Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Estimate of genetic parameters and correlation coefficient analysis for yield and its traits in bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)

Genetic variability, heritability, genetic advance and correlation coefficients were studied in 104 genotypes of wheat genotypes for yield and yield contributing traits. Both GCV and PCV were found to be moderate for flag leaf area, biological yield per plant, grain yield per plant and ash content. The days to ear emergence, days to maturity, plant height, harvest index and 1000-grain weight low GCV and PCV values were observed. Number of productive tillers per plant and spike length recorded moderate value of PCV and low value of GCV. High estimate of heritability in narrow sense was recorded for number of productive tillers per plant, biological yield per plant, harvest index and grain yield per plant, while it was moderate for days to ear emergence, days to maturity, plant height, flag leaf area, spike length, grains per spike and low heritability were recorded for 1000-grain weight. High heritability coupled with high genetic advance in per cent of mean was recorded for biological yield per plant and grain yield per plant. Grain yield per plant exhibited highly significant and positive association with 1000-grain weight, harvest index, biological yield per plant, grains per spike, number of productive tillers per plant and days to maturity.
Prevalence and sensitivity of Staphylococcus aureus causing mastitis in buffaloes around Lahore, Pakistan

The present study determined the prevalence and antibiotic sensitivity of Staphylococcus aureus causing mastitis in buffaloes around Lahore, Pakistan. Clinical mastitis was diagnosed on the basis of physical examination of the udder, teat and the physical appearance of the milk. Subclinical mastitis was diagnosed on the basis of the California Mastitis Test. Among a total of 598 buffaloes, 332 were found to have mastitis (55.5%). A total of 449 mastitic milk samples from different animal quarters were collected from different livestock farms from peri-urban area of Lahore of which 16% (71/449) and 84% (378/449) were clinical and subclinical, respectively. The animal prevalence of mastitis was 55.5% with 95% Confidence interval of 51.5 to 59.4, while prevalence per quarter was 18.7% with 95% Confidence interval of 17.4 to 20.3. From these 449 milk samples, 257 isolates of Staphylococci were obtained. A Staphytect plus test confirmed 65% (95% CI 58.9 to 70.6) isolates as coagulase positive Staphylococcus aureus. Antibiotic sensitivity of all coagulase positive Staphylococcus aureus was performed by disk diffusion method. The zone of inhibition of antibiotics trimethoprim, erythromycin, ciprofloxacin, doxycycline, streptomycin, gentamycin, tylosin, kanamycin, amoxicillin and chloramphenicol were measured as 96.5%, 87%, 84.5%, 80.5%, 73.3%, 73.2% 71.5%, 69.5%, 58% and 56.5%, respectively.
Effects of aflatoxin contaminated feed on the fingerlings of tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus Linnaeus, 1758)

Received: 25 July 2020 Revised received: 04 September 2020 Accepted: 20 September 2020 Aflatoxin contamination, particularly common in cultured fishes in Asian countries, are considered unsafe both for fish and human health. However, the presence of aflatoxin in cultured fish feed and their effect are still under estimated in Bangladesh. The present study aimed to assess the effects of aflatoxin on growth performance and residues in tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) fingerlings. Fish feed were treated with several concentration of aflatoxin as 0 ppb (T0, control), 25 ppb (T1), 50 ppb (T2) and 100 ppb (T3) and fed the tilapia fingerlings (n=10) in individual glass aquaria (24×12×12 inch, 105-litre capacity) conditions for 12 weeks. Comparatively higher body length (cm) and weight gain (g) were observed in treatment T0 (1.68 and 4.98) and T1 (1.60 and 5.48) than those of treatment T2 (1.31 and 4.06) and T3 (1.20 and 3.10), respectively. The specific growth rate (SGR) were almost similar in treatment T0 (52%), T1 (51%) and T2 (52%) whereas declined significantly (p<0.05) in T3 (39%). Higher survival rate was also demonstrated in treatment T0 (90%) and T1 (90%) whereas significantly decreased in treatment T2 (60%) and T3 (40%). The residue of aflatoxin was not detected in T0 and T1. On the contrary, the residual effect in tilapia fingerling was evident in T2 and T3 treatment. The findings of the present study revealed that aflatoxin contaminated feed is harmful for the growth performance and survival of O. niloticus fingerlings. Further study is necessary to safeguard the aquaculture production as well as to produce healthy food for human consumption.
RICE SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT AS INFLUENCED BY CULTIVARS AND SEED PRIMING WITH POTASSIUM NITRATE

Poor crop establishment is one of the major constraints to obtain the higher potential of rice, particularly in areas prone to environmental stresses. Therefore, present study was conducted to evaluate the effects of potassium nitrate on germination dynamics, seedling growth and associated physiological and biochemical events of two rice cultivars. For this purpose, various seed priming treatments were tested in lab and greenhouse. The percent concentrations of potassium nitrate were 0.25, 0.50, 0.75, 1.0 and 1.25 in both lab evaluation and greenhouse experiment. Non-primed seeds were maintained as a control for comparison. The results depicted that soaking rice seeds at higher concentrations of KNO3 could delay emergence time and final emergence (%) in both cultivars under lab and greenhouse conditions. Seed priming with 0.75% KNO3 significantly increased the stand establishment and seedling vigor attributes of both cultivars compared with other concentrations and naked rice seeds both in lab evaluation and greenhouse screening. Similarly, highest values for photosynthesis rate, evaporation rate and CO2 index were observed in experimental units receiving primed seeds with 0.75% KNO3 under greenhouse screening. Interestingly, no variance was observed among both rice cultivars. Overall, higher seed emergence, seedling vigor and associated biochemical attributes due to seed priming with 0.75% KNO3 was associated with decrease in alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) and pyruvate decarboxylase (PDH) activities in lab and greenhouse screening.
Investigation of Material Removal Rate for wire-cut EDM of EN-31 Alloy Steel using Taguchi Technique

This paper presents the investigation on material removal rate of EN-31 alloy steel using wire-cut EDM process. Process parameters (pulse-ontime, pulse-off-time, spark gap voltage, wire feed) were investigated using Taguchi's robust design methodology. The EN-31 alloy steel is used as a work piece, brass wire of 0.25mm diameter used as a tool and distilled water is use as dielectric fluid for experimentation Taguchi L16, orthogonal array has been used. The relative significance of various factors has also been evaluated and analyzed using ANOVA. The experimental results reveal that the most significant machining parameter for material removal rate is pulse-on-time, followed by pulse-off-time. The material removal rate increases with increase in Pulse on time, Wire feed and decreases with increase in Pulse off time and nominal with increase in Spark voltage. The predicted values and measured values are in good agreement as observed by further confirmation experiments.
On the flow of states under $T\overline{T}$

We study the TT deformation of two dimensional quantum field theories from a Hamiltonian point of view, focusing on aspects of the theory in Lorentzian signature. Our starting point is a simple rewriting of the spatial integral of the TT operator, which directly implies the deformed energy spectrum of the theory. Using this rewriting, we then derive flow equations for various quantities in the deformed theory, such as energy eigenstates, operators, and correlation functions. On the plane, we find that the deformation merely has the effect of implementing successive canonical/Bogoliubov transformations along the flow. This leads us to define a class of non-local, “dressed” operators (including a dressed stress tensor) which satisfy the same commutation relations as in the undeformed theory. This further implies that on the plane, the deformed theory retains its symmetry algebra, including conformal symmetry, if the original theory is a CFT. On the cylinder the TT deformation is much more non-trivial, but even so, correlation functions of certain dressed operators are integral transforms of the original ones. Finally, we propose a tensor network interpretation of our results in the context of AdS/CFT.
PHYCOCHEMISTRY AND BIOACTIVITY OF TETRASPORA (VOLVOCOPHYTA) FROM SINDH

Two unicellular green algae, Tetraspora cylindrica (Wahlenberg) Agardh and T. gelatinosa (Vaucher) Desvaux were collected from thermal effluents and industrial wastewater near Hyderabad, Sindh during December 1995 and February 1996. Their methanol extracts revealed the presence of a variety of saturated and unsaturated fatty acids, a steroidal fatty acid, β-sitosterol and trans-phytol. In T. cylindrica 9 saturated and 11 unsaturated fatty acids were present in equal amounts (44.87 & 44.39 %), hencicosanoic acid (C21:0) was in largest quantity (17.02 %), pentadienoic (C5:2) and undecatrienoic (C11:3) acids were in smallest amount (0.115 %). In T. gelatinosa no saturated, no mono- and di-unsaturated fatty acids could be detected, pentadecatetraenoic (C15: 4) acid occurred in largest quantity (30.08 %). The extract of T. cylindrica showed antibiotic activity against three of the ten bacterial species, six of the ten fungal pathogens and all the six fungi by food poisoning method. Both algae displayed appreciable amount of bioactivity regarding phytotoxicity with no activity in brine shrimp bioassay and insecticidal test.
Corrosiveness of Thermally Modifed Wood

Thermally modifed wood is becoming commercially available in North America for use in outdoor applications. While there have been many studies on how thermal modifcation affects the dimensional stability, water vapor sorption, and biodeterioration of wood, little is known about whether thermally modifed wood is corrosive to metal fasteners and hangers used to hold these members in place. As thermally modifed wood is used in outdoor applications, it has the potential to become wet which may lead to corrosion of embedded fasteners. Here, we examine the corrosiveness of thermally modifed ash and oak in an exposure test where stainless steel, hot-dip galvanized steel, and carbon steel nails are driven into wood and exposed to a nearly 100% relative humidity environment at 27 ◦C for one year. The corrosion rates were compared against control specimens of untreated and preservative-treated southern pine. Stainless steel fasteners did not corrode in any specimens regardless of the treatment. The thermal modifcation increased the corrosiveness of the ash and oak, however, an oil treatment that is commonly applied by the manufacturer to the wood after the heat treatment reduced the corrosiveness. The carbon steel fasteners exhibited higher corrosion rates in the thermally modifed hardwoods than in the preservative-treated pine control. Corrosion rates of galvanized fasteners in the hardwoods were much lower than carbon steel fasteners. These data can be used to design for corrosion when building with thermally modifed wood, and highlight differences between corrosion of metals embedded in wood products.
Ameliorative Effect of Administering Avocado (Persea americana) Leaf Extract on Lead Acetate Toxicity in the Brain-cerebellum of Albino Rats

Aim: To investigate whether the aqueous extract of avocado leaves can be used in alternative medicine for the remediation or treatment of lead poisoning in the brain. Study Design: Pure Experiment, using animal models. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Anatomy, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Abia State University, Uturu, Nigeria; between January 2019 and June 2019. Methodology: Twenty albino Wistar rats including both male and female, and weighing around 155 g were randomly assigned to four groups (designated as A,B,C and D), with each group consisting of five animals. While group A served as the control, group B was administered a daily dose of 500 mg/kg body weight of avocado leaf extract, group C received 150 mg/kg body weight per day of lead acetate, and group D was given 150 mg/kg body weight per day of lead acetate and immediately followed with 500 mg/kg body weight/day of the avocado leaf extract. Treatments were given once daily through the oral route using a syringe with attached micropipette tube for 15 days, while the animals had access to water and chow ad libitum. The rats were euthanized on the 16 th day by cervical dislocation and the cranial cavity was carefully exposed in order to dissect the brain and to obtain tissue samples from the cerebellum, which were then prepared for microscopic examination using routine histological techniques, with hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) stains. Original Research Article Isaac; JOCAMR, 10(4): 29-37, 2020; Article no.JOCAMR. 58817 30 Results: The findings showed the extract to be ameliorative by reducing histomorphological distortions of lead acetate toxicity in the brain, and thus caused moderate regeneration of the cerebellar tissue. Conclusion: The outcome of this research therefore indicates that the avocado leaf extract has medicinal potentials and could serve as an herbal remedy in the alternative treatment of lead
An integrated model combining the ECM and the UTAUT to explain users’ post-adoption behaviour towards mobile payment systems

Technological progression in mobile phones has increased the popularity of mobile payments. Users can shop online through a mobile device, which is time saving and convenient. Mobile payment systems involve ongoing interactions between users and payment providers. The initial acceptance of mobile payment systems has been studied extensively, but few studies have attempted to understand users’ post-adoption behaviour. This study employs an integrated model with the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT) framework and the expectation confirmation model (ECM), along with two additional constructs: perceived security and trust. The empirical results show that the integrated model has a higher predictive power to explain continuance intentions for using mobile payment systems with significant factors of satisfaction, trust, performance expectancy, and effort expectancy. This study confirmed that the UTAUT model could be extended to explain post-adoption behaviour towards mobile payment systems. The study’s findings have theoretical and practical value to further the understanding of pre-and post-adoption behaviour towards mobile payment systems.
Decision, probability, and utility: Prospect theory: An analysis of decision under risk

A lubricator valve apparatus adapted for use when running wireline tools into an offshore well during a production test of the well. The valve includes a valve body having a central flow passage and a ball valve element for opening and closing the passage, hydraulically operable means responsive to surface-controlled pressure for opening and closing the ball valve, latch means for releasably holding the ball valve in both the open and the closed positions, and bypass valve means for equalizing pressures across the ball valve prior to opening thereof and arranged in the event hydraulic control of the ball valve is lost to be opened in response to pressure applied at the surface to the production pipe to provide a flow path for well control fluids.
Drumming motor sequence training induces apparent myelin remodelling in 2 Huntington’s disease: a longitudinal diffusion MRI and quantitative magnetization

Casella, Chiara, Bourbon-Teles, Jose, Bells, Sonya, Coulthard, Elizabeth, Parker, Greg D, Rosser, Anne, Jones, Derek K and Metzler-Baddeley, Claudia 2020. Drumming motor sequence training induces apparent myelin remodelling in Huntington’s disease: a longitudinal diffusion MRI and quantitative magnetization transfer study. Journal of Huntington's Disease 9 (3) , pp. 303-320. 10.3233/JHD-200424 file
Antagonistic activity of epiphytic yeast against grapes mold caused by Rhizopus sp

Post-harvest losses due to plant pathogens is a major problem in grapes which causes huge economic losses to the farmers in terms of quality and quantity. Yeast are unicellular organisms which exist on the fructosphere of crops and protects the plant from pathogens. In this study, yeast species has been exploited against Rhizopus sp. infecting grapes during the post-harvest stage. Thirty-three epiphytic yeasts on the surface of grapes were isolated from Madurai and Erode districts of Tamil Nadu and tested against Rhizopus sp. The results revealed that the yeast isolate, YCSL2 exhibited maximum inhibitory effect of 30.33% and 24.44% in dual culture and volatile compounds assay respectively over the control under in vitro. Similarly, wound site colonization of yeast against Rhizopus sp. recorded maximum inhibitory effect of 71.11% against the control under in vivo. Thus, the yeast species identified in this study can be used for the biological management of post-harvest pathogens in grapes.
Automatic Processing as a Function of Age and Reading Ability.

GUTTENTAG, ROBERT E. , and HAITH, MARSHALL M. Automatic Processing as a Function of Age and Reading Ability. CmLD DEVELOPMENT, 1978, 49, 707-716. Early and late first-grade children, third-grade poor and good readers, and adults named pictures under several interference conditions: with embedded intracategory or extracategory words, pronounceable or nonpronounceable letter strings, and visual noise. Interference attributable to word category was found for all groups except the early first grade. Interference from letters was found for all groups except a subgroup of 5 early first-grade children who also made errors on a picture-word matching task. Only adults and third-grade good readers were reliably affected by whether the nonword letter strings were pronounceable. It was concluded that even children who are poor readers and normal children with only 9 months of formal reading instruction extract meaning from familiar printed words automatically. The results are also discussed in terms of the relation between controlled and automatic processing of letters and words and the role of automatic decoding in the reading comprehension deficit of poor readers.
PERCEIVED STRESS AND SOCIAL SUPPORT AS PREDICTORS OF SUBJECTIVE WELL-BEING AMONG UNIVERSITY STUDENTS IN NIGERIA

Copyright © OGWUCHE Chinelo Helen, CALEB Onah (Nigeria); RELOJO-HOWELL Dennis (United Kingdom) (Î¥ÂÓ×Å ×3íåëî Õåëåí, ÊÀËÅÁ Îíà (Í3ãåð3ÿ), ÐÅËÎÄÆÎ-ÃÎÂÅË Äåíí3ñ (Âåëèêà Áðèòàí3ÿ)), 2020. Introduction The term ‘subjective well-being’ (SWB), introduced by Diener (1984), is often used interchangeably with – or in order to avoid the ambiguous meaning – the term ‘happiness’. The SWB literature covers studies that have used such diverse terms as happiness, hedonic level, satisfaction with life, moral, and positive affect (Relojo & dela Rosa, 2017). The first broad review of happiness research was conducted by Wilson (1967) and concluded that: ‘the happy person emerges as a young, healthy, well-educated, well-paid, extroverted, optimistic, worryfree, religious, married person, with high selfesteem, high job moral, modest aspirations, of either sex and of a wide range of intelligence’. Zarbova and Karabeliova (2018) identified a correlation between the subjective perception for the levels of stress and well-being within a six-month period and a correlation with selfperception for feeling of happiness and life satisfaction. A pilot survey was conducted with a sample of 90 respondents, 36 men and 54 women, aged 26–64 (M = 42.52; SD = 8.89), 20 people live alone and 70 have a partner. Participants work as pilots, air traffic controllers, administrators, managers, doctors and science workers; 34 of them assess their profesDOI: https://doi.org/10.35774/pis2020.01. 120 ÓÄÊ: 159.937
The Application of Lead Isotope Ratios to the Determine the Contribution of the Tin-Lead to the Lead Content of Wine

The lead isotope fingerprinting method has been used to determine whether soluble lead compounds produced by reaction of wine with the tin-lead capsule are drawn back through and/or around corks to give an apparently elevated lead content in wine. Lead isotope abundance and precise lead concentration have been measured in wines, corks, and capsules for over 50 Australian and a few German wines. The lead content and isotopic values of the wine and cork are critically dependent on the sampling procedure. When sampled rigorously, the lead content of Australian wine is generally low in the range from 0.020 to 0.060 mg/kg. Furthermore, no correlation was found between the lead isotope value in the wine and the capsule, and there is little difference in the isotopic values of wine from lead-capsuled and uncapsuled (or plastic capsuled) bottles of the same vintage. Such data provide strong evidence that there is no migration of lead corrosion products back into the wine. Nevertheless, the isotope data confirm that corrosion products from the lead capsule, if present especially in the case of leaking corks, can be dissolved during pouring and that the lead content of the wine in the bottle can be increased if the cork is pierced during its removal.
Distribution and abundance of larval japanese grenadier anchovy Coilia nasus in the surf zone of the Yangtze River estuary

The Coilia nasus(Clupeiformes,Engraulidae)is a diadromous species widely distributed in China river estuary as a main commercial fish and high in production.In recent years,due to the increase of fishing intensity and water pollution,the resource of Coilia nasus have decreased sharply.Yangtze River estuary,as an important immigrant channel and nursery ground,was selected as the study site to clarify the situation of recruitment stock along the surf of the estuary.A total of 9 358 individuals of Coilia nasus larvae and juveniles were collected monthly by a seine net(1 m×4 m,mesh aperture 1 mm)at 13 stations in the surf zone of Yangtze River estuary from May to October 2007,respectively.The body length of Coilia nasus larvae and juveniles ranged from 3.0 to 61.2 mm.The dominant body length was from 7.0 to 23.0 mm,mainly including flexion larvae(10.0-16.0 mm)and postflexion larvae(13.0-21.0 mm). The highest abundance occurred in July,accounting for 55.0%of the total abundance,then reduced from August to October.The Coilia nasus larvae and juveniles distributed mainly in the upper reaches of south branch and north branch of Yangtze River estuary,among which St.5,St.7 and St.10 have relative high level of abundance.And the mean body length of Coilia nasus larvae showed an increasing tendency monthly at St.7,which showed Coilia nasus larvae could utilize the surf zones as its nursery grounds.Based on the analysis of seasonal occurence,and in consideration with the situation that Coilia nasus resources are not abundant at present,it is suggested that the improper use of gears should be limited and more attention should be paid to the preservation of fish larvae and juveniles habitat in the surf zones.
Chlorogenic Acid Decreases Lipid Accumulation in 3T3-L1 Adipocytes by Modulating the Transcription Factors

The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of chlorogenic acid (CA) on 3T3-L1 adipocytes and its mechanism action. CA at 1-25 μM showed no cytotoxicity to 3T3-L1 pre-adipocytes and 3T3-L1 adipocytes. CA significantly inhibited oil red O-stained material (OROSM) and intracellular triglyceride levels in 3T3-L1 adipocytes in a concentration-dependent manner. In addition, CA down-regulated the glycerol-3–phosphate dehydrogenase (GPDH) and peroxisome proliferator–activated receptor γ (PPARγ) activity. A real-time polymerase chain reaction revealed that CA inhibited the PPARγ, CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein alpha (C/EBPα), sterol regulatory element binding protein-1c (SREBP-1c), and fatty acid synthase (FAS) gene expression, which may in part account for anti-adipogenesis of CA. Thus, CA could act as a potential lipid lowering functional resource.