Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Biology of Tobacco beetle, Lasioderma serricorne (Fab.) on Turmeric

The female deposited eggs loosely on the surface of turmeric rhizomes. Eggs were pearl white in colour, oval with slight swelling in the mid region. There were small papillae like structures projecting at one end of the egg. When freshly laid, the eggs were translucent, smooth and shining. The average incubation period was 5.47 days. The larvae were creamy white in colour and thickly covered with fine hairs that appeared as light brown on fully grown individuals. The insect completed four larval instars before pupation. The larval duration ranged from 21 to 46 days with an average of 30.02 days. The larvae pupated within a cell made from food and waste material. The adults were small, oval, stout and reddish-brown beetles. The head was deflexed down, nearly at a right angle to the body, giving a humpback appearance. The studies on the biology of tobacco beetle through different seasons indicated that the mean developmental period for egg, larva and pupa of L. serricorne during the summer were 5.4, 26.26 and 5.67 days, respectively on turmeric, while they were extended (6.5 days for egg, 40.7 days for larva & 6.45 days for pupa) during the winter.
Title: Superior outcomes of nodal metastases compared to visceral sites in oligometastatic colorectal cancer treated with stereotactic ablative radiotherapy Running title: Nodal oligometastatic colorectal cancer and SBRT

Background Stereotactic ablative radiotherapy (SBRT) is a radical option for oligometastatic colorectal cancer (CRC) patients, but most data relate to visceral metastases. Methods A prospective, multi-centre database of CRC patients treated with SBRT was interrogated. Inclusion criteria were ECOG PS 0-2, ≤ 3 sites of disease, a disease free interval of > 6 months unless synchronous liver metastases. Primary endpoints were local control (LC), progression free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS). Results 163 patients (172 metastases) were analysed. The median FU was 16 months (IQR 12.2 – 22.85). The LC at 1 year was 83.8% (CI 76.4% 91.9%) with a PFS of 55% (CI 47% 64.7%) respectively. LC at 1 year was 90% (CI 83% 99%) for nodal metastases (NM), 75% (63% 90%) for visceral metastases (VM). NM had improved median PFS (9 vs 19 months) [HR 0.6, CI 0.38 – 0.94, p = 0.032] and median OS (32 months vs not reached) [HR 0.28, CI 0.18 – 0.7, p = 0.0062] than VM, regardless of whether the NM were located inside or outside the pelvis. On multivariate analysis, NM and ECOG PS 0 were significant good prognostic factors. An exploratory analysis suggests KRAS WT is also a good prognostic factor.
Endometrial Cytology and Bacteriological Isolates From Buffaloes With Retained Fetal Membranes and Their Effects on the Reproductive Efficiency

This study aimed to determine if the buffaloes with retained fetal membranes (RFM) and without systemic involvement had an effect on the subsequent reproductive efficiency. One hundred buffaloes with or without placental retention were allocated into 4 groups, including 25 buffaloes at day 15 post-calving had RFM (1 group), 25 buffaloes at 45 days post-calving had RFM (2 group), 25 buffaloes without RFM at day 15 post-calving as control (3 group ) and 25 buffaloes without RFM at day 45 post-calving as control (4 group). The intrauterine perfusion fluid (10ml) was collected and examined bacteriologically and cytologically to evaluate the intrauterine environment. The reproductive parameters were determined in both buffaloes with or without retained fetal membranes. The detection rate of bacterial spp. was significantly (P<0.05) higher in buffaloes with RFM collected at day 15 after parturition than those in other groups. All 25 buffaloes with RFM at 15 days post-partum (100.0 %) showed positive results. From 22 of them (88.0%), more than one bacterial species was isolated. An Archanobacterium pyogenes (A. pyogenes) was isolated from 56.0% of buffaloes with RFM after 15 days post-calving. On the other hand, 5 (20.0%) out of 25 buffaloes with RFM at 45 days post-partum showed positive results. Nine out of 25 (36.0%) buffaloes without RFM at 15 days post-partum showed positive results. Moreover, 4 out of 25 (16.0%) control buffaloes at 45 days post-partum showed positive results. The bacterial species most frequently isolated was Lactobacillus spp. The number of buffaloes with ≥70% PMNs or ≤ 40% lymphocytes cells was higher (24/25, 96%) in the 1 group (RFM) at 15 days than those in 2 group (RFM) at 45 days post-calving. The number of buffaloes with ≥70% PMNs or ≤ 40% lymphocytes cells was also significantly (P<0.01) higher in control group (17/25, 65%) at 15 days than those in control group (6/25, 24%) at 45 days. There were no significant variations among the groups of the buffaloes with retained placenta and the control groups at 15 and 45 days post-calving in postpartum uterine involution, the number of days from parturition to initial insemination, the number of days to conception and the number of services per conception. The overall conception rate was 15(60%) and 16(64%) in the RFM group, meanwhile, it was 19(76%) and 20(80%) in the control groups. It could be concluded that, in most buffaloes, the retained fetal membranes without systemic involvement had no major effect on the postpartum reproductive performance. [Journal of American Science. 2010;6(11):115-121]. (ISSN: 1545-1003).
Diversity of Alicyclobacillus isolated from fruit juices and their raw materials, and emended description of Alicyclobacillus acidocaldarius

In the course of a microbiological survey of various beverages and their raw materials, 180 moderately thermophilic, acidophilic, spore-forming bacteria were isolated from several samples. Seven representative strains, selected from 180 isolates based on morphology and the hyper-variable region of the 16S rRNA gene, were identified as Alicyclobacillus acidocaldarius, A. acidoterrestris and Alicyclobacillus genomic species 1, according to their phenotypic, chemotaxonomic, genotypic and phylogenetic features. Cellular fatty acid composition, quinone species, and DNA base composition of the seven strains were similar to those of the type/reference strains. However, physiological and biochemical characteristics were variable within each species. Moreover, sequence analyses of the 16S rRNA and partial gyrB genes revealed that, in a few strains, the phylogeny derived from both molecules was not consistent. Results of a ribotype analysis also supported this genetic heterogeneity. These results indicate a high level of diversity within species in the genus Alicyclobacillus with regards to both phenotype and genotype. In addition, an emended description of A. acidocaldarius is given on the basis of obtained polyphasic taxonomic data.
Planning for Untangling: Predicting the Difficulty of Merge Conflicts

Merge conflicts are inevitable in collaborative software development and are disruptive. When they occur, developers have to stop their current work, understand the conflict and the surrounding code, and plan an appropriate resolution. However, not all conflicts are equally problematic—some can be easily fixed, while others might be complicated enough to need multiple people. Currently, there is not much support to help developers plan their conflict resolution. In this work, we aim to predict the difficulty of a merge conflict so as to help developers plan their conflict resolution. The ability to predict the difficulty of a merge conflict and to identify the underlying factors for its difficulty can help tool builders improve their conflict detection tools to prioritize and warn developers of difficult conflicts. In this work, we investigate the characteristics of difficult merge conflicts, and automatically classify them. We analyzed 6,380 conflicts across 128 java projects and found that merge conflict difficulty can be accurately predicted (AUC of 0.76) through machine learning algorithms, such as bagging.
Ground-Surface Arthropods of an Old-Field Habitat in the Delta of Mississippi, with Emphasis on the Cicindelidae (Coleoptera)

Ground-surface arthropods were captured by barrier pitfall traps over a 15-month period in an old-field habitat adjacent to a cotton field. Members of the Coleoptera, Orthoptera, and Araneae constituted 89% of the 11,496 captures. The most abundant species group was Gryllus sp. (Orthoptera: Gryllidae). The most abundant predator species was Megacephala Carolina L. (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae), present in atypically large numbers. The peak abundance of nymphal Gryllus sp. (July–October) overlapped the peak abundance period (August) of M. Carolina. Feeding experiments indicated M.Carolina adults were active predators on Gryllus sp. nymphs. As a potential biocontrol agent, methods to encourage M. Carolina adults to move each season from old-field habitats into adjacent crop fields should be considered.
Import Competition, Productivity and Product Mix∗

When faced with tougher import competition, firms can improve the productivity of their existing products (intensive margin) or reallocate their output towards more efficiently produced products (extensive margin). What is the contribution of each channel to aggregate productivity growth? To answer this question, I use a rich firm-product-level panel of Indian manufacturers between 1994 and 2008 to estimate product-specific productivity over time. The surge of Chinese exports to India allows me to estimate the causal effect of trade on both margins of productivity growth. I reach two main conclusions. First, greater Chinese import competition increased the productivity of existing products. Second, there was no causal effect on reallocation across products. My results suggest the intensive margin response to rising import competition accounts for 20-30 percent of the overall productivity growth in the manufacturing sector. These productivity gains have important policy implications because moving from lowto middle-income requires rising productivity, and my results provide evidence that greater import competition accelerates that process.
Ballroom Dance Recognition from Audio Recordings

We propose a CNN-based approach to classify ten genres of ballroom dances given audio recordings, five latin and five standard, namely Cha Cha Cha, Jive, Paso Doble, Rumba, Samba, Quickstep, Slow Foxtrot, Slow Waltz, Tango and Viennese Waltz. We utilize a spectrogram of an audio signal and we treat it as an image that is an input of the CNN. The classification is performed independently by 5-seconds spectrogram segments in sliding window fashion and the results are then aggregated. The method was tested on following datasets: Publicly available Extended Ballroom dataset collected by Marchand and Peeters, 2016 and two YouTube datasets collected by us, one in studio quality and the other, more challenging, recorded on mobile phones. The method achieved accuracy 93.9%, 96.7% and 89.8% respectively. The method runs in real-time. We implemented a web application to demonstrate the proposed method.
Active B12 assay for diagnosing vitamin B12 deficiency

The Abbott ARCHITECT Active-B12 assay is a test for detecting levels of serum holotranscobalamin, which is the metabolically available component of vitamin B12, and can be used as a marker of vitamin B12 deficiency. Four diagnostic test accuracy studies, using different reference standards, reported greater diagnostic accuracy for the Active-B12 assay compared with assays measuring other markers of vitamin B12 deficiency. The assay needs less sample preparation than a total vitamin B12 test and the expected cost is about £3.50 per test including VAT, depending on sample throughput.
An Aegean History and Archaeology Written through Radiocarbon Dates

This dataset is the outcome of an INSTAP-funded project “An Aegean Prehistory Written in Radiocarbon Dates”. It includes 3159 14C dates from 353 sites in Greece and reflects an attempt to exhaustively collect and cross-check all published radiocarbon dates from existing databases, original publications and preliminary reports using both international and Greek sources (376 sources in total). Although originally targeting prehistoric dates, all dates coming from archaeological or environmental sampling were integrated in the final dataset regardless of chronological period. Sites have been identified and positioned as accurately as possible, while additional information on sampling procedures, sample material and stratigraphic context have been recorded. Funding statement: The Institute for Aegean Prehistory (INSTAP) provided the core funding for the “An Aegean Prehistory Written in Radiocarbon Dates” project which ran between 2016–2017. Previous support by INSTAP to Yannis Maniatis for the radiocarbon dating of Early Neolithic settlements in Greece in NCSR Demokritos Radiocarbon Laboratory allowed for several dates to be processed and included in the present work. Work related to data cleaning and terminology mapping was implemented as part of the dataset preparation process to be ingested in the ARIADNEplus portal. ARIADNEplus (Advanced Research Infrastructure for Archaeological Database Networking in Europe) is a project funded by the European Commission under the H2020 Programme, contract no. H2020-INFRAIA-2018-1-823914. The views and opinions expressed in this publication are the sole responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the European Commission.
The improvement of bread characteristics of sunn pest (Eurygaster integriceps) damaged bread wheat by blending application and using additives

In this study, a wheat variety (Sagittario) exposed to a high level (20.6%) of sunn pest (SP) damage was blended with its undamaged and good quality counterparts at varying levels (100%+0%, 90%+10%, 80%+20%, 70%+30%, 60%+40%, 50%+50%, and 0%+100%). The purpose of this study was to improve the baking quality of sunn pest damaged wheat (SPDW) by blending and using different additives (diacetyl tartaric acid esters of mono and diglycerides, transglutaminase, citric and L-ascorbic acid). Utilising the damaged wheat in bread making and the economic contribution to the economy was determined by optimum blending ratios. The effects of blending applications on the important bread characteristics (bread and volume yield, weight loss, height, width, height/width, specific volume, crumb-grain structure, and penetrometer values) were investigated. When SPDW was mixed with sound wheat, the harm of SP relatively decreased. As SPDW portion in the mixture increased, bread characteristics declined (P<0.05) as expected. Us.
The evolution and socio-ecology of two populations of the Vlei Rat, Otomys irroratus.

This work investigated two important evolutionary processes speciation and adaptive variation in two chromosomally-distinct allopatric Natal Midlands populations of the vlei rat Otomys irroratus. The two populations, at Kamberg and Karkloof, differ in the presence of a tandem fusion between chromosomes seven and 12 in the Kamberg karyotype. Speciation studies considered possible reproductive isolating mechanisms. In studies of adaptive variation, socio-ecological characteristics of both populations were investigated. Data on breeding and postnatal development provided evidence of post-zygotic barriers. Interpopulation pairs had reduced breeding success compared to intrapopulation pairs, and some hybrids died before weaning. Surviving hybrids had reduced growth rates, and almost all were sterile. In tests of pre-mating reproductive isolation, ethological barriers were emphasized. Individuals preferred same-population mates, suggesting the existence of mate recognition, which was achieved by means of population-specific courtship behaviour and communication, particularly olfactory, tactile and visual cues. No evidence of population-specific acoustic signals was found, although acoustic cues were associated with agonistic interaction, complementing other communicatory cues to promote increased aggression during interpopulation pairings. Laboratory studies of behaviour and morphology and field work (trapping and habitat assessment) provided information about socio-ecological parameters. The Kamberg habitat was
A Review on Kenyan Fisheries Research : 1970-2009

Fish resources in Kenya have been exploited for centuries, mostly by artisanal fishers in inshore lagoons, on reefs and, occasionally, in deeper waters. Fish in Kenya, as in many other tropical coastal countries, constitute an important source of food and livelihood. Artisanal fisheries thus play a key role in food security and employment, and are seen as a means to poverty alleviation. We review research on the fisheries in Kenya and the usefulness of the results in fisheries management, considering information from 135 peer-reviewed publications, reports and grey literature on research undertaken over the past 40 years. Subjects covered ranged from fish surveys, species diversity and composition to marine protected areas. The research has been useful in guiding management for the sustainable use of these resources. Research gaps have been identified, emphasising the need for integrated management of Kenya’s marine and coastal resources. Corresponding author: ENF Email: efondo@yahoo.com INTRODUCTION Fishing in Kenya has been carried out for centuries and has been an important economic sector (Fisheries Department, 2012). Fish resources, especially reef fishes, have been exploited for many years, mostly by artisanal fishers, and constitute an important source of food and livelihood. The Fisheries Department of Kenya is vested with the management of fisheries resources in the country. The fisheries sector plays a major role in the economy of the country by providing food security, a source of employment and, hence, poverty alleviation (Fisheries Department, 2012). The annual marine fisheries production in Kenya is estimated at 7 000 tonnes, representing approximately 5% of the total catch in the country, but over 60% of the coastal and marine landings (Fisheries Department, 2012). Information recording and reporting on marine fish resources in Kenya commenced in the 1950s (Martin, 1973) and research has, in more recent years, been conducted by various local and international research institutions and organizations. ‘Frame Surveys’ were conducted along the Kenyan coast by the Fisheries Department in 2004, 2006, 2008 and 2012 and are census-based, data being collected on all fishing vessels and gear (at all homeports and fishing sites) operating within a chosen context or stratum. They gather information on the number of fishers, landing sites, fishing gear and vessels, and further provide an opportunity to record supplementary information useful for management planning and implementation (e.g. fishing patterns and the seasonal use of fishing gear). They can also be used to Western Indian Ocean J. Mar. Sci. Vol. 13. No. 2, pp. 143 162, 2014 © 2015 WIOMSA
FOOD AND FEEDING HABITS OF CLARIAS GARIEPINUS (BURCHELL 1822) IN EGBE RESERVOIR, EKITI STATE, NIGERIA

The food and feeding habit of the catfish Clarias gariepinus in Egbe Reservoir in Ekiti State, Nigeria was studied using 450 Clarias samples collected between January 2010 and November, 2010. Analysis of the stomach contents was done using numerical, frequency of occurrence and volumetric methods. The fish fed mostly on phytoplankton (Cyanophyceae, Chlorophyceae, Euglenophyceae) constituting 97.10% by numerical method. Other food items found in the stomach include insects, zooplankton, arthropod parts, detritus and crustaceans which were of secondary importance. Clarias gariepinus in Egbe Reservoir is an omnivore and females had more empty stomachs (55.60%) than the males (44.40%). This gender bias could be due to intra-specific competition for the available food in the habitat. The information gathered from this present study serves as a guideline for further research on the reservoir.
Cost of reproduction and female life-history tactics in a population of grass snakes, Natrix natrix, in southern Sweden

Annual mortality rates were lower in immature than in mature grass snakes. The difference in mortality is suggested to be due to behavioural changes associated with reproduction. A simple model is presented suggesting that the increase in fecundity with increasing body size and the difference in mortality between immature and mature females are the main factors causing the delay in maturation in females as compared with male grass snakes.
Mediation Role of Perceived Benefit in the Relationship between Perceived Government Support, Religiosity, Awareness and the Acceptance of Islamic Microfinancing in Nigeria

Social Exchange Theory highlights the possible mediating role perceived benefit in social and economic relationships, however, extent literature falls short is validating such theoretical insights in the context of Islamic microfinance. Following this theoretical insights the mediating role of perceived benefit on the relationship between perceived government support, religiosity, awareness and intention to accept Islamic micro-financing was examined. Quantitative research design through data collected from smallholder farmers in Jigawa state was employed; the data was analyzed using PLS-SEM. The finding revealed that perceived benefit mediates the relationship between perceived government support, religiosity, awareness and intention to accept Islamic micro-financing. It implied that perceiving the benefit is one of the mechanisms through which government support, religiosity and awareness influence intention to accept Islamic micro-financing. The study expands the understanding of TPB through the support of SET to explain the mediating effects of perceived benefits in the context of Islamic micro-financing. Thus, it will benefit policymakers in understanding that perceived benefit of Islamic micro-financing is a key to its acceptance, hence, the need for awareness campaigns, support services and religious preaching to that end. Implementing the finding will not only solve problem of access to finance among the smallholder farmers but also ease life through employment generation and poverty eradication. To the researchers’ knowledge, this work could be first to examine the mediating role of perceived benefit in the context of Islamic microfinance among the smallholder farmers with inferences from Social Exchange Theory
Dalitz plot analysis of D 0 → K 0 S π + π − decays in a factorization approach

A quasi two-body QCD factorization is used to study the D0 → K0 S π π decays. The presently available high-statistics Dalitz plot data of this process measured by the Belle and BABAR Collaborations are analyzed together wi th theτ → K0 Sπ ντ decay data. The total experimental branching fraction is also inc luded in the fits which show a very good overall agreement with the experimental Dalitz p lot density distributions. The branching fractions of the dominant channels compare we ll with those of the isobar Belle or BABAR models. We show that the branching fractions c orresponding to the annihilation amplitudes are significant.