Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Estimates of genetic parameters of wood traits for sawn timber production in Euca/yptus grandis

In this study, the breeding perspectives of 41 open-pollinated progenies of Euca/yptus grandis were evaluated based on their wood traits. The progenies were distributed in two experiments in a randomized complete block design, with three replicates and linear plots containing six plants each. The traits were assessed at eight years of age. Two trees from each plot were selected for this assessment based on better growth, stem form and phytosanity. Significant differences in basic density, sapwood/heartwood ratio, bowing, specific gravity, parallel compression and static bending were detected among the proqenies. These traits were potentially promising for breeding programs, with heritability coefficients that varied from 0,34 to 0,61 on a progeny mean basis. There was no genetic variation in the moisture content, board end-splitting, log volume under the bark, log eccentricity, bark content, crooking, and shear strength of the proqenies, Intermediate to highly significant genetic correlations were detected among the physical and mechanical properties, as well as between pairs of traits such as basic density and log end-splitting, basic density and bowing, specific gravity and bowing, sapwood/heartwood ratio and bowing, log volume and bowing, and 109 volume and log end-splitting. These results show that the levels of growth stress in trees can be reduced by selection using indirect traits such as the sapwood/heartwood ratio and bowing.
Draft of “The Strength of Network Ties: Cognitive Centrality and Team Interaction.”

The purpose of the study was to analyze networked expertise, i.e., expertise that arises from social interaction, knowledge sharing, and collective learning within a community of professionals. We examined patterns of knowledge sharing and distribution within and between teams of 120 workers at a Finnish telecommunication company by applying social network analysis and interviewing key actors. Networking practices between the participants were studied by examining to what extent persons provided pieces of advice and new information to each other or engaged in informal interaction or mutual collaboration. The perspective is enriched by interviews that are focused on key actors, e.g., frequently asked team members traced by social network techniques. The results of the study indicated that the teams varied in terms of cognitive centrality (e.g., producing high versus low amount of knowledge for the other teams) and density of internal interaction (loosely coupled versus intensively interacting teams). The interviews of team leaders and key actors provided rich descriptions of collective learning and, simultaneously, indicated that there was a close association between networking practices of a team and the way the team members themselves understood their team's mission. Both strong and mutual links and a great number of (weak) exchange ties among the professionals indicate their complementary strengths as mediating knowledge in an organizational context.
Enhancing Neural Architecture Search with Speciation and Inter-Epoch Crossover

—As deep learning continues to expand into new areas of application, the demand for efﬁcient use of our HPC resources increase. For new problem domains, new model architectures are developed through a neural architecture search (NAS), which consist of iteratively training many neural networks. To combat the computational waste and maximize compute efﬁciency for NAS, we demonstrate that the use of genetic algorithms with speciation can be used to both shorten training time and increase accuracy at each iteration.
DNA content and genome composition of diploid and triploid water frogs belonging to the Rana esculenta complex (Amphibia, Anura)

The Central European water frog Rana esculenta L. , 1758 is a natural hybrid between Rana lessonae Camerano, 1882 (LL) and Rana ridibunda Pallas, 1771 (RR). Hybrids are usually diploid (RL) or triploid (LLR or RRL). Distinguishing LL from RL, RR from RL, and LLR from RRL according to external morphology is ambiguous. In this study we checked whether the DNA content in erythrocyte nuclei measured by image cytometry is useful in determination of the taxonomic status of diploids (LL, RR, and RL) and the genome composition of triploids (LLR and RRL). For exact and direct identification of parental species, as well as for determination of genome composition in hybrids, we applied actinomycin D – 4',6-diamidino-2-phenylindole chromosome staining to metaphase plates. We analyzed 43 LL, 12 RR, and 32 RL diploids, and 37 LLR and 19 RRL triploids. All diploid hybrids had 2n = 26 chromosomes, and all triploid hybrids had 3n = 39 chromosomes. Neither aneuploid nor mosaic hybrids were detected. The expected numbers of .
The Role of Aquaporins in Water Balance in Cheilanthes lanosa (Adiantaceae) Gametophytes

Abstract Aquaporins are transmembrane proteins that move water specifically and bidirectionally in response to internal cell signaling. With aquaporins, plant cells can control how, where, and when water moves across membranes. Thus, plants are in strong control of their environmental responses. Therefore, it seems likely that aquaporins would have a key role in water balance in xerophytic ferns, particularly in the gametophyte stage. To investigate the role of aquaporins in desiccation avoidance in xerophytic ferns gametophytes, Cheilanthes lanosa gametophytes were poisoned with micromolar mercury solutions, which block aquaporin channels, exposed to several osmolytes, and quantified the efflux of water from the cells was quantified. Results strongly suggest that aquaporins may very well play a role in water balance, but also pose some questions concerning the ability of the protonemal stage to fully manage water flow.
Mocktails: Capturing the Memory Behaviour of Proprietary Mobile Architectures

Computation demands on mobile and edge devices are increasing dramatically. Mobile devices, such as smart phones, incorporate a large number of dedicated accelerators and fixedfunction hardware blocks to deliver the required performance and power efficiency. Due to the heterogeneous nature of these devices, they feature vastly larger design spaces than traditional systems featuring only a CPU. Currently, academia struggles to fully evaluate such heterogeneous systems on chip due to the limited access and availability of proprietary workloads. To address these challenges, we propose Mocktails: a methodology to synthetically recreate the varying spatio-temporal memory access behaviour of proprietary heterogeneous compute devices. We focus on capturing the interspersed address streams of the workload and the burstiness of the injection process for proprietary compute devices commonly found in mobile systems. We evaluate Mocktails in simulation with proprietary memory traces of IP blocks. Mocktails accurately recreates the dynamic behaviour of memory access scheduling for memory controller metrics including read row hits (at most 7.3% error) and write row hits (at most 2.8% error). Architects can use Mocktails in their simulations as a substitute for a proprietary compute device, making the tool a useful conduit between industry and academia.
Status of the Yaqui Catfish (Ictalurus pricei) in the United States and Northwestern Mexico

Abstract To appraise conservation status of the Yaqui catfish Ictalurus pricei, we reviewed literature and unpublished records on a captive stock, examined voucher specimens at museums, re-sampled historical localities in the Yaqui, Mayo, and Fuerte river basins, and we surveyed rivers further south. A total of 72 specimens of native Ictalurus was collected in the Yaqui, Fuerte, Sinaloa, Culiacán, and San Lorenzo river basins. No native Ictalurus was collected in the Mayo Basin. Distribution of the Yaqui catfish appears restricted to the Yaqui, Mayo and Fuerte river basins, all of which now harbor nonnative blue (I. furcatus) and channel (I. punctatus) catfishes. The nonnative black bullhead (Ameiurus melas) is now known from the Yaqui Basin and the flathead catfish (Pylodictis olivaris) has been recorded anecdotally in the Yaqui Basin. Threats to the Yaqui catfish have increased in recent years and hybridization with the channel catfish now appears widespread. We conclude that the Yaqui catfish should be considered endangered throughout its range and that status of native populations of Ictalurus in the United States and Mexico should be reviewed and management intensified.
HYBRID E-GOVERNMENT FRAMEWORK BASED ON CLOUD COMPUTING AND SERVICE ORIENTED ARCHITECTURE

The increase use of E-Government is a challenge goal for many governments. Through E-Government, an interactive service can be provided to the citizens and businesses. Due to citizens consciousness of internet, E-Government allows citizens to entrance governmental services, information and participate in governmental decision-making process. However, many challenges may prohibit the success of E-Government that may lead to the failure of e-government. Most important of these challenges include shrinking of budgets, increasing of the demand for services, unqualifying of the human resources and changes of scalability demands . Cloud Computing offers more choices to help in implementing and improving E-Government and creating new business and jobs opportunities. Nowadays Cloud Computing and Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) are becoming ubiquitous, the main goal of this research is to propose a Cloud Oriented E-Government Architecture based on Cloud Computing and Service Oriented Architecture that enables citizens to obtain governmental services easily and efficiently regardless the time and geographical barriers. To verify the proposed framework and study the successful implementations, CloudSim simulator was used. The results show that the proposed framework is a powerful framework for E-Governments that provides reusability and discovery of government services and provides solutions to some cloud computing issues.
SIFT FEATURE EXTRACTION COMBINING FACE AND FINGER KNUCKLE RECOGNITION PROCESS

This paper addresses the novel way for biometric image identification using scale invariant feature transforms. We have split the authentication process into two phases starting with face detection using distance comparison measures followed by finger knuckle recognition phase. The data base chosen for this work uses the combination of face and figure knuckle of a same person with the data size of about 100 users. The SIFT features makes the similarity analysis of face and finger knuckle combined together to authenticate a person. The key point detector of SIFT combines the detector of face and finger knuckle and make fixed detector points in the training image data sets. The different Gaussian filters are applied on the various key point detectors with difference in scales.
Effect of Osmotic Dehydration on Microwave Freeze-Drying Characteristics and Quality of Potato Chips

In this study, the effects of osmotic pretreatment on microwave freeze-drying (MFD) characteristics and quality of potato chips were studied. Potato slices were pretreated by immersion in salt solution (5, 10, 15% w/w) or sucrose solution (30, 40, 50% w/w) at 20°C for 6 h prior to MFD. Results showed that osmotic pretreatment significantly improved the MFD drying rate compared with MFD of fresh samples under the same operating conditions. However, there is an optimal level of osmotic dehydration beyond which it has an adverse effect on product quality. Osmotic pretreatment with salt concentration below 5% and/or sucrose concentration below 30% prior to MFD drying resulted in dried products of good quality with shorter total drying times relative to MFD of untreated samples.
DATA VISUALIZATION: TOWARD VISUALIZATION AWARENESS IN OVERLAPPED DOTS MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES

Today, lead business, government and academic leader used data visualization to make better decision for the specific problem. Data visualization is used to visualize and analyze complex data in various fields of knowledge. However, in dot-plot based visualization, over plot or overlap dot occur when visualizing huge data. The overlapped dots, is a scenario where dots are plotted on top of each other. When this occurs, they create convoluted and confusing visual and data presented are not accurate. There are various techniques to manage overlapped dots. However, the discussion is on the individual technique and grouping them into their similarities is rarely discussed. Moreover, the discussion hardly focuses on the impact of such techniques to visualization awareness. The awareness is where users are aware that the original data have gone through some pre-processed stage thus, what appears on the visual form is the distorted version of the data. Thus, in order to reduce the gap, two objectives have been set. The first objective is to identify the similarity among the techniques through their behaviors. The second objective is to analyze the impact of such behaviors to visualization awareness. To achieve the objectives, fifteen commonly dot overlapped management techniques have been identified and their behaviors are analyzed. The behaviors are then grouped into six main behaviors. Finally, ten impacts of the behaviors to visualization awareness have been identified. Such awareness is important as part of the input during pattern extracting stage.
A novel miR-1291-ERRα-CPT1C axis modulates tumor cell proliferation, metabolism and tumorigenesis

Rationale: MicroRNAs are known to influence the development of a variety of cancers. Previous studies revealed that miR-1291 has antiproliferative functions in cancer cells. Carnitine palmitoyltransferase 1C (CPT1C) has a vital role in mitochondrial energy metabolism and modulation of cancer cell proliferation. Since both miR-1291 and CPT1C regulate tumor cell metabolism and cancer progression, we hypothesized that they might be regulated synergistically. Methods: A series of cell phenotype indicators, such as BrdU, colony formation, cell cycle, ATP production, ROS accumulation and cell ability to resist metabolic stress, were performed to clarify the effects of miR-1291 and ERRα expression on tumor cell proliferation and metabolism. A xenograft tumor model was used to evaluate cell tumorigenesis. Meta-analysis and bioinformatic prediction were applied in the search for the bridge-link between miR-1291 and CPT1C. RT-qPCR, western-blot and IHC analysis were used for the detection of mRNA and protein expression. Luciferase assays and ChIP assays were conducted for in-depth mechanism studies. Results: The expression of miR-1291 inhibited growth and tumorigenesis as a result of modulation of metabolism. CPT1C expression was indirectly and negatively correlated with miR-1291 levels. ESRRA was identified as a prominent differentially expressed gene in both breast and pancreatic cancer samples, and estrogen-related receptor α (ERRα) was found to link miR-1291 and CPT1C. MiR-1291 targeted ERRα and CPT1C was identified as a newly described ERRα target gene. Moreover, ERRα was found to influence cancer cell metabolism and proliferation, consistent with the cellular changes caused by miR-1291. Conclusion: This study demonstrated the existence and mechanism of action of a novel miR-1291-ERRα-CPT1C cancer metabolism axis that may provide new insights and strategies for the development of miRNA-based therapies for malignant cancers.
Serious Gaming of Logistics Management in Pediatric Emergency Medicine

International Journal of Serious Games Volume 7, Issue 1, March 2020 Volume 7, Issue 1, March 2020 ISSN: 2384-8766 http://dx.doi. org/10.17083/ijsg.v7i1. 334 http://dx.doi. org/10.17083/ijsg.v7i1. 334 Serious Gaming of Logistics Management in Pediatric Emergency Medicine Cevin Zhang, Karin Pukk Härenstam, Sebastiaan Meijer, Adam Darwich 1 Division of Logistics and Health informatics, Department of Biomedical Engineering and Health Systems, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden (Hälsovägen 11C, Huddinge 14156, Sweden) {chenzh, darwich}@kth.se 2 Pediatric Emergency Department, Karolinska University Hospital, Sweden, karin.pukk@ki.se 3 Department of Biomedical Engineering and Health Systems, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden, smeijer@kth.se Abstract
Chlorophyll Detection and Mapping of Shallow Water Impoundments Using Image Spectrometry

There exists a common perception that chlorophyll a concentrations in tidal coastal waters are unsuitable to be captured by remote sensing techniques because of high water turbidity. In this study, we use band index measurements to separate active chlorophyll pigments from other constituents in the water. Published single- and multiband spectral indices are used to establish a relationship between algal chlorophyll concentration and reflectance data. We find an index which is suitable to map chlorophyll gradients in the impoundments, ditches, and associated waterways of the Hackensack Meadowlands (NJ, USA). The resulting images clearly depict the spatial distribution of plant pigments and their relationship with the biological conditions of the waters in the estuary. Since these biological conditions are often determined by land usage, the methods in this paper provide a simple tool to address water quality management issues in fragmented urban estuaries.
VICTIM LOCALIZATION USING DARWINIAN IMPERIALIST COMPETITIVE ALGORITHM

Grid search for the victim in unknown environments using a swarm of robots tend to be not practical. Many research has been done using evolutionary algorithms for victim localization. The search problem is modelled as an optimization problem. The convergence to the optimal solution is one of the key factors in such a problem. Due to the harsh and unpredictable nature of the environment, cooperative navigation and victim identification in these environments are incredibly challenging to achieve. The obstacle avoidance, collision of robots and intra communication between them are still needed to assist the victim localization process in unpredictable situations. In this study, the Robotics Darwinian Imperialist Competitive Algorithm (RDICA) algorithm has been used for victim localization, to avoid a local optima problem, the exploration facility using do-revolution feature has been used. According to multiple experiments that conducted under different scenarios, distinctive results have been revealed. The average of crashed robots significantly reduced. Moreover, a 7.3 and 6.93% achieved improvement over the well-known state of the arts DPSO and RDPSO algorithms respectively while preserving the comparable number of iterations adequate to gain these results.
FOREST CHANGES DUE TO HUMAN ACTIVITIES IN THE NATIONAL PARK "FRUŠKA GORA" (SERBIA) - ECOLOGICAL AND ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Forest ecosystems are the source of multiple goods and services to humans, the provision of which is deemed to be conditioned by biodiversity. If so, the value of biodiversity has to become apparent to society and, especially, decision makers. The aim of this study was to demonstrate this value. Biodiversity changes were investigated along different stages of forest disturbance in the National Park "Fruska Gora". Both quantitative (structural diversity, species diversity) and qualitative aspects (functional traits of species) have been observed. Parallel analysis of the provision level of certain forest products, resulting from the given forest state, was performed and monetarily expressed. The results indicate that biodiversity lowers with higher disturbance. Moreover, benefits accrue with higher biodiversity. The approach also proved useful in estimating the ecosystem’s ability to maintain its functionality; however, further exploration of these links will be needed. This is necessary in future work if biodiversity conservation incentives are to be created.
FABP5 promotes lymph node metastasis in cervical cancer by reprogramming fatty acid metabolism

Patients with cervical cancer (CCa) with lymph node metastasis (LNM) have an extremely poor prognosis. Elucidation of the molecular mechanisms underlying LNM may provide clinical therapeutic strategies for CCa. Upregulation of fatty acid-binding protein 5 (FABP5) expression in CCa tumours was demonstrated to positively correlate with LNM. However, the precise role and mechanisms of FABP5 in the LNM of CCa remain unknown. Methods: The diagnostic value of FABP5 as a predictor of LNM in CCa was evaluated in CCa tumour samples. The functional role of FABP5 and its upstream and downstream regulatory factors were investigated by gain-of-function and loss-of-function assays in vitro and in vivo. A mouse model of LNM was used to determine the effect of FABP5 on LNM and the therapeutic value of FABP5 targeting. Results: We demonstrated that FABP5 was markedly upregulated in CCa with LNM and correlated with poor prognosis. FABP5 protein was an independent predictor of LNM in a multivariate logistic analysis. Furthermore, FABP5 promoted epithelial-mesenchymal transition, lymphangiogenesis, and LNM by reprogramming fatty acid (FA) metabolism. Mechanistically, FABP5 promoted lipolysis and FA synthesis, which led to an increase in intracellular fatty acids (FAs) that activated NF-κB signalling, thus inducing LNM. Importantly, administration of orlistat, which attenuates FA metabolism reprogramming, inhibited FABP5-induced LNM in CCa. The pro-metastatic effect of FABP5 was reduced by miR-144-3p. Moreover, miR-144-3p was significantly downregulated and FABP5 was upregulated in CCa in a hypoxic microenvironment. Conclusion: Our findings highlight a FA metabolism-dependent mechanism of FABP5-induced LNM. Moreover, the expression and biological function of FABP5 can be regulated by miR-144-3p in hypoxia. Our study identifies FABP5 as a potential diagnostic biomarker and therapeutic target for LNM in CCa.
Lipid class and fatty acid composition of copepods (Calanus finmarchicus, C. glacialis, Pseudocalanus sp., Tisbe furcata and Nitokra lacustris) fed various combinations of autotrophic and heterotrophic protists

Tisbe furcata, Nitokra lacustris, Calanus finmarchicus and Calanus glacialis were reared for several months in the laboratory prior to feeding selected diets. Copepods were fed Isochrysis galbana, Tetraselmis sp. , Dunaliella tertiolecta, Thalassiosira pseudonana, Rhodomonas sp. , Rhodomonas lens and Oxyrrhis marina individually or in combination. Oxyrrhis marina itself was fed up to four of the algae species. The lipid class and fatty acid composition of the copepods was determined and compared with each other, the diets and with wild C. finmarchicus, C. glacialis and Pseudocalanus sp. Cultured O. marina, T. furcata and N. lacustris had greater proportions of essential 22:6v3 or 20:5v3 acids than in their diets suggesting nutritional enrichment through synthesis or preferential retention. Lower proportions of 18:3v3 than in their diets fed individually or in combination suggests desaturation and elongation of 18:3v3. Stable isotope analysis of the heterotroph samples and their dietary sources revealed similar values for 18:3v3 in each dietary pair and different ones for 22:6v3 and 20:5v3 supporting derivation from precursors rather than trophic magnification. Principal components analysis of copepods and their diets showed cultured Calanus spp. to have the most similar fatty acid composition to their diet indicating little modification or sequestration of polyunsaturated fatty acids.