Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
POPULATION DENSITY OF CERTAIN PIERCING SUCKING PESTS INFESTING SOME OF SOLANACEAE PLANTS IN ISMAILIA GOVERNORATE, EGYPT

The present work was conducted during two successive seasons 2011 / 2012 and 2012/2013 in order to study the population dynamics of aphids, leafhoppers and whitefly insect species infesting Solanaceae plants Eggplant, (Solanum melongena L.), Pepper (Capsicun annuun L.) and Tomato (Lycopersicum esculentum ), in Kasasine district, Ismailia Governorate, Egypt. Aphid species Aphis gossypii (Glov.), leafhopper insect species included Empoasca decipiens (Paoli), Empoasca decedens (Paoli), whitefly insect species was Bemesia tabaci (Genn.) and mites Tetranychus sp. The seasonal population abundance of A. gossypii on Eggplant, Pepper and Tomato plants showed two peaks. The first one occurred at 2 nd of Oct., 4 th of Oct. and 4 th of Sept. on Eggplant, pepper and tomato plants, respectively. The second peak was recorded at 3 rd of Dec. on Eggplant and Pepper, while Tomato plants at 4 th of Dec. Two peaks occurred for both E. decipiens and E. decedens during the two seasons on Eggplant the first peak on1 st of Nov. and the second peak2 rd of Dec for the two season s respectively. On Pepper the first peak 4 th of Oct. , and the second peak 2 rd of Dec for E. decipiens and and1 th of Dec while the first peak occurred on tomato plan2 nd of Oct ts . Whitefly, B. tabaci on eggplant and Tomato plants in nymph at 4 th Sept. in the first peak on Eggplant and Tomato plants , 4 th of Nov. on Eggplant plants and 1 st of Dec. in Tomato plants for the two seasons, respectively. While, adult stage the first one 2 nd of Oct. for the two season , while the second season 2 nd of Dec. on eggplant and 4 th of Dec. on Tomato plants on both seasons. Mite Tetranychus sp. , on Eggplant and tomato plants was recorded two peaks. The first on 2 nd of Oct., 1 st of Oct.and 1 st of Oct., 4 th of Sept. respectively. The second peak 3 rd of Dec. on both seasons. The obtained results attributed in forecasting of the infestation of these pests on Solanaceae plants. Conclusively, from these results it could be concluded that through knowledge of the number of pests′ generations under study 458 AML ELHABSHY et al. that can be used in a program to forecasting pests injuries and using it in an integrated pest management program.
Competitive Risk Sharing Contracts with One-Sided Commitment

This paper analyzes dynamic equilibrium risk sharing contracts between profit-maximizing intermediaries and a large pool of ex-ante identical agents that face idiosyncratic income uncertainty that makes them heterogeneous ex-post. In any given period, after having observed her income, the agent can walk away from the contract, while the intermediary cannot, i.e. there is one-sided commitment. We consider the extreme scenario that the agents face no costs to walking away, and can sign up with any competing intermediary without any reputational losses. We demonstrate that not only autarky, but also partial and full insurance can obtain, depending on the relative patience of agents and financial intermediaries. Insurance can be provided because in an equilibrium contract an up-front payment effectively locks in the agent with an intermediary. We then show that our contract economy is equivalent to a consumption-savings economy with one-period Arrow securities and a short-sale constraint, similar to Bulow and Rogoff (1989). From this equivalence and our characterization of dynamic contracts it immediately follows that without cost of switching financial intermediaries debt contracts are not sustainable, even though a risk allocation superior to autarky can be achieved.
Bacteria and Risk Factors of Acne Vulgaris in Northern West Bank, Palestine

Bacterial species and risk factors were examined in acne vulgaris patients in Northern West Bank. Samples were obtained from face and upper trunk lesions of 138 patients (age: 15-34 years) at Dermatology clinics. Samples were incubated in blood agar plates under aerobic and anaerobic conditions. Patients were asked to answer a questionnaire and all provided written informed consent. Bacteria were isolated from 88% of the patients including Propionibacterium acnes, Staphylococcus epidermidis and Staphylococcus aureus. Risk factors mentioned by patients included emotional stress, high temperature, sweating and local pressure. Chocolate, nuts and fatty food were mentioned as exacerbating, and vegetables and fruits as ameliorating foods for their acne, respectively. Results show high correlation between acne and bacteria with no relation between risk factors and specifi c bacterial strains.
Low rank mechanisms underlying flexible visual representations

Neuronal population responses to sensory stimuli are remarkably flexible. The responses of neurons in visual cortex have heterogeneous dependence on stimulus properties (e.g., contrast), processes that affect all stages of visual processing (e.g., adaptation), and cognitive processes (e.g., attention or task switching). Understanding whether these processes affect similar neuronal populations and whether they have similar effects on entire populations can provide insight into whether they utilize analogous mechanisms. In particular, it has recently been demonstrated that attention has low rank effects on the covariability of populations of visual neurons, which impacts perception and strongly constrains mechanistic models. We hypothesized that measuring changes in population covariability associated with other sensory and cognitive processes could clarify whether they utilize similar mechanisms or computations. Our experimental design included measurements in multiple visual areas using four distinct sensory and cognitive processes. We found that contrast, adaptation, attention, and task switching affect the variability of responses of populations of neurons in primate visual cortex in a similarly low rank way. These results suggest that a given circuit may use similar mechanisms to perform many forms of modulation and likely reflects a general principle that applies to a wide range of brain areas and sensory, cognitive, and motor processes.
Regulation of Non-Auditing Services: The Spanish Case

The results indicate that whereas lecturers manifest a high level of global prohibition, auditors, both consolidated auditors (CA) and non-consolidated auditors (NCA), express the opposite point of view. On the other hand, lecturers and NCA grant the same level of importance to prohibitions on services directly associated with financial information submitted for auditing (SDA) as to prohibitions on services indirectly associated to the same information (SIA), while CA concede greater importance to prohibitions on SIA than to those on SDA. However, the difference between the groups of lecturers and NCA lies in their level of prohibition in comparison with the law; NCA favor prohibitions similar to the legislation, whereas lecturers tend to favor a level of prohibition greater than that existing in the legislation.
ETIOLOGY AND SHORT OUTCOME OF NEONATAL SEIZURES IN BABYLON GYNECOLOGY AND PEDIATRICS TEACHING HOSPITAL

Background : Neonatal seizures are the most common manifestati on of neurological disorders in the newborn period and an important determinant of outcome. Objectives : To determine the etiology and immediate outcome of seizures among neonates admitted to Babylon Gynecology and Pediatrics teaching hospital. Method : this is prospective, observational study was cond ucted in the neonatal care unit and general wards of Babylon Gynecology and Pediatrics teaching hospital. The study was done from 1 st of April 2014 to 1 st of October 2014.All the neonates developing clinica lly identifiable seizures before 28 days of life were enrolled in th e study. Seizure etiology was based on positive clinical data, laboratory findings, and /or imaging studies of the brain (ultrasonography, CT. Scan, or MRI). Results : Among the 3154 neonates admitted to the neonatal care unit and general wards during the study period, 122 (3.9%) neonates (term and pre term) developed clinical seizures. The most common cause of neonatal seizures was hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy 41(33.6%) of 122 neonates, followed by metabolic disturbances collec tively constitute 36(29.5%) neonates, infections was found in 20 (16.4%) neonates. Other important etiological factors include intracranial hemorrhage, hyperbilirubinemia encephalopathy (Kernicterus), brain malformation and unknown causes each accounted for 13(10.7%), five (4.1%), five (4.1%) and two (1.6%) respectively. The outcome were, death 21 (17.2%) neonates, 32(26.2%) neonates were discharged with neurological sequelae, while 69 (56 .6%) neonates discharged with no sequelae. Conclusion : Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy was the most common cause of neonatal seizure. The two most common diagnosis associated with neonatal seizure that carry worse mortality and neurological sequelae were neonatal H ypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy and infections Keyword: neonatal seizures, etiology, outcome .
Positronium production in cryogenic environments

We report measurements of positronium (Ps) formation following positron irradiation of mesoporous ${\mathrm{SiO}}_{2}$ films and Ge(100) single crystals at temperatures ranging from 12\char21{}700 K. As both of these materials generate Ps atoms via nonthermal processes, they are able to function as positron-positronium converters at cryogenic temperatures. Our data show that such Ps formation is possibly provided the targets are not compromised by adsorption of residual gas. In the case of ${\mathrm{SiO}}_{2}$ films, we observe a strong reduction in the Ps formation efficiency following irradiation with UV laser light ($\ensuremath{\lambda}=243.01$ nm) below 250 K, in accordance with previous observations of radiation-induced surface paramagnetic centers. Conversely, Ps emission from Ge is enhanced by irradiation with visible laser light ($\ensuremath{\lambda}=532$ nm) via a photoemission process that persists at cryogenic temperatures. Both mesoporous ${\mathrm{SiO}}_{2}$ films and Ge crystals were found to produce Ps efficiently in cryogenic environments. Accordingly, these materials are likely to prove useful in several areas of research, including Ps mediated antihydrogen formation conducted in the cold bore of a superconducting magnet, the production of Rydberg Ps for experiments in which the effects of black-body radiation must be minimized, and the utilization of mesoporous structures that have been modified to produce cold Ps atoms.
SEISMIC BEHAVIOR OF THE BEAM-TO-COLUMN DOWEL CONNECTIONS: MACRO MODELLING

Abstract. Since the knowledge about the response of dowel connections was quite limited, the adequate numerical models were almost not available. Using the results of experiments, performed within the SAFECAST, the numerical models for monotonic as well as cyclic response of dowel connections were defined. Firstly the detailed FEM modeling has been performed in order to identify the important parameters influencing the response. Based on these analyses the results of the experiments were generalized (for more details see the accompanying paper [2]). After that, quite robust hysteretic macro-model [10], which can be used for monotonic as well as dynamic analyses of dowel connections, was defined. First the procedure that can be used to define the input parameters, based on the material data and construction details of the dowel connection, will be proposed. The adequacy of the procedure will then be tested by comparing the analytical and experimental results.
Identifying Traits and Values of Top-Performing Information Security Personnel

ABSTRACT Enterprise information security is a talent-centric proposition. Information assurance is a product of the combined expertise, attention-to-detail, and creativity of an information security team. A competitive edge can be obtained by hiring the top information security professionals. Therefore, identifying the right people is a mission-critical task. To assist in the candidate selection process, this research analyzes the enduring traits and values of top security performers. It identifies the personality traits and values which distinguish high-performing information security workers. In a laboratory study, a series of simulations were administered to 61 subjects to assess their ability to solve various information security problems. The characteristics of top information security performers were contrasted against the rest of the cohort. In terms of personality, the top performers have higher levels of conscientiousness and openness. With respect to values, the top performers have stronger theoretical and economic values.
Directing and Maintaining Attention in Mother–Infant Interaction on Infants With and Without Autism Spectrum Disorder

is study investigated how mothers, during face-to-face interaction with their infants, direct their infants’ attention. Mothers’ behaviors were measured by the frequency and type (e.g., directing vs. maintaining attention) as well as patterns of infant-directed speech (IDS) in two semi-structured conditions (e.g., eating vs. play), comparing the responses of seven infants with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and eight infants with typical development (TD). Results showed that the mothers of infants with ASD showed ostensive cues more frequently, while the mothers of infants with TD maintained attention more frequently. Furthermore, the average tone pitch of mothers’ voices giving ostensive cue in both groups was higher in the play condition than that of the eating condition. e average tone pitch of mothers was not di erent between groups. e mothers’ behavior may have changed according to the characteristics of their infants and the context in which the interaction occured.
Crisis Management in Hotel Business – Insights from Croatia

Owing to the numerous peculiarities of the hotel business, the sensitivity of this sector to crisis situations is higher compared to other economic sectors. International tourism and hospitality as crucial elements of the tourism offer are exposed to a number of crises and disasters. Therefore, the crisis management concept must play a significant role in the operations of tourism companies and this paper addresses this issue. It starts with theoretical framework reviewing the fundamental determinants of tourism, concepts of crisis and crisis management in international tourism and the importance of crisis management in the hotel business. In the empirical part of the paper, the results of a survey conducted on a sample of 59 hotels in the Split-Dalmatia County are presented with the aim of providing insights about their approach on handling crisis situations.
INDUCED POLYGENIC VARIABILITY BY COMBINING HYBRIDIZATION AND CHEMICAL MUTAGEN IN F1M1 GENERATION OF SESAME HYBRIDS

The present investigation was undertaken to estimate the combined effects of hybridization and Ethyl Methane sulfonate (EMS) on variability of polygenic traits associated with productivity in F 1 M 1 generation of sesame crop. Three popular and well adapted sesame varieties were crossed and three non-reciprocal crosses were made. These F 1s seeds were divided into two lots and one lot from each cross were used for EMS treatment. F 1s seeds of each cross were presoaked separately in distilled water overnight followed by treating with 0.5 percent freshly preparer EMS solutions for 3 hours. Seeds of total nine populations (three EMS treated populations “F 11 M 1 ”, three respective crosses as controls “F 1s " and three parents) were shown in a randomized block design (RBD) with 3 replications during the summer season, 2017. Observations were recorded on four polygenic traits and statistical analysis like ANOVA of mean, standard deviation and CV was carried out and the significant differences among various treatments were tested by ' F' and t - tests. Reduced mean and increased standard deviation was observed for plant height whereas increased mean and standard deviation was observed for number of capsules per plant and seed yield per plant in EMS treated F 1 1 M 1s . Increased in variability in mutant populations for above characters might be due to breakage of linkage between favorable and unfavorable genes. Three F 1 M 1 populations used in this study showed differential sensitivity with respect to different quantitative characters. The changes in different polygenic traits of mutant populations than respective controls must have arisen through induced micro-mutations. The relative magnitudes of genetic change in the hybrids as a result of chemical mutagen would be better known from analyses in later generations.
Locally advanced breast cancer in Brazil: current status and future perspectives

Breast cancer (BC) is the most frequent cancer and the main cause of cancer deaths among women worldwide and in Brazil. A high proportion of patients are diagnosed with locally advanced breast cancer (LABC) in Brazil, mainly due to limited coverage of screening programmes. A disparity in the access to optimal treatment is evident between the public and private health systems which impact patient outcomes. Clinical research is an opportunity for patients, institutions and investigators and therefore should be facilitated through a better regulatory environment. In a country facing a trend of increasing BC incidence for the next years, it is critical to improve BC screening and incorporate new medicines and devices into the public health system to control the burden of LABC.
In which direction to move? Facilitative and interference effects of gestures on problem solver's thinking

ABSTRACT Recent research shows that co-speech gestures can influence gesturers’ thought. This line of research suggests that the influence of gestures is so strong, that it can wash out and reverse an effect of learning. We argue that these findings need a more robust and ecologically valid test, which we provide in this article. Our results support the claim that gestures not only reflect information in our mental representations, but can also influence gesturer's thought by adding action information to one's mental representation during problem solving (Tower of Hanoi). We show, however, that the effect of gestures on subsequent performance is not as strong as previously suggested. As opposed to what previous research indicates, gestures' facilitative effect through learning was not nullified by the potentially interfering effect on subsequent problem-solving performance of incompatible gestures. To conclude, using gestures during problem solving seems to provide more benefits than costs for task performance.
MicroRNAs in Female Malignancies

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are endogenous 22-nucleotide RNAs that can play a fundamental regulatory role in the gene expression of various organisms. Current research suggests that miRNAs can assume pivotal roles in carcinogenesis. In this article, through bioinformatics mining and computational analysis, we determine a single miRNA commonly involved in the development of breast, cervical, endometrial, ovarian, and vulvar cancer, whereas we underline the existence of 7 more miRNAs common in all examined malignancies with the exception of vulvar cancer. Furthermore, we identify their target genes and encoded biological functions. We also analyze common biological processes on which all of the identified miRNAs act and we suggest a potential mechanism of action. In addition, we analyze exclusive miRNAs among the examined malignancies and bioinformatically explore their functionality. Collectively, our data can be employed in in vitro assays as a stepping stone in the identification of a universal machinery that is derailed in female malignancies, whereas exclusive miRNAs may be employed as putative targets for future chemotherapeutic agents or cancer-specific biomarkers.
An Efficient Technique for Size Reduction of Convolutional Neural Networks after Transfer Learning for Scene Recognition Tasks

Abstract A complex classification task as scene recognition is considered in the present research. Scene recognition tasks are successfully solved by the paradigm of transfer learning from pretrained convolutional neural networks, but a problem is that the eventual size of the network is huge despite a common scene recognition task has up to a few tens of scene categories. Thus, the goal is to ascertain possibility of a size reduction. The modelling recognition task is a small dataset of 4485 grayscale images broken into 15 image categories. The pretrained network is AlexNet dealing with much simpler image categories whose number is 1000, though. This network has two fully connected layers, which can be potentially reduced or deleted. A regular transfer learning network occupies about 202.6 MB performing at up to 92 % accuracy rate for the scene recognition. It is revealed that deleting the layers is not reasonable. The network size is reduced by setting a fewer number of filters in the 17th and 20th layers of the AlexNet-based networks using a dichotomy principle or similar. The best truncated network with 384 and 192 filters in those layers performs at 93.3 % accuracy rate, and its size is 21.63 MB.
COMPTON DOMINANCE AND THE BLAZAR SEQUENCE

Does the “blazar sequence” exist, or is it a result of a selection effect, due to the difficulty in measuring the redshifts of blazars with both high synchrotron peak frequencies (≳ 1015 Hz) and luminosities (≳ 1046 erg s−1)? We explore this question with a sample of blazars from the second catalog of active galactic nuclei from the Fermi Large Area Telescope. The Compton dominance, the ratio of the peak of the Compton to the synchrotron peak luminosities, is essentially a redshift-independent quantity and thus crucial to answering this question. We find that a correlation exists between Compton dominance and the peak frequency of the synchrotron component for all blazars in the sample, including ones with unknown redshift. We then construct a simple model to explain the blazar properties in our sample, where the difference between sources is due to only the magnetic field of the blazar jet emitting region, the external radiation field energy density, and the jet angle to the line of sight, with the magnetic field strength and external energy density being correlated. This model can reproduce the trends of the blazars in the sample and predicts that blazars may be discovered in the future with high synchrotron peak frequencies and luminosities. At the same time the simple model reproduces the lack of high-synchrotron-peaked blazars with high Compton dominances (≳ 1).