Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
The Cylindrocladium candelabrum species complex includes four distinct mating populations

Cylindrocladium candelabrum-like isolates were collected from a wide variety of geographic lo- cations and compared based on their morphology, sexual compatibility and the nucleotide sequences of their rDNA ITS regions. All isolates included in this study mated to produce Calonectria teleomorphs with viable progeny. Four distinct mating populations were identified, each representing a genetically iso- lated, biallelic, heterothallic population. Several rep- resentative isolates of each mating population, re- flecting geographic diversity, were chosen for se- quence comparisons. The internal transcribed spacer (ITS) regions 1 and 2 that flank the 5.8S rDNA gene, as well as the gene itself, were sequenced and com- pared. All isolates representing the same group yield- ed similar sequences, but small, consistent differenc- es were found between the groups. Based on these results we recognise Calonectria scoparia (anamorph Cylindrocladium candelabrum), and describe three new species, namely Calonectria pauciramosa (ana- morph Cylindrocladium pauciramosum), Calonectria insularis (anamorph Cylindrocladium insularae) and Calonectria mexicana (anamorph Cylindrocladium mexicanum).
Die Tenthrediniden der Rose (Rosa spec.)

Abstract The Tenthredinoidea of Rosa spec. In connection with research on biological control measures against Rosa rubiginosa in New Zealand the Tenthredinids of Rosa spec. were studied in Austria by the Commonwealth Inst. of Biol. Control (CIBC), European Station, Delemont. 23 species were collected, belonging to the families of Tenthredinidae (15), Argidae (4), Pamphilidae (2) and Cephidae (2). In Part I distribution and abundance of the species as well as their preference of biotops are described. Keys of egg-depots and of larval characteristics are given. Part II deals with the most important dates of bionomy of the 23 Tenthredinids. Many of these dates are based on own new observations. Zusammenfassung Im Zuge einer geplanten biologischen Bekampfung von Rosa rubiginosa in Neu-Seeland wurde vom Commonwealth Institute of Biological Control (CIBC), European Station, an der Austrian Substation in Neulengbach der Tenthredinidenkomplex von Rosa spp. untersucht. Das Hauptuntersuchungsgebiet lag in Ostosterreich. Insgesamt wurden 23 Blattwespen-Arten gesammelt, die sich auf die Familien der Tenthredinidae (15), Argidae (4), Pamphilidae (2) und Cephidae (2) verteilen. Im allgemeinen Teil der Arbeit werden die Biotopbindung, geographische Verbreitung und Haufigkeit der Arten behandelt und Gelege- sowie Larvenbestimmungsschlussel aufgestellt. Im speziellen Teil wird das uber die Lebens- u. Schadensweise der gefundenen 23 Blattwespenarten Bekannte kurz zusammengestellt. Zum erheblichen Teil handelt es sich dabei um auf eigene Beobachtungen und Versuchen beruhende neue Ergebnisse.
Grooming among female Japanese macaques: distinguishing between reciprocation and interchange

Grooming among female Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata) was studied to test some predictions derived from the application of biological market theory. Contrary to expectations, Japanese macaques did not time match the duration of grooming episodes, their degree of reciprocation was not related to rank distance, and they did not distribute their immediately reciprocated and nonreciprocated grooming in different ways. However, they did reciprocate total amount of grooming received. These results suggest that the use of the temporal patterning of grooming (immediately reciprocated versus nonreciprocated grooming) to distinguish the different classes of traders predicted by the theory (reciprocal versus interchange traders) is unsuccessful. Copyright 2003.
Reinforcement alternatives for beams under cyclic load

The major cause of concrete structures deterioration is steel corrosion. Consequently, this situation has led researchers to study and test other reinforcement alternatives that are noncorrosive in nature. Rapidly emerging developments in the field of material technology has led to the development of fiber reinforced polymers (FRP). This research focuses on the flexural behavior of carbon, glass, aramid, and basalt (CFRP, GFRP, AFRP, and BFRP) fiber reinforced polymers bars as alternatives to the traditional steel reinforcement in concrete. The study involves a nonlinear numerical finite element analysis of a simply supported reinforced concrete beams subjected to cyclic loading, where the ANSYS program is utilized. The numerical model verification is executed on the experimental beams for ensuring the efficiency of ma-terial models, cyclic loading and various elements. Hysteresis curves are produced for each beam and analyzed, where loads, deflections, and cracks propagation are inspected and discussed. The results reveal that, the full replacement of traditional steel bars with CFRP bars gives the greatest increase in the ultimate load capacity by 38.5%. Also, other results are summarized in this paper.
Matching Omnidirectional Images in Indoor Environments

Image matching relates to the problem of finding corresponding points in two images of the same scene. An unsolved problem in computer vision is to match images from sparsely textured scenes. Examples of such scenes are indoor environments with homogenous regions, e.g. walls, ceilings or floors. It is shown that wide field of view cameras, so called omnidirectional cameras, can improve the matching problem in sparsely textured scenes. Approaches for matching omnidirectional images were proposed since traditional matching methods like the Scale Invariant Feature Transform (SIFT) do not consider the non-linear distortion introduced by omnidirectional images, captured with catadioptric or fisheye cameras. In this thesis the keypoint detection and descriptor matching performance is evaluated and compared for SIFT, sRD-SIFT and SIFT on the Sphere (SIFT Sphere) in the context of indoor scenery. The performance of keypoint detection is estimated with the measure repeatability and recall vs. 1-precision is used to compare the descriptor matching performance of each approach. sRD-SIFT and SIFT Sphere are adaptations of SIFT, adding a model of non-linear camera distortion for images with a single viewpoint. The main contribution of this thesis is the estimation of the general performance of those approaches in relation to different image transformations, e.g. scaling, rotation, viewpoint changes and field of view changes, and in respect of sparsely textured and structured scenes. It is shown that SIFT loses invariance to rotation, scaling and viewpoint changes in matching omnidirectional images. SIFT Sphere is the sole approach examined which is invariant to such transformations. Further it is shown that the performance of SIFT, sRD-SIFT and SIFT Sphere in matching omnidirectional images with each other is superior to the matching of perspective to omnidirectional images, which is the case in hybrid camera networks. Overall it is concluded that all approaches examined have a complementary performance, which highly depends on the scene type and image transformation, but in general none of them can be identified to be more superior to the others.
The Role of Cyclooxygenase-2 in Colorectal Cancer

Colorectal cancer is the third common cancer in this world, accounting for more than 1 million cases each year. However, detailed etiology and mechanism of colorectal cancer have not been fully understood. For example, cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) and its product prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) have been closely linked to its occurrence, progression and prognosis. However, the mechanisms on how COX-2 and PGE2-mediate the pathogenesis of colorectal cancer are obscure. In this review, we have summarized recent advances in studies of pathogenesis and control in colorectal cancer to assist further advances in the research for the cure of the cancer. In addition, the knowledge gained may also guide the audiences for reduction of the risk and control of this deadly disease.
CommonGen: A Constrained Text Generation Challenge for Generative Commonsense Reasoning

Recently, large-scale pre-trained language models have demonstrated impressive performance on several commonsense-reasoning benchmark datasets. However, building machines with commonsense to compose realistically plausible sentences remains challenging. In this paper, we present a constrained text generation task, CommonGen associated with a benchmark dataset, to explicitly test machines for the ability of generative commonsense reasoning. Given a set of common concepts (e.g., dog, frisbee, catch, throw); the task is to generate a coherent sentence describing an everyday scenario using these concepts (e.g., “a man throws a frisbee and his dog catches it”). The CommonGen task is challenging because it inherently requires 1) relational reasoning with background commonsense knowledge and 2) compositional generalization ability to work on unseen concept combinations. Our dataset, constructed through a combination of crowdsourced and existing caption corpora, consists of 77k commonsense descriptions over 35k unique concept-sets. Experiments show that there is a large gap between state-of-the-art text generation models (e.g., T5) and human performance (31.6% v.s. 63.5% in SPICE metric). Furthermore, we demonstrate that the learned generative commonsense reasoning capability can be transferred to improve downstream tasks such as CommonsenseQA (76.9% to 78.4 in dev accuracy) by generating additional context.
Woodland strawberry (Fragaria vesca L.) – growth parameters in the Chočské vrchy Mts

KUKLA, J., KUKLOVÁ, M. , MALINÍKOVÁ, E. 2008. Woodland strawberry (Fragaria vesca L.) – growth parameters in the Chočské vrchy Mts. Folia oecol. , 35: 33–38. The research was oriented on study of variability of selected growth parameters (length, weight, energy content, number of leaves in rosette and content of plant ash) of woodland strawberry in ecologically different geobiocoenoses in the Chočské vrchy Mts. The studied geobiocoenoses belong to the follo-wing forest vegetation tiers: the 4th – beech (geobiocoenosis 8), the 5th – fir-beech (geobiocoenoses 1, 5 and 6) and the 6th – spruce-beech-fir (geobiocoenosis 2). The highest differences in weight and energy storage of the Fragaria vesca rosettes (58%) were found between the geobiocoenoses of the 5th and the 6th forest vegetation tiers. The differences in energy density [kJ g–1 of dry matter] were small (3.2%), and significantly lower values were observed in the geobiocoenosis of the beech vegetation tier, similarly as in case of rosette length. The differences in the length and number of leaves in rosettes reached 33–34%. The highest average number of leaves per one rosette was ascertained in geobiocoenosis of the beech vegetation tier, the lowest in spruce-beech-fir vegetation tier. Significantly higher growth parameters (the mean length, weight, ash and energy content) of woodland strawberry observed in forest geobiocoenoses of 5th vegetation tier were connected with lower total herb cover.
Computational Analysis of Financial Narratives: Overview, Critique, Resources and Future Directions

The objectives of the paper are two. We critically evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of research in accounting and finance applying methods from computational linguistics to study financial text. We conclude that while rigorous and transparent application of automated textual analysis methods provides significant opportunities, extant research risks overstating the magnitude of its incremental contribution (relative to manual analysis). Second, we discuss the applicability of a series of established methods from the natural language processing and corpus linguistics literatures that have yet to gain traction in an accounting and finance context but which we believe offer significant potential. As part of the discussion, we signpost relevant data and resources to support application of these techniques by researchers new to the area.
TEACHER-TEACHING-STRATEGIES (TTS) EXPERIMENTING PICTURES FOR TEACHING READING COMPREHENSION IN NIGERIA SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS

Reading is a fundamental component of the secondary school curriculum, yet handled with levity by teachers of reading at this level. In the process of teaching, teachers of reading are saddled with the responsibility of assisting learners in transforming the linguistic symbols presented in the text into active, habit-forming language experience since reading juices the entire personality of the reader as an individual, in term of attitudinal disposition, belief and experience. Ability to use pictures is crucial to teaching and learning. Despite various studies on strategies for teaching, most teachers of reading at the secondary school level still neglect the use of appropriate strategy for teaching reading, hence the trend of students’ low comprehension achievement in reading. This study examined the use of pictures as predictor of reading comprehension achievement of Nigerian senior secondary school students. The quasi-experimental design with pre-test, post-test, non-randomised and non-equivalent control group was adopted. The population consisted of all senior secondary school students in Nigeria, but two public secondary schools were purposively sampled. The sample was categorised into one experimental group and one control group of fifty respondents each. English Reading comprehension achievement test (ERCAT) was used for data collection. The test items were adopted from recommended texts and validated by language experts. The data were analysed using the percentage, mean, standard deviation and analysis of Co-variance (ANCOVA) to test all the three formulated hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. Findings revealed that: the general level of achievement of students in reading comprehension was low before the treatments (42.79) but high after the treatments (77.76) and that irrespective of gender and ability level, pictures is significantly determined students’ reading comprehension achievement at literal, inferential and critical levels GSJ: Volume 7, Issue 12, December 2019 ISSN 2320-9186 1079 GSJ© 2019 www.globalscientificjournal. com
ON THE IWASAWA THEORY OF RATIONAL ELLIPTIC CURVES AT EISENSTEIN PRIMES

Let E/Q be an elliptic curve, and p a prime where E has good reduction, and assume that E admits a rational p-isogeny. In this paper, we study the anticyclotomic Iwasawa theory of E over an imaginary quadratic field in which p splits, which we relate to the anticyclotomic Iwasawa theory of characters following the method of Greenberg–Vatsal. As a result of our study, we obtain a proof, under mild hypotheses, of Perrin-Riou’s Heegner point main conjecture, as well as a p-converse to the theorem of Gross–Zagier and Kolyvagin and the p-part of the Birch–Swinnerton-Dyer formula in analytic rank 1 for Eisenstein primes p.
Manganese supplementation of a practical, fish meal based diet for Atlantic salmon parr

This experiment was conducted to study whether practical fish meal based feeds for Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar L. , require manganese (Mn) supplementation. Three thousand parr of initial weight 4.7 g were randomly distributed into 10 tanks and given a fish meal based diet, either unsupplemented or supplemented with 5, 10, 50 or 100 mg Mn kg−1 (as MnSO4*H2O) for 12 weeks. The basal diet contained 4.8 mg Mn kg−1. Mn concentration in vertebrae and whole fish responded linearly to supplemented Mn up to a level of 10 mg kg−1 and then reached a plateau. Dietary Mn supplementation did not affect weight gain, liver Mn concentration, blood haemoglobin concentration or haematocrit. To the practical feed, a supplementary level of 10 mg Mn kg−1, giving a total Mn concentration of 15 mg kg−1 diet, was necessary to maintain normal Mn status as determined by Mn level in vertebrae and whole fish. However, taking into account the variable Mn content in fish meal and the uncertainty about availability, we recommend a general supplementation of 15 mg Mn kg−1.
Generation of Porous Scaffolds from Cacao Mesocarp for Biomedical Applications Using Surface Response Methodology

Tissue engineering is the area where cells are applied in combination with biomaterials that induce the proliferation of these cells, in order to regenerate different types of tissues in an organism. Different cytocompatible biomaterials have been developed for this application; however, there is no production of this type of materials in Ecuador. A viable alternative, to produce biomaterials that help cellular regeneration is the use of lignocellulosic material which can be found in agroindustrial waste, due to its high biocompatibility. Therefore, the present study evaluates the use of waste from the pod shell of cacao type CCN-51, which is abundant in Ecuador, for the production of porous scaffolds by alkaline treatments applying a response surface design (Central Composite Designs). Scaffolds were produced by means of an alkaline attack using NaOH, varying operating conditions such as reactant concentration, biomass concentration, operating time, temperature, and mesocarp dimensions to generate a prediction model through the implementation of a central composite design (CCD). It was found that temperature and NaOH concentration were the most influential variables in the model. The CCD analysis allowed to partially predict the behavior of each output variable (lignin content, cellulose, ash and yield) with respect to the input variables mentioned before, obtaining maximum values of yield and cellulose content of 7.91% and 63.77%, respectively. A physicochemical analysis by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), thermogravimetry, and Fourier transformed infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) showed important morphological and structural changes depending on the composition of the scaffold.
The Macro Effects of Climate Policy Uncertainty

Uncertainty surrounding if and when the U.S. government will implement a federal climate policy introduces risk into the decision to invest in capital used in conjunction with fossil fuels. To quantify the macroeconomic impacts of this climate policy risk, we develop a dynamic, general equilibrium model that incorporates beliefs about future climate policy. We find that climate policy risk reduces carbon emissions by causing the capital stock to shrink and become relatively cleaner. Our results reveal, however, that a carbon tax could achieve the same reduction in emissions at less than half the cost.
Use of the complex of models of regression for analysis of the factors that determine the severity of bronchial asthma

Background: According to an International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC), the prevalence of asthma in children of 6-7 years old has increased by 10%, and at the age of 13-14 years by 16% over the last decade. Determining the factors that are keys to the occurrence of the disease and its severity is important in explaining the pathogenesis of bronchial asthma. Methods: Analyzed 142 indicators of clinical and paraclinical examination of 70 children with asthma. To select factors that could be significant in the formation of severe asthma, applied the method of logistic regression with step-by-step inclusion of predictors. Both quantitative and qualitative characteristics were selected. Each qualitative attribute was coded “1” if the child had this characteristic, or “0” if this characteristic had not been established. The formation of a severe asthma course was accepted according to (1) and the absence of a severe asthma flow formation as (0). Results: Analyzed the model of paired regression, the boundary value of thymic stromal lymphopoietin was established, exceeding which indicates the high probability of the presence of severe bronchial asthma. Increasing the value of thymic stromal lymphopoietin by 10 pg/mL suggests an increase in the likelihood of severe asthma by 10%. Conclusions: A complex of steam regression models has been developed to determine the factors characterizing the severity of bronchial asthma. The risk of developing severe bronchial asthma in children has been determined and 15 factors have been identified that affect severe asthma.
Multinational Enterprise Strategies for Addressing Sustainability Burritt, Roger Leonard; Christ,

This paper examines the growing number of publications on multinational enterprise management of sustainability issues. Based on an integrative literature review and thematic analysis the paper analyses and synthesises the current state of knowledge about main issues arising. Key issues identified include: choice of sustainability strategies; management of the views of headquarters towards sustainability; local cultural sustainability perspectives in developed and developing host countries; MNEs with home in developing/emerging countries; and resource availability for implementing sustainability initiatives. Findings indicate that although the literature is tending towards growing acceptance about sustainability and its challenges most researchers have focused on corporate social responsibility and investigate their own niche problem, industry, and country, using their own chosen theory and do not consider the need for consolidation and integration of social, environmental and economic performance. Avenues for future research are identified which will provide a means for the ethical foundations of theory and practice to be improved.
A new control strategy for nematodes of sheep using chlamydospores of a fungus, Clonostachys rosea f. rosea, and an ethanolic extract of a plant, Ananas comosus

An experiment was conducted at Ukulinga Research Farm using 24 Merino sheep to test a combination of plant Ananas comosus (Ac) and fungus Clonostachys rosea (Cr) in controlling nematode parasites. Four treatments were assigned: 100 mg kg−1 body weight (BW) ethanol extract of Ac, 1 g of Cr product kg−1 BW, the combination of both treatments (AcCr), and a Control. Sheep within a treatment were paired and penned in individual paddocks, and rectal faecal samples were taken for counting of eggs per gram (EPG) of faeces and third-stage (L3) larvae. Grass samples were taken every 21 days for counting of L3 larvae. A. comosus and AcCr reduced (P < 0.001) EPG. A. comosus, C.rosea and AcCr reduced (P < 0.001) L3 counts. The efficacy of treatments increased with time (P < 0.001). C. rosea and AcCr reduced (P < 0.001) L3 on grass. In conclusion, AcCr is better at controlling nematodes than either Ac or Cr individually.
Plant evolution in the Late Cretaceous (Turonian) of the southern Negev, Israel

The fossil flora from the Late Cretaceous (Turonian) localities Gerofit and Qetura with 46 species is presently the most representative for the northern Gondwana realm. The remains of terrestrial and aquatic plants occur in the Upper Shale Member of the Ora Formation bracketed between carbonate sequences with mid-Turonian ammonites. The orders Ranunculales, Nymphaeales, Nelumbonales, Trochodendrales, Hamamelidales, Juglandales, Rosales, Myrtales, and Sapindales are recognized, with various degrees of confidence, among the dicotyledons; the Najadales, Pontederiales, Arales, Cyclanthales, Arecales, and Typhales, among the monocotyledons. A peculiar Gerofitia group, including five genera, is considered as possibly representing a new extinct order of proangiosperms or early angiosperms. The modern aspect of the Turonian angiosperms from the southern Negev suggests a high rate of morphological macroevolution accompanied by ecological differentiation. The earliest angiosperm mangroves are inferred on the basis .