Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
A Comparison of Methods for Determining Significant Wave Heights—Applied to a 3-m Discus Buoy during Hurricane Katrina

Abstract In August 2005, the eye of Hurricane Katrina passed 90 km to the west of a 3-m discus buoy deployed in the Mississippi Sound and operated by the Central Gulf of Mexico Ocean Observing System (CenGOOS). The buoy motions were measured with a strapped-down, 6 degrees of freedom accelerometer, a three-axis magnetometer, and from the displacement of a GPS antenna measured by postprocessed-kinematic GPS. Recognizing that an accelerometer experiences a large offset due to gravity, the authors investigated four different means of computing wave heights. In the most widely used method for a buoy with a strapped-down, 1D accelerometer, wave heights are overestimated by 26% on average and up to 56% during the peak of the hurricane. In the second method, the component of gravity is removed from the deck relative z-axis accelerations, requiring pitch and roll information. This is most similar to the motion of the GPS antenna and reduces the overestimation to only 5% on average. In the third method, the orient.
Differentiation of Bordetella-pertussis, B-parapertussis, and B-bronchiseptica by whole-cell protein electrophoresis and fatty-acid analysis.

One-dimensional sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of whole-cell proteins and gas-liquid chromatography of cellular fatty acids were used to determine chemotaxonomic characteristics of strains belonging to Bordetella pertussis, Bordetella parapertussis, and Bordetella bronchiseptica. Species-specific protein patterns and fatty acid profiles were found. Only B. bronchiseptica strains contained 12:0 2OH, 18:1 to7c, and 19:0 cyclo, and the presence of 10:0 3OH was a unique feature of B. pertussis and B. parapertussis strains. The latter two species were differentiated by the absence of 17:0 cyclo in B. pertussis strains. These chemotaxonomic data and the multiple differences in the classical phenotypes of these three species do not correlate with the high DNA homology values. Our findings support the present status of the three taxa as different species and emphasize the importance of a polyphasic approach in bacterial classification.
Spectral unmixing of multiply stained fluorescence samples

The widespread use of fluorescence microscopy along with the vast library of available fluorescent stains and staining methods has been extremely beneficial to researchers in many fields, ranging from material sciences to plant biology. In clinical diagnostics, the ability to combine different markers in a given sample allows the simultaneous detection of the expression of several different molecules, which in turn provides a powerful diagnostic tool for pathologists, allowing a better classification of the sample at hand. The correct detection and separation of multiple stains in a sample is achieved not only by the biochemical and optical properties of the markers, but also by the use of appropriate hardware and software tools. In this chapter, we will review and compare these tools along with their advantages and limitations.
NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY IN THE STUDY OF MONO‐ AND OLIGOSACCHARIDES

Publisher Summary This chapter deals with the use of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy in the study of mono– and oligosaccharides. The importance of NMR spectroscopy in the study of carbohydrates has increased tremendously. This has occurred primarily because the introduction of pulsed Fourier transform (FT) NMR spectrometers has made the measurement of I3 C NMR spectral parameters easy, which is particularly important for the study of carbohydrates in aqueous solutions. In addition, pulsed NMR instruments have increased the sensitivity of 'H NMR spectra by several orders of magnitude and facilitated the measurement of relaxation times and nuclear Overhauser enhancement (NOE) factors. The chapter discusses the way to assign NMR parameters and the way to use these values in the study of carbohydrates. Moreover, the chapter illustrates that the assignment of the NMR signals is a prerequisite for the application of NMR spectroscopy in structural investigations of carbohydrates. Because assignment techniques have been described in many reviews and monographs, special emphasis is given to the problems associated with the assignment of signals in the NMR spectra of carbohydrates and their derivatives.
Histopathological Evaluation of Tumours And Cysts of The Epidermis and Dermal Adnexae in a Tertiary Care Hospital

Background: Skin tumours are a challenging group of conditions ,it is difficult to classify and these are diagnosed chiefly by histopathology. The aim of our study was to analyze the incidence and classify the histopathological pattern of tumours and cysts of the epidermis and dermal appendages. Methods: The current study was a retrospective observational study of epidermal and adnexal tumours and cysts over a period of five and half years from January2007 to December 2012 reported in the department of Pathology ,SMVMCH,Pondicherry over a 5 year period from were analysed and correlated statistically. Result: Out of 160 skin lesions 62 were found to be epidermal and dermal adnexal tumours, among these benign adnexal tumours(14%) were the commonest followed by benign epidermal tumours(12.5%) ,malignant epidermal tumours(10.5%) and malignant adnexal tumours(2%). The ratio of benign(42) to malignant(22) tumour was 1.9:1.the ratio of benign(20) to malignant(17) epidermal tumour was 1.17:1 . The ratio of benign adnexal(22) to malignant counterpart (3) was 7.3:1 and the ratio of skin tumours (62) to cystic lesion(98) was 1:1.5. The commonest epidermal tumour was seborrheic keratosis. Epidermal cysts were the commonest type of cyst in the epidermis. Common skin appendage tumours were nodular hidradenoma followed by pilomatrixoma. The common malignant tumour was basal cell carcinoma. Conclusion: Cutaneous tumours represent the complexity of the epidermal and dermal adnexae since they have a similar morphology to their cell of origin . Hence the histopathological examination is mandatory for diagnosis and categorization of these tumours
Trichoderma harzianum in combination with sheep manure amendment enhances soil suppressiveness of Fusarium wilt of tomato

The effect that the biocontrol agent Trichoderma harzianum (isolate Jn14) in combination with an amendment of sheep manure has on the soil suppressiveness of Fusarium wilt of tomato was investigated over a 28-month period. A combination of T. harzianum and organic amendment at concentrations (w:w) of 6 and 10% reduced tomato wilt by 21–36 % and 29–36% respectively, after 0–28 months of soil incubation. When the amendment was added at concentration of 2%, the wilt was suppressed only after 18–28 months. A combination of T. harzianum and the amendment at 6% also increased tomato plant fresh weights by 52% after 28 months, and the 10% amendment increased fresh weights by 56, 40, and 63%, after 18, 24, and 28 months respectively, compared to the experimental controls. Organic amendment at the higher concentrations further stimulated T. harzianum populations, enhanced microbial activity against Fusarium oxysporum in the soil and reduced pathogen populations. Without T. harzianum , the organic amendment at a concentration of 10% reduced disease by only 22, 24, and 23% and only after 18, 24 and 28 months of soil incubation respectively, compared with the controls. However, tomato wilt was not reduced at a 2% manure concentration in less than 12 months of incubation. Organic amendment alone at 6 and 10% reduced the pathogen population by 25% and 37% respectively after 28 months of soil incubation compared with the control. T. harzianum produced fungitoxic metabolites that reduced mycelial growth of Fusarium by 37% and conidium germination by 55% when the pathogen was grown on potato dextrose agar amended with a T. harzianum culture filtrate.
Critical Condition of the Branching Behaviour of Running Brittle Cracks in Steels

In this paper, using the devised under-matched welded joint to change the volume of high stress areas near the crack tip, the mechanism of crack propagation is investigated by experiments and the dynamic finite element method (FEM) analysis in which the rational shape of the crack front line are assumed. For evaluating the crack running behaviour, ESSO tests were performed under -100deg.C and several stress conditions and strain gauges and crack gauges were instrumented in measuring the crack propagation velocity which is used for input data of FEM analysis. The results of experiments show that the crack propagation velocity tends to be a little higher in the material with soft welded joint in which the expansion of high plastic strain region is significantly concentrated in the softer material and consequently the exceedingly-high stress region over 4-5 times σy0 (yield strength at ambient temperature and in static) is widely distributed than in the homogeneous material. Interestingly crack bifurcations were observed in both specimens at low crack velocity position (around 800 m/s), contrary to the findings of the elastic dynamic fracture mechanics. Further, the soft welded joint tends to branch in a shorter distance. This is also thought to be due to the high stress concentration in the vicinity of the crack tip in soft welded joint. The triaxiality situations were computed by FEM analysis and the result shows agreement with the above estimate.
Developing a Culture for Innovation : What is the Role of the HR System?

Research on Human Resource Management and innovation has to date relied on a theoretical assumption that there exists an identifiable set of HR practices which organisations seeking to be innovative should adopt. However, analysis of the various prescriptions of HR practices for innovation reveals a high level of internal inconsistency, leading to conflicting advice for practitioners. Furthermore, a review of empirical research on the topic indicates that HR practices within innovative organisations are remarkably similar to those found in the best practice literature This raises questions about the link between strategy and HRM, and about the theoretical foundations of research on HRM and innovation. Drawing on recent research on HRM and firm performance, we suggest that research on HRM and innovation can benefit from incorporating elements from both contingency theory and best practice approaches into the existing configuration theory approach. A change in direction for both theoretical and empirical research on HRM and innovation is proposed. What type of HR system is most appropriate for a firm wishing to pursue a strategy of innovation? This question has attracted attention from researchers since the early 1980s. In fact, it can be argued that this stream of research predated by as much as a decade a much wider interest in the links between HRM and organisational performance which Guest (1997, p. 263) argues is now “the dominant research issue in the field (of HRM)”. Interest in the topic of innovation is also growing rapidly. Global dissemination of information via technology has ensured that competitive advantage based on a particular product or process is no longer sustainable. In the information age, sustainable competitive advantage belongs to those firms who continually reinvent themselves at a pace which is consistent with the rapid pace of change in the environment. The result is that the pressure on firms to innovate in order to survive is greater than ever before (see, for example, Tushman & O’ Reilly, 1997). These parallel developments in HRM research and the broader business environment ensure that both academic and practitioner interest in the topic of HR systems for innovation is likely to grow. The question of how research on this topic should proceed is therefore an important one, and is the subject of this paper.
Ovine Lungworm Infection: Prevalence, Species Composition and Associated Risk Factors in Dessie Zuria District, Northeastern Ethiopia

A cross-sectional study was conducted between October and December 2011 to determine the prevalence and species composition of lungworms and evaluate the effect of associated risk factors in sheep in Dessie Zuria district, northeastern Ethiopia. A total of 390 sheep faecal samples were collected and examined to detect first stage larvae (L ) of lungworms using a modified Baermann technique. The overall prevalence of 1 lungworm infection was 43.33% (169/390). Muellerius capillaris, Dictyocaulus filaria and Protostrongylus rufescens were identified as single and mixed infections. The proportions of infection by M. capillaries, D. filarial P. rufescens and mixed infection were 26.15, 10.51, 4.61 and 2.05%, respectively. Mixed infections were formed among M. capillaris and D. filaria. Age-wise infection rate was 50.00 and 36.31% in adults and young animals, respectively with significant difference (P<0.05) between them. A significant difference (P<0.05) was also observed in the infection rate between male (36.81%) and female (49.03%) animals. The infection prevalence in the highland (48.43%) was significantly higher (P<0.05) than midland (38.38%) areas. The result of this study indicated that lungworms in sheep are common parasites which induce heavy economic loss that needs greater attention.
Effect of NPK on Plant Growth, Flower Quality and Yield of Gerbera (Gerbera jamesonii L.) cv. Ruby Red under Naturally Ventilated Polyhouse Condition

Twelve treatments were used in the trial viz; T 1 (Control); T 2 (5:7.5:10); T 3 (10:10:12.5); T 4 (15:12.5:15); T 5 (10:15:10); T 6 (20:20:15); T 7 (15:20:20); T 8 (17.5:15:17.5); T 9 (20:17.5:20); T 10 (10:20:30); T 11 (25:20:20) and T 12 (30:20:20) NPK g/m. The experiment was laid out in Randomized Block Design (RBD) with three replications. Maximum treatments had a significant effect on various parameters over the control treatment. The maximum plant height (40.4 cm), number of leaves per plant (17.1), plant spread (58.8 cm), number of suckers per plant (6.3), number of flowers per plant (10.2), number of flowers per plot (204.5), days to first flower bud emergence (57.6 days), flower diameter (11.9 cm), stalk length (71.7 cm), longevity of flower in the plants (23.5 days) were produced by the plants treated with 20:20:15 NPK g/m. Thus, the treatment comprised of 20:20:15 NPK g/m could be useful for harnessing good vegetative as well as reproductive characters of gerbera cv. Lanceolot.
An Analysis of the Variability of Haemodynamic Parameters in Patients with Ischaemic Heart Disease Undergoing Dental Surgery: A Randomised Clinical Trial

Background: The aim of this study was to compare the influence of 2% lidocaine with and without a vasoconstrictor agent (0.00125% norepinephrine) on the haemodynamic parameters of patients with ischaemic heart disease during basic dental surgery procedures. Materials and Methods: In total, 120 adult patients were enrolled into two groups: (1) patients with detected and treated ischaemic heart disease and (2) healthy patients not taking any medications. Each group was additionally randomly assigned to an experimental group, which received 4.0 mL of 2% lidocaine containing 0.00125% norepinephrine prior to surgery, or a control group, which received 4.0 mL of 2% lidocaine without norepinephrine. Haemodynamic parameters (systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, heart rate and blood oxygen saturation) were measured three times: before surgical procedures and 5 and 20 minutes after administration of local anaesthesia. Before treatment, patients were asked to complete a general health survey. Results: No statistically significant differences were noted in systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, heart rate and blood oxygen saturation between experimental and control groups. Conclusion: The addition of 0.00125% norepinephrine to 4.0 mL of 2% lidocaine for local anaesthesia during basic dental surgery procedures exerts no significant effect on the haemodynamic parameters of patients with coronary artery disease.
Minimum Realization Tuning Strategy for Dynamic Matrix Control

Abstract In this paper autotuning and self-tuning methods for Dynamic Matrix Control (DMC) are presented with application to single-input single-output (SISO) processes which can be approximated by a first-order-plus-dead-time model. In order to validate the method a nonlinear control valve system described by a Wiener process is simulated. This process was identified by a Hammerstein model and controlled by DMC with output compensator. The proposed tuning methods have its performance compared to another standard method found in literature, showing more conservative results regarding smoothness of the control action while maintaining adequate performance on set-point tracking.
Effects of sequential stressors on survival of young life stages of the bladder wrack Fucus vesiculosus L.

Over the last decades, Fucus vesiculosus, an ecologically important macroalga in the German Baltic Sea, has shown a massive retreat from the deeper zones of its former distribution presumably due to low light co-acting with other potential stressors such as high temperature, fouling, and grazing. Global warming may increase abiotic as well as biotic pressures and exacerbate environmental conditions in coastal ecosystems. The present study focussed on the effects of single or subsequently combined stressors on survival and palatability of juvenile F. vesiculosus. Fucoid offspring were exposed to high temperature and/ or feeding pressure. Feeding preference of Idotea baltica was quantified in a pellet assay calculated as an odds ratio. High temperature significantly impaired the survival of juvenile fucoids. Neither single nor combined stress considerably influenced the feeding preference of I. baltica. Surprisingly I. baltica strictly avoided pellets with juvenile F. vesiculosus compared to adult F. vesiculosus. Avoidance tended to be less pronounced in juvenile fucoids previously stressed by high temperature. Obviously grazing does not induce anti-herbivore defence, but rather the young plants appeared constitutively well-protected against isopod feeding. These results contradict the prevailing opinion that juvenile F. vesiculosus is more susceptible to herbivore grazing than adult F. vesiculosus.
The effect of long term administration of glucocorticoid to Bone Lining Cells Apoptosis

Glucocorticoid is widely used in medical treatment as an immune system or an inflammation therapy. However its long term administration can cause life-threatening side effects. One of them is bone mass loss which increases the risk of bone fractures in the long-term use. Bone lining cells derived from mesenchymal stem cells, which serve as a backup cell bone-forming osteoblasts. Glucocorticoids acting directly on osteoblasts, bone lining cells when reduced due to increased apoptosis, the reserve cells to bone formation will be decreased. The aim of this study was to count the amount of apoptotic bone lining cells after long term glucocorticoid administration. This study used Rattus norvegicus females aged 3 months that were divided into 3 groups, each group consisted of 7 rats. The groups are: (1) control group; (2) treatment group 1 were given glucocorticoid 0.01 mg/day; (3) treatment group 2 were given glucocorticoid 0.2mg/day. The treatment carried out for 4 weeks and at the end of treatment, rats were sacrified and continued with preparation, and the number of bone lining cells that undergoing apoptosis was calculated through examination of the femur bone tissue metaphysis section using immunohistochemical technique. All data were analyzed with statistical analysis Anova. The result showed that the number of apoptotic bone lining cells increased in group with glucocorticoid administration 0.01 mg/day and 0.2 mg/day compared to control group with p = 0.000 (p <0.05). The number of apoptotic bone lining cells on the group of glucocorticoid dose 0.2 mg/day higher than the group of glucocorticoid dose 0.01 mg/day with p = 0.000 (p <0.05). In conclusion, long term glucocorticoid administration increase apoptosis of bone lining cells.
Nahm equations, N=1* domain walls, and D strings in AdS(5) x S(5)

We consider the following two problems: classical domain walls in the = 1* mass deformation of the maximally supersymmetric Yang Mills theory, and D-strings as external magnetic sources in the context of the AdS/CFT correspondence. We show that they are both described by Nahm's equations with unconventional boundary conditions, and analyze the relevant moduli space of solutions. We argue that general `fuzzy sphere' configurations of D-strings in AdS5 correspond to Wilson-'t Hooft lines in higher representations of the dual SU(n) gauge theory.
g.640T>C Polymorphism of the TGF-β2 Gene is Associated with Salmonella pullorum Resistance in Indonesian Chickens

The objectives of this study were to identify polymorphism of transforming growth factor β2 (TGF-β2) gene associated with Salmonella pullorum resistance in Indonesian chickens. Polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) assays were used to genotype Indonesian chickens. Analysis of polymorphism was conducted by using PopGen 3.2 software. The effect of genotype on S. pullorum resistance was analyzed using the SAS General Linear Model (GLM) procedure. Genotyping was performed on 278 chickens from 7 Indonesian chicken populations (Sentul, Merawang, Pelung, Kampung, Parent Cobb broiler, The F1 crossbreed of Kampung x Parent Cobb broiler (KB) and F2 KB x KB. The product of amplification was 284 bp. The TGF-β2| Rsa I locus was polymorphic in all populations, producing two alleles (T and C) and three genotypes (TT, CT, and CC). The result from the analysis of the allele and genotype frequency showed that the T allele had a higher frequency than the C allele in all populations. The χ 2 analysis showed that the 6 chicken populations were deviated from Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium, with the exception of the Parent Cobb broiler chicken. The association result showed that TT genotype was significantly associated with S. pullorum resistance in Sentul chicken. Although the leukocyte concentration, leukocyte differentiation and H/L ratio in Sentul chicken with three of TGF-β2 genotypes (TT, TC, and CC) were not statistically different. In conclusion, polymorphism in the TGF-β2 chicken gene can be used as a candidate marker to increase S. pullorum immune response.
Population dynamics of the emergent conifer Agathis australis (D. Don) Lindl. (Kauri) in New Zealand I. Population structures and tree growth rates in mature stands

Abstract Twenty five plots of mature kauri Agathis australis (D. Don) Lindl. , covering the range of the species in northern New Zealand, were sampled for density, basal area, and species composition using a modified point-centered quarter technique. Two increment cores were taken from at least ten trees at most sites, and used to estimate tree ages and growth rates. The density of kauri stems ≥ 10 cm d.b. h. ranged from 17 to 416 ha-1, and the basal area from 23 to 127 m2 ha-1 in the 25 stands. Diameter distributions ranged from highly skewed and unimodal to flat and multimodal, with all size classes represented in most plots. Combined frequency distributions suggest that two or three kauri generations (cohorts) may be present on many sites. There is only a weak relationship between age and diameter; individuals in the same 10 cm diameter class may vary in age by 300 years, and the largest individual on the site is often not the oldest. Mean annual diameter increments range from 0.15 to 0.46 cm yr-1 on dif.