Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
EFFECT OF DEFICIT IRRIGATION ON YIELD, RELATIVE LEAF WATER CONTENT, LEAF PROLINE ACCUMULATION AND CHLOROPHYLL STABILITY INDEX OF COTTON–MAIZE CROPPING SEQUENCE

SUMMARY Water stress induces some physiological changes in plants and has cumulative effects on crop growth and yield. Field experiments were conducted to study the effect of deficit irrigation (DI) on yield and some physiological parameters in cotton and maize in a sequential cropping system. Creation of soil moisture gradient is indispensable to explore the beneficial effects of partial root zone drying (PRD) irrigation and it could be possible only through alternate deficit irrigation (ADI) practice in paired row system of drip layout that is commonly practiced in India. In the present study, PRD and DI concepts (creation of soil moisture gradient) were implemented through ADI at two levels of irrigation using drip system. Maize was sown after cotton under no till condition without disturbing the raised bed and drip layout. Relative leaf water content (RLWC) and chlorophyll stability index (CSI) of cotton and maize were reduced under water stress. A higher level of leaf proline content was observed under severe water-stressed treatments in cotton and maize. RLWC and CSI were highest and leaf proline content was lowest in mild water deficit (ADI at 100% crop evapotranspiration once in three days) irrigation in cotton and maize. The same treatments registered higher values for crop yields, net income and benefit cost ratio for both the crops.
Waardenburg syndrome Type I with dental anomaly: Case report and literature review

Introduction: Waardenburg syndrome (WS) is a disorder of neural crest cell migration. WS was initially described as a genetic disorder with an autosomal dominant pattern of inheritance, associated with depigmentation abnormalities and sensorineural hearing loss. However, recently WS is known to be a clinically and genetically heterogeneous disorder with characteristic clinical features that include sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL), heterochromia iridis and pigmentary abnormalities of hair and skin (1). Case Report: A case of 16-year-old female showing the characteristic features of WS but no familial history of WS was reported. Conclusion: The presented features are characteristic features of Waardenburg syndrome with dental abnormalities associated with WS but with no familial history for WS proving the heterogeneity in the mode of inheritance and the clinical features of this syndrome. In this case an orthodontic treatment was planned for the patient as well as referring her for an ophthalmologist and hearing specialist.
Integrating Conservation and Financial Objectives on Private Rangelands in Northern Colorado: Rancher and Practitioner Perceptions

Abstract Payments for ecosystem services and other approaches seek to expand conservation outcomes from working ranches in rangeland systems. Making these strategies attractive to ranchers and effective in achieving conservation goals requires information that is largely lacking about the human dimensions of aligning conservation, agricultural, and financial objectives on working ranches. This exploratory study addressed this knowledge gap about perceived strategies, barriers, and opportunities by interviewing a purposive sample of 23 ranchers and natural resource practitioners (e.g., government agencies, conservation nonprofits) involved in a collaborative stakeholder group in Larimer County, Colorado. Interviewees' responses demonstrated a wide range of potential strategies for ranchers to adopt, yet their discussion of ranch-scale and regional concerns demonstrated the multiple interlinked ecological, financial, and social factors that pose challenges for mainstreaming opportunities. All interviewees expressed interest in developing a regional payment for ecosystem services program, seeing an opportunity to simultaneously support ranchers and improve conservation stewardship. However, substantial concerns were expressed regarding possible restrictions to the ranch operation, profitability, and other management and legal factors that would diminish attractiveness to ranchers. Our findings suggest that characteristics of our study system, including proximity to urban areas and the presence of a collaborative stakeholder group, contribute importantly to the opportunities and challenges perceived by interviewees. Furthermore, interviewees' responses highlighted how factors beyond the ranch-scale can affect the viability of ranch business strategies to achieve conservation and agricultural objectives. Future research with representative populations across rangeland systems in the American West and in contexts with and without collaborative groups will build constructively upon this exploratory study.
Characteristics of new breeding lines of triticale

The objective of this study was to develop new cultivars of triticale possessing high yield and quality which would be adaptable to ecological conditions of Marmara Region. For this purpose, seven selected lines from breeding programs conducted previously and one standard cultivar were used as plant entries of the research. Yield and yield components were taken up to determine the best lines to be candidate for future varieties. Field experiments were conducted on the Research Center of Agriculture Faculty, Uludag University, Bursa, during 2004 - 2005 and 2005 - 2006 growing seasons. A randomized complete block design with three replications was chosen for experimentation. ANOVA of two-year results indicated that differences among genotypes were significant for grain number/spike, grain weight/spike and hectoliter weight. Genotype x year interaction was found to be significant for grain number/spike, grain weight/spike and grain yield. There were no significant differences among genotypes in term of their grain yield. This means that the new lines produced grain yield at par with the standard cultivar used in this experiment. Yields of the genotypes ranged between 6512 and 7133 kg ha-1. As a result of correlation analysis, simple correlation coefficient analysis revealed that there had been positive and significant correlations of grain yield with the grain number/spike, grain weight/spike, plant height and hectoliter weight. Key words: New triticale genotypes, yield, yield components.
PARAMETERIZATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCES 
BY AUTOMATED CHARACTERISTIC DIAGRAMS FOR THE DECOUPLED FLUID AND STRUCTURAL-MECHANICAL SIMULATIONS

Thermo-elastic effects contribute the most to positioning errors in machine tools especially in operations where high precision machining is involved. When a machine tool is subjected to changes in environmental influences such as ambient air temperature, velocity or direction, then flow (CFD) simulations are necessary to effectively quantify the thermal behaviour between the machine tool surface and the surrounding air (fluid). Heat transfer coefficient (HTC) values effectively represent this solid-fluid heat transfer and it serves as the boundary data for thermo-elastic simulations. Thereby, deformation results can be obtained. This two-step simulation procedure involving fluid and thermo-structural simulations is highly complex and time-consuming. A suitable alternative for the above process can be obtained by introducing a clustering algorithm (CA) and characteristic diagrams (CDs) in the workflow. CDs are continuous maps of a set of input variables onto a single output variable, which are trained using data from a limited number of CFD simulations which is optimized using the clustering technique involving genetic algorithm (GA) and radial basis function (RBF) interpolation. The parameterized environmental influences are mapped directly onto corresponding HTC values in each CD. Thus, CDs serve as look-up tables which provide boundary data (HTC values along with nodal information) under several load cases (combinations of environmental influences) for thermo-elastic simulations. Ultimately, a decoupled fluid-structural simulation system is obtained where boundary (convection) data for thermo-mechanical simulations can be directly obtained from CDs and would no longer require fluid simulations to be carried out again. Thus, a novel approach for the correction of thermo-elastic deformations on a machine tool is obtained.
IMPACT OF LOW TEMPERATURES ON PINE PROCESSIONARY MOTH (tHaUmEtopoEa pitYoCampa) LARVAL SURVIVAL IN BULGARIA

Thaumetopoea pityocampa winter nests were collected in January 2011 and 2015 from six localities situated in different regions over pest’s range in Bulgaria. In each site, ten winter nests were randomly selected and the larval instar structure and their survival were determined. The ‘silk index’ of winter nests and the level of their building were assessed. Using data about average daily and minimal monthly temperatures from November (2010, 2014) to February (2011, 2015), the number of favourable days for T. pityocampa larval development was evaluated. A relationship between the climatic characteristics over the cold period of year and the larval instar structure, survival, adaptability expressed by the level of building winter nests and the time of nest leaving and moving of the larvae into the soil was found out.
Half a century of succession in a temperate oakwood: from species‐rich community to mesic forest

Aim Lowland woodlands in Europe went through dramatic changes in management in the past century. This article investigates the influence of two key factors, abandonment of coppicing and increased pressure of ungulates, in thermophilous oakwoods. We focused on three interconnected topics: (1) Has the assumed successional trend lead to impoverishment of the vegetation assemblages? (2) Has it resulted in vegetation homogenization? (3) Are the thermophilous oakwoods loosing their original character?
Continuous Electrocardiography (Holter) in Horses Submitted to Endurance Test of 4, 8 and 20km

Fifteen conditioned Mangalarga machador and Arabian purebred horses were used to verify continuous electrocardiography (Holter) variables, through different endurance tests. Animals were divided into three groups of five animals: G1, 4km endurance`s test with an average speed of 15km/h; G2, 8km endurance`s test with an average speed of 12km/h; G3, 20km endurance`s test and an average speed of 12km/h. Holter was implanted as standardized in previous studies. Samples were taken before the test (T0), half of the competition route (T1), at the end of the test (T2), beginning of the rest period (T3) and every five minutes throughout the resting time (T4, T5 and T6), which lasted 15 minutes. Data were considered significant if p<0.005. Results showed sinus tachycardia during physical activity and distances of 4km at 12 or 15km/h, as well as distances of 8km and 20km at 12km/h did not produce heart rate changes. In conclusion, the proposed activities were well tolerated in terms of heart rate and frequency in conditioned horses.
ASH 2009 meeting report—Top 10 clinically oriented abstracts in sickle cell disease

TG101348 is an oral JAK2-selective inhibitor with in vitro and in vivo activity against JAK2 V617F-driven myeloproliferation [1–4]. Fifty nine patients with primary myeloﬁbrosis (PMF) or post-polycythemia vera/essential thrombocythemia myeloﬁbrosis (PV/ET MF) were treated with TG101348 in a Phase I/II study
Studies of Herd Management Records II. Relation of Gestation Length to Birth Weight of Holstein Calves of both Sexes at Various Calvings

Summary A study of 755 normal gestations, 384 male births and 371 female, of Holstein calves in the University of Nebraska herd during the period 1897-1950 was made to determine the relationship between length of gestation and birth weights of calves, by sexes and successive calvings. Gestation length for each sex and for the successive calvings showed no significant trend. The average gestation length for males was 278.9 days and for females 278.4 days. The average birth weight for males was 96.7 lb. , and for females 90.3 lb. Analysis of variance showed that differences in birth weight due to sex, calving sequence, and gestation length were significant (P
Evolution of bone mineral density in patients treated with high-dose topical corticosteroids for a bullous pemphigoid

Introduction : High dose topical corticosteroids may have same systemic side effects as systemic corticosteroids. Bone side effects are poorly known with topical corticosteroids. We studied evolution of Bone Mineral Density (BMD) in patients with Bullous Pemphigoid (BP) treated with high dose of clobetasol propionate in a retrospective monocentric cohort. Material and Methods: BMD measurements and biological analysis were performed before and after topical corticosteroid treatment in patients with BP from January 2014 to June 2015. Tubes of clobetasol propionate were count every month. The objective was to describe changes in BMD and biological markers according to the dose of clobetasol propionate in patients with BP. Results: 29 patients had BP, 22 patients had at least one assessment, and 9 patients had two assessments. 6 patients had a BMD variation > 0.03 g/cm2. There was no correlation with dose of clobetasol propionate. There was no biological change before and after treatment. Limitations were missing data, small size of the sample, and number of patients excluded because high mortality of BP. Conclusion : these results suggest larger studies to analyse links between high dose of topical corticosteroids and osteoporosis in patients with BP.
Leveraging structure for learning representations of words, sentences and knowledge bases

This thesis presents work on learning representations of text and Knowledge Bases by taking into consideration their respective structures. The tasks for which the methods are developed and evaluated on are: Short-text classification, Word Sense Induction and Disambiguation, Knowledge Base Completion with linked text corpora, and large-scale Knowledge Base Question Answering. An introductory chapter states the aims and scope of the thesis, followed by a chapter on technical background and definitions. In chapter 3, the impact of dependency syntax on word representation learning in the context of short-text classification is investigated. A new definition of context in dependency graphs is proposed, which generalizes and extends previous definitions used in word representation learning. The resulting word and dependency feature embeddings are used together to represent dependency graph substructures in text classifiers. In chapter 4, a probabilistic latent variable model for Word Sense Induction and Disambiguation is presented. The model estimates sense clusters using pretrained continuous feature vectors of multiple context types: syntactic, local lexical and global lexical, while the number of sense clusters is determined by the Integrated Complete Likelihood criterion. A model for Knowledge Base Completion with linked text corpora is presented in chapter 5. The proposed model represents potential facts by merging subgraphs of the knowledge base with text through linked entities. The model learns to embed the merged graphs into a lower dimensional space and score the plausibility of the fact with a Multilayer Perceptron. Chapter 6 presents a system for Question Answering on Knowledge Bases. The system learns to decompose questions into entity and relation mentions and score their compatibility with queries on the knowledge base expressed as subgraphs. The model consists of several components trained jointly in order to match parts of the question with parts of a potential query by embedding their corresponding structures in lower dimensional spaces.
VOLATILITY IN STOCK RETURN SERIES OF VIETNAM STOCK MARKET

: This paper studies the features of the stock return volatility using GARCH models and the presence of structural breaks in return variance of VNIndex in the Vietnam stock market by using the iterated cumulative sums of squares (ICSS) algorithm. Using a long-span data, GARCH and GARCH in mean (GARCH-M) models seems to be effective in describing daily stock returns’ features. About structural breaks, when applying ICSS to standardized residuals filtered from GARCH (1, 1) model, the number of volatility shifts significantly decreases in comparison with the raw return series. Events corresponding to those breaks and altering the volatility pattern of stock return are found to be country-specific. Not any shifts are found during global crisis period. Further evidence also reveals that when sudden shifts are taken into account in the GARCH models, volatility persistence remarkably reduces and that the conditional variance of stock return is much affected by past trend of observed shocks and variance. Our results have important implications regarding advising investors on decisions concerning pricing equity, portfolio investment and management, hedging and forecasting. Moreover, it is also helpful for policy-makers in making and promulgating the financial policies.
Factors Affecting on Permanent Deformation of Orthodontic Arch wires (An In vitro Study)

ةصلاخلا :فادهلأا لىا ةساردلا فدته ىلع ةلثاملما ةيومفلا فورظلاو ةينمزلا تاترفلا نم لك يرثأت كلذكو يموقتلا كلاسأ نم ةفلتمخ عاونأ في ةيمئادلا تافارنحلاا لدعم سايق . بلصلا ذلاوفلاو مويناتيت لكينلا كلاسأ نم عاونأ في ةيمئادلا تافارنحلاا ةيمك :لمعلا قئارطو داوملا عاونأ ةسخم نم ةنيعلا نوكتت نم ضبانلا ذلاوفلا( يموقتلا كلاسأ عون مويناتيت لكينلا كلاسأ , فايللأا ددعتم ذلاوفلا , بلصلا ضبانلا ذلاوفلا , ةبلاصلا لياع nitinol و مويناتيت لكينلا ةنورلما لياع سايق نم ) ( 0.0.0 ) تاذ جنا قتلا تارصالحا في كلاسلأا تتبث. يرئادلا عطقلما اهيلإ فيضأو قلاغلإا مكمح يجاجز ءاعو في تعضو ثم ةصاخ بلاوق في ةتبثلما ةييمو ( 000 ) ا لولمح نم تريليلم ل باعل الحا في تانيعلا ظفح تمو يعانصلا ةرارح ةجردب ةظف 73 ةيزيليس ةجرد . و يمئادلأ فارنحلاا رادقم ةءارق تمو كلسلا حتف تمو بلاوقلا تذخأ ,ظفلحا ةدم ةيانه في ةطساوب مادختسا رهلمجا . جئاتنلا ىلع ةيئاصحلإا تايلمعلا تيرجأ ثم :جئاتنلا ةترف في بلصلا ضبانلا ذلاوفلا نأب ثحبلا جئاتن ترهظأ ( 02 ) ةميق ىلعأ ىطعأ موي يئاصحإ تعزوت عيمالمجا ةيقبو ةميق لقا ىطعأ ةدحاو ةعاس في ةنورلما لياع مويناتيت لكينلا كلس امنيب ةيمئادلا تافارنحلال ةميق لقا و ىلعأ ينبام ا :تاجاتنتسلاا . دادزتو بلصلا ذلاوفلا كلاسأب ةنراقلماب ةيمئاد تافارنحا لقا ةنورلما لياع مويناتيت لكينلا كلس رهظا في ةيمئادلا تافارنحلاا رادقم كلاسأ ةديدع في ةدلما تداز املك ةيومفلا فورظلا . ةلثاملما ABSTRACT Aims: To measure the amount of permanent deformation of different types of orthodontic arch wires and to study the effect of both time interval and simulated oral environment on amount of permanent deformation of different types of nickel titanium and stainless steel orthodontic arch wires. Materials and Methods: The sample consisted of five types of orthodontic arch wires (extra spring hard stainless steel , spring hard stainless steel, multi strand stainless steel ,nitinol nickel titanium and super elastic nickel titanium), 0.016 inch of round section were deflected into orthodontic brackets fitted in acrylic models put in a closely packed glass container and 200 ml artificial saliva added to them and the samples stored in incubator at 37 °C . At the end of incubation period, the acrylic block take and the wire deactivated and the amount of permanent deformation measured by using Stereo microscope. The results were subjected to the descriptive statistics and to the ANOVA and Duncan’s Multiple Range Analysis Tests to detect the changes among these groups. Results The findings of the present study showed that spring hard stainless steel wires at 28 days gave rise to the highest mean values of permanent deformation, while the super elastic wires at 1hr gave rise to the lowest one. The remaining groups distributed on statistical levels of significant difference (P ≤ 0.05) between the upper and lower levels. Conclusions: The super elastic nickel titanium wires exhibited better spring back characteristics and less permanent deformation than the stainless steel. Several wires increased deformation as deflection time increased in simulated oral environment. Key word: orthodontic wires ,permanent deformation.
Evolution of the Reproductive Mechanisms in Tardigrades — A Review

Abstract Although tardigrades can reproduce only through gametes they have exploited several modes of reproduction, which may be determined by their environment. Marine species (mainly heterotardigrades) are gonochoristic; hermaphroditism is only cited once, and parthenogenesis is unknown. In many cases females mature one egg at a time throughout adult life, whereas males are semelparous. Gonochorism is still present in limno-terrestrial species, while sporadic hermaphroditism occurs in several eutardigrade families. Thelytoky is the most common mode of reproduction in non-marine Tardigrada. Females are iteroparous, laying groups of eggs (free or in the exuvium), while males are semelparous (in a limnic species) or iteroparous with a continuous or cyclical maturation of the spermatozoa (in species from moss and leaf litter). Self-fertilisation appears to characterise hermaphroditic species, found in freshwater, mosses, leaf litter and soil. Egg maturation in these species is similar to that of the gonochoristic species, while spermatozoa mature in appreciable numbers before the oocytes, subsequently maturing continuously but in small numbers over the life of the animal. Parthenogenesis in limno-terrestrial tardigrades always appears continuous. In many species only females occur, but morpho-species populations may be found with both bisexual amphimictic (diploid) and unisexual thelytokous (often but not always polyploid) cytotypes. We can hypothesise that with the evolution of cryptobiosis and passive dispersal unstable and isolated habitats may favour parthenogenesis and self-fertilisation, as both reproductive modes allow colonisation of a new territory by a single individual. Parthenogenesis and hermaphroditism do not occur in the same species, and we can surmise that self-fertilisation will only evolve where parthenogenesis has never occurred.
Tissue Distribution and Renal Excretion of Ormetoprim after Intravascular and Oral Administration in the Channel Catfish (Ictalurus punctatus)

Ormetoprim is used to potentiate sulfadimethoxine in treating certain bacterial diseases of aquatic species. The tissue disposition and renal excretion of ormetoprim and metabolites were examined after intravascular and oral administration (4 mg∙kg−1) in channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus). Peak plasma level (0.66 μg∙mL−1) of 14C-ormetoprim occurred at 6 h after oral dosing. The oral bioavailability was estimated at 52%. Ormetoprim and metabolites were widely distributed in the tissues. The tissue concentrations were highest in the liver, trunk kidney, head kidney, and spleen. Clearance of the radiolabel from tissues was rapid. The muscle contained 49.3% of the intravascularly administered dose at 2 h; however, at 72 h, less than 1% of the dose remained in this tissue. 14C-Ormetoprim was more persistent in the skin than in the muscle. Ormetoprim was extensively metabolized in catfish. After intravascular administration, 21.1% of the dose of 14C-ormetoprim was eliminated in the urine in 48 h, predominant.