Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Mitochondrial DNA analysis of the geographic structure of Indian scad mackerel in the Indo‐Malay archipelago

Sequence analysis of a fragment of the cytochrome b gene in Decapterus russelli sampled from the Indo-Malay archipelago revealed two distinct mitochondrial clades (mean nucleotide divergence=2·2%) whose geographic distribution was heterogeneous (Nei's GST=0·416). This pointed to a complex pattern of genetic differentiation and demonstrated limited genetic exchange between populations in this highly mobile species.
Multi-Satellite Observation of an Intense Dust Event over Southwestern China

This study presents the results of a large-scale examination into a dust event that took place over southwestern China, an area that has received relatively little attention in the literature. The sources, transport path, and vertical distribution, as well as formation process of an intense dust storm event that took place over the Sichuan Basin from March 9 to March 14, 2013, were investigated using combined multiple satellite observations and meteorological data. Widespread dust plumes appeared over the Taklimakan Desert, Gobi Desert, and Loess Plateau on March 9. Different from the usual dust storms, the dust plumes did not move downstream directly but settled over the Loess Plateau and Sichuan Basin for several days. Persistent southwestern winds prevailed over eastern China during this period, and could prevent the dust storms from moving directly downstream. Our results suggest that the dust plumes over southwestern China mainly originated from the Gobi Desert. Despite extensive dust plumes over all the Sichuan Basin, PM10 increased sharply to more than 1200 μg/m^3 in the western part of the basin, with only a slight increase in the eastern part. When there was a sharp increase in coarse particles in Chengdu on March 11 and 14, northeasterly winds appeared over northern China. The elevated dust can be blown to the eastern slope of the Tibetan Plateau and deposited in the western Sichuan Basin. However, such intense dust events are not common in southwestern China. In addition, floating dust may not be observed near the surface, but can have an important impact on regional aerosol loading and properties.
GLUCAGON LIKE PEPTIDE-1 ( 7 – 36 ) BUT NOT ( 9 – 36 ) AUGMENTS CARDIAC OUTPUT DURING MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA VIA AFRANK-STARLING MECHANISM

This study examined the cardiovascular effects of GLP-1 (7–36) or (9–36) on myocardial oxygen consumption, function and systemic hemodynamics in vivo during normal perfusion and during acute, regional myocardial ischemia. Lean Ossabaw swine received systemic infusions of saline vehicle or GLP-1 (7–36 or 9–36) at 1.5, 3.0, and 10.0 pmol/kg/min in sequence for 30 min at each dose, followed by ligation of the left circumflex artery during continued infusion at 10.0 pmol/kg/ min. Systemic GLP-1 (9–36) had no effect on coronary flow, blood pressure, heart rate or indices of cardiac function before or during regional myocardial ischemia. Systemic GLP-1 (7–36) exerted no cardiometabolic or hemodynamic effects prior to ischemia. During ischemia, GLP-1 (7–36) increased cardiac output by approximately 2 L/min relative to vehicle-controls (p=0.003). This response was not diminished by treatment with the non-depolarizing ganglionic blocker hexamethonium. Left ventricular pressure-volume loops measured during steady state conditions with graded occlusion of the inferior vena cava to assess load-independent contractility revealed that GLP-1 (7–36) produced marked increases in end diastolic volume (74 ± 1 to 92 ± 5 mL; p=0.03) and volume axis intercept (8 ± 2 to 26 ± 8; p=0.05), without any change in the slope of the end systolic pressure volume relationship vs. vehicle during regional ischemia. GLP-1 (9–36) produced no changes in any of these parameters compared to vehicle. These findings indicate that short-term systemic treatment with GLP-1 (7–36) but not GLP-1 (9–36) significantly augments cardiac output during regional myocardial ischemia, via increases in ventricular preload without changes in cardiac inotropy.
Log-majorizations and norm inequalities for exponential operators

Concise but self-contained reviews are given on theories of majorization and symmetrically normed ideals, including the proofs of the Lidskii–Wielandt and the Gelfand– Naimark theorems. Based on these reviews, we discuss logarithmic majorizations and norm inequalities of Golden–Thompson type and its complementary type for exponential operators on a Hilbert space. Furthermore, we obtain norm convergences for the exponential product formula as well as for that involving operator means.
Why Do Western European Firms Issue Convertibles Instead of Straight Debt or Equity?

Unlike their US counterparts, European convertible debt issuers tend to be large companies with small debt- and equity-related financing costs. Therefore, it is a puzzle why these firms issue convertibles instead of standard financing instruments. This paper examines European convertible debt issuer motivations by estimating a security choice model incorporating convertibles, straight debt, and equity. We find that European convertibles are used as sweetened debt, not as delayed equity. This motivation is also reflected in the highly debt-like design of most European convertible issues. In addition, we show that economy-wide and country-specific factors have a significant incremental impact on the convertible debt choice.
Role of Endoscopy in Management of Hydrocephalus

Management of hydrocephalus is the most beneficial indication for endoscopy. To cure hydrocephalus and thereby render an individual shunt independent is a great achievement. The standard and the most commonly performed endoscopic procedure is endoscopic third ventriculostomy. However, the field of neuroendoscopy is prepared to extend itself beyond just the ventriculostomy procedure. The neuroendoscope plays other important roles in the management of hydrocephalus.
Want economic growth with good quality institutions? Spend on education

The purpose of this paper is to compare the role of human capital accumulation measured by number of years of schooling with the relative contribution of institutional capacity to prosperity. We employ several concepts of institutional quality prevalent in the literature. We discover that developing human capital is as important as superior institutional functioning for economic well‐being. Indeed, the accumulation of human capital stocks via increased education might lead to improved institutional functioning, and the utilisation of policies like trade liberalisation.
Macedonia THE NEED FOR THE DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF TQM SYSTEM FOR THE AIRPORT SERVICES TAV

In this paper we will make a full diagnosis of some business processes in the company for Airport services TAV Airports Holding, Macedonia. Based on the analysis we have made on the existing quality system an appropriate methodology is designed for each feature of the TQM (Total Quality Management) system in order to find the optimal solution for smooth operation of the airport traffic, in order to meet the wishes and needs of the customer, while the company makes a profit. The benefits of the application of this methodology led to satisfying customer needs, increasing the number of passengers, strengthening the company's place in the international market, employee satisfaction and improving the community.
Carbon aerogels from bacterial nanocellulose as anodes for lithium ion batteries

Carbon aerogels with large open pores and high surface area are fabricated via pyrolysis of a readily available natural resource, e.g., bacterial nanocellulose (BNC) aerogels. Freeze-drying of the BNC hydrogels is used to preserve the 3D open network structure upon calcination whereas using Fe(III) improves the yield and H/C ratio. These carbon aerogels are explored as anodes in lithium ion batteries where it is shown that they deliver superior capacity retention and rate performance compared to other carbon-based materials.
Universal Denoising of Aligned Genomic Sequences

Motivation: Advances in sequencing technology have spurred the production of sequencing data at ever increasing speed and volume. Despite the proliferation of new technologies and improvements in sequencing techniques, noise in sequencing data remains a confounding factor in data analysis and interpretation. Results: We propose a denoising scheme that denoises nucleotide bases in the reads while also updating quality score values when necessary. We show that this scheme results in more accurate variant calling in high-coverage datasets. Availability and implementation: SAMdude is written in Python and can be downloaded from https:
ISSN: 2249-0337 Original Article "Biologically Reduced Silver Nanoparticles from Streptomyces sp. VDP-5 and its Antibacterial Efficacy"

This report focuses on developing a reliable, ecofriendly synthesis of silver nanoparticles (AgNps) in the field of nanotechnology from Streptomyces sp. (VDP-5). Stable AgNps produced by treating a cell free filtrate of Streptomyces sp. (VDP-5) with aqueous solution of AgNO3 as reducing agent of Ag + o . The formation AgNps in the reaction mixture was determined using Surface Plasmon Resonance band shown in UV-vis spectrum peak at 425 nm. To identify bioactive molecule for the reduction of Ag
On the Detectability of Control Flow Using Memory Access Patterns

Shielding systems such as AMD's Secure Encrypted Virtualization aim to protect a virtual machine from a higher privileged entity such as the hypervisor. A cornerstone of these systems is the ability to protect the memory from unauthorized accesses. Despite this protection mechanism, previous attacks leveraged the control over memory resources to infer control flow of applications running in a shielded system. While previous works focused on a specific target application, there has been no general analysis on how the control flow of a protected application can be inferred. This paper tries to overcome this gap by providing a detailed analysis on the detectability of control flow using memory access patterns. To that end, we do not focus on a specific shielding system or a specific target application, but present a framework which can be applied to different types of shielding systems as well as to different types of attackers. By training a random forest classifier on the memory accesses emitted by syscalls of a shielded entity, we show that it is possible to infer the control flow of shielded entities with a high degree of accuracy.
Scales and mechanisms of marine hotspot formation

Identifying areas of high species diversity and abundance is important for under- standing ecological processes and conservation planning. These areas serve as foraging habitat or important breeding or settlement areas for multiple species, and are often termed 'hotspots'. Marine hotspots have distinct biophysical features that lead to their formation, persistence, and recurrence, and that make them important oases in oceanic seascapes. Building upon a session at the North Pacific Marine Science Organization (PICES), this Theme Section explores the scales and mechanisms underlying hotspot formation. Fundamentally, understanding the mechanisms of hotspot formation is important for determining how hotspots may shift relative to ocean features and climate change, which is a prerequisite for determining management priorities.
Chapter 9 Photo-Generation of Carbohydrate Microarrays

The unparalleled structural diversity of carbohydrates among biological molecules has been recognized for decades. Recent studies have highlighted carbohydrate signaling roles in many important biological processes, such as fertilization, embryonic development, cell differentiation and cell–cell communication, blood coagulation, inflammation, chemotaxis and host recognition, and immune responses to microbial pathogens. In this chapter, we summarize recent progress in the establishment of carbohydrate-based microarrays and the application of these technologies in exploring the biological information content in carbohydrates. A newly established photochemical platform of carbohydrate microarrays serves as a model for a focused discussion.
CONTINUOUS MYELOMA CELL CULTURE IN STORAGE CHAMBER BASED ON DROPLET FUSION-DIVISION

This paper reports a continuous cell culture chip that employs droplet microfluidics to encapsulate suspension cells in a droplet and the cell droplet is passively stored in a storage chamber during the long-period cell culture process. The proposed system provides a closed micro-environment for cell culture which has advantages of cell droplet isolation to avoid cross contamination, simple droplet manipulation for fusion-division cycles and easy integration for further cellbased analytical techniques. In the demonstrated experiment, myeloma cells are successfully cultured using the developed integrated droplet cell culture system.
Economical Power Generation Using PV Cell for Industrial and Domestic Applications

Now-a-days the non-renewable sources are getting extinct so we should concentrate on developing energy based on renewable sources. So our project is mainly based on the power generation from solar energy (renewable source). The project consists of three sections likely Generation, Storing & Utilization. The generation is done through PV cells and stored with the help of batteries and utilized to both AC/DC loads[1]. Economical utilization on this power is done by giving away the excess power to the grid by taking the help of grid only in over load conditions. This whole controlling is done with the help of a Micro Controller. For DC loads the power is directly supplied from the PV cells/batteries and in case of AC load AC power is needed, so that an inverter is used to convert AC to DC power
Empathic Cognitions Affected by Undetectable Social Chemosignals: An EEG Study on Visually Evoked Empathy for Pain in an Auditory and Chemosensory Context

Reduction of mu activity within the EEG is an indicator of cognitive empathy and can be generated in response to visual depictions of others in pain. The current study tested whether this brain response can be modulated by an auditory and a chemosensory context. Participants observed pictures of painful and non-painful actions while pain associated and neutral exclamations were presented (Study 1, N = 30) or while chemosensory stimuli were presented via a constant flow olfactometer (Study 2, N = 22). Chemosensory stimuli were sampled on cotton pads while donors participated in a simulated job interview (stress condition) or cycled on a stationary bike (sport condition). Pure cotton was used as a control. The social chemosignals could not be detected as odors. Activity within the 8–13 Hz band at electrodes C3, C4 (mu activity) and electrodes O1, O2 (alpha-activity) was calculated using Fast-Fourier-Transformation (FFT). As expected, suppression of power in the 8–13 Hz band was stronger when painful as compared to non-painful actions were observed (Study 1, p = 0.020; Study 2, p = 0.005). In addition, as compared to the neutral auditory and chemosensory context, painful exclamations (Study 1, p = 0.039) and chemosensory stress signals (Study 2, p = 0.014) augmented mu-/alpha suppression also in response to non-painful pictures. The studies show that processing of social threat-related information is not dominated by visual information. Rather, cognitive appraisal related to empathy can be affected by painful exclamations and subthreshold chemosensory social information.
Measuring the Evolution of Open Source Software in E-Learning Systems

Measuring the evolution of any system, whether commercial or non-commercial, is important if the advantages and disadvantages of systems are to be determined. For that reason, the most important challenges are the continuously changing environment in which FOSS operates and its relationship with commercial software. This paper therefore measured the evolution of FOSS in relation to Moodle and Magento software and examined and monitored this using metric technology. It has made a compression between the rate of change of four metrics between Moodle and Magento systems. In addition, Lehman’s laws were used to observe and support the scale of the evolution. Moreover, Project Code Metrics were used to measure nine versions of Moodle and four versions of Magento as a case study.
EFFECT OF MOMORDICA CHARANTIA ON ESTROUS CYCLE OF SPRAGUE-DAWLEY RATS

Bitter Melon (Momordica charantia) is a plant known widely particularly in the Indo-Malayan region for its uses in various ailments as reported in literature. However, little is known for its effect on the female reproductive system. The aim of this project was to evaluate the effect of oral administration of methanolic seed extract of Momordica charantia on the estrous cycle and the histology of the ovary and uterus in Sprague-Dawley (S-D) rats. A total of 20 adult cyclic female S-D rats (4-day cycles), weighing between 110‒ 140 g were used. These were divided into 4 groups (A, B, C and D) of 5 rats/ group. The dose of the extract administered was 25 mg/100g body weight and the route of administration was oral by gastric gavages with a metal canula. Groups A and B were both treated with a daily dose of the extract for 28 days (7cycles) and vaginal smear monitored within this period between 9.00‒ 10.00 am daily. Animals in Groups C and D (control) were fed distilled water and vaginal smear monitored daily throughout the duration of the experiment. The effect of withdrawal of the extract was studied in Group B which was treated with distilled water for another 28 days. The rats were sacrificed by cerebral dislocation. Groups A and C at the end of the first 28 days while Groups B and D at the end of the second 28 days. The ovaries and uterii were harvested for histological studies. Irregular changes in the phases of the estrous cycle in all the treated rats were observed. The diestrous phase was increased while the proestrous and estrous phases were decreased significantly. These effects were reversible on withdrawal of the extract. Histological sections did not show any difference between the ovarian and uterine tissues of the treated and control respectively. The extract resulted in a reversible variation in the estrous cycle pattern. Histological sections reviewed were essentially normal.
Opportunities and Challenges of Application of 3D Printing Technology in Teaching and Learning in Developing Countries in Africa

The advance in technology in the world today have led to the development of innovative approaches and strategies in delivery of educational content. The use of multimedia technologies has greatly enhanced the teaching and learning process and also made learning to be interesting and hence motivating. 3D printing is one of the technologies that has currently started to infiltrate in to many academic circles. The development of 3D printing technology has a lot of potential for application in education in developing countries in Africa. This paper discuses on the opportunities challenges and prospects of application of 3D printing technology in education in developing countries in Africa.
FDTD Modeling and Simulation of Organic Light Emitting Diode with Improved Extraction Efficiency using Moth-eye Anti Reflective Coatings

In this work modeling of two dimensional fluorescence based bottom emitting Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED) using Moth eye Anti Reflective Coatings (ARC) is presented. The Finite Difference Time Domain (FDTD) mathematical modeling has been used to analyze the light extraction efficiency from fluorescence based Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED). The OLED structure has been simulated by using 2D Moth-eye Anti Reflective coatings. The Finite Difference Time Domain (FDTD) method is used to model and simulate the OLED structure. An enhancement of Light Extraction Efficiency (LEE) has been achieved by inserting Moth-eye Anti Reflective coatings on the surface of the glass substrate which reduces reflection and increases the transmission. Comparative study is carried out between hexagonal photonic crystals and Moth eye Anti reflective coatings by placing these nanostructures on the substrate of OLED. The improvement in the far field intensity of OLED structure is achieved by optimizing the angular distribution of light through the substrate with moth eye anti reflective coatings.
Extreme Learned Image Compression with GANs

We propose a framework for extreme learned image compression based on Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs), obtaining visually pleasing images at significantly lower bitrates than previous methods. This is made possible through our GAN formulation of learned compression combined with a generator/decoder which operates on the fullresolution image and is trained in combination with a multiscale discriminator. Additionally, our method can fully synthesize unimportant regions in the decoded image such as streets and trees from a semantic label map extracted from the original image, therefore only requiring the storage of the preserved region and the semantic label map. A user study confirms that for low bitrates, our approach significantly outperforms state-of-the-art methods, saving up to 67% compared to the next-best method BPG.
Rural Poverty: Old Challenges in New Contexts

Poverty is still a predominantly rural phenomenon. However, the context of rural poverty has been changing across the world, with high growth in some economies and stagnation in others. Furthermore, increased openness in many economies has affected the specific role of agricultural growth for rural poverty reduction. This paper revisits an old question : how does growth and poverty reduction come about if most of the poor live in rural areas and are dependent on agriculture? What is the role of agricultural and rural development in this respect? focusing on Sub Saharan Africa, and using economic theory and the available evidence, the author comes to the conclusion that changing contexts has meant that agricultural growth is only crucial as an engine for growth in particular settings, more specifically in landlocked, resource poor countries, which are often also characterized by relatively low potential for agriculture. However, extensive market failures in key factor markets and likely spatial effects give a remaining crucial role for rural development policies, including focusing on agriculture, to assist the inclusion of the rural poor in growth and development. How to overcome these market failures remains a key issue for further research.
Impact of Noise Barriers on Air-Pollution Dispersion

The impact of noise barriers on gaseous air-pollution dispersion was examined using the high-resolution CLMM (Charles University LES (Large Eddy Simulation) Microscale Model). The dispersion of a mixture of nitrogen oxides (denoted as NOx—a mix of NO and NO2) was computed, providing the simulation in which wind direction is approximately perpendicular to the noise barriers. The barriers were assumed to be straight and infinitely long, with a height of 3 m. Dispersion of NOx was modeled for situations with no noise barriers along the highway, barriers on both sides, and for a single barrier on the upwind and downwind sides of the highway. The modelling results are presented and discussed in relation to previous studies and the implications of the results are considered for pollution barriers along highways.