Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Estuarine and Marine Bivalve Mollusk Culture

The Soft-Shell Clam Mya arenaria (Linnaeus) in North America. The Oyster Fishery of Eastern North America Based on Crassostrea virginica. Cultural Practices and Production of the American Oyster, with Emphasis on the South Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico. The European Oyster, Ostrea edulis L. , in Maine, U.S.A. , and Eastern Canada. Quahog Clams in the United States. Mussel Aquaculture in Marine and Estuarine Environments Throughout the World. Culture of Hinnites and Related Scallops on the American Pacific Coast. Culture of Crassostrea corteziensis in Mexico. Biology and Culture of the Caribbean or Mangrove Oyster, Crassostrea rhizophorae (Guilding), in the Caribbean and South America. Crassostrea rhizophorea (Guilding) and C. brasiliana (Lamarck) in South and Central America. Chilean Mussel Culture Mytilus edulis chilensis (Hupe, 1854) Choromytilus chorus (Molina, 1782) Aulacomya ater (Molina, 1782). Cultivation of the Chilean Oyster, Tiostrea chilensis (Philippi, 1845). Oyster Culture in European Countries. Mussels in India. Oysters in India. Patinopecten (Mizuhopecten) yessoensis (Jay) in Japan. Oyster Culture in Japan and Adjacent Countries: Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg). The Pearl Oyster, Pinctada Fucata (Gould) (Family Pteriidaea) The Culture of Marine Bivalve Mollusks in China. Culture of Farrer's Scallop, Chlamys Farreri (Jones and Preston) in China. Mariculture of Giant Clams. The Green Mussel (Perna viridis) in the Philippines. The Slipper-Shaped Oyster (Crassostrea iredalei) in the Philippines. The Pacific Oyster, Crassostrea gigas, in Australia. New Zealand Scallops, Pecten novaezelandiae Reeve. Perna canaliculus (Gmelin) in New Zealand. The Northern Rock Oyster, Saccostrea glomerata (Gould, 1850), in New Zealand. The Pacific Oyster, Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg, 1793), in New Zealand. Index.
A Framework for Individual-based Simulation of Heterogeneous Cell Populations

An object-oriented framework is presented for developing and simulating individual-based models of cell populations. The framework supplies classes to define objects called simulation channels that encapsulate the algorithms that make up a simulation model. These may govern state-updating events at the individual level, perform global state changes, or trigger cell division. Simulation engines control the scheduling and execution of collections of simulation channels, while a simulation manager coordinates the engines according to one of two scheduling protocols. When the ensemble of cells being simulated reaches a specified maximum size, a procedure is introduced whereby random cells are ejected from the simulation and replaced by newborn cells to keep the sample population size constant but representative in composition. The framework permits recording of population snapshot data and/or cell lineage histories. Use of the framework is demonstrated through validation benchmarks and two case studies based on experiments from the literature.
PHYTOREMEDIATION POTENTIAL OF RAPHANUS SATIVUS (L.), BRASSICA JUNCEA (L.) AND TRITICUM AESTIVUM (L.) FOR COPPER CONTAMINATED SOIL

Phytoremediation is an emerging technology that employs the use of higher plants for the clean up contaminated environment. Phyto extraction, the use of plants to extract toxic metals from contaminated soils, has emerged as a cost-effective, environment-friendly clean up alternative. The present study aimed to find a suitable plants species for use in cleaning up the soil in industrial regions. In this work we were studied crop species, which are cultivated by farmers of North-India. The effects of different concentration of copper were studied in two varieties of wheat (T. aestivum L., var. UP 2338 and var. PBW 373), mustard (Brassica juncea L.) and radish (Raphanus sativus L.) plants. The study included an assessment of heavy metal accumulation in root, shoot and leaf, effect of copper stress on growth parameter (root length, root and shoot dry weight), photosynthetic pigment content, bioaccumulation coefficient (BAC) and the activity of anti-oxidant enzymes. Results demonstrated that plant species were differ significantly in Cu uptake and translocation. Efficient Cu uptake was observed by the roots in all plants. A high metal content in roots, due to localization of ions in the apoplasm. The highest Cu++ ions accumulated in the roots of radish plant. Root growth was higher in brassicaceae plants (i.e. mustard and radish), as compared to the plants of poaceae family (T. aestivm). High concentration of copper (50-100 µM) had a negative effect on growth of all plants. Copper exposure also influenced biochemical and physiological parameters. Administration of excess of copper was followed by an increase of Cu accumulation in leaves, and associated symptoms of toxicity. Typical symptoms of Cu toxicity developed 30 days after the beginning of treatment. Chlorophyll concentration was decreased in response to heavy metal toxicity. Activity of anti-oxidative enzymes e.g. peroxidase and catalase were increased in response to oxidative stress. Atomic absorption spectrophotometer (AAS) was used for analysis of heavy metal in soil and plant samples. Tested plant species were grouped on the basis of their accumulation capability of heavy metal. The results of this research showed that radish and mustard plants of family brassicaceae are hyper accumulator plants that can concentrate heavy metals in their different parts, thus they can be used for remediation of polluted area. Study also showed that potential of metal accumulator plants for extraction of metal from soil occur up to a certain level of concentration, after that when the concentration of metal increased the phyto extraction rate of metal or bioaccumulation coefficient (BAC) were decreased.
Characterization of three novel genes encoding postulated peptides of the IDA family, and their possible function in plant defense in Arabidopsis thaliana

IDL6 and IDL7 are postulated peptides of the INFLORESCENCE DEFICIENT IN ABSCISSION (IDA) peptide family in the model organism Arabidopsis thaliana. The genes encoding the postulated peptides, IDL6 and IDL7, were investigated to potentially elucidate the function of the peptides and the possible relations to plant defense and stress tolerance in A. thaliana. A phenotypic characterization study of single and double knockout mutant lines, and over-expression lines of IDL6 and IDL7 was conducted to potentially find a phenotype linked to the genes by analyzing deviations in growth and development, compared to wild type (Wt) A. thaliana. Over-expression lines showed a tendency to have a higher amount of individuals reaching defined growth stages in seedling development, but this could not be concluded to be a phenotype linked to IDL6 or IDL7. The genes have been shown to be highly up-regulated in response to several different stress treatments, both abiotic and biotic in silico data. Several different transgenic lines of A. thaliana were subjected to different types of stress treatments to potentially verify the in silico data. Knockout lines, double knockout lines, over-expression lines and promoter:GUS lines of IDL6 and IDL7 were treated with abiotic stress factors (NaCl, mannitol, UV-B light, H2O2 and paraquat) and biotic stress factors (aphids, Pseudomonas syringae and flagellin22) to investigate differences in tolerance, gene expression and promoter activity in the respective transgenic lines and Wt A. thaliana. No absolute phenotype was detected in experiments related to stress tolerance, and great variations in promoter activity using promoter:GUS lines were observed. However, double knockout mutants of idl6 and idl7 showed a small trend to tolerate NaCl better than Wt A. thaliana and other transgenic lines. The great variation in GUS expression from GUS assay lead to a thorough screening and expression analyses of promoter:GUS lines. Results presented in this work, indicate that expression of the IDL6 and IDL7 genes may be subjected to extensive post transcriptional regulation through mRNA degradation, possibly governed by stress related environmental signals. A novel member of the IDA peptide family, IDL8, was also analyzed. Segregation analyses of knock out lines were conducted and they were genotyped to verify that mutant lines of idl8 were real knockouts. Results presented here show that one of the idl8 mutant lines had the T-DNA inserted to the promoter region of the gene and is postulated to be a real knockout. However, further expression analyses should be conducted to verify that the gene is not transcribed. Over-expression lines of IDL8 were successfully constructed through recombinant DNA technology and by T-DNA insertion using Agrobacterium tumefaciens.
Effect of sodium hypochlorite on surface sterilization of Little Star Pogostemon helferi Hook f.

Shoot buds axillary buds and leafs of Little Star Pogostemon helferi Hook f. were surface sterilized twice using various concentration of NaOCl, First with 2, 4, 6, 8, and 10% NaOCl for 15 minutes followed by 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5% NaOCl for 10 minutes. All experiment parts/explant were then cultured on MS medium (Murashige and Skoog, 1962) for 4 weeks, at 25±2oC under 12/12 light dark cycle, 2500-3000 luxs. The results indicated NaOCl definitely affected on surface sterilization of the explants. The shoot buds sterilized with 6% NaOCl for 15 minutes followed by 3% NaOCl for 10 minutes shown 88.9 % regenerated rate, and 10% contamination
Reducing the Variance of Intrinsic Camera Calibration Results in the ROS Camera_Calibration Package

Geoffrey Chiou, M.S. The University of Texas at San Antonio, 2017 Supervising Professor: Pranav Bhounsule, Ph.D. The intrinsic calibration of a camera is the process in which the internal optical and geometric characteristics of the camera are determined. If accurate intrinsic parameters of a camera are known, the ray in 3D space that every point in the image lies on can be determined. Pairing with another camera allows for the position of the points in the image to be calculated by intersection of the rays. Accurate intrinsics also allow for the position and orientation of a camera relative to some world coordinate system to be calculated. These two reasons for having accurate intrinsic calibration for a camera are especially important in the field of industrial robotics where 3D cameras are frequently mounted on the ends of manipulators. In the ROS (Robot Operating System) ecosystem, the camera_calibration package is the default standard for intrinsic camera calibration. Several researchers from the Industrial Robotics & Automation division at Southwest Research Institute have noted that this package results in large variances in the intrinsic parameters of the camera when calibrating across multiple attempts. There are also open issues on this matter in their public repository that have not been addressed by the developers. In this thesis, we confirm that the camera_calibration package does indeed return different results across multiple attempts, test out several possible hypothesizes as to why, identify the reason, and provide simple solution to fix the cause of the issue.
An Investigation Study on Optimizing Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Implementation in Emerging Public University: Al Baha University Case Study

This project investigates the correlation between the organizational readiness in Albaha University (ABU) and the respective Critical Success Factors (CSFs) with regards to the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) implementation. The investigation also considers some suggestions to improve the ABU’s ERP systems and roadmap towards the self –development strategy and reduce vendor-dependency. A survey regarding ERP to the end-user, expert and developer in ABU was conducted. The analysis of the results in this work confirmed with the results of an existing work. The four significance success factors: Project Management, Business Process Re-engineering (BPR), System Integration, and Training and Education are recommended to be adopted to assure the smooth adoption of ERP at Albaha University
IMPLEMENTATION MODEL OF “TECHNOLOGY & KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP” BASED SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP OF PRIVATE HIGHER EDUCATION

ABSTRACT Science and Technology for Entrepreneurship (IbK- Iptek bagi Kewirausahaan) program is a program conducted to grow and develop entrepreneurship motivation of students, guide students to be creative, create new entrepreneur from students and alumnus circle, guide students to build business enterprise, and create networking between fund contributor of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) with Science and Technology for Entrepreneurship (IbK)-Private Higher Education. Implementation method to this Science and Technology for Entrepreneurship (IbK) program performed in many steps: preparation and socialization step, recruitment and selection step, training and coaching step, and implementation step towards Science and Technology for Entrepreneurship (IbK) program. The result of implementation towards Science and Technology for Entrepreneurship (IbK) program as follows: (1) Business and Technology Incubator (INKUBITEK) activity of business enterprise is Business and Technology Incubator for members of Science and Technology for Entrepreneurship (IbK) program in order to build the establishment of business enterprise. In this method, it focuses on establishing business enterprise owned by member of Science and Technology for Entrepreneurship (IbK) program; (2) Business and Technology Incubator (INKUBITEK) of business development is entrepreneur coaching for member of Science and Technology for Entrepreneurship (IbK) program-Private Higher Education. In this method, it focuses on marketing, networking, and capital development as well as technology improvement to the member of Science and Technology for Entrepreneurship (IbK) program-Private Higher Education; and (3) Business and Technology Incubator (INKUBITEK) of business growth is incubation to the member of Science and Technology for Entrepreneurship (IbK) program-Private Higher Education (students in the post program of Entrepreneurship Student Creativity Program [PKM-K] and Entrepreneur Student Program [PMW]). Activities of Science and Technology for Entrepreneurship (IbK) program-Private Higher Education results in many activities support the realization of new entrepreneurs come from Higher Education level as follow: (a) Institution of Science and Technology for Entrepreneurship (IbK) program; (b) promotion and exhibition activities where students of Private Higher Education and exhibition visitors will be able to know about Science and Technology for Entrepreneurship (IbK) program in Private Higher Education; and (c) Training activity, business meeting, and entrepreneurship apprentice. The established business unit of Science and Technology for Entrepreneurship (IbK) program is Business Unit from tenants. Keywords: Entrepreneurship, New Entrepreneur, Higher Education Role
‘Boko Haram is losing, but so is food production’: conflict and food insecurity in Nigeria and Cameroon

This article examines the chronic food insecurity in parts of Nigeria and Cameroon as a result of the Boko Haram insurgency. This insurgency became active in 2009 and has decimated whole communities, destroyed food crops, killed cattle and forced farmers to flee to protective camps. Many now rely on food aid from international organizations. As Nigeria and its neighbours try to contain the insurgents, a bigger problem has been created or further compounded: that of food insecurity, which has ramifications beyond national borders. Markets have been closed and custom duties have dwindled. This article assesses the ongoing situation.
Factors Affecting the Successful Pairing of Unfamiliar Common Marmoset (Callithrix Jacchus) Females: Preliminary Results

Laboratory primates are often housed in same-sex pairs to avoid single-housing and when breeding is to be prevented. However, pair formation is not without risks, as fights and injuries may occur. No data are available on pair formation in female common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus), a species used extensively in laboratories. Therefore, this study focuses on the pairing of unfamiliar common marmoset females, aiming to assess its success rate and whether age can predict the result. Data on the study animals and success of the pairings were extracted from laboratory back-records: a total of 28 pairings was obtained. In addition, behavioural data were collected on six of the 28 pairs. Almost 80% of pairs were compatible beyond one week, and most of the fights occurred well within the first week after pair formation. Pairs in which one of the females was sexually immature (ie < 15 months) were significantly more compatible than pairs in which both females were post-pubertal. First encounters were characterised by sniffing of the unfamiliar monkey. Aggressive behaviours occurred frequently following pair formation but they were unidirectional, and in only two pairs was veterinary treatment required. This study shows that pairing of unfamiliar common marmoset females is a safe practice if one monkey is sexually immature, a result that supports observations of both group and pair formation in other primate species. However, given the potentially detrimental effects of removing young females from their natal groups, we argue that it is preferable to remove two sisters from their natal group when female pairs are required. However, when a single sexually mature female requires a pair mate so as to avoid single-housing and no mature sibling is available, an older, but still sexually immature, unfamiliar female that has had a normal development within the family should be considered as a pair mate.
ADOPTING BIM IN ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN OFFICES

Developments in technology such as Building Information Modeling (BIM) have recently created serious competitive pressures on architectural design firms and building construction companies. Design firms and construction companies need to adopt these new technologies to survive and thrive in this environment. Despite the advantages of BIM in building design, its adoption by architectural design firms has been slow due to obstacles such as lack of familiarity with BIM, lack of training in BIM, and lack of supporting resources such as hardware and software. The problems faced in adopting BIM were investigated by only few researchers who focused on the acceptance or penetration of BIM into construction firms. The objective of this research is to develop an integrated model to understand the adoption of BIM in architectural design firms. The model involves (1) the fit between the tasks to be performed by design professionals and the technology provided by BIM, (2) the fit between the organizational competency in the design firm and the capabilities offered by BIM, and (3) the fit between the designers’ knowledge/skills in BIM and the sophistication of the BIM product. After a thorough review and synthesis of technology adoption models and theories, this paper proposes an integrated model to understand the adoption of BIM by architectural design firms. The model argues that using BIM depends on BIM’s properties as well as the tasks at hand, the organizational competency of the company, and the perceived ease of use.
Nonparametric Tail Risk, Stock Returns and the Macroeconomy

This paper introduces a new tail risk measure based on the risk-neutral excess expected shortfall of a cross-section of stock returns. We propose a novel way to risk neutralize the returns without relying on option price information. Empirically, we illustrate our methodology by estimating a tail risk measure over a long historical period based on a set of size and book-to-market portfolios. We find that a risk premium is associated with long-short strategies with portfolio sorts based on tail risk sensitivities of individual securities. Our tail risk index also provides meaningful information about future market returns and aggregate macroeconomic conditions. Results are robust to the cross-sectional information selected to compute the tail risk measure.
PENTACYCLIC TRITERPENES INTERVENTIONS IN SKIN PATHOLOGY/TOXICITY AND TREATMENT: IN VITRO AND IN VIVO CORRELATIONS

To identify a candidate compound for therapy of skin photoaging and skin carcinoma we used pentacyclic triterpenes, lupan type. Betulinic acid at lower concentration shown an important antitumor activity on K562 (human caucasian chronic myelogenous leukaemia), A2058 (human malignant lymph node melanoma) aspect dependent on active compound concentration and biologic medium (Dehelean C. et al 2008). Related compounds such as betulin and lupeol determined similar activity/toxicity with differences link to cell type and are active with low toxicity on A431 (human epithelial carcinoma) cell line. This is one of the results of our work present in this study. The compounds were dissolved by modern techniques: cyclodextrin mixing, PVP co-precipitation, etc. In vitro data were correlated with in vivo on animal and embryonated egg model. For in vivo analysis we applied FT-Raman measurements and initial results shown differences of skin dependent on applied compound. Anyway pentacyclic triterpenes are important antitumor compounds with a low toxicity
Efecto de varios insecticidas sobre adultos de Apanteles glomeratus (L.), parasitoide de larvas de la mariposa blanca de la col, Pieris brassicae L.

Se evaluo en laboratorio la susceptibilidad de adultos de Apanteles glomeratus (L.), obtenidos desde larvas de Pieris brassicae L. , expuestos durante 15 min a residuos secos de metamidofos, novaluron, lambdacihalotrina y spinosad, aplicados a 64,00; 90,00; 1,25 y 13,70 mL i.a. /hL, respectivamente, en placas Petri, utilizando un diseno completamente al azar con cuatro repeticiones. Los individuos muertos se contaron despues de 1 h. Los supervivientes se contaron a diario y llevaron a frascos con solucion de miel al 10% a 20°C, retirando los individuos muertos. Los adultos expuestos a metamidofos y spinosad tuvieron escasa supervivencia, en niveles diferentes (P=0,05) al resto de los tratamientos, y llegaron a vivir poco mas de 1,5 dias. A las 48 h, lambdacihalotrina y novaluron tenian aun 37,5 y 32,5% de adultos supervivientes, respectivamente, en comparacion con 88,25% en el control, con unos pocos adultos vivos hasta el dia 8 (1,25%). Estos resultados hacen a metamidofos y spinosad no recomendables en sistemas de manejo integrado de plagas donde exista este parasitoide. Por sus relativamente menores efectos toxicos, lambdacihalotrina y novaluron podrian recomendarse en manejo integrado a las concentraciones aplicadas, aunque el efecto en los enemigos naturales se podria disminuir aun mas utilizando las dosis mas bajas del rango comercia
Critical reviews of oxidative stress and aging : Advances in basic science, diagnostics and intervention

Contents: Volume 1: Historical Perspectives Free Radical Chemistry and Biology Redox Regulation and Cell Signaling Measurement of Oxidative Stress: Technology, Biomarkers, and Applications (Nucleic Acid Damage, Protein Damage, Lipid Damage, Carbohydrate Damage, Mitochondrial Damage, Standards for Oxidative Stress Measurements) Dietary Antioxidants Endogenous Antioxidants and Repair Volume 2: Epidemiology and Intervention Studies Oxidative Stress Related Diseases Aging and Oxidative Stress Evolutionary Comparative Biology of Aging and Longevity Longevity Determinant Genes and Oxidative Stress Non-Invasive Assessment of Oxidative Stress and Therapeutic Intervention Future Trends in Health Care Human Life Extension.