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Presence Of Increased Mast Cells In Infants And Children With Volume And Variety Limited Intake., Amy Issa, Jensen Edwards, Meenal Singh, Craig A. Friesen, Sarah T. Edwards

Manuscripts, Articles, Book Chapters and Other Papers

BACKGROUND: Reports indicate patients with feeding difficulties demonstrate signs of inflammation on biopsies, notably eosinophilia, but it is unknown whether mast cell density contributes to variety or volume limitation symptoms. The aim of our study was to evaluate eosinophil and mast cell density of EGD biopsies in pediatric patients with symptoms of decreased volume or variety of ingested foods.

METHODS: We conducted a single-center, retrospective chart review of EMRs for all new feeding clinic patients between 0 and 17 years of age. Patients were categorized by symptoms at the initial visit as well as eosinophil and mast cell densities in …

Identity, Gender, And Tracking: The Reality Of Boundaries For Veterinary Students, Jenny R. Vermilya

New Directions in the Human-Animal Bond

Using in-depth interviews with veterinary students, Identity, Gender, and Tracking: The Reality of Boundaries for Veterinary Students explores the experience of enrollment in an educational program that tracks students based on the species of animals that they wish to treat. The identity of a veterinarian is one characterized by care; thus, students have to construct different definitions of care, creating a system of power and inequality. Tracking produces multiple boundaries for veterinary students, which has consequences not just for the veterinarian, but also for the treatment of animals. Written for administrators and students alike, Identity, Gender, and Tracking sheds light …

Potential Microplastic Release From The Maritime Industry: Abrasion Of Rope, I. E. Napper, Luka S. Wright, Aaron C. Barrett, F. N.F. Parker-Jurd, R. C. Thompson

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

While land-based sources of plastic pollution have gained increasing attention in recent years, ocean-based sources have been less well studied. The aim of this study was to compare a variety of ropes (differing in age, wear surface and material) to quantify and characterise the production of microplastic during use. This was achieved by simulating, in laboratory and field experiments, rope hauling activity which is typically performed on board maritime vessels, such as fishing boats. Microplastic generation was quantified by collecting fragments that were released as a consequence of abrasion. Notably, we show that microplastic fragments generated from rope wear during …

Demonstrating The Translocation Of Nanoplastics Across The Fish Intestine Using Palladium-Doped Polystyrene In A Salmon Gut-Sac, Nathaniel J. Clark, Farhan R. Khan, Denise M. Mitrano, David Boyle, Richard C. Thompson

School of Health Professions

No abstract provided.

Chromium-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Alleviates Chromium Toxicity By Developing Synergistic Relationships With Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles In Wheat, Shoaib Ahmad, Manar Fawzi Bani Mfarrej, Mohamed A. El-Esawi, Muhammad Waseem, Aishah Alatawi, Muhammad Nafees, Muhammad Hamzah Saleem, Muhammad Rizwan, Tahira Yasmeen, Alia Anayat, Shafaqat Ali

All Works

Chromium (Cr) is a toxic heavy metal that contaminates soil and water resources after its discharge from different industries. It can act as carcinogen and mutagen for biological systems. Microbe-assisted phytoremediation is one of the most emergent and environment friendly technique used for detoxification of Cr from Cr-contaminated soils. In this study, wheat as a test crop was grown under varying stress levels (0, 50, 100 and 200 mg/kg) of Cr in a pot experiment under a complete randomized design. Alleviative role of Staphylococcus aureus strain K1 was assessed by applying as a treatment in different combinations of zinc oxide …

A Review Of Environmental Vulnerabilities Related To Nepal’S Graduation Process From Least Developed To A Developing Country Status, Ambika P. Adhikari, Keshav Bhattarai, Basu Sharma

Himalayan Research Papers Archive

Nepal has long aspired to graduate from the Least Development Country (LDC) to Developing Country category as defined by the United Nations system. Nepal had met two of the three graduating criteria and could have technically graduated from the LDC status in 2015. However, based on the Nepal government’s request to defer the review, the new 2021 assessment by the United Nations Committee for Development Policy (CDP) recommended that the country should graduate from the LDC status by 2026. The graduation requires not only meeting pre-defined development-related thresholds, but also maintaining sustained improvements in at least two consecutive assessments in …

Why Do Street-Level Bureaucrats Risk Themselves For Others? The Case Of Public Health Care Workers In Egypt, Mohamed Adel Ahmed Eraky Moussa

Theses and Dissertations

The COVID-19 pandemic has shown how street-level bureaucrats play an essential role in working under tremendous psychological and physical pressure with limited resources. Healthcare workers are at the front lines to fight against the COVID-19 pandemic worldwide, and they are most vulnerable to infection and illness. Therefore, it is essential to identify the factors that enhance health care workers’ motivation at the time of pandemics and determine their willingness to risk their lives for others. The current study covers a sample of public health care workers working in two central quarantine public hospitals in Egypt. It considers a range of …

Seed-Shattering Phenology At Soybean Harvest Of Economically Important Weeds In Multiple Regions Of The United States. Part 3: Drivers Of Seed Shatter, Lauren M. Schwartz-Lazaro, Lovreet S. Shergill, Jeffrey A. Evans, Muthukumar V. Bagavathiannan, Shawn C. Beam, Mandy D. Bish, Jason A. Bond, Kevin W. Bradley, William S. Curran, Adam S. Davis, Wesley J. Everman, Michael L. Flessner, Steven C. Haring, Nicholas R. Jordan, Nicholas E. Korres, John L. Lindquist, Jason K. Norsworthy, Tameka L. Sanders, Larry E. Steckel, Mark J. Vangessel, Blake Young, Steven B. Mirsky

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Faculty Publications

Seed retention, and ultimately seed shatter, are extremely important for the efficacy of harvest weed seed control (HWSC) and are likely influenced by various agroecological and environmental factors. Field studies investigated seed-shattering phenology of 22 weed species across three soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.]-producing regions in the United States. We further evaluated the potential drivers of seed shatter in terms of weather conditions, growing degree days, and plant biomass. Based on the results, weather conditions had no consistent impact on weed seed shatter. However, there was a positive correlation between individual weed plant biomass and delayed weed seed-shattering rates during …

Corn Nitrogen Nutrition Index Prediction Improved By Integrating Genetic, Environmental, And Management Factors With Active Canopy Sensing Using Machine Learning, Dan Li, Yuxin Miao, Curtis J. Ransom, Gregory Mac Bean, Newell R. Kitchen, Fabián G. Fernández, John E. Sawyer, James J. Camberato, Paul R. Carter, Richard B. Ferguson, David W. Franzen, Carrie A. M. Laboski, Emerson D. Nafziger, John F. Shanahan

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Faculty Publications

Accurate nitrogen (N) diagnosis early in the growing season across diverse soil, weather, and management conditions is challenging. Strategies using multi-source data are hypothesized to perform significantly better than approaches using crop sensing information alone. The objective of this study was to evaluate, across diverse environments, the potential for integrating genetic (e.g., comparative relative maturity and growing degree units to key developmental growth stages), environmental (e.g., soil and weather), and management (e.g., seeding rate, irrigation, previous crop, and preplant N rate) information with active canopy sensor data for improved corn N nutrition index (NNI) prediction using machine learning methods. Thirteen …

Maize Response To Coupled Irrigation And Nitrogen Fertilization Under Center Pivot, Subsurface Drip And Surface (Furrow) Irrigation: Growth, Development And Productivity, Suat Irmak, Ali T. Mohammed, Meetpal S. Kukal

Department of Agricultural and Biological Systems Engineering: Faculty Publications

Water availability and water quality problems negatively impact agricultural productivity due to improper nitrogen (N) and irrigation management, which can also negatively affect environmental services. Coupled irrigation and N management practices must be developed and practiced for alleviating these challenges. Investigating crop growth and development and yield response to coupled irrigation and N management under different irrigation methods can aid in developing optimum agronomic management practices to enhance crop production efficiency. Field experiments were conducted in 2016 and 2017 growing seasons to measure and compare maize (Zea mays L.) grain yield, leaf area index (LAI), plant height (and their …

One Year Of Covid-19 Infection In Iraq And Emr Countries: One Year Of Covid-19 Infection In Iraq And Emr Countries, Omran Habib, Zahraa Essa

Iraqi National Journal of Medicine

Background : COVID-19 pandemic affected the world for the last 20 months (January 2020-August 2021. It was troublesome, devestating in terms of cases, deaths and socioeconomic consequences and unpredictable in behaviour._x000D_ Objectives : To document comparative profile of the COVID -19 in Iraq and other Eastern Mediterranean Countries in terms of time trend and three epidemiological parameters ( incidence, case fatality and mortality rates)._x000D_ Methods :  A record-based prospective study. Data were checked daily throughout the study period from February 21, 2020 through February 23, 2021. The targeted numbers were recorded on an excel sheet or word table and updated …

Covid-19 Vaccine–Related Misinformation In The Iraqi Community : Covid-19 Vaccine-Related Misinformation In The Iraqi Community, Ali Al-Rubaye, Dhurgham Abdulwahid, Abbas Ejbary, Laith Al-Rubaye, Aymen Albadran

Iraqi National Journal of Medicine

Background: The recent coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic has created a serious public health concern worldwide. Shortly after the successful mapping of the genome sequence of SARS-CoV-2 and the declaration of the pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) in early 2020, scientists and pharmaceutical companies raced against time in efforts to develop vaccines. As of the 18th of February 2021, the WHO had approved at least seven different vaccines to be rolled out worldwide. However, despite the seriousness of the pandemic and its rapid spread, Iraqi society still refrains from taking vaccines against the disease. Although there is an increase in …

The Role Of Glutathione As A Bleaching Agent In Whitening Skin: A Review: The Role Of Glutathione As A Bleaching Agent In Whitening Skin: A Review, Zainab Abdul- Nabi, Noor Mohammed-Jawad

Iraqi National Journal of Medicine

Objective: To review and compare the efficacy of glutathione formulations as skin-whitening agents in adults participating in several clinical studies. Methods: Using a MEDLINE search with the time frame specified up to March 2020 , seven clinical studies involving GSH use for lightening the skin were recognized and assessed for significance and validity. Results: Four controlled clinical trials (GSH capsules: 60 healthy volunteers; 250 mg oral GSH capsules:60; 2% glutathione lotion: 30s healthy volunteers; GSH as wash:74 healthy volunteers) and a case series(GSH lozenges: 30 patients) showed a significant reduction in melanin index. A case series (GSH soap: 15 patients) …

Human Endogenous Retrovirus Type K Promotes Proliferation And Confers Sensitivity To Anti-Retroviral Drugs In Merlin-Negative Schwannoma And Meningioma., Emmanuel A. Maze, Bora Agit, Shona Reeves, David A. Hilton, David B. Parkinson, Liyam Laraba, Emanuela Ercolano, Kathreena M. Kurian, C. Oliver Hanemann, Robert D. Belshaw, Sylwia Ammoun

Peninsula Medical School

Deficiency of the tumor suppressor Merlin causes development of schwannoma, meningioma, and ependymoma tumors, which can occur spontaneously or in the hereditary disease neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2). Merlin mutations are also relevant in a variety of other tumors. Surgery and radiotherapy are current first-line treatments; however, tumors frequently recur with limited treatment options. Here, we use human Merlin-negative schwannoma and meningioma primary cells to investigate the involvement of the endogenous retrovirus HERV-K in tumor development. HERV-K proteins previously implicated in tumorigenesis were overexpressed in schwannoma and all meningioma grades, and disease-associated CRL4DCAF1 and YAP/TEAD pathways were implicated in this overexpression. …

Do Micronutrient And Omega-3 Fatty Acid Supplements Affect Human Maternal Immunity During Pregnancy? A Scoping Review, G Rees, L Brough, Gm Orsatti, A Lodge, S Walker

School of Biomedical Sciences

Maternal dietary micronutrients and omega-3 fatty acids support development of the fetal and neonatal immune system. Whether supplementation is similarly beneficial for the mother during gestation has received limited attention. A scoping review of human trials was conducted looking for evidence of biochemical, genomic, and clinical effects of supplementation on the maternal immune system. The authors explored the literature on PubMed, Cochrane Library, and Web of Science databases from 2010 to the present day using PRISMA-ScR methodology. Full-length human trials in English were searched for using general terms and vitamin A, B12, C, D, and E; choline; iodine; iron; selenium; …

Usage Of E-Resources By The Users Of The Agricultural University Libraries In India, Monisha Mishra, Dr. Krushna Chandra Panda

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This paper, a part of the author’s doctoral research, examines the various e-resources to which the users of Agricultural Universities in India have access and how frequently these resources are being used by agricultural scientists, researchers, students. Data collected through a structured questionnaire from 242 users and 20 Librarians from 20 State-run Agricultural Universities in India constitute the database for the present investigation. Additionally, the study also investigates the membership of various consortiums availed by the users and whether the respondents have access to some of the key e-resources of other institutions including frequency of usage of subject gateways, blogs …

Murine Roseolovirus Does Not Accelerate Amyloid-Β Pathology And Human Roseoloviruses Are Not Over-Represented In Alzheimer Disease Brains, Tarin M Bigley, Monica Xiong, Muhammad Ali, Yun Chen, Chao Wang, Javier Remolina Serrano, Abdallah Eteleeb, Oscar Harari, Liping Yang, Swapneel J Patel, Carlos Cruchaga, Wayne M Yokoyama, David M Holtzman

2020-Current year OA Pubs

BACKGROUND: The role of viral infection in Alzheimer Disease (AD) pathogenesis is an area of great interest in recent years. Several studies have suggested an association between the human roseoloviruses, HHV-6 and HHV-7, and AD. Amyloid-β (Aβ) plaques are a hallmark neuropathological finding of AD and were recently proposed to have an antimicrobial function in response to infection. Identifying a causative and mechanistic role of human roseoloviruses in AD has been confounded by limitations in performing in vivo studies. Recent -omics based approaches have demonstrated conflicting associations between human roseoloviruses and AD. Murine roseolovirus (MRV) is a natural murine pathogen …

Clonal Hematopoiesis Mutations In Patients With Lung Cancer Are Associated With Lung Cancer Risk Factors, Wei Hong, Ang Li, Yanhong Liu, Xiangjun Xiao, David C Christiani, Rayjean J Hung, James Mckay, John Field, Christopher I Amos, Chao Cheng

Faculty, Staff and Students Publications

Clonal hematopoiesis (CH) is a phenomenon caused by expansion of white blood cells descended from a single hematopoietic stem cell. While CH can be associated with leukemia and some solid tumors, the relationship between CH and lung cancer remains largely unknown. To help clarify this relationship, we analyzed whole-exome sequencing (WES) data from 1,958 lung cancer cases and controls. Potential CH mutations were identified by a set of hierarchical filtering criteria in different exonic regions, and the associations between the number of CH mutations and clinical traits were investigated. Family history of lung cancer (FHLC) may exert diverse influences on …

Analysis Of Ensiling Suitability Of Moringa, A Woody Plant, Z. Du, F. Yang, Y. Lin, Y. Cai

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

To effectively use the woody plant resources as animal feed, the ensiling suitability of Moringa including the dynamics of microbial community, chemical composition, and silage fermentation were studied. Tender stems and leaves of Moringa at the full-bloom stage of second cutting was used for silage preparation in Guizhou, China. After 3, 7, 15, 30, and 60 days of ensiling, five silos for each treatment were opened to analyze the fermentation characteristics. Moringa before ensiling contained 10⁴ lactic acid bacteria (LAB), 10⁶ aerobic bacteria, 10⁴ coliform bacteria, 10² yeast, and 10⁴ mold based on colony-forming unit/g …

Impact Of Grazing Management On Productivity Of Tropical Grasslands, Moacyr Corsi, Geraldo B. Martha Jr., Domício Do Nascimento Jr., Marco A. A. Balsalobre

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

Beef and dairy cattle enterprises from tropical pasture-based systems are notoriously of low productivity. The low soil fertility, the exploitation of native grasslands, the low genetic potential of the animals and the poor management of soil, pasture and animal components are all arguments used to explain these “low-productivity systems”. In fact, research has consistently indicated up to 50% increase in calving rate when animals grazing unfertilized pastures were supplemented with trace-mineralized salt (Table 1) but unfortunately less than 90% of Brazilian farmers use this management strategy (Tosi, 1997). However, a recent survey conducted by São Paulo State government showed that …

Impact Of Grazing Management On The Productivity Of Cold Temperate Grasslands Of Southern Patagonia - A Critical Assessment, A. F. Cibils, M. B. Coughenour

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

The contention that productivity of cold temperate grasslands of southern Patagonia have been greatly affected by domestic herbivore grazing in the past is fairly widespread. The consequences of spatiotemporal interactions between grazing and abiotic factors on the overall productivity of such systems, however, are still poorly understood. Predictions of both short- and long-term impacts of grazing management strategies on grassland productivity require a better understanding of these interactions. In this paper we make a critical assessment of the impact of grazing management on long-term sustainability of the grass steppes of southern Patagonia (Argentina). We discuss this issue in the context …

Productivity Of Winter And Spring Native Improved Vegetation Under Different Grazing Stocking Rates On Basaltic Soil, M. Bemhaja

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

Improved grassland with Lotus corniculatus, Trifolium repens and annual phosphorus fertilization, was evaluated during winter and spring for five consecutive years under grazing at three different stocking rates on medium basaltic soil. Specific contribution of Lotus and Trifolium reached 67% of grassland community in the first year. Stipa setigera and Poa lanigera increased their contribution from 0.8 to 17% in the fourth year of grazing experiment. Highest average value of crude protein was 19% during the second year and was related to legumes contribution. Forage availability was always up to 1.5 ton MS/ha at the three stocking treatments. Average daily …

Effects Of Cattle Grazing On A Perennial Legume, Bitumen Trefoil (Bituminaria Bituminosa (L.) Stirton), In A Mediterranean Grassland, M. Gutman, M. Sternberg, A. Perevoltsky

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

A six-year study was conducted in a Mediterranean grassland in north-eastern Israel to investigate the effects of cattle grazing management on a perennial legume, Bitumen Trefoil (Bituminaria bituminosa (L.) Stirton). The relationship between grazing pressure and its relative plant cover was studied in the context of inter-annual variation in rainfall. Treatments included manipulations of stocking rates (moderate, heavy and very heavy) and of grazing regimes (continuous vs. seasonal), in a factorial design. The results showed that inter-seasonal rainfall variation was a dominant factor in the expression of plant cover changes of this species. Grazing showed no significant effect on …

Performance Comparison Of Residual Control Charts For A Count Data Based On Ridge Regression, Shaimaa Mohamed Yassin, Salah M. Mohamed

Information Sciences Letters

Regression models are important and widely used tools to design relationships between pairs of endogenous and exogenous variables. However, they usually suffer from multicollinearity. This study uses residual control charts on count data (Poisson regression), after resolve multicollinearity problems by utilizing the ridge technique. Residual control charts with Poisson regression were introduced by Filho [1], who employed the principal component to treat the multicollinearity problem and, thereafter, prepared a control chart. However, we selected average run length as the metric for the evaluation of the control chart. We used simulated data and application using real data on water quality. The …

A New Generalization Of The Gumbel Distribution With Climate Application, Hussein Eledum, Mohammed Ahmmed Mosilhy

Information Sciences Letters

In this paper, we propose a new generalization of the Gumbel distribution named the Cubic Transmuted Gumbel distribution (CTGD) based on a cubic ranking transmutation map. Statistical properties of CTGD such as reliability function, hazard function, moments, moment generating function, quantile function, and simulation of the random sample are studied. The parameters of CTGD are estimated using the Maximum Likelihood method. Finally, an application of CTGD using two real data sets on climate change is conducted to illustrate and compare with the base Gumbel distribution (GD) and transmuted Gumbel distribution (TGD). CTGD was found to be a better fit than …

A New View Of Special Types Of Subgraphs With Applications On Circulation Of Hepatic Portal System, M. S. El Azab, M. Shokry, Reham Emad Aly

Information Sciences Letters

Fuzzy graph theory has enormous range of applications in neural networks, physical, logic, algebra, topology, operations research, pattern recognition, artificial intelligence, natural and sociobiological sciences and in several other areas. We propose new concepts for generating different types of fuzzy subgraph defined as κ􏰂1κ􏰂2 - fuzzy subgraph which depend on the changeable of the memberships of vertices and edges with discussing new type of paths Pκ􏰂1κ􏰂2 . Our approach is based on studying its effect of strength on different types of arcs by explaining several examples and deducing new important properties. Finally, we demonstrate all of the above on the …

Benefit-Cost Analysis Of Flood Management, A Case Study Of Jammu And Kashmir, Kowser Ali Jan, R. Balaji, Khairi Mohamad Omar

Information Sciences Letters

This paper focuses on the cost-benefit analysis (CBA) of flood management by District Disaster Management Kulgam. The assessment is based on secondary pooled data collected from government offices, NGOs, journals, and national newspapers. We describe the scenario, the approach adopted, and sources of flood damage cost information. The estimated total benefits account for 78686.18 lakh rupees, and total costs account for 2218.75lakh rupees. The Benefit-Cost ratio greater than one shows that Flood Management in District Kulgam was economically feasible and successfully managed. The State of Jammu and Kashmir takes essential prevention and management measures to bring down the damages due …

The Mechanism Of Charge Flow And Electric Current In Porous Gan Thin Films During Photo Electrochemical Etching, K. Al-Heuseen, A.I. Aljameel, M. Kh. Alquran

International Journal of Thin Film Science and Technology

In this work nano-porous structures of n-GaN was fabricated using simple photoelectrochemical etching techniques. The electrolyte was H2SO4:H2O2 under direct current density of 5 mA/cm2 for 30 min. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) has been used to studied the morphology, the size, and the shape of the pores of n-GaN nanostructures. The mechanism of charge and current flow in photoelectrochemical etching process was investigated deeply. The electrical and chemical behaviour of the electrolyte-GaN junction has been studied. The energy diagram of an n-GaN and the electrolyte was used to illustrate the charges flow mechanism. A simple model depend on two parallel …

Electrical And Optical Properties Of Flexible Transparent Silver Nanowires Electrodes, Rabeea D. Abdel-Rahim, Adham M. Nagiub, Mahmoud A. Taher

International Journal of Thin Film Science and Technology

AgNWs were produced by the one-pot polyol method, and it had been produced by reduction of AgNO3 by ethylene glycol in presence of polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) and KCl at high temperature of about 160 oC. AgNWs suspension were purified by centrifuging at 3000 rpm for three times then re-depressed in deionized water with a concentration of 1%. The purified suspension was diluted to different concentrations (2-5) mg. mL-1 using 1% of hydroxy methylcellulose to design different AgNWs transparent conductive films (AgNWs-TCFs). AgNWs suspension inks were coated on the glass and polyethylene terephthalate (PET) substrates. Different AgNWs diameters were obtained by changing …

Real Time Face Authentication System Using Stacked Deep Auto Encoder For Facial Reconstruction, Showkat A. Dar, S. Palanivel

International Journal of Thin Film Science and Technology

Any human being has unique biological traits biological characteristics which can be studied using Biometrics which encompasses an individuals characteristics like DNA, face, finger prints, voice, signatures etc. Human faces as an element of authentication are being increasingly used where biometrics add value in terms of quantifying an individual’s natural data. Facial authentications validate personal identities based on facial images with 1-1 matches. These kinds of authenticating applications have been applied in a variety of areas including banking applications and personal mobile devices. RTFAs (Real Time Face Authentications) based systems are a necessity for ATMs (Automated Teller Machines) in banking …