bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Improvement in growth, yield, and fruit quality of tomato by foliar application of humic and salicylic acids
Authors: RIDE Rubyath S. , AHMED Salma , MONAMI Sadia A. , SARKAR Md. Dulal 
Published: December 2024

Using plant biostimulants to enhance crop productivity and improve fruit quality is an effective, environmentally friendly approach. This research aimed to assess the effects of combining humic acid (HA) with salicylic acid (SA) on the growth metrics, yield, and fruit quality attributes of commercial tomato cultivar BARI Tomato 16. The current research was conducted with humic acid (H0: 0 mgL-1, H1: 30 mgL-1, H2: 60 mgL-1, H3: 90 mgL-1) and salicylic acid (S0: 0 mgL-1, S1: 40 mgL-1, S2: 80 mgL-1, S3: 120 mgL-1) were applied three times at 30, 70, & 90 days after transplanting. Their combined application increased the early flowering and fruiting of tomatoes by 17% and 12%, flower and fruit number by 60% and 40%, and total yield per hectare by 88% respectively to control. Additionally, the brix content, lycopene content, sodium content and vitamin C content resulted in a 10%, 9%, 48% and 48% increase respectively from the control groups. Based on this investigation, it is found that the simultaneous use of HA and SA enhanced production, fruit development, and nutritional content. Furthermore, the tomato plants subjected to a combination of humic and salicylic acids (90 mgL-1 HA with 80 mgL-1 SA) exhibited better effects than the other treatment groups.
As repercussões neurológicas do vírus da DENGUE em crianças: uma análise da incidência e prognóstico em comparação com complicações cardiovasculares
Authors: Serikava Nicole Tie Furrier , Carvalho Alícia de Alencar , Furrier Ana Carolina Marcelino 
Published: December 2024

Introdução: A dengue é um importante problema de saúde pública mundial, cuja incidência cresceu cerca de 30 vezes nos últimos 5 anos. Nesse contexto, as crianças configuram um grupo com risco maior para a forma grave da doença. Objetivo: Analisar as repercussões neurológicas do vírus da dengue em pacientes pediátricos em comparação com as repercussões cardíacas. Método: Trata-se de uma revisão de literatura, a partir da base de dados PubMed, utilizando os descritores “Dengue” e “Children” e “Cardiovascular Diseases” e “Neurologic Manifestations”, nos idiomas inglês e português, datados de 2018 a 2023. Discussão: A dengue é uma infecção auto-limitada, de tratamento sintomático e evolução majoritariamente sem complicações. Entretanto, quando há a evolução da doença para sua forma grave, ocorre o comprometimento dos sistemas cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, renal, respiratório, neurológico e hematopoiético. Aproximadamente 12,5% dos pacientes graves evoluem com complicações cardiovasculares. Ademais, há o acometimento do sistema nervoso central (SNC) e dentre os pacientes com manifestações neurológicas, 84% são crianças 4 anos. Conclusão: Apesar da incidência das complicações cardíacas ser maior que a incidência de complicações neurológicas, ambas possuem importância clínica significativa dentro da pediatria. Ademais, há a necessidade de mais estudos quanto às manifestações neurológicas.
The Effect of CIDR Treatment in Estrus Synchronization on Insulin Like Growth Factor in Iraqi Ewes
Authors: Mohamed Ameer Mansour , Hatif Saad Akram 
Published: December 2024

The aim of study the ability of CIDR alone and in combination with PMSG in improving the fertility potential of the ewes and Determine the concentration of insulin like growth factors in blood of studied animals. Eighteen multiparous local Iraqi ewes aged between 3-4 years were randomly divided into three groups (n= 6/ group). Ewes were synchronized by CIDR The total number of animals used in the experiment was Eighteen ewes, The animals were subdivided into three groups; Group1 (n=6) ewes treated with CIDR for 12 day and treated with a single dose of intramuscular injection of PMSG 500 IU at the time of CIDR removal. Group 2 (n=6) non pregnant ewes treated only by CIDR, which applied by intra-vaginal route for (12 days), then withdrawal. Group3 (n=6 ) ewes control without treatment throughout the study. Regarding the insulin like growth factor (IGF-I), a significant upward increase in the level of the mentioned factor was observed as the study periods progressed in the treatment groups compared to the control group, which maintained similar levels of the studied factor in the different study periods. The period at lambing also recorded the highest level of the hormone under study, at a level of 21.61 ng/ml. A gradual significant (p˂0.05) increase was also observed with the progression of the study and pregnancy periods in the level of insulin like growth factor-1 in pregnant studied animals compared to those that did not become pregnant, which maintained close and almost constant levels despite the progression of the study periods. The period at the end of pregnancy and near birth (at lambing) also recorded the highest levels of the aforementioned factor at a level of 24.21 ng/ml. The results of the current study recorded a significant superiority (p˂0.05) in the weights of single births, males and females, compared to twins that gave births with lower weights, with significant superiority(p˂0.05) for single male births compared to those of single females. The treatment groups in the current study recorded a clear significant superiority (p˂0.01) in the pregnancy rate compared to the control group in which the pregnancy rate was 0%, in addition to the large difference, but not significant between the treatment groups themselves, as group G1 gave a much higher percentage compared to group G2, at 83% and 33% for the two treatment groups, respectively. The treatment groups showed a clear significant superiority in the lambing rate compared to the control group, in which the birth rate was 0%. The difference was also noted between the treatment groups themselves, as the G1 group recorded a lambing rate of 100%, which is higher than the lambing rate given by the G2 group, which did not exceed 33%.
Hepatoprotective Potential of Esculetin Loaded Chitosan Nanoparticles (ESC-CNPs) in DMBA- Induced Mammary Carcinogenesis in Sprague-Dawley Rats
Authors: Thirugnanam Siva Sankari , Ragunathan Subashini 
Published: December 2024

The hepatoprotective effects of Esculetin Loaded Chitosan Nanoparticles (ESC-CNPs) were assessed in this work using a model of 7,12-dimethylbenz(a)anthracene (DMBA)-induced mammary carcinogenesis. DMBA (25 mg/rat) was injected subcutaneously once close to the mammary gland in Sprague-Dawley rats to cause mammary tumors. To find the ideal dose, several ESC-CNPs concentrations were taken orally. The evaluation of hepatoprotective effects involved the examination of liver marker enzymes (AST, ALT and ALP), enzymatic antioxidants (SOD, CAT, and GPx), and non-enzymatic antioxidants GSH, lipid peroxidative markers (TBARS and LOOH), phase I enzymes (NADPH-cytochrome P450 reductase and NADH-cytochrome b5 reductase) and phase II enzymes GGT and DDT, lipid profile (TC, TG, PL, and FFA) and glycoprotein components (hexose, hexosamine, and sialic acid). The histology of liver tissue was also investigated with PAS staining. According to the results, ESC-CNPs treatment increased phase II detoxification enzyme activity and antioxidant levels in the liver while decreasing levels of liver marker enzymes, lipid peroxidation, phase I detoxification enzymes, lipid profiles and glycoprotein components in comparison to rats treated with DMBA. Furthermore, histopathological investigation validated ESC-CNPs ability to prevent liver damage caused by DMBA. This study employs statistical analysis through Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) to examine the differences between multiple groups in a given dataset.
Evaluation of Smartphone Applications to Provide Intersection Information
Authors: Tikkun Sean , Wiener William R. , Thurman Jennifer 
Published: December 2024

Abstract
This article reports on a two-part study that examined the effectiveness of two types of technology designed to provide information and increase safety for travelers who are blind or have low vision as they prepare to make street crossings at complex signalized intersections. The project was approved by the institutional review board of North Carolina Central University. The subjects of this study consisted of 31 individuals who were blind or had low vision and who self-identified as experienced cane travelers. The first objective of this study was to evaluate a means of communicating intersection information to travelers from Bluetooth beacons to user smartphones so that they could better understand the configuration and characteristics of a complex intersection. The study identified the most critical information that should be presented through this system and obtained data on its level of importance to the traveler. The second objective of this study was to explore the use of a smartphone to initiate the walk signal at an accessible pedestrian signal (APS) and, thus, avoid the need to find and press the pedestrian button. The study evaluated the value of these smartphone applications and identified changes that would enhance their use. The results from part one of this study verified the relative importance of the information provided to subjects and established the value of a Bluetooth beacon system in providing information about the characteristics of an intersection prior to making crossings. The results from part two of this study found that the use of a smartphone to initiate the walk signal at an APS eliminated the need of the traveler to leave the crossing point to find the call button and then return. Subjects reported that, without having to turn and find the APS, they were able to maintain a direct line of approach to the corner, which allowed them to better establish alignment with the traffic prior to initiating a crossing. In addition, the use of a countdown timer embedded in the application provided helpful information about the time remaining during the crossing.
Internationalization and Global Exchange:
Authors: Ramos-Sollai Sílvia , Alvim Renato 
Published: December 2024

ABSTRACT
This study is part of a larger research work that analyzes two projects including university students to exchange information about their academic experience. The projects are read as promotional of equity-minded education and part of the process of internationalization at California State University, Stanislaus. Initially motivated by the challenges imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the first project targeted Portuguese language students from two different US institutions to practice Portuguese due to the of the cost of mobility for study abroad programs and a recent culture of being an exchange student. The transition from face to face to online instruction amid the COVID-19 outbreak scenario posed various difficulties to Portuguese World Language teaching and learning. Syllabi were discontinued as everyone's knowledge, information, and communication technology literacy skills were challenged. One of the most affected class components was the interpersonal mode of communication. Shouldering the goal of promoting authentic oral practice, we piloted, examined, and analyzed meaning negotiation during conversational interactions. To investigate this uncharted area, we were led by the overarching question: what events, attitudes, beliefs, and policies shape remote interpersonal communication in internationalization and global exchange? The supporting question was: how do participants perceive meaning negotiation during conversations in the target language? Results pointed to a positive impact on students achieved by optimized talk time, higher volume of meaning negotiation, and increased time of information exchange due to the target language span time-module learning objectives ratio.
Fomento do Espírito Empreendedor:
Authors: Oliveira Alysson André Régis , Oliveira Andreia Cavalcanti de , Santos Allisson Silva dos 
Published: December 2024

O Projeto Empreender por InspirAÇÃO emerge como um farol resplandecente que não apenas ilumina as águas inexploradas do empreendedorismo, mas também guia indivíduos por um caminho de autodescoberta e realização integral. O objetivo geral do projeto de extensão que gerou este relato de experiência foi potencializar a ação empreendedora junto aos egressos do curso de Formação Inicial e Continuada (FIC) em Microempreendedor Individual (MEI), por meio de um conjunto integrado de modalidades de ações de extensão. A trajetória metodológica apresentou as seguintes características: participativa, problematizadora e integradora. A composição analítica deste relato de experiência contou com sua realização em cinco etapas, sendo: a) capacitação e alinhamento junto às ações da proposta por parte da equipe executora do projeto; b) levantamento das necessidades junto ao grupo de egressos do curso de Formação Inicial e Continuada (FIC) em Microempreendedor Individual (MEI); c) realização do ciclo de oficinas de extensão; d) realização da prestação de serviços; e) momento avaliativo. Em suma, este projeto de extensão não apenas atingiu seus objetivos, potencializando a ação empreendedora entre os egressos do curso FIC/MEI, mas também contribuiu para a consolidação da formação empreendedora nas matrizes curriculares do IFPB campus João Pessoa.
<b>METODE </b><b>PEMBELAJARAN </b><b>DAN IMPLIKASINYA </b><b>TERHADAP </b><b>KETERAMPILAN PEMAHAMAN TEKS BACAAN </b><b>BAHASA INGGRIS </b>
Authors: Azhar Imam 
Published: December 2024

Abstrak
Tujuan penelitian ini adalah dalam rangka mendiskripsikan difrensiasi kemampuan pebelajar dalam reading comprehension pelajaran Bahasa Inggris yang diajar dengan dua metode berbeda. Peneliti menggunakan rancangan penelitian nonequivalent control group design. Peneliti melibatkan 115 pebelajar Madrasah Tsanawiyah kelas VIII putri sebagai subjek penelitian. Subjek penelitian tersebut dikelompokkan ke dalam dua group yaitu group eksperimen dan group kontrol. Jenis research data analysis yang digunakan adalah Independent Sample Test. Temuan penelitian yang didapatkan adalah (1) Tidak ada perbedaan kemampuan siswa dalam memahami teks bacaan sebelum diajar menggunakan metode CIRC versus siswa yang diajar dengan metode konvensional. Hal ini dibuktikan dengan perolehan nilai pada hasil ujian pra-test pada group CIRC sebesar 61.9153 dan nilai hasil ujian pra-test pada group konvensional sebesar 61.4444 pada taraf signifikansi 0.329 lebih besar daripada 0.05. (2) Ada perbedaan kemampuan siswa dalam memahami teks bacaan sesudah diajar dengan menggunakan metode CIRC versus metode konvensional. Pengambilan keputusan didasarkan pada perolehan nilai hasil ujian pos-tes pada kelompok CIRC sebesar 79.1864 dan nilai rata-rata pada hasil pos-tes pada group konvensional dengan nilai 60.2143 dengan taraf signifikansi sebesar 0.009 lebih kecil daripada 0.05. Kesimpulannya, temuan riset ini bisa diungkapkan bahwa metode CIRC mampu meningkatkan keterampilan reading comprehension pelajaran Bahasa Inggris siswa secara lebih efektif daripada metode konvensional.
Sağlık Bilimlerinde Kadın Sağlığı, Gebelik ve Yenidoğan Bakımı
Authors: İpek İlayda , Kabakçı Hilal , Bonabian Haniyeh , Altuner Yılmaz , İlhan Canan Selvihan , Cantimur Yaren Buse , Abduloğlu Seçilnur , Düzyer Ayşe Melike , Cengiz Zeynep , Kılıç Kübra Nur , Özerdoğan Nebahat , Emül Esra , Can Begüm , Gedikli Gamze , Aydın Doğan Reyhan 
Published: December 2024

Kadın sağlığı ve doğum sürecine dair güncel bilgiler sunan bu kitap, alanında uzman yazarların katkılarıyla hazırlanmış bir rehber niteliğindedir. Kadınların doğum öncesi, doğum sırası ve doğum sonrası dönemde karşılaştıkları sağlık sorunlarına, psikolojik ve fiziksel değişimlere dair kapsamlı bir bakış açısı sunan eser, çok yönlü ve detaylı bir içerik ile dikkat çekiyor.
Kitap, anne sütü ve emzirme, postpartum depresyon, gebelikte hipertansiyon, aile planlaması, doğum sonrası psiko-sosyal destek, infertilite, gestasyonel diyabet, kontrasepsiyon, yenidoğan bakımı ve engelli kadınların annelik deneyimleri gibi geniş bir yelpazede, kadın sağlığına dair önemli konuları ele almaktadır. Her bölüm, ilgili alandaki son literatür ışığında güncellenmiş bilgilerle zenginleştirilmiş ve konular, okuyucunun kolayca anlayabileceği bir şekilde sunulmuştur.
Eser, yalnızca sağlık profesyonellerine değil, aynı zamanda kadın sağlığı ve doğum süreciyle ilgili bilgi edinmek isteyen geniş bir okuyucu kitlesine hitap etmektedir. Kadınların gebelik, doğum ve doğum sonrası süreçlerinde karşılaştıkları sorunlara dair bilinç oluşturmayı amaçlayan bu kitap, bilimsel temelleri güçlü ve rehberlik edici bir kaynaktır.
Redesign by Subtraction
Authors: Turner Stephen 
Published: December 2024

GGD has a new look. I was inspired by Gina Trapani (Smarterware, Lifehacker) to remove any extra lines, links, and other &#34;ink&#34; that doesn&#39;t serve any purpose, and I hope the site appears cleaner and easier to read. I also wanted the extra horizontal space for larger images and avoid the dreaded side-scrolling in posts with lots of code like this one.
Curoverse raises $1.5M to develop &amp; support an open-source bioinformatics data analysis platform
Authors: Turner Stephen 
Published: December 2024

Boston-based startup Curoverse has announced $1.5 million in funding to develop and support the open-source Arvados platform for cloud-based bioinformatics &amp; genomics data analysis. The Arvados platform was developed in George Church&#39;s lab by scientists and engineers led by Alexander Wait Zaranek, now scientific director at Curoverse.
R Commander: A Basic Statistics GUI for R
Authors: Turner Stephen 
Published: December 2024

R is a great tool with lots of resources for genetics, genome-wide association studies, and many other biological applications. We&#39;ve covered several places to find help in R in the past, but if you&#39;re still apprehensive about diving into R&#39;s command-line interface, fear not. The R commander is a graphical user interface (GUI) for R that works under Windows, Linux, and Mac.
Russ Altman&#39;s Translational Bioinformatics Year in Review
Authors:   Unknown
Published: December 2024

A few weeks ago the 2014 AMIA Translational Bioinformatics Meeting (TBI) was held in beautiful San Francisco. This meeting is full of great science that spans the divide between molecular and clinical research, but a true highlight of this meeting is the closing keynote, traditionally given by Russ Altman.
Split, apply, and combine in R using PLYR
Authors: Turner Stephen 
Published: December 2024

While flirting around with previously mentioned ggplot2 I came across an incredibly useful set of functions in the plyr package, made by Hadley Wickham, the same guy behind ggplot2. If you&#39;ve ever used MySQL before, think of &#34;GROUP BY&#34;, but here you can arbitrarily apply any R function to splits of the data, or write one yourself.
Relación Entre el Estado Argentino y la Iglesia Católica entre 1943-1955 y sus Consecuencia en la Educación Superior
Authors: Reguera María Griselda 
Published: December 2024

El presente ensayo analiza cómo fue la relación entre Perón y la Iglesia Católica entre 1943 hasta 1955 y como ese enfrentamiento trasciende en el Sistema de Educación en todos los niveles, pero este estudio abordará principalmente el nivel superior universitario.
En la primera parte se realiza un recorrido general por el contexto histórico desde la revolución de 1918 con la conformación de “La Universidad Reformista”, pasando por los gobiernos militares y el enfrentamiento entre el gobierno represivo y las Universidades, para continuar con las medidas que toma Perón al respecto, la conformación de la Universidad Obrera y el nuevo modelo de política en la educación superior.
En este documento se intenta evidenciar cronológicamente como fue la mutación producida en el Estado a medida que el presidente va adquiriendo más poder, hasta el punto de pretender supeditar a la Iglesia para sus fines políticos, al no conseguirlo, inicia una campaña de desacreditación de los dogmas Católicos y hasta pretende crear una doctrina cristiana peronista que la reemplace.
Todo esto va desencadenando una serie de medidas que acrecientan la brecha entre peronistas y antiperonistas, que terminara con el golpe de Estado que pondrá fin a su segundo gobierno.
Metode akupresur untuk Menurunkan Tekanan Darah Tinggi pada Lansia
Authors: Sumarni Sumarni , Lutfia Lili , Putri Nadya Alifah , Chotimah Chusnul , Yulianti Rubyatna Eka 
Published: December 2024

Akupresur merupakan salah satu terapi non farmakologis yang dapat dilakukan untuk pasien lansia dengan hipertensi.Terapi akupresur dapat membuat tubuh rileks sehingga terjadi penurunan tekanan darah. Metode penyuluhan ini dilakukan secara langsung dengan ceramah dan diskusi secara interaktif serta simulasi akupresur. Diskusi dilakukan dengan metode tanya jawab terkait materi. Materi selain disajikan secara presentasi juga diberikan melalui leaflet. Akupresur dilakukan dengan melakukan penekanan pada titik LR 3, SP 6,ST 40, ST 36, GB 20, L14,PC 6. Pada setiap titik refleksi minimal 2 menit setiap titiknya. Hasil kegiatan menunjukan bahwa setelah kegiatan ini sebagian besar ibu mempunyai pengetahaun yang baik tentang hipertensi dan akupresur. Kegiatan penyuluhan ini telah dicapai dengan menambah wawasan dan turunnya tekanan darah setelah intervensi akupresur.
A Colonized Dream: Fragmented Identity and Betrayal in Sunetra Gupta’s Memories of Rain
Authors: Liton Baron Sikder  
Published: December 2024

Sunetra Gupta’s debut novel, Memories of Rain, explores the complexities of cultural dislocation and the lingering effects of colonialism through Moni, a Bengali woman who migrates to England. This essay examines Moni’s struggle to forge an identity amidst conflicting emotions and a fractured sense of belonging. It analyzes how her romanticized view of England, shaped by English literature, collides with the harsh realities of life as an immigrant, ultimately leading to her disillusionment and return to Calcutta. This article draws on critical scholarship to explore themes of “colonized otherness,” memory, nostalgia, and the search for a hyphenated identity. Moni’s journey reflects the challenges of navigating cultural clashes, betrayal, and the enduring power dynamics between colonizer and colonized. The analysis reveals how Gupta utilizes literary elements and the power of memory to portray Moni’s search for self-discovery and reclamation of her Bengali heritage.