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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).

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 …

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 …

Do The Culturable Microbial Groups Present In Cutaway Bogs Change According To Temporal Variation? Pilot Study Based On The Midlands In The Republic Of Ireland, Gouri Atapattu, Tara Battersby, Michelle Giltrap, Furong Tian Nanolab Research Centre, Focas Research Institute, Technological University Dublin

Articles

Cutaway peatlands in the midlands of the Republic of Ireland are rarely the focus of scientific studies. The soil quality and related microenvironment have been severely impacted by peat extraction. Returning them to a ‘near-natural state’ would require greater insights into this ecological niche. The current research took the initiative to study the microbiology of vast cutaway sites in the midlands of Ireland. Peat was collected over two seasons in January, February and April. Homogenised peat was aseptically cultured on a range of specific and non-specific culture media. Microbial enumeration, Gram staining and other microscopic observations of morphologically distinct microorganisms …

Smokejumper Obituary: Rosenkrance, Lester Kenneth “Les” (Mccall 1961), National Smokejumper Association

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Smokejumper Obituary: Newton, Roger (Cave Junction 1951), National Smokejumper Association

Smokejumper Obituaries

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Taking Action: Turning Evolutionary Theory Into Preventive Policies, Orsolya Molnár, Marina Knickel, Christine Marizzi

MANTER: Journal of Parasite Biodiversity

The emerging infectious disease (EID) crisis has been challenging global health security for decades, dealing substantial damage to all socioeconomic landscapes. Control measures have failed to prevent or even mitigate damages from an accelerating wave of EIDs, leading to the emergence and devastation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. In the wake of the pandemic, we must critically review our public health policies and approaches. Current health security measures are based on the evolutionary theorem of host-parasite coevolution, which falsely deems EIDs as rare and unpredictable. The DAMA protocol (Document, Assess, Monitor, Act) is nested in a novel evolutionary framework that …

Structure-Based Rational Design Of Small Α-Helical Peptides With Broad-Spectrum Activity Against Multidrug-Resistant Pathogens, Sandeep Lohan, Anastasia G. Konshina, Roman G. Efremov, Innokentiy Maslennikov, Keykavous Parang

Pharmacy Faculty Articles and Research

A series of small (7–12 mer) amphipathic cationic peptides were designed and synthesized to create short helical peptides with broad-range bactericidal activity and selectivity toward the bacterial cells. The analysis identified a lead 12-mer peptide 8b with broad-spectrum activity against Gram-positive (MIC = 3.1–6.2 μg/mL) and Gram-negative (MIC = 6.2–12.5 μg/mL) bacteria and selectivity toward prokaryotic versus eukaryotic cells (HC50 = 280 μg/mL, >75% cell viability at 150 μg/mL). The rapid membranolytic action of 8b was demonstrated by a calcein dye leakage assay and confirmed using scanning electron microscopy. According to circular dichroism and NMR spectroscopy, the peptides have an …

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 …

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, 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 …

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.

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, 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.

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 …

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 …

Floating Electricity Distribution, Bernd Lienau, Aker Solutions

Defensive Publications Series

This disclosure relates to a floatable electricity distribution platform comprising a semisubmersible hull having a plurality of columns supported by a pontoon structure and a deck supported by the columns.

Improved User Shopping Journey, Twinkle Gupta, Sree Meruva

Defensive Publications Series

Computer-implemented systems and methods provide for an improved user shopping experience via aggregated product data. In one embodiment, in response to a query, a system generates a user interface with multiple sections. A first section may include learning materials and information pertaining to the query to aid a user in making an informed purchase. A second section may include an overview of available products based on price and given features, as well as feature filters to narrow results. A third section may include a comparison tool that allows the user to directly compare products with the same brand, as well …

Automatic Expansion Of Data Sets For Machine Learning Models Using Crowdsourcing, Tomasz Mikolajewski

Defensive Publications Series

The present disclosure describes computer-implemented systems and methods for automatic expansion of data sets for machine learning models by automatically creating crowdsourcing tasks to send to users around the world to describe a data set in their language and returning the expanded data set for the machine learning model. A user may provide an initial data set and receive a diverse and complete expanded data set with annotations in multiple languages in less time and without any additional effort from the user than in traditional data gathering for machine learning models.

Seamless Short Video Consumption Via A Web Browser Or Application, Kerstin Kuehne, Aditya Gupta, Alihan Livdumlu, Andrea Zilio, Anirban Mitra, Ankit Gupta, Danielle Marshak, Debosree Roy, Faizaan Marolia, Jamie Keene, Mary Koliadenko, Rohan Mathai, Shilpa Jindal, Yogesh Kadam, Rishi Vikram, Clay Minicus, Amay Champaneria, Hilary Hengesbach, Debra Kumar

Defensive Publications Series

The present disclosure describes computer-implemented systems and methods for assisting a user to navigate and consume videos hosted on third-party platforms. In response to a user query, a plurality of video results responsive to the user query are displayed and upon selection of one of the plurality of video results, a web browser retrieves and renders a webpage including the video from the respective video hosting platform. The system can playback the video and generate similar video results from a plurality of video hosting platforms pertaining to a given user query.

Self-Organizing Publish/Subscribe On The Network Edge, Phil Genera

Defensive Publications Series

In a publish/subscribe protocol such as MQTT, Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices communicate as follows. A device with a message pertaining to a certain topic publishes the message to a cloud-based server. A device that subscribes to the topic receives messages pertaining to the topic from the cloud-based server. The traditional publish/subscribe protocol fails if the internet is unavailable. This disclosure describes techniques for publish/subscribe messaging without the need for a central coordinating server. A subscriber translates the topic of interest to a multicast IP address. To publish a message, the publisher simply sends a UDP packet with the message content to …

Dynamic Real-Time Verification Of Program Call Flows, Nic Watson, Chris Schneider

Defensive Publications Series

This disclosure describes a dynamic overlay that delineates control flows of an application to identify unexpected code execution pathways that may be indicative of a security breach. Identifying such unexpected (or unauthorized) execution pathways can enable their prevention. The overlay is generated by observing the control flow through the application to produce a histogram of probabilities from a first function call to subsequent function calls. Using the overlay enables the detection of attacks with higher fidelity and at a lower cost than existing approaches.

Enhancing Cryptographic Security By Partial Key Management, Omer Berkman, Marcel M. Moti Yung

Defensive Publications Series

Cryptographic security can degrade over time due to attackers using more powerful hardware or more sophisticated software. To maintain security, cryptographic machinery is replaced or strengthened as and when weaknesses are found. However, updating certain cryptographic components is infeasible or expensive, resulting in updates that either don’t occur or are delayed. This disclosure describes techniques to enhance cryptographic security by updating portions of a cryptographic system when updating cryptographic parameters is only partially possible. Authenticating data (auth-data) sent by the un-updateable component during normal operation is used to deliver new and upgraded security parameters to secure communication. Security degradation resulting …

Detecting Energy On Restricted Bands To Automatically Configure Device State, Craig Dooley

Defensive Publications Series

Smartphones and other mobile devices can be disruptive in certain contexts such as a play or concert. Users may fail to turn off their devices in such contexts or may not know the correct way to do so. Professional performances are often at venues where performance-related equipment transmits on restricted radio bands for reliable wireless communication necessary for the performance. With user permission, an existing radio in a user device is used to detect energy on restricted bands used for such communication. When energy is detected, it is indicative that the device is within range of a professional performance. With …

Intelligent Adaptive Luminance Convergence, Hp Inc

Defensive Publications Series

This disclosure is using IMU sensor to detect while user in the vehicle, such as train or bus, to change auto exposure program in camera. When user on the vehicle and faced luminance big changes, the new program which calculated through unique algorithm to adapt the best convergence behavior in various.