Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Single Nucleotide Polymorphism within the LDLR gene and responsiveness of cynomolgus macaque (Macaca fascicularis) to atherogenic diet

Taher A, Solihin DD, Sulistiyani, Sajuthi D, Astuti DA. 2016. Single Nucleotide Polymorphism within the LDLR gene and responsiveness of cynomolgus macaque (Macaca fascicularis) to atherogenic diet. Biodiversitas 17: 430-434. Genetic variation within low density lipoprotein receptor (LDLR) gene has been associated with normal variation of plasma lipid profiles and risks of coronary heart diseases (CHD) in human. Although cynomolgus macaque (Macaca fascicularis) is one of non-human primates commonly used as models in atherosclerosis research, little is known about the extent of polymorphism within the LDLR gene and its consequences on responsiveness to atherogenic diet. In this study, two regions of LDLR gene, namely exon 6 and intron 5, were sequenced in a sample of 22 male cynomolgus macaques which had differences in responsiveness to atherogenic diet. The objective of the study was to identify single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) within the LDLR gene and to evaluate the kinds of haplotypes in relation to the responsiveness of the cynomolgus macaque to atherogenic diet. Sequence analysis revealed that there were two SNPs at exon 6, i.e. IVS5-6C > G and 825C > G, which were distributed in 3 haplotypes, and five SNPs at intron 5, i.e. g.IVS5+99T > C, g.IVS5+173G > T, g.IVS5+327A > G, g.IVS5âˆ’96C > T, and g.IVS5âˆ’6C > G, which were distributed in 6 haplotypes. It was found that haplotype II (GC) at 6 base pairs prior to the exon 6 and haplotype III (CGGTG) within the intron 5 were associated with hyporesponsiveness to atherogenic diet. The results showed that potential SNP existed within the exon 6 and intron 5 can be used as genetic markers for selecting hypo- from hyperresponders.Keywords: Hyporesponsiveness, LDLR gene, Macaca fascicularis, SNP
Vanishing auxiliary variables in PPS sampling - with applications in microscopy

Recently, non-uniform sampling has been suggested in microscopy to increase eciency. More precisely, sampling proportional to size (PPS) has been introduced where the probability of sampling a unit in the population is proportional to the value of an auxiliary variable. Unfortunately, vanishing auxiliary variables are a common phenomenon in microscopy and, accordingly, part of the population is not accessible, using PPS sampling. We propose a modification of the design, for which an optimal solution can be found, using a model assisted approach. The optimal design has independent interest in sampling theory. We verify robustness of the new approach by numerical results, and we use real data to illustrate the applicability.
Natural Convection in an Inclined T-Shaped Cavity

This article presents a numerical study on natural convection in a bidi- mensional inclined "T"-shaped cavity. The governing equations are solved in the framework of a control-volume method resorting to the SIMPLEC algorithm (for the treatment of pressure-velocity coupling). Special emphasis is given to the inves- tigation of the effect of inclination on the heat transfer and mass flow rate. Results are discussed for Prandtl number Pr=0.72, geometry with: opening width C=0.15, blocks gap D=0.5, blocks height, B=0.5 and different values of the Rayleigh num- ber (10 4 Ra 10 6 ).
Weather Conditions Associated with Corn Simulated Yield in the Corn Belt of Northeastern China during the Past Three Decades

The Corn Belt of Northeastern China (CBNC) accounts for about 35% of the nation’ corn production in China. In the past three decades, corn yield in CBNC have increased under changing in climate and crop management. It is important to investigate the contribution of these changing factors to the historical yield increases to improve our understanding of how we can ensure increased yield in the future. In this paper we conducted correlation and regression analyses of climate and simulated corn yield over the period 1980 to 2011 in CBNC. It was found that over three decades, the daily mean, minimum temperature and growing degree days (GDD) per ten year increased at a rate of 0.37°C, 0.47°C and 51°C, respectively. In contrast, the relative humidity and daily mean wind speed decreased gradually at a rate of 0.18 and 1.8 km day-1, respectively. Not significant change in precipitation was found, although differences between years were large. The daily minimum temperature and solar radiation were the dominant factor to corn potential production. According to a regression analysis of the corn potential yield and the climate factors, the results indicate that corn potential yield decreased 1010 and 1314 kg ha-1 for each 1°C increase growing season mean and minimum temperature, respectively; rain-fed yield declined 2819 and 2437 kg ha-1 for each increase 1°C growing season mean and maximum temperature, respectively. To further improve the potential yield of corn in the coming decades, efforts should be paid to break the potential ceiling reduce the yield gaps by breeding higher yield variety and introduction of new agricultural technology. Keywords-RZWQM; Corn Belt of Northeastern China; potential yield; yield gaps; weather descriptors
The influence of solar activities an occurrence of the forest fires in South Europe

In mid-July 2012, hundreds of fires spread over forest stands in the south of Europe. Considering available satellite and meteorological data we have tried to determine a method using analogy, whether these fires were preceded by the intensified solar activity. The justification of this approach lies in the belief that it is impossible by direct or indirect activity of man to set fire at the same time to the sites that are geographically separated. In this paper we have tried to test the hypothesis claiming that charged particles coming to us from the Sun may be responsible for the number of forest fires. Unlike some other situations when the potential explanation could be a sudden influx of the protons of different energy ranges, in our study, there are electrons as carriers of the potential explanation. Many previous studies results have shown that there is statistically significant relationship between the processes on the Sun and certain movements of air masses in the atmosphere our planet. The presented results in this paper of the correlation relationships between the mean hourly flows of electrons and the mean hourly air temperatures in Belgrade and Rome and the analysis of the synoptic situation as a function of the suggested model so far, indicate that the number of fires that were occurring more than a week, from July 15, 2012, in the south of Europe, were caused by electrons coming from the Sun. [Projekat Ministarstva nauke Republike Srbije, br. III47007 i br. OI 176008]
A first step towards in-line shape compensation for roll forming applications

Traditional roll forming is an open loop system in which changes are only made after shutting down the line when some defect becomes apparent in the formed product. Defects that become apparent during a run could be due to changes in incoming material such as a change in yield stress. If this could be sensed at some point in the process, it would be possible to have some part of the roll setting changed on-line to compensate for this and eliminate the defect. Systems of this kind are common in, for example, gauge control in multi-stand strip rolling. They depend on having models (always simple and often quite approximate) within the control system that relate changes in input variables to changes in the output product. In this work, a start is made to develop such a system for roll forming by investigating experimentally the relation between yield strength in the incoming strip with the defect of bow in roll forming a simple channel. Dual phase and galvanized strip having very different yield strengths were roll formed using two different flange lengths. The roll force and torque at one stand were measured and an empirical relationship established between these parameters and, on the one hand, the yield strength of the incoming strip and, on the other hand, the longitudinal bow in the product. The longitudinal strain at the edge of the strip was also measured during the forming and it was found that the peak value of strain increased with material yield strength and it was decreased with flange length in the product.
Revenue and Expenditure Nexus: A Case Study of Romania

This study determines the causal relationship between the expenditure and revenue of government in the case of Romania by using the autoregressive distributive lag approach to cointegration, variance decomposition and rolling regression method. The results indicate that bidirectional long run relationship exist between expenditure and revenue of government. The variance decomposition method suggests government revenue shock has more sharply impact on the government expenditure as compared to the shock in government expenditure and response of government revenue collection.
INFLUENCE OF INCUBATION PERIOD, TEMPERATURE AND DIFFERENT PHOSPHATE LEVELS ON PHOSPHATE ADSORPTION IN SOIL

Phosphorus (P) is the most important element after nitrogen but P sorption properties are poorly documented in many soils. In this study, P sorption capacity in relation to incubation period and temperature under various P levels were determined for two different soil series (Rustam and Miani). Phosphorus was added at 5, 10, 25, 50, 100, 250, 500 and 1000 µg g-1 to the soils and incubated for the period of 1, 3, 7, 15, 30 and 60 days at 25 and 35±1°C temperatures. Phosphorus sorption was significantly influenced by the temperature, added P and incubation period. Clay content has major influence on P sorption. Rustum Series adsorbed more P than that of Miani Series. The P sorption was faster at high temperature (35°C). At the end of period in the Rustum Series with added 2.5 and 1000 µg g-1 P level, P sorption were found 0.7 and 943 µg g-1, respectively, at 25±1°C temperature, whereas at 35±1°C temperature the respective P sorption for same P levels were 1.8 and 987.0 µg g-1. In the Miani Series at 25±1°C temperature, P sorption was 0.7 and 941 µg g-1, while at the temperature of 35±1°C, P sorption were 1.0 and 986 µg g-1 soil. Increasing P levels, temperature and incubation, resulted in higher P sorption. Hence, high clay in combination with calcium carbonate contents enhanced P adsorption, while high organic matter and high native soil P resulted in lesser P adsorption.
Contributions of Atlantic Ocean to June-August Rainfall over Uganda and Western Kenya

This study investigates the contributions of Atlantic Ocean to June-August rainfall over Uganda and western Kenya (KU). The study has utilized the datasets including precipitation from the Global Precipitation Climatology Centre, North Atlantic Oscillation Index (NAOI), South Atlantic Ocean Dipole Index (SAODI), ERA-interim reanalysis, and the Atlantic Ocean Sea Surface Temperature (SST). Singular value decomposition (SVD), composite analysis and correlation analysis are used to achieve the objective of the study. Results show that the recent extreme rainfall events of June - August (JJA) season were experienced in 2007 (above normal) and 2009 (below normal). Further analysis reveals that there are significant coupled modes of variability; the first mode explains 32% whereas the second mode explains 16% of the total covariance. The first SVD mode captures the positive phase of the South Atlantic Ocean Dipole (SAOD) over Atlantic Ocean. This is associated with positive anomaly of rainfall in most parts of KU. The second SVD mode captures the negative phase of SAOD. The North Atlantic Ocean Index (NAOI) exhibits a significant positive correlation of coefficient ≥ 0.3 with the mean JJA rainfall anomaly over most parts of KU at 95% confidence level. The correlation between the mean JJA rainfall over most parts of KU and NAOI is higher compared to that with SAODI. The dominant moisture source in the region during JJA season is the Atlantic Ocean and the Congo rainforest. The findings from this study provide insight into the influence of Atlantic Ocean on the mean JJA rainfall over KU. The study recommends further research on the utilization of NAOI and SAODI as predictors of the JJA seasonal rainfall over the study area. The production of the JJA seasonal rainfall forecast in the region will enhance better utilization of water resources in the region
Competition Modelling in Multi.Innovation Diffusions. Part I: Balanced Models

Diffusion of innovations within simultaneous processes examined as univariate models of separate trajectories cannot take into account and properly explain systematic perturbations due to competition-substitution effects. This inability is quite evident in special product categories such as pharmaceutical drugs based upon equivalent or similar active compounds. A second relevant aspect in multiple competition is represented by the choice to model the word-of-mouth effect either at the category level (balanced model) or at the brand level, separating within-brand effect from cross-brand one (unbalanced model). The choice has to be grounded on the features of the products to be described. In this paper, balanced models will be studied, while the companion article is devoted to unbalanced ones. A third relevant aspect in simultaneous competing diffusions is the separation between synchronic and diachronic market entries. In the latter case, the proposed model is further extended in order to detect whether the beginning of competition alters the first entrant's diffusion parameters. The resulting differential system has a closed-form solution that allows an empirical validation through sales data of the assumptions underlying the model structure. An application to pharmaceutical drugs competition is discussed. Finally, we approach here the topic of agent heterogeneity by introducing a multivariate Cellular Automata representation which allows a feasible description of Complex Systems of this type with a direct specification of substitution effect between competing products
On the Capacity of Densely Packed Arrays with Mutual Coupling and Correlated Noise

Capacity of a wireless link can be enhanced by increasing the number of receive antennas. However, imposed receiver physical size constraints necessitate that the antenna elements be in close proximity, which typically reduces the overall link capacity of the wireless channel. Counterintuitively, under certain conditions the capacity of the overall link can be enhanced by decreasing antenna spacings. The focus of this paper is that of identifying the fundamental mechanisms and the conditions that give rise to this excess capacity. Closed-form expressions that directly quantify this capacity gain are derived based on a representative circuit theoretic model. Interesting insights are developed about the impact of different noise and interference sources and the limiting effect of heat losses in the antenna system. The capacity analysis is subsequently generalized to encompass the effect of antenna current deformation and load mismatch due to mutual coupling, based on the standard Method of Moments (MoM) analysis, demonstrating similar capacity enhancement behavior as predicted by the closed-form expressions.
CHRONIC URTICARIA: THE NECESSITY OF LABORATORY EXAMINATION (SHORT COMMUNICATION)

Article history: Received: 3 Aug 2011 Accepted: 13 Oct 2011 Available online: 5 Nov 2012 ZJRMS 2013; 15(4): 66-68 Background: Urticaria is a common dermatologic disease. About 20 per cent of the population experiences it in a life-time period. The aim of this study was to compare the various laboratory examinations of chronic urticaria patients and healthy individuals and to determine the necessity of laboratory tests in such patients. Materials and Methods: In this study 78 patients suffering from chronic urticaria and 67 healthy individuals (2-50 year-old) with analogous demographic features underwent ALT, AST, S/E, ESR, CBC, TSH, T4, C4, C3, CH50, ANA, anti-thyroglobulin, anti-peroxidase, and anti H. pylori antibodies testing. Results: Forty-one per cent of patients had increased IgE in comparison to 14.92% in normal subjects. Anti-thyroid antibodies were positive in 17.94% of cases while only 9% of normal individuals were positive (p 0.05). No significant difference found in other variables. Conclusion: Urticaria is often diagnosed based on clinical grounds and no routine laboratory examination is required. Copyright © 2013 Zahedan University of Medical Sciences. All rights reserved.
Current knowledge on overall post-logging biomass dynamics in Northern Amazonian forests

This article presents the effects of logging on the dynamics of above-ground biomass from the results of the post-logging study within two forests: Cikel in Eastern Para, Brazil and Paracou in French Guiana. The main objective is to compare the impact of commercial logging on the regeneration of the aboveground biomass in these forests whose characteristics differ in terms of structure and growth. In both sites, the intensity of exploitation is a key factor in determining the loss of biomass and the time required for its regeneration. In Paracou, the regeneration of biomass lost during conventional logging of 10 trees per hectare takes 45 years and more than 100 years when operating with higher intensity (21 trees/ha ). In Cikel the forest biomass regenerates after 49 years harvesting 6 trees/ha and that takes 87 years after removal of 8 trees/ha. This regeneration needs similar time on both sites but with lower logging intensity at Cikel, in which felled trees are larger with a greater biomass than those of Paracou. This post-logging study has established a direct correlation of the dynamics of the biomass with the initial structure of the forest, as well as with the parameters of forest dynamics: mortality, growth and recruitment. The accumulation of biomass by the tree growth of the two remaining stands is a key parameter for the net carbon storage, while the contribution of recruitment in Paracou becomes significant only after 10 years after felling. Therefore in view to improve the growth of residual trees, it is compulsory to apply adequate silvicultural treatments such as selective thinning or removal of vines. While the two forests are geographically close enough, their regenerative abilities differ and because of the significant difference in size of the trees, the forest could tolerate more intensive harvesting in French Guiana. (Resume d'auteur)
Schumpeterian Banks: Credit Reallocation and Capital Requirements

Capital reallocation from unprofitable to profitable firms is a key source of productivity gain in an innovative economy. We present a model of credit reallocation and focus on the role of banks: Weakly capitalized banks hesitate to write off non-performing loans to avoid a violation of regulatory requirements or even insolvency. Such behavior blocks credit to expanding industries and results in insufficient credit reallocation across sectors and a distorted capital allocation. Reducing the cost of bank equity, tightening capital requirements, and improving insolvency laws relaxes constraints and mitigates distortions.
Registration of N6001 Soybean Germplasm with Enhanced Yield Derived from Japanese Cultivar Suzuyutaka

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What Determines Premium of MFIs in the Mena Region? A Panel Data Analysis (2004- 2014)

This is the first paper to address the premium-social performance relationship upon an unbalanced panel of 66 microfinance institutions (MFIs) in the MENA region over 2004-2014. According to a fixed effects model using instrumental variables, financial sustainability is the primary determinant of premium (i.e. the financial margin), whereupon social performance has a positive albeit insignificant impact. Mature MFIs maintain financial sustainability and serve rather non-poor clients, although they tame interest rates.
Impact of Infrastructure on Foreign Direct Investment in Nigeria: An Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) Approach

This study examines the roles infrastructure play in attracting foreign direct investment (FDI) into Nigeria for the period between 1981 and 2014. It also investigates the type of infrastructure that has more impact on FDI attraction. The unit root test results show that none of the variables in the study is integrated of order two, that is, I(2), a condition which justifies the use of Autoregressive Distribution Lag (ARDL) framework. The ARDL Bounds Test approach to cointegration was employed to determine the long-run relationship among the variables in our model and the result shows that there is a long-run relationship between infrastructure and FDI in Nigeria. The result of the estimation of the selected ARDL Error Correction Model shows that none of the infrastructure variables (tractor, telephone lines and electricity) employed in this study is significant to attract FDI into Nigeria in the short-run although electricity production (power supply) was found to influence FDI in the long-run. The study thus recommends that the power sector be revitalized and should be given priority as it will attract FDI, increase national output and move Nigeria closer to actualizing her dream of becoming one of the twenty leading economies in the world by the year 2020.
Distributed Nash Equilibrium Seeking for Generalized Convex Games with Shared Constraints

In this paper, we deal with the problem of finding a Nash equilibrium for a generalized convex game. Each player is associated with a convex cost function and multiple shared constraints. Supposing that each player can exchange information with its neighbors via a connected undirected graph, the objective of this paper is to design a Nash equilibrium seeking law such that each agent minimizes its objective function in a distributed way. Consensus and singular perturbation theories are used to prove the stability of the system. A numerical example is given to show the effectiveness of the proposed algorithms.
Collective entrepreneurship in family firms: The influence of leader attitudes and behaviors

Collective entrepreneurship is the synergism that emerges from a collective and that propels it beyond the current state by seizing opportunities without regard to resources under its control (Stevenson and Jarrillo 1990). This study provides a conceptual model of collective entrepreneurship and its relationship with leadership and team dynamics in the context of a small family business. It proposes two types of prerequisites for collective entrepreneurship: attitudinal and behavioral. The attitudinal prerequisite is family business members’ commitment to the family business. The behavioral prerequisite includes collaboration and task conflict among family business members. Further, the article argues that leadership behaviors directly affect the attitudinal and behavioral prerequisites, and indirectly affect collective entrepreneurship. Specifically, relations- oriented and participative leadership have positive, indirect effects on collective entrepreneurship. Task-oriented leadership has both positive .