Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
In-vitro assessment for ensilabillity of Tithonia diversifolia alone or with Pennisetum purpureum using epiphytic lactic acid bacteria strains as inocula

It is expected that the availability of forage for animals in the tropics will fluctuate in the future due to climate change. Ensiling of tropical forages constitutes a strategy to cope with food scarcity during long dry seasons. Tithonia diversifolia (TD), is a plant belonging to family Asteraceae, with a wide adaptation in tropical areas. A Rostock Fermentation Test (RFT) was performed to compare the ensilabillity potential among four epiphytic lactic acid bacteria (LAB) strains isolated from TD . Further, two experiments were designed 1) to evaluate the acidification potential of the best strain from the preliminary test (T735), and 2) to determine the ensilability of different levels of inclusion in the TD / PP mixture . For the first experiment, T735 and a blend of lactic acid-fermenting bacteria (BLB) decreased the pH rapidly. In experiment 2, different PP/TD ratios (0/100; 33/67; 67/33; 100/0) were ensiling, all inoculated with T735, (BLB) and their mixture. Increasing of grass PP in the mixtures brought about a fast drop in pH, facilitating TD ensilabillity. The use of T735 improved acidification and fermentation parameters of TD/PP silage.
Seasonal variation of catch per unit effort and catch composition in a Persian Gulf longline fishery

Paighambari SY, Eighani M. 2018. Seasonal variation of catch per unit effort and catch composition in a Persian Gulf longline fishery. Biodiversitas 19: 888-892. The catch per unit effort (CPUE), and catch composition of a Persian Gulf longline fishery were investigated during the study to develop essential information regarding the needs of longline fishing in Persian Gulf just to assist the artisanal fishermen. A total number of 2990 deployed hooks were set during spring and winter seasons. One catch contained 8 teleost fish and one elasmobranch species belonging to 8 families. In the spring season, 357 fish were counted during sampling out of which Netuma thalassina with 183 specimens (F= 51.3%) was the most abundant one. In winter season 235 specimens were collected, of which 17.7% were represented by the N. thalassina. So, there is no significant difference in fish assemblages were obtained between spring and winter seasons (R=0.567, P>0.05). Proportion of all caught fish below length at maturity was higher in the winter season than spring season. Data revealed significantly higher CPUE at spring season compared to winter (P<0.05), suggesting that in general, fishing at the spring season was necessarily more efficient than winters. Difference in CPUE between spring and winter seasons may be explained by the species response to the temperature cycle in the Persian Gulf. A better understanding of the complete catch including catch rate, catch composition, and their sizes, is therefore, an important step towards a sustainable Persian Gulf longline fishery.
Effect of different organic and inorganic sources of nutrients on growth, yield, residual nutrient status and physiology of black gram

A field experiment was conducted during kharif 2018 at Research Farm, Department of Agronomy, Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar to assess the effect of different sources of nutrients on growth, yield, residual nitrogen status and physiology of black gram. The treatment combinations include T1: Control, T2: 100% RDF, T3: 100% N through FYM, T4: 100% N through vermicompost, T5: 50% RDF + 50% N through FYM, T6: 50% RDF + 50% N through vermicompost, T7: 1/3 N through FYM + 1/3 N through vermicompost + 1/3 N through neem cake, T8: 75% RDF + Rhizobium + PSB, T9: 50% RDF + Rhizobium + PSB, T10: 50% FYM + Rhizobium + PSB, T11: Jeevamrit @ 75 l ha-1 + Beejamrit (seed treatment) + Ghanjeevamrit @ 250 kg ha-1. The experiment was laid down in randomized block design with three replications. Results of the study revealed that growth characters, no. of pods plant-1 (32.25), biological yield (3903 kg ha-1), seed yield (1050 kg ha-1) and stover yield (2853 kg ha-1) was obtained significantly highest under 100% RDF which remained at par with 75% RDF + Rhizobium + PSB. Application of 1/3 N through FYM + 1/3 N through vermicompost + 1/3 N through neem cake recorded significantly higher residual nitrogen in soil after the harvest of crop. Highest chlorophyll content was recorded under T2 which remained at par with T8 and T9. However, there was no significant affect on canopy temperature with different sources of nutrients. Treatment T2 (100% RDF) realized highest net returns (Rs. 32779 ha-1) and B:C (2.15) closely followed by T8.
Craniometric comparison and discrimination of two sibling species of the genus Mus (Mammalia, Rodentia) from Slovakia

Abstract. Craniometric characteristics of two sibling species of the genus Mus, the indoor house mouse (Mus musculus) and the outdoor mound-building mouse (M. spicilegus), from Slovakia were compared and evaluated in order to discriminate them. Twenty-one skull and dental variables were evaluated on 107 skulls of adult house mice, M. musculus and 80 skulls of mound-building mice, M. spicilegus. The parametric unpaired t-test and discriminant function analysis showed variations in the cranial variables between the two species. We identified four dental variables (LaM1, LaM1, LM1 and LOID) suitable for the differentiation.
Nutrient Composition of The Diets of Javan gibbons (Hylobates moloch)

Javan gibbons consume different foods to fulfil their nutrient requirement. We analyzed foods eaten by Javan gibbons for their nutrient content in Citalahab area, Gunung Halimun-Salak National Park (GHSNP), Indonesia. The goal was to assess amounts of water content, ash, crude fats, crude protein, crude fibers, carbohydrate and gross energy to determine whether there was nutritional variation between foods eaten by females and males. A total 43 food plant parts representing 33 plant species were collected, processed and analyzed. Females and males in Javan gibbons have similar diets with regard to overall composition. Nutrient analyses revealed high water content, ash and crude protein in young leaves; flowers and ripe fruits contained the most carbohydrate; crude fats content was highest in unripe fruits; ripe fruits were rich in crude fibers and gross energy content was high in all the main plant foods. Individual exhibit higher intake of certain nutrients by increasing feeding intake rate seems to be the key to greater nutrient intake in individual. This data adds our knowledge about nutritional composition of foods eaten by Javan gibbons and provides valuable comparative data for optimizing the diets of Javan gibbons ex situ.
Clinical presentation, case management and outcomes for the first 32 COVID-19 patients in Nigeria

Introduction Success in curtailing the pandemic coronavirus disease (COVID-19) depends largely on a sound understanding of the epidemiologic and clinical profile of cases in a population as well as the case management approach. This study documents the presenting characteristics, treatment modalities and outcomes of the first 32 COVID-19 patients in Nigeria. Methods This retrospective study used medical records of the first 32 patients admitted and discharged from the Mainland Hospital, Lagos State, southwest Nigeria between February 27 and April 6, 2020. The outcomes of interest were death, promptness of admission process and duration of hospitalization. Results The mean age of the patients was 38.1 years (SD: 15.5) and 66% were male. Three-quarters (75%) of the patients presented in moderately severe condition while 16% were asymptomatic. The most common presenting symptoms were fever (59%) and dry cough (44%). The mean time between a positive test result and admission was 1.63 days (SD: 1.31). Almost all (97%) the patients were treated with lopinavir-ritonavir with no recorded death. The median duration of hospital stay was 12 days (IQR: 9-13.5). Conclusion In this preliminary analysis of the first COVID-19 cases in Nigeria, clinical presentation was mild to moderate with no mortality. Processes to improve promptness of admission and reduce hospital stay are required to enhance the response to COVID-19 in Nigeria.
Head coach change and team performance in the French men’s football Ligue 1, 2000-2016

The purpose of this study is to analyse the impact of a head coach change on team performance in men's football. Its originalities are twofold: its focus on the French Ligue 1 over the 2000-2016 period; and the fact to consider the aforementioned impact in relation to expected performance as measured by betting companies. The method is based on regressions with fixed effects for team-season. The numbers of observations is 3,600 games (94 team-seasons). Team performance is alternatively measured by the number of points, whether the game was won or not, and the goal difference. The independent variables are home advantage, the positions of both teams prior to the game, the position of the opponent at the end of the previous season, a head coach change for team i and a control group, i.e. no coach change for the same team in another season despite a quite similar performance. Results show that both a head coach change for team i and its control group have a significant positive impact. They do not enable to conclude to a better impact of one of these two variables over the other. When controlling for expected performance before and after a head coach change and its control group, the dummy associated to the control group has no significant impact anymore. Since the paper provides some evidence that a head coach change may have a positive impact on team performance, it supports the idea of considering this option when looking for some ways to improve performance.
Catarrhal mastitis by Staphylococcus simulans in a nulliparous goat

The present paper is a case report of a one-year old nulliparous Alpine Goat belonging to a dairy goat farm in semi-arid region of Brazil. Both glands were naturally infected by α-hemolytic Staphylococcus simulans and evolved similar clinical signs. The mammary glands presented an acute catarrhal mastitis with systemic clinical signs that responded positively to treatment with gentamicin associated with amoxicillin. The present report suggests the importance of the pathogenic potential of non-aureus Staphylococci strains (NAS) as a cause of clinical mastitis also in nulliparous animals. The isolate showed resistance to tetracycline and contained staphylococcal toxin production genes (sec, sec and TSST-1). Moreover, it has been reported that Staphylococcus simulans is an emerging pathogen in humans causing cutaneous and osteoarticular infections, mainly in those in close contact with farm animals. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of a clinical mastitis in a nulliparous goat caused by Staphylococcus simulans.
High tolerance of a high-arctic willow and graminoid to simulated ice encasement

1) Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA), FRAM – High North Research Centre for Climate and the Environment, P.O. Box 6606 Langnes, NO-9296 Tromsø, Norway (*corresponding author’s e-mail: jarle.bjerke@nina.no) 2) Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research (NIBIO), NO-1431 Ås, Norway 3) Climate laboratory Holt, Department of Arctic and Marine Biology, UIT The Arctic University of Norway, NO-9037 Tromsø, Norway 4) Department of Geoinformatics, Cartography and Remote Sensing, Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies, University of Warsaw, ul. Krakowskie Przedmieście 30, PL-00-927 Warszaw, Poland 5) Institute of Geodesy and Cartography, ul. Z. Modzelewskiego 27, PL-02-679 Warsaw, Poland 6) Chair of Biotechnology and Molecular Biology, Opole University, ul. kard. B. Kominka 6, PL-45-032 Opole, Poland
CHALLENGING EFL STUDENTS TO READ: DIGITAL READER RESPONSE TASKS TO FOSTER LEARNER AUTONOMY

Reading and technology are believed to have a strong link with learner autonomy. This research aims at investigating how digital reader response tasks in a reading class promote learner autonomy. The students were given reader response tasks which challenged them to respond to texts using digital infographic and presentation tools in Moodle forum. The data of this case study, collected from questionnaires, online records, and reflections involving 25 participants, were analyzed based on the domains of autonomy. The findings indicated that digital reader response tasks in a Moodle -based reading class enabled learners to plan, execute, and evaluate their own learning. The findings also showed that these online tasks did not only motivate learners to engage in meaningful language learning experience, but also encouraged them to nurture social dimensions of autonomy.
Algorithmic biosynthesis of eukaryotic glycans

An algorithm converts inputs to corresponding unique outputs through a sequence of actions. Algorithms are used as metaphors for complex biological processes such as organismal development. Here we make this metaphor rigorous for glycan biosynthesis. Glycans are branched sugar oligomers that are attached to cell-surface proteins and convey cellular identity. Eukaryotic O-glycans are synthesized by collections of enzymes in Golgi compartments. A compartment can stochastically convert a single input oligomer to a heterogeneous set of possible output oligomers; yet a given type of protein is invariably associated with a narrow and reproducible glycan oligomer profile. Here we resolve this paradox by borrowing from the theory of algorithmic self-assembly. We rigorously enumerate the sources of glycan microheterogeneity: incomplete oligomers via early exit from the reaction compartment; tandem repeat oligomers via runaway reactions; and competing oligomer fates via divergent reactions. We demonstrate how to diagnose and eliminate each of these, thereby obtaining “algorithmic compartments” that convert inputs to corresponding unique outputs. Given an input and a target output we either prove that the output cannot be algorithmically synthesized from the input, or explicitly construct an ordered series of algorithmic compartments that achieves this synthesis. Our theoretical analysis allows us to infer the causes of non-algorithmic microheterogeneity and species-specific diversity in real glycan datasets.
Design of neural network and PLC-based water flow controller

Flow rate is a fundamental physical quantity in the fluid transportation system from one place to another. To achieve this, a reliable controller that is able to produce a constant flowrate in industry is needed. The most used flow controllers in industries are PID-based controllers that are implemented using PLCs. However, there are still shortcomings, they can perform poorly in some applications, for example in the highly nonlinear system which cannot be overcome by conventional PID controllers. There are some other limitations of PID controller, such as PID has the overshoot and undershoots in the output of controlled system and PID gives late response in this study, a neural network-based flow controller is proposed to deal with that problems. The controller will be operated in a miniature plant which consists of a water tank, water pump, a control valve, and a flow transmitter. Due to PLC limitation that cannot be programmed with common programming languages such as MATLAB, a personal computer (PC) is used to run the proposed neural network controller. The PC communicates with the PLC using OPC (OLE for Process Control) server, while the PLC reads the flow transmitter and also controls the control valve directly based on the result output of the neural network controller. In order to evaluate the performance of the proposed controller, several experiments have been conducted. The performance of the proposed controller has been compared with the conventional PID controller. It shows that neural network-based controller outperformed the conventional PID controller, in terms of maximum overshoot and steady-state error, where the neural network controller has maximum overshoot = 5.36% and steady-state error = 0.85%, while the PID controller has 11.3% for overshoot and 1.10 % for steady-state error.
Ethno botanical studies of Tatta Pani Valley, Kotli, Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Pakistan

A comprehensive ethno botanical survey was conducted in valley Tatta Pani, Kotli Azad Jammu and Kashmir, during 2015-2016. The area is floristically very rich with dense vegetation cover. Semistructured interviews and questionnaires were used to ethno botanical data from local inhabitants of Tatta Pani. A total number of 70 species belonging to 33 families were recorded. Of these 70 species 50 (71.42%) are medicinally important, followed by feed 25 (35.71%), fuel 17 (24.28%), marketing 15 (21.42%), timber wood 7 (10%), fencing/hedge 6 (8.57) and ornamental 5 (7.1%). The most frequently used plant part was leaf 48 (70%) followed by stem 39 (67.1%), fruit 23 (32.85%), seeds 17 (24.28%) and flower 7 (7.1%). Habit wise classification of the plant species of the study area revealed 27 (38.57%) trees followed by 26 (37.14%) herbaceous, 12 (17.14%) shrubs and 8 (11.42%) climbers. The community of the area depends on natural resources for firewood, feed, housing, timber and medicine due to lack of basic facilities. This is the first-ever exploration of the study area which will assist new researcher in future especially in the field of ecology and ethno botany.
The broad applicability of adoptive immunotherapy in cancer: optimization through host conditioning and target selection

Adoptive immunotherapy has demonstrated efficacy in a subset of clinical and preclinical studies, but the T cells used for therapy are often rapidly rendered nonfunctional in tumor-bearing hosts. Recent evidence indicates that prostate cancer can be susceptible to immunotherapy, but most studies using autochthonous mouse models of prostate cancer demonstrate only short-lived T cell responses in the tolerogenic prostate microenvironment. Here, we assessed the efficacy of low-dose whole body irradiation (WBI) to enhance the magnitude and duration of adoptively transferred CD8+ T cells in the transgenic adenocarcinoma of the mouse prostate (TRAMP) model. We demonstrate that WBI promoted high-level accumulation of granzyme B (GzB)expressing donor T cells both in the secondary lymphoid organs and the prostate of TRAMP mice. Donor T cells remained responsive to vaccination only in irradiated recipients, overcoming the initial hurdle of T cell tolerance. A single round of WBIenhanced adoptive immunotherapy failed to significantly impact existing disease, but addition of a second round of immunotherapy promoted regression of established disease in half of the treated mice, with no progressions observed. Regression was associated with long-term persistence of effector/memory phenotype CD8+ donor cells. Administration of the second round of adoptive immunotherapy also led to reacquisition of GzB production by persistent T cells from the first transfer. These results indicate that WBI conditioning amplifies tumor-specific T cells in the TRAMP prostate and lymphoid 74 tissue, and suggest that the initial treatment alters the highly tolerogenic microenvironment to increase anti-tumor activity by a second wave of donor cells.
Pruning Edge Research with Latency Shears

Edge computing has gained attention from both academia and industry by pursuing two significant challenges: 1) moving latency critical services closer to the users, 2) saving network bandwidth by aggregating large flows before sending them to the cloud. While the rationale appeared sound at its inception almost a decade ago, several current trends are impacting it. Clouds have spread geographically reducing end-user latency, mobile phones? computing capabilities are improving, and network bandwidth at the core keeps increasing. In this paper, we scrutinize edge computing, examining its outlook and future in the context of these trends. We perform extensive client-to-cloud measurements using RIPE Atlas, and show that latency reduction as motivation for edge is not as persuasive as once believed; for most applications the cloud is already 'close enough' for majority of the world's population. This implies that edge computing may only be applicable for certain application niches, as opposed to a general-purpose solution.
2‐Hydro­xy­aceto­phenone 3‐hydroxy‐2‐naphthoyl­hydrazone

The molecule of the title compound, C19H15N2O3, an aroyl­hydrazone, is almost planar. The C=O bond length of 1.219 (2) A suggests that the title compound is in the keto form. The C=N double bond has a length of 1.280 (2) A. The crystal structure is stabilized by N—H⋯O, O—H⋯O and O—H⋯N hydrogen bonds.
A novel humanized mouse model to study human antigen-specific cutaneous T cell responses in vivo

Human skin contains a significant number of T cells that support tissue homeostasis and provide protective immunity. T cell function in human skin is difficult to study due to a lack of adequate in vivo models. In this study we used immunodeficient NOD-scid IL2rγnull (NSG) mice that carried in vivo-generated engineered skin (ES) and received adoptively transferred human peripheral blood mononuclear cells. ES were generated from keratinocytes and fibroblasts only and initially contained no skin-resident immune cells. This reductionist system allowed us to study T cell recruitment and function in non-inflamed and non-infected human skin. We found that functional human T cells specifically infiltrated the human skin tissue and responded to microbial antigen in vivo. Importantly, T cell maintenance and function was supported by the microenvironment of human skin. We have thus generated a novel mouse model with broad utility in studies of human cutaneous antigen-specific T cell responses and the role of the skin microenvironment to skin immunity in vivo.
Caractérisation d'antiviraux contre divers Bunyaviridae, criblage, validation et étude du cap-snatching et les mécanismes d'initiation de la transcription du phlebovirus Toscana

Lors d’un crible d’une chimiotheque de ChemBridge (28 500 composes), nous avons identifie deux molecules (T10 et T13), chimiquement tres proches, capables d’inhiber la replication du phlebovirus Toscana (TOSV) (Phenuiviridae) dans des cellules de singe Vero E6. Une recherche d’analogues disponibles commercialement a permis d’identifier le (T101) capable d’inhiber divers virus appartenant a l’ordre des Bunyavirales, mais aussi des flavivirus et des alphavirus. Le large spectre d’activite du T101 suggerait une cible cellulaire que nous avons pu identifier avec son mecanisme d’action potentiel (confidentiel avant depot de brevet). En collaboration avec un groupe de chimistes de l’Institut de Virologie de Hambourg (Allemagne), nous avons synthetise et teste environ 300 analogues structuraux (2D et 3D) de ces molecules en vue d’optimiser l’activite antivirale par une etude SAR (relation structure-activite). Les meilleures molecules (index de selectivite CC50/IC50> 400) suivant les virus et l’origine de l’espece cellulaire (humaine, singe et souris), ont ete selectionnees pour des etudes de leurs proprietes de solubilite, d’absorption, et de stabilite metabolique (ADME-TOX). La molecule la plus active sur cellules murines sera testee lors d’infections experimentales de souris.En parallele, j’ai ecrit une revue sur la RdRp des Bunyavirales en decrivant sa structure, ses motifs et les differents mecanismes de synthese des ARN viraux. J’ai egalement fait une etude sur le mecanisme de vol de coiffe du TOSV. J’ai essaye de construire un systeme de genetique inverse pour TOSV. Enfin j’ai aussi participe a l’etude de l’evolution du CHIKV dans les cellules d’insectes et de mammiferes