Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Influence of abiotic factors in a population of Parides ascanius (Papilionidae, Lepidoptera) in an urban restinga fragment

Fragmentation and loss of natural habitats has reduced biodiversity in neotropical ecosystems. The restinga, a phytophysiognomy of the Atlantic Forest, has lost much of its original coverage and remains largely threatened by urbanisation. Restingas are considered hotspots of biodiversity and are listed as priority areas for conservation due to their great presence of endemic species, such as the endangered butterfly Parides ascanius Cramer, 1775. In this work, we analyse the influence of abiotic factors (temperature and humidity) on the abundance of P. ascanius in an urban restinga fragment of Iriry’s Environmental Protection Area (Iriry APA), located in the municipality of Rio das Ostras in Rio de Janeiro. For that, the mark-recapture technique was used. Sampling was carried out from October 2017 to May 2018, between 7:00 am and 11:00 am. Seventy-two individuals of P. ascanius were collected and showed higher proportions of males over females and greater abundance of individuals in the month of October. On average, the number of individuals was significantly higher with the increase in air temperature and lower with the increase in air humidity. The abundance of P. ascanius at the restinga of Iriry APA varied monthly and temporally throughout the day, influenced by temperature and air humidity. The results provide information that can support management plans for conservation of this threatened species, as well as for urban areas of the Atlantic Forest.
On the Effectiveness of Hand Collection to Complement Baits When Studying Ant Vertical Stratification in Tropical Rainforests

Choosing an appropriate sampling method to study ants is a key factor since distinct sampling methods can capture distinct ant fauna and, therefore, leading to bias in the interpretation and conclusion of the patterns observed. Despite it is well known that the ant fauna is vertically stratified, some of the sampling methods cannot be used throughout the whole vertical stratum (e.g., fogging and Winkler extractor). Here we compared the complementarity of hand collecting and baiting (with tuna or honey) in ant surveys focused on the stratification of the ant fauna in a tropical rainforest in Mexico. We found a total of 44 ant species, belonging to 17 genera and five subfamilies. The three sampling methods were clearly complementary at both the forest floor and canopy levels, even with as little as 10 minutes of search time for hand collecting. The ant species composition differed among sampling methods at both vertical strata. Hand collecting yielded higher ant species richness and more exclusive species than either bait at both vertical strata, but both tuna and honey baits also led to the detection of some (though fewer) exclusive ant species. The combination of hand collecting, tuna, and honey baits should thus be considered complementary tools for ant inventories, since using the two methods together yielded more complete inventories at both vertical strata. An additional advantage is that both methods can be used in both strata, ensuring that data in different vertical strata are comparable and allowing more reliable comparisons among these different habitats.
The role of bidirectional nucleocytoplasmic transport in apoptosis

X THESIS SUMMARY. XI CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION.1 1.1 Apoptosis . 2 1.2 Survivin.3 1.2.1 Survivin as cell death regulator . 6 1.2.2 Survivin as mitotic facilitator . 7 1.3 Survivin and cancer . 11 1.4 Ubiquitin-proteasome proteolysis . 12 1.5 Regulation of apoptosis by ubiquitination.14 1.6 Nucleocytoplasmic transport . 15 1.6. 1 Nuclear pore complex (NPC) . 16 1.6. 2 The roles of nuclear transport receptors (NTRs). 17 1.6. 3 RanGTP gradient . 18 1.7 Nucleocytoplasmic transport and apoptosis.22 1.8 Aim of present study.25 CHAPTER 2: MATERIALS AND METHODS . 27 2.1 Cell culture, transfections and drug treatments . 28 2.2 Immunofluorescence microscopy . 28 2.3 Fluorescense Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET) . 29 2.4 Preparation of cell extracts, immunoblotting and immunoprecipitation.29 2.5 Antibodies . 30 2.6 RNAi mediated silencing of Mst1 and Survivin.30 2.7 Molecular cloning . 33 2.8 Time-lapse imaging.33
Adaptive Interval Type-2 Fuzzy Logic Control of a Three Degree-of-Freedom Helicopter

This paper combines interval type-2 fuzzy logic with adaptive control theory for the control of a three degree-of-freedom (DOF) helicopter. This strategy yields robustness to various kinds of uncertainties and guaranteed stability of the closed-loop control system. Thus, precise trajectory tracking is maintained under various operational conditions with the presence of various types of uncertainties. Unlike other controllers, the proposed controller approximates the helicopter’s inverse dynamic model and assumes no a priori knowledge of the helicopter’s dynamics or parameters. The proposed controller is applied to a 3-DOF helicopter model and compared against three other controllers, i.e., PID control, adaptive control, and adaptive sliding-mode control. Numerical results show its high performance and robustness under the presence of uncertainties. To better assess the performance of the control system, two quantitative tracking performance metrics are introduced, i.e., the integral of the tracking errors and the integral of the control signals. Comparative numerical results reveal the superiority of the proposed method by achieving the highest tracking accuracy with the lowest control effort.
Coconut Tree Stress Detection as an Indicator of Red Palm Weevil (RPW) Attack Using Sentinel Data

The red palm weevil (RPW) is one of the worst destructive pests of palms in the world. This study focuses for the first time on the coconut tree stress detection and discrimination among different stages of red palm weevil (RPW) stress-attacks using vegetation indices (VI) and the percentage of accuracy assessed. Different spectral indices were assessed using Sentinel 2A data of year 2018. Based on field identification, four classes of coconut tree were considered and evaluated using visual maps of VI: severe, moderate, early and healthy coconut trees. Results showed that the vegetation indices Normalized Differenced Vegetation Index (NDVI), Renormalized Difference Vegetation Index (RDVI), SQRT (IR/R), Difference Vegetation Index (DVI) and Green Vegetation Index (GVI) are sensitive to coconut trees caused by RPW attacks. They discriminated among the considered classes with more than 50% accurate from census data of field observation compared with remote sensing data of Sentinel 2A image. Nevertheless, they express the healthiness of tree stress between 0.308 – 0.673 range with 55% to 91% accurate. According to these results, it was concluded that remote sensing technique using Sentinel 2A data is a promising alternative for RPW detection based on VI.
SELF-ESTEEM, EMOTIONAL SUPPRESSION AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE AMONG HOSTEL STUDENTS

The current study meant to examine the relationship between self-esteem, emotional suppression and substance abuse among hostel students of Lahore. It was hypothesized that there would be a relationship between self-esteem emotional suppression and substance abuse among hostel students. Moreover also it was hypothesized that emotional suppression is likely to moderate the relationship between self-esteem and substance abuse in hostel students. Correlation research design was used in this research. The sample contained of 200 male hostel students, who live in a different university hostels of Lahore. Hostel students with age range of 19 to 30 years. Purposive sampling technique was used. Self-esteem questionnaire (Rosenberg, 1965) was used to measure anxiety and depression. Emotional suppression questionnaire (Ayers et al. 1998) was used to measure adverse life events. Substance abuse questionnaire (Skinner, 1982) was utilized to figure out drug abuse among different kind of groups like alcoholics cocaine dependents and depress personalities. Pearson Product Moment highlighted that there is a significant relationship between self-esteem and drug abuse among hostel students. Further stepwise Macro Process revealed that there is no moderation effect of emotional suppression among self-esteem and substance abuse. The study has the important implication for those students who live in hostels and therapeutic centers like rehabilitation centers for drug abusers.
Correlation between Skp2 expression and down-regulation of p27 protein in Salivary Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma

Adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC) is a malignant salivary gland tumor, which shows frequent recurrence and metastasis, ultimately with a poor outcome. We previously demonstrated that p27 down-regulation is frequently found and is due to an enhancement of its degradation in ACC. Here we transfected non-degradable p27 mutant (T187A) and wild type gene into ACC cell line. Transfection of T187A mutant gene was more effective on inhibition of cell growth of ACC cells, suggesting that aberration of p27 degradation may be present in ACC. As F-box protein Skp2, which is necessary for ubiquitin-mediated degradation of p27, is involved in p27 down-regulation in various cancers, we examined the Skp2 expression and its correlation with p27 expression in 50 ACC cases. We found Skp2 expression in 36% of ACC cases and inverse correlation between the expression of Skp2 and p27. Moreover, Skp2 siRNA transfection decreased Skp2 protein and accumulation of p27 protein and inhibited the cell growth of ACC cells in vitro. These findings overall suggest that Skp2 may play an important role in ACC development through the down-regulation of p27, and that Skp2 siRNA can be a novel modality of cancer gene therapy for suppression of p27 down-regulation in ACC.
Charles Darwin University 25-year trends in gender disparity for obesity and overweight by using WHO and IOTF definitions among Chinese school-aged children a multiple cross-sectional study

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MODELLING AND ANALYSIS OF VIVALDI ANTENNA STRUCTURE DESIGN FOR BROADBAND COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS

In this paper, a method of designing a Vivaldi type phased array antenna (PAA) which operates at S-band (6–90 GHz) is presented and good active S-parameter characteristics. An antipodal Vivaldi antenna with a compact parasitic patch to overcome radiation performance degradations in the high-frequency band is proposed. For this purpose, a double asymmetric trapezoidal parasitic patch is designed and added to the aperture of an antipodal Vivaldi antenna. The proposed antenna has a peak gain greater than 7 dBi over the frequency range of 6–90 GHz.
Reaching for Unique Resources: Structural Holes and Specialization in Scientific Collaboration Networks

Abstract On some fundamental level, we can think of scholars as actors possessing, or controlling, various types of resources. Collaboration in science is understood here as a process of pooling and exchanging such resources. We show how diversity of resources engaged in scientific collaboration is related to the structure of collaboration networks. We demonstrate that scholars within their personal networks simultaneously (1) diversify resources in collaboration ties surrounded by structural holes and (2) specialize resources in collaboration ties embedded in dense collaboration groups. These complementary mechanisms decrease individual efforts required to maintain effective collaborations in complex social settings. To this end, we develop a concept of “pairwise redundancy” capturing structural redundancy of ego’s neighbors vis-à-vis each other.
Dritter Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Blattwespengattung Tenthredo L. (Hymenoptera: Symphyta: Tenthredinidae)

In diesem Beitrag werden Erganzungen zu verschiedenen Arten der Tenthredo-arcuata-schaefferi-Gruppe gemacht und Bestimmungsschlussel fur die Weibchen der in der DDR vorkommenden Arten und die Mannchen der europaischen Spezies vorgelegt. Die Arten der Tenthredo-brachycera-Gruppe sowie der Tenthredo-vespiformis-Gruppe wurden revidiert. Funf weitere Arten werden taxonomisch kommentiert.Nomenklatorische Handlungenappendicularis Malaise, 1934 (Allantus), Lectotype now a synonym of Tenthredo minuta (Jakovlev, 1892)atratus Andre, 1883 (Allantus), syn. n. of Tenthredo (Cuneala) radoszkowskii (Andre, 1881)confinis Konow, 1886 (Allantus), Lectotype; syn. n. of Tenthredo (Cuneala) radoszkowskii (Andre, 1881)glesicornis Konow, 1899 (Allantus), Lectotype; syn. n. of Tenthredo ouralensis (Andre, 1881)parviceps Konow, 1898 (Allantus), Lectotype; syn. n. of Tenthredo (Cuneala) radoszkowskii (Andre, 1881)rupico Konow, 1908 (Allantus), syn. n. of Tenthredo maculiger (Jakovlev, 1892)temuloides Zhelochovcev, 1934 (Allantus), syn. n. of Tenthredo scutellata (Mocsary, 1909)uralensis Dalla Torre, 1894 (Allantus), syn. n. of Tenthredo ouralensis (Andre, 1881)guttator Malaise, 1934 (Allantus brachycerus, var.), syn. n. of Tenthredo brachycera (Mocsary, 1909)daetekensis Togashi, 1976 (Tenthredo), syn. n. of Tenthredo brachycera (Mocsary, 1909)discophora Konow, 1896 (Tenthredo), syn. n. of Tenthredo oryssoides Jakovlev, 1888nivalis Lacourt, 1985 (Tenthredo), syn. n. of Tenthredo nigripleuris (Enslin, 1910)saxonica Muche, 1968 (Tenthredo), syn. n. of Tenthredo solitaria Scopoli, 1763soyensis Togashi, 1973 (Tenthredo), syn. n. of Tenthredo ouralensis (Andre, 1881)spinipleuris Malaise, 1945 (Tenthredo), Lectotyperadoszkowskii (Andre, 1881) (Tenthredo (Cuneala)), Lectotype; comb. n. hitherto Macrophya radoszkowskii
ASSESSMENT OF GENETIC DIVERSITY OF ISFAHAN ELMS (ULMUS SPP. L.) POPULATIONS USING RAPD AND ISSR MARKERS

کچ ي هد نوران ) Ulmus L. spp. ( ناتخرد زا رد هدافتسا دروم قطانم زبس ياضف فلتخم تسا ناهج هک روفو هب رد اضف ي زبس ناهفصا هدافتسا م ي دوش . نوران ناتخرد نيب تافص ينوگانوگ هدهاشم هب هجوت اب رد دوجوم ،دشاب هتشاد يكيتنژ اي يطيحم اشنم تسا نكمم هك ناهفصا رهش حطس نيا رد شهوژپ ينوگانوگ يكيتنژ ۲۰ هنومن زا نوران فلتخم فلتخم يحاون اهرگناشن زا هدافتسا اب ناهفصا رهش ي لوکلوم ي RAPD و ISSR دروم يسررب رارق رگ تف . دادعت ۱۰ رگزاغآ فداصت ي RAPD ، ۷۳ راون ثکت ي ن ر دوم هک ۷۰ نآ راون نيب رد ناگداژن اه دنداد ناشن يلکشدنچ . راون يوگلا يدنب اهراون دوجو مدع و دوجو ساسا رب هداد ناشن رفص و كي اب بيترت هب دندش هدادو رازفا مرن طسوت اه NTSYS ) هخسن ۰۲ / ۲ ( دندش ليلحت و هيزجت . نيب يكيتنژ هباشت يبايزرا روظنم هب ،اه هنومن ارض ي ب هباشت فلتخم اد دننام ي س و دراکاج ، SM سپس و دندش هبساحم م قباطت نومزآ ا فده اب لتن شنيزگ تفرگ ماجنا هباشت بيرض نيرتهب تياهن رد و بيرض ساسا رب مارگوردند هباشت دراكاج متيروگلا و UPGMA ميسرت دش . ناگداژن ) DN4 ( مارگوردند رد هدمآ تسد هب لماک روط هب ا اس ز ي ر اه هنومن ادج دش . دنب هورگ ي ناگداژن اه هك داد ناشن هباشت تبسن هب دوب هقطنم ره ياه هنومن رد يكيتنژ دايز . نيب زا ۱۶ رگزاغآ ISSR هدافتسا دروم ، ۷ رگزاغآ دنداد ناشن يلوبق لباق يلكشدنچ و عومجم رد ۱۱۷ دندومن ديلوت لكشدنچ راون . زجت زا سپ ي ا هشوخ ه ي ناگداژن اه ، هنومن ود DN4 و AN5 اس زا ي دندش ادج اه هنومن ر وافت هدنهد ناشن هک ت نيرياس اب هنومن ود نيا يکيتنژ يم دشاب . زجت ي اه هفلوم هب ه ي لصا ي ن ي اتن ز ي زجت ج ي ه ا هشوخ ي ات ار يي دومن د . جياتن هدمآ تسد هب بيکرت زا اه هداد ي ود رگناشن رد ب ي رتش جياتن ،دراوم هدمآ تسد هب تروص هب ار اهرگناشن زا فنا دومن دييات يدار جياتن يبسن هباشت ليلد هب دناوت يم هك هدمآ تسد هب زا كي ره لقتسم ليلحت و هيزجت زا دشاب اهرگناشن . اتن ي ج لک ي نيا شهوژپ داد ناشن هک يبونج هيحان ناتخرد ناهفصا كي ياراد ن يكيتنژ يتخاو دنتسه يرتشيب .
Antibacterial potential of flower extracts of a noxious weed Lantana camara L.

The present research work focuses on the bioactive potential of some flower extracts viz. benzene, chloroform and acetone extract of a noxious weed Lantana camara L. at various concentrations against pathogenic bacteria Escherichia coli, Bacillus cereus, Alkaligenes faecalis, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Proteus vulgaris, Salmonella typhimurium, Shigella dysenteriae and Klebsiella pneumoniae. The percentage yield (w/w) of these extracts was 2.6%, 0.28% and 6.58% respectively and these values correspond to 1.3g, 0.14g and 3.29g of the soluble principles in fractions respectively. Benzene extract was active against Bacillus cereus and Klebsiella pneumoniae only and did not inhibit the growth of other test bacteria. Chloroform extract was found to be active against 6 of the 8 tested bacteria and was found to be inactive against Proteus vulgaris and Salmonella typhimurium whereas acetone extract was inactive against Proteus vulgaris only. The inhibitory values were quite significant as compared to the control at all the concentrations used and the Critical Difference (CD) values at 5% level of significance were in the range of 0.10 to 0.18. The results suggest the antibacterial potential of the plant which needs to be tapped keeping in view the increased prevalence of the various harmful and infectious diseases caused by these pathogenic bacteria and the side effects related to the synthetic antibiotic therapy with a concern leading to drug resistance among bacteria.
Development of Measuring Device for Non-Invasive Blood Sugar Levels Using Photodiode Sensor

Article Info Abstract Article History: Receive Mei 15, 2020 Revised August 10, 2020 Received August 30, 2020 Diabetes mellitus is one of the deadliest diseases faced by Indonesians. To measure blood sugar levels, the most widely used tool is an invasive tool, namely by injuring the patient's body. Techniques like this make people reluctant to measure glucose levels in their blood regularly. Therefore, this research aims to design and build a non-invasive blood sugar measuring device using a photodiode sensor. So that this tool can be used by all groups, both medical and non-medical personnel to measure blood sugar noninvasively. In this study, blood was drawn from several patients with Miletus diabetes and carried out direct blood measurements using a photodiode sensor. The results obtained from this study are that there is an error value in the voltage measurement circuit with the calculation of the resistance value to obtain the voltage value. The error value obtained is 5%, the linear regression value is 0.996. From the measurement results, it can be concluded that the photodiode sensor can be used to measure blood sugar non-invasively.
BACTERIOLOGICAL STUDIES OF CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS IN FISH

The current research was carried out on one hundred and thirteen random fish samples (56 processed and 57 unprocessed) collected from different localities in El-Sharkia Governorate, Egypt to obtain a complete picture of C. perfringens. Bacteriological and biochemical examination was done on the isolates. Nagler's test was applied on the recovered. C. perfringens isolates. The total incidence of positive samples from 56 processed fish samples were 32 isolates (57.1%) and from 57 unprocessed fish samples were 34 isolates (59.6%). The. Typing of C. perfringens isolates revealed that the incidence of toxigenic and non-toxigenic isolates were 84.8 and 15.2% respectively. Typing of toxigenic strains of C. perfringens revealed that C. perfringens type A was the most predominant one comparing with type D. Immune diffusion test showed that 17 and 11 toxins of types A and D gave identified reaction with incidences of 47.2 and 55% respectively.
On the Second Order First Zagreb Index

Received: 24 April 2017 Accepted: 28 August 2017 Published online 31 August 2017 Academic Editor: Bo Zhou Inspired by the chemical applications of higher-order connectivity index (or Randic′ index), we consider here the higher-order first Zagreb index of a molecular graph. In this paper, we study the linear regression analysis of the second order first Zagreb index with the entropy and acentric factor of an octane isomers. The linear model, based on the second order first Zagreb index, is better than models corresponding to the first Zagreb index and F-index. Further, we compute the second order first Zagreb index of line graphs of subdivision graphs of 2Dlattice, nanotube and nanotorus of [ , ], tadpole graphs, wheel graphs and ladder graphs.
Activity and diet of an urban population of big cypress fox squirrels

The Big Cypress fox squirrel (Sciurus niger avicennia) is listed as threatened by the state of Florida, individuals are secretive, and their biology is poorly known. However, populations in urbanizing areas persist on golf courses, where they are protected, habituated to humans, and readily observed. These populations offer opportunities to study and promote the survival of the subspecies. Consequently, we studied activity and diet of Big Cypress fox squirrels for 1 year on 4 golf courses in Naples, Florida
Scanning tunneling microscopy and atomic force microscopy visualization of the components of the skeletal muscle glycogenolytic complex

The muscle glycogenolytic complex is responsible for providing access to the reserve carbohydrate energy stores in skeletal muscle during times of vigorous exercise. The complex is a set of enzymes and regulatory factors that are bound to the carbohydrate storage polymer, glycogen. These components provide the ordered synthesis and utilization of that stored form of glucose. Glycogen and the enzyme proteins, phosphorylase and phosphorylase kinase, have been imaged by atomic force microscopy (AFM) or scanning tunneling microscopy (STM). The images of all three generally correlated well with the known features of those molecules, as measured by traditional physicochemical methods. The exception for all three polymers is that the measured height by STM is in error. In each case, the molecules appear to be only about 30% of their true thickness, as measured by height above the graphite surface. It is clear that both AFM and STM will play important roles in biomedical investigation of macromolecular structures.