Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Characterization of rice (Oryza sativa) germplasm accessions for seedling vigor and its related traits

Rice is the most important cereal that serves as the carbohydrate resource for more than one-third of the world population. To keep pace with the population growth, the productivity level should be further increased. Among the various approaches available for breaking the yield ceiling, seedling vigor plays a very significant role since, it has a direct bearing on yield and other growth parameters. High seedling vigor paves way for raising the crop by direct seeding under water stressed situations as it suppresses weeds growth due to earlier establishment and speedy growth. The present study involves characterization of 210 rice germplasm accessions with wide genetic and geographic origin for seedling vigor and its related traits under controlled environmental condition. About 32 germplasm accessions were identified as highly vigorous based on seedling vigor indices.
Evaluating the Medication Adherence From the Viewpoints of Patients With Mental Disorders and Their Families

Background: Medication non-adherence is common among patients with mental disorders. It can lead to worsening symptoms, recurrence, re-hospitalization, decreased performance, and increased risk of death. Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the medication adherence from the viewpoints of family and patients with mental disorders. Methods: In this descriptive-analytical study, 102 patients with mental disorders admitted to psychiatric wards of 22 Bahman Hospital in Qazvin province and 102 of their family members were selected using by a convenience sampling method in 2017. In order to collect data, a demographic form and Morisky Medication Adherence Scale (MMAS) were completed by the patients and one of their family members. Data were analyzed in SPSS V. 24 software. Findings: The mean MMAS score of patients was 5.8±1.52 and for their families, it was 5.9±1.46 (in a range of 2-8). Using the Spearman correlation coefficient, results showed a significant and positive correlation between the MMAS scores of patients and their families. Conclusion: Demographic characteristics of patients affect their medication adherence regardless of the type and severity of their disease. Therefore, the role of the patient as an active decision-maker in treatment should be considered. Training and useful advices from medical staff are essential to raise the awareness of the patients and their families about medications and their effectiveness as well as the condition caused by the disease.
Glivenko–Cantelli theorems for integrated functionals of stochastic processes

We prove a Glivenko–Cantelli theorem for integrated functionals of latent continuous-time stochastic processes. Based on a bracketing condition via random brackets, the theorem establishes the uniform convergence of a sequence of empirical occupation measures towards the occupation measure induced by underlying processes over large classes of test functions, including indicator functions, bounded monotone functions, Lipschitz-in-parameter functions, and Hölder classes as special cases. The general Glivenko–Cantelli theorem is then applied in more concrete high-frequency statistical settings to establish uniform convergence results for general integrated functionals of the volatility of efficient price and local moments of microstructure noise.
Local hydrology, the Global Geodynamics Project and CHAMP/GRACE perspective: some case studies

We first quantify the influence of aquifers on gravity variations by considering local, regional and continental scales. We show that locally only the direct attraction of the underlying aquifer has to be taken into account. At continental (or global scales), the underground water masses act by direct attraction (due to the earth curvature), loading flexure and potential redistribution. We show that at the intermediate regional scale (saying a few kilometres to a few hundreds of kilometres), groundwater contributions can be neglected in practice. Afterwards, we illustrate the difficulties in tackling the local hydrological context by studying comparatively the geological and hydrogeological surroundings of three European Global Geodynamics Project (GGP) superconducting gravimeter stations (Strasbourg, Moxa, and Vienna). Finally, it appears clearly that hydrological variability and cycle characterisations constitute the up-to-date challenge while studying gravity variations in a large spectral range. That is why, gravity is used to quantify hydrological transfers, and overall when seeking for small signals from the Earth’s deep interior or other environmental signals (atmosphere, oceans) where groundwater influence can be seen as a disturbance. © 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Environmental Impact Assessment as management tool for protected areas in Canada and Mexico

Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs) were introduced into the environmental legislation of various countries starting in the early 1970s. Since then, they have been used in Canada to evaluate the potential impacts of development projects on protected areas’ ecosystems. However, it was not until 1988 that EIA was introduced into the first Mexican Environmental Law. This paper analyzes the use of EIA, including the consideration of cumulative effects, as a tool for improving management of protected areas in Mexico. A comparison of the environmental regulations of Mexico and Canada suggests that the EIA process is less participative and proactive in Mexico than it is in Canada. It also highlights, among other aspects, the need to consider cumulative effects not only for large-scale projects (regional EIAs), as is now stated, but also for small-scale projects (particular EIAs). Eight EIA reports of projects affecting protected areas in Mexico were evaluated using a model developed by Mendoza, Spaling, and Ross for reviewing cumulative effects assessments reports for protected areas. The review showed that the Mexican reports evaluated only one phase of a major development. The reports did not provide information on items considered relevant, and provided a superficial analysis of the potential impacts of the project and their significance. The EIAs analyzed contained no evaluation of residual effects and mitigation measures focused on the direct impacts of the projects. The review of EIA reports exemplified a trend that was later confirmed through interviews of managers and staff of protected areas. Informants indicated that, although EIA is becoming a useful and effective tool to identify and mitigate environmental impacts, the reports are generally poor, especially in regard to the use of scientific information for determining the significance of impacts, the appropriateness of mitigation measures, and the usefulness of the reports in identifying park management needs. Managers indicated a need for assessing cumulative effects for all projects affecting protected areas.
Phase transition in random tensors with multiple independent spikes

Consider a spiked random tensor obtained as a mixture of two components: noise in the form of a symmetric Gaussian $p$-tensor for $p\geq 3$ and signal in the form of a symmetric low-rank random tensor. The latter is defined as a linear combination of $k$ independent symmetric rank-one random tensors, referred to as spikes, with weights referred to as signal-to-noise ratios (SNRs). The entries of the vectors that determine the spikes are i.i. d. sampled from general probability distributions supported on bounded subsets of $\mathbb{R}$. This work focuses on the problem of detecting the presence of these spikes, and establishes the phase transition of this detection problem for any fixed $k \geq 1$. In particular, it shows that for a set of relatively low SNRs it is impossible to distinguish between the spiked and non-spiked Gaussian tensors. Furthermore, in the interior of the complement of this set, where at least one of the $k$ SNRs is relatively high, these two tensors are distinguishable by the likelihood ratio test. In addition, when the total number of low-rank components, $k$, of the $p$-tensor of size $N$ grows in the order $o(N^{(p-2)/4})$ as $N$ tends to infinity, the problem exhibits an analogous phase transition. This theory for spike detection is also shown to imply that recovery of the spikes by the minimum mean square error exhibits the same phase transition. The main methods used in this work arise from the study of mean field spin glass models, where the phase transition thresholds are identified as the critical inverse temperatures distinguishing the high and low-temperature regimes of the free energies. In particular, our result formulates the first full characterization of the high temperature regime for vector-valued spin glass models with independent coordinates.
COMPACTION BEHAVIOUR OF PERIWINKLE SHELL ASH TREATED LATERITIC SOIL FOR USE AS ROAD SUB-BASE CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL

Lateritic soil treated with up to 12% periwinkle shell ash (PSA) by dry weight of soil was evaluated for use as road pavement material. Three compaction energies were used: British Standard light (BSL), West African Standard (WAS) and British Standard Heavy (BSH). The maximum dry density increased with decrease in optimum moisture content for all compaction efforts. Peak unconfined compression strength (UCS) and California bearing ratio (CBR) were obtained at a threshold of 6% PSA content for all compaction efforts. Durability assessment showed that the resistance to loss in strength increased with increase in PSA content but did not show any consistent trend with increasing compaction effort. Peak resistance to loss in strength of 24.3% was obtained at 8% PSA treatment for British standard heavy compaction effort. Microanalysis studies revealed that improvement in soil properties was due to the formation of cementitious products of calcium silicate hydrate and calcium aluminate hydrate at inter particle contact of soil grains. The study showed that PSA can be used to improve lateritic sub-base of lightly trafficked roads, but would be more effective as admixture in either lime or cement stabilization of lateritic soil.
The Effect of 8 Weeks Aerobic Training and Vitamin C on Creatine Kinase of Serum Levels in Type 2 Diabetes Patients

Objective: Diabetes mellitus is a metabolic disorder associated with impaired serum skeletal muscle pain enzymes levels. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of 8 weeks aerobic training with and without vitamin C consumption on serum levels of Creatine Kinase (CK) in type 2 diabetic patients (T2DM). Materials and Methods: In this clinical trial 45 women (30-45 years) with T2DM were randomly assigned into one of these 3 groups: aerobic training (3 sessions a week for 45 minutes), aerobic training with 250 mg/day vitamin C supplementation and control (without exercise and vitamin C). Fasting serum levels of CK were measured before and 24 hours after the last exercise session. The results were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics (analysis of variance, LSD post hoc test, dependent T test for hypothesis testing) by SPSS19 software. Results: Aerobic training as well as aerobic training plus vitamin C reduced significantly concentrations of CK compared to the control (P-value= 0.037, P-value= 0.017) respectively. However, There were no significant differences in CK levels between intervention groups (P-value= 0.899). Conclusion: This study showed that aerobic exercise with or without vitamin C supplementation is effective in reducing CK levels in T2DM. So, in order to reduce at least one of the markers of muscle damage (CK), aerobic exercises are recommended in T2DM, in the absence of contraindications.
Enhancing food security in Latin America with forage legumes

Forage legumes could enhance ruminant production in Latin America far more than they currently do. With a few instructive exceptions, decades invested in domesticating, testing and divulgating pasture and rangeland species have had limited impact. Reasons include lack of end-user involvement in research and development, inadequate commercial seed sources, low persistence under grazing, and substitution with industrial nitrogen fertilizer. Current efforts to improve legume adoption include research on domestication of new species especially natives, grass-legume mixtures, silvopasture, protein banks, and mitigating anti-nutritive components. Future challenges might include a greater focus on economical seed production, establishment in multi-species plantings, persistence under grazing, sustainable intensification, domesticating local germplasm, ecosystems services, multiple uses, harnessing condensed tannins, and greater crop-livestock integration of legumes. We believe that these and other innovations make the future of forage legumes very promising in Latin America.
CXCR4 PET imaging of mantle cell lymphoma using [68Ga]Pentixafor: comparison with [18F]FDG-PET

For PET imaging of mantle cell lymphoma (MCL), [18F]FDG (2-deoxy-2-[18F]fluoro-D-glucose) is the currently recommended radiotracer, although uptake is variable and bone marrow evaluation is limited. In this prospective study, we evaluated the novel CXCR4 (G-protein-coupled C-X-C chemokine receptor type 4) tracer [68Ga]Pentixafor in MCL patients, and compared it to [18F]FDG. Methods: MCL patients underwent [68Ga]Pentixafor-PET/MRI, and, if required for routine purposes, also [18F]FDG-PET/MRI, before treatment. PET was evaluated separately for 23 anatomic regions (12 lymph node stations and 11 organs/tissues), using MRI as the main reference standard. Standardized uptake values (SUVmax and SUVmean) and tumor-to-background ratios (TBRblood and TBRliver) were calculated. General Estimation Equations (GEE) were used to compare [68Ga]Pentixafor-PET and [18F]FDG-PET sensitivities and positive predictive values (PPV). For bone marrow involvement, where biopsy served as the main reference standard, and splenic involvement, receiver operating characteristic curves were used to determine the optimal SUV and TBR cut-off values, and areas under the curve (AUC) were calculated. Results: Twenty-two MCL patients were included. [68Ga]Pentixafor-PET sensitivity (100%) was significantly higher than for [18F]FDG-PET (75.2%) (P<0.001), and PPV was slightly, but not significantly lower (94.0%.vs. 96.5%; P=0.21). SUVs and TBRs were significantly higher for [68Ga]Pentixafor-PET than for [18F]FDG-PET (P<0.001 in all cases); the greatest difference was observed for mean TBRblood, with 4.9 for [68Ga]Pentixafor-PET and 2.0 for [18F]FDG-PET. For bone marrow involvement, [68Ga]Pentixafor-PET SUVmean showed an AUC of 0.92; and for splenic involvement, TBRblood showed an AUC of 0.81. Conclusion: [68Ga]Pentixafor-PET may become an alternative to [18F]FDG-PET in MCL patients, showing clearly higher detection rates and better tumor-to-background contrast.
OVER 10 YEARS OF GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS WITHIN THE HDR SOULTZ PROJECT, FRANCE

Several deep wells were drilled in the Rhine graben (Soultz, France) to evaluate the geothermal Hot Dry Rock potential of a deep fractured granite reservoir. Three main boreholes, which reached 2200, 3600 and 5100 m depth, intersected a crystalline basement overlain by 1400m of Cenozoic and Mesozoic sediments. Based on extensive geological database collected from 1987 to 1999, deep geology of the Soultz reservoir including hydrothermal alteration studies as well as an extensive fracture evaluation were characterised from core analysis, well-logging and borehole imagery interpretations. Conceptual models of hydrothermally altered and fractured zones are proposed. In order to build small-scale fracture distribution observed at Soultz from core data, simulation of 3D fracture network was done stochastically. At higher scale, several deterministic geometrical models were built by assuming fracture size in 3D. They showed that some potential connecting paths are outlined between the deep wells.
One of these words is not like the other: a reproduction of outlier identification using non-contextual word representations

Word embeddings are an active topic in the NLP research community. State-of-the-art neural models achieve high performance on downstream tasks, albeit at the cost of computationally expensive training. Cost aware solutions require cheaper models that still achieve good performance. We present several reproduction studies of intrinsic evaluation tasks that evaluate non-contextual word representations in multiple languages. Furthermore, we present 50-8-8, a new data set for the outlier identification task, which avoids limitations of the original data set, such as ambiguous words, infrequent words, and multi-word tokens, while increasing the number of test cases. The data set is expanded to contain semantic and syntactic tests and is multilingual (English, German, and Italian). We provide an in-depth analysis of word embedding models with a range of hyper-parameters. Our analysis shows the suitability of different models and hyper-parameters for different tasks and the greater difficulty of representing German and Italian languages.
PALEOMAGNETISM OF SEDIMENTARY-METAMORPHIC ROCKS OF THE AMUR PLATE

Paleomagnetic study of terrigenous-metamorphic rock assemblages in Primorye, Priamurye and Zabaikalye disclosed a complicated kinematic pattern of tectonic-stratigraphical terranes within the Amur Plate during the Phanerozoic. Low (near-equatorial) paleolatitudes are established for the formation of rocks of the major part of geoblocks and their “intraplate” rotations without significant latitudinal relative displacement are revealed. Their clearly observed scatter in declination along the arc of a great circle took place about the rotation center (Euleur pole) which coincides with average coordinates of the area under paleomagnetic study. The general rotation trend of an entire collage of terranes of the Amur Plate (AP) was directed counterclockwise, the rotation angle attaining about 120o during the Phanerozoic. The most latitudinal displacement of AP relative the Siberian plate is observed in the Midpaleozoic. In accordance with the direction of polarity chosen the apparent polar wander path of pole (APWP) for the AP appears to be more distant from APWP for the Siberian Craton and closer to APWP for the North China Plate (NCP). This may indicate that some terranes of the Amur Plate could correspond to the passive continental margin of NCP during the Earlyand Middle Paleozoic.
Two new populations of the European mudminnow, Umbra krameri (Actinopterygii: Esociformes: Umbridae), in south-western Romania with the first record in the Banat region

Two new populations of the European mudminnow, Umbra krameri Walbaum, 1792, were encountered in Banat and Oltenia regions, south-western Romania, within 2014–2017. The mudminnows were captured with a hand net used normally for frogs. This is the first record of this species for Banat. In Oltenia U. krameri was encountered in a region where it was considered extinct. In both areas U. krameri was present in its characteristic habitats, i.e., small water bodies with dense aquatic vegetation. Umbra krameri is subject to human pressure in both areas, but this pressure is more severe in Banat, where the agriculture is more intensive. The rare findings of the species in southern Romania are probably due to unsuitable searching methods often used in surveys, i.e., conducted only in large, but unsuitable aquatic habitats, and using classical ichthyological methods, such as electrofishing.
A preliminary study of the effect of freeze-thaw cycles on GCL/Geomembrane interface transmissivity

Recently, there has been increased interest in the use of geosynthetic clay liners (GCL) in composite liners in harsh environments like the Arctic and Antarctic regions. The primary role of a GCL in the composite liner is to minimize the advective flow of contaminants if there are any holes in the geomembrane (GMB). The two parameters controlling the effectiveness of this composite system are the hydraulic conductivity, k, of the GCL and interface transmissivity, θ, between the GMB and GCL. This paper reports results from a preliminary study of a “closed system” approach to subjecting specimens to freeze-thaw cycles by putting them in and out of a freezer and an “open system” where the specimen remains in contact with the subgrade under an applied stress during 5-freeze-thaw cycles. Attention is focused on the effect of these two methods on interface transmissivity for a range of stresses typical for cover applications. The preliminary results shows that the “open system” during freeze-thaw cycles allowed the formation of an ice lens at the GMB-GCL interface due to cryosuction, and this increased θ at a low stress of 10 kPa compared to using the “closed system. ”
The Permian – Triassic History of Magmatic Rocks of the Northern Andes (Colombia and Ecuador): Supercontinent Assembly and Disassembly

1 richard.spikings@unige.ch University of Geneva Department of Earth Sciences and the Environment Rue des Maraichers 13, Geneva 1205 Switzerland 2 andre.paul@unige.ch University of Geneva Department of Earth Sciences and the Environment Rue des Maraichers 13, Geneva 1205 Switzerland * Corresponding author The Permian – Triassic History of Magmatic Rocks of the Northern Andes (Colombia and Ecuador): Supercontinent Assembly and Disassembly
Evaluation of Growth Pattern, Seed and Flower Yield of Safflower Following Winter Crops

In order to evaluation of growth pattern, seed and flower yield of safflower following winter crops in northwest of Iran an experiment was carried out at the Experimental farm of Agriculture College of Sanandaj Azad University during 2003-2004 and 2004-2005 growing season. Experiment design was Strip plot as complete block base with 3 replications. The treatments included: Sowing Pattern (1 row, 2 rows), Row spacing (50,60cm) and Plant distance (5 and 10 cm). The selected safflower cultivar was IL111 as early mature cultivar that planted in June 15. In this study some characters was measured included: total dry matter, leaf dry weight, stem dry weight, crop growth rate (CGR), relative growth rate (RGR), height plant, number of axillary's stem, flower yield and seed yield. The analysis's of growth pattern was showed that total dry matter was reached to maximum in 55 day after sowing in all treatments and that decreased. Also the maximum amount of CGR was achieved in the highest density namely, 2row planting, 50cm row spacing, 5cm plant distance. RGR was the maximum in the beginning of growth period (40 days after planting) and than decreased. Results of variance analysis in two year were showed that all characters investigated were affected significantly by treatment in the %5 and %1 levels. According of results, Plant height was increased when plant density increased. Also the most number of axillary's stem was achieved in 1row, 60 cm row spacing and 10cm plant distance. The highest seed yield was achieved as rate 1593.86 kg/ha in 2row planting, 50cm row spacing and 5 cm plant distance. In this study seed yield increased in 2row planting via 1row planting, 50cm row spacing via 60cm row spacing, 5cm plant distance via 10 cm plant distance in arrangement: 26.9, 14.26 and 85.99 %. Also the highest, flower yield was achieved in the same treatment, an arrangement: 204.13 kg/ha. According of results, plant distance had the most effects on the seed yield and flower yield. Following that it was sowing pattern and row spacing