Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Reptiles preyed by the Burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia): new records and current knowledge in South America

Reptiles are largely preyed by other reptiles, mammals, and birds, including birds of prey (Alencar et al. 2012, Spencer et al. 2014, Cortes-Gomez et al. 2015). Consequently, reptiles developed a set of defense mechanisms to avoid predation, such as cryptic or aposematic coloration (Caro 2014). However, these strategies may not always be efficient, especially against specialized birds of prey. There are records on birds of prey finding, capturing, and ingesting different cryptic or aposematic reptiles (Fowler et al. 2009), including serpentiform and venomous preys (DuVal et al. 2006, Bastian et al. 2008, Carevic 2011, Medrano-Vizcaíno 2019). Some examples are a Laughing falcon Herpetotheres cachinnans preying on a venomous Amazonian Pit viper Bothrops atrox (Medrano-Vizcaíno 2019) and a Burrowing owl Athene cunicularia (Molina 1782) preying on a cryptic lizard Liolaemus occipitalis (Zilio 2006), an aposematic snake Phalotris mertensi (Cruz et al. 2014), and a venomous Crossed Pit viper Bothrops alternatus (Martins et al. 2003). However, the successful predation on venomous snakes
Aplicação de campo elétrico pulsado de moderada intensidade naqualidade funcional de abóbora

vi 1. INTRODUCAO GERAL 1 1.1 ABOBORA 2 1.2 COMPONENTES ANTIOXIDANTES PRESENTES NA ABOBORA 5 1.2. 1 COMPOSTOS FENOLICOS 5 1.2. 2 ACIDO ASCORBICO 6 1.2. 3 CAROTENOIDES 7 1.3 ESTRESSE VEGETAL 8 1.4 CAMPO ELETRICO PULSADO (CEP) 12 1.5 EFEITOS DO TRATAMENTO DE CAMPO ELETRICO PULSADO SOBRE CELULAS 14 1.6 CAMPO ELETRICO DE MODERADA INTENSIDADE (CEPMI) COMO ESTRESSOR 16 1.7 CAMPO ELETRICO DE MODERADA INTENSIDADE (CEPMI) NA EXTRACAO DE COMPOSTOS 17 1.8 METODOLOGIA GERAL 19 1.8. 1 PROCESSAMENTO DOS FRUTOS 19 1.8. 2 ABOBORA MINIMAMENTE PROCESSADA 20 1.8. 3 PRODUCAO DO PURE DE ABOBORA 21 1.8. 4 TRATAMENTO DE CEPMI 21 1.8. 5 CARACTERIZACAO QUIMICA DO FRUTO 23 DETERMINACOES ANALITICAS 24 1.8. 6 TEXTURA 24 1.8. 7 COR DA POLPA 28 1.8. 8 COEFICIENTE DE RESPIRACAO 29 1.8. 9 DETERMINACAO DO CONTEUDO TOTAL DE COMPOSTOS FENOLICOS E FLAVONOIDES TOTAIS. 29 1.8. 10 DETERMINACAO E QUANTIFICACAO DE CAROTENOIDES TOTAIS . 30 1.8. 11 DETERMINACAO E QUANTIFICACAO INDIVIDUALIZADA DOS COMPOSTOS CAROTENOIDES MEDIANTE HPLC-DAD 31 1.8. 12 VITAMINA C 33 1.8. 13 ATIVIDADE ANTIOXIDANTE TOTAL, HIDROFILICA E LIPOFILICA 34
Assessment of exposure determinants and exposure levels by using stationary concentration measurements and a probabilistic near-field/far-field exposure model

Background: The Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) regulation requires the establishment of Conditions of Use (CoU) for all exposure scenarios to ensure good communication of safe working practices. Setting CoU requires the risk assessment of all relevant Contributing Scenarios (CSs) in the exposure scenario. A new CS has to be created whenever an Operational Condition (OC) is changed, resulting in an excessive number of exposure assessments. An efficient solution is to quantify OC concentrations and to identify reasonable worst-case scenarios with probabilistic exposure modeling. Methods: Here, we appoint CoU for powder pouring during the industrial manufacturing of a paint batch by quantifying OC exposure levels and exposure determinants. The quantification was performed by using stationary measurements and a probabilistic Near-Field/Far-Field (NF/FF) exposure model. Work shift and OC concentration levels were quantified for pouring TiO 2 from big bags and small bags, pouring Micro Mica from small bags, and cleaning. The impact of exposure determinants on NF concentration level was quantified by (1) assessing exposure determinants correlation with the NF exposure level and (2) by performing simulations with different OCs. Results: Emission rate, air mixing between NF and FF and local ventilation were the most relevant exposure determinants affecting NF concentrations. Potentially risky OCs were identified by performing Reasonable Worst Case (RWC) simulations and by comparing the exposure 95 th percentile distribution with 10% of the occupational exposure limit value (OELV). The CS was shown safe except in RWC scenario (ventilation rate from 0.4 to 1.6 1/h, 100 m 3 room, no local ventilation, and NF ventilation of 1.6 m 3/min). Conclusions: The CoU assessment was considered to comply with European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) legislation and EN 689 exposure assessment strategy for testing compliance with OEL values. One RWC scenario would require measurements since the exposure level was 12.5% of the OELV.
Be Thi Ngoc Nguyen

The symptoms of depression are related to low academic achievement, suicidal ideation and cause emotional sufferings, fundamental impairments which can influence students' abilities to perform essential activities of daily living. This study conducted to examine the relationships between depression and not only academic performance but also family structure. This study used the Beck Depression Inventory-II to survey 1336 students from secondary and high schools in Hue province, Vietnam. The findings of our study showed that there were associations between levels of depression and academic performance. Students with good or excellent academic performance were more likely to increase depression than others. Besides, students who had divorced or separated parents were more likely to increase depression gradually than the others. Context: The symptoms of depression are related to low academic achievement, suicidal ideation and cause emotional sufferings, fundamental impairments which can influence students' abilities to perform essential activities of daily living. Aims: This study conducted to examine the relationships between depression and not only academic performance but also family structure. Methods and Material: This study used the Beck Depression Inventory-II to survey 1336 students from secondary and high schools in Hue province, Vietnam. Results: The findings of our study showed that there were associations between levels of depression and academic performance. Conclusions: Students with good or excellent academic performance were more likely to increase depression than others. Besides, students who had divorced or separated parents were more likely to increase depression gradually than the others. 280 * Corresponding Author:
MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT OF AGRI-URBAN LAND CONVERSION USING MULTI-SENSOR REMOTE SENSING AND GIS TECHNIQUES

Continuous agricultural land conversion poses threat to food security but this has not been monitored due to ineffectual policies. One of the Philippine provinces with a high rate of conversion is the rice-producing province of Cavite. To assess the spatiotemporal dynamics of agricultural land conversion in Cavite, this study aims to develop an operational methodology to produce Land Use and Land Cover (LULC) change maps using a multi-sensor remote sensing approach for decision making and planning. LULC maps were generated using Random Forest Classification of Landsat 8 and Sentinel-1 image collections. Spectral indices, combinations of radar polarizations (VV, VH), and their principal components were included to improve its accuracy. Conversion maps were generated by taking the bi-annual difference of LULC maps from 2016 to 2019. Accuracy was assessed using visual inspection with Google Earth Pro. Classification was carried out using single-sensor (optical or radar) and multi-sensor (optical and radar) approach in combination with three feature selection algorithms, namely, Sandri and Zuccolotto (2006), Liaw and Wiener (2015), Kursa and Rudnicki (2010). Multi-sensor and single sensor yielded similarly high overall accuracies (OA = 96%) with the exception of single-sensor radar approach (OA = 53%). Multi-sensor approaches exhibit high accuracies (Cumulative Accuracy = 91%) in detecting agricultural to built-up LULC change up to 5,000 square meters unlike single-sensor optical approach (Cumulative Accuracy = 76%). Among the multi-sensor approaches, the method of Liaw and Wiener (2015) remains to be superior as it only uses eight (8) variables.
Raiders of the lost… plug. Percutaneous retrieval of embolized left atrial appendage occluder in asymptomatic patient followed by reimplantation of different type device.

Percutaneous closure of the left atrial append-age (LAA) is a safe and effective alternative for stroke prevention in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) and contraindications to long-term anticoagulation [1]. However, periprocedural and postprocedural complications (including cardiac tamponade, procedural stroke, embolization of device, or transient myocardial ischemia) may outweigh the benefits of avoiding anticoagulants [2]. Embolization of the LAA closure device has been reported with an average rate of less than 4% and occurred mainly in the early postprocedural period [2, 3]. We report the case of a 67-year-old male patient with paroxysmal AF and a history of
FINANCIAL RISKS AND STOCK MARKET CRASHES: AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF THE TUNISIAN STOCK MARKET

This study aims to investigate the effect of financial risks on the stock market crash occurrence from 1999 to 2020. Using the windows method, we detect two stock market crises in the Tunisian stock market. Based on the probit model, we find evidence that low stock return risk, low EUR/TND exchange rate risk, high-interest rate risk, high credit risk and high liquidity risk increase the occurrence probability of stock market crashes. Our results suggest that the decrease in volatility, particularly in equity and exchange market, the increase in volatility in interest rate, the credit rating downgrades issued by Moody's and the low market liquidity contribute to crashes in the Tunisian stock market. In summary, financial risks, which are the market risks, the credit risk, and the liquidity risk, could be leading indicators of crashes in the Tunisian stock market.
Influence of diverse natural biopolymers on the physicochemical characteristics of borage seed oil-peppermint oil loaded W/O/W nanoemulsions entrapped with lycopene

Borage seed oil (BSO), peppermint oil (PO) and lycopene (LC) have accomplished a lot of interest due to their therapeutic benefits in the food and pharmaceutical sectors. However, their employment in functional food products and dietary supplements is still precluded by their high susceptibility to oxidation. Thus, the encapsulation can be applied as a promising strategy to overcome these limits. In the present study, doubly layered water/oil/water (W/O/W) nanoemulsions were equipped using purity gum ultra (PGU), soy protein isolate (SPI), pectin (PC), whey protein isolate (WPI) and WPI-PC and SPI-PC complexes, and their physico-chemical properties were investigated. Our aim was to investigate the influence of natural biopolymers as stabilizers on the physicochemical properties of nanoemulsified BSO, PO and lycopene thru W/O/W emulsions. The droplet size of the fabricated emulsions coated with PGU, WPI, SPI, PC, WPI-PC, and SPI-PC was 156.2, 265.9, 254.7, 168.5, 559.5 and 656.1 nm, correspondingly. The encapsulation efficiency of the entrapped bioactives for powders embedded by PGU, WPI, SPI, PC, WPI-PC, and SPI-PC was 95.21%, 94.67%, 97.24%, 92.19%, 90.07% and 92.34%, respectively. In addition, peroxide and p-anisidine values were used to measure the antioxidant potential of the entrapped bioactive compounds during storage, which was compared to synthetic antioxidant and bare natural antioxidant. The collected findings revealed that oxidation occurred in oils encompassing entrapped bioactive compounds, but at a lower extent than for non-encapsulated bioactives. In summary, the findings obtained from current research prove that the nanoencapsulation of BSO surrounded by innermost aqueous stage of W/O/W improved its stability as well as allowed a controlled release of the entrapped bioactives. Thus, the obtained BSO-PO-based systems could be successfully used for further fortification of food-stuffs.
The Correlation Between Performances Among Lexical-Related Tasks and The Performance in The Sentence Construction Task

History: Received: 2020-12-18 Accepted: 2021-06-05 Published: 2021-06-22 This study employed a quantitative correlational design to explore the correlation between the students' performances among lexical-related tasks and how these tasks affect the performance in a sentence construction task. Using IBM SPSS Statistics Version 22’s Pearson Partial Correlation Test, this study calculated participants' performance in primary lexical attributes by recognizing the following aspects of lexical knowledge: pronunciation patterns, morphological structures, syntactic properties, semantic characteristics such as abstract and interconnectedness, and a complete sentence construction in a strict naturalistic classroom setting. The test results showed that the participants made 297.05 seconds on average for 42 correct responses in Lexical Decision Task, 5.88 seconds per picture projected on the screen in Picture-Naming Task, 8.33 seconds for each word in Semantic Judgment Task, and 30.17 seconds on average to complete a sentence. These results concluded that the participants' performance in identifying strings of letters does not correlate significantly with their performance in understanding how a particular word functions grammatically within a sentence. In terms of the level of automaticity, the participants’ performance exceeded the average performance. The findings suggested that their performance in understanding primary lexical attributes in single lexicons does not facilitate their understanding of semantic characteristics. Henceforth, the students’ lexical knowledge does not yet construct an integrated linguistic representation in the target language acquisition. The study confirmed previous evidence that stated that a better performance in lexical-related tasks significantly impacted sentence processing and construction skill.
Cycled Lighting Versus Continuous Near Darkness in Preterm Infants: A Randomized Controlled Trial

ABSTRACT Objective To compare the effectiveness of cycled lighting (CL) or continuous near darkness (CND) on weight in preterm infants. Study Design Total 147 infants with a gestational age 25–32 weeks and/or a birth weight 750–1500 g were included in the study. The infants were classified into two groups: CL and CND. Weight on postnatal day 14, weight at corrected 35 weeks, mean rectal temperature and serum growth hormone, cortisol, melatonin levels at 35 weeks’ post menstrual age (PMA), weekly weight gain, full enteral feeding time, duration of mechanical ventilation, retinopathy of prematurity (ROP), length of stay in the hospital, weight and length at three and six months corrected age were compared between the groups. Results There were no differences between weights on postnatal day 14. Anthropometric parameters and mean rectal temperatures of groups also were not different at 35 weeks’ PMA. There were no differences among the groups in duration of full enteral feeding time, length of stay in hospitalization, duration of mechanical ventilation, ROP and anthropometric parameters. Further, serum growth hormone, cortisol, and melatonin levels were similar between the groups at 35 weeks’ PMA. Conclusion CL and CND did not have any advantages over each other.
Patient and clinician perspectives of factors that influence the delivery of alcohol brief interventions in Australian primary care: a qualitative descriptive study.

BACKGROUND Brief interventions (BIs) delivered in primary care can reduce harmful alcohol consumption. Yet, clinicians do not routinely offer BIs to reduce harmful alcohol use. OBJECTIVE We explored the perspectives of clinicians and patients about the use of alcohol BIs during consultations in Australian primary care. METHODS Semi-structured interviews and focus groups (face-to-face and virtual) were undertaken with 34 general practitioners, eight practice nurses and 17 patients. Field notes were made from audio-recordings and themes were identified using a descriptive qualitative approach with the field notes as the point of data analysis. RESULTS Participants identified barriers within the consultation, practice setting and wider healthcare system plus across the community which reduce the delivery of BIs in primary care including: Australian drinking norms; inconsistent public health messaging around alcohol harm; primary care not recognized as a place to go for help; community stigma towards alcohol use; practice team culture towards preventive health, including systems for recording alcohol histories; limitations of clinical software and current patient resources. CONCLUSION Multiple layers of the healthcare system influence the use of BIs in primary care. Identified facilitators for embedding BIs in primary care included: (i) raising community and clinician awareness of the health harms of alcohol, (ii) reinforcing a primary care culture that promotes prevention and, (iii) supportive resources to facilitate discussion about alcohol use and strategies to reduce intake. Alcohol BIs in primary care could be further supported by community public health messages about alcohol use.
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*These authors contributed equally to this work Aim: To explore the growth-promoting effect of vacuum sealing drainage (VSD) during the healing processes of diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs). Methods: From November 2018 to December 2019, 38 patients with unilateral DFUs were enrolled in this retrospective study. All patients were divided into two groups according to the use of VSD or not: the VSD group (n=20) and the control group (n=18). The following parameters were used to evaluate the healing process: changes in the mean areas of the ulcers; healing rate (HR); epithelial hyperplasia and angiogenesis as determined by hematoxylin-eosin staining (HE staining); and expression of CD34, CD68 and VEGF as assessed through immunohistochemistry. Perioperative side effects and complications were also recorded. Results: All patients received follow-up and eventually healed. The mean area of wounds was reduced in the VSD group compared to the control group (1.75±0.64 cm vs 0.88 ±0.54 cm, P=0.031). The mean HR of the ulcers in the VSD group was significantly higher than that in the control group (35.23±2.87% vs 28.78±1.09%, P=0.017). HE staining showed that the amount of epithelial hyperplasia and angiogenesis increased significantly after VSD, and the immunohistochemistry results showed that the expression of CD34, CD68 and VEGF increased significantly in the VSD group. Conclusion: VSD could significantly accelerate the wound healing process, probably by enhancing the inflammatory response and promoting granulation and angiogenesis in DFUs.
Structural basis for distinct quality control mechanisms of Drosophila and mammalian GABAB receptor

HAL is a multi-disciplinary open access archive for the deposit and dissemination of scientific research documents, whether they are published or not. The documents may come from teaching and research institutions in France or abroad, or from public or private research centers. L’archive ouverte pluridisciplinaire HAL, est destinée au dépôt et à la diffusion de documents scientifiques de niveau recherche, publiés ou non, émanant des établissements d’enseignement et de recherche français ou étrangers, des laboratoires publics ou privés. Structural basis for distinct quality control mechanisms of Drosophila and mammalian GABAB receptor Shenglan Zhang, Li Xue, Xuehui Liu, Xuejun Cai Zhang, Rui Zhou, Cangsong Shen, Jean-Philippe Pin, Philippe Rondard, Jianfeng Liu
Rapid and sensitive detection of Salmonella enteritidis by a pre-concentrated immunochromatographic assay in a large-volume sample system

A pre-concentrated immunochromatographic assay for Salmonella enteritidis (S. enteritidis) detection was developed based on the unique optical and magnetic properties of magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs). The target was easily concentrated from a large volume of sample by using immune MNPs (IMNPs) with superparamagnetism. The results could be directly distinguished using colored IMNPs on test strip. A target elution step was not required in the proposed method. The key parameters, including coupling pH, blocking agents, and amount of IMNPs on the test strip, were optimized. Colloidal gold-based immunochromatographic assay (CG-ICA), MNP-based immunochromatographic assay (MNP-ICA), and MNP-ICA for a large-volume sample (large-volume MNP-ICA) were compared. Under optimal conditions, the sensitivity of large-volume MNP-ICA was 1.95 × 105 CFU mL−1, which was 10 times higher than that of MNP-ICA and 1000 times higher than that of CG-ICA, owing to the pre-concentration from a large sample volume. Moreover, the antibody consumption of large-volume MNP-ICA was lower than that of conventional CG-ICA. The entire detection time of the proposed method was only 30 min. In general, the proposed method may be considered as a rapid, sensitive, and simple screening tool for on-site detection of S. enteritidis as well as other pathogens.
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy ameliorates the symptoms of post-concussion syndrome by inhibiting MMP-9 activity: a randomized controlled trial in Indonesia [version 1; peer review: 2 not approved]

Introduction: Post-concussion syndrome is common in young adults and can greatly interfere with the quality of daily life. It has a wide range of symptoms that require prompt and well-targeted treatment to avoid further brain impairment. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) is a promising regenerative treatment option for these patients to help prevent the progression of post-concussion syndrome. This study aims to determine whether HBOT accelerates the healing process and reduces symptoms in patients with post-concussion syndrome. Methods: 20 patients with post-concussion syndrome participated in this randomized controlled trial study. After receiving standard mild traumatic brain injury treatment in accordance with the Advanced Trauma Life Support guidelines, the patients were divided into HBOT and control groups. Matrix metallopeptidase 9 (MMP-9) Open Peer Review
Bioprosthesis of Core–Shell Gold Nanorod/Serum Albumin Nanoimitation: A Half-Native and Half-Artificial Nanohybrid for Cancer Theranostics

High concentrations of aldehyde-based cross-linkers have been commonly used for protein immobilization to facilitate microscale and nanoscale observations. This fixation maintains cell morphology and partial protein activity. In this study, a facile one-step strategy based on a similar concept was first developed for the bioprosthesis of a uniform core–shell gold nanorod/serum albumin (NR@SA) nanoplatform. The resultant albumin shell preserved half of its native form, leading to decreased free SA adsorption, and even these adsorbed proteins were close to their native form. This strategy efficiently prevents subsequent adsorption cascades of other proteins and has a remarkable influence on cellular uptake (of macrophages and tumor cells). Furthermore, the other, artificial part endowed NR@SAs with higher drug loading capacity and enhanced photoacoustic signal intensity for cancer theranostics compared with those of its pristine counterpart. These findings suggested that preserved fidelity and artificial ch.