Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Breeding Behavior of Ratooning Ability in Sugarcane.

Ratoon d e c l i n e o f sugarcane, Saccharum s p p . , is a s i g n i f i c a n t worldwide problem e s p e c i a l l y in temperate zone areas such as Louis ia na . T h is study was begun w i th t h e o b j e c t In mind t o examine In d e t a i l t h e ra toon ing behav io r w i t h in a sugarcane progeny of th e t y p e used In t h e Lou is iana breed ing programs s in c e th e 19 30 's . The cross examined was L 65 -69 X CP 6 5 -3 5 7 . Data were taken in p l a n t cane, f i r s t ra toon and second ratoon crops on 210 clones e s t a b l i s h e d randomly from i n d i v id u a l se ed l in g s o f t h i s c ross . Data included number o f s t a l k s per p l o t , mean weight o f s t a l k , mean length o f s t a l k , mean d iam eter o f s t a l k , and sucrose percent of expressed j u i c e . Y ie ld was es t im ated as t h e product of number of s t a l k s per p l o t X mean weight per s t a l k . The ra to o n in g a b i l i t y of t h e progeny was examined in comparison t o t h e p a re n t s ' b e hav io r f o r each t r a i t i n d i v i d u a l l y and in combina­ t i o n s . There was a high inc idence o f c lones w i th good ra to o n in g a b i l i t y f o r each of t h e i n d i v i d u a l y i e l d components; however, o n ly appro x im a te ly 5 % o f the clones showed ra to o n in g a b i l i t i e s o f y i e l d which e q u a l le d those of t h e p a re n ts . The severe second ratoon d e c l i n e in y i e l d of t h e progeny and parents was due t o d e c l in e s in a l l o f t h e y i e l d components s t u d i e d . C e r t a i n n eg a t iv e I n t e r r e l a ­ t i o n s h i p s among t r a i t s , n o ta b ly t h a t of s t a l k d ia m eter and s t a l k pop u la t io n ( r = 0 . 3 3 ) , appeared t o be im portant f a c t o r s in reducing t h e number o f segregants showing good ra toon ing a b i l i t y w i t h i n t h e cross .
Modeling pronunciation variation using context-dependent weighting and b/s refined acoustic modeling

The pronunciation variability is an important issue that must be faced with when developing practical automatic spontaneous speech recognition systems. By studying the initial/final (IF) characteristics of Chinese language and developing the Bayesian equation, we propose the concepts of generalized initial/final (GIF) and generalized syllable (GS), the GIF modeling method and the IF-GIF modeling method, as well as the context-dependent pronunciation weighting method. By using these approaches, the IF-GIF modeling reduces the Chinese syllable error rate (SER) by 6.3% and 4.2% compared with the GIF modeling and IF modeling respectively when the language modeling, such as syllable or word N-gram, is not used.
Neuroinflammation Appears Early on PET Imaging and Then Plateaus in a Mouse Model of Alzheimer Disease

Neuroinflammation has been associated with various neurologic diseases, including Alzheimer disease (AD). In AD, the translocator protein 18 kDa (TSPO) is overexpressed in the activated microglia that surround the β-amyloid plaques. In the current longitudinal study using a mouse model of AD, we evaluated the association between β-amyloid deposition and neuroinflammation in AD. Methods: To monitor the longitudinal changes in β-amyloid deposition and neuroinflammation, we used in vivo PET imaging and ex vivo autoradiography with Pittsburgh compound B (11C-PIB) and a TSPO tracer, flutriciclamide (18F-GE-180), in the APP23 mouse model of AD. We also applied immunohistochemistry to study β-amyloid and activated microglia in the mouse brain tissue. Results: From 17 to 26 mo of age, the mice showed robust increased binding of 11C-PIB with aging in the frontal cortex, parietotemporal cortex, hippocampus, and thalamus whereas the increase in 18F-GE-180 binding with aging was minimal in areas of early amyloidosis such as the frontal cortex and hippocampus. A clear positive correlation between β-amyloid deposition and neuroinflammation was detected with 11C-PIB and 18F-GE-180 only in the parietotemporal cortex and thalamus. Conclusion: The neuroinflammation increase detected with 18F-GE-180 is less than the increase in amyloidosis detected with 11C-PIB. Furthermore, binding of 18F-GE-180 plateaus at an earlier stage of pathogenesis whereas amyloidosis continues to increase. We suggest that TSPO can be a good marker for early pathogenesis detection but not for tracking long-term disease progression.
Tools for CSP

The talk will discuss various proof tools for Csp, show examples of how to analyze systems using these tools, and will also cover recent developments such as the tool HORAE, which is based on constraint satisfaction techniques, and the Csp-CASL-Prover, which provides integrated theorem proving for processes and data.
Automatically Mapping Natural Language Requirements to Domain-Specific Process Models

For large scale enterprise implementations, a key problem, that has not been tackled much, is the ability to automatically map users’ requirements to reference process models. We present a tool called Process Model Requirements Gap Analyzer (ProcGap), which uses a combination of natural language processing, information retrieval and semantic reasoning to automatically match and map textual requirements to industry-specific process models. We present the results of mapping requirements from an industry project to an existing process model. We compare our approach to two previously implemented approaches and show that our approach outperforms them. In a case study, we also found that a user group with ProcGap had better performance than a user group that performed the same task manually.
Dynamic simulation of interactive robotic environment

A dynamic simulation package, which can accurately model the interactions between robots and their environment, has been developed. This package creates a virtual environment where various controllers and workcells may be tested. The simulator is divided in two parts: local objects that compute their own dynamic equations of motion, and a global coordinator that resolves interactive forces between objects. This simulator builds upon previous work on dynamic simulation of simple rigid bodies and extends it to correctly model and efficiently compute the dynamics of multi-link robots. <<ETX>>
Production flux of sea spray aerosol

Knowledge of the size‐ and composition‐dependent production flux of primary sea spray aerosol (SSA) particles and its dependence on environmental variables is required for modeling cloud microphysical properties and aerosol radiative influences, interpreting measurements of particulate matter in coastal areas and its relation to air quality, and evaluating rates of uptake and reactions of gases in sea spray drops. This review examines recent research pertinent to SSA production flux, which deals mainly with production of particles with r80 (equilibrium radius at 80% relative humidity) less than 1 μm and as small as 0.01 μm. Production of sea spray particles and its dependence on controlling factors has been investigated in laboratory studies that have examined the dependences on water temperature, salinity, and the presence of organics and in field measurements with micrometeorological techniques that use newly developed fast optical particle sizers. Extensive measurements show that water‐insoluble organic matter contributes substantially to the composition of SSA particles with r80 < 0.25 μm and, in locations with high biological activity, can be the dominant constituent. Order‐of‐magnitude variation remains in estimates of the size‐dependent production flux per white area, the quantity central to formulations of the production flux based on the whitecap method. This variation indicates that the production flux may depend on quantities such as the volume flux of air bubbles to the surface that are not accounted for in current models. Variation in estimates of the whitecap fraction as a function of wind speed contributes additional, comparable uncertainty to production flux estimates.
Okapi: Causally Consistent Geo-Replication Made Faster, Cheaper and More Available

Okapi is a new causally consistent geo-replicated key-value store. Okapi leverages two key design choices to achieve high performance. First, it relies on hybrid logical/physical clocks to achieve low latency even in the presence of clock skew. Second, Okapi achieves higher resource efficiency and better availability, at the expense of a slight increase in update visibility latency. To this end, Okapi implements a new stabilization protocol that uses a combination of vector and scalar clocks and makes a remote update visible when its delivery has been acknowledged by every data center. We evaluate Okapi with different workloads on Ama- zon AWS, using three geographically distributed regions and 96 nodes. We compare Okapi with two recent ap- proaches to causal consistency, Cure and GentleRain. We show that Okapi delivers up to two orders of magnitude better performance than GentleRain and that Okapi achieves up to 3.5x lower latency and a 60% reduction of the meta-data overhead with respect to Cure.
RGS4 Modulates Serotonin Signaling in Prefrontal Cortex and Links to Serotonin Dysfunction in a Rat Model of Schizophrenia

Regulator of G protein signaling 4 (RGS4) has recently been identified as one of the genes linked to the susceptibility of schizophrenia. However, the functional roles of RGS4 and how it may be involved in the pathophysiology of schizophrenia remain largely unknown. In this study, we investigated the possible impact of RGS4 on the function of serotonin and dopamine receptors, two main targets for schizophrenia treatment. Activation of serotonin 5-HT1A receptors or dopamine D4 receptors down-regulates the function of NMDA receptor (NMDAR) channel, a key player controlling cognition and emotion, in pyramidal neurons of prefrontal cortex (PFC). Blocking RGS4 function significantly potentiated the 5-HT1A regulation of NMDAR current; conversely, overexpression of RGS4 attenuated the 5-HT1A effect. In contrast, the D4 regulation of NMDAR current was not altered by RGS4 manipulation. Moreover, the 5-HT1A regulation of NMDA receptors was significantly enhanced in a subset of PFC pyramidal neurons from rats treated with subchronic phencyclidine, an animal model of schizophrenia, which was found to be associated with specifically decreased RGS4 expression in these cells. Thus, our study has revealed an important coupling of RGS4 to serotonin signaling in cortical neurons and provided a molecular and cellular mechanism underlying the potential involvement of RGS4 in the pathophysiology of schizophrenia.
Ulterior reference counting: fast garbage collection without a long wait

General purpose garbage collectors have yet to combine short pause times with high throughput. For example, generational collectors can achieve high throughput. They have modest average pause times, but occasionally collect the whole heap and consequently incur long pauses. At the other extreme, concurrent collectors, including reference counting, attain short pause times but with significant performance penalties. This paper introduces a new hybrid collector that combines copying generational collection for the young objects and reference counting the old objects to achieve both goals. It restricts copying and reference counting to the object demographics for which they perform well. Key to our algorithm is a generalization of deferred reference counting we call Ulterior Reference Counting. Ulterior reference counting safely ignores mutations to select heap objects. We compare a generational reference counting hybrid with pure reference counting, pure mark-sweep, and hybrid generational mark-sweep collectors. This new collector combines excellent throughput, matching a high performance generational mark-sweep hybrid, with low maximum pause times.
Arabidopsis VIRE2 INTERACTING PROTEIN2 Is Required for Agrobacterium T-DNA Integration in Plants[W]

Agrobacterium tumefaciens–mediated genetic transformation is an efficient tool for genetic engineering of plants. VirE2 is a single-stranded DNA binding Agrobacterium protein that is transported into the plant cell and presumably protects the T-DNA from degradation. Using a yeast two-hybrid system, we identified Arabidopsis thaliana VIRE2-INTERACTING PROTEIN2 (VIP2) with a NOT domain that is conserved in both plants and animals. Furthermore, we provide evidence supporting VIP2 interaction with VIP1, a basic domain/leucine zipper motif–containing protein required for nuclear import and integration of T-DNA. Virus-induced gene silencing of VIP2 in Nicotiana benthamiana and characterization of the Arabidopsis vip2 mutant (At vip2) demonstrate that VIP2 is required for Agrobacterium-mediated stable transformation but not for transient transformation. Assays based upon a promoter-trap vector and quantification of T-DNA integration further confirmed VIP2 involvement in T-DNA integration. Interestingly, VIP2 transcripts were induced to a greater extent over prolonged periods after infection with a T-DNA transfer-competent Agrobacterium strain compared with the transfer-deficient Agrobacterium strain. Transcriptome analyses of At vip2 suggest that VIP2 is likely a transcriptional regulator, and the recalcitrancy to transformation in At vip2 is probably due to the combination of muted gene expression response upon Agrobacterium infection and repression of histone genes resulting in decreased T-DNA integration events.
THE ROLE OF MALE FLOWERS IN ANDROMONOECIOUS SPECIES: ENERGETIC COSTS AND SIRING SUCCESS IN SOLANUM CAROLINENSE L

Abstract Two non-mutually exclusive hypotheses regarding the benefits of andromonoecy (producing perfect and female-sterile flowers on the same plant) are tested using Solanum carolinense. Results indicate that (1) staminate flowers are cheaper to produce than perfect flowers, even after correcting for their relative position in the inflorescence; (2) the resources saved by producing staminate flowers are not re-allocated to other fitness enhancing functions; and (3) the main morphological characteristic of staminate flowers, pistil reduction, does not increase either pollinator visitation or siring success of open-pollinated plants. These results indicate that neither the resource savings hypothesis nor the increased pollen donation hypothesis explains the evolution and maintenance of andromonoecy in S. carolinense.
Bis(1-phenylethylammonium) hexachloridostannate(IV) and bis(2-phenylethylammonium) hexachloridostannate(IV).

The crystal structures of the two isomers bis(1-phenylethylammonium) hexachloridostannate(IV) and bis(2-phenylethylammonium) hexachloridostannate(IV), both (C(8)H(12)N)(2)[SnCl(6)], exhibit alternating organic and inorganic layers, which interact via N-H.Cl hydrogen bonding. The inorganic layer contains an extended two-dimensional hydrogen-bonded sheet. The Sn atom in the 1-phenylethylammonium salt lies on an inversion centre.
Tuning the Phosphoryl Donor Specificity of Dihydroxyacetone Kinase from ATP to Inorganic Polyphosphate. An Insight from Computational Studies

Dihydroxyacetone (DHA) kinase from Citrobacter freundii provides an easy entry for the preparation of DHA phosphate; a very important C3 building block in nature. To modify the phosphoryl donor specificity of this enzyme from ATP to inorganic polyphosphate (poly-P); a directed evolution program has been initiated. In the first cycle of evolution, the native enzyme was subjected to one round of error-prone PCR (EP-PCR) followed directly (without selection) by a round of DNA shuffling. Although the wild-type DHAK did not show activity with poly-P, after screening, sixteen mutant clones showed an activity with poly-phosphate as phosphoryl donor statistically significant. The most active mutant presented a single mutation (Glu526Lys) located in a flexible loop near of the active center. Interestingly, our theoretical studies, based on molecular dynamics simulations and hybrid Quantum Mechanics/Molecular Mechanics (QM/MM) optimizations, suggest that this mutation has an effect on the binding of the poly-P favoring a more adequate position in the active center for the reaction to take place.
HYDROLOGIC RESPONSE OF A SUBURBAN WATERSHED TO CLIMATE MODELS

Title of Thesis: HYDROLOGIC RESPONSE OF A SUBURBAN WATERSHED TO CLIMATE MODELS Zhongrun Xiang, Masters of Science, 2017 Thesis Directed By: Associate Professor, Dr. Kaye Brubaker, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Associate Professor, Dr. Hubert Montas, Fischell Department of Bioengineering Non-Point Source (NPS) pollution is an important issue in the Chesapeake Bay areas of the northeastern U.S. The TMDLs established by the Environmental Protection Agency requires a reduction in sediments, nitrogen and phosphorus by preset amounts, by 2025. One approach to meeting these requirements is to implement Best Management Practices (BMPs) for NPS pollution control. BMPs are most effective when implemented on areas named Critical Source Areas (CSAs) that contribute excessively to the pollutant load relative to their spatial extent. Studies have shown that climate change may have significant influence on the hydrology and water quality variables, and can therefore influence CSA identification in the future. In this study, six climate models were used for the evaluation of the hydrologic response of a suburban watershed in Maryland. The Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) was used for the model development, driven by the future climate from six models in four scenarios RCP2.6, RCP4.5, RCP6.0 and RCP8.5. Surface runoff, total suspended solids, total nitrogen and total phosphorus at the watershed outlet and on-land were assessed for two time horizons, mid-century and endcentury. The simulations showed a significant increase of yields in all variables both instream and on-land among all models/scenarios/periods. CSAs identified using a relative threshold (eg. Top 20% of HRUs) did not vary markedly as climate was changed. However, CSAs identified using a fixed threshold increased substantially in area under future climate. Overall, results demonstrate the potential impacts of climate change on watershed hydrology across six models, and suggest that CSA identification based on relative threshold is most robust against future variability. HYDROLOGIC RESPONSE OF A SUBURBAN WATERSHED TO CLIMATE MODELS
Cranial morphology of embrithosaurus schwarzi (Parareptilia, Pareiasauria) and a taxonomic and stratigraphic reassessment of the South African Middle Permian Pareiasaurs

Pareiasaurs were abundant, large, herbivorous parareptiles of the middle and late Permian which had a global distribution. The most basal pareiasaurs are found only in the middle Permian of South Africa, suggesting a Gondwanan origin for the group. Despite their relative abundance, most pareiasaurs are poorly known, especially the large middle Permian South African taxa that went extinct at the end of the Tapinocephalus Assemblage Zone. Historic taxonomic confusion was reduced with studies by Lee (1995, 1997a) that addressed the alphataxonomy of all pareiasaurs. He reduced the middle Permian South African pareiasaurs from 11 to four species: Bradysaurus baini, B. seeleyi, Embrithosaurus schwarzi and Nochelesaurus alexanderi. However this revision did not include detailed anatomical descriptions of any of the middle Permian South African Tapinocephalus Assemblage Zone taxa. The first detailed cranial description of Embrithosaurus schwarzi is presented in this contribution. Within the middle Permian pareiasaurians, Embrithosaurus has unique wide, short and stubby teeth with nine marginal cusps arranged more regularly. A cranial taxonomic reassessment of all middle Permian pareiasaurs has confirmed the validity of the four taxa identified by Lee and produced updated cranial diagnoses for each species. Diagnostic features noted by Lee and retained include an autapomorphic large distinctive maxillary boss on a strongly buckled or bent maxilla for B. baini, distinctive horizontally flat and pointed bosses on the posterior margin of the quadratojugal for Nochelesaurus and the smallest cheek flanges for B. seeleyi. Using the updated diagnoses, re-identification of 39 specimens out of 108 studied has produced updated biostratigraphic ranges for the middle Permian species. B. seeleyi is the first to make an appearance, in the middle Koornplaats Member of the Abrahamskraal Formation. B. baini first appears in the upper
RANSAC versus CS-RANSAC

A homography matrix is used in computer vision field to solve the correspondence problem between a pair of stereo images. RANSAC algorithm is often used to calculate the homography matrix by randomly selecting a set of features iteratively. CS-RANSAC algorithm in this paper converts RANSAC algorithm into two-layers. The first layer is addressing sampling problem which we can describe our knowledge about degenerate features by mean of Constraint Satisfaction Problems (CSP). By dividing the input image into a N X N grid and making feature points into discrete domains, we can model the image into the CSP model to efficiently filter out degenerate feature samples using CSP in the first layer, so that computer has knowledge about how to skip computing the homography matrix in the model estimation step for the second layer. The experimental results show that the proposed CS-RANSAC algorithm can outperform the most of variants of RANSAC without sacrificing its execution time.
Improved Health among People Living with HIV/AIDS Who Received Packages of Proven Preventive Health Interventions, Amhara, Ethiopia

In 2009, basic care packages (BCP) containing health products were distributed to HIV-infected persons in Ethiopia who were clients of antiretroviral therapy clinics. To measure health impact, we enrolled clients from an intervention hospital and comparison hospital, and then conducted a baseline survey, and 7 bi-weekly home visits. We enrolled 405 intervention group clients and 344 comparison clients. Intervention clients were more likely than comparison clients to have detectable chlorine in stored water (40% vs. 1%, p<0.001), soap (51% vs. 36%, p<0.001), and a BCP water container (65% vs. 0%, p<0.001) at every home visit. Intervention clients were less likely than comparison clients to report illness (44% vs. 67%, p<0.001) or health facility visits for illness (74% vs. 95%, p<0.001), and had lower median illness scores (1.0 vs. 3.0, p<0.05). Participation in the BCP program appeared to improve reported health outcomes.
A Survey on Hash based A-priori Algorithm for Web Log Analysis

This paper attempts to signify the importance of newest variation of data mining in form of web mining. The paper also discusses about some of the existing web log analysis algorithms. The previous some web mining algorithm working with different concepts gives effective result for the web mining. Presently the user want to execs the web pages or other web related applications very fast and very easily. Then arises a strong need for performing web log analysis for increases the performance the web log mining. However there exist many systems for performing the web log analysis, the results they generate are far from the expectations. In this paper present a new hash based Apriori algorithm which work very fast on the web server and give the effective result in comparison to previous algorithms.