Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Phylogeny and Ecology of Mycotrophic Achlorophyllous Angiosperms

Achlorophyllous genera of angiosperms, such as Galeola (Orchidaceae), Leiphaimos (Gentianaceae), and Monotropa (Pyrolaceae), have evolved highly specialized, mycotrophic root systems, along with chlorosis and complex floral morphologies. Productivity rates of most such plants cannot be satisfactorily explained by the saprophytic niche which is often assumed as theirs but is inadequately nutritious. Rather, they parasitize their mycorrhizal fungi. When a mycorrhizal fungus is shared by roots of an achlorophyllous angiosperm an those of a photosynthesizing plant, the former can indirectly parasitize the latter via the connecting mycelium (epiparasitism). The functional mycelial connection between the mycorrhizae of epiparasites and those of associated host trees has been demonstrated by radiotracer techniques. Some epiparasites are very locally distributed. The ecological requirements of their mycorrhizal fungi, such a suitable host trees, may explain much of this localization. A taxonomic survey of the Orchidaceae and Pyrolaceae reveals coherent, continous lines of evolution from green, leafy taxa with fibrous root systems to progressively more chlorotic taxa with reduced root systems. The widely distributed genera Hypopitys and Montropa of north temperate forests represent highly successful occupants of a widespread, mycotrophic-epiparasitic niche for angiosperms.
The Effect of the Disinflation Program on the Structure of the Turkish Banking Sector

On February 21, 2001, Turkish authorities announced the forced abandonment of the pegged exchange rate regime, which was in effect since the launch of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)-backed three-year stabilization program at the end of 1999. This announcement came following the acute liquidity crises of November 2000 and February 2001, which threatened the viability of the Turkish banking system as a whole. The financial turmoil following the abandonment of the pegged exchange rate regime necessitated a revised disinflation program, which is likely to put an end to poor banking practices and deficiencies in supervision by prompting rapid consolidation and taking actions to boost profitability of the banking sector. Prior to the disinflation program of 2000, the Turkish banking sector operated in a difficult environment. Bank management was very complicated due to the existence of macroeconomic instability as characterized by the high volatility in the growth and real interest rates, chronic inflation, persistent fiscal imbalances, and balance-of-payments crises, which resulted in
UN MÉTODO DE PRONÓSTICO PARA EVENTOS DE PERIODICIDAD ESTABLE A FORECASTING METHOD FOR EVENTS WITH STABLE SEASONALITY

El problema de estimar el valor acumulado de una variable positiva y continua para la cual se ha observado una acumulación parcial, y generalmente con sólo un reducido número de observaciones (dos años), se puede llevar a cabo aprovechando la existencia de estacionalidad estable (de un periodo a otro). Por ejemplo, la cantidad por pronosticar puede ser el total de un periodo (año) y el cual debe hacerse en cuanto se obtiene información sólo para algunos subperiodos (meses) dados. Estas condiciones se presentan de manera natural en el pronóstico de las ventas estacionales de algunos productos ‘de temporada’, tales como juguetes; en el comportamiento de los inventarios de bienes cuya demanda varía estacionalmente, como los combustibles; o en algunos tipos de depósitos bancarios, entre otros. En este trabajo se analiza el problema en el contexto de muestreo por conglomerados. Se propone un estimador de razón para el total que se quiere pronosticar, bajo el supuesto de estacionalidad estable. Se presenta un estimador puntual y uno para la varianza del total. El método funciona bien cuando no es factible aplicar metodología estándar debido al reducido número de observaciones. Se incluyen algunos ejemplos reales, así como aplicaciones a datos publicados con anterioridad. Se hacen comparaciones con otros métodos.
Automated assessment of pathologic EMG synergies for BCI-based neuro-rehabilitation after stroke

BCI systems may be employed in stroke rehabilitation to monitor and reinforce EEG patterns generated by motor imagery (MI). In the rehabilitative path of a stroke patient, therapists would encourage and reinforce any residual (or recovered) execution of the MI trained hand movements. For this reason, a hybrid BCI-driven rehabilitative device was proposed in order to boost motor recovery of the upper limb in stroke patients. This system would employ brain signals generated from motor attempt and reinforce voluntary contraction reflecting correct muscles activation as recorded by surface electromyography (EMG). The aim of the present work is to provide an EMG classification method that would be compliant with the current rehabilitation principles.
Activation of nuclear factor-KB correlates with MCP-1 expression by human mesangial cells

Activation of nuclear factor-KB correlates with MCP-1 expression by human mesangial cells. Emerging evidence suggests that mesangial cell-derived monocyte chemoattractant protein-i (MCP-1) is a potentially important mediator of glomerular monocyte infiltration. Interleukin-1j3 (IL-i) has been found in glomeruli during inflammation, and is a potent inducer of MCP-1 expression by mesangial cells. Analysis of the promoter region of the human MCP-1 gene demonstrates several putative binding sites for transcription activating factors, including recognition elements for the IL-i-inducible transcription factor, nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-KB). This study investigated the role of NF-KB in IL-i-induced MCP-1 expression by human mesangial cells. We found that treating mesangial cells with IL-I resulted in the rapid activation (within 30 mm) and nuclear translocation of NF-KB. NF-KB activation could be blocked by preventing the proteolytic degradation of 1KB, the cytoplasmic inhibitor of NF-KB, with the protease inhibitor tosyl-phe-chioromethylketone (TPCK). Inhibition of NF-KB with TPCK correlated with a dose-dependent reduction in IL-i-induced MCP-1 mRNA levels. Conversely, raising intracellular cyclic-AMP levels, or exposing mesangial cells to herbimycin A, treatments that block IL-i-induced MCP-1 mRNA expression, significantly attenuated NF-KB activation. Finally, blocking the synthesis of one of the protein subunits of NF-KB with an antisense oligonucleotide decreased MCP-1 mRNA levels in response to IL-i. These data suggest that MCP-1 gene transcription may be mediated, in part, by the transcription factor NF-KB.
The Impact of Partnership Network on Corporate Policy

Using a large sample of U.S. firms engaging in corporate partnerships, this paper examines the impact of partnership connections on corporate leverage and investment decisions. Wellconnected firms are centrally located in partnership networks and, therefore, are exposed to greater information flows through the networks. The informational advantages of central firms allow them to maintain unused debt capacity to opportunistically exploit new investment opportunities, and to rely less on other information for making investment decisions. Consistent with these hypotheses, I find that central firms use less debt and exhibit lower investment-toprice sensitivity. Subsample analyses using partnership types and financial constraints further support the premise that these results are driven by information flows through partnership connections. To establish causal interpretations, I exploit state-level corporate income reporting rules as a source of exogenous variations in the cost of partnership formations. Overall, this paper highlights the consequence of partnerships on corporate decisions, and thus provides a new facet of the interaction between product markets and corporate decisions. JEL Classification: G32, G35, L14
In vitro propagation of Artemisia petrosa ssp. eriantha: Potential for the preservation of an endangered species

A micropropagation method was developed for Artemisia petrosa ssp. eriantha (Genepì), a central Apennines' endemic which represents, at present, an endangered species due to indiscriminate harvest for commercial purposes, mainly liqueur production. Medium composition, and in particular the presence of CaCO3, influenced the rate of propagation which, under optimal conditions, reached an average of 30 - 35 shoots/explant. After in vitro rooting, and transfer to soil, a number of plantlets suitable for reintroduction in nature were produced.
Use of neural networks for dosage individualisation of erythropoietin in patients with secondary anemia to chronic renal failure. Authors:

The external administration of recombinant human erythropoietin (rHu-EPO) is the chosen treatment for those patients with secondary anemia due to chronic renal failure undergoing periodic hemodialysis. The goal is to carry out an individualised prediction of the EPO dosage to be administered. It is justified because of the high cost of this medication, its secondary effects and the phenomenon of potential resistance which some individuals suffer. One-hundred and ten patients were included in this study and several factors were collected in order to develop the neural models. Since the results obtained were excellent, an easy-to-use decision-aid computer application was implemented.
Evaluation of gene expression profiles of pig skeletal muscle in response to energy content of the diets using human microarrays

Abstract The aim of the research was to compare gene transcription profiles of Musculus longissimus dorsi (MLD) between pigs fed diets with high (HED) or low (LED) energy contents. Two groups of 4 Casertana pigs were reared from 3 to 12 months of age in the same environmental conditions and fed HED or LED. In the HED, the ave rage daily gain and back fat thickness were significantly (P<0.05) higher than in LED pigs. Differential expression of genes in MLD of pigs fed diets with different energy density was assessed by a human high-density complementary DNA (cDNA) muscle microarray consisting of 4670 probes and further confirmed by quantitative real time RT-PCR analysis. Seven of the genes up-regulated in MLD of HED pigs were invo l ved in the glycolytic and oxidative metabolism (phosphoglycerate mutase 2, glyc e ra l d e hyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase, NADH dehydrogenase ubiquinone1 beta 9, muscle pyruvate kinase, enolase 3, muscle creatine kinase, isocitrate dehydrogenase 3 (NAD+) gamma) and four in the contractile apparatus (tropomyosin 1 alpha, troponin C2, fast, fast skeletal myosin light chain 2, troponin T3, skeletal, fast). Instead, HED diet reduced the level of expression of muscle proteins associated with slow fibre type (troponin T1, skeletal, slow, supervillin, myosin binding protein C, slow type, titin, myosin, heavy polypeptide 7, beta, calponin homology-associated smooth muscle) and signal transduction (SH3-binding domain protein 5-like, hypothetical protein FLJ21438, protein kinase cAMP-dependent, catalytic, rho guanine nucleotide exchange factor 15). The down-regulation of CTSB was also observed for HED group. From the results it can be assumed that high energy content of the diet influence physiological processes in the muscle tissue by switching slow fibres into fast reacting fibres and thus enhancing meat quality.
EFFECT OF VARYING DIETARY LEVELS OF CALCIUM AND PHOSPHORUS ON APPARENT DIGESTIBILITY AND RETENTION OF MACRO AND MICRO-MINERALS IN LACTATING SAHIWAL COWS

Overfeeding or underfeeding of minerals to the animals may affect health of dairy animals and cost of production. The objective of this study was to investigate the impact of varying dietary levels of Ca and P on apparent digestibility and retention of Ca, P, Mg and Zn. For this purpose, 36 second parity Sahiwal cows at peak lactation stage averaging 70±10 days in milk (DIM) were offered one of six different treatments of varying levels of Ca and P (NCP = Normal Ca and P, HP = 40% higher P, LC = 40% lower Ca, LCHP = 40% lower Ca and 40% higher P, HC =40% higher Ca, or HCHP = 40% higher Ca and P) following a Completely Randomized Design. Dietary Ca and P levels and their ratios did not affect (P>0.05) daily milk yield. Feeding higher than recommended Ca levels (HC, HCLP, HCHP) resulted in a significant decrease (P < 0.05) in apparent Ca digestibility and retention and a significant decrease (P < 0.05) in apparent Zn digestibility. Feeding higher than recommended P resulted in a significant decrease (P < 0.05) in apparent P digestibility, irrespective of dietary Ca levels. Dietary P levels did not (P > 0.05) affect apparent Zn digestibility. A decrease (P < 0.05) in apparent digestibility of Mg was observed in treatment groups HC and HCHP.
FOREBRAIN EMBRYONIC ZINC FINGER LIKE GENE POLY- MORMOPHISM AND ITS ASSOCIATION WITH MASTITIS IN MURRAH BUFFALO

Present investigation was carried out to study the Forebrain embryonic Zinc finger like gene polymorphism and its association with mastitis in Murrah buffaloes by using PCR-RFLP technique. Blood samples of 40 Murrah buffaloes were taken in which 20 animals were suffering from mastitis. The genomic DNA was isolated by phenol chloroform method. PCR was standardized to amplify partial region of (978bp) of gene using designed primers. PCR-RFLP analysis of the partial region of gene was studied using, Eae I and Msp I restriction endonucleases which gave restriction products of 978 bp, 655bp, 323 bp; 508bp, 320bp, 121bp & 29bp, respectively, in all the animals under study. Amplification of partial gene (978bp) using designed primers specific for cattle ortholog sequence signifies that the locus is conserved in cattle and buffaloes. The PCRRFLP revealed same pattern viz. xy and yy of resolved digested fragments of FEZL gene with all the restriction enzymes used i.e. EaeI and MspI respectively in both group of animals i.e. healthy and mastitic. As monomorphic patterns were observed, hence FEZL gene association cannot be established with mastitis. So, further studies are needed with larger sample size, amplicon size and inclusion of more enzymes to get polymorphism in FEZL gene.Studies in this respect are in progress.
Review of Motion Artifacts Removing Techniques for Wireless Electrocardiograms

A certain class of wireless devices such as electrocardiogram (ECG), electromyogram (EMG) and electroencephalogram (EEG), are very useful for telemedicine because they enable the free movement of patients while vital biophysical measurements are taken from them. However, these devices are very sensitive to motion artifacts - electric potentials generated due to the undesirable movement of electrodes on the surface of the skin or the change in the skin impedance. In this paper we examine the scope and usefulness of different types of model-based signal processing and dimensionality reduction techniques to model and reason about motion artifacts. While the techniques we review are applicable for a wide range of signals, we limit our analysis, nevertheless, to wireless electrocardiograms, so that we can base our investigation on experimental data.
What Is the Indicator and Why Is It Important?

As the number of species considered rare increases, the likelihood of species extinction increases. This indicator focuses on species that have the greatest chance of being lost from the biotic community, and therefore presages potential declines in species richness. Because the goods and services that humans derive from ecological systems can be affected by the loss of species, tracking the number of species at risk of extinction can potentially indicate whether the use or management of forest resources is eroding or conserving biological diversity.
SURVEILLANCE ROBOT FOR WEB DATA MONITORING USING RASPBERRY PI

: Surveillance robot presents a contemporary approach for surveillance at remote and border area's victimization multifunctional automation supported current IOT utilized in defense and military applications. By means that of this, we tend to advance a surveillance automation which may be integrated into any reasonably home. The controller of the bot are going to be the powerful Raspberry Pi 3 Model B. A digital camera hooked up to the Pi monitors the world and sends a notification once any intrusive or obtrusion is detected. The live streaming ability of the Pi permits the camera feed to be analyzed from any location victimization net. With such a system, each user can feel a lot of protected. Associate field Raspberry pi sends a wireless command that is received on website and consequently automaton moves. Streaming is completed victimization USB camera. It contains gas sensing element and temperature sensing element so, it is often used conjointly in disaster occurred areas like earthquake, fire, etc. Gas sensing element can discover the harmful gases that are gift at the disastered space and conjointly temperature sensing element is mounted thereon thus, it will live the temperature within the fireplace accidents as early precautions to assist fireplace fighters.
MALWARE PREDICTION ALGORITHM: SYSTEMATIC REVIEW

Malware is a threat to information security and poses a security threat to harm networks or computers. Not only the effects of malware can generate damage to systems, they can also destroy a country when for example, its defense system is affected by malware. Even though many tools and methods exist, breaches and compromises are in the news almost daily, showing that the current state-of-the-art can be improved. Hundreds of unique malware samples are collected on a daily basis. Currently, the available information on malware detection is ubiquitous. Much of this information describes the tools and techniques applied in the analysis and reporting the results of malware detection but not much in the prediction on the malware development activities. However, in combating malware, the prediction on malware behavior or development is as crucial as the removing of malware itself. This is because the prediction on malware provides information about the rate of development of malicious programs in which it will give the system administrators prior knowledge on the vulnerabilities of their system or network and help them to determine the types of malicious programs that are most likely to taint their system or network. Thus, based on these, it is imperative that the techniques on the prediction of malware activities be studied and the strengths and limitations are understood. For that reason, a systematic review (SR) was employed by a search in 5 databases and 89 articles on malware prediction were finally included. These 89 articles on malware prediction has been reviewed, and then classified by techniques proposed in detection of new malware, the identified potential threats, tools used for malware prediction, and malware datasets used. Consequently, the findings from the systematic review can serve as the basis for a malware prediction algorithm in future as malware predication became a critical topic in computer security.
Extreme events in nature: A challenge for the understanding of complex dynamics

The occurrence of extreme events in complex systems is not just a statistical issue but also a dynamical one. The dynamics which is responsible for the normal fluctuations exhibited by a system must also be capable of generating extreme excursions. Such a dynamical point of view offers new approaches towards understanding and prediction of the occurrence of extreme events.
An unambiguous nomenclature for xyloglucan‐derived oligosaccharides

A revised system of abbreviated names is proposed for xyloglucan-derived oligosaccharides. Each (1→4)-linked β-D-glucosyl residue (and the reducing terminal n-glucose moiety) of the backbone is given a one-letter code according to its substituents. The name of the oligosaccharide consists of these code letters listed in sequence from non-reducing to reducing terminus of the backbone
In Vitro Propagation of Arbutus andrachne L. and the Detection of Catechin

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Time-Specific Encryption with Constant-Size Secret-Keys Secure under Standard Assumption

In Time-Speciﬁc Encryption (TSE) [Paterson&Quaglia, SCN’10] system, each secret-key (resp. ciphertext) is associated with a time period t ∈ [0 , T − 1] (resp. a time interval [ L , R ] where L , R ∈ [0 , T − 1]). A ciphertext under [ L , R ] is correctly decrypted by any secret-key for any time t included in the interval, i.e., t ∈ [ L , R ]. TSE’s generic construction from identity-based encryption (IBE) (resp. hierarchical IBE (HIBE)) from which we obtain a concrete TSE scheme with secret-keys of size O (log T ) | g | (resp. O (log 2 T ) | g | ) and ciphertexts of size O (log T ) | g | (resp. O (1) | g | ) has been proposed in [Paterson&Quaglia, SCN’10] (resp. [Kasamatsu et al., SCN’12]), where | g | denotes bit length of an element in a bilinear group G . In this paper, we propose another TSE’s generic construction from wildcarded identity-based encryption (WIBE). Di ﬀ erently from the original WIBE ([Abdalla et al., ICALP’06]), we consider WIBE w / o (hierarchical) key-delegatability . By instantiating the TSE’s generic construction, we obtain the ﬁrst concrete scheme with constant size secret-keys secure under a standard (static) assumption. Speciﬁcally, it has secret-keys of size O (1) | g | and ciphertexts of size O (log 2 T ) | g | , and achieves security under the decisional bilinear Di ﬃ e-Hellman (DBDH) assumption.
EFFECT OF AQUEOUS PILIOSTIGMA THONNINGII LEAF EXTRACTS ON THE HEAMATOLOGICAL AND SERUM BIOCHEMICAL INDICES OF BROILER CHICKEN

Three hundred one-day-old broiler chicks (Ross 308) were used to evaluate the effect of aqueous Piliostigma thonningii leaf extracts (PTE) on the some hematological and serum biochemical parameters of broiler chicken. The birds were randomly assigned to five treatments of four replicates consisting of 15 birds each in a completely randomized design. Birds in treatment 1 (T1) were given PTE at 0 % while T2, T3, T4 and T5 were fed PTE at 20ml, 40ml, 60ml and 80ml per liter of water. Feed and water were offered ad libitum throughout the experiment which lasted for 4 weeks. The hematological parameters examined are: pack cell volume (PCV), hemoglobin (Hb), red blood cells (RBC), erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), white blood cells (WBC) and its differentials while those of serum biochemical parameters are: albumin, globulin, total protein, cholesterol, creatinine, urea, serum glutamic oxaloacetate (SGOT) and serum glutamic phospho-transaminase (SGPT). Result obtained showed that all the hematological parameters were significantly (P<0.05) different among the treatments. Albumin, globulin, total protein, cholesterol, urea, SGPT and SGOT values were significantly influenced (P<0.05) by the inclusion of PTE in the water of birds. Creatinine level were not significantly (p>0.05) different among the treatments. It could be concluded that PTE at levels up to 80 ml have no deleterious effect on the blood profile of birds.