Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Abundance and characterization of simple.sequence repeats (SSRs) isolated from a size-fractionated genomic library of Brassica napus

Abst rac t A size-fractionated library ofBrassica napus L. (rapeseed), composed of 15000 clones, was screened for the presence of GA-, CA-, and GATA-simple-sequence repeats (SSRs). GA-SSRs were fourand five-fold more abundant than CAand GATA-SSRs, respectively, and present at a frequency of approximately one SSR for every 100 kb of DNA. Following the sequencing of 124 positive clones, primer pairs were designed and evaluated for seven selected SSRs. Products were amplified in an array of individuals of B. napus, B. oleracea and B, rapa, demonstrating that the seven SSRs were conserved among species. Two SSRs were polymorphic. Among 11 accessions, the dinucleotide (GA)-repeat, B.n. 9A, yielded 12 fragments, while the tetranucleotide-repeat (GATA), B.n. 6A2, revealed two fragments. Automated, fluorescence-based detection of polyacrylamide gels has been employed to simultaneously increase throughput, reduce unit cost, improve analytical resolution, and expedite data acquisition of SSR analysis. Though initial financial investment and technical capabilities may prevent some from directly employing our documented approach, SSR analysis warrants further investigation as a tool in genetic studies for enhancing both the conservation and utilization of genetic re-
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on physical activity, life satisfaction, anxiety, stress perception and coping strategies in student-athletes: A comparison between Belarus and Poland–countries with a different approach of anti-pandemic measures

Background More than two years of the COVID-19 pandemic has changed lives of people around the world and had a profound impact on the field of sports. This has resulted in decreased physical activity (PA) and changes in mental health. The goal was to assess self-reported physical activity, life satisfaction, perceived stress, choice of coping strategies and their correlations among student athletes from two neighboring countries facing different anti-pandemic strategies. Methods Cross-sectional surveys using standardized questionnaires: International Physical Activity Questionnaire—Short Form (IPAQ-SF), Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS), State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI), Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-10), and Coping Orientation to Problems Experienced (Mini-COPE) to compare 600 students from Physical Education and Sports departments of universities in Belarus (n = 333), where restrictions were found to be less stringent than in neighboring Poland (n = 267). Results Minor differences in physical activities between both countries indicate that student athletes have adapted fairly quickly and found ways to keep their PA at a fairly high level. Nevertheless, higher PA was reported in the group of student athletes from Belarus. PA levels correlated with life satisfaction, anxiety and stress levels. Female students from Poland reported lower satisfaction with their lives. Their perception of stress was twice as high as that of their Belarusian counterparts. The most common coping strategy in both groups was active coping. Polish respondents less frequently used strategies of avoiding problems and seeking outside support. Conclusion The level of physical activity and well-being of student athletes are associated with increased mental health and coping with stress. They also contribute to prevention of affective disorders during the COVID-19 pandemic. Moreover, it is dependent on the country's anti-pandemic policies.
Pesticides Use Practice and its Related Factors among Farmers in Pyin

The purpose of this descriptive cross-sectional study was to assess pesticides use practice and its significant factors among farmers in Pyin Oo Lwin Township, Myanmar. Data were collected from eight villages using proportional and simple random sampling from January to February 2013. A total sample of 219 farmers who grew flowers and vegetables was interviewed with structured questionnaires. Result indicated that the average age of respondents was 39.8 years and S.D. of 13.2 with a male to female ratio of 1.05:1. The majority of them were between 40 and 49 years old, married and lived with their children having average 79.74 US $ per month. Totally, 57.1 % had been using pesticides for more than 10 years. In addition, 47 % had good knowledge, 16.9 % had good perception, and most respondents had moderate accessibility to protective equipment but low accessibility to information, low availability to training program, and low social support. It revealed that their pesticides use practices were significantly and positively correlated with gender, monthly income, education, knowledge on pesticides danger and its usage, and accessibility to protective equipment and information, and social support. All had a positive correlation at p-value < 0.05.
Spillover Effects and Economic Integration : Evidence from Integrating Countries

The paper focuses on the impact of R&D expenditure on labor productivity of economically integrating countries using patent-, tradeand FDI-related technology diffusion channels. Time series for Greece, Ireland, Portugal and Spain representing European integration and for Mexico joining the free trade agreement with the USA and Canada are based on a set of 32 OECD countries for a time period from 1981 to 2008. Accounting for nonstationary data and cointegration, the paper uses the single equation EC model and finds empirical evidence for foreign technology spillover effects for Ireland (patentand trade-related), Portugal (patentrelated) and Spain (FDI-related). Moreover, there are significant impacts of foreign technology spillover effects for Ireland and Portugal from European economic integration no matter if technology diffusion is restricted to EU-12 or EU-15 countries, whereas for Mexico no such evidence from joining NAFTA is found. JEL Classification: C22, O30, R12
Adipose fatty acids and cancers of the breast, prostate and colon: An ecological study

Animal and ecological studies suggest that linoleic acid intake is related to breast‐cancer incidence. Analytical epidemiologic studies, however, do not support such findings. The primary objective of our ecological study was to investigate the association between breast‐cancer incidence and linoleic acid status across European countries. In addition, other fatty acids and cancer sites were studied. Mean fatty acid composition of adipose tissue samples in 11 centres from 8 European countries and Israel served as indicators of exposure of the population. Figures on cancer incidence for the respective or comparable regions were obtained from published data. N‐6 fatty acids in adipose tissue ranged from 10.4 in Helsinki to 24.6 g/100 g fatty acids in Jerusalem. N‐6 fatty acids were not associated significantly with breast, colon or prostate cancer. Cancers of the breast and colon were associated negatively with cis‐mono‐unsaturated fatty acids and positively with trans fatty acids. Despite a large range in intake, we found no evidence of a positive association between n‐6 fatty acid status and breast cancer, but associations were observed between other fatty acids and cancer. Differences in linoleic acid intake cannot explain risk differences in breast‐cancer incidence between affluent countries, while associations of other fatty acids with cancer rates may reflect cultural differences. Int. J. Cancer 72:587–591, 1997. © 1997 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
Aalborg Universitet Effects of a participatory ergonomics intervention with wearable technical measurements of physical workload in the construction industry Cluster randomized controlled trial

Background: Construction work frequently involves heavy physical work, and a reduction of the physical workload should have high priority. Technological development has made it possible to obtain field measurements with surface electromyography (sEMG), kinematics measured with inertial measurement units (IMUs), and video recordings. However, no studies have used these methods simultaneously to detect situations with excessive physical workload (events) during a working day. Thus, knowledge about these specific events may combat work-related risk factors. Participatory ergonomics (PE) has shown promising results, but whether it can be used as a tool to reduce the physical workload during construction work remains unknown. Objective: This cluster randomized controlled trial investigated whether a PE intervention with technical measurements consisting of IMUs, sEMG, heart rate monitoring, and video recordings of physical workload could reduce the number of events with excessive physical workload during a working day. Furthermore, other outcomes were obtained from questionnaires. Methods: A total of 80 male full-time construction workers (aged 19 to 67 years) were randomized at the cluster level (gang) to a PE intervention consisting of 3 workshops (7 gangs and 32 workers) or to a control group (8 gangs and 48 workers). The physical workload was recorded by technical measurements, that is, IMUs, sEMG, heart rate monitoring, and video recordings during a full working day at baseline and 3 and 6 months’ follow-up. On the basis of the technical measurements, a custom-made computer program detected the situations (events) where the construction workers were exposed to excessive physical workload and used in the intervention. Differences in the number of events from baseline to follow-up between intervention and control were evaluated using linear mixed models (intention-to-treat), with individual nested in cluster as a random factor. Furthermore, questionnaires were filled out on test days. Results: The results of the primary outcome showed no change in the number of events with excessive physical workload. However, compared with the control group, the other outcomes showed decreased general fatigue after a typical working day (P=.001) and increased influence on own work (P=.04). Conclusions: This PE intervention with technical measurements did not reduce the number of events with excessive physical workload during construction work. However, the intervention led to decreased general fatigue and increased influence on own work. Trial Registration: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT02498197; https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT02498197 (Archived by WebCite at http://www.webcitation.org/74SZ3DIWS) (J Med Internet Res 2018;20(12):e10272) doi:10.2196/10272 J Med Internet Res 2018 | vol. 20 | iss. 12 | e10272 | p.1 https://www.jmir. org/2018/12/e10272/ (page number not for citation purposes) Brandt et al JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INTERNET RESEARCH
SEASONAL INCIDENCE AND EXTENT OF DAMAGE BY CUCURBIT FRUIT FLY , BACTROCERA CUCURBITAE ( COQ . ) ON SPINE GOURD ( MOMORDICA DIOICA ROXB . )

Spine gourd Momordica dioica (Roxb.) is an important potential cucurbitaceous crop, its fruit gets severely affected by cucurbit fruit fly (Bactrocera cucurbitae Coq.). It population of 0.2 adult/plant was first observed during first week of August which remained till third week of October. The fruit fly adult population was increased gradually afterwards to reach highest number with 3.0 adult/plant in second week of September, whereas the maximum and minimum temperature was observed at 31.1C and 23.0C hand rainfall 8.4mm, while morning and evening relative humidity was 95% and 74%, respectively. However, after attaining peak, the population reduced and minimum level of none adult/plant was recorded in last week of October (43 SMW). The fruit infestation percentage of spine gourd was first observed on fruit number and weight basis at 19.61 and 19.28 per cent respectively, whereas the larval density of 2.57 maggot/fruit was observed during the first picking of fruits (July, 31). Thereafter, the fruit infestation percentage showed a gradual increasing trend and reach peak infestation with 43.23 and 43.31 per cent respectively, when the maggot density of 6.85 maggot/fruit was observed during fifth picking of fruits (September, 30). The infestation percentage was decreased by 32.58 and 35.99 per cent respectively, when the maggot density was also decreased in the ranges 4.58 maggot/plant in last picking of fruits (October, 15). Hence, the maximum plant protection measures should be applied in the month of September for the reduction of pest population and damage.
Management of diabetes during natural emergencies

Abstract Disaster preparedness is an important but often a neglected part in the management of chronic disorders. India is facing an epidemic of diabetes and the patients with diabetes are also exposed to the risk of natural disaster along with other members of the society. India faced many disasters in the past including the Bhopal gas leak, Gujarat earthquake and Andaman tsunami. These disasters exposed the lacunae in the disaster preparedness and lead to devastating health consequences. Previous research focused more on the immediate, traumatic aspects of the disasters and neglected the impact on chronic disorders. The experience of managing diabetes after Hurricane Katrina gave important insights into the short and long term consequences of a disaster. Our article provides information about the impact of disasters on diabetes, difficulties in the management and suggested measures at various levels to improve the disaster preparedness.
HARVESTING OF AGRICULTURAL WOOD RESIDUES FROM APPLE ORCHARDS USING A PRUNING ROUND BALER

In Europe, there are potentially large amounts of pruned biomass from orchards that could be used for energy production. One of the main barriers is a lack of complete technologies for mechanisation of the harvesting of these products. Under the EuroPruning project, a new baler adaptable to different site conditions was designed and constructed. The article presents the results of performance testing of the newly developed baling machine, conducted during the harvesting of pruning residues in apple orchards. The aim was to determine the potential yield of branches per unit area of orchard, harvesting losses, and the machine’s efficiency, including its capacity and fuel consumption in two different operating configurations (with and without windrowers). It was shown that the average area rate was 1 ha/h, with a yield potential in the range 2.89-3.31 t·ha -1 and fuel consumption of 4.5-5.1 dm3·h-1. Average harvesting losses measured in the studied orchards amounted to 22% with the machine working with activated windrowers and 37% without the use of windrowers.
CaGeM : A Cluster Aware Deep Generative Model

Deep generative models trained with large amounts of unlabelled data have proven to be powerful within the domain of unsupervised learning. Many real life data sets contain a small amount of labelled data points, that are typically disregarded when training generative models. We propose the Cluster-aware Generative Model, that offers a way to couple information from a small fraction of labelled data with the information from unlabelled data to improve generative performance. This paradigm is denoted semi-supervised generation and is achieved by embedding cluster information into the higher latent stochastic units of a variational autoencoder. With the information from only a small fraction of labelled data points, the generative performance of the model improves by more than 2 nats when comparing to similar models on permutation invariant MNIST, obtaining a loglikelihood of −79.38 nats. Even fully unsupervised, the model improves the log-likelihood performance. The model can also be applied to semi-supervised classification tasks on which it performs comparable to state-of-the-art.
Asymmetry in the Business Cycle: Friedman's Plucking Model with Correlated Innovations

This paper develops an unobserved components model for U.S. real GDP that allows for both asymmetric transitory movements and correlation between the permanent and transitory innovations. The asymmetry is modeled using Markov-switching in the transitory component in the spirit of Kim and Nelson's (1999) version of Friedman's plucking model. The findings suggest that ignoring the correlation between permanent and transitory movements underestimates the role of permanent movements, whereas ignoring asymmetry in the transitory component underestimates the role of temporary movements in U.S. real GDP. These results imply that both permanent movements and asymmetric transitory shocks are important for explaining post-war output fluctuations in the U.S. and for explaining the recession that began in 2007 in particular.
Controlling Disease Due to Helminth Infections

The book is not intended as a comprehensive guide to planning and implementing helminth control programmes nor is it a simple compilation of conference proceedings. Some of the articles were invited from experts who were unable to attend the conference. However we hope that the contents will encourage fellow health professionals to reappraise the public health significance of helminth induced disease in their regions and note that deworming is a feasible and cost effective option even when resources are in very short supply. The contents seeks to draw attention to: the public health significance of a selection of helminth infections; current ideas about approaches to the control of helminth-induced disease; information about anthelminthic drugs and their use; and recent experiences of control programmes in several countries. Although there was little discussion in Bali about dracunculiasis lymphatic filariasis onchocerciasis or schistosomiasis these topics are included in the book. We hope to urge health managers to consider the integration of control measures for soil-transmitted helminth infections into existing health care programmes; the new initiative to eliminate lymphatic filariasis for example offers opportunities to include measures for the control of disease caused by soil-transmitted helminths. (authors)
Serum Lipid Profile of Rats Fed Wheat-Margarine-Avocado Cake Blends

In this research, the serum lipid profile of rats fed wheat-margarineavocado cake blends were investigated. Fresh avocado fruits were purchased from the market then sorted, washed, drained and peeled. The creamy mesocarp was homogenized using a mixing bowl and a wooden stick to obtain a smooth puree or paste. Cake blends of margarine and avocado were prepared in the proportions of100:0, 80:20, 60:40, 40:60, 20:80 and 0:100. The feed intake, body weight pattern and serum lipid profile of albino rats were determined. The result showed high rate of wheat-margarine-avocado cakes consumption with 80:20% substitutions of margarineavocado cake blends. The body weight of rats fed wheat-margarine-avocado cakes were significantly elevated at end line relative to baseline. The serum lipid profile of the rats fed with wheat/avocado cake blends showed significant increase in total cholesterol, triglycerides and low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) levels accompanied with significant increase in serum high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C level. Group treated with 100% wheat/avocado cake had the highest value in the assessment of it HDL-C (83.55±49.85) with the least concentration of LDL-C (16.88±2.59).
Using global reanalysis data to quantify and correct airflow distortion bias in shipborne wind speed measurements

Abstract. At sea, wind forcing is responsible for the formation and development of surface waves and represents an important source of near-surface turbulence. Therefore, processes related to near-surface turbulence and wave breaking, such as sea spray emission and air–sea gas exchange, are often parameterised with wind speed. Thus, shipborne wind speed measurements provide highly relevant observations. They can, however, be compromised by flow distortion due to the ship's structure and objects near the anemometer that modify the airflow, leading to a deflection of the apparent wind direction and positive or negative acceleration of the apparent wind speed. The resulting errors in the estimated true wind speed can be greatly magnified at low wind speeds. For some research ships, correction factors have been derived from computational fluid dynamic models or through direct comparison with wind speed measurements from buoys. These correction factors can, however, lose their validity due to changes in the structures near the anemometer and, thus, require frequent re-evaluation, which is costly in either computational power or ship time. Here, we evaluate if global atmospheric reanalysis data can be used to quantify the flow distortion bias in shipborne wind speed measurements. The method is tested on data from the Antarctic Circumnavigation Expedition onboard the R/V Akademik Tryoshnikov, which are compared to ERA-5 reanalysis wind speeds. We find that, depending on the relative wind direction, the relative wind speed and direction measurements are biased by −37 % to +22 % and -17∘ to +11∘ respectively. The resulting error in the true wind speed is +11.5 % on average but ranges from −4 % to +41 % (5th and 95th percentile). After applying the bias correction, the uncertainty in the true wind speed is reduced to ±5 % and depends mainly on the average accuracy of the ERA-5 data over the period of the experiment. The obvious drawback of this approach is the potential intrusion of model biases in the correction factors. We show that this problem can be somewhat mitigated when the error propagation in the true wind correction is accounted for and used to weight the observations. We discuss the potential caveats and limitations of this approach and conclude that it can be used to quantify flow distortion bias for ships that operate on a global scale. The method can also be valuable to verify computational fluid dynamic studies of airflow distortion on research vessels.
Safety characteristics of hydrogen at super ambient conditions : Lubricant contamination influencing the Auto Ignition Temperature

Inventing hydrogen as a commonly used future energy carrier the long term social acceptance as well as the clean energy image strongly depends upon the safety of its applications. The safety characteristics of hydrogen build a special challenge e.g. in the field of combustion engine development. Small impurities from lubricants used in motors and pumps, may serve as radical source, strongly influencing the auto ignition temperature of hydrogen. Auto Ignition Temperature (AIT) of Hydrogen-Air mixtures were measured in closed autoclaves made from stainless steel, similar to the closed bomb method described in the European standard EN 1839. Initial pressures of 10 bar(a) and 30 bar(a) of a premixed stoichiometric hydrogen-air mixture were investigated. Auto ignition can be obtained about 100 K below the standard AIT (560 °C, atmospheric pressure) and 300 K below the standard AIT when contaminated through motor oil.
Framatome Professional School CFD validation of fuel assembly flow

The development and validation of advanced numerical approaches for liquid metal fast reactors is one of the mean objective of SESAME project. The work presented here is a part of work package 2 (WP2) where RANs Models is validated with DNS results generated within SESAME project. The considered case represents flow of liquid metal in infinite heated fuel pin bundle simulator (FPBS). The DNS results (three cases) were presented in [1,2]. The considered geometrical parameters are similar to those used in the fuel pin simulator test section built in the NACIA-UP facility located at ENEA. See [3,4] for more details about the experiment and test cases. Figure 1 shows a sketch of the fuel pin bundle simulator and a picture of the teste section. This fuel pin bundle configuration is relevant for the ALFRED’s core thermal-hydraulic design. ALFRED is a flexible fast spectrum research reactor (300 MWth).