Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Quality Characteristics of Pork Patties Added with Seaweed Powder

Physicochemical properties and palatability of pork patties prepared with 3 levels (1%, 2%, and 4%) of seaweeds, sea mustard, green laver, and seaweed fusiform were studied. The addition of seaweed powders to pork patties increased crude ash content of the patties. When the patties were heated at an internal temperature of 72 o C for 15 min, cooking loss was decreased as the amount of seaweed increased. Also, the addition of sea mustard showed the lowest cooking loss. Volatile basic nitrogen (VBN) of patties stored at 4 o C was lower in patties containing seaweed than in the control patties. Juiciness of the cooked patties was increased in patties with seaweeds, while springiness was decreased. The addition of seaweed did not affect flavor preference and overall acceptance scores in spite of sensing seaweed flavor. In summary, the addition of seaweed in preparation of pork patties is expected to have positive effects in supplementing minerals, a reduction in cooking loss, a decrease in VBN, and an increase in juiciness.
Personalized Singing Voice Generation Using WaveRNN

In this paper, we formulate a personalized singing voice generation (SVG) framework using WaveRNN with non-parallel training data. We develop an average singing voice generation model using WaveRNN from multi-singer’s vocals. To map singing Phonetic PosteriorGrams and prosody features from singing template to time-domain singing samples, a speaker i-vector extracted from target speech is used to control the speaker identity of the generated singing. At run-time, a singing template and target speech samples are used for target singing vocal generation. Speciﬁcally, the content and the speaker identity of the target speech is not necessarily the same as that of the singing template. Experimental results on the NUS-48E and NUS-HLT-SLS corpora suggest that the personalized SVG framework out-performs the traditional conversion-vocoder pipeline in the subjective and objective evaluations.
A kinetic energy budget on the severe wind production that causes a serious state grid failure in Southern Xinjiang China

Based on the European Centre for Medium‐Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) ERA5 reanalysis data, in this study, formation mechanisms of a severe windstorm that caused successive trippings of the transmission lines in Southern Xinjiang were investigated. The strong windstorm occurred within a lower‐tropospheric warm region due to adiabatic heating of the descending motions ahead of a shortwave trough in the westerly wind (the blocking effects of high mountain was a key reason for the strong descending motions). The kinetic energy (KE) budget indicates two typically different stages appeared in the variation of the windstorm. The former stage showed a rapid wind KE enhancement in the lower troposphere. The KE increase was mainly governed by the downward stretching of high KE (i.e., downward momentum transportation) from the middle troposphere (rather than from the upper‐level jet) and the KE production due to the work on rotational wind by the pressure gradient force. The latter stage showed a rapid KE decrease mainly due to the transport of KE by the rotational wind and the pressure gradient force's negative work on the rotational wind. In contrast, the vertical advection of KE still acted as transporting high KE from middle troposphere to lower troposphere, which resisted the KE reduce at the lower levels.
Deep-Shallow Occlusion Parallelism Network for Person Re-Identification

In recent years, the progress of person re-identification has advanced significantly, but person in real scenes are often obscured by various objects. This problem has been ignored or solved based on an incomplete assumption by the previous person re-ID methods. This paper proposes a new training mechanism, Deep-Shallow Occlusion Parallelism network, which responds to multi-scale occlusion in a more universal case and alleviate the negative impact of occlusion effectively. Specifically, the proposed consists of shallow occlusion and deep occlusion, to which are applied with shielding simulation to enhance the difficulty of training samples. What’s more, channel-spatial attention is applied to various positions in each branch to concentrate on discriminative features afteqr occlusion. In the end, the weighted fusion of the two branches not only informs the network of the information of changes before and after occlusion, but also complements the deep and shallow information effectively. It makes the network more robust. This method has excellent performance on the three basic re-ID datasets and the largest partial re-ID dataset, with the state-of-the-art reached to or even surpassed.
Characterization of Amylolytic Activity by a Marine-Derived Yeast Sporidiobolus pararoseus PH-Gra1

Abstract Marine yeasts have tremendous potential in industrial applications but have received less attention than terrestrial yeasts and marine filamentous fungi. In this study, we have screened marine yeasts for amylolytic activity and identified an amylase-producing strain PH-Gra1 isolated from sea algae. PH-Gra1 formed as a coral-red colony on yeast–peptone–dextrose (YPD) agar; the maximum radial growth was observed at 22 °C, pH 6.5 without addition of NaCl to the media. Based on the morphology and phylogenetic analyses derived from sequences of internal transcribed spacer (ITS) and a D1/D2 domain of large subunit of ribosomal DNA, PH-Gra1 was designated Sporidiobolus pararoseus. S. pararoseus is frequently isolated from marine environments and known to produce lipids, carotenoids, and several enzymes. However, its amylolytic activity, particularly the optimum conditions for enzyme activity and stability, has not been previously characterized in detail. The extracellular crude enzyme of PH-Gra1 displayed its maximum amylolytic activity at 55 °C, pH 6.5, and 0%–3.0% (w/v) NaCl under the tested conditions, and the activity increased with time over the 180-min incubation period. In addition, the crude enzyme hydrolyzed potato starch more actively than corn and wheat starch, and was stable at temperatures ranging from 15 °C to 45 °C for 2 h. This report provides a basis for additional studies of marine yeasts that will facilitate industrial applications.
Who Remains When Professional Farmers Give up? Some Insights on Hobby Farming in an Olive Groves-Oriented Terraced Mediterranean Area

Many land use systems in Mediterranean sloping areas risk abandonment because of nonprofitability, while their hydro-geological stability depends on an appropriate management. However, who are the land managers? What are their practices? Our research on the traditional olive groves of the Monte Pisano (Tuscany, Italy) reveals for the first time the quantitatively important role of hobby farmers as land managers in the area. We used a three-step-method: first, a database was constructed using several data sources to identify and map the population of olive growers; then, 35 semi-structured interviews were conducted, and finally, the data were analyzed to highlight the contribution of olive growers to the land management, along with their motivations and constraints. Our results found that hobby farmers constitute about 90% of all land managers in the study area and manage more than half of the agricultural land. They are a very uneven group, and there are no clear categories detectable by analyzing sociodemographic factors, practices and farm characteristics. They are the “same but different”, not following any market rules, as they are not profit-oriented. Their farming practices are quite homogeneous and mainly in-line with professional farming practices of that area, oriented versus a minimum input management.
Drying Performance and Aflatoxin Content of Paddy Rice Applying an Inflatable Solar Dryer in Burkina Faso

The drying performance of paddy rice using an inflatable solar dryer (ISD), or also known as GrainPro® Solar Bubble Dryer™, was evaluated and compared to conventional sun drying in Burkina Faso. Drying time was around eight hours. Thermal imaging was conducted to observe temperature distribution in the ISD during drying and mixing. Shadow casting was observed in the ISD due to the round shape of the black plastic film, which reduced the temperature of the paddy rice to about 10 °C. The temperature inside the ISD was up to 13 °C higher than the ambient temperature, whereas the temperature of paddy rice on the top layer was about 5 °C higher than on the bottom. The final moisture content of paddy rice dried in the ISD and under the sun was not considerably different. Under certain circumstances, impurities in paddy rice dried in the ISD could be substantially lower than for sun drying. The aflatoxin level of paddy rice was under the maximum limit of the EU regulation. Drying paddy rice seemed to be effective to remove aflatoxin type AFG2 content. Further adaptation of the ISD design for drying operations on rough surfaces and sandy soils is suggested.
The Secret to Enhance Innovativeness in Digital Industry

— The effects of leadership styles on organizational performance are still arguable due to the inconsistencies. Many researchers analysed the direct and indirect relationships with antecedents’ variables of organizational performance. However, organizations sometimes fail to achieve their organizational performance due to their limited understanding of the relationships between leadership styles, knowledge sharing, and innovation that will enhance organizational performance. This study constructs the empowering knowledge sharing interaction capability to mediate between leadership styles and organizational innovativeness. This research deploys 32 digital firms’ top management or owners in Indonesia as samples. Data are gathered through online questionnaire of Likert’s Scales, and analysed with Smart PLS (partial least squares). The finding of this study of empowering knowledge sharing interaction capability directly enhances organizational innovativeness which in turn significantly improves organizational performance. In line with previous study, leadership styles have a positive impact on empowering knowledge sharing interaction capability
Genetic Variation in the Decay Resistance of Siberian Larch (Larix sibirica Ledeb.) Wood

Summary The aim of the study was to estimate the degree of genetic determination in the decay resistance of Siberian larch (Larix sibirica Ledeb.) wood and its correlation to other wood traits. The wood samples were taken from 25-year-old grafted seed orchard clones with an increment core borer, dried, weighed, and subjected to a laboratory decay test using a modified method based on the standardised EN 113 method. One brown rot fungus, Coniophora puteana (Schum. ex Fr.) Karst. , was used as the decaying organism. The advantages of the method were the savings in time, the possibility to study standing trees, and the potential for screening large numbers of samples at reasonable costs. The clonal repeatability was used to estimate the degree of genetic determination. The genetic determination appeared to be stronger for decay resistance than for growth characteristics or heartwood formation, but weaker than for wood density or latewood formation. Decay resistance and the growth characteristics did not correlate.
Espacialização do intervalo hídrico ótimo de um Latossolo Vermelho em dois sistemas de colheita de cana-de-açúcar

O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar o intervalo hidrico otimo de um Latossolo Vermelho sob cultura de cana-de-acucar com colheita mecanizada ou manual, e determinar a relacao de dependencia espacial deste atributo com a produtividade da cultura. O trabalho foi desenvolvido em duas areas cultivadas com cana-de-acucar, uma colhida mecanicamente sem queima desde 1996, e outra colhida com corte manual e queima desde 1973. O intervalo hidrico otimo foi avaliado pela mensuracao da resistencia do solo a penetracao e pela determinacao da agua no solo a 0,002, 0,006, 0,01, 0,03, 0,05, 0,1, 0,5 e 1,5 MPa. O intervalo hidrico otimo variou com as alteracoes ocorridas no solo, nos dois sistemas de manejo estudados, o que indica maior degradacao estrutural do solo e menor conteudo de agua disponivel na area com colheita manual. A maior produtividade da cultura se concentra nas regioes de maior intervalo hidrico otimo.
Selling surveillance technology: semiotic themes in advertisements for ageing in place with dementia

ABSTRACT Six advertisements were explored that sell surveillance technologies for people living with dementia through qualitative content analysis. Advertisements from the United Kingdom, Sweden, and the Netherlands were analysed to explore semiotic textual meaning and people living with dementia (N = 5) and carers (N = 4) responded to these advertisements. The semiotic themes report a “wanderer” discourse which signals to track people living with dementia, children pets and possessions. Mainly negative representations communicate the dangers of wandering towards younger-female carers, few positive representations show a smiling person with dementia and only one person was represented as interacting with technology. Participants did not understand the advertisements and people living with dementia felt stigmatised. There is a lack of reflexivity when people living with dementia are seen as objects. The reliance on stereotypes targeted at carers with misunderstood conceivable trackers hinders resilience for people living with dementia and implies the continuous stigmatisation that occurs when they are disregarded as human technology-users.
Structural and Functional Analysis of the N-Terminal Extracellular Region of β-Dystroglycan

Abstract A protein fragment corresponding to the mouse β-dystroglycan N-terminal extracellular region from position 654 to 750, β-DG(654–750) was recombinantly expressed in BL21(DE3) Escherichia coli cells. Secondary structure prediction of the protein fragment reveals about 70% of random coil, as confirmed by circular dichroism analysis. Moreover, fluorescence analysis shows that the tryptophan residue in position 659 lays in a solvent-exposed fashion. These data suggest that the β-DG(654–750) is likely to have a quite flexible structure and to be only partially folded. Interestingly, the protein still retains its biological function since using solid-phase assays we have detected binding of biotinylated β-DG(654–750) both to native α-dystroglycan and to a recombinant fragment which spans the C-terminal region of α-dystroglycan.
Seasonal Variations of Diet Related to Species and Sex in a Community of Cercopithecus Monkeys

(1) Fruit, leaves and animal matter form the main part of the diets of the three Cercopithecus monkeys studied. Cercopithecus nictitans eats less fruit and insects and more leaves; C. pogonias more fruit and insects and fewer leaves; C. cephus is intermediate. (2) Sex-related differences occur: males eat more fruit than females who eat more leaves and animal matter, especially when these foods are abundant. (3) Interspecific differences in food items taken are small for fruit (68% of the species are taken by the three monkeys), obvious for animal matter. Cercopithecus nictitans preys mainly on sedentary prey (caterpillars, ants), C. pogonias on mobile ones (orthoptera) while C. cephus captures both types. Sex-related differences occur in C. cephus and C. pogonias. (4) Interspecific overlap in diets is great during the main part of the year. Species diets change and overlap less when fruit, young leaves and animal matter production are short (main dry season). This suggests that interspecific competition is important in determining resource partitioning. A second decrease in diet overlap occurs at the end of the long rainy season while foods are abundant. Females are either pregnant or lactating and select protein-richer foods such as young leaves and/or insects while males eat more fruit. At this time, intraspecific competition could be the selective force in food sharing. However increasing protein-requirements could account for the reorientation in food choice of the females. (5) The intermediate trophic position of C. cephus rests upon sex-related differences. The cephus male behaves like nictitans while the cephus female behaves like pogonias. (6) Interspecific differences are related to search strategies which depend on body weight, forest levels used, social roles, etc. Differences in spatial and temporal feeding patterns are small.
Climatic determinants of the northern range limit of Fagus crenata forests in Japan

We sought to identify the factors that determine the current northern range limit of Fagus crenata (Fagaceae) forests in Japan. Four climatic factors (warmth index, minimum temperature of the coldest month, summer precipitation and winter precipitation) can potentially explain the distribution. Five classification tree models were developed: one based on all four factors, the others based on the four permutations of three of the four climatic factors (i.e. each excluded one of the four factors). The performance and the distributions of F. crenata forests predicted by these models were then compared, with particular reference to the distributions in Hokkaido. The distribution predicted by the model developed without summer precipitation extended continuously northwards along the Sea of Japan coast beyond the current northern range limits, but the distributions predicted by the other three models showed gaps around the current limit. When the warmth index, minimum temperature of the coldest month or winter precipitation were excluded the contribution to the resulting models of the other three variables increased, thereby compensating for the exclusion. However, the exclusion of summer precipitation was not compensated by increases in the contributions of the other variables in the model developed without this factor. These results suggest that summer precipitation is the most influential factor explaining the absence of F. crenata forests in the areas immediately to the north-east of the current northern range limit.
Hemoptysis complicating ultrasound-guided transthoracic needle lung biopsy: air bronchial sign is a risk predictor

Background Hemoptysis is the most frequently reported complication of ultrasound-guided transthoracic needle lung biopsy (US-TTLB). However, factors influencing the occurrence of hemoptysis as a result of US-TTLB remain uncertain. Therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate the incidence of hemoptysis as a complication of US-TTLB and to identify the related risk factors. Methods We retrospectively analyzed all data of patients who underwent US-TTLB from February 2013 through December 2016. The incidence, severity, and treatment of hemoptysis in each case were carefully recorded. Study variables were classified into patient-related factors (age, sex, smoking history, pulse oxygen saturation, laboratory tests and emphysema), biopsy-related factors (use of contrast agent, number of punctures and operators), and lesion-related factors (lesion location, size, pathology, length of puncture path and the grade of air bronchial sign). Univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were performed to analyze the risk factors of hemoptysis. We investigated whether incidence of hemoptysis increased according to increased grade of air bronchial sign by Mantel-Haenszel test. Results A total of 209 patients were evaluated. Hemoptysis occurred in 20 of the 209 patients (9.6%). In univariate analysis, the lesion pathology (P=0.037) and grade of air bronchial sign (P<0.001) were statistically significant factors between the hemoptysis group and the non-hemoptysis group. In multivariate analysis, the presence of multi-air bronchogram in sonographic image (odds ratio =8.946; 95% confidence interval: 2.873–27.863; P<0.001) was a statistically significant predictive risk factor for hemoptysis complicating US-TTLB. There was a significant tendency for incidence of hemoptysis with the grade of air bronchial sign (P<0.001). Conclusions We found that the rate of hemoptysis complicating US-TTLB was 9.6% and the severity of hemoptysis was not serious. Target lesion without air bronchogram is a safety sign, minor bronchogram means relatively low-risk, while multiple bronchogram is a highly dangerous ultrasound sign of hemoptysis.
Automatic detection method of cracks from concrete surface imagery using two‐step light gradient boosting machine

Automated crack detection based on image processing is widely used when inspecting concrete structures. The existing methods for crack detection are not yet accurate enough due to the difficulty and complexity of the problem; thus, more accurate and practical methods should be developed. This paper proposes an automated crack detection method based on image processing using the light gradient boosting machine (LightGBM), one of the supervised machine learning methods. In supervised machine learning, appropriate features should be identified to obtain accurate results. In crack detection, the pixel values of the target pixels and geometric features of the cracks that occur when they are connected linearly should be considered. This paper proposes a methodology for generating features based on pixel values and geometric shapes in two stages. The accuracy of the proposed methodology is investigated using photos of concrete structures with adverse conditions, such as shadows and dirt. The proposed methodology achieves an accuracy of 99.7%, sensitivity of 75.71%, specificity of 99.9%, precision of 68.2%, and an F‐measure of 0.6952. The experimental results demonstrate that the proposed method can detect cracks with higher performance than the pix2pix‐based approach. Furthermore, the training time is 7.7 times shorter than that of the XGBoost and 2.3 times shorter than that of the pix2pix. The experimental results demonstrate that the proposed method can detect cracks with high accuracy.
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 Optimal Control Strategies for Energy Harvesting by Regenerative Shock Absorbers in Cars †

Regenerative suspension systems, unlike traditional passive, semi-active or active setups, are able to convert the traditionally wasted kinetic energy into electricity. This paper discusses flexible multi-objective control design strategies based on LMI formulations to suitably trade-off between the usual road handling and ride comfort performance and the amount of energy to be harvested. An electromechanical regenerative vehicle suspension system is considered where the shock absorber of each wheel is replaced by a linear electrical motor which is actively governed. It is shown by simulations that multivariable centralized control laws designed on the basis of a full-car model of the suspension system are able to achieve larger amount of harvested energy under identical ride comfort prescriptions with respect to scalar decentralized control strategies, designed on the basis of a single quarter-car model and implemented independently on each wheel in a decentralized way. Improvements up to 40 % and 20 % of harvested energy are respectively achievable by the centralized multivariable H 2 and H ∞ optimal controllers under the same test conditions.
Anthropogenic Zinc and Cadmium Burdens in Sediments of Selected Southern Ontario Lakes

The concentrations of Cd and Zn were measured in the sediments of 10 softwater lakes in southern Ontario. Elevated Cd and Zn levels were present in the recently deposited sediments of all the lakes, despite the absence of local point-source inputs. Whole-lake anthropogenic Zn and Cd burdens, calculated by prorating site-specific burdens according to the ratio of the site-specific Pb burden to the whole-lake Pb burden, range between 322 and 617 mg∙m−2 for Zn and between 6.2 and 11.3 mg∙m−2 for Cd. There were no significant differences in anthropogenic Zn or Cd burdens between lakes. The lack of a relationship between Zn or Cd burdens and the ratio of watershed area to lake area or the water replenishment time of the lakes indicates that deposition from the atmosphere directly onto the lakes' surfaces is an important input of these metals to the lakes.