Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Sustainable land management and global development: Factors affecting land users' efforts to adopt and sustain the productive use of natural resources

With growing global awareness of the dangers of land degradation, the value of sustainable land management (SLM) has become increasingly obvious, particularly in developing and transition countries. A brief overview of the state of the world’s land resources – especially soils, water, flora, and fauna – draws attention to the need for improved land management. This article outlines the preconditions for adoption and on-the-ground implementation of sustainable land management, based on a review of research conducted within the framework of a major international programme. Adoption of sustainable land management practices by land users can only be positively influenced if land users’ agency is fully taken into account; this requires attention to five interrelated aspects: knowledge, aptitude, commitment, means of production, and legitimation. In addition, the article concludes, an urgent need remains for better data and information on the extent, dynamics, and impact of land degradation worldwide, and the effectiveness of technologies and approaches to address these problems. Moreover the article calls for research on the valuation of global environmental benefits achieved by sustainable land management measures.
System-Level Assessment of a C-RAN based on Generalized Space–Frequency Index Modulation for 5G New Radio and Beyond

Index modulation (IM) has been attracting considerable research efforts in recent years as it is considered a promising technology that can enhance spectral and energy efficiency and help cope with the rising demand of mobile traffic in future wireless networks. In this paper, we propose a cloud radio access network (C-RAN) suitable for fifth-generation (5G) and beyond systems, where the base stations (BSs) and access points (APs) transmit multidimensional IM symbols, which we refer to as precoding-aided transmitter-side generalized space–frequency IM (PT-GSFIM). The adopted PT-GSFIM approach is an alternative multiuser multiple-input multiple-output (MU-MIMO) scheme that avoids multiuser interference (MUI) while exploiting the inherent diversity in frequency-selective channels. To validate the potential gains of the proposed PT-GSFIM-based C-RAN, a thorough system-level assessment is presented for three different three-dimensional scenarios taken from standardized 5G New Radio (5G NR), using two different numerologies and frequency ranges. Throughput performance results indicate that the 28 GHz band in spite of its higher bandwidth and higher achieved throughput presents lower spectral efficiency (SE). The 3.5 GHz band having lower bandwidth and lower achieved throughput attains higher SE. Overall, the results indicate that a C-RAN based on the proposed PT-GSFIM scheme clearly outperforms both generalized spatial modulation (GSM) and conventional MU-MIMO, exploiting its additional inherent frequency diversity.
Influence of fisheries and shoreline management on limnological characteristics of three Missouri reservoirs

ABSTRACT Landscape-level analyses based on land cover, morphology, and hydrology account for most of the cross-system variation in pelagic nutrients and suspended solids in Missouri reservoirs. They are based on geometric means, which reduce the influence of extreme temporal variation measured in individual reservoirs. This analysis of 3 conservation reservoirs, managed to benefit recreational fisheries, details how internal processes can alter nutrients, chlorophyll, mineral turbidity, and transparency in long-term (21–42 year) datasets, which contribute to temporal variation. Management practices include the addition of grass carp and herbicides to control nuisance macrophytes and shoreline stabilization with rock and water willow. Among these reservoirs, there is strong evidence that macrophyte removal can increase pelagic nutrients by >90%, resulting in a switch to plankton-dominated conditions (alternative states). In one case, eradication of aquatic vegetation increased mineral turbidity by >60%, which was reversed by reestablishing macrophytes and stabilizing the shoreline. This temporal series supports the modifications of phytoplankton–nutrient relations by mineral turbidity shown in state-wide analyses. Collectively, the long-term data show a significant increase in cyanobacteria biovolume and cyanotoxins, with maximum microcystin concentrations increasing as much as 20 times. Actively flipping lakes to plankton-dominated systems via fisheries management and shoreline stabilization practices has negative impacts on overall water quality, with implications for human and wildlife health.
USING CORRELATION AND DETERMINATION NUMBER OF FACTORS TO STUDY THE RESPONSE OF MAIZE THREE-WAY CROSSES TO ELEVATED NITROGEN FERTILIZER RATE

Maize response to high nitrogenous fertilization rates is one of the means to know maximum productivity. Also genetic selection of maize hybrids is related to using high nitrogen levels, which require a strong N input to accomplish their yield potential. The present study aimed to investigate the response of maize three-way crosses to high nitrogen rates. The experiment was conducted at two locations, namely Gemmeiza and Mallawy, with split plot design in four replicates, during 2016 and 2017 seasons. At Gemmeiza the highest mean values of the number of rows/ear and grain yield fed -1 were 15.9 and 33.08 ard. / fed, respectively obtained by TWC353 hybrid when received 150 kg N/fed. Concerning Mallawy location, the highest mean values of the number of rows ear -1 and grain yield ardab fed -1 15.15 and 33.04, respectively obtained by TWC353 hybrid when received 135 and 150 kg N/fed. Highly significant and positive associations were obtained among grain yield fed -1 and each of plant height, ear height, ear length, and 100 kernel weight at Gemmeiza location. While at Mallawy location, grain yield had a positive and significant correlation with number of ears/plot ear length, kernels row -1 and 100 kernel weight. Factor analysis classified the nine studied traits, as grain yield components, into three main factors explained 69.26% of the total variability in the dependent structure. At Gemmeiza location, Factor 1 was responsible for 27.26% of the total variation and included plant height, ear height and grain yield. Factor 2 included number of ears/plot. ear diameter, number of rows per ear and 100 kernel weight and contributed 25.29% of the total variation. Ear length and kernels per row of the factor3 accounted for 16.71 % of the total variation. At Mallawy location, three factors explained 73.52 % of the total variability in the dependence structure. Factor 1 included three variables which accounted for 28.17% of the total variability. The three variables were plant height, ear height and 100 kernel weight. The three variables had high communality with factor 1. Factor 2 was made up of the number of ears per plot, ear length, kernels per row and grain yield. The sign of the loading values indicates the direction of the relationship between the factor and its related traits. It accounted for 24.76 % of the total variability in the dependence structure. Factor 3 was responsible for 20.584 % of the total variability in the dependence structure. It included the two traits ear diameter and number of rows/ear.
The impact of sowing date and nitrogen fertilization on Yield in four bread wheat cultivars

In the present work, we evaluated four bread wheat cultivars, three nitrogen (N) fertilization amounts, and two planting dates. The experiment was conducted at Almarashda Agricultural Research Station during the 2018-19 and 2019-20 growing seasons to determine the effect of two sowing dates (November 25th and December 25th) and three nitrogen fertilization rates (125, 100, and 75 kg N Fadden-1) on the phenology, grain yield, and grain component composition of four Egyptian bread wheat cultivars (Triticum aestivum, L), namely Sids 14, Shandaweel 1, Giza 171, and Gemm The research employed a split-split plot design with three duplicates. The results indicated that seeding late (25 December) considerably reduced all characters in both seasons when compared to the optimum sowing date (25 November), except for 100-grain weight, which remained the same. All attributes were improved as the N fertilization level was increased from 75 to 125 kg N Fadden-1. Sids 14 outperformed the other cultivars in practically all evaluated traits including grain yield.
Prkci Regulates Autophagy and Pancreatic Tumorigenesis in Mice

Simple Summary Pancreatic cancer is a highly fatal disease that does not respond well to current cancer therapies. We previously showed that protein kinase C iota (PKCι) is highly expressed in pancreatic cancer, and inhibition of PKCι signaling in human pancreatic cell lines blocks tumor growth. In this study, we used a genetic mouse model to investigate the role of PKCι in pancreatic cellular homeostasis and pancreatic tumorigenesis. We found that inhibition of PKCι expression in the mouse pancreas blocked autophagy, altered infiltration of immune cells, and prevented pancreatic cancer formation. Taken together, these findings reveal a promotive role for PKCι in pancreatic cancer development. Abstract Protein kinase C iota (PKCι) functions as a bonafide human oncogene in lung and ovarian cancer and is required for KrasG12D-mediated lung cancer initiation and progression. PKCι expression is required for pancreatic cancer cell growth and maintenance of the transformed phenotype; however, nothing is known about the role of PKCι in pancreas development or pancreatic tumorigenesis. In this study, we investigated the effect of pancreas-specific ablation of PKCι expression on pancreatic cellular homeostasis, susceptibility to pancreatitis, and KrasG12D-mediated pancreatic cancer development. Knockout of pancreatic Prkci significantly increased pancreatic immune cell infiltration, acinar cell DNA damage, and apoptosis, but reduced sensitivity to caerulein-induced pancreatitis. Prkci-ablated pancreatic acinar cells exhibited P62 aggregation and a loss of autophagic vesicles. Loss of pancreatic Prkci promoted KrasG12D-mediated pancreatic intraepithelial neoplasia formation but blocked progression to adenocarcinoma, consistent with disruption of autophagy. Our results reveal a novel promotive role for PKCι in pancreatic epithelial cell autophagy and pancreatic cancer progression.
ARE LAND TESTS A GOOD PREDICTOR OF SWIM START PERFORMANCE

The purpose of this study was to determine if there were any relationships between land tests and starting performance in swimmers. Results on six British international level male swimmers were collected and analysed independently to ensure no bias. Pearson correlations showed significant relationships between peak vertical forces on land with peak vertical forces on both the main plate and wedge components of the OSB11 style starting block. Correlations were also found with maximum depth and entry distance for both jump height and peak force indicating that land tests can be used as an alternative to instrumented blocks for accurate assessments of starting performance.
Large-eddy Simulation of a Wind-turbine Array subjected to Active Yaw Control

Abstract. This study validates the large-eddy simulation (LES) technique for the prediction of the flow through a wind turbine array subjected to active yaw control. The wind turbine array consists of three miniature wind turbines operated in both non-yawed and yawed configurations under full-wake and partial-wake conditions, for which wind tunnel flow measurements are available. The turbine-induced forces are parametrised by three different models: the standard actuator disk model (ADM-std), the blade element actuator disk model (ADM-BE), also referred to as the rotational actuator disk model (ADM-R), and the actuator line model (ALM). The time-averaged turbine power outputs and the profiles of the wake flow statistics (normalised streamwise mean velocity and streamwise turbulence intensity) obtained from the simulations using the ADM-std, the ADM-BE and the ALM are compared with experimental results. We find that simulations using the ADM-BE and ALM yield flow statistics that are in good agreement with the wind-tunnel measurements for all the studied configurations. In contrast, the results from LES with the ADM-std show discrepancies with the measurements under yawed and/or partial-wake conditions. These errors are due to the fact that the ADM-std assumes a uniform thrust force, thus failing to capture the inherently non-uniform distribution of the turbine-induced forces under partial wake conditions. In terms of power prediction, we find that LES using the ADM-BE yields better power prediction than the ADM-std and the ALM in both non-yawed and yawed conditions. As a result, we conclude that LES using the ADM-BE provides a good balance of accuracy and computational cost for simulations of the flow through wind farms subjected to AYC.
On the Hydroelastic Response of Box-Shaped Floating Structure with Shallow Draft

A pontoon type structure was recently highlighted since The Floating Structures Association of Japan proposed the new concept as the most beneficial one in 1994. The structure is supposed to be mat-like structure with length of 4 to 5 kilometers and depth (draft) of 5 (1) meters. The concept was further developed by The Technological Research Association of Mega-Float which was established in 1995. They constructed 300 meter long prototype structure to carry out at-sea test. The authors carried out tank tests to investigate hydroelastic response of the prototype structure using its scale model. The research was undertaken partly as joint work with T. R. A. of Mega-Float. The scale ratio of the model was decided as 1/30, with length of 9.75 meters, breadth of 1.95 meters and draft of 1.66 centimeters. The model was designed on the basis of the law of similitude and has elastically similar bending rigidity with 300 meter long prototype structure. A series of tank tests had been conducted focusing on the elastic response of the model in regular waves. The vertical motions have been detected through potentiometers and the bending moment through strain gages both distributed on the upper surface of the model. The analysis method based on 2-D structure and 2-D fluid modeling has been established in which the structure is approximated as a rectangular plate and the hydrodynamic characteristics is evaluated using the pressure distribution method based on the zero-draft Green function. The equation of motion, in which the interaction between structure and fluid is taken into account, is solved by the direct procedure instead of by modal analysis. The calculated results show quite satisfactory agreement with the experiment and the study has highlighted some remarkable characteristics concerning hydroelastic behavior.
Complete mitochondrial genome of the greater round-eared bat, Tonatia bidens (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) from Brazil and phylogenetic relationships within the family

Abstract The greater round-eared bat, Tonatia bidens, is a locally rare species belonging to the highly diverse family Phyllostomidae. In this study, the complete mitogenome of T. bidens was sequenced using optimized protocols of DNA extraction from fixed cells originally prepared for cytogenetic studies. Here we present the complete mitogenome and place our results in a phylogenetic context with other data generated for the family Phyllostomidae. The circular genome had 16,717 bp in size, comprising 37 genes and GC content of 42.24%. Furthermore, the phylogenetic tree indicated a well-supported relationship between the representatives of Tonatia into the subfamily Phyllostominae.
PRELIMINARY STUDY ON GERMINABLE WINTER WEED SEED BANK AT GIZA FARM RESEARCH STATION, AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER, EGYPT

Recently, weed seed bank studies became a milestone and a crucial component of weed management in agro-ecosystems in the world. Uptill now, there are a few studies about weed seed bank in Egypt. For this reason, establishing weed seed bank studies isneeded for weed management in Egypt.The present study was carried out during 2018 and 2019 winter seasons toevaluatethe magnitude of the non-dormant weed seed bank of winter annual weeds in five different basins at Giza Research Station.Weed seed germination was kept under observation for a period of six weeks andthe germinated seeds were counted weekly and removed after that.The results indicated that most of weed seeds were concentrated in the above 0-5cm layer followed by 5-10cm layer, and the lowest ones were found in 10-15cm layerfrom soil surface.Most of weed seeds were germinated in the 1 st and 2 nd weeks, and decreased gradually in the next weeks, where about 95% of weed seeds in soil profile were germinated in the first five weeks. The existed weed flora contained 18 species which differedin their densities from one basin to another.The highest number of germinated weed seeds were recorded in basin 20 (375.5 and 456.88 seedlings/kg of soil) in 1 st and 2 nd seasons, respectively, while the east number of germinated weed seeds was found in basins 19 and 6 (65.56 and 87.69 seedlings/kg of soil) in 1 st and 2 nd seasons, respectively. By using ANOVA statistical analysis experimental error decreased by taking 3-4 soil samples, to give adequate accuracy for soil seed bank determination than taking one soil sample.In conclusion weed seed bank determination in soil is a key for sustainable agriculture in Egypt. The present study throws the light on vertical or horizontal distributions in soil profile in seed bank as a good tool for improving weed management in cropping system in Egypt.
PRODUCTION OF MARSHMALLOW SWEETS FREE OF GOLDEN SYRUP USING SOME FRUITS AND VEGETABLES JUICES.

Marshmallow is a special product of chewing soufflé, processed on the basis of sugar and gelatin. It belongs to popular confectionery products. Marshmallow is one of the earliest confections known to humanity. Currently, the world is moving towards maximizing their natural sources, which are used in food processing, with avoiding addition of artificial colors or flavors. Sugar, glucose syrup and gelatin are the main components of marshmallow sweets. Gelatin is useful for joints and articular ligaments of bones. It is clear that, sugar and glucose syrup are one of the main factors for obesity, diabetes and most of other diseases. This research, tended to solve this problem by producing marshmallow (candy) without glucose syrup and reducing the amount of sugar. Resorted juices of some fruits and vegetables, such as strawberry, persimmon, wholly prickly pear, carrots and pumpkin were used as alternative colors and flavor compared to the commercial marshmallow (control) and the blank sample (with glucose syrup), as a novel marshmallow candy product. The obtained results indicated that, wholly prickly pear marshmallow sample had superior value of antioxidative activity (60.41%). Wholly prickly pear sample was the lowest (39.27%) total sugar. Wholly prickly pear, carrot and pumpkin were characterized by most of the mineral contents, except Selenium mineral content which was (0.0 ppm). The water activity (aw) in general, indicated that, there are no significant differences at p 0.05. , before or after storage period. Reconstitution ratio values after 6 hrs. , for some samples were the best compared to (control and blank). The consumers preferred the classical marshmallow with golden syrup (blank), strawberries, and pumpkin as well. Wholly prickly pear enriched marshmallow compared to control sample Therefore, we recommend to make marshmallows from natural sources and free of glucose syrup with a little sugar, to reduce the processing cost and keep the children health as well as the adults. It can provide a final product with natural and healthy ingredients.
Future Care Planning of Korean Migrant Parents for Individuals Living With Disabilities in New Zealand: A Cultural Consideration

ABSTRACT For parents providing care for people living with disabilities, future care provision is an inevitable concern. Migrant parents are often faced with “dual challenges”, not only as parents of an individual living with disabilities but also as migrants, creating immediate or additional barriers to their engagement in the planning process. This study explores the impact of cultural differences and how they shape the future care plans of Korean migrant parents providing care for individuals living with disabilities. Applying a qualitative approach, this study conducted semistructured interviews with Korean migrant parents in New Zealand (n=8) and professionals working with them (n=10). The collected data were analysed using the content analysis method. The findings revealed a strong emphasis on familism and cultural barriers experienced by migrant families that negatively affect the planning process. For future care planning to take its place as a conventional care phase, some political and practical recommendations are presented. IMPLICATIONS Future care provision planning is a pervasive concern for parents providing care for individuals living with disabilities; thus, it must take its place as a conventional phase of care. The impact of cultural differences and the values attached need to be taken into consideration in policy making and social work practice to elevate the level of involvement in the future care planning process among migrant families.
A Developed ESPRIT Algorithm for DOA Estimation

Abstract A novel algorithm for estimating direction of arrival (DOAE) for target, which aspires to contribute to increase the estimation process accuracy and decrease the calculation costs, has been carried out. It has introduced time and space multiresolution in Estimation of Signal Parameter via Rotation Invariance Techniques (ESPRIT) method (TS-ESPRIT) to realize subspace approach that decreases errors caused by the model’s nonlinearity effect. The efficacy of the proposed algorithm is verified by using Monte Carlo simulation, the DOAE accuracy has evaluated by closed-form Cramér–Rao bound (CRB) which reveals that the proposed algorithm’s estimated results are better than those of the normal ESPRIT methods leading to the estimator performance enhancement.
Are carry, momentum and value still there in currencies?

We show that carry, momentum and value predictability in currencies is associated with mispricing. Specifically, investment performance disappears subsequent to published evidence showing portfolio returns are not fully explained by risk. Replicating these studies, we show that the average out-of-sample Sharpe ratio decreases from + 0.39 to (cid:0) 0.32. Cross sectional tests show that currencies no longer respond to interest rate and real exchange rate differentials. During this period currency excess returns do not exhibit autocorrelation. Our results are consistent with investors learning about mispricing from academic research.