Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Contribution of Awns to Seed Yield and Seed Shattering in Siberian Wildrye Grown under Irrigated and Rainfed Environments

The seed yield of grass species is greatly dependent on inflorescence morphological traits, starting with spikelets per inflorescence and seeds per spikelet, to kernel size, and then to awns. Previous studies have attempted to estimate the contribution of these traits on the harvested yield of major cereal crops, but little information can be accessed on the influence of awns on seed yield of forage grass species. Siberian wildrye (Elymus sibiricus L.) is a widely important perennial forage grass used to increase forage production in arid and semi-arid grasslands. The grass has long inflorescences with long awns developed at the tip end of the lemmas in the florets. In order to evaluate the effect of awns on Siberian wildrye seed production, awn excision analyses from 10 accessions were performed at flowering stage under irrigated and rainfed regimes. Overall, awn excision reduced thousand-seed weight and seed size under both irrigated and rainfed regimes, which decreased final seed yield per plant. De-awned plants produced significantly more seeds per inflorescence, but spikelets per inflorescence was not influenced by awn excision in either condition. Moreover, histological analyses showed a high degradation of the abscission layer in the awned plants than de-awned ones, and awn excision evidently improved average seed breaking tensile strength (BTS), and thus decreased the degree of seed shattering. In conclusion, the observed significant impact of awn excision on different yield-related traits mirrored the impact of awns on the performance of Siberian wildrye under diverse growing conditions. These results provide useful information for plant breeders, seed producers, and researchers to efficiently improve seed production in Siberian wildrye.
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Division of Hepatogastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chi Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan; 2Division of Colorectal Surgery, Department of Surgery, Chi Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan; Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, Chung Hwa University of Medical Technology, Tainan, Taiwan; Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chi Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan; Department of Cosmetic Science, Chia-Nan University of Pharmacy and Science, Tainan, Taiwan; Department of Pharmacy, Chia-Nan University of Pharmacy and Science, Tainan, Taiwan; Department of Radiation Oncology, Chi Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan; 8Department of Medical Research, Chi Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan; Department of Information Management, Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Tainan, Taiwan; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Cell Biology, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan; Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan; Cell Physiology and Molecular Image Research Center, Wan Fang Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
EFFECTIVENESS OF AN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM ON MOTHERS KNOWLEDGE ABOUT FAMILY PLANNING AT PRIMARY HEALTH CARE CENTERS IN KARBALA CITY

Background: The introduction of modern contraceptive techniques over the recent decades and the increasing availability of safer and more effective methods of preventing pregnancy have permitted people around the world to exercise their choice, make responsible decisions with respect to their reproduction and enjoy the benefits of family planning Aims: The study aims at determine the effectiveness of the educational program on mothers knowledge about family planning. Methodology: A quasi-experimental research design was used with a preand post-test strategy for both the studied and control groups to achieve the study's aims. A total of (50) mothers who reviews primary health care centers, met the study requirements, and agreed to take part in the study. Data were analyzed with the aid of descriptive-inferential statistics. Results: The study findings revealed that an educational program aimed at improving mothers knowledge of family planning. It also demonstrates that there are very significant differences in the group of study overall associated mothers knowledge for family planning between pre and post assessments, which is a good. Conclusion: According to the findings, mothers have a minimum degree of knowledge in family planning and require a specialized educational program and training sessions. The study suggested that an educational program for mothers be developed and implemented throughout the program, with a focus on directed and focused family planning. Mothers and primary health care providers might be encouraged to participate in an unique training program that is geared to meet the their needs in terms of flaws and limitations in their practices. To establish such a program, a cooperation endeavor between the ministries of health and higher education might be provided. Key-wards: Knowledge, Education Program, Mothers, Family Planning.
Dependency and Span, Cross-Style Semantic Role Labeling on PropBank and NomBank

The latest developments in neural semantic role labeling (SRL) have shown great performance improvements with both the dependency and span formalisms/styles. Although the two styles share many similarities in linguistic meaning and computation, most previous studies focus on a single style. In this paper, we define a new cross-style semantic role label convention and propose a new cross-style joint optimization model designed around the most basic linguistic meaning of a semantic role. Our work provides a solution to make the results of the two styles more comparable and allowing both formalisms of SRL to benefit from their natural connections in both linguistics and computation. Our model learns a general semantic argument structure and is capable of outputting in either style. Additionally, we propose a syntax-aided method to uniformly enhance the learning of both dependency and span representations. Experiments show that the proposed methods are effective on both span and dependency SRL benchmarks.
AP-MOTJ210007 229..241

Two experiments tested whether engaging in actions by personal choice versus external task assignment moderates the effect of incidental affective stimulation on action control (volition). As choice of an action alternative has been found to lead to strong goal commitment, an implemental mindset, and determined task focus, we reasoned that it should shield action control from incidental affective influences. By contrast, external task assignment should lead to weaker action shielding and thus give way to incidental affective influences. Results followed our predictions. When participants were assigned the cognitive task, they persisted less (Study 1) and mobilized lower effort assessed as cardiac preejection period (Study 2) when they were exposed to happy music as compared with sad music. These music effects on volition did not appear among participants who could choose the task. Our results show that working on a task is shielded better from incidental affective influences when the task is chosen rather than assigned.
COMPARATIVE STUDY OF TOXIC EFFECT OF DIFFERENT SIZES OF SILVER NANOPARTICLES ON SUBMANDIBULAR SALIVARY GLAND, IN VIVO

Background:Silver nanoparticles became one of the most manufactured nanomaterials introduced in the medical field, that’s why it was mandatory to evaluate their biological toxicity. Aim: In this study, the aim was to evaluate the size-dependent toxicity of intraperitoneal administered characterized Ag NPs of different sizes on the submandibular salivary glands of adult albino rats. Materials and methods: Fifty adult male albino rats were randomized into three groups: group 1 (control), group 2 received intraperitoneal injection of 13mg/kg body weight of Ag NPs (10 nm), and group 3 received intraperitoneal injection of 13mg/kg body weight of Ag NPs (60 nm). The rats were sacrificed after 3 and 6 hours after treatment. The submandibular salivary glands of the all groups were subjected to histopathological examination, histomorphometric analysis, real time PCR analysis and colorimetric assay. Results:Histologically, the submandibular salivary glands of group 2 revealed signs of acinar degeneration, represented by loss of normal architecture (amalgamation), intracytoplasmic vacuolization. The nuclei of the acinar cells revealed pleomorphism and pyknosis. However, the seromucousacini relatively preserved their shape in group 3. RT-PCR results revealed significantly decreased GPx mRNA gene expression in all Ag NP-treated groups. Conclusion: In a rat model, Ag NP induced cytotoxic effect. The cytotoxic effect was sizeand timedependence.
Multilayered Input-Reflectionless Quasi-Elliptic-Type Wideband Bandpass Filtering Devices on Diplexer-Based Structures

Classes of input-reflectionless wideband bandpass filters (BPFs) and balun BPF with quasi-elliptic-type (QET) responses are reported. They consist of two signal-transmission parts in multilayered diplexer-based topologies, as follows: 1) a BPF channel shaped by a two-/three-port reflective-type BPF/balun on a microstrip-to-microstrip vertical transition and 2) an input-absorptive bandstop filter (BSF) channel built with a shunt resistively terminated lowpass filter (LPF) that is composed of hybrid microstrip sections and open-circuit-ended microstrip stubs. Two real-frequency out-of-band transmission zeros (TZs) are generated in these RF filtering devices using a cascaded short-circuit-ended two-section microstrip line and two shunt open-circuit-ended half-wavelength microstrip lines, respectively. Using a higher order LPF network, enhanced passband amplitude flatness and improved stopband power absorption ratio levels for the devised BPFs are attained. As design examples, two third-order BPFs with a shunt resistively terminated microstrip T-junction and a $\pi $ -shape structure, respectively, are first provided. Afterward, a higher order BPF based on two cascaded replicas of a third-order BPF unit is designed to show highly increased stopband power attenuation levels and enhanced power absorption ratio profile within the stopband-to-passband transitions. Subsequently, their application to an input-absorptive QET fourth-order wideband balun BPF is presented. The operational principles of these BPFs and balun are detailed by the developed design procedures, in which their associated impedance-type design parameters are synthetically determined. As practical validation, four microstrip prototypes corresponding to three 2-GHz wideband BPFs and one 1-GHz broadband balun BPF are manufactured and tested. These input-reflectionless wideband filtering components experimentally feature the desired merits in terms of QET responses, enhanced passband amplitude flatness, and improved stopband power absorption ratio levels.
Tyrosol, at the Concentration Found in Maltese Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Induces HL-60 Differentiation towards the Monocyte lineage

Tyrosol is a phenolic found in extra virgin olive oil (EVOO). In a Maltese monocultivar EVOO, it was present at a concentration of 9.23 ppm. The HL-60 acute myeloid leukaemia cell line, which can be differentiated to both monocytes and neutrophils, was exposed to tyrosol at this concentration and analysed for evidence of differentiation and effects of cytotoxicity. The polyphenol induced a 1.93-fold increase in cellular oxidative activity (p-value 0.044) and enhanced surface expression of CD11b and CD14. This indicates that tyrosol induces monocytic-like differentiation. An RNA-seq analysis confirmed the upregulation of monocyte genes and the loss of neutrophil genes concomitant with the bi-potential promyelocyte precursor moving down the monocytic pathway. A cell cycle analysis showed an accumulation of cells in the Sub G0/G1 phase following tyrosol exposure for 5 days, which coincided with an increase in apoptotic and necrotic markers. This indicates differentiation followed by cell death, unlike the positive monocyte differentiation control PMA. This selective cytotoxic effect following differentiation indicates therapeutic potential against leukaemia.
Virtual Co-Embodiment: Evaluation of the Sense of Agency While Sharing the Control of a Virtual Body Among Two Individuals

In this article, we introduce a concept called “virtual co-embodiment”, which enables a user to share their virtual avatar with another entity (e.g., another user, robot, or autonomous agent). We describe a proof-of-concept in which two users can be immersed from a first-person perspective in a virtual environment and can have complementary levels of control (total, partial, or none) over a shared avatar. In addition, we conducted an experiment to investigate the influence of users’ level of control over the shared avatar and prior knowledge of their actions on the users’ sense of agency and motor actions. The results showed that participants are good at estimating their real level of control but significantly overestimate their sense of agency when they can anticipate the motion of the avatar. Moreover, participants performed similar body motions regardless of their real control over the avatar. The results also revealed that the internal dimension of the locus of control, which is a personality trait, is negatively correlated with the user’s perceived level of control. The combined results unfold a new range of applications in the fields of virtual-reality-based training and collaborative teleoperation, where users would be able to share their virtual body.
Probabilistic One-Dimensional Inversion of Frequency-Domain Electromagnetic Data Using a Kalman Ensemble Generator

Frequency-domain electromagnetic (FDEM) data of the subsurface are determined by electrical conductivity and magnetic susceptibility. We apply a Kalman Ensemble generator (KEG) to one-dimensional probabilistic multi-layer inversion of FDEM data to derive conductivity and susceptibility simultaneously. The KEG provides an efficient alternative to an exhaustive Bayesian framework for FDEM inversion, including a measure for the uncertainty of the inversion result. Additionally, the method provides a measure for the depth below which the measurement is insensitive to the parameters of the subsurface. This so-called depth of investigation is derived from ensemble covariances. A synthetic and a field data example reveal how the KEG approach can be applied to FDEM data and how FDEM calibration data and prior beliefs can be combined in the inversion procedure. For the field data set, many inversions for one-dimensional subsurface models are performed at neighbouring measurement locations. Assuming identical prior models for these inversions, we save computational time by re-using the initial KEG ensemble across all measurement locations.
The Effect of Pasteurization on the Antioxidant Properties of Human Milk: A Literature Review

High rates of oxidative stress are common in preterm born infants and have short- and long-term consequences. The antioxidant properties of human milk limits the consequences of excessive oxidative damage. However, as the mother’s own milk it is not always available, donor milk may be provided as the best alternative. Donor milk needs to be pasteurized before use to ensure safety. Although pasteurization is necessary for safety reasons, it may affect the activity and concentration of several biological factors, including antioxidants. This literature review describes the effect of different pasteurization methods on antioxidant properties of human milk and aims to provide evidence to guide donor milk banks in choosing the best pasteurization method from an antioxidant perspective. The current literature suggests that Holder pasteurization reduces the antioxidant properties of human milk. Alternative pasteurization methods seem promising as less reduction is observed in several studies.
Optimizing neural network techniques in classifying Fermi-LAT gamma-ray sources

Machine learning is an automatic technique that is revolutionizing scientific research, with innovative applications and wide use in astrophysics. The aim of this study was to develop an optimized version of an Artificial Neural Network machine learning method for classifying blazar candidates of uncertain type detected by the Fermi Large Area Telescope γ-ray instrument. The final result of this study increased the classification performance by about 80 ${{\ \rm per\ cent}}$ with respect to previous method, leaving only 15 unclassified blazars out of 573 blazar candidates of uncertain type listed in the LAT 4-year Source Catalog.
Attachment Theory as a Lens to Explain Accommodation, Nonaccommodation, and Loneliness in Relationships between Middle-Aged Parents and Young Adult Children

ABSTRACT The role of individual differences in shaping family members’ experiences has only been sporadically examined in research on communication accommodation theory. This dyadic study (N = 126 middle-aged parents and 126 young adult children) investigated the relationship between parents’ and children’s attachment anxiety and avoidance and self-reported loneliness, and the roles of accommodation and nonaccommodation within that. Among other findings, parents’ attachment anxiety and avoidance positively predicted parents’ perceptions of receiving overaccommodation and underaccommodation, as well as children’s perceptions of receiving underaccommodation. Both parties’ perceptions of receiving underaccommodation positively predicted children’s loneliness. Post-hoc indirect associations suggested that children’s attachment anxiety and avoidance indirectly predicted both parties’ perceptions of receiving underaccommodation, via children’s loneliness. Findings are discussed in terms of the implications of attachment and loneliness for communication accommodation theory.
The Effects of Using Manipulatives on Students’ Learning in Problem Posing: The Instructors’ Perspectives

Problem-posing skills are becoming increasingly important for students to attain for success in mathematics as acquiring such skills aids in improving students’ critical thinking ability and mathematical proficiency. A study was conducted at an elementary school in central Texas. Trained researchers administered research-based intervention activities to determine the effects of such strategies on 2-5 grade students’ problem-posing and -solving skills. In the current study, two researchers who had been involved in the larger aforementioned quasi-experimental study interviewed researchers who had also assisted in conducting that study. They selected trained researchers from the previous study who used only manipulatives with the groups that they administered problem-posing intervention to students. These selected participant researchers, were interviewed to determine their perspectives of the students’ experiences while using manipulatives during problem posing activities. The findings indicate that using manipulatives can be an effective instructional strategy when conducting problem-posing activities. Results show students’ motivation improved, and their engagement and excitement increased during the learning process.
On loop Deligne–Lusztig varieties of Coxeter-type for inner forms of $\mathrm{GL}_n$

For a reductive group $G$ over a local non-archimedean field $K$ one can mimic the construction from the classical Deligne--Lusztig theory by using the loop space functor. We study this construction in special the case that $G$ is an inner form of ${\rm GL}_n$ and the loop Deligne--Lusztig variety is of Coxeter type. After simplifying the proof of its representability, our main result is that its $\ell$-adic cohomology realizes many irreducible supercuspidal representations of $G$, notably almost all among those whose L-parameter factors through an unramified elliptic maximal torus of $G$. This gives a purely local, purely geometric and -- in a sense -- quite explicit way to realize special cases of the local Langlands and Jacquet--Langlands correspondences.
Marx as a guide for a critical geographer

This paper provides an account of my intellectual journey. Beginning with an un-theorised concern with inequality, this journey has taken me through jousts with statistical models of social systems to theoretical and empirical investigations of primitive accumulation, capitalist dynamics and human–nature interactions. Marx has played an essential role in this intellectual journey, though increasingly his insights have been supplemented by other traditions of social scientific thought, including feminism, physical geography and ecology. For me, as (seemingly) for most on the left, it has proved a frustrating task to reconcile the core insights of Marx about capitalist dynamics with the knowledge provided by these other traditions – a task that remains incomplete.
Understanding Somatic Symptoms Associated with South Korean Adolescent Suicidal Ideation, Depression, and Social Anxiety

Korea’s suicide rate has increased steadily in recent years and it has become the leading cause of death among Korean youth. This paper aims to propose suicide risk identification strategies for South Korean youth by identifying profiles of suicide risk alongside reported somatic complaints. For several reasons, somatic complaints are more commonly reported than mental health concerns in Korea, where somatic complaints are likely to be representative of larger mental health worries. Nationally representative data of Korean first-year middle school students were used to identify mental health profiles by examining reported suicidal ideation, depression, and social anxiety and the prediction effect of reported somatic symptoms within these profiles. Results indicated that female students reported a greater level of suicidal ideation, depression, and social anxiety compared to male students. Each gender (females and males) exhibited five different mental health profile groups, which ranged from low risk to high risk. Somatic symptoms (sleep, stomach ache, tiredness, breathing, appetite, headache, fever, nausea) significantly predicted each profile group, with sleep issues serving as the strongest predictor for risk across both genders and all groups. Therefore, for mental health professionals working with Korean youth, it is encouraged to identify and recognize somatic complaints as potentially representative of mental health concerns and suicidality risk.
Epidemiological, clinical and laboratory profile of dermatopathies of household dogs and cats in a semi-arid region of Northeast Brazil

The present study aims to determine the epidemiological, clinical and laboratorial profile of the dermatopathies that affect dogs and cats living in a semi-arid area in the Northeast of Brazil. Seventy-eight dogs and cats consulted at the Veterinary Hospital with dermatological complaints were included in this study. Skin lesions were characterized with respect to morphology, appearance, and distribution, an epidemiological questionnaire was applied, and samples were collected for complementary examination. The diagnosis was confirmed by parasitological and microbiological tests. There was a predominance of the canine species (93.6%), of young animals (46.3%), and of animals of undefined breeds (61.5%). It was observed that 29.5% of the affections were of fungal aetiology, 14.1% were bacterial, 3.9% were scabies. In 5.1% of the cases there were associations between different pathogens, and in 47.4% the laboratory examination was negative for the pathogens investigated. The most frequent clinical manifestations included alopecia (74.4%), pruritus (61.6%) and erythema (43.6%), distributed mainly in the dorsal-ventral region (36.1%) or even disseminated (43.1%). With respect to One Health, 51.3% (40/78) of the owners reported that they did not know what "zoonoses" were. Dermatopathies have been shown to be important disorders, especially the mycotic and bacterial diseases. Atypical cases of infections motivated by pathogens little described in the literature as etiologic agents of dermatopathies in dogs and cats were observed.