Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
a survey of the use and information needs of users of the Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Collection of Brighton and Hove Libraries

Reports results of a questionnaire survey of users of the Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Collection (LGB) located in, and shared between, Brighton Central Library and nearby Hove Central Library, UK; to determine who uses it, reasons for use, what resources are used and the benefits of having a separate and centralized collection. Questionnaires were made available at the two libraries with sealed boxes provided in which to deposit responses to ensure anonymity and confidentiality and were available during November and December 1997. Forty four completed questionnaires were received and the results were analysed using SPSS. The importance of the Collection to the LGB community was confirmed, but the view that such collections also serve the wider community could not be supported from the profile of respondents. Concludes that separate collections aid information access and that concerns of ‘ghettoization’ seem unfounded. A centralized collection increases access and availability and bibliographies aid access and possibly lead to greater use. Most respondents use the LGB Collection for recreational use, particularly fiction, highlighting a gap in the research literature and showing that even advocates of LGB Collections have underestimated this need.
LIFE CYLE AND SEXUALITY OF THE FRESHWATER RAPHIDOPHYTE GONYOSTOMUM SEMEN (RAPHIDOPHYCEAE) 1

Previously unknown aspects in the life cycle of the freshwater flagellate Gonyostomum semen (Ehrenb.) (Raphidophyceae) are described here. This species forms intense blooms in many northern temperate lakes, and has increased in abundance and frequency in northern Europe during the past decades. The proposed life cycle is based on observations of life cycle stages and transitions in cultures. Viable stages of the life cycle were individually isolated and monitored by time‐lapse photography. The most common processes undertaken by the isolated cells were: division, fusion followed by division, asexual cyst formation, and sexual cyst formation. Motile cells divided by two different processes. One lasted between 6 and 24 h and formed two cells with vegetative cell size and with or without the same shape. The second division process lasted between 10 and 20 min and formed two identical cells, half the size of the mother cell. Planozygotes formed by the fusion of hologametes subsequently underwent division into two cells. Asexual cyst‐like stages were spherical, devoid of a thick wall and red spot, and germinated in 24–48 h. Heterogamete pairs were isogamous, and formed an angle of 0–90° between each other. Planozygote and sexual cyst formation were identified within strains established from one vegetative cell. The identity of these strains, which was studied by an amplified fragment length polymorphism analysis, was correlated with the viability of the planozygote. Resting cyst germination was described using cysts collected in the field. The size and morphology of these cysts were comparable with those formed sexually in culture. The excystment rate was higher at 24°C than at 19 or 16°C, although the cell liberated during germination (germling) was only viable at 16°C. The placement of G. semen within the Raphidophyceae family was confirmed by sequence analysis of a segment of the 18S ribosomal DNA.
The Evolution of Municipal Open-Space Policies in New Jersey

This article examines the evolving policy context of municipal open-space acquisition in New Jersey. The authors hypothesize that voters’ interest in open-space protection is sensitive to changes in state policy and that municipal acquisition may have exclusionary effects. The authors examine local acquisition practices using three different approaches: voting behavior, municipal acquisition, and parcel-level characteristics of acquired lands. They find that support for preservation is responsive to growth pressures and changing state policy environments. They also present evidence that municipalities are targeting land able to accommodate higher-density development in their preservation efforts and that municipalities that preserve open space are also active in transferring away their affordable housing obligations.
Distributed, fixed‐time, and bounded control for secondary voltage and frequency restoration in islanded microgrids

Microgrid (MG) technology evolves as a promising solution to deal with the intermittent renewable generations and frequently changing load demand. This paper proposes a fully distributed and bounded secondary control algorithm with flexible convergence time for voltage and frequency restoration. It also enables accurate active power sharing for an islanded MG, compared with the well-known consensus-based distributed control approach. The proposed control scheme achieves accelerated fixed-time convergence. The upper bound on the convergence is established by using the Lyapunov stability theory. The bounded, distributed control approach restores the voltage and frequency in fixed-time while sharing the active power precisely. Further, the proposed controller is adaptive to the communication topology change and supports the plug and play feature of MG. Extensive simulations have been pursued using MATLAB/SimPowerSyetem toolbox considering frequent load perturbation and communication topology change. The obtained results are analysed to verify the performance of the proposed control algorithm. It is observed that the proposed bounded input controller converges faster than the conventional method.
Effect of juvenile steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss) on age-O and age-1 brown t rout (Salmo trutta) survival and growth in a sympatric nursery stream.

We determined that juvenile steelhead (Oncorynchus mykiss) had little effect on the survival and growth of age-0 and age-1 brown trout (Salmo trutta) in a Lake Huron tributary. Starting in 1989, we surveyed wild brown trout juveniles in two stream sections. Unfed steelhead fry were introduced into one section in May of 1990 and 1991, establishing moderate populations. Assessments continued through 1992. Steelhead had no measurable effect on juvenile brown trout abundance or survival. Steelhead did negatively influence age-0 brown trout growth, but this effect was minor compared with intraspecific interactions and abiotic factors. We attribute much of the brown trout success to their larger size. In June sampling, brown trout were typically 42% larger than steelhead, as would be common in the region. Variability in factors such as spawner-alevin interactions or climate could alter the timing of emergence or initial abundance, causing a more substantial effect on growth and, potentially, survival. Fishery m.
The efficiency of utilization of energy and nitrogen in young sambar (Cervus unicolor) and red deer (Cervus elaphus)

Two experiments each with two rates of feeding (maintenance and twice maintenance) were conducted during summer 1993/94 (Expt 1) and summer 1994/95 (Expt 2), at Massey University, New Zealand. Four sambar and four red deer, including stags and hinds aged 10–14 months, were used in each year. Animals were fed a pelleted diet (total N 30 g/kg DM; NDF 247 g/kg DM). Digestibility and nitrogen (N) balances were determined using deer metabolism cages, whilst methane production and heat production were determined using open circuit respiration calorimetry, with measurements made on each deer at both rates of feeding. Digestibility and metabolizability of energy were greater for sambar than for red deer in Expt 1 but not in Expt 2. Nitrogen retention, expressed as a proportion of N intake, was similar for sambar and red deer. Metabolizable energy required for maintenance (MEm) was 474 kJ kg W−0·75 d−1 for sambar deer and 567 kJ kg W−0·75 d−1 for red deer, whilst the efficiency of utilization of ME above maintenance (kg) was similar for sambar deer and red deer. These studies indicated that the sambar deer had lower rates of maintenance heat production than the red deer, which may explain the sambar's superior feed conversion measured in previous experiments. However, the two species utilized nitrogen with similar efficiency, when fed a high quality ration.
Gestational Diabetes Mellitus and Correlation with Serum Total Cholesterol Levels

Objective: The objective of this study was determine the frequency of GDM in females presenting in a tertiary care hospital and to compare total cholesterol level in females presented with or without gestational diabetes at term. Material and Methods: This Cross Sectional Study was carried in Unit 3, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital Lahore. Study durtion was six months from January, 2017 to June 2017. A total of 320 females, fulfilling the inclusion and exclusion criteria were selected in this study from OPD Department. Their demographic details including name, age, BMI, gestational age and parity was also be noted. Females were assessed for presence or absence of GDM. Fasting blood samples were drawn by using 5cc BD syringe. All samples were sent to laboratory of the hospital and reports were assessed. Total cholesterol level was noted on predesigned Performa. Results: A total of 320 cases fulfilling the inclusion/exclusion criteria were enrolled to determine the frequency of GDM in females presenting in a tertiary care hospital and to compare total cholesterol level in females presented with or without gestational diabetes at term. Age distribution of the patients was done showing 37.19%(n=119) were between 18-25 years of age and 62.81%(n=201) were between 26-35 years of age, mean+sd was calculated as 26.61+4.06 years. Gestational age was calculated as 72.5%(n=232) were between 37-38 weeks of gestation and 27.5%(n=88) had 39 weeks of gestation, mean+sd was calculated as 37.90+0.80 weeks. Body mass index of the patients was calculated as 40%(n=128) between 18.5-24.9, 45.94%(n=147) had 25.0-29.9 while 14.06%(n=45) had >30, mean+sd was calculated as 26.12+3.82. Frequency of gestational diabetes was calculated as 6.88%(n=22) while 93.12%(n=298) had no findings of the morbidity. Comparison of total cholesterol in GDM versus non-GDM shows that 183.95+5.73 mg/dl in GDM group while 165.90+8.91mg/dl was recorded in non-GDM group, p value was calculated as 0.0001 showing a significant difference. Conclusion: The study concluded that the frequency of GDM in females presenting in a tertiary care hospital is slightly higher than developed countries while on comparison of total cholesterol level, gestational diabetic females were having significantly higher total cholesterol than the females without it.
A Seasonal Study of Diapause, Reproductive Activity and Seasonal Tolerance to Insecticides in the Boll Weevil

A seasonal study of reproductive activity, incidence of diapause and seasonal tolerance to toxaphene and Guthion® ( O, O - dimethyl S -(4-oxo-3 H -l,2,3-benzotriazine-3-methyl) phosphorodithioate) in the boll weevil was conducted in four cotton fields in central Texas. Diapausing weevils were first found in the various fields during the period from late July through August. Once diapausing weevils were found in a field, they occurred in all subsequent collections from the field. Reproductive activity was high from June until the onset of diapause. One peak of reproductive activity occurred in September on regrowth cotton. Overwintered weevils that emerged early in the season with fat content over 10% of the dry weight were harder to kill with toxaphene than weevils of the current season collected during June and early July. Seasonal tolerance to toxaphene of up to 100-fold occurred with the onset of diapause in the populations. No evidence of seasonal tolerance to Guthion was found.
Swimming in formation in krill (Euphausiacea), a hypothesis: dynamics of the flow field, properties of antennular sensor systems and a sensory-motor link

The act of swimming in formation by species such as Euphausia superba, Antarctic krill, is assumed to be regulated by a sensitivity to the characteristic and spatially elaborate flow field produced by this species of shrimp. We used a related species, Meganyctiphanes, North Atlantic krill, to visualise the flow field produced by tethered shrimps in an aquarium. In this situation, the propulsion jet flow some centimeters behind the shrimp is surrounded by a vortex ring of recoiling water motion from which, if the vortex is also produced by unrestrained swimming shrimp, a following shrimp hypothetically can dram forces of lift and propulsion to decrease energy expense in long-distance migration. Two antennular sensitivities to water vibration in frequency ranges 5-40 and 40-150 Hz were calibrated, and the activity of connected inteinevrons was traced into the abdominal pleopod-carrying segments. Water oscillation of 3-10 Hz frequency, applied to the antennules, was shown to entrain a closely synchronous pleopod beat in the stimulated specimens.
Quantitative Trait Locus Mapping for End-Use Quality Traits in Hard Winter Wheat Under Contrasting Soil Moisture Levels

Improved end-use quality is an essential goal of many wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) breeding programs. Besides genetic factors, environmental conditions are known to in! uence wheat qual ity. Our objective was to identify quantitative trait loci (QTL) for quality traits in a winter wheat population under different soil moisture levels. A population of 185 doubled haploid (DH) lines was derived from a cross between hard white winter wheats CO940610 and ‘Platte’. The population was grown in four environments (two limited irrigation and two fully irrigated) in Colorado in 2007/2008 and 2008/2009, and the grain was evaluated for 14 end-use quality traits. A linkage map was constructed with 250 molecular markers, including "ve glutenin protein markers. Composite interval mapping detected clusters of QTL for multiple traits near the glutenin loci Glu-A1, Glu-B1, and Glu-D1. Other QTL clusters were located on chromosomes 2B, 6A, 7B, and 7D; the 2B and 7D QTL may re! ect the presence of heading date QTL in the same regions. An epistatic interaction for mixograph traits was found between the chromosome 7B QTL and Glu-B1, consistent with the presence of a regulatory gene on 7B. An apparently novel QTL for kernel weight and diameter was detected on chromosome 3B. Our results con"rm similar genetic control of quality traits, especially for large-effect QTL, for the levels of moisture stress in this study. These results may guide breeding programs in choosing parents and conducting marker-assisted selection for improved end-use quality.
Cololejeunea nanhutashanensis (Lejeuneaceae), a new species from Taiwan

Cololejeunea nanhutashanensis is described as a new species from Taiwan. The new taxon is included in subgenus Cololejeunea (Spruce) Schiffner, and characterized mainly by its ovate to broadly ovate leaves with obtuse apex; large leaf lobule, 2/3–3/4 of lobe length; lobule with 2 teeth, separated by 2–4 cells from each other; stylus 5–16 cells long, 1–3 seriate; leaf cells thin-walled with large trigones and hemispherical dorsal protrusions; androecia terminal on short lateral branches with male bracts in 3–5 pairs; female bracts large, bract lobule almost as long as bract lobe; perianth obovate to oblong, 5-keeled, with dorsal protrusions on upper 1/3 surface. Its main characters are illustrated, and its distinction from other closely related consubgeneric species is discussed.
Optimization of medium composition for α- galactosidase production by Antarctic bacterial isolate, Bacillus sp. LX-1 using response surface methodology

The optimization of medium composition for α-galactosidase production by an Antarctic bacterial isolate, Bacillus sp. LX-1 was investigated in flask fermentation. The Central composite design (CCD) with 3 variables (galactose, peptone and MnSO4) was employed to derive statistical model (Response surface methodology: RSM) for optimizing the medium composition. The results show the optimum medium composition of 16.5 g/L galactose, 6.2 g/L peptone and 0.0018 g/L MnSO4 with predicted αgalactosidase activity, 1.17 U/mL and observed activity from the fermentation with optimized medium was 1.06 U/mL. The optimized value was 6.3-fold higher than that (0.168 U/mL) previously obtained under basal conditions. Thus, medium optimization using RSM is suggested to play a significant role in enhancing the production of α-galactosidase by Bacillus sp. LX-1.
Pressure Ulcers in Bahrain Hospitals: A Point Prevalence Study

Background: Assessing the prevalence of pressure ulcers is widely used as a clinical indicator for the standard of care in the Western countries. Unfortunately, there is very little relevant information available in Bahrain. This cross-sectional descriptive study was used to determine a baseline as foundation for further research. Objectives: This study investigated the point prevalence of pressure ulcers in acute care settings in Bahrain where is currently an incremental gap with regards to both, information about the frequency and the quality of sustained care pertaining to the occurrence of pressure ulcers. This research was conducted in order to develop a practical framework for assisting nursing practitioners in developing preventive measures of pressure ulcers care. Methodology: The study sample included qualified nurses working in four general hospitals who had completed inspection of the skin on their patients. Pediatric, maternity, emergency department, day care and psychiatric unit patients were excluded. Questionnaires were delivered to participating nurses in accordance with the European pressure ulcer advisory panel framework. Results: Results indicated that the prevalence of pressure ulcers (grade1-4) was 16%. The sacrum and heels were the most affected sites. Sixty-four percent of patients were admitted without any evidence of a risk assessment being undertaken which demonstrated that there is a need to ensure that nurses are better trained to deal with the prevention of pressure ulcers. Conclusion: A unique aggregated framework and a series of guidelines were formulated to serve as a benchmark for future practice which nursing practitioners in Bahrain may implement as part of routine care to their patients. ISSN 2639-9474 Research Article Citation: Hana Kadhom, Mohammed Alqadi. Pressure Ulcers in Bahrain Hospitals: A Point Prevalence Study. Nur Primary Care. 2017;
Hepatitis B virus transmission and health-care workers: Prevention, management, and awareness toward the disease

The risk of transmission of hepatitis B, a global communicable disease, has become a matter of concern in recent years. Health-care delivery has the potential to transmit hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus to both health-care workers (HCWs) and patients. The risk of transmission is most clearly related to the frequency of exposure or the extent of direct contact with human blood and body fluids. Health care must be provided with the best practice of safety and standards of care. Adherence to recommended improved safety devices, standard precautions, and fundamental infection-control practices is a must to prevent transmission of blood-borne pathogens. Long-term treatment with the goal of clearance of HBV is often required. Safe and effective hepatitis B vaccines along with postexposure prophylaxis with hepatitis B vaccination alone or in combination with HBV immunoglobulin have been available, the impact of which has been reported in several countries in preventing HBV transmission among HCWs.
Understanding the Evolution of Mobile App Ecosystems: A Longitudinal Measurement Study of Google Play

The continuing expansion of mobile app ecosystems has attracted lots of efforts from the research community. However, although a large number of research studies have focused on analyzing the corpus of mobile apps and app markets, little is known at a comprehensive level on the evolution of mobile app ecosystems. Because the mobile app ecosystem is continuously evolving over time, understanding the dynamics of app ecosystems could provide unique insights that cannot be achieved through studying a single static snapshot. In this paper, we seek to shed light on the dynamics of mobile app ecosystems. Based on 5.3 million app records (with both app metadata and apks) collected from three snapshots of Google Play over more than three years, we conduct the first study on the evolution of app ecosystems from different aspects. Our results suggest that although the overall ecosystem shows promising progress in regard of app popularity, user ratings, permission usage and privacy policy declaration, there still exists a considerable number of unsolved issues including malicious apps, update issues, third-party tracking threats, improper app promotion behaviors, and spamming/malicious developers. Our study shows that understanding the evolution of mobile app ecosystems can help developers make better decision on developing and releasing apps, provide insights for app markets to identifying misbehaviors, and help mobile users to choose desired apps.
Studies on pre-cooling and storage of banana for extension of shelf life.

Pre-cooling of banana can contribute to a great extent in increasing the shelf life. Banana bunches harvested at 3/4th of full maturity and hands with blemish free uniform fingers were cut, washed, weighed, marked and given pre-cooling (forced air cooling, hydro-cooling, dipping each at 50C, 80C and 100C), waxed and control treatments. The temperature of cooling media and fruit pulp centre was measured. Immediately after pre-cooling, light drying and fungicidal application of Bavistin, the samples were shifted to three storage environments viz. ambient condition (30 ± 30C), zero energy cool chamber (25 ± 10C at 90 - 95% RH), and cold storage (13.5 ± 0.50C, at 85–90% RH). The stored samples were evaluated periodically for physiological loss in weight (PLW), spoilage, ripeness and quality (appearance, firmness, shrivelling). The wax treatment was better for banana storage at ambient temperature and in zero energy cool chamber, and at par with pre-cooling treatments for banana for cold storage. Only deciding factor was cost of waxing or pre-cooling versus shelf life extension. Pre-cooling of banana, by any of the three methods, at temperature of 50C, 80C or 100C gave additional 5 days of shelf life in cold storage. Alternatively, shelf life advantage of 3 days could also be obtained if pre-cooled using either forced air cooling or hydro cooling at temperature of 50C, 80C or 100C and stored under evaporative storage conditions.