Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Assessment of genetic variability for capsule shattering characters in Indian sesame

Thirty five Indian sesame genotypes were evaluated for their genetic diversity for seed yield and yield attributing characters as well as capsule shattering characters. The genotypes were classified into eleven clusters, based on Mahalanobis D statistic. Results on inter-cluster distances revealed maximum diversity between genotypes of cluster II and IV. A perusal of the results on cluster means revealed high capsule number per plant, seed weight per capsule and potential seed weight for cluster IV, the earliest genotype possessing maximum branches per plant and retained seed number for cluster VI, while maximum values for plant height, capsule width and thousand seed weight for cluster VIII indicating the desirability of genotypes from these clusters for improvement of respective traits. Further, potential seed weight has the highest contribution to total divergence followed by capsule split before drying, retained seed weight, unattached seed weight and seed weight per capsule indicating their importance in the choice of parents for developing semi shattering genotypes.
Taking stock of self-control : A meta-analysis of how trait self-control relates to a wide range of behaviors

Given assertions of the theoretical, empirical, and practical importance of self-control, this meta-analytic study sought to review evidence concerning the relationship between dispositional self-control and behavior. The authors provide a brief overview over prominent theories of self-control, identifying implicit assumptions surrounding the effects of self-control that warrant empirical testing. They report the results of a meta-analysis of 102 studies (total N = 32,648) investigating the behavioral effects of self-control using the Self-Control Scale, the Barratt Impulsiveness Scale, and the Low Self-Control Scale. A small to medium positive effect of self-control on behavior was found for the three scales. Only the Self-Control Scale allowed for a fine-grained analysis of conceptual moderators of the self-control behavior relation. Specifically, self-control (measured by the Self-Control Scale) related similarly to the performance of desired behaviors and the inhibition of undesired behaviors, but its effects varied dramatically across life domains (e.g., achievement, adjustment). In addition, the associations between self-control and behavior were significantly stronger for automatic (as compared to controlled) behavior and for imagined (as compared to actual) behavior.
Slaughter and Carcass Traits of Geese with Different Feather Colour and Gender

The aim of this study was to determine slaughter and carcass traits of geese with different feather colour and gender. The study was conducted with Turkish geese in free-range production conditions in Kars, Turkey. A total of 282 geese (251 females, 31 males) were grouped by feather colour as black (n=49), white (n=77), black pied (n=127), and brown and brown tawny (n=29). Geese were weighed before slaughter and then the slaughter and carcass traits were determined. Data were subjected to one-way ANOVA, and post-hoc Tukey HSD test was applied to compare feather-colour means and the independent sample t-test was used to compare gender means. Feather colour did not influence (p>0.05) slaughter and carcass traits, except for hot carcass, feather and heart percentages (p<0.05). Males showed statistically higher feet (p<0.001), heart (p<0.01), liver (p<0.05) and gizzard (p<0.01) weights compared with females, as well as significantly higher (p<0.05) feet, heart, liver and gizzard yields. In conclusion, feather colour did not influence the evaluated slaughter and carcass characteristics of geese reared under semi-intensive conditions in the province of Kars, Turkey, and higher feet, heart, liver and gizzard weights and yields were obtained in males than in females.
Life History Parameters of Aphis gossypii Glover (Homoptera: Aphididae) Reared on Three Vegetable Crops

The Aphis gossypii Glover is a cosmopolitan, polyphagous species and locally is a serious pest of okra, cucurbits, brinjal and chilli. It pass through four nymphal stages before adulthood. The objective of the present study was to determine the variations in biological performance of a okra population of A. gossypii on three food plants: brinjal (Solanum melongena L., Solanaceae), chilli (Capsicum frutescens L., Solanaceae) and bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria (Molino) Standl. , Cucurbitaceae). The total nymphal period was longer (8.24±O.82 days) on brinjal, followed by chilli (7.64±0.96 days) and gourd (7.07±0.62 days) and the differences were significant. The reproductive period was maximum (11.37±0.06 days) on gourd, followed by chilli (10.67±1.63 days) and brinjal (9.97±1.33 days). The analyses of survival curves (1x) of A. gossypii revealed no significant difference among the three host plant tested. The highest age-specific number of nymphs/aphid/day (mx) occurred on gourd and brinjal at an age of six days with 4.1 nymphs/aphid, and the lowest on chilli with 3.8 nymphs/aphid on the sixth day. The tested host plants significantly affected the fecundity of A. gossypii (P < 0.05). Age-specific net fecundity rate (Ro) for A. gossypii was 36.57±2.23 nymphs/aphid on gourd and was significantly more than on brinjal (33.83±2.26 nymphs/aphid) and chilli (30.63±1.85 nymphs/aphid). The generation time (GT) of A. gossypii on the three food plants ranged between 11.87 days (on gourd) to 12.57 days (on chilli). The highest intrinsic rate of increase (rm) occurred on gourd (0.3031 aphids/aphid/day) and the lowest on chilli (0.2747 aphids/aphid/day). Doubling time (DT) is the period during which the population of an organism double its original size. Since its value is calculated by using the value of rm, it follows the pattern of the latter. The DT of A. gossypii significantly differ on different food plants (P < 0.01) and was shortest on gourd (2.29 days) followed by on brinjal (2.36 days) and on chilli (2.52 days).
Influência parental na participação desportiva do atleta: uma revisão sistemática da literatura

espanolEl proposito de este articulo ha sido la revision sistematica de la literatura sobre el influencia de los padres en el deporte. Para la recogida de la literatura, se utilizaron las siguientes bases de datos: Academic Search Complete, SPORTDiscus, PsychInfo, Investigacion Educacion completa, ISI Web of Knowledge, PubMed, EBSCO y SCOPUS. Despues de una meticulosa seleccion y de un analisis exhaustivo de los documentos se obtuvieron 52 trabajos empiricos sobre el tema elegibles para el analisis. Los resultados apuntan a la existencia de dos perspectivas de analisis distintas: una vision mas descriptiva y focalizada para la caracterizacion del influencia parental y respectivas conductas adoptadas en el deporte, y una otra concentrada en la relacion entre el influencia de los padres y las comportamentales de los deportistas. El analisis critico de los resultados permitio identificar posibles obstaculos metodologicos a superar, bien como sugerir lineas orientadoras para futuros estudios en esta area de investigacion. Englishe purpose of this article was to review the existing literature on parental inuence in sport. e following databases were used to collect the articles: Academic Search Complete, SPORTDiscus, PsychInfo, Education Research Complete, ISI Web of Knowledge, PubMed, EBSCO, and SCOPUS. Aer a careful selection of the articles and a rigorous analysis of them, we obtained 52 empirical articles on the subject matter eligible for analysis. e results highlight the existence of two distinct perspectives of analysis: a descriptive vision which focus on the characterization of parental inuence and the respective behaviours adopted by parents in sport, and another perspective focused on the relationship between parental inuence and the athlete’s behavioural responses. e critical analysis of the articles allowed the identication of potential methodological obstacles that is necessary to overcome in future studies, as well as possible guidelines to explore in further research in this eld.
A computational solution to improve biomarker reproducibility during long-term projects

Biomarkers are fundamental to basic and clinical research outcomes by reporting host responses and providing insight into disease pathophysiology. Measuring biomarkers with research-use ELISA kits is universal, yet lack of kit standardization and unexpected lot-to-lot variability presents analytic challenges for long-term projects. During an ongoing two-year project measuring plasma biomarkers in cancer patients, control concentrations for one biomarker (PF) decreased significantly after changes in ELISA kit lots. A comprehensive operations review pointed to standard curve shifts with the new kits, an analytic variable that jeopardized data already collected on hundreds of patient samples. After excluding other reasonable contributors to data variability, a computational solution was developed to provide a uniform platform for data analysis across multiple ELISA kit lots. The solution (ELISAtools) was developed within open-access R software in which variability between kits is treated as a batch effect. A defined best-fit Reference standard curve is modelled, a unique Shift factor “S” is calculated for every standard curve and data adjusted accordingly. The averaged S factors for PF ELISA kit lots #1-5 ranged from −0.086 to 0.735, and reduced control inter-assay variability from 62.4% to <9%, within quality control limits. S factors calculated for four other biomarkers provided a quantitative metric to monitor ELISAs over the 10 month study period for quality control purposes. Reproducible biomarker measurements are essential, particularly for long-term projects with valuable patient samples. Use of research-use ELISA kits is ubiquitous and judicious use of this computational solution maximizes biomarker reproducibility.
Floristic, frequency and vegetatio-biological spectra of Murree-Kotli Sattian-Kahuta National Park, Pakistan

Present study was aimed at documenting floristic, frequency and vegetatio-biological spectra of the vascular plants distributed in 246 sampling sites of the Murree-Kotli Sattian-Kahuta National Park, Punjab, Pakistan. The study area is situated at the latitude value of 33o21′ to 34o01ʹ N and longitude value of 73o11ʹ to 73°38ʹ E in the Rawalpindi, and comprised of total land area of 934 Km. In all, 352 plant species distributed across 150 genera and 82 families were recorded from the 246 sampling stations. The flora included 330 natives (93.75%), followed by weeds (14 spp., 3.98%), cultivated & naturalized (3 spp., 0.85% each) as well as endemic and introduced (1 sp., 0.28% each). According to floristic life form spectra, therophytes were dominated in the area (31.25%), followed by hemicryptophytes (28.13) and nanophanerophytes (11.36), while the frequency spectra revealed the domination of hemicryptophytes (32.07%), followed by nanophanerophytes (21.62%) and therophytes (20.77%). Hemicryptophytes were the leading class in the vegetation spectra (32.07%), followed by nanophanerophytes (21.25%), therophytes (20.77%) and macrophanerophytes (13.48%). Homogeneity analysis exhibited a significant difference between floristic and vegetation life form (X = 17.26, p<0.05). The proportion of hemicryptophyte increased from floristic to vegetation spectrum; whereas therophytes decreased from floristic to vegetation spectra. This study concludes that floristic life-form spectra showed clearer picture than that of Raunkiaer's classification and correctly explained the existing climatic conditions of the studied area. Besides, it is suggested that the vegetation spectrum requires the meticulous physiognomy coupled with ecological factors if worked in smaller areas to be deliberated.
Length-based estimates of growth parameters and mortality rates of fish populations from a coastal zone in the Southeastern Brazil

Small-scale fisheries in Brazil contribute to a significant share of total fish production, accessing a large variety of species. Life history parameters from these resources are important for their management and conservation, based on primary data. The objective of this article is to generate growth parameters and mortality rates of ten fish populations from a coastal zone in Southeastern Brazil. Monthly samples were taken between January 2011 and November 2014 from landings of the beach-seine fishery in an area adjacent to the entrance of the Guanabara Bay. All fishes were measured (total length) and weighed. The length-weight relationships (LWR) were estimated by linear regression analysis on log-transformed data of the equation: W = aLb. The Von Bertalanffy Growth Function (VBGF) was fitted to size-at-age data to obtain growth parameters (K, L∞). The length-converted catch curve was used for estimating the instantaneous total mortality (Z). Taylor’s equations provided an independent estimate of the natural mortality (M) and longevity. The difference between Z and M derived Fishing mortality (F). A total of 2,938 individuals from ten fish species were used to determine the length-weight relationships. Harengulaclupeola (Cuvier, 1829) has a new maximum length record for the FishBase LWR database. Sardinellabrasiliensis (Steindachner, 1879) presented the smallest and largest size recorded for LWR observed in the literature and FishBase database. Upeneusparvus showed the greatest total length, while Trichiuruslepturus Linnaeus, 1758, Orthopristisruber (Cuvier, 1830) and Dactylopterusvolitans (Linnaeus, 1758) presented the smallest sizes for LWR in FishBase. The other species showed parameters within the expected values for each group. The performance index combining information from K and L∞ presented values between 2.32 and 3.76 and were considered appropriate for the populations evaluated. Fishing was the primary source of mortality for Caranxcrysos (Mitchill, 1815), Eucinostomusargenteus Baird & Girard, 1855, S.brasiliensis and U.parvus, and less important for Cynoscionjamaicensis (Vaillant & Bocourt, 1883), D.volitans, O.ruber, Selenesetapinnis (Mitchill, 1815), T.lepturus and H.clupeola. The parameters generated may be used for the management and conservation of the species’ stocks.
Hubungan Pengetahuan dan Sikap dengan Tindakan Mahasiswa Program Profesi Dokter Gigi RSGMP Universitas Andalas Terhadap Pengendalian Infeksi

Background: In dentistry, level of risk on cross infection can be said very high. This is due to the teeth treatment, the operator may have direct contact with saliva and patient’s blood. The implementation of standard precautions is very important in clinical practice because in addition to it must be obeyed, it can avoid the operator and the patient to the cross infection. The purpose: To determine the relationship between knowledge and attitudes with the practices toward infection control of clinical student in dentistry. Methods: This type research analytical observasional by cross sectional study approach. The number of respondents were 61 clinical student of dentistry. The sampling technique by simple random sampling. The data collection done by providing questionnaire concerning knowledge and attitudes to clinical student of dentistry and practice observations toward infection control. Statictical analysis use chi-square. Results: There is significant relationship between the knowledge with the practices toward infection control with p=0.0005 and significant relationship between the attitudes with the practices toward infection control with p=0.023. Conclusion: High knowledge and positive attitude will be followed by good practice of control infection.
Hubungan Literasi Digital dengan Kualitas Penggunaan E-Resources

Penelitian ini membahas tentang hubungan literasi digital dengan kualitas penggunaan e-resources. Literasi digital dalam penelitian ini didasarkan pada konseptualisasi literasi digital yang terdiri dari empat dimensi utama yaitu kemampuan dasar, latar belakang pengetahuan informasi, kompetensi utama literasi digital, serta sikap dan perspektif. Adapun tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui hubungan antara literasi digital dengan kualitas penggunaan e-resources pada mahasiswa Fakultas Kedokteran Gigi Universitas Padjadjaran. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode kuantitatif dengan pendekatan korelasional yaitu untuk mengetahui ada dan tidaknya hubungan antara dua variabel atau lebih dan seberapa tingkat hubungannya. Penelitian ini dilakukan kepada 90 orang mahasiswa Fakultas Kedokteran Gigi angkatan 2014 Universitas Padjadjaran yang dipilih dengan menggunakan teknik simple random sampling. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa kemampuan dasar literasi digital memiliki hubungan yang signifikan dengan kualitas penggunaan e-resources, dengan kategori low correlation. Latar belakang pengetahuan informasi memiliki hubungan yang signifikan dengan kualitas penggunaan e-resources, dengan kategori moderate correlation. Kompetensi utama literasi digital memiliki hubungan yang signifikan dengan kualitas penggunaan e-resources, dengan kategori moderate correlation. Sikap dan perspektif pengguna informasi memiliki hubungan yang signifikan dengan kualitas penggunaan e-resources, dengan kategori moderate correlation. Secara keseluruhan l iterasi digital memiliki hubungan yang signifikan dengan kualitas penggunaan e-resources, dengan kategori very high correlation, artinya literasi digital menjadi faktor yang sangat menentukan terhadap tingginya kualitas penggunaan e-resources.
A framework for evaluating correspondence between brain images using anatomical fiducials

Accurate spatial correspondence between template and subject images is a crucial step in neuroimaging studies and clinical applications like stereotactic neurosurgery. In the absence of a robust quantitative approach, we sought to propose and validate a set of point landmarks, anatomical fiducials (AFIDs), that could be quickly, accurately, and reliably placed on magnetic resonance images of the human brain. Using several publicly available brain templates and individual participant datasets, novice users could be trained to place a set of 32 AFIDs with millimetric accuracy. Furthermore, the utility of the AFIDs protocol is demonstrated for evaluating subject-to-template and template-to-template registration. Specifically, we found that commonly used voxel overlap metrics were relatively insensitive to focal misregistrations compared to AFID point-based measures. Our entire protocol and study framework leverages open resources and tools, and has been developed with full transparency in mind so that others may freely use, adopt, and modify. This protocol holds value for a broad number of applications including alignment of brain images and teaching neuroanatomy.
Experimental investigation of ultrafast internal conversion in aniline and 1,4-diazabicyclo[2.2.2]octane (DABCO)

Pump-probe time-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy is employed to investigate ultrafast non-adiabatic dynamics in aniline, deuterated aniline (aniline-D7) and 1,4- diazabicyclo[2.2. 2]octane (DABCO). Aniline molecules are photoexcited over a wide range of wavelengths between 269 and 236 nm. Our observations reveal direct population of the S2(π3s/πσ∗) state. The photoelectron energy and angular distributions obtained in our experiments show an interesting bifurcation of the Rydberg population to two non-radiative decay channels. One of these involves ultrafast relaxation from the Rydberg component of the S2(π3s/πσ∗) state to the S1(ππ∗) state, from which the population relaxes back to the electronic ground state on a much longer timescale. The other channel appears to involve motion along the πσ∗dissociative potential energy surface. At higher excitation energies, the dominant excitation is to the S3(ππ∗) state, which undergoes extremely efficient electronic relaxation back to the ground state. Aniline-D7 is photoexcited with 260 nm wavelength light. The photodynamics of aniline-D7 is similar to those observed in aniline. Comparison of the dynamics of aniline and aniline-D7confirm that the relaxation of the π3s component of the S2(π3s/πσ∗) state to the S1(ππ∗) state is a main relaxation pathway. Photodynamics of DABCO molecules were also studied over a wide range of wavelengths between 251 and 234 nm. The ultrafast internal conversion in DABCO between the S2 3px,y(+) and S1 3s(+) Rydberg states follows a biexponential decay. It was found that initial randomly oriented molecules are partially aligned after absorption of linearly polarised light and, therefore, DABCO exhibits a preferential direction of excitation.
Order parameters and critical exponents for topological phase transitions through tensor networks

Order parameters are key to our understanding of phases of matter. Not only do they allow to classify phases, but they also enable the study of phase transitions through their critical exponents which identify the universal long-range physics underlying the transition. Topological phases are exotic quantum phases which are lacking the characterization in terms of order parameters. While probes have been developed to identify such phases, those probes are only qualitative in that they take discrete values, and thus provide no means to study the scaling behavior in the vicinity of phase transitions. In this paper, we develop a framework based on variational tensor networks (infinite Projected Entangled Pair States, or iPEPS) for the quantitative study of topological phase transitions through topological order parameters. These order parameters allow to quantitatively probe the behavior through a phase transition and thus to identify universal signatures of topological phase transitions. We apply our framework to the study of the Toric Code model in different magnetic fields, which along some special lines maps to the (2+1)D Ising model. Our method identifies 3D Ising critical exponents for the entire transition, consistent with those special cases and general belief. However, we in addition also find a novel critical exponent $\beta^*\approx 0.02$ for one of our topological order parameters, which we relate to disorder parameters in the 3D Ising model. This shows that our topological order parameters can provide additional means to characterize the universal data at topological phase transitions, and altogether demonstrates the power of this framework to microscopically study topological phase transitions and identify the universal data underlying the transition.
Refined universality for critical KCM: lower bounds

We study a general class of interacting particle systems called kinetically constrained models (KCM) in two dimensions tightly linked to the monotone cellular automata called bootstrap percolation. There are three classes of such models, the most studied being the critical one. In a recent series of works by Martinelli, Morris, Toninelli and the authors, it was shown that the KCM counterparts of critical bootstrap percolation models with the same properties split into two classes with different behaviour. Together with the companion paper by the first author, our work determines the logarithm of the infection time up to a constant factor for all critical KCM, which were previously known only up to logarithmic corrections. This improves all previous results except for the Duarte-KCM, for which we give a new proof of the best result known. We establish that on this level of precision critical KCM have to be classified into seven categories instead of the two in bootstrap percolation. In the present work, we establish lower bounds for critical KCM in a unified way, also recovering the universality result of Toninelli and the authors and the Duarte model result of Martinelli, Toninelli and the second author.