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The Forman Christian College Monthly
No full textEwing NumberBatra, P. N.-Leading Editorial. pp. 2-3; Griswold, H. D.-Dr. Ewing's Life and Work in India. pp. 3-5; Farewell Address to Dr. J. C. R. Ewing. pp. 5-9; Wadhawa Ram-Figures I Move Among. pp. 9-11; Harbans Lall Datt-Essay-Poetry. pp. 11-12; Vir Bhan Kathuria-To the Freshers. pp. 13-14; Wit and Humour. pp. 14-17; Prem Sukh-Poetry-Riddles. pp. 18; Bhatty, M. S.-A Memorable Parting. pp. 19; Bhatty, M. S.-An Election Tournament. pp. 19-20; Batra, P. N.-Athletics. pp. 20-21; Fazal, C.-Exchanges. pp. 21-22; Book Reviews. pp. 22-24Rev. J. C. R. Ewing, Principal Emeritus and formerly Vice-Chancellor of the Punjab University. before content
Modelling and Simulation of Acoustic Wave Propagation in Locally Resonant Sonic Materials
No full textLaboulbenia camponoti S. W. T. Batra 1963
No full text<i>Laboulbenia camponoti</i> S. W. T. Batra, 1963: Amer. Jour. Bot. 50(10): 991 (1963). <p> Material examined. Bulgaria: Northern Black Sea coast, cape Kaliakra (43°22'2"N, 28°27'57"E, 25 m), 22.06.2008, leg. A. Lapeva-Gjonova, host <i>Camponotus aethiops</i> (Latreille, 1798) (4 infested workers); East Rhodopes Mountain, Avren Village (41°19'39"N, 25°43'6"E, 570 m), 22.07.2009, leg. A. Lapeva-Gjonova, host <i>Camponotus pilicornis</i> (5 workers); Ograzhden Mountain, near Gjurgevo Village. (41°28'58" N, 23° 8'59"E, 580 m), 6.04.2010, leg. A. Lapeva-Gjonova, host <i>Camponotus aethiops</i> (7 infested workers); Struma valley, Mikrevo Village (41°38'31"N, 23°9'51"E, 292 m), 12.02.2011, leg. A. Lapeva-Gjonova, host <i>Camponotus aethiops</i> (6 workers); Strandzha Mountain, Malko Tarnovo district, Propada locality (41°58'54" N, 27°29'32"E, 385 m), 27.04.2011, leg. A. Lapeva-Gjonova, hosts: <i>Camponotus aethiops</i> (2 infested workers) and <i>Camponotus universitatis</i> Forel (3 infested workers); Sakar Mountain, Svilengrad district, Matochina Village (41°51'6.67"N, 26°32'48.21"E, 167 m), 30.04.2011, leg. A. Lapeva-Gjonova, host: <i>Camponotus aethiops</i> (1 infested worker).</p>Published as part of <i>Lapeva-Gjonova, Albena & Santamaria, Sergi, 2011, First records of Laboulbeniales (Ascomycota) on ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Bulgaria, pp. 1-6 in ZooNotes 22 (22)</i> on page 3, DOI: <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/8298137">10.5281/zenodo.8298137</a>
Is the humoral immunity dispensable for the pathogenesis of psoriasis? (vol 33, pg 115, 2019).
No full textAuthorship correction on Is the humoral immunity dispensable for the pathogenesis of psoriasis? Thomas J, Küpper M, Batra R, Jargosch M, Atenhan A, Baghin V, Krause L, Lauffer F, Biedermann T, Theis FJ, Eyerich K, Eyerich S, Garzorz-Stark N. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol. 2019 Jan; 33(1): 115–122. https://doi.org/10.1111/jdv.15101. Epub 2018 Jul 2. This corrigendum is to note that the name of Prof. Carsten Schmidt-Weber was inadvertently omitted as an author in the initial version of the paper. Schmidt-Weber CB has been added for his participation and contributions in this project
The work-related well-being of social service workers post COVID-19 pandemic: The psychosocial impact of remote vs in-person work
No full textIntroduction: The COVID-19 emergency and the subsequent restrictive measures forced an internal reorganization of social services, including a remote working model. These changes forced Social Service Workers (SSW) to change their work using new technologies, which might have affected their job satisfaction and general well-being. Therefore, the current research aims to compare the remote working situation during the pandemic with the return to in-person work to evaluate how these two models affected the SSW’s job satisfaction and well-being. Methods: SSW working in social service delivery organizations were recruited to participate in an online semi-structured survey comprising the Job Satisfaction Scale, Psychological General Well-Being Index-S, Work-Related Stress Indicator Tool, Organizational Identification Scale, and Positive and Negative Affect Schedule. The survey tool had several open-ended questions to examine participants' views about the existing interventions in their workplace and what could be improved and implemented on a permanent basis to enhance their well-being at work. Results: A total of 119 social workers accepted to complete the survey. 77 experienced both in-person and remote working. Comparing working in-person with remote working, the quality of life and satisfaction with one's health do not change. Whereas the perception of the risk of contracting COVID-19 increases when working in-person (M=3.88) than in remote working (M=1.96; p<.05), and the levels of anxiety increase in remote conditions (M=4.51) if compared to in-person working (M=4.06; p<.05). Job satisfaction about the relationship with the superior is better when working in-person than in remote working (M=4.87 vs 4.61; p<.05) and job satisfaction about the relations between the service and the workers is better when working in-person than in remote working (M=4.87 vs M=4.61; p<.05). Significant differences emerge also from the "in-person vs. remote working" comparison regarding all the dimensions of work-related stress. Discussion: Results lead to useful reflections regarding the management of relations with users and colleagues, the psycho-physical well-being of operators, and, more generally, the quality of the services provided about the mode of service delivery and whether they work in-person vs. remote working. Take-home message: These results indicate that remote working and some dimensions of organizational (affective state, social, and professional life) and personal well-being are linked both positively and negatively. Reported quality of life, in complexity, doesn’t change in remote working and the presence of social service workers during the COVID-19 pandemic
Effects of supplemental vitamins E and C on the immune responses of calves
No full textTwo experiments were conducted to evaluate the effects of oral supplementation of vitamin C and vitamin E (alpha-tocopherol), alone and in combination, on immune responses of calves. In Experiment 1, 18 Holstein newborn female calves were supplemented with 0, 1, and 2 g/d of vitamin C from birth to 6 wk of age. Concentrations of ascorbic acid in blood plasma were significantly higher for supplemented calves than for control calves. No significant differences among treatments occurred in the concentrations of IgG1, IgG2, and titer to keyhole limpet hemocyanin. In Experiment 2, effects of oral supplementation of vitamins E and C on immune responses were studied using 18 Holstein female calves. Concentrations of alpha-tocopherol in blood plasma were significantly higher for supplemented than for control calves. The concentrations increased from birth to wk 1, and then very little change occurred from wk 1 to 6. Differences among treatments in the concentrations of IgG1, IgG2, IgM, and titer to keyhole limpet hemocyanin were not significant; however, concentrations of IgM in calves supplemented with vitamins E and C generally tended to be higher than those of control calves. Antibodies to keyhole limpet hemocyanin were higher at 6 wk than at 4 wk of age.LR: 20031114; PUBM: Print; JID: 2985126R; 0 (Antibodies); 0 (Antigens); 0 (Immunoglobulin G); 0 (Immunoglobulin M); 0 (keyhole-limpet hemocyanin); 1406-18-4 (Vitamin E); 50-81-7 (Ascorbic Acid); 9013-72-3 (Hemocyanin); ppublishSource type: Electronic(1
Food safety news events classification via a hierarchical transformer model
No full textIn light of the significance of regulatory authorities and the rising demand for information disclosure, a vast amount of information on food safety news reports is readily accessible on the Internet. The extraction of such information for precise classification and provision of appropriate safety alerts based on their respective categories has emerged as a challenging problem for academic research. Given that most food safety-related events in news reports comprise lengthy text, the pre-trained language models currently employed for text analysis are generally limited in their capability to handle long documents. This paper proposes a long-text classification model utilising hierarchical Transformers. We categorise information in long documents into two distinct types: (1) multiple text chunks meeting the length constraint and (2) essential sentences within long documents, such as headings, paragraph start and end sentences, etc. Initially, our proposed model utilises the text chunks as input to the BERT model. Then, it concatenates the output of the BERT model with the important sentences from the document and use them as input to the Transformer model for feature transformation. Finally, we utilise a classifier for food safety news classification. We conducted several comparative experiments with various commonly used text classification models on a dataset constructed from publicly available information on food regulatory websites. Our proposed method outperforms existing methods, establishing itself as the leading approach in terms of performance. [Abstract copyright: © 2023 The Author(s).
Detection of acute thalamo-mesencephalic infarction: diffusion abnormality precedes T2 hyperintensity
No full textObjective - To examine the time course of signal changes in diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DW-MRI) and T2-weighted MRI in a case of cerebral infarction in the posterior circulation territory. Materials and methods - Diffusion- and T2-weighted MRI and comparison of signal changes in these sequences at 4 h, 1 day and 4 days after the onset of clinical symptoms caused by acute thalamomesencephalic infarction. Results - Four hours after the onset of symptoms, signal changes in DW-MRI revealed an infarction in the territory of the posterior perforating thalamic artery, whereas no signal changes were detected in T2-weighted MRI. In follow-up MRI 1 an 4 days after infarction, however, a marked hyperintensity matching the location of the diffusion deficit could be identified in T2 images. Conclusion - Signal changes in DW-MRI precede T2 hyperintensity after infarction in the posterior circulation territory after hemispheric infarction
A chimeric protein comprising the immunogenic domains of Mannheimia haemolytica leukotoxin and outer membrane protein PlpE induces antibodies against leukotoxin and PlpE
No full textMannheimia haemolytica is a very important pathogen of pneumonia in ruminants. Bighorn sheep (BHS, Ovis canadensis) are highly susceptible to M. haemolytica-caused pneumonia which has significantly contributed to the drastic decline of bighorn sheep population in North America. Pneumonia outbreaks in wild BHS can cause mortality as high as 90%. Leukotoxin is the critical virulence factor of M. haemolytica. In a 'proof of concept' study, an experimental vaccine containing leukotoxin and surface antigens of M. haemolytica developed by us induced 100% protection of BHS, but required multiple booster injections. Vaccination of wild BHS is difficult. But they can be vaccinated at the time of transplantation into a new habitat. Administration of booster doses, however, is impossible. Therefore, a vaccine that does not require booster doses is necessary to immunize BHS against M. haemolytica pneumonia. Herpesviruses are ideal vectors for development of such a vaccine because of their ability to undergo latency with subsequent reactivation. As the first step towards developing a herpesvirus-vectored vaccine, we constructed a chimeric protein comprising the leukotoxin-neutralizing epitopes and the immuno-dominant epitopes of the outer membrane protein PlpE. The chimeric protein was efficiently expressed in primary BHS lung cells. The immunogenicity of the chimeric protein was evaluated in mice before inoculating BHS. Mice immunized with the chimeric protein developed antibodies against M. haemolytica leukotoxin and PlpE. More importantly, the anti-leukotoxin antibodies effectively neutralized leukotoxin-induced cytotoxicity. Taken together, these results represent the successful completion of the first step towards developing a herpesvirus-vectored vaccine for controlling M. haemolytica pneumonia in BHS, and possibly other ruminants
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