Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Listening to Customer Kansei for Restaurant Location Evaluation

Location plays a major role in outdoor atmospherics, which can provide an opportunity for the restaurant owner to create a strong first impression on consumers. This study investigated customer perspectives regarding the placement of cafés by employing a Kansei engineering–based approach. In this approach, the location-related features that are of concern to customers and Kansei words that are used by customers to express their impressions regarding a café’s outdoor atmospherics were identified through a customer survey and feature fatigue analysis. The associations between the location-related features and café impressions and their effects on customers’ visiting intention were also examined based on the stimulus–organism–response model. This approach achieved a customer Kansei–oriented location evaluation for cafés. The findings provide café proprietors a preliminary guideline for using location-related outdoor atmospherics as a strategy to produce the desired customer Kansei and reactions.
Dynamics of Multi-stem Clump Structure of Canopy Trees Affects the Change in Stand Structue of Secondary Lucidophyllous Forests.

二次林の遷移に伴う株構造の変化が林分構造の変化に及ぼす影響を明らかにするために，林齢の異なる照葉樹二次林で調査を行った結果，二次林の発達過程には次の三つの段階が検出された。 1）伐採後18年を経た段階では，萌芽由来の照葉樹林型高木種が林冠を優占し，伐採直後に優占していた先駆種は，林冠に到達した萌芽個体の被圧によって消失したと考えられた。 2）伐採後23∼46年では，林冠個体の多幹率（全個体に対する多幹個体の割合）と平均幹本数，そして実生由来の下層個体の数が減少しており，林冠が閉鎖したために，劣勢な幹の自然間引や実生の定着阻害が起きたと考えられた。 3）伐採後60年を経過する段階から萌芽由来の林冠個体が減少しており，株内での幹の競争により単幹化した個体で枯死が発生していることが示唆された。 同時に林床の実生も増加しており，林冠個体の枯死に伴う林冠ギャップの形成と林冠構造の複雑化により林床の光環境が好転し，再び実生が侵入したと考えられた。
SOCIAL NETWORKING SITE USE AS A PREDICTOR OF RELATIONSHIP SATISFACTION, SELF-ESTEEM, AND SOCIAL COMPARISON ORIENTATION

The current research study examined the way that social networking site use impacts individuals’ self-esteem in relation to their romantic relationship, relationship satisfaction, and social comparison orientation. Previous research has established links between SNS use and negative mental health outcomes, but no current research studies SNS use, specifically time spent on SNS use, and how it relates to self-esteem, relationship satisfaction, and social comparison orientation. Using social comparison theory, this study predicted that increased time spent on SNSs would negatively impact relationship satisfaction, self-esteem, and positively predict social comparison orientation. An online survey was used to test the relationship among these variables by asking questions and using scales related to relationship satisfaction, relationship contingent self-esteem, and social comparison orientation, while looking at how time spent on SNS impacted these results, as well as how often an individual posts about their relationship impacted the results. Structural equation modeling was used to analyze the data. This study found that increased time spent on SNS platforms did negatively impact relationship satisfaction and self-esteem, as well as positively predict social comparison orientation. Although, some of the hypotheses were not supported or were only partially supported, the findings from this study further show the importance of understanding SNS use, especially in the clinical context, so it can be assessed and utilized in the therapy setting.
Alternative mating tactics in the New Zealand fur seal (Arctocephalus forsteri): when non-territorial males are successful too

In polygynous mammals, the status of many males does not allow them to have a high social rank and theory predicts selection for alternative mating tactics. Alternative tactics were suggested to explain discrepancies between mating and paternity successes in several pinniped species. However, information on alternative tactics in fur seals is limited. Here, we focus on the polygynous New Zealand fur seal, Arctocephalus forsteri, predicting that competition for females is likely to cause a diversification of male mating tactics and that non-territorial tactics can yield reproductive success. We describe the behaviour of 38 males in a medium to large colony. Paternity success was assessed using CERVUS and PASOS, from a pool of 82 pups sampled at the study site and at neighbouring breeding areas. To see whether size is correlated with mating tactic, the length of 17 males was estimated using photogrammetry. Cluster analysis identified three male behavioural profiles: one corresponding to large territorial males and two illustrating alternative tactics employed by smaller non-territorial males. Of the 13 pups born at the study site that were assigned a father, eight were sired by three territorial males and five were sired by non-territorial males. Our study highlights that holding a territory is not a necessary condition for reproductive success in all otariids.
Dissolution of Phosphorus Fertilizers of Differing Solubility in Peat Soil: A Field Experiment on a Drained Pine Bog

A 2-yr field trial was conducted on a drained pine bog to measure the dissolution of five phosphorus (P) fertilizers of differing solubility. The rate of fertilizer dissolution was measured using a sequential fractionation which involved pre-extraction with 0.5 M NaCl/TEA followed by 1 M NaOH and a mixed acid (HNO3+HCl+H2SO4) digestion. About 56% of Siilinjärvi apatite, a hard magmatic rock phosphate, dissolved over the 2 yrs. For a commercial P+K fertilizer manufactured from Siilinjärvi apatite and KCl (water-soluble P<0.1%), the corresponding value was 44%. For Moroccan phosphate rock, and a commercial fertilizer manufactured from Moroccan phosphate rock and KCl (water-soluble P=15.8%), the dissolution was about 44% and 58%, respectively. For superphosphate (water-soluble P=79%), the corresponding value was 93%.
Ontogeny of the intermandibular and hyoid musculature in the suckermouth armoured catfish Ancistrus cf. triradiatus (Loricariidae, Siluriformes)

Loricariidae or suckermouth armoured catfishes are the most speciose catfish family, displaying morphological specializations toward the attachment onto substrates with their sucker mouth, and the scraping of algae and other food items off these substrates. The intermandibular and hyoid musculature differs from the general siluriform situation. This detailed study on several developmental stages of a loricariid representative aims to provide insight in the ontogenetic origin of these muscles, as well as on their morphology and homology. Serial sections and 3D-reconstructions are used to visualize the early muscle configurations. The intermandibularis anterior muscle develops two parts, inserting on the lower jaw but also on the lower lip tissue. A similar differentiation into a dentary and a labial part occurs in the intermandibularis posterior (usually erroneously referred to as protractor hyoidei in loricariids). The protractor hyoidei has a compound nature in teleosts, but in loricariids no interhyoideus portion fuses to the posterior intermandibularis portion. Several arguments, including the absence of a myocomma and a double innervation, indicate the absence of an interhyoideus portion. A double innervation has been found in the hyohyoideus inferior. The posteriormost muscles in the hyoid region are relatively small during early ontogeny: the sternohyoideus halves fuse relatively late; the hyohyoidei adductores develop latest of all ventral head muscles. A remarkable shift in orientation characterizes the hyohyoideus abductor.
Optical Measurement of Highly Reflective Surfaces From a Single Exposure

Three-dimensional structured light (SL) measurement of highly reflective surface is a challenge faced in industrial metrology. The high dynamic range (HDR) technique provides a solution by fusing images under multiple exposures; however, the process is highly time-consuming. This article reports a new SL-based method to measure parts with highly reflective surfaces from only a single exposure. A new quantitative metric is defined to optimally select camera exposure for capturing input single-exposure images. Different from existing image gradient or entropy-based metrics, the new metric incorporates both intensity modulation and overexposure. A skip pyramid context aggregation network (SP-CAN) is proposed to enhance the single exposure-captured images. Compared with existing image enhancement methods, SP-CAN effectively preserves detailed encoded phase information near edges and corners during enhancement. Experiments with various industrial parts demonstrated that the average time cost of the proposed method was 0.6 s, which was only one tenth of the HDR method (ten exposures), and the two methods achieved similar coverage rates (97.6$\%$ versus 98.0$\%$) and measurement accuracy (0.040 mm versus 0.038 mm).
Survival of Wild and Hand-reared Ringtail Possums (Pseudocheirus peregrinus) in Bushland near Sydney

Radio-tracking studies of ringtail possums (Pseudocheirus peregrinus) were carried out in Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park at its border with suburban Sydney. Hand-reared and relocated ringtail possums released into the study site survived an average of 101 days and wild ringtail possums resident in the study area survived an average 182 days. Of the 118 individuals whose fates were determined, all but eight were killed by predators, 52% by foxes and 29% by cats. Within the study area both introduced and wild ringtail possums used dreys (nests) more frequently than tree hollows, and nests on the ground were used about 7% of the time.
Specific status of Echinocardium cordatum, E. australe and E. zealandicum (Echinoidea: Spatangoida) around New Zealand, with comments on the relation of morphological variation to environment

The specific status of the heart-urchin Echinocardium cordatum (Pennant) around New Zealand is discussed in the context of the suggestion that the New Zealand form of this spatangoid is sufficiently distinct from E. cordatum to be regarded as a separate species, namely E. australe Gray or E. zealandicum Gray. A brief history of the problem is outlined and it is demonstrated that, from the beginning of the present century, specialist opinion has favoured the unitary species concept and been unenthusiastic about the validity of Gray's species. The pattern of variability revealed by a comparative morphological study of E. cordatum from the British Isles and E. australe/zealandicum from New Zealand did not support the specific separation of the Australasian species. Alternatively, it is proposed that the morphological structure of the test in E. cordatum may be considerably influenced by sediment texture and that the distinctiveness of some of the New Zealand specimens is related to their occupation of very fine deposits, which are not commonly exploited by E. cordatum around the British Isles.
Effect of Iberian × Duroc genotype on composition and sensory properties of dry-cured ham

BACKGROUND: Dry-cured ham quality from three different Iberian × Duroc genotypes was studied: GEN1, Iberian × Duroc1; GEN2, Duroc1 × Iberian; GEN3, Duroc2 × Iberian. GEN1 and GEN2 are reciprocal crosses, while the difference between GEN2 and GEN3 is the Duroc sire line. The line Duroc1 (DU1) was selected for the manufacture of dry-cured meat products, whereas the line Duroc2 (DU2) was selected for meat production with low carcass fat. RESULTS: Dry-cured hams from all genotypes had similar chemical composition. However, intramuscular fat of dry-cured hams from GEN3 was more unsaturated than that from GEN2, while GEN1 was intermediate. Lipid oxidation, measured as 2-thiobarbituric acid-reactive substances (TBARS) and hexanal content, was similar between genotypes. The colour of hams was affected by genotype; hams from GEN2 showed higher lightness (CIE L*), while those from GEN3 had a less intense colour (lower a* and C*). Texture measured instrumentally did not differ between genotypes; however, in the sensory analysis, panellists considered hams from GEN3 more fibrous, while those from GEN2 were considered juicier. Hams from GEN3 were also perceived as saltier and more acid. CONCLUSION: Genotype affected the quality of Iberian hams, with those from GEN3 being of lower quality, and this genotype was considered less suitable for the manufacture of Iberian dry-cured ham. Copyright © 2007 Society of Chemical Industry
Morphological and allozyme variability in honey bees from Kenya

Quarante-trois echantillons d'abeilles (Apis mellifera L) ont ete preleves dans les montagnes et les savanes du Kenya (fig 1). Des mesures morphometriques ont ete faites sur 15 abeilles par echantillon et soumises a une analyse statistique multivariee. Des echantillons d'A m monticola et d'A m scutellata de la banque de donnees morphometriques d'Oberursel ont ete utilises comme reference pour l'identification des sous-especes. La variabilite des locus de 5 enzymes, malate deshydrogenase (MDH- 1), enzyme malique (ME), phosphoglucomutase (PGM-1), esterase (Est-3) et hexokinase (HK), a ete etudiee par electrophorese sur 15 abeilles par echantillon
Residual Patches and their Contribution to Forest‐Bird Diversity on Northern Minnesota Aspen Clearcuts

Managers of upland forest generally operate with the assumption that leaving residual timber in clearcuts is beneficial for wildlife. Our primary objective in this study was to evaluate the contribution of residual patches to forest birds by (1) characterizing differences in components of bird diversity between clearcuts with and without residual patches, (2) characterizing differences in components of bird diversity between residual patches and clearcut edges, and (3) describing any clearcut‐wide effects of residual patches for any bird species or group. Breeding birds were surveyed in 40 aspen clearcuts (20 clearcuts with and 20 clearcuts without residual patches) 3–9 years old from May to July 1993 in northern Minnesota. Sixteen additional survey points were established, eight each in clearcut edge and in clearcuts with residual patches but with the survey point outside the residual patch. Two diversity indices, four avian nesting guilds, and 12 bird species showed significant differences between treatments when analyzed with multiple regression analysis and analysis of variance. Five of the seven species significantly associated with residual patches are of high regional management concern: Veery (Catharus fuscescens), Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapillus), Rose‐breasted Grosbeak (Phucticus ludovicianus), Canada Warbler (Wilsonia canadensis), and Black‐throated Green Warbler (Dendroica virens). Results from this study suggest that residual patches contribute to forest‐bird diversity in northern Minnesota aspen clearcuts, and may enhance bird populations on regional and landscape scales.
Economics in the time of COVID-19

"COVID-19 may be as contagious economically as it is medically. This eBook addresses some key questions: How, and how far and fast, will the economic damage spread? How bad will it get? How long will the damage last? What are the mechanisms of economic contagion? And, above all, what can governments do about it? "
Uso de redes neurais artificais na predição de valores genéticos para peso aos 205 dias em bovinos da raça Tabapuã

Data from 19,240 Tabapua animals from 152 farms located in different states of Brazil, born from 1976 to 1995, were used to predict the genetic value of body weight at 205 days of age (BV_P205) of Tabapua beef cattle using Artificial Neural Networks (ANN) and LM algorithm - Levenberg Marquardt training for data entry. Due to the use of networks with supervised learning, the predicted breeding values for P205 from BLUP were used as desired output. The breeding values for P205 obtained from RNA and those predicted by BLUP were highly correlated. The ranked breeding values for body weight at 205 days through RNA and those predicted by BLUP (VG_P205_RNA) showed a variation in the classification of animals indicating risks in the use of ANNs procedure for genetic evaluation of this trait. Insertions of new animals require new training data always dependent on BLUP.
Chilean benthic species identified as a new source of antibiotic substances

Benthic marine organisms are a natural source of bioactive substances with applications in medicine to treat infections, cancer and other diseases. In Chile, this community possesses rich biodiversity that has been scarcely studied as a producer of bioactive substance so far. For that reason, we studied the potential production of antibiotic substances in 28 benthic species that inhabit the coast of the Tarapaca region in northern Chile, and belong to phylum Porifera, Cnidaria, Mollusca, Sipuncula, Annelida, Echinodermata and Chordata. The antibiotic activity was evaluated on ethanol extract obtained from their entire body or dissected tissues and was tested against Staphylococcus aureus ATCC 25923 with the diffusion agar method. According to the halo diameter, the antibiotic potency was classified as mild, regular or high. In this way, we could identify 21 benthic species as a producer of antibiotic substances with different antibiotic potency. This activity was found in more than one tissue and with regular or high antibiotic activity in the species; Acanthopleura echinata , Chiton cumingsii , Aulacomya atra , Fissurella crassa , Fissurella latimarginata , Luidia magellanica , Stichaster striatus , Arbacia spatuligera , and Loxechinus albus . The extracts obtained from the entire body and showed regular and high antibiotic activity were from the species; Phymanthea pluvia , Abarenicola affinis , Glycera americana , and Ophiactis kroyeri . In conclusion, northern Chile possesses a rich biodiversity of benthic species producer of antibiotic substances, and more research is encouraged to identify these substances with application in medicine.
The clinical and demographical profile of Coronavirus illness: The tale of Tablighi Jamaat and Zaireen in Quarantine / Isolation center at Sukkur and Hyderabad

Objectives: To determine the clinical and demographical profile of corona-virus illness among Tablighi Jamaat and Zaireen kept in quarantine / isolation center at Sukkur and Hyderabad Sindh. Methods: The cross-sectional descriptive study (late March-2020 to mid of April-2020) was conducted at Diagnostic & Research Laboratory LUMHS Jamshoro / Hyderabad. All the suspected cases for COVID-19 were recruited and screened for corona virus infection. The study explored the data of the suspected and diagnosed (confirmed) case of COVID-2019 (Tablighi Jamaat and Zaireen) reported by Diagnostic Research Laboratory Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences (LUMHS) Jamshoro who belonged to various parts of the country in general and province Sindh in particular. All the individuals regardless of age and gender presented either as asymptomatic, critical ill or having non-specific symptoms as fever, flu, cough; sore throat and shortness of breath were screened for COVID-19 by real time PCR after taking informed consent whereas the frequency / percentages (%) and means ±SD computed for study variables. Results: During study period total 920 patients were explored and screened for Corona virus infection. The mean ± SD for age (yrs) of overall population of city Sukkur and Hyderabad was 57.83±8.84 and 59.62±9.72 respectively. The 700 people from Sukkur city was screened and out of them 276 (39.4%) were positive and 424 (60.5) were negative while the cure rate was 245 (88.7%) along with mean ± SD for recovery time was 9.41±2.97. The 220 people from Hyderabad city was screened and out of them 106 (48.1%) were positive and 114 (51.8%) were negative while the cure rate was 106 (100%) along with mean ± SD for recovery time was 11.54±3.42. The majority of cases at both centers were asymptomatic (90%), symptomatic (7%) and critically ill (3%). The mortality accounted for 2.8% cases at Hyderabad isolation center and all were having smoking history and co-morbidities as ischemic heart diseases, diabetes mellitus, obstructive lung disease and cerebrovascular accident whereas no mortality was observed at Sukkur isolation center. Conclusion: RT-PCR measure allowed fast, delicate, and explicit discovery of SARS-CoV in biochemical diagnosis. The majority of cases at both centers were asymptomatic while the mortality was identified in 2.8% cases (having co-morbidities) at Hyderabad isolation center whereas no mortality was observed at Sukkur isolation center.
Parameterized bilinear matrix inequality techniques for ℋ∞ gain‐scheduling proportional integral derivative control design

Proportional‐integral‐derivative (PID) structured controller is the most popular class of industrial control but still could not be appropriately exploited in gain‐scheduling control systems. To gain the practicability and tractability of gain‐scheduling control systems, this paper addresses the ℋ∞ gain‐scheduling PID control. The design of such a controller is based on parameterized bilinear matrix inequalities, which are then solved via a bilinear matrix inequality optimization problem of nonconvex optimization. Several computational procedures are developed for its computation. The merit of the developed algorithms is shown through the benchmark examples.
Sur les Acanthocéphales de l'Eider (Somateria mollissima L.)

LA litérature ne nous offre que des renseignements fort embrouillés sur les Acanthocéphales parasites intestinaux de l'eider (Somateria mollissima L.). Ces parasites furent decouverts par Phipps en 1774–1775 et décrits par lui sous le nom de Sipunculus lendix. Cependant, de la description et surtout des figures de cet auteur on voit bien qu'il ne s'agissait point de Sipunculides mais de vrais Acanthocéphales (Lühe, 1905). Plus tard, d'autres auteurs ont rapporté cette espéce comme synonyme d'Echinorhynchus polymorphus Brems
Digestive Tract pH of Six Species of Coleoptera

The average pH for the six species ranged as follows: Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Say), 5.6 to 6.6; Monocesta coryli (Say), 5.7 to 7.3; Leptura sp. , 5.5 to 7.1; Osmoderma scabra (Beauv.), 7.5 to 10.2; Passalus cornutus Fabr. , 5.9 to 9.0; and Cotnis nitida (L.), 7.6 to 10.1. All measurements were made electrometrically using a one-drop glass electrode. The possibility of a relationship between food and digestive tract pH in Coleoptera is pointed out.
Carotenoids and related compounds. Part XXVI. Synthesis of methyl natural bixin

A stereochemically controlled synthesis of the cis-(Z)-4-isomer (26; R = Me) of methylbixin is described, which involves 5-methoxycarbonyl-3-methylpenta-cis-(Z)-2,trans-(E)-4-dien-1-al (6) as the key intermediate. The product is shown to be identical with the methyl ester of natural bixin.
Fate of isoproturon in two Moroccan soils

The study of the adsorption, desorption, degradation and stabilization of 14 C-isoproturon in two clayey Moroccan soils of the Gharb area were investigated under laboratory conditions. Adsorption follows a non-linear isotherm. A strong affinity of clays to isoproturon was observed. Dehs soil affinity to isoproturon is stronger than that of the Tirs soil, with: K OC = 112.1 and 84.5, respectively. Non-extractible residues reached 36.3%, 35.4% and 32.0% of initial applied amounts in 60 days, respectively, for the Tirs soil, the Tirs soil treated with nitrogen and the Dehs soil. The pseudo half-life of isoproturon ranged from 31 to 50 days. Degradation products of isoproturon were N'-(4-isopropylphenyl)- N,N-dimethylurea and N'-[4-(2-hydroxyisopropylphenyl)]-N-methylurea, and other non-identified products.