Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Effects of morphological traits and yield componenets on seed and protein yield in bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) cultivars

The effects of morphological and morpho-physiological traits on seed and protein yield of bread wheat were evaluated using twenty genotypes. Randomized complete block design with three replications was used in this research. Relationship among measured traits were assessed by Pearson's correlation coefficient and factor analysis. Correlation analysis showed the significant reltaion of seed and protein yield with all the traits except correlation of grain filling duration and peduncle length with seed yield as well as spike yield and peduncle length with protein yield. Factor analysis based on principal component analysis method and varimax rotation indicated that four important factors accounted for about 94.311 percent of the total variation among traits studied. The first factor assigned 34.995 percent of total variation between traits and was significantly related with traits seed yield, biological yield, protein yield and protein percentage. This factor was regarded as quantitative and qualitative yield improvement factor. Other factors accounted for 23.699, 12.918 and 22.699 percent of variation between traits so were entitled as spike yield, grain filling ability and photosynthesis reservoir enhancement factors, respectively. Overall, results revealed effect of grain filling rate, biological yield, no.seed/spike, spike yield and protein percentage on seed and protein yield. Hence, these traits are recommended as indirect selection criteria for genetic improvement of seed yield especially in early generations.
The North Icelandic Jet and its relationship to the North Icelandic Irminger Current

Author Posting. © The Authors, 2017. This article is posted here by permission of Sears Foundation for Marine Research for personal use, not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in Journal of Marine Research 75 (2017): 605-639, doi:10.1357/002224017822109505.
Gas bubble growth dynamics in a supersaturated solution: Henry's and Sievert's solubility laws

Theoretical description of diffusion growth of a gas bubble after its nucleation in supersaturated liquid solution is p resented. We study the influence of Laplace pressure on the bubble growt h. We consider two different solubility laws: Henry’s law, whi ch is fulfilled for the systems where no gas molecules dissociat ion takes place and Sievert’s law, which is fulfilled for the syst ems where gas molecules completely dissociate in the solvent into two parts. We show that the difference between Henry’s and Sievert’s laws for chemical equilibrium conditions causes the difference in bubble growth dynamics. Assuming that diffusion flux of dissolved gas molecules to the bubble is steady we obtain differential equations on bubble radius for both solubility la ws. For the case of homogeneous nucleation of a bubble, which takes place at a significant pressure drop bubble dynamics equatio ns for Henry’s and Sievert’s laws are solved analytically. For both solubility laws three characteristic stages of bubble grow th are marked out. Intervals of bubble size change and time intervals of these stages are found. We also obtain conditions of diffusion flux steadiness corresponding to consecutive stages. The fu lfillment of these conditions is discussed for the case of nucleation of water vapor bubbles in magmatic melts. For Sievert’s law the analytical treatment of the problem of bubble dissolution in a pure solvent is also presented.
The FLOWatch project: Measuring water,carbon dioxide and energy fluxes at the field scale

For water, energy and CO2 fluxes in agricultural landscapes, the field scale plays a crucial role since it corresponds to the scale at which humans directly influence fluxes by managing the system for crop cultivation. This leads to a human-induced spatio-temporal variability of these fluxes at the regional scale. Consequently, the field scale is considered as the elementary scale for modelling of water, CO2 and energy fluxes. Despite intensive research in the past, there is still a lack in knowledge concerning the spatial and temporal interdependency of soil state variables (e.g. moisture, soil temperature), matter fluxes from soil and vegetation (e.g. water, carbon dioxide) as well as their variability and respective effective values at the field scale. The FLOWatch project aims to improve our understanding of the spatial and temporal variability of water, energy and carbon dynamics in the soil and their role in determining effective evapotranspiration and carbon exchange fluxes at the field scale. To this end, micrometeorological, geophysical and (ground-based) remote sensing methods will be combined with mechanistic models describing the dynamics of water, energy and CO2 in soils. Modelling of C-dynamics involves the description of the turn-over of different organic matter pools. The turnover rates depend on soil temperature, soil water content, and soil CO2 concentration amongst others. Therefore, an accurate representation of these state variables is a key issue for the predictive modelling of carbon turnover and CO2 efflux. Within the FLOWatch project, several non-invasive and soil physical methods to measure soil water content at different scales will be implemented. At the point scale, far-field ground penetrating radar (GPR), electrical resistivity tomography (ERT), and time domain reflectrometry (TDR) will be used. For plot scale estimates of soil water content, a passive L-band radiometer will be installed. To obtain a spatial representation of the energy balance components, meteorological measurements will be combined with 2D soil surface temperature images from an IR-camera. Spatial and temporal variability of CO2 fluxes will be measured with automated soil CO2 flux systems (LICOR Biosciences). Temporal variability of the CO2 flux at the plot scale will be measured using the eddy covariance method when conditions allow it. For the modelling of the water balance, the energy balance and the CO2 efflux, a model containing the following processes will be used: (I) water and heat transport in variably saturated soils, (II) organic carbon turnover based on with multiple pools with variable turnover rates, (III) multiphase CO2 transport from the soil to the atmosphere. In this presentation, the experimental setup, the modelling concept and the first results of the FLOWatch project will be presented.
Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences Probabilistic projections for 21 st century European climate

We present joint probability distribution functions of future seasonal-mean changes in surface air temperature and precipitation for the European region for the SRES A1B emissions scenario. The probabilistic projections quantify uncertainties in the leading physical, chemical and biological feedbacks and combine information from perturbed physics ensembles, multi-model ensembles and observations.
A navigability metric for Amazon rivers in the framework of a sustainable ship transportation development

This paper presents a development of navigability metric and its application on 150 km of the Pastaza, Bobonaza y Capahuari Ecuadorian rivers of the upper level of the Amazon hydrographic basin. The metric is based on various input parameters such as the year period, the river slope, river depth, river currents, river bends, river width, etc. The main objective is to evidence reaches where navigation is more or less hampered and a guess on optimal vessel dimensions is derived. This navigability study was made in the framework of an innovative project to develop a fleet of small electric solar boats to promote the transport of passengers and load between various Achuar communities of Amazonia region (Ecuador and Peru).
Gamma irradiation on Alstroemeria aurea G. in vitro rhizomes: an approach to the appropriate dosage for breeding purposes

Gamma irradiation has been widely used as a breeding technique to obtain new cultivars in ornamental species such as Alstroemeria, where several cultivars have been obtained through rhizome radiation. The optimum dosage for an appropriate induction of mutation must be considered for breeding purposes and it depends mainly on plant susceptibility. Thus in this study in vitro cultured rhizomes of Alstroemeria aurea were irradiated with a gamma source using different dosages to evaluate the direct effect produced. Damage and number of rhizome sprouting were observed and recorded during 61 days after irradiation. At the end of this period, rhizomes were weighted and mortality was evaluated. Both mortality and weight increased depending on dosage. All irradiated rhizomes showed early sprouting in comparison with control (0 Gy) and no significant difference in final number of shoots after 61 days among irradiated treatments was observed. Bleaching and necrosis was observed in all irradiated rhizomes and was more evident at higher doses. LD 50 was established at about 40 Gy and the optimum dosage to induce mutation was suggested between 2.5 and 5 Gy, when the growth was reduced in 50%, and probably this dosage could be used for breeding purposes.
EXAMINING THE RELATIONSHIPS AMONG INTERPERSONAL COMPLEMENTARITY , RELATIONSHIP QUALITY , AND ADJUSTMENT OUTCOMES

OF THE THESIS Examining the Relationships among Interpersonal Complementarity, Relationship Quality, and Adjustment Outcomes in New Roommates by Sharilyn Rae Farrel Master of Arts in Psychology San Diego State University, 2010 Studies have shown that relationships high in positivity and negativity (i.e., ambivalence) predict psychological distress and increased health risks. Studies have also shown that interpersonal complementarity predicts relationship satisfaction and cohesion. The goal of the study was to evaluate whether interpersonal complementarity on the dimensions of dominance and warmth predicted relationship quality in new relationships, and if the two predicted adjustment (e.g., greater life satisfaction, decreased depressive symptoms). One hundred participants (50 new roommate pairs) completed measures of relationship quality, interpersonal warmth and dominance, and the adjustment outcomes: relationship satisfaction (including cohesion and conflict), depression, satisfaction with life, self-esteem, and self-reported health. Results indicated that relationship quality was predicted by complementarity on the dimension of dominance, but not warmth. Interpersonal complementarity and relationship quality predicted overall relationship satisfaction, cohesion, conflict and the self-reported health sub-score on pain. Participants also completed state measures of anxiety and interpersonal warmth and dominance throughout various discussion tasks (i.e., neutral, positive, negative), which were tested as possible mediators of the relationships between relationship quality and interpersonal complementarity on adjustment outcomes. The results of this study support previous findings that interpersonal complementarity predicts outcomes such as relationship cohesion. Limitations (e.g., the use of self-reports) and future directions (e.g., behavioral analyses), are discussed in relation to interpersonal complementarity and relationship quality in the context of new relationships.
A Research on Communication Protocol for Information Gathering over Wireless Sensor Networks

学位授与年月日: 2008-03-24 ; 学位の種別: 修士 ; 学位の種類: 修士(科学) ; 学位記番号: 修創域第2426号 ; 研究科・専攻: 新領域創成科学研究科基盤情報学専攻
PLANT BIOMONITORING: IMPACT OF URBAN ENVIRONMENT ON SEASONAL DYNAMICS OF STORAGE SUBSTANCES AND CHLOROPHYLLS OF OLEANDER

In the present study seasonal changes of chlorophyll content and storage substances related to the metabolic response of the widespread, evergreen plant oleander (Nerium oleander) to air pollution were investigated. Mature leaves of oleander shrubs, grown at five sites of differing levels of air pollution in the center and the suburbs of the Athens Metropolitan area, were examined during the course of a year. Soluble sugars, starch and total lipid content of the leaves showed a peak at the end of the cold season, while a decline was detected during the main growth period. Leaf chlorophyll content was increased during spring. It seems likely that the level of air pollution in Athens did not affect the concentration and the seasonal pattern of storage substances at the leaf level. Elevated chlorophyll content was estimated in the polluted with oxides of nitrogen sites. In contrast, leaf chlorophyll content declined in sites with ozone pollution.
$\gamma$-rays from singlet fermionic cold dark matter: confronting with the latest H.S.S.E. data

We explore the parameter space of the singlet fermionic cold dark matter model with respect to constraints on, first, the relic density and second, gamma-ray lines up to 10 TeV. We compare our result with the latest experimental data from H.E. S.S. , and show that except for the resonance regions, the parameter space of this model is not excluded.
Behaviour and life-history responses to chick provisioning under risk of nest predation

This thesis examines risk management in breeding Siberian jays (Perisoreus infaustus), which is indigenous to the northern taiga. Parent behaviour and the nest are cryptic. A new nest is built each year. It is placed on spruce or pine branches close to the trunk and well insulated with lichens, feathers and reindeer hair.Nest failure rate was the main factor driving annual variations in jay numbers. The probability for nesting attempts to be successful ranged annually between 0.08 and 0.70. Nest predation was rampant and a main cause of nest failure. Nest predators were mainly other corvids (primarily the Eurasian jay Garrulus glandarius). Habitat quality was the main factor determining the risk of predation. The risk for nest failure due to predation was higher in thinned forests with an open structure and with a high abundance of man-associated corvid species (jays, crows, raven). Siberian jay parents show several strategic adjustments in life-history and behaviour to the risk of nest predation. Parents traded reduced feeding rates for a lower predation risk and allocated feeding to low risk situations. Chick provisioning imposes a cost by drawing the attention of visually hunting predators to the location of nests, and parents adjusted their daily routines and avoided exposure by allocating provisioning to times of low activity among nest predators. These strategic adjustments of feeding efforts were estimated to reduce the exposure to nest predators by 26 percent. Also, parents adjusted their reproductive efforts to the perceived presence of predators in a playback experiment. Siberian jays reduced their reproductive investment by laying a smaller clutch size when high risk of nest predation reduced the value of current reproduction, as predicted from life-history theory.
Technical Progress of the Chinese VLBI Network

In recent years, the Chinese VLBI network has been greatly promoted by Chinas Lunar Exploration Project (CLEP) and the VLBI Global Observation System (VGOS). The new VGOS station will be put into trial observation in 2018. Both the new VGOS wideband VLBI terminal and the integrative data acquisition and transmission VLBI terminal for deep-space tracking have been installed. The correlator has been successfully applied to lunar probes and GEO satellites for phase reference precision positioning experiments. In combination with geodetic observations, precision comparisons have been performed with the DiFX and K5 correlators, and the CVN correlator is planned to be used for IVS data processing. According to the plan, a new VGOS station is under construction and it will join the CVN at the end of 2018. Besides, the first multi-purpose Earth-Moon baseline space VLBI experiment will be carried out, extending the CVN baseline length to 300,000 km.
Leadership Development in International Student Organization

The research on the topic of leadership has long been the area of interest for scholars for many decades. Despite the extensive amount of literature available there is still a gap when it comes to research about the role of student organization in the leadership development of an individual. This thesis project, therefore, is designed in order to gain deeper understanding of the potential effect of a student organization on the leadership development of a student who took leadership position within student organization. This ambition was accomplished through qualitative research with semistructured interviews conducted in a case study of Erasmus Student Network. The results of the research have revealed certain link between the leadership development and person’s participation in the activities of student organization. Additionally, cultural aspect has been identified as the important factor of the organization. As the result of our findings, we may conclude that there is a positive correlation between student organizations providing a good opportunity for students to test their leadership abilities in a safe environment, while it was not possible to identify the extent of that impact on the leadership development of an individual. We believe that our research may add value to the theoretical knowledge on the leadership topic in the context of student life while giving an opportunity for the reader to use the findings of this study as a practical information and guidelines for potential of student organization to have an impact on the future of an individual.
N T ] 8 D ec 2 01 5 INSUFFICIENCY OF THE ÉTALE BRAUER – MANIN OBSTRUCTION : TOWARDS A SIMPLY CONNECTED EXAMPLE by

— Since Poonen’s construction of a variety X defined over a number field k for which X(k) is empty and the étale Brauer–Manin set X(Ak) is not, several other examples of smooth, projective varieties have been found for which the étale Brauer–Manin obstruction does not explain the failure of the Hasse principle. All known examples are constructed using “Poonen’s trick”, i.e. they have the distinctive feature of being fibrations over a higher genus curve; in particular, their Albanese variety is non-trivial. In this paper, we construct examples for which the Albanese variety is trivial. The new geometric ingredient in our construction is the appearance of Beauville surfaces. Assuming the abc conjecture and using geometric work of Campana on orbifolds, we also prove the existence of an example which is simply connected.
Low cost underwater acoustic localization

Over the course of the last decade, the cost of marine robotic platforms has significantly decreased. In part this has lowered the barriers to entry of exploring and monitoring larger areas of the earth's oceans. However, these advances have been mostly focused on autonomous surface vehicles (ASVs) or shallow water autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs). One of the main drivers for high cost in the deep water domain is the challenge of localizing such vehicles using acoustics. A low cost one-way travel time underwater ranging system is proposed to assist in localizing deep water submersibles. The system consists of location aware anchor buoys at the surface and underwater nodes. This paper presents a comparison of methods together with details on the physical implementation to allow its integration into a deep sea micro AUV currently in development. Additional simulation results show error reductions by a factor of three.
Assignment of O–O and Mo=O Stretching Frequencies of Molybdenum/Tungsten Complexes Revisited

The assignment of peroxo stretching frequencies forMolybdenumandTungsten complexes is studied byDFT andMP2 calculations. We found that M06 functional is unsuitable for assignment of Mo=O and O–O stretches in CpMo(η-O 2 )OCH 3 and we found that MP2 and even the def2-TZVP do not give accurate order of asymmetric and symmetric Mo=O stretching. We recommend the M06L, which is a good compromise between speed and accuracy, for works involving these complexes. For a series of ten Molybdenum and Tungsten complexes studied we found that, for Mo/W=O stretching frequencies at M06L/def2-TZVP, after scaling, a small RMSD of 15 cm could be obtained. However peroxo stretching frequencies RMSD remains high at 40 cm after scaling. This could potentially point out the need for reassignment of experimental peroxo frequencies in some of the works cited in this report.
Molecular genetic variability, within a population of Mycosphaerella graminicola, cause of Septoria tritici leaf blotch of wheat

The pathogen Mycosphaerella graminicola (anamorph Septoria tritici), causes speckled leaf blotch of wheat and has worldwide distribution. Information about genetic variability of the pathogen population is useful for development of disease management strategies. In this study 90 isolates of M. graminicola were collected using a hierarchical sampling procedure from a single wheat field and the genomic DNA of isolates were extracted. RAPD analysis was conducted using 15 random primers, according to standard protocols. Forty molecular phenotypes were detected which phenotype 1 had the highest frequency within the population. The total genotypic diversity was estimated as 0.94. When it was partitioned into within and among location components, 91% of the genetic diversity occurred within locations and only 9% occurred among locations. Low degree of variability among locations and high degree of variability within locations, points that, most likely the source of primary inoculum was air-borne ascospores, which were dispersed evenly across the field. This finding suggests that, the sexual stage of M. graminicola, occurs in Saskatchewan, although it has not yet been reported from Canada. High degree of genetic variability implies that most likely the pathogen will adapt rapidly to single gene resistance sources, therefore, in breeding for disease resistance, emphasis should be given to nonrace specific resistance.
Minority in English literary translation: the case of Slovak culturebound items

The paper homes in on the analysis of culture-bound items in the English translation of the Slovak novel Rivers of Babylon (1991) which contains unique lexis symptomatic of the (post)-communist linguistic scene. By its focus on the transplantation of the Slovak culturally-marked lexis into English, the study is sensitively responsive to Cronin’s appeal (2006) that in order to stand out in the globalized world it is necessary to start to pay heed to the local. The paper draws on the premise that when dealing with cultural asymmetries between languages cultural transplantation is inevitable, which supports the interpretation of translation as an essentially cultural practice (see Hermans, 2007). Ongoing research has shown that intercultural competence and awareness, arising from experience of cultures, are far more complex phenomena than they may seem to the translator. So far, less attention has been paid to the Central European context with focus on the Slovak culture transfer. The paper aims to investigate the character of the translation techniques used for the transfer of Slovak culture-bound items based on Pym’s cutting-edge model of translation solutions (2016). The study also attempts to research the extent to which the local colour of the Slovak start text has been preserved in the English literary translation. Based on the corpus analysis, it may be argued that the translator tends to the reduction of the cultural expressiveness by domestication of culture-bound items in the target culture. The research findings are part of cultural translation and are instrumental in shedding fresh light on how Slovak culture may be reported to English culture.