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Acknowledgement To Our Reviewers (2022), Ijrh Editorial Board

Indian Journal of Research in Homoeopathy

Indian Journal of Research in Homoeopathy editorial team duly acknowledges the following reviewers, who reviewed the articles in the year 2022. Their invaluable and timely efforts enabled a fair and rigorous peer review process. Also, the valued recommendations of the Editorial Advisory Board members are also deeply acknowledged.

Accuracy Of Covid-19 Relevant Knowledge Among Youth: Number Of Information Sources Matters, Patricia Wonch Hill, Judy Diamond, Amy N. Spiegel, Elizabeth Vanwormer, Meghan Leadabrand, Julia Mcquillan

Department of Sociology: Faculty Publications

Can comics effectively convey scientific knowledge about COVID-19 to youth? What types and how many sources of information did youth have about COVID-19 during the pandemic? How are sources of information associated with accurate COVID-19 knowledge? To answer these questions, we surveyed youth in grades 5–9 in a Midwestern United States school district in the winter of 2020–2021. The online survey used measures of COVID-19 knowledge and sources, with an embedded experiment on COVID-19 relevant comics. Guided by an integrated science capital and just-in-time health and science information acquisition model, we also measured level of science capital, science identity, and …

Erratum: “The Nanograv 12.5yr Data Set: Polarimetry And Faraday Rotation Measures From Observations Of Millisecond Pulsars With The Green Bank Telescope” (Astrophysical Journal (2022) 926:2 (168) Doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/Ac4045), H. M. Wahl, M. A. Mclaughlin, P. A. Gentile, M. L. Jones, R. Spiewak, Z. Arzoumanian, K. Crowter, P. B. Demorest, M. E. Decesar, T. Dolch, J. A. Ellis, R. D. Ferdman, E. C. Ferrara, E. Fonseca, N. Garver-Daniels, G. Jones, M. T. Lam, L. Levin, N. Lewandowska, D. R. Lorimer, R. S. Lynch, D. R. Madison

Pacific Faculty Work

The polarization fractions in Table 3 are incorrect due to errors in the PSRCHIVE pdv routine used to originally calculate the fractions. A more accurate code (the PSRCHIVE psrstat routine) has been implemented for the calculation of the new fractions.

Frugal Innovations: Implementation In Regions Of Poland, Jacek Woźniak

European Management Studies

Purpose: The objective of the study is to assess the complexity of applying the attributes of frugal innovations in innovative enterprises located in three regions of Poland (i.e. A, B and C), as well as to compare the three regions. Design/Methodology/Approach: The study included 200 large innovative enterprises. The study listed the following number of enterprises belonging to individual regions: A – 154 entities, B – 39 entities, as well as C – 7 entities. Six hypotheses have been stated in the study. The empirical study considered quantitative methods and research techniques, i.e. the Computer Assisted Web Interview (CAWI) survey …

Islam V. Rodriguez

All Decisions

No abstract provided.

Implicating Genes, Pleiotropy, And Sexual Dimorphism At Blood Lipid Loci Through Multi-Ancestry Meta-Analysis, Stavroula Kanoni, Sarah E Graham, Yuxuan Wang, Ida Surakka, Shweta Ramdas, Xiang Zhu, Shoa L Clarke, Konain Fatima Bhatti, Sailaja Vedantam, Thomas W Winkler, Adam E Locke, Eirini Marouli, Greg J M Zajac, Kuan-Han H Wu, Ioanna Ntalla, Qin Hui, Derek Klarin, Austin T Hilliard, Zeyuan Wang, Chao Xue, Gudmar Thorleifsson, Anna Helgadottir, Daniel F Gudbjartsson, Hilma Holm, Isleifur Olafsson, Mi Yeong Hwang, Sohee Han, Masato Akiyama, Saori Sakaue, Chikashi Terao, Masahiro Kanai, Wei Zhou, Ben M Brumpton, Humaira Rasheed, Aki S Havulinna, Yogasudha Veturi, Jennifer Allen Pacheco, Elisabeth A Rosenthal, Todd Lingren, Qiping Feng, Iftikhar J Kullo, Akira Narita, Jun Takayama, Hilary C Martin, Karen A Hunt, Bhavi Trivedi, Jeffrey Haessler, Franco Giulianini, Yuki Bradford, Jason E Miller, Archie Campbell, Kuang Lin, Iona Y Millwood, Asif Rasheed, George Hindy, Jessica D Faul, Wei Zhao, David R Weir, Constance Turman, Hongyan Huang, Mariaelisa Graff, Ananyo Choudhury, Dhriti Sengupta, Anubha Mahajan, Michael R Brown, Weihua Zhang, Ketian Yu, Ellen M Schmidt, Anita Pandit, Stefan Gustafsson, Xianyong Yin, Jian'an Luan, Jing-Hua Zhao, Fumihiko Matsuda, Hye-Mi Jang, Kyungheon Yoon, Carolina Medina-Gomez, Achilleas Pitsillides, Jouke Jan Hottenga, Andrew R Wood, Yingji Ji, Zishan Gao, Simon Haworth, Noha A Yousri, Ruth E Mitchell, Jin Fang Chai, Mette Aadahl, Anne A Bjerregaard, Jie Yao, Ani Manichaikul, Chii-Min Hwu, Yi-Jen Hung, Helen R Warren, Julia Ramirez, Jette Bork-Jensen, Line L Kårhus, Anuj Goel, Maria Sabater-Lleal, Raymond Noordam, Pala Mauro, Floris Matteo, Aaron F Mcdaid, Pedro Marques-Vidal, Matthias Wielscher, Stella Trompet, Naveed Sattar, Line T Møllehave, Matthias Munz, Lingyao Zeng, Jianfeng Huang, Bin Yang, Alaitz Poveda, Azra Kurbasic, Claudia Lamina, Lukas Forer, Markus Scholz, Tessel E Galesloot, Jonathan P Bradfield, Sanni E Ruotsalainen, Ewarwick Daw, Joseph M Zmuda, Jonathan S Mitchell, Christian Fuchsberger, Henry Christensen, Jennifer A Brody, Miguel Vazquez-Moreno, Mary F Feitosa, Mary K Wojczynski, Zhe Wang, Michael H Preuss, Massimo Mangino, Paraskevi Christofidou, Niek Verweij, Jan W Benjamins, Jorgen Engmann, Noah L Tsao, Anurag Verma, Roderick C Slieker, Ken Sin Lo, Nuno R Zilhao, Phuong Le, Marcus E Kleber, Graciela E Delgado, Shaofeng Huo, Daisuke D Ikeda, Hiroyuki Iha, Jian Yang, Jun Liu, Ayşe Demirkan, Hampton L Leonard, Jonathan Marten, Mirjam Frank, Börge Schmidt, Laura J Smyth, Marisa Cañadas-Garre, Chaolong Wang, Masahiro Nakatochi, Andrew Wong, Nina Hutri-Kähönen, Xueling Sim, Rui Xia, Alicia Huerta-Chagoya, Juan Carlos Fernandez-Lopez, Valeriya Lyssenko, Suraj S Nongmaithem, Swati Bayyana, Heather M Stringham, Marguerite R Irvin, Christopher Oldmeadow, Han-Na Kim, Seungho Ryu, Paul R H J Timmers, Liubov Arbeeva, Rajkumar Dorajoo, Leslie A Lange, Gauri Prasad, Laura Lorés-Motta, Marc Pauper, Jirong Long, Xiaohui Li, Elizabeth Theusch, Fumihiko Takeuchi, Cassandra N Spracklen, Anu Loukola, Sailalitha Bollepalli, Sophie C Warner, Ya Xing Wang, Wen B Wei, Teresa Nutile, Daniela Ruggiero, Yun Ju Sung, Shufeng Chen, Fangchao Liu, Jingyun Yang, Katherine A Kentistou, Bernhard Banas, Giuseppe Giovanni Nardone, Karina Meidtner, Lawrence F Bielak, Jennifer A Smith, Prashantha Hebbar, Aliki-Eleni Farmaki, Edith Hofer, Maoxuan Lin, Maria Pina Concas, Simona Vaccargiu, Peter J Van Der Most, Niina Pitkänen, Brian E Cade, Sander W Van Der Laan, Kumaraswamy Naidu Chitrala, Stefan Weiss, Amy R Bentley, Ayo P Doumatey, Adebowale A Adeyemo, Jong Young Lee, Eva R B Petersen, Aneta A Nielsen, Hyeok Sun Choi, Maria Nethander, Sandra Freitag-Wolf, Lorraine Southam, Nigel W Rayner, Carol A Wang, Shih-Yi Lin, Jun-Sing Wang, Christian Couture, Leo-Pekka Lyytikäinen, Kjell Nikus, Gabriel Cuellar-Partida, Henrik Vestergaard, Bertha Hidalgo, Olga Giannakopoulou, Qiuyin Cai, Morgan O Obura, Jessica Van Setten, Xiaoyin Li, Jingjing Liang, Hua Tang, Natalie Terzikhan, Jae Hun Shin, Rebecca D Jackson, Alexander P Reiner, Lisa Warsinger Martin, Zhengming Chen, Liming Li, Takahisa Kawaguchi, Joachim Thiery, Joshua C Bis, Lenore J Launer, Huaixing Li, Mike A Nalls, Olli T Raitakari, Sahoko Ichihara, Sarah H Wild, Christopher P Nelson, Harry Campbell, Susanne Jäger, Toru Nabika, Fahd Al-Mulla, Harri Niinikoski, Peter S Braund, Ivana Kolcic, Peter Kovacs, Tota Giardoglou, Tomohiro Katsuya, Dominique De Kleijn, Gert J De Borst, Eung Kweon Kim, Hieab H H Adams, M Arfan Ikram, Xiaofeng Zhu, Folkert W Asselbergs, Adriaan O Kraaijeveld, Joline W J Beulens, Xiao-Ou Shu, Loukianos S Rallidis, Oluf Pedersen, Torben Hansen, Paul Mitchell, Alex W Hewitt, Mika Kähönen, Louis Pérusse, Claude Bouchard, Anke Tönjes, Yii-Der Ida Chen, Craig E Pennell, Trevor A Mori, Wolfgang Lieb, Andre Franke, Claes Ohlsson, Dan Mellström, Yoon Shin Cho, Hyejin Lee, Jian-Min Yuan, Woon-Puay Koh, Sang Youl Rhee, Jeong-Taek Woo, Iris M Heid, Klaus J Stark, Martina E Zimmermann, Henry Völzke, Georg Homuth, Michele K Evans, Alan B Zonderman, Ozren Polasek, Gerard Pasterkamp, Imo E Hoefer, Susan Redline, Katja Pahkala, Albertine J Oldehinkel, Harold Snieder, Ginevra Biino, Reinhold Schmidt, Helena Schmidt, Stefania Bandinelli, George Dedoussis, Thangavel Alphonse Thanaraj, Sharon L R Kardia, Patricia A Peyser, Norihiro Kato, Matthias B Schulze, Giorgia Girotto, Carsten A Böger, Bettina Jung, Peter K Joshi, David A Bennett, Philip L De Jager, Xiangfeng Lu, Vasiliki Mamakou, Morris Brown, Mark J Caulfield, Patricia B Munroe, Xiuqing Guo, Marina Ciullo, Jost B Jonas, Nilesh J Samani, Jaakko Kaprio, Päivi Pajukanta, Teresa Tusié-Luna, Carlos A Aguilar-Salinas, Linda S Adair, Sonny Augustin Bechayda, H Janaka De Silva, Ananda R Wickremasinghe, Ronald M Krauss, Jer-Yuarn Wu, Wei Zheng, Anneke Iden Hollander, Dwaipayan Bharadwaj, Adolfo Correa, James G Wilson, Lars Lind, Chew-Kiat Heng, Amanda E Nelson, Yvonne M Golightly, James F Wilson, Brenda Penninx, Hyung-Lae Kim, John Attia, Rodney J Scott, D C Rao, Donna K Arnett, Steven C Hunt, Mark Walker, Heikki A Koistinen, Giriraj R Chandak, Josep M Mercader, Maria C Costanzo, Dongkeun Jang, Noël P Burtt, Clicerio Gonzalez Villalpando, Lorena Orozco, Myriam Fornage, Eshyong Tai, Rob M Van Dam, Terho Lehtimäki, Nish Chaturvedi, Mitsuhiro Yokota, Jianjun Liu, Dermot F Reilly, Amy Jayne Mcknight, Frank Kee, Karl-Heinz Jöckel, Mark I Mccarthy, Colin N A Palmer, Veronique Vitart, Caroline Hayward, Eleanor Simonsick, Cornelia M Van Duijn, Zi-Bing Jin, Jia Qu, Haretsugu Hishigaki, Xu Lin, Winfried März, Vilmundur Gudnason, Jean-Claude Tardif, Guillaume Lettre, Leen M 'T Hart, Petra J M Elders, Scott M Damrauer, Meena Kumari, Mika Kivimaki, Pim Van Der Harst, Tim D Spector, Ruth J F Loos, Michael A Province, Esteban J Parra, Miguel Cruz, Bruce M Psaty, Ivan Brandslund, Peter P Pramstaller, Charles N Rotimi, Kaare Christensen, Samuli Ripatti, Elisabeth Widén, Hakon Hakonarson, Struan F A Grant, Lambertus A L M Kiemeney, Jacqueline De Graaf, Markus Loeffler, Florian Kronenberg, Dongfeng Gu, Jeanette Erdmann, Heribert Schunkert, Paul W Franks, Allan Linneberg, J Wouter Jukema, Amit V Khera, Minna Männikkö, Marjo-Riitta Jarvelin, Zoltan Kutalik, Cucca Francesco, Dennis O Mook-Kanamori, Ko Willems Van Dijk, Hugh Watkins, David P Strachan, Niels Grarup, Peter Sever, Neil Poulter, Lee-Ming Chuang, Jerome I Rotter, Thomas M Dantoft, Fredrik Karpe, Matt J Neville, Nicholas J Timpson, Ching-Yu Cheng, Tien-Yin Wong, Chiea Chuen Khor, Hengtong Li, Charumathi Sabanayagam, Annette Peters, Christian Gieger, Andrew T Hattersley, Nancy L Pedersen, Patrik K E Magnusson, Dorret I Boomsma, Allegonda H M Willemsen, Ladrienne Cupples, Joyce B J Van Meurs, Mohsen Ghanbari, Penny Gordon-Larsen, Wei Huang, Young Jin Kim, Yasuharu Tabara, Nicholas J Wareham, Claudia Langenberg, Eleftheria Zeggini, Johanna Kuusisto, Markku Laakso, Erik Ingelsson, Goncalo Abecasis, John C Chambers, Jaspal S Kooner, Paul S De Vries, Alanna C Morrison, Scott Hazelhurst, Michèle Ramsay, Kari E North, Martha Daviglus, Peter Kraft, Nicholas G Martin, John B Whitfield, Shahid Abbas, Danish Saleheen, Robin G Walters, Michael V Holmes, Corri Black, Blair H Smith, Aris Baras, Anne E Justice, Julie E Buring, Paul M Ridker, Daniel I Chasman, Charles Kooperberg, Gen Tamiya, Masayuki Yamamoto, David A Van Heel, Richard C Trembath, Wei-Qi Wei, Gail P Jarvik, Bahram Namjou, M Geoffrey Hayes, Marylyn D Ritchie, Pekka Jousilahti, Veikko Salomaa, Kristian Hveem, Bjørn Olav Åsvold, Michiaki Kubo, Yoichiro Kamatani, Yukinori Okada, Yoshinori Murakami, Bong-Jo Kim, Unnur Thorsteinsdottir, Kari Stefansson, Jifeng Zhang, Yeugene Chen, Yuk-Lam Ho, Julie A Lynch, Daniel J Rader, Philip S Tsao, Kyong-Mi Chang, Kelly Cho, Christopher J O'Donnell, John M Gaziano, Peter W F Wilson, Timothy M Frayling, Joel N Hirschhorn, Sekar Kathiresan, Karen L Mohlke, Yan V Sun, Andrew P Morris, Michael Boehnke, Christopher D Brown, Pradeep Natarajan, Panos Deloukas, Cristen J Willer, Themistocles L Assimes, Gina M Peloso

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

BACKGROUND: Genetic variants within nearly 1000 loci are known to contribute to modulation of blood lipid levels. However, the biological pathways underlying these associations are frequently unknown, limiting understanding of these findings and hindering downstream translational efforts such as drug target discovery.

RESULTS: To expand our understanding of the underlying biological pathways and mechanisms controlling blood lipid levels, we leverage a large multi-ancestry meta-analysis (N = 1,654,960) of blood lipids to prioritize putative causal genes for 2286 lipid associations using six gene prediction approaches. Using phenome-wide association (PheWAS) scans, we identify relationships of genetically predicted lipid levels to other diseases …

Large Mucocele Of The Appendix Discovered In A 48-Year-Old Male Presenting With Appendicitis: A Case Report, Dimitar I. Semerdzhiev, Robert E. Hardister, Stephen D. Wagner, Dewey R. Mcafee, David Martin, Suporn Sukpraprut-Braaten

GME Publications

The appendix is a vermiform-like organ that extends from the cecum and has been thought of as having a rudimentary immunologic function. However, the appendix can become distended and mucus-filled, classifying it as a mucocele appendix. Mucoceles can be found in various locations in the body, including the colon and the appendix, and have malignancy potential.

We report a case of a 48-year-old male that presented to the ED with a history of two days of abdominal pain. Upon arriving at the ED, he had a CT scan showing a 9.5 x 4.2 x 6.4 cm fluid collection in the …

The Great American Word Purge, Jethro K. Lieberman

Other Publications

No abstract provided.

Stylotella Sp. Acetone Extract From Selayar Island And Its Activity Against Breast Cancer Cells Mcf-7, Awaluddin Awaluddin, Asriani Ilyas, Firnanelty Firnanelty, Aisyah Aisyah, Andi Nur Fitriani Abubakar, Aisyah Rusdin

Chimica et Natura Acta

Styletella sp. is a type of sponge in the Halichondriidae family which is rich in secondary metabolite compounds that have various bioactivities that have the potential as drugs in the future, one of which is anticancer. This study aims to determine the types of secondary metabolites found in Stylotella sp. in Selayar Island and to determine the secondary metabolite bioactivity of MCF-7 breast cancer cells. The method used is extraction using acetone, fractionation and purification. The purity test was carried out by testing three eluent systems at TLC, namely chloroform:ethyl acetate (9:1), n-hexane: acetone (8:2), chloroform: acetone (9:1) eluent. Then …

Identifikasi Metabolit Sekunder Sekresi Jamur Lokal Tanah Gambut Riau Penicillium Sp. Lbkurcc34 Sebagai Antimikroba, Yuana Nurulita, Yuharmen Yuharmen, Annisa Fitri, Iin Evita Sari, Dian Novita Sary, Titania Tjandrawati Nugroho

Chimica et Natura Acta

Penicillium sp. LBKURCC34 adalah jamur yang diisolasi dari tanah gambut hutan primer di Giam Siak Kecil Bukit Batu (GSKBB), Cagar Biosfer di Provinsi Riau. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengeksplorasi potensinya sebagai penghasil antimikroba. Metode dilakukan melalui produksi metabolit sekunder dalam media cair, ekstraksi dalam larutan etil asetat, dan pemisahan ekstrak kasar dengan Kromatografi Kolom (CC). Ekstrak kasar dan fraksi diidentifikasi dengan KLT dan HPLC dan diuji aktivitas antimikrobanya dengan metode difusi cakram. Untuk mengidentifikasi senyawa aktif dilakukan uji fitokimia dan metode KLT-Bioautografi. Produksi tiga liter media menghasilkan 0,4 gram (0,0133% b/v) ekstrak etil asetat yang diidentifikasi sebagai terpenoid …

Pengaruh Penambahan Kromium Organik Pada Lemna Sp. Terhadap Pertumbuhan Ikan Gurami (Osphronemus Gouramy), Yuli Andriani, Iskandar Iskandar, Titin Herawati, Rusky I. Pratama

Chimica et Natura Acta

Lemna sp. merupakan tanaman air yang banyak tersebar di perairan umum di Indonesia, dan memiliki kandungan nutrisi yang baik sehingga berpotensi digunakan sebagai pakan ikan. Penelitian ini dilaksanakan di Kawasan Perikanan Darat Ciparanje FPIK Unpad, Balai Pengembangan dan Pemacuan Stok Ikan Gurame dan Nilem (BPPSIGN) Singaparna Tasikmalaya. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis pengaruh pemberian Lemna sp. berimbuhan kromium optimal untuk meningkatkan pertumbuhan benih ikan gurame. Penelitian dilakukan dalam dua tahap, tahap satu adalah mengukur retensi kromium dalam Lemna yang dikultur pada media yang mengandung krom 10 mg/L pada ketinggian air yang berbeda (10 dan 20 cm). Tahap dua adalah memberikan …

Desain Peta Plasmid Pengkode Α-Amilase Saccharomycopsis Fibuligera R64 Mutan Dan Pemodelan Struktur Protein, Umi Baroroh, Shinta Kusumawardhani, Mia Tria Novianti, Muhammad Yusuf, Irma Mardiah, Ridha Nurfadlillah Azhari

Chimica et Natura Acta

Enzim α-amilase merupakan enzim yang banyak digunakan pada industri berbasis pati, diantaranya industri pangan, farmasi, tekstil, dan detergen. Enzim ini bahkan semakin dikembangkan di bidang biomedis, bioanalitik, dan kesehatan. α-Amilase dari Saccharomycopsis fibuligera R64 (Sfamy R64) merupakan enzim dari isolat lokal yang memiliki aktivitas amilolitik yang terbaik dari isolat lainnya, meskipun kemampuan adsorptivitasnya masih rendah. α-Amilase dengan adsorptivitas yang baik sangat diperlukan dalam industri pengolah pati karena dapat mengurangi penggunaan energi dan biaya produksi melalui penghilangan proses gelatinisasi. Dengan menambahkan sisi pengikatan di permukaan enzim melalui pergantian asam amino serin menjadi tirosin dan triptofan sehingga bersifat lebih aromatik telah dilakukan …

Isolation And Structure Determination Of Stigmaterol From The Stem Bark Of Lansium Domesticum Corr. Cv. Kokossan, Siska Elisahbet Sinaga, Fajar Fauzi Abdullah, Unang Supratman, Tri Mayanti, Rani Maharani

Chimica et Natura Acta

Indonesia is a tropical country with biodiversity and a source of natural compounds such as terpenoids, phenolic, flavonoids, and alkaloid groups. The steroid is one of the large groups of terpenoid compounds with various structures and bioactivities. The steroid was also commonly found in the Meliaceae family. One species of this family is Lansium domesticum Corr. which has been studied to have various activities from isolated compounds (limonoids, sesquiterpenoids, onoceranoids, cycloartanoids, and steroids) as well as from their extracts such as antidiarrheal, antimalarial, antimicrobial, antiinsecticide, antifeedant and were used as traditional medicine such as eye drops and scorpion stings. The …

Analisa Logam Berat Kadmium (Cd) Dan Timbal (Pb) Pada Kerang Hijau (Perna Viridis) Yang Beredar Di Pelelangan Ikan Paotere Kota Makassar, Titik Andriani, Fera Agustin, Sitti Chadijah, Syarifah Rabiatul Adawiah, Arfiani Nur

Chimica et Natura Acta

Penelitian ini dilakukan untuk mengetahui kadar logam berat kadmium (Cd) dan timbal (Pb) pada kerang hijau (Perna viridis) yang beredar di pelelangan ikan paotere kota Makassar. Sampel daging kerang dipisahkan dari cangkangnya kemudian daging kerang dihaluskan, setelah itu didestruksi kering. Selanjutnya  dilakukan pengukuran kadar logam Pb dan Cd menggunakan Spektrofotometer Serapan Atom (SSA). Hasil dari penelitian ini diperoleh kandungan logam Pb yaitu 5,9 mg/kg, sedangkan kandungan logam Cd 0,7 mg/kg.  Hasil kandungan logam berat yang dianalisis ini melebihi ambang batas yang telah ditetapkan oleh Balai Pengawas Obat dan Makanan (BPOM).

Effects Of Artificial Light Spectra And Sucrose On The Leaf Pigments, Growth, And Rooting Of Blackberry (Rubus Fruticosus) Microshoots, Yaser Hassan Dewir, Ali Mohsen Al-Ali, Hail Z. Rihan, Thobayet Alshahrani, Mona S. Alwahibi, Khalid F. Almutairi, Yougasphree Naidoo, Michael P. Fuller

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

Light emitting diodes (LEDs) are potential light sources for in vitro plant cultures. Here, axillary blackberry shoots were grown in MS medium with indole-3-butyric acid (1 mg L−1), naphthalene acetic acid (0.5 mg L−1), and sucrose supplementation (0–60 g L−1) and the cultures were incubated under four light treatments: three LED light treatments (blue + red light (2:1 spectral ratio), blue + red light (1:2), and cool + warm white light (1:1)) and a standard florescent tube white spectrum treatment. Sucrose was indispensable for rooting of blackberry microshoots. Sucrose concentrations up to 45 g L−1 increased total root length and …

Comparison Of Machine-Learning And Deep-Learning Methods For The Prediction Of Osteoradionecrosis Resulting From Head And Neck Cancer Radiation Therapy, Brandon Reber, Lisanne Van Dijk, Brian Anderson, Abdallah Sherif Radwan Mohamed, Clifton Fuller, Stephen Lai, Kristy Brock

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

PURPOSE: Deep-learning (DL) techniques have been successful in disease-prediction tasks and could improve the prediction of mandible osteoradionecrosis (ORN) resulting from head and neck cancer (HNC) radiation therapy. In this study, we retrospectively compared the performance of DL algorithms and traditional machine-learning (ML) techniques to predict mandible ORN binary outcome in an extensive cohort of patients with HNC.

METHODS AND MATERIALS: Patients who received HNC radiation therapy at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center from 2005 to 2015 were identified for the ML (n = 1259) and DL (n = 1236) studies. The subjects were followed for ORN …

Easy Calibration For Boom Sprayers, Cody Zesiger, Kalen Taylor, Corey Ransom, Earl Creech, Matt Yost

All Current Publications

Calibrating spray equipment is an important first step when applying pesticides, fertilizers, and other chemicals. If nozzles are not properly calibrated, it can result in over or under application of chemicals, causing crop damage, reduced pest control, and potential safety concerns. Making the effort to properly mix chemicals and calibrate sprayers can save money and headaches in the long run. This fact sheet provides simple guidelines for calibrating boom sprayers.

Earlene Lemon-Bell Wallace

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.

Sentiment Analysis Of Insomnia-Related Tweets Via A Combination Of Transformers Using Dempster-Shafer Theory: Pre- And Peri-Covid-19 Pandemic Retrospective Study, Arash Maghsoudi, Sara Nowakowski, Ritwick Agrawal, Amir Sharafkhaneh, Mark E Kunik, Aanand D Naik, Hua Xu, Javad Razjouyan

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 pandemic has imposed additional stress on population health that may result in a change of sleeping behavior.

OBJECTIVE: In this study, we hypothesized that using natural language processing to explore social media would help with assessing the mental health conditions of people experiencing insomnia after the outbreak of COVID-19.

METHODS: We designed a retrospective study that used public social media content from Twitter. We categorized insomnia-related tweets based on time, using the following two intervals: the prepandemic (January 1, 2019, to January 1, 2020) and peripandemic (January 1, 2020, to January 1, 2021) intervals. We performed a …

The Effect Of Zinc Supplementation On The Course Of Covid-19 – A Systematic Review And Meta-Analysis, Monika Olczak-Pruc, Lukasz Szarpak, Alla Navolokina, Jaroslaw Chmielewski, Lech Panasiuk, Raúl Juárez-Vela, Michal Pruc, Damian Swieczkowski, Ryszard Majer, Zubaid Rafique, Frank William Peacock

Faculty, Staff and Students Publications

Introduction and objective: Zinc is a trace element that plays a role in stimulating innate and acquired immunity. The aim of the study was to determine the antiviral effect of the administration of zinc in COVID-19 patients.

Material and methods: A literature search was performed in P Web of Science, PubMed, Scopus and Cochrane databases from 1 January 2020 - 22 August 2022. In addition, reference lists of the included articles and their related citations in PubMed were also reviewed for additional pertinent studies.

Results: A total of 9 eligible studies were identified. In-hospital mortality in zinc supplementation patients, and …

2022 Draft Final Butte Reduction Works (Brw) Smelter Area Mine Waste Remediation And Contaminated Groundwater Hydraulic Control Site Organic Pollutant Surface Water Sampling Quality Assurance Project Plan (Qapp), Pioneer Technical Services, Inc.

Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site

No abstract provided.

Easy Calibration For Backpack And Canister (Handheld) Sprayers, Cody Zesiger, Kalen Taylor, Corey Ransom, Earl Creech, Matt Yost

All Current Publications

When applying pesticides, fertilizers, and other chemicals, the applicator should know the amount of chemical applied to the treated area. Calibration is a method an applicator can use to measure and set the application rate. If sprayers are not properly calibrated, it can result in over or under application of chemicals, causing damage, reduced pest control, and potential safety concerns. Making the effort to properly mix chemicals and calibrate sprayers can save money and increase treatment effectiveness. This fact sheet provides simple guidelines for calibrating backpack and canister sprayers.

The Performance Of Plasma Amyloid Beta Measurements In Identifying Amyloid Plaques In Alzheimer's Disease: A Literature Review, Abby L Brand, Paige E Lawler, James G Bollinger, Yan Li, Suzanne E Schindler, Melody Li, Samir Lopez, Vitaliy Ovod, Akinori Nakamura, Leslie M Shaw, Henrik Zetterberg, Oskar Hansson, Randall J Bateman

2020-Current year OA Pubs

The extracellular buildup of amyloid beta (Aβ) plaques in the brain is a hallmark of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Detection of Aβ pathology is essential for AD diagnosis and for identifying and recruiting research participants for clinical trials evaluating disease-modifying therapies. Currently, AD diagnoses are usually made by clinical assessments, although detection of AD pathology with positron emission tomography (PET) scans or cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) analysis can be used by specialty clinics. These measures of Aβ aggregation, e.g. plaques, protofibrils, and oligomers, are medically invasive and often only available at specialized medical centers or not covered by medical insurance, and PET …

Truvari: Refined Structural Variant Comparison Preserves Allelic Diversity, Adam C English, Vipin K Menon, Richard A Gibbs, Ginger A Metcalf, Fritz J Sedlazeck

Faculty, Staff and Students Publications

The fundamental challenge of multi-sample structural variant (SV) analysis such as merging and benchmarking is identifying when two SVs are the same. Common approaches for comparing SVs were developed alongside technologies which produce ill-defined boundaries. As SV detection becomes more exact, algorithms to preserve this refined signal are needed. Here, we present Truvari-an SV comparison, annotation, and analysis toolkit-and demonstrate the effect of SV comparison choices by building population-level VCFs from 36 haplotype-resolved long-read assemblies. We observe over-merging from other SV merging approaches which cause up to a 2.2× inflation of allele frequency, relative to Truvari.

Covid-19 Vaccines: The Imperfect Instruments Of Vaccine Diplomacy, Peter J Hotez

Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy Staff Publications

Although true vaccine diplomacy in the form of sharing vaccine development technologies and scientific cooperation with low- and middle-income countries has not been a dominant theme in the COVID-19 pandemic, this aspect is now taking off and generating some exciting new possibilities.

Method And System For Bi Cube Refresh Automation, Pradeep Kumar M K, Velkumar Thangavel, Abinaya Solaiyan, Chia-Chih Lu, Kumar Reddy

Defensive Publications Series

The present disclosure relates to a system for BI cube refresh automation. In the present disclosure, initially the status of the I-server 107 is determined. Once the I-server is active, the cube refresh automation system 103 may back-up the old workflow logs and deletes the old workflow logs from one or more data cubes 101. Further, the cube refresh automation system may split the insertion of new workflow logs into clustered server and then merges the insertion results from the clustered servers. The merger insertion results are further monitored. Upon successful insertion, the insertion trigger is deleted. When the insertion …

Automatic Calling Mode Selection Based On Availability Of Preferred Wi-Fi Networks, Jeff Ahmet

Defensive Publications Series

In areas with poor cellular network coverage, Wi-Fi calling mode can enable users to place and receive phone calls. However, manual selection of calling modes is cumbersome. Further, a user device may shift between Wi-Fi calling and cellular calling modes based on current signal conditions for the networks which can lead to a poor call experience. This disclosure describes techniques for the preferential selection of Wi-Fi calling as a calling mode for a user device based on a particular wireless local area network (WLAN). A user can specify a set of wireless network identifiers (SSIDs) for which Wi-Fi calling mode …

Credit Card With Dynamic Credit Rating Display, Manas Sharma

Defensive Publications Series

The present disclosure relates to a method, system and payment card for dynamically displaying credit rating. As such, credit related information and transaction information of a cardholder associated with a payment card is received from an issuer server. The credit related information and transaction information of the cardholder are used for predicting one or more behavioural parameters associated with the cardholder. Further, the one or more values are used for determining a credit rating of the cardholder. The credit rating of the cardholder may be displayed on the payment card or cardholder device or on any merchant device facilitating transaction …

A Report Of Intraguild Predation By Orthochirus Sp. On Hottentotta Tamulus (Scorpiones: Buthidae) In Maharashtra, India, Mihir Joshi, Shubhankar Deshpande

Euscorpius

We report an event of intraguild predation by Orthochirus sp. feeding on a juvenile individual of Hottentotta tamulus (Fabricius,1798) from Maharashtra, India. This is the first report of intraguild predation among Indian scorpions.

Alternate Emergency Application Environment, Dillon Amadeo, Nizam Anuar, Yohan Launay, Kiat Chuan Tan

Defensive Publications Series

The present disclosure describes computer-implemented systems and methods for providing an alternate application environment in emergency situations by allowing a user to use an entry mechanism that is for use in emergency situations (e.g., input an alternative PIN or emergency gesture) to enter a financial or banking application on a user computing device. The input of the emergency entry mechanism may display an alternative application environment that shows alternative information about the user’s accounts, prevents the transfer of funds to another entity, and initiates security measures while the user is in the alternative application environment. As a result, the safety …