bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Changes of Microbial Diversity During Swine Manure Treatment Process
Authors: Kim Minseok , Yun Jung-Im , Won Seung-Gun , Park Kyu-Hyun 
Published: March 2018

Abstract
We investigated microbial diversity in a manure storage tank (MST) storing untreated manure and an aeration tank (AT) during swine manure treatment process using the next-generation sequencing in order to find the aeration effect on microbial diversity. Proteobacteria were more abundant in the AT group than in the MST group and may include denitrifying bacteria contributing to nitrous oxide (N2O) emission or aerobic bacteria stimulated by oxygen. The opposite held true for the phyla Bacteroidetes and Firmicutes that may include anaerobic bacteria inhibited under aerobic conditions in the AT group.
Comparative Seroprevalence of Hepatitis A And E Viruses in Blood Donors from Wielkopolska Region, West-Central Poland
Authors: Bura Maciej , Łagiedo-Żelazowska Małgorzata , Michalak Michał , Sikora Jan , Mozer-Lisewska Iwona 
Published: March 2018

Abstract
The objective of the present study was to investigate the seroprevalence of HAV and HEV in Polish blood donors (BDs). One hundred and ten randomly selected healthy BDs, living in Wielkopolska Region were tested for anti-HAV IgG and anti-HEV IgG with commercial assays. The seroprevalence of anti-HAV was 11.8%; anti-HEV were detected in 60.9% of BDs (p < 0.0001). Consumption of risky food was more common in anti-HEV-positive BDs (59.1% vs. 33.3%; p = 0.01). Twelve out of 20 BDs (60%) with no history of travel abroad were exposed to HEV. Wielkopolska Region, Poland should be regarded as a new HEV infection-hyperendemic area in Europe.
The Prevalence of Campylobacter spp. in Polish Poultry Meat
Authors: Szosland-Fałtyn Anna , Bartodziejska Beata , Królasik Joanna , Paziak-Domańska Beata , Korsak Dorota , Chmiela Magdalena 
Published: March 2018

Abstract
The prevalence, count and molecular identification of Campylobacter spp. in Polish poultry meat were analysed. 181 samples of meat from chicken (70), turkey (47), duck (54) and goose (10) were studied. Campylobacter spp. was found in 64% of meat samples. The highest prevalence of this pathogen was detected for duck meat. On average 80% of duck samples were contaminated with Campylobacter spp. The counts of Campylobacter spp. in positive samples remained under ten colony forming units per gram of product in 59% of poultry meat. C. jejuni was more frequently detected in poultry meat than C. coli.
Uso de mudras terapêuticos na redução da dor e no controle da pressão arterial
Authors: Barros Miriam Regina Xavier de , Triana Amarylis Zaldua 
Published: March 2018

Introdução: Mudras são gestos realizados com as mãos na prática de Hatha Yoga, que contribuem para a realização de asanas, pranayamas e meditação. Os mudras são também utilizados na medicina ayurvédica. Os efeitos terapêuticos dos mudras são pouco conhecidos no ocidente, porém são muito utilizados na Índia em hospitais ayurvédicos. Na visão ayurvédica, o corpo humano é percorrido por milhares de meridianos de energia, denominados nadis, sendo que um grande número destes começa ou termina nas mãos. Estes canais de energia foram fisicamente identificados e são denominados dutos de Bonghan. Estes dutos foram mapeados e foi confirmada a existência de uma rede de canais correspondente aos meridianos de energia. A prática dos mudras permite unir as pontas destes meridianos, estabelecendo um circuito contínuo para que a energia possa fluir de forma equilibrada no corpo. Assim, os mudras permitem a eliminação de bloqueios de energia, trazendo saúde e bem estar ao seu praticante. Dependendo das partes das mãos e dos dedos que se tocam, um ou mais meridianos são ativados, promovendo alívio ou melhoria em um aspecto específico da saúde. Objetivos: Avaliação do efeito do mudraMukula na redução da dor e de desconfortos físicos e do mudraApanaVayu no controle da pressão arterial. Método: Para a avaliação do Mukula, selecionamos pacientes que manifestavam algum tipo de dor. O mudra foi aplicado pelo terapeuta ou pelo próprio paciente na região dolorida. A dor foi avaliada em uma escala de 1 a 5 antes e depois da aplicação. O tempo de aplicação foi determinado pelo paciente, até melhoria dos sintomas. Para avaliação do ApanaVayu, os pacientes hipertensos realizaram o mudra e a pressão foi medida antes e após a prática. Resultados: Todos os 23 pacientes relataram redução ou supressão da dor após a aplicação do Mukula. Em alguns casos houve um período de agravamento ou modificação do desconforto, seguido de redução da dor. O tempo de aplicação não excedeu 15 minutos. No uso do ApanaVayu em hipertensos, houve redução da pressão em 15 vezes que foi utilizado para os 4 pacientes avaliados, chegando sempre a um nível normal de pressão. A redução foi de até 30 mmHg. Conclusão: O equilíbrio dos fluxos de energia no corpo através da prática dos mudras é um método efetivo para alívio da dor e redução da pressão arterial, além de trazer um aumento da tranquilidade ao paciente. A prática de mudras promove o autocuidado e o aprimoramento da autopercepção.
Urged Nephrectomy in a Renal Transplant Recipient
Authors: KOUL Ajaz , RAFEEQ Aadil , WANİ İmtiyaz , WANİ M. Salim , KASANA Basharat , HAMİD Arif 
Published: March 2018

Urged Nephrectomy in a Renal
Transplant Recipient

Ajaz Koul,
Aadil Rafeeq, Imtiyaz Wani, M. Salim Wani, Basharat Kasana, Arif Hamid

Department of Medicine (Infectious Diseases),
Nephrology and Urology, Sher-i Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar,
Kashmir India

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ABSTRACT

Acute
UTI not only affects a patient well-being but also gives rise to several issues
like Interaction of antibiotics with immunosuppressive drugs, isolation of
resistant strains, recurrent UTI, fungal UTI and most importantly Urosepsis,
with impairment of graft function. We present the case of a patient with End
stage renal disease. After successful allograft renal transplant the patient
had multiple admissions with urosepsis. Received sensitive antibiotics for a
prolonged period of time, almost six months but still persisted with infection.
At last native kidney nephrectomy was done which removed the possible source
and relieved the patient from antibiotics. This focuses the need for some
pretransplant screening methods to gauge the possibility of getting serious
urinary tract infections, better surgical techniques like early removal of
urinary stents and highlights a huge void in understanding of UTIs in this
group and lack of research work. J
Microbiol Infect Dis 2018; 8(1):27-29

Keywords:
Urosepsis, Kidney transplant,
Nephrectomy
Quardicuspid Aortic Valve as Risk Factor for Infective Endocarditis
Authors: ISLAMOGLU Yahya , TOKAT Cansu , UYSAL Sumeyra 
Published: March 2018

Quardicuspid Aortic Valve as Risk
Factor for Infective Endocarditis

Yahya
Islamoglu1, Cansu Tokat2, Sumeyra Uysal3

1Dicle University Faculty of
Medicine, Department of Cardiology, Diyarbakir, Turkey

2Uludag University Faculty of
Medicine, Bursa, Turkey

3Düzce University Faculty of
Medicine, Düzce, Turkey

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ABSTRACT

Quardicuspid
aortic valve, an infective endocarditis’s risk factor, has the property inborn
aortic valve disease but disease development not up to enough understood.
Infective endocarditis is together with 1, 4% of the cases. Aortic
regurgitation may be seen together and transesophageal echocardiography is
important for these patients because of diagnosis. Our case, a thirty nine
years old woman, was asymptomatic quardicuspid aortic valve with aort valve
regurgitation and we diagnosed via transesophageal echocardiography. We
recommended antibiotic prophylaxis and annual follow to the patient. J Microbiol Infect Dis 2018; 8(1):30-32

Keywords:
Infective endocarditis, quadricuspid
aortic valve, aortic regurgitation
Pulmonary Embolism an Uncommon First Presenting Symptom of an Undiagnosed Case of HIV
Authors: JHA Anil , GHOZ Hassan , JAMES Nicholas 
Published: March 2018

Pulmonary Embolism an Uncommon
First Presenting Symptom of an Undiagnosed Case of HIV

Anil Jha1,
Hassan Ghoz1, Nicholas James2

1Division of Internal Medicine,
Steward Carney Hospital, Tufts School of Medicine, Dorchester, MA, USA

2Division of Critical Care and
Pulmonology, Steward Carney Hospital, Tufts School of Medicine, Dorchester, MA,
USA

ABSTRACT

A 32
years old male who presented to our emergency department with shortness of
breath, cough and weight loss, all started less than a month time and later
diagnosed with HIV infection with very high viral load and low CD4 count. His
presenting history was lead the diagnostic workup toward malignancy as there
was large hilar masses and concern of metastasis to different place mainly
abdomen. Suspicion of HIV arouses as the biopsy from the hilar mass came back
negative for malignancy but was positive for tuberculosis. HIV serology came
back positive. The literature review showed pulmonary embolism as the very rare
first presentation of HIV, and only four cases reported so far. Although venous
thromboembolism is very common in chronic cases of HIV. J Microbiol Infect Dis 2018; 8(1):33-36

Keywords:
HIV, pulmonary embolism, cough, chest
pain, tuberculosis
Staphylococcus lugdunensis Endocarditis in a Patient Being Treated for Pyelonephritis
Authors: PEAKE Christopher M , FAURE-WALKER Nicholas , DEMERTZİ Elli 
Published: March 2018

Staphylococcus lugdunensis
Endocarditis in a Patient Being Treated for Pyelonephritis

Christopher
M Peake1, Nicholas Faure-Walker2, Elli DeMertzi2

1St George’s University Hospital,
Blackshaw Road, Tooting, London, UK

2Kingston Hospital, Galsworthy Road,
Kingston-upon-Thames, UK

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ABSTRACT

A 35
years old female with known chronic left pelvo-ureteric junction (PUJ)
obstruction presented with recurrent pyrexia and left loin pain and was treated
for pyelonephritis. She had a history of severe aortic valve (AV)
regurgitation. After five days of broad spectrum antibiotics and a percutaneous
nephrostomy, her fevers persisted. Staphylococcus
lugdunensis was isolated from her blood culture and she was diagnosed with
mitral valve endocarditis following an echocardiogram. She was transferred to a
tertiary cardiothoracic unit where she underwent a mitral and aortic mechanical
valve repair. After 6 weeks of intravenous antibiotic treatment she was
discharged without signs of infection but with poor cardiac function. S. lugdunensis is a virulent organism
which is thought to be underdiagnosed and is associated with aggressive and
destructive endocarditis. An awareness of the organism as well as prompt
diagnosis and treatment with effective multi-disciplinary management is needed
to avoid substantial morbidity in these patients.

Whilst
S. lugdunensis is known to cause
invasive endocarditis, it has never been reported following pyelonephritis. The
significance of this case is that despite receiving appropriate and timely
treatment the patient was left with deteriorating cardiac function. This is an
important reminder that this organism must be taken seriously when isolated in
the context of infection. J Microbiol
Infect Dis 2018; 8(1):37-40

Keywords: Staphylococcus lugdunensis, endocarditis,
pyelonephritis, heart valves, urinary tract
A Cervical Mass in an HIV-Positive Patient
Authors: MOUSAVİ Seyed Alireza , ASADOLLAHİ-AMİN Ali 
Published: March 2018

A Cervical Mass in an HIV-Positive
Patient

Seyed
Alireza Mousavi, Ali Asadollahi-Amin

Department of Infectious Disease,
Imam Khomeini Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

ABSTRACT

We
describe an HIV-infected man with a left side cervical swelling which finally
diagnosed with tuberculosis.In contrast to HIV-negative persons, nearly all
tuberculous lymphadenitis (scrofula), the most kind of extrapulmonary
tuberculosis, in patients with AIDS is multifocal. Constitutional symptoms such
as fever, weight loss, and evidence of the lung involvement (parenchyma, nodes,
or pleura) or elsewhere are seen in this setting. Positive findings on
aspiration material are more frequently seen than HIV-negative population. J Microbiol Infect Dis 2018; 8(1):41-42

Keywords:
Tuberculosis, HIV, cervical mass,
clinical image
Effects of Dynamic Topography on the Cenozoic Carbonate Compensation Depth
Authors: Campbell Siobhan M. , Moucha Robert , Derry Louis A. , Raymo Maureen E. 
Published: March 2018

AbstractReconstructions of the carbonate compensation depth (CCD) in the past have been used to inform hypotheses about the nature of weathering, tectonics, climate change, and the major ion content of the world's oceans over the Cenozoic. These reconstructions are sensitive to uncertainties in the input data, in particular, the paleodepth estimates of sediment cores. Here we propose that a significant, previously unconsidered contributor to uncertainties in paleodepth estimates is from dynamic topography produced by radial stresses exerted on the Earth's surface by the convecting mantle; these stresses can warp the ocean floor by hundreds of meters over broad regions and also vary significantly over millions of years. We present new reconstructions of the equatorial Pacific and Indian Ocean CCDs over the last 30 and 23 Myr, respectively, which demonstrate an overall deepening trend since the Miocene, and illustrate the possible effect of long‐term changes in dynamic topography on these reconstructions.
Temporal Correlation Between Seismic Moment and Injection Volume for an Induced Earthquake Sequence in Central Oklahoma
Authors: Chen Xiaowei , Haffener Jackson , Goebel Thomas H. W. , Meng Xiaofeng , Peng Zhigang , Chang Jefferson C. 
Published: March 2018

AbstractThe rapidly increased earthquake rate in the central United States has been linked with wastewater injection. While the overall understanding appears clear at large scales, the interaction between injection and faulting at smaller scales within individual sequences is still not clear. For an earthquake sequence in central Oklahoma, we conduct finer‐scale analysis of the spatiotemporal evolution of seismicity and pore pressure modeling. The pore pressure modeling suggests that nearby wells show much stronger correlation with earthquake sequence evolution. Detailed temporal analysis found correlation between earthquake rate, seismic moment, and injection rates from wells in close proximity. However, the observed maximum magnitude (Mmax) is about 1 order of magnitude smaller than expected based on a theoretical relationship between Mmax and cumulative volume. This discrepancy may point toward additional parameters, such as fault size and stress, which influence Mmax. The lower Mmax is consistent with the truncated Gutenberg‐Richter distribution observed from matched filter detected catalog. Overall, the detailed observations suggest that it is possible to resolve relationships between individual disposal wells and induced earthquake sequences.
Fault Slip and GPS Velocities Across the Shan Plateau Define a Curved Southwestward Crustal Motion Around the Eastern Himalayan Syntaxis
Authors: Shi Xuhua , Wang Yu , Sieh Kerry , Weldon Ray , Feng Lujia , Chan Chung‐Han , Liu‐Zeng Jing 
Published: March 2018

AbstractCharacterizing the 700 km wide system of active faults on the Shan Plateau, southeast of the eastern Himalayan syntaxis, is critical to understanding the geodynamics and seismic hazard of the large region that straddles neighboring China, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, and Vietnam. Here we evaluate the fault styles and slip rates over multi‐timescales, reanalyze previously published short‐term Global Positioning System (GPS) velocities, and evaluate slip‐rate gradients to interpret the regional kinematics and geodynamics that drive the crustal motion. Relative to the Sunda plate, GPS velocities across the Shan Plateau define a broad arcuate tongue‐like crustal motion with a progressively northwestward increase in sinistral shear over a distance of ~700 km followed by a decrease over the final ~100 km to the syntaxis. The cumulative GPS slip rate across the entire sinistral‐slip fault system on the Shan Plateau is ~12 mm/year. Our observations of the fault geometry, slip rates, and arcuate southwesterly directed tongue‐like patterns of GPS velocities across the region suggest that the fault kinematics is characterized by a regional southwestward distributed shear across the Shan Plateau, compared to more block‐like rotation and indentation north of the Red River fault. The fault geometry, kinematics, and regional GPS velocities are difficult to reconcile with regional bookshelf faulting between the Red River and Sagaing faults or localized lower crustal channel flows beneath this region. The crustal motion and fault kinematics can be driven by a combination of basal traction of a clockwise, southwestward asthenospheric flow around the eastern Himalayan syntaxis and gravitation or shear‐driven indentation from north of the Shan Plateau.
Does Extreme El Niño Have a Different Effect on the Stratosphere in Boreal Winter Than Its Moderate Counterpart?
Authors: Zhou Xin , Li Jianping , Xie Fei , Chen Quanliang , Ding Ruiqiang , Zhang Wenxia , Li Yang 
Published: March 2018

AbstractA robust impact of El Niño on the Northern Hemisphere (NH) polar stratosphere has been demonstrated by previous studies, although whether this applies to extreme El Niño is uncertain. The time evolution of the response of the NH stratospheric vortex to extreme El Niño, compared with that to moderate eastern Pacific El Niño, is addressed by means of composite analysis using the National Centers for Environmental Prediction/Department of Energy reanalysis data set from 1980 to 2016. Lead‐lag analysis indicates that the El Niño signal actually leads the stratospheric response by ~2 months. Considering the time lag, the signal of December‐January‐February El Niño in the NH stratospheric vortex should mature in the February‐March‐April season (late winter/early spring). The patterns of circulation and temperature for late winter/early spring during extreme and moderate El Niño events are significant, exhibiting similar structure. The results are confirmed with the Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model version 4 model, which is forced with observed SSTs of extreme and moderate El Niño in winter (December‐January‐February) to analyze the day‐to‐day propagation of their signals. Note that the magnitudes of the stratospheric responses are much larger in the case of extreme El Niño, as stronger upward propagation of planetary waves leads to a weaker northern polar vortex than during moderate El Niño events.
The Relationship Between Anomalous Presummer Extreme Rainfall Over South China and Synoptic Disturbances
Authors: Huang Ling , Luo Yali , Zhang Da‐Lin 
Published: March 2018

AbstractA spectral analysis of daily rainfall data has been performed to investigate extreme rainfall events in south China during the presummer rainy seasons between 1998 and 2015 (excluding 1999, 2006, 2011, and 2014). The results reveal a dominant frequency mode at the synoptic scale with pronounced positive rainfall anomalies. By analyzing the synoptic‐scale bandpass‐filtered anomalous circulations, 24 extreme rainfall episodes (defined as those with a daily rainfall amount in the top 5%) are categorized into “cyclone” (15) and “trough” (8) types, with the remaining events as an “anticyclone” type, according to the primary anomalous weather system contributing to each extreme rainfall episode. The 15 cyclone‐type episodes are further separated into (11) lower‐ and (4) upper‐tropospheric migratory anomalies. An analysis of their anomalous fields shows that both types could be traced back to the generation of cyclonic anomalies downstream of the Tibetan Plateau, except for two episodes of lower‐tropospheric migratory anomalies originating over the South China Sea. However, a lower‐tropospheric cyclonic anomaly appears during all phases in the former type, but only in the wettest phase in the latter type, with its peak disturbance occurring immediately beneath an upper‐level warm anomaly. The production of extreme rainfall in the trough‐type episodes is closely related to a deep trough anomaly extending from an intense cyclonic anomaly over north China, which in turn could be traced back to a midlatitude Rossby wave train passing by the Tibetan Plateau. The results have important implications for understanding the origin, structure, and evolution of synoptic disturbances associated with the presummer extreme rainfall in south China.
Forecasting Responses of a Northern Peatland Carbon Cycle to Elevated CO2 and a Gradient of Experimental Warming
Authors: Jiang Jiang , Huang Yuanyuan , Ma Shuang , Stacy Mark , Shi Zheng , Ricciuto Daniel M. , Hanson Paul J. , Luo Yiqi 
Published: March 2018

AbstractThe ability to forecast ecological carbon cycling is imperative to land management in a world where past carbon fluxes are no longer a clear guide in the Anthropocene. However, carbon‐flux forecasting has not been practiced routinely like numerical weather prediction. This study explored (1) the relative contributions of model forcing data and parameters to uncertainty in forecasting flux‐ versus pool‐based carbon cycle variables and (2) the time points when temperature and CO2 treatments may cause statistically detectable differences in those variables. We developed an online forecasting workflow (Ecological Platform for Assimilation of Data (EcoPAD)), which facilitates iterative data‐model integration. EcoPAD automates data transfer from sensor networks, data assimilation, and ecological forecasting. We used the Spruce and Peatland Responses Under Changing Experiments data collected from 2011 to 2014 to constrain the parameters in the Terrestrial Ecosystem Model, forecast carbon cycle responses to elevated CO2 and a gradient of warming from 2015 to 2024, and specify uncertainties in the model output. Our results showed that data assimilation substantially reduces forecasting uncertainties. Interestingly, we found that the stochasticity of future external forcing contributed more to the uncertainty of forecasting future dynamics of C flux‐related variables than model parameters. However, the parameter uncertainty primarily contributes to the uncertainty in forecasting C pool‐related response variables. Given the uncertainties in forecasting carbon fluxes and pools, our analysis showed that statistically different responses of fast‐turnover pools to various CO2 and warming treatments were observed sooner than slow‐turnover pools. Our study has identified the sources of uncertainties in model prediction and thus leads to improve ecological carbon cycling forecasts in the future.