Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Carbonic Anhydrase II Based Biosensing of Carbon Dioxide at High Temperature: An Analytical and MD Simulation Study

Concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere has increased significantly due to anthropogenic activities and attributed as a major factor to global warming. Its detection by biosensing methods will provide an alternative for the assessment of CO2 concentration. Biomineralization of CO2 is one of the available methods for the biological conversion of CO2 to carbonate using a highly active enzyme, carbonic anhydrase II (CAII). CAII was used for the carbonation reaction to convert CO2 to CaCO3. The precipitation of calcium carbonate (CaCO3) was promoted in the presence of the CAII at 325 K. CAII showed an enhanced formation of solid CaCO3 through the acceleration of CO2 hydration rate at 325 K. Furthermore, the electrocatalytic properties of glassy carbon electrode enable us to determine the reduction peak potential values of CO2 through cyclic voltammetry at –1.75 and 0.3 V at 325 K. Molecular dynamic (MD) simulations were performed each at 50 ns time scale provided a deeper insight into the molecular basis of the CAII interaction with CO2 at different temperatures, highlighted that the CAII can detect CO2 up to 325 K. We assume that CAII could be an effective and economical biosensor for biomineralization of CO2 at high temperature 325 K.
Canonical Surfaces and Hypersurfaces in in Abelian Varieties

The present work deals with the canonical map of smooth, compact complex surfaces of general type in a polarization of type (1, 2, 2) on an abelian threefold. A natural and classical question to ask is whether the canonical system of such surfaces is in general very ample. In this work, we provide a positive answer to this question. We describe the behavior of the canonical map of a smooth surface S in a polarization of type (1, 2, 2) on an abelian threefold A in some special situations, and we prove by deformation arguments that the canonical map is a holomorphic embedding when A and S are sufficiently general. It follows in particular a proof of the existence of canonical irregular spaces in P with numerical invariants pg = 6, q = 3 and K 2 = 24.
The effects of defaunation on digestibility and rumen fungi counts in sheep fed high fibre diets.

In both experiments, defaunation resulted in a general increasing trend in the in sacco DM disappearance of the basal diet and also of cotton wool cellulose (P<O.OS). DM and OM digestibility of the straw were increased by defaunation but were found to be significant only in the animals on ammoniated wheat straw (P<O.O51. Mean differences for fungal sporangia counts on leaf blades of straw incubated in dacron bags gave significant differences in favour of defaunation. Culture counts of fungal zoospores from rumen fluid gave similar results.
The effects of biliteracy instruction on morphological awareness

This classroom intervention study investigated the effects of biliteracy instruction on Grade 2 students’ morphological awareness in French and English. Three pairs of partner teachers (French/English) participating in a professional development project co-designed and implemented biliteracy tasks across their French and English classes, which together comprised a total of 80 students identified as dominant in either French or English or as French-English bilinguals. The biliteracy instruction integrated a linguistic focus on derivational morphology with a thematic focus on illustrated storybooks. Before and after the intervention, separate measures of morphological awareness in French and English were administered to a subsample of their students (n = 45) as well as to a comparison group of students (n = 20) not receiving the instruction. The experimental group significantly outperformed the comparison group in French, but not in English, yet when students’ language dominance was accounted for in the English measure, English-dominant students in the experimental group significantly outperformed their counterparts in the comparison group.
The Grammatical Correlates of Social Class Factors: The Case of Iranian Fifth-Graders

Ever since Bernstein theorized the relationship between social class and language pattern, this issue has resulted in a growing body of research. However, few studies have been conducted in the context of Iranian society. In response to this shortcoming, a survey was designed to investigate the relationship between the linguistic and the social class patterns in the compositions of 350 male fifth-grade elementary school students. Accordingly, a Language Pattern Elicitation Prompt and a Social Class Questionnaire were designed to collect relevant data. Using the most common social class indices, through a set of pilot studies and factorial analysis, six social class factors of Life Style, Property, Parental Education, Paternal Occupation/Income, Accommodation, and Vehicle/Transportation were addressed. The administration of the Language Pattern Elicitation Prompt and the Social Class Questionnaire to students and their parents yielded a rich corpus of language and social class data. The language data was analyzed for frequencies of the grammatical categories, Total Number of Words, T-units, Adjectives, Adverbs, Personal Pronouns, Impersonal pronouns, First Person Singular Pronouns, Prepositions, Conjunctions, and Mean T-unit Length. The social class data were analyzed for total social class scores and scores for each social class factor. The results of the correlation analyses suggested a significant relationship between the total social class scores and a number of the grammatical categories. The relationships between the language data and the social class factors represented similar trend as well. The findings of the present study support Bernstein's theory to a great extent.
Chemical Investigation and Protective Effects of Bioactive Phytochemicals from Artemisia ciniformis

The present study evaluates the phytochemical constituents, antimicrobial, antioxidant capacity, total phenolic content, ferrousion chelating, tyrosinase inhibition, superoxide anion and nitric oxide radical scavenging activity of the leaf essential oil of Artemisia ciniformis Krasch. & Popov ex Poljakov. , from Iran. Oxygenated monoterpenes (92.4%), especially camphor (32.2%), 1,8-cineole (22.4%) and trans-pinocarveol (16.8%) were the major components identified in this essential oil. Bactericidal kinetic of the essential oil of A. ciniformis indicated that Acinetobacter baumannii is the most vulnerable (MIC = 0.02 and MBC = 0.04 mg/ml, D value = 3.57 min). The total phenol content of the essential oil of A. ciniformis was estimated to be 206.20 ± 4.58 μg GAE/mg of the essential oil. The ferric-reducing power of A. ciniformis essential oil was determined 0.315 ± 0.08 gallic acid equivalent (mg/g). The essential oil of A. ciniformis exhibited a dose-dependent scavenging of DPPH, nitric oxide and superoxide anion radicals with IC50 values of 10.75 mg/mL, 10.63 µg and 16.81 µg, respectively. In the β-carotene-linoleic acid test system, oxidation of linoleic acid was effectively inhibited by A. ciniformis essential oil (86.39 ± 2.53%, 0.625 mg/mL essential oil). There was no correlation between ferrous ion chelating activity (IC50 = 220.90 µg) and total phenolics implying that the essential oil contains no chelating ligands. Anti-tyrosinase activity of A. ciniformis essential oil at 50% concentration (IC50) was 6.53 mg. The leaf essential oil of A. ciniformis may be exploited as a natural source of bioactive phytochemicals bearing antimicrobial and antioxidant potentials.
Second order sliding mode observers for fault reconstruction in power networks

This paper proposes a 2-sliding mode observer to detect and reconstruct a certain class of load altering faults in a power network. The observer design is based on the recently proposed multivariable super-twisting structure. The IEEE benchmark power networks used to test the scheme are modelled as a semi-explicit class of differential algebraic equations (DAEs). For the purpose of developing the detection scheme, only the phase angles of the generators are measured, which represent a subset of the differential states of the DAEs. The objective is to estimate the differential states (the phase angles and frequencies of the generators), the algebraic states (the phase angles of the load bus tensions) and to reconstruct a class of load altering faults affecting the network. The proposed observer is assessed in simulation on two IEEE benchmarks: the 9-bus and 14-bus networks, so as to verify its capability to correctly estimate the differential and algebraic states of the network in spite of its complexity and uncertainty. Moreover, the capability of the proposed scheme to detect the presence of a load altering fault, to exactly identify its position in the network, and to precisely reconstruct the shape of the fault itself is shown and discussed.
Assessing and developing academic literacy

This paper argues that there is much to learn from an external, peer or expert evaluation by a department that concerns itself with the assessment and development of academic literacy. Such an evaluation provides an opportunity to step back and reflect on the foundations of one’s work, and redefine its operational focuses. Taking the response to one such evaluation as an example, the paper shows how the external input led to the alignment of the two main aims of our work: (1) testing academic literacy levels, and (2) course design and teaching. The paper concludes by highlighting the numerous opportunities that are now opening up for inter-institutional co-operation on a national scale. Sharing the results and insights gained from an evaluation is not normally done outside of the institution that was evaluated. We hope that by making our information about this more freely available, it will further stimulate such co-operation.
Conservation Ethos in Local Traditions: The West Bengal Heritage

In spite of the unrelenting advent of modernization involving industrialization and market-oriented land use policies, traditional ecological ethos still survive in many indigenous societies, albeit in much attenuated forms. Based on a series of our past investigations into the traditional resource use norms and associated cultural institutions prevailing in rural Bengal societies, we demonstrate here that a large number of elements of local biodiversity, regardless of their use value, are protected by the local cultural practices. Certain cultural elements (e.g., auguries) may not have any conservation consequences, yet may reflect, in symbolic terms, a collective appreciation of the intrinsic or existence value of life forms, and the basic love and respect for nature. The study suggests that traditional conservation ethics are still capable of protecting much of the country's decimating biodiversity, as long as the local communities have even a minor share in the management of natural resources.
An Empirical Investigation of the Relationship between Intellectual Capital and Firms’ Market Value and Financial Performance

The objective of this paper is to investigate the relationship between the value creation efficiency and firms’ market valuation as well as financial performance, using data drawn from Taiwanese listed companies. Our results support the proposition that intellectual capital has a positive impact on corporate market value and financial performance, and may be a leading indicator for future financial performance. In addition, we also found investors may place different value on the three components of value creation efficiency (physical capital, human capital and structural capital). Finally, our results suggest that R&D expenditure may capture information on structural capital and has a positive effect on firm value and profitability.
Induced Spawning, Artificial Fertilization, and Egg Incubation Techniques for Green Sturgeon

Abstract Establishment of hatchery breeding techniques for the threatened green sturgeon Acipenser medirostris is important for research and conservation hatcheries. Injections of either gonadotropin-releasing hormone analog (GnRHa) or GnRHa plus domperidone were used to induce ovulation in 13 female Klamath River green sturgeon and to induce spermiation in 19 males. Ovulated eggs were either rinsed in water or not rinsed before fertilization, and the eggs were fertilized with different milt dilutions and for different lengths of time. After fertilization, eggs either were allowed to adhere to the bottom of glass dishes or were silted for 1 h and then incubated in McDonald or upwelling jars. All broodfish ovulated or spermiated in all hormonal treatments, and the best treatment was GnRHa injected alone in a single dose of 10 μg/kg for males or in a 1-μg/kg priming dose and a 19-μg/kg resolving dose for females. Females were held at 12–13°C, and ovulation was observed 14 ± 3 h (mean ± SD) after the second .
MEDIA-BASED LEARNING: A THEORETICAL METASTUDY

Media-based learning does not necessarily make sense nor is it necessarily effective, for that matter, simply because it uses a medium. Rather, there are several variables that can and do influence its success: the very medium, the content, and the learner’s cognitive styles. For example, it is necessary to accept the difference between native language learning, second language acquisition, plurilingualism, language learning programs for children or adult learners, for visual or auditive or kinesthetic types . Of course, all these variables and more have to be taken into consideration, alone and interacting, in order to decide whether and where media-based learning is to be used, and where it might be counterproductive.
Evaluation of new molecules against sucking pests of Bt cotton

The present experiment was conducted to evaluate the efficacy of new molecules as well as biopesticides as foliar application against major sucking pests and toxicity against predators of these pests of Bt cotton at Cotton Research Unit Farm, Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeth, Akola during 2015-2016 with eight treatment and three replications. Overall, three sprays were carried out and thus, the data obtained revealed that, newer molecule flonicamid 50% WG @ 100 g a.i./ha was found promising to managed the major sucking pests of Bt cotton followed by flonicamid 50% WG @ 75 g a.i./ha, buprofezin 25% SC @ 250 g a.i./ha and diafenthiuron 50% WP 300 g a.i./ha. However, during the present studies no deleterious effect of insecticidal treatments was observed on population of natural enemies. Highest seed cotton yield (1681.02 Kg/ha.) was obtained from flonicamid 50% WG @ 75 g a.i./ha followed by flonicamid 50% WG @ 100 g a.i./ha (1627.31 Kg/ha.). Next effective treatments were diafenthiuron 50% WP @ 300 g a.i./ha, buprofezin 25% SC @ 250 g a.i./ha, NSKE 5 % and V. lecanii @ 5 gm/lit.
Pattern of Metabolic Syndrome in Relation to Gender among Type-II DM Patients in Hawassa University Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Hawassa, Southern Ethiopia

Background: The co-existence of diabetes and metabolic syndrome (MetS) in individuals potentiate the cardiovascular risk associated with each of these mentioned circumstances. Hence investigating the presence of MetS and its individual components in diabetes mellitus (DM) patients is fundamental in order to minimize the risks of developing cardiovascular related morbidities. Objectives: This study aimed to assess pattern of metabolic syndrome in relation to gender among type-II DM patients in Hawassa University Comprehensive specialized Hospital. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted on 270 participants from March to November 2014. Structured questionnaires were used for appropriate data collection; blood glucose and lipid profiles were determined after overnight fasting. In addition, MetS was interpreted according to modified National cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel-III guideline and finally in all cases, at 95% confidence interval (CI), a P value <0.05 was accepted as statistically significant. Results: The prevalence of MetS was 45.9% and the proportion of MetS was significantly higher in women when compared to men (60.6% vs. 36.7%; p<0.0001), respectively. Elevated TGs was 68.1% and it was found to be the most frequently encountered MetS component followed by Low HDL-c (47%) other than hyperglycemia. Abdominal obesity and low HDL-c were significantly higher in women when compared to men (p<0.0001 for both). In addition, being women [AOR (95%CI): 4.1(1.5-10.9)], overweight [AOR (95%CI): 12(2.3-61.4)], and obesity [AOR (95%CI): 19.8 (3.1-124.7)], were significantly positively associated with MetS. Furthermore duration since the diagnosis of diabetes was also significantly associated with MetS. Conclusions: Applying comprehensive management approach in each abnormal component of MetS is a fundamental in order to minimize cardiovascular risks. In addition, cohort studies should be conducted to address others hidden factors that potentiate MetS.
Turning the Page on Business Formats for Digital Platforms: Does Apple's Agency Model Soften Competition?

The agency model used by Apple and other platform providers such as Google allows upstream firms (content providers like book publishers and developers of apps) to choose the retail prices of their products (RPM) subject to a fixed revenue-sharing rule. We show that (i) this leads to higher prices if the competitive pressure is higher downstream than upstream; (ii) upstream firms earn positive surplus even when platform providers have all the bargaining power; and (iii) with asymmetric business formats (where only some platform providers use the agency model), a retail most-favored-nation clause leads to retail prices that resemble the outcome under industry-wide RPM.
Stock Market Prediction on High-Frequency Data Using Generative Adversarial Nets

Stock price prediction is an important issue in the financial world, as it contributes to the development of effective strategies for stock exchange transactions. In this paper, we propose a generic framework employing Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) and convolutional neural network (CNN) for adversarial training to forecast high-frequency stock market. This model takes the publicly available index provided by trading software as input to avoid complex financial theory research and difficult technical analysis, which provides the convenience for the ordinary trader of nonfinancial specialty. Our study simulates the trading mode of the actual trader and uses the method of rolling partition training set and testing set to analyze the effect of the model update cycle on the prediction performance. Extensive experiments show that our proposed approach can effectively improve stock price direction prediction accuracy and reduce forecast error.
Neural correlates of gait disorders in neurological conditions

Among the oldest old, around 20 % still walk normally, suggesting that gait disorders are not an unavoidable consequence of aging. Intense researches involving clinicians and neuroscientists are focusing on the neural mechanisms of gait control, in order to understand the pathophysiology of gait disorders affecting neurological conditions. This thesis aims to present an overview of the behavioral and the neuroimaging studies that investigate the “neural correlates of gait disorders in neurological conditions”. The combined approach of behavioral measures (i.e. dual-tasking) with various neuroimaging techniques, such as functional MRI or metabolic studies, suggests a major role of the prefrontal cortex in gait control, with the involvement of an extended cerebral network involving the basal ganglia, the hippocampus and the parietal cortex. These new findings offer new perspectives in term of pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatments of gait disorders in neurological conditions, such as Parkinson’s disease or Alzheimer’s disease.
Models of giant planet formation with migration and disc evolution

We present a new model of giant planet formation that extends the core-accretion model of Pollack et al. (1996, Icarus, 124, 62) to include migration, disc evolution and gap formation. We show that taking these effects into account can lead to much more rapid formation of giant planets, making it compatible with the typical disc lifetimes inferred from observations of young circumstellar discs. This speed up is due to the fact that migration prevents the severe depletion of the feeding zone as observed in in situ calculations. Hence, the growing planet is never isolated and it can reach cross-over mass on a much shorter timescale. To illustrate the range of planets that can form in our model, we describe a set of simulations in which we have varied some of the initial parameters and compare the final masses and semi-major axes with those inferred from observed extra-solar planets.
A Comparative Analysis of the Factors Effecting the Employee Motivation and Employee Performance in Pakistan

Employee motivation is considered as a force that drives the employees toward attaining specified goal and objectives of the organization. Now days it is one of the sizzling issue in organizations since every wants to make best use of their financial and human resources. Our Purpose of this study is basically to identify that what kind of factors influence employ motivation in Pakistan and up to which extent motivation affects the employee performance. Two preceding factors influence the employ motivation. By using self-administered questionnaires we collected data from our 150 respondents. For regression analysis we entered all that that data into SPSS and do analysis also. Results of our study show significant relationship of employ motion and employ performance. Our study is a vital source for the national and international HR personnel’s to collect information how different factors effect employee motivation and performance.
Gaia-ESO Survey: Global properties of clusters Trumpler 14 and 16 in the Carina nebula

We present the first extensive spectroscopic study of the global population in star clusters Trumpler~16, Trumpler~14 and Collinder~232 in the Carina Nebula, using data from the Gaia-ESO Survey, down to solar-mass stars. In addition to the standard homogeneous Survey data reduction, a special processing was applied here because of the bright nebulosity surrounding Carina stars. We find about four hundred good candidate members ranging from OB types down to slightly sub-solar masses. About one-hundred heavily-reddened early-type Carina members found here were previously unrecognized or poorly classified, including two candidate O stars and several candidate Herbig Ae/Be stars. Their large brightness makes them useful tracers of the obscured Carina population. The spectroscopically-derived temperatures for nearly 300 low-mass members allows the inference of individual extinction values, and the study of the relative placement of stars along the line of sight. We find a complex spatial structure, with definite clustering of low-mass members around the most massive stars, and spatially-variable extinction. By combining the new data with existing X-ray data we obtain a more complete picture of the three-dimensional spatial structure of the Carina clusters, and of their connection to bright and dark nebulosity, and UV sources. The identification of tens of background giants enables us also to determine the total optical depth of the Carina nebula along many sightlines. We are also able to put constraints on the star-formation history of the region, with Trumpler~14 stars found to be systematically younger than stars in other sub-clusters. We find a large percentage of fast-rotating stars among Carina solar-mass members, which provide new constraints on the rotational evolution of pre-main-sequence stars in this mass range.