Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Nutrient, fatty acid and mineral composition of selected white food-grade sorghum hybrids grown in a Mediterranean area of Southern Italy

The nutrient composition, fatty acid content and mineral content of six white food-grade sorghum hybrids selected in either Argentina or Bolivia, and grown in a Mediterranean area of Southern Italy were studied. The six hybrids were analyzed for various attributes including moisture, protein, carbohydrate, dietary fiber, fat contents, fatty acid composition, and mineral content. Slight variations in both protein and in fiber contents were observed among hybrids. Linoleic, oleic and palmitic were the most abundant fatty acids in all samples with noticeable difference in their percentage content between both hybrids from Argentina and Bolivia. Slight variations in the content of the elements were found among the six white sorghum hybrids examined, and K, Fe, and Sb were, respectively, the most abundant macro-element, micro-element and trace element in all analyzed hybrids. These results are discussed in the context of the importance of the white food-grade sorghum in human nutrition, and of the opportunity to select the best varieties from the point of view of nutritional content.
Evaluation of Morphological and Anatomical Characters for Discrimination and Verification of Some Medicago sativa (L.) Cultivars

Medicago sativa L. (alfalfa) is one of the most important legume forages in the world. The objective of this study was to characterize and discriminate among 15 alfalfa cultivars with a different geographical origin. Macro-morphological and anatomical characters as well as seed coat sculpture were investigated. Twenty five morphological characters were extracted directly from the fresh specimens. Transverse section in the main stem were carried out; stained and seventeen anatomical characters were examined by light microscope. Seed coat surface was investigated using Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM). Data obtained were coded and analysed using NTsys-Pc software (Version 2.02) and the resulted dendrogram is discussed. The results showed morphological and anatomical variation between the studied taxa. Vascular bundles ranged from 16 to 23. The Egyptian cultivar Nubaria has the lowest number of vessels (16) while the American Super supreme has the larger number (23). The seed coat ornamentation revealed five main surface patterns and suggests the presence of variations in anticlinal boundaries and periclinal walls that provide stable diagnostic characters for morphologically closely related taxa. The dendrogram showed that the Egyptian cultivar Nubaria was the most distant and clustered separately from all the other alfalfa cultivars which were grouped into two main clusters. Seed coat morphology and combination of other plant morphological and anatomical characters permitted identification and discrimination between the examined cultivars. Results obtained in this work could be considered for further breeding strategies and studies.
Near-lethal heat treatment induced metabolic changes associated with endodormancy release of Superior Seedless grapevine cv. (Vitis vinifera L.) buds.

To assess the efficacy of near lethal heat stress for endodormancy release of Superior Seedless grapevine buds, single-node cuttings were soaked for 1 h in hot water (50 degrees C) and then forced for one month. The effects of hot water treatment (HWT) on budburst, metabolic changes of carbohydrates, proline, free polyamines PAs (putrescine (Put), spermidine (Spd) and spermine (Spm)) and antioxidant enzymes' activity were investigated in bud under forcing conditions. Near-lethal heat stress caused a transient increase in starch hydrolysis, leading to an abrupt accumulation of soluble sugars, especially sucrose concentration during the first 3 days after treatment. This accumulation of soluble sugars coincided with a brief stimulation of the antioxidant system represented by ascorbate peroxidase (APX; EC 1.11.1.11), peroxidase (POD; EC 1.11.1.7) as well as an increase in the concentration of proline and free polyamines, especially putrescine (Put) and spermidine (Spd). These changes, which occurred immediately upon treatment, appear to be related with a process leading to endodormancy release. These results support the argument that a temporary and acute oxidative stress is involved in the mechanism leading to dormancy release and budbreak. Furthermore, it is possible that the stimulation of both peroxidases' activity and proline biosynthesis activated the pentose phosphate pathway (PPP) which helped the bud to overcome endodormancy. After this initial period and towards budbreak initiation, there was a rapid decline in the concentration of soluble sugars, proline and Put, while, Spm and Spd became abundant. Such post stress changes appear to be associated with the reactivation of growth leading to an earlier and more vigorous budbreak. The metabolic response to HWT was compared to those observed after bud chilling or the application of restbreaking agents such as hydrogen cyanamide (HC). The similarity in the response to these various stimuli suggests the presence of common regulatory pathways involved in bud dormancy release and subsequent sprouting.
Increased Levels of Endotoxin Core Antibodies and Decreased Levels of sCD 14 Indicate Chronic Endotoxemia in Coronary Artery Disease (CURES-127)

Introduction: Endotoxin is hypothesized to play an important role in chronic inflammation associated with coronary artery disease (CAD). The activity of the endotoxin is determined by the relative levels of endotoxin core antibodies (EndoCab), LPS binding protein (LBP) and soluble CD14 (sCD14). Towards this end, we estimated EndoCab, LBP and sCD14 levels in subjects with CAD and correlated them with clinical parameters, serum hormones and cytokine levels. Methods: The study subjects were recruited from Chennai Urban Rural Epidemiology Study (CURES). Age and gender matched subjects with (n=46) and without (n=45) CAD were selected from Phase III of the study. The levels of serum lipopolysaccharide (LPS), EndoCab and its translocation markers (sCD14 and LBP) along with insulin, glucagon, adiponectin and leptin and pro-inflammatory cytokines such as TNF-α, IL-6 and IL-1β were measured by immuno-assays. Results: Quartile analysis showed significantly higher percentage of CAD subjects in the highest quartile of EndoCab (>26.6 EMU/ml) (CAD-24% Vs Controls 0%) and LPS (>65.05 EU/ml) (CAD-21% vs. Controls 4%), while a reverse trend was seen for sCD14 (>2198398.7 ng/ml) (CAD-1% vs. Control-24%) (p<0.01). LBP levels were not statistically different between the groups. While EndoCab levels showed positive association with LPS, LBP, sCD14, hsCRP, HOMA-IR and glucagon, sCD14 showed a negative association with most of these markers. Significant increase in the levels of pro inflammatory cytokines TNFα, IL-6 and IL-1β, was also observed in the CAD group when compared to the control. Conclusions: Significantly elevated levels of EndoCab and decreased levels of sCD14 indicate chronic endotoxin exposure in CAD subjects.
MORPHOMETRICS OF BEMISIA TABACI (GENNADIUS) (HEMIPTERA: ALEYRODIDAE) SPECIES COMPLEX FROM COTTON

The whitefly Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) is now recognized as a species complex and many of its genetic groups are important agricultural pests. B. tabaci specimens collected from three cotton cultivars were subjected to genetic characterization and morphometric studies. The cotton cultivars selected were namely HS1300, P86 and LRA5166. Genetic diversity in the populations using mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase 1 (mtCO-1) sequences revealed the presence of three genetic groups namely Asia 1, Asia II 1 and Asia II 7 groups. For morphometrics, 62 morphological characters on puparia were considered. The principal component analysis revealed a wide range of morphological variations in the critical taxonomic characters among the populations. Contrastingly, puparial length was more in Asia II 1 genetic group whereas breadth of puparia, length of antenna, lingula and vasiform orifice were more in Asia I genetic group. Thus, this study adds to our knowledge of the host-associated morphological variations and genetic diversity of B. tabaci populations.
Variation in East Asian turtles of the genus Mauremys (Bataguridae; Testudines)

Morphometric variation in populations of East Asian Mauremys was evaluated with discriminant function and cluster analysis. M. iversoni is the most distinctive member of the group, although specimens from Guizhou Prov. , China originally assigned to that taxon may represent an undescribed species. Mauremys (formerly Annamemys) annamensis is a morphometrically distinct species. Annamemys grochovskiae is a synonym of M. mutica (not M. annamensis). Mauremys guangxiensis is apparently a composite species; the holotype is apparently M. iversoni and the paratype is M. mutica
Discretionary Disclosure Strategies in Corporate Narratives: Incremental Information or Impression Management?

The purpose of this paper is to review and synthesize the literature on discretionary narrative disclosures. We explore why, how, and whether preparers of corporate narrative reports use discretionary disclosures in corporate narrative documents and why, how, and whether users react thereto. To facilitate the review, we provide three taxonomies based on: the motivation for discretionary narrative disclosures (opportunistic behavior, i.e. impression management, versus provision of useful incremental information); the research perspective (preparer versus user); and seven discretionary disclosure strategies. We also examine the whole range of theoretical frameworks utilized by prior research, and we put forward some suggestions for future research.
Does market integration promote to firm information efficiency? Empirical evidence for Malaysia listed firms

Global information transmits fast into share price if a company is highly integrated with the world market. On the contrary, a segmented firm that has higher integration with local market is expected to have slow response to global information. This paper tested whether the above is true for listed firms in Malaysia, a fast-emerging market that consists of large pool of both integrated and segmented firms. The degree of market integration is measured by the variance ratios approach proposed by Akdogan (1997) while informational efficiency is captured by the price delay measure suggested by Hou and Moskowitz (2005). We analyzed a panel of 265 firms from 1995 to 2010 and found that firms with higher integration with world market have better global information efficiency while segmented firms were significantly slow to impound global news. Our results are robust to the choice of different proxies of informational efficiency as well as different control variables and a variety of alternative regression specifications. Our findings imply that the policymakers should consider further liberalize the Malaysian stock market to increase its transparency and reduce information barriers so that information efficiency can be improved and contribute to economic growth agenda.
Using Pilot-Scale Investigations to Estimate the Remaining Geosmin and MIB Removal Capacity of Full-Scale GAC-Capped Drinking Water Filters

Pilot tests were conducted to investigate the removal of geosmin and 2-methylisoborneol (MIB) by new and semi-exhausted granular activated carbon (GAC) extracted from full-scale filters located in the City of Toronto’s drinking water treatment facilities. Four pilot filters containing core-sampled GAC and new sand were fed with settled water from a full-scale plant and operated under conditions similar to those employed at full-scale. None of the pilot filters appeared to be capable of reducing geosmin and MIB concentrations to below the commonly cited threshold odour limits of 4 ng/L for geosmin and 9 ng/L for MIB at the influent levels tested. When operated at a 5-min empty bed contact time (EBCT) with geosmin influent concentrations in the range of about 70 to 110 ng/L, removals ranged from 10 to 38% in filters with 25 to 30 cm of used GAC. In the filter with 25 cm of new GAC, removal was 83%. When operated with a 7.5-min EBCT, the filter containing 95 cm of used bituminous GAC removed 78% of the geosmin present in the influent. For both geosmin and MIB, the effluent concentration and the amount removed increased as influent concentration increased, as was expected. In general, geosmin was better removed than MIB.
A generating family for the Freudenthal compactification of a class of rimcompact spaces

For X a Tikhonov space, let F (X) be the algebra of all real-valued continuous functions on X that assume only finitely many values outside some compact subset. We show that F (X) generates a compactification γX of X if and only if X has a base of open sets whose boundaries have compact neighborhoods, and we note that if this happens then γX is the Freudenthal compactification of X. For X Hausdorff and locally compact, we establish an isomorphism between the lattice of all subalgebras of F (X)/CK(X) and the lattice of all compactifications of X with zero-dimensional remainder, the finite-dimensional subalgebras corresponding to the compactifications with finite remainder. Introduction. Throughout the paper C(X) will stand for the algebra of all real-valued continuous functions on a non-empty Tikhonov space X, and C∗(X) for the subalgebra of bounded functions. C#(X) will be the subset of C(X) consisting of all f with the property that, for every maximal ideal M of C(X), there exists λM ∈ R such that f−λM ∈M . We shall denote by F (X) the subset of C(X) consisting of all f such that f(X −K) is a finite set for some compact K ⊆ X, K depending on f . Both C#(X) and F (X) are subalgebras of C∗(X), and F (X) ⊆ C#(X). Moreover, F (X) = C#(X) for X realcompact and locally compact (see [20]). The space X is said to be rimcompact if it has a base of open sets with compact boundaries. Each rimcompact space has a compactification φX that is the maximum compactification of X with zero-dimensional remainder; φX is called the Freudenthal compactification of X. Henriksen was the first to observe the relationship between C#(X) and φX; he showed in [12] that if X is realcompact and C#(X) generates a 2000 Mathematics Subject Classification: 54D35, 54C40.
Breviclypeus, a new South African Trichiina genus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae, Cetoniinae)

A new genus, Breviclypeus gen. nov., endemic to South Africa, is erected. The type species is here designated to be Agenius rufipennis Gory & Percheron 1833 (comb. nov.). A second species, Campulipus plagosus (Peringuey, 1885) is recognized to belong into this new genus (comb. nov.). Consequently, the genus Campulipus Kirby, 1827 is now represented by three species only, Campulipus limbatus (Olivier, 1789), Campulipus clavus (Schaum, 1844) and Campulipus suturalis (Waterhouse, 1885). A fourth taxon, Agenius nobilis J. Thomson, 1878 is here transferred to Campulipus (comb. nov.) and synonymized with C. limbatus (syn. nov.) The two genera not only exhibit key morphological differences, but also occupy different habitats and diverge substantially in their ecology. An updated key of the genera of South African Trichiina is also provided. A separate key is provided for the genus Breviclypeus .
Credit Line Use and Availability in the Financial Crisis: The Importance of Hedging

What determined the corporate use of credit lines in the recent financial crisis? To address this question we hand-collect data on credit lines and interest rate hedging for a random sample of 600 COMPUSTAT firms. We document that drawdowns of credit lines had already increased in 2007, earlier than what previous work has found. The surge in drawdowns occurred precisely when disruptions in bank funding markets began. In addition, we distinguish unused and available portions of credit lines, which we then use to disentangle credit supply and credit demand effects. On the supply side, we find covenant-induced reduction of credit supply to be small, and almost no evidence of credit line cancelations. On the demand side, our results confirm that while smaller and lower-rated firms use their credit lines more intensively in general, larger and higher-rated firms were more likely to draw on their credit lines during the crisis. We find that firms that use interest rate swaps to hedge the interest rate risk associated with their credit lines draw down significantly more from those lines than non-hedged firms.
Nutritional properties of cherry tomatoes harvested at different times and grown in an organic cropping

The physicochemical characteristics of the cherry tomato cultivated in organic and conventional production systems and harvested at either 30 or 45 days of cropping were evaluated using a randomized, 2x2 factorial design (2 cropping systems x 2 harvesting times) with five repetitions. The parameters analyzed were color, centesimal composition, total energetic value, carotenoids and bioactive amine content. Tomatoes harvested at 30 days had higher total soluble solid (TSS) content when grown conventionally, but when harvested at 45 days, both conventional and organic tomatoes had similar TSS values, probably due to increased N availability in the soil. Organic cherry tomatoes had higher contents of β-carotene, lycopene and bioactive amine. On the other hand, tomatoes from conventional cropping were more alkaline and brighter. In conclusion, organic tomatoes are more nutritious than conventional varieties, and if allowed to ripen for up to 45 days, contain higher levels of TSS, carotenoids and total bioactive amines.
Comparison of Three Body Models of Different Complexities in Modelling of Equal-Sized Dipole and Folded Dipole Wearable Passive UHF RFID Tags

─ We compare the performance of equal-sized dipole and folded dipole wearable passive UHF RFID tags using three different body models for the torso of an adult male: cuboid and anatomical models with and without internal structures. The results show that all models estimate the antenna impedance matching appropriately, but only the anatomical models predict the full spatial coverage of the tags properly. We present a novel metrics for analysing the coverage in simulations and compare the simulated and measured tag read ranges to validate our modelling results. Index Terms ─ Dipole, e-textile, folded dipole, human body model, RFID tag, wearable antenna.
Tracing the origins of ESP in Old English AElfric's Colloquy and Cosmology

The present paper will analyse two different pieces by AElfric, perhaps one of the leading prose-writers of the Old English period. These are, namely, his Cosmology –which may have been completed towards the year 993 (Burnley, 1992)–, and his Colloquy on the Occupations –composed a few years afterwards . These stand for two of the few writings that may be regarded as scientific prose in Old English, at a time when most of the prose works –not only scientific– were rendered in Latin, and when the greatest prose genres in Old English corresponded to history, philosophy or oratory. These two pieces are admittedly heterogeneous: on the one hand, the Cosmology may be said to combine aspects of both a religious and a scientific register; on the other hand, AElfric’s Colloquy must have been intended as a companion to his Latin Grammar (Mitchell and Robinson, 1964/2007). Yet, as these authors also note, the work also offers us an overall panorama of the social structure of that time. Concretely, this means that certain characters speak about the main aspects of their trades. It is this feature that makes us approach this text as a kind of forerunner of a text in the sphere of “English for Specific Purposes”. In any case, it may be expected that many of the characteristic traits of Present Day English ESP texts will not apply, among other things, because of the differences in morphology and sentence structure between the two diachronic varieties. The two texts will be studied, with a view to offering a contrastive analysis of their characteristic features with those recurrent traits of Present-day English professional texts.
Integration of Supply Chain in IBS Construction

To ensure the success of IBS construction, the research will look at the integration means and factors that helped to integrate the IBS supply chains. Findings from semi-structured interviews with key IBS supply chain players revealed, human and behavioural factors, supply chain process and exchange flow, supply chain structure and collaboration and the working environment should be developed amongst the IBS supply chains. The findings contribute enabling factors to improve integration within IBS supply chains in the construction environment in Malaysia.
Merging Differential Updates in In-Memory Column Store

To meet the performance requirements of enterprise application for both, transactional application as well as analytical scenarios, data storage of in-memory databases are split into two parts: One optimized for reading and a write-optimized differential buffer. The read-optimized main storage together with the differential buffer for inserts provide the current state of the database. In regular intervals the differential buffer is merged with the main database to maintain compression and query performance. This merge process runs asynchronous to minimize the impact on query performance. However, simple duplication of the data structures prior to the merge process lead to a main memory consumption of at least twice the size of the database. In this paper we propose a differential merge update based on single columns. In typical enterprise application data environments this leads to a significant reduction of memory consumption as this type of applications tend to store transactional data in very large single tables. The Single Column Merge has been implemented in HYRISE and proved in a test scenario based on real enterprise data.
Moderating Effect of Group Cue While Processing News on Immigration: Is the Framing Effect a Heuristic Process?

This paper presents a study on the sociocognitive effects of news frames on immigration. One hundred and eighty-six individuals were exposed to a newspaper story on increased immigration to Spain. The newspaper highlighted (a) the positive (economic contribution frame) versus negative (crime growth frame) consequences and (b) the group cue—Latinos versus Moroccans. In contrast with economic contribution frame, crime growth frame stimulated more negative cognitive responses toward immigration, increased the salience of immigration as a problem, generated a negative attitude toward immigration, and induced greater disagreement with positive beliefs about the consequences of immigration for the country. We conceptualized the framing effect as a heuristic process in which peripheral cues in the news story guided information processing.