Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Cloud and IoT based privacy preserved e-Healthcare system using secured storage algorithm and deep learning

Rapid introduction of new diseases and the severity improvement of existing dead diseases due to the bad food habits and lacking of awareness over the health conscious food items those are available in the market. The Internet of Things (IoT) gets more attention for reducing the disease severity by knowing the current status of their disease according to the dynamic inputs of human body through IoT devices today. Moreover, the combination of IoT and cloud computing technologies are playing major roles in e-health services. In this scenario, security is a major issue in the process of data storage and communication. For this purpose, we propose a new e-healthcare system for monitoring the dead disease level by using the technologies such as IoT and Cloud with the help of deep learning approach and fuzzy rules with temporal features. In this system, the medical data is retrieved from various located patients who are utilizing the e-healthcare assisting devices. First, the retrieved and encrypted data is stored in cloud by applying a newly proposed secured cloud storage algorithm. Second, the stored data can be retrieved the data as original data by applying the decryption process. Third, a new cloud framework is introduced for predicting the status of heart beat rates and diabetes levels by using the medical data that is created by applying the UCI Repository dataset. In addition, a new deep learning approach which applies the Convolutional Neural Network for predicting the disease severity. The experimental results are obtained by conducting various experiments for the proposed model by using the dataset and the hospital patient records. The proposed model results outperforms the available disease prediction systems in terms of prediction accuracy.
Persistence and genetic diversity among strains of phycoerythrin-rich cyanobacteria from the picoplankton of Lake Constance

Twelve strains of phycoerythrin (PE)-rich unicellular cyanobacteria of the Synechococcus type were isolated from the pelagial of Lake Constance in different phases during the growth period of the year 1994. By analysing the restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) of the DNA three new genotypes were distinguished. The persistence of one strain during the course of the year was demonstrated. The data set was compared with the RFLP observed in PE-rich Synechococcus strains isolated in former years from the same sampling site. The plurality in the picoplanktic isolates and the possibility of cultivation of strains is discussed with respect to the oligotrophication of Lake Constance.
A Novel Application of Pseudorandom-Based Technique for Acoustic Noise and Vibration Reduction of PMSM Drive

This article presents a novel application of Pseudorandom Triangular Pulsewidth Modulation (PTPWM) technique on a permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM) drive to reduce acoustic noise and vibration (ANV). The proposed PTPWM method brings a significant reduction in torque ripples, acoustic noise, and vibrations in the motor, thereby enhancing the performance of the complete drive system under operation. The relationship between the stator current harmonics feed by drive and nonsinusoidal magnetic field flux distribution, with torque ripples is developed and analysed in this article. Furthermore, in-depth theoretical background and analysis about how PTPWM improves torque ripples, vibration, and acoustic noise of PMSM drives is presented. An extensive simulation and experimental investigations have been carried out for the validation of proposed control strategy.
Temporal and spatial activity of the key-hole limpet Fissurella crassa (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in the eastern Pacific

An automated photographic technique was used to collect quantitative information on the activity patterns of Fissurella crassa under heavy-exposed sea conditions.The activity of this key-hole limpet was confined to nocturnal low tides. Total length of excursions was significantly greater during spring tides than neap tides, as was the maximum distance reached from the refuge. Total duration of excursions and their average speed did not vary significantly according to the spring/neap cycle. While the direction angle of excursions relative to the refuge was not influenced significantly by the spring/neap cycle, the lowest zone within the intertidal was reached by F. crassa during spring low tides only. Fissurella crassa showed a spatial activity pattern fluctuating intra/inter-individually between a central place foraging and a ranging strategy, with a marked propensity for the former. Looped excursions were characterized by higher speed for the movements away and toward the limpet's refuge, than the movements at maximum distance from the refuge. As the outward and inward branches of looped excursions often overlapped extensively, trail-following is suggested as the main mechanism of orientation used by F. crassa to relocate the refuge.
Oversampling Based Analog Beamforming for Initial Access With a Large Number of Receive Antennas

Beamforming can provide huge array gains in large-scale antenna systems under the condition that the channel state information (CSI) has been obtained by training signals. During the initial access, no CSI is available at the receiver because the communication link between the transmitter and the receiver has not been established. This paper considers the problem of obtaining the beamforming gain for receivers with the analog beamforming architecture in the initial access, assuming that a fixed beam pattern is employed. We present the necessary and sufficient condition to obtain the receive beamforming gain in the absence of CSI, and then derive the upper bound of the receive beamforming gain for different antenna spacings. It is shown that oversampling in space is needed at the receiver to obtain a non-trivial beamforming gain without CSI, since the total received signal power is proportional to the number of receive antennas. We also design the beamformer that can achieve the upper bound. Numerical results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed beamformer in the scenarios of downlink synchronization and random access in millimeter-wave systems.
Three new hybrids of Ophioglossum (Ophioglossaceae) from Monte Pisano, Tuscany (Central Italy)

Based on general morphology, spore measurements and ornamentation (scanning electron microscope), genome size estimation, and molecular systematics (trnL-trnF IGS), we show the extreme systematic complexity within the European representatives of the genus Ophioglossum. In particular, three hybrids from Tuscany are described: the tetraploid O. × pierinii Peruzzi, Magrini, Marchetti & Viane, seen as the hybrid between diploid O. lusitanicum L. and hexaploid O. azoricum C.Presl; the tetraploid O. × giovanninii Peruzzi, Pierini, Magrini, Marchetti & Viane, seen as the homoploid hybrid between tetraploid O. vulgatum L. and tetraploid O. × pierinii Peruzzi, Magrini, Marchetti & Viane; the pentaploid O. × pseudoazoricum Peruzzi, Pierini, Magrini, Marchetti & Viane, seen as the hybrid between hexaploid O. azoricum C.Presl and tetraploid O. vulgatum L. All the three new taxa grow in different localities in the Monte Pisano mountain range.
Nocturnal Pectoral Tuft Display in the Malachite Sunbird

Diurnal birds generally sleep during the hours of darkness. Most male southern African sunbirds have pectoral tufts, although the function of these is not always understood. We examined nocturnal tuft display in male malachite sunbirds (Nectarinia famosa) and found that they display their pectoral tufts almost continuously throughout the night, whilst asleep. We suggest the possible function of this behaviour and suggest that these tufts might be a deterrent to predators, as they look like ‘eyes’ in the dark. A review of the use and occurrence of pectoral tufts in southern African sunbird species is also discussed. We suggest the ‘anti-predator’ hypothesis be investigated further.
Recommender System For Educational Analysis In Prediction of Appropriate Career & Domain Recommendations using Machine Learning Techniques

These days Career and Domain options have always been a very big ambiguous decision-making process for many prospective aspirants. Many aspirants make substantial domain changes very late in their career which may result in drastic effects on their career as well as their financial status. Many reports suggested that companies have suffered huge losses because of making wrong choices regarding the domain and employee interest. Hence providing a common platform early in the education sector for both the aspirants as well as companies that would provide appropriate domain suggestions for aspirants as well as right employee choices for companies would be highly beneficial that could help in generating better results when compared to the traditional ways of career choices employment. In this research, we are proposing a recommender system based model that would bridge the gap and help in formulating future needs
Nutritional Status of Lusitano Broodmares on Extensive Feeding Systems: Body Condition, Live Weight and Metabolic Indicators

The present research aimed to evaluate the effects of foaling season and feeding management in extensive systems on the nutritional status of Lusitano broodmares throughout the gestation/lactation cycle, by assessment of body condition (BC), body weight (BW), and some blood metabolic indicators. Four groups of Lusitano broodmares (A, B, C, D) were monitored during four years, in a total of 119 gestation/lactation cycles. All mares were kept on pasture, and A and B mares were daily supplemented. Monthly, mares were weighed and BC evaluated. Suckling foals from these mares were also monitored for BW and withers height. Glucose, non-esterified fatty acids, urea and albumin concentrations were determined in blood. BW changes were influenced by reproductive stage and foaling season (P<0.001), reflecting also pasture availability. Changes on BC were observed (P<0.05), although with small amplitudes within each group. Higher scores were reached at the end of spring, decreasing 0.25 point until late summer. Early foaling had also a marked effect, hindering the recovery of BC along the cycle. Glucose values decreased from late gestation to early lactation (P<0.05) and lower levels were recorded during the summer months. Uremia was mainly influenced by the reproductive stage (P<0.05). Under nutrition was not detected. Foals born in February-March had higher average daily gain than those born in April-May (P<0.05), probably reflecting differences in milk production of the mares. BC and BW changes and, particularly, blood indicators showed an overall balanced nutritional status, reflecting an adaptation to feed availability and climate.
Rapid detection and quantification of viable potato cyst nematodes using qPCR in combination with propidium monoazide

Potato cyst nematodes (PCN), Globodera pallida and Globodera rostochiensis, are obligate parasites of solanaceous plants, causing severe losses in several potato growing areas throughout the world. To date, management of PCN is related to nematode population densities estimated as eggs per gram of soil, without considering the actual number of viable juveniles within the cysts. In classical nematology, the standard method to determine PCN viability is based on a staining assay, using Meldola's blue dye (MB) followed by microscopic visualization of MB-treated nematodes. Although MB is considered to be reliable in staining embryonated juveniles within eggs and cysts, it is a time- and labour-consuming assay. In the present work, a real-time PCR (qPCR)-based method combined with propidium monoazide (PMA), a photoreactive DNA-intercalating dye, was developed for the quantification of viable PCN. This dye renders exposed DNA of dead cells unable to be amplified by PCR, and thus only DNA from viable/intact PCN juveniles is amplified and detected. The novelty of the present method lies in the simultaneous quantitative and qualitative estimation of viable PCN inocula using species-specific primers and TaqMan probes. The PMA–qPCR viability method (v-PCR) developed for the two Globodera species successfully discriminated dead from living specimens in heat-treated samples and eggs in old and newly formed cysts. Interestingly, the detection of DNA from 34-year-old nematode cysts stored at room temperature was observed. In conclusion, the proposed v-PCR method should prove to be very useful for the routine determination of PCN viability from field samples.
Peer Review - Assessing Religiosity and Socio-Economic Development Based on the Maqasid al-Shariah Framework

Religiosity and development in Islam are closely related where the level of development is dependent upon the practice of religion in the society (see the Quran, 7:96). However, in the reality, it is unclear whether or not this kind of religiosity has a relationship on socio-economic condition of any Muslim society. This study attempts to assess the above issue in the Muslim society in South Kalimantan province, Indonesia by employing the Maqasid al-Shari’ah framework that consists of five components, namely preservation of religion, preservation of life, preservation of intellect, preservation of posterity, and preservation of wealth. The survey method was employed for the data collection and a multistage sampling technique was performed for its sampling selection. The instrument for data collection was a self-administered questionnaire that contains closed-ended questions/items using a five-point Likert scale. Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) was used for the analysis. The findings revealed that the Muslim society in this province has a high religiosity and their religiosity is positively related to all the components of the Maqasid al-Shari’ah. This study provides a set of policy recommendations that can be implemented for improving both Islamic religiosity of the society and their holistic development, not only for the respective society under discussion, but also for Muslim societies in other parts at large.
HAWAIIAN MONK SEALS (MONACHUS SCHAUINSLANDI) FORAGING IN DEEP‐WATER CORAL BEDS

Plans to harvest deep-water corals in the remote Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, close to populations of endangered Hawaiian monk seals (Monachus schauinslandi), have raised concerns about the seals' use of deep-water habitats. Movements and diving patterns of seals studied at French Frigate Shoals (FFS) Atoll indicated two areas where five males out of 33 instrumented seals dove deep enough (300-500 m) to encounter commercially sought deep-water corals. Submarine surveys conducted at each location found beds of gold (Gerardia sp.) and pink (Corallium sp.) precious coral suggesting an overlap between the foraging habitat of some seals and the target of the coral fishery. Areas adjacent to the coral beds that were visually censused using submersibles showed significantly fewer precious corals. Precious coral beds were not found on previous submarine surveys at other regions around FFS, supporting the notion that seals were selecting the areas with corals as forage habitat. Five male seals were fitted with back-mounted video cameras to document feeding among precious corals. None of the five seals dove deep enough to encounter precious corals (>300 m). However, three of the seals visited beds of black coral (Cirrhipathes sp.) at shallower depths (∼80 m). One seal was observed revisiting the black coral beds on three successive nights to feed on fish hiding among the coral stems.
Effect of supplementary feeding of Oecophylla longinoda on their abundance and predatory activities against cashew insect pests

Many studies have shown the efficiency of using weaver ants (Oecophylla species) as natural biocontrol agents against agricultural pests. Supplementary feeding could promote fast growth of this ant's population and discourage them from moving away. However, such artificial feeding might slow down ants search rates and in this way make them less efficient bio-agents. The experiments were conducted for two consecutive seasons at Naliendele Research Station. Cashew trees planted at a spacing of 12 m × 12 m in 2002 were used to investigate whether supplementary feeding could enhance foraging behaviour of Oecophylla longinoda. Fed O. longinoda colonies fed weaver ants (FWA) were supplemented with a 30% sugar solution and approximately 22 g of finely ground fish meat at two-week intervals while the unfed colonies unfed weaver ants (UWA) had access to only naturally occurring food sources. Weaver ant densities and pest damage were monitored fortnightly on newly damaged shoots, panicles and fruits and nut yields assessed after each harvest season. The results revealed that there was a significant difference (P < 0.05) with higher weaver ant densities in the FWA compared to UWA colonies and significantly lower (P < 0.05) pest damage levels were recorded on weaver ant treatments compared to plots without weaver ants. No significant differences (P > 0.05) in yields and mean damage levels were recorded between the two weaver ant treatments. Highest nut yield (4.22 ± 0.30 kg/tree and 5.37 ± 0.27 kg/tree) was recorded in the fed colonies, followed by non-fed colonies (4.20 ± 0.30 kg/tree and 4.88 ± 0.24 kg/tree) and the least (2.66 ± 0.19 kg/tree and 2.99 ± 0.19 kg/tree) was recorded from the untreated controls in 2012/2013 and 2013/2014, respectively. The studies indicated that supplementary feeding could boost weaver ants to higher population levels without reducing their effectiveness as biocontrol agents.
Conjugated linoleic acids: Physiological effects in animal and man with special regard to body composition

Institute of Nutrition, Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, Jena, Germany In the last decade, conjugated linoleic acids (CLA) have been shown to have some beneficial (but also unfavourable) effects: anticarcinogenic properties, immune modulation, reduction of body fat and increase of lean body mass, normalisation of impaired glucose tolerance, promotion of fatty streak formation, and isomer-specific effects. The research base on CLA has been derived almost exclusively from animal models, while some of the biological properties have been fairly well-documented, others are still open to question. For about 5 years a lot of commercial CLA mixtures have been offered. These mixtures produced from linoleic acid-rich oil like sunflower or safflower oil by alkali isomerization contained, besides cis-9,trans-11 and trans-10,cis-12 CLA isomers (about 20—40% of each), parts of cis,cis and trans,trans isomers as well. The quality of the recent products is significantly improved and they contain only two CLA isomers: cis-9,trans-11 and trans-10,cis-12. CLA play apparently a key role in regulating body composition. Several studies showed a reduction in body fat mass and a slight increase in lean body mass depending on the species. A possible explanation for the decrease of body fat may be a stimulation of lipolysis and a reduction of lipoprotein lipase activity in adipocytes. In adipose and muscle tissue a CLA-stimulated increase of carnitine palmitoyltransferase activity resulting in an enhanced fatty acid oxidation was shown. There is evidence that CLA provide protection against cytokine-induced (Tumour necrosis factor-α, interleukin-1) skeletal-muscle catabolism (anabolic effect). The body composition modulating effects are most impressive in rodents and seem to become smaller in pigs and in humans. Data on humans are insufficient. Further research is essential to characterize the multifunctionality of CLA in humans, in order to identify the specific physiological mechanism of the biologically active isomers and to determine the optimal level of these isomers for beneficial effects.
Etude expérimentale de la réduction de trainée par injection de bulles dans une couche limite turbulente décollée redéveloppée

Cette etude s’inscrit dans le contexte de la reduction de la resistance visqueuse descarenes de navire par injection de bulles sous la coque. Nous avons realise des experiencesd’injection de bulles dans la zone de redeveloppement d’une couche limite turbulente decollee.Les experiences ont ete menees dans le tunnel hydrodynamique de l’Ecole Navale. Des bullesd’air ont ete injectees en aval de la zone de recirculation d’un obstacle bidimensionnel carremonte a la paroi superieure du tunnel. Le champ de vitesse a ete caracterise par Particle ImageVelocimetrie (PIV) dans le plan vertical de l’amont de l’obstacle et jusque dans la zone deredeveloppement. L’ecoulement diphasique a bulles a ete etudie pour une position longitudinalesituee dans la zone de redeveloppement de la couche limite. Les caracteristiques de la phasegazeuse ont ete obtenues par visualisations ombroscopiques. La reduction de frottement estobserve au maximum de 35% a 6 m/s. Physiquement la presence des bulles entraine unedecorrelation des fluctuations de vitesse longitudinales et normales dans la zone interne et desfluctuations du mouvement des bulles dans la direction normale a la paroi qui peuvent etreassociees a la modification observee du frottement.
Mortality costs of parental care and sexual dimorphism in birds

By using a comparative analysis, we test for evidence of mortality costs associated with parental care and sexual dimorphism in birds. We find that changes in the extent and direction of sex bias in the provision of parental care are correlated with changes in the extent and direction of sex bias in the rate of mortality amongst adults. More specifically, we identify feeding and defence of chicks, rather than nest building or incubation, as the most costly forms of parental care. This is the first evidence from a comparative study of a direct mortality cost associated with providing parental care. Unlike previous comparative studies, however, we found no evidence of a mortality cost to adults associated with sexual dimorphism in either body size or plumage. This was true even when we controlled for the effects of sex bias in parental care and varied the phylogeny used in the analyses. Hence, amongst adults birds, caring for chicks appears to be more costly than does sexual dimorphism. Amongst juveniles, however, increases in size dimorphism are associated with increases in mortality amongst the larger sex compared with the smaller sex. This result may, however, be sensitive to the phylogeny used in the analysis. Nevertheless, our results suggest that, whereas the costs of parental care directly influence adult mortality, the costs of sexual dimorphism are incurred during juvenile growth.
Colocalization and Ligand-Dependent Discrete Distribution of the Estrogen Receptor (ER)α and ERβ

To investigate the relationships between the loci expressing functions of estrogen receptor (ER) and that of ER, we analyzed the subnuclear distribution of ER and ER in response to ligand in single living cells using fusion proteins labeled with different spectral variants of green fluorescent protein. Upon activation with ligand treatment, fluorescent protein-tagged (FP)-ER redistributed from a diffuse to discrete pattern within the nucleus, showing a similar time course as FP-ER, and colocalized with FP-ER in the same discrete cluster. Analysis using deletion mutants of ER suggested that the ligand-dependent redistribution of ER might occur through a large part of the receptor including at least the latter part of activation function (AF)-1, the DNA binding domain, nuclear matrix binding domain, and AF-2/ligand binding domain. In addition, a single AF-1 region within ER homodimer, or a single DNA binding domain as well as AF-1 region within the ER/ER heterodimer, could be sufficient for the cluster formation. More than half of the discrete clusters of FP-ER and FP-ER were colocalized with hyperacetylated histone H4 and a component of the chromatin remodeling complex, Brg-1, indicating that ERs clusters might be involved in structural changes of chromatin. (Molecular Endocrinology 16: 2215–2230, 2002)