Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Endüstriyel ölçekte üretilen Nar (Punica granatum L.) ve Maydanoz (Petroselinum crispum) tohumu yağının kimyasal bileşimi, antioksidan ve antifungal özelliklerinin belirlenmesi

Bu calismada endustriyel olcekte uretilmis olan nar (Punica granatum L.) cekirdegi ve maydanoz (Petroselinium crispum) tohumundan elde edilen ucucu yaglarin ve yag asitlerinin, antioksidan ve antifungal ozellikleri incelenmistir. Nar cekirdegi yagi endustriyel soguk press yontemi ile uretilmis iken, maydanoz tohumu yagi da endustriyel buhar destilasyonu yontemi ile elde edilmistir. Nar cekirdegi yaginda GC-MS analizi sonucunda 15 bilesen tespit edilmistir. Maydanoz tohumu yagi icinde 12 bilesen tespit edilmistir. Nar cekirdegi yaginda pukinik asit (% 61.19) ana bilesen olarak bulunmus iken, maydanoz cekirdegi yaginda apiyol (% 14.21) ana bilesen olarak tespit edilmistir. Yaglarin antioksidan aktivitesi incelendiginde nar cekirdeginden elde edilen yaglarda orta miktarda, maydanoz tohumlarindan elde edilen yaglarda ise yuksek miktarda antioksidan aktiviteye sahip olduklari tespit edilmistir. Ayrica nar (Punica granatum L.) ve maydanoz (Petroselinium crispum) tohumu yaginin bes farkli bitki patojenine Fusarium. oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici, Botrytis cinerea, Sclerotinia. sclerotiorum, Alternaria. solani ve Rhizoctonia solani antifungal aktivitesi oldugu tespit edilmistir.
Relationships between High Ability (Gifted) and Flow in Music Performers: Pilot Study Results

Flow state is a positive mental state during which people are highly motivated and absorbed in their activity. This construct has been linked to the creative personality. Creative people differ from each other, but what they share is that they love what they do due to the pure pleasure they derive from their activity. We studied the possible relationship between people with high ability (HA) who dedicate themselves to music (students or professionals) and the flow state that occurs while they are engaged in musical activities (concert or informal event). The “Flow State for Musical Performers” (Estado de Fluidez para Intérpretes Musicales—EFIM) was used in this study. The scores of musicians with HA were compared with those of musicians who are not identified as HA. The study used a sample of 101 Spanish people (HA 28.7%, general population 71.3%). No significant statistical differences were identified in any of the EFIM subscales, except regarding the Loss of Self-Consciousness. This suggests a relationship between HA and the experience of flow, particularly with regard to loss of self-consciousness, but also with characteristics of the creative personality (capacity for enjoyment, attention and learning). Limitations of the study and future lines of research are presented.
Experimental Investigation of an Electrical Model for Sodium–Nickel Chloride Batteries

This work describes the experimental characterization of a commercial sodium–nickel chloride battery and the investigation on a state-of-the-art model that represents the battery behavior. This battery technology is considered very promising but it has not fully been exploited yet. Besides improvements on the technological side, accurate models of the battery should be found to allow the realization of Battery Management Systems with advanced functions. This achievement may extend the battery exploitation to its best. The paper describes the experimental set-up and the model parameter identification process, and discusses the identified parameters and the model validation tests. The comparison between model simulations and experiments shows that the model is rather accurate for low-current rates, but it loses accuracy and it is not able to reproduce with fidelity the battery behavior at low states of charge or at high current rates. Further research efforts and refinements of the model are necessary to make available a sodium–nickel chloride battery model accurate in any operating condition.
Age determination and growth of the pollan, Coregonus autumnalis pollan Thompson, of Lough Neagh, Northern Ireland

Scales from Lough Neagh pollan display a large number of checks, making age determination difficult. Sclerite counts showed that an annual check is formed on scales in May and a second accessory check in most young fish in October. The method of ageing from scales was supported by inspection of length-frequency plots and by following the growth of pollan in their first 2 years of life. The body-scale relationship was curvilinear. Back-calculation showed that pollan of both sexes attain a fork length of 29 cm in 5 years (1 ∞=28.9 cm; k= 0.65; l0= -0.06 year). There is no evidence that annual growth rates have changed since 1965. Possible environmental causes of scale check formation are discussed.
The Ethanol Extract of Red Ginseng Enhances Anti-Tumor Effects Using Co60 Gamma Irradiation

Red ginseng is one of the most popular traditional medicines in Korea. In this study, we developed a new technique in which ethanol extract of ed inseng (HRG) was exposed to the gamma radiation ranging from 1~5 kGy. The irradiated HRG (IHRG) were analyzed by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) to determine any compositional changes of ginsenosides due to irradiation. No appreciable difference was observed in the HPLC pattern of ginsenosides of HRG. Using MTT assay, the cytotoxicity effect was significantly increased by IHRG compared to HRG. The concentration was for IHRG-1 (1 kGy), and for IHRG-5 (5 kGy). The evidences of apoptosis, such as nuclei cleavage and Annexin V staining, were observed in the human prostate cancer PC-3 cells treated with the IHRG. Additionally, the level of reactive oxygen species (ROS) was apparently elevated by IHRG. We also studied the inhibitory effect of IHRG on the growth rate of tumor xenografts in BALB/c male mice. The tumor growth rates were inhibited by 56.9 and 76.1% in mice treated with 10 mg/kg of IHRG-1 and IHRG-5, respectively, compared with control group (21.1%). These results suggest that some biologically active and soluble components in HRG can be more effectively enhancement of anti-tumor effects using irradiation.
Ccfcnet: Channel-Communication Factorization Convnet for Real-Time Semantic Segmentation

In this paper, we address a challenging real-time semantic segmentation task by proposing a lightweight encoder-decoder architecture. The architecture called channel-communication factorization ConvNet (CCFCNet), in which both efficiency and accuracy are taken into account. The core of our work is channel-communication factorization convolution module (CCFC) and dense dialation-rate block (DDB). CCFC module, where split, channel communication and fuse operations are utilized to greatly save reasoning time and improve the quality of information refinement with a few additional calculations. Meanwhile, four CCFC modules with different dialation rates form a dense dialation-rate block (DDB), which can obtain denser feature refinement and enlarge receptive field to improve the segmentation accuracy of objects with different size in images. The proposed architecture, which contains only 1.25M parameters, achieves a mean IOU of 71.4% on the Cityscapes dataset and can run over to 42FPS on a single GTX 1080Ti GPU. It makes a better trade-off between accuracy and efficiency than state-of-the-art methods with comparable performance.
Modelling dependence between daily tourist expenditure and length of stay

In this article, tourists’ choice of the number of stays (length of stay, a discrete variable) and daily expenditure (a continuous variable) is modelled relaxing the linearity assumption and employing a structural form. A bivariate copula distribution, specified in terms of the marginal distributions of daily tourist expenditure and length of stay, is used to model and test dependence. We propose the Farlie–Gumbel–Morgenstern family of distributions, which provides a powerful tool to build a bivariate distribution with a flexible covariance structure and weak dependence. In addition, covariates can be introduced to study the factors that affect both variables simultaneously. Using Canary Islands Tourist Expenditure Survey data, the estimation results obtained indicate a negative correlation and weak dependence structure between the number of nights’ stay and the daily expenditure. The signs of the coefficients of the socio-economic variables and of the vacation characteristics are generally in line with the findings of empirical literature.
Dyskinesia in a prepubertal boy after the first dose of methylphenidate and the association of focal epileptiform activity: a case report

480 Erciyes Med J 2020; 42(4): 480–2 • DOI: 10.14744/etd.2019. 04317 CASE REPORT – OPEN ACCESS This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. Ahmet Çevikaslan , Özgür Duman , Muhammet Gültekin Kutluk Dyskinesia in a Prepubertal Boy After the First Dose of Methylphenidate and the Association of Focal Epileptiform Activity: A Case Report Background: Methylphenidate is a piperidine derivative stimulant drug. It inhibits the reuptake of dopamine and norepinephrine and improves the primary symptoms of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. Methylphenidate may cause dyskinesias in children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, and concomitant irregularity in Electroencephalography may increase the likelihood of the neuropsychiatric side effects. Case Report: A case of a 6.5-years-old boy who was admitted to the emergency room with unintended and uncontrolled behaviours after the first dose of this drug was presented. He was diagnosed with acute dyskinesia in the orofacial region and extremities, and then he was cured with biperiden lactate infusion in eighteen hours. Focal biphasic waves at right temporoparietal areas were recorded on his sleep-Electroencephalography. Conclusion: In our case with both attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and epileptiform activity, dyskinesia occurrence after one single dose of 20 mg methylphenidate was discussed with the results of previous studies.
Finding of Pebrilla paguri (Ciliata, Folliculinidae, Heterotricha) epibiont inside the shells of two hermit crab species, Calcinus tubularis and Clibanarius erythropus (Decapoda, Anomura, Diogenidae)

Ever since its discovery, Pebrilla paguri was considered to be an exclusive epibiont of hermit crabs. In fact, up to now, it has never been recorded on substrata other than the hermit crab exoskeleton. The finding of its loricae on non‐consecutive exuviae, released by the same specimen of Calcinus tubularis, suggested that the motile stage may transform into the sessile form and attach itself to the shell occupied by the crab. All the shells occupied by the C. tubularis and Clibanarius erythropus specimens showing the ciliate on the exoskeleton were identified to genus level; for each shell genus a map of the inner morphology was drawn in order to record the position and number of the loricae. The present research showed that P. paguri is not an exclusive hermit crab epibiont: it also attaches itself to shells, and particularly to the three largest whorls, corresponding to the portion occupied by the crab body. The presence of P. paguri in the shell may be determined by the preference for substrata characterized by a particular water stream or light levels. The results obtained show that the P. paguri substrata choice is more similar to that of other folliculinids, and more varied than previously reported.
Analysis of internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region of Phytophthora tropicalis causing quick wilt disease of black pepper in Vietnam

Phytophthora quick wilt is a devastating disease of black peppers in Vietnam. The internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region of the ribosomal DNA of four Phytophthora samples isolated from the diseased vines in Daknong province of the central highland part of Vietnam was Polymerase chain reaction-amplified, cloned, sequenced and characterised. Database search have showed that they are most closely related to an isolate of Phytophthora tropicalis from Taiwan. Sequence comparisons and phylogenetic analyses based on the ITS region of the four Vietnamese and other GenBank isolates of P. tropicalis and a closely related species, P. capsici, provide strong evidences that the Vietnamese isolates are all different isolates of P. tropicalis.
Economic valuation of inland recreational fisheries: empirical studies and their policy use in Norway

Cost-benefit analyses (CBAs) of liming programmes in selected acidified rivers and lakes in southern Norway, showed a benefit–cost ratio (B/C) varying from 1.2 for brown trout, Salmo trutta L. , lakes to 4.4. for Atlantic salmon, S. salar L. , rivers. Contingent valuation (CV) and travel cost (TC) methods were used to estimate recreational value (use value) and non-use value of increased fish stocks. These local studies, and two national CV surveys, were used by the environmental authorities to document the benefits of liming and other fish stock restoration and preservation programmes. They were also used to calculate social benefits from local reductions in air pollution and international agreements on reduced air emissions of acid compounds. The Norwegian Fishing and Hunting Association (NJFF) also successfully used the results to increase the governmental funds for liming by 300% between 1993 and 1995. The NJFF have since used these results to fight reductions in the liming budget, and has managed to keep it constant at about €13.5 million annually. However, €40 million are needed annually to neutralize the current acid depositions in Norway. Two national CV surveys found social benefits of increased fish stocks 2–4 times higher than these costs.
Comunidade de Syrphidae (Diptera): diversidade e preferências florais no Cinturão Verde (Santa Cruz do Sul, RS, Brasil)

The aim of this study was to investigate the Syrphidae community in the area of the Green Belt of Santa Cruz do Sul, RS, Brazil, as well as to obtain information on the structure and composition of this community, its floral preferences and the interactions between the species in the food resource utilization. The specimens were collected with entomological net, from September/2001 to January/2005. A total of 1.283 syrphid specimens were collected, totaling 88 species distributed in 21 genera. Eristalinae presented the highest number of collected species, followed by Syrphinae and Microdontinae. The genus Palpada Macquart, 1834 and the species P. urotaenia (Curran) were the most abundant. 1.187 syrphids (74 species) were flower visitors of 51 plant species from 23 families, of which Apiaceae and Asteraceae presented the highest number of visitors. The feeding specialization degree varied according to the visited blooming types. The relative easy access to the floral resources with lighter coloration were the main factors regarding the syrphid attraction in the families Apiaceae, Asteraceae, Lauraceae, Malvaceae, Meliaceae, Oleaceae, Poaceae and Solanaceae. The diversity of the syrphid community is regulated by local interactions between the species, mainly between the environmental conditions and the food resources offering.
Suitability of Airborne and Terrestrial Laser Scanning for Mapping Tree Crop Structural Metrics for Improved Orchard Management

Airborne Laser Scanning (ALS) and Terrestrial Laser Scanning (TLS) systems are useful tools for deriving horticultural tree structure estimates. However, there are limited studies to guide growers and agronomists on different applications of the two technologies for horticultural tree crops, despite the importance of measuring tree structure for pruning practices, yield forecasting, tree condition assessment, irrigation and fertilization optimization. Here, we evaluated ALS data against near coincident TLS data in avocado, macadamia and mango orchards to demonstrate and assess their accuracies and potential application for mapping crown area, fractional cover, maximum crown height, and crown volume. ALS and TLS measurements were similar for crown area, fractional cover and maximum crown height (coefficient of determination (R2) ≥ 0.94, relative root mean square error (rRMSE) ≤ 4.47%). Due to the limited ability of ALS data to measure lower branches and within crown structure, crown volume estimates from ALS and TLS data were less correlated (R2 = 0.81, rRMSE = 42.66%) with the ALS data found to consistently underestimate crown volume. To illustrate the effects of different spatial resolution, capacity and coverage of ALS and TLS data, we also calculated leaf area, leaf area density and vertical leaf area profile from the TLS data, while canopy height, tree row dimensions and tree counts) at the orchard level were calculated from ALS data. Our results showed that ALS data have the ability to accurately measure horticultural crown structural parameters, which mainly rely on top of crown information, and measurements of hedgerow width, length and tree counts at the orchard scale is also achievable. While the use of TLS data to map crown structure can only cover a limited number of trees, the assessment of all crown strata is achievable, allowing measurements of crown volume, leaf area density and vertical leaf area profile to be derived for individual trees. This study provides information for growers and horticultural industries on the capacities and achievable mapping accuracies of standard ALS data for calculating crown structural attributes of horticultural tree crops.
Comparison of a Microbiological Assay and a Fully Automated Chemiluminescent System for the Determination of Vitamin B12 in Food

A fully automated chemiluminescence analyzer for the determination of vitamin B12 in serum has been commercialized and clinically used. To determine the applicability of this apparatus in food analysis, vitamin B12 was assayed in foods by the chemiluminescent method, which was compared with a microbiological method. In shellfishes and spirulina, the values determined by the microbiological method were ∼6−8-fold greater than the values determined by the chemiluminescence method, although there was good similarity between the values by the two methods in other foods. Except for the shellfishes and spirulina, which contained substantial amounts of vitamin B12-substitutive compounds or inactive vitamin B12 analogues (or both), the observed correlation coefficient between the methods in the foods tested was excellent (r = 0.99, y = 1.2x − 1.1, n = 9). The chemiluminescence method was suitable for the determination of vitamin B12 in foods as well as in serum and was simpler (fully automated) and more rapid (180.
Unexpected ecotone dynamics of a sand dune vegetation complex following water table decline

Central Hungarian inland dune ranges harbor heterogeneous grassland vegetation with an extensive network of ecotones, arranged perpendicular to topography-driven hydrologic gradients. The area suffers from severe aridification due to climate change and local anthropogenic factors, which have led to a dramatic decline of the water table. as a result, groundwater is no longer reachable for low-lying plant communities; thus, we expect they are bound to undergo profound changes. This study investigates how the plant communities respond to this changing environment over time by monitoring ecotones, since they are frequently the hotspots of ecosystem change. We monitored five ecotones along permanent belt transects for 15 years to characterize their dynamic response, and to identify the internal structural changes of the plant communities the ecotones delimit. independent variables: study year as a measure of time since the loss of groundwater, and precipitation as a possible driver of interannual variations. The internal changes of the patches separated by the ecotones were analyzed using plant functional groups. Precipitation had no detectable effect on the ecotone descriptors, but study year influenced ecotones in an unusual fashion. The position of the ecotones appeared to be very stable in time; their dynamics are stationary, not directional as we predicted. The contrasts had clear tendencies; two ecotones disappeared, one new one was formed and two ecotones showed no trend. The internal changes of the patches over time were dramatic, showing a shift toward more xeric and more open plant assemblages in most stretches of the transects. Thus, the dynamic response of the vegetation was not patch expansion vs. shrinking, but fusion vs. division, which profoundly restructured the vegetation pattern. analysis of plant functional groups revealed that the trends of the ecotone contrasts could be traced back to internal changes of the patches and not to processes within ecotones. Hence, in situations where stationary ecotone dynamics prevail, ecotone position may be a poor indicator of the effects of strong directional environmental changes. However, in this study we show that ecotone contrast can serve as a sensitive tool for monitoring landscape pattern transformations in these cases. also, this highlights the long-term nature of ecotone responses, which can have implications in landscape planning and restoration measures.
ULTRASTRUCTURAL LOCALIZATION OF MAGNESIUM-DEPENDENT ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE IN DOG HEPATIC PEROXISOMES TREATED VVITH A PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR, ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID

A total of 9 beagle dogs (7-10 kg, body weight) was administrated with acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin) at doses of 500 and 1,000 mg/kg/day for 7 days. Hepatomegaly was not observed in aspirin-treated dogs, but both the number and the size of peroxisomes per unit cytoplasmic area (number/μm 2 and nm 2 /μm 2 ) were significantly increased in aspirin-treated group at day 7. Magnesium-dependent adenosine triphosphatase (Mg-ATPase) was located on the limiting membrane of aspirin-treated liver peroxisomes, but it was much less than that of intact or ordinary peroxisomes in the control dogs
Analysis of Digital Literacy and Metaphoric Perceptions of Teacher Candidate

The aim of this study was to investigate the digital literacy skills and metaphorical perceptions of teacher candidates. The mixed approach has been used in the analysis. The quantitative dimension of the study consists of the "Digital Literacy Scale" scores collected from the teacher candidates, and the qualitative component is made up of the metaphors they have developed about the definition of digital literacy. The study was carried out with 297 prospective teachers who are pursuing their education at the Faculty of Education in Turkey. When the results of the study were analyzed, it was found that there was no significant difference between the digital literacy scores of the teacher candidates and the departments in which they were trained, but there was a significant difference in the grade and device ownership variables. The definitions were reached as a result of the study of the metaphors that were grouped under the headings "vitality," "integrity," "guidance," "complexity", and "eternity. "
External Sector: Between Congestion and Sanctions—‘Syrian Economy Case, 1987–2018’

Since the outbreak of the Syrian crisis in March 2011, the USA, European Union, Arab League and several other regulatory entities imposed negative economic sanctions on Syria—some of the most comprehensive ever implemented. This article first provides an assessment of Syrian foreign trade sector during the reform period of the 2000s and its impact on economic growth. Second, it estimates the impact of sanctions and conflict on the trade sector of the Syrian economy. The analysis is conducted using a panel-gravity model between Syria and 78 trading partners (1987–2017). Multilateral sanctions and conflict-related disruptions demonstrate a large significant negative impact on Syria-bilateral trade flow by 65 per cent. We attempt to find out whether the Syrian economy was able to divert trade away from Europe and/or conduct de-Europeanisation. Findings confirm that the Syrian economy was unable to divert trade flow to Asian and other countries due to the conflict-related congestion and distance factor. JEL: C33, F10