Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Factors affecting home range size of feral cats: a meta-analysis

: Managing invasive species requires knowledge of their ecology, including distribution, habitat use, and home range. In particular, understanding how biotic and abiotic factors influence home range can help with pest management decision-making, as well as informing native species management. Feral cats, self-sustaining cat populations that live independently of people, have caused numerous extinctions and continue to adversely affect native species globally. Managing feral cat populations requires spatially explicit knowledge to enable strategic deployment of management or monitoring devices, understand where native species are most likely to be at risk, and to mitigate the spread of cat-vectored diseases such as toxoplasmosis. Here, we present a meta-analysis of factors that influence feral cat home range size including land use types, differing levels of land use heterogeneity, and numbers of competitors. Male feral cats had larger home ranges than females, but effects of season, competitors, habitat heterogeneity, or land use on feral cat home range were not statistically significant, possibly due to high variability (male cat home range: 22.1 to 3232 ha; female cat home range: 9.6 to 2078 ha). This may reflect the fact that cats are generalists and are able to exploit any opportunity. Thus, we recommend that these factors and others, such as prey availability and composition, should be included in future research, so that the variability in home range size can be better understood. Improved understanding is vital for improving feral cat management in ecosystems where cats have been introduced.
Diagnosis of Toxoplasma Infection in Allogenic Pre HCTSP Patients Using Molecular Methods

Background: We aimed to estimate the incidence of Toxoplasma infection in T. gondiiseropositive patients under allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). Methods: The present research was a prospective study on 54 whole blood samples of allogeneic HSCT recipients, who were referring to bone narrow transplantation centers affiliated to Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran in 2018. All patients were IgG positive against T. gondii. Results: Overall, 54 Toxoplasma positive pre-HCTSP patients were enrolled. 53.7% (n= 29) were male, also 1.9% (n=1) had germ-line type of the disease. The Multiple myeloma patients had higher age in comparison with other disease, but pairwise comparison showed the difference of age between Multiple myeloma patients were statistically significant with Acute lymphoblastic leukemia, Acute myeloblastic leukemia and Huntington’s disease (P< 0.05). The results of PCR assay showed 5.6% (n= 3) of the patients were infected with Toxoplasma. Conclusion: PCR method has detected considerable incidence of Toxoplasma infection for monitoring HSCT recipients at risk for toxoplasmosis, and many patients who showed the incidence of toxoplasmosis had previous infections with the Toxoplasma parasite.
Impact of imbalanced gender participation in online myeloproliferative neoplasm symptom surveys.

e19078 Background: Patients with myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPN), including polycythemia vera (PV), essential thrombocythemia (ET), and myelofibrosis (MF), experience chronic disease-related symptoms. Surveying these patients while incorporating the MPN-Symptom Assessment Form (SAF) gains valuable insight. Independent surveys evaluating symptoms among MPN patients have seen disproportionate participation among females compared to males (upwards of 4:1). Though the general MPN patient population is roughly gender balanced, epidemiological studies show the occurrence of MPN types differ between men and women (MPN [%male]: PV [65%], ET [33%], MF [50%]. Mehta, et al. Leuk & Lymph 2014). In-clinic evaluations and international MPN surveys of disease-related symptoms suggest women report higher symptom burden on average compared to men, despite MPN type [Emanuel, et al. JCO 2012. Geyer, et al. Haematol 2017]. Further, a recent study across cancer trials showed women had a 34% increased risk of reporting severe symptoms [Unger, et al. JCO 2022]. This study aimed to evaluate gender imbalance in survey participation among MPN patient surveys and investigate its potential to overestimate symptom burden if gender is ignored. Methods: Five anonymous web-based surveys were used to assess the impact of disproportionate gender participation. The MPN-10 assessing the 10 most clinically meaningful SAF items was present in these surveys and generated the Total Symptom Score (TSS). Survey responses with no self-reported gender or ≥5 missing MPN-10 symptoms were excluded. Raking weights based on expected MPN population were applied at the survey- and MPN type-level. Relative bias of mean TSS was calculated to evaluate over- and underestimation due to this participation imbalance. Relative bias <5% is commonly acceptable. Results: There were 4962 survey participants total and 74% were female (Table). Epidemiologically expected gender frequency by MPN type was not seen (MPN [%male]: PV [31%], ET [15%], MF [37%]). The gender participation imbalance accounted for a 3.1% overestimation of overall TSS. This also resulted in a 6.8% underestimation of the mean difference in TSS between genders, across MPNs. Conclusions: Overall bias due to gender participation imbalance was relatively low. However, analyses considering gender differences were more impacted. Anonymous surveys should seek to reduce participation bias during the survey design phase. More research is needed to evaluate gender and other participation biases in surveys across cancer domains. [Table: see text]
Malaria Prevalence and Anemia Status of Children Attending a Health Facility in Yola

Background: Malaria and anemia among children especially those that are <5 years of age are still diseases of public health concern. This study was designed to determine the effect of malaria on the anaemia status of under five children attending a health facility in Yola, Adamawa state, Nigeria. Methods: Blood samples were collected from out-patient under five children reporting at the paediatric unit of the hospital. The blood samples were screened for the presence of malaria parasites by microscopy while their anaemia status was determined by checking their packed cell volume (PCV). The prevalence rate of malaria, anemia, and malaria-anemia was calculated. The level of significance was determined using chi-square (χ2) statistics. Results: Of the 200 samples, 124 (62%) were positive for malaria, with the prevalence being higher in males. 103 of the patients had PCV values below 33% giving an overall anaemia prevalence of 51.5% of anemia cases. The results obtained show that the three forms of anaemia – mild, moderate and severe were seen in the sampled population with moderate anaemia being the most prevalent (29.0%); the results also show that malaria parasite density has an effect on the PCV levels of the children at p= . 0001, and patients with severe anaemia had the highest parasite loads. Conclusion: Malaria remains a common infection among under five children in this environment and predisposes them to having anaemia. Moderate malaria is also the most common form of anaemia seen in malaria positive children.
Lung Sonography in Critical Care Medicine

During the last five decades, lung sonography has developed into a core competency of intensive care medicine. It is a highly accurate bedside tool, with clear diagnostic criteria for most causes of respiratory failure (pneumothorax, pulmonary edema, pneumonia, pulmonary embolism, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, and pleural effusion). It helps in distinguishing a hypovolemic from a cardiogenic, obstructive, or distributive shock. In addition to diagnostics, it can also be used to guide ventilator settings, fluid administration, and even antimicrobial therapy, as well as to assess diaphragmatic function. Moreover, it provides risk-reducing guidance during invasive procedures, e.g., intubation, thoracocentesis, or percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy. The recent pandemic has further increased its scope of clinical applications in the management of COVID-19 patients, from their initial presentation at the emergency department, during their hospitalization, and after their discharge into the community. Despite its increasing use, a consensus on education, assessment of competencies, and certification is still missing. Deep learning and artificial intelligence are constantly developing in medical imaging, and contrast-enhanced ultrasound enables new diagnostic perspectives. This review summarizes the clinical aspects of lung sonography in intensive care medicine and provides an overview about current training modalities, diagnostic limitations, and future developments.
Hidden Sectors from Multiple Line Bundles for the B−L$B-L$ MSSM

We give a formalism for constructing hidden sector bundles as extensions of sums of line bundles in heterotic M‐theory. Although this construction is generic, we present it within the context of the specific Schoen threefold that leads to the physically realistic B−L$B-L$ MSSM model. We discuss the embedding of the line bundles, the existence of the extension bundle, and a number of necessary conditions for the resulting bundle to be slope‐stable and thus N=1$N=1$ supersymmetric. An explicit example is presented, where two line bundles are embedded into the SU(3)$SU(3)$ factor of the E6×SU(3)$E_{6} \times SU(3)$ maximal subgroup of the hidden sector E8 gauge group, and then enhanced to a non‐Abelian SU(3)$SU(3)$ bundle by extension. For this example, there are in fact six inequivalent extension branches, significantly generalizing that space of solutions compared with hidden sectors constructed from a single line bundle.
Computational identification of natural product inhibitors against EGFR double mutant (T790M/L858R) by integrating ADMET, machine learning, molecular docking and a dynamics approach

Double mutated epidermal growth factor receptor is a clinically important target for addressing drug resistance in lung cancer treatment. Therefore, discovering new inhibitors against the T790M/L858R (TMLR) resistant mutation is ongoing globally. In the present study, nearly 150 000 molecules from various natural product libraries were screened by employing different ligand and structure-based techniques. Initially, the library was filtered to identify drug-like molecules, which were subjected to a machine learning based classification model to identify molecules with a higher probability of having anti-cancer activity. Simultaneously, rules for constrained docking were derived from three-dimensional protein–ligand complexes and thereafter, constrained docking was undertaken, followed by HYDE binding affinity assessment. As a result, three molecules that resemble interactions similar to the co-crystallized complex were selected and subjected to 100 ns molecular dynamics simulation for stability analysis. The interaction analysis for the 100 ns simulation period showed that the leads exhibit the conserved hydrogen bond interaction with Gln791 and Met793 as in the co-crystal ligand. Also, the study indicated that Y-shaped molecules are preferred in the binding pocket as it enables them to occupy both pockets. The MMGBSA binding energy calculations revealed that the molecules have comparable binding energy to the native ligand. The present study has enabled the identification of a few ADMET adherent leads from natural products that exhibit the potential to inhibit the double mutated drug-resistant EGFR.
Modified Two-Tiered Testing Enzyme Immunoassay Algorithm for Serologic Diagnosis of Lyme Disease

Abstract The modified 2-tier testing algorithm (MTTT) for Lyme disease (LD) has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration. In this study, we show that the MTTT detected 28% more cases of early infection compared with the standard 2-tier algorithm while retaining high specificity in a region with a high incidence of LD.
Development of Structured Light 3D Scanner Based on Image Processing

3D scanners are needed in various fields, and their usage range is greatly expanded. In particular, it is being used to reduce costs at various stages during product development and production. Now, the importance of quality inspection in the manufacturing industry is increasing. Structured optical system applied in this study is suitable for measuring high precision of mold, press work, precision products, etc. and economical and effective 3D scanning system for measuring inspection in manufacturing industry can be implemented. We developed Structured light 3D scanner which can measure high precision by using Digital Light Processing (DLP) projector and camera. In this paper, 3D image scanner based on structured optical system can realize 3D scanning system economically and effectively when measuring inspection in the manufacturing industry.
Banach operator pairs, common fixed-points, invariant approximations, and * -nonexpansive multimaps

Common fixed-point results are proved for I-nonexpansive maps, Ciric type maps, and *-nonexpansive multimaps. Invariant approximation results are obtained for these types of maps as applications. Our results extend or generalize several known results including the recent results of Chen and Li [J. Chen, Z. Li, Common fixed-points for Banach operators pairs in best approximation, J. Math. Anal. Appl. 336 (2007) 1466–1475]. In particular, we show that the results of Chen and Li on Banach operator pairs are particular cases of the results of Al-Thagafi and Shahzad [M.A. Al-Thagafi, N. Shahzad, Noncommuting selfmaps and invariant approximations, Nonlinear Anal. 64 (2006) 2778–2786].
ALGUNAS OBSERVACIONES EN TORNO A LA VALENCIA VERBAL

espanolDiferentes estudios sobre la valencia verbal han constatado que la dicotomia funcion nuclear / funcion marginal es insuficiente e inoperativa. La perspectiva lexica que fundamenta gran parte de las investigaciones desarrolladas en el marco de la Gramatica de Valencias nos conduce a un prisma gradual en el que es necesario superar la oposicion dual antes mencionada. En este articulo, pretendemos ofrecer una optica gradual, representada fundamentalmente por Dik y Somers, y un punto de vista ternario no gradual, el nuestro, que aspira a superar las deficiencias teoricas y metodologicas de aquel. EnglishThe various studies about verbal valency have shown that the dichotomy nuclear function / marginal function is insufficient and inoperative. The lexical viewpoint of the many researches developed in the frame of Valency Grammar studies leads us to a gradual focus in which it becomes necessary to overcome the dual opposition above mentioned. In this article we try to offer a gradual viewpoint, represented fundamentally by Dik and Somers, and our own three membered non gradual focus which attemps to outdo the former’s theoretical and methodological deficiencies.
BOOK REVIEW

In recent years, large deviations (LD) theory has proven to be the most important tool for analyzing rare events in stochastic processes. In the last few decades, a number of mathematically rather demanding books appeared (Dembo and Zeitouni [3], Oeuschel and Stroock [4], Donsker and Varadhan [5], Freidlin and Wentzell [6]) as well as a number of books that focused on applications (e.g., Bucklew [2]). Clearly, there was a need for texts combining the notoriously hard mathematical material with the specific applications, particularly those in the area of communications systems. Adam Shwartz (Technion, Haifa, Israel) and Alan Weiss (AT&T Bell Labs, USA) deliver such a book: they put together a thorough analytical treatment of LD and, on the other hand, applications to relevant performance issues in communications. Roughly speaking, LD examines probabilities that tend to zero in some parameter. It finds asymptotics (on an exponential scale) of these probabilities, but it also enables you to understand the corresponding rare events. In fact, given that the rare event of interest occurs, LD provides insight into the path of the stochastic process toward the rare event. More precisely, conditional on the rare event, there is one overwhelmingly most likely way toward this state, which can be found by LD. Think for instance of the buffer contents of a queueing process; then, LD finds (i) the exponential decay rate of the overflow in the buffer size and (ii) the most likely path to overflow. The first part of the book has a theoretical character. Shwartz and Weiss develop the theory from the easiest results on the sample mean of independent and identically distributed random variables (Cramer, Chernoff). Then, the general concept of the LD principle is treated, and it is shown that the empirical distribution satisfies such a principle (Sanov). Another chapter of the first part focuses on recent results on continuous-time, discrete-state stochastic processes (Freidlin/Wentzell). There is some emphasis on the heuristics and intuitive motivation behind the theory, and consequently the text is, in spite of all the technical difficulties, still very readable. This is partly due to the extensive collection of instructive exercises. Shwartz and Weiss succeeded —at least in my point of view —in finding the right balance between demanding mathematics and accessibility of the text. Chapter 6, for instance, provides a nice treatment of the notoriously difficult Freidlin-Wentzell results. The second part of the text covers quite a number of relevant problems that arose in the field of communications. A number of models that are addressed are the following:
Über lateinische Quadrate und Unionen.

Inhalt Seite. Einleitung ^ 183 I. Lateinische Quadrate und zugehörige Gruppen 185 § 1. Umordnung und Verwandtschaft von Matrizen 185 § 2. Lateinische Quadrate und ihre Umordnungen in sich 187 § 3. Transformationsgruppe eines lateinischen Quadrats 188 § 4. Koordinierte Quadrate 192 § 5. Erweiterungen 197 II. Unionen 201 § 6. Union und lateinisches Quadrat 201 § 7. Automorphismen. Einteilung der Übergangssubstitutionen 203 § 8. Verwandte Unionen. Assoziativität 207 § 9. Einteilung der lateinischen Quadrate 210 § 10. Gruppen 213 III. Spezieller Teil: Die lateinischen Quadrate und Unionen der Ordnungen fünf und sechs 218 § 11. Einleitung und der Fall n = 5 218 § 12. Der Fall n = 6 221
Turkish Named Entity Recognition: A Survey and Comparative Analysis

Named entity recognition is a challenging task 001 that has been widely studied in English. Al-002 though there are some efforts for named entity 003 recognition in Turkish language, the reported 004 results are limited to particular datasets and 005 models. Moreover, there is a lack of compar-006 ative analysis for named entity recognition in 007 Turkish. In this study, we contribute to the lit-008 erature in three folds. First, we provide an up-009 to-date short survey on Turkish named entity 010 recognition studies. Second, we compare state-011 of-the-art named entity recognition models on 012 various Turkish datasets that we can access to. 013 Lastly, we analyze a set of linguistic process-014 ing steps that would affect the performance of 015 Turkish named entity recognition. 016
Impact of Crude Oil Prices, FIIs and Exchange Rates on Volatile Indian Stock Market during Lockdown Period of COVID-19

This study observes the volatility of Indian stock market and the impact of crude oil prices, FIIs, and exchange rates on the Indian stock market during continuing coronavirus. This study is based on daily time series data for the period from 31st January, 2020 to 29th May, 2020. While analysing the data, correlation analysis, ADF unit root test, ARCH, and GARCH model and ARDL cointegration test have been used. Both ARCH and GARCH test results show that the Indian stock market is volatile. ARDL bound test result shows that there is cointegration among the variables in the long-run and short-run and if the system is disturbed, a speed of 31 percent will be adjusted towards short-run stability.
Factors Related to Depressive Symptoms in University Students

Objective: To identify and discuss the frequency of depressive symptoms and their associated factors in university students. Materials and method: This is a cross-sectional and descriptive study with a quantitative approach, conducted in a Higher Education Institution. The study was developed with a convenience sample consisting of 571 undergraduate students from different areas. A questionnaire was used to collect sociodemographic/academic data, as well as depressive symptoms and their associations, life habits, emotional aspects, and possible eating disorders. For data analysis, descriptive statistics and Pearson’s chi-square test were used for associations, with a significance level of 5 % (p-value ≤ 0.05). Results: The university students presented depressive symptoms such as sleep disorders (61.1 %) and reduced self-confidence (50.9 %). There was an association of depressive symptoms with the course, satisfaction with academic performance, obesity, consumption of sugars and sweets, and practice and frequency of physical activity. Conclusions: It is expected that the results of this research contribute to the population’s critical and reflective thinking to expand visibility and scientific studies referring to the theme, as well as to increase resources for the management of mental health and reduce the stigmas generated.
Novel Coaxial Fibers Combining Piezoelectrical and Electrical Conductive Polymers towards Cardiac Tissue Engineering †

In this we propose a novel material-based approach to mimic the electromechanical coupling of cardiac tissues. Different electrospinning strategies were assessed to combine different polymers into monoaxial and coaxial nanoﬁbers, including con-jugated electroconductive (PANI:CSA), pizeoelectrical (PVDF-TrFE) and biodegradable polyesthers (poly(caprolactone) (PCL)). Various processing (e.g., voltage, ﬂow rate) and solution (e.g., relative polymer ratio) parameters were optimised to obtain beadless and coaxial ﬁbers. Fiber morphology, along with core-shell structure conﬁrmation, was assessed by scanning electron microscopy. Fourier transform infrared data were used to simultane-ously conﬁrm the presence of the coaxial structure, quantify the β -phase content and infer the ﬁber’s piezoelectricity. Electroconductivity of the ﬁbers was measured using the 4-probe method. Hydrophilicity was quantiﬁed by measuring the contact angle of the ﬁbers using glycerol. Cellular studies using induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes were performed and indicated better adhesion of the cells to the hydrophilic surfaces of the optimised coaxial ﬁbers. thus, contribute to the design of potential bioprosthetic implants to be transferred with in vitro cardiomyocytes and integrated in host tissues.