Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
The impacts of biofertilizer and mineral fertilization on the growth and production of yellow passion fruit irrigated with moderately saline water

Yellow passion fruit, because it is sensitive to the salinity of irrigation water or soil, requires restrictive water management strategies and inputs that mitigate the effects of salts on plants irrigated with harmful saline water levels. As such, an experiment was designed to evaluate the effects of bovine biofertilizer and mineral fertilization with NPK on the growth and production of yellow passion fruit plants irrigated with moderately saline water. Treatments were arranged in a randomized block with three replications and 12 plants per plot using a 4×2 factorial design with four doses of bovine biofertilizer diluted in water at 0, 33.3, 66.6 and 100% proportions in soil with and without NPK. The evaluated variables included the stem diameter, number of productive branches at the beginning of flowering (160 days after transplanting seedlings), number of fruits per hectare, average fruit weight and productivity. Biofertilizer applied at the maximum dose combined with mineral fertilization with NPK resulted in a greater growth in the stem diameter and an increased plant productivity. The 100% biofertilizer dose provided the best results. Even in treatments without mineral fertilizer, the biofertilizer increased productivity to values approaching 24 t ha -1 at the 60.65% level. El maracuya amarillo, debido a la sensibilidad a la salinidad del suelo o del agua de riego, requiere la administracion de estrategias de agua restrictivas para mitigar los efectos de las sales en las plantas regadas con agua salina, en niveles perjudiciales para el crecimiento y la produccion de cultivos sensibles y moderadamente sensibles. En este sentido, se diseno un experimento para evaluar los efectos de dosis de biofertilizante y mineral NPK fertilizacion sobre el crecimiento y rendimiento de fruta de maracuya amarillo. Los tratamientos se dispusieron en un diseno de bloques al azar con tres repeticiones y 12 plantas por parcela, utilizando un diseno factorial 4 × 2, referidos a cuatro dosis de biofertilizantes bovina diluida con agua en las proporciones de 0; 33,3; 66,6 y 100% en suelo sin y con el NPK. Se evaluaron las variables: diametro del tallo, numero ramas productivas en el inicio de la floracion (160 dias despues del transplante de las plantulas), numero de frutos por hectarea, peso promedio del fruto y productividad. La dosis maxima de bioferilizante combinado con la fertilizacion mineral NPK resulto en mayor diametro del tallo, y el aumento de la productividad de las plantas, pero los resultados fueron superiores en plantas con fertilizacion mineral. En tratamientos sin NPK los valores de productividad aumentaron cerca de 24 t ha -1 , con la dosis 60,65% del biofertilizante.
Reading between the Lines: Gender Perception of Lean Media

Over the years, communication methods have evolved from face-to-face conversations to computer-mediated communication including: e-mail, instant message, and text message interactions. Since the methods have changed, a large aspect of communication, nonverbal cues, have become nearly impossible. These methods of communication that lack nonverbal cues are therefore referred to as lean media because they lack the richness of facial expression, vocal expression, and immediacy. In order to modify more recent forms of communication to include nonverbal cues, individuals have created their own nonverbal cues. While each individual is unique, though, genders normally tend to think or behave in similar fashion. This quantitative study researches the aspects of communication that deal with lean media and the gender perceptions that follow. This research focuses on three hypotheses: (1) Females tend to use more nonverbal cues than males when interacting in computer-mediated communication. (2) Females tend to perceive confusion at a higher rate than males when using lean media during computermediated communication. (3) Females tend to perceive conflict at a higher rate than males when using lean media during computer-mediated communication. By posting an online survey, data was colleted from 19 dichotomous and multiple-choice questions. A total of 300 individuals participated. The results revealed that females have a stronger tendency to use nonverbal cues when interacting on computer-mediated communication. They also showed how women generally receive confusion and conflict at a higher rate than men.
Human Related-Health Actions Detection using Android Camera based on TensorFlow Object Detection API

A new method to detect human health-related actions (HHRA) from a video sequence using an Android camera. The Android platform works not only to capture video images through its camera, but also to detect emergency actions. An application for HHRA is to help monitor unattended children, individuals with special needs or the elderly. The application has been investigating based on TensorFlow Object Detection Application Program Interface (API) technique with Android studio. This paper fundamentally focuses on the comparison, in terms of improving speed and detection accuracy. In this work, two promising new approaches for HHRA detection has been proposed: SSD Mobilenet and Faster RCNN Resnet models. The proposed approaches are evaluated on the NTU RGB+D dataset, which it knows as the present greatest publicly accessible 3D action recognition dataset. The dataset has been split into training and testing dataset. The total confidence scores detection quality (total mAP) for all the actions classes are 95.8% based on the SSD-Mobilenet model and 93.8% based on Faster-R-CNN-Resnet model. The detection process is achieved using two methods to evaluate the detection performance using Android camera (Galaxy S6) and using TensorFlow Object Detection Notebook in terms of accuracy and detection speed. Experimental results have demonstrated valuable improvements in terms of detection accuracy and efficiency for human health-related actions identification. The experiments have executed on Ubuntu 16.04LTS GTX1070 @ 2.80GHZ x8 system.
İlahiyat Fakültesi Öğrencilerinin Değer Yönelimlerindeki Farklılaşmalar

Bu makalede, uluslararasi gecerligi olan ve ulkemize de uyarlanan Schwartz'in Degerler Olcegi kullanilarak Ilahiyat Fakultesi ogrencilerinin deger yonelimleri belirlenmeye calisilmistir. 56 maddelik olcek ile -1-7 deger araliginda Inonu Universitesi Ilahiyat Fakultesi'nden tabaka-seckisiz ornekleme yontemi ile secilen 223 ogrenciye uygulanmistir. Ogrencilerin birey duzeyi degerleri kategorisinde ust duzey degerler olarak "iyilikseverlik, evrenselcilik, guvenlik, ozyonelim" deger gruplari gelmektedir. Alt duzey degerlerin siralanmasi ise en alt duzeyden itibaren "hazcilik, uyarilim, uyma" seklindedir. Bu cercevede ana deger gruplarinin siralamasi ise "ozaskinlik, muhafazaci yaklasim, yenilige aciklik, ozgenisletim" olarak gorulmustur. "Cinsiyet" ve "ogrenim gorulen sinif" ogrencilerin deger egilimlerinde anlamli farklilik olusturmaktadir.
For Review O nly 1 WFR-CHIMERE MODELLING AS A TOOL OF OZONE RISK ASSESSMENT TO EUROPEAN 1 FORESTS 2 3 Running head : Potential impact of ozone on European forests

Tropospheric ozone (O3) produces harmful effects to forests and crops, leading to a reduction of carbon assimilation that, consequently, influences land sink and crop yield production. To assess the potential negative O3 impacts to vegetation, the European Union uses the Accumulated Ozone over Threshold of 40 ppb (AOT40). This index has been chosen for its simplicity and flexibility in handling different ecosystems as well as for its linear relationships with yield or biomass loss. However, AOT40 does not give any information on the physiological O3 uptake into the leaves since it does not include any environmental constraints to O3 uptake through stomata. Therefore, an index based on stomatal O3 uptake, which describes the amount of O3 entering into the leaves, would be more appropriate. We compare different potential O3 risk assessments based on two methodologies (i.e. AOT40 and stomatal O3 uptake) using a framework of mesoscale models that produces hourly meteorological and O3 data at high spatial resolution (12 km) over Europe for the time period 2000-2005. Results indicate a remarkable spatial and temporal inconsistency between the two indices, suggesting that a new definition of European legislative Global Change Biology
Guidelines for phytosociological classifications and descriptions of vegetation in southern Africa

Changes in the environment are first observed in changes in the vegetation. Vegetation survey, classification and mapping form the basis on which informed and scientifically defendable decisions on the environment can be taken. The classification and mapping of vegetation is one of the most widely used tools for interpreting complex ecosystems. By identifying different plant communities we are essentially identifying different ecosystems at a particular hierarchical level. Phytosociologists in Europe have been involved in such studies following, in particular, the Braun-Blanquet approach since the early 1900s. In South Africa, such studies were undertaken on a limited basis from the early 1970s and have since then steadily increased. The surveying of the enormous diversity of South African vegetation is one of the objectives of phytosociological studies. The demand for such data has steadily increased over the past few years to guide conservation policies, biodiversity studies and ecosystem management. In South Africa, numerous publications on the vegetation of conservation and other areas in the different biomes have been produced over the last few decades. However, vegetation scientists in South Africa experience unique problems. The purpose of this article is therefore to provide an overview of the history and the specific focus of phytosociological studies in South Africa and to recommend minimum requirements and methods to be followed when conducting such studies. It is believed that the incorporation of these requirements will result in scientifically justifiable research of high quality by phytosociologists in South Africa. Conservation implications: Effective conservation cannot be obtained without a thorough knowledge of the ecosystems present in an area. Consistent vegetation classifications and descriptions form the basis of conservation and monitoring exercises to maintain biodiversity. The incorporation of these guidelines and requirements will facilitate quality phytosociological research in South Africa.
A Comparison of Linking and Concurrent Calibration Under Item Response Theory

Applications of item response theory (IRT) to practical testing problems, including equating, differential item functioning, and computerized adaptive testing, require a common metric for item parameter estimates. This study compared three methods for developing a common metric under IRT: (1) linking separate calibration runs using equating coefficients from the characteristic curve method, (2) concurrent calibration based on marginal maximum a posteriori estimation, and (3) concurrent calibration based on marginal maximum likelihood estimation. For smaller numbers of common items, linking using the characteristic curve method yielded smaller root mean square differences for both item discrimination and difficulty parameters. For larger numbers of common items, the three methods yielded similar results.
ExFaKT: A Framework for Explaining Facts over Knowledge Graphs and Text

Fact-checking is a crucial task for accurately populating, updating and curating knowledge graphs. Manually validating candidate facts is time-consuming. Prior work on automating this task focuses on estimating truthfulness using numerical scores which are not human-interpretable. Others extract explicit mentions of the candidate fact in the text as an evidence for the candidate fact, which can be hard to directly spot. In our work, we introduce ExFaKT, a framework focused on generating human-comprehensible explanations for candidate facts. ExFaKT uses background knowledge encoded in the form of Horn clauses to rewrite the fact in question into a set of other easier-to-spot facts. The final output of our framework is a set of semantic traces for the candidate fact from both text and knowledge graphs. The experiments demonstrate that our rewritings significantly increase the recall of fact-spotting while preserving high precision. Moreover, we show that the explanations effectively help humans to perform fact-checking and can also be exploited for automating this task.
Effects of exogenous proline and trehalose on physiological responses in rice seedlings during salt-stress and after recovery.

Two osmoprotectants (proline – Pro; trehalose – Tre) were exogenously supplied to seedlings of rice cvs. Pokkali (PK – salt-tolerant) and Khao Dawk Mali 105 (KDML105 – salt-sensitive) to investigate their effects on plants exposed to 200 mmol/L NaCl for 6 days and 5 days after recovery from stress. The reduction of growth, increase in Na + to K + ratio, high level of hydrogen peroxide (H 2 O 2 ) content, enhanced activity of antioxidant enzymes (superoxide dismutase – SOD, peroxidase – POX, catalase – CAT and ascorbate peroxidase – APX) were observed in both rice cultivars under NaCl treatments. Exogenous Pro and Tre supplement to NaCl-stressed plants did not mitigate the reduction of growth during salt-stress. Nevertheless, during recovery plants previously supplied with Tre showed markedly higher percentage of growth recovery than those treated with NaCl alone or supplied with Pro. The beneficial effect of Tre on growth recovery was clearly demonstrated in KDML105 in which growth enhance ment was related to reduction in Na + to K + ratio. Exogenous Pro was able to reduce H 2 O 2 in both cultivars during salt stress whereas Tre could reduce it only in KDML105. Exogenous Tre did not enhance any antioxidant enzymes during stress but enhanced APX activity in KDML105 during recovery. Exogenous Pro enhanced the activity of APX in PK, and POX, CAT and APX in KDML105 during both stress and recovery period.
Sensitivity to diminazene aceturate and isometamidium chloride of trypanosomes isolated from dogs in Nsukka area , Nigeria

Infected blood samples were collected from clinical cases presented to the University of Nigeria Veterinary Teaching Hospital (UNVTH) between August 1992 and March 1994. Blood examination for trypanosomes was done by wet blood film, hematocrit buffy coat examination (8) and Giemsa-stained thin film. Trypanosome species were identified by their morphological characteristics on Giemsa-stained thin blood film preparations (12). The infection and treatment method was essentially used as described by Williamson and Stephen (14) to characterize the drug sensitivities of the isolated trypanosomes. Each infected blood sample was tested using 14 mice infected intraperitoneally (i.p.) with 10 μl of saline diluted with freshly-collected infected dog blood containing 105 trypanosomes. The mice were kept in clean cages in a fly-proof house, and feed and water were supplied ad libitum. On day five postinfection, when parasitemia was established based on wet film and hematocrit buffy coat examination (8), they were divided into three treatment groups. In group 1 two mice served as control; in group 2 six mice were treated with diminazene aceturate (Berenil), three at a dose of 7 mg/kg i.p. and three at 14 mg/kg i.p.; and in group 3 six mice were similarly divided, but treated with isometamidium chloride (Samorin) at doses of 0.25 and 0.5 mg/kg. Thereafter, the tail blood of the mouse was examined weekly for parasitemia until day 60 posttreatment (14) by the wet film and buffy coat technique. If parasitemia disappeared completely (i.e., no relapse), then the parasite was regarded as susceptible, while it was considered resistant if after treatment there was a relapse. The potency of the batches of diminazene aceturate and isometamidium chloride used was tested on a known drug sensitive organism. ■ PA TH O LO G IE P A R A SI TA IR E c om m un ic at io n
Constraining the quasar population with the broad-line width distribution

In this work, we test the assertion that the scatter in the mass of black holes which drive quasars should be luminosity dependent with less scatter in more luminous objects. To this end, we measure the width of the Mg iiλ2799 line in quasar spectra from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS), 2df QSO Redshift survey (2QZ) and 2dF SDSS LRG And QSO (2SLAQ) surveys and, by invoking an unnormalized virial mass estimator, relate the scatter in linewidth to the scatter of mass in the underlying black hole population. We find conclusive evidence for a trend such that there is less scatter in linewidth, and hence black hole mass, in more luminous objects. However, the most luminous objects in our sample show such a low degree of scatter in linewidth that, when combined with measures for the intrinsic scatter in the radius–luminosity relation for the broad-line region (BLR) in active galaxies, an inconsistency arises in the virial technique for estimating black hole masses. This analysis implies that, at least for the most luminous quasars, either there is little-to-no intrinsic scatter in the radius–luminosity relation or the Mg ii broad emission-line region is not totally dominated by virial velocities. Finally, we exploit the measured scatter in linewidths to constrain models for the velocity field of the BLR. We show that the lack of scatter in broad-line widths for luminous quasars is inconsistent with a pure planar/disc-like geometry for the BLR. In the case of a BLR with purely polar flows, the opening angle to luminous quasars must be less than ∼55°. We then explore the effects of adding a random or spherically symmetric component to the velocities of gas clouds in the BLR. Assuming an opening angle to quasars of 45°, a planar field can be made consistent with our results if ∼ 40–50 per cent of the velocities are randomly distributed.
Environment-derived constraints on the progenitors of low-luminosity Type I supernovae

We present a study of the properties of the host galaxies of unusual transient objects of two types, both being sub-luminous compared with the major classes of supernovae. Those of one type exhibit unusually strong calcium features, and have been termed 'Ca-rich'. Those of the second type, with SN2002cx as the prototype and SN2008ha as the most extreme example to date, have some properties in common with the first, but show typically lower ejecta velocities, and different early spectra. We confirm important differences in the environments of the two types, with the Ca-rich transients preferentially occurring in galaxies dominated by old stellar populations. Quantitatively, the association of the the Ca-rich transients with regions of ongoing star formation is well matched to that of type Ia supernovae. The SN2002cx-like transients are very different, with none of the present sample occurring in an early-type host, and a statistical association with star-formation regions similar to that of type II-P supernovae, and therefore a delay time of 30-50 Myrs.
Rabbit as an animal model for intravitreal pharmacokinetics

Intravitreal administration is the method of choice in drug delivery to the retina and/or choroid. Rabbit is the most commonly used animal species in intravitreal pharmacokinetics, but it has been criticized as being a poor model of human eye. The critique is based on some anatomical differences, properties of the vitreous humor, and observed differences in drug concentrations in the anterior chamber after intravitreal injections. We have systematically analyzed all published information on intravitreal pharmacokinetics in the rabbit and human eye. The analysis revealed major problems in the design of the pharmacokinetic studies. In this review we provide advice for study design. Overall, the pharmacokinetic parameters (clearance, volume of distribution, half-life) in the human and rabbit eye have good correlation and comparable absolute values. Therefore, reliable rabbit-to-man translation of intravitreal pharmacokinetics should be feasible. The relevant anatomical and physiological parameters in rabbit and man show only small differences. Furthermore, the claimed discrepancy between drug concentrations in the human and rabbit aqueous humor is not supported by the data analysis. Based on the available and properly conducted pharmacokinetic studies, the differences in the vitreous structure in rabbits and human patients do not lead to significant pharmacokinetic differences. This review is the first step towards inter-species translation of intravitreal pharmacokinetics. More information is still needed to dissect the roles of drug delivery systems, disease states, age and ocular manipulation on the intravitreal pharmacokinetics in rabbit and man. Anyway, the published data and the derived pharmacokinetic parameters indicate that the rabbit is a useful animal model in intravitreal pharmacokinetics. © 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
ShRNA lentivirus mediated knockdown of RECQL 5 enhances the tumor malignancy of Hep-2 laryngeal squamous carcinoma cells

RECQL5 is closely associated with the maintenance of DNA stability and the replication and repair of DNA. Our previous study has indicated that RECQL5 genetic polymorphism and haplotypes were associated with larynx cancer risk in China. This study is to explore the potential role of RECQL5 in the progression of laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma using RECQL5 shRNA lentivirus. In this study, RECQL5 in Hep-2 cells were knocked down using RECQL5 shRNA lentivirus. Before and after the downregulation of RECQL5, the proliferation, metastasis and apoptosis of the cells were measured using CCK-8 assay, transwell invasion assay and flow cytometry, respectively. Meanwhile, some classical indicators in the malignancy-related pathways of laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma were detected using western blotting and qRT-PCR as well, including p53, Erk, and Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathways. The expression of RECQL5 was decreased in Hep-2 cells by transfecting with RECQL5 shRNA lentivirus. Knockdown of RECQL5 enhanced Hep-2 cells growth and metastasis and depressed the Hep-2 cells apoptosis. Knockdown of RECQL5 reduced the p53 expression, but improved the phosphorylation of Erk1/2 and the expressions of Wnt1 and β-catenin in Hep-2 cells. In conclusion, RECQL5 inhibits the tumor development related signaling transduction in tumor cells. Knockdown of RECQL5 in laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma using RECQL5 shRNA lentivirus will relieve the suppression and enhance its tumor malignancy.