Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
A Robertsonian translocation from Thinopyrum bessarabicum into bread wheat confers high iron and zinc contents

Development of wheat–alien translocation lines has facilitated practical utilization of alien species in wheat improvement. The production of a compensating Triticum aestivum–Thinopyrum bessarabicum whole-arm Robertsonian translocation (RobT) involving chromosomes 6D of wheat and 6E of Th. bessarabicum (2n = 2x = 14, EE) through the mechanism of centric breakage–fusion is reported here. An F2 population was derived from plants double-monosomic for chromosome 6D and 6E from crosses between a DS6E(6D) substitution line and bread wheat cultivar ‘Roushan’ (2n = 6x = 42, AABBDD) as female parent. Eighty F2 genotypes (L1–L80) were screened for chromosome composition. Three PCRbased Landmark Unique Gene (PLUG) markers specific to chromosomes 6D and 6E were used for screening the F2 plants. One plant with a T6ES.6DL centric fusion (RobT) was identified. A homozygous translocation line with full fertility was recovered among F3 families and verified with genomic in situ hybridization (GISH). Grain micronutrient analysis showed that the DS6E(6D) substitution line and T6ES.6DL stock have higher Fe and Zn contents than the recipient wheat cultivar ‘Roushan’.
Leveraging Consumption Intention with Identity Information on Sharing Economy Platforms

ABSTRACT Sharing economy platforms enable individuals to collaboratively consume underutilized resources by linking peer-providers and peer-consumers. One interesting observation on sharing economy platforms is unprecedented amount and use of identity information about peer-providers. Peer-providers offer rich information about themselves, and a sub-set of such identity information is verified on some sharing economy platforms. However, there has been little research on such identity information sharing and the impacts of such information on peer-consumers’ decision making. In this study, we propose a research model to explain the role of identify information on sharing economy platforms, and empirically test the proposed model in the context of a lodging service sharing economy platform, Airbnb. Our results show that identity information shared by peer-providers contributes to peer-consumers’ consumption intention through social presence and trust. The implications of these findings and directions for future research are discussed.
Sequence stratigraphy and coastal-plain channel architecture of the Cretaceous Blackhawk Formation, Wasatch Plateau, Utah OBJECTIVE:

Hiranya Sahoo is currently a Ph.D. candidate at the University of New Orleans. After receiving his M.S. degree in geology, he attended IIT, Bombay, receiving a Master in Technology degree in Geo-exploration. He was a Schlumburger fellow during this time. His dissertation research at UNO is on the sequence stratigraphy and channel architecture of the Cretaceous Blackhawk Formation in the Wasatch Plateau, Utah. A preliminary report was presented at a poster session at the 2010 AAPG. In addition to our support, Hiranya also has a graduate scholarship from the New Orleans Geological Society.
Polyhalite Effects on Black Pepper ( Piper nigrum L . ) Yield and Quality in the Central Highlands of Vietnam

Acid soils significantly challenge the rapidly growing production of black pepper (Piper nigrum L.) in Vietnam. The perennial vines suffer from malnutrition, which gradually leads to plant deterioration, susceptibility to various diseases, and consequent reduction in yield and quality. While farmers already practice frequent fertilizer application, different types of fertilizers are required in order to further improve nutrient availability and to broaden nutrient range in the soil. Polyhalite is a natural mineral consisting of K2O, SO3, MgO, and CaO at 14, 48, 6, and 17%, respectively, and has potential as a slow-release multi-nutrient fertilizer. For this study, polyhalite was examined in combination with MOP (KCl), in equal proportions, to provide doses of 120, 240, and 360 kg K2O ha –1 yr–1, split into six applications during the year. These treatments were compared to doses of zero Polyhalite Effects on Black Pepper (Piper nigrum L.) Yield and Quality in the Central Highlands of Vietnam Tran Minh Tien(1)*, Tran Thi Minh Thu(1), Ho Cong Truc(2), and Trinh Cong Tu(2) (1)Soils and Fertilizers Research Institute, Duc Thang, Bac Tu Liem, Hanoi, Vietnam (2)Central Highland Soils and Fertilizers Research Centre, Hoa Thang, Buon Ma Thuot, Dak Lak, Vietnam *Corresponding author: tranminhtien74@yahoo.com
Nonequilibrium Dynamics of Charged Particles in an Electromagnetic Field : Causal and Stable Dynamics from 1 / c Expansion of QED

We derive from a microscopic Hamiltonian a set of stochastic equations of motion for a system of spinless charged particles in an electromagnetic (EM) field based on a consistent application of a dimensionful 1/c expansion of quantum electrodynamics (QED). All relativistic corrections up to order 1/c are captured by the dynamics, which includes electrostatic interactions (Coulomb), magnetostatic backreaction (Biot-Savart), dissipative backreaction (Abraham-Lorentz) and quantum field fluctuations at zero and finite temperatures. With self-consistent backreaction of the EM field included we show that this approach yields causal and runaway-free equations of motion, provides new insights into charged particle backreaction, and naturally leads to equations consistent with the (classical) Darwin Hamiltonian and has quantum operator ordering consistent with the Breit Hamiltonian. To order 1/c the approach leads to a nonstandard mass renormalization which is associated with magnetostatic self-interactions, and no cutoff is required to prevent runaways. Our new results also show that the pathologies of the standard Abraham-Lorentz equations can be seen as a consequence of applying an inconsistent (i.e. incomplete, mixed-order) expansion in 1/c, if, from the start, the analysis is viewed as generating a low-energy effective theory rather than an exact solution. Finally, we show that the 1/c expansion within a Hamiltonian framework yields well-behaved noise and dissipation, in addition to the multiple-particle interactions.
Adaptive Load Balancing Based on IP Fast Reroute to Avoid Congestion Hotspots

Several load balancing techniques for IP routing scheme have appeared in the literature. However, they require optimization process to compute optimal paths to meet traffic demand so that it requires a mechanism to measure traffic demand and to share them among all routes in order to follow dynamics of traffic. It naturally results in communication overhead and losing sensitivity to follow traffic dynamics. In this paper, we investigate a load balancing mechanism from another approach, i.e., based on IP fast reroute mechanisms. The main idea is simply to forward packets into detour paths supplied by IP fast reroute mechanisms only when packets meet congestion. This strategy enables us to use vacant resources adaptively as soon as they are required to avoid and dissolve the congestion. Through traffic simulation we show that IP fast reroute based load balancing mechanisms improve the capacity of networks.
Passing it on : Linking Adult Innumeracy to Mathematics Attitudes , Low Self-Efficacy Beliefs , and Math-Anxiety in Student Primary Teachers

The connection between adult innumeracy and mathematics-anxiety is examined, and a particular focus is identified for the role of primary teachers. The results of an Inventory of Mathematics Attitude, Experience, and Self-awareness (IMAES) survey of students undertaking Bachelor of Education (Junior Primary and Primary) degree studies reveal that they tend to have pervasive negative attitudes, low mathematics self-efficacy beliefs, and anxiety of mathematics that are more extreme than those found in other undergraduates. The findings affirm the strong influence of early mathematics learning experiences. Since student teachers will ultimately carry their mathematics-attitudes and perceptions into primary school classrooms, it is argued that there are profound implications for the perpetuation of poor early mathematics learning experiences and hence, ultimately, for adult numeracy concerns.
NEUROTICISM AND ITS ASSOCIATION WITH CONSCIENTIOUSNESS AND BLOOD CREATINE KINASE IN SOLDIERS

The service of Soldiers is a high difficulty. For this reason, we conducted a research with the intention to analyze the impact of the services on the physical and psychological state of soldiers both in the short and long-term perspective. Based on the detailed analysis of the difficulty of services of the Armed Forces we will implement special precautions to reduce a negative impact of the service to their organism. A sample of 102 participants completed initial assessments of their current psychophysiological state. This paper describes finding a correlation between measured variables and their possible impact on fatigue experience. The Revised NEO Personality Inventory (NEO-PI-R) was used to assess participant's Big Five personality traits. Further, we carried out biochemical measurements of blood markers such as cortisol, urea, creatine kinase (CK), lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), bilirubin and hematocrit (HCT). The body composition was estimated from the measurements of body height (BH), body weight (BW), total body fat (TBF), total body water (TBW), extracellular water (ECW), intracellular water (ICW), body mass index (BMI), bone mass (BM), skeletal muscle mass (SMM), left arm muscle mass (LAMM), right arm muscle mass (RAMM), left leg muscle mass (LLMM) and right leg muscle mass (RLMM). We correlated all of the variables and the results show the relationship between some of them. In particular, we found a negative correlation with neuroticism and conscientiousness (−0.58) and more surprisingly with neuroticism and blood CK (0.21). People with higher scores of neuroticism are likely to have a higher concentration of CK and vice versa. These results indicate a higher tendency to experiencing muscle and psychical fatigue for people with a higher rate of neuroticism. These results serve as indicators for identifying individuals more inclinable to fatigue and requiring special attention and precautions in psychophysiological measures. It seems essential to start work with soldiers using psychophysiological methods to help them reduce fatigue and maintain the optimal state of their organisms during demanding situations and under real-life conditions as well. By the implementation of special measures, the training will be faster and cheaper, plus the number of absences due to illness will be lower.
A structured literature review of the Supply Chain practices in Food Processing Industry

A diversity of sources of literature concerning the supply chain management strategies necessitates a systematic procedure in food processing industry. As such, when scoping out a concept, the structured literature review (SLR) can be considered as a means of highlighting the key principles, bottlenecks and management strategies being followed by leading organizations. This paper reports an SLR of food supply chain (FSC) practices. Authors selected the relevant literature of the food processing industry with reference to supply chain subjects such as performance analysis, food safety, logistics and transportation practices, traceability, information system and decision-making strategies. An SLR methodology has been employed in this paper to find out the relations, conflict and research gaps in literature concerning FSC practices. Findings of paper show that the higher competence in FSC can be achieved through food safety and security, high product quality, on-time delivery of products, and better order-fill-rate.
Growth of New Technology-Based Matthias Almus Firms : Which Factors Matter ?

This paper deals with the explanation of variations in the growth between New Technology-based Firms (NTBFs) and non-innovative firm foundations. Based on theoretical models explaining the growth of firms, hypotheses on potential determinants are derived. The regression results indicate strong correlations between the growth rate on the one hand and firm-specific, founder-specific as well as external factors on the other. These factors influence the growth rates of innovative and non-innovative young firms in different ways. Furthermore, based on the results of multivariate regressions, NTBFs achieve on average higher growth rates than non-innovative firm foundations. Moreover, the net employment effect of those NTBFs founded in 1989/90 is positive. This does not hold for non-innovative young firms, in which the number of jobs destroyed by closures and shrinking firms is larger than the number of new jobs in growing and expanding firms.
The Dynamics Of Projecting Confidence in Decision Making

We introduce a model in which a decision maker’s (DM) projection of confidence in her risk based decisions is enough to generate chaotic dynamics by and through behavioural operations on probability spaces. The model explains preference reversal phenomenon in the context of an ergodic theory of probabilistic risk attitudes and stochastic choice process. We extend the model to fluctuations of the Lyapunov exponent for the behavioural operator in a large sample of DMs with heterogeneous preferences, and we characterize the time dependent probability of chaotic dynamics in that milieu. Specifically, we identify a Perron effect for the empirical Lyapunov exponent process driven by the distribution of DMs heterogeneity. That is, our model predicts that for a seemingly stable system of DMs, tail event chaos is triggered by probabilistic optimism and pessimism that fall in a critical range of values for curvature and elevation parameters for subjective probability distributions popularized by behavioural economics and psychology.
Hyperbolic Tangent Fluid Flow Through A Porous Medium in an Inclined Channel with Peristalsis

In the present analysis, we investigated the peristaltic transport of a hyperbolic tangent fluid through a porous medium in a two-dimensional symmetric inclined channel under the assumptions of low Reynolds number and long wavelength. The expression for the velocity and axial pressure gradient are obtained by employing regular perturbation technique. It is observed that the pumping is less for hyperbolic tangent fluid than that of Newtonian fluid. The effects of various pertinent parameters on the timeaveraged flow rate are discussed with the help of graphs.
Structural Analysis of the Effect on Agricultural Entrepreneurs Empowerment Case Study : Sahneh and Harsin County of Kermanshah Province in Iran

Shohreh Karami, Hossein Agahi and Sohrab Manouchehri _____________________________________________________________________________ ABSTRACT: If creativity and innovation in agriculture integrated with skill and managerial capabilities and performance, the agricultural entrepreneurship is grown significantly. Empowerment by changing knowledge, attitudes, emotions, values and skills lead to development. Therefore, identifying and managing opportunities, threats, strengths and weaknesses in the agricultural entrepreneurs’ empowerment, is inevitable. Thus the purpose of this study, was structural analysis of the effect on agricultural entrepreneurs’ empowerment in Sahneh and Harsin counties of Kermanshah Province. Structural impact obtained based on different qualitative techniques and analysed based on SWOT model. The questionnaire was prepared in order to validate by entrepreneurship expert opinion. The results show that the most effective strengths were: knowledge, attitudes and values increasing in the agricultural entrepreneurs with weight credit (0/386), adoption of social responsibilities increasing with weight credit of (0/374); the most effective weaknesses were: Lack of enough capital with weight credit (0/776), lack of collective life quality with weight credit (0/744); the most effective opportunities were: entrepreneurship skills trading with weight credit (0/429), technical skills trading with weight credit (0/412) and the most effective threats were: lack of useful skills training with weight credit (0/635) and lack of appropriate market for products weight credit (0/615). The results suggest that by aggressive strategies such as training and development of entrepreneurial and professional skills, using new technologies, increasing access to finance and training, access to commercial networks, creation of exhibitions and applications conferences; adaptive strategies such as promoting use of banking facilities, contingency strategies, such as reducing the threat of being able to create diverse career opportunities, reducing administrative bureaucracy, reducing hard to get a licence and infrastructure to create suitable market production; defense strategy include reducing the threat such as economic insecurity can be used as background empowerment of entrepreneurs in the agricultural sector.
Gastropoda : Trochoidea ) collected by the Marion Dufresne ( MD 55 ) expedition in southeastern Brazil , with description of a new species of Calliostoma

The deep-water mollusks collected during the Marion Dufresne (MD55) expedition to the southeastern Brazilian coast in 1987 have been studied in several recent works. The present paper lists and diagnoses 19 species belonging to the vetigastropod families Calliostomatidae, Colloniidae, Margaritidae, and Solariellidae. A new species, Calliostoma valkuri sp. nov., is described. It is mainly characterized by a very short teleoconch I, with limits marked by conspicuous varices and sculpture consisting of 3 spiral threads; sculpture of the teleoconch II consisting of spiral cords with thorn-like projections; and the presence of two strongly marked cords on the median portion of the whorls. Based on the MD55 samples and complementary specimens from other expeditions, the following species have their geographical and/or bathymetrical range extended: Bathymophila euspira, Calliostoma gemmosum, Calliostoma rude, Callogaza watsoni, Gaza compta, Falsimargarita terespira, Homalopoma boffii, Lamellitrochus cancapae comb. nov., Lamellitrochus pourtalesi, Margarites imperialis, and Solariella quinni.
A comparison of land valuation methods supported by GIS

The purpose of this work was to study three different strategies for the appraisal of urban land. The first, a theoretical strategy created by the authors of this study to reproduce the common conditions of Brazilian cities, uses increments and reductions in the value of a square meter of land according to each lot’s individual features. The second method, based on Multiple Regression techniques, is widely used for valuation purposes. Finally, the effectiveness of Artificial Neural Networks to deal with this kind of problem is studied. A sample of 157 lots was collected from several neighbourhoods of a small Brazilian city for the case study. The lot features recorded were area, width, shape, distance to the downtown district of the city through the street network, existence of fences and paved sidewalks, and market price. Prediction errors have been estimated for each of the three methods in order to compare their results. Predicted and error values, added to Geographical Information Systems, may be used to build thematic maps and to check how each strategy applies to different areas of the city. The analyses of error values conducted in this study showed that Artificial Neural Networks presented the best performance as a land appraisal method for the case studied.
Victimisations as Correlates of Sexual Behaviour Among Senior Secondary School Students

The influence of peer victimisations on sexual behaviour among senior secondary students has not been attracting proper attention from researchers probably because of the fact that it is not perceived as a serious social or educational problem. However, in recent time there has been a growing concern on the increasing level of student unrest, sexual victimisation, violence and cultism in Nigeria secondary schools, thus portend a great danger for the nation. This study therefore examined the influence of peer victimisations on the sexual behaviour of the students with a view of finding out the relationship and suggested ways of coping with the problem.The sample consisted of three hundred participants drawn with random sampling technique from ten selected senior secondary schools in both Oyo and Bayelsa states of Nigeria. Two valid and reliable instruments constructed by the researchers were used for data collection: Peer Victimisation Scale (PVS) (r =0.70) and Sexual Behaviour Scale (SBS) (r =0.72). The administration lasted four weeks, using simple percentages and correlation analysis. The results show that peer victimisations contributed to sexual behaviour of the students. On the strength of the findings, the need to foster good peer relations to enhance positive sexual behaviour among students was stressed and advocated. Selection and peer review under the responsibility of Prof. Dr. Kobus Maree, University of Pretoria, South Africa.
Big Data Analytics for Time Critical Maritime and Aerial Mobility Forecasting

The correlated exploitation of heterogeneous data sources offering very large archival and streaming data is important to increase the accuracy of computations when analysing and predicting future states of moving entities. Aiming to significantly advance the capacities of systems to improve safety and effectiveness of critical operations involving a large number of moving entities in large geographical areas, this paper describes progress achieved towards time critical big data analytics solutions to user-defined challenges in the air-traffic management and maritime domains. Besides, this paper presents further research challenges concerning data integration and management, predictive analytics for trajectory and events forecasting, and visual analytics.
A SEMI-PILOT-SCALE STUDY TO PRODUCE CITRIC ACID FROM HYDROL USING A MUTANT OF ASPERGILLUS NIGER

Citric acid is an edible acid with the current global demand of 1.7x10 tons/annum. It is required to improve the industrial production of citric acid to satisfy the exponentially growing demands, using low-cost and renewable sources. Hydrol is a byproduct of starch industry which contains approximately 70% fermentable sugars and can be exploited to produce citric acid. Here, the hydrol was subjected to fermentation in 23-L and 150-L fermenter to produce citric acid. Medium containing reducing sugar (S0= 80-180 gL ) from hydrol was used as the basal fermentation medium using a derepressed mutant derivative of MUNAR 120 Aspergillus niger. Different process variables for the accumulation of citric acid were optimised. At optimum substrate concentration (150 gL) citric acid titer of 130 gL, the product yield of 0.86 gg, the maximum volumetric productivity of 3.45 gLh, and specific productivity of 2.47 ggh were achieved. In 23-L fermenter studies, 90-100% sugars were consumed at temperatures ranging from 22-38°C. Where, in a 150-L pilot-scale fermenter 80% of the theoretical yield was achieved. The experimental data and kinetic parameters have shown that the mutation has a dramatic impact on the metabolic activities. Enzymes inactivation phenomena implied a little increase in entropy during the activated state and suggested an improved protection conferred by mutant cell system. Overall metabolic activity of the mutant was significantly improved when compared to its wild-type parent.