Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Henry Agard Wallace, the Iowa Corn Yield Tests, and the Adoption of Hybrid Corn

This research report makes the following claims: 1] There was not an unambiguous economic advantage of hybrid corn over the open-pollinated varieties in 1936. 2] The early adoption of hybrid corn before 1937 can be better explained by a sustained propaganda campaign conducted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture at the direction of the Secretary of Agriculture, Henry Agard Wallace. The Department's campaign echoed that of the commercial seed companies. The most prominent hybrid seed company, Pioneer Hi-Bred Company, was founded by Wallace and he retained a financial interest while serving as Secretary. 3] The early adopters of hybrid seed were followed by later adopters as a consequence of the droughts of 1934 and especially 1936. The eventual improvement of yields as newer varieties were introduced explains the continuation and acceleration of the process.
Physicochemical, microbiological and nutritional quality of a tomato industrial by-product and its valorization as a source of oil rich in carotenoids

Objective: To valorize an industrial tomato byproduct from Northwest Mexico, based on the evaluation of its physicochemical, microbiological, and nutritional quality and it’s potential as a functional ingredient to obtain a carotenoids rich oil. Design/methodology/approach: Tomato by-product was collected from the food industry and oven-dried. The fresh and dry tomato by-product quality was evaluated through physicochemical, microbiological, proximal composition, dietary fiber, and minerals analysis. HPLC carotenoids analysis was performed from Soxhlet n-hexane extracted oil and
Improved Outcome during Sepsis Affects the Inflammatory Response and Is Associated with A Genetic Variation of Lipopolysaccharide Binding Protein

LPS binding protein (LBP) is an important innate sensor of microbial cell wall structures. Frequent functionally relevant mutations exist and have been linked to influence susceptibility to and course of bacterial infections. We examined functional properties of a single nucleotide polymorphism resulting in an exchange of phenylalanine to leucine at position 436 of LBP (rs2232618) and compared the frequent variant of the molecule with the rare one in ligand binding experiments. We then stimulated RAW cells with bacterial ligands in the presence of serum obtained from individuals with different LBP genotypes. We, furthermore, determined the potential effects of structural changes in the molecule by in silico modeling. Finally, we analyzed 363 surgical patients for this genetic variant and examined incidence and course of sepsis following surgery. We found that binding of LBP to bacterial ligands was reduced, and stimulation of RAW cells resulted in an increased release of TNF when adding serum from individuals carrying the F436L variant as compared with normal LBP. In silico analysis revealed structural changes of LBP, potentially explaining some of the effects observed for the LBP variant. Finally, patients carrying the F436L variant were found to be similarly susceptible for sepsis. However, we observed a more favorable course of severe infections in this cohort. Our findings reveal new insights into LPS recognition and the subsequent activation of the innate immune system brought about by LBP. The identification of a genetic variant of LBP influencing the course of sepsis may help to stratify individuals at risk and thus reduce clinical complications of patients. ImmunoHorizons, 2021, 5: 972–982. Received for publication November 1, 2021. Accepted for publication November 2, 2021. Address correspondence and reprint requests to: Dr. Oliver Kumpf, Charit e Universit€ atsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universit€ at Berlin and Humboldt-Universit€ at zu Berlin, Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Charit eplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany. E-mail address: oliver.
VancUber: The effect of ride-hailing on public transportation, congestion, and traffic fatalities∗

We investigate the long-run effect of ride-hailing on public transit ridership, traffic congestion, and traffic fatalities. We estimate the long-run effect of ride-hailing by exploiting British Columbia’s use of a pre-existing regulation in 2013 to ban ride-hailing from Vancouver and using the synthetic control method to construct a counterfactual Vancouver. We do not find a statistically significant effect of ridehailing on our outcomes. Our results for fatalities are imprecise, but our confidence intervals for the effect on transit ridership and congestion provide bounds on the likely effect that are smaller in magnitude than many existing estimates. ∗We thank Keith Teltser for sharing his data on Lyft entry dates. We are grateful for helpful feedback from David Agrawal, Chandra Krishnamurthy, Connor Lennon, Alejandro Molnar, Enrico Morretti, Nicole Ngo, and Matthew Tarduno. This work was supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada [grant number 435-2019-0507]. †Department of Economics, University of Toronto, 150 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3G7, Canada, john.cairncross@mail.utoronto.ca ‡Department of Economics and Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, University of Toronto, 150 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3G7, Canada, jonathan.hall@utoronto.ca §Huntsman School of Business, Utah State University, 3500 Old Main Hill, Logan, UT 84322, USA, craig.palsson@usu.edu
DEVELOPING A BILINGUAL MODEL OF WORD EMBEDDING FOR DETECTING INDONESIAN ENGLISH PLAGIARISM

The Internet users that increasing can make it easier to access information even in different languages. Also, the translation application can help users to translate some idea or document without proper citation or acknowledge their idea So, plagiarism is increasing not only in the academic field but also in the industry. A lot of researchers already propose some method to detect plagiarism, but mostly in the European language. Previous research in Indonesian-English plagiarism has already proposed some methods but it is still dependent on machine translation. So, from this research, we purpose a model that can be used to detect cross-language plagiarism without depending on machine translation. The model's purpose is to use combination canonical correlation analysis with the paragraph to vector. Evaluation will be done with the monolingual task and cross-language detection plagiarism. The model evaluation has a good result in monolingual word similarity also when detecting cross-language plagiarism without depending on machine translation. After comparing with the benchmark that using Fingerprint Method with machine translation, the proposed method can detect plagiarism type with paraphrasing more accurately than the benchmark. Even the improvement compared with the benchmark not so significantly but through this proposed method can detect cross-language plagiarism in Indonesian-English language without depending on machine translation. For future work, it needs to enlarge the parallel corpus for Indonesian-English to improve the accuracy of the proposed method.
Recurrent processing improves occluded object recognition and gives rise to perceptual hysteresis

Abstract Over the past decades, object recognition has been predominantly studied and modelled as a feedforward process. This notion was supported by the fast response times in psychophysical and neurophysiological experiments and the recent success of deep feedforward neural networks for object recognition. Recently, however, this prevalent view has shifted and recurrent connectivity in the brain is now believed to contribute significantly to object recognition — especially under challenging conditions, including the recognition of partially occluded objects. Moreover, recurrent dynamics might be the key to understanding perceptual phenomena such as perceptual hysteresis. In this work we investigate if and how artificial neural networks can benefit from recurrent connections. We systematically compare architectures comprised of bottom-up, lateral, and top-down connections. To evaluate the impact of recurrent connections for occluded object recognition, we introduce three stereoscopic occluded object datasets, which span the range from classifying partially occluded hand-written digits to recognizing three-dimensional objects. We find that recurrent architectures perform significantly better than parameter-matched feedforward models. An analysis of the hidden representation of the models suggests that occluders are progressively discounted in later time steps of processing. We demonstrate that feedback can correct the initial misclassifications over time and that the recurrent dynamics lead to perceptual hysteresis. Overall, our results emphasize the importance of recurrent feedback for object recognition in difficult situations.
Components Affecting Intention to Use Digital Banking Among Generation Y and Z: An Empirical Study from the Philippines

Amid the Covid pandemic surge last year, customers and businesses started embracing digital transactions. Digital banking, as an answer to the cash-less-contact-less way of doing financial transactions, was highly convenient during the pandemic, especially in the Philippines. This position examines the Gen Y and Gen Z in the Philippine case and its willingness to encourage digitalization of the financial sector. This study aimed at evaluating the intention to use digital banking services using the factors (1) ease of use;(2) perceived usefulness;(3) perceived risk;(4) trust;(5) convenience. A total of 226 respondents were selected by random sampling method and linear regression was used to analyse the collected data. Analysis of the results show that the components (1) perceived ease of use;(2) perceived usefulness;(3) perceived risk;(4) trust;(5) convenience had a significant effect on intention to use digital banking while the demographics - gender, age, monthly income, and educational attainment do not have any significance on the intention to use digital banking. The relevance of the study can be used for marketing and financial strategies to increase the intention to use digital banking and to contribute to the enhancement of technology acceptance concerning digital banking.
DMSO_A_343514 4865..4873

*These authors contributed equally to this work Abstract: Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) is a progressive disease as a result of the severe destruction of islet β-cell function, which leads to high glucose variability in patients. However, α-cell function is also compromised in patients with T1DM, characterized by aberrant fasting and postprandial glucagon secretion. According to recent studies, this aberrant glucagon secretion plays an increasing role in hyperglycemia, insulin-induced hypoglycemia and exercise-associated hypoglycemia in patients with T1DM. With application of continuous glucose monitoring system, dozens of metrics enable the assessment of glycemic variability, which is an integral component of glycemic control for patients with T1DM. There is growing evidences to illustrate the contribution of glucagon secretion to the glycemic variability in patients with T1DM, which may promote the development of new treatment strategies aiming to mitigate glycemic variability associated with aberrant glucagon secretion.
OPTIMIZATION OF TUNISIAN WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT - THE KELIBIA CASE

Activated sludge process of Kelibia full-scale, situated at the North of Tunisia was calibrated by the activated sludge model No. 1 (ASM1), using STOWA calibration protocol. Wastewater treatment plant layout was implemented in GPS-X software and simulations were performed based on daily measured mean values. Detailed wastewater characterisations required by the process models were performed and four chemical oxygen demand (COD) fractions (SS, XS, XI and SI) were obtained by batch reactor technique. The model calibration was successfully experimentally confirmed for steady-state and dynamic conditions with the mean errors of 26% in COD effluent and 16% in mixed liquor suspended solids and four model parameters were adjusted (μH = 1.65 d -1 , YH = 0.74 g COD g -1 COD, KS = 222 g m -3 , and bH = 0.25 d -1 ) . ASM1 model was validated based on measurement campaign and validated model was used to optimize the denitrification process on Kelibia plant.
Profile of Blood Donor Deferrals in a Tertiary Care Centre-Our Institutional Experience

Background: It is the prime duty of transfusion services to provide safe, adequate and timely need of blood and the blood products. Understanding the reasons for donor deferral can help in planning more efficient recruitment strategies and educate and motivate temporarily deferred donors in order to maintain a safe and adequate supply of blood products. Aims of the Study: To evaluate and analyze the blood donor deferral pattern in a tertiary care hospital blood bank and to review its influence on blood safety. Methodology: This retrospective study was conducted in the blood bank, CHRI from the year January 2015 to December 2018. Data like demographic data, clinical history, physical examination, haematological examination, stored in the blood bank was retrived. The donors will be deferred based on standard WHO guidelines. The collected deferral data was analyzed using SPSS software 2011version 20. Results: During the study period there were 7010 registered blood donors. The deferral rate was 5.19%. Among the donor deferrals, females were more commonly deferred ie 31.66%. The deferral rate among voluntary and replacement donors are 4.71% and 11.62% respectively. The rate of permanent deferral (17.86%) was less compared to temporary deferral (82.14%). Among temporary deferral anaemia is the most common cause (27.75%). Seropositive for Hepatitis B is the most common cause for permenant deferral (52.30%). Original Research Article Thivya et al.; JPRI, 33(55B): 75-80, 2021; Article no.JPRI. 76668 76 Conclusion: In our study temporary deferral is higher this necessities the need of education, motivation of these donors for future donation to maintain a healthy and safe donor pool.
Pixel chamber: a solid-state active-target for 3D imaging of charm and beauty

The aim of the pixel chamber project is to develop the first “solid-state bubble chamber” for high precision measurement of charm and beauty. In this paper we will describe the idea for the first silicon active target conceived as an ultra-high granular stack of hundreds of very thin monolithic active pixel sensors (MAPS), which provides continuous, high-resolution 3D tracking of all of the particles produced in proton-silicon interactions occurring inside the detector volume, including open charm and beauty. We will also discuss the high-precision tracking and vertexing performances, showing that the vertex resolution can be up to one order of magnitude better than state-of-the-art detectors like the LHCb one.
A Nonlinear Programming Model to Solve Matrix Games with Pay-oﬀs of Single-valued Neutrosophic Numbers

Single-valued neutrosophic number (SVNN) is an appropriate extension of the ordinary fuzzy number. The key feature of the SVNN is that it can capture indeterminacy in the imprecise information. In real-life problems, there are many situations where players of a matrix game can not assess their payoﬀs in terms of ordinary fuzzy or intuitionistic fuzzy numbers. The SVNN is used as an excellent tool to handle such situations. This paper explores matrix games with SVNN payoﬀs and investigates a non-linear programming approach to solve such a game. First, two auxiliary non-linear multi-objective programming problems have been formulated. Then, each of the two multi-objective programming problems is converted into two non-linear bi-objective programming problems. Finally, the lexicographic method is used to solve the reduced bi-objective programming problems. It is worth mentioning that the values of the game for both the players are obtained in SVNN forms, which is desirable. The applicability of the proposed approach is illustrated with a market share problem and results are compared and analyzed with an existing method.
Validity and Reliability of the Amharic Version of EORTC-QLQ-CR29 Among Colorectal Cancer Patients in Ethiopia

Background: The European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer – Quality of Life Questionnaire (EORTC-QLQ) developed to assess quality of life among colorectal cancer patients has not been translated into a local language or validated in the Ethiopian context. Therefore, this study aimed to examine the psychometric properties of the EORTC-QLQ-CR29 tool in Ethiopia among colorectal cancer patients. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in a major referral hospital in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from March to May, 2020. A total of 158 colorectal cancer patients were included. The validity of the tool was assessed using Multitrait Scale Analysis, Mann– Whitney test and Pearson correlation coefficient. The internal consistency was examined using Cronbach’s alpha. Results: Among the participants, 52.2% were men, with a median age of 46 years (IQR = 17.7 years). The item-total correlation alpha values ranged from 0.47 to 0.91. Multitrait Scale Analysis demonstrated convergent and divergent validity of the tool, except for the Blood and Mucus in Stool scale. All item correlations within their scales were greater than 0.4, except for the Blood and Mucus in Stool scale. The values of correlation coefficients between all items and their own domain were higher than other domains, except for the Blood and Mucus in Stool scale. The correlation between the core questionnaire and the colorectal tool ranged from −0.45 to 0.58. The tool showed a significant difference between stoma and non-stoma patients and between patients who had good physical function and those who did not. Conclusion: The Amharic version of the EORTC-QLQ-CR29 tool can be used to assess the health-related quality of life in Ethiopian colorectal cancer patients.
Race and Social Class as Factors Associated with Sentence Disparities: A Survey of Potential Jurors

7 Introduction.8 Literature Review.10 Present Study.16 Methodology.17 Results.21 Discussion.26 Implications.28 References.30 Appendix.34 A Survey of Potential Jurors A. Rickett
Morphological and molecular analyses reveal three new endemic species of the freshwater crab genus Buea Cumberlidge, Mvogo Ndongo, Clark & Daniels, 2019 (Crustacea: Brachyura: Potamonautidae) from a rainforest biodiversity hotspot in Cameroon, Central Africa

Three new species of the Cameroonian endemic freshwater crab genus Buea Cumberlidge, Mvogo Ndongo, Clark & Daniels, 2019 are described. The new species were collected from protected areas in the Southwest region of Cameroon, the Korup and Bakossi National Parks and the Mt. Nlonako Ecological Reserve. These species are distinguished from each other and from the type species of the genus, Buea asylos (Cumberlidge, 1993), by a combination of morphological characters (carapace, thoracic sternum, chelipeds, and male first gonopod) and by partial sequences of three mitochondrial DNA genes (COI, 12S rRNA, and 16S rRNA). A phylogenetic analysis that included representatives of all other freshwater crab genera found in Cameroon recovered each of the new species as a well-supported distinct lineage. An identification key is also provided for the four species of Buea and the conservation status of the new species is discussed.
SELF-EFFICACY OF THE PREGNANT WOMAN FOR BREASTFEEDING: CROSS- SECTIONAL STUDY

Objective: to identify self-efficacy for breastfeeding in pregnant women followed-up by health facilities in the municipality of Cascavel, Paraná. Methodology: quantitative, descriptive, cross-sectional study with a temporal cut from October 2017 to June 2018, performed with pregnant women enrolled in the prenatal follow-up system at health and outpatient clinics in the municipality. Results: the sample was composed of 101 interviewees, of whom 66.34% presented high efficacy for breastfeeding, 29.70%, medium, and 3.96%, low efficacy. In addition, pregnant women with higher family income did not present a low efficacy for breastfeeding, and of the 75.24% who had completed high school, 47.52% showed high efficacy. Conclusion: sociodemographic issues, such as income and schooling, can influence maternal self-efficacy, affecting women’s confidence in the breastfeeding process. High self-efficacy has been demonstrated for breastfeeding in prenatal care. Therefore, strategies should be used to maintain maternal self-efficacy in order to promote maternal self-confidence in the postpartum period and reduce the risk of early weaning. Pregnant women who were identified as having low efficacy for breastfeeding had a higher risk of early weaning. So, health professionals and the family should provide the necessary support to the pregnant women, in order to empower them in their postpartum breastfeeding capacity.
On the Relations between

This paper gives a detailed analysis of the scientific interaction between Cantor and Dedekind, which was a very important aspect in the history of set theory during the 19th century. A factor that hindered their relationship turns out to be the tension which arose in 1874, due to Cantor 's publication of a paper based in part on letters from his colleague. In addition, we review their two most important meetings (1872, 1882) in order to establish the possible exchange of ideas connected with set theory. The one-week meeting in Harzburg (September 1882) was particularly rich in consequences, among other things Dedekind's proof of the Cantor-Bernstein equivalence theorem. But the analysis of this episode will corroborate the lack of collaboration between both mathematicians. © 1993 Academic Press, Inc.
THERAPEUTIC ITINERARY OF A PATIENT SUBMITTED TO MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION: REPERCUSSIONS TO CARE MANAGEMENT

Objective: To understand the reason why a person submitted to myocardial revascularization looks for health care and the mechanisms of care management through the Therapeutic Itinerary. Method: it is a single case study, descriptive exploratory, with a qualitative approach developed from Narrative Interview and the data treatment was guided by Content Analysis in the thematic mode, which permeated the processes of organization of analysis, coding, categorization and inferences. In this process, the event was considered the unit of record and the context unit of action. Results: The Therapeutic Itinerary is presented from its graphical representation and subdivided into two thematic categories: "slow support and centered on specialized attention" and "marks of (contra) regulation in a care experience with disjointed lines". Conclusion: The situation analyzed revealed the Therapeutic Itinerary, the failures in the communication process and the difficulties in being redirected to the appropriate services due to the different spaces visited by the user, culminating in his pilgrimage to health services that directly affects the management of care in its individual, systemic and corporate dimensions. It made it possible to identify the person's misdirection through the health system in search of resolution, which consequently has negative implications in his daily life by prolonging the journey since the beginning of the illness, as well as the interferences he was subjected to in ensuring comprehensive care.