Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
A Semi-Artificial Diet for Scaptotrigona Depilis Moure (Hymenoptera, Apidae)

SummaryThree semi-artificial diets for Scaptotrigona depilis were devised and tested for use during times of pollen shortage. Diet 1 consisted of brewer's yeast and 50% sucrose. Diet 2 consisting of 20 g brewer's yeast, 1·5 g pollen from the colony, and 30 ml 50% commercial sucrose was allowed to ferment for 15 days at 28 to 30°C. Diet 3 was the same as Diet 2 but was not allowed to ferment. A control group received pollen from the colony and 50% commercial sucrose.Based on analysis of hypopharyngeal gland acini and on oocyte size, Diet 2 appeared to be a good substitute for the natural food of the species.
Title : Cross-linking of CD 24 inhibits growth of MCF-7 breast cancer cells

Jong B Kim (kkimjp@hanmail.net) Eunyoung Ko (mooloo@medimail.co.kr) Wonshik Han (hanw@snu.ac.kr) Jeong E Lee (paojlus@hanmail.net) Kyung-Min Lee (km601@hanmail.net) Incheol Shin (incheol@hanyang.ac.kr) Sangmin Kim (ksm3005@snu.ac.kr) Jong W Lee (jwlee@medimail.co.kr) Jihyoung Cho (chojh0404@hanmail.net) Ji-Yeon Bae (jita94@hanmail.net) Hyeon-Gun Jee (wookieneo@naver.com) Dong-Young Noh (dynoh@plaza.snu.ac.kr)
Evaluation of environmental sustainability threshold of “humid” and “dry” building systems, for reduction of embodied carbon (CO2)

The New Italian Procurement Code (Legislative Decree No. 50/2016), in compliance with the EU directives 26/02/2014, has introduced, among other things, the possibility of obtaining awards, during the awarding of the contract , in terms of reducing the estimated energy impact in the life cycle of the work. The objective of this study was to direct architectural design towards conscious choices that are compatible with environmental legislation. The study, therefore, aimed to analyze the characteristics of the most widespread (wet and dry) construction systems, in order to determine environmental sustainability thresholds referring to each of the four systems hypothesized for the development of the model. The simulated cases for the definition of the model refer to the following construction systems: M1 (structural system in load-bearing masonry); M2 (constructive system with frame structure and traditional brick cladding); M3 (constructive system with metallic bearing structure and dry stratified shell); M4 (constructive system with wooden supporting structure and dry stratified shell). The results indicated design scenarios aimed at using constructive systems that present advantages in terms of disassembly, recovery and reuse of the various components; in addition to the attitude of such systems, to be resilient, or to be able to be adapted and transformed during the life cycle of the building organism.
Preferred SH 3 Domain Partners of ADAM Metalloproteases Include Shared and ADAM-Specific SH 3 Interactions

A disintegrin and metalloproteinases (ADAMs) constitute a protein family essential for extracellular signaling and regulation of cell adhesion. Catalytic activity of ADAMs and their predicted potential for Src-homology 3 (SH3) domain binding show a strong correlation. Here we present a comprehensive characterization of SH3 binding capacity and preferences of the catalytically active ADAMs 8, 9, 10, 12, 15, 17, and 19. Our results revealed several novel interactions, and also confirmed many previously reported ones. Many of the identified SH3 interaction partners were shared by several ADAMs, whereas some were ADAM-specific. Most of the ADAM-interacting SH3 proteins were adapter proteins or kinases, typically associated with sorting and endocytosis. Novel SH3 interactions revealed in this study include TOCA1 and CIP4 as preferred partners of ADAM8, and RIMBP1 as a partner of ADAM19. Our results suggest that common as well as distinct mechanisms are involved in regulation and execution of ADAM signaling, and provide a useful framework for addressing the pathways that connect ADAMs to normal and aberrant cell behavior.
Temporal Variation of Nocturnal Lepidoptera and Other Insects at Robinson Forest, Kentucky

ABSTRACT Lepidoptera are a conspicuous, diverse group of forest insects that are responsive to land management and perturbation. Nocturnal Lepidoptera and other insects were surveyed using blacklight traps during June and July of 1997 at Robinson Forest, a large experimental forest located in the Appalachians of eastern Kentucky. Though the capture of Lepidoptera and other common insect orders varied little between sampling locations, a seasonal trend was detected; fewer Coleoptera, Lepidoptera, and total insects in general were captured in June versus July. Lepidoptera ≥20 mm in wingspan were further identified and enumerated. A total of 664 Lepidoptera of ≥100 species and 13 families were tabulated. Species turnover, particularly for the most abundant species, was commonplace between June and July. The food habits of abundant species were varied, suggesting the assemblage of Lepidoptera at Robinson Forest is not only taxonomically rich, but is functionally rich as well.
Full-wave analysis and design of optical fractional-order temporal differentiators based on ultra-compact microring resonator

Optical temporal differentiators (DIFFs) based on on-chip all-pass microring resonators (APMRRs) are the fundamental all-optical signal processing blocks for differentiation of the complex envelope of optical pulses. This paper presents, for the first time to our knowledge, an accurate full-wave analysis for the ultra-compact APMRR-based optical fractional-order temporal DIFFs. The intensity transmission and phase response of the APMRR, and normalized intensity in the output of the temporal DIFFs for ultra-fast optical pulses have been obtained numerically with a high accuracy compared with those of mathematical model. The critically coupled, under-coupled and over-coupled APMRRs have been modelled as mathematical DIFFs. Key factors such as inverse phase response behaviour of the over-coupling regime, time-delay and time-reversal characteristics, finite slope of the phase response in the under and over-coupling regimes, and dependence of the differentiation order to the input pulse full-width at half-maximum (FWHM) have been analysed in detail.
Utilization of maternal and child health services among migratory/slum dwellers in Udupi municipality area, Karnataka, India

Background: Irrespective of the tremendous efforts made by Government of India the utilization of MCH services continues to be very low among women belonging to lower socio economic status particularly among slum and migratory population. This significantly upsets country’s declining trend of maternal and infant mortality rate. Therefore a study was undertaken to assess the utilization of maternal and child health services among migratory/slum dwellers in a municipality area.Methods: A community based cross- sectional study was conducted for a period of one month among two hundred eligible women of the study population.Results: Study targeted 1200 households in 16 localities and we obtained information from 200 eligible mothers. Amongst them 74% availed antenatal services from government facilities and only 67% were registered in the first trimester. All mothers received antenatal services. Mother and child protection card was not received by 8.5% of women. 86.1% of them had institutional delivery. 13.9% of mothers delivered at home and 10% of the deliveries were unattended or assisted by friends and relatives. JSY benefits were not availed by 55% of the women.41. 5% babies delivered had low birth weight. 14.7% of the children were either partially immunized or not immunized at all. Amongst women belonging to target couple 68% were not using any form of contraception.Conclusions: Utilization of Maternal and Child Health services among the migratory and slum dwellers living in the Municipality area is not satisfactory.
Computer-Assisted Language Learning and Design for Learning

The learning context has gradually become more technology-rich and learner-centered along with the learning process, which is extensively regarded as configurative and dynamic. This has brought about significant shifts in educational practices. This shift has a crucial impact both on the field of computer-assisted language learning (CALL) and on the approaches to educational design, giving way to the emergence of design for learning. This chapter is an attempt to explore potential synergies between CALL and design for learning, which is thought to strengthen the CALL practices and make an effective base for CALL design.
Molt Homologies in Ducks and Other Birds: A Response to Hawkins (2011) and Further Thoughts on Molt Terminology in Ducks

Abstract. Humphrey and Parkes (1959) developed a molt and plumage nomenclature (the “H-P” system) based on the evolution of prebasic molts in birds from ecdysis events in reptiles, followed by later evolution of inserted molts responding to lineage-specific constraints and adaptations in Aves. Pyle (2005) revised H-P molt and plumage terminology of ducks by tracing the evolution of their molts from geese, whereas Hawkins (2011) defended traditional molt and plumage terminologies that defined molts relative to present-day breeding seasonality, ensuing plumage coloration, and other proximal factors. Apart from misinterpreting H-P's evolutionary approach, Hawkins (2011) confused the first-cycle terms of H-P, Howell et al. (2003), and Pyle (2005), and presented no new data or ideas to support traditional molt terminology in ducks. It is unlikely that inserted molts evolved in ancestral taxa based on yet-to-occur adaptations involving plumage color, and it is inconsistent to define homologous molts based on similar ensuing feather coloration while disregarding the substantially different coloration of homologous plumages within many avian lineages. Here the terminology of Pyle (2005) is defended, an alternative interpretation for the initial evolution of two (rather than one) inserted molts in the definitive cycles of female and male ducks is elaborated upon, and the future application of metabolic signatures to trace homologous molts in ducks and other bird lineages is suggested. Prebasic molts in ducks and other birds likely evolved from whole-scale restorative events common to all vertebrates, whereas distinguishable and less-comprehensive endocrinological and metabolic processes may accompany inserted molts.
Lipoperoxidation and Aflatoxin Biosynthesis by Aspergillus parasiticus and A. flavus

Summary: The amount of aflatoxin produced by Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus parasiticus grown on various aged and non-aged seeds, kept at suitable conditions of temperature and moisture, is particularly related to the peroxide numbers of the seed oils. The addition of synthetic hydroperoxides to the cultures greatly increased aflatoxin production.
Using an ANN-based computational model to simulate and evaluate Chinese students’ individualized cognitive abilities important in their English acquisition

Abstract From a psycholinguistic perspective of view, there are many cognitive differences that matter to individuals’ second-language acquisition (SLA). Although many computer-assisted tools have been developed to capture and narrow the differences among learners, the use of these strategies may be highly risky because changing the environments or the participants may lead to failure. In this paper, we propose an artificial neural network (ANN)-based computational model to simulate the environment to which students are exposed. The ANN computational model equips English teachers with the ability to quickly find the predicting factors to learners’ overall English competences and also provides teachers with the ability to find abnormal students, based on reviewing their individualized ANN trajectories. Finally, by observing the compound effects of cognitive factors using the same evaluation scale, new hypotheses about the mutual relationships among the phonological awareness, phonological short-term memory, and long-term memory abilities of their students can be generated. Our experimental ANNs suggested three detailed corresponding conclusions for the participants’ English teachers. These results provide teachers with guidance in designing and applying cognitive ability-related intervention strategies in their L2 pedagogical activities.
Regeneration of the rare meadow species Iris sibirica in a postcultural land

ABSTRACT Investigations aimed at assessing agricultural activity in Molinia meadow and subsequent land abandonment on the species composition of plant cover, habitat characteristics, as well as regeneration of the Iris sibirica population were conducted in the year 2018 in the Gielniów Hummock (Southern Poland, Central Europe). The observations were carried out on two meadow complexes 1) subjected to disturbance by removal of plant cover, four-year cultivation of Zea mays L. (called postcultural meadow) and 2) unmanaged from at least 15 years (called abandoned meadow). In the abandoned meadow, advanced secondary succession was observed, while in the postcultural meadow the regeneration of meadow species inter alia Iris sibirica was noticed. The population of the aforementioned taxon presumably regenerated thanks to seedling recruitment and subsequent vegetative growth of juvenile individuals. The abundance of the population Iris sibirica was greater in the postcultural meadow. The number of leaf rosettes was greater in the abandoned meadow. The number of previous and current-year generative stems, as well as the number and dimensions of capsules, were similar in both study sites. The lower height of the leaves and generative stems of Iris sibirica in the postcultural meadow might be caused by the low height of plant cover and the lack of necessity of competition for light with neighbouring species. The obtained results lead to the promising conclusion that populations of endangered species Iris sibirica might regenerate in habitat of postcultural meadow, if not strongly destroyed (e.g. habitat of short-lived cultivation of annual species without pesticides).
Estimating Ages of Turtles from Growth Data

Abstract Age estimation is important for management of turtle populations, but techniques such as growth ring counts or skeletochronology may be unreliable or impossible to perform. An alternative is to estimate age from growth models using Bayesian inference. However, individual variation in growth parameters needs to be incorporated into these models for them to generate realistic prediction intervals. For long-lived ectotherms such as chelonians, it is also important that models allow for changes in growth at sexual maturity, and that the growth models are combined with prior distributions reflecting realistic age structures. We describe how a hierarchical biphasic growth model fitted to a long-term data set of carapace length measurements for North American snapping turtles was combined with prior age distributions generated from survival estimates for the same population. The model was used to generate individual posterior age distributions for turtles captured on 2 or more occasions, and also for hypothetical turtles of any length that were measured only once. Posterior age distributions for hypothetical turtles were uncertain at any size due to individual variation in growth parameters, supporting the belief of many herpetologists that size is weakly related to age. Age estimates for adult turtles were also sensitive to the prior used. Using the most realistic prior, the 95% prediction intervals for large hypothetical turtles (38-cm male or 31-cm female) ranged from about 25 to 170 yrs with a median of about 70 yrs. Posterior age distributions for turtles first measured as juveniles (< 24 cm) were insensitive to the prior, and estimation precision was improved by individual growth information obtained from recaptures. For example, the 95% prediction interval for a hypothetical 10-cm turtle ranged from 2 to 14 yrs using the most realistic prior, whereas the ages of small (< 24 cm) turtles that were recaptured at least once could usually be estimated to within 1–3 yrs. Similar models could be applied to any data set where measurements and survival data are collected from a large sample of marked individuals, and could potentially be extended to incorporate data on other age indicators. This methodology allows us to produce age estimates that can be applied to management and advocacy of turtle populations while accounting for the inherent uncertainty involved.
An annotated checklist of the fossil birds of Australia

ABSTRACT A complete annotated checklist of all species of birds based on fossil material known as of 2019 from continental Australia is presented. Taxa range from Cretaceous to Holocene in age. It includes synonyms with full bibliographic details and specifics of the type material in all cases, such as specimen or locality data, source local fauna and geological age. Nomina based on fossil material that are now synonymised under extant taxa are also included. The list includes 95 avian species, of which 78 are extinct, in 66 genera. Five extinct subspecies in modern genera are recognised. These species represent 33 family- and 19 ordinal-group taxa, or nearly half of modern avian orders.
The epiphytic lichen flora in Mittlandsskogen, Öland, SE Sweden

Twenty broad-leaved deciduous forest localities were investigated for their epiphytic lichen flora, species preferences for different substrates and occurrences of red-listed species. Correlation analysis were made with respect to different history of land use (inland/outland). The rich deciduous forests of Ulmus/Fraxinus/Quercus/Acer on inland localities hosted more species and also more red-listed species compared to Corylus dominated stands with scattered other phorophytes (Betula, Sorbus, Malus etc.) on outland localities. Also the composition of the lichen flora was clearly different due to the different kinds of historic landuse, but there was also a considerable variation in localities of the same kind of land use. Fraxinus was recorded to be the most important phorophyte in broad-leaved deciduous forest, followed by Quercus and Ulmus. In Corylus dominated low forest types Corylus hosted a surprisingly high number of species. Comparisons with other localities in southern Sweden with broad-leaved deciduous forests show that the localities on Oland host a similar number of epiphytic species, but a slightly lower number of red-listed species. The analyses also show that each area in southern Sweden hosts a more or less unique lichen composition.
Long‐term trends in the composition of aphidophagous coccinellid communities in Central Europe

Coccinellids (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) provide important ecosystem services as biocontrol agents in contributing to the regulation of key agricultural pests. It is generally accepted that biodiversity of native coccinellid communities has been declining during recent decades. Here, we present the results of a long‐term study of coccinellid communities and report an attempt to determine whether recent changes in land use have affected their composition. Coccinellids were sampled in cereal crops, on wild herbaceous plants and deciduous trees during two periods (1976–1983 and 2002–2010). There are similar species‐rich communities of coccinellids on trees and wild herbaceous plants (average numbers of species 3.18 and 3.06, respectively) and a poorer community on cereals (2.63). Only a few species, associated with particular types of vegetation, differed in their absolute abundance in the first and second period. There was no obvious cause of this variation in abundance. Diversity of coccinellid communities was higher in the second than in the first period (Shannon‐Wiener index 1.32 and 1.14 respectively), although the number of individuals was lower (average catch per sampling session 10.0 and 18.6 individuals respectively). Over the 35 years of this study, the compositions of the communities remained essentially similar with the numbers of particular species more closely correlated in the two periods on cereals (R2 = 0.97) than on herbaceous plants (R2 = 0.74) and trees (R2 = 0.67).
Own Vibrations of Bodies Interacting with Unlimited Deformable Environment

The vibrations of deformed bodies interacting with an elastic medium are considered. The problem reduces to finding those values of complex Eigen frequencies for which the system of equations of motion and the radiation conditions have a nonzero solution to the class of infinitely differentiable functions. It is shown that the problem has a discrete spectrum located on the lower complex plane and the symmetric spectrum is an imaginary axis.
Aeroelastic Stability of Turboprop Aircraft: Whirl Flutter

This chapter is focused on a specific type of dynamic aeroelastic stability phenomenon— whirl flutter. Whirl flutter is caused by the effect of rotating parts of a turboprop power plant (propeller and, gas turbine engine rotor). The chapter presents fundamental facts regarding the whirl flutter phenomenon, including a historical overview and information regarding the occurrence of whirl flutter in aerospace practice. After that, the physical principles of whirl flutter are explained using a simple mechanical system with two degrees of freedom. Next, an analytical solution to determine the aerodynamic forces caused by the gyroscopic motion on each of the propeller blades is provided and the influences of the main structural parameters on the whirl flutter stability are discussed. The second, practical part is focused on the experimental research of the whirl flutter phenomenon and on the certification-related issues. The methodology of certification according to the FAR/CS 23 regulation standard is demonstrated on the example of a twin wing mounted tractor engine commuter aircraft.
Enacting citizenship, debating sex and sexuality: conservative Christians’ participation in legal processes in Jamaica and Belize

ABSTRACT This article critically examines conservative Christians' participation in two legal processes: the review of Jamaica's 2009 Sexual Offences Act and related laws in 2017 and the Belizean constitutional challenge by Caleb Orozco in 2011–2016. It reveals how some conservative Christians' active participation foregrounds struggles over morality and nationhood. It also highlights common strategies used in their mobilisations; namely, an appeal to certain notions of democracy, whilst asserting the continuous relevance of certain Christian principles and teachings. These engagements address the present role of religion in the public spheres of these ‘postcolonial’ nation-states and the possible dilemmas posed for democracy.
Neutrino Masses

Even if neutrino masses are unknown, we know neutrinos are much lighter than the other fermions we know, and we do not have a good explanation for it. In the Standard Model of elementary particles neutrinos are exactly massless, although this is not insured by any basic principle. Non-zero neutrino masses arise in many extensions of the Standard Model. Massive neutrinos and their associated properties, such as the Dirac or Majorana character of neutrinos, their mixings, lifetimes and magnetic or electric moments, may have very important consequences in astrophysics, cosmology and particle physics. Here we explore these consequences and the constraints they already impose on neutrino properties, as well as the large body of experimental and observational efforts currently devoted to elucidate the mystery of neutrino masses. Several hints for non-zero masses in solar and atmospheric neutrinos, that will be confirmed or rejected in the near future, make this field of research particularly exciting at present.