture, two level auditing architecture requires a loosely synchronize clock in the audit cloud. Then, design algorithms to quantify the commonality of violations metrics, and the staleness of the value of a read metrics. Finally, we devise a heuristic auditing strategy (HAS) to reveal as many violations as possible. Extensive experiments were performed using a combination of simulations and real cloud deployments to validate HAS.
Power Balancing Control for AC / DC Microgrid

Volume 2, Issue 9, September 2013 Page 89 ABSTRACT Power system plays important role for the generation of power from conventional sources, transmutation and distribution power at different consumer applications it will faces a so many problems. This can be overcome to implement the micro grid concept. The micro grid concept introduces the power is generated from the renewable energy sources like p.v wind, fuel cell, micro turbine etc will give signifying moment in near future. these power generating stations interconnected to form a micro grid system needed number of multiple reverse conversations (AC-DC or DC-AC) for consumer applications this results increase circuit complexity, cost and system have less reliability. The AC/DC micro grid concept introduces to reduces multiple reserve conversions and it will consists of both A.C and D.C networks connected to distribution generation through multibidirectional converters and to maintain stable operation of system by using proposed coordination schemes in the MATLAB simulink environment.
EGG PRODUCTION FROM DUAL PURPOSE HEN GENOTYPES REARED IN A FREE RANGE SYSTEM

Gerzilov, V. , V. Boncheva and P. Petrov, 2018. Egg production from dual purpose hen genotypes reared in a free range system. Bulg. J. Agric. Sci., 24 (1): 119–125 Egg production until 52 weeks of age was investigated in six chicken genotypes of various origin: Tetra H and Tetra Super Harco (two hybrids produced by Bábolna Tetra Kft., Hungary), line G (White Plymouth Rock) and line Е (Barred Plymouth Rock) from the National Gene Pool and two introduced breeds (Bielefelder and Australorp) in two replications. The birds of each group (27 ♀ and 3 ♂) were reared in a free-range system with outdoor access to walking yards. The highest egg production, best feed conversion per egg produced in both experiments were demonstrated in Tetra Super Harco hybrid, followed by the two lines of the National Gene Pool G and E, Australorp, Tetra H and fi nally, Bielefelder.
Benzene adsorption at the aqueous (0 1 1) α-quartz interface: is surface flexibility important?

Atomistic simulations of molecular adsorption onto inorganic substrates under aqueous conditions can be used to guide the rational design of new materials, fabricated using biomimetic methods. The success of such work depends critically on the model used. Here, we investigate the impact of using a rigid structural model of the (0 1 1) α-quartz surface, over a fully flexible model, on the calculated free energy change in the adsorption of a single molecule of benzene (a simple analogue of the amino acid phenylalanine) from liquid water. Subtle differences in the mobility of the adsorbate close to the surface result in the free energy of adsorption being overestimated by the rigid model, relative to the fully flexible case. Moreover, we find that the distribution of bound configurations of the adsorbate at their respective free energy minima is different between the two models.
Impact of increased temperature on malaria transmission in Burundi

The focus in this paper is to assess whether the increase in (global) temperature would result in increase in malaria transmission in Burundi. The analysis carried out in this work exploits real data collected in Burundi, namely monthly rainfall, temperature and humidity data as well as monthly malaria morbidity data for the period 1996-2007. We propose a Bayesian Generalised Additive Model (GAM) to assess the impact of increase in temperature on malaria transmission. The results suggest that although malaria transmission is positively associated with minimum temperature and maximum humidity, increasing temperature in Burundi will not result in increasing malaria transmission.
TPA Immobilization on Iron Oxide Nanocubes and Localized Magnetic Hyperthermia Accelerate Blood Clot Lysis

The low specificity and high risk of intracranial hemorrhage associated with currently approved thrombolytic therapies limit their efficacy in recanalizing occluded vessels. Here, a nanoscale thrombolytic agent is demonstrated by immobilizing tissue plasminogen activator molecules (tPA) over 20 nm clustered iron oxide nanocubes (NCs). The resulting nanoconstructs (tPA–NCs) are capable of dissolving clots via both direct interaction of tPA with the fibrin network (chemical lysis) and localized hyperthermia upon stimulation of superparamagnetic NCs with alternating magnetic fields (AMFs) (mechanical lysis). In vitro, as compared to free tPA, the proposed nanoconstructs demonstrate a ≈100‐fold increase in dissolution rate, possibly because of a more intimate interaction of tPA with the fibrin network. The clot dissolution rate is further enhanced (≈10‐fold) by mild, localized heating resulting from the exposure of tPA–NCs to AMF. Intravital microscopy experiments demonstrate blood vessel reperfusion within a few minutes post tail vein injection of tPA–NCs. The proposed nanoconstructs also exhibit high transverse relaxivity (>400 × 10–3 m−1 s−1) for magnetic resonance imaging. The multifunctional properties and the 3 orders of magnitude enhancement in clot dissolution make tPA–NCs a promising nano‐theranosis agent in thrombotic disease.
Antioxidant Potential of Glycyrrhiza glabra L. roots: In-Vitro Evidences

Background: The study was aimed to determine the mechanism of antioxidant effects of Glycyrrhiza glabra L. (GG) roots using in-vitro assays.Methods: The various extracts of GG roots were prepared and evaluated for DPPH scavenging, reducing effects and nitric oxide inhibiting activities. Prepared extracts were screened for the presence of various phytochemicals and quantified on the basis of phytochemical present therein.Results: The results showed that all the prepared extracts contained phenolic compounds. Also, extract showed appreciable antioxidant effects in all three assays employed. However, among prepared extracts, ethylacetate extract was found to have strong free radical inhibition, ferric reducing potential and nitric oxide inhibitory effects. The reason for high antioxidant activity in ethylacetate extract could be attributed to the significant amount phenol compounds present in it. Conclusion: Evidently, GG’s capacity to scavenge free radicals, reducing potential and inhibit nitric oxide contributes to its antioxidant effects and thus, could be a strong candidate for developing antioxidant based drug therapy.
Unified Theory of Geminate and Bulk Electron−Hole Recombination in Organic Solar Cells

Geminate and bulk charge recombination in organic solar cells are extensively studied because they are major loss processes for cell efficiency. It was recently found that the observed bulk charge recombination rate constants in organic solar cells are more than 3 orders of magnitude smaller than those predicted from Langevin theory. In order to resolve this discrepancy, we develop a unified theory of geminate and bulk charge recombination by taking into account that recombination between an electron and a hole occurs at a nonzero separation with a finite intrinsic recombination rate. On the basis of this theory we successfully explain the observed results on bulk recombination rate constants. We also analyze how recombination between electrons and holes in geminate and bulk recombination phases is affected by various physical parameters, such as the intrinsic recombination rate, the diffusion coefficients of electrons and holes, the Onsager radius, and an external electric field, and show how they are op.
Institutional Pluralism and the Organization's Response: A Case Study of Chinese Women's Ice Hockey

In recent years, the sport of women's ice hockey is growing fast worldwide. Upon winning the bid to host the 2022 Winter Olympics, women's ice hockey in China started to develop rapidly. However, the development of women's ice hockey in China has encountered numerous challenges. These challenges include addressing traditional Chinese culture, gender norms, and the process of sport reform. This study used a qualitative case study methodology to examine the perspectives of Chinese women ice hockey players, coaches, club administrators, government administrators, and the parents of youth hockey players to understand how women's ice hockey navigated itself within the institutional complexity to gain legitimacy, and how the different institutional logics impacted the identities of organizations within women's ice hockey in China. An abductive grounded theory approach was used to analyze the transcriptions and archived documents. Findings indicated that there were challenges for the development of women's ice hockey in China at macro level, meso level, and micro level. Actors such as hockey administrations, professional clubs, and ice hockey coaches and players at different levels adopted multiple forms of institutional work to find out ways to incorporate institutional structures that mitigated the fact that there were multiple logics. In addition, influenced by competing logics, the organizations created collective identities to balance those logics. This study provides insights into how the actors within sport organizations create a more satisfactory environment to gain legitimacy.
Highly sensitive sensors for alkali metal ions based on complementary- metal-oxide-semiconductor-compatible silicon nanowires

Highly sensitive sensors for alkali metal ions based on complementary-metal-oxide- semiconductor-compatible silicon nanowires (SiNWs) with crown ethers covalently immobilized on their surface are presented. A densely packed organic monolayer terminated with amine groups is introduced to the SiNW surface via hydrosilylation. Amine-modified crown ethers, acting as sensing elements, are then immobilized onto the SiNWs through a cross-linking reaction with the monolayer. The crown ether–functionalized SiNWs recognize Na+ and K+ according to their complexation ability to the crown ethers. The SiNW sensors are highly selective and capable of achieving an ultralow detection limit down to 50nM, over three orders of magnitude lower than that of conventional crown ether–based ion-selective electrodes.
Fracture model for cemented aggregates

A mechanisms-based fracture model applicable to a broad class of cemented aggregates and, among them, plastic-bonded explosive (PBX) composites, is presented. The model is calibrated for PBX 9502 using the available experimental data under uniaxial compression and tension gathered at various strain rates and temperatures. We show that the model correctly captures inelastic stress-strain responses prior to the load peak and it predicts the post-critical macro-fracture processes, which result from the growth and coalescence of micro-cracks. In our approach, the fracture zone is embedded into elastic matrix and effectively weakens the material's strength along the plane of the dominant fracture.
ESTANDARIZACIÓN DE LA ACTIVIDAD INTRAHEMÁTICA DE LA ENZIMA CATALASA, MEDIANTE LA FORMACIÓN DE COMPLEJOS PEROXOMOLÍBDICOS

La catalasa es una metaloenzima heminica que transforma el peroxido de hidrogeno en oxigeno molecular y agua, productos de reaccion inocuos para la celula. Esto hace que dicha enzima participe en mecanismos celulares y sistemicos relacionados con el estres oxidativo. Suele encontrarse a lo largo de todo el arbol filogenetico, de ahi sus amplias aplicaciones. Existen multiples metodos de ensayo descritos para la catalasa aunque su implementacion para medir su actividad intrahematica tiene el inconveniente de las interferencias debidas a la hemoglobina. La actual investigacion pretende demostrar la veracidad analitica de un ensayo para medir actividad catalasica en hemolisados, mediante la formacion de complejos peroxomolibdicos al reaccionar el peroxido de hidrogeno remanente con el molibdato de amonio. Para ello se determinaron condiciones optimas relacionadas con: longitud de onda del ensayo, tiempo de reaccion, concentracion de sustrato y concentracion de enzima. Se determinaron ademas parametros de precision, exactitud y crioestabilidad relacionados con los hemolisados. Todos los parametros analizados son congruentes con los preceptos relacionados con la calidad de los ensayos enzimaticos y la validacion de metodos de analisis quimico, lo cual permite corrobora la veracidad del sistema analitico propuesto.
Enantioselective α-Oxytosylation of Ketones Catalysed by Iodoarenes

The α-oxytosylation of ketones catalysed by enantioen-riched iodoarenes using mCPBA as stoichiometric oxidant is reported to give useful synthetic intermediates in good yield and modest enantioselectivity. We believe this to be the first report of an enantioselective catalytic reaction involving hypervalent iodine reagents which should open up a new field for enantioselective organocatalysis of oxidation reactions.