Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Screening brown spot resistance in rice genotypes at the seedling stage under water stress and irrigated conditions

Abstract The nursery resistance of 95 rice genotypes to brown spot (BS) was evaluated under water stress and irrigated conditions during 2017 and 2018. Disease assessment was done by calculating the final brown spot index, area under the disease progress curve and apparent infection rate. Susceptible genotypes demonstrated high disease indices at both the hydrological treatments in comparison to resistant genotypes. Water shortage at the seedling stage caused an increasing rate of disease severity in rice genotypes; however, the responses varied among genotype. These findings suggest that the evaluation of resistance to brown spot disease could be done under water stress conditions. Among genotypes tested, 13 genotypes, i.e. Gharib-Siyah-Reihani, Ghashangeh, Gerdeh, Shahpasand, Neda, Sange-Tarom, Hasani, Dasht, Gohar, Kanto 51, Khazar, Koohsar and Mohammadi-Chaparsar exhibited seedling resistance to brown spot disease at both hydrological conditions which could be recommended for cultivation and further breeding utilization to develop promising resistant lines in management of the brown spot disease.
Examining the Relationship between Social Intelligence Levels and Communication Skills of Prospective Social Studies Teachers

The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between social intelligence levels and communication skills of preservice social studies teachers. In the content of the study, the relational screening model, which is one of the descriptive survey models, has been used. The sample of the survey consist of the third and fourth year students who study Social studies Teaching at Faculties of Education at Mugla, Usak, Afyon and Aksaray University in the academic year of 2017-2018. The sample of the survey has been determined by means of convenience sampling. In this study, the unpaired t-test, the one-way analysis variance (ANOVA), the Scheffe and Games-Howell test have been used. In order to reveal the relationship between social intelligence levels and communication skills of preservice social studies teachers, the Pearson product-moment correlation analysis has been used. As a result of the study, it has been found out that preservice social studies teachers demonstrate “high” communication skills, but “moderate” social intelligence. It has also been determined that there is a moderate, linear, positive and meaningful correlation between the communication skills and social intelligence levels of preservice social studies teachers. In addition to these, it has been observed that communication skills and social intelligence levels of preservice teachers differ to a meaningful extent according to factors such as gender, universities they attend and the number of books they read per month. On the other hand their age and grade caused any meaningful difference in the communication skills and social intelligence levels of preservice teachers.
Testing a concurrent model of social anxiety in preadolescence

Social anxiety is a common mental disorder with an average age of onset in early adolescence. Current theories focus largely on risk factors that are present from early in life, but reasons for onset of the disorder as youth move into adolescence are rarely discussed. We recently proposed a model of the onset of certain mental disorders during the adolescent years based on characteristics of adolescent development. While this model will require longitudinal testing, the current article establishes concurrent associations between relevant variables in a cohort of 528 preadolescents (M age = 11.2 years) at baseline. Youth with social anxiety disorder differed significantly from other youth on measures of social comparison (including physical appearance comparisons, self-rated attractiveness, and negative peer comparisons on social media) as well as positive peer connections (including self-reported school belonging, number of friends, victimization, and peer affiliation). A structural equation model showed that symptom levels of social anxiety were directly related to social comparisons and peer connections, as well as indirectly associated with pubertal development and social comparisons. This pattern was not moderated by sex of youth.
ISM Based Method for Risk Management of International EPC Projects

In recent years, with the continuous development of the international engineering contracting market, the industry’s requirements for projects have also increased. It has gradually evolved into an international engineering procurement model with higher risk response capabilities and more complex project models. Due to the long construction time, large scale, fixed contract amount and other characteristics of international EPC projects, China’s international EPC projects still face multiple risks. This paper uses an Interpretative Structural Model to analyze the risk factors of international EPC projects. Then, construct a project risk model to consider the optimal strategy of risk control from a holistic and systematic perspective. It also puts forward effective risk management and control measures to provide a reference for risk assessment under the international EPC project management mode.
Negotiated Block Trade and Rebuilding of Trust

We investigate the impact of corporate governance on customers' trust using a dynamic model of experience‐goods firm. In the optimal equilibrium, customers' trust in the firm is linked to its behavior in the market for corporate control, so that the controlling shareholder has incentives to ensure high product quality while noncontrolling shareholders' interests are protected. Following a trust‐damaging event, turnover of the controlling share block restores customers' trust and enhances total shareholder value. Our analysis identifies an endogenous cost of corporate control, offers implications for the control premium, and provides a novel rationale for the separation of ownership and control.
Low-Tubal-Rank Tensor Recovery From One-Bit Measurements

This paper focuses on the recovery of low-tubal-rank tensors from binary measurements under the frame of tensor Singular Value Decomposition. We show that the direction of a tubal-rank-r tensor ${\mathcal{X}} \in {{\mathbb{R}}^{{n_1} \times {n_2} \times {n_3}}}$ can be approximated from Ω((n1 + n2)n3r) random Gaussian measurements. In addition, incorporating nonadaptive thresholds in the measurements, it is proved that the full ${\mathcal{X}}$ can be recovered. As we will see, under this nonadaptive measurement scheme, recovery errors decay at the rate of polynomial of the oversampling factor λ := m/(n1 + n2)n3r, i.e., ${\mathcal{O}}\left( {{\lambda ^{ - 1/6}}} \right)$. In order to obtain faster decay rate, we introduce a recursive strategy which generates thresholds according to previous estimates for each iteration. Under this quantization scheme, An iterative recovery algorithm is proposed which establishes recovery errors decaying at the rate of exponent of λ. Numerical experiments are conducted to demonstrate our results.
Femur Bone Mineral Density and Pentosidine Level Distinguish Ankylosing Spinal Disorder Patients with and without Sacroiliac Ankylosis

Introduction When spinal fracture occurred in ankylosing spinal disorder (ASD) patients, it is important to evaluate not only the long lever arm but also bone density and bone quality for the determination of treatment strategies. This case-controlled study examined bone mineral density (BMD), bone metabolism markers, and pentosidine levels in patients with ASD. Methods Subjects with bridging of minimum four contiguous vertebral bodies were classified into ASD group and the rest into non-ASD group. The former was further divided into two subgroups based on the presence/absence of sacroiliac joint ankylosis (SJA). We compared BMD, bone metabolism markers, and pentosidine levels in these groups. Results The BMD T and Z scores of the femur proximal extremity were lower in the ASD with SJA group than those in the ASD without SJA group. When groups were matched for age, weight, and eGFR, compared with the non-ASD group, the ASD with SJA group had lower BMD of the lumbar spine and femur proximal extremity and the ASD without SJA group had significantly higher BMDs of the lumbar spine and femur proximal extremity. After matching, the ASD without SJA group showed a significantly higher pentosidine level than the non-ASD group. Conclusions Patients with SJA have low femur proximal extremity BMD, whereas those with ASD without SJA have a higher BMD of the femur proximal extremity with high pentosidine level. Investigating the presence or absence of SJA is important for the determination of treatment strategies in fractured ASD patients.
Evaluating the association between neonatal mortality and maternal high blood pressure, heart disease and gestational diabetes: A case control study

Background: Prevention of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) during pregnancy is recommended due to severe complications for mothers and infants. Considering that NCDs have a significant impact on infant mortality, this study was conducted to investigate the relationship between mothers' underlying diseases and gestational diabetes and infant mortality in Iran. Materials and Methods: Mothers who referred to the health centers in nine provinces of Iran were included. This case–control study used data collected from pregnant women. There were 1162 cases and 1624 controls. The required data were collected from mothers' health records and through interviews. Results: The chances of neonatal mortality in women with a body mass index (BMI) of 30–35, 1.7 times (odds ratio [OR] = 1.7, confidence interval [CI]: 1.19–2.44, P = 0.003) was higher compared with women with a normal BMI. The chance of neonatal mortality among mothers with high blood pressure was three times higher compared with healthy mothers (OR = 3.04, 95% CI: 1.98–4.65, P < 0.001). The chance of neonatal mortality in women with kidney disease was also 1.64 times higher than mothers without kidney problems (OR = 1.64, 95% CI: 1.1–2.45, P = 0.015). In the study of gestational diabetes, the chance of neonatal mortality among the mothers who had at risk was 1.63 times higher than mothers without gestational diabetes (OR = 1.63, 95% CI: 0.84–3.16, P = 0.014). Furthermore, the chance of neonatal mortality among the mothers who had heart disease was 1.10 times higher than mothers without heart disease (OR = 2.10, 95% CI: 0.88–4.99, P = 0.014). Conclusion: This study showed that undiagnosed underlying diseases were related to neonatal mortality, which highlights the importance of caring for and counseling about the underlying diseases, screening, and controlling blood sugar levels before and during pregnancy to prevent infant mortality by all means possible.
Molecular diagnosis of American Cutaneous Leishmaniasis (ACL) in dogs from an endemic area in Pernambuco State, Brazil

A survey was carried out to detect American cutaneous leishmaniasis (ACL) among dogs in an area where a human outbreak had occurred in the state of Pernambuco, in northeastern Brazil. Domiciled dogs living in the district of Tres Ladeiras, Igarassu were used in the present study. The following procedures were performed: The Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) (n = 126); the Immunofluorescence Antibody Test (IFAT) (n = 80); and a parasitological examination to detect amastigote forms of Leishmania sp. in skin lesions (n = 43). Associations between the infection in animals and the clinical and epidemiological factors were analyzed using Fisher's exact test or the Pearson’s chi-squared test. In total, 46.8% (59/126) of the samples tested were PCRpositive. Although a higher frequency of positivity was detected among males (46.3 %) and animals aged between 3 and 4 years (50.0 %), no significant associations were recorded for these variables (p> 0.05). Similarly, the clinical signs and aspects related to the environment in which the animal lives did not differ significantly, but differences were recorded for the variable locality. In the IFAT, only 6.2% (5/80) of the dogs were positive and no amastigote forms of Leishmania sp. were detected.
Seasonal patterns of circadian rhythmicity of colonic and body surface temperatures in adult Rouen ducks (Anas platyrhynchos domesticus) under natural light/day cycles in a tropical savannah

ABSTRACT The effects of cold-dry (harmattan) and hot-dry seasons on the circadian rhythms of colonic (CT) and body surface (BST) temperatures in 20 adult male Rouen ducks (Anas platyrhynchos domesticus) were investigated under natural light/day cycles in tropical conditions. Air temperature (AT), relative humidity, CT and BST were recorded bihourly for a period of 72 h during both hot-dry and harmattan seasons. Colonic temperature and BST exhibited rhythmic cycles during the hot-dry and harmattan seasons; however, the amplitude of the CT was higher (P < 0.05) during the hot-dry (0.6 ± 0.05°C) compared to that of the harmattan season (0.2 ± 0.02°C), while the amplitude of BST ranged from 8°C to 10°C in both seasons. The mesor of CT did not differ (P > 0.05) between seasons; however, that of BST was higher (P < 0.05) during the hot-dry than harmattan season. The acrophases for CT (14:00 h) and BST (12:00–14:00 h) were observed during the photophase in both seasons. The present study provided base-line reference values of CT and BST for the Rouen ducks under natural photoperiod in a tropical savannah zone, which until now have not been reported in the available literature.
The Importance of Leader Integrity on Family Restaurant Employees’ Engagement and Organizational Citizenship Behaviors: Exploring Sustainability of Employees’ Generational Differences

The purpose of this study is to investigate how foodservice employees’ perceptions of their leader’s integrity affect their work engagement and organizational citizenship behaviors, with the aim of moderating empirical evidence of generational differences. This study was administered to 218 foodservice employees using a self-administered questionnaire. The validity and reliability of the measured items were reviewed using a confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), and they were verified using structural equation modeling (SEM). The study results showed that leader integrity had a significant positive effect on employees’ work engagement, and organizational citizenship behaviors, while employee engagement induced by leader integrity increased organizational citizenship behaviors (OCBs). Also, the results found that the effects of leader integrity on OCBs were stronger for Generation Y workers than for Generation X workers. Limitations and future research directions are also discussed.
Funding liquidity and bank lending

Abstract We investigate how funding liquidity affects the bank lending using a large sample of US bank holding companies. We document a consistent evidence of a lower loan growth for banks that rely more on deposits. The quantile regressions which dissect the lending behavior of banks at the right tail of loan growth distribution point out the leveraged effect of funding liquidity is larger in high-loan-growth banks. The negative effects of funding liquidity on lending seem to be clearer before the crisis and especially for large banks. Interestingly, we do not find any evidence of the relation between lending and funding liquidity after the crisis period. We believe our study is of interest to regulators and policymakers.
Perceptions of Early Marriage, Educational Aspirations, and Career Goals among Kosovar Adolescents

Abstract Early marriage has a negative influence on youngsters’ pursuits toward higher education, with considerable health and social impact worldwide. Educational aspirations, career goals, and early marriage are associated with numerous personal and contextual factors. We aimed to assess the association between sociodemographic and socioeconomic factors and Kosovar adolescents’ perceptions on early marriages in adolescent girls, education, and career goals. A sample of 509 adolescents (N = 294, 58.6% girls), age (M = 17.3; SD = 1.5) was assessed using the Perceptions of Early Marriage and Future Education Goals Scale. Approximately half the participants (43.2%) were clear about their future career goals, (44.8%) remain considering options, and three out of four individuals will pursue higher education after high school. Knowledge and financial stability were among the significant reasons for pursuing higher education while the greatest obstacles included poor study habits, lack of money, lack of self-confidence and lack of motivation. Key reasons for early marriage were love, pregnancy, and escape from parental control. Adolescents’ perceptions were associated with their gender, age, level of parental education, number of siblings, education level, and financial income. This study provides preliminary evidence to guide future research. The limitations and future research directions of this study have also been discussed.
A Partial Relaxation DOA Estimator Based on Orthogonal Matching Pursuit

A family of computationally efficient DOA estimators under the partial relaxation framework has recently been proposed. In this framework, the manifold structure of the "interfering" signals is relaxed, and only the manifold structure of one desired signal is retained. This particular type of relaxation results in closed-form estimates for the interference parameters and enhances the estimation performance compared to the conventional spectral-search methods. By adopting the principle of the partial relaxation approach, in this paper, a modification of the Orthogonal Matching Pursuit algorithm is proposed and applied to the Direction-of-Arrival estimation problem. In each iteration of the proposed partial relaxation-based orthogonal matching pursuit (PR-OMP) algorithm, the impact on the receive signal from the previously-estimated directions and the remaining direction with the relaxed steering structure are considered. Simulations show that the proposed PR-OMP algorithm outperforms conventional estimators in the case of low Signal-to-Noise-Ratio or small number of snapshots.
Impact of fluorescent marker dyes on emergence of sterile Queensland fruit fly, Bactrocera tryoni (Froggatt) (Diptera: Tephritidae).

In three trials, twelve fluorescent dye colours were applied to pupae of Queensland fruit fly ('Bactrocera tryoni' (Froggatt)) to evaluate the effect on emergence. Nova Red and orange colours appeared to have minimal adverse impact on emergence. Emergence percentages varied from 78% in the best treatments to 56% in the worst colour treatments. Recommendations are made for the use of different dye colours.
Bacteriological, biochemical and histopathological studies in uroperitoneum in buffalo calves (Bubalus bubalis)

Male buffalo calves (7), 1.5-3 month-old suffering from obstructive urolithiasis and consequent uroperitoneum were included in the study. Pre-operatively, haemoglobin, packedcell volume, blood urea nitrogen and plasma creatinine were higher while total plasma proteins were lower at this stage. All the parameters eXGept total plasma proteins showed some improvement 24 h following surgery. The histopathological examination revealed degenerative, vascular, necrotic and infiltrative changes in liver and kidneys. In all the cases infection is present in the urinary tract, which needs immediate attention for effective treatment.
Eliminating Out-Of-Cell Interference in Cellular Massive Mimo with a Single Additional Transceiver

Wireless cellular communication networks are bandwidth and interference limited. An important means to overcome these resource limitations is the use of multiple antennas. Base stations equipped with a very large (massive) number of antennas have been the focus of recent research. A bottleneck in such systems is the cost of a large number of transmit/receive chains requiring ADCs, low noise amplifiers and power amplifiers. The present work considers a line-of-sight channel model. It is shown that given a sufficiently large antenna array, it suffices that the number of transmit/receive chains exceeds the number of desired users by one in order to reduce the interference to any desired level by judiciously selecting the antenna elements.
Pengembangan Formula Gel Ekstrak Pegagan (Centella asiatica (L.) Urb ) sebagai Antijerawat

Pendahuluan : Saat ini obat topikal antijerawat telah banyak beredar dalam bentuk gel dan krim, tetapi masih sedikit antijerawat topikal yang megandung herbal, sebagai bahan aktif atau agen berpotensi dapat mencegah dan mengobati jerawat seperti pegagan ( Centella asiatica (L.) Urb) dengan sifat anti bakterinya. Tujuan : Mengembangkan formulasi sediaan gel pegagan yang stabil. Metode : Pengujian Formulasi pegagan sesuai persyaratan evaluasi dengan basis gel konsentrasi 7%, 8%, 9%, selanjutnya dilakukan evaluasi meliputi pengujian organoleptik, pH, dan viskositas. Formula ditambah ekstrak herba pegagan dengan konsentrasi 2,5% dan 5%. Uji evaluasi formula yang dilakukan meliputi pengamatan homogenitas, uji derajat keasaman, kekentalan dan daya sebar sediaan. Hasil : Rerata pH sediaan didapatkan 6,66. Formula 1 dan Formula 2 terdapat sedikit perbedaan viskositas. Formula 1 dan Formula 2 menunjukkan homogenitas dan daya sebar yang sudah sesuai persyaratan. Kesimpulan : Selama 14 hari, pengujian Formula 2 dengan konsentrasi ekstrak 5% lebih stabil dibandingkan Formula 1 dengan konsentrasi ekstrak 2,5%.
Fully Distributed Containment Control for Multiple Euler-Lagrange Systems Over Directed Graphs: An Event-Triggered Approach

This paper focuses on the distributed containment control problems for multiple Euler-Lagrange systems with stationary/dynamic leaders over directed communication networks. When the leaders are stationary, a distributed event-triggered adaptive control law is presented, and three other update algorithms of the time-varying control gain are further designed for comparison. Then, a distributed event-triggered neural-network-based control protocol is developed when the dynamic leaders are considered. The aforementioned two control strategies can be implemented in fully distributed chattering-free manners since no global information and discontinuous items are employed. In addition, the requirement for relative velocity measurements are relaxed in controller design. The update frequency and energy consumption of the controlled systems are effectively reduced by applying the event-triggered mechanism. It is rigorously verified that the proposed event-triggered control protocols will not be updated infinitely in finite time, which indicates that the undesired Zeno behavior can be ruled out. Finally, the effectiveness of the theoretical results is illustrated by some simulation examples.
How to Deal with Uninvited Guests in Wine: Copper and Copper-containing Oxidases

Copper is one of the most frequently occurring heavy metals in must and wine. It is introduced by pesticides, brass fittings, and as copper sulphate for treatment of reductive off-flavors. At higher concentrations, copper has harmful effects on the wine. It contributes to the oxidation of wine ingredients, browning reactions, cloudiness, inhibition of microorganisms, and wine fermentation. Last but not least, there is also a danger to the consumer. At present, some physicochemical methods exist to reduce the copper content in must and wine, but they all have their shortcomings. A possible solution is the biosorption of metals by yeasts or lactobacilli. Copper can also reach must and wine in the form of copper-containing phenol oxidases (grape tyrosinase, Botrytis cinerea laccases). Similar to free copper, they oxidize phenolic wine compounds, and thus lead to considerable changes in color and nutritional value, making the product ultimately unsaleable. All measurements for enzyme inactivation such as heat treatment, and addition of sulphites or bentonite are either problematic or not effective enough. The application of oenological tannins could offer a way out but needs further research.