bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Review of optimum temperature, humidity, and vapour pressure deficit for microclimate evaluation and control in greenhouse cultivation of tomato: a review
Authors: Shamshiri Redmond Ramin , Jones James W. , Thorp Kelly R. , Ahmad Desa , Man Hasfalina Che , Taheri Sima 
Published: May 2018

Abstract
Greenhouse technology is a flexible solution for sustainable year-round cultivation of Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill), particularly in regions with adverse climate conditions or limited land and resources. Accurate knowledge about plant requirements at different growth stages, and under various light conditions, can contribute to the design of adaptive control strategies for a more cost-effective and competitive production. In this context, different scientific publications have recommended different values of microclimate parameters at different tomato growth stages. This paper provides a detailed summary of optimal, marginal and failure air and root-zone temperatures, relative humidity and vapour pressure deficit for successful greenhouse cultivation of tomato. Graphical representations of the membership function model to define the optimality degrees of these three parameters are included with a view to determining how close the greenhouse microclimate is to the optimal condition. Several production constraints have also been discussed to highlight the short and long-term effects of adverse microclimate conditions on the quality and yield of tomato, which are associated with interactions between suboptimal parameters, greenhouse environment and growth responses.
Using different classification models in wheat grading utilizing visual features
Authors: Basati Zahra , Rasekh Mansour , Abbaspour-Gilandeh Yousef 
Published: May 2018

AbstractWheat is one of the most important strategic crops in Iran and in the world. The major component that distinguishes wheat from other grains is the gluten section. In Iran, sunn pest is one of the most important factors influencing the characteristics of wheat gluten and in removing it from a balanced state. The existence of bug-damaged grains in wheat will reduce the quality and price of the product. In addition, damaged grains reduce the enrichment of wheat and the quality of bread products. In this study, after preprocessing and segmentation of images, 25 features including 9 colour features, 10 morphological features, and 6 textual statistical features were extracted so as to classify healthy and bug-damaged wheat grains of Azar cultivar of four levels of moisture content (9, 11.5, 14 and 16.5% w.b.) and two lighting colours (yellow light, the composition of yellow and white lights). Using feature selection methods in the WEKA software and the CfsSubsetEval evaluator, 11 features were chosen as inputs of artificial neural network, decision tree and discriment analysis classifiers. The results showed that the decision tree with the J.48 algorithm had the highest classification accuracy of 90.20%. This was followed by artificial neural network classifier with the topology of 11-19-2 and discrimient analysis classifier at 87.46 and 81.81%, respectively
Integrated model for predicting rice yield with climate change
Authors: Park Jin-Ki , Das Amrita , Park Jong-Hwa 
Published: May 2018

AbstractRice is the chief agricultural product and one of the primary food source. For this reason, it is of pivotal importance for worldwide economy and development. Therefore, in a decision-support-system both for the farmers and in the planning and management of the country’s economy, forecasting yield is vital. However, crop yield, which is a dependent of the soil-bio-atmospheric system, is difficult to represent in statistical language. This paper describes a novel approach for predicting rice yield using artificial neural network, spatial interpolation, remote sensing and GIS methods. Herein, the variation in the yield is attributed to climatic parameters and crop health, and the normalized difference vegetation index from MODIS is used as an indicator of plant health and growth. Due importance was given to scaling up the input parameters using spatial interpolation and GIS and minimising the sources of error in every step of the modelling. The low percentage error (2.91) and high correlation (0.76) signifies the robust performance of the proposed model. This simple but effective approach is then used to estimate the influence of climate change on South Korean rice production. As proposed in the RCP8.5 scenario, an upswing in temperature may increase the rice yield throughout South Korea.
Relationship between the properties of raw and cooked spaghetti – new indices for pasta quality evaluation
Authors: Biernacka Beata , Dziki Dariusz , Różyło Renata , Wójcik Monika , Miś Antoni , Romankiewicz Daria , Krzysiak Zbigniew 
Published: May 2018

Abstract
The quality of pasta can be evaluated by measuring the characteristics which encompass the most important quality parameters, such as colour, cooking properties and texture. The aim of the study was to suggest new indices which can be used to evaluate the quality of pasta. For the tests, 15 samples of spaghetti (produced from either semolina or common wheat flour) were used. The bending test was performed for the determination of the strength properties of raw pasta, while the pasta colour parameters were evaluated via the Commission Internationale de l’Eclairage system. The pasta cooking test included the evaluation of optimum cooking time, weight increase index and cooking loss. The samples of cooked spaghetti were cut, and the parameters describing pasta texture were determined. Statistical analysis showed significant correlations (α = 0.05) between colour parameters (lightness and redness) and pasta ash content (R = -0.90 and 0.84, respectively). The mechanical properties of raw pasta correlated positively with pasta density. The strongest correlation was found between pasta density and flexural strength. The destruction force for raw spaghetti during the bending test correlated significantly and positively with the cutting force of the cooked pasta. The obtained correlations can be helpful in pasta quality evaluation.
Effect of climate change on sowing and harvest dates of spring barley and maize in Poland
Authors: Marcinkowski Paweł , Piniewski Mikołaj 
Published: May 2018

AbstractClimate change and projected temperature increase is recognised to have significant impact on agricultural production and crop phenology. This study evaluated the climate change impact on sowing and harvest dates of spring barley and maize in the boundaries of two largest catchments in Poland - the Vistula and the Odra. For this purpose, an agro-hydrological Soil and Water Assessment Tool has been used, driven by climate forcing data provided within the Coordinated Downscaling Experiment - European Domain experiment projected to the year 2100 under two representative concentration pathways: 4.5 and 8.5. The projected warmer climate significantly affected the potential scheduling of agricultural practices, accelerating the occurrence of sowing and harvest dates. The rate of acceleration was dependent on the time horizon and representative concentration pathways scenario. In general, the rate of sowing/harvest advance was accelerating in time and, also from representative concentration pathways 4.5 to 8.5, reaching 23 days for spring barley and 30 days for maize (ensemble mean for the far future under representative concentration pathways 8.5).
Synthesis and Luminescence Properties of ZrO2:Gd3+, RE3+(RE = Sm3+ ,Er3+) Phosphors
Authors: Yildiz Esra 
Published: May 2018

Abstract
In the present study, ZrO2co-doped with Gd3+/Sm3+and Gd3+/Er3+ions have been synthesized using Pechini method. Phase composition, morphology and photoluminescence properties of the synthesized phosphors were investigated by using X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), differential thermal analysis/thermal gravimetry (DTA/TG), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and photoluminescence spectrofluorometer (PL). After heating at 1200 °C, XRD revealed that the phosphors were crystallized as monoclinic and tetragonal multiphases. SEM images indicated that the phosphors consist of fine and spherical grains with a size around 200 nm to 250 nm. Luminescence studies of these phosphors have been carried out on the emission and excitation, along with lifetime measurements
A prospective, parallel group, open label, observational study to compare efficacy and feto-maternal outcomes in treatment of pregnancy induced hypertensive patients
Authors: Afreen Shaistha , A. Rishtha , P. Swathi , Nasreen Atiya Tara , Goud Surya Aditya , Tabassum Khaleequa , Nadeem Md. Tarique 
Published: May 2018

Background: Pregnancy induced hypertension (PIH) is defined as elevation in blood pressure 140/90 mmHg or greater after 20 weeks of gestation on two occasions more than 4 hours apart in a newly diagnosed patients. Complications of pregnancy are the major health problems leading to maternal and perinatal mortality and morbidity. Some anti-hypertensive drugs are commonly used to control hypertension.Methods: A prospective, parallel group, open label observation study was carried out at SVS Medical Hospital, Mahabubnagar. Patients were divided into three groups based on severity of hypertension and the drug used for treatment.Results: Of 120 patients diagnosed with PIH majority (50%) of women were in the age group of 21-24 years with 33-37 gestational age. In the present study there was a significant reduction in BP after the treatment with Labetalol when compare to Nifedepine and Methyldopa. Although, all the three groups have shown significant reduction in BP during 24 hrs treatments and the mean time to achieve target BP was shown less in Labetalol group when compare to Methyldopa and Nifedepine and the maximum doses required to achieve target BP was in between 4-6 doses/day. 40% of complication observed was HELLP syndrome.Conclusions: Our study coincides with the previous findings that labetolol is an efficacious and safer drug for use in control of PIH and mean time required to achieve target BP is low when compared to nifedipne and methyldopa.
Therapeutic efficacy of low dose (Dhaka regimen) versus high dose (Pritchard regimen) magnesium sulphate for management of eclampsia and impending eclampsia
Authors: Bhagat Nisha , Bedi Preet Kamal , Pal Davinder , Saini Arunima 
Published: May 2018

Background: To compare the efficacy of low dose (Dhaka regimen) vis-a vis high dose (Pritchard regimen) magnesium sulphate in management of eclampsia and impending eclampsia.Methods: The open-label, comparative study was conducted on 90 pregnant patients. They were admitted to emergency Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Government Medical College, Amritsar with eclampsia or impending eclampsia. 10 patients dropped out at various stages of study and finally, 80 were enrolled and randomized (1:1 ratio) into two groups. Group-1, N=40 were given low dose MgSO4 (Dhaka regime) and Group-2, N=40 were given high dose MgSO4 (Pritchard). Termination of pregnancy was done as per Bishop’s score, gestation age, maternal and fetal status. Primary outcome measure was therapeutic efficacy of equivalence for control of seizures whereas secondary outcome was adverse side-effects of both the regimens.Results: Mean age in Group-1 was 24.90±4.02 years and that of Group-2 was 25.67±3.79 years. Antepartum eclampsia was the most common diagnosis among groups i.e., 47.5% and 55% respectively. After treatment, the seizure control was 97.5% in Group-1 and 100% in Group-2 with comparable results (𝑥2=1.013; p=0.314). However, highly significant difference was observed among dosage of MgSO4 that was required for control of seizure (23.75±2.71 gm versus 41.35±4.76 gm; p<0.001). Group-1 showed lower incidence of side-effects that is, loss of deep tendon reflex as compared to Group-2, but neonatal outcomes were comparable in both groups.Conclusions: Low dose (Dhaka regimen) was equally effective in control of seizures as compared to high dose (Pritchard regimen) with lower incidence of side-effects.
Rising rates of caesarean section: an indicator of defensive medicine practiced by obstetricians
Authors: Bhatara Urvashi , . Padmasri 
Published: May 2018

Background: Defensive medicine can be in the form of excessive tests, procedures, surgeries, or visits by the doctors to primarily reduce their exposure to legal liabilities. It also includes avoidance of high risk patients or procedures. Medical profession has been included under consumer protection act which has led in developing hostile environment for medical practitioners. This has led to increase in defensive medicine. In obstetrics and gynaecology incorporation of defensive medicine can be scrutinized by observing trends in caesarean section.Methods: It is a retrospective study carried out for 1 year from January 2015 to December 2015. All patients in whom caesarean section was done were included in this study. Indications for which Caesarean section was done were studied and results were compared with similar studies in other hospitals.Results: Overall rate of caesarean section observed in this study was 43.3%. Incidence of caesarean section in primigravidae was 59.5%. Only 2.1% of the patients underwent trial of scar resulting in vaginal birth. Foetal distress was one of the most common indicatorsfor caesarean section and its detection was based on foetal cardiotocograph readings. Out of all patients taken for caesarean section due to foetal distress only 28.5% of the babies required neonatal intensive care admission. Rising trend towards caesarean section on maternal request was also seen.Conclusions: Current climate of high professional liability is detrimental to good patient care as defensive medicine provides less benefit and much harm. Practice of medicine should be safe and hassle free. For this, standard protocols should be made and followed and if practitioners are abiding with standard protocols they should be protected against litigation.
Is hysterolaparoscopy a real theranostic approach for anatomical barriers in female fertility? A future argument
Authors: Agrawal Namita , Yadav Poonam , Fayyaz S. , Kaur Brinderjeet 
Published: May 2018

Background: Hysterolaparoscopy is a modality that provides the real time abdomino-pelvic view during diagnosis in infertile female patients and any pathology is noticed can be tackled at the same time. So we investigate the theranostic application of hysterolaparoscopy in structural causes of female infertility in present study.Methods: Authors prospectively evaluate 157 female patients (mean age 27.7 years) diagnosed as infertile, underwent hysterolaparoscopy during diagnostic work-up. All the enlisted patients fulfilled the criteria of infertility. The noticed anatomical abnormalities in the hysterolaparoscopy were tackled at the same time if possible.Results: Of the 157 infertile female patients, 93 (~59.2%) were of primary infertility and remaining 64 (~41.8%) were secondary infertility patients. Hysterolaparoscopy showed abnormalities in 125/157 (~85.0%) patients. The detected hysterolaparoscopic abnormalities were distributed in 77/93 (~82.8%) primary and 48/64 (~75.0%) secondary infertility patients. Of the 125 patients with abnormal hysterolaparoscopic findings, 121 (~96.8%) experienced for active therapeutic interventions. All of the 48 secondary infertility patients with hysterolaparoscopic abnormalities experienced for active hysterolaparoscopic interventions. Of 77 patients with hysterolaparoscopic abnormality in primary infertility group, 73 (~94.8%) experienced active intervention. Only four patients with streak ovaries and hypoplastic uterus, few tiny fibroids and adenomyosis did not undergo for active hysterolaparoscopic intervention.Conclusions: Authors concluded that hysterolaparoscopy has a better theranostic approach for the anatomical barriers of female fertility so it can be performed in the initial phases of the infertility diagnostic work-up.
Fetomaternal outcome in breech delivery
Authors: Airao Bhavesh B. , Sharma Vishal M. , Zala Ravi A. , Vasava Vimal 
Published: May 2018

Background: Breech Presentation is the commonest of all malpresentations. Vaginal delivery of the breech presentations at term is associated with a much higher perinatal mortality and morbidity than that of vertex presentation. The objectives of the present study are to know the common causes leading to breech presentation. Further, to compare the different management protocols and outcome in different types of breech presentation. Also, to know the perinatal morbidity and mortality associated with different types of breech presentation nd comparison of perinatal morbidity and mortality with vaginal delivery against cesarean section.Methods: This is a retrospective study of randomized 100 cases of pregnant women in labour with breech presentations after 28 weeks or more attending C U Shah Medical College, Surendranagar, over a period of May 2012 to April 2014.Results: Out of 100 patients breech presentation was more common in booked patients and multigravida. In primi and multigravidae patients, caesarean delivery was more compared to assisted breech delivery. Perinatal outcome was good in majority of the patients in both extended and complete breech with an incidence of 94% and 88% respectively. perinatal outcome was good in caesarean section with 100% compared to assisted breech delivery 93%.Conclusions: The balanced decision about the mode of delivery on a case by case basis as well as conduct, training and regular drills of assisted breech delivery will go a long way to optimize the outcome of breech presentation like ours. Delivery of breech fetus when labor and delivery is supervised and or conducted by experienced obstetrician lowers maternal morbidity, neonatal morbidity and mortality.
Treatment compliance and retention in care among out-patient clients in a tertiary health institution in plateau state North Central Nigeria
Authors: Afolaranmi Tolulope O. , Hassan Zuwaira I. , Mbak Joy L. , Luka Davou W. , Audu Takzhir N. , Chirdan Oluwabunmi O. , Zoakah Ayuba I. 
Published: May 2018

Background: Compliance with prescribed treatment and retention in care are key components in the management of chronic diseases which is vital in averting the long term complications that could arise from such conditions. Failure to comply with treatment recommendations is often associated with poor retention in care. In view of this, this study was conducted to determine the level of treatment compliance and retention in care among patients with hypertension and diabetes in Jos University Teaching Hospital.Methods: This was a cross sectional study conducted among 290 eligible respondents between September and November 2017 using quantitative method of data collection. SPSS version 20 was used for data analysis with adjusted odds ratio and 95% confidence interval used as point and interval estimates while p-value of ≤0.05 was considered statistically significant.Results: The mean age of the respondents was 54.5±13.1 years with 43.8% of the respondents found to have satisfactorily complied with prescribed treatment while 117 (40.3%) were uninterruptedly retained in care within the last 6 months' clinic appointments prior to the study.Conclusions: This study has demonstrated the levels of compliance with treatment and retention in care bringing to bear the need to provide structured interventions targeted at attaining improvement in compliance with treatment and retention in care among individuals on long term care.
Mental health, sleep and quality of life in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a correlational study
Authors: Akhtar Pooja M. , Yardi Sujata , Tayade B. O. , Pathak Mayuri , Saraf Bhargavi 
Published: May 2018

Background: Co-morbid psychological impairments (depression and anxiety) are common in COPD and are often associated with increased disability, health care usage and morbidity. They also impair quality of life in COPD and are often not fully explored in the clinical management of COPD patients. Psychological distress may, however, contribute to sleep difficulties in all stages of disease severity. Both anxiety and depression have been shown to have a negative effect on the sleep and quality of life (QoL).Objectives: To study the correlation between depression, anxiety and sleep with quality of life in patients with COPD.Methodology: In a tertiary care hospital, this Observational study was conducted on 39 patients of age group 40-70 years, with spirometry confirmed COPD GOLD category I-IV and smokers with more than 5 years of disease who fulfilled were included in the study. Quality of life was assessed using SGRQ-C, SF-12 and CAT. Depression, Anxiety and Sleep were assessed using PHQ-9, GAD-7 and PSQI questionnaires respectively. The correlation between quality of life scores and mental health scores were analysed using Pearson’s correlation coefficient.Results: Anxiety was significantly correlated with all the sub domains of SGRQ-C, PCS, MCS of SF-12 and the CAT score. (p value<0.001) Similarly, sleep was significantly correlated with all the three QoL Scales. (p value< 0.001) However, depression significantly correlated with all the subdomains of SGRQ-C and CAT except activity sub-domain of SGRQ-C and MCS of SF-12. (p value<0.001)Conclusion: Anxiety, Depression and Sleep moderately correlated with QoL scores in patients with COPD.
Writing Artifacts as Narratives of Emotion
Authors: Olmstead Kathleen , Kabuto Bobbie 
Published: May 2018

This manuscript will examine the role of emotion in writing through a comparative analysis of home-based written artifacts from children between the ages of 5 and 7 from seven families. We investigate how writing reflects the emotional context of the family that can function as a tool for the construction of narratives. The examination of writing through this perspective illustrates how the process of composing written artifacts reflects the synchronization and coordination of social and historical events imbued with emotions as told by the children’s written artifacts.
Que disent les recensions antérieures de recherches sur les enseignements favorisant les compétences en littératie de la fin du primaire et du secondaire?
Authors: Granger Nancy , Moreau André C. 
Published: May 2018

Cet article dresse un état des lieux sur les interventions en lecture et en écriture (stratégies, processus ou modalités) répertoriées depuis trente ans sur les enseignements favorisant les compétences en littératie de la fin du primaire et du secondaire. Notre analyse montre que certaines stratégies cognitives et métacognitives sont bénéfiques pour tous les élèves qu'ils éprouvent un trouble d'apprentissage ou non ; pourtant elles seraient encore peu présentes dans les pratiques des enseignants. La discussion et la conclusion proposent des pistes de solutions afin que soient optimisées les capacités à lire, à écrire et à communiquer chez tous les élèves.
Affichages et outils individuels d’élèves pour la lecture : types et usages dans trois classes de première année d’école élémentaire française
Authors: Briquet-Duhazé Sophie , Miguel-Addisu Veronique 
Published: May 2018

Notre étude s’inscrit dans une recherche nationale de l’enseignement du lire/écrire en classe de Cours Préparatoire pilotée par Roland Goigoux depuis 2011 au sein de l’Institut Français d’Éducation. Dans l’Académie de Rouen en France, trois classes de Cours Préparatoire (6 ans) ont été filmées durant trois semaines, en septembre, mars et mai. Les élèves ont été évalués en septembre et juin. Notre article se focalise sur des outils collectifs et individuels utilisés en classe dans le cadre de l’apprentissage de la lecture : les affichages et fiches-mémento d’élèves. Son objectif est de pointer des liens didactiques entre des facteurs d’inégalités et des processus d’enseignement/apprentissage de la lecture lorsqu’ils s’appuient sur ces outils textuels composites.