Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Effect of soil type on pyrethrum seed germination

Pyrethrum (Tanacetum cinerariifolium (Trevir.) Sch. Bip. ) is an autochthonous insecticidal plant from Dalmatia (Croatia). It is commercially grown worldwide with a particularly fast expansion in Africa and Australia (Tasmania) and used as a natural insecti- cide. The study was conducted in Istria, Croatia, in a greenhouse, to determine the effect of soil type on the germination of pyrethrum seeds. The effect of different soil types on the germination of pyrethrum was found to be highly significant. The highest percentage of germination was found on white clay loam (soil type 2), and the lowest on red clay Terra Rossa (soil types 1 and 6). Seed germina- tion was greatly influenced by soil texture, foremost silt percentage, and soil pH. The present study suggests that pyrethrum seed germination is best on slightly alkaline clayey loams with moderate nutrients. Positive correlation was confirmed among germination percentage and silt content and soil pH.
Telemonitoring and Contemporary Outpatient Management of Patients with Heart Failure: Is it Time?

Chronic heart failure is not going away, but continues to expand globally. This is largely driven by new cases of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction. Patients receive chronic disease management complicated by frequent hospitalizations to treat episodes of exacerbation that not only affect quality of life but is also associated with a signifi cant fi nancial burden to the society. With a better understanding of heart failure pathophysiology, our management strategy has shifted progressively from reactive to preventive, such as daily weight monitoring and interaction with specialized nurses. With the advent of new technology, non-invasive remote monitoring is now more available with regular, automatic data transmission to the health care center, including heart rate, blood pressure, weight and daily activity. The widespread use of implanted cardioverter defi brillators and cardiac resynchronization therapy in patients with heart failure has enabled the expansion of these devices with various indwelling sensors aimed at monitoring volume status and predicting need for hospitalization. As the success of this approach was noted to be limited, implantable hemodynamic sensors have been subsequently developed in an attempt to reduce heart failure hospitalizations and mortality. This manuscript provides a brief review and clinical utility of the available remote monitoring approaches and devices for patients with heart failure.
Some Indicators of Fatness and Motor Fitness in Slovenian and Serbian Children

El proposito de este estudio fue identificar las diferencias especificas de sexo y edad en la aptitud y niveles de condicion fisica en ninos de dos paises de los Balcanes occidentales en el sudeste de Europa: Eslovenia y Serbia. La muestra consistio en 1.659 sujetos de ambos sexos, con edades entre los 9 y 15 anos. Para el analisis se utilizaron la altura corporal, masa corporal, espesor del pliegue cutaneo del triceps, brazo doblado al colgar y de pie en salto largo. Se utilizo la regresion ordinal para probar las diferencias en el indice de masa corporal (IMC) categorias entre los paises. El analisis MANOVA fue utilizado para probar las diferencias en el nivel de condicion motriz fisica. El conjunto de variables analizadas (p<0,001) entre los paises no fueron estadisticamente significativas. Los ninos y ninas de ambos paises tenian similar altura y masa corporal e IMC, pero en los eslovenos los pliegues cutaneos del triceps mas pequenos. Los ninos de ambos paises fueron superiores en salto largo en comparacion con sus homologos de otras partes de Europa. Sin embargo, los ninos y las ninas eslovenos obtuvieron mejores resultados que los serbios en ambas pruebas de motricidad. Las diferencias en los resultados de las pruebas de motricidad entre los paises fueron mayores a los 9 anos de edad, a los 14 anos se detecto una tendencia aparente: con caracteristicas morfologicas similares, los ninos eslovenos, particularmente las ninas, se encontraban en mejores condiciones fisicas que los ninos serbios. El sexo es el unico parametro significativo (p<0,001) de clasificar en una categoria de IMC. Los ninos tienen una probabilidad promedio aproximada de 1,75 para pasar a una categoria superior IMC tal como las ninas. Entre las ninas, las diferencias entre los paises eran mayores, ya que la prevalencia de las ninas con sobrepeso y obesidad en Eslovenia disminuyen con la edad, mientras que se observo una tendencia inversa en Serbia.
Metabolic response of pigs supplemented with incremental levels of leguminous Acacia karroo, Acacia nilotica and Colophospermum mopane leaf meals

The nutritional effects of varying levels of leguminous leaf meal inclusion were investigated using 40 mixed weaner pigs of average weight 31? 4 (s.d. 4? 19) kg offered diets which included leguminous leaf meals (Acacia karroo, Acacia nilotica and Colophospermum mopane) over 18 days. The leaf meals were included at 100, 200 and 300 g/kg of dry matter. Leaf meals increased daily live-weight gain ( P > 0? 05) at low inclusion levels. They were also shown to increase food intake and food conversion ratio. There was an increase in digestibility of dry matter and protein at low inclusion level of leaf meals ( P 0? 05). The activity of hepatic microsomal uridine diphosphate glucuronyl transferase increased significantly ( P 0? 05) except crypt depth at the proximal position of the small intestine, which decreased with increasing leaf meal levels ( P < 0? 05).
Nonequilibrium dynamics of a stochastic model of anomalous heat transport: numerical analysis

We study heat transport in a chain of harmonic oscillators with random elastic collisions between nearest-neighbours. The equations of motion of the covariance matrix are numerically solved for free and fixed boundary conditions. In the thermodynamic limit, the shape of the temperature profile and the value of the stationary heat flux depend on the choice of boundary conditions. For free boundary conditions, they also depend on the coupling strength with the heat baths. Moreover, we find a strong violation of local equilibrium at the chain edges that determine two boundary layers of size (where N is the chain length) that are characterized by a different scaling behaviour from the bulk. Finally, we investigate the relaxation towards the stationary state, finding two long time scales: the first corresponds to the relaxation of the hydrodynamic modes; the second is a manifestation of the finiteness of the system.
MULTIPLICITY OF GROUND STATE SOLUTIONS FOR DISCRETE NONLINEAR SCHRÖDINGER EQUATIONS WITH UNBOUNDED POTENTIALS

The discrete nonlinear Schrödinger equation is a nonlinear lattice system that appears in many areas of physics such as nonlinear optics, biomolecular chains and Bose-Einstein condensates. In this article, we consider a class of discrete nonlinear Schrödinger equations with unbounded potentials. We obtain some new sufficient conditions on the multiplicity results of ground state solutions for the equations by using the symmetric mountain pass lemma. Recent results in the literature are greatly improved.
Comparison of maternal and neonatal outcome of IVF/ICSI conceived pregnancies with spontaneous conceived pregnancies

Background: Conception by IVF has been associated with an increased incidence of several obstetrical and perinatal complications. IVF is associated with increased complications like OHSS (Ovarian Hyper Stimulation Syndrome), multiple pregnancies and thromboembolism, ectopic pregnancy, congenital malformations, and small for gestational age, low birth weight etc. This study is done to evaluate and compare the obstetric and perinatal complications between assisted reproduction and spontaneous conception. The objective of the present study was to evaluate and compare the maternal and neonatal outcome of IVF/ICSI conceived pregnancies with spontaneous conceived pregnancies.Methods: In this study 62 patients conceived with IVF/ICSI were taken as cases and 62 patients conceived spontaneously were taken as controls. The categorical data was analyzed using chi square test and results expressed by p value.Results: The incidence of multiple pregnancies among IVF/ICSI group is 33.8% and 1.6% in controls. IVF/ICSI conception when compared to spontaneous conception is associated with increased incidence of miscarriage (18% versus 1.6%), first trimester bleeding (18% versus 1.6%), cervical insufficiency (22.5% versus 0), PROM (11.3% versus 1.6%), preterm birth (33.8% verss 14.5%), caesarean section rates (71% vs 53%), low birth weight babies (44% vs 10.7%) and NICU admissions(33.3% vs 10.7%). The male: female ratio is higher in IVF/ICSI group.Conclusions: IVF/ICSI conceptions are associated with a significantly higher incidence of multiple pregnancies, miscarriage, prematurity, increased caesarean section rates, and increased male: female ratio.
Carbon dynamics of the Weddell Gyre, Southern Ocean

The accumulation of carbon within the Weddell Gyre and its exchanges across the gyre boundaries are investigated with three recent full‐depth oceanographic sections enclosing this climatically important region. The combination of carbon measurements with ocean circulation transport estimates from a box inverse analysis reveals that deepwater transports associated with Warm Deep Water (WDW) and Weddell Sea Deep Water dominate the gyre's carbon budget, while a dual‐cell vertical overturning circulation leads to both upwelling and the delivery of large quantities of carbon to the deep ocean. Historical sea surface pCO2 observations, interpolated using a neural network technique, confirm the net summertime sink of 0.044 to 0.058 ± 0.010 Pg C yr−1 derived from the inversion. However, a wintertime outgassing signal similar in size results in a statistically insignificant annual air‐to‐sea CO2 flux of 0.002 ± 0.007 Pg C yr−1 (mean 1998–2011) to 0.012 ± 0.024 Pg C yr−1 (mean 2008–2010) to be diagnosed for the Weddell Gyre. A surface layer carbon balance, independently derived from in situ biogeochemical measurements, reveals that freshwater inputs and biological drawdown decrease surface ocean inorganic carbon levels more than they are increased by WDW entrainment, resulting in an estimated annual carbon sink of 0.033 ± 0.021 Pg C yr−1. Although relatively less efficient for carbon uptake than the global oceans, the summertime Weddell Gyre suppresses the winter outgassing signal, while its biological pump and deepwater formation act as key conduits for transporting natural and anthropogenic carbon to the deep ocean where they can reside for long time scales.
To buy or not buy? A review of affective priming in purchase decision

Correspondence: Gabriel JC Mograbi Department of Philosophy, Institute for Human and Social Sciences, UFMT – Federal University of Mato Grosso, 2367 Av Fernando Correa da Costa, Bairro Boa Esperanca, Cuiaba, MT 78060-900, Brazil Tel +55 65 3165 8479 Fax +55 65 3634 7600 Email gabriel.mograbi@gmail.com Abstract: The current paradigm of neuroeconomics goes beyond merely axiomatic models and contemplates the influence of psychological factors on economic decisions. Under this framework, the main aim of the current review is to address the influence of affective priming in purchase decision. For this purpose, we first summarize the affective priming literature, followed by a section concentrating on purchase-decision studies that show that this phenomenon is value-driven, going beyond the emotionless calculation of traditional utility models in microeconomics. Finally, both themes are connected by reviewing the available experiments investigating affective priming effects on economic and purchase decision. We discuss these findings within a framework that considers that humans, as biological entities, attribute salience to hedonic information, highlighting the value-driven nature of decision-making, especially purchase decisions.
EXPLORATION OF THE MECHANISM UNDERLYING NEOGENESIS AND REGENERATION OF POSTNATAL MAMMALIAN SKIN : DEER ANTLER VELVET

Transition from fetal to adult type skin in mammals accompanies the change in response to trauma from regeneration to scar formation. Any claims to have observed neogenesis/regeneration of even some of the skin appendages (such as hair follicles and sebaceous glands) in scar tissue are usually received with skepticism. In defiance of this general rule, deer antler velvet, a special type of mammalian integument, is not only capable of full regeneration, but regeneration on a grand scale. Therefore, antler velvet offers a unique opportunity to investigate how nature has solved the problem of regeneration of adult mammalian skin including its associated appendages. Antler velvet together with the tissue it envelops regenerates in yearly cycles from a permanent bony protuberance called a pedicle. Each spring, wound healing takes place over the cast plane (around 40 mm in diameter in red deer) of a pedicle stump created following the shedding of the previous year’s hard antler. Interestingly, instead of forming a scar to seal the defect, as would be the case elsewhere on the deer or other mammals; antler velvet, demised due to occlusion of blood supply, is fully regenerated from the distal pedicle skin to heal the open wound. Characteristics that set velvet apart from other deer skin include a thicker epidermis, larger sebaceous glands, absence of sweat glands in some species, and successive stages in the initiation and development of hair follicles. The outcome of this wound healing obviously cannot be even partially attributed to skin contraction, as pedicle skin is firmly attached to the underlying tissue, a phenomenon akin to the human situation. Nor is it due to an impaired inflammatory response, as is the case in fetal wound healing, since without immune protection a pedicle wound with warm tissue fluids would have rapidly become infected with bacteria. A recent series of experiments has revealed that pedicle skin owes its full regeneration potential to the closely associated pedicle periosteum, working through soluble factors. Topical application of antler extracts significantly reduced scar size of full thickness skin excisional wounds on pigs, and on similar wounds on rats, stimulated a substantial increase in vasculature in the scar tissue. Eventual identification and isolation of these soluble factors from pedicle periosteum/growing antlers may have significant impact on the field of regenerative medicine as applied to human skin and its associated appendages. * chunyi.li@agresearch.co.nz
Occurrence of most important Western honey bee ( Apis mellifera ) parasites ( Nosema spp . and Varroa destructor ) in Latvia

For the last decades, trend of colony losses in Europe and worldwide is the main topic concerning honey bee health. The life span of honey bees is affected by a combination of a number of biotic and abiotic factors including infections by the mite Varroa destructor, Varroa-associated viruses, Nosema microsporidia, drought, bacteria and/or fungi. In the present study samples were collected from 570 apiaries throuhout Latvia at three times (May/June; July/August and September/October). The results showed that honey bee parasites Nosema spp. and V. destructor occurred in all regions of Latvia. A single species infection of Nosema ceranae was most prevalent in two seasons with low mean intensity. In contrast, mean intensity of Nosema apis was the highest overall. V. destructor prevalence was the highest in autumn and similarly high in most regions of country throughout the year, except in the Kurzeme region where it was the lowest.
Valuation Risk Revalued

This paper shows the success of valuation risk—time‐preference shocks in Epstein–Zin utility—in resolving asset pricing puzzles rests sensitively on the way it is introduced. The specification used in the literature is at odds with several desirable properties of recursive preferences because the weights in the time‐aggregator do not sum to one. When we revise the specification in a simple asset pricing model the puzzles resurface. However, when estimating a sequence of increasingly rich models, we find valuation risk under the revised specification consistently improves the ability of the models to match asset price and cash‐flow dynamics.
Feedback-directed differential testing of interactive debuggers

To understand, localize, and fix programming errors, developers often rely on interactive debuggers. However, as debuggers are software, they may themselves have bugs, which can make debugging unnecessarily hard or even cause developers to reason about bugs that do not actually exist in their code. This paper presents the first automated testing technique for interactive debuggers. The problem of testing debuggers is fundamentally different from the well-studied problem of testing compilers because debuggers are interactive and because they lack a specification of expected behavior. Our approach, called DBDB, generates debugger actions to exercise the debugger and records traces that summarize the debugger's behavior. By comparing traces of multiple debuggers with each other, we find diverging behavior that points to bugs and other noteworthy differences. We evaluate DBDB on the JavaScript debuggers of Firefox and Chromium, finding 19 previously unreported bugs, eight of which are already fixed by the developers.
Crowd Counting with Deep Negative Correlation Learning

Deep convolutional networks (ConvNets) have achieved unprecedented performances on many computer vision tasks. However, their adaptations to crowd counting on single images are still in their infancy and suffer from severe over-fitting. Here we propose a new learning strategy to produce generalizable features by way of deep negative correlation learning (NCL). More specifically, we deeply learn a pool of decorrelated regressors with sound generalization capabilities through managing their intrinsic diversities. Our proposed method, named decorrelated ConvNet (D-ConvNet), is end-to-end-trainable and independent of the backbone fully-convolutional network architectures. Extensive experiments on very deep VGGNet as well as our customized network structure indicate the superiority of D-ConvNet when compared with several state-of-the-art methods. Our implementation will be released at https://github.com/shizenglin/Deep-NCL
Pulmonary Function Tests Abnormalities In Parkinson Disease

Objective: In patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) and other extrapyramdial disorders, respiratory problems commonly contribute to morbidity and mortality. The aim of this study is to investigate the characteristics of pulmonary function tests (PFT) abnormalities in patients with PD. Materials and Methods: PFTs performed in 25 patients suffered PD (19 male 69%, 6 Female 24 % ) without known respiratory and cardiovascular disease and no history of smoking and 25 healthy individuals as an age and sex matched control group. We obtained Body plethysmographic measurements of lung volumes and respiratory determinations of PFT. PD severity was evaluated by Hoehn and Yahr staging. Results: The mean age of PD onset was 58.8±11.6 years. 44 % (n= 4) of patients in H-Y Group 1, and 75 % (n= 6) in group 2 and 3 and 75% (n=6) in group 4 and 5 had abnormal PFT values. Between various tests, the Residual Volume (RV>120 % of normal value); Forced Vital Capacity (FVC<80 % of normal value) and FEV1 / FVC Ratio<75 % of normal ratio, were significantly abnormal in patients with PD compared with the controls, (p<0.05). Also obstructive pulmonary function disorders were significantly common in patients, (p<0.04). Conclusions: Obstructive pattern of respiratory abnormalities is the most common type of PFT impairment in PD patients. The evaluation and rehabilitation of pulmonary disorders should be routinely included in the management of PD patients. This study has supported by Research Assistance of Tabriz University of Medical Sciences
Distribution and relative density of cetaceans in the Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand

ABSTRACT Understanding species distributions, and how they change in space and time, is vital when prioritising conservation or management initiatives. We assessed the distribution and density patterns of common dolphins (Delphinus sp.), bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) and Bryde’s whales (Balaenoptera edeni) in the Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand. Dedicated boat-based surveys were conducted in the inner Hauraki Gulf (IHG) and off Great Barrier Island (GBI) during 2010–2012. Generalised linear models were used to investigate temporal changes in relative densities and kernel density estimation was implemented to examine spatial trends. Common dolphins were widely distributed during all seasons, with higher densities observed during winter and spring in the IHG but during autumn off GBI. There was inter-annual variation in Bryde’s whale distribution, with high densities recorded off GBI in 2011. Bottlenose dolphins were infrequently sighted in the IHG but regularly encountered off GBI, with the highest densities during spring and summer.
Fast pole figure acquisition using area detectors at the DiffAbs beamline – Synchrotron SOLEIL

Errors in the article by Mocuta, Richard, Fouet, Stanescu, Barbier, Guichet, Thomas, Hustache, Zozulya & Thiaudiere [J. Appl. Cryst. (2013), 46, 1842–1853] are corrected.
Effects of Air Quality and Climate Change on Airway Hyperreactivity inChildren (A Multi-Centered Study)

The clinical effects of environmental pollution and climate change on respiratory health is a contemporary debate issue. In this study, the sulfur dioxide (SO 2 ), particulate matter (PM 10 ) levels, and climate conditions in the city of Izmir, have been taken together with the patients with asthma or acute bronchiolitis, who admitted to the children’s emergency departments of the four university/education-research hospitals in Izmir. From September 1, 2007 until August 31, 2008, the 22,467 patients who admitted to these centers because of airway hyperreactivity, were of age 3.05±1.57 on the average, and the male/female ratio was 1.7. Among the patients, 79.3% were having acute bronchiolitis, and 20.7% an asthma attack. As SO 2 and PM 10 levels increase, the daily asthma attacks, patients with acute bronchiolitis, and total of patients with hyperactivity, were observed to increase (p<0.001). In addition, the numbers in the following five days after the increase of air pollution rate, were observed to increase statistically significantly (p<0.001). The number of asthma and acute bronchiolitis patients applying to emergency, was negatively correlated with daily average temperature, but positively correlated with relative humidity, actual air pressure, and sea- level pressure levels (p<0.001). Reflecting on the increase of asthma and acute bronchiolitis in developed societies, there is a necessity of effective reliefs such as effectively monitoring the within-city air quality, taking the industrial centers out of the city, promoting public transportation, and preserving the natural life.