Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Genetic Diversity of Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) Germplasm by SSR

Sixty-two polymorphic SSR primers were used to study the genetic relationships of 59 cucumber materials.Germplasm used in this study were divided into 7 groups by cluster analysis.Six European greenhouse ecotype materials with no spines were in the 1st group.Four American ecotype germplasm with small fruits belonged to the 2nd group.The Xishuangbanna cucumber D59 formed the 3th group.The genetic distance between D59 and other materials were more than 0.33. The white fruited accession D38 belonged to 4th group.The accession D13 and its male parent D39 which were the progenies of European greenhouse ecotype and North China ecotype were in the 5th group.The leaf color mutant D28 was the only accession in the 6th group.The 7th group were consisted of 33 North China type materials,7 South China type accessions and 4 Japanese type germplasm.Results obtained from the principal coordinate analysis were consistent with those from the cluster analysis,which were in according with the morphological taxonomy on cucumber.
The Feasibility of Student Worksheet based on Collaborative Creativity to Improve Students Creative Thinking Skill

This study aims to describe the feasibility of the student worksheet based on collaborative creativity to improve creative thinking skills on static fluid material in terms of validity, practicality, and effectiveness. This type of research is a type of development research by the ADDIE model with one group pre-test post-test experimental design method. The trial subjects were 107 students from class XI-MIPA 1, XI-MIPA 3, and XI-MIPA 4 in SMAN 1 Sumberrejo. The instruments used were validation instruments, observation instruments for the practicalities of the student worksheet, test instruments, and questionnaires to measure the student worksheet's effectiveness. The results showed that the validity of the student worksheet was included in the very valid category. In terms of the implementation of learning and student activities, the student worksheet practicality criteria are in the excellent category. The student worksheet's effectiveness criteria, based on test results, are in the medium category, and students' responses are very effective. Thus, the student worksheet that has been developed can improve creative thinking skills in learning the physics of static fluid material.
Biological control of diseases of solanaceous vegetable crops

Maximum losses in vegetables occur due to the attack of various pathogens like Pythium spp. , Fusarium spp. , Rhizoctonia solani, etc. The fungal and bacterial bioagents are useful in reducing the inoculum threshold of the pathogen there by reducing the disease incidence. Bio control agents can act as an alternative to pesticides in the management of various diseases. Bioagents can play the role of competition, parasitism, antibiosis and induce resistance. The effects of various bio control agent in the suppression of several plant diseases are well documented like Trichoderma sp. , Pseudomonas sp. , B. subtilis Paecilomyces spp. , and Entrobacter sp. have been found most effective in suppression of the diseases in potato, tomato, brinjal and chilli.
Research on the spectrum of free amino acid in serum and urine of patients with lung cancer

Objective To investigate the characteristic alterations of amino acid metabolism in the patients with lung cancer and provide theoretic evidence of the amino acid imbalance treatment to lung cancer.Methods The free amino acids in serum and urine was examined in 30patients′group and 30 normal controls with the Hitachi 835~50 amino acid analyzer and compared the datas. Results Compared with the normal controls, there is much more aromatic amino and cysteine, less branch amino, arginine and threonine in serum(P0.05); there is much more aromatic amino and lysine, less leucine in urine(P0.05). Conclusion The main part of the amino acid imbalance treatment to lung cancer is branch amino and arginine.
Influencia de las rocas calizas en la génesis de los suelos Ferralíticos Rojos de las llanuras cársicas de Cuba

Se realizó un estudio de las características químicas de la mineralogía primaria y secundaria del suelo y de la roca que los sustenta, encontrándose una relación estrecha entre la composición de los residuos de la roca y el suelo. Esto corrobora su formación a partir de las calizas, a través de la disolución de los carbonatos que aportan los residuos no carbonatados sobre los cuales actuó la pedogénesis bajo la influencia de ún clima húmedo y caliente.
Two-fluid gravitational instabilities in a galactic disk

On formule et on resout les equations hydrodynamiques decrivant un disque galactique azimutalement symetrique comme un systeme a deux fluides. Les etoiles et le gaz sont traites comme deux fluides isothermes differents de dispersions des vitesses differentes (C e >C g ) qui interagissent gravitationnellement. On resout les equations de perturbation linearisees par la methode des modes et on etudie la stabilite du disque galactique vis-a-vis de la croissance des instabilites gravitationnelles
Characterization, expression, and functional analysis of testis-specific serine/threonine kinase 1 (Tssk1) in the pen shell Atrina pectinata

Abstract Testis-specific serine/threonine kinase 1 (Tssk1) was named since its function was determined in mouse spermiogenesis. In our research, we cloned a homolog of the pen shell Atrina pectinata Tssk1, ApTssk1, and determined its expression characteristics at mRNA. The full length of ApTssk1 cDNA was 1517 bp, with an open reading frame of 1089 bp (58–1146), which encodes a peptide including 362 amino acids. The homologous analysis indicated that the deduced amino acid sequences of ApTssk1 shared a close identity with other reported Tssk1. In addition, the highly conserved fragment containing a serine/threonine protein kinase catalytic (S-TKc) domain was predicted to exist in ApTssk1. Results from the RT-qPCR display that ApTssk1 was only transcribed in the male gonad of A. pectinata, and was highest in the mature testis. Therefore, this study indicated that ApTssk1 might play a functional role during spermatogenesis in A. pectinata.
Lip-syncing Videos In The Wild

The widespread access to the Internet has led to a meteoric rise in audio-visual content consumption. Our content consumption habits have changed from listening to podcasts and radio broadcasts to watching videos on YouTube. We are now increasingly preferring the highly engaging nature of video calls over plain voice calls. Given this considerable shift in desire for audio-visual content, there has also been a surge in video content creation to cater to these consumption needs. In this fabric of video content creation, especially those containing people talking, lies the problem of making these videos accessible across language barriers. If we want to translate a deep learning lecture video in English to Hindi, it is not only that the speech should be translated but also the visual stream, specifically, the lip movements. Learning to lip-sync arbitrary videos to any desired target speech is a problem with several applications ranging from video translation, to readily creating new content that would otherwise require humongous efforts. However, speaker-independent lip synthesis for any voice, and language is a very challenging task. In this thesis, we tackle the problem of lip-syncing videos in the wild to any given target speech. We propose two new models in this space: one that significantly improves the generation quality and the other significantly improving on lip-sync accuracy. In the first model, LipGAN, we identify key issues that plague the current approaches for speakerindependent lip synthesis that prevent them from reaching the generation quality of speaker-specific models. Specifically, ours is the first model to generate face images that can be pasted back into the video frame. This feature is crucial for all the real-world applications where the face is just a small part of the entire content being displayed. We show that our improvements in quality lead to multiple real-world applications that have not been demonstrated in any of the previous lip-sync works. In the second model, Wav2Lip, we investigate why current models are inaccurate while lip-syncing arbitrary talking face videos. We hypothesize that the reason is weak penalization. This finding allows us to create a lip-sync model that can generate lip-synced videos for any identity and voice with remarkable accuracy and quality. We re-think the current evaluation framework for this task and propose multiple new benchmarks, two new metrics, and a Real world lip Sync Evaluation Dataset (ReSyncED). Also, using our model, we show applications on lip-syncing dubbed movies and animating real CGI movie clips to new speech. We also demonstrate a futuristic video call application that is useful for poor network connections. Finally, we present two major applications that our model can impact the most:
Characterization of the hydraulic performance of self-compensating emitters with water of different salt concentrations

The aim of the present study was to evaluate hydraulic characteristics such as manufacturing and flow variation coefficient, characteristic equation of self-compensating emitters and the variation between nominal flow and that obtained by the emitter equation using waters of different salt concentrations. The research was conducted in the greenhouse of the Academic Unit of the Agricultural Engineering, Federal University of Campina Grande-PB. Treatments consisted of five salinity levels in the irrigation water (ECwi) (0.6; 1.5; 2.5; 3.5 and 4.5 dS m-1 at 25 ° C) and four working pressures (60, 100, 140, and 160 kPa), with three replicates. The flow variations of emitters were considered small over time, being within recommendation of ± 7% of the nominal flow with “x” exponent values between 0.02 and 0.09, as recommended by the manufacturer, which was classified as self-compensating. The manufacturing and flow variation coefficients were considered excellent in all evaluations and the operating time did not influence the hydraulic performance of emitters. At pressure of 60 kPa and electric conductivity of 0.6 dS m-1, flow rates near values provided by the manufacturer and more economically viable to the farmer were obtained.
Comparative effect of bio pesticides and neem commercial products on rice yellow stem borer, Scirpophaga incertulas (Walker)

Management of Rice yellow stem borer Scirpophaga incertulas Walker using Bio-pesticides and neem commercial products in field conditions. The management of Rice yellow Stem borer Scirpophaga incertulas (Walker) was done using 8 different treatments and benefit cost ratios of all the treatments were calculated. Total two sprays were applied to protect the crop from Scirpophaga incertula susing randomized block design with three replications. The observations of Scirpophaga incertulas 24 hours before (Pre-treatment) and 3rd, 7th and 14th day after spraying (Post-treatment) were recorded for computing the per cent of pest reduction. The data were subjected to statistical analysis after appropriate transformation for interpretation. The treatment with recommended insecticide Spionosad 45%SC was of the most effective treatment followed with Imidacloprid 17.8%SL and Neem oil. The next best treatments were found to be Azadirachtin and Beauveria bassiana. Bacillus thuringiensis and lantana leaf extract were found to be least effective against Scirpophaga incertulas (Walker).
Life Table Parameters and Digestive Enzymatic Activity of Plodia interpunctella (Hübner) (Pyralidae) on Artificial Diet Containing Bran of Various Wheat Cultivars

ABSTRACT. The eggs and larvae of the Indian meal moth, Plodia interpunctella (Hübner), are widely used for mass rearing of parasitoids and predators. Life table parameters and digestive enzymatic activity (protease and α-amylase) of P. interpunctella were studied on bran of different wheat cultivars (‘Backcross Roshan’, ‘Khooshe Pishgam’, ‘Khoshki line 9’, ‘Arg’, ‘Alvand’, ‘Pishtaz’, ‘WS-89-2’, ‘Sepahan’ and ‘Bam’) when incorporated into artificial diets under laboratory conditions (25 ± 1°C, 65 ± 5% R.H., and a 16:8 h light-dark photoperiod). The net reproductive rate (R0) of P. interpunctella was highest on ‘Backcross Roshan’ (78.05±4.80 female/ female/generation) and lowest on ‘Pishtaz’ (21.82±0.96 female/female/generation). The intrinsic rate of increase (rm) ranged from 0.0520±0.0006 to 0.0836±0.0008 (day-1), which was lowest on ‘Pishtaz’ and highest on ‘Backcross Roshan’. The highest and lowest levels of proteolytic activity were recorded in the fifth instar larvae fed with ‘Backcross Roshan’ (1.19 ± 0.16 U mg-1) and ‘Bam’ (0.24 ± 0.08 U mg-1). Also, the highest level of amylolytic activity was recorded on ‘Alvand’, ‘Backcross Roshan’, ‘Arg’ and ‘Khoshki line 9’ (0.85 ± 0.02, 0.83 ± 0.09, 0.78 ± 0.05, 0.77 ± 0.04 mU mg-1, respectively) while the lowest activity was on ‘Sepahan’ and ‘Bam’ (0.36 ± 0.06 and 0.43 ± 0.06 mU mg-1, respectively). The results show that, among the different wheat cultivars tested, ‘Backcross Roshan’ was the most suitable cultivar for rearing P. interpunctella, as an alternative host, in order to optimize the mass production of natural enemies.
Genetic polymorphism of Mhc class Ii Drb exon2 gene in Salem black goats by Pcr-Rflp

The study was conducted to explore the polymorphism of CLA-DRB3 gene in Salem black goat by using PCR-RFLP technique. A region of exon 2 encompassing 285 bp fragment of DRB gene was amplified by polymerase chain reaction. The restriction digestion by BsaI revealed three genotypes AA (285 bp), AB (285/182/103 bp) and BB (182/103bp) with frequencies 0.930, 0.060 and 0.010, respectively and two alleles A and B with frequencies 0.96 and 0.04, respectively. The polymorphic information content (PIC) value and expected heterozygosity were 0.074 and 0.060, respectively which were low in both cases. The present study showed polymorphic nature of MHC Class II DRB exon2 Gene in Salem black goats at this locus and the frequencies of homozygote were greater than heterozygote.
Genetics of schizophrenia: Candidate genes and positional cloning analysis

OF THE DISSERTATION GENETICS OF SCHIZOPHRENIA: CANDIDATE GENES AND POSITIONAL CLONING ANALYSIS By Viatcheslav Saviouk, MD Dissertation Director: Linda M. Brzustowicz, MD Schizophrenia (SZ) is a multifactorial phenotype. Candidate gene approach and positional cloning are the primary methods for elucidating its etiology. We genotyped two TNF gene SNPs (-G308A, -G238A) and analyzed the haplotype structure in 24 Canadian families. Our results demonstrate that there is evidence for association (P=0.026) of a specific haplotype with SZ with a Trimhap test. Stratifying the 22 families with genome scan data by TNF promoter haplotypes followed by reanalysis of linkage to SZ, we identified few loci that exhibit a considerable increase in LOD/HLOD scores. A locus on chromosome 1q44 demonstrated a significant increase in LOD from 0.15 to 3.01. The synapsin 2 (Syn2) gene is implicated in synaptogenesis, neurotransmitter release, and the localization of nitric oxide synthase. 37 pedigrees of Northern European ancestry from the NIMH HGI collection were used in this study. Four microsatellites and twenty SNPs were genotyped. Linkage (FASTLINK) and association (TRANSMIT,
Molecular homogeneity of heat-stable enterotoxins produced by bovine enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli

Heat-stable enterotoxins (STs) from four strains of bovine enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli representing four serogroups were purified to homogeneity by utilizing previously published purification schemata. Biochemical characterization of the purified STs showed that they met the basic criteria for the heat-stable enterotoxins of E. coli. Amino acid analysis of the purified STs revealed that they were peptides of identical amino acid composition. This composition consisted of 18 residues of 10 different amino acids, 6 of which were cysteine. The amino acid composition of the four ST peptides was identical to that reported for the STs of human and porcine E. coli. In addition, complete sequence analysis of two of the ST peptides and partial sequencing of several others revealed strong homology to the sequences of STs from human and porcine E. coli and to the sequence predicted from the last 18 codons of the transposon Tn1681. There was also substantial homology to the sequence predicted from the ST-coding genetic element of human E. coli, which may indicate the existence of identical bioactive configuration among ST peptides of E. coli strains of various host origins. These data support the hypothesis that STs produced by human, bovine, and porcine E. coli are coded by a closely related genetic element which may have originated from a single, widely disseminated transposon.
Genetic transformation and functional characterization of Chimonanthus praecox SAMT gene in tobacco

In order to investigate the biological function of Chimonanthus praecox SAMT gene,CpSAMT was introduced into tobacco through Agrobacterium tumefaciens mediated transformation. Among 16 independent transgenic lines obtained,15 lines were positive,which was revealed by PCR and further confirmed by RT-PCR. Further analysis showed that transgenic plants were indistinguishable from untransformed controls in terms of plant size,leaf morphology,flower color,petal size and flowering time. In addition,HS-SPME-GC-MS was employed to analyse the components of flower flavor. We found that the content of benzyl alcohol,hexenol,linalool,caryophyllene and benzaldehyde in transgenic CpSAMT plants increased,while that of methyl salicylate and methyl benzoate was undetectable compared with non-transgenic controls.
Effect of different light sources on the performance of broiler chicken reared under deep litter system of management

A study was conducted to investigate the effect of different light sources on the performance of broiler chicken during MarchApril, 2017. One hundred and sixty day old broiler chicks were brooded in battery cages for a week and then distributed randomly into four light treatment groups viz., Natural light (T1) as Control, Incandescent (T2), CFL (T3) and LED (T4) groups having 40 chicks in each which were again subdivided into four replicates of 10 chicks each. The highest body weight was recorded in LED (2180.42±28.57g) and lowest in CFL (2128.33±25.89g) gropus. The results indicated that light sources had no significant effect on the weekly body weight and body weight gain. However, average feed intake was found to be significantly (P≤0.05) higher in Control (3730.65±36.45g) and INC (3762.80±40.36g) groups compared to CFL (3364.28±45.08g) and LED (3323.73± 67.10g). Similarly, the overall FCR was found to be significantly (P≤0.05) better in LED (1.63±0.04) and CFL (1.68±0.01) groups compared to INC (1.84±0.02) and Control (1.86±0.006) groups. The mortality and leg weakness was also not influenced by light sources.
Specificity of the relationship between the volume of physical activity and the physical condition of 18-19-year-old girls

The article presents the results of the analysis of indicators of physical development, the functional state of the cardiovascular and respiratory systems, the level of physical performance and morbidity, the volume of physical activity and body composition of girls aged 18-19 years during the 2017-2018 academic year. Altogether 185 girls (n=185), whose average age was 18.8 years were involved in the research. The aim of the study was to identify the specificity of the relationship between the volume of physical activity and physical condition indicators of the girls aged 18-19 years during the study in a higher educational institution. When comparing the obtained average results characterizing the morpho-functional state of the girls aged 18-19 years with age norms, it was found that body length, body weight, girth body size and skin-fat folds are within the age range. Individual indicators of the volume of physical activity in girls indicate a significant predomination of the inactive lifestyle and low level of motor activity. Girls spend more time on sedentary, basic, and low level of physical activity, 546.6, 536.3, and 328.2 minutes, respectively. We have found that most of inverse correlation relationships are observed between the volume of physical activity and indicators of the morpho-functional state: body weight (-0.452 at p <0.001), body mass index (0.443 at p <0.001), shoulder girth (0.581 at p <0.001), thigh girth (-0.525 at p <0.001), waist girth (-0.480 at p <0.001), pelvic girth (-0.412 at p <0.001), chest girth (-0.294 at p <0, 01), systolic blood pressure (-0.353 at p <0.001), heart rate at rest (-0.543 at p <0.001), Ruffier index (-0.394 at p <0.001).
Pathogenic properties of Escherichia coli strains isolated from diarrheic commercial rabbits

Thirty-two different strains of Escherichia coli isolated from diarrheic commercial rabbits showing intestinal attachment of bacilli were studied. None of the strains produced thermostable or thermolabile enterotoxins, and none was invasive. Strains isolated from suckling rabbits attached in vitro to the brush borders of intestinal villi, whereas strains from weanling rabbits did not. After experimental infection of 5-week-old rabbits, the 26 strains isolated from weaned diarrheic rabbits attached to the epithelium of ileum, cecum, and colon, whereas only slight attachment was found after infection with the six strains isolated from suckling diarrheic rabbits. The former strains induced diarrhea in 87% of the rabbits, whereas the latter induced diarrhea in only 9% of inoculated rabbits. E. coli isolated from healthy rabbits did not cause diarrhea. Strains isolated from diarrheic suckling rabbits all belonged to serotype O109:K-:H2, whereas strains from diarrheic weaned rabbits belonged to at least eight different serogroups. It is suggested that two different mechanisms of E. coli enteropathy might exist in rabbits.
Population dynamics and management of diamond back moth Plutella xylostella (L.) in cabbage ecosystem of West Bengal

An experiment was conducted in cabbage ecosystem of West Bengal in 2013-2014 and 2014-2015 to study the population fluctuation of diamond back moth (DBM) with abiotic factors along with efficacy of eight novel insecticides and bio-pesticides on DBM and subsequent effect on natural enemies. Results revealed that, DBM population had a positive correlation with temperature and sunshine hours and negative correlation to relative humidity and rainfall. Bio-efficacy studies showed that rynaxypyr was most effective in reducing larval population (96.41%) closely followed by flubendiamide (94.86%) and spinetorum (92.62%). Combination of novaluron and indoxacarb also provided good reduction of larval population (92.04%). Bio-pesticides Bacillus thuringiensis var kurstaki and Beauveria bassiana gave 55.82% and 32.24% reduction of DBM larvae respectively. All the imposed test molecules were found soft to prevailing natural enemies. Yield of cabbage was found to be highest in plots treated with rynaxypyr (550.50q/ha) followed by flubendiamide (535.65q/ha) and spinetorum (530.55q/ha).