Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Extratos vegetais sobre Hypothenemus hampei (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) e Beauveria bassiana

Looking for alternatives to pesticides for Hypothenemus hampei control, the objective of this study was to evaluate the potential of aqueous and ethanolic plant extracts of Moringa oleifera (Moringa) and Tephrosia purpurea (tephrosia) (seeds, leaves and roots) and Melia azedarach (cinnamon), Nerium oleander (oleander) and Azadirachta indica (neem) (leaves only), on mortality and repellency of H. hampei and its compatibility with Beauveria bassiana , an important natural enemy of this pest. To assess the mortality, coffee leaves ( Coffea arabica L) were treated by immersion in a solution of endosulfan and plant extracts at a concentration of 10% and then offered to adults of H. hampei. The repellency was evaluated in multiple-choice tests and in no-choice tests among coffee fruit treated and untreated The compatibility between extracts and Beauveria bassiana (CG 452) was analyzed by quantifying germination, colony forming units, growth and yield / productivity of conidia. The highest mortalities were observed when leaves were treated with ethanolic extract of T. purpurea (leaves) which did not differ from endosulfan, and aqueous and ethanolic extracts from M. oleifera seeds . In free-choice tests, all the ethanolic extracts showed repellent action, being higher for M. oleifera (root) and T. purpurea (seed). The aqueous extracts of M. oleifera (leaves and seeds) and N. oleander (leaves) showed the highest repellency. In no-choice tests the highest repellency level was for coffee fruits treated with A. indica (leaves). The ethanolic extract of M. oleifera leaves negatively affected B. bassiana germination. These studies showed the potential of these plant extracts for use in the field as an alternative to chemical control, once they are also selective for B. bassiana.
MURCIÉLAGOS DE UN BOSQUE EN LOS ANDES CENTRALES DE COLOMBIA CON NOTAS SOBRE SU TAXONOMÍA Y DISTRIBUCIÓN

This paper reports the bat diversity found in a rapid assessment inventory in three stations between 2500 and 3500 masl, along the western slopes of the cordillera Central of Colombia (Departmento of Caldas). The distributional range of Anoura aequatoris is expanded northwards and its presence in more western localities of the the cordillera Central and the Oriental is suggested. Sturnira aratathomasi, S. erythromos and S. ludovici were captured in sympatry while Histiotus montanus and H. humboldti were recorded in different stations. Myotis keaysi showed the broadest altitudinal range, while Carollia brevicauda was only found in the station at lowest elevation. The genera Anoura, Sturnira and Histiotus have a pattern of altitudinal succession or replacement of species. Considering the difficulty to identify the recorded species, comments on their taxonomy and recommendations for future studies are included. Taxonomic accuracy is important to know the real status of the Colombian populations of bats and to identify basic biological patterns that allow us to interpret processes within ecosystems and their conservation status; using wrong information and repeating mistakes might bring immeasurable consequences.
Productivity Evaluation of Tourism and Culture for Sustainable Economic Development: Analyzing South Korea’s Metropolitan Regions

We analyzed the productivity of tourism- and culture-related economic activity in South Korea, adopting the Malmquist productivity index based on data envelopment analysis. We examined whether the productivity of tourism efficiently attracts financial investment. We used various objective indicators as the input and output variables of 16 metropolitan regions in South Korea between 2013 and 2018. To effectively understand the productivity of regions, the 16 metropolitan regions were categorized into four groups based on the ratio of financial independence and rate of city region, and regions were characterized as urbanized, traditional metropolitan, industrialized, or less developed. The findings reveal that the tourism industry in relatively less urbanized regions is more productive. Compared with other industries, public pre-investment and private investment strategies specific to tourism may yield more efficient results in terms of total production and employment. In other words, tourism may constitute a gateway to economic sustainability in less developed regions through the revitalization and/or balanced development of local structures.
Sexual Violence on the Move: An Assessment of Youth’s Victimization in Public Transportation

Abstract Informed by principles of environmental criminology, this study assesses patterns of sexual victimization among young riders of rail-bound public transportation using a sample of 1,122 university students in Stockholm, Sweden. Exploratory data analysis and logistic regression models underlie the methodology of the study. Findings indicate that the physical and social characteristics of transit environments have an impact on the likelihood of sexual victimization after controlling for individual factors. The theoretical and practical implications of these results are discussed.
“Those who can’t hear must feel”: Confronting racism, privilege, and self with pre-service teachers

ABSTRACT Teacher education courses on multicultural education, social justice, and international cross-cultural experiences have been used to increase pre-service teachers’ (PST) cross-cultural skills and awareness. Critical researchers have shown that without intentional facilitation and program design, PSTs hold onto (if not become more entrenched in) biases and stereotypes. Building on that literature, this article shares the author’s practices designed to help PSTs go “outside of [their] bubble” to actively engage with racism, privilege, and the self while participating in international programs. These practices emphasize the importance of emotional and uncomfortable experiences. The article shares the importance of learning about racism and privilege at home before travel, using multi-modal reflections and dialogue, and teacher educators and program leaders similarly engaging in critical self-reflection. Specific activities and stances are shared to encourage their implementation in other programs, as well as areas to improve how international programs engage PSTs in critical self-reflection.
Testing mediating effects of individual entrepreneurial orientation on the relation between close environmental factors and entrepreneurial intention

Drawing on the literature on entrepreneurial intention (EI), this paper develops and tests a model that aims to explain student EI by considering the valuation of entrepreneurship and the venture failure stigmatization in the closer environment of the respondent and the role of individual entrepreneurial orientation (IEO) through direct and indirect effects. ,The paper uses a survey method for data collection. As such, this study was conducted by considering a sample of 1,155 undergraduate students from different majors. Structural equation modeling is used to validate the theoretical model. ,The findings suggest that a positive closer valuation of entrepreneurship facilitates students' EI. In turn, a closer stigma of entrepreneurial failure hinders students' EI. More importantly, IEO has a significant mediating role in both of these relationships. The findings offer important theoretical and practical implications for the field of entrepreneurship education and entrepreneurial behavior. ,The paper offers a new insight relating environmental cognitive elements and their impact on EI, besides how IEO represents a determinant role shaping these relations. The proposed model is original and makes a connection between two widely validated constructs and evidences the relationship that may exist between the orientation and the real intention of setting up a business. Moreover, IEO has rarely been addressed for verifying interaction effects. This paper is one of the very first studies that applies the IEO (individual-level of entrepreneurial orientation) as a mediating variable.
The Effect of Giving Breadfruit Leaf Flour (Artocarpus Altilis) on the Productivity of Laying Hens

Laying hens are adult hens that are kept specifically for their eggs. The origin of laying hens is from the partridge which is dominated and selected so that it spawns quite a lot. The direction of selection of jungle fowl is indicated by the many producers. This study aims to determine the effect of breadfruit leaf flour (Artocarpus Altilis) in different rations on body weight gain, consumption and conversion of starter phase laying chicken rations in Jan Tabona Kelurahan, South Ternate, the method used was an experimental method using a Completely Randomized Design (CRD). The parameters observed in this study were performance of laying hens, ration consumption, body weight gain, feed conversion and egg physical quality. If there are significant differences between treatments will be followed by the Least Significant Difference Test (LSD). aims to determine the effect of of
Citizenship and Pluriculturalism Approaches of Teachers in the Hispanic and Japanese Contexts: Higher Education Research

Current higher education policies include several challenges, such as the academic internationalization of universities, mobility, and cultural plurality. Beyond the official curriculum, university educators have conceptions of citizenship and pluricultural competence. To understand the conceptions of educators on both topics in the Hispanic and Japanese contexts of higher education, this article presents a quantitative study involving a collaboration between a sample of education and social sciences teaching staff from universities in Spain and Japan. The CYASPS® (Citizenship and Plurilingual Social Actors in Higher Education) instrument and a categories system were designed for data collection and analysis with the support of SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences) software. Using a comparative approach, this study investigated the teaching staffs’ conceptions about citizenship and pluricultural teaching–learning environments, which focused on their views regarding different kinds of citizenship, citizens’ participation, and sources for the development of pluricultural competences. Based on a descriptive and factorial analysis, there were significant correlations between citizenship and pluricultural competence, with relevant connections between key aspects of pluricultural competence, including awareness of the rights from the liberal citizenship model, civic commitment of the republican citizenship model, and several elements of cosmopolitan and radical citizenship.
Variation in susceptibility of giant buttercup (Ranunculus acris L. subsp. acris) populations to herbicides : a thesis presented in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of AgriScience in Agriculture at Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand

Work presented in this thesis has been published as: Lusk, C. S. , Bourdot, G. W. , Harrington, K. C. , & Hurrell, G. A. (2011). Pasture tolerance and efficacy of three herbicides used against giant buttercup (Ranunculus acris subsp. acris L.). New Zealand Plant Protection. 64: 86-92. Retrieved from http://www.nzpps. org/journal/64/nzpp_640860. pdf
Leakage Current Reduction in Single-Phase Grid-Connected Inverters—A Review

The rise in renewable energy has increased the use of DC/AC converters, which transform the direct current to alternating current. These devices, generally called inverters, are mainly used as an interface between clean energy and the grid. It is estimated that 21% of the global electricity generation capacity from renewable sources is supplied by photovoltaic systems. In these systems, a transformer to ensure grid isolation is used. Nevertheless, the transformer makes the system expensive, heavy, bulky and reduces its efficiency. Therefore, transformerless schemes are used to eliminate the mentioned disadvantages. One of the main drawbacks of transformerless topologies is the presence of a leakage current between the physical earth of the grid and the parasitic capacitances of the photovoltaic module terminals. The leakage current depends on the value of the parasitic capacitances of the panel and the common-mode voltage. At the same time, the common-mode voltage depends on the modulation strategy used. Therefore, by the manipulation of the modulation technique, is accomplished a decrease in the leakage current. However, the connection standards for photovoltaic inverters establish a maximum total harmonic distortion of 5%. In this paper an analysis of the common-mode voltage and its influence on the value of the leakage current is described. The main topologies and strategies used to reduce the leakage current in transformerless schemes are summarized, highlighting advantages and disadvantages and establishing points of comparison with similar topologies. A comparative table with the most important aspects of each converter is shown based on number of components, modes of operation, type of modulation strategy used, and the leakage current value obtained. It is important to mention that analyzed topologies present a variation of the leakage current between 0 to 180 mA. Finally, the trends, problems, and researches on transformerless grid-connected PV systems are discussed.
Robust Matrix Completion via ℓP-Greedy Pursuits

A novel ℓp-greedy pursuit (GP) algorithm for robust matrix completion, i.e., recovering a low-rank matrix from only a subset of its noisy and outlier-contaminated entries, is devised. The ℓp-GP uses the strategy of sequential rank-one update. In each iteration, a rank-one completion is solved by minimizing the ℓp-norm of the residual. Unlike the existing greedy methods that use the principal singular vectors of the residual matrix as the solution to the rank-one completion with the index information of the observed entries being ignored, the ℓp-GP employs alternating minimization to obtain an improved solution by fully exploiting the index information. More importantly, it achieves outlier-robustness by setting p = 1. For p = 1, only computing the weighted medians is involved, which yields that the complexity is near-linear with the number of observations. The low complexity enables the ℓ1-GP to be applicable to very large-scale problems. Simulation results demonstrate the superiority of the ℓp-GP over other approaches.
Status and Evolution of the Community Energy Sector in Italy

Community energy (CE) initiatives have been progressively spreading across Europe and are increasingly proposed as innovative and alternative approaches to guarantee higher citizen participation in the transition toward cleaner energy systems. This paper focuses the attention on Italy, a Southern European country characterized by relatively low CE sector development. It fills a gap in the literature by eliciting and presenting novel and comprehensive evidence on recent Italian CE sector developments. Through a stepwise approach it systematically maps and reviews Italian CE initiatives, to then focus the attention on three specific case studies to further explore conditions for development as well as of success within the Italian energy system. The analysis presents an Italian CE sector still at its niche level, characterized by small initiatives largely dependent on national photovoltaics (PV) policy support. It also points out how only larger initiatives, able to operate at national scale, developing multiple projects and differentiating their activities have managed to continue growing at the time of discontinuity of policy support and contraction of the national renewable energy market. Recent EU and national legislative development might support revived development of CE initiatives in Italy.
Solid‐state fermentation of lentil (Lens culinaris L.) with Aspergillus awamori: Effect on phenolic compounds, mineral content, and their bioavailability

Microorganisms have long been used in the production of a variety of foods, alcoholic beverages, additives, and supplements due to their cost effectiveness and environmental advantages. Solid‐state fermentation (SSF) reproduces the natural microbiological process that can be utilized in a controlled way to produce the desired product. In the present study, modulation of phenolic compounds, antioxidant potential, and mineral content during SSF of three lentil cultivars, namely, HM‐1, LL‐931, and Sapna, were explored. The total phenolic content (TPC) for 6th day Aspergillus‐fermented lentil (AFL) flour increased by 79.2% for cv. HM‐1, 78.8% for cv. LL‐931, and 122.8% for cv. Sapna. High‐performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) results also showed that SSF not only improved the phenolic content of lentil cultivars but also resulted in the formation of some new phenolic compounds (resorcinol and cinnamic acid). The condensed tannin content, DPPH (2,2‐diphenyl‐1‐picrylhydrazyl) inhibition activity, hydroxyl free radical scavenging activity, reducing power activity, and total antioxidant capacity of aqueous ethanolic extracts from all AFLs also increased significantly (p ≤ 0.05) up to 6th day of fermentation. Mineral content differed significantly (p ≤ 0.05), with AFL extracts exhibiting higher mineral content than their unfermented counterparts. Among different minerals, Cu content of all AFL extracts was the highest with an increase of 46.4% to 60.0% upon fermentation. All minerals showed a significant (p ≤ 0.05) increase in their concentrations upon fermentation except for K in which the increase was less than 0.1%. However, in vitro bioavailability of iron and zinc was significantly (p ≤ 0.05) higher in AFL as compared with their unfermented counterparts, with the highest level being observed on the 6th day of fermentation. Thus, biotransformed lentils could be utilized in the preparation of functional foods and novel nutraceuticals for their health‐promoting properties.
Spreading of invasive bivalves Anadara kagoshimensis and Anadara transversa in the northern and central Adriatic Sea

Two non-indigenous invasive bivalve species, anadara kagoshimensis (Tokunaga, 1906) and anadara transversa (Say, 1822), were recorded for the first time in the open waters of the eastern Adriatic Sea trawling grounds. Samples of these species were collected in 2008–2011 with modified beam trawl (rapido) during the SoleMon project, a project aimed at investigating the northern and central Adriatic Sea. In the years following its first record in 2008, the abundance of a. kagoshimensis increased in the area of investigation off the Istrian coast. The highest recorded abundance index per station was 1089 N km -2 in 2011. Species was present at depths from 31 to 41.5 m. Presence of anadara transversa was recorded only at one station in 2011, in the middle of the open Adriatic between 70 and 72.5 m depth. The possible vectors of invasion of these species, from the western Adriatic coast to the eastern, are discussed.
The Effect of Botanical Extracts Obtained through Ultrasound-Assisted Extraction on White Head Cabbage (Brassica Oleracea L. Var. Capitata L.) Seedlings Grown under Controlled Conditions

This research presents the possibility of using innovative botanical extracts as biostimulants of plant growth to improve plant nutritional value, growth, and development. It is important to increase agricultural production but this process should be carried out in a sustainable way, without causing risks for both the environment and consumers. For this reason, we have focused on the use of 14 natural raw materials and ultrasound assisted extraction for the production of biostimulants. Results proved that higher plants can be used to obtain valuable products for the application in modern horticulture and agriculture. For instance, extract based on Urtica dioica L. showed the highest biostimulatory properties: in the group sprayed with 0.1% extract cabbage seedlings were longer by 31%, while with 1.0% extract of Polygonum aviculare L. roots were longer by 72% than in the control group treated with water. Extracts based on Equisetum arvense L. (0.5%) and Urtica dioica L. (leaf) (0.1%) increased the fresh weight of sprouts by 113% and 112%, respectively. The highest root weight was observed in groups treated with Equisetum arvense L. (0.5%), Polygonum aviculare L. (0.5%), and Urtica dioica L. (leaf) (2.5%)—heavier by 207%, 206%, and 205%, respectively. Most of biostimulants increased the content of pigments involved in photosynthesis (e.g. 156% more chlorophyll for 0.1% Hypericum perforatum L. extract), decreased the content of polyphenols (e.g. 47% less for 2.5% Trifolium pretense extract), and showed a varied impact on antioxidant activity. There is an increasing interest in botanical extracts due to their high content of biologically active compounds and wide variety of application possibilities.
Quantitative and Qualitative in vivo Analysis of Metal Residuals in the Saliva of Subjects with and without Fixed Orthodontic Appliances

Fixed orthodontic appliances including brackets, orthodontic bands and arches are commonly made of stainless steel and nickel titanium. These materials are generally biocompatible, but many studies have shown the possibility releasing nickel ions and some side effects both locally and in distant districts [1-4].
Full-Reference Speech Quality Estimation with Attentional Siamese Neural Networks

In this paper, we present a full-reference speech quality prediction model with a deep learning approach. The model determines a feature representation of the reference and the degraded signal through a Siamese recurrent convolutional network that shares the weights for both signals as input. The resulting features are then used to align the signals with an attention mechanism and are finally combined to estimate the overall speech quality. The proposed network architecture represents a simple solution for the time-alignment problem that occurs for speech signals transmitted through Voice-Over-IP networks and shows how the clean reference signal can be incorporated into speech quality models that are based on end-to-end trained neural networks.
A Nanoscale Study of Thermally Grown Chromia on High-Cr Ferritic Steels and Associated Oxidation Mechanisms

Fe-22Cr-0.5Mn based ferritic steels are used as interconnect materials for solid oxide fuel/electrolysis cells. Four steel samples, including the commercial steel Crofer 22 H, were oxidized at 800 °C in a model Ar-4%H 2 − 4%H 2 O atmosphere simulating the fuel side of the cells and investigated by atom probe tomography (APT) in conjunction with electron microscopy and thermogravimetry. All steels form an oxide scale mainly consisting of MnCr 2 O 4 spinel on top of Cr 2 O 3 . APT revealed segregation of minor alloying constituents (Nb and Ti) to chromia grain boundaries and highlighted their effect on mass transport through the chromia scale. Relationships between segregation activity of individual elements (in terms of Gibbsian interfacial excess), oxide scale microstructure and alloy oxidation rate have been established based on the APT results. Comparison of segregation activities revealed that vacancies formation due to Wagner-Hauffe doping with aliovalent Ti and Nb impurities cannot be solely responsible for faster oxidation, assuming alteration of the grain boundary structure and associated changes of their mass transport properties. Controlled Si addition to the alloy (about 0.4 at%) suppresses the detrimental effect of Nb on the oxidation resistance but results in formation of a thin, although still discontinuous, 2 layer at the metal-oxide interface.